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Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04
Old Soldier Called Home

j. j. Phillips an old and well
known citizen of the county, and
soldier of the lost cause, died at his
home near Attica Wednesday Of
this week, the direct cause of his
death being heart failure. He had
been ailing for several weeks and
his death was expected at most any
time. Uncle Jimmie was rs years
old and had lived in this county
for more than thirty years, emmi-
grating from Tennessee. He leaves
large family of children, all of
whom are highly respected citizens.
The remains were laid to rest in the
Oak Grovec emeterY yesterday.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04
Black for Representative

1t was announced in this paper
several days ago that more than
likely another candidate would en-
ter the race for representative of
Randolph county. 1t is now an as
sured fact for Hon. Geo. 7. Black
has placed his formal announcement
for this position with us and asks us
to state that he is in the race and
in it to win. Mr.. Black needs no
introduction to the people of this
county at our hands for he has been
here longer than vein fact, has
lived here nearly all his life and his
acts, both as a public official and as
private citizen, are as an open
book. Mr.. Blacks qualifications
are not questioned by anyone and
we know that his desire is to serve
the people well in anything he un-
dertakes for their betterment. He
is very busy this week studying the
needs of the people of this section
of the state and preparing a plat
form upon which to place his
claims before the people. He will
make a vigorous campaign and
hopes to meet every voter in the
county between now and the day. of
election. In the meantime remem-
Der his motto: 81 am in it to win"
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04
Little Black-A L Sharp, A NJ

Little Black-A L Sharp, A NJ
Pringle, J P Shemwell, judges;
Will Stout, Bob Ingram, clerks ;
l d Redwine, marshal.
holland precinct--B A Pyland,
Sam Ferguson, Joe Scott, judges;
John Allison, c NJ Penn, clerks;
Joe Vanhoosier, marshal.
O'Kean-J L Ford, Z NJ Daniels,
Jim Dean, judges; Chas Bode, w
G Shemwell, clerks; Tom Shoffit,
marshal.
Richardson-W r Bowling, J L
Burton, S R Phipps, judges; John
Dees, Walter Patten, clerks; VIM.
Glover, marshal.
Reyno- John Lamb, John Hol-
ford, John 7. Robinson, judges; j
7 Glasco, Clay Holford, clerks;W
G Honeycutt, marshal.
Siloam-W G Odom, w T
Swindle, c r Phipps, judges; j c
Parker, S L Johnston, clerks; J w
Brown, marshal.
Shiloh-H H Wiley, Olin Thomp-
son, VIM. Montgomery, judges;
f W Thompson, S D Poe, clerks;
Ed Poe, marshal.
Spring River A Mclaughlin,
John McCarroll, Bob Mclaughlin,
judges; Henry Miller, Sam Songer,
clerks; Charley Ward, marshal.
Union-R R Roberts, S P Tay-
lor, w d M Sconce, judges; w A
Taylor, Jim Sconce, clerks: T j
Stephens, marshal,
Warm Springs-TD d Mock, Jer-
ry Burrow, w A Holt, judges; j r
Holt, Rufe Mock, clerks; Felix
Whittenbrg, marshal.
Water Valley-W G Hawkins,
w r Haas, VIM. Pierce, judges;
w d Haas, w J Blansett, clerks;
j J Graham, marshal.
Wiley w Ellis, John Rhea,
Lawson Mays, judges; Lee Mays,
7 w Ryburn, clerks; d w James,
marshal.
A motion was made and carried
that each township elect a county
committeeman for each fifty votes
or fractional majority thereof re-
ceived by Governor Donaghey in
the last general election, said com
mitteemen being elected to attend
the county convention which will be
held in Pocahontas, Saturday,
April 2, 1910.
No further business appearing
the meeting adjourned.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04
Home Mission Meeting

The Woman's Home Mission So
ciety met at at the home of Mrs. 4.
w. Davis Tuesday, Feb. lst for the
last business meeting for the wear.
1t was an interesting meeting. Mrs.
kirkpatrick opened the services by
reading the third chapter of Malachi,
followed by a touching prayer by
the president.
A large number of members were
present, the occasion being the mat
ter of electing officers for the en-
suing year. That matter was then
taken up and the election resulted
as follows:
President, Mrs. Annie Martin;
first vice-president, Mrs. Ella
Schoonover; second vice-president,
Mrs. }. ID. Wells, recording secre-
tary, Mrs. e. NJ. Kirkpatrick; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Ben
Brown; auxiliary treasurer, Mrs.
Geo. Turner; local treasurer, Mrs.
Z. G. Schoonover; agent for "Our
Home," Mrs. NJ. r. Armstrong.
Local work done during the past
year was reported as follows; 800
visits to the sick and strangers, $2e
for rolief of the needy, $s.I5 foi
work on parsonage, also S34.7C
raised for furnishing parsonage,
extra of this was one roll of mating,
two rockers, two rugs, one hail
brush, one pair of blankets, one
picture, one dining chair. All OF
the foregoing articles were donated
by the business men of our town
for which we are very very thankful
Total amount raised during tn,
year was $373.l6. Amount on
hand, S20,95. Ex-treasurer's re
port: dues sent away $36.65, 81
raised during the week of prayer
for the Sue Bennett school.
We now have 29 members ant
fourteen are subscribers to "Oul
Home" The appointed officers fol
the present year are as follows:
Parsonage committee-Mrs. J. c.
Miller and Mrs. Ed Graham.
Charity committee. Mrs. J. d.
Wells and Mrs. L. f. Blankenship
Benevolence committee-Mrs. B,
B. Fisher and Mrs. Geo. Turner.
Visiting sick and strangers com
mittee-Mrs. c. NJ. kirkpatrick
and Mrs. Ben Brown.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04

Judge John A. PuIliam and Geo.
A. Neal have purchased from Bruce
Collier of Pocahontas, Ark, pat
ent preparation of which Mr.. Col
lier was the formulator, to use for
washing in hand water. The prep.
aration is a white powder and takes
the place of soap, removing any
kind of oil or dirt from the hands
or from any cloth without injury to
either. They will put it on the
market and push it.-Ripley Coun-
ty Democrat.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04
JUDGES and CLERKS
FOR PRIMARY
Central Committeeman Meet aud
Make Final Arrangements for
Election

The Randolph county Democratic
Central Committee met at the court
house Saturday at p. m, for the
purpose of selecting the judges,
clerks and marshals to serve in the
coming primary election. Select
ions for the different townships were
made as follows:
Bristow-R L Lewis, p B Esk-
ridge, w NJ Brown, judges; Soula
McNabb, J T Hamilton, clerks; L
L Stacy, marshal.
Birdell precinct-Jasper Perrin,
j E Pettijohn, Clint Carter, judges;
GA Lemmons, A J Byrd, clerks;
Will Million, marshal.
Columbia-T A Sage, f M Dan
iels, Sam Cohoon, judges; John w.
Ulmer, SIS Mack, clerks; Joe Weis-
enbach, marshal.
Current River-Joe II johnson,
W D Cox, J S Riley, judges; Ben
5 Upton, Frank Hart, clerks; Jim
Hogan, marshal.
Davidson-W c King, r L Nc
Ilroy, S G Nettle, judges; J S
Brown, L Z Williams, clerks; Har-
vie Bolin, marshal.
Demm-E r Henderson, c NJ
kirkpatrick, J C Bowers, judges;
H w Schoonover, John r Kizer,
clerks; Ike Hirst, marshal.
Elevenpoints-Arch Stephens,
FM Clark, r J McIlroy, judges;
Jeff Cavenor, Z E Tyler, clerks; w
II, McJl~ry, mar'}l.
Y the person sc - Ny.
Pace. The Johnson VIM
,ey;sgs,ao,@ 49,. q Mitchell, judges;
Albert Lane, Lawrence Stubble-
field, clerks; Ernest Monday, mar
shal.
Ingram-Cam Perrin, S p Pratt,
Robert Shaver, judges; G G Davis,
Clifford Price, clerks; jeff Morris,
marshal.
Jackson r Davis, Lum Spikes,
J R Jackson, judges; Jehu Presley,
Jess Brown, clerks; Leonard Bel
lah, marshal.
James Creek ID Davis, c A
Dixon, DR.. B Z Pickett, judges;
Lee Reynolds, Lee james, clerks;
S / Davis, marshal.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04
How About it, Wink?

W. g. Norment, the popular in
surance man, was over from Poca-
hontas this week. Wink is consid-
ering the matter of entering the race
for representative from his county.
He has many Lawrence county
friends who would like to see him
enter the race and win.-Im bodeu
Gazette.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04
THEODORE EDLIN
DIES SUDDENLY
Prominent Young Man of POCshOn-
taS Passes Away From Effects
of ChlOrOfOrm

The people of Pocahontas were
shocked last Sunday at about l
O'Clock, p m, when the news came
up town that Theodore Edlin had
died very suddenly. Friends of the
family went to the home at once
and found the report to be true.
The facts and circumstances con
nected with the affair go to show
that Theodore, who is the eldest son
of our townsman, T. p. Edlin, had
complained of not feeling very well
Sunday morning and had told a
friend of his, Marvin Carter, who
was living with the family, that he
would go and sleep awhile, after
which time they would come to
town. Young Edlin then went to
his room and when Carter went to
awaken him found him lying on his
bed, cold in death.
Justice of the Peace, John S.
Campbell, upon being notified of
the death, acting as coroner, sum
moned jury and went to the home
where an inquest was held over the
remains. The investigation reveal
ed the fact that young Edlin had
secured a bottle of chloroform with
which he had saturated a handker-
chief and on going to bed had ap-
piled the handkerchief to his mouth
and nose, which resulted in his
death and the coroner's jury rem
dered verdict in accordance there.
with.
1t is not the opinion of many,
however that young Edlin took the
drug with suicidal intent, but that he
took it to produce sleep and acci.
dentally got too much. Intimate
friends Of the family and those who
are in position to know will not
'
think of accepting the suicide the
ory. They say he was in the habit
of taking sleep-producing drugs of
different kinds when he was not
feeling well.
Theodore was about twenty years
of age and was model young m an,
having no bad habits, very quiet
but pleasant with his associates. He
had just returned home from
Jonesboro, where he held position
in local hospital, and was intend
ing to visit his father and brother
for few days and then return to
his work there. The funeral was
held at the Catholic church Monday
afternoon in the presence of many
sorrowing friends.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04
Telephone Office Changes Hands

The Mutual telephone Office chang
ed operators this week, Allie ALI
pbin surrendering the management
of the same and turning the work
over to Emery Taylor of Gatewood,
Mo. Mr. Taylor moved in and took
charge Wednesday. Mr.. Allphin
has moved into one of Henry
Meir's houses on the west side.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04
Mayors Proclamation OF Election

i, <. Dalton, Mayor of the in
corporated town of Pocahontas,
Arkansas, do hereby proclaim that
the regular annual municipal cleo
tion in and for said incorporated
town will be held at the usual vot-
ing place therein on Tuesday, the
9Th day of April, 1910; and that
said election will be for the pur-
pose of electing one mayor, one re-
corder, and five aldermen.
Given under my hand as such
Mayor this the 3rd day of March,
1910. K. DALTON,
Mayor of the Incorporated town of
Pocahontas, Arkansas.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04
Sale of Church Property

Notice is hereby given that on
Saturday, March 5th at the south
trout door of the court house in the
town Of Pocahontas, we will offer
for sale to the highest bidder, for
cash in hand, or bankable 6O-day
note. the old Methodist church
building, located in the town of
Pocabontas. Sale will be at 2
o'clock. P. NJ. TRUSTEES NJ. e.
CHURCH SOUTH.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04

l.. v Ruff went to Neelyville
Monday to meet Mrs. Ruff and the
children, who were enroute home
from Pitmau, where they had been
visiting for the past month. They
returned home Monday afternoon,
and Lutte has now left the bachelors
ball. Corning Courier.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04
B.Y.P.U. Rc-Organized

The Baptist Young Peoples
Union was re-organized at the Bap-
tist church last Sunday night and
will meet each Sunday evening
promptly at $50 o'clock. The fol.
lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Prof. E. n. Ellis; vice-presi-
dent, Miss Ethel Myers; secretary,
Miss Effie Park; ;treasurer, Miss Myrle
Lynch: organist, Miss Ella Stevens.
The subject for next Sunday
night is "Life's Great opportuni-
ties" with Miss Leona Stevens as
leader. Eve rybody cordially invi-
ted to attend ank assist in the work.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04

Mrs. Ethel Spinnenweber, head
milliner for Wall Bros, left Tues
day for Cape Girardeau to spend
few days visiting her mothers fam
lily, after which time she will 90
on to st. Louis to superintend the
buying of Wall Bros. big stock of
spring millinery.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-03-04

Sam Thompson requests us to
announce that he has from thirty
to CITY acres of good land to rent.
Good house, good water, etc.
Will want man to furnish own
team etc.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-12-05

fessional politicians from Aaron Burr
to Joe Cannon have not made such
success Of politics that their ser
vices are in demand. But amateur
politicians of the breed of Wilson
Pinchot. Lowell or Curtis can never
be supplied in excess of the need.
For the political amateur is sim
ply the good citizen attending to his
political affairs and keeping his poll
teal house clean. The agitator who
awakens the political conscience Of
"A nation has his use, but the plain
citizen. the political amateur. who
keeps his own and his neighbor's
conscience awake to discharge their
simple political duties is infinitely
more servioeable to his county
Spokesman-Review
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-12-05
The Political Amateur

Woodrow Wilson, democratic gov
ernor-elect of New Jersey, is an I'M
commonly tough customer for Smart
Alecks" to tackle.
During the political campaign some
fellow called him IAN amateur in pol.
itics."
Yes rolled back the ready retort,
81 am. A professional is man who
is playing the game of politics for
what there is in it."
Everybody who knows what mis-
chief professionalism in sports and
games is capable of working must
appreciate the point and pungency of
the campaigning collegian's retort.
The professional politician, like the
professional sportsman, plays for the
stakes of personal gain. Neither
plays for the sake of disinterested,
unselfish service to the public.
What this country needs in the az
fairs of the state, the nation, the city
is 100000 amateur politicians. Pro-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-12-05
arm ana
TILE DRAINING A FIELD.

Importance Of Paying Attention to All
Details Of the Work.
The first and most important consid-
Grafton in the draining Of any field Is
how to secure a proper outlet. This. II
possible. should have free outfall al
ways above water and so protected as
never to become INSTRUCTED. II the out
let Is permitted to terminate beneath
water certain section Of the drain
must remain continuously full Of
water, and under these conditions
there is danger Of silt depOsiting. clos
Ing the drain and rendering the whole
system ineffective.
1t should be 40 made "a to be unin-
jured by freezing and not in danger Of
being clogged through the tramping OF
animals about It. Either sewer tile or
vitrified draintile. which will not be
crumbled by the action Of frost. should
be laid for the first fifteen or twenty
feet. If neither Of these are available
nary tile in Il good concrete to depth
of four or five inches and at the mouth
build up with the concrete a protect
ing face sufficient to prevent the cav
ing Of earth about the outlet. 1t is well.
too. to extend the concrete in a slop-
ing apron two or three feet. on which
the water may spill without eroding.
Across the mouth Of the tile there
should be bedded in the concrete when
1t is laid few vertical bars Of half
inch iron rod to prevent the entrance
Of animals. The outlet may discharge
into stream or lake or into an open
ditch. but IN whatever place there
should be no possibility Of It ever be.
ing more than temporarily under water
or otherwise obstructed., st~ ... ~. .
Unless the fall for the drain can be
very considerable its laying must be
done with great care. the amount Of
care to secure perfectly uniform grade
increasing the smaller the fall must
be. To illustrate. In case the fall must
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-12-05
A School House Needed

+ While there may have been several
reasons for the quiet sticker cam
.paign at the school elections Satur-
day, they would have been of small
force had it not been for the desire
of North Aberdeen to have school
house in that section. The people
there feel that they are not treated
fairly in educational matters, and
with some show of reason.
There are thirty-four small chill
dren in North Aberdeen who are COM
peeled to cross the river and walk to
the Terrace Heights school. dis
lance entirely too far for the small
err tots in winter time. If the board
of education cannot see the way to
establish school there for the COM
ing winter. provisions might be made
to carry the pupils to and from school
until such time as building can be
secured or erected.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-12-05

In the state Of New Jersey the leg
islnture passed bill recently per-
hitting the people to vote for their
preferences for United States senator.
Under this law the Republicans voted
for three candidates - Ex-Governor
Stokes. Ex-Governor Murphy and Rep
rescntative Fowler. The Democrats
voted for James f. MARITIME and Mr.
McDermOtt. Stokes won In the Re
publican primaries and MARITIME In the
Democratic. MARITIME had more votes
than any Of the Republican candi-
dates.
Senator Kean refused to enter this
primary. and ex-senator james Smith
on the Democratic side neglected to do
so.
No sooner had It been determined
that the Democrats had carried the
legislature. however. than the friends
Of Mr.. Smith began pushing him as n
candidate. In a letter Smith said he
had not then decided whether he
would or would not permit the use Of
his name. but II he did So he had no
tuut Nv WNUNI wv tIttttu.
primary he brushed aside almost with
contempt
When In the senate Mr. Smith was
repeatedly charged with being I'm
league with the interests. so much so
that he gained the name Of "the little
brother ~ the trusts"
Senator Kean for the Republicans
has won similar reputation.
Before the people Of New Jersey II
Is doubtful II either Kean or Smith
would stand n ghost Of n show. In
deed. there IL general belief that mel.
Their would dare 10 offer himself as a
candidate In popular election for the
reason that he would he mercilessly
slaughtered NJ the polls.
Yet II the Republicans had won II
was generally believed that the legis-
lature would have chosen Kean. and
with the Democrats successful Smith
says he can he elected II ne desires.
Could there he stronger argument
for the direct election Of United States
senators?
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-12-05
Action of DYNAMITE.

The most remarkable characteristic
about dynamite Is its rapidity Of ac-
ton. and for that reason II cannot be
used in firearms. since 1t explodes so
quickly and In all directions at once
and would tear the barrel to pieces
Shooting candle through board
without disturbing It In the least IL
outdone by dynamite. which Is 80
quick in its action that tender green
leaf can be compressed into the hard
est steel before II has time to fiatten.
One Of the experiments of the United
States torpedo works was to place
some leaves between two heavy HAT
pieces of iron. set them on firm foun
dalton and see what gun cotton wOnld
do in forcing the iron pieces together
The reaction was so great from just
being exploded in the open air that
one Of the iron pieces was driven down
upon the other quick enough to catch
an exact and complete impression Of
the leaves before they could escape.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-12-05

benefits one class Of tOllers in the long
run benefits all: what Injuries working
men also hurts the farmer and the
honest business man.
Organized labor Is to be commended
especially In that 1t could break away
from party shackles and vote In an in
telllgent and patriotic way for meas
ures rather than for party.
Today the trade unions are enlisted
for the most part in the progressive
army. In time they should be able to
educate unOrganized labor to act with
that which Is organized for the COM
mon cause.
In Its fight to dethrOne CannOnism
and to beat reactiOnism the American
Federation Of Labor Is entitled to the
thanks and congratulations Of pro-
gressiycs everywhere. u,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-12-05
LABOR LEADS THE WAY.
American Federation In the Fight For
the Rights Of the People.

In his report to the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor convention President
Samuel Gompers recently claimed
much of the credit for the victory
against the standpatters and the spe
cial interests. He called attention to
labor's fight against Cannon and his
lieutenants and rejoiced in the fact
that the campaign Of education which
the workers had been carrying for
ward so many years had begun to bear
fruit.
In support Of Mr.. Gompers' position
an Iowa progressive paper not long
ago made the statement that the insur-
gent movement in the state had its in
ceptlon In fight made for the employ
ers' liability bill and other labor legis-
latiOn.
Another noteworthy fact is that
most Of the prOgressives in congress
voted with the Democrats to exempt
the labor unions from the operations
Of the antitrust law.
The interests Of all producers are the
same. whether they toll in shop or
mine, on railroad or farm. What
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-12-05
ALONG THE WATERFRONT
Reports Of Arrivals and Departures
Of Vessels and Those Loading
ct tho Mis-.

The schooner Alumna it at the viii.
son mill loading for the West Coast.
The barkentine NewsbOy arrived in
port Friday, and is loading at the
Slade mill for San Pedro.
#
The schooner A. F.. Coats arrived
in port Friday and is at the Union
MILL loading for San Pedro.
The steamer Wellesley arrived In
port Friday afternoon. to load at the
Union mill for San Francisco.
The steamer G. G. Lindauer arrived
in port Saturday. to load at the VIII
son mill for San Francisco.
ii
The steamers Claremont. Santt
Monica and Newburg are due to ar
rive in port today.
IT.
The schooner Edward r. West
at the Lindstrom shipyard, receiving
general Overhauling. E.
II
The British steamship Strathalbyr
is loading at the Slade mill for Aus
tralia.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-12-05

be as little as an inch in a hundred
feet it is clear that an error Of three
inches either up or down in the proper
laying Of the tile might cause water to
stand to sufficient depth in the tile
to practically I'LL one three inches In
diameter. ard this would cause the
sitting up OF the tile 50 as in time to
render the section above the error III
laying entirely inefficient.
When the tile has been brought
finally into place great care should be
taken to turn each piece until a close
joint is secured on the top and as far
as possible down the side and to see
that 1t lies solidly upon its bed before
any filing is placed over 1t. Enough
earth should then he added to hold the
tile firmly and prevent their becoming
displaced when the final filing is done
1t Is important that the filling or all
but the final leveling should be done
as early as practicable. as there is
great danger from heavy rains wash
ing soil into the drain through the
joints when they are still loosely COW
cred with only foot or SO Of soil
above their tops.-American Agricul-
turist