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The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24
FUND RAISED FIR HOLDING COTTON S5O,OOO.OO0 Is Sum Pledged by Bankers to Finance
 Holding. RESULT OF CONFERENCE S25 a Bale Will Be Advanced to Farm. CTS, and They Will Be Able to Participate in Any Rise.
RESULT OF C0hFE RENCE

Western Newspaper Union News Service
 New York.-New York banker. who have been ecnferring here for the last few days with representatives of the governors congress announced that the. had raised a fund of S50. 000 000 to be placed immediately in the cotton belt states for the purpose of handling the cotton crop of 1911 and enabling growers to participate in any rise in the market.
 The plan proposes to advance the grower s26 per bale upon his cotton, based on the market value at the time of the loan. No interest will be paid upon the loan, the only charge being s bale, which Is regarded as a legitimate minimum charge for ex- pense of grading and handling
 The cotton is not held. nor taken from the channels of trade. but ig placed at the best advantage. The grower Is given the right to designate the day of sale prior to January 1, :, 1913, and will participate in any ed. vance in price to the extent of three fourths of the rise of the market.
 The details of the plan are yet to be worked out. It has been decided. however. to place the fund through state committees named by the gov. ernor or commissioner of agriculture of state. and these committees shall be empowered to sell when cotton reaches 12 cents. and compelled to sell when 1t reaches 13 cents. regard less of advices from the growers
 Provisions against any violation. Of the antitrust law is contained. tho promoters believe, in clause em, the day of sale in event the market climbs to 12 or 13 cents.
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24
Campaign Growing Warmer.

Little Rsck-The action of the Pu- lask county Democratic central com mittee in setting the county primary for January 16, and thereby cutting the campaign shorted by more than two months than has been customary, is bringing out the candidates who have been hesitanng about getting out actively into the campaign. The lines in the county races, with the ex. eepton of that for representative, have been fairly we'll defined for some time, but the decision for an early primary has focused attention upon the race for the four seats to which Pulaski county is entitled In the lower house of the general assembly.
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24

MANY PRIZES FOR WINNER
Corn Club Contestant Gets Many
 Valuable Rewards.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Statistics which have been pre- pared by tho superintendent of pub lie instruction show that Burley Sea. graves of Biggers made a profit of Sdha-S0 off one acre of corn this year This includes all the prizes that Sea graves won in the corn club contests. Sessraves made a profit of sl10.30 off his one acre of corn, after the value of his own time and that of his horse had been deducted This gave him the $500 agricultural school scholar ship and the Sf00 trip to the Southern Commercial Congress offered by the Arkansas Bankers Association, as "ell as other prizes. which gave him tho aggregate of $G55.30.
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24
Craftsmanship on Increase.

A substantial gain during the past year over former years in the marks. maship records made by members of the Arkansas National Guard is shown by the report filed in the ad- Jntant generals office by Maj. Will liam Stoddard, inspector of small arms practice. Major Stoddard's re port shows that more than 80 per cent of the members of the guard qualified as marksmen during the past year, and increase of more than 200 per cent over the record of three years ago.
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24
WOMEN ARE EXCLUDED
Judqe Tells Women Evidence Will Be
 Unfit to Hear.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Lincoln Center, Kan.-A jury to try Sherrill Clark, A. N Simms and John Sehmitt for assault and battery in connection with the stripping, tarring and feathering of Miss Mary Cham herlain. has been selected.
 After Judge Growers order that no women or children be allowed in the court room. because the judge be- Iieved the testimony would be unfit for the ears of any mother or daugh- ter of Lincoln county" the few wo- men who have been attending the trial were noticeably absent, and the men had the court room.
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24
Detectives Arrest Ordered.

Jackson. Miss.-After Hewlett Ray arrested in connection with the Jamie sharpe murder mystery, had been set at liberty at Louisville Miss, be- him, the states attorney ordered the arrest of Ben Walker. private de tective, on charge of bribery. Sen satIonal developments are expected
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24

Manila, P. I.-The Fifteenth in- tantry. which is due to arrive hero December 1, probably will be sent at once to China
 The regiment will be reinforced to full war strength by transfers from other regiments and will be prepared before departure fo long stay in Chinese territory.
 Army officials conferred here to- dsy regarding preparations for tho trip. Incidentally an order was is- sued directing all officers in the vi- cinity of Manila to undergo a special physical test immediately.
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24
ldenendents to Appeal.

Washington Independent tobacco Interests will appeal to congress, if necessary. to have the circuit courts decree of the dissolution of the trust reviewed by the supreme court. de clared their attorney before the com merce commission
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24
San Domingan President Killed.

Washington. Ramon Caceres, pres dent of the Dominican republic, was hot as he left the house of Leonte aeauez at San Domingo City. He lied half an hour later in the Ameri- an legation, whither he was taken.
 The wounded president first sought she4ter fn a stable adjoining the American legation. but his assailants closing in upon him, fired moro shots.
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24
Judae suspends sentenoe

Little Rock.-Leonard Payne, B young white man of Pearcy. Garland county, entered a plea In the United States district court 10 the charge Of selling whisky without paying the government tax. He was fined s100 and sentenced to 30 days in the Pu- laski county jail by Judge Trieber, who immediately afterward suspend. cd the sentence.
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24
Castro Wins BIq Battle.

.exico City.-A dispatch to Nueva Era from Caracas says that Gen. Cipriana Castro. ex-president of Vene- zuela. has won a battle which occur red in Venezuela, having entered his native country with some thousands of followers.
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24
6i Years Old; Father of 24 Children.

Guthrie. Okla.-At 64 years ot ago W. W. Elan, a farmer livig east of Blanchard, Okla, is the father of his twenty-fourth child, which made it's appearance at his home a few days ago. The mother of the child is Elam's third wife, E1am has spent his entire life on the farm. The new birth places Elan at the head of his class in Oklahoma.
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24
University Gets Big Sum.

The state university drew from the state treasury s36.364.54. the amount paid by the government under the Morrill, act. This money was drawn from the treasurer through the Ex- change National bank and will be used in paying the salaries of teach CTS and other employees of the univer- sity.
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24
lSK FOREIGNERS
 ID LEAVE CITY
ConSuls Arc Warned That Bom- bardment Will Begin
 Soon.
U. s. SOLDIERS FOR CHINA
Fifteenth Infantry Will Be Reinforced to War Strength and Prepared
 for Long Stay.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
 Sha4lshal.- Nu Ting Fang, direct or of foreign affairs. has notified the foreign consuls that the lombard ment of Ranking will be begun short ly. He warns them to withdraw their respective eountrymen from that district without further delay.
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24
RockefeIler Before House commi..e.

Washington.-John D. Rockefeller and his almoner. the Rev. F. D. Gates of Montclair. N. l., will be invited by the house committee of inquiry into the United States Steel Corporation to reply to testimony given by Alfred and Leonidas Merritt, brothers. of Duluth Minn., charging that Rocke- feller. through Gates as his agent. took from them in 1893 sfo 0Oo 900 in Messabe Iron Mine and Duluth, Messabe and Northern Railroad SC curities. to satisfy call loan of s42O. 900.
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24
PRESIDENT MAY ABROGATE
Taft Has Had Many Urgent Requests
 to Cancel Treaty.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Nashingtin. There was a well de- fined report in Washington that Pres ident Taft in his forthcoming mes- sage to congress may have some thing to on the subject of possl- ble negotiations between the United States and Russia looking to a reyi- sion of the treaty of 1892, principally to remove the present restrictions upon the rights of travel and domi- cile of American Jews in Russia
 The rumor was coincident with the beginning of the official calls of George Bakmetieff. the new Russian ambassador. Mir Bakmetieff had quite long talk with Secretary Knox of the state department, and soon will present his credentials to the presi- dent.
The Forrest City times., 1911-11-24

Chicago-With the shifting from Chicago to Washington of the scene of the senatorial investigation of United States Senator William Lori mer's election. it was learned that the federal grand jury in session here contemplates rigid inquiry into charges that perjury was committed in the testimony given before the committed
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-31
HE WAS REAL DIPLOMATIST
wan discovers Sure Way to Get
Wife to Mend His
Clothes.

AS Mr. Compton looked down at his
"alstcoat he discovered that it lacked
d button. And asked my wife to
sew 1t on more firmly, last night" he
SAD to his commuter neighbor in the
.raln. i don't see how she forgot
Don't ever ask her to mend any.
ehlng," said his friend 81 learned a
DETER way before I'd been married a
year. When I want anything mended
say a shirt, for instance, l take 1t un.
uer my arm, all mussed up, and open
tne closet door, and sing out to my
"ne, Where's the rag-bag. Peggy"
What do you want Of the rag.
bag? she'll ask me.
On, l thought I'd throw this away
l tell her, and squeeze 1t little tight.
er under my arm.
Let me see what you have there
smell say, and I'll mutter something
about WORKOUT old thing!' while /
nand 1t over to her.
Why, James Holland! she'll say.
when she's spread it out and looked
It over IN hurry. I am surprised at
you! This is perfectly good. It
doesn't need a single thing except
ana then and there she sits down to
mend 1t, looking as If I'd made her a
sent."-Youth's Companion.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-31

IN I is impossible for a loyal Amert.
can to- stand anywhere in or
about Havana harbor and look
out on the tower of the Maine and
the twisted steel that once formed
ner null and not feel sense of indig-
nation and a conviction that what fol-
lowed was q just retribution for so
eastardly an act, if the Spaniards &C.
tually committed the deed.
One feels kind of personal inter-
est In the vessel that carried the flag
Tor years, that figured in the national
drama so tragically. that must forever
appear in the annals of our country.
whether or not the Spaniards We're
guilty OF the vessels destruction is ex-
pected to be developed when the hulk
Is uncovered.
The battleship Maine was sunk In
Havana harbor 10 years ago. The
wreck of the Maine could have been
blown up and thus disposed of at
cost OF $4,000. The Cuban govern.
ment wanted to do that in order to
clear the harbor But Uncle Sam
would not have it, and SO for years a
mass of twisted iron, sentineled by
lone turret, has grinned, skull-like, at
the passing world. Congress, aroused
finally to action by public sentiment,
appropriated 100000 to be expended
In raising the Maine.
The Maine at the time of the explo-
sion was swinging with her nose to.
ward the Havana shore, and the wreck
lies in line almost west and east,
bow and stern. The buoy to which she
was moored was about three-eighths
of mile from the west shore of the
bay. The wreck lies in about the cen.
ter Of the harbor.
On the 18th of February each year
the Americans in Havana have visit
ed the wreck and decorated it with
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-31
WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS
spo.ar ! aste Is Not Always for the
eest in Books. Plays or An.
ecdotes.

1t Is regrettable fact" said a
speaker at a Republican banquet in
oi' wayne, that the most popular
llen are not necessarily the best men
.he most popular books are not the
oest books. and the most popular
pays are not the best plays
Even in anecdotes" continued tho
speaker, the public taste is bad IN
tell you the kind of anecdote the nub.
lie wants.
"A Bostonian was showing his two
niue girls through the poets corner
IN Westminster abbey. Bessie the
older Of the two little girls, carried
q rose IN her hand. When they came
10 the marble effigy of Longfellow
BESSIE rose on tiptoe and reverently
paced her rose in a fold of the poets
marble drapery
AS the Bostonian departed he
missed his golden-haired Younger
laughter Turning back, he saw her
sui lingering before Lonefellow's
oust' Then as he regarded her, she
orew herself up on her tiny toes and
paced something that glittered be.
sloe her sisters red rose. And, smi!.
ing happily, she ran to her father.
-, what were you doing, dear one?
the Bostonian asked.
BESSIE had rose and I hadn't
nu!llng.' said the little golden ?haired
oarllng, so | bit off one of my curls
and gave Mr.. Longfellow that"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-31
Need Of ideals.

Mankind always needs ideals which
loom so large in the sight of men that
they cannot fail to see them clearly.
More than ever is thus true Of today.
for the turmoil and the hurry of mod.
ern life raise great dust which Of.
tentimes hides the skies. Enthusiasm,
dreams. hopes are to be encouraged,
and belong to youth, which ever re.
news itself in warm hearts, although
reason Is needed to cool and guide
them. The fact that we believe that
our ideal is beautiful and holy Is not
ground for forcing it on our mates.
To win success man must not be q
pure idealist, else in practical things
he will fail. but he must have ideals,
and he must obey them.-Atlantic.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-31
The Oak BUNGALOW.

The Oak bungalow of India is a
blessed institution for the weary
OAK, as the natives call the
traveller He hnds these little
shelters dotted over many Of the
out-of.the-way parts Of the coun.
try, generally not more than one long
days march apart. They mean warmth
when one has been chilled to the bone
by biting winds, or shelter from the
driving rain and hail storms, the lat.
ter so common in northern India that
planters insure their crops against
them, and so violent that both men
and cattle are often killed by them.
The bungalows usually consist of two
bedrooms and a dining room, with
rough outside buildings providing a
kitchen and sheds for horses and cool.
les. After our life in the untrodden
forests of South America it was camp
Ing de luxe.-Harpers Magazine.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-31

OF stiff clay AS the cylinders are
completed each is filled with clay,
scooped up by an immense steam
dredge from a bank near Regia.
The cylinders are connected by an
arc on the outside, which joins each
cylinder by "three-way" pile. The
pocket between the arc and the cylin-
ders will also be filled with clay and
thus prevent leakage between the CYL
inders. In other words, there will be
~ big, round affairs that look like
gas tanks, filled with clay and locked
together around the sunken wreck. It
VIII take, 1t is calculated, about two
days to pump the water out of the
space within the circle of cylindrical
gas tank affairs and more time to
suck the mud out.
After the vessel is exposed" the
work OF raising the Maine will begin.
How to proceed, what course to pur-
sue, what equipment will be required,
all these are questions that only time
and the preliminary work of exposing
the wreck to view can answer. For
no enc knows the vessels condition.
No one can say with accuracy wheth-
er or not the vessel can be floated.
If 1t be humanity possible, the holes in
the ships's sides will be patched up,
the water let in through the dam of
cylinders, and the hulk foated. II
the bow is beyond repair, the Maine
will be cut in two, bulkhead and
stern fioated.
The Cuban government is assisting
the United States in this work most
cordially. A wharf of sufficient size,
conveniently located in Casa Blanca,
just beneath the walls of the Cabana
fortress, has been set aside for the
work. To place the cylinders, ordin.
airy round piles are driven at the axis
of each Around this central pile is
floated a templet of wooG, made in
sections for ease of removal. The
sheet piles are shipped in lengths of
Is, IS, 40 and so feet, and are bored
and provided with fish-plates and
bolts for assembling intos2lensths sef,
rs feet. The piles for a complete cyl.
inder are set up around a templet and
then driven to the required depth.
After any remains of the dead found
in the wreck have been removed and
the necessary examination has been
made, the actual removal of the wreck
will be begun by whatever method is
found most economical and advan-
tageous. 1t now seems probable that
this will be to sever the shattered nor.
ton Of the hull from the after part. to
build bulkhead across the cut Sec
ton, to remove the shattered parts
piecemeal and finally to float the un.
broken end away from Havana.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-31

Prince Albert who 100000 fm the
office $3200O0 the primo
retain 100000 his civil list while the remainder
OF the state and Noy
confused and has aassed fortune
proper caution, invested II
AS an example OF now things have been DONE they p
WHICH inon ana quarter doars were set asde
built In took 49,
million and quarter his
Of the interest which, Of him
Whether the people will the reyuiot IN case bo do
mands granted the dooa
well for either Prince Albert Prince Louis ~ ~ "
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-31

Wreaths and offered prayers for the
men who were swept to death on that
dreadful February night.
There are conflicting reports as to
the condition of the hull A Spanish
board Of Investigation officially report.
ed to the Spanish government that the
bow Is In one place, while a Cuban
board located it in another. A United
States Investigation agreed with Meth.
er. The water depth is from 30 to 81
feet. The vessel is (or was) about 80
feet in height-that is, to the top Of
her decks. The deck Is now 10 feet
below the surface of the water. The
mainmast and the fighting top are ex-
posed-also part of the house,
turned upside down.
After their long neglect the bodies
of the unfortunate seamen, who went
to their death on that February night
13 years ago, will find a resting place
III the Arlington National cemetery
under the stump of the fighting mast
which now thrusts its top above the
waters Of Havana bay. The decencies
will thus be satisfied. But it is not
sentiment alone which is directing the
activities of the government engi-
neers. If 1t were only that their prob
lem would be immensely simplined.
The cause of the explosion remains
unknown; in the wreck itself the en-
igineers hope to find evidence which
will explain the mystery. All their
plans, accordingly. were laid with
view to leaving such evidence as
might exist undisturbed.
Briefly and non-technically, the plan
being used to raise the vessel is as
follows: A series of cylinders-20 in
understanding cofferdam, are be-
ing sunk In the water, silt and mud
around the wreck. These cylinders,
when completed, will form an egg
shaped dam encircling the wreck. This
dam will be made watertight and the
water inside pumped out Hydraulic
pumps will suck out the mud and the
Maine and her fatal wounds will be
exposed.
The construction Of this series OF
cylinders is the work now under way.
Hall of the 20 cylinders are down
now. They are made of Lackawanna
sheet steel pilings and about 100 plies
ARE needed for each. Each cylinder
is 80 feet in diameter and each pile
Tia Is feet in length.
steam hammers mounted on barges
arc nsed to drive these piles, and four
~ fhem are at work at the same time
The bed Of the harbor is soft down 20
about 60 feet. Below this the plies
must be driven into from 10 to 10 leet
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-31
Dav. on Which Women Rule.

Candlemas day is not celebrated in
Holland much more than in England.
but its place is taken by a festival
unknown in this country, says the
London Globe. Slipper day in the
Netherlands is. the one day in the
year In which the Dutch woman claims
superiority over her husband.
On that day she rules him to her
hearts content, and he generally
obeys good humoredly enough. That
Is, unless she is one of those ladies
not unknown in Holland or in any 9th.
er county who aspire to complete rule
over their unhappy partners through.
out the year.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-31
Well Defined.

Charles Dana Gibson, an authority
on feminine beauty, discussed at a
dinner in New York the beauty of
the Englishwoman.
Il admire" he said, "the English.
woman's type. Most men, however,
don't She is so lean, you know, with
a clean, greyhound 1eanness. She is
like tall boy In football training.
"A japanese diplomat once defined
the Englishwoman neatly at ball In
Cavendish Square.
Comparing the Englishwoman
with others he said,rI find out the
formers meat looks much harder"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-31
Perhaas Not.

An instructor in church school
where much attention was paid to
sacred history. dwelt particularly on
the phrase, And Enoch was not, for
God took him. SO many times was
this repeated in connection with the
death of Enoch that he thought even
the dullest pupil would answer cor
rectly when asked in examinations
State in the exact language OF the
Bible what is said of Enochs death.
But this was the answer he got:
"EnOch was not what God took him
for. "-Brooklyn Life.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-31
The Way Successward.

Success is never easy" said the
late David Graham Phillips at a din.
ner at the Princeton club in New
York. 1T told you how many maya.
zine stories of mine were rejected
before my first novel made a hit,
you'd never believe it.
Success is like skating" said Mr..
Phillips. when l was a little bow
in Madison. anothtr little boy said
to me enviously one winter day:
How did you learn to skate so
well!'
"'Oh, just by getting up every tine
fell down. I said"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-31
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PRESIDENTS NEW SECRETARY

The new secretary to President Taft
who succeeds Charles D. Norton is
Charles D. Hilles, until recently as
sistant secretary of the treasury. The
selection of Mr.. Hilles meets with the
hearty approval of the friends of the
president. Mr.. Hilles is native of
Ohio, but was appointed to his pres
ent position from Dobb's Ferry, N. Y,
where he was conducting boys
school. Mr.. Hilles is about 40 years
old. He will receive an annual sal
airy of $1,000, congress having grant
ed an increase of $500 for the po-
sition. Under the reorganization Of
the executive force which has brought
about Mr.. Nortons short term at the
White House, that force, with the ex-
ception of the secretary, will be prac-
tically permanent body.
That women are keen observers
and not always without a sense Of
humor has been demonstrated by a
Virginia girl When the announce
ment was made that Charles D. Hilles
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-31

had been for position of secretary TO the t;+.
lady Hles congratulatory letter IN when s INN 70
read lvicus, chapter 20 to % Mr. Hle oe '1u
the following: z.
Of reonc1lng the ana lne
tabernacle altar shall i've goat
And Aaron shall both his hands the head OF e 1--WE goat ana
confess him the iqt othe children OF sae anu all er trans
the head W soat ana
send him @ a the wilderness
habited, and he shall let the goat in the wilderness
Apparently Virginia political
presidents