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The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
BRYAN BACK OF WILSON
Report That Kansas Will Send In. structed Delegates With
 W. Us Approval.

Kansas City, Aug. 25.-Informa- tion which seems to supply an an- swer to the question, For who is Bryan in i9i2?" reached Kansas City today in the shape of story that the Kansas Democratic dele gate convention would instruct for Woodrow Wilson. II. s. Martin. chairman of the state committee, is known to be very close to MT. Bryan and Martin is a Wilson man.
 A Kansas Democrat, who is known to be able to speak for Martin, is in Kansas City today. The delegate convention, he said, would be called about February 9, which is about as early as any state will be likely to choose delegates to the national convention. That date has been agreed upon, he said. Being one of the first states to act, an instructed delegation by Kansas with the known approval of Mir. Bryan would be a fine start for the New Jersey governor. Kansas will have 20 votes in the convention and there is no chance, according to the Kansan quoted, that anybody can corral them without Mir. Bryan's aid. If the Nebraskan is one with the Dem ocratle chairman i'll the plan out lined 1t places him fairly in the Wilson camp.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
MOB GOT THE
 NEGRO Al LAST
Before Great Crowd the Black Fiend Who Was Caught by Other Me- qroes Is Burned at Stake in
 Purcell, Oklahoma.

Purcell, Ok, Aug. 25.--h mob es- timated at between 2,000 and 5000 men and women early Thursday morning burned Peter Carter, a ne- gro, to death, after having locked the officers in the court house. The negro was charged with having en- tered the home of Mrs. Minnie Spraggins. a mile north of Purcell, knocked her down with a section of gas pipe, criminally assaulted her, then threw her onto a mat tress and set it on fire. She stated that when she tired to crawl away from the blaze he assaulted her again, breaking her arm. She nar- rowly escaped death, but was res- cued by her husband, who reached the house just in time.
 The town went wild and every body started on man hunt. In the night Carter was captured but es- capped the officers, afterward being recaptured by three negroes and turned over to the mob. Under Sheriff Farris and Deputy Hayes sought to influence the mob, but were trapped into an interview in the court house where they were
 locked up.
 The mob then took the negro in to the main street, chained him to a telephone pole, piled brush about him, poured oil over him and soaked the pile with oil, and then set it on fire. Among the great crowd who cheered to drown the negroes screams were many women.
 The mob was quiet and went about the work of vengeance meth odically, and when it was completed dispersed. The sheriff and county attorney were both out of town. It had been through their efforts that the negro was not lynched when he was first captured. It is stated that Mrs. Spraggins is in very critical condition and may die.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
FINDS NEW RACE
 OF MEN IN NORTH
Explorer StefanSs0n Writes of Finding Strange Race in Brit ish Columbia--Had Never
 Seen White Men.

New York, Aug. 25.-A race of people never before beheld by white man or Indian, has been discovered in the Arctic regions of British Columbia by Vilhjamar Stefansson, a
 leader of the American Museums scientific expedition, which left here in April, 1908, according to a letter received from him ill Brook lyn today.
 In his letter, which is s- dated South of the Dease River, October IS, 19i0," and is the first intelligence received from the party within a year, Stefansson says: We have discovered people in a region SUD- posed to be uninhabited and have lived few months among people
 who had never seen white men and did not even know I was not an Eskimo. We have discovered Es- kimo Gin speech and habits) who are Scandinavians in appearance.
 This find is the beginning of the solution of one of two problems: {: What became of some of Franklin's meng What became of the 5000 Scandinayians who disappeared from Greenland in the fifteenth century?' or, if neither of these is the question to be answered, then we have introduced new problem of scientific interest. Why do some of the people of Victoria land differ markedly from the rest of their race? Why are they so European in type?'"
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
JEFF DAVIS BUYS FARM
Pays Si2,0O0 For Orchard Property in Northwest Arkansas-Win
 Build Summer Home.

Fayetteville, Aug. 25.-Senator Jeif Davis has just closed a deal for one of the best fruit farms in northwest Arkansas.
 The farm is situated about three miles from Springdale, and the ap- pie crop this year is estimated to De worth $3,000. Besides bearing ap- pie orchard in fine condition, there are all kinds of fruit, the peach and are ali kinds o fruit, the peach and pear orchards being exceptionally fine.
 NIT. Davis contemplates erecting a magnificent summer home on ms new acquisition. He also bought large amount of farm machinery and pure bred stock from the for mer owner. The consideration was Si2,000.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
ATWOOD IN NEW YORK
Flies Down the River While Whis. ties Blow and Crowds
 Cheer.

New York, Aug. 25.--Atwood land- ed at Governors Island at 2:3S this afternoon, having taken advantage of favorable winds. He left Nyack at i53.
 Atwood flew from Nyack, about 30 miles, in l5 minutes. He follow ed the rivers course, flying most of the time 50 to 100 feet above the water.
 Thousands Hooked to the city roofs and cheered the aviator, as he flew down the river. The whistles on steamships and all manner of water craft joined in the noisy well come. Atwood had planned to land at Sheepshead Bay, and he may fly there later. but officially his trip ended at Governors Island.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
WOMAN DRIVER
 RUNS DOWN TWO
Mrs. 0. O. Scroggins Runs Over Pedestrian, Then DemOlishes a Wagon and Iniures
 the Driver.

Little Rock, Aug. 25.-An auto mobile driven by Mrs. o. o. Scrog- gins, wife of o. o. Scroggins, a cot ton buyer, who lives at 1877 Arch street, ran down and severely in- jured Hardy Jones and demolished delivery wagon of l.. B. Branch & Co, throwing the negro driver, Sid Jones, out of the wagon and pain fully injuring him, but not serious ly. Mrs. Scroggins, with her daugh- ter and three other women, was driving west on Capitol avenue, be- tween Louisiana and Center streets, when Hardy Jones, white man, at tempted to cross the street. The machine struck him and knocked him to the ground, and ran over him, crushing his left foot, and it is thought injured him internally. Spectators say that Mrs. Scroggins then lost control of the machine, and demolished a delivery wagon, throwing the negro driver from the seat and bruising him very badly. Mrs. Scroggins' daughter tainted, and was carried into a drug store, where medical aid was called, and she was revived. The white man and negro were taken to the City hospital, where their wounds were dressed and the negro was dis charged. Hardy Jones, the white man, was resting easy at late hour last night.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
UNWILLING OF THE l. SHILOH MONUMENT
Gen. Robert C. Shaver to Make Leading Address, While His Granddaughter, Miss Dorothy
 Shaver Takes Prominent Part.

Invitations have been received in
 Mena from the United Daughters of the Confectionery, Araknsas Dlvis-
 ion, announcing the unveiling of its Shiloh monument on the Shiloh Military park on Tuesday, Septem- Der 26, 1911, at i2 o'clock noon.
 This monument is a memorial to the Confederate soldiers of Arkan- sas, 100 of whom were buried in a trench on the battlefield at the close of the bloody conflict, and is planted on the spot where Lieuten-
 ant Colonel John NJ. Dean was killed. It is erected directly in front of the costly monument in
 honor of the fifth Iowa regiment,
 and at the spot where it is said the
 hardest fighting of the entire war
 took place.
 It is interesting to Mena to note that General Robert G. Shaver, who
 was colonel of the 7th Arkansas regiment, afterwards known as the Bloody Seventh" and in this bat tie was active brigadier of the First Arkansas brigade, generally known as Hindman's brigade, is chosen by the Daughters of the Confederacy to make the memorial address following the unveiling, General Shaver now is the only sur viving brigade commander of the Confederate forces engaged in the Battle of Shiloh.
 In addition, Miss Dorothy Shaver daughter of Judge James D. Shaver and Mrs. Shaver of this city, and granddaughter of General Shaver heads the list of young ladies who
 have the honor of removing the veil from the monument. Attorney
 General Hal l.. Norwood, also ar
 honored citizen of Mena, is on the program for an address on the part
 of the Daughters of the Confeder- acy. General James F. Smith o1
 Little Rock, Division Commander will deliver an address on the part of the veterans.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
NO WASTED TIME
 AT THIS MEETING.
BUSINESS MEN GATHER AND GIVE SUPPORT TO "ARKAN-
 SAS ON WHEELS"
Authorized Sending Exhibit and Representative From Polk Coun- ty and Subscribed Nearly $500
 for the Expenses.

In response to a call for a mass meeting of Mena business men at 10 a. Iii. Thursday, about 100 laid aside their private affairs and assembled in the Harman opera house. John H. Hamilton, vice president of the Mena Development Club, presided, and Elmer J. Lundy acted as sec fetary.
 After a brief statement from the chair as to the purpose of the meet
 ing, Father Gallagher took the floor and made a statement of what he proposed to do, and what he hoped Mena would do toward taking ad- vantage of the opportunity to build up this country and city through an exhibit and representatives on the Arkansas on Wheels" train, which leaves Little Rock October i6 on a tour over several states, to Pennsylvania and return.
 Father Gallagher stated that he had arranged to go on this trip, at cost of from $i50 to $200, his purpose being solely to interest people in locating in Polk county and Mena. He stated it would cost S200 more for this county to have space on the train and send spec ial representative, and that there should be prepared for distribution in this train, and in connection with the grand exhibit ear to be sent out from here by the Kansas City Southern railroad not less than 30,- GOO circulars, and 50,000 was better. He spoke of the distribution of some thousands of little booklets last year and of the many peo- pie that had located here through this and other efforts, and what it had meant to business men and the maintenance of the city in the face of what were deemed unfavorable conditions. He urged that a fund of $500 be provided.
 Ed r. Wolfe, who last year did such good work in Chicago, Shreve- port and other places with the Kan sas City Southern exhibit, stated that he believed the railroad would assist the Arkansas on Wheels" movement by dividing it's grand ex- hibit of products which has been prepared here. He also said if it could be arranged so he could be relieved for the necessary time from his work with this exhibit, he would go with the Arkansas on Wheels" train in behalf of Mena.
 After very little more discussion a list was opened for subscriptions, and in less than ten minutes the following amounts were promised for the work:
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
GETTING WELL RAPIDLY.
Both Men Injured in K. c. s. Cross
 ing Accident Are Recovering.

Lou Bennett and James Moore, who were badly injured about two weeks ago in the smash up near the southern limits of Mena on the Kan sas City Southern railway, in which Mrs. Bennett was killed when a train struck the wagon in which they were riding, are both getting along very nicely. Mir. Bennett has been able to be up and about his room for several days. His cuts and bruises are healing rapidly, and the stitches have been removed from his wounds. Mr. Moore has been slower in recovering from his hurts, but is doing as we'll as could be expected. He has been able to sit up for a short time each day for the past several days.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 25-Jef- ferson county,of which Birmingham is the seat, yesterday voted to re- turn to the legal sale of liquor by licensed saloons by a majority of above 2,000. The issue, however, was really between saloons and dis pensaries.
 Jefferson county first voted on the prohibition question October 28, 1907, when prohibition carried by a majority of 1896. The election for the prohibition amendment to the state constitution was held Novem- Der 29, 1909, and Jefferson county gave majority of i,70i against it.
 On November 8, 1910, Jefferson county gave Governor O'Neal, the local option candidate for goyer- nor, majority of 1864 over Col. H. s. D. Mallory, the prohibition candidate.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
Grand Jury Investigation to Follow

Purcell, Ok, Aug. 25.--The lynch ing of Peter Carter, the negro who was burned at the stake last night while women and children looked on and applauded the iynchers, is to be made the subject of a grand jury investigation. Indictments likely will be returned against the ring leaders of the mob.
 Carter was accused of having at tackled Mrs. Spraggins on the farm of Judge Harper, and of burning the building after committing his first crime. He was captured early yes terday morning and hidden by the police. Carter later escaped and was followed by the mob. When he was captured he was bound to a stake and burned.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31

Several of Mena's leading business men were out of town and com mittee composed of the following was named to solicit further funds and to prepare and have the liter |ature printed: John H. Hamilton, Father Gallagher, +. ]. Lundy, H. W. Cardwell and V. W. St. John.
 Chairman Hamilton announced that as he seemed to be the head Iof the Mena Development Club, he proposed to call meetings here after at least once month, and hoped that he would have aid ill making the organization force for the good of Mena.
 The entire time occupied by the meeting did not exceed 40 minutes.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
POLL TAX PAID BY 2S51.
Those Who Do Not Now Hold Re.
 ceipt Cannot Vote for a Year.

According to the report made by the office of the county collector to County Clerk W. L. Parker, there have been 2S5t poll tax receipts is- sued this year. Those who do not hold receipt for the year 1911 are not entitled to vote at any election during tine coming year, and cannot now get receipt, as the law pro- vldes that none shall be issued after the last Saturday in July.
 Following is list of the town ships and the number of receipts is- sued in aanh. v
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
GROCERY STORE CHANGE.
Anderson X lilies Succeed James
 Wood on South Side.

James Wood has sold his grocery store and building material business on the south side to R. I. Anderson and Henry lilies. The new firm will continue to carry on the busi- ness as MT. Wood started it. The new firm name is Anderson X lilies.
 Mir. Anderson has been working in the store for several months, and will continue his work. Mir. lilies lives at Heavener at present, but his family is staying in Mena. He expects to move here in few months.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
BIRMINGHAM FAVORS
 RETURN OF SALOONS
After Four Years of Prohibition the Alabama City Votes to Li- cense Sale of Liqu0r-Ma-
 iority of 1,600.

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 25.-While there are two or three boxes of the county yet to be officially heard from, the returns from yesterdays election give victory for legalized saloons in Jefferson county by a little more than i,60O majority. An extremely large vote was boiled. The city voted three to one for li- censing saloons.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31

Keep your body healthy at this season by using Prickly Ash Bitters
 It IS a necessary condition to suc- cessfully resist malarial germs. w
 10. Vandiyer. special agent: Jackson Drug and Furniture Co, special agent; Davis Drug Co, special agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
Don't neglect the warnings of na

kTVfl HCeEttt tIIt WdTHfII5o UT Hd- ture. If your appetite is poor, breath bad, tongue coated. you will be sick unless you take steps to put your system in good condition. prlckly Ash Bitters is the remedy you need. It cleanses the entire system. w. c. Vandiver, special agent; Jackson Drug and Furniture Co, special agent; Davis Drug Co.,, special agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31

Purify the body to resist malarial germs by putting the system in per- feet order. Prickly Ash Bitters is a wonderful system regulator. W. c. Nandiver, special agent; Jackson
 Drug and Furniture Co, special agent; Davis Drug Co, special agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
 MpnA4t smu~mw-~--~sss-s1 .<.srS BY ATTENDING TO THE
 TEETH IN TIME.

NOW IS THE TIME TO SEE THE DENTIST. BY ARRESTING THE DECAY, THE RECESSION OF THE GUMS. REPLACING THE TR0UB- LES0ME ROOTS OF OLD TEETH WITH GOOD sERyICABLE, COM PORTABLE GROWN AND BRIDGE WORK NOW, MEANS LESS EX- PENSE TO YOU IN THE END.
 LET US EXAMINE AND GIVE YOU ESTIMATES. WE DO GOLD INLAY WORK THAT IS UP-TO- DATE. THIRTy-TOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-19
The Great Value of System
In The Operation of a Farm

head that keeps the working force on
the farm pulling together and not
pulling cross-ways" to paraphrase
Charles w. Jordan's slogan.
Often the guiding force has we'll
conceived plans as to the methods Of
handling the work. but lacks the as
sertiveness to see that his plans are
properly executed. And it is often the
case that the head imasines that the
rest Of the working force are mind
readers-that their sense OF smelling
is highly developed SO. that all he
must do is think of what should be
done without making his plans known
The best results are accomplished in
any line OF work, where there is more
than one partaking. by thorough un-
derstanding all around of what is to be
accomplished, and then by all working
to that end.
This discussing of the work, and an
interchansing Of ideas causes those
who are working together to take more
of an interest, and be more than auto
nations.
In the shop, in the office. in the store
as We'll as on the farm. 1t is system
that keeps the organization running
with the least amount of friction. with
the least amount OF labor. and with
the least amount Of expense.
The manager of an office, as gen.
eral rule, has an occasional confer
ence With his force to get the benefit
of their ideas as we'll as to see how
thoroughly they understand what he
is trying to accomplish. And ON the
farm this same plan is carried out
by the most progressive farmers.
On the farm where system prevails
| we find that each member of the work.
ing force has certain part OF the
| work to perform. and that each one is
held responsible for his part Of the
| work. 1t is the old principle Of the
| working division of Labor" that We
used to read about in the physiology.
Under this system the one who cares
! for the hogs is held responsible for
that part of the work: he knows just
| how much feed. there is no guess
| work; the one who attends to the hors-
es knows what they require, and the
one who looks after the cattle knows
what they need to be most profitable.
In this way each learns to do we'll
the work assigned him. OF course on
many farms all of these different
operations must be done by one man:
we mentioned them as separate jobs
for the sake of illustration.
1t is not only in a systematic ar.
rangement of the work about the farm
that tend to produce the greatest
amount of profit from the least
amount of work, but it is also in the
accurate record-keeping of what Is &C
complished. Many farmers can tell
how much a certain crop cost to pro-
duce it, or how much profit was made.
or whether the crop paid at all: but
there are others who do not know
from one years end to the other where
the leaks are or whe1 r there are
any. All that they know is. that at
the end OF the year they have so much
more or SO much less than they had
the year before.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-19
81 ISAAC L. TOTEM.

dS~NS ~
One of the most striking evidences
OF progressiveness on the farm is sys-
TENT practically marks the differ
ence between the success and the fail
ure.
Visit the farm of any of Wayne
county's most prosperous farmers.
and follow the farmer as he goes
about his work; note the appearance
of his farmstead; observe the stock:
pay particular attention as to how he
takes care OF the farm implements:
and remark the way in which he looks
after the by-products. such as the
barnyard, manure. etc
What will We find: System. SYSTEM
system
1t must be so: because. in no other
way can one man do the work OF two
BY working to we'll thought out
PLAINLY thorough organizing of his
work. as it were-the farmer lessons
his steps and his every movement
counts. Just how many steps the
farmer saves who has his work sys-
tematized We cannot say: but we be-
lieve if an accurate account OF the
steps taken by the slip-shod-method
farmer were kept that it would run
up into the miles column.
On the systematized farm the fields
are layed out in a manner to obtain
their maximum efficie ncy. The crops
are rotated to help maintain the pro-
ductiveness Of the soil, and fertilizers
are used freely in order that the best
results may be obtained.
1t is system that places pure bred
stock on the farm; it is system that
culls out the Improbable. and it is a
the Improbable.
1t is on the we'll organized farm that
we find the fences in good repair, SO
that the crops are in no danger from
stock. and this means that the farmer
does not have to spend sleepless
nights thinking about such things.
System puts the binder under shell.
which is used only few days in the
year, will last long enough to pay for
itself; it greases the pillow after the
spring and fall blowing is done. in or
der that there will not be lot OF
securing with a brick when the pillow
is to be used again. thereby saving
much time which is so valuable gener
ally at blowing time.
1t is system that provides good
shelter for the stock in winter, and
sees that there Is plenty of food in a
convenient place for the stock. And
it also means proper feeding without
| waste
This method of handling the work
causes a more thorough carrying out
of the thing in hand; it makes fol
accuracy, and it means closer at
tention to details-or the little things
that are so big at times.
There must be guiding force tc
every we'll organized farm; as we all
know, there must be head to every
| thing. And on the farm this must be
, in name only. 1t is the head thai
sees that the work is carried out &C
cording to the best plans; it is the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-19
WALL STREET

NEW YORK. Nov. 1s.-Probably deriv,,
ing its strength from excellent railroa !
showings that are being made in annual
reports. and accepting these as forecasts
Of orders. American Cax Foundry scored
a gain Of Ia when the stock market
opened. This stock was one OF the nrm-
est the entire list The general tone
was mixed. United states Steel comm on
lost y on its first sale. Erie common
and Reading were unchanged. The 1oi-
lowing gains were made: smelter
Atchison. " Pennsylvania. Y: Union, "a
clnc. i; Missouri Paciic i; Southern
Railway. y.
Trading was comparatively quiet at the
outset. Lehigh Valley advanced about a
point on consistent buying. crossing $50.
Steel common. utter selling down for
loss OF H. recovered.
Subsequently the list made display OF
strength and at the end Of thirty minT.es
trading prices ruled slightly above Fri
days close. The curb opened quiet
Standard Oh and American Tobacco were
unchanged.
The market closed weak Government
bonds unchanged: other bonds Irregular.