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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-05-19
NUMBER 8
UNDECIDED As
TO PRINCIPAL

The public school board had
another meeting last Saturday
and elected the following teach
ers for the ensueing school term:
Mrs Cora Mum, High S :.hool
or 10th grade.
Miss Lucy Mum of Benton,
9th.
ReSpess Wilson. 9Th.
Ellis Butcher, 7th.
Miss Alice Bradford, 9Th.
Florence Warrick, Fayetville,
5th.
Miss Hineman. Arkdelphia 4th.
Miss Winnie Haynie, 3rd.
Miss Irene Royston, End.
Miss Mary Rudolph, 1st.
Miss Edith Axtell, of
Menomonie Wisconsin was elect
ed to take charge ofthe Domestit
Science department OF the High
School.
After vera unsuccessful
ballots they failed to electa
principal to succ eed Prof.
Dunaway who resigned to accept
position in the Texarkana
Schools.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-05-19
C0LORED SCHOOL

The board of directors at their
meeting elected the following
teachers in the colored school:
Prof. Shackelford, principal, Ida
johnson and Lorena Giddens as
sistants.
All of the above were teachers
during the last session and have
given satisfaction in their work.
Prof. Shackelford is aneducator
above the average of his race
and we think that the school
board has done wisely in retain
ing him as principal of the McRae
High School.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-05-19

Quite bunch Of Prescott
citizens are taking in the Re-
union at Little Rock this week.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-05-19
PROGRAM or the
GALE HIGH SCHOOL

Program bp Primary and Resi-
dent Students, Wednesday May
"a, 8 P. NJ:
Commencement Sermon by
ED. w. M. Webb, May 81.
/. Song.
2. Dialogue. Telling the truth.
3. Rec. by-Lola Tompkins.
4 Dialogue, T h spelling
lesson.
5. Dialogue. w h a t Elsie
found.
6. Tableau.
7. Rec. by Bulah Tompkins.
s. Coon concert.
9. Play, The School Intertain-
ment.
10. Dialogue, Captain of a
base ball nine
II. Rec. by-Jewell Tomp-
kins.
II. Dialogue, Tne Joke Joked.
13. Fabaleau.
IA. Dialogue, The Store Keep
er.
Is. Dialogue. Where is my
Kake?.
16. Rec. by-M lila Carter.
II. Dialogue, City Ignoronce.
Is. Tableau.
10. Dialogue, The sick pupil.
20. Rec. by-Annie Hatley.
q. Song.
Program by High S c h 90 |
students, May 25, 8p. m.
l. Welcome song.
2. Rec. by-Miss Effie Shell.
3. Play, Timothy Cloverseed
in the city.
4. Piano Due ct by-Misses
Stella Hirst and Nee Shell.
5. Play, The Prosecuted
Dutchman.
6. Quartette.
7. Rec. by Joe Bean.
8. Tahleau.
9. Dialogue, A Morning Call.
10. Rec. by-Miss Cora
Powell.
II. Play, The lock Skillet
wedding.
IL. Rec. by-Mr. Calvin
Tompkins.
13. Quartette.
IA. Broom Drill.
Is. Dialogue, The time table.
16. Piano Duet, by-Misses
Gertie Westmorelond and Pearl
Carter.
II. Rec. by-Mr. Dwigh t
Westmoreland.
Is Tableau.
10. Play, No cure no pay.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-05-19

70. Panomine, Lead Kindly
light.
81. Play, Breech of promises
case.I
22. Quartette.
%. Rec. by-Miss l. izzie
Copeland.
"a. Tableau.
Is. Play. Popleton's Predi-
Moments.
26. Piano Duet, by Misses
Leila Westmoreland and lsmay
Mcdaniel.
27. Farewell Song.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-05-19

Uncle Jerry Westmoreland of
Weaver, was a Prescott visitor
last Saturday.
The evening world., 1911-06-17
o MILK FAMINE
CA S Il BY $4,000
WAREHOUSE BLAZE.

The Bronx had n milk famine this
morning as a result of the three-alarm
nre that destroyed the feed warehouse
OF george N. Roinhardt n Co., No. 943-51
Brook avenue and did $50, 900 damage.
In the rear Of the big two-story brick
building 10 the Bronx depot OF tho slaw.
son-Decker milk concern, where many
trainloads OF milk are unioaded on the
cut Of the New York Gen.
tral every morning.
a miikman was waiting for a load of
cans At 3 o'clock this morning when he
smellcd smoke and put his hand on a
shutter OF the Reinhardt building. II
was % hot he Jumped. He sen: In an
alarm that brought Deputy Chief
Ahsarn.
1t took the f,remen twenty minutes to
break open the thick iron shutters.
When this air got In. the building went
up with q roar, the flames mounting
100 feet into the air. There were about
leo carloads of hay. grain and othsr
kinda Of feed inside.
Sealing there was no chance OF saving
the building. the firemen threw up a
curtain OF water that prevented a spread
VI tHo IihIieU 10 inc gram eleNhtOF IN
the rear, This Is OF sheet iron. seventy
nve feet high. and Is filled with 100. 900
bushels Of grain and other feed. They
also saved the storage depot Of the An
hauser-Busch brewery.
Three alarms were sent in. bringing
thirteen pieces OF apparatus. The smoke
was thick and of the kind that greatly
Furnishes firemen. and at times they
had TO work In relays. Thirty horses
In . shed back OF the Reinherd build
Ing we're turned loose soon after the
ire was discovered. and ran wild
through that section of the Bronx fol
an hour before they were rounded up.
several milk trains we're on the track,
being unloaded when the fire started
Some Of the oars got 40 hot before the,
were shunted out Of the danger zone tn,
milk was spoiled. None OF them coult
be placed back In position for unloading
for three hours. SO those milkmen abb,
to get thei: regular supply of milk wer,
delayed several hours in delivering II
while others could net get n Is si
for their customers.
The evening world., 1911-06-17
What a Difference a Few Blocks Make s. s. By Eleanor e~r POL
LEAPS
ON HORSES NECK
AND STOPS FLIGHT
Daring Halt of Runaway on
Fifth Avenue Wade by Traf-
iic Squad Member. p

TraTr Policeman Christopher Ochrfe-
fer, whose post IL at Th!rty-second
street end Fifth avenue, showed to-day
Of what material the rank and file OF
the Police Department Is made OF when
dancer menaces the public. unaided,
Setr'ofcr mastered a RUNAWAY horse thai
endangered a score or more OF persons
aud. by a clever bit OF horsemanship.
stopped the maddenol animal. The feat
was witnessed by hundred OF persona.
many Of whom grasped the policeman's
hand aud congratulated hin on his
hero.sm.
II was shortly after 10 o'clock when
Tony PATIO OF No. . Grand street, driv-
ing a spirited horse attached to an
express wagon. stopped N front OF No.
30 F.ith avenue, near the Holland
House. and leaving the horse and
wagon unprotected. ran into a store
with a package. The chauffeur Of q
passing automobile, Just then. gave his
hcrn n long too; which startled the
horse.
In a second the animal reared and,
slipping It's bride, started OFF On a wild
galiop up the avenue. the swaying
wagon scattering small parcels along
the street. The avenue was crowded
and the cries OF the pedestrians. po-
licemen and drivers of automobiles and
wagons added to the horses frigat, A.
Thirtieth street two policemen tried "a
stop the runaway, but in vain. De-
spite the crowded condition Of the road
way the horse continued, his mad tlight
to Thirty-second street. chauffeurs and
drivers OF other vehicles hugging the
curb.
Schrlefer was prepared for the rush.
ing horse. Bracing himself he waited
until the animal had got abreast of
him and then. with a spring he grabbed
the collar of the horse with one hand
and the right ear OF the animal with
the other. Although In a perilous posi-
ton. being dragged several rods.
Schriefer did not lose his hold. He
finally managed TO crawl up on the
shaft. and throwing a leg over the
horses neck reached down and seized
It's nos:rils, shutting OF its wind. The
horse had reached the sidewalk along
side Of the Waldorf-Astoril, in the midst
of an excited crowd. when II finally
came 10 a stop.
Many who saw the occurrence declare
II was one of the finest pieces OF good
horsemanship and work displayed by a
member of the Traffic Squad since its
organization.
The evening world., 1911-06-17
WALL STREET.

The early stock market this morning.
In the face OF favorable crop news. con-
tlnued It's r~eact.onary tendency that has
been in progress the greater part OF this
week and slid oce fractionally from last
nights closing.
A little frmer tone war ev!nced 10 me
subsequent trading.
A sudden spurt in copper shares car
ried prices TO Tea the highest Of the
day at the close. The finish was irregu-
lar with advances slightly In tho major
ity. A gain of / point In Amalgamated
was the most important net change.
Dealings throughout the session were
entirely professional. The only time
the market showed any activity was
near closing time. when Coppers deyel-
oped decided strength.
The evening world., 1911-06-17
MANY UNIFORMED CLUBS IN
LIVE BESIDES.

Besides the school organizations there
we're hundreds of clubs In uniform. In
dams. cowboys, May girls. baseball
players, shepherdesses and every out
door occupation Imaginable were repre-
scented by costume. Many Of them were
headed by drum and nfe corps of their
own membership which kept the streets
of the Bronx booming from early morn
ing.
"Let anybody sav .ftsr Ibis that the
Bronx IL an outlying district. a de-
pendent provinc, OF NV York;" ex-
claimed President Nl'er as he paused
on his darning neello flights from park
TO park In his automobile. We've
here because we're here and W re
proud OF It,"
Over a thousand women volunteered
to help the school teachers. A medical
committee under the supervision of DR..
Stratford r. Corbett volunteered TO stay
a. the parks all day and attend to ac-
cidents or illnesses. The hospital corps
OF the second Battery was on , and, and
battery men put 10 tents In all the parks
FOR shelters.
The park foremen. under the direction
OF Park COMMISSIONS Higgins. who
was flying about just as fast as Mr..
Miller. had all their men out with In
structions TO look pleasant nd confine
all their Efforts to seeing to II that the
children had a good time.
Howard Bronson. eight years old. Of
No. 2&is Cambreling avenue. Pelham,
was killed while stealing n ride to get
quickly 10 tho Pelham Bay Park cele-
bration. He hitched OF behind an auto
mobile delivery truck. As the big cal
bounced over the bridge leading from
the Parkway into the park he was
In rrpd pf md fell In tho truck of mr.
automobile driven by Henry Bent. a
salesman OF Balkley Manor. near Rye
The boy was knocked down and
crushed.
Mr.. Bent lifted him into his own ma
chine and hurried with him 20 Pelham
police station. where Or. Sheridan OF
Fordham Hospital was called.
The evening world., 1911-06-17
LOST BOY TELLS
P|T|AbLE TALE Of
PARENTS NEGLECT
Says They Left Him in Park
and He Returned Home to
Find Them Gone.

At the rooms OF the Brooklyn Chill
dren's Society in Schermerhorn stree,
is a ten-year-old boy who, according TO
the best opinions OF his present custo-
dlans. Is either a juvenile romaacer OF
monumental attainments or a pitisble
victim Of aggravated parental neglect.
lie says his name Is George Rounds,
and he is a sturdy, stolid little chap,
with blonde hair and blue eyes.
On the evening of June 3 a truckman
driving his team along Fort Hamilton
Parkway saw the boy sitting on a
curbstore crying. The neighborhood
is sparscly settled and darkness was
coming on. The driver halted his horses
and hailed the lad. Between sobs the
youngster said he was hungry and tired
and lost besides. The truckman offered
TO give him a ride. He brought the lit
tie fellow to the Atlantic avenue sta
ton. where he spent the night. Next
day he was sent to the Children's So
ciety roomc, where he has been ever
since.
7 ~ baA' AAdt 'l Nle tllpl III " !
the previous day his mother and father
told him they were going to take him
to his aunt's to spend the day. They
left their home and led him TO a park
In the nelghborhood and left him there
saying they would return In a few min
utes. when four or Ave hours had
passed and his parents did not appear
George said he grew tired OF waiting
and made his way back home.
The house, he said. was Ut No. 13G,
New Utrecht avenue. Ito found the
door locked and he pcerod through q
window. TIE rooms ~ero empty and
:he furniture was gone. lie didn't know
where his aunt lived. In fact he had
Eevcr heard OF Ser before. so he wan,
dered about until he was overcome b,
wear!ness and weakness.
This wac the original story OF IN,
%youngster. So Agent Erbrecht tool
Gsorgle TO No. 1898 Now Utrecht ave
nue.. There wasn't any house OF an,
sor. at tina. aGdress-merely n vacnn
lot. Goorg.c confessed that he mus
have been m!sta6cn. He aid no dlGn'
even know the nelshbJrhood.
That night, back IN tho society
dormitory. no recalled that he lived o,
n side street jus, on the h. Il. !
tracks. Guided by the boys more O
less vnggs descriptions another asen
took him IN hand on the follovln,
morning. All day they cruised bac'
and forth Alons Fort Hamilton Park
way, invading every cross street iron
Thrift y-sayenth to BIftleth, Late in III
The evening world., 1911-06-17
IS FAMILIES IN PERIL
WHEN GAS JET Is STOLEN.
Thief Rips OF Fixture In East Side
Apartment House and Deadly
Fumes Fill Building.

John Quest. who lives on the ground
noor Of the large apartment house, No.
III East Fitty-third street, was awak-
ensd by the ccor Of gas early to-day,
and when re- went out into the hall
found that a gas fixture had been
wrenched from the wall. He stuffed
up tAs mole with a bundle OF rags but
the gas had penetrated to all parts oi
the building n pretty soon nearly all
Of the tenarts-:here are hfteen fam
lilies housed thcIs-cams running out Of
their rooms.
One or two children were overcoms
and a wac made III. but none
went to a hnspltal. quest summoned
the j~anitress, Mrs. Mary Burke, and
she reported b theft Of the fixture
at tho East Fitty-hrst street station.
Abaut AZ hour after Quests discoy-
cry Policeman John RafteY OF the East
F'rty-nrzt street station SAN n man
street with . brass gas fixture. The
man gave no Satisfactory expianati lion of
how he got Il and he was taken TO tho
station. There It was found to 10 the
bracket that was stolen from ins East
Blfty-tnird street apartment bouSc.
The prisoner IL Theodore Beck. tw.n-
ty-one years old. OF 10. 3s3 Eat Fifty-
third street, = workman efnpioyei nv
the New York Central RS,ircai. ia
was arrtigned be.o.o MasstrHt, X ~.
nochan IN tho Yovkviile Court. and SAID
that he thought some OF his friends
had given the gas fixture 20 MIN. lie
said lie had been drinking all night and
didn't remember where he had been
He was hsld In 500 bail
The evening world., 1911-06-17

played about in the streets or remained
In the empty rooms alone.
To-day when an Evening World re-
porter saw him at the home George
said he didn't care II IL was never
claimed. He had plenty of food nov
and "A nice bed to sleep in and other
boys to play with.
II like 1t fine here" he added, "and |
don't want to go back to my mommcr
and pepper. | hope they don't fni me-"
From which %utterance the society Of
fcers are rather inclined to believe that
for all OF George Rounds's simple ex-
preston and seemingly slow working
mind he may be smarter than he looks.
The evening world., 1911-06-17

neatly clipped OF both heels. The next
instant the stream had c%atapulted him
overheard into the water. II was be-
neved he was lost. hut he swan TO a
hawser leading from the freboat to u
brick scow and dragged himself up
above the water level.
The hose flayed the deck until En-
g'necr Taylor was struck and knocked
several feet. breaking ar arm near the
elbow and probably injurlng him inter-
nally.
The fire wac confined TO the building
In which II started. 1t wal one OF tho
hottest In years and its glow could
be seen for many miles. bringing thou
sands of persons to the scene. The dan
ger OF Its spread was not past until
about . p. NJ.
Half a dozen or more fremen were
overcome by smoke during the progress
OF the blaze. but were treated by ambu-
lance surgeons and returned to work.
The evening world., 1911-06-17
100000 IN ADAMS ESTATE.
VIII Gives Almost Entire Am,cat
to w.fs and Children,

"'shHf
MOUNT VERNON. N. Y, Juno H.
The will Of the late Charles L, Adams
Of Mount Vernon was filed for probate
to-day with Surrogate Willard at White
Plains. The estate totals about 600. 900.
Mr.. Adams was q prominent member
Of tho nrm Of Wilson. Adams Company
Of Mount Vernon ana New York. To
his wife. Holen T. Adams, no left his
house and all the furniture, the horses,
carriages and automobiles and 5000.
The residue OF thu estate, with tho
exception Of . few small beauests. goes
10 the Ave children. Emily a. Van
Patten, Maria 4. Luce. Edward l..
Adams. Mary a. Parry ana Charles l..
Adams. Tho executors OF the estate
ars Charles l.. Adams, Jacob y. Car
yalho ana John y. NGKenna. this last
Two being former hu~ipsns sssoei.tss es
Mr.. Adams.
The evening world., 1911-06-17
POLITICAL JUNE WALKS" hAD
TO BE GIVEN UP.

There were eight bands In all The
committee wanted nine, but couldn't get
the cdd one. They would have bsen
short two more had not the Van Ness
Democratic Club and tho Thirty-sscond
District Republican Club postponed their
June walks" for the Borough Day fss-
~tivitics. They really had TO postpone,
for the Borough Day enthusiasm robbed
them OF any prospect o. An attendance
et political sldeshows.
In nine different districts near the
nine parks OF the borough tho children
assembled at their school houses. e'eh
with an leo cream ana cnks tag ana
dressed IN tbs nufisst and nsatest the
mothers could scrapo together. The
went around and gathered them
up. and a. the skipping. cheering nobs
sailed along through tho streets, fathers
and brothers and mothers and sunts
and sistsrs who had TO stay IN thsir
shops and ofices and kItchsnS for tbs
day. waved handksrehisfs and sprons
and hats from windows and d~oorways.
Down side streets lowered the ma
rauding downtown bands. howsrtng
and 'rnutter,ng with psnt up rage and
greed and gathering wrath for the con
ficis to come.
THE biggest crowd was At CrotonA
Park, where $4,000 school children, to
say nothing OF toddlers toe young 10
70 70 school. were gathered. o.. MarTs
The evening world., 1911-06-17
BRAHMIN ASSASSINATES
A BRITISH OFFICIAL.
Prosecutor of Rioters In India Shot
in Revenge-His Slayer
Kills Himself.

TRICHINOPOLY, British India, June
l7.-Robert William u. Asche, British
Collector for the maritime district OF
Tinnevelli, was a~ssassiEated to-day by
a Braim!n attorney. who then COM
mitted suicide. With his wife, As.he
was sitting in a car OF a railway train
at Maniyachi when the Brahmin APP
preached and without a word shot the
collector dead
Aschc conducted the trial OF the Tut
cornin rioters last year. and his murder
Ia attributed 10 revenge.
The evening world., 1911-06-17
LINER SAILS. W FULL.
Laplnnd starts for Europe with
Record Passenger List.

The Red star liner Lapland sailed
from her pier at the foot OF West
Twenty-first street for Antwerp this
morning with a record list OF passen-
gers. So busy were all hands receive
ing packages and presents for the more
than seven hundred cabin passengers
that II was impossible to count the
storage. IN the first cabin list were
800 passengers. and 3I5 sailed second
csbir.
The evening world., 1911-06-17

Louis Felix, aged fifty-six. a cigar
maker who has been out Of work for
two months, committed suicide to-day
by inhaling AS. He boarded with Mrs.
Carrie Mansbach at No. S3 East Nine
tieth street. She went out to-day for half
an hour and vixen she returned found
him dead. lie had stuffed the windows
Of his room and turned on the gas.
Mrs Manshach said he a been very
dependent about not finding work.
The evening world., 1911-06-17
DOWNTOWN KIDS
INVADE BRONX TO
F|GHTFORG GOODIES
Hungry Horde Overwhelms
Borough Day Parties for
Share in Icecrealn Orgy.

rb. cb,,dren n, IN. pro,x o.,.br.,es
v....-. r.. -.
49,
" '"o''a"u VI '"o" se''i"s'
s'hsihs' skipping ana tumbins over
the lawns or the Bronx Parks from
noon until dark. They were as happy
AZ $4,000 bricks OF Ice cream. ZOO
pounds OF cake and 21,OOo quarts of
milk could make them. The only IN
happy persons In the Bronx were the
marauding bands OF %outlanders from
The evening world., 1911-06-17
Has;. Surplus Sas,aa,,7ba

Tbs statement of Clearing Heuse
'anks for tho week, iSeaei to-day, shows
that tho bants hold s6S sgl 30 more than
tho requirements of the y per cent. re-
serve rule, This Is a increase of ss9,-
~ $50 In the proportion to cash reserve
compared With last week.
The evening world., 1911-06-17

Park had 10000 school children. Bronx
Park had 1890. and the rest from
1000 &c 1900. These were Claremont
Park. Pelham Bay Park. Franz Sigel
Park. Courtlandt Park. st. James's
Park and the Macomb's Dam Park.
Public School No. 10 had the largest
attendance of scholars. with 10000
In line.
The evening world., 1911-06-17
Yale Graduate 10 Years Old.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, June lI-Judge
Henry T.. Hedges of Blngaamton. y.
V, a member OF the Yale class OF 1898
and the Oldest living graduate OF the
college. viii attend the commencement
exercises this year. He IS 20 years old
and boasts Of excellent health.
The evening world., 1911-06-17
pjREMEN ESCAPED JUST IN
TIME 40 WALL FELL.

9hsy got out Just In time. Tit hot
bsonaEs and sparks showered thsis COAT
tafs a. tho last reached the street.
Het bricks fell on n melted thair
hose, leaving the water pouring into
heaps Of dsksts that sent up clouds Of
steam.
The most exciting feature Of The
blaze was far from the soens, ana
where only a small crowd could witness
n The nrsbost Willett was working
a. the foot OF Tifty-fourth street and
had two lines Of hose Ito fess lsns
under so pounds pressure.
A length Of hose on the after deck
nfty feet from the water gate I'M
coupled amidships on the starboard
slAs. For three minutes nifty feet of
spake-iike rubber thrashed about IN
a. S50-pound pressure. Offering certain
oath to any one who came within
renoh of Il or tbs deadly stream shoot
in from It.
Ksnlon was or tho after deck when
the sinuous bludsson same down aud