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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-13
WOMAN CLAIMED
SHE WAS WHITE
TELEGRAM RECEIVED BY TON
DILLARD AND OFFICER
WOOD MET TRAIN.
FORCED INTO NEGRO CAR
Woman Is Alleged to BE an Octoroon
and Wife Of Negro Banker in Grays.
Conductor Commanded Her to
Move But She Refused.

Newport, Ark, Aug. 12.-Quite bit
of excitement was furnished last
night by telegram received here
that there was a negro woman riding
in the white coach of the passenger
train No. 6. who refused to be put in
her proper place. Officer Wood met
the train and made the woman take
her place in the negro coach.
1t seems that the woman got on
at Little Rock and started on her
way to st. Louis. She was as white
as any Caucasian, but it is alleged
she is an octoroon and the wife of
a negro banker at Grays' Ark. She
calmly took her seat in the white
coach and started on her way. The
conductor saw nothing in her to
arouse his suspicious and continued
on his way through the car AS he
went into the negro coach it is al
legged that a negro man there told
him that the woman was really
negress and explained the circum-
stances to him. The conductor
thereupon informed the woman that
she must move, but she firmly re-
fused to do so and eailmed that she
was white woman. Matters reached
climax at Kensett and a telegram
summoning officers was sent to the
Newport station.
Tom Billiard tipped off Clyde Wood
and the latter was waiting for the
train when it pulled in. Officer Wood
but firmly informed the al
legged negress that she must remove
to the Jim crow" car. She again re-
fused, stating that although she had
taught negroes and had sung in ne
gro choirs, she was as white as any
one. Nevertheless officer Wood in
sisted in his demands and she obey
ed him. The sentiment of the crowd
who had gathered around the scene
was expressed in Mr.. Woods words.
IF you can teach a negro school and
do all these things you have told
me of, then your right place is in
the niger coach" The woman re-
paired to the black car with loud
threats OF suing the road and what
she would do when she reached st.
Louis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-13

in the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth,
and his erstwhile fiance, Clara Anita
Dyer, formerly Of Philpot, Ky. may
be placed in the Munchausen class.
Peter, who is under surveillance of
the war department as the person ac-
cused OF being a spy in the employ Of
Austro-f Hungary. to ascertain the Sc
ercts Of Dunnite, admitted at Fort
Tatten thai the count and spy bust
ness was all myth.
When came over from Europe
last year | met Miss Dyer he ex-
planned, and fell in love with her.
She told me She WAS the only daugh-
ter of a very prominent family and
that she lad been in Berlin study
ing music for several years.
Not to be outdone, told her
was Il count, Count Windish Graetz,
added that | was in a subordinate
position in the American army be
cause ] was trying to get a great
secret away from the government.
Il got furlough and went to
Lexington, Ky, where | found that
Miss Dyer's parents were opposed to
my suit. Then | began to realize the
awful blunder | had made, and broke
off the engagement"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-13

HlHS Meal.
The woman had on only skirt, her
underclothing and waist having been
hung on the shrubbery in front OF her
hut. She was bare-footed and appear
ed half-starved She told them she
had been subsisting on roots. herbs
and what few vegetables she could
accure from raids on the farms in
the vicinity.
She was brought to this city and
confined in the county jail and the
officers at Little Rock notified of her
capture. She was taken back to Lit
tie Rock on an early afternoon train
and will probably be confined in the
insane asylum at that place
In discussing the affair this morn
ing, the woman claimed that the child
she had taken out of Little Rock with
her was her own son, and that she
had left him with some people at a
claimed that at this mill some men
stole her horse and the sum of SO
all her cash, and that she had been
on their trail ever since. She is
thought to be demented.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-13
BANK ACCOUNT FOR
EVERY new BABY
John Stewart Will Sart With $1.0O for
Each in Clark County.

Philadelphia, Aug. 12.-The Mer-
chants and Planters Bank formally
opened it's doors to the banking pub
lie for deposits yesterday The ac-
tual opening may be said to date from
August 1, although the quarters had
been utilized previous to that date
by the officers engaged in arranging
the preliminaries connected with the
beginning of the bank. The new
bank is located in the building for
merly occupied by the music house
at COS Main street The building has
been completely overhauled and
made into an up-to-date bank build
ing.
The officers of the bank are: R.
A. Stuart, president; T. H. Abrahams,
vice president; J. J. Kress, second
vice president; John N. Stuart
cashier. John Stuart is an old bank
err of this section, having been as
ISOLATED with banks in this county,
both at this place and Gurdon, ever
since the war.
He has placed an advertisement in
the local papers stating that for the
benefit of those yet to be born he
will open a bank account of 81 to
every boy born in Clark County with
in the next twelve months, provided
the parents will add another dollar
to the account.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-13
MARENO BOY
IS AT HOME
Ransom of $500 Paid Yesterday
Brought His Return.

+ Chicago, Aug. 12.-Angelo Mareno,
six years of age, who was returned
last evening after ransom of $500 in
marked bills had been paid the kid
napers, was closely guarded by his
parents today.
Il will never let my darling out of
my sight again until he is old enough
to take care of himself" the mother
said as she sobbed with joy at the
childs return after being held pri-
soner by kidnapers for almost five
days. The boy sat on his mothers
knees today greeting his playmates
and neighbors who called and seemed
unable to realize the grief his alb
sence has caused his parents. He said
he was we'll treated by the kidnapers.
They bought him new clothes and
gave him cakes and candy. There
was rejoicing in the North Side ltali-
an colony over the safe return of the
child and hundreds of neighbors and
fri nds called at the Mareno home to
offer congratulations.
Nine men and three women are UNI
der arrest for the kidnapping and the
police expect to make additional ar
rests. Search is being made for the
woman who guarded and cared for
the boy in the West Division street
house. An effort also will be made
by the police to recover the $500 paid
as ransom in currency
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-13
NEEDLE IN WOMAN'S FOOT
SINCE 1894 REMOVED

Trenton, N. J. August. 12.-One day
seventeen years ago Mrs. c. Connell'
Of 425 Beatty street, then a resident
of Brooklyn, ran a needle in the ball
of her boot. The steel embedded it
self deeply, and it was necessary TO
summon physician to remove it.
Half of it broke off and could not be
found. The wound eventually healed
and was forgotten. Many things have
happened since that time, and Mrs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-13

During the Season
We can save you an approximate average
of $l.OO per tor below Our list p~ice if you
will let lis figure your seasons needs.
We have the GOODS-DELIVER them fright, now
and give you 1000 POUNDS OF COAL for a tom. We
handle QUALITY PRODUCTS because of the satisfaction
it. gives us---ond customers. DON'T BUY inferior
"stun' when you get thu CREAM OF THE MINES
FROM US. Unless we were recognized by the OPERA
TORS as being be REPRESE NATIVE HEAT DISTRIB-
UTORS' of Pine Bluff would they place the EXCLUSIVE
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-13
l)BS|SIED ON
HERBS AND ROOTS
TppOSEDLY DEMENTED WOMAN
'OUND BY TWO FARMERS NEAR
HOT SPRINGS.
AIKEN TO LITTLE ROCK
opposed To Have Kidnapped Boy in
Little Rock-Only Wore a Skirt
When Found.

Hot Springs, Ark, Aug. 12.-Living
small hut in the woods far re-
Owed from any house, and subsist-
3 on roots, herbs and stolen vege-
bles for the past three weeks with
ply a skirt to hide her nudeness,
(artha Moore, supposed demented
oman who stirred Little Rock few
eeks ago by the report that she had
Fdnapped Roy More, a 12-year-old
py was last night captured about
ree miles from the Gulpha Switch
the iron Mountain, or eight miles
st OF this city, John Montgomery a
fmer deputy sheriff, and James Nc
son' farmers residing near the
Fehe, effecting the capture.
ABOUT three weeks ago, according
tne best information obtainable
rs Elizabeth Goodrich entrusted a
FelVe-year-old boy to the care of
laflla Moore. The boy is said to
'ne Son of Mrs. Goodrich, but is
AIMED Roy Moore, it is stated. The
onan with whom the lad had been
~ was supposed to nurse and look
'er the boy, it is stated, but she
|lsappeared from Little Rock some
nat mysterionsly, leaving the boy,
was later learned, with a family
-Neinaeyers saw mill. just a few
Il''es out Of Little Rock. 1t was at
''s' thought the woman had kidnap-
gu inc lad, but this was latter
sou.eo when the boy was found at
:. Aouie OF the saw mill hand and
s. ~ 10 Mrs. Goodrich care.
- Ine woman disappeared from the
.A,'s Oh the saw mill and the Off
lave peen On the lookout for her
. since. Several days ago the
.e."i $ office was notified that a
'.. uee woman had been seen in the
:. VI the Gulpha switch on the
-. aounealn line, and officers were
!. ~ 'nefe to apprehend and arrest
-. ~ event she could give no salts
l. MY ". statement concerning herself.
y. officers, however, were never
-, ~ to locate the woman, and re-
No. 'u 10 the city empty handed each
Al eues went out in search of her.
onts u' ten O'clock last night, John
! somery, former deputy sheriff,
= sames McKeon, who reside In the
) :. noticed a light in a small
A.. "a out IN the woods, and they
: mt u, to the hut to investigate, find.
1d ins woman sitting near a fire and
: 4'1 a tin can over the blaze. In
',o TN !, can was green cabbage
,,os eae woman had stolen and
~ she was boiling for her eve
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-13
These products are ABSOLUTELY the BEST GOALS
that money will buy, and having contracted early in the
summer with the MINES direct for our entire seasons re-
mements, able TO offer them to the public at

c1dent for many months until yester-
day morning. Then she felt sharp
Council had not thought OF the in
singing sensation at the back Of her
heel. She asked her daughter to see
what was the matter, with the result,
that the lost portion Of the needle
was discovered. The daughter re-
moved the steel and is saving is as
a souvenir. The needle had remain
ed i'll the foot during the entire in
teryal
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-13

If you need a wagon see our line
OF Florence road and delivery wag-
ons.-Cleveland-M Hdw. Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-13
DELIGHTED THAT
HINEMON WILL RUN

Arkadelphia, Aug. 12.-The many
friends of John H. Hinemon are
pleased to learn that he. will in all
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-13
KENTUCKY GIRLS
STORY A MYTH
Peter Admitted That Count and Spy
Business Was All a Myth Only q
Private.

New York, Aug. 12.-"The spy
mystery" of the Thirty-fifth coast
artillery, involving a name high in
the Kaiser's diplomatic service, is
solved.
Love was back of it all.
AS result, George Peter, private
Alma record., 1911-11-09

Is easy to realize to what extent small
houses have been improved
Instead of dark, dingy loft with
out floor. partition or daylight. we
now have three bedrooms and a splen-
did bathroom with hot and cold wa
ter the same as in large expensive
houses. The estimated cost Of this
attractive and sturdy little dwelling
is $2,500
Then in the matter of light, what a
change; we have here II windows for
four rooms and one stairway, which
certainly looks like a liberal allow
ance even for these times of extrava-
CANT ideas.
1t has taken us long time to learn
that we can build an elegant small
house as well as an elegant large
house. and we are Just commencing to
put our knowledge to some practical
use. Such cottages az this are becom.
ing common In the more enterprising
suburbs OF the larger cities and the
indications are that they will continue
to grow in popularity. for they meet
the requirements of fiat dwellers who
have become heartily sick OF living
In dungeons.
Alma record., 1911-11-09

carried up in the same solid way and
good outside window put in which
was covered with fine wire screen.
Shelves were built in this fruit room
against the outside wall from near the
cement floor clear up to the ceiling.
AS the room is eight feet six inches
long this gave considerable shelf room
and It proved a splendid place to store
canned fruit. butter. eggs and such
groceries as a person likes to buy In
quantities and keep on hand.
The fruit room and pantry above
were connected by means of a dumb
waiter which was just box about a
foot square and three feet long ver-
tically open on the front side and fit-
Alma record., 1911-11-09
DR.. F. A. g L l.
DENTIST
All branches of modern dentistry.
Work guaranteed
Union phone Rooms and 6
No...l46. Pollasky Blk.
MORTGAGE SALE

WHEREAS. default has been made in the
payment of money secured by mortgage dated
the 26th day of September, in the year 1908;
executed by Zatta p. Wood and Lydia NJ. Wood,
husband and wife of Alma, Michigan to NJ.
Esteila Moore of the same place which said
mortgage was recorded in the Office Of the regis
ter of deeds in the county of Gratiot in liber 1l9
of mortgages at page 352, on the 18th day of Sep
tember. in the year 1908 at 745 O'Clock a m.
ss sse .aa aore
George c. Parsons; by assignment bearing date
the 9th day of october, in the year 1908 and
which assignment is recorded in the Office of the
register of deeds in said county of Gratiot on
the 18th day of December in the year 1910, at
900 a'clock a. m in lber ia OF mortgages at
page 55l, and the same Is now owned cv him
And whereas the sum claimed to be due on
said mortgage at the date of this notice is the
sum Of One Hundred Fifty-nine and 63100 Dol
further sum of Fifteen Dollars sis OO) as alto
ney fee provided by law in cases Of statutory
foreclosure, together with the further costs OF
this proceeding and which is the whole amount
claimed to be unpaid upon said mortgage and
no suit or proceeding having been instituted at
law to recover the debt now remaining secured
by said mortgage or any part thereof whereby
the power of sale contained in said mortgage
has become operative
Now, Therefore, Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of the power of sale and in pursu-
ance of the statute in such case made and pro-
vided the said mortgage will be foreclosed
public auction to the highest bidder, at the
front door Of the Court House, in the village
of Ithaca, in said county OF Gratiot. on the
27th, DAY OF NOVEMBER NEXT,
at 1000 O'Clock In the forenoon of that day; and
which said premises are described as follows:
towit: Commencing at point on the east line
of block number sixteen d6) of the village (now
city, of Alma, Michigan, according to the re
corded plat thereof, fourteen 04) rods and IF
teen (i5) feet north of the southeast corner of
said block sixteen (l6l, thence running north
ffty (50) feet. thence west nine and one-half(9H)
rods thence south fifty (50) feet and thence east
nine and one-half (9H) rods to the point Of be-
ginning.
Dated Alma. Michigan, August %. 1911.
GEORGE c. PARSONS
WILLIAM A. BAHLKE, Assignee
Attorney for Assignee Q1694t13)
Alma record., 1911-11-09

that is quite new is the stairway built
around the big chimney II not only
looks well from the large living room.
but II occupies the least important
corner of the house and 1t lands you
upstairs in the middle of the hall In
close proximity to the doors leading
into the different rooms. Under this
stair are the steps leading to the eel
lar. so that space is economical TO the
best advantage.
The material for the walls is ce-
ment preferably run in molds with
provision made for dead air spaces,
on the hollow wall principle. This
makes the warmest house because IL
prevents dampness. And it is the
cheapest construction If you take last
ing qualities into consideration.
A massive effect is given by the
heavy loggia piers, and this loggia, by
the way, is considered one of the most
attractive parts of the whole house.
Alma record., 1911-11-09

Mr.. William A Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building. for the readers OF this
paper. On account OF his wide experience
as Editor Author and Manufacturer, he
Is. without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford. No. IT'S West
Jackson boulevard. Chicago. ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
The expression a two-story bunga-
low, which we often hear. is a mis-
nomer. Properly speaking. a bunga-
low Is but one story high and is COW
cred with a roof having very little
pitch to II. But we are always i'm
proving things. 1t would be utterly
impossible for the bungalow design to
travel across the continent from Cali
fornia as far east as Chicago without
receiving the inventive attentions OF
the western sons of our down-east
Yankee ancestors.
In this plan we have a dwelling of
modest dimensions, being 25 feet from
front to rear and 80 feed in width,
with four-foot extension to make
room for pantry. In this way we
get three splendid rooms on the first
floor and they are well arranged for
both convenience and looks.
Pantries were never properly built
until this outside attachment was hit
upon. 1t was born of necessity. like
many other valuable inventions, and
improved upon as occasion demanded.
Pantries are intended for the storage
of food both cooked and otherwise
Naturally pantries should be kept as
cool as possible and they should be
well ventilated at all times. Light is
a necessity and convenience is very
important, for the pantry is visited
many times during the preparation Of
each meal; and meals come along reg
ularly three times a day in most
healthy families. You can't have
cool pantry and have 1t built in the
body of the house along with the other
rooms, especially in a furnace-heated
house.
In one little house where a pantry
attachment like this was built on.
the space below was made into a cold
fruit room. The main cellar wall was
carried across solid and straight ex-
cept for a doorway, and a good heavy
door was hung in the opening. The
outside wall under the pantry was
Alma record., 1911-11-09
THE BUYING POWER OF sl.75.

A little money sometimes buys a
good deal. For instance, take the
subscription price bf The Youths
Companion for a year-$1.75. If all
the good reading in the SO weekly
issues of the paper were published
in book form, according to its kind,
1t would make about thirty volumes
OF fiction, science, essays by famous
writers, household management and
economies, sports and pastimes for
boys, natural history. anecdotes, hui
NOR, etc. The serial stories alone
would fill several volumes. Among
these is Ralph Paine's great story of
the Boxer Rebellion in China, "The
Cross and the Dragon" Another is
by J. w. Schultz, who was adopted
by the Blackfeet when a boy. 1t is
called "The Quest for the Fish-Dog
Skin" Another is glorious girls
story by c. A. Stephens, called Julia
Sylvester 1t is story of "Mer-
Ger" girl in the pioneer days of Ore
gon and Washington - and that is
Only part OF the SeTldlS.
e. 1t will cost you nothing to send for
the beautiful Announcement of The
Companion for 1912, and we will send
with it sample copies of the paper.
Do not forget that the new sub
Scriber for 1912 receives a gift of
The Companions Calendar for 1912,
autographed in ten colors and gold,
and all the issues for the remaining
weeks of 1911 free from the time the
is received.
Only $1.75 now, but on January 1,
1912, the price will be advanced to
$500 The Youths Companion, 144
Berkeley street, Boston, Mass.
New subscriptions received at this
office
Alma record., 1911-11-09

The square openings are easily fitted
with fly screens, so it is well intended
for an outdoor summer parlor and the
size is sufficient TO be of some use,
as it is ten feet wide and twenty feet
long.
The rooms upstairs are stolen from
the roof space, and they are right nice
little rooms, too. When | think back
a few years TO the me when all such
roof room was counted as attic space.
good only for storage of old truck, II
Alma record., 1911-11-09
HUSTLE.

Boost a little ev'ry day,
Shake hands in the good old way,
Che the fellow that's all in,
Meet folks with friendly grin.
When hard task comes to you,
Go right at it till its through,
Buckle in and never quit
That's the way to show your grit,
Countless times a grand success
Has been won through stubbornnes:
OF the man who won't say fail
AS he plods a ragged trail.
You can do it, so can I,
If we've got the grit to try.
Set Our thoughts on things worth
while,
Work and hustle, wear smile.-Ex
Alma record., 1911-11-09
TO BE HAPPY.

You must have good health. You
can't have good health if your liver
is not doing its duty. Sure but slow
poisoning is going on all the time
under such conditions because bilious
impurities are getting into the blood.
DIR. HERRICK'S SUGAR-COATED
PILLS put the liver in order, purify
the stomach and bowels and act as
a tonic on the entire system. Price
25 cents. Sold by Wheaton & Son,
The Pioneer Drug Store.
Alma record., 1911-11-09
HAIR HINTS.
Worthy the Attention of People who
Wish to Preserve the Hair.

Have your own brush and comb at
home and at hair dressers.
Never use brush or comb in pub
lie places, they are usually covered
with dandruff germs.
Wash your hair brush once week
with soap and warm water to which
is added a disinfectant.
Shampoo the hair once week
with pure soap and water
Use PARISIAN SAGE every day,
rubbing thoroughly into the scalp.
PARISIAN SAGE is guaranteed
by Charles Rhodes to destroy dand-
ruff germs and abolish dandruff, or
money back.
To stop hair from falling and scalp
from itching, or money back.
To put life and beauty into dull,
faded hair, or money back. Price so
cents.
Alma record., 1911-11-09

ted with two shelves In the middle.
There was pulley near the ceiling
in the pantry and a rope with coun-
ter-weight on the other end which
balanced the box SO 1t would slide
easily up and down. With this con-
venience II was never necessary to
tote things up or down cellar Ono
trip below only was necessary at any
meal time. Very often the box itself
contained everything needed and II
was only a minutes work to pull 1t up
into the pantry.
Another feature In this little house
Alma record., 1911-11-09
Pretty Good Proof.

THAT young man met at the
beach asks me to marry him, mother,
and requests reply by the same
messenger"
"Well. l don't know about this. Is
he a thrifty young man."
Seems to be. He requests a prompt
reply, stating that the messenger is
hired by the hour."-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
Alma record., 1911-11-09
BALKED AT COLD STEEL.

81 wouldn't let a doctor cut my
foot off," said H. d. Ealy, Bantam,
Ohio, although horrible ulcer had
been the plague OF my life for four
years. Instead | used Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve, and my foot was soon
completely cured" Heals Burns,
Boils, Sores, Bruises, Eczema, Pimp-
les, Corns. Surest Pile cure csc at
Rhodes Drug Store; Wheaton &