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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-26
JEFFRIES RISES TO SAY

Apparently James J. Jeffries, the erstwhile "hope" of a disappointed racial constituency, is beginning to feel out the American people to find whether they will accept the story that he was drugged just be- fore his fight with Johnson last July For six months the former champion has remained silent, although from time to time little rumors of the al leged drugging have floated out from Los Angeles, to fall on un- receptive ears. MT. Jeffries is having harder time coming back" into the sporting pages than he had returning to the ring.
 It has remained for Barney Old field, whose claim to fame rests upon his driving an automobile faster than anyone in his right mind should, to champion the cause of the defeated bruiser. Barney says that Jeffries told him that he, Jeffries, was drugged the day of the fight and that that is the real reason he did not put up better exhibition against the negro. It seems Oldfield and Jeffries went hunting together, and came out of the mountains with the understanding that Oldfield should violate Jeffries' condolences to the extent of revealing the "dope'' game to the American public
 Of all the pugilists and trainers and boxing experts who foregathered on that memorable July 4, probably the most reliable and most truthful is James J. Corbett. Not that Cor bett under temptation might not en- bellish tale with sprightly persi- flage to lend verisimilitude to an oth- erwise dull and prosaic narrative, but Gentleman Jim' is probably as re- liable witness as ever broke a nose or cauliflowered an ear. Corbett says there was no possibility of doping" Jeffries. He points out that the pugilist was under constant guard and that everything he ate or drank Was prepared by his wife. We have Corbetts word flor it that Jeffries was merely scared to death before he ever entered the ring. It was the belief of many American people that it would be Johnson who would show the yellow streak but instead it was the White man.
 Jeffries would do we'll to remain in
 ,mfortable obscurity. He has enough money to enable him to run I an alfalfa farm in connection with his saloon. At least, if he has anything to say, he should select some more au- 1 thoritative sportsman, so far as pug
 ilism goes, than Barney Oldfield. Jeff fries has been permanently knocked out by time and a few other things,
 with the active assistance of a smoke
 colored fellow who is going the same
 way.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-26
MONUMENT FOR
 SOUTH'S WOMEN Arkansas Legislature Alp propriates $1o,Oo0 for the
 State Memorial.
ON CAPITOL GROUNDS
Father Lucey, of Pine Bluff, One of Committee to Select and
 Place It.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 25.-The passage of House Bill No. Ill, by MT. Barker of Drew county, appro- priating $10,000 for the erection of a monument to the women of the Con- federacy was the feature in the morning session of the House today
 A hard fight was made to have the bill amended SO as to require the Confederate Veterans or their com mittee in charge of the project to raise certian amount in cash by public subscription before the appro- priation under the bill should become available, but this finally failed of adoption on a close vote. Messrs Hardage of Clark, and Newton, of Lonoke, led the fight for an amend ment, on the double ground that the expenditure of $10,0OO would not be sufficient to erect a suitable monu ment and that under the present fi- nancial conditions of the state gov ernment, it would be unwise to ex- pend any amount of money toward an enterprise of any kind unless it were assured that the undertaking would be carried to a fitting completion.
 MT. Hardage proposed that the bill be So amended as to require the Vet erans' committee to raise in cash the sum of $25,000, and this amendment was adopted in committee of the whole. Later, when the bill came on for consideration, in the House, it becoming evident that a strong fight would be made on the amndment, Mir. Jones of Pulaski offered substitute amendmnet reducing the amount re- G1ircd by public subscription to $10,- 900.
 Any restriction, however, was en- phatically opposed by MT. Barker, author of the bill, and MT. Lacey Of Union, himself g Confederate Veter- an who declared that the restriction VI SuDoCllpClOu uilSuC IIldhc the whole bill ineffective and prevent the consummation of the project.
 Both the amndme!1t and the sub- stitute were finally voted down, and the bill was then passed by an over whelming votea making the appro- priation without restriction as to any required subscription whatever.
 Briefly, the bill provides an appro- priation of $10,000, to be used in the erection of a suitable monument to the women of the Con'ederacy, the project to be carried out under the direction of committee composed of i Father J. M Lucey, Pine Bluff; eX- Governor Dan w. Jones, General Jonathan Kellogg and General, James F. Smith, of Little Rock; General V. Y. Cook, of Batesville, and Judge Charles T. Coffin of Newport. The monument is to be located on the l new State Capitol grounds, at point designated by the governor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-26

embracing Little Rock, Hot Springs, Texarkana, Marshall, Shreveport, Monroe and Pine Bluff. If such a movement is made he favors going into that circuit. The cities named have a combined population of ap- proximately 175,0O0 as against 90,000 in the other circuit proposed at Long, view.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-26
WIDENING COMMISSION IDEA.

The commission plan of govern ment has succeeded so we'll in Kan <sas City, Kans., that the county con- missioners of Wyandotte county, that state, have taken the first step to- ward placing the affairs of the coun- ty under similar rule. According to the plan now being arrange the county government will be divided Into departments and each commits
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-26

sioner Will have charge of one of them. Those back of the plan be- lieve that the effort will prove as generally satisfactory as when appli- ed to city government and that the handling of county affairs will be greatly simplified.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-26
ALLEGED FORCERS
 ARE N JAIL
VH Robinson Negro. Says "Kid" Champion Aided Him to Pass the Worthless Paper on Mrs. (.
 G. Broadway.

Deputy Sheriff Clint c. Green pull ed off nice piece of detective work Tuesday afternoon and night, whsn he, aided by Assistant Chief of Police
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-26
PARSONS POEM 4 GEM.

From Rev. H. StuDenvoll, Allison, Ia. in praise of Dr. Kings New Life Pills.
 They're such a health necessity, In every home these pills should be. If other kinds you've tried in vain,
 USE DIR KINGS And be we'll again. Only Poo at all druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-26

Twelve hundred dollar salary to collect s4OO,oOO is very small per cent. All of our business houses would like to make their collections upon this basis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-26

were for speculation and export, ln- cluding 9,4OO bales American. Re- ceipts, 5000 bales, including, 5o,- 100 bales American.
 Future opened steady and closed ouiet. January January-FeDruary' February March, 7.S7d; March-April, 7SS 1-2d.... April-May, 7.89d; May June. 7.S9 12d; June-July, 7.SSd July-August, 7.S6d; August-Septem- Der, 7.66d; September-Octooer FPS 1-2d; October-November 7.21d.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-26

FOR SALE-If taken in 10 days, will sell my $400 piano for $250. Prac- tically new. Used only six months. This is a big bargain. Must sell at once. Address, Bargain, care of Graphic l Il 6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-26

If the House wants to serve Jef- ferson county it will kill the Toney Bill.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-26

-J. D. Holley is very sick at his home at Sixteenth avenue and Palm street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-26

Entered at Postoffice at Pine Bluff,
 Ark. as second class mail matter.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04
ALFALFA AS A SOIL BUILDER
Great Value of Crop Is Its Ability to
Increase the Nitrogen Content
of the Land.

The great virtue of alfalfa is it's
ability to increase the nitrogen con-
tent of the soil, says Professor Frear
Of the Colorado Agricultural college.
About II per cent. of the air is nitro
gen. It is estimated that there are
$4,000 tons over every acre of land,
worth, at the present rate of 18 cents
per pound, over s12,000O00 if it could
be used. 1t is taken out of the air
into the soil by very minute plants
called bacteria, which live in the little
nodules found on the alfalfa roots. 1t
takes about $4,000 bacteria to measure
an inch
They take the nitrogen from the air
and use it in their life processes and
then give it up to the alfalfa plant in
another form. Alfalfa plants remove
a large amount of nitrogen from the
soil, but the bacteria collect so much
that portion is left for other plants
that follow. If the soil Is too wet, the
bacteria cannot work and if too hard,
the air containing the nitrogen can
not get to them.
All plants which have the ability to
add nitrogen to the soil, like alfalfa,
are called legumes. Some legumes
closely related to alfalfa are sweet
clover and white clover; some more
distantly related are beans and peas.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04

social race of these twentieth century
days. He characterized society as a
mighty and merciless automobile,
which rode down, without warning. all
who happened in it's path
1T is the swift pace that kills"
said the veteran ex-ch1ef. That is,
the swift pace, the desire to make as
good a show as ones neighbors, or
perhaps, better one, causes the ma
jority of the home desertions. And
the greater number are not, as most
people believe, among the very poor.
but rather the so-called middle class
Of society"
Among the many who look up from
the ranks of the third estate there are
few who suspect that the people of
the middle class ever lack comforts
or even want for the necessaries Of
life. Yet it is fact, that in the big
American cities there are hundreds
upon hundreds of husbands who are
commonly supposed to be well to do.
but who often scarcely know how or
where the means Of the family exis-
tent for the next month will come
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04

from. 1t is at such times that the
men forsake home, abandon wife and
children, and flee away-to suicide or
exile.
There is a generally accepted be-
lief that husbands desert wives sole
ly because of domestic discord or be-
cause the love of the husband has
waned. 1t can be said in contradiction
of this that while desertions do often
result from such cause, the number
is insignificant compared with the de-
sertions impelled by inability of the
husbands to support their families in
the style they believe to be absolutely
imperative by reason of their social
status
Comparatively few men," Mr.. Des-
mond declared, deliberately desert
their wives with the intention Of
never being reunited; few plan to re-
main away forever. Most husbands
who fee from city homes recover their
mental equilibrium and wake to a
consciousness of their position when
they bring up amid new surroundings.
Then hope revives. Then courage re-
turns. They look around with view
to getting a new start They plan to
rebuild their fortunes. All this with
the ultimate object of returning to the
old home and loved ones or bringing
their families to them in a new home.
But with many the castle in Spain
plans go awry; things refuse to work
out right These hapless deserters-
domestic derelicts-move from one
place to another. Their habits OF
home life are broken. They become
living, indisputable proof of the old
adage that the way to destruction is
paved with good intentions. They
continue to drift. Perhaps they be-
come sick and die-anyway, they sci.
dom come back they take the count
and are out and in the great roll OF
humanity they are recorded as heart.
less wife deserters."
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04
$3.50 RECIPE CURES
WEAK KIDNEYS, FREE
RELIEVES URINARY AND KIDNEY
TROUBLES, BAckAcHE, STRAIN
ING, SWELLING, ETC.
Stops Pain In the Bladder, Kidneys
and Back.

Wouldn't 1t be nice within a week or SO
to begin to say goodbye forever to the
scalding, dribbHng, straining, or too fre-
Quent passage of urine; the forehead and
the back-of-the-head aches; the stitches
and pains in the back; the growing mus
Gle weakness; spots before the eyes; yell
low skin; sluggish bowels; swollen eye
lids or ankles; leg cramps; unnatural
short breath; sleeplessness and the de-
spondency?
I have a recipe for these troubles that
you can depend on, and If you want to
make a QUICK RECOVERY, you ought
to write and get a copy of it. Many
doctor would charge you $3.50 just for
writing this prescription, but I have it
and will be glad to send it to you entire
ly free. Just drop me line like this:
DR.. A. E. Robinson, K-254 Luck Building,
Detroit, Mich, and I will send it by re-
turn mail in plain envelope AS you will
see when you get it, this recipe contains
only pure, harmless remedies, but it has
great healing and pain-conquering power.
1t will quickly show it's power once you
use 1t, so 1 think you had better see what
1t is without delay. I will send you a
copy free-you can use it and cure your
self at home
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04
PROBLEMS IN SHEEP RAISING
May Be Profitable by Keeping Small
Band as Scavengers or for
Securing Rams.
By E. ]. IDDINGS, Colorado Agricul-
tural COlIepo

(By E. J. IDDINGS, Colorado Agricul-
tural College)
Either for mutton or wool produc-
ton it is not probable that sheep
raising on large scale can be made
successful on high-priced irrigated
land. There must be more to the in
dustry than marketable wool or NUT
ton, else some other system of using
the productive power of the land is
preferable. Sheep may be profitably
raised on such lands in two ways; a
small bank kept as scavengers, or a
pure-bred flock for the purpose of
raising rams for use in other pure
bred flocks or in range herds.
The irrigated west is just begin
ming to face the problem of weed
control, and as the lands are better
fenced and better improved in every
way, the cleaning of fence rows, cor
ners Of the fields, and other neglected
places becomes necessary for pre-
venting the spread of weed seeds and
for improving the appearance of the
farm and the home. A small band of
sheep will do this service more eff
fectually and economically than any
mechanical contrivance. Sheep do
well in cleaning up neglected places,
in the potato field, in suitable fields
and wherever vegetative matter grows
that is not harvested in salable
crops. They eat practically all weeds
when young. Investigation in Mime
sofa indicates that sheep will eat and
practically destroy 430 of the 480 va
rieties of weeds native to that state
Where the lands are well fenced,
sheep proof, in the west, small band
Of sheep will clean up the farm, thrive
in so doing, and make salable mutton
or wool on forage and roughage that
would otherwise go to waste. Each
eve Of such band should annually
produce lamb worth $3.50 to $5, and
from $3.50 to So worth of wool.
The handling of pure-bred focks
for producing rams suitable for range
use has already been taken up in
some parts of the state, particularly
at Greeley and Longmont. With the
exception of increased cost of founda-
ton stock, and therefore, increased
interest on investment to be taken
into consideration, such flocks can be
handled with but little more expense
than grades. Pure-bred rams pro-
duced by such a system of sheep hus-
bandry, when old enough for breeding,
sell to range flock masters for SIG to
$25. A sheepman at Boise, Idaho,
who has established a reputation for
producing rams for range use, has
contracted his ram lambs for five
years ahead at $25 per head.
1t would pay western farmers to
give sheep some consideration for
either of the aforementioned pur-
poses.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04
A Corner in Candles.

AS an example of trusts and monop-
olies prevalent even in that early day
it may be mentioned that in 1850 one
benjamin Crabb obtained the exclus-
i've right to make sperm candles in
Massachusetts for IA years.
A year later, however, a factory was
started in Providence, R. l., and with
in the decade there were eight fac
tories in New England and one in
Philadelphia. Their output greatly re-
duced the price of candles, which not
long before sold for five shillings a
pound. In those days $1.25 was worth
fully three times as much as 1t is now.
From the Designer.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04
Farmer of the Future.

President of the last irrigation con-
gress says that the farmer of the
future will live with his family in viii
lagos with all the attractions of town
life. and he will drive out in his
motor car to the farm in the morn
ing and return at night to the lux
uries of his town home.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04
POULTRY NOTES.
rye faxed bran is the best.

Large faxed bran is the best.
Food acts as fuel for the body.
Bone meal is an excellent feather
maker.
Sweet potatoes being sugary are
fattening.
Unless grit is hard and short it is
of little use.
Rye has practically no value as a
poultry food.
A change Of food will often tempt a
poor appetite.
A ration rich in carbon will produce
too much fat.
Fowls during molt need an extra
amount Of food.
AS a general thing fowls prefer
wheat to barley.
Bulky food serves to promote diges-
tion and health.
Too highly stimulating food is apt
to cause liver troubles.
Kaffir corn is one of the very best
grains for poultry, and more suitable
than Indian corn.
A gill of linseed meal contains
more bone making matter than a pint
and a half of corn.
In feeding oats, hulled oats are
the most desirable, clipped oats next
and ordinary oats last.
In order to manufacture eggs 1t Is
necessary for a hen to be supplied
with the proper material.
A hen must be kept in good condi-
ton. She must be neither too fat
nor too poor. Both extremes are bad.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04
An Invariab;e Assumption.

''It must be dreadful to have any Of
your relatives become involved in
scandal"
eyes," replied Miss Cayenne. "The
only possible compensation is the ex-
tent to which it causes you to be i'm
mediately written about as a member
of the most exclusive society"
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04
important to Mothers
In the Blood.

WILTSHIRE those Kentucky horses
you bought scared of autos?
Gillis-No, indeed. They never no
tice a train either, but 1 can't get
them used to a sprinkling-cart to save
my lifel-Puck.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04
His Opinion,

Nephew-What do you think Of the
opera?
Uncle Josh-Them women in tn
boxes ought to be able to raise enough
money on their diamonds to buy some
clothes with, by jinks!
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04

The wealth of a man is the number
of things which he loves and blesses,
which he is loved and blessed by
Carlyle.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04

Diphtheria, Quinsy and Tonsilitis begin
with sore throat. How much better to
cure a sore throat in a day or two than to
be in bed for weeks with Diphtheria.
Just keep Hamlins Wizard Oil in the
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04
Use of Road Dust.

Scrape up the road dust and apply
about the roots of your plants during
the hot, droughty weather, and keep
the moisture in the soil.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04

I had rather be kissed by an enemy
than wounded by friend who enjoy
ed the job.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar coated, tiny granules. Easy to take
as candy.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04

So much we miss if love is weak, so
much we gain if love is strong.-Helen
Hunt Jackson.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04

WHY suffer with eye troubles, quick re-
lief by using PETTIT"S EYE SALVE, 25c,
All druggists or Howard Bros. Buffalo, N Y.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04
To Economize Space.

''But why is it that you always serve
toast with each slice stood up on
edge?"
"Oh, 1 just got into the habit; you
knew we lived in fiat when we were
first married"
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04

1t is better to lose in loving than
to gain by self seeking.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04

wisely directed, will cause her to
give to her little ones only the most
wholesome and beneficial remedies
and only when actually needed, and
the well-infor1ned mother uses only
the pleasant and gentle laxative rem
edy-Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
Senna-when laxative is required,
as it is wholly free from all objec-
tionable substances. To get its ben
efcial effects always buy the genu-
Inc, manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-04

xxx " HY do husbands flee from
WAE the family hearthstone?
IVY What motives impel the
wholesale desertion of
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-04-07
Concert Company Coming

~SuS~ss ~~sbny
The Star Entertainment Course ha.
had rare good fortune in securing an oper
date with the Giersdorf Concert Orehsstra
company. This family is famous for it.
musicians. In Orchestra and Band
music circles the name Gisrsdorf stands
for the best In music. The Giersdorf peo-
pie are descended from a long line Of musi-
clans famous on the German Rhine. The
five Giersdorf children are musical prodi-
gies. Every one that hears them !.
charmed by their great musical gifts
The Battle. for which they are famous is
a descriptive piece Of music It introdu-
ees war with all its stern realities. The
campfires. the buele calls, the marches
the retreats, the irregular firing. the
eannonadng. etc. War with all its GRIM
ness, the soldier with his surroundings,
are portrayed with remarkable vividness
and power. This piece Is produced with
twelve instruments. No guns are fired
The Omaha Bee pronounced it mas
ter piece Of master pieces. The Quar-
tettes, trios. musical novelties, humorous
speeialties put their entertainments in q
class by themselves.
Hear them at the Methodist church,
Thursday. April ! 5 tn. Admission. adults
Sue. Children 55eents.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-04-07
Were Quietly Wed

At the home Of E. W. Stoeksr, 1917
Chestnut avenue. on Wednesday, Rev. F.
W. Collins united in the holy bonds Of
wedlock Louis Unversaw and Miss
Norine Warden.
The wedding was quiet affair. none
but relatives and few intimate friends
Of the contracting parties being present.
The happy groom has grown to young
manhood in Rocky Ford and has larg 9
circle Of friends who extend to him
hearty congratulations. His young bride
has resided in this city for the past sew
eral months and has many warm friends
who wish her every happiness.
The happy young couple viii! make
their future home in Rocky Ford.