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Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18
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Harvey Hannaford, who has been,
iu feeble health for some time, left
Wednesday for Mill Shoals, H.,
where he goes with the hopethat
the change will be beneficial to
him.
f. Spinnenweber made a bust.
ness trip to Walnut Ridge We'd
nesday.
Lewis & Midkiff have an ad IN
this issue of the Star Herald rela-
tive to their furniture business.
These gentlemen state that they are
overstocked on several lines and
are going to offer some of the low
est prices ever heard of in order to
turn some of their furniture into
cash.
VIM. Kercheval and family left
Monday for few days visit with
relatives at Walnut Ridge and
Lauratown.
Mrs. Minnie Martin went up to
Reyno Wednesday to visit relatives.
d. V. Cooke went up to Reyno
Wednesday to cry a sale for John
Robinson, who was dlsposing of
quite lot of personal property.
If any one wants to buy a choice
residence, in the best neighborhood
in the town of Pocahontas, thew
will do well to answer this adyer.
tsement, Terms easy. This is
addressed to those only who actual
ly mean business. Idle takers and
curiosity seekers are not the parties
to whom tais is addressed. This
holds for one week only. The edit.
or will refer you to the party plac,
ing this ad. 5olt
For SALE-On easy terms, on,
7o-saw Eagle cotton gin, complete
with feeder and condenser ua,
been run three years. Will guar,r.
tee gin to do good work.
M. A, GRANT,
49.4tp Dalton AL
Choice Drew County Arkansas
Farms and Timber Lands for sale
$3.50 to $25 per acre. List Will
location and full-description free.
BELTz & BGLrz,
Dealers in Real Estate,
Deane, Drew Co., Ark.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18
J. C. Holmes ManaOpr

J. G. Holmes of this city has
been engaged by the Grafton Stave
Co., as manager of their river and
timber business. Anyone wishing
to correspond with him concerning
timber, or other business will sd.
dress him at Pocah ontas. 20 3t.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18
FOR SALE

100 acres of land, ! of which is
creek bottom, 25 acres cleared.
Young orchard, fine spring water,
good fencing, nice location for home
and convenient to school or church.
This land is situated 3 miles south
of MAYNARD, 6 miles west OF Big.
gers, 9 miles north of Pocahontas.
Price 1880. Will take half cash
and give time on balance, See or
write, IRVING OLDHAM,
Maynard, Ark.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

DR.. f. M. Dickinson, editor of
the Rural Educator and for two
years secretary of the State Farmers
Union, is a probable candidate for
commissioner of mines, manufactur.
es and agriculture in the coming
election. Mr.. Dickinson is SAID to
be one of the best qualified men in
the state for this position and is
very popular with the masses of the
people.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

A curfew law compelling all
children under sixteen years of age
to be at home after certain hours
was passed by the city council at
Mammoth Spring last week. We
have no patience with parents in
any town who have not a law at
home sufficient to keep their chill
dren off the streets after nightfaIl.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

Senator John Keel of Jackson
county, announced his retirement
from politics last week and says be
will hereafter devote his time to
farming interests. No doubt the
state would have been better off,
(but Keel might have been poorer)
if John Keel had always given his
time to farming and kept his hands
out of politics. John Keel is more
slick duck than statesman, and the
state is 10 be congratulated if it is
really rid of his services as a public
official Sharp County Record.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

From present indications business
in Pocahontas this fall is going to
be better than ever before. People
are fast finding out that they can
save money by trading with mer-
chants who are satisfied with a
small per cent of profit. Some of
our leading tradesmen have already
begun their fall campaign of adver-
tising and others will follow within
the next week or two.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

The citizens of Brinkley as well
as those of a number of other towns
over the state, have caught the good
roads spirit and are talking and
working for good roads. Today
every business house in Brlnkley is
closed and the business men and
citizens in general are building one
of the public roads leading into the
town.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

The whole state should watch
with interest the road program of
Lee county, for that county is EN-
barking on comprehensive plans for
highway Improvement. 1t got
from the last session of the legisla-
ture bill making Lee county a
special road district and authorizing
the issuing of bonds to the amount
of 800, 900. These bonds have
been sold at premium and thus
the funds are in hand for paving
for the work.
We note that Lee county has EN-.
ployed "a civil engineer and expert
road builder" That looks good,
Lee county could piddle out 500,
600 among various men that were
not civil engineers and expert road
builders and not get mile of good
road for the whole 500, 600. On
the other hand, Lee county NAV,
with proper use of this money, pro,
vide the best part of the county with
good highways.
If Lee county succeeds In making
itself a county of good roads by
forming itself into a special road
district and issuing $lOO, 600, in
bonds, other counties will take no.
tice.-Arkansas Gazette.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

1t matters not how busy you are
take time to speak word in favor
of the Pocahontas -Birdell good
road. This means something of
great value to every citizen of the
county, as it Is the initiative step
towards general system of good
roads all over the county.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

Mrs. Mamie Davis of Kennett,
Mo-, was visiting ner father, w,
r. Russell last week.
Mrs. j. d. Haynes and children
are visiting relatives at Maynard
this week, while Jess is enduring
the trials Of life keeping bachelors
hall.
Miss Ruth Slaughter of Searcy is
visiting IN Pocahontas this week.
r. l.. Stackhouse look w. d.
Wards place in the o. X. barber
shop during the latter,s illness last
week. Bob is an old hand at the
business and appeared to be very
much at home.
Misses Grace and Lorine Bennett
of Maynard we're visiting Mrs. Ed
rington and children Sunday.
Will Rush, our good friend of
Ravenden Springs, has been here
this week, attending the Masonic
lectures and looking after business
matters.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18
Cole Reelected

Geo. A. Cole has been reelected
president of the Arkansas division
of the Farmers Union for another
year. DR.. M. F. Dickinson of
Craighead county was elected vice
president and ]. B. Payne of Van
Buren, secretary-treasurer.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

/ Mrs. H. f. Lehman was visiting
relatives at Maynard first of this
week.
d. V. Cooke made a business
trip to Little Rock first of the
week.
Attorney T. w. Campbell was
one of the principle speakers at the
Blue and Gray reunion held at
Heber Springs last week. Mr..
Campbell states that large crowd
was in attendance and the event
was a successful one in every par
ticular.
Larry Cravens of Poplar Bluff was
In town Tuesday and Wednesday
looking after business aud meeting
old friends.
w. NJ. Shaver Of Blggers was
business visitor Tuesday. He in
formed us that w. A. Krimminger
of that place was disposing OF his
real estate near Biggers and would
probable locate in Springfield, Mo.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

Coon FARM For SALES room
house, 2 cellars, outbuildlngs, |
mile north of Court Square Poca-
hontas. Some fruit trees. For par
ticulars, apply to Mrs. Hattie Eagle,
Cape Girardeau, Mo-, 20 S. Spanish
st. so It,
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

Barber w. d. Ward was off duty
a day or two the latter part of last
week on account of illness.
Mrs. Sarah Sweeza of near Brock.
EFT has been seriously i'll for some
time, but is reported some better.
Buel Russell is in Byhalia, Miss,
visiting his little brother, Eddie,
who is living with Mr.. and Mrs.
R. c. Gregg.
Will Cox and Bish Patterson of
Reyno were here Tuesday on busi.
ness.
MIR. and Mrs. Sid Casebolt have
moved down from Biggers and have
rented w. R. Russell's property on
the north side.
W. j. Woodruff, who came from
Kentucky last February and settled
near holland, brought us a half
bushel of nice apples last Friday.
Mr.. Woodruff tells US that he has
gathered and sold about | 1000 bushels
..his-season.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

The tide of immigration is com.
ing this way very rapidly just now
and Randolph is getting her share
OF home seekers. So far as we
know all who have settled in this
county recently are people who will
make desirable citizens and we bid
them welcome.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

The grand jury for the Texas
side of Texarkana last week re-
turned 10 indictments Of which
number l48 charge felonies. The
last grand jury of Randolph county
returned only IA bills of Indlct-
meut.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18
ron SHERIFF

We are authorized to announce W. II. Perrin
as a candidate for the Office of Sheriff and
Collector of Randolph county subject to the
action OF the Democratic primary election.
The star Herald is authorized to announce
a. j.. Cole OF Warm Springs Township as a
candidate for sheriff and collector OF Ran
dolph county. subject to the action of the
Democratic party
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18
ron CIRCUIT CLERK

We are authorized to announce f. n. For
rester as candidate for circuit clerk and
recorder, subject TO the action OF the Dem
ocratic primary.
We are authorized TO announce Dee Mock
as candidate for recollection to the office of
Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Randolph
county.subJect to the action of the democrat
ic primary.
We are authorized TO announce j. A.Parker
as candidate for the Office OF Circuit
Clerk and Recorder of Randolph county,
subject to the action OF the democratic pri-
mary.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18
FOR COUNTY JUDGE

We are authorized TO announce G. II. Carter
as candidate for the Office of County and
Probate Judge of Randolph county. subject
90 the action of the Democratic primary
election.
We are authorized to announce Black Nc
Coy as candidate for the Office OF County
and Probate Judge of Randolph county.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18
OFFICE PHONE NO 30.
Political Announcements
FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

FoR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
The star Herald is authorized to announce
Geo. T. Black of Randolph county as can
ddate for Prosecuting Attorney OF the 10th
Judicial Circuit subject TO the action OF the
Democratic party.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18
Big Cut Prices at All Stores

Free railroad transportation will be given all who trade
the stores advertised the big circulars The merchants are
offering these special inducements get the people visit the
beautiful little city of Jonesboo No fake about the proposition
whatever but cean clear statement of facts Everything
will be just as it is advertised Pay the city visit
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18
FoR OonNrY CLERK

We are authorized TO announce Ben John
ston as a candidate for reelection for Coun-
ty and Probate Clerk of Randolph county.
subject to the action OF the Democratic pri-
mary
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18
FOR TREASURER

We are authorized to announce Jos S.
Decker as a candidate for the Office of Treas
urer Of Randolph county, subject to the
action OF the Democratic party.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18
ron TAX ASSESSOR

We are authorized TO announce o. A. Lem
mons as candidate for tax assessor Of
Randolph county. subject to the action OF
the Democratic primary.
We are authorized TO announce Mason sta
cy as candidate for Tax Assessor OF Ran
dolph county subject TO the action Of the
Klei1ocratc primary.
The star Herald is authorized to announce
Tobe Chastain as a candidate for the office OF
Tax Assessor OF Randolph county. subject to
the action OF the Democratic primary.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

Entered at the pOstoffice at PocahontaS'
Ark, as second-class mail matter.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-18

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-23

who will work, and men who have the
means to properly develop the farms.
These settlers should be placed suf-
ficiently close together to provide some
social intercourse. They should not
be isolated. They must be made sat
isfied and they must work and work
hard.
There are two valuable features to
this gift campaign. In the first place,
It has already been demonstrated that
the newspaper and magazines will give
it the most desirable sort of publicity
Stories have already been printed I'M
solicited. These stories have recited
as their text that the State of Missis-
sippi is going to give away two thou
sand or more farms of forty acres
each. Then the stories proceed to
describe what sort of land this is
"The profit which we hope to real
ize from the giving away CT these
farms and the large publicity that such
a campaign will produce, we anticipate
will come from our part in the sale of
the millions of acres that will remain
to be settled.
1--WE have asked from the land own
ers. in view Of the advertising that
we expect to do, that they give us
options on sufficient acreage to enable
us to avail ourselves of this prelim
mary advertising.
9TH history of the West and other
places where farmers have settled and
developed the country, Is that each
farmer who so settles, takes any.
where from four to ten other farmers
to the same neighborhood. One salts
fed farmer is the best advertisement
a colonization company or large land
owner can possibly secure. Started
in sufficient numbers they finish the
settlement by their own efforts. They
will nearly all Of them purchase an
extra forty.
1t is also the purpose of the organ
ization with which I am associated tc
buy land which will be marketed to
settlers. The whole campaign is tc
be one of settlement and not Of
dealing with spectators.
A Very Important Point.
Here let us consider very impor
tant point. The Southern Commercial
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-23

spection was eleven; at the present
time 1t is 443. The first school physi-
clans were employed by Boston in
1904. Now there is an army of nearly
1900 of them. The first school nurses
were employed by New York nine
years ago. Now they number between
four and five hundred and are en-
ployed by so cities. Sixty-nine cities
are regularly employing dentists to
care for the teeth of their children.
Best Progress in Far East and Far
West.
Marked differences are found be-
tween the different states with re-
spect to progress made in providing
for medical inspection. Massachu-
sets and New Jersey stand easily at
the head of the list with universal
compulsory school medical inspection,
while in Vermont, Mississippi Mon
tana and Idaho the municipalities
have not even begun work.
The greatest progress has been
made in the Far East and Far West,
the North Atlantic and Western Stat
es easily outranking those in the
South Atlantic, South Central and
North Central groups.
Modern Sanitary appliances Widely
Used.
A large portion of the repOrt is Civ
en- over. to the hygiene of the school
room and data are given for the 1888
cities telling about the use of such
modern innovations as individual
drinking cups, sanitary fountains,
vacuum cleaners and adjustable desks.
The number of cities supplying indi-
vidual drinking cups is nearly 300,
while those having schools equipped
with sanitary fountains number al
most 800. The figures show that the
deadly feather buster is being rapid
ly banished. More than so per cent of
the cities use moist cloths for dust
ing purposes, and nearly 800 use dust
absorbing compounds for sweeping
Eighty-nine cities are cleaning their
school rooms by means of vacuum
cleaners.
Floors and Windows Never Washed
In Some Cities.
Contrasted with these evidences OF
progress are figures showing that 81
cities report that their school room
floors are never washed, and seven
that the washing of school room win
dows is entirely neglected.
In almost 1000 cities instruction is
given in the effects Of alchol ant
tobacco; $40 have special courses de
voted to the prevention and cure o.
tuberculosis; and 5s2 give lessons II
first aid to the injured.
The tables of the report are 81
arranged as to give all of the differ
ent sorts of information by state divis
ions, by individual states, and finall.
for each separate city Of the entir,
1893.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-23
The BEST methods
(Cs.tinusd from page three.)

cessful. They do not hesitate TO print
good things about you in the fear that
they are giving you free advertising.
They are glad to give it to you If you
will give them something to talk about
that will interest their audiences.
Approaching the fact that there are
three millions of acres of these unoc-
crpied lands, and that from fifty thou
sand to sixty thousand acres year
are being added to that tire millions,
and approaching also that only
small PERCENTAGE of these annually
ACQUIRED sixty thousand acres is being
cultivated, I presented to Governor
Noel and to the larger land owners the
proposition of donating certain por-
ton of their holdings for advertising
purposes.
Colonization Plan Proposed.
"These lands can be given to people
who will qualify with sufficient cash
to properly develop them into produc-
tive farms. Each person to receive
forty acres of these gift lands must
settle upon the tract within one year
from the date of allotment, must Guilt
vate It for three consecutive years
and at the end of the three years OF
cultivation he may receive free and
unencumbered titled. In order to sue.
cessfully carry this out, Governor Noel
has appointed Mr.. Fl. A. Camp as Trus-
tee, representating at once the inter
ests Of the state, the interest of the
land owner and the interests of the
settler.
"The plans we're perfected and a
campaign Of publicity guaranteed
The Mississippi Colonization Associa'
ton assuming all expenses necessary
to carry on the gift campaign, includ-
ing the surveying and allotment of
the land The association also as
sumes the expense of guaranteeing
the title Of each forty acres to the
amount Of $1,000, in order to protect
the person who comes to the land and
cultivates II for the three years. The
proposition is to distribute this land
to substantial class OF settlers, men
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-23
Child HEALTH
PROGRESS MADE
Report BY Sage Foundation on What
1893 Cities Are Doing For Chill
dren.

New York, June 22.-The 1O1st
bulletin of the Department of Child
Hygiene of the Russell Sage Founda-
ton, has been issued and consists of
the first comprehensive report of what
American school systems are doing
for the health of children. The re-
port coverers conditions in ,O3S cities,
or nearly 80 per cent. of the important
American municipalities. 1t traces
the development of medical inspection
of schools from its inception in Bos.
ton 16 years ago and gives details as
to the army of school physicians, nurs.
es and dentists now employed to safe
guard the shealth of American school
Progress In Past Ten Years.
An examination of the report re
veals the immense progress that has
been made in the past decade. Ter
years ago the number of American
cities having systems OF medical in
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-23
WaIding, Kinnan G. Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O
WANTED FOR ARMv-AbIs.sass.

WANTED FOR sazied
unmarried men. berws~s seea Of Is
and So; citizens Of United States, OF
Sood character and temperate hab
it's, who can speak. read and write
the English language. For infor-
nation. apply to Recruiting Ofncer
621 Main street. iunet0
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-23
TO THE PUBLIC.

This Is our thIrty.drst year IN mi.
business. n you desire the services
Of the oldest, best and lowsst 2-icsd
Undertaken and EmbaImer In ths city,
phone 47o. Day or night.
RAMSEV q &C.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-23
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CIGAR
1

/ Congress has sounded the same warn
ing. Do not initiate the price of lands
simply because there are few custo-
mers in sight. Don't scare them
away. Keep them and make them
boosters. If your lands are ever going
to be worth anything, it will be be-
cause good immigration and intelli-
gent development makes them so. We
hear stories of lands which sold in the
West few years ago at $1.25 an acre,
and being worth today $500 to $1,000,
and ever more an acre. If the first
sales had never been made at the low
prices that made them so attractive
they would have still been nothing
more than a desert.
Remember when few hundred set
tiers arrive that you still have three
million vacant acres, and that you are
vacating five times as many acres
each year as you are settling.
Remember that it is the first set
tiers who are going to add value to
your remaining lands. Remember
also that while you may attract strong
colonization companies who may wish
to bring you settlers, these companies
will spend thousands of dollars to do
the work, and they can only undertake
the task providing the land can be
secured at a reasonable price. Don't
forget that it is going to cost for
tunes to settle your acres. Cheap
lands, properly advertised, followed by
good statesmen, will start the march in
this direction.
"And let us all bear in mind, what
ever we do in our different localities
or lines of endeavor, that there are
enough vacant acres to make room for
everybody. No one company or Or
ganization can hope to colonize the
vacant area in one year or two years,
or any number of years. Let the
strong central idea be cooperation.
Farmers That Are Wanted.
The kind Of farmer We want to
settle in Mississippi is the man who
will work. One railroad president puts
1t forcibly by saying: Never mind
his nationality or social leadership;
we do not need high brows so much
as we need broad shoulders that can
conquer stumps."
Hard work, with a moderate de-
gree of intelligence applied to properly
directed effort will succeed anywhere
It will succeed the more especially In
Mississippi, where the raw material
with which to work is especially at
tractive and sure to produce results.
eff we secure the publicity, and fol
low it with hard work and spend mon
ev for good statesmen, we will attrac
the settlers. We must first state thu
facts. If we secure settlers who will
work, the future of the state and thu
farm lands will justify the assertion
made by Secretary Wilson of the Agri
cultural Department at the Atlant;
Convention that within ten years tn
people of the country will have to ad
NIT that the greatest farming sectio,
Of the United States is in the South.
"All working together harmoniously
intelligently and energetically wit
one object in view. we will all hav
the satisfaction of knowing that W
will have had a part in the glory, a
well as the more substantial reward
I for bringing about the results"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-23
HOWS THlS7

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
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not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
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believe him perfectly honest in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
py his firm.
WaIding, kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter.
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and mucous surfaces of the system
Testimonials sent free. Price, 75
cents per bottle. Sold by all Drug
gists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con
stipation.