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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16
BAPTISTS.T0 Open
CONVENTION TODAY
DELEGATES ARE ARRIVING on Ey-
cry TRAIN AND FULLY ONE
THOUSAND WILL ATTEND.
MINISTER'S SESSION
Reflect Officers and Hear Able Adj
dresscs-MissiOnary Union
At Work.

With delegates arriving on every
incoming train and With prospects o.
more than a thousand being enrolled
by today noon, the annual State Bap-
fist Convention, to be held in this city
five days, will be the largest and most
successful gathering of it's kind ever
held in Arkansas. The opening seo-
sion will take place this morning at 10
o'clock, when President H. T. Brad
ford, of Lonoke, calls the big meeting
to order. Seretary John Jeter Hurt
of Searcy, is busily engaged in az
ranging the preliminary details and
. listing the delegates The election OF
officers will also take place at the first
session and the annual convention ser
mon will be presented at night By
Rev. II. l.. Winburn, of Arkadelphia.
The Ministers Conference, attended
by more than one hundred members,
held tree sessions yesterday. Rev.
A. Fl. Hautl eY, of Nashville. was re-
elected president, and Rev. J. F. Com
pere, of Fordyce. secretary.
The day was taken up with several
intere sting addresses by Rev. II. l..
Winburn, who spoke on The Develop
ment of the Country Church,; Rev {.
+, A. Westbreok, of Rogers, on "Evange-
lism in the Churches: Rev. L. Il
I Scarbol oush, of Fort Worth, Texas,
on development of Spiritul Power;
Rev. O. J. Wade, of Little Rock. on
The Prayer of Life" and W. +
Atkinson, of Clarksville, ON "The Mes
,s7ge of the Pew to the Pulpit" Rev
is. II, Campbell, Ct Little Rock. ably
discussed Evangelism at the after
noon Sc ssibil -. n,r-,..
H!ssiaaatj ffiiiyti.,
! The twenty-third snhnsl session 81
the Womans Missionary UaiSn, al
auxiliary of the State B. ptists CONVEX
ton, convened at the First Christian
thdfch, Sixth avenue and Beech street
yesterday morning with large num-
Der of pfS1nine mt women present
Three session were held yesterday and
three will be held today, concluding
with an address by DR.. T.llman +
Johnson, of Texas, at the session to
night.
The opening session was called tt
low ;uc h
dent, Mrs. Hugh Fox, of this city. Mrs
john l.. Hawkins, of Little Rock, il
the recording secretary of tie Union
The devotional services were conduct
ed by Mrs. w. P Mcclure, principal o
the Bapt st Training School at Louis
Vile. KY, who is a guest of the Union
Mrs. Chester Flournoy, of this city
delivered a most ccIdial address .
welcome, which was responded to B.
Mrs. N. G. Thompson, of Hot Springs
One of the most interesting incident
/ OF the days meeting was the presen"
of several local colored women vt tn
3, ms citing. They were recognized b
i, the president and enc of them, Mr..
, B. F. Wiley, made short talk i
4 which she discussed local condition
: among her race. Arrangements wer
4 made for NEE ing of the colored We
men and Miss Epsy, of Little Roc]
, will make an address. The presidel
q invited the members of the colore
v mission workers to attend the ses
sionS of the Union.
Tee annu.l address of the presider
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16
GINNERS' REPORT
NOVEMBER %

Notice was received yesterday at the
local cotton exchange that the United
States Census Bureau would issue a
report on November 2S, showing the
amount of cotton giHned up to Tues
day, November IA. 1t is expected
that the number of bs les ginned to that
date will be two million over the high
record of 1908, which was 11,500,000
hales. Port receipts last Tuesday
were 52,05S; same date last year 67,-
E01.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16

and that the merchants of the city APP
preciated their business. "The mer-
chants of the city will treat you
right, :" said Judge Stewart, and SO
will |. Come back to town whenever
Won feel like it. We will be glad to
see YOU. The men thanked His Hon
or. left the court room and later made
large purchases from local merchants
and departed for their homes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16

New Mackerel, New Potomac, Rob
Herrings, New Cod Fish, all fat and
fine. Fresh Oysters every d y. Red
Snapper on Fridays.-McCafn Gro
Gerry Go. l-il'u'
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16

vas very interesting and contained
many features pei tanning to the Union
and thoroughly reviewed the work OF
the past year.
A committee of five WAS appointed
To n animate the officers which will be
elected at the session this afternoon.
An enrolling committee WAS also ap-
pointed and made partial report. The
IN dday hour of devotion was led by
Mrs. M. F. Longley. of Little Rock.
Several ladies made report of the
Missionary Jubilee meeting held at
Little Rock last week.
At tie Afternoon session the cor
responding secretary made her re
port which showed large amount OF
correspondence for the year. The
feature of the afternoon session wac
the address by Mrs. NJ. X. Mcclure,
principal of the Baptist Training
School at Louisville, Ky. who is a
prominent guest of the convention. In
the address Mrs Mcclure told of the
great work at the school and aroused
great interest among tie membe rs OF
the Union.
The report of the committee on rec
concentrations was received but dis
cussion was deferred.
At the night session special song
,pnso M 0I
Mrs. w. S. Farmer and Mrs. Isaac
Cook, of Philadelphia. The subject of
"W. M. u. Problems" was discussed BY
Mis-. Jackson, and paper on Every
Member Campo ign" was read by Mrs
G., Wford.
The following is the program fer to-
day which will be concluded tonight
with an address by DIR. Tillman B
johnson on the Salvation of the
South"
/ Morning Session $3.50.
: Opening exercises.
Special music
| Miscellaneous and unfinished bust
ness.
Annual report of vice president, w
NJ u. of Arkansas, Auxiliary Ct South
ern Baptist Convention.
Report of ". NJ. L. Training School
Report OF Margaret Home.
Report, Obituaries literature an;
Orphans Home. ....xs
Discussion.
Re2or; OF sociationd superin
tendents.
Midday devotional exercises.
Announcements; adjournments.
Afternoon sessien-s,l5.
4 Opening exercises. 1910
| specia, music, !: : :
I Special session for Y. ". AS Al
:. sunbeatns. conducted by Miss Butte
and Miss Fuhrman
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16
HIS IRON NERVE FAILED HIN
WHEN HIS AGED FATHER TELLS
OF GOVERNORS DECISION.
WILL NOT INTERFERE
Attorneys Make Last Appeal to Gov.
ernOr Mann For Thirty
Day Respite

Richmond Va, Nov. 15.--Governar
Mann today declined to Interfere ia
the case of Henry Clay Beattie Jr.,
and the yong wife Of the InurdeTers
last hope OF escaping the electro
chair on Friday, November "a, WAS
swept away.
Attorneys for the condemned man
held their last conference with the
governor during the morning and Just
before noon the latter announced his
intention not to interfere In any way
with the decree of the Chesterfield
county court, which was sustained by
the Supreme Court of Appeals of tho
State A petition had been present
ed to the governor praying for a re-
spite Of at least thirty days for spirit
ual preparations.
Beattie's father this afternoon told
the prisoner that the COVE rnor had re-
fused all aid. Young Beattie received
it in silence, the guards say, but his
iron nerve gave way at last with the
| loss of his last hope.
The crime for which 3eattie will
pay the penalty exacted by the law
shot, shot, and XIII Tai young wife on The
Midlothian t-.rnpike at night. and the1
carried her body into the city In his
automobile, saying thu he had been
stopped by an unidentified man arm
ed with a shotgun.
4 Beattie was Indicted by the Chester
,. field comfy grand jury on august Ii
: and his trial was commenced at Chest
: erfield Court House on August q, AZ
4 the time of his arrest, Reu lah binford.
| a wanaan with whom he was infatuat-
~" w y Ny t.t,t T. !, '.,,he a
, ed; vas alss arrested: She vas sooss.
quent4y released -----. = J:
: Beattie's cousin, Paul Beattie, prov
ed one of the strongest witnesses
inst the accused man, testifying
J that he had purchased the shotgun for
Besttia viii. which the crime was com.
mitted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16
ED LELATRIN GIVEN ONE YEAR To
SERVE AND $50 FINE FOR AG-
GRAY ATED ASSAULT.
Two GET 81 YEARS
Larry Lee and Luther Harper Plead
Guiity--Dan MunrOe TO DO
Two Years.

After being out all night and much
of Tuesday afternoon the. july III the
cas-. of the State gainst Ed LeLauria,
indicted for assault with intent to Kill
for 81 7oting and seriously woundins
Arthur Murray, editor and owner d
the Press-Eagle, in this city year
ago, returned verdict "Wednesday
morning in the circuit court, finding
the defendant guilty of aggravated as
sault and fixing his punishment It one
wear OH tie county farm and 500
fine.
Il.Laurin's attorneys, Sorrells and
whitelaw and II. K Toney, filed a
motion for new trial, which was ov-
erruIed and the case Will be taken to
the Supreme Court. LeLaurin's bend
was fixed It $4,000 and signed by his
father. A. 4. LeLaurin; uncle, Lou Le-
I.aurin, and J. W. Sanders.
~ 1--WE Get q Years Each.
When Mary Lee, charged with ac-
cessory to murder before the fact, and
Lutber Harper, charged with murder
in the first degree. both indictments
growing Oil OF the killing of Ed Lee,
the Woman's husband, at Fairfield A
vegr ago, entered pleas OF guilty to
ghe charges and were given q years
each to serve in the state prison. Dis
trict Attorney Nixon accepted the
pleas and Judge Grace fixed the pun
a.hn,easss Attorneys Caldwell and
isroa,lssssa tepfsesehted tie hegl oes-
The murder Q. fa Ice VAS, one 81
the most bfutsi recorded II! his t%ai !
ty in some years, equalling almost Il
brutality the horrible assassin ton o.
John and Mary Gordon, the aged ne
yra,es who We're killed in the road neal
Moscow, Ark, two years ago and fol
whose death Jack Blackburn. a young
negro, was hanged here few months
ago For months the murderers D
Lee escaped arrest, the murder re
naming mystery.
Finally Constable Frank Stewart
took up the case and worked 1t cut. III
was only few weeks in getting thu
evidence that resulted in the arrest O
the dead mans wife and Harper, WHIT
worked on the same plantation witt
the Lees near Fairfield. So complete
was the evidence gathered by Con
stable Stewart that wlhen the case
were called for trial it was eviden
that the defendants could not escap.
punishment OF the severest kind.
Constable Stewards investigation re
vealed the fact that Harper and thu
Lee wome plotted to get Lee out o
the way that they might live togcthe-
On TIE night of the tragedy the woma
gave the S 'gnal and Harper quietl
yneaked up to broken window pane
poked e shotgun through the openin
and fired the contents ct the weapon
into Lees back. Lee was asleep i
bed at the time His wife admitted t.
e~ Constable Stewart that she was sittin
in the room and arranged everythjn
for the murder. Constable Stewart al
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16

Ian Munroe was another of District
Attorney Nixon's victims yesterday,
when a jury returned verdict in the
Circuit court, holding him for grand
larceny, and fixed his punishment at 2
years in the state penitentiary. Mum
roe was defended by Attorney J. M.
Shaw. He was indicted for stealing a
COW
Early last Spring Henry Singleton,
a negro employed on the Greenfield
place. near this city, found a stray COW
and put it up to make an effort to To-
CITE it's owner. Munroe learned OF
the find and ascertained complete
description of the animal. He then
Went to Singleton and convinced him
that the COW was his-but it wasn't.
He told Singleton that he worked on
the Gould place, at Noble Lake, when
in fact he lived on farm near Sher-
rill. In taking the COW from the
Greenfield place Munroe me through
P ne Bluff. He ran into Reuben Brock
another negro, the real owner of the
animal and Brock, to Munroe's amaze
ment, took possession of it. Munroe
disappeared and again Constable Stew.
art was called upon to locate him He
I'D SC, Munroe was Jailed and indictt-
Cd ana yesterday jury adjudged him
guilty.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16
Swell Stock of Suitings.

Let EISENKRAMER make your new
Fall Suit. The best patterns thai
the worlds best mills have produces
are made into the best fitting an'
most stylish clothes that YOU can huv
We make ladies garments to meas
ure.
EISENKRAMER
o-THE TAILOR
Room as. Citizens Bank Buildins
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16

-Lyd Vitz, Queen ON the Ivory, ut
the "MoOn."
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16

DR.. V. J. McComb left yesterday fol
Cotton Plant to transact business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16

WHY
WHY
Because we want your trade
That's Why.

We will give you free as long as
they last one turkish wash rag with
every bax of soap at 25c 6 cakes) all
brands. We are doing this to get
you in the habit of buying from us.
See our window and come in and
see the soap and wash rag.
Mellanes Taffy candy has become so
popular that We are getting two in
stead of one shipment week-Wed-
rasday and Saturdays.
CITIZEN DRUG STORE
eve deliver II quicker.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16

Continued on Page Four,
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LosT-spitz puppy Slightly rqme.
Return to A. G. Bedell 1T Bedell's
Pharmacy and receive reward.
II 10 81.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16
Cow Thief Convicted.

o got d complete Confession from
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16

was very interesting and contained
many features PEI tanning to the Union
and thoroughly reviewed the work Oh
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-13
MAN AND THE WORLD.

A Very Small Graveyard Would Hold
the Whole Human Family.
How little mankind signifies in the
scheme of nature is shown by a rather
morose calculation of the Italian Pro
fessor Zuccarini, who has figured out.
among other things, that estimating
the worlds population as 100000, ,OOl
the whole human race at present living
could stand comfortably shoulder tt
shoulder in an area Of 500 square
miles.
Taking the number of generations in
the past 6OOO years as 200, the room
taken up by them all on the above
plan would only be half the size OF
Germany, or for the sake Of com
parison less than the area OF the state
Of Colorado. To bury all the people
on earth would need a graveyard little
larger than that area.
If the dust left by each body be
estimated at one-tenth cubic yard
which is a liberal estimate. it would
cover only forty square miles to q
depth OF about three feet This Ger
tainly seems insignificant compared
with the great coral reefs and other
immense deposits built up By the shells
Of tiny infusoria.--New York Sun.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-13
|ALL HARD SLEEPERS
Blowing Off Of Roof Didn't t
Arouse Them.
palladium Specially

HAGERSHOW\. Ind, Nov. 13.-
While Frank Scott and family. living
on farm about mile and halt
southwest of here were sleeping, one
half of the roof OF their substantial
frame dwelling was scattered about
the ward The discovery was not made
by the family until several hours later.
they having slept through the whole
disturbance. except one of the mem
bers of the family, who when awak-
ened thought that it was nothing more
than an unusual gust of wind and that
it had done no damage.
The dwelling is of two stories and
OF rather large proportions. Mr.. and
Mrs Scott and two children were
sleeping down stairs. When Mr. Scot,
went into the yard he saw the shingles
scattered everywhere and looking at
the roof found that the shingles on
one half of it had been torn loose. leav.
ing the raftcrS exposed. The other
half of the roof was not damaged. His
loss will amount to several hundred
dollars, partially covered by cyclone
insurance, it is understood.
Damage done elsewhere in this com
munity was slight, consisting for the
most part of fences and trees blown
down. The very high wind was ac-
companied by a hard beating rain.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-13
A WEEK OF PRAYER
lnaugurated Monday at the
Local Y. M. G.. A.

The first meeting of prayer in the
local observance of the World Wide
Week of Prayer For Young Men," was
held at the Richmond y. NJ. c. A. this
noon, when Herbert S. Weed led the
half hour service. His subject was
brotherhood, with Africa as the foreign
topic for discussion. The attendance
at the session this noon was smaller
than expected.
These prayer meetings are being
held this week in nearly every Young
Mems Christian association in the
world, and are one Of the biggest fea-
lures of the international work Ses-
siOns are held simultaneously in all
the associations and discussion and
prayer for the betterment of society
are offered. The heads Of the local
Y. NJ. G. A. hope that before the end
of the week, more interest will be
aroused in Richmond, and the meet
ings will attract large number OF
business men. The evening meetings
allow a somewhat more complete
treat of each subject, but the leaders
believe the noon gatherings should be
uettei dtleHueu, DIS tley COIlle dI COLI
venient hour 11:45 to 12:15) during
! the lunch period.
Following is the program for the re-
mainder of the week: Monday even
ing (8:45 to $500, brotherhood, for
eign topic Africa, led by II. S. Weed !;
Tuesday, Adult Bible class day, foreign
topic, South America, led by E. NJ.
Haas; Wednesday, community exten-
sion day, foreign topic, Asia, led by r.
J. Horton; Thursday, social service
day, foreign topic, Australasia, led by
H. A. Pettijohn; Friday, patriotic day,
foreign topic, Europe, led by J. E.
Perry; Saturday, immigration day, for
eign topic Mexico and Central Ameri-
ca, led by II. S. Weed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-13
OLDEST ELEPHANT IN
COUNTRY DIES AT $50

NEW YORK, Nov 13.--Carrie, the
oldest and largest performing elephant
and one of the herd which takes part
in the spectacular show Around the
World at the Hippodrome. died today
of pneumonia, after a weeks illness.
She was the first elephant ever
brought to the United States and ap-
peared first with the old John Robin
son circus, which was noted half
century ago. The dead elephant was
more than $50 years old.
Carrie had been under the care of
DR.. Martin ]. Potter. After Saturday
she continued to grow weaker and ear
ly today sank down in her stall and
expired, while her four companions
triumphed an uneasy apprehension at
the loss of their comrade.
Carries understudy, Lena, will con-
tinue to fill her place in the pageant of
| the Indian durbar scene.
The dead elephant was larger than
jumbo in bone structure. Her weight
was six tons and she consumed
pounds of hay and grain mash daily.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-13
BURBANK HAS THORN
LESS BLACKBERRY

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13.-The
thornless blackberry bush has arrived.
Luther Burbank, after ten years of
experimenting, has been able to pro-
duce a blackberry bush that is des-
titute of thorns. Yesterday afternoon
while Burbank was showing a party
of Australian boys about his gardens
at Santa Rosa, he said:
Now l will show you something
about which nothing has been said as
yet. 1t is the thornless blackberry. 1t
has not been distributed yet, and pos
sibly will not be for some time. You
see. have to be careful about stating
anything until it is reality"
Burbank broke off some of the
branches from the bush, and they
were carefully examined by the visi
tors. There were no thorns visible
the surface Of the branches being
smooth as silk. The fruit is said tC
be of exquisite taste and quality.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-13
PREPARED FOR DEFEAT.
Precautions General Taylor Took Be-
fore Meeting Santa Anna.

Precautions General Taylor Took Be-
fore Meeting Santa Anna.
Santa Anna was the greatest mill
tary leader the Mexicans have ever
known. Santa Anna, with 25.OOO vet
Grams, went into the battle of Buena
Vista with the avowed purpose of ex-
terminating the entire army Of the
United States, and there was no doubt
in the mind Of Santa Anna that this
great feat could be accomplished with
comparative ease. General Taylor.
with his 5000 men. prepared for the
unequal contest, and not only defend
ed himself successfully. but won a
substantial victory from his aggressive
antagonists and drove them from the
battlefield of Buena Vista.
Some time after the battle was
fought and the Mexican war concluded
General Taylor was criticised for hav-
ing made no preparations for the re-
treat of his army in the event of de-
feat. General Taylor promptly re-
piled: Il made every preparation neces
sary for the battle of Buena Vista.
wrote my will. and so did nearly every
man in my army. If we had not won
that battle we would have needed nc
standpoint, victory or annihilation
The only preparation necessary for
the contingency Of defeat at Ruena
Vista was that we should write our
wills"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-13
A. VIRGINIA MURDER
Trial, Starting Tuesday, to
Be Sensational.


LOvINGsTON. Va. Nov. 13.- The
people OF Nelson County are looking
forward with much interest to the trial
of Ben Hubbard, who Is to be arraign-
ed tomorrow on the charge OF having
murdered Dr. James {. Petit. HUB
bard belongs to an old and prominent
family OF this section, while his victim
was one OF the most prominent physi-
clans OF the county and a member of
Governor Mann's staff.
The murder OF Dr. Petit occurred
on the afternoon of September 20 last
in front Of the Virginia Hotel. in full
view OF hundreds of country folk who
had congregated here, it being court
day. Dr. Petit was settling an account
with a client, when Hubbrad approach
ed from behind and shot him In the
head Hubbard then walked up to his
victim and fired more shots from an
automatic gun. Five Of the six shots
took effect in the head. Any one OF
them would have produced death.
The six shots were fired so quickly
stopped Hubbard, but when he had
finished shooting a farmer came up
and pinned his arms behind him and
took the weapon from him. Then a
crowd surged around him and the ex-
citement became intense. For time
there appeared to be danger Of mob
violence and Hubbard was rushed to
the Jail. Later he was taken to
Lynchburg for safe keeping.
Hubbard has declined to make any
statement concerning the tragedy be-
yond admitting the killing and dcclar-
ing that he was justified. AS to the
motive for the shooting, about al! that
has been definitely learned is that DR..
Petit WAS called in last spring to at
tend Hubbard's wife who was in del
icate condition. Hubbard had arrang-
ed for 4 negres5 to attend his wife and
did not want a physician. Hubbard s
father had learned OF the woman's pre-
carious condition and sent for DR.. Pet
tit. who did not want to attend the pa
tient because Of her husbands objec-
tion. but was finally persuaded to do
so and 1t developed later that the
woman probably would have died but
for his attention After the occur
renee DR.. Hubbard stated to friends
that Hubbard had threatened his life,
but that he did not fear him.
DR.. Petit was As years old, and had
been practicing here for years. His
practice was large and he was very
popular. 1t was for this reason that
Hubbard was hurried out of the coun.
ty after the tragedy.
In the coming trial Commonwealth s
Attorney Whitehead will be in charge
OF the prosecution. John l.. Lee, one
OF the foremost criminal lawyers OF
Virginia. will be the leading counsel
for the defense.