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The Forrest City times., 1912-11-01
POULTRY SHOW DETAILS.
Everything in Readiness and Indica. tions Point to Largest Exhibit of Kind Ever Held in Eastern
 Arkansas

What are you going to have for the poultry show?a is the question met upon every hand by the chicken cranks throughout this section.
 All the literature premium lists, entry blanks, shipping tags, etc for the second annual show of the Tri- County Poultry Association, to be held i'll Forrest City on Nov. II, l. and ld, inclusive, is now in the hands of the proper officials, and all the ex- hibitors who expect to have birds en- tered at this show should make ap- plication at once to the local exeeu- tive committeeman and secretary of the association, II. A. Knight of this city. who will supply them with en- try blanks, premium lists and other desired informstion relative to the crating, care and shipment ofexhibits. The premium list is most attractive booklet and contains a fund of infor- IT ation for the fraternity. As is gen eraily known, this association is com posed of the poultry fraternity of St. Francis, Lee and Phillips counties. The first show was held in Helena, the second will bc held in Forrest City this year, and the third will be held in Marianna next year.
 Speaking of the approaching show in this city, II. A. Knight, the asso- citation man here, says that 600 birds have already been promised, which is safe guarantee that the show to be held in Forrest City will be the lar gest ever held in Eastern Arkansas.
 The entries for tine Forrest City show will positively close Friday mid night, Nov. II.
 J. 0. Winford, superintendent of the association, will have charge of all exhibits and all entries for the show must be shipped by express in care of the uperintendent
 c. A. Emry of Carthage, Mo, has been chosen as judge of the show, and will use the score card system.
 The entire list of general and special premiums are open 10 the competition of the world In addi- tion to this there are large number of association specials and individual membership specials.
 The show in Forrest City will be held just one week prior 10 the bip poultry show that will be held in Little Rock from Nov. ? to 30, in- elusive, which will give exhibitors here week in which to cull out the birds which make low scores and rest up their fowls before taking them on to the capital, where number of ex- hibitors plan to take their birds, fol- lowing the show in this city.
The Forrest City times., 1912-11-01
A Great Building Falls

when its foundation is undermined. and if the foundation of health-good digestion-is attacked, quick collapse follows On the first sign of indiges ton, Dr. Kings New Life Pills should ue taken to tone the stomach and regulate liver, kidneys and bowels Pleasant, easy, safe and only 9 cents at all druggists.
The Forrest City times., 1912-11-01
Only \ Fire Hero

but the crowd cheered, as, with burn ed hands, he held up small round box, Fellows! he shouted, this Buck lens Arnice Salve hold, has every thing beat for burns. Right. also for boils, ulcers, sores, pimples, eczema, cuts, sprains, bruises. Surest pile cure. It subdues inflammation, kills pain. Only D cents at all druggists.
The Forrest City times., 1912-11-01
Judge and Mrs. Smith Re-
 move To Little Rock.

Mrs. Frank Smith, wife of Judge Frank Smith, of Marion, passed through the city Tuesday, enroute to Little Rock, where they have pur- chased a beautiful residence, and where they will make their future home. Judge Smith preceded his wife to the capital the night before, where he will enter upon his new duties as associate justice of the su- preme court of Arkansas. Tie citi- zens of Eastern Arkansas are proud of the record of this brilliant young lawyer and statesman, and the citi- zens of Forrest City take very par donable pride in the fact that his wife, who was formerly Miss Clara Webb, is native of this city and county, being the daughter of one of our most beloved and esteemed lady friends, Mrs. s. F. Sutton.
 Judge Smith, now in his very prime, being just forty years of age, has had a most notable and successful career As lawyer he las climbed steadily upward from the very beginning. He was elected to the Arkansas house of representative from 1895 to 1897 by the voters of Crittenden county, dur ing which service he reflected credit both upon himself and his constitu- ents. He was sent to the state senate from his district for the terms Of 1903 and 1905, and at once took first rank as legislator in that high law making body. ollowing his service as senater, he made the race for cir cult court judge of the Second ju- dicial district in which canvass he also scored signal triumph, and held that position for many years. His brilliant career on the bench is familiar to all. In the recent Ark ansas primaries he was compimented by the voters of tn estate with an over whelmingiy large vote, having prac tically no opposition, for the office Of associate justice Of the Arkansas su- preme court.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
M0UNTA|NEERS !
VIEW Of THE Law
A Race Living In Midst Of a
Civilization Later Than
Their Own.

make meal Of it or hominy Of it. The
government meant nothing to him. He
owed it nothing. The law gave him
no protection. He did not need it. He
protected himself when he had an
enemy; otherwise there was no pro-
tecting to do. The revenu officer was
to him a mere invader, and when he
had arrested their brothers and fathers
and sons and carried them off to Jail in
the civilized settlements in the valley
they have come down and rescued
them, as their ancestors might have
rescued clansmen of theirs held in q
robber baron's hold.
From Jail delivery to taking a prfs'
oner out Of the courtroom where he is
standing for sentence is a short step.
for. to carry out our figure. the judge
represents the robber baron. and the
court officers are his minions. The
next step of shooting the judge and
the court officers in the act of doing
justice becomes equally simple and
natural. for it is merely doing vense
duCc uiJu1 lAC lODcSA pNAoA AA AAE
hall-a favorite performance Of the
mountaineer's ancestors. However.
that particular thing had never hap,
pened in all the history of the noun
tain country until the tragedy at Hills
vile.
It appears. however. that the Aliens
Of Carroll county are not exactly typ!-
cal mountaineers. One Of them lived
in a %pretentious modern house. with
such fancy improvements as baths
and gaslights. Reports say it cost
$4,000. Comparison Of its architec-
ture with the severe. classical dignity
Of the old porticoed courthouse OF
Carroll county and with the galleried
front of the old tavern shows all the
gap between the old and the new.
H~illsville is an old town. and 1t is OBJ
vious that the owner of Sidna Aliens
house belongs to the new rich.
Yet in houses like that the Aliens
maintained illicit stills and made whis-
ky. just as they might have made it
in the cabin hidden in the mountain
glen, where such things r commonly
found.
Up to the point of the battle in the
courtroom there were plenty Of moun
taineers in Carroll county whose SYM
pathy would lie all on the side of the
Aliens. Even after the battle there
would remain many who might not be
able to see the enormity Of the offcnse
of exterminating a court of law. AS
to the mere killing Of men. the noun
taineer's view of that is the seven
teenth century view.
According to the Virginia papers, the
threats Of the Aliens and their kind
were responsible for the resignation
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
True to Form.

True to Form.
The Anonymous Correspondents were
holding a reunion.
Veritas had told a fish story.
Fair Play had sung a comic song that
he knew one OF the others was intend
ing to sing.
Justitia had occupied twice the time
that had been allotted to him.
Pro Bono Publico had made a speech
advocating a wide open town.
Vindex had been called Il liar and
had not resented it.
Pax Vobiscum had raised a fuss be-
cause the cigars were five centers.
"Gentlemen," spoke the toastmaster,
II should like to hear a few words
from our silent friend on the other side
Of the table, whose name l seem to be
unable to recall"
"Never mind me-" said the silent
friend. 'I'm Vox Populi; l never tall
except when l have something to kick
about."-Chicago Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22

CONVERT LEMoN PEELs INTO ALLIGATOR
Hampshire church deacon sliding down
hill on an OK sled and tipping over the
barns in his path.
"Now, then," began Mr.. Bowser as
he finally led the way up to the sit
ting room, you are, of course, aware
that something good has happened"
eyes, dear"
II have long wished to be a million
aire."
II know"
"Well, the day has arrived at last"
I'm sc glad!"
." knew you would be. Mrs. Bow
brainy man, have you"
"Why, you are not a great states
man"
Some Confessions.
ing around? know enough to jump
over the fence when l hear an earth
quake coming, but not enough to be
secretary Of state. That's about the
way you sized me up, l take it."
"Yes."
II don't blame you, for l haven't
seemed to amount to much heretofore.
But now, however,
"Yes-what:"
fright here in my head-in my brain
pan. Brains got to working at last.
Result-$1, 100000"
"You don't tell me!'
"Astonished, are you? Found a new
Bowser? Not a great statesman like
Chauncey Depew, but he hauls in a
little 100000 0 from a simple idea.
Just as easy as rolling off a log, and
yet all the great minds Of the world
have passed it by for centuries"
"You astound me, Mr.. Bowser!
II thought | should. Mrs. Bowser,
you were born and brought up in the
country"
"Yes."
"You have seen thousands Of cat
tails growing in swampsy"
"Yes."
'They grow on long stalks, and at
the end there is something that looks
like a banana. It's called a plume"
II know. l have gathered hundreds
Of them"
Tho Great Idea.
swell, a farmer brought one into the
Office today. The instant my eyes
lighted on 1t l got an idea-the idea
the million dollar idea."
ITO sell them to school children for
real bananas?' asked Mrs. Bowser.
Mr.. Bowser smiled at her indulgent.
~ and asked:
"What does a fine ostrich plume
cost?"
"Why, you can 60 as high as 500"
"Where do most of them come
fromT
"Africa. I believe"
fright you are. and the demand II
always away ahead of the supply. Tn.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22

PnotO by American Press Association.
sHARPsHooTER ENGAGED IN THE VIRGINIA
MAN HUNT.
Of the predecessor of Judge Thornton
L. Massie, the man who died at his
post of duty upon the bench.
1t is significant of the cleavage be-
tween the mountaineer point of view
and that Of the rest of the community
that on the Sunday after the tragedy
the local parson in Hillsville itself
preached a sermon strongly rejecting
the indignation Of good citizens and
pointing out the necessity Of stern deal
1ngs with the invaders of the sanctu-
airy of society.
Further to mark the spirit of the
community. outside of the peculiar PEG.
pie in the mountains, a judge Of the
municipal court Of Roanoke, a city
which itself Is set down in the midst
Of mountains, stepped at once into the
place Of the mar the outlaws had slain.
Walter Staples, upon the order Of the
governor OF the commonwealth. went
to Hillsville, and a special grand jury
assembled by him lost no time in in
dieting eight of the leaders of the Allen
tribe, who. according to a we'll authen-
ticated report, had made Il compact to
stand by each other and see to it that
no n of them ever went to jail.
That action makes clear the fashion
IN which the mountaineer. who is his
own law. lives cheek by jowl with the
! law respecting citizen.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
APPALACHIAN
AND THEIR own
Standards of the Manner OF
Men Who Shot Up Hills
vile Va.) Court.

~ NE day only recently, as all the
country knows. a handful of
~ mountain men shot down a
Virginia Judge upon the bench
as he was in the act Of pronouncing
sentence upon one of their clan, killed
the two remaining most conspicuous
representatives Of the law-the attor-
ney for the commonwealth and the
eheri6-and MORALLY wounded two
others. It was a blow at the i%ncarnate
majesty Of the law itself. so bold and
80 startling that it seemed a thing al
most incredible. Yet 1t has been recog-
nized by a number Of commentators
on the affair that there are circum-
stances in the lives of those noun
tain men. facts in their history and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22

pose. Mrs. BOwser. that we didn't
have to send TO Africa or California
for ostrich plumes. Suppose we count
ed the ostrich right out of the bust.
ness. Suppose | could furnish $40
Ilumes at a clear profit of $3.50 to
myself"
But how can it be poSSible?"
"Ha. ha. ha! Where do the ~cattails
come In: Seey"
You would make them into ostrich
plumes?"
with the use of various dyes.
That's the secret; that's the idea. The
farmer has three acres Of swamp
grown up to cattails. and | leased it for
$50 a year. He went away grinning.
but he'll sing n different tune when l
begin to haul in my $1,000, 600. Going
up there tomorrow to begin gathering
stock. What do you think?
Mrs. Be "Good Thing"
Its wonderful. but | must tell you
that I've got something most as good.
| don't think there's more than $780,
600 in it, but that will help some."
But l don't like the idea of you
making investments without consult
ing me. " he replied as his smile faded.
"Oh. but | didn't have to invest a
dollar. The idea came to me as 1t did
to youth Il fash"
"Well, what is it?"
"You-you won't give it away7"
"Of course mott"
well, how many oranges does the
world consume every year?"
Millions"
"Say billions. Mr.. Bowser. What be-
comes of at least two-thirds Of the
peelings?"
Thrown aside"
That's it. There you are. Suppose
all these Feelings could be saved. Sup
pose II even had to pay 50 cents u
bushel for them
"By a Chemical Process"
"And then whatY"
"By Il chemical process turn them
into leather-yards and rods of leather
the same leather you see in most OF
the shoes advertised"
But what chemicals would do it?'
asked Mr.. Bowser after sitting for a
moment as if stunned.
I'm still experimenting on that. but
I think that epson salts and chloride
Of lime will do the trick. figure that
l al make the leather for about $40
an acre and sell it for Il thousand. Aft
er the first year l may sell out to the
leather trust. They are in the market
for a good thing. I should ask you to
come in with me. but you'll be busy
with your cattails."
"Woman. what-what is this 2" shout
ed Mr.. Bowser as he stood up.
"And l think l might convert lemon
peels into alligator SKINS" she went
on. lust think how many could be
picked up at Coney Island in a day by
a hustling boy!."
IL don't understand. by thunder. |
don't!"
He Catches the Point.
And then he caught the smile on
Mrs. Bowser's mouth. and when she
was forced to laugh aloud he roared:
"Insulted! Insulted and Inundated
in my own house! BY the living lingo.
but this is too much-tOo much!'
But those cattails! Those ostrich
plumes"
"N1rs. Bowser. l leave the house! l
leave it to enter it again: No
living, breathing woman can make a
fool Of mel"
"But you know
"Too late! Too late!"
And he stamped down the hall and
was in such a hurry to get outdoors
that he carried his hat in his hand and
his overcoat on his arm. He did not
60 far or stay away long. however.
He went over and told his story to the
druggist, and the man of hair dyes and
plasters soothingly said:
"Bowser, there is just n way you
can get ahead of that wife Of yours"
"HowY"
"Get admitted to an idiot asylum"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22

Photo by American Press Association.
s1DNA EDWARDS, CAPTURED MEMBER OF
H ALLEN GANG, AND DETECTIVE (AT
THE LETT.
descent. which make it necessary to
judge not only what they did, but how
they came to do it, by standards which
are not those Of the country at large.
The mountaineers who live in the
Businesses Of the Appalachians are a
peculiar people and are most peculiar
where they are most numerous and
most isolated-namely, in the Allie
ghenies lying in the states of Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee and North Caro-
lima. These mountaineers were de-
scendants in large measure of those
immigrants from the British isles to
the American colonies who We're least
fitted to prosper in the new country.
The meanest spirited among them re-
manned upon bare patches of the set
tied country. They are the ancestors
OF that element scattered through all
sections Of Virginia, for instance, from
tidewater to Piedmont and beyond.
The better sort among them, along
with many o1shoots Of families origi-
nally more advantageously placed, re-
tired into the mountains. In the noun
tains In the course Of a few genera
tons they grew up to the full stature
Of the mountaineer. Some of them
Joined the pioneers and pushed on be-
yond into the west. Others got no far
ther than the mountain barrier, re.
manned in their wilds and became the
ancestors of the lawless 100000 or so
mountaineers who are tucked away in
the pockets of the Appalachians in our
own day.
AS for the mountain people whose
origin has been suggested, they lived
apart. They stood still while their i'm.
mediate neighbors and those who re
NAMED in the lower country to the east
Of them and those who had pushed on
to the west of them moved on and be-
came the nation that we know. Once
only they We're drawn into the main
stream of the life Of that nation. That
was when the nation was torn by the
civil war. The war came to the noun
taineers, and the mountaineers fought.
They fo2ght on both sides. But most
Qf them in the Virginias, in Tennessee,
Kentucky and Carolina fought on the
Union side.
The end Of the war found the noun
taineer following his immemorial Gus
tom Of making a part Of his poor
corn crop into whisky. Sometimes he
committed murder, and that brought
about a blood feud and other murders.
But these things were and are spo-
radio. Moreover, his feuds We're con
fined to his fellow mountaineers. The
strangers life was as safe except for
the hap Of some chance bullet as the
strangers purse.
This is all true unless, Of course, the
stranger Is suspected of being an Of
hcer Of the United States government
about the business of collecting inter,
nal revenue-in other words, the whis,
Ky tax.
The mountaineer had no conscious.
ness Of wrongdoing. no conviction OF
sin. He had made whisky Of his corn.
He had as much right to do that, &C.
cording to his lights. as be had to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
BQWSER Invests,
Ard His Wife Also Discovers a
Good Thing.
MILLIONS IN CATTAlLS.
Ra sing Ostrich Feathers In a Swamp.
Mrs. BE III Timed Humor In Propos.
Ina .hs Manufacture Of Leather From
Orange Peel.
BY NJ. QUAD.
fccpyrisit. 1912, by Associated Literary
Press.l

BY N. QUAD.
fCcpyrigi.t, 1912. by Associated Literary
Press.l
H, no, Mr.. Bowser didn't kick
open the gate 0 bang the
front door nor throw his hat
on the floor instead of hang
ing it on a peg-not this time.
He opened the gate as tenderly as
one handling dynamite-almost waited
to knock at the door-and when he had
entered the hall he carried a fatherly
smile on his face.
No glaring at the cat as she came
forward, no turning up his nose at the
dinner, no declaring the coffee to be
the worst slop ever set before a man
with a palate not made Of sheet iron.
Just good. Just real good. Just nice
and sweet and lovely. Just so lovely
that Mrs. Bowser wondered if the hon.
eymoon was to come back after all the
long years.
In High Good Humor.
At times while the meal lasted Mr..
Bowser smiled blandly. at other times
complacently. He also uttered IL
chuckle now and then and poked him.
self in the ribs for a good fellow, a
sharp fellow, a fellow that knew a gold
brick from a summer squash.
And Mrs. BOwser also smiled and
made throaty sounds and put on know
inc looks and tho cat winEo6 at tho
cook, and all went off like q New
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
Cause For Thanksgiving.
Even if you are not getting
what you want be thankful that
you are not getting what You de-
serve.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Honeymoon Lie.

She-And you say that you have al
ways avoided blaming me. I'd like to
have you mention one instance.
Hewitt pleasure. l remember right
after we were married l ate a pie you
baked, and when the doctor came |
told him it was clams.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
LAND AND MINING
CASES.

If you are interested in any contest
or any matter before the Interior De-
partment, write to Clark & Wright,
registered land lawyers, oo2 F Street
N. w. Opposite Genl Land Ofice),
Washington, D. c. Free information
about contests and where to obtain
scrip, locatable upon public lands,
without residence or cultivation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
Doomed.

Doomed.
The dove OF peace her pinions loosed
And softly sang this sad refrain:
mo matter now how high I roost.
They'll get me with an aeroplane."
-waahin1ton Star.
The daily sentinel., 1912-04-18

approach of hot presidential cam
paign was causing any uneasiness. ="
How about politics." Mr. Samp-
liner was asked.
Il mean it when | say that | have
heard more politics since l got back
over the Colorado line than | heard
all the time | was in the east. They
aren't talking much politics in Ohio.
that is, compared with the political
excitement already prevailing in this
state. commented Mr.. Sampliner
From democratic standpoint 1t
seemed to me that Clark and Wilson
had greater following in Cleveland
than Governor Harmon. although the
governor is very strong in many
ways throughout the state. Ohio in
dicates very plainly that she will
stand by Taft in the fight between
Taft and Roosevelt"
EN- route | heard more of Clark
and Wilson than of Harmon, in con-
nection with the Democratic nomina-
tion," said Mr.. Sampliner. but |
might say that all three-Clark, Will
son and Harmor-are very strong 1t
is hard to tell who will be the dem
ocratic nominee.
II met two former Grand June
ton newspaper men in Cleveland-A.
Newman and Harry Drummond.
Both are holding responsible posi-
tions with the big firm of II. Black
& CO. said Mr.. Sampliner.
The daily sentinel., 1912-04-18
Governo. eUoodrosU E1aSon

Sentinel Special Service. Ia I'd. ..t,.
Omaha. Neb., Apr. 1S.7-Saturday
the state of Nebraska will hold its
primaries and democrats and repub-
licans will express their choices for
President.
The campaign. now closing, Is one
of the hardest fought in the history
of Nebraska. Wilson and Harmon.
two of the democratic aspirants, have
made many speeches in the state and
Roosevelt is now touring the state.
Champ Clark and President Taft
are too busy with their official du-
ties down at Washington to take the
stump in Nebraska.
In the democratic race the mana
gers of each of the three leading
candidates are making enthusiastic
claims. Governor. Wilson's managers
declared today that the New Jersey
executive would win the delegation
but the claim is secuted by Harmon
and Clark people. Good judges of
political campaigns declare that
Champ Clark is the favorite and will
easily win the Nebraska delegation.