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The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
TnE p0MER INnERNEATn

For some months there has been
considerable reason 70 believe that
the present Congress would enact
into LAW measure in The nature
Of modified parcels posi- moli-
fed, let it be said. with a view to
remove features that might injure
the small merchant and at the same
time remove some 81 the power Of
the great express companies 10 de-
maud and exact an unjust tribute
from tie millions or people Of the
nation For years the saying has
been iii common use That The four
reasons why the country Is denied
the benefits Of The parcels post are
the four great express companies.
As further emphasis of this
condition. here II i paragraph from
i Washington HeNs tom thai tells
of the probability lAat The parcels
post Will again meet defeat
The interests behind this cam-
paig 81 opposition are headed BY
the express companies and the
railroads. The express and rail-
road interests arc large contrib
utors 70 The eampaign funds Of
both parties and for many years
have been able @ prevent estab-
lishlnent o. a parcels post
OF course this eampaign has been
skillfully handled handled by The
combined use Of brains and money
handled by doing all possible to
Brighten the entire merchant class
Of The country into Violent oppose
ton "a the proposed law But the
fact remains that the real fight Is
from the sources named above
Answer The questions, then, IN
your own way
Do The express companies make
the ilgllt for The great multitude of
The people or for the express COM
panies themselves?
L the fight for The benefit Of the
majority Of the people or for a
small minorily2
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
Two Army Men in the Titanic Dis.


For four days after the news
came that the Titanic had sunk
there was a curious condition at
Washington-some persons would
call it a psychological condition,
according TO the correspondent Of
the New York Evening Post We
are told that no one believed that
Major Butt would be found among
the survivors who were saved in
liteboats, and the only hope that he
had been saved with the hon
or of soldier lay in the possible
ity that he might have been picked
up after the ship had gone down.
When at last word came that he
had been lost, all who knew him,
while they grieved his loss, We're
proud that he had shown himself a
man and soldier in the face of
death.
But Col, Archibald Gracie-what
right had he to be saved2 An Of
iieer who was at West Point with
Oracle said: Wait He was bred
game, and he is game. He'll come
out OF this squarely."
This favorable Judgment was
indicated when The news was re-
ceived that Col. Oracle had not got
ten into lifeboat but had been
picked up out OF the sea.
Archie Butt was not West
Pointer. He was appointed from
civil life b. President Mckinley,
while newspaper correspondent
at Washington. But he made good
at whatever he was given to do. He
was born IN Georgia. just after the
close Of the Civil war. and that he
was made out Of the right stun he
proved IN these trying hours upon
the sinking ship.
The father Of Archibald Oracle
Vas 4 brIgadier general IN The
Confederate army. The Evening
Post said he threw himself in front
81 Lee one day when some Federal
shafpshooGers We're trying e pick
on the Southern ohieflain. Lee
moved Oracle ~ Ole side and stood
exposed In the fire during the min
ases i lasted. Later Oracle WAS
killed - 8 shot from she enemy
e. you see. a. that army officer
said 81 Washington. fhe Younger
oraele Wa bred fAma
nut afa 9facie haih acted ihs
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
WALL Street
CR|NS AT TAFT
G. w. Perkins Says Trusts Have No
Fear of Observation-Disclosures Asks
That Letters Between Taft and
Corporation Be Given Out.

New York, April 29.-ieorge ".
Perkins. the New York capitalist, in
a letter to representative William
ID. Mckinley, President Tafts CAM
paign manager, calls upon the
president to make public the cor
respondence exchanged within the
last 70 months between the White
House and officials of the interna-
tional Harvester Company, OF
which Mr.. Perkins is a director. He
criticises the publication OF the
harvester correspondence Of 1901,
and charges that ii was done for
the purpose of strengthening Presi-
dent Taft's cause in the fortheom-
ing Massachusetts primaries.
Mr.. Perkins defends his course
III supporting Colonel Roosevelt for
the presidential nomination, and
denies that j. P. Morgan is secretly
behind him in the fight in behalf Of
Col. Roosevelt
SO Wall Street Rests Easy.
Regarding President Tafts policy
in dealing with corporations, Mr.
Perkins says that because Of the
farcica results OF the trust busting
program of the Taft administration.
Wall street knows that it has
nothing to fear from Washington" +
Mr. Perkins admits that he contrib
uted money 10 Col. ROoseyeit's
campaign, but asserted that nc all
so assisted the Taft campaign fund
in 1903, and after the election lent
to George X. Sheldon, treasurer of
the Republican national committee
$4,000 to pay obligations incurred
lGuring the campaign
Give the Public the Letters.
"Ihe recent publication Of The
harvester correspondence was
clearly done. first. TO make sour
lrilous attack upon Mr.. Roosevelt.
second, 10 connect me- through the
harvester company, with the
Roosevelt canpaign third 10 af-
feet the Massachusetts primaries.
IN spite OF tile facl shat the
senate several days before, mad
called for the correspondence from
1904 down to date, your candidate
deliberately caused to Be given out
only one years correspondence.
Ihls was clearly done because it
was the only year in which Mr..
Roosevelt took any action in the
harvester ease. AS your campaign
IS making speciality just now Of
publishing correspondence, person.
al and otherwise, on various sub
lects, why don't you publish all
that has occurred between the
present administration and the har-
vester company during the past Y
lmonths? Such information. if
made public, would give the people
an excellent opportunity to form a
fair Judgment as between the
Roosevelt way of doing things and
the Taft way Of doing things. You
owe it not only to the public, but
to Mr.. Roosevelt, to the harvester
company and to yourselves to make
clean breast Of all that has oc-
cured"
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
BAPTIST COLLEGES
MAY NOT BE MOVED
Conway and ArkadeIphia Have
Made Proposition TO the
State Baptist Board.

Little Rock, April 26.-At am adj
Journed meeting Of the State Bap-
list Board of Education Thursday
afternoon. in this city. propositions
We're made by both Conway and
Arkadelphia, relative to the reten-
ton Of the Baptist colleges at those
places, and both We're tentatively
accepted by the board.
For some time the question of the
Indebtedness and removal of Cen
trail College at Conway and Ouachi-
Ia College at Arkadelphia. has been
under discussion by the Arkansas
Baptists.
The offer from Conway was to
pay the debt on Central College
amounting to about $4,000, and TO
raise an additional $4,000 for en-
lafglng the buildings and eduip-
ment.
The Arkadelphia proposition was
10 pay the present indebtedness on
the school, about $4,000, provided
the board OF education will imme-
diately thereafter start campaign
TO raise an endowment of $3.50 0o0
for the college.
Both propositions were nnani-
mously accepted by the board and
the cities given until June 3 10
make the propositions cash. Should
they fail, then the board will again
open the matter Of relocation Of
me schools and will extend to other
cities an invitation to bid on Sc
curing the colleges.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
Whose Money.

Whose money is being used TO
carry on the campaign for presi-
Dental nominations? Who is fur
nishing the money for President
Taft? Whose money is financing
Mr.. Rooseveles campaign? Who is
putting up for Senator LaFollette's
fight2 And then there are the
Democratic candidates. Whose
money are they using, and how
much2 The public has a right to
know. Why not extend the pres
ent publicity law so as to throw
light upon the campaigns now be-
ing waged for the nominations.
What candidate opposes publicity?
Let him speak out. II none, let
them unite in DEMANDING pub
licity. Our Democratic congress
should net allow this congress to
adjourn without the passage of
such a law.-Bryan's Commoner.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
Guardians Notice of Application for
Order TO Sell Lands.

NOTICE is hereby given that |,
Ida q. Davis, Guardian OF Harold
q. Davis and Mildred Fl. Davis.
minors, will, on the alsl day Of
May, 1912 present to the Probate
Court of Polk County, Arkansas. an
application for an order of said
court, authorizing and directing me.
as such guardian, to sell, for the
purpose of raising funds for the
education and maintenance OF said
minors, the following described
lands, situated in said county and
belonging to the estate of said
minors, to-wit.
An undivided one-half interest in
q part Of the SWA SEA of Section
80. in Township , South, Range 80
West, being 1914 acres, more or
less, IN the southwest corner Of
said subdivision.
Given under my hand as such
Guardian this 30th day Of April,
1912.
IDA G. DAVIS, Guardian.
Dem. -First Pub. May 2
Last Pub. May %.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02

From Harpers Bazar
From The orchard, too, on an
autumn midnight. comes the
mournful whistle of a screech owl.
Most Of Us who have heard the
screech owl at all have heard its
call drifting down from an old or
ehard on a frosty October night.
The chill Of coming winter, the
cattle stamping in dark stables, a
dim and ghostlv world stretching
over garnered fields to the mystery
of the woods. and gnarled. ancient
orchard up the slope seem phan-
fomlike under q Waning moon
these are the setting for the
screech owls mournful whistle.
Il can at this moment shut my
eyes. reproduce that whistle in my
throat, and bring back memory, as
if it We're yesterday, the scene as
my boyhood eyes saw ii from my
chamber window whence | peeped
with frosted breath before diving
into bed, and can actually smell
for all the tobacco smoke IN my
study the peculiar odor of
Tire cold October night air, and feel
again vague. almost terrifying,
melancholy chill in my heart as. in
the darkness, / heard from the or
chard that reiterated who-oo-0o.
Like The whippoorwill on the
pasture rail on q hot evening Of
July. this other night singer Of New
England seems to dwell Just on the
skirts Of human habitation and To
keep cur souls reminded Of the
sadness of the world
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
NOTICE ro coNrrRM rrrLE.

NOTICE is hereby given. that on
the list day OF May, 1919, G. l.. Loeb
ridge filed in my Office his petition 20
the chancery Court Of Polk County.
Arkansas, praying said court at its
April term. 1912. by its decree 20 quiet
and confirm his title TO the following
described lands situated Ia Polk
county. Arkansas. to-wif:
The west part Of the south half OF
Lot In Block :, in Eureka Addition
10 the city Of Mena. Arkansas and
more particularly described a. begin.
ming a. the southwest corner Of said
lot and running thence TaGf 81 feet
thence north f41 feet 10 an alley
thence Neai 50 feet thence south iss
feet q the place 81 beginning
New THEREFORE all persona clHimint
any right title or interest in OF II
said land of any part thereof tff
hereby warned and called upon 20 NP-
pear IL said court within SIX N~ekf
from this date and Rhew cause. ~ aut
there be. why the tits II said aeil
fiouef II ard ~ said land should n"i
if 4nieted and cun1rmed
Wifness M hand on tlslH IL aat -
M4 GREEN. Clerk
tAFni--K 4faf Huh Ma
Last FHA 4Nne
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
GEORGE NICkERS MAKES
VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT
Turns Book Store Over TO T.. j.
Lundy as Trustee for Creditors

George Niekers. owner Of the
Nickers Bookstore. Monday made a
voluntary assignment Of his busi-
ness, stock and fixtures, naming T..
j, Lundy as trustee for the credit
ors.
This step on the part of Mr..
NickeHs has not been unexpected
for some time. His business last
fall was short Of expectations. col
leetions were not good and he
found himself unable 70 keep hiss
stock up 70 the standard. IN hone
= pulling through be some weeks
asn took a position on the road ard
made every effort 10 take carr AZ
has creditors and continue the
business. bat recently decided ID
vas best 10 elose lbf slnea.
NJ. Lundy says the asoets. he b.-
iss**~. will be ssiIlcienl Ia pa the
kisllkalions outstanding.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
The Dipping Scales.

Justice 10idS ilcf scales. iNtft
comes a poor man and drops a 50
fee to a lawyer in one scale. There
comes the opposing man and depos-
its a 5000 Zee TO a lawyer in the
other scale. The scales dip to the
rich man.
That is the administration Of JUS
tee today.
II is not fair. n ought not 70 be
legal. Il * as bad as if the pur-
chase price went lo !he itching
palm OF Justice herself. and not in
10 the scales TO be taken by the
lawyers.
The recall Of Tie Judiciary and
the recall "a decisions have been
called radical. III truth, they but
scratch he surface. They are not
radical at all; they do not goto The
roots. There is only one root rem-
edy radical remedy It Is % make
Justice Free
Recall a judge ii be Is out Of tune
with right and life Better than
that recall a decision If it is wrong.
But, above all recall the system Of
paying lawyers for that system is
selling justice: that is robbing the
poor: Fiat Is helping greed and
power to Cypress Righteousness and
helplessness.
Society IS formed to protect from
injustice. Men give up much Of
personal freedom. that the thing
called justice may prevail equally.
When that IS done, right should be
secured p every member oi society
rs d matter Of course. The law
courts should be as free as air.
But what happens9 a group of
men within this large social circle
say, Justice has been farmcd out
TO as We have devised Che rules
0f ihe game we have made il a
game aud HE game viii not be-
played unless We get oar commits
sions.
In that game the man who can
play the longest who can pay the
biggest commissions, he is lhe one
who IS favored And So il comes
today that justice rarely il ever,
prevails in an American courtroom.
4 has $1,000 in property and B
has 81 ,000 il property. No one in-
vades AS right TO his property, and
50 he keeps il an. But G attempts
% defraud 3 out Of his property.
B. has 70 80 TO court to hold what
is his. He has as much right to all
OF his $1,000 as 4 has to his. But
once in court r does not get it,.
Even though he has better luck,
than frequently falls ont even
though he gets judgment quickly
(which is improbablel-still he has
TO give up a part Of his $1,000 to a
lawyer as the purchase price of
justice
Let il be repeated, that is dead
wrong. The citizen has given up
his natural rights under the law
of tooth and fang. 3 has given up
his individual right to defend his
own by beating or killing C. But
society fails him. Instead Of Civ
ing him free public court to take
the place of a stone mans club, il
makes him give up part Of his
rightful possessions as a fee for
keeping what is left
Judicial reforms are right. The
recall Of decisions (which would
affect only political and So
eial condition. is right. But they
viii not prevent the scales of jus
tiee dipping to the side Of wealth
and power. Only the free admin
istration of justice Will hold the
scales true. Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02

"a. elcri himself 10 a third terms He
Is simply private citizen. He Is
in control Of none of the agencies
Of government either civil or mills
iary. He can reward nobody. He
can coerce nobody. Not single
bayonet is back OF his candidacy;
not even the night stick Of soli-
tary policeman. No voter has been
or can be conscripted into the
Roosevelt service. nor can a dollar
be drafted for his campaign fund
except with the free and full con-
sent Of its owner. All Of the frenzy
and folly Of his supporters is a
manifestation
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
Notice Of commissioners Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that I,
9. II. Jett, in accordance with the
decretal order Of the Polk Chancery
Court, made at It's regular April
term, 1912, ! will offer for sale at
public cutlery to the highest bid
der for cash, one saw-mill COM
plete, situated about four a. miles
from Nickes, Arkansas, said saw
mill being the one mortgaged by
J. NJ. Ross TO w. NJ. Darwin and f.
q. Darwin on September a, 1909,
which said mortgage was foreclosed
and ordered sold by the above de-
cretal order. Said sale will be made
on the 18th day of May, between
the hours Of 1000 o'clock a. M. and
800 o'clock p. M, and at the prop
erty so foreclosed.
Witness my hand as Commission
er, this 10Th day of April 1912.
G. II. JET, Commissioner.
Dem-May PIT
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02

The people Of the United States,
generally speaking are more than
anxious to keep ont Of Chat nasty
family row into which the Mexicans
have involved themselves. They
even have but small sympathy with
those Americans who stand to suf-
fer financial loss because they
chose to 80 into that country and
take the gamblers chance in the
race for wealth, and now stand a
big chance to lose. But there is
one thing that Uncle sam cannot
stand for, and that is the insult and
injury to American Women. no
matter where they ike, If the
Mexican government or the rebels
want the United States army TO
stay at home it VIII pay them to
see that such outrages as have oc-
Cured in the past few days are not
repeated.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
The Quality of FeebIeness.

I do not think Mr.. Taft means
i'll; | think he means we'll. But he
means we'll feebly. and under his
administration he has been under
the influence of men who are
neither well meaning nor feeble. 1t
is this quality Of feebleness in a
normally amiable man which pre-
eminently fits such a man for use
IN high Office by the powers of evil.
Roosevelt.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
AdNcrIIsina Homo 81 Home.

Advertising does pay A woman
10 Seattle has a husband who had
formed the habit OF beating her
She did not like the treatment, but
saw little chance OF alimony. So she
advertised ia Seattle paper for "a
man TO lhresh wife beaier; ten
dollars reward; easy work.
4 young man applied, admins
tered prescribed treatment re-
ceiyed his wage and went of emil-
ing.
The woman said She had applied
for relief % the mayor, the chief Of
police and The prosecuting aitur-
ney without satisfactory results,
but when She advertised in the
newspapers she secured instant pe-
Spouse. All OF which goes to show
that il you want a thing done adj
vertise for some one to do it for
YOU.
The moral OF the whole matter
is. let any maltreated wife now say
TO her bully OF a husband: If you
are not good I'll advertise"
The end Of wife beating is in
sight And yet some say the news
papers do no good. Wichita Eagle
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
For a Greater Corn Crop in Ar
kansas.

II you were running factory for
whose product there was a steady
demand al good prices and man
came to you and said he could
show you how you could double
your output, you would be all at
tention. In fact, that man could
hardly get away from you until you
had gotten the valuable informa-
ton that he claimed he could give.
There are several hundred thous-
and men running corn factories in
APkansas-that is, they are raising
corn on farms. The Rock Island
railroad is distributing a circular
by H., NJ. Cottrell, its agricultural
commissioner, with the title, How
to Double the Yield Of Corn. That
information should surely be de-
sired by all men who raise corn.
More bushels to the acre in Ar
kansas means more dollars for the
farmers of Arkansas and more
money, more business and greater
prosperity for the state as a whole.
arkansas Gazette.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02

GASOLINE Engines for Sale h. n
Gade air cooled; will pull over
load when called on; most econom-
zeal IN fuel ever saw, 8 to 40 hours
on gallon; perfect condition. run
nlng every day; simple and depend
aDie. WIN replace with larger en-
gine OF same make. Price $50.
Also 2 h. p. Weber, not so good
put IN use every day and capable
OF good work.
The star Publishing Co., 6O2 Mena
street, Mena. Ark. aIl-tf
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
the TRuTH Asour slulso.

Avoid liquid biuing. A. real
Simon Pure farce liquid blue IL
about the biggest yet Don't pay good
money for uafer
Buy RED CROSS BALI. HfrsF N.
Bite that's al blue large pselars
enlf : cents WASHES mor< rleth~<
tar amp blue On s4rth Mak<x l.up
$500 hsppy Az roun oKocEn
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02

J. A. Conner. president OF the Ar
kansas Roosevelt League. declares
that il the Roosevelt force is given
q square deal they may capture
the Arkansas delegation. Really.
NV, what's their chance worlhg
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02

part of men. One died and the
other faced death IN the sea. but by
good chance one was saVed.-Ar-
kansas Gazette.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02

During The last I've years tbs de-
partmeut has pushed TIE funda-
mental Uork q sd. mapping aud
classification So that noN lhe area
Included y 40s kss4 square miles. rrI
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02

Joe Bailey did a lot in talking in
Paris, Tex last week. In brief, he
raps Governor Wilson, boosts Gov
ernor Harmon and says Bryan will
bolt the ticket if possible, unless he
gets the nomination himself. If
ever the phrase. consider the
source, was applicable. this is the
chosen occasion for its use.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS

COUNTY COTTON uErcuru
" r. WARD anshorfT~e ar
nonneemenf 81 his candidacy fer fhs
once Ct County Cotton Wefeher sssh-
Jet 70 the action CT the voters - 4he
september election.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02

Early reports indicate that Taft
has defeated Roosevelt in the
Massachusetts, primaries. As it
was generally conceded that defeat
there would end all ideas Of Taft
receiving The nomination, this
would seem to prolong the agony.
II the meantime. Clark looks like an
easy winner in the Democratic race
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02

II anyone is in doubt as to whom
the Democratic leaders most fear
as an opposing candidate for presi-
dent, that doubt can readily be dis
PEELED by reading the organs Of the
party. II will be noted that while
they laInbast Roosevelt with fearful
ferVor, they are almost compile
mentary to Taft. And, oh, but
there's a reasonl DO YOU see it2
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02
The Travelled Highway.

crops il by reason of bad roads the
cost of hauling them from the farm
TO railway or to mart be prohibit
we? To help the agriculturist
solve this problem the department
conducts a propaganda of the most
advanced character in favor Of
road Improvement. II interests To-
cal road authorities and cooper.
ates with them in building object
lesson roads to show the proper
methods of construction. In five
years the departments road engi-
neers have thus built 2l5 of these
obJect-lesson roads; in all. about
800 miles Of road Is feet wide. BY
expert advice the department has
IN that time aided in the formula
ton OF more than $50 model coun-
try-road systems, resulting in most
Instances in beneficial reforms. II
has also assisted 26 states in erect
ing equitable state-aid plans. At
the same time it has established
laboratories for testing materials,
because it was found that many
counties have abundant supplies Of
fine material and do not know il.
While at work upon this subject,
the scientists discovered and de-
yeloped an oil-cement concrete.
waterproof under low pressure and
nearly as strong as plain cement
concrete. The department patent
ed this process for the sole behoof
OF the American people.
Returns Hundredfold.
Thus in these scores of great pro-
jects the department has added to
the material profits of the farm
and to the attractiveness of farm
life. In every state its agents pen
citrate to apply the last word of
science to the farmers problems.
For every dollar it has expended
out Of the treasury Of the United
States, it has brought back hun
dredfold TO the people. No country
nor age has seen such a complex
and so equipped an organization
working with such energy and on
so many lines for a country's good.
The words of Cicero. framed and
hung on the wall Of Secretary Will
sons Office, Than agriculture there
Is nothing better nothing more
profitable, nothing pleasanter. moth
ing more worthy a freeman have
IN these days and in this country a
truth and a significance Of which
The Roman senator never dreamed.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-02

Dem. First Pub. May 2
Last Pub. May %.