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ance of getting out full vote on the 9th of September.
 "As this is presidential year" and the vote of those states which hold their state elections in advance of the national elections is supposed tc show the general trend of political sentiment, we are especially anxious that Arkansas shall poll an over- whelming majority.
 The submission of Amendment NO. and the so-called grandfather" Amendment No. II, is said to have caused considerable number of ne- groes in the black belt, who are us- ually indifferent in State Elections, to pay their poll taxes with the inten- tion of voting on these amendments. Amendment No. 3 is Republican measure pure and simple and should receive the active opposition of every Democrat.
 Unless the Democrats go to the polls in force, and this plan among the negroes is carried out the total vote of the Republicans may show gain in percentage which the real facts will not justify. This vote may not be understood in the doubtful States, and may have an undesirable effect there. It is therefore the duty of every Democrat to vote for the tick ct and see that every Democratic vote is polled.i
 with our splendid candidate for Governor, and the able body of bis associates on the State Ticket, we should all join in vigorous effort to get out full vote, and we write to urge you to appoint campaign eom- mittee for your voting precinct Will you lend hand to accomplish this?
 Kindly notify the County Secre- tary of the election results in your township at the earliest possible hour, that he may notify the State Central Committee. The above in- formation will be eagerly sougha throughout the nation, as Arkans sas is one of the first States to hold an election.
 Yours for an old time victory, The Democratic Executive Committee
 of Arkansas.
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TO DRAIN SLUGGISH
 FOURCHE BAYOU
W. W. Dickinson W'll Pay $1go,O00 In Taxes But Will Get Big
 Benefit,

Little Rock, Sept, 4.-At las. the draining of Fourche, the sluggish bayou extending along the Southern border of Little Rock and subject to overtlow7is about 10 be accomplished. Contracts are being let and some of the work already commenced. The assessors have finished their work. and have assessed the benefits at $1,99S,000. Over two thirds of the cost will be paid by the owners Of property directly affected. The whole city is thrown into the dis trict, but city property is assessed very low, about one dollar a year on the thousand valuation. w. w. Dick
 inson, who owns large area of the land thaat is, to be drained, will; be requireda to spay about $1Ooooo, the tax extending overa period of twenty years but thousands of acres now valueless will :. be made worth $l,ooO, an acre $ < ss,g
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MANY NOTABLES TO
 SPEAK AT CAPITAL
P. r. Byrd, One of the Board of Gov. erE0rs, Gets Official Notice From
 Secretary of Association.

P. P. Byrd. who enjoys the distinct ion of being one of the board of gov ernors of the -to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association yesterday re- ceived a letter from Thomas H. Love- lass, secretary of the organization who has opened headquarters at Lit tie Rock, in which he was requested to urge a large attendance of dele gates from this county to tie big meeting, which will be held in Little Rock on September "A, 25 and 26. President William H. Taft Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Governor Woodrow Wilson will be among the notables to speak at the coming meeting, which will attract thousands of visitors to Little Rock.
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IMPORTANCE OF
 CHICAGO CONVENTION
W. LATSHAW WILL ADDRESS RAILROAD Y. M. C. X. MEM
 BERS IN THIS CITY
 TONIGHT.
Is Member of International COmmit- tee Of the Y. M. C. A.-LOcal
 Men Interested.

W. Latshaw, member of the in- ternational Committee of the Y. M. C. A. will arrive in the city this ait ernoon and at a'clock tonight will deliver an address at the Y. M c. A. The subject of MT. Lathay's ad- dress will be "The Importance of the Great Chicago Convention,' which will be held at Chicago October 1 to 5.
 Fully 2,500 railroad men are ex- pected to attend tEe convention and large number of association en- p!oyees will also be in attendance. A number of railroad men are entitled to- free stransportation to Chicago and several are expected to so from Pine Bluff.
 ., The object of the convention is for the educational, religious and physi- cal instruction of members Among those to attend the meeting will be six presidents of great railroad sys- tems and Miss Helen Miller Gould.
 MT. Lawshay was brought here at great expense. He is a fine talkeT and knows his subject thoroughly. He has been a member of the 1nterna- tional committee for many years and is one of the leaders in association work
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GOLFERS ARE AFTER
 HONORS AT CHICAGO
Chick Evans Played Feature Game of the Day With Young Lee and
 Held Lead.

Chicago, Sep. -Four Chicago golfers today emerged victorious in the second match round for the pa tional amateur championship, played at the Chicago Golf Club and from ali indications it appears now as though at least one of the local ex- perts would be in the final
 Chick Evans played the feature game of the day with Young Lee. all though the match was the easiest the young Edgewater star golfer has had for some time. Chick got an early lead on his opponent and held it until the match ended ill the nineteenth hole.
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NORWOOD'S RULING
 ON SCHOOL FUNDS
SAYS THAT LAW MUST, SPECIFY THAT BORROWED FUNDS SHALL BE DEPOSITED
 IN TREASURY.
Recommends That Legislature Enact q Law To Guarantee Safety of
 School Moneys.

Little Rock, Sept. 4.-In reply to a question from Superintendent Cook as to whether a school district is re- quired to deposit with the county treasury money received from the sale of bonds, Attorney General Nor wood says:
 "I have the honor to reply hat these questions are not free from doubt, but it Is my opinion tra; the district would .,ot be raquirel to de- posit the money wi Ii the treasurer, unless the act under which the money is barrowed requires it to be 50 de- posted, and if it should be deposited in the absence of any express pro- vision, 1 do not think the treasurer would be entitled to commission upon it.
 Permit me to say in this connec- tion that the next General Assembly should pass an act requiring that all moneys of school district, no mat ter from what source received, should be paid to the treasurer. In this way we would have a permanent public record of moneys received by school districts, and the manner of it's disbursement In that event, money borrowed by school district woula be in the custody of public official, who is under a proper and sufficient bond for the discharge of his duties.
 'I presume that all money that has been borrowed has been property dls- burSed, but il certainly is loose system under which number of the school districts have been operating.
 ssIl Che Legislature should think that the Commission provided for the treasurer upon the school funds, that. the law now requires to be paid 10 him. would be excessive on funds arising from the sale of bonds, 1t could be provided that the treasurer handle the funds for less cemmis- sion, or, for that matter,lno commits sion at all"
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Captain Hans Ruser, commander of the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, of the North German Lloyd Line who is pi- loting that vessel3across the Atlantic for the last time. When he arrives in Hamburg Captain Ruser will, l,imme- diately go to the Vulcan shipyards to take charge of the company's new queen of the seas the 1mperator, which, when completed, will be the greatest vessel of it's kind afloat. Captain Ruser is being given command of the great new vessel a tribute to his. excellent service for the com pany. He. has followed the life of the sea for thirty-nine years, being commander the greater part of that time and has never been so unfortun ate as to have a vessel in his charge in any serious mishaps.
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ROLL UP A BIG MAJORITY

The state election Monday, Septem- Der 9, will be the most important election held in Arkansas in years. Not only is it of vital interest to the citizens of this state, but, owing 10 the fact that this is presidential year, the sresuh will not be without aeffect i'll doubtful states in the North and East.
 The directors of President Taft's political fortunes were early in mak- ing a claim that they would this year break the solid South. Colonel Roosevelt has made a wild and ill- con sidered bid for Southern Demo- cratic votes by his straddle of the negro question. His attitude wiM gain him nothing and will likely cost him votes among the negroes al oyer the country. The claims of the old line Republicans are of course pre- posterous.
 Nevertheless, the bigger the Demo- cratic vote in Arkansas this year the better will be the effect in doubtful states. The exigeneies of the si,u- ation are such it behooves every loyal Democrat in the state To turn out and vote. Every man with the success of the Wilson-Marsha,l tick ct at heart should go early to the rolls and help roll up a big majority.
 Tn Jefferson and other counties where the blacks are particularly numerous their interest in Amend- ment No. and Amendment No. Il tthe grandfather clause") has caused large numbers of them to pay their pell taxes. This unwonted in- terest of the negroes in state elec- tion has been quietly and steadily gaining headway and many of he Democrats have until now been una ware of it. q
 Act No. 8 involves a change in the election laws. It is a measure pro- mulgated and fostered by Republican influences. It would give the Re- publicans one member of the Board of Election Commissioners ill each county who must be selected from list submitted by the Republican State Central Committee. It further provides that any voter who could l not read or write or by reason of any physical disability could not mark his ballot, may have the assistance of one of the judges to be selected by him. Act No. is thoroughly partisan in character. It is strictly Republican measure. Democrats should exert every effort to snow it under.
 Democrats of Jefferson County! This is your fight no less than 1t IS the fight of every Democrat in the state. To protect your own best in- Ierests you are urged to turn out in force Monday next Fore-warned you are fore-armed. Let there be no stragglers. Stand shoulder to shoulder. Be ever alert and watch l ful. Roll up big majority.
 FollOwing is a letter sent out by | the Democratic Executive Committee | of Arkansas:
 Tn Democratic Committeeman: ~: KnbwiIlgs yqnrss fidelity @sado < the ciffuse pf fpemocfacy and recognizing you as the official representative Of you.- district. we are writing to call your atskntlcn to the great impart-
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Woma ans Age.

\ few years ago after a, woman had passed thirty-lve she was relegated to the fireside and she looked and felt old. She lived in her memory. and all the money that was spent for little frills and follies was given to ther daughter; for mother. all was over. Suddenly woman awakened to the fact that after thirty.five she Is at her best, and that her beauty need not Jade unless shs wishes it.-Home Life.
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Reoular Habjtn

6 fs . good plan to have . regular nme for reading. One accomplishes
 70 much more in this way. and be. sides establishes a kind of intellec- tual habit that is good thing in 1t. self. In an hour, or even half an hour given regularly each day to read Ing. great deal may be accomplish. ed. Do not confine yourself to serious books, Alternate light with heavy reading. and do not attempt heavy reading when you are tired. Do not fead merely to be amused. Treat your books as friend. Do not follow blindly the teachings of any book .
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Plank down a dollar and show that you are a good Democrat and Will son man.
 Hats will be smaller this Fall, but the milliners' bills will not be revised downward.
 The Fountain of Youth-the soda fountain.
 Take dollars worth of Wilson stock. It is shooting skyward like a rocket.
 We will now have another 150O-ft reel of Mexican revolution.
 In some of the doubtful states the result will have "three-ways-foI > Sunday look.
 If Dr. Wiley's recent attack on the Colonel was only starter what Is to come must be in the nature of an earquake.
 Every man falls in love with an ac- torine at one stage or another,
 The Bull Moose feeds principally on greenbacks.
 Standard Oil to Mississippi: You gotta quit kickin my kerosene can around
 Italy refuses to talk peace unless she is permitted to retain choice piece of Turkey.
 That Teddy did not succeed in fool ing those Down East Yankees is shown by the Vermont result.
 You will have to send a telegraph night letter if you want it delivered on Sunday.
 Be careful, girls. Don't say gin fizz when you want vin-Fiz.
 If Loeb is not wary in the Standard Oil Campaign contribution muddle he will find himself the same old goat he was in the days the Big Stick flourished
 Tine Suffragettes whose effort to se- cure the ballot was overwhelmingly defeated at the polls in Ohio say they will continue the fight. They are bound to have the last word.
 If Vermont is to be regarded as the national political barometer Tuesdays result shows high winds, storms and dire disaster ahead for the Republi- cans.
 sAeooming to Miss Painfully Proper, of Boston, the expression 'I got you Steye.' is decidedly crude. It should he. she contends, T have you. Steph- en.
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Escanaba, Mich., Sept. 1.-The re- port that Senator Isaac Stephenson, the Wealthiest member of the United States Senate, was dying in the will derness fifty mRes from Escanaba and fifteen miles from the nearest telegraph station, is denied by a messenger from the Stephenson fish ing camp, who declares that the sena- tor is merely suffering from slight cold. Senator Stephenson was eighty three years of age, June IS last.
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TO SUMMER TOURISTS.

Before leaving Pine Bluff for your vacation call at the Graphic office and leave your address so that this paper may be mailed to you daily, and thereby add to the pleasure of your trip.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-06
THIS DATE IN HISTORY"


1776-American forces under Gen
John Thomas retired from the siege
OF Quebec.
177S-The American army at Valley
Forge celebrated the French alliance
l7SO-Fort Moultrie. 5. c., surrend-
cred TO Captain Hudson Of the British
navy.
1SO6-Dr. Samuel Webber inaugural
ed as president OF Harvard University,
1Sl4-British and Canadian attacked
and destroyed the fort at Oswego, n.
Y.
1S59-Alexander Won Humboldt, Ger
man traveller and naturalist, died.
Born Sept. IA. 1869.
Rehabilitation w. TaZewell. L. :.
senator and governor of Virginia. died
at Norfolk. Va. Born at Williamsburg,
Va, Dec. L, l774.
1s6l-Arkansas seeded from the I'm
ion.
1S62-Henry ID. Thoreau, famous au-
thor and naturalist, died i'm Concord.
Mass. Born in Boston, July II. 1917.
1904-British. under Col. Younghus-
band. defeated the Thibetans near Ka-
70 Pass.
blocking Edward VII. died Born
Nov. 9, 1871.
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ernates who the highest successful examinations each should
be appointed the academy by the president At least THREE
FOURTHS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ARMY SHOULD BE
WEST POINT GRADUATES.
FITTING RESERVE SHOULD BE PROVIDED.
LIFE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO GO INTO THE ARMY
PERIODS.
In Europe it generally recognized that training the army
BENEFICIAL TO ALL MEN, and similar idea should be
eouaged here If this done the United be
prepared for emergencies than it is
We eorgnize the army along safe and conservative
lines We want legislation make the militia available for service
outside of the country and also legislation which will enable
us to CALL OUT VOLUNTEERS WHENEVER NEEDED
We well balanced army that it be organized into
working units and that it be modified places where it
needed with the smallest expenditure of time and money When
get what working for will have AN ARMY IN
FERIOR TO NONE IN THE WORLD
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THE DIRIoleLE IN WAR.

Reports of the destruction of the
Turkish camp at Aziziah by bombs
dropped from Italian dirigible balloons
will command attention the world
over. The report received at Rome
says that thirty bombs were dropped,
practically annhilating the Turkish
camp. The Turks tried to use their
field pieces to destroy the dirigibles
with shrapnel but they could not fire
at a sufficient elevation and the ex-
plosives fell far short
An obvious comment will be that Il
is one thing TO fight the Turks with di-
rigibles. while it would be a distinctly
different thing to undertake the risk Of
approaching a force of German or
French soldiers supplied whit distinct
y modern equipment
There are guns especially made To-
destroy airships, and when dirigibles
or aeroplanes come into general use in
war those who operate them must ex-
pect to encounter far greater danger
than that with which the Turks were
able 60 threaten the ItSians.
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NICKEL STEEL GUNS.

a correspondent in Vienna of one
of the London dailes says that bat
terry of new nickel steel guns, with a
caliber OF ten centimeters (S.937D
inches. will soon be. tested on the
Hungarian artillery ranges at Hal
masker. yThe. new guns, which have
been made by the Skoda works, are
stated TO give a greatly increased
muzzle velocity. with corresponding
range, and an extraordinarily fiat
trajectory The adoption of nickel
steel instead of the bronze alloy hith-
erto used for the Austro- Hungarian
field artillery is an interesting depart
ure. The correspondent adds that. on
account of its weight the barrel of the
new gun will be transported on
special carriage and will only be
mounted on the regular gun carriage
when going into action.
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MOTHERS DAY"

II is beautiful custom, dcvoting
one Sunday in each year to the honor
of mothers who are living and mem
DRY Of the dead This year May ~
viii be Mothers Day, observed not on
~ in America but in European coun-
tries, the day being formally pro-
claimed in most of the states.
The proclamation issued by Cover.
nor Cruce Of Oklahoma possesses pc
cUliar interest Written by his H.
year-old daughter. whose own mother
is dead, IL is a fresh. spontaneous ex-
preston Of devotion. far removed
from the rapid formality Of Official
utterances. Here are some extracts
from this unique document:
The sweetest treasure that life con-
tains is your mother, who dwelling
here on earth. is more a part Of heav-
en-; but whether with you or with the
angels. she is your mother stI.
Nothing that we can ever do can
remove the debt of gratitude we owe
FUR mothers; nothing can repay them
Tor their patience, purity and loving
dndness; hut on this day dedicated 20
hem we can in a small yet sincere
way show orr thoughtfulness Of and
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MIssouRrs JUDICIAL PLANK.

The Missouri Republican convention
which instructed it's delegates-at-l large
for Roosevelt. adopted a judicial de-
eision plank FOR part of it's platform,
But 1t did not favor the Roosevelt
method OF recalling decisions.
AS Colonel Roosevelt put 1t in his
Boston and other speeches, In cases
where the courts have declared a law
touching the social welfare of the peO-
pie unconstitutional. he would have
the legislature put the question before
the people whether they want the law
upheld, and, If they vote in the affirm
alive. he would by this vote have this
particular decision recalled or repeal
ed. No court thereafter could declare
the law unconstitutional, because the
people by vote had declared it con-
stitutional Colonel Roosevelt has been
severely attacked on this doctrine, but
he has been upheld by some eminent
lawyers. on the ground that il is az
proper to validate a single act in this
way as 10 validate a new constitution
al principle by amendment
However. the Missouri convention
when it came to consider the matter
did not support it's candidate on this
point. on the contrary. il declared in
almost the language of President Taft |
that. where the courts fail to satisfy
the whole peoples sense of justice, it
is the whole peoples right to overrule
them by amending the constitution it
self What was the Missouri conven-
ton driving at, when it incorporated
Tafts ideas into its platform, but in
structed its delegates TO vote for
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shape the color under the skin being
white. Each plant produces ten to
thirty tubers having total weight of
: TO 50 pounds varying with age. as
some plants are allowed tc grow for
two years, producing larger and more
numerous tubers.
For cultivation, the chayctes are
sprouted in a moist place and then
planted, sometimes three plants to-
gether. The planting season is from
February to April. and the plant re-
quires little attention thereafter. The
chayotes or fruit, are gathered in Sep
TENDER or October. and the chinchay-
otes, or tubers, mature from October
to December, being taken up when
they reach the desired size. The
shrubs are planted to 10 feet apart,
loose soil that has been used for other
crops being the best. The tubers grow
I'm all directions, but mainly perpendic-
ularly. No reliable statistics as to the
acreage under cultivation or the
amount which one man can cultivate
are available.-Consul Samuel h. Ma
gill. Guadalajara, Mexico.
The department of agriculture states
that the chinchayote Is grown i'm F1ori-
da, California, Louisiana, Porto Rico
and the United States tropical pos
sessions, but that it has no record Of
its being put to commercial use i'm this
country.
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HIS ABUSIVE EYES.

Aunt Caroline and ;he partner Of her
woes evidently found. connubial bliss a
misnomer, for the soipds of war were
often heard down in the little cabin in
the hollow. Finally the pair were
hailed into court and the duslIy lady
entered a charge of abusive language
against her spouse. The Judge, who
had known them both all his life. en-
deavored to pour oil on the troubled
waters.
What did he SAY to You. Caroline ."
he asked.
why iedge, ] jes CAN'T tell you all
dat man do say to me"
Does he ever-use hard language
Docs 20 mean oussin'? Yassuh,
not wifi his mouf. but he's always Civ
in me dem cussory chances. "-Lippin-
colts.
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EDIBLE MEXICAN TUeeR.
Root Of a Gourd-like Plant Boiled and
Candied

moot OF Oourd-ltkc Plant Boiled and
Csndied.
The chinchayoto is the tuber of a
gourd like plant grown in the state G
Guadalajara, whose botanical name IA
Sechium edule. The year old tubers
are boiled and candied and are sold by
! street vendors. being very popular
among laborers and children. The
larger. 2-year-old tubers are sliced ana
fried for table use. The present price
Is about l peso (sO.49s) for 25 pounds.
These tubers yield an excellent
starch, similar 20 arrowroot or sago.
and an inquiry was recently received
at this consulate from an American
firm regarding the possibility of their
use In starch making. The plant IL not
extensively cultivated here and " is
doubtful II American manufac turcrs
could satisfactorily contract for Ger
tain acreage TO be planted. To insure
a supply such a firm would have to do
its own planting on It's own land. All
the starch manufactured here is made
from corn, mo- ehinchayote being thus
consumed Cassava is not grown at
this altitude.
Above ground the chinchayote is
similar 10 a gourd plant, with a small
er leaf. and the flower develops into a
dubious fruit covered with prickly
spines called the chayote. The tubers
are the part known as the chinohayote
and these resemble sweet potato In