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The Forrest City times., 1912-12-06
Parcel Post.

The parcel post law which becomes effective January l, 1913, provides:
 That hereafter fourth-elass mail matter shall embrace all other matter, including farm and factory products, not now embraced by law in either the first, second, or third class. not exceeding eleven pounds in weight, nor greater in size than seventy-two inches in length and girth combined, nor in form or kind likely to injure the person of any postal empolyee or damage the mail equipment or other mail matter and not of a character perishable within period reasonably required for transportation and de- livery"
 For the purpose of carrying this law into effect the United States is divided into zones with different rates of postage applicable to each.
 The local rate is applicable to parcels intended for delivery at the office of mailing or on a rural route starting therefrom.
 It will be observed that the rates of postage are largely reduced and that the limit of weight is increased from four to eleven pounds. Parcels will be delivered at all free-delivery offices and to patrons residing on rural and star routes; they may be registered and may be accorded special-delivery service on payment Of the usual fees, and they may be insured against loss in an amount equivalent to their actual value. but not to exceed S25, upon payment of fee of five cents. Distinctive stamps must be used on all parcels, but they may be mailed in quantities of not less than 2,0S0 identical pieces with out stamps affixed, the postage being paid in money.
The Forrest City times., 1912-12-06
Sl0NIkER MILL TIMES.

Health is toerably good in this neighborhood except few bad colds. The farmers are about through gathering their crops
 MT. Warren Harris and family and Ed. W. T. Price were visitors at MT. Harrison Roberson : Sunday.
 There was preaching at the Dun kard church Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night. with Elder ". ]. Price, presiding.
 MT. Virgil Thomas was on the sick list a couple of days this week
 MT. John Swinea made d flying trip to Forrest City last Thursday.
 We are glad to know that our friend, Mrs Mary Williams, is able to be up again after several weeks illness
 MT. Warren Harris and. wife visited Forrest City Tuesday.
 Mrs. Mary Morris visited Mrs. Lou. Nettie Parker Saturday night and Sunday
 MT. Aaron Morris and charming sister, Henrietta, were on the sick list a couple of days this week, but are better at this writing.
 Mr. Willard Soniker and family visited Grandpa Sloniker Sunday. Grandpa and Grandma SloDiker are getting young again in their old days. They took the train Thursday morning for Carlisle, Ark, to spend Thanksgiving with their old time friend, Elder H J. Lilly. A Joyful and pleasant time to them is the wish of the writer.
 POPULARITY.
The Forrest City times., 1912-12-06
No CalOmel NeceSsary.

The injurious effect and unpeas- antnesss Of taking calomel is done away with by Simmons Liver Puri- Ter, the mildest known liver medicine yet the most thorough in action. Put up Tn yellow tin boxes only, Price 25c. Tried once, used always
The Forrest City times., 1912-12-06
Stands Ahead

There is something about Hunt $ Lightning Oil that no other liniment possesses. Others may be good but IL IS surely the best. It does all you recommend it for, and more. For sprains, cuts, bruises. burns. aches and pains il has no equal on earth. It stands head on my medicine shelf
 Very truly yours.
 J T. Brownlow. Livingston, Tenn. pc and 50c bottles.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
MEN OF GREAT WEALTH..
Twelve of Titanic's Dead Possessed
$t62 600 00C.

Twelve of the men who died on the
Titanic represented wealth estimated
at $1G2. 100000 John Jacob AStor. Of
course. heads the list with an eStmat-
ed fortune of S125.00O0o0. Then iIv
order come the following:
Benjamin Gu@genheim, fifth or
the Gug2enheimS. S1O.000OO0; lsidor
Straus. S1000.000: George II. Widener
Philadelphia traction promoter, 81 IT,
100000; Arthur RyerSon of Phiiadei
phia, S5.0O0000; Charles VI. Hays, pres
ident Grand Trunk. $3OO0.000; William
C. Dulls of Philadelphia, S1t0u.o00,
Harry ElkinS WiGner, son of George
D. Widener, $2.000O00; G. Duane WI
liamS, S20000O0; George =. Wick,
Youngstown, O.. $L00oGo0; Henry r.
Harris, theater owner and manager.
81 .000.O .O00; Frederick sutton, $1,000,
D1D
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02

to make tour Of the world which Is
to last fourteen months.
Mr.. Tjader is not going abroad this
time to hunt, but to preach. He was
educated for the ministry, and until
eight years ago he followed that call
ing.
Tiader is brother-in-law of Oak
leigh ThOrne, president of the Trust
Company of America. He is well
known in society. His marriage to
Miss Margaret Thorne took place in
1899. Mr.. and Mrs. Tjader made a
honeymoon trip around the world and
spent several months in the remote
mountain districts of India. On their
rethrn they organized a missionary
movement and raised funds for mis-
sionary workers. In 1907 he went into
Africa and came back with 500 animal
skins for the Museum of Natural His
tory in New York and a live rhnoce-
ros for the Bronx ZOO. In 1909 he
made second trip and there met Colo
mel Roosevelt, with whom he since has
been on terms of intimacy.
Mr.. Tjader, who is a Swede. came to
this country about twenty years ago
and Joined Dwight Moody in his evan
gelical tours. While n preacher he met
Mr.. Thorne, who took a deep interest
in the religious work Mr.. Tiader was
doing. 1t was in this way that he met
Miss Thorne.
Mr.. Tjador, who is wealthy. is over
six feet in height and weighs 225
pounds. He speaks nine languages.
With large touring car and an expert
chauffeur he Will visit the principal
cities of Europe and Asia, stopping in
each long enough to preach to the fall
en- and the INDECENT, with the aim Of
giving encouragement and making con
verts to Christianity, He will visit
missionary centers in some of the out
of the way places and study their
needs with view to rendering assist.
ance.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
STORIES OF
DISASTER
c. w. LightoIIer, Who Was Ii
tanIC'S Second Officer, De-
SCribeS Thrilling Events.

wa one boat unaccounted for and
asked him to search around for it.
- hru | sent for the purser and said
l wanted to have Il short service-just
Thanksgiving service. you know, be
cauSe they were all there-so | order
ed It. got an Episcopalian Clergyman
who happened to be one of the passen
ger and asked him to give the service
and he did
While the service was going on !
maHueycred around the wreckage. but
l saw only one body. 1t had life
prcS"rvGr on it-one of the crew. |
think. 1t was only hundred yards
from the ship. but the man could not
possibly have been alive. That was the
only body saw. Then we started back.
Prom the lifeboats we took three
dead men--dead of exposure. Another
man brought up died at 10 o'clock
that morning. and we buried them at 4
O'Clock that afternoon.
at is an act of Providence that our
wireless operator was in his room
when the message was received from
the Titanic He had been through
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
Rockets For Encouragement.

MY officers were instructed to have
chair slung at each gangway to draw
up the sick and wounded and to have
canvas ash bags ready to let down t.
the seas edge whenever needed IN
order to encourage the Titanic's pas
sengers | ordered rockets shot every
Afteen minutes from 2:30 O'Clock a. IN.
1--WE made fifty-eight miles to the II
tanic in three and a half hours. | stop
ped our engines at o'clock and fell
that we were then at the exact spot
l had seen no sign, however, after > 4,
O'Clock. when | saw fare. ! suppose
it was from the Titanic.
"Just as we stopped our engines
Ame upon one small boat and at the
same time made out an iceberg ahead
We had been passing icebergs on either
side or ahead between 2:45 and 4
O'Clock. | had to maneuver to get owl
of the way of the berg and it was 4:1C
before l could get close aboard the
small boat
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
RESCUE COST $4,000
Such Service as the carpathia Per.
formed Is One of Courtesy.


1t is the habit of all good steamship
lines to go out of their way and cheer.
fully submit to financial loss when ir
comes to SuccorinG the distressed or
the imperiled at sea. Therefore the
Cunard line in extending the courtesies
of the sea 10 the survivors of the II
tanic asks for nothing more than the,
mere acknowledgment of the little act
of kindness II may be said that the
return of the Carpathia cost the line
close to $4,000,
She WAS delayed on her way 10 the
Mediterranean at least ten days and
had to coal and provision again. as the
extra 700 odd passengers she brought
reduced her large allowance for her
long voyage 10 the Mediterranean and
the Adriati" very much She saileF
with nearly all her first cabin bcrths
filled, and many of the Titantics pas
Sengers doubtless doubled up with the
regular passengers, while some were
made as comfortable as the circum -
stances would permit in the Steerage..
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
Grew of Two Only.

THAT boat, the first, | saw was no
in full control The officer, quarter
master, sang out that he had only one
seaman, and l had to maneuver tC
get to him instead of him coming tC
me. 1t was then breaking day. and
made out numerous boats all about
and about twenty icebergs in addition
to several of them that we call
'growlers.'
Il got all the people aboard by hall
past S O'Clock. | could then see that
was over the spot where the Titanic
must have gone down, because there
was a litter of small stuff, nothing
large, all over the surface Al
O'Clock we got in touch with the Ley
land liner California's operator, and
gave him the Titanic story by sema
phore and told him l thought ther'
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
OUR FIFTY LEADING
MANUFACTURING CITIES
Interesting Statistics In Census Bu-
reau's Statement.

A statement containing the thirteenth
census statistics for the fifty cities in
the United States which in 1909 stood
highest in value of manufactured prod
ucts, arranged in order of rank with
respect to value of products and also
giving their rank as to average num-
Der of wage earners and total value
added by manufacture, has been issued
by Director Durand of the bureau OF
census, department of commerce and
labor
The rank of the cities of the country
with respect TO manufactures is in
many cases decidedly different from
their rank in population. Thus Boston
ranks fifth in population, but eighth
in value of manufactured products;
Baltimore. seventh in population, but
thirteenth in value of manufactured
products. and Los Angeles. sixteenth
in population. but thirty second in val
ue of products Kansas City, Kan.
on the other hand, by reason of the
large slaughtering establishments
there, ranks fifteenth in value of man
ufactured products, but is not among
the fifty principal cities from the
standpoint of population.
In the case of some of the cities the
rank with respect to the number of
wage earners and the value added by
manufacture is very different from
that with respect to the gross value
of products. these differences being de
pendent upon the character of the pre-
dominating industries. 1t is note
worthy, however, that the thirteen
cities, New York. Chicago. Philadel-
phia, st. Louis. Cleveland, Detroit
Pittsburgh, Boston, Buffalo, Milwau
kee, Newark, Cincinnati and Baltimore,
which rank highest in gross value of
products. are also the thirteen which
occupy the highest rank with respect
to wage earners and value added hy
manufacture.
Conspicuous instances of cities nav
ing higher rank in gross value of prod
ucts than in number of wage earners
or value added by manufacture are
Kansas City. Kan; South Omaha
Youngstown, Bayonne and Perth Am
boy. On the other hand. cities which
lead in the manufacture of textiles,
such as Lawrence. Fall River. Lowell
New Bedford and Paterson, have Il
decidedly higher rank with respect to
number of wage earners than with
respect to either value of products or
value added by manufacture.
The thirteen cities showing percent
ages of increase in the value of prod
ucts, ranging over 100 per cent. be
tween 1899 and 1909 are Perth Amboy.
Los Angeles. Yonkers. Akron, Seattle.
Detroit. Camden. Youngstown, Kansas
City, Mo-; New Bedford. indianapolis,
Buffalo and Kansas City, Kan.
In percentage of increase in average
number of wage earners the cities
which showed more than 80 per cent
between 1899 and 1909 are Los An
geles, Perth Amboy, Seattle. Camden,
Detroit, Akron, New Bedford Yonkers.
Lynn, Bayonne, Syracuse, Cleveland.
Waterbury. Omaha, Indianapolis, Kan
sas City, Mo-; Bridgeport and Buffalo.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02

then. When I got 70 the overturned
boat one of the tunnels of the Titanic
fell within four inches of the boat. II
fell on AL the people who were there.
about thirty men eventually got to
the capsiZed boat. Among them were
John l.. Thaycr of Philadelphia. Colo
mel Oracle Phillips, the chief senior
Marconi operator on the Titanic. and
Bride. his-uSSiStant Three or four men
slipped off the boat and were lost. One
of them was Phillips. the wireless OPP
orator Presumably these men died OF
cold"
Lightoller said no effort was made
to keep any Of those in the water from
getting to the capsized boat. The next
he remembers they were about hatt a
mile away from the Titanic.
Everybody he saw in the water had
a life preseryer. He figured that the
men on the capsized boat We're lire
men. because they were used to disci
pline and obeyed the few orders he
gave Soon Il lifeboat with passen
gers from the Titanic picked up The
capsiZed boat
81 counted sixty-fve heads, not III
Guiding my own, when we got aboard
the lifeboat." he continued. This did
not include those in the bottom OF the
boat Approximately there were soy
enty five in the boat altogether aflel
we got in"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
FIND BLACK VIRGIN JEWELS.
Monk In ST. Paul Monastery Suspected
of Theft and Murder.

OF Ihett ana Wurder.
Precious stones to the value of over
$4,000, which were stolen two years
ago from the statue of the Virgin,
known as the miraculous Black Virgin,
in the famous monastery of st. Paul
in Czenstochowa, Russian Poland, We're
recently discovered in the store of a
ieweler named Adler in the city of
Lublin. Poland.
Clews were also found which led to
the recovery OF another $4,000 worth
Of jewels taken from the same statue
in house near Lemberg. in Austrian
Galicia.
Father Macoch, one Of the monks of
the monastery of st. Paul, has now
been accused of numbering his brother
because he threatened to inform the
authorities that he was the author of
the robbery.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
LIGHTOLLER'S STORY.
Titanic's Second Officer Describes
Scenes and Incidents of the Disaster.

Charles W. LiShtOller, second officer
OF the Titanic and senior surviving of
fcer of the ship. described the opera
ton of loading the boats and what hap
pened to him. There was Il collapse
ole boat on the top of the officers
quarters. The boat was cut away. AZ
it went over the side number of men
jumped on it. This was the boat which
he found overturned later on with no
one on it.
Il WAS standing" said Liehtolcr
"on top of the officers quarters. There
was nothing more to he done. The last
boat had been sent away. The ship
took Il dive. | faced forward. | also
took dive As went under the
water | was pulled to the grating over
the exhaust pipes. | do not know how
long | WAS there. do know that my
head was under water. Then an.e
ploson, or whatever it was. blew me
clear out of the water. | did not sec
debris then. | waS not thrown far
from the ship. | was barely away
: from it. As the ship went down and
the water rushed over her was drawn
in and against the CRATE over the fun
mel draft pipe. | do not know how
| was released. think the boilers
must have exploded again.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
DRAMATIC
TITANIC
Captain RoStron of the Car
pathia Tells of the Rescue
of 7O5 Survivors.

~ ERHAPS the most dramatic
u story. and yet one told undra-
matically. of how the Titanic's
survivors happen to survive
was related before the United States
senate Investigation committee by Ar
thur Henry Rostron, captain of the Gu
nard line steamship Carpathia, who
told in great detail everything that he
saw, heard and did in connection with
the Titanic tragedy from the time he
received the first call for help until he
landed more than 700 sorrowing wom-
en- and men in New York harbor. 1t
took the captain of the rescue vessel
more than an hour TO go over his ex-
periences.
Without an infection in his voice he
told how he commander a service Of
thanksgiving on deck as soon as the
hysterical. bedraggled survivors were
hauled aboard; how the very first life
boat that he encountered was manned
by single sailor and quartermaster;
how the last despairing wireless cry
through the air from the Titanic-'En-
gine room nearly full; hurry, hurry"
Impressed him, and how he had plan
ned in advance every detail as to the
care and comfort OF those he felt
would fall to his charge.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
TRAVELLED ONE MILLION MILES

Conductor After Fifty-two Years of
Service Goes on Retired List.
After having ridden more than 1,000,-
600 miles on the same run ]. D.
Smith of Athol, Mass, a conductor for
fifty-two years and the Oldest en-
ployee in point Of service on the Bos-
ton and Albany division Of the New
York Central railroad. has retired.
Smith reached his seventieth BIRTH
day last week, and in accordance with
the rules Of the railroad his retirement
became automatic. He is still in rug
ged health.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
Speeds to Rescue.

at Immediately ordered the ship turn
ed around and set a course dead for
the Titanics position. | started to
dress and while doing so called the
chief engineer before me, told him to
order on another watch of stokers and
make all the speed that it was pos
sible to get out of the Carpathia. ! or
dered the first officer to stop all other
work by our crew. prepare all our life
boats, take out all unnecessary gear
and see that everything was made
ready toilet them go. | then sent for the
English physician. the purser and the
chief steward and gave them orders
how to receive the Titanic'S survivors
because | felt we would have to re
ceive them.
sour purser was told to watch the
survivors as they came aboard and get
the Christian and surname of each in
order to transmit it by wireless. The
chief steward was told to call all hands
in his department and to get ready cof
fee. tea. soup. other eatables and ali
the blankets we could spare also
gave instructions how to keep our own
cabin and steeraee passengers properly
segregated
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
THE RESCUE SHIP CARPATHIA, HER CAPTAIN AND TWO UN
IDENTIFIED FRENCH BABIES AMONG THE SURVIVORS.

some time aad was undressing with
the head receiver on when he got the
message. In ten minutes more we
would not have known of the acci-
dent
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
BECOMES A PEPPER KING.
Japanese Grower Dominates Market In
Southern California.

Frank Himma OF Los Angeles, Il lit.
tie Japanese I'm khaki and leather, who
does gardening with his head as wei!
as his hands, has become the pepper
king of southern California.
For the last three years he has made
a speciality of growing bell peppers and
chilli peppers and marketing them in
the winter after all other growers We're
through.
Each year he produced a later crop,
and now he is fixing his own prices on
the product. The largest dealer in the
city as well as the smallest must meet
Himura's figures or go without pep
pers. and they can't afford to be unable
to supply their customers, SO the king"
gathers in money
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
Why the Boats We're Not Full.

Passengers for the lifeboats We're
selected by their sex. No women We're
turned back, except perhaps steward
ess. He saw women refuse to go into
the lifeboatS. He didn't know why
they refused to go He thought one
or two families asked to be taken to-
gether, but only the women went.
In the first lifeboat he put off there
were about twenty-five women and
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02

the distress signal of the Titanic" satf
the young operator My interest IN
the English coal strike aud my sym
pathy for Phillips. the operator of the
Titanic. had much to do with it.
For several nights had been up
very late | decided that sunday night
] would retire early. rs | needed the
rest. The sea was smooth. the stars
shonc bright, and there was no dis
turbance of the elements that mighE
have induced me to stay up. but nay
thoughts dwelt on the English coat
strike.
81 tried to get messages about this
situation. While | was on the alert
for them found that the Titanic
operator was being crowded with mes .
sages from Cape Cod. l thought that
| would relieve him a bit and picked
up some of the messages. intending to
relay them at the first opportunity.
when the hour for my retirement
arrived | decided to stay up little
longer. Then | engaged in a Discus
sion with friend, and | was yearning
for a message about the coal strike.
After awhile | decided to turn in
/ sent out a call for the Titanic to tell
Phillips / had some of his messages.
Just then the key clicked this ominous
warning of the wireless:
"'COme at once. We've struck berg
"He followed it with another mes
sage, giving the position of the Titanic
as latitude 4146 north, longitude 30 IL
| west. Immediately notified Captain
ROstron of the tidings. He ordered the
Carpathia put about and set out for ther
| Titanic
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
No Hesitation.

Captain Rostron is clean shaven.
bronZed. semi-bald. stockily built man
Of forty. He has followed the seas for
twenty-seven years. and his hair Is
like FURNISHED gold from contact with
salt sea and sun. He has been with
the Cunard line since 1885, but has
been captain of the Carpathia only
since Jan. Is of this year. He went
over to her from the Pannonia. Before
that he was master of some smaller
Cunarders engaged in the European
traffic.
AT twenty-five minutes to l o'clock
Monday morning while in my room |
was informed that we had received ur-
gent distress signals from the Titanic
by wireless" Captain Rostron began.
THE messages We're brought simulta-
neously by my first officer and the
wireless operator. Both ran into my
room and announced that the Titanic
had hit ice, wanted help and her posi-
ton was 4 46 north, o014 west
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
How Some Were Lost.

81 was in the same position. but the
Titanic had come around. There Were
a lot of uS in the wafer around it.
got to the collapSible boat which was
overturned. There was no one on 1t
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
London's Fro Brigade.

London's Fro bFI9ado.
The personnel Of London's fire bri-
gade has grown from 400. officers and
men In 1873 to 1880 at present.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
Go-between For Steamships.

81 heard the Olympic trying tn gee
into communication with the Titanic To
deliver service messages. | told the
Titanic the Olympic was trying to-
reacl. Ter. | heard the Baltic ringing
in on the wire. Down below in the
engine room extra men were put on.
/ was told later that the Carpathia
was sent along at a speed Of seventeen
or eighteen knots instead of her Gus
tOmary rate of thirteen or fourteen
kuotS
we were going as hard as we could
when this despairing message was re-
ceiyed:
1--WE are sinking fast. Hurry.
Send to olympic
I'VE knew then that the situation
was terrible. The Carpathia. with cy-
cry man of the crew alert, was plow-
ing through the sea faster than she
ever did before. 1t was race for life
or death The last message | got was
full Of forebodings. 1t ran:
Come quick. Engine room flooded y
"There was no communication with
the Titanic after that. Before daylight
we reached the scene. Only flicker
ing light, that on one of the lifcboats.
was to be seen. When day dawned
we saw wreckagc and lifeboats float
ing everywhere. We knew then that
a terrible sea calamity had been ep-
acted
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-02
ROUND THE WORLD IN
AN AUTO TO PREACH.

Richard TIader viii Go on Unique
Mission Covering Fourteen Months.
Richard TJader Of New York, big
game hunter, who has made two expe-
ditions into the wilds Of Africa, Is