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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-07
Anxious 10 Serve

Lawyer-It is reported that you
have frequently expressed yourself as
opposed to capital punishment?
Deacon Highsoul drawn for jury
duty)-I won't have no scruples in
that mans case. He cheated me or
a boss trade once.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-07

The Customer-See here, l caught
one Of your bartenders putting water
in the whisky today.
The Proprietor-Wel, sor, We see,
we have to make some CONCESSIONS te.
the timp'rance people.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-07
Rouah on the BOYS

Profesor-The average American
girl is poorly educated.
Girl Graduate-You think so?
Professor-Yes. but there Is one
consolation. the average American boy
will never find II out.-Satire.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-07
DESCRIPTIVE.

Bobby-Uncle, couldn't a fellow
have fine Sundays dinner If he was
as hungry as me an as roomy as you?
---Tit-Bits.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-07
HOpkinsyiIle Market
Quotations..
Corrected Oct. 10, 1912,
RETAIL tIKOohRY PRIcks.

~ ~cN~@ wv ~ $500
RETAIL GROCERY PRICES.
Country lard, good color and clear
Ice per pound.
Country bacon. lSc per pound.
Black-eyed Yeas. $3.50 per bushel.
Country shoulders, l5c per poun1.
Country hams. 25c per pounu.
Irish potatoes, 81 25 per busheI.
Northern eating Rural Dotatoes
81 25 per bushel
Texas eating onions, il so pc,
bushel
Red eating onions,$l.5O per bushe
Dried Navy beans. $500 pc
bushel
Cabbage. 3 cents 3 pound.
Dried Lima beans. l0c per pouno
Country dried apples, l5c pc
pound
Daisy cream cheese. 25c oei
. und
Full cream brick cheese. 25c pc
'ouni
Flu cream Limberger cheese. 25t
pc. pound
Popcorn, dried on ear. &c per pound
Fresh Eggs 25c per doz
Choice lots fresh, well-workec
country butter. in pound prints. 30c
FRUITS.
Lemons. 35c per dozen
Navel Oranges, soc. doc, per doz
Bananas, zoe and 25c doz
New York State apples s4 so 20
$500 per barrel
Cash Price Paid For Produce.
POULTRY.
Dressed hens, 12ac per pound
Dressed cocks, &c per pound
i've hens, 10c per pound; live cocks
&c pound; live turkeys. i3c pc,
pound
RooTs. HIDES. Wool AND TALLoW
Prices paid by Wholesale dealers t,
butchers and farmers:
Roots-Southern q,n5eng, SIS. rs Ii
Golden Seal" yellow root, $I.35 II
Msyapple. 81; pink root. 12c and Is
Tallow-No. |. Al; No. 2. &c.
Woodbury., Zoe to TIC: Clea1
Grease, 21c. medium, tub washed
23c to .30c; coarse. dingy. tubwashed
18c.
Feathers-Prime white goose. SOC
dark and mixed old goose, I5c to 30c.
gray mixed, I5c to S0c. white duck
&c to 35c. new.
Hides and Skins-These quotation
are for Kentucky hides. Southerr
green hides &c. We quote sssortec
lots dry flint. I2c to I4c. 9-10 bet.
ter demand
Dressed geese. lie per pound (rr
choice lots, live 81
Fresh country eggs. Is cents po
dozen
Fresh country butter zoe ID
A good demand exists for spriIrs
chickens. and choice lots of frei
country butter.
HAY AND GRAIN.
Choice timothy hay, $18 90
No. timothy hay, S18 90
Choice clover hay, SIG 90
No. | clover hay, SIC 90
Clean, bright straw hay. $500
Alfalfa hay, $18 90
White seed oats, CSC
Black seed oats, CSC
Mixed seed oats, Csc
No. 2 white corn. $l.00.
No. 2 mixed corn, $1.00.
Winter wheat bran. $500.
Chops, $500
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-07
Her PoIss.

Isn't Mrs. Commuters poise su.
perb?"
Eyes, indeed! Coinhunter told me
once 1t was her balance that first at
tracted him."-Judge.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
SUPREME COURT
REVERSES CASE
Gives Man Convicted of Murder An
other Chance--Indictmen Did Not
Show How Gun Was Used i'm
Committing the Crime.

Little Rock, March ii.-The state
Supreme court today handed down
a decision reversing the judgment
of the lower court iE the case of the
state VS.. John Ray, from Miller
county, with directions that the in
dictment be quashed and that the
defenadnt be held subject to fur
ther action of the grand jury.
Justice Kirby dissented from the
opinion of the majority of the MEM
bers of the court. The court held
that the indictment was fatally de-
fective because it did not allege
how the gun with which the crime
was committed was used to kill
Hunter, whether it was fired or
used as club.
Ray was accused of having pre-
vailed, by suasion and other meth
ods, upon a son of Hunter so that
the son shot and killed his father.
During the trial of the case testi-
mony was introduced by the prose-
cution to show that Ray and Mrs.
Hunter were intimate, and upon
this was laid the foundation for the
prosecution, it being the states
contention that Ray wanted Hunter
out Of the way because Of his
for Mrs. Hunter.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
HAS FAC SMILE OF A
NOTED SOUTHERN FLAG
Duplicate Of Gen. X. G. Shaver's
Standard Is Added to the
State Museum.

The issue OF the Arkansas Demo-
crat of March IL has the following
article that touches upon the his
tory of General Shaver of this city:
Secretary Dallas r. Herndon OF
the Arkansas History Commission is
in receipt of a fac simile reproduce
tion of the flag of the Sixth and
Seventh Arkansas Volunteers used
during the Civil war. The original
flag was designed and ordered made
by Gen. r. q. Shaver and the mate
rial was given by Mrs. Proudflt of
Memphis, Tenn. 1t was made by
the ladies Of Corinth, Miss, about
April %, 1862, and was sent to Gem
eral Shaver by the son Of Mrs.
proudfit, who was on the staff of
General Shaver as brigade COM
mander.
The fac simile reproduction is Of
blue silk with white oval center,
in which in blue letters are written
the words: Sixth and Seventh Ar
kansas, Shiloh; Down With the Ty-
rant" Also on the flag are written
Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Perry
vile, Liberty Gap, Ringgold Gap
and Tunnel Hill, the names OF the
battles and skirmishes in which
these regiments participated.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
Yuan Inauaurated.

Pekin, March lin the new for
eign Office Yuan Shi Kai was for
mally inaugurated provisional
president of the republic of China
in the presence of great gather
ing of delegates. provisional envoys,
military and naval officers and 9TH
er prominent personages. Many
foreigners attended the ceremonies,
but the legations were not repre-
sented. Yuan Shi Kai, who was in
military uniform, read a declara-
ton promising faithfully to de-
velop the republic, observe the con-
stitutional laws and retire when
the national assembly elected per-
manent president.
The premier was solemn and al
most pathetic ard typical of China's
transposition. Most of those who
assembled were attired either in
uniform or in union dress. The
only touch of orientalism was the
presentation of the scarfs to Yuan
by two yeIlow-robed Llamas.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
Girl GIRL LEADS POSSE
ON NEGRO TRAIL
Negro Tries TO Enter Home at TT
Smith and Stabs Woman Who
Blocks His Way.

Ft. Smith, March Monday
evening Van Buren, negro named
John Jones went to the home OF
Curt bennington, in the northwest
suburbs of TT. Smith and tried to
sell some table knives.
Mrs. bennington refused to buy
them and he attempted to enter
the house. She resisted his efforts,
and this infuriated him so that he
stabbed her several times, one cash
being in the left cheek, just about
an inch above the jugular vein.
Following this assault the negro
ran from the house. The screams
of the injured woman attracted a
neighboring girl, Ella Newman, who
came TO her rescue, and who fol-
lowed the negro, giving the alarm to
the other residents in the vicinity.
Four men armed with shotguns
ran the negro into the Arkansas
river, where he was captured and
turned over to the sheriff. He will
be tried Thursday on the charge
of attempted criminal assault and
assault TO kill.
He had been driven from two
other homes just before he made
the attack at the bennington home.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Men Selected to Represent Party in
Coming City Electi0n-Many
Officers Renominated.

The mass meeting of Democrats
held at the court house last
week was a lively affair, and every
thing went through without hitch.
The first balloting done was the
election OF a temporary secretary,
and A. II. Scoggins was nominated
by acclamation. Mr.. Scoggin was
then elected permanent chairman,
and appointed Mark p. 0lney Sec
|retary.
Nominations for city attorney
were then in order, and the names
of Judge w. Prickett and l.. N. Bur-
nett were put before the meeting.
A vote was had and Judge Prickett
was declared the nominee, the vote
standing so and 81.
Next Frank Jones and Marcus
Nichols were placed in nomination
for city clerk, and the vote stood
10 and 81 in favor of Jones.
James Emerson was elected for
street commissioner and elected by
acclamation.
Then came the selection Of alder
men for the different wards of the
city. Reuben Harrison was nomi-
mated for recollection in Ward 1,
and Blake Barton and |. NJ. Davis
were nominated in ward 2. Mr..
Davis, who at present represents
that ward, was nominated for re-
election. The vote was ii and co.
The resignation OF T. w. Lewis in
ward left a vacancy, and w. l..
Parker was nominated over C. A.
Smith by a vote of 88 against 80, TO
FIJI the vacancy in this ward. JOS
eph Robert was then nominated by
acclamation for reelection for the
second term from ward 3.
The committeeman elected were
as follows: S. /. Wood. first ward:
John Thompson. second ward; W.
|. Green. third ward.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
FOR A 1912 CORN
AND COTTON CLUB
Meeting Will Be Held at Court
House in Mena ON Saturday,
March %, at 1:30 O'clock.

There will be a meeting held al
the court house in Mena on Satur-
day, March %, at 80 p. m. to or
ganize the Polk County Boys Corn
and Cotton Club for 1912
All boys and their parents who
are interested are urged to be pres
ent. If any cannot do so. they may
send their names to The Stars and
they will be enrolled as members
and will receive all literature. etc.
furnished to the club boys by the
government.
Steps are being taken TO secure
prizes for the most successful
growers.
Polk county beat all Arkansas in
the crop raised by its boys last year
Why not again2
Don't forget, Saturday, March %
80 o'clock.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
Another Fiaht Reported.

Mexico City, March 1.-THE Mex
lean rebels suffered a loss Of i5O
men in a battle near Gomez Pa
lacios yesterday, according to a
dispatch received this forenoon
from Torreon. The federal casual
ties were not stated.
The dispatch stated that the reb-
els were routed from Gomez Pa
lacios on March 8, but reconcen-
trated on nearby ranch for a
fresh attack. The cavalry, infan-
try and artillery of Gen. Aubert,
however, rushed from Torreon to
the scene and attacked them on the
plains of San Ignacio.
Auberts machine guns did great
carnage among the rebels, routing
them completely and with heavy
loss.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
I.'D|LL MUST Be
REFERRED TO PEOPLE
Supreme Court Upsets Claim Made
by Donaghey and Tax Commission
That Law Was Self-Enacting

Little Rock, March 1.-THE Su-
preme court hits afternoon handed
down an opinion affirming the pu-
laski county circuit court and hold
ing that the Turner-Jacobson reye-
nue. bill is subject to referendum
and is not self-enacting or emer-
gency measure.
The opinion of the court was
unanimous, all holding that it could
be submitted.
The tax commission had insisted
that it belonged to class not sub
ject TO referendum. Gov. Donaghey
took the same view as the tax COM
mission. This knocks out the COM
MISSIONS attempt to assess property
under the T-J bill this year.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
SUES X. c. S. FOR $1,000.

j. /. Alley. as attorney for +. +.
Daniels Of Grannis. filed damage
suit against the Kansas City South
ern Hallway Company Monday for
$1,000. II was filed with H. ]. Green,
clerk e lie >s. s>sssssss cert On jan
uary 26. Mr.. Daniel was a passenger
ON The X. &. :. local freight train.
When the train stopped al Grannis
Go lei him OF be went onlo the
front platform 81 the eaboose. and
n he got there The train started
suddenly and be fell otef ihe rhain
banisief and beiueea ihe cars. His
hack and heal were badly hurt.
Ar. Danlels i about g years cd.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
UNITED STATES HAS
EYE ON GERMANY
German Steamship Line Is Looking
for a Coaling Station Near
Panama.

Washington, March 1.-THE State
Department has been watching for
the past five months the negotia-
| tions of a German steamship and
| fruit concern for a coalng station
lon the north shore of Colombia,
near the Panama canal, but has
failed to find evidence to warrant
the assumption that the movement
is anything but a purely business
proposition and entirely unobjec-
tionable to the United States gov
ernment.
1t is said there has been no sug-
gestion Of the passing of sovereign
ity over the proposed wharves or
tracts of land and therefore the
Monroe doctrine has not in any
way been called into question. Va
rious foreign steamship lines, it has
been pointed out at the state de-
partment, already have coaling sta
tions in South America, held under
lease or sale, but without the pass
ing of sovereignty.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
Candidate for Every Office Except
ing City Attorney Selected.

at meeting of Republicans held
Tuesday night at the court house,
the following ticket was gotten up:
ID. M. Townsend for city clerk.
+. Ii. Daniels for alderman from
First ward.
N. w Eddy for alderman from
Second ward.
w. II. Starr and r. b. Board for
aldermen from Third ward.
b. w. Atwood, who announced as
an independent candidate for street
commissioner. was indorsed.
The candidate for city attorney
was not selected, but one will lrob-
ably be announced soon. There
were about 40 persons present and
great interest was shown.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14

Two States Were Represented b,
New Arrivals Tuesday Night.

The stream Of homeseekers locat-
ing in Polk county is still moving
this way. BY Tuesday nights ar
rival of cars of household goods
two state were represented.
A car from Ransom, Kas., for c.
X. and G. w. Harman, sons OF w
p. Harman, arrived, and both men
were with their car. Mr.. Harman
and his daughters-in-law are ex-
pected soon.
Another car arrived from Cha
mute. Kas.. for II. c. Hargroye. and
one from Rutledge. Mo-. for j. w
Sweelman-
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
PLEADS FOR SON
WHO SHOT HER
Mrs. Henry Cox of Hope Begs on
GERS Not to Arrest Her Boy Who
Gave Her Death Wound-Says
the Youth Shot at Father.

Hope, March ii.-Lying at the
point Of death, and suffering from
"a gunshot wound received at the
hands Of her son, Mrs. Henry Cox
of Hope continues to plead with the
Officers of Hampstead county not to
arrest the boy, and out of kindness
to her, the boy, Ben Cox, about q
years of age, has not been taken to
jail, but is kept under surveillance
at the home Of his parents.
Mrs. Cox, according to reports of
the physicians in attendance upon
her, cannot recover.
The shooting occurred al the Cox
home in Hope, and there was no
one present but the four members
Of the family. None of these will
discuss the matter, and for that
reason it has been difficult to learn
the details. The report this morn
ing is substantially to the effect
that Ben Cox came home Saturday
night under the influence of liquor.
The father met him in the front
room and reprimanded him for his
condition.
The boy is said to have become
incensed at the reproof and to have
grabbed up a shotgun. This he
pointed at his father and pulled the
trigger. Only a few of the shot
struck the father, the principal
part of the charge going through a
thin partition into an adjoining
room, where the boys mother and
uncle were, some of the shot strik-
ing the uncle, but the bulk of the
load was imbedded in Mrs. Cox's
body.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
High Expected First Forage and
LAF0LLETTE OUT OF RACE.
Oklahoma Headquarters for Wis
c0nsin Man Are Closed.

Oklahoma City, March ii.-Okla-
homa headquarters for Robert NJ.
La Toilette, which were opened so
days ago to boost the Wisconsin
mans candidacy for the presidency
have been closed, and no fight will
be made at the Guthrie convention
which meets next Thursday. Capt.
Q. A. Mitseher, local merchant,
who led the La Toilette movement
said sentiment in Oklahoma was SO
Overwhelmingly for Roosevelt that
It would be folly to mix in the con-
test.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
Farmers Were Disappointed Because Cotton Prices
FOUGHT WOLVES ALL NIGHT
J. Thoma, Chippewa, Falls, Wis, in
Hospital With Injuries.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, March TO-
y. Thoma is in the hospital here
after an all-night fight with a pack
OF wolves in the northern part of
the state. He was overtaken while
on his way to the home of a
neighbor, and although armed with
only a large jacknife, battled with
the animals, killing several and fin
ally succeeded in driving them
away.
He is suffering from exposure and
a number of bites given him by the
wolves, but probably will recover.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
BLEW LODGERs FROM BEDS.
Explosions During Fire Threaten
Prisoners in Nearby Jail.

Cleveland, March i0-Fire, which
started early this morning in the
store Of the Union Paper and Twine
Company and ragged all day, caused
an estimated damage of S250000. An
explosion, which gave the flames
great headway, blew out the rear
of the four-story building and
Threw occupants of beds out upon
the floors in the Hawley house,
Kings hotel and the Brotherhood
lodging house adjoining. Prisoners
in the county Jail were threatened.
The scene Of the fire was just off
the public square in the heart of
the city.
The paper companys building
was destroyed with all its contents.
This loss was fully covered by in
|surance. The cause of the fire is
unknown.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
LABOR LEADERS
APPEAR in court
Forty-Six Alleged Dynamite Con-
spirators Arraigned in Federal
COurt-Demurrcr 10 lndict-
ment Is 0verruled.

indianapolis, Ind, March i2.-De-
murrers to indictments against &c
defendants in the government s
prosecution of the dynamiting con-
spiracy were filed before Judge An
derson when the prisoners were ar
raigned in the federal court today
Eight of tn 81 defendants were alb
sent.
Elijah Zoline, one of the attor-
neys for the defense, began the ar
gument to quash the indictments
on the ground that many of them
charged the same offense of con-
spiracy to transport explosives
from state to state illegally.
Judge Anderson interrupted 70
line with a statement that the mo-
ton to quash the indictments on
the ground of confusing multiple
ity was absurd.
The motion was 0verruled.
Attorney Alfred Hovey attacked
the indictments, denying there was
a showing that the defendants had
unlawfully conveyed explosives on
passenger trains. He declared there
was no violation Of federal statute
unless explosives were transported
on common carriers concealed in
unmarked packages and maintained
the indictments did not so aver.
do counsel for the defense con-
tend" commented Judge Anderson,
that if | pack valise with dyna-
mite and carry it on a passenger
train without misrepresenting what
| have, say to New York, that | am
not violating the federal law? |
cannot read the statute in any other
sense than that | would be COM
mitting a crime"
Walter Ball replied this was the
contention and that when the stat
ute defined that il was illegal to
ship explosives only if effort were
made to conceal or misbrand the
character of the shipment it made
the same stipulation as an individ-
ual carrying explosives on train.
He argued that the act of 1908 gov
erning interstate transportation of
explosives repealed the act of 1866
and that as the indictments cite
both acts, the indictments are de-
fective. He also maintained that,
as the conspiracy charged was al
legged to have been consummated
in 1908, the statute of limitation had
run against prosecution.
xNh.S T.~ts~t.~...f..
Forty-six are charged with un-
awful interstate transportation OF
explosives alleged to have been
used in campaign Of terrorism
against the open shop in the
structural industry. One hundred
explosions destroyed or damaged
property Of employers of non-union
labor in cities from Massachusetts
TO California between 1905 and 1911.
The most disastrous wrecked the
Los Angeles Times building Octo-
ber 1, 1910, and killed 2i men. Most
of the defendants were affiliated
with the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers. All are alleged to have
conspired to convey explosives on
passenger trains from state TO state,
and the seat of the conspiracy, it is
charged, was in the headquarters of
the iron workers association in In
dlanapolis. Fifty-four men were
indicted by the federal grand jury
and all but eight were in court to
be arraigned this morning.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
REBELS ROUTED
W|THHEAWLOSS
Reports of Two Victories for Fed
eral Troops Announced Officially
at Mexico City-Federals
Losses Are Light.

Mexico City, March ii.--Eight
hundred rebels were routed by a
force of 200 federal soldiers in a
street battle at Culiacan this morn
ing. The federals used machine
|guns with deadly effect.
The loss to the federals was
slight while the rebels lost 200 kill
ed, wounded or captured.
This report was officially an
|nounced by the government officials
here.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
PUTS FAITH IN CONNECTS.
Arizona Governor 10 Resign II un-
guarded Wards Escape.

Prescott, Ariz. March i0.--Goy-
ernor Hunt announced today as che
q his policies tine working OF con-
victs upon the public roads without
guards. He said that If one escap-
ed he would be willing 10 resign.
The governor declared his lnten-
ti0n of abolishipg stripes and oi
dressing the conyicts in grey uni
forms. excepting Ia cases ~ unrusy
men who would be forced 10 wear
red shirts ~ badges ~ dishonor.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
THIRTY ARE SAVED
| FROM DEATH IN LAKE
Jump From Steamer TO Floating Ice
and After Fearful Experiences
Reach Shore Two Miles Away.

Chicago, March ii.-The steamer
Flora NJ. Hill is in a sinking condi-
tion two miles off the Chicago ave-
nue. pier here, and is expected to
founder any moment.
The captain and crew of 81 per-
sons, including one woman, saved
themselves from death by drowning
only after the most unparalleled
experiences. They first jumped to
ice floes, and after many escapes
from creyices and washes they
managed to reach the crib, whence
they made their way ashore.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14

Juanita, the -year-old daugh-
Ter OF Tom Allen. died "Wednesday
night al The home Of her grand
father. y. W. Allen. at Rocky. She
hal been suffering with whooplne
cough, which later developed into
pneumonia The remains we're alid
to rest ia the Odd Fellows cemetery
Thursday afternoon.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14

The wedding present given TO Mr..
and Mrs. Il. Is. Cox by Mr.. CO.
brother. Eugene Cox. the purchase
price OF an automobile. has been
enjoyed in anticipation thus far. but
the realization is soon to come. The
calendar, al least. indicates that
spring Il near, and Monday night Mr.
and Mrs. Cox gave their order b J.
A. Cennell for q Cole 81 car. Mt.
C0nneli has tahen the agency for
the Cole. and also the Pare
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
i-sToRy DROP SAVES BABY.
From Mothers Arms TO Spectator
During Fire Without Waking.

Auburn, Me-, March 10. Snatched
from its crib by a panic stricken
mother, a baby was dropped out Of
the window of a burning building
into the arms OF a spectator four
stories below without injury and
without waking it from its sleep,
during a fire here today.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
ARRESTS TWO CHARGED
WITH CONTEMPLATING
John and Cliff Reynolds Are Taken
Into Custody by Marshal at
Newport.

Newport, March Marshal A.
NJ. Ballew arrested John and Cliff
Reynolds, charged with counterfeit
ing, Saturday morning. The mar
shal had suspected them for sew
eral days, and nabbed them in time
TO take them to Batesville on the
local. where they were given q
hearing before the commissioner,
They will probably be tried before
the United States federal court,
which meets in May.