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Entered as second-class matter at
the postofflce at Amarillo. Texas,
under the act OF March 3. 1879.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-10-04
The Piano Contest

In the big piano contest, which
has been going on at Presley's store
for the last three or four weeks, ar.
rangements have been made whereby
the Star Herald will issue orders on
that store for votes in this great con-
test and IN this way the contestants
may increase their standing many
thousand votes each week with very
little effort. The proposition is as
follows:
To every contestant who has en-
tered this race for the grand prize
we will give 5000 votes for each
dollar paid on subscription to this
paper, either old ornew subscription
$500 paid gets GOuO votes, etc.
In addition to this we will give
cash coupons at so cents each on
which each contestant will receive
1000 votes for each coupon sold.
These coupons are redeemable in
either job printing or advertising at
our regular rates. Friends of the
contestants, who are patrons Of this
paper will not hesitate TO purchase
these coupons and you will be able
to increase your standing from lO,-
600 to 10000 votes per day by TAX
ing subscriptions and renewals aud
selling these cash coupons. Do
Not delay in taking hold Of this
proposition. 1t means much to
you. We will furnish you with all
the instructions, blank receipts, etc.,
necessary, if you will call at our
office. Do it now and be first in the
field. Yours very truly,
TIE STAR HERALD.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-10-04
CONTRACT LET FOR
RUNNING WATER

The Commissioners for the Lit
tie Running Water Drainage Dis.
trlct last Friday let the contract
for the ditch. A conditional con-
tract was made some weeks ago,
but for some cause the deal did not
materialize. This time it is a sure
90, the contract being made with
McWilliams Bros. of Memphis.
The price which bid the work in
was S.63 per cubic yard. 1t is es.
timated that the work will cost in
the neighborhood Of $4,000, and
work will begin as soon as all the
prellminaries can be arranged.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-10-04
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

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DIR. G. 4. Pringle was at IIoxie
first of the week on business.
Thos. Hurn Of Swarts was in
Pocahontas Tuesday on business.
Harry Washburn of Chaifee came
down Sunday aud has been visiting
with his family here this week.
JEFF Lawhon of Cavenar passed
through Pocahontas Tuesday en-.
route to Reypo for a short visit.
Sheriff elect, A. J. Cole, and wife
of Warm Springs were in Pocahon.
tas Wednesday meeting friends.
Geo. McCauley of Doniphan,
Mo-, was a Pocahontas visitor
Wednesday Of this week.
4. Dalton and daughter, Miss
Lillye, returned Wednesday from a
visit to st. Louis.
DIR. j. o. Hatcher and family
we're visiting at Imboden last Sat
urday and Sunday.
Senator G. II. Henderson is in
Little Rock this week looking after
some important business matters.
w. A. Hurley, the Maynard
freight man, has been making
regular trips to Pocahontas during
the last week.
NJ. +. Price of Golden City, Mo-,
arrived IN Pocahontas Wednesday
and will spend some time here look
ing after his extensive farming in
terests.
Joe Ham and Sular Johnson of
Middlebrook were IN Pocahontas
Tuesday after a lot Of house build
ing material.
Dud Bassett, stenoerapher, of
Walnut Ridge was here Monday
and Tuesday taking the evidence
in the Timer cases which were tried
before Esq. ]. A. Douglass.
Mrs. A. G. Carmen, sister of d.
L. Wiley, who had been visiting at
the home of Mr.. Wiley for several
days, left Tuesday afternoon for
her home at Mayfeld, Ky.
Cotton has begun to move pretty
lively in the \ Pocahontts market.
About 25 big loads were received
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-10-04
CHARGED WITH FIRST
DEGREE OF MURDER

The trial of one of the most SEN
sational cases that ever came before
the courts Of this county came to
an end Tuesday afternoon. 1t was
the ease Of the State VS. Tom Timer
and son, Dee, Of Swarts, charged
with the murder Of John X. DAVIS,
mention Of which was made in this
paper last week.
All the evidence was taken be
hind closed doors before Justice of
the Peace j. A. Douglass aud about
fifty or more witnesses were exam
ined. The evidence gwen by these
witnesses is not known to any except
the court and the attorneys, but the
nature Of that given was such that
the defendants were remanded %
jail without bail and will be held
to await the action of the next
grand jury, charged with murder in
the first degree.
Much interest has been felt IN
this case as both men were among
the most prominent in Randolph
county and each was related to near
ly eve, body m the community ir
which they lived.
Attorneys for the defendants
will apply to Judge ]. w. Meek'
for a writ Of habeas corpus.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-10-04
Land Cheap Then

In looking over some old deed
records at the court house Monday
Frank Massey, abstracter, came
across a record that will probably
he of interest to some of our citizens
who have been here half a century
or more. The deed was dated Feb.
2, 1881 and was for 800 acres Of
land lying Just across the river
from Pocahontas. 1t was given by
John S. Moore to Thos. S. Drew.
The price paid for this half section
was $4OO. The Acknowledgement
was made before VIM. Black, j. p.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-10-04

here last Saturday. Our local buy.
ers are paying top prices.
Harry washburn and family, who
visited relatives here for several
days, returned TO their home at
Chaffee, No, Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. B. +. Patterson Of Maynard
passed through Pocahontas Wednes-
day enroute to Bradley, Oklahoma,
TO spend few weeks visiting her
daughter, Mrs. ]. w. Richardson.
X. A. Johnson, a good citizen OF
Elm Store. was in Pooahontas first
of the week on BUSINESS, part OF
which was 10 call and check up for
another years reading of his old
county paper.
Miss Ethel Keith, who had ia
tended to enter the high school
here has decided not 10 do 50, but
will study telegraphy in the Office
Of her brother, Oscar Keith, at the
Frisco station.
S. Rieglcr IS Co., has a half
page ad in this Issue. This is one
Of the largest firms IN Northeast
Arkansas and splendid stock Of
merchandise is now on display az
this up-to date store.
Mrs. Tommie /. Deaton Of
Vastus, No., was here this week
visiting relatives. She came down
to assist her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. f. Lewis, in getting set up to
house keeping in their new home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Lewis have
moved down from Maynard and oe.
cupy their new cottage on the north
side. They are excellent people
and we gladly welcome them TO
live in Pocahontas.
Miss Maude Keith, who has been
visiting in Missouri and Illinois
for the last two months, returned
home Sunday. She was accom-
panied by her cousin, Gilbert Bo.
len of Campbell, Mo who will
make his home with his uncle, A.
II. Keith.
On page four of the Star Herald
this week you will find a coupon
blank which is good for twenty. hve
votes in the big piano contest which
is now going on at Presley's store.
Clip the coupon from the paper and
present it at the store and receive
your credit. 6U
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-10-04
500 Cash Fines

Fines amounting to the sum OF
$4,000 were assessed against Of
tenders, for drunkenness, III May
or Sallee's court last Monday.
Four of the cases were for being
drunk on Sunday which called for a
fine double the usual amount.
There were seven Of the offenders
and six of them paid their fines in
cash, the other went to jail. May
or Sallee says he intends to put a
stop to the public drinking and
drunkenness if 1t can be done, and
he thinks it can.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-10-04
PUBLIC SCHOOL
OPENED MONDAY

The Pocahontas Public and High
School opened last Monday with
about an average attendance for the
first day. Several visitors were
present and some splendid addresses
were made to the students and fac
ulty, all of which were appreciated
very much.
The first address was made by
Bro. A. b. Hobbs, the evangelist,
who is assisting Rev. Steve Burke
IN the big revival meeting now in
progress here, and his remarks were
very timely and were well received
by his hearers. Rev. w. j. Leroy,
Attorneys w. l. Pope and IL. M.
Bishop were other speakers who
delivered good talks along appro
pirate lines regarding the cause oi
education.
The enrolment Monday was 29C
and that has been increased to some
extent since. The teachers are a:
follows:
f. Z. Hulen, Walnut Ridge
principal; Paul Fulmer, Conway
assistant; W. H. -i.mpps, fOcah0E
tas, eighth grade: Mrs. Masor
Stacy, Pocahontas, seventh grade
Miss Jennie Johnston, Pocahontas
fifth and sixth grades; Mrs. Corr
Ellis, Pocahontas, third and fourtl
grades; Mrs. Elvie Stubbleheld
Pocahontas, second grade; Mrs. {
F. Neeley, Pocahontas, primary
Miss Sue Haltom, Prescott, music
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-10-04
Married in Store

Albert AIRY of Springfield, Mo /,
and Miss Lethia Rrcord of Rich
woods, Lawrence county, were
married IN Kercheval & Rice's store
here Monday, Esq. J. A. Douglass
officiating. The happy young
couple left Tuesday morning for
Springfield where they will make
their future home.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-10-04
REVIVAL ATTENDED
BY LARGE CROWDS


vertised 10 start some two weeks
ago in Pooahontas, Is now on and
is being attended by enormous
crowds each night. Rev. Hobbs,
the evangelist singer, arrived last
Thursday and preached Thursday
and Friday nights. Bro. Burke,
the great preacher, did not arrive
until Saturday afternoon and the
revival proper did not begin until
that night.
The ten, is located on the Shan
non block, just west Of Henry
Meier's store and will seat 1000
people. Seats have already been
put in to accommodate 800 people
and they will have TO be extended
before Sunday in order to take care
Of the constantly increasing crowds.
A choir stand sufficient for forty
singers was erected at first, but il
was seen at once that il was far too
small and so it was made large
enough to hold seYcnty five and the
probabilities are that it is not yet
large enough. Bio. Hobbs organ.
lied junior choir composed Of
children and he now has something
like seventy-fve members, and the
way the little folks do sing is de.
lightful to hear.
Rev. Burke preached his first ser.
mon Saturday night. The crowd
was not very large, but very atten-
tive and it was evident when the
services closed that the people who
heard him were beginning to become
interested. The services Sunday
were well attended and much inter-
est was manifested. Sunday night
the tent was packed and right then
and there the great meeting began.
The preacher held the undivided at.
tention of his congregation for an
hour and thirty minutes and when
he had finished he asked for all who
desired to lead new and better
life and who desired an interest IN
the prayers of the christian people
to come forward and manifest their
desires. Forty persons, men and
women, responded to the call.
The interest since Sunday, on the
part of both church people and
sinners, has been increasing and
large crowds have been IN attend
ance at each service. Many people
are coming from the surrounding
country each evening to attend the
meeting and preparations are being
made to take care of three thousand
next Sunday. Never before in the
history of Pocahontas have the peo-
pie manifested such an interest in
religious work. The stores close
each evening at Z o'clock and nearly
all the business men make it point
to attend the meeting. OF course
there are some who do not attend,
but this is true in all localities, and
Pocahontas is no exception in this
respect However, it is expected
that before tie meeting closes some
wonderful changes IN the matter Of
church attendance will take place.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-10-04
Wedidn0 at MiddIebrOOk

Henry Luter and Miss Clara Ring
of Middlebrook were married at
the home of the bride last week,
Rev. J. A. Spence of the Metho.
dist churce officiating. They will
reside at Middlebrook.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-10-04
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Pocahontas star herald., 1912-10-04
The STANDING OF
PIANO CONTESTANTS

Number Is leads this week with
s7,s5o votes while No. is second
with 5000 and rs with e,775.
The standing at noon Wednesday
was as follows:
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-10-04

Mrs. 7. W. Campbell and
daughter, Arlene, and Mrs. L. f.
Blankenship were visiting and
shopping in Jonesboro Wednesday
of this week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01
THE MAYORALTY SITUATION.

Perth Amboy has two excellent candidates
for mayor this year. The interest of the tax
payers will be well looked after no matter
whether the Democrats or Republicans are
successful, as far as the local tickets are con-
cerned. The voters should remember that
while perhaps the greatest interest is conferred
in the selection of a President, the Offices that
come nearest to their pocket books and which
affect them most directly are those for the re-
spective city positions.
For this reason just as much care should be
taken in preparing the ballot for the local can
dldates as for those who head the ticket. With
our new ballot system it is a very easy matter
for a voter to show keen discrimination. All
the candidates, no matter what party they
represent, are on the same ballot and all that
IS necessar7fst0 put an tx" in the square
opposite the name the voter desires to have
elected.
With such excellent candidates for mayor it
may be hard for some voters to express their
preference. But it should be remembered
that one of the candidates has already been
acting mayor for a year and has given excel
lent satisfaction. Ferd. Garretson, the Re
publican candidate, is, in a sense, up for an
endorsement of his past record. We do not
see how any citizen can find fault with the
administration Of Mr.. Garretson and it is no
more than right that he should be given a big
vote Of confidence next Tuesday. Having
served as acting mayor for a year he has well
prepared himself for the duties of the office
and it is the opinion of the EVENING NEWS
that he should be elected. A defeat at this
time would be taken to mean that the people
are not altogether satisfied with the way Mr..
Garretson has run things, and that a change
is desired. We cannot believe that the citi-
zens of Perth Amboy view the present admin
i~stration in that light, therefore we look for
a substantial majority for the Republican can
dldate for mayor at the coming election.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01
GannOn&Sheehy
COMING EVENTS.
90 SMITH

Nov. 4-Prize masquerade ball,
Maurer Fire Department in Mckee
nig's hall.
Nov. 13-Ball, Pride of Court Am
boy Circle No. 80, Washington
Hall.
Nov. 2S-Dance OF Goodwill Camp
No. 81, w. of w, in Dana hall.
October 30-Ball, Star of Grace
Lodge, No. II, Shepherds of Bethle-
hem in Washington hall.
"+"H" Fall meeting of st.
Stephens Ladies Aid at the church
In Broad street.
November ball, Court Standard
No. Ill, Foresters of America, in
Washington hall.
Nov. Ball Social Twenty in
K%roeger's Auditorium.
Nov. 4.-Ball, Plumbers Union, In
Auditorium.
Nov. 13-Ball, Pride of Court AM
boy, Circle No. 80, Washington hall.
Nov. 15-Masquerade ball, Com
panion's Order Foresters of America,
1895. WASHINGTON hall.
Nov. 27-Annual bali, Marion A.
c., Auditorium.
December 5-6-Fair, Ladies Aid
Society of st. Stephen's Danish Luth-
eran church in WASHINGTON hall.
Dec. 6.-Annual ball, Franklin
baseball club, Auditorium.
Dec. 12-Bazar, Ladies' Aid Society,
Danish M. E. church. Dana hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01
GOOD RESULT OF INVESTIGATION.

If the senate investigating committee, head
ed by Senator Clapp, succeeds in getting on
the statute books of the nation a corrupt prac-
tees law with "teeth in it," as was the saying
when the corrupt practices law was passed in
New Jersey, the hearings that have been held
at Washington during the past summer will
not have been held in vain.
There is no doubt that campaign contribu-
tons have gone beyond the limit and the
method Of electing a President has come to be
little short of a disgrace to the country. When
it requires millions Of dollars to get a candi-
date in office it is time for the American peo-
pie to take notice of these things and see
whether or not it is really worth while. We
admit that it is a big country and a great deal
of work is necessary to present the issues to
all sections. We do not believe, however, that
it should be necessary to spend such vast sums
in order to accomplish the purpose.
The recommendations which it is proposed
to include in the corrupt practices law of the
Clapp committee are: prohibition of contribu-
tons of any trust, individual or director of
any corporation; prohibition of large individ-
ual contributions; publication of campaign re-
ceipts and expenditures, twice during primary
and twice during election campaigns; limita-
ton of the size of contributions by individu-
ais; the necessity of every presidential candi-
date being Informed of the amount and
sources of his campaign funds and a strict &C
counting of all campaign promises of appoint
ments or political rewards.
1t was supposed that the investigation
which has been conducted by the senate was
a t%rumped-up affair, arranged to discredit
Theodore Roosevelt, and would be discredited
and soon forgotten as the campaign drew to
a close. But Senator Clapp, chairman of the
committee, is a follower of Roosevelt and a
member of the Progressive party. He is not,
therefore, going to allow any of the good
points gained to get away, and recommends
tons for the corrupt practices law will be the
result. Congress should not hesitate to put
such a law on the statute books.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01

Opposed to pure food and health legisla-
ton.
Opposed to development of waterways.
Composed to fostering the American mer-
chant marine.
Composed to keeping trusts and railroads
from using the Panama Canal.
Opposed to encouraging agricultural de-
velopment.
Opposed to conservation of our national
resources for the benefit of the people and the
prevention of their exploitation by special in
~tereSts.
Composed to legislation to protect the
rights Of laboring men.
Composed to protecting the rights of Ameri
can citizens in Russia and other foreign coun-
tries.
Composed to economy in government.
Composed to the people ruling.
"That must be his attitude if he is opposed
to all that Congressman Scully f%avors, for
Congressman Scully's platform pledges and
his record in Congress are proof that he
stands for these things which we have enum-
Grated"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01
SCULLY N BROWN.

The Long Branch Record hits hard at Con-
gresham Scully's opponent in the present
campaign when it takes Mr.. Brown at his
word and puts him Town as being opposed to
everything that Mr.. Scully stands for. Here
is the way the Record sizes up the situation:
benjamin F.. S. Brown, Republican and
Progressive candidate for Congress, is quot
ed as saying at Freehold Saturday night that
he is opposed to everything Congressman
Thomas j. Scully favors.
"Tha means that Mr.. Brown is
Opposed to a reduction of the tariff tax.
Opposed to the enforcement of the laws
against trusts and the enactment of new anti
monopoly legislation.
"Opposed to an income tax.
Composed to limiting campaign funds and
providing publicityfor them.
Composed to popular election of United
States Senators and Presidential Primaries.
Opposed to government regulation of rail
road, telegraph and telephone lines.
Opposed to a parcels post.
Opposed to a generous pension policy.
"Opposed to civil service or making merit
the standard for ofice-hnlding
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01
THE ROOT OF THE TROUBLE.

It is to be regretted that financial insti-
buttons in cities where there is a large foreign
population are continually at the mercy of
some idle person with a crouch, who can by
almost a single word, start a run on a bank
that is absolutely sound in every particular.
The great trouble comes from allowing ire
sponsible persons to conduct a private bank
ing business and allowing the impression to
be given that it is a bank in the same sense
that the legitimate institutions are. When
these private banks, so called, are required to
meet extraordinary demands they almost in
v~ariably fail. This has been the experience
in Perth Amboy. So that when a run is
made on a real bank, with securities as
good as gold and safeguarded by the strictest
kind of laws, the average foreigner to whom
all banks look alike, loses confidence. When
he is told his money is safe, he Immediately
comes back with the reply, 'That's what YVES
said about the other fellow" Naturally he
distrusts everybody and everything.
A law is needed prohibiting every Tom,
Dick and Harry from starting in the banking
business, particularly among the foreign pop
%ulation. 1t should be made strict enough so
that only institutions of known response
biity can handle the money belonging to
ether people. Perhaps then such excellent
banking houses as Perth AmbSy has will get
some protection.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01
p F. A Nj B OY

Prominent center for troll
leys to all parts OF the state.
Richest clay deposits in the
country In the immediate vi
clnity.
Splendid theatrical advan-
taEes
Some of the leading indus
tries are American Smelling &
Refining Company's smelter:
harltan Copper Works smelter:
Barber Asphalt Works; United
Lead Works: United States
Cartridge Company; Architect
ural Tile & Faience Co.; C.
Pardee Steel and Tile Works:
Atlantic Terra Gotta Co.: Fed
eral Terra Gotta Co.; New
Jersey Terra Gotta Co.; three
plants of the National Fire
proofing Company. and other
similar industries within the
immediate vicinity; Ceramic
Works: Cbesebrough Vaseline
Works; Marcy Stove Works;
two drydock companies. to-
gether with shipyards and
marine railways; Standard
Underground Cable Company:
RoessIer & Hasslacher Chem
ical Works: emery mills, coke
and cigar factories: cement
stone works: coal shipping
piers: handkerchief factory;
cement works: machine shops
and iron foundries.
For further particulars ad-
dress:
George st. Andrassy, Secrs-
tsry Of the Board of Trade.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01

Population 32.i31.
23 miles from New York.
Tax rate 2.02.
On Staten Island Sound, at
the mouth of the Raritan river
and at the head of Raritan
Bay
Ocean steamers can dock in
from 35 to 40 feet Of water.
Channel 81 feet deep at low
water. leading up the bay from
Sandy Hook
Daily steamer service to New
York
Four raiiroads-the Pennsyl-
vania. Central Railroad of New
Jersey. Lehigh Valley and the
Staten Island Rapid Transit.
Branches unning In all direct
Ions. affording almost an I'M
limited number of excellent
factory sites.
Has two telegraph and two
telephone companies.
Electric light and gas com
panies.
Two daily newspapers.
Federal postotfce building.
Public Library.
Nine grammar schools and
n high school. which is on
the approved list OF all the
leading universities in the
country; four parochial schools
and a business college
Churches of all denomin-
ations.
City Hospital.
Municipal water works.