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The Washington herald., 1912-02-16
HELD ON FORGERY CHARGE.
Howard p. Wilson Ia Accused %
Raising $50 cheek to $3.50.

RaisInE $50 Check to $3.50.
Accused OF raising check from $50 10
$3.50. Howard p. Wilson. a well-known
advertising agent was arrested yester-
day afternoon or a charge of forgery by
Detectives Pratt and Hewlett and held
at the Second precinct station until he
could furnish 81 900 bond.
According to the police. Wilson ad-
mitted the charge at police headquarters
and declared he had raised the check In
order to cover up his accounts and
straighten out some other difficulties.
A few days ago, Il is alleged, Wilson
made out a check on the American Ma
tionaI Bank for $50 and induced Bradley
s. Dixon. Of III Eighth street northwest.
to fndorse the paper.
The police assert Wilson inserted %
before the 80" and cashed the paper at
the Washington Merchants and Mechan-
les Savings Bank. Two days after Will
son received the cash, the police allege,
the forgery was discovered and COM
plant lodged by Dixon Wilson lives at
~ Eighteenth street northwest and 10
married
The Washington herald., 1912-02-16
Explain the AsInEIe Ta1.n

Col. H. Martin williams. one Of the
reading clerks OF the House. who was
to have addressed meeting last night
at Carroll Institute upon the subject OF
single tax. was unable to fulfill his en-
gagement. having been taken suddenly
Ill P. J. Haltigan and d. A. Edwards
spoke on the single tax proposition.
merely giving unbiased explanations OF
its meanings and objects.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-16
HONOR THE MAINE DEAD.
spanish War Veterans Join in Ne
mortal TO victims.

mortal TO Victims.
Spanish war veterans Of all local camps
Joined with Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp.
No. l. last evening in a memorial cele-
bration IN honor of the victims of the
destruction of the Maine fourteen years
ago. The event took place at Costello's 5
Hail.
A movement was launched at the meet
ing to make February Is national me-
mortal day. Resolutions directing the
department commander to communicate
with every camp in the United States
and urge them to annually observe the
day were approved.
A number of army and navy officers
made addresses. The following commit
tee was in charge: j. A. Costello and
Daniel A. Leahcy; speakers, Edward
Mattee and Christian Hintenach; patri-
otic organizations. William w. Dyer and
Richard Norton; press, William A. Hickey
and Daniel Leahey; invitations, Charles
II. Merrivit and ]. A. Costello.
Services were held at the Maine shaft
In Arlington National Cemetery yester-
day by, the Department OF the District
auxiliaries Of the United Spanish War
Veterans in memory OF the victims Of
the Maine disaster in Havana Harbor.
Mrs. Ida NJ. Galloway. chief OF stan and
past president general, presided. Wreaths
were placed upon the shaft by Miss Tillie
Mae Roth, department president; Miss
Lucille TehI Miss Elizabeth E. Hurdle,
and Mrs. Julia NJ. Sidman.
The following officers took part in the
programme: Cora NJ. Campbell, Anna
Vaney, Emma Bowling, Kathryne Wood
Catherine Hudson, Margaret Mawson,
Julia Denham, Mary Furton, Anna Jor-
genson, Nellie Beckley. and Cecilia Peach.
American trout fry and eggs are being
introduced into German streams.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-16
NAVAL ORDERS.

Lieut.. NJ. g. CORNING. detached salem: to Han
cock.
Ensigns JAMES PARKER. Jr.. and FTTzHUGH
GREEN. TO TouoTah.
Passed Asst. Surg l.. NJ SCHMIDT. detached
navy recruiting station. Chicago. Ill; to NATal
Hospital. Norfoik Va.
Passed Asst. surE. G. B. TRIBE. detached Naval
Hospital. Norfolk. Va; TO Narsl Hospital
Washington, d. c.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-16

American trout fry and eggs are being
introduced into German streams.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-16
Big Snaps in Boys Wear

Boys long Tourist overcoats. with
convertible collars; heavy weight
materials Sizes from IL to Is years.
Values worth up TO $500. co 90
Reduced .VGsOo
Boys School Pants. knickerbocker
style, with strap and buckle bot
toms. Dark patterns. Sizes from II
to is years. Values worth soc OF.
and 75c pair. Reduced to....-..OSS
Boys Tan Rain Coats, sizes from
s to Is years. Values worth co TX
UP to $500. Reduced to-. !vS.SO
+ Boys Tan Khaki Bloomer 1E
Pants, sizes 6 years only. lOc
Boys Eiderdown Bath Robes. sizes
from to u years. Values o.
worth up to $500. Reduced to-. -OoC
The Washington herald., 1912-02-16
PurII. 20 Give Min.treI Show.

The pupils Of Mckinley Manual Train
ing School will give a minstrel show
next Tuesday night for the benefit Of
the athletic and school fund. Dancing
will follow the show and refreshments
will be served. Roy c. Clahin Is chair
man OF the committee in charge.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-16

Small lot of Boys and Children's
Juvenile Hats; all small sizes 1Ec
Remnant price. each. h......-.... S
Boys Blue Cloth Refers, size 3
only Sold regularly at $780, Q2c
Reduced to- .-....--ss-..-..N
Lot of Boys Winter overcoats and
Refers, ali fancy materialS Sizes
from ~ to 8 years. Values e1 90
worth up to IS. Reduced to. ~A'OO
Boys heavy winter weight Suits,
In Norfolk and double-breasted
styles; sizes from s 10 10 years.
Values worth up to $3.50. 60 %
Reduced to-. .........-.--....
Juvenile Overcoats and Refers.
sizes from 2h to years. Plain and
fancy materials. Values worth 800
and $3.50. Reduced 60 *
to. o.................. ....s's..'.N
The Washington herald., 1912-02-16

A French wireless station has been
installed in Morocco and communication
established with the station on the ENfeI
tower.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-16
ARMY ORDERS.

Fbe name of CAPT CHARLES W. BARBER.
FOuth Infantry. is placed on the list q de
tRched officers. and the name Of Capt. PAUL
B. MALONE. General stah, is removed there
from. Capt. MALONE is assigned TO the
TWenty-ninth Infantry.
Leave Of absence for four months. with permission
TO return to the United States By way q Eu-
rope is granted First Lieut. ALBERT G.
WIMBERLY. Ninth Cavalry.
The following transfers g the request Of the officers
concerned and their assignments to regiments are
aunluBccd: SeCund Lieut. JOHN F. WALL.
frum the cavalry arm tFirst Cayalryl TO the
Infantry arm. with rank from June Is 1911. He
Is assigned to the Eighteenth Infantry. Second
Lieut.. WILLIAM p. McLAURIN, from the
infantry arm eighteenth Infantry 10 the CAV
airy arm. with rank from June e. 1911. He is
assigned 70 the First CaValy.
New York has established the first
American Industrial farm colony for the
unemployed.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-16
PEOPLE CHEATED
OUT OF MILLIONS
Two Lawmakers, in Addresses,
Point Out Sad Need of Legisla-
tiOn to Protect Consumers.

Declaring that the people Of the United
States are cheated out OF millions an
nually by means of fraudulent weights
and measures. Representatives George
F. O'Shaunessy, OF Rhode Island, and
Thomas w. Hardwick, Of Georgia. and
prominent delegates to the seventh an
nual conference on weights and meas
ures, which is now In session at the Bu-
reau OF Standards. at a dinner given at
the New Raleigh last night. spoke OF the
need OF legislation throughout the coun-
try for the protection OF the consumer
All of the speakers emphasized the
need of national legislation which would
bring about a uniformity Of the laws. At
present, said the speakers. great incon-
venience is caused by the diversity OF
existing State laws. The differences in
the laws OF the various States. they
said. interfere to considerable extent
with interstate commerce.
sIxty-ave Delegates Attend.
James H. Hazen, OF Vermont. told
briefly Of the history of the national
conferences on weights and measures. He
said that when the first conference met
there were only nine members. At the
present conference, he said, there are
sixty-fiv delegates.
]. A. stubbs. president Of the Univer-
sity of Nevada, and State sealer OF
weights and measures of Nevada, said
that the enactment of the proposed
weights and measures legislation would
bring about fair, square, and downright
honest dealing.
Addresses urging the enactment OF
Federal legislation were also delivered by
John l. Walsh, commissioner OF weights
and measures OF New York City; Prof
G. W. Stuart. OF the State University OF
Iowa, who is State sealer, and ID. c.
Palmer, State sealer OF Massachusetts.
S. W. Stratton. president of the confer
ence, presided as toastmaster.
Present mt banquet.
Among those present were the follow
ing: ]. H. Stephenson. W. NJ. Peterson,
II. B. Osgood, ]. W. MuIheron. E. ].
Maroney. F. p. Downing, J. W. Gulletf,
w F. Cluett, +. C. Jansen, J. c. Con-
nors, P. ]. Canefield. A. J. Hall. J. II.
DusceauIt. D. ]. Moynihan, ]. S. Wall,
Thomas +. Egan. w. c. Haskell, ]. II.
Wallis, ]. T. Millett G.. w. Stewart, f. +.
Simpson. ]. p Buckley. d. c. PALMER,
William Judson. c. c. Neale. A. G. Comp
ton. J. E. Stubbs, ". S. waldron, w. +.
Goodwin, J. W. Richardson, F. A. Os-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-22

could get big bag full of it for ten cents-and some of it. was red and some white and some yellow and there were sugar hearts with mot toes on them and nice round marble balls with nuts in them and funny ant nal shapes that tickled-and oh! heaps of interesting things in that Christmas sack of candy. .
 This was the same kind of candy we got sewed up in led mosquito-bar sacks at the Sunday school Christmas tree festivities. along with the nuty and the popcorn balls.
 And now, man that I am, cannot get across the Rubicon of Christmas without sauntering' down to the candy store and asking for sack of candy "out of the barrel" Invariably the candy man will tell me he has much better candy and look at me in a sur prised sort of way, but I know what want when I want it--and Christ, mas Is the time.
 How about you? Haven't you a sweet tooth left for the cld.fashic ned candy?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-22

If candy makers had to depend on men consumers instead of upon Cupid and the kids, there would be great failures in saccharine circles-but there is one ti:ne of the year that my masculine sweet-tooth asserts itself and then, instead of yearning for the chocolate-cream confections or the fruit dips, it clamors for biz bag of mixed candy, right out of the bar rel!
 I admit it is 8 plebeian taste, that the candy is mostly glue and flour jumbled to suit the taste of the adolescent--but somehow cannot feel that I have rightly celebrated Christmas without this bag of candy. When I was boy this is the sort of candy we got and the taste was early acquired And what lot of antici- patton there was in eating the stuff anticipation because when you stuck your hand in the sack for a sweet bit. you never knew whether it would come out clutching 8 lemon'drop. a caramel or peppermint!
 And, too, the candy was cheap. You
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-22

The express wagon is backed to the grocery store entrance and the driver, assisted by the grocer's boy, begins to unload Christmas trees. Soon the walk is cluttered with them and the passersby, catching the spirit of the tree, smile at the children gathering round. A light snow is falling and the green of the spruce is inviting, to say nothing of the reason it has come to town.
 What . lot of Christmas trees the grocer has ordered-and yet how few compared to the many thousands thar grow in Christmas Tree Land, away up north. Up there the woods are full of Christmas trees and the snows are 80 deep that snowshoes may be nee.- essary And in Christmas Tree Land there are vast stretches of nothing but evergreen trees and white snDw-and in the snow, if you are versed in woodcraft, you might find the track of deer and innumerable trails of BT6f Rabbit, leading away throughsthe gTeenery, to the quiet, vast places. Probably you pay $1 or more for a Christ mas tree. Up north they are free. but the hardy men who gather them must wade in the deep snow and draw them many miles to the railroad thAtsthey may be shipped to the. little boys and glrls of the city.
 And as you sit beside your tree, with your heart glad and your spirits gay, you might ponder on how that tree got to you. You can. picture the vast snow Acld and the forest with the December sun shining on it, shedding
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-22

Along about October 1 when the | granaries of the world are full to bursting and the cellar is so clut- tered up with coal and preserves that the maid cannot reach the laundry taps without stumbling over the snow shovel, somebody says something about Christmas and gives father heart disease. All summer dad" has been wrestling with the problems of businesy-this was presidential year, and everybody had to have vacations and Billby & Jones started in direct competition and-oh, the dickens knows what! NAh :, And ROW he has to face that Christ mas thing again!
 The list is mile long and father knows 1t will put crimp in his bank account amounting almost to cramp, but mother says it will have to be added to, if anything. so there!
 But somehow as I look at dad" cannot restrain from asking:
 "Why should father be the goat?"
 It wasn't SO in the days when was dreaming of wonderful career in letters. Everybody worked on Christmas presents then and father was noI called upon to settle the Christmas bills for all the family. made "corner-copia" eve don't spell it now the way we pronounced it then) fer mother. She knitted some
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-22

likes tO range back. through four Shad owy centuries to the new worlds tirst Christmas and that remote and other wise insignificant sand spit ill the Caribbean, to that forgotten picture iu which the devout children of holy mother church and the loyal subjects of their most Catholic majesties of Castile. Aragon and Leon toiIed in thankful fellowship with the generous savages whom they had regarded as heathen. To seaward of the stranded vessel lay the caravel Nina and q small ,loti!la of canoes. Around floated srars, casks. coops and general wreck age. It had for some hours been evi dent that the ship was doomed to lay her bones to rest in Davy Jones' lock CT. and the admiral. with the comin" of daylight began to transfer 10 the Nina what was left of her provisions
 In this work the cacique and hi> younger brother directly assisted him
 Toward noon the Spaniards discon tnued work For almost eighteen hours they had labored with scarcely an intermission and nature could stand no more. Their immediate prospects were as bright as they could reason ably hope for, as the more portable provisions and stores had been trans ported to the Santa Maria'S coEsort They now determined to rest until the cool of the day. when they should rc Sume work. On coming to this deci sion they rowed to the shore and. h accordance with their custom. erected q cross on the highest point within convenient distance. This done. the yellow banner of the Spanish king doms. with its castles and lions. was displayed. and mass was celebrated i'll honor of the anniversary. Toward nightfall the work of transferring was taken up. but so great had been the moral and physical strain on the crews that it was soon judged best to await the ensuing morning. and after a ves per chant all hands. save a small watch. turned in. some on the shore and some aboard the Nina. Thus ended Columbus Christmas in the year oi discovery, l492.-St. Louis Globe Dem Ocrat
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-22

The First Christmas
 Day In America

THE first American observance
 of Christmas day was far
 from q merry one. It was
 spent by Columbus and his ships company among scenes of peril disorder and excitement consequent upon the greatest disaster which had befalen the expedition. On Christmas eve the admirals flagship the Santa Maria. which had so stout ly plowed unknown seas since that dis tant September day when she dropped astern the ontermost Canary island. laid her clumsy Spanish bones to rest off the coast of what is now Haiti Her crew spent the following day Christmas. partly on the Haitian shore and partly on her consort. the tiny caravel Nina.
 The story of the disaster and the day may be told in this wise:
 Sailing from the Tortugan roadstead. the flagship squared away for the coast of Haiti and entered upon her closing days
 i'll the morning watch of the 24th, the day following their return. Colum- bus gave orders that the expedition should start for Guacanngari's capi tai. The yards of the two craft were triced away, and start was made in a light wind that blew almost dead ahead.
 A strong current was sweeping the ship quickly along. Directly in her path was a sand bank. on which the breakers swept with roar which open ears could have heard half mile away, but which now sounded no warning to any on board. Suddenly the Santa Mnria's keel grated heavily for some moments on the submerged sand. and then she struck violently and lnrched to one side with strain which sprung her masts.
 All was confusion The watch rush. ed to the bows and then jumped to the ropes. Columbus. rushing out from the cabin, took in the situation at first glance.
 "Jesu Mariar' he exclaimed. we have groundcd"
 Christmas morning dawned on a scene of singular interest. Our fancy
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-22

jewels of light. A squirrel is foun. dering about in the snow trying to locate some buried nuts and blue jay is scolding aaucily from a maple tree hard by. And then, into the quiet comes man. He is sturdy man with a wooden cap drawn ,closelT over his ears and nose. There sse slits for his eyas. On his feet ale great woolen packs with rubber shoes and his trousers are tucked inside the packs. His coat is very odd te you, consisting of great, hrjght sweater sort. of garment, buckled closely around him. On his shoulder he carries an ax. He begins to cut Christmas trees and the one yoc have in your home is very pretty one that pleases him as he hauls 1t away to where his team awaits. With many other trees your tree Is put o,s the sled and after time, is hauled to the depot where it is shipped t& your grocer.
 The man who cut it was no donh, a lumberjack and If he is like his kin0 he lives in a log cabin with his wit and children. In the olden days be worked in the timber. exclusively, bpt now he farms during the summer ou a wee farm that he is clearing ot stumps, and in the winter time h., cuts wood. for the lumber companies, And his little ones always have "a Christmas tree, for Christmas trees are free where he lives, but probably it is not az plentifully loaded with gifts as yours, for which you should be very thankful.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-22

socks for me. l rigged up a shaving paper outfit for pa and he gave me d perfectly good twenty-five cent jack
 knife. made a wood box for the Deighbors wife and she sewed me a pair of mittens. Everybody made
 things in those days. For weeks be- fore the holidays, another worked, ey- cry night on Christina gifts. aud she
 was as happy as could be doing things for those she lovec. Into the fabric O. what she was sewing, she put the love and affection of great heartl1, ard all of us did the same. V ".
 And I'll leave 1t to you--didn't the! things we got in the old days the presents we made ourselves for each
 other, come nearer exempltfying the trle Christmas spirit? .:'i'tl
 Of course they did! ~, j
 And father did not have to dix down in his pocket and pay fog twt: hundred and fifty-se7en presents, twl, hundred of which are given just bs-. cause somebody els.e gave us aomel thing and got on the confoundeA
 list! - as.,,
 Pm for Christmas-but I like .thts' old fashioned observance best. It, isl'ts observing the 'peacs-on-earth" spirit, to toad dad" up wi.h so much .dehh that he can't crawl out in five months, Better take to wood boxes and cornu4. cOpiaS x s,s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-22
FOR RENT By
c. s, McNEW

By
 c. s. McNEW 106 Tine Street Phone 971 1OS N Pennsylvania, 5 rooms, city water ........... .$16.00 627 East Third, eight rooms,
 city water .$20.00 1913 k. Barraque, rooms -..-...$10.O0 106 t-2 Pine, office room ........$5.0O HOO Laurel, 6 rooms, modern ..$19.00 102 N. Penn., rooms, city wat s.s.s CT. .%lI.oV 104 s., Penn, 5 rooms, city water $15.00 . 121 Idaho, rooms, good tile well ............ ..$lV.Oo . 18th and Linden, 5 rooms, bath. elec- tric, modern, in good repair ......s15.00 221 E. End eight rooms and hall suitable for boarding house \ two blocks from Maj Il street
 on East 2nd ................$3O .$3O.OU S 7O1 E. 2nd, rooms, hall, elec- 9 trlc lights .......... $zo.oo < 1702 w. 5th, 6 rooms, lights. bath, newly papered and
 
 ]. .factores in west end ...... .$20.00 ,. 1907 Linden New Groom Bung
 alow, all modern convenient
 ces ............... .$zO.Vo '2306 w. 17, 4-rooms .......... $500 230S w. IT, 4 rooms ...........$7 OO 231O w. IF, 3 rooms .......... .$6 .0O 713 Pine, rooms, modern, close to business section ....................$ $19.O0 1913 E. 9th, four rooms, city 10th and Linden, rooms, ? halls, lights, bath, etc. .....-................. $20.OO 1915 1-2 Main, 3 rooms, furnished complete with water and gas
 free $15.9O 22S Cherry, room bungalow, light, bath and new ..............-..,...-.$16.5 $16.5O I'll E. 2nd., rooms, hall, sink in kitchen, convenient to business sec tion and c. B. shops. .........,......$15.O0 171S D. 5th, 5 rooms, good barn, fur nished or unfurnished, large lot, city water .........,............--....... S16.O0
 FOR SALE
 40 acres, 1-2 mile east of Sulphur Springs, 5 acres clearedb House, garden, fine spring ...............-$ $S00.00 80 acres, 6 miles west of town on new Sulphur Springs road, $50 acres creek bottom cleared. 2 room house, shed, barn. Price $1800.00. 615 acres, miles from Pine Bluff on 1. M. s. By, at Dexter Station, G5 acres cleared and under fence, $ room house, good out building. Price $12.50 per acre.
 160 acres, g miles west of Pine Bluff, near Little Rock Road and Dexter Station on 8. l.. I. M. s. R R. 35 acres Gold field) cleared, some good timbers would make fine stock farm. Price $9.0O per acre. 120 acres 1-2 miles north of town, on McF'adden ferry road all to- gether. This land is big bargain at $500 per acre and can be had at that price for the next few days. 80 acres. ' miles from Pine Bluff on road between Main street pike and Warren road. small house, 8 or 10 acres old field, price ........-..-$S0O.O0 1515 Olive, rooms. hall. lot 66 1-2 by POS through block to Walnut. Price $2.750,00. roo mhorse, bath. electric lights, xas, all modern convenience at 1919 East 7th for ..............$ .$2200.00
 APPLY TO
 o. s. McNEW. Rsal Estate, Rentals, Fire and Ternad"
 INSURANCE.
 MONEY TO LOAN. 106 Pine St, Phone 971
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-04-19
4LoNG TIME" is DEFINED
\ Remark Of Governor Of North Caro-
lima 10 Governor Of South Caro-
lima Brought Into Court.

The oft-quoted remark OF the Gov
ernor OF North Carolina to the Gov
error of South Carolina has at last
been brought into court, carefully
construed, and found not to be so
long as some other times. It is prob
able that 1t was the exceeding
droughtiness of the interval which
made It seem long. In prosecution
for the illegal sale Of whisky In Ala
bama. a witness testified that he had
bought pint Of liquor Of the ac-
cused "a short time. before the grand
Jury returned the indictment against
him. II was objected that this evi-
dence did not show that the prose-
cutlon had been begun within II
months after the sale Of the whisky,
the time limited by statute fer begin
ming a prosecution. In discussing
this objection, the Supreme court, in
Wilson versus State, Sc Southern
Reporter, ia. after holding that "a
short time might be taken In the con-
nection in which 1t was used to re-
fer to a period less than IL months,
said, by way of illustration: "The
expression a long time would refer
to a very different period Of duration
and have q widely different meaning
in measuring time when used by an
Archaeological having reference to the
period Of existence of the Egyptian
pyramids. than when used by Caro-
lima Governors with reference to the
time between drinks" The court
may be right, but probably the Gov
ernor Of North Carolina measured
time as recommended by the poet
who said: I'VE live : IN feelings,
not In figures on the dial. "-Colliers'.