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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
French Women as Golfers

From the New 1OrK SuIl
 The French woman jeered only a few years ago at the enthusiasm of English and American women for golf. She could not be persuaded to take any interest in the game even when her menfolk became eloquent over its charms, and she held up her hands in horror at the idea of short tweed skirts. thick boots and unbe- coming caps No. 'le golf with its hid eous habilments was not for her.
 Then suddenly came that wave of en- thusiasm for athletics which swept over smart Parisians about three years ago. It was considered chic to exercise. to walk or to run in the Bois in the early morning clad in short skirt and sweater, to play tennis as if one enjoyed 1t. or fre- quent gymnasiums and to take up swim ming.
 A few women even applied for admis- sion to golf clubs but the majority held aloof till two of the smartest women In Parisian society contracted attacks ol golf fever. These two were the Duchesse d'Uzes and the Countess de Lubersac. The Duchesse imbibed her love of the game from English friends and relatives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
Circus Yarns

Circus Yarns Rain? Say. it always rains when cirS GUS comes to town.'
 "Aint it the truth.''
 'I remember once when the circus cand to our town
 Pack In Punkyille. ah?' "Back in Punkville. Well, that day 1t tained so hard that the lot the ctrous camped on was a quagmire for a solid month. I wouldn't exaggerate. one month"
 That ain't nothing. man. The last time the circus came to our town ir rained so hard that there has been good fishing on the spot ever since"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

know that had we been there we would have acted as they did. They were a sample of the product of this age ana they showed themselves possessed or a splendid capability for coolheadedness' self-sacrifice and immediate resigha- ton to the inevitable that was deeply religious and god-like. They have given us new confidence in the strength and goodness of mankind.
 Think of the days when might ruled, and then consider the wonderful God- given progress that has strengthened man until he can, at moments notice' resign himself spiritually and ale as cheerfully as Christ died on the cross Had old Diogenes with his lantern been there 1t would have been triumphant end to his search for a man.
 We grieve over the physical loss ana suffering of our loved ones on the IT. tanic, even as Mary wept at the foot of the cross: but we appreciate the magnificent proof of mans increasing spiritual strength. We know our pest and real selves and are prepared to live nobler lives. We believe now that our day Is good and that by our own honest effort and the grace of God better days are sure to follow.
 The passing of the Titanic! How the great heart of Him must have bled over the sufferings of his children! Jesus Christ knows what was In the hearts of them as they entered the Valley of the Shadow. Who would have be- lieved there is such strength In man. And our band was bravely playing The song of the cross and the crown Nearer my God to Thee
 When the ship went down.
 We will cherish the memory of those immortal lives and with 1t their di- vine revelation to us and the blessed comforting assurances that-we are the same as they: that we have the same strength to face life that they had In death; that they did not die more bravelY than We can live.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

is generally much too tight and too much braided or buttoned. her boots are too pointed and too high heeled, her blouse is too filmy and too dainty, and her cap or hat is too suggestive of the Rue de la Paix to really bo serviceable or suitable at 'le golf"
 But she has a good time just tho same. and she looks well after she has done her IS holes, and can sip tea in the clubhouse with many admirers and fellow enthusi- astS N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

We don't want to forget the pass ing of the Titanic. Its moral lesson is too deeply significant. When we have reached the right mental attitude the word Titanic will bring a feeling of love instead of one of horror. Many people have missed its best message.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
ECCE HOMO- THE LESSON OF THE TITANIC
By CoRINNE CHISHOLM

We should discover in 1t the lesson of true manhood and the ful1llment of Christ's mission on earth-the develop ment of mans spiritual power.
 A Munsey editorial gives us as "The Lesson of the Titanic" that "the works of man are vain, weak and insecure"
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-02-16
NOTICE

Dr. Friedman of Hot Springs,
the well known optician, will be at
the Bigger MOTEL, Pocahontas, Ark,
for four DAYS, beginning Sundays
Feb, 4th to Wednesday, Feb 7th,
1919. Consult him about your eyes.
Glasses fitted for the relief of eye
strain, headache, of blurred vision.
All errors of refraction corrected
under positive guarantee. Glass
eS ground especially TO SUIT the
curvature of each and every eye.
Special attention given to children,
cross eyes Strengthened without pain
or the use of knife. BE sure and
onsult him.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-02-16
Another Arkansas on Wheels

Little Rock, Feb.1-Already
preliminary arrangements are be
ing made for the third annual trip of
Arkansas on Wheels, which is to be
run near November over territory
that has not hitherto been traversed.
w. B. Folsom, of the Brinkley
Argus, manager and originator of
this method of progressive boosting
for the state, was in Little Rock
Monday discussing the project, and
says that the third trip will be even
greater than the other two it is
probable that the state department
of agriculture will cooperate this
time, and after the trip is over, all
the exhibits will be turned over, to
the department as a nucleus for a
proposed exhibit from each county
in the state. The exhibits will In
clude the industrial, agricultural ,
horticultural and mineral products
of the state, and will not cost the
state anything.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-02-16
Grandmother Is Dead

Elizabeth Caroline Taylor John
ston, the subject of this sketch, was
born in Giles county, Alabama, IN
1922 and moved to Weekley county,
Tennessee, with her parenas, when
only eight years of age. In 1912
she married Mr.. johnson and moved
to Randolph county the same year.
She was living near Middlebrook
when she passed away on Jan. 10,
1912, at the age of 80 years, /
months and days.
She obeyed the gospel when Is
years of age, and has always lived
a faithful worker for her Master.
She always spoke words of comfort
to every one, and asked them to so
live that, when they come to cross
the river of death, they may go
home to God. She was the mother
of the church of Christ at Glaze's
Creek. The writer of this sketch
has spent many happy hours with
her.
She leaves two children, twenty
grand children and host Of great
grandchildren. She was laid to
rest beside her husband in the fam
lily cemetery. A very appropriate
funeral service was held by Bro.
Goodwin of Maynard.
Weep not after Grandmother,
for she is in much better world
than this. HER GRANDSON.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-02-16

At Newport last week IL. w.
Smith of Walnut Ridge was mar
RED to Miss Rlna Wallace OF New
port.
p, II. Sells called Saturday and
checked mp his subscription and
also paid up for his BROTHER S. P,
Sells, at Hull, Tenn.
Miss Della McCowen, who for
merly lived with her sister, Mrs. Geo.
McElvoy in Pocahontas, but who
has been living IN Kansas for the
last three or four years, has returned
to make Pocahontas her perma-
nent home.
Nick Bartbel of the Benton
Nursery 70. was " Pie"sanU o"lle'
Monday morning.
John N. Jones of Manila was
here Saturday looking after buoi-
ness matters.
A. A. Pope and Miss jessie
Moore we're married at Walnut
Ridge last week, Rev. L. G. Craig
officiating,
John w. Shaver of Reyno was
in town Monday on business. Mr..
Shaver informs us that he is selling
out preparatory to moving his
family to Texas.
w. S. Johnston was down from
Reyno Monday on business.
j. C. Pratt sends us a nice load
of wood on subscription, who'll be
next?
l.. D. Rapert of Middlebrook was
n Pocahontas first of the week on
egal business.
Calvin Lindsey of Reyno was
Meeting old friends in Pocahontas
II. II. Wayman remembered us
his week with load of fine heat
ng wood.
Ed. d. N. King of Warm
Springs sends us a dollar to be APP
,lied on his subscription. Thanks.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-02-16
HAIR HEALTH
II You Have Scalp or Hair Trouble,
Accept This Offer

When we promise your money
back for the mere asking if ReSaII
"99" Hair Tome does not do as We
claim 1t will, you certainly have nc
reason for even hesitating 30 try 1t.
We do not ask you to oblige your
self in any way.
We could not afford to so strong
ly endorse Rexall "03" Hair Toni,
and continue to sell 1t as we do, II
it did not do all we claim. Should
our enthusiasm carry us away, and
Rexall 1893" Hair Tonic not give
entire satisfaction to the users, they
would lose faith in us and our state
ments, and in consequence our buSl'
ness prestige would suffer.
Therefore, when we assure you
that Rexall "93" Hair Tonic will
promptly eradicate dandrutf, stlmn-
late hair growth and prevent prema
ture badness, you may rest assured
we know what we are talking about.
We honestly believe that Rexall
"93" Hair Tonic will do more than
any other human agency toward re-
storing hair growth and hair health.
1t is not greasy and will not gum
the scalp or hair or cause permanent
stain. 1t is as pleasant to use as
pure cold water. 1t comes in two
sizes, prices so cents and $l.OO.
Remember, you can obtain it only
at our store, The Rexall Store.
DR.. w. Z. Hauil.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-02-16
Memorial

John Smith died at the home of
b. A. Martin, while there on visit.
He was 81 years of age, and was
conscientious christian. For a
number of years he had been a
faithful member of the Christian
church. When dying, he called
his little daughter, Edna, to his
side and told her to never forget
her prayers.
Mr.. Smith leaves a wife, one
child and several brothers and sisters
to mourn his loss.
Weep not, dear wife, 81 am go
ing home to God"
JULIA PENDERGRAss
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-02-16
EATS WHAT HE LIKES
AFTER TAKING FREE SAMPLE

1t will be welcome news to dyspep-
tics to learn of remedy that, in the
opinion of thousands, is an absolute
cure for Indigestion and all forms of
stomach trouble, and, better still, it
is guaranteed to do so. The remedy
is DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
We all know the value of pure pep
sin in indigestion, and add to this
some exceptional laxative ingredients
and you have a truly wonderful rem
edy. Mr. T, w. Worthy of For
sythe, Ga, got to the point where
he could not even eat or digest veg
etables and after many years of seek
ing he found the cure in DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin. Mr.. Rudy Kas-
ner of Moline, ILL.,, was in the same
bad predicament with his stomach,
took Syrup Pepsin and is now cured.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-02-16

Hundreds of others would gladly tes-
tify.
It is a guaranteed cure for indiges-
ton, constipation, biliousness, head
aches GAS on the stomach and similar
Complaints. A bottle can be had at
anv drug store for fifty cents or
dollar but if you wish to make test
of il first, send your address to DR..
Caldwell and he will supply free
sample bottle, sent direct to your ad-
dress. You will soon admit that you
have found something to replace salts,
cathartics, breath perfumes and other
temporary reliefs. Syrup Pepsin will
cure you permanently.
For the free sample address DR.. w.
B. Caldwell, 402 Caldwell building,
Monticello, ILL.,
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-02-16

For SALE-Two seated surrey
and harness. Surrey in far condl'
tion, with little repair would be
first class. Also one sewing ma
chin in good working order. Prices
reasonable. Call on Mrs. j. H.
Edrngton, Pocahontas. Ark.
23.tf.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-02-16
..sssEssEeeEsestssEssess%
Local and Otherwise
AsSSaSss33s ssS43ssss3GEE3'

lulS NtGhs
Mrs. d. Wiley and daughter,
Mary Sue, returned last Friday from
an extended visit at Arlington, Ky,
FoR RENT-Good business house
on court square, known as n, A.
Childs' old stand for rent. Call on
VIM. DeClerk, Pocahontas, Ark.
2l-4tp
Mrs. Perry Nettles and grandson,
Cashus Stephans Of Shelbyville,
Ind, left Sunday afternoon for
Poplar Bluff, where they will visit
Mrs. Nettles' daughter, Mrs. IL
Mccain, formerly of this place.
Mrs. II. A. Blsgham was on the
sick list the latter part of last week
NoTE FoUND-A few days ago
someone lost note IN my store
Said note Is for 800 and is drawn
in favor of r. f. Frier and signed
by w. A. Hudson of Warm
Springs. A credit of $3.50 appers
on back of the note Owner may
have note by proving same and pay
ing for this notice.
HENRY MEIER, Merchant,
23 If. Pocahontas, Ark.
Charley Pierce of Lorine gave us
a pleasant visit Saturday.
Alf Meridith of East Pocahontas
was business visitor Saturday.
Olen Thompson Of Lorine has
our thanks for cash on subscription,
Mrs. Mat Ford moved to Hoxie
last Saturday.
John Spikes of Brockett has
three sons whose combined weight
with his is 536 pounds. Each of
the four tips the scales at exactly
1874 pounds.
IWANT A MAN or woman of in
telligence and reliability in your
locality to act as our representative.
Substantial remuneration to the
right party. Careful training.
Permanent business Good oppor
sunity for promotion. Address
Business Manager, The Crowell
Publishing Company, Springfield,
Ohio. 22-4tp
The Springfield Business College
is an authorized training school for
the Union Pacific and Illinois Cen
trail. Good situations and rapid |
promotions await energetic, capable |
young men who prepare for the
railroad service. The demand is
great.
Young Blackwell of the Pocahon.
tas High School spent Saturday and
Sunday at Maynard.
Last week we received a pretty
little booklet from Mrs. Laurie
Nickerson of Ruby, Mont. 1t is
entitled "Madison County, Mon.
tana," and is beautifully made with
an abundance of illustrations of that
country Mrs. Nickerson has our
thanks for the favor.
Will eagle Of near Shannon was
in town Saturday.
John II. Jackson of Lorine
brought some turkeys to town the
latter part of last week, and found
good price for them. John gave
us a call while down and tickled
our hand with big silver dollar.
We learned of the death of Mrs.
Sweezy of Attica too late for last
weeks paper. Mrs. Sweezy died on
Monday after an illness of only a
few days. The remains were in.
tered in the Oak Grove cemetery
the next day.
viii LooDey of Richwoods was
in Pocahoutas one day last week.
. Will Hord of Brockett gave us a
pleasant call last week while we
were printing the Star Herald. We
are indebted to him for substantial
faVors
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-04-19
Saws Home in Two Dividing Property

bales of hay, grain and farming nipple
ments. Two lumber wagons were
easy to divide, but the one surrey
was a problem.
Ponder solved this puzzle by hay
ing the wagon pulled out to a vacant
lot and burned, so that neither would
have the vehicle. Then the one horse
owned by the couple was turned loose
and allowed to wander away Mrs.
Ponder became a little angered at this
and demanded how her erstwhile hus-
band was going to share the real es-
tate and the property. The land was
easy to divide. Ponder said, and he
had a scheme that would make equal
the sharing of the house and barn.
Going to an clubhouse he got a long
cross cut saw and climbing to the
roof of the dwelling house measured
the roof tree, and then finding the ex-
act center of the building started to
saw through the shingles. Mrs. Pom
der began screaming for help.
The man had cut his way through
two of the rafters before the police ar
rived and he was forced to stop his
equal division operations. Ponder de-
clares that he is within his rights and
that there is nothing in the agree
ment signed in the court room that
says anything about how the property
shall be shared SO long as it is done
with fairness to each.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-04-19
Mud Turtles are Served as Terrapin

CT. PAUL, Minn.-Mississippi river
~ fishermen in Wisconsin have devel-
oped a handsome trade in shipping
turtles to the east, where they are
sold in competition with the famous
terrapin of the Baltimore region. Es-
pecially in Lent has the shipment of
the common swapping turtle been a
prosperous business.
A typical shipment was that sent re-
Gently by ". T. Allen to Philadelphia
for distribution in coast cities to COM
pete with the most famous delicacy of
Baltimore. The shipment contained
125 live swapping turtles and weighed
1929 pounds. 1t netted Allen $3.50.
Despite the fact that the turtles had
been in a cellar without food or drink
or care of any kind since last October,
they were game enough as they we're
put aboard the train to snap and bite
with considerable b~elligerence. 1t is
they reach Philadelphia.
Some of the turtles weighed twenty
five pounds each. They were caught
in n of the stagnant sloughs of the
Mississippi. At the reforming time
in the fall it is the habit of turtles to
seek some sheltered spot near a bunch
of weeds or a sunken log and burrow
in the mud beside it until their bodies
are about half covered and their heads
wholly so. There they stay until the
ice goes out in the spring, a score or
more of them sometimes together.
After the ice in the slough is strong
enough to bear his weight Mr.. Allen
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-04-19

goes over it, finds the half buried
turtles, breaks through the ice, hooks
them up through the hole, sings them
into a sack v his shoulder and takes
them home to his cellar. The cellar
has a moist, sandy floor. AS soon as
the turtles are deposited on it they
burrow in the sand just as they did in
their native habitat and there remain
through the long winter without re-
quiring further attention.
Wien the price of turtle flesh
reaches high mark, Mr.. Allen takes
them out of their alternating quar-
tiers and has marketed them as high
as eighteen cents a pound, live weight.
The turtle industry on the Upper
Mississippi, although comparatively
new, is assuming remarkable proper
lions. Thousands of pounds have been
shipped the last year. Every fish deal
er on the river is making the buying
and selling of turtles an important
part of his fish business nowadays and
the fishermen, instead of throwing
back into the river the turtles caught
in their nets, as they formerly did,
now are hunting them and saving even
the smallest.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-04-19
NAvIN SPOILs TIGER TRADE
Prevented Exchange of Wood and Car
rigan for Pitcher Eddie Summers
and Catcher Schmidt.

It's cause for jubilation and thanks
giving to the other clubs of the Amer
lean league that a little deal planned
for at one time did not go through.
John l. Taylor was sore on Bill Car
rigan because the backstop wanted
more money.
So he planned to trade Joe Wood
and Bill for Eddie Summers and
Schmidt of the Tigers, and Jennings
grabbed at the offer. The Tigers
would have got all the better OF the
trade, and with Wood pitching in front
of a team like the Tigers he would be
unbeatable.
Just as Jennings had everything ar
ranged to give a useless catcher for
one of the best backstops in the
league, together with a h%alf-rater in
the pitching line for a swell twirler,
President Navin stepped in and crab
bed the deal. He heard stories about
the physical condition of Wood that
made the president feel he was not in
good shape, and he swallowed them,
bait, hook and anchor. Otherwise the
jumps around the circuit would have
the m~egaphone man believing: For
Detroit, Wood and Carrigan."
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-04-19
Police Nab Oldest Known "Con" Man

HHICAGO.-Shaking with palsy and
~ totally blind, Jerry" Mclean, "a
years old, the Oldest con man" in the
world, slept on an iron bed in the Cen
trail station the other night.
Jerry" had turned one too many
tricks" This time it was bleeding"
suckers who answered the aged
crooks lurid advertisements of "trav-
cling companion wanted by blind gen
tleman who intends spending a few
months in California. Salary $25 a
week" Jerry" got a guarantee" of
from $50 to $50 from each of them.
Il guess l might as we'll tell you
my right '~monacher,'" he told Captain
Halpin after detectives Aldenhovel
and Bishop had arrested him. I'm
Jerry Mclean. l guess you know me.
They do in lots of other cities l could
name.
I've lived Oh Comfortable avenue
ever since l was a kid. I've did a cou-
pie of bits in the New York peniten-
~tiaries, but ncxhing that was very
long. I'll. get Iut of this all right"
"~Jerry's" acolsers are Darlington
Evans of 1851 Coles avenue, Joseph
Willett of 73s North Clark street,
Frank Widshes of Stronghurst, Ill,
and E. Suran ~ 1901 South Michigan
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-04-19

NEW YORK.-Enough munitions Of
~ war to start several Central Amer
lea comic opera revolutions were
dumped into the ocean off Sandy Hook
the other day by Commissioner Wal
do.
The several thousand weapons we're
confiscated by the police under the
Sullivan law against the carrying Of
death-dealing instruments.
Since the Sullivan law went into
effect, September 1 last, the entire
detective and police force have been
searching both thugs and civilians
whom it was thought might for vari-
Gus reasons be carrying concealed
weapons, AS a result, a whole room
of the property bureau at police head
quarters was filled with weapons Of
every sort.
AS fast as the revolvers and what
not were received they were tagged
and put in this room. The tags showed
from whom and under what circum-
stances the articles were secured, and
If they appeared in a court case a
record of such use was also attached.
There were 1900 revolvers, valued
at $11 900. Some of these revolvers
were Of very handsome design, with
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-04-19

n Willet gave Jerry $50 as a
guarantee" and Evans $50. They
had been hired" after visiting the
aged confidence man in his rooms at
the Jackson Hotel, West Jackson
boulevard and South Halsted streets.
Jerry" talked volubly of his career
in his cell. He looks like a southern
colonel" and would pass anywhere as
a highly respectable old man.
Il was born in Castle Bar, County
Mayo, Ireland. eighty-four years ago,
Jerry said. Il came to America when
l was a kid and was in New Orleans
when the civil war broke out. | Joined
General B~eauregard's army. was
captured and taken to Fort McHenry.
st was at Fort McHenry that my
easy money caree began. With an.
other prisoner named Bliss | stole 500
600 of yankee greenbacks and we
sawed our way to fredeom.''
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-04-19
STARTED THE BALL ROLLING
Rose TO the Occasion When Con-
Versation Tagged.

Robert Henri, the noted artist.
paused before a landscape at the
Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts
and said:
"Dawb, who painted this, has
sprung from humble circumstances to
great wealth and eminence.
"Dawb made his first success in
Paris. He was difident and abashed
in those days. When he would sally
out from his garnet in the Rue Vau-
girard to a duchess in the Avenue de
Champs Elysees or a princess in the
Rue de IUniversite, his heart would
be in his mouth.
They say that once. at a dinner
party at Paillard's. DAVID, the guest
of honor, didn't open his mouth from
the marennes vertes to the souHe.
Finally, when the dessert came on,
the beautiful and elegant hostess
smiled and said:
Come, dear NJ. DAVID, do say some
thing!"
"Dawb blushed at this challenge,
racked his brain and stammered, with
a bashful smile:
"Have you noticed. ladies and gen
tlemen, that this years pawn tickets
are all greene"