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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM

lment by Democratic revision and CO.
Obligation of our Anticipated national
banking laws; which would create an
elastic banking system. and preserve
our Independent political control.
We also believe and advise that the
Legislature enact safe banking law
for the supervision and regulation of
banks in this state
Education.
9-Gratifying progress in educa-
ton has been made in Arkansas I'M
der Democratic administrations. We
pledge loyalty, encouragement and
support to all our educational institu-
lions. especially the common schools,
the agricultural schools, the normal
and university. to the end that the
Intelligence, prosperity and happiness
of our citizens may be promoted.
Taxation and Revenues.
10-Questions relating to taxation
are frequently perplexing and diff
cult of solution. The deficit now ex-
listing in the general revenue fund
has been occasioned in part by the
Iimprovident method of making appro-
priations now prevailing. Our state
government should be restored to a
cash basis. This may be accomplish
ed either by absorbing the existing
deficit in a loan at low rate of in
.terest. and discharging the same
through the sinking fund at the same
time adopting the budget system of
appropriations. so az to limit appro-
priations to the revenue. Or. If that
cannot be done. then the general rev
enue rate should be so increased as
to provide as speedily as possible for
II e Indebtedness already created, and
70 raise sufficient revenue to meet
expenditures.
Short Sessions Of the Legislature
11-Short sessions of the general as
'sembly are favored as a means of les
SEEMING expenses, preventing extrava-
giant appropriations and unnecessary
special legislation.
Highways.
12-That the Democratic party ever
committed to the policy OF public i'm.
provements and development hearth
ly endorses the earnest efforts made
In highway Improvement. and pledges
Its best efforts to the future extern
sion OF highways along systematic
and comprehensive lines, and recon.
mend adequate legislation for this
purpose We favor federal aid to
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
Surplus Potatoes This Year.

TeXarkana.-S Secretary Vic E. Bu-
ron OF the Texarkana Board of Trade,
acting for local truck growers, has
shipped the first carload of Irish po-
tatoes sent to outside markets this
season. The shipment was eonsign-
ed to a St. Louis dealer. The local
markets usually consumes all the
potatoes raised in this community,
but it is estimated there will be a
surplus this year of eight or 10 cars.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
ARKANSAS AS A
LUMBER STATE
About Cne Hundred Kind Of
Trees Grow in State--N0t
All Used, However.
FOUR FlFTHS TIMBER LAND
Qua Produced by Arkansas Is
Exceeded only by Two Other
Producers.
FOUR FIFTHS TIMBER LAND
Western Newspaper Union News service


Little Rock. - Arkansas contains
about 100000 acres of land and
half million acres of water. Four
fifths of the land is covered with for
ests or woods of some sort, and one
fifth is In farms. The woodlands
grade from tracts heavily timbered
| with valuable species down TO those
containing little more than brush.
numbering began in the state on
small scale a century ago, and cutting
has gone on ever since. Systematic
| numbering in Arkansas, however, Is
mparatively recent, and the state
| is one of the richest in timber resour-
ces. About one hundred kinds of trees
grow here, but some of them are not
now put to use, because they are too
small or too scarce. About sixty
kinds Sre cut and sold, but not more
than half are commonly distinguish
ed as separate species In the regions
where they are cut.
The principal growth of shortleaf
pine is in the southwestern part of the
state; lobloIly is found In the valleys
of the Ouaehita and Little Missouri
rivers; cypress along the White, Red,
0uachita, Saline, and Arkansas riv-
ers; longleaf pine near the Louisiana
and Texas borders; while the hard
woods grow in all parts of the state,
but in largest quantities in the north
ern portions.
The total annual Drain upon the
| forests of Arkansas is not much, IL
any, short of 5.000000,000 board feet
Latest returns credit the state with a
| lumber output of 100000 feet:
cooperage. lath, veneer, shingles. etc,
114.312,o00 feet, firewood. 2,5S1 ga 600
feet; the crossties, poles, erossarms
and wood distillation unknown. The
enormous quantity of forest material
annually supplied by Arkansas is not
exceeded by that OF more than two
or three states.
Moro than ninety-one per cent of the
wood manufactured into finished com
modities in Arkansas is grown in the
state. Practically none would come in
from the outside except for the fact
that forested regions lie near the Dor
ders and seek their most convenient
markets across the line The state
produces more than enough wood to
supply all it's industries; and, except
four or five species. 1t grows all the
kinds needed.
Nearly l.400,o0o,OOo feet OF wood
which yearly passes through Arkansas
factories is apportioned among the
fifteen industries represented in the
state.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
Boy Caught In Running Gear.

Nashville.-A son of AL Potts. re.
siding Lear Lockesburg, was serious
ly injured when riding on the rear of
buggy driven by Joshua Hatch. a
hveryman OF this place. Mr.. Hatch
was driving past the home OF the boy,
when he mPnted the rear axle of
the buggy 10 ride short distance.
The boys foot became caught in the
running gear Of the vehicle, and he
fell backward. His arm was caught
in a wheel and broken, and his leg
was also badly wrenched In the fall.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Hope.-Prof. G. w. Howard, gov
eminent agricultural demonstration for
Hampstead county, returned from a
tour of the southern half of the coun.
~. Prof. Howard reports very flatter-
ing prospects for crops of all kinds.
though everything is late. The rain
fall recently is reported as the heavi-
est for many years. In some places
great damage was done to the farm
lands by washing. The heavy rain
covered the territory from Hope to
Stamps. a distance of 20 miles. All
the small streams were out OF their
banks
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
Petitions for DRAINAGE Filed.

Newport. - Preliminary petitions
have been filed in the Jackson county
court asking the creation OF drainage
districts in Bird and Jefferson town
ships, each Of which would probably
benefit about 5000 acres OF land. Sur.
veyors were appointed to make the
surveys OF what land Is benefited and
when these are completed the court
will consider the creation of these
improvement districts.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
2 Captains on Mauritania.

New York.-As possibly the first
change in the management OF great
ocean liner following the Titanic dis
aster the Mauritania came into port
with two captains First at the head
of the steamships passenger list ap'
pears as usual the name, Capt. W. I.
Turner" and t.neath it in capitals OF
equal size, staff Captain S. G. S. Nc
Neil, X. d. n. X.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
Arrested for Perjury.

Paragould.-Shelly Lynn, son of q
prominent grocery merchant of this
city, was bound over to the grand
jury under a bond OF $1,000 on the
charge of perjury. 1t is alleged that
in appearing as witness in police
court recently Lynn swore he had
no knowledge of any gambling going
on in the city, Several days later he
and others were found guilty of shoot
ing craps.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

state and local authorities IN the con-
struction and maintenance Of post
roads.
13-Reccnt overflows Of the Mlssis-
sippi and it's tributaries, and conse-
quent loss of life and property, en-
phasize the necessity for strengthen
ing our levee system. The subject 10
of vital importance to localities direct
ly affected, and the cause should be
free from the jealousies occasioned
by political influences. 1nasmuch as
interstate interests are involved in
the maintenance of the MISSISSIPPI
river levee system, and the commerce
of the nation concerned in preventing
recurrence of these overflows, we
may consider the advisability OF at
tempting, in conjunction with other
states interested, to induce the feder-
al government to assume control and
maintenance of the same. Certainly
the boards of public control should be
chosen from the localities concerned,
either by popular vote or by the gen.
eral assembly.
The University.
14-Patriotic considerations suggest
the ACCESSIBILITY of reform in the man.
Iagement of the university and consid-
erations should be given to changes
in the method of selecting the trus-
tees, and judicious reorganization
of the university force.
Penitentiary.
15-The board for the management
of penitentiary affairs should be re-
organized and selected by the general
assembly and the governor be vested
with power of removal.
Corrupt Practices Act.
16-Honest primaries and elections
are the foundations of all political re-
forms. We favor a strong corrupt
practices act, which, among other pro-
visions, shall require publicity of cam
paign contributions and expenditures,
and which shall limit expenditures Of
all candidates for nomination and
election to any office, and specify the
pun poSc III W IlCu bS Inlay
be made. Our political institutions
must be protected from the leprosy OF
corruption.
Old Statehouse.
i've recommend to the Thirty
ninth general assembly of the state
of Arkansas that it take sIch steps
as may be necessary to preserve the
old statehouse.
Workmen's Compensation Law.
1S-We favor a workmens compen-
sation law that is fair 10 both en-
ployer and employee.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
Tempered With Money Order.

Helena.-Charles Fitzhugh. arrested
at Gid, Lee county. on the charge of
manipulation of the United States
money order, was given a hearing and
held to the federal grand jury, which
conyenes at Little Rock in October
next. Fitzhugh made a complete con-
fession of his alleged act. in which he
tempered with a money order, design
ed for one William Webb, in the sum
OF three dollars.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
Pioneer browns Himself.

Bloomington, Ill-After attempting
TO kill himself with razor. Max Dub
linger, pioneer merchant of Lincoln,
escaped from the hospital and ended
his life by drowning Last week his
home was burned and the body of his
aged wife was found in the ruins
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Fort Smith.-The fund being col
lected for the relief of the widows and
orphans of the McCurtain, Okla, mine
disaster reached s37.697. according to
the bulletin issued by Maj. c. II.
Breckenridge. chairman of the com
mittee having the work in charge.
the small streams were out OF their
banks
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
Commerce Court Affirmed.

Washington-The commerce court
upheld the interstate commerce com
mission in making rates on lumber
from the Willamette valley, Oregon, to
San Francisco. The court decided
that the commission had not acted ar
bitrarily.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

A Now York lawyer says that in
America the crook runs less risk than
tho honest workingman. The crook
usually gets full value for legal serv.
Aces.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Fort Smith.-An unidentified white
man was found in a dying condition
at Fayetteville and expired shortly
after the arrival OF medical attention.
He went to Fayetteville from Fort
Smith on a Frisco train. but nothing
was found in his possession TO reveal
his identity.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
Aid New York Suffraglsts.

New York-A group of Chicago
womes who believe that the conquest
Of the Albany legislature would De
easy, If New York suffragists would
only present a united front to the en-
envy, have decided to open an onice
here and try to bring the warning iac-
tons together and help them to WIN
the vote.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
Plant For Raising Bills.

st. Louis.-United States Secret Ser
vice Agent e. j. McHugh, assisted oy
squad Of policemen, raided rooms III
two lodging houses and found plant
for raising bills. Two were arrested
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
Boy browns Saving 20 Girls.

Dixon, III. - While preyehtlhs .
launch holding twenty high scho0'
girls from going over the dam across
Rock river, Warren Lally in iaun'.
was carried over the dam anu
drowned.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
ProhibItIonlsts Prepare to Meet.

Chicago are being So
lectcd daily to the prohibition national
convention and preparations FOR tno
quadrennial gathering are well uhde'
way. There will be 1,484 delegates III
Atlantic City on July TO-
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Beebe.-B W. Harlow OF Burton,
Kan, has purchased the White County
News from T, NJ Woods and will take
charge OF the paper next week. MT.
Woods has been In the newspaper
business In Beebe for IS years and
is we'll known In Arkansas.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

An expert advises simplicity IN cub
tivating a garden. After all. the sim
piest words are best for relieving the
mind when the lettuce turns ous to be
weeds
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

1t takes a true scientist TO wait,
when he sees a mosquito biting him.
20 discover before swattlng whether
his enemy is germ carrier OF not
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Amin Temple Of the Mystic Shrine.
One of the unusual cases in initiation
was that of the Rev. John s. Jewell
OF Hope, who is, as he expresses It,.
80 years young Though the ordeal
was trying, he was none the worse
for wear on the following morning.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Boston is to have a hospital for vic
dms of the blues" Would 1t not be
cheaper to buy them tickets so they
could get out of Boston?
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Caiiforniasraveling men are to boy
colt places where tipping is not pro
hibited. They will have plenty OF
places to avoid In this mercenary day.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

A Denver woman keeps her savings
In an icebox. presumably In the hope
that some day she'll have cool mil
Hon
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

There are reported TO be fewer law
yers in New York than formerly. Is
Manhattan making this announcement
in order TO induce immigration?
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Still, the coinage of half-cent coin
would give the typewriter girls the OPP
portunity to use their ~" key often
or
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

The edict has gone forth that wom-
ems dresses this year are to have
countless buttons. This Is where the
matrimony rate will take big slump.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Knitting is used as n cure for bad
nerves by overweight women OF Ger
many. 1t seems like n terribly utili-
tartan form of therapy.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Many a young man has bad half
hour In the forenoon explaining where
no was between 2:3o and the after
noon before.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Boston is TO establish hospital for
the cure OF the blues" This shows
what uninterrupted devotion TO ROB
ert Browning will bring a community
m
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

In Kansas City the other day the
wife of painless dentist horsewhip-
ped his office girl. The scene is re-
ported to have been painful.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

New Yorks death rate has been
halved since 1866 The people who
live there are becoming more hard
ened.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Hot Springs.-The Red Men OF the
state. to the extent of hundreds. gath
cred at Wilmington park in an old
fashioned picnic and barbecue. Sew
eral thousand people visited tie park
during the day and last night
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Fort Smith.-At the close OF a ten
days revival members OF the First
Baptist church of Eureka Springs
raised $1,000 by subscription for a new
edifice.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

The average man is not alarmed by
tho statement that there are million
and half microbes on a dollar bill.
He doesn't keep II long enough to In
0gr danger.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

The fashions for women this year
are but repetition of those OF 1888
Clothes as well as history repeat them
selves
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Telephone girls complain that the
headgear they are compelled to wear
produces corns on their ears. Still.
corn on the ear isn't so bad.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Eggs are only five cents dozen In
china. No wonder that acting there
Is regarded as degrading occupation
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

A poetess asks: "Oh. where does
beauty linger?" Answers from dealers
IN hair goods and cosmetics should
be barred.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

The invention of a sock that Will
not wear out Is another crushing blow
at the good old institution OF mar
rage.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Tho Germans now say bathing mui.
eipiies bacteria It. however, reduces
smells, and the one Offsets tho other.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

A Boston doctor enumerates a dozen
causes of spring fever. But he 1alis
20 mention carpet beating.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

A Norwegian claims that he has In
vented boat that even boat rocker
cannot sink.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

The reports of automobile accidents
are quite numerous for season winch
has Just opened.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

A frog leg famine is predicted. but
there are a number OF citizens VINO
are not in the least disturbed.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

About this time of year look out TOT
reports that your favorite ball team
D composed exclusively of cripples.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

or course there is much to be said
IN favor of the recall OF umpires uhuer
certain mournful circumstances.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Automobiles possessed OF a wild de-
sire to reduce the population should
be suppressed
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

The Paris fashions call for corsets
for men. but men refuse to Dc re-
shaped in this way.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

This seasons precipitation should
be conducive to successful alligator
farming
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Helping the farmer to help himself
q the newest agricultural creed.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Rainy days bring out the man who
carries his umbrella as though 1t we're
q spear
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
Banking.

s-We believe that honest farming
business and working classes of the
country could be largely relieved from
panics and a consequent unemploy
The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23
CHINESE sEAwEEo AS FOOD.

Freer commercial contact with China
may quite possibly introduce into our
table menu varieties OF spicy concoc.
tions from seaweed. About 1870 nutri.
tive kinds Of seaweed are In daily con.
sumption In the far east and the cult.
walton Of seaweed crops is regularly
maintained. More than s600.000 worth
Of n preparation alone is consumed
every year In China in the form Of
dried gums which can be liquefied in.
TO delicate %jellies. In Europe seaweed
has not been at all considerably used
fer food, though blancmanges, salads,
green vegetables and a sort Of tapi.
oca fluid have been forms in which
Scotch. Irish and Mediterranean peas.
ants have partaken of the substances
OF seaweed. In certain parts Of Japan
seaweed is subjected to careful cult
walton, competing species being sup
pressed and rocks previously planted
with the weed, being sunk In suitable
bays.
The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23
MAKING A NEW WORLD.

The planet Jupiter. whose volume is
1.279 times that of the earth. and su.
perior IN dimensions and weight to all
the Other planets put together, is just
now attracting the attention Of as.
tronomers. N. Giacobini Of the Paris
observatory, who has made q special
study Of Jupiter. has described q red
spot which possesses q relative 1xity,
but within the last year it, mobility
has increased to great proportions. and
Its longitude By about 30 degrees.
That is all that we car say scientiG.
cslly. 10 II really the formation Of a
new CONTINENT Can we draw this de-
duction from this phenomenon 90 din
cult to seisef II Ia possible, but who
a say 90 with certainty NJ. Camille
F1ammarion. however. expresses him.
self with far greater confidence In this
matter: we are assisting at the ere.
alton Of q world. Under our dazzled
eyes q 10 world is being created In
the infinity and In Jupiter We hall the
world OF the future"
The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23
SLOW MAIL Fooled CUPID

Because Of the snail-like manner In
which Uncle Sam sometimes delivers
mail, Mrs. James Wormser, of Nor
gantown, w. Va, is not the wife Of
Cecil @. Morris. both having married
since that day six years ago when the
present Mrs. Wormser wrote a letter
from her home, which was at that
time at Webster Springs, and accepted
the proposal Of Morris, who lived at
Riverville. The letter was six years
on It's Journey. and when 1t finally
reached Morris It was too late. The
letter was mailed in 1906. II reached
R~iverville, Morris former home, two
days after Il was mailed, as the post
marx shows. Where the letter has
been all these years cannot be ascer-
tanned. In a previous letter Morris
bad proposed to the and the
missing letter contained her accept
ance. Supposing the failure Of the
woman to answe was a rejection Of
his proposal. Morris married another.
The woman. believing that he had
changed his mind after receiving her
acceptance. also married.
The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23
AFRICANS WHO EAT CLAY

Natives OF West Africa. in French
Sudan. practice "geophagy." Although
the practice is common In many parts
OF the world. this particular case lie
remarkable for the systematic way In
which the dirt 10 collected. and for
the fact that II occurs In n well cult.
waited region, where food Is abundant
The earth consumed Is a clay. which
10 found ~intercalated among the grits
Of the region In beds OF various thick.
hess. The deeper layers are preferred
and for this reaso the natives dig
galleries. which are 80 crudely con-
structed that falls OF earth frequently
occur. sometimes with fatal results.
When an unlucky miner 10 thus buried
no attempt Is made to rescue him. AZ
Il 10 believed that the divinities Of the
mines require an annual victim. II IL
stated that individuals not infreQusnt,
" consume ssvon and . half pounds
Of clay daily.