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The Prescott daily news., 1912-04-09
'rAl DWELL & DRAKE
 TO COME UP AGAIN

1ittle Rock, April 9.-The old Caldwell & Drake claim for over s25O,OO0 is due to come up Tn the aorrts or in the next legislature from surface indications of the ,ost few days. With Governor I nonaghey out of the saddle, or hiS successor in control next ronuarv when the legislature meets. the Caldwell X Drake forces have become exceedingly active.
 George W. Caldwell, head of tbe contracting concern which built the state house to a certain noint and was then discharged with Tom Wilson, his superin- tpndent. arrived in Little Rock Monday and became quite ire ouent''visitors about the Southern Trust building, where their at torney has an office and, where they have many friends.
 The visiting contractors are doing little talking, but they show in more ways than in mere words their pleasure at the de feat of Gov. Donaghey, the man who busted them from the state house work and who has con tested their claim for work done before the contract was anulled.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-04-09
Report Fine Meeting

Little Rock, April 9,-State Supt. and Mrs. George B. Cook and Miss Eva Reichardt return ed Monday from Nashville, via St. Louis, after attending the Conference for Education in the South. Prof. TOrreyson and Prof $. l.. Bond returned Sun day on the last train that came there, the flooded district West of Memphis. All agree that it was the finest meeting ever held by the Conference, and that Ar kansas got a great deal of most desirable publicity out of it. This state had the only rural school exhibit that attracted at tention. It is reported that the General Education Board is in creaSing it's foundation from S53, 100000 to S100,000,000, and Arkansas expects to secure a good portion of the income, all of which must be expended in propagation of educational inter pStS
The Prescott daily news., 1912-04-09
Eczema? Try Zemo
Has Cured Worst and You Can Prove
 + for Only 2S cents

Yes, try Zemo. Tbat's all you need do to get rid of the worst case of eczema. You take no chance, it is no experiment. Zemo is positively guaranteed to stop itching, rash, raw, bleed ing eczema, makes pimpled lace smooth and clean. Zemo is a wonder and the minute applied it sinks in, vanishes, leaves no evidence, doesn't stick, no grease, just a pure, clean, wonderful liquid and it cures. This is guaranteed, Zemo is put up by the Hesterly Drug Store, Prescott, Ark, and sold oy all druggists at S1 for the largest bottles and at p cents for the liberal size trial bottle. Try one 25-cents bottle and be convinced,
 Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-04-09
WORK PROGRESSING
 ON STATE FARM

Little Rock, April 9.-"While we have had much wet weather this spring, farm work on the state farm has gone right ahead and we have in over 1000acres of cotton and considerable corn land is ready for the planting," says Clerk Andrew Witt, who came up from the farm Monday to spend a week in town.
 We will go rather heavy on the corn crop this year. It has always been maintained that the state farm was not suited to the growing of corn, and most of the acreage has annually been de voted to cotton, but last year we had such good success with corn that we will put in about 1000 acres this spring and see if we cannot raise enough to feed the states stock, and in this manner cut off one of the heaviest eX penses in the operation of the farm"
The Prescott daily news., 1912-04-09

One of the saddest things in some homes is to see a hard
 working, unselish woman cursed with lazy, good-for-nothing hus- band, who spends his time on empty dry goods boxes or stand ing on the street corner talking silly gossip and finding faultwith things in general.-Booneville Progress. Have you ever nOtic- ed, however that the woman who
The Prescott daily news., 1912-04-09

Arrangements are being made for great music festival to be given in Little Rock April 22. 20, by the Little Rock Festival Chorus, assisted by the Victor Herbert orchestra. There will be four big programs, conclud- ing with the oratorio, Elijah, " on Thursday night. Rates are to be given to the city on the railroads.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-04-09
Cotton Seed Wanted

l will pay 30 cents per bushel for good sound cotton seed de livered in Prescott.-Duncan B. Brown, Phone 188 and 157, Pres colt, Ark.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-04-09

is cursed with this sort of hus- band generally thinks he is a grand man is always willing to stick up for him?-Arkansas Gazette.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-04-09
REDUCED RATES

Russellville and return, S6.90; account State Convention Ar6- ansas Sunday School Association. On sale April 17 and 21, inclu- sive. Good for returning until April 23rd.
 A, B OLIPHINT, Agent.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-04-09

Bring your stock to Prescott Saturday and have them treated by Dr. little.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-04-09

Getting warm. Phone the Ice Plant and they will have their wagon deliver you ice regularly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
SENT TO JAIL FOR CRITICISM
J. Winton Makes Bond-Resented
Judges Reprimand.

Decatur, Ala.-In the famous Sam NJ.
Winton contempt case, Judge d. w.
Speak, Judge of the circuit court. re-
manded Winton back to Jail, but fixed
his bond at $500. Winton's sttorneys
gave notice of an appeal to the supreme
court and in the meantime Wiaton made
bond. In his decision Judge Speak up
holds Judge Thomas w. Vert o. law
and equity court, who imposed a fine
of $50 and five days in Jail on Winton
for contempt of court.
Winton was member of jury in
Judge Wert's court, and the jury on
which Winton was serving was publicly
reprimanded by Judge Vert and then
discharged. Judge Vert said that they
had failed to do their duty by acquit-
ting man charged with the violation
of the state prohibition laws. In pub
lished newspaper article Winton criti-
cized Judge Wert's official act
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
Roosevelt's Name Not Presented to Conven-
ton, Though He Received Votes.
SHERMAN NAMED AS TAFT'S RUNNING MATE
Roosevelt Followers Hold Mass Convention and
Nominate the Colonel the Candidate
of the progressive Party

Chicago.-William Howard Taft was
fenominated for president of the United
States by the Republican national con-
vention at 9:25 o'clock Saturday night.
Less than an hour later James School
craft Sherman was renominated for the
vice presidency.
Both nominations were made on the
first ballot Senator La Follette's name
was the only name presented to the con-
vention for the presidential nomination
besides that of Taft. Sherman's was
the only name presented for the vice
presidency. A motion to make his nom
lination unanimous was objected to and
a roll was ordered.
The vote for the presidential nomina-
tion was:
Taft, sci; Roosevelt, 1o7; La Fol-
lette, Al; Cummins, II; Hughes, q;
present and not voting, 34S; absent, 2.
The vote on the vice presidential NOM
ination was:
Sherman, 597; Borah, 81; Merriam,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28

tion some one grabbed at the standard.
A Louisiana delegate objected, aud a
scuffe ensued that changed the course
of the parade. One of the marches sue
ceeded in getting possession of ths Hi
nois standard, although none of tie Illi-
nois delegates joined the procession.
Finally the procession ran into squad
of police in the rear of the hall. The
standard carriers were jammed in = side
aisle, and finally dispersed, finding fur
ther progress impossible. But the cheer
ing, flag waving and whistling went on
undated.
The demonstration had been in prog
ress twenty-one minutes, when Senator
Root at last pounded for order. Mr.. Al
len, when he had obtained attention,
asked that the delegates keep quiet; that
what he had to say was not intended to
start demonstrations, but to set out the
position of progressive Republicans. He
was listened to attentively for time
and first read the Roosevelt statement.
Kisses Interrupt Proceedings.
The statement was interrupted at one
time by groans and Kisses. This was re
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
BEARS HAVE INNING
IN COTTON MARKET
GOOD WEATHER AND ACREAGE ES.
INMATES CAUSE DECLINE.
THE SALES WERE HEAVY
Rains Predicted for the Eastern Part oi
Belt Did Not Fail-Favorable
Conditions in West. Except
for Low Temperatures.

New York-The cotton market made
a sharp decline owing to further good
weather and lower cables from Liverpool
than were expected. Although rally
occurred during the afternoon in which
the market regained from to points
of the lost ground, it was unable to
make up all the loss and closed from IL
to Is points below the final price of Tues
day.
The market opened with the October
option points down, or 11.54 cents.
On the weather report and the lower
cables liquidation began and the market
dropped A very bearish acreage report
from the Financial Chronicle, whose esti-
mate always has its effect on the market,
helped the bearish sentiment. The Chorn-
icle placed the acreage at 1888, III, or
a reduction from last year of only " of
1 per cent. The general private estimate
had placed the reduction at from to 3
per cent, so that such an estimate from
an authority with large following un-
doubtedly had its effect. But perhaps
the largest factor was the weather con-
dition over the cotton belt
From the west more rains were re-
ported in Texas and Oklahoma was re-
ported fair. The principal drawback in
the weather in that section was low
temperatures, which were too low for
the good of the crop. Warmer weather
is forecasted for that part of the belt.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
UNCLE SAM WILL
GO DEAD BROKE"
HOUSE WILL ADJOURN MONDAY
UNTIL JUNE %.
ADJOURN AGAIN UNTIL JULY
Fiscal Year Begins With July, and Ap.
preparation Bills Are Not Laws.
Taft Has Tied Up the Army
and the Navy.

Washington.--On July 1 Uncle Sam
will be broke" The executive and ju-
dicial machinery of the government will
not be able to operate without going
into debt This chaotic condition has
resulted from an agreement of the house
to adjourn next Monady until Thursday,
June 81, and then until Monday, July
l, to oblige Democratic members who
have political business in Baltimore.
No business can be transacted during
the week. A similar agreement obtains
in the senate. New appropriations must
be available for operating the govern
ment after July 1, when the new fiscal
year begins. The president vetoed the
army bill and tied up the war office.
The naval appropriation bill is with the
senate. Neither the legislative, judicial
and executive nor the sundry civil bill
can become law until after congress re-
sumes business. A resolution Temporal
rily continuing existing appropriations
will be passed early next month.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
ROSTR0N AGAIN HONORED
United Thanks of Government and Court
Bestowed Upon Him.

London.-Arthur j. Rostron of the
Carpathia received the united thanks Of
the British government and the court
at the sitting of the board of trade in
quiry into the Titanic disaster. Sir
Rufus Isaacs, the attorney general, said
he desired to take the earliest oppor-
tunity the government had been able
to get of expressing to Capt. Rostrou
'on behalf of his majesty's government
how deeply grateful we are to you for
your conduct and for the large numhei
of lives you were instrumental in saw.
ing"
Lord Mersey, the presiding judge. and
Sir Robert Finlay associated themselves
in the congratulations to Capt. Rostron,
who was loudly cheered.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
AMERICANS BADLY
USED BY MEXICANS
FORCED TO PAY RANSOM AT THE
POINT OF PISTOLS.
ACCUSE THE REvOLUTIONISTS
Commissioner of the Mexican Revolu,
tionary Party Denies Charge, Main
tanning That the Brigands Were
Madero Volunteers.

Ell Paso, Tex.-Seventeen Americans
in Velardena, fifty miles west of Tor,
reon, Mexico, were recently lined up
against barn, while half-dozen drink,
crazed rebels brandished six-shooters in
their faces and threatened summary ex.
ecution unless a million dollars ransom
was forthcoming. The rebels abandoned
their orgy when $4,000 in gold was paid
them.
Americans, they said, had feared the
consequences of a revelation of their
plight through official channels, and
only with the routing of columns under
Gems. Campo and Argumedo, after near
ly two months of depredations, had the
facts begun to come to light.
! At Velardena forty federal volunteers
captured by Gen. Campo were executed
In small squads. Rebel officers vie
with one another for the privilege OF
conducting the executions. One of the
pitiful sights was the killing of fed
eral volunteer about 65 years old by a
rebel soldier hardly out of his teens.
A man arriving here told of finding
near Torreon seven bodies, horribly dis
figured and mutilated. One of them
was a woman. This act is charged to
the federal forces.
The commissioner representing the
Mexican revolutionary party here issued
a formal statement denying that the
.brigands who neld up Americans at We
lardena were rebels, and intimating that
they were Madero volunteers. He reit-
Grated the pledge that the revolutionary
forces will protect all foreigners.
Orozco, he says, is to- be tried by court
martial for his infammatory proclama.
tion against foreigners and their prop
erty in Chihuahua.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
TEDDY's VALEDICToRY READ TO CONVENTION

Chicago.-Roosevelt delegates started
a prolonged demonstration IN the conven-
tion when Henry j. Allen of Kansas got
up to read Roosevelt valedictory."
The convention had concluded consid-
GRAFTON of all contest cases, the Taft
forces winning on everything. Perma-
nent organization also had been effected.
COL Roosevelt's address, read by Allen,
was as follows:
"a clear majority of the delegates hon
estly elected to this convention We're
chosen by the people to nominate me.
Under the direction, and with the en-
couragement of Mr.. Taft, the majority
of the national committee, by the so-
called Steam roller methods and with
scandalous disregard of every principle
of elementary honesty and decency, stole
80 or 90 delegates, putting on the tenn
porary roll call sufficient number of
fraudulent delegates to defeat the legally
expressed will of the people, and to sub
stitute dishonest for an honest ma-
jority
The convention has now declined to
purge the roll of the fraudulent dele
gates placed thereon by the defunct
national committee and the majority
which thus indorsed fraud was made a
majority only because it included the
fraudulent delegates themselves, who
all sat as judges on one another- cases.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
GOMPERS HELD IN CONTEMPT
Will Again Appeal From D. c. Court to
Supreme Court.

Washington.-Samuel Gompers, Frank
Morrison and John Mitchell, the labor
leaders, were held guilty of contempt Of
court by the supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia, in connection with
the courts injunction in- the Buck Stove
and Range boycott case. They will at
tempt to appeal again to the supreme
court of the United States, which re-
versed their former conviction.
Bondsmen were on hand and attorneys
for the labor men gave notice of an in
tention TO file an appeal to have the su-
preme court review the judgment.
In its previous review of the case the
supreme court reversed the convictions
on the ground that contempt proceed
ings had been improperly instituted.
New proceedings were at once begun.
The sentences under the first conviction
were Gompers, one year; Morrison, six
months; Mitchell, nine months.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
FATHER AND SON SHOT
Family Fight at Muskogee May Result
Fatally.

Muskogee, Okla.-Noah Shumak, 1S
years old, is lying at his home, near
Gritt's, perhaps fatally wounded, with
bullet hole through his body. His father,
Boney Shumak, is badly wounded with
a bullet hole through the arm and log,
as the result of q shooting affray on
the public highway. Since the elope-
.ment and marriage of Boyt Garner and
Shumak's daughter there has been i'll
feelings between the two families. Shu-
max says that three Garner boys opened
fire on him and his son as they drove
past the Garner farm. When young
Shumak was shot he dropped back in the
wagon. His father grabbed the lines,
when he, too, was shot.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
COTTON CROP NEEDS
WARMER WEATHER
COOL WEATHER ONLY DETERRENT
TO FAVORABLE CONDITIONS.
CROP MADE GOOD PROGRESS
Some Grass and Lack of Cultivation Still
Retards Eastern Section, but Prog
ress Was Made With Fair
Weather.

Rains over the western part of the cot
ton belt and clear, open weather in the
east made the past week a good one on
the cotton crop. Progress was made,
generally speaking, both in plant growth
and cultivation, although in plant growth
somewhat retarded, the former by un-
seasonably low temperatures and the
latter by rains.
In the west, where most Of the rains
of the week fell, the soil was already at
a high state of cultivation, and the fields
were clean. In that part of the belt the
week was unusually favorable, as the
moisture that the crop received was just
the one thing that it needed. All over
Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas heavy
rains fell, and good general rain fell in
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Tennessee In all these states cultiva-
tion is well advanced and all the crops
needs is hot weather in order to promote
more rapid plant growth.
Owing to the heavy rains of the pre-
ceding week, farmers are somewhat be-
hind with cultivation in Alabama,
Georgia and the Carolinas, but they made
rapid progress during the past week.
Many fields are grassy in Georgia, and
the same may be said of a lesser number
in the Carolinas and Alabama.
The principal need of the crop is warm,
open weather for period of ten days
or two weeks, in order to promote plant
growth and cultivation, although in the
western and central part of the belt the
latter feature is well cared for.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28

"If these fraudulent votes had not
thus been cast and counted the conyen-
tion would have been purged of their
presence. This action makes the conven-
tion in no proper sense any longer Re-
publican convention representing the real
Republican party.
Therefore I hope the men elected
as Roosevelt delegates will now decline
to vote on any matter before the con-
vention. / dc not release any delegate
from his honorable obligation to vote
for me if he votes at all, but under the
actual conditions / hope that he will not
vote at all
sThe convention as now composed
has no claim to represent the voters
of the Republican party. It represents
nothing but successful fraud in over
riding the will of the rank and file of
the party. Any man nominated by the
convention as now constituted would
be merely the beneficiary of this sue
cessful fraud; it would be deeply ris-
creditable to any man to accept the
conventions nomination under these
circumstances; and any man thus ac-
cepting it would have no claim to the
support of any Republican on party
grounds, and would have forfeited the
right to ask for the support of any
honest man of any party on moral
grounds.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
Zapata Warns Madero.

Mexico City.-Emenalo Zapata, the
terrible Attila of the South" who was
recently given permission by Orozco to
attack the national capital, sent warn
ing to the diplomatic representatives Of
foreign nations in the capital that he
would not recognize any obligation for
foreign loans contracted by the federal
government. He is said also to have re,
solved to issue an ultimatum to Presi-
dent Madero, giving him until September
to retire from the presidency
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
FLAGSHIP LEAVES CHINA
State Department Has Confidence in
New Republic.

Washington.-A sign of the confidence
of the state department in the stability
of the new Chinese government and
its ability to maintain order was the
order issued from the navy department
for the return to thet-sksvd States OF
Admiral Sutherland with his flagship
California and the armored cruiser South
Dakota with the supply ship Glacier
With the big cruisers, Colorado and
Maryland, which already have returned
to the Pacific coast, these vessels were
rushed to China from Hawaii several
months ago, when conditions looked very
dark for the Chinese republic.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
Convention Cost $50. 900.

Chicago. Subscribers to the fund to
bring the national Republican conven'
tion to Chicago have an unusual surprise
in store for them, in that they will get
back 20 per cent Of the amount advanc-
ed. Fred w. Upham, chairman of the
committee, says the 500, 900 subscribed
was in excess of the cost by $4,000.
Mr.. Upham says the arrangements we're
perfect and that the success in carrying
them out was due to the excellent work
done in many different directions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28

Peking Conditions have become SO
acute at Che Foo that the American con-
sui there sent out an urgent appeal for
assistance He asked that warship be
sent at once to Che Foo in order that
marines may be on hand, as he mo-
mentarily fears an outbreak. Feeling
against foreigners is said to have grown
alarmingly.
The consul expects all foreigners, and
especially Americans, to take refuge at
the consulate, and for that reason he
asked for assistance.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
FREED FROM INDICTMENTS
Cases Against Railroad Men Dismissed
by State.

Chicago.-Indictments against four
former officials of the Illinois Central
railroad, Frank B. Hartman, John nj.
Taylor, Charles L. Ewing and Joseph E.
Buker, who were alleged to have been
implicated in car repair frauds by which
the road was swindled out of $1,145,000,
were dismissed in the criminal court.
Absence of indispensable witnesses
forced the dismissal, so States Attorney
Northrup declared. E. H. Policy of Sierra
Madre, CAL, was said to have refused to
come to Chicago to testify. Henry c.
Ostermann could not be found and F. II.
Niles was reported i'll at Richmond, Va.
Civil proceedings, which had also been
started, were settled out of court.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28

London.-Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst,
the militant suffragette leader, who was
sentenced to nine months imprisonment
on the charge of conspiracy and melting
to malicious damage to property, was
RELEASED because her health broke down
after the hunger strike which she and
her imprisoned followers recently began.
The other prisoners, including Mrs.
Pethick Lawrence, who were sentenced
at the same time as Mrs. Pankhurst, are
being forcibly fed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28

Hampstead, N. Y.-Henry Turner, an
oyer-zealous aviation pupil, was fatally
injured by twenty-five foot fall in a
biplane in which he attempted to fly in
spite of orders from his instructors to
remain on the ground. The biplane was
demolished and splinters from the frame
entered Turner's abdomen and his face.