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The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
A Weak Argument.

By far the weakest argument we have read in recent times is an ed itorial in the Saturday Evening Post inyeighing against the alleged injustice of the proposed income tax. The writer argues that it would be unjust to tax incomes for the reason that some men with large incomes have larger families than others, and consequently have larger expenses to meet than men with smaller families. True enough. But will not the same ar gument apply to every other kind of tax? Will it not apply with spe- cial force to the tariff, which is a tax upon the articles consumed and not upon the articles produced? The argument has less weight when applied to a tax upon wealth than it does when applied to a tax upon necessities.-Heavener Ledger.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
EXPENSES OF CANDIDATES.
Judge Moose Includes Reaiislie
 Items Not in Usual Lists.

Little Rock, April i6.-Among the expense accounts filed with the sec retary of state are the following: w. $. Moose, for associate Justlce' S2,O03.55; Bruce Macon, for con- gress, Sf,iill5; Earl w. Hodges, for secretary of state, s7i.50. Judge Moose writes:
 Some items of expense, however, I failed to set forth; for instance, a frayed and threadbare suit or clothes, which looked good at the start: oae or two thousand dollars of fees l missed by reason of ah- sence from my office, and mental and physical pain, anguish and hu- initiation beyond compilation. understand the state does not ex- pect me to include these matters m the account, but you who have been through the experience know that they are about as real as any other items of the statement.p
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
The Funeral of the Maine.

Will Carleton, in Harper's Weekly. Out of the harbor she sought long ago, Harbor that welcomed, but serv-
 ed not to save, Under the clouds, bending piteous
 and low. Crept the great ship to her grave. Not from the battles tumultous
 breath: Not from the glory of victory's
 morn But from her travail of flame and
 of death, Lol a republic was born. Not in the arms of this Queen of
 the Wrecks, Fingered the dust of her far
 famous dead; Forest of palms hailed the flag on
 her decks Roses above her were spread. Long had she waited her funeral
 day, Lying in rough state and sun
 light or gloom; Now the worlds plaudits each steI
 of the way Followed her path 10 the tomb. Full sixty fathoms we buried her
 low, Meath the rough sea and tho
 ne'er-changing skies; Far from molesting of friend or ol
 foe, Needless of tempest she lies. Lies in the arms of the ocean wave:
 pressed, With the wet sea roses over heI
 spread, While. with the love of nation
 caressed, Arlington cares for her dead.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
RATIONAL BREvITIEs.
DaNldson.

Mans redeemer is his own power for good energetically put into ei- feet.
 Rational belief in something, ac- eompanied by activity, is far better than arguing and disputine.
 Purity of life and thought con- siitute the most powerful search light to discover eternal truths.
 If we would be free and capable oi gaining more and more truth, we must eut loose from all creeds or set opinions.
 Rightly stimulated faith Is a power acting on that part ol man which cannot be reached hy drugs hence t Is an effective curative agent
 Nind $ wal "a activity. hence ue mas transform ourselves from a.N hy renewing of Fedifeeflnr fhe mind hs ihe uill
 Az a mHrhiu6 s ihf exffessIan' M taf mchan'ft mnd ao etefs ihlaF ihAi rsssis s Hai tse exprss- sion of ihf nns ffesi Ina ef Miha HefaaaiuE ihf afrHH m spaea
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
NENA MAN FACING
 TRIAL FOR MURDER
Willard Vaught. One or Ihree Charged With Killing Bud Ter ry-Investigation by Frater-
 nal Order Caused Arrest.

Fort smith, April i5.-When the District Court of LeFlore county Oklahoma convenes in Poteau on May 6. one of the most noted mur- der trials heard in eastern okia- .homa in year. will be tried. The defendants are Will Stiles oi CaulksviIIe, Ark; Willard Vaught or Mena. Ark; and w. L. Bates, a mer- chant of Heavener, Okla. They are accused of killing Bud Terry ol Caulksyille, near Heavener, III the latter part of August, 1907.
 Tery was employed at Bates saw mill near Heavener. Following ms disappearance the skeleton of a man was found near that city. It was buried as that of tramp. Terry was a member of the ira ternal order and the investigation conducted by the lodge resulted m inc arrest of Bates, Stiles and Vanehf and the identification or
 
 the body found near Heavener as that of Terry. Lewis McKibben of Mena. Ark, and Sam swider are said to have confessed that they, with Bates, Stiles and Naught, klll- ed Terry in a fight. Swider, 1t IS said. made his confession while con- fined in the state penitentlary III McAlester, where he was serving a sentence for horse stealing. He has since been paroled so he could tes- tify in this case. MeKibben IS un- der indictment, but because Of hls alleged confession he may escape trial. He is out on bond.
 The District court denied Bates Stiles and Naught bond, but upon appeal the Criminal court allowed Vaught bond in the sum of Sl2,O00 and the bonds of the other two wele placed at SS.000 each. Neither was able to furnish security.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
THE EFFECTIVE LAXATIVE.
Tastes Like Candy and Is Eaten
 Like Candy.

In our experience in the handling Of drugs and medicines, we believe we have never had experience with any Remedy that gave such great satisfaction to our customers as do ReXall Orderlies. This Remedy is not like any other laxative or ca thartic. It contains all the good features of other laxatives, but none of their faults.
 Our own faith in Rexall Orderlies is so strong that we offer them to you with our own positive guaran- tee that if they do not thoroughly satisfy you, you only need tell us and we will hand back to you every penny you paid us for them. There fore. in trying them upon our rec ommendation you take no risk whatever.
 Rexall Orderlies taste like and are eaten like candy. They dc not gripe. cause nausea, excessive looseness. or any other annoyance. They act so easily that they may be taken at any time, day or night. They are particularly good for children, aged or delicate persons. They are put Dp m convenient tablets in three sizes Of packages. Prices. i0c. 25c and J0e.
 Remember, ReXall Remedies can be obtained in this community only at our store-The Rexail Store. Davis Drug Co. the old Reliable.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
FALSE PRIDE OF BIRTH.
Daniel Websler.

Daniel Webster.
 It is only the shallow minded pretenders who either make dis tinguished origin a matter of per- sonality, or obscure origin mat
 ter of personal reproach. Taunt and scofilng at the humble condi- tions of early life affect nobody in America but those who are foolish
 enough to indulge in them, and they are generally sufficiently punished
 by public rebuke. A man who is
 not ashamed of himself need not
 be ashamed of his early condition.
 It did not happen to me to be
 born in q log cabin, but my elder
 brothers and sisters were born in a
 log cabin raised among the snow drifts of New Hampshire, at a per-
 iod so early that when the smoke first rose from it's rude chimney and curled over the frozen hills, there was no similar evidence of a white mans habitation betwen it and the settlements on the rivers of Canada.
 It's remains still exist; make it an annual visit. I carry my chil- dren to it, to teach them the hard- ships endured by the generations which have gone before them. II love to dwell on the tender recol- lections, the kindred ties, the early affections and the touching narra- tives and incidents which mingle with all I know of this primitive family abode.
 weep to think that none of those who inhabited it are now among the living; and if ever I am ashamed of it, or if ever I fail in veneration for him who reared it and defended it against savage violence and de- cherish all the domestic virtues beneath it's roof and, the fire and blood of a seven years revolutionary war, shrunk from no danger, no toll, no sacrifice, to serve his country and to raise his children to a condition better than his own, may the name and the name of my posterity be plotted forever from the memory of mankind.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
AN AWFUL DISASTER.

Tn the sinking of the Titanic, with f.500 of it's human freight, the world sees one of the most terrible disasters of the sea. And the United States, of which most of the lost were citizens, must feel 1t most. That S66 of the passengers were saved. is the direct result of that greatest of modern inventions, the wireless telegraph. But for that, 1t is not improbable that none would have survived to bring word to land and thus clear the mystery of the lost ship.
 When the list of those who went down with the great vessel is tinal- ly known it will bring grief to hun dreds of American homes, and the fact that among the victims were men and women of worldwide prominence will but add to the re- sullant shock to humanity
 This terrible catastrophe is but another evidence of the fulility of the efforts of man to wholly elimi- nate the dangers of the sea. This great vessel, it was believed, was unsuitable Il was expected to weather any storm, to withstand any shock, collision or accident and still maintain itself on the bosom of the sea. The mechanical genius of the world had put forth it's best efforts to that very end and then, at the first test, all failed.
 And yet, of all travel, that on the sea probably is the least dangerous. The victims of the railroads of the world are more by far, but they do not come in hundreds and thous- ands at single blow, and we heed them less.
 Fifteen hundred human beings plunged to. the bottom of the sea, all in a moment.
 A terrible thing, indeed.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
! SISTERS SEE MURDER
Newton MCuIvin Tries Suicide Af- ter Killing Miss Lula James at
 Amite City, La.

New Orleans, La, April il.-New- ton McCulvin was brought here last night from Amite City suffering with a bullet wound in the breast, said to be self-inflicted in an at tempt to suicide after he had shot and killed Miss Lula James, aged IS.
 According to the news reaching here from Amite City, the young lady, her seven sisters and Me- Culvin were conversing, when the girl remarked:
 My fellow is a fine sport"
 McCulvin is in love with the girl, and, crazed with jealousy, jerked his pistol and fired twice, killing Miss James instantly.
 He then turned the revolver on himself and fired one shot. Despite his wound, he walked to the rail- road station, which is quite a dis tance from the town, and boarded a train for this city.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
THREATENING NEGROES.
Leaving Vicinity of Sharum After
 Warming Not Co Plant Crops.

Imboden, April li.-An exodus of
 the negro population in the vicinity of Sharum, Randolph county, has been in progress for the past 10 days. Many industrious and peace able negroes have received letters warning them with visits of night riders should they disobey the or
 ders. It is not known why the ac- tion has been taken, as the negroes are considered law-abiding and many of them are owners of prop erty. The negroes who rent land believe that the element opposing their residence in that vicinity is composed of the white renters. who probably want to oust the negroes III order to get use of their land. The section of the county now ex- perlencing the most uneasiness is the most fertile part in Randolph county, and hundreds of fine farms are owned there by wealthy busi- ness men of both Randolph and Lawrence counties. The majority of the threatened negroes are na- lives of that neighborhood, many having lived there since before the Civil war. The property owners are making strenuous efforts to get them to remain and ignore the warnings, but the negroes are so badly frightened they are leaving by the score for southern Tennessee and Mississippi. Efforts will be made to quiet the trouble as soon as possible.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
Hlnts on Openinn . Reehi,e.

Garden and Farm Almanac.
 Have the smoker ready to give forth a good volume of smoke.
 Use the smoker to scare the bees rather than to punish them.
 Do not stand in front of the hive lest the bees passing out and in take umbrage.
 Be careful not to drop any imple- ments with which you are working: take hold of all things firmly.
 Move steadily. and not nervously.
 Do not run fl frightened. for the bees understand what running away means as well as you do.
 If the bees attack you. move slowly away. smoking them off as you go.
 If bee ann0ys you hy her threatening attitude for some time kill her ruthlessly.
 If slu8g by 3 bee, rub nn fho sting instead of pulling it out with the nails of ihe thumb and fore finger and tlIns forcing more venom info the wound.
 Ammonia applied io lhe wound made lgy bee sting plH usually af- ford immediate relief
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
THREE YOUNG MEN ARE
 IN SERIOUS TROUBLE
Walter Rirdsong, John Arnold and Jack Whitley of Cove Charged With BurgIary-Birdsong
 Par0Ied Convict.


 Cove, Ark, April i5-Walter
 Birdsong, John Arnold and Jack Whitley, all well known young men in the community, were arralgned before Justice of the Peace Barton Saturday afternoon on the charge of burglary and larceny, and all plead guilty. They were bound over to appear before the grand jury III the sum of $500 each, and Arnold and Whitley furnished bond, but Birdsong was taken to Mena by Deputy Sheriff Robert Hunter and placed in jail, his case not being bailable, as he was out on parole from the state penitentiary of Mis- souri, having been sentenced at Cassville over a year ago to serve Ia term of four years for burglary and larceny. Through the efforts of his step-father, N. 0. Allen, one of the best known and highly respected farmers in Polk county, young Birdsong was paroled last year and brought home by MT. AL len, who stood responsible for his good behavior while out on parole. For several months the young man worked faithfully and showed ev- cry evidence of having reformed. He even joined the Christian En- deavor Society and was given all possible encouragement by the young people of that organization, but he soon began to develop symp- toms of restlessness and to remain away from home at nights. On the night of April i a hand car was taken out of the tool house at this place, and on the same night two stores were burglarized and robbed at Wickes. Parties living at Van dervoort heard a hand car pass through town that night going south, and also heard it going back north several hours later. So the officers naturally connected the hand car with the robberies, and therefore located the thieves here, or near here. Through some shrewd detective work on the part of Deputy Sheriff Robert Hunter, some of the articles taken from the stores at Wickes were located, and he soon had evidence enough to warrant making the arrests of the young men, who plead guilty as stated.
 Young Arnold is an orphan boy, and has never been known to be in any trouble before. He has been working for Henry Scott, who lives near MT. Allen. Whitley is the son of w. H. Whitley, who arrived here from Texas last winter and bought the Stagner farm adjoining Mir. AL len on the north.
 Birdsong's case is especially de- plorable, as he will have to finish his term in the Missouri peniten- tiary and then stand trial i'll the court here for the same crimes for which he was sentenced in another state. His relatives, and especially his heart-broken mother, have the most profound sympathy of the community, for there are even more sorrowful things in this life than death itself.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
LIGHTNING STARTED FIRE.
Decorations in Davis Drug Store
 Burned Tuesday.

Tuesday about noon lightning struck the telephone wire which went to the Davis Drug Company's telephone. The lightning followed this wire into the store and then jumped to a copper wire which supports a tissue paper lattice over the prescription case. When on this wire it set fire to the paper and in few seconds about third of the decorations had burned. Tom Powell was in the store at the time, and speedily climbed to the top of the prescription case and exiting uished the fire.
 The same stroke of lightning put out of commission several of the Southwestern Telephone Company's telephones.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

ish and boorish things he had done
 when drunk.
 When it comes Co choosing be-
 tween whisky and my friends he
 said q choose my friends every time. and I realize that if | want to
 keep any friends will have to quit
 drinking
 That is both a wise and manly
 choice and constitutes most ef- fective temperance lesson, though it is not necessary Co deliver a tenn
 perance lecture to prove that one friend is worth more than whisky or any other artificial stim- ulant. There are lots of men who can both drink and retain their friends, but there are others who cannot. When a man is so con- stituted the very course for him to adopt is to throw away his bottle and not buy another. The friends that are such indeed will cling to a man in misfortune so long as he makes an earnest effort to redeem himself and get upon his feet. There is rare kind of friend who will stay until the end through thick and thin" as this phrase has it, but as a rule a man rightly for feits friendship when he deliber- ately and consistently debases him. self. No man has any moral right to put real friendship to such test and he is a wise one who not only | sees the necessity of choosing be- tween his friends and whisky, but who chooses the former. Dissipa- tion can engender only vicious and dangerous friendship at the best- a kind worse than none at all.- Kansas City Journal.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
BRYAN sTUMPING OHIO.
Is Working Hard Again Jud Har-
 mon, Presidential Aspirant.

Columbus C.. April i5.-William Jennings Bryan arrived here today and will be the principal speaker at the Jefferson Club banquet to- night. Following his address here ne Will make several speeches in ohio tomorrow. Mir. Bryan's visit 70 the Buckeye state is principally Tor the purpose Of speaking against ooN Harmon. who IS seeking inc support of his state delegation fn Inc Democratic national conxen- non m Baltimore. Mf. Bryan and other anti-harmon leaders believe that ii Harmon Is turned down Id ms oNu state he Will cease io be s iaelef m ihe presidential nomina- ilon contest.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
NEWSPAPER WOMAN SLAIN.
Badly MutiIated Body of Mrs. Irene
 Cohen Found

Nowata, Ok, April i0.-The find ing of the badly mutilated body of Mrs. Irene Cohen, an advertising solicitor for a Nowata newspaper, brought to light a murder mystery that the police are doubtful of solving.
 Mrs. Cohen was last seen Monday in company with a friend. Tues day morning her hat and shoes were found on a lawn near where she boarded. The spot where the body was found is 200 yards from the road, and the earth near showed evidences of a struggle. The im- prints of her shoe heels indicate that she was forcibly taken to the place where she was murdered.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
MISS sUBLETT DEAD.
Sister of Mrs. ". w. Harrison Died
 at Commercial Hotel Sunday.

Miss Maggie Sublett, who has been very ill for some time. died Sunday. Death took place al the Commercial hotel, where she lived with her sister, Mrs. w. w. Har- rison. Miss Sublett was 69 years old and for many years had suf- fered with cancer. Besides Mrs. Harrison two brothers, W. NJ. Sub lett of Muskogee, Ok, and J. B. Sub lett Of Louise, Tex, survive her. Both brothers were here about week ago but J. B. Sublett was called to his home on business and left a few days ago.
 The funeral services were held Monday afternoon. Burial al Odd Fellows cemetery.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
DIR. BLACKS OFFICE ROBBED.
Someone Took About $50 Worth of
 Gold Wednesday Night.

Dr. E. H. Blacks dental office was Monday night and about $50 worth of gold plate, scraps and sol der is missing. Whoever entered the office evidently knew what they wanted, as nothing is missing be- sides the gold. Entrance was gained through the door, and the door was locked by the robbers when they left. No trace has been found which might lead to the cap ture of the robbers.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
Stay for Wife Murderer.

Little Rock. April Ex-Governor Donaghey has granted a 3t-days stay oi execution Co W. r. Nichols. Inc Jefferson county wife-murder- ger to enable his attorneys to pre- sent arguments in favor Of commn- laiion Co life Imprisonment.
 hf was convicted November s2 si Pine Blun, and sentenced io hang January 2. An appeal Nas taken and the ease affirmed January 8. aad en March iho poeernor set Nay as tlit dsy af execution. The teprHke ls unl 3une g.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
All About T. k.

This is no Tremendous TRine, that T. R. is TReking for a ThiRd TeRm.- Houston Post.
 TRue, TRue, also TRite-Fort Smith Times-Record.
 With TRembling knees we rise to remark that T. R. is enTiRely side TRacked.-Arkansas Gazette.
 But his TRack TRails Taft and brings TRials, TRibuiation and TRembling.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
cAR nI laI nlnNs

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The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

One of the most pleasing items of proof of healthful growth in Mena is the showing of the express office on outgoing shipments of produce. This feature alone, if the develop ment continues, will bring splendid prosperity. It should be expanded by the addition of dairy products.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

The state of Washington is pre- pairing to submit to the people a proposition to issue i5 million dol- lars in bonds for building trunk lines of good roads across the state, and it is believed the measure will carry. That's one kind of a debt that is a paying investment.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
ANNOUNCEMENTS

COUNTY COTTON WEIGHER.
 W F WARD authorizes the an nouncement of his candidacy for the office of County Cotton Weigher sub- feet to the action of the voters at the September election,
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

There are a good many people who really believe that Taft will secure the nomination for presi- dent, but wonder in their souls what he will do with it when he gets it.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
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The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

Here it is again. Increase in freight business in February, 1912, over 1911. 8 per cent; in March, 1912, over March, 1911, 3sia per cent. And 1911 was ahead of 1910.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

Women are often accused of marrying men to reform them, and if this thing keeps up men may take to marrying suffragettes to maitain public peace.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

Governor Donaghey was not so lucky as Senator Stephenson, even if he didn't spend quite si07,000 to get an office. Stephenson got his.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
IT WILL SAVE TROUBLE

We are always alad ta change the address of our paper Id subscriber lusl as often as lhe subscriber can move. hgll fa niAhf ii so Nc can do fhls ailh- 1dt unnecessary trouble. faah tife old and fbe nfsu address must De alaen Nhrn d rnauees Buf a fhauHf Is mndr. pIeasf remember lilik
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The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

\ medical journal says coffee is the cause Of many diverces. May be so. but Che boarding house brand has driven more to matrim0ny
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

For several days President Taft has said nothing. But he probab- ly is doing & lot Of thinking since that Illinois primary.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

Menas application for free mail delivery has gone in. and one day the city folks will be most as we'll served as those on the rural routes.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

An Indiana preacher recently performed his own marriage cere- mony, but if he ever wants to un- tie the knot he'll have to hire a lawyer.