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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-23

The standing of the eontestants n the Graphic's big voting conte3' re- mains about ,he same today as it was yesterday. But such is not an ind cation that he live ones have quit work. Several thousand votes were issued at this department yes terday and nearly all the contesa- ants directed their energy yesterday to securing votes and subscriptions and adding 70 their reserve. To- night marks the close of one of tha best weeks in the way of vote get ting, as the first part of the week he sun shone brightly and many of he candidates took advantage of l. and thereby added to their reserve.
 It is now nip and tuck between many of the contestants and the final results grow more and more in doubt daily. It will be great dis appointment to those who have been making good race to find that only l few more wees would have given them the coveted prize, and it is therefore important that each and very contestant should make thls lay and the few remaining days 2dd to their already large reserve. The. list of active contestants ,s a arge one and n. now looks as if the rote will be close at the final count. Now is the time that you should ous forth every effort and double 7our chances in having your name It the head of the lis's. You can easily do t in the few remaining hours of this week if you will but tart out at once.
 l.. is a very easy mater to secure | few yearly subscriptions before the present week closes and thereby ,dd many thousands of votes which so essential for you to win.
 Up To Contestants
 All that could be said to force the cal zation of the importance of 1m- mediate action has been written CT spoken and ts is now "up 70 the con- estants' to wage their fight for votes with all the energy they have 1t their command. Votes are .he all important thing as has been said De- ,ora and thoce who gets tho votes n large numbers will be the winners. Tail to secure the wees and negiec, he opportunity of securing a large number of them this week and you will have to work harder the few remaining days to obtain the. resufss desired.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-23
ALThE|MER LINE
 IS BOUGHT IN Southwestern Absorbs Plant of the Altheimer Tele-
 phone Company. COMPLETES CIRCUIT Last of the EOutheast Arkansas I'm. dependent Companies To Be
 Taken Over.
COMPLETES CTRCITTT

The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company yesterday ab- sorbed the properties of the Althei- mer Telegraph and Telephone Com pany, owned by J. W. and w. H.. Bellamy and OH April the TWO ex changes at Altheimer and Humphrey and 200 miles of sol lines of that company will pass into the hands of the Southwestern. The exact amoun7 involved ill .he purchase was not made public, but it is stated chat t was something over $20,o00 and the amount will be paid in cash. The deal was consummated by w. i. Terry, attorney, and M. ]. S.imsoa, superintendent for the Southwestern company in Arkansas division.
 The Althe:mer Telephone Company is said to be one of the best paying of the independent lines in .h:s state. It operates lines from Al.hei- mer to Hannabery and all ''way stations along the Pine Bluff and Arkansas River Railway; from AL the mer to England in Lonoke coun- y; from Altheimer to Stuttgart in Arkansas county; from Altheimer to Pine Bluff, from Altheimer to Gil land and 5numberous other lines onto, antationsa:throughou+ this section.
 By takiifg Ever the plant of the Altheimesg. fs1saaany the Southwestern practically completes .Ss plan to ab- serb all of the independant lines in Southeast ArkanSas. It is stated that there remains only about four opposite lines to the Southwestern ia Arkansas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-23
No Lives Lost But Great Property Loss is Reported
 in Ohio Valley.
DEPOT UNDER WATER
Allegheny Heaviest Suiferer-Nt School Sessions Held and In-
 dustrial Plants Suspend.

Pittsburgh, March 22.-Although no lives were lost, the crest of the great flood in the Ohio, which passed here to-day, did a great deal of damage in the valley. The highest point reach ed by the water is 2S.1 feet, 6.1 feet above flood level.
 The Baltimore and Ohio railroad station in Allegheny was completely submerged, hundreds of houses were flooded and street car traffic was sus- pended fer several hours. On the South Side of the tracks of the Pitts burgh and Lake Erie near the Pan- handle bridge were under water.
 Landslides were reported in all dir ections. Many manufacturing plants were compelled to shut down. Thous ands of feet of lumber were washed away.
 Many streets and one-half of the penitentiary grounds on the north side were covered with water. In sev- eral schools no sessions were held. The great plant of the National Tube Company was out of commission near ly all day, water flooding the five rooms The Westinghouse Air Brake concern resumed work late in the day with water still covering the first floor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-23
Convict Tells Real "Sob story' and Asks to Be
 Taken Back to Prison
MADE CONFESSION
To Save His Wife From Prison and Finds That Sie Loves An-
 other.

New York, March 22-The old story of man who lost his wife an,l friends and the wife becom ng the beloved of another, came to light to- day when Franci4 Fully, convict No 32o6 surrendered to the police. He is bitter against the world for hc imagined during his many weary years n the Eastern penitentiary a Philadelphia that the bliss of 4e past would again appear when he saw his wife. aInstead he found her the happy co1npanion of ano her man.
 He told his story to the police and now he will return to .he peniten- tiary. Fully told the police tha, he had been c4rk n the employ of the Standard Oil Company at Ph.la- delphia and lived happily with his wife until one4 day three years aga the police entered his house ill search of s.:oleh property She con fessed to him Hhat she had been a th eff.
 "'ro save my3 wife," said Fully, "I pleaded guilty ito the theft and was sentenced to six years in the peai- tertiary. I served until a few davs ago when released on parole. One of the requirements of my freedom was thaf l remain in PennsylvaEia l nave broken my parole and so 1 must return to prison and serve 1hc rema nder of the sentence.
 ''Why did I break my parole? Ii was because I ascertained that lni wife was here in New York. I caml and learned that another man hlj won her heart telling her that my sentence to prison was similar tc the granting of divorce. I no longer have a place in her hear'.:. This i: why I want to return to the pen
 tentiary
 q saved her from prison, but tha was yesterday Today she forgetS the pas' and I am of that past Tully will be turned over to thf penitenti2wy officials tomorrow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-23
' : JUDGE DUBOSE
 ONCE LIVED HERE
Figured in Tragedy at Swan Lake Many Years Ago, But Never Fac
 ed a Jury-Died in Memphis.

Judge J. J. DuBose, who died in Memphis Thursday, was former res ident of this county and was well known to many of the older residents of this section,a Judge DuBose former ly lived at Swan, Lake in this county and a shcrt time before the Civil War he stabbed Dave Franklin, then a well known resident of this section, to death after an argument He then left this section and when the war broke out he joined the Army and never returned to this state. He was never tried for the crime. Dave Frank was brother of the late Sol and Sam Franklin, early residents of this sec tion. -rond vs't
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-23
FINAL TRANSFER
 IS MADE. HERE Pine Bluff Corporation and c. l.. & T. Co., Properties
 Change Hands.
PAY OVER THE $3OO,OOO
E. (, F0wifS To Be In Charge and StrcCt Car Service t0 Re
 Improved.

The final transfer of the w9Bs r. lies of he Pine Bluff Corporation and the Citizens l. gha and Transit Com pany to the Pine Bluff Company, New York and incorporated under the laws of Arkansas with a capital of $1,200,00 was made yesterday, when ,he Rutherford estate and others received $300,000 in cash for the street railway and lighting plant of the Cit zens Light and Transit Company.
 The deal was handled by Attorney F. G. Bridges, former president oi ne Pine Bluff Cooperation. II. R. Dennis, in New York paid the money oyer to a New York banking concern yesterday 10 Ee transfered to the cWnors Of the Transr. Company prop critics.
 s. c. Strivers, aud,or of the r,l of Ford, Bacon and Davis Wtta aeadquarters at New Orleans, and w J. s'fherp, -ffssieeant ~aHdst9r of tEe same company, wi h offices ill Little Rock, were here yesterday to sign up the final papers and approve them. Mr. Denn will arrive here next week to make preliminary ar engagements for the improvements to be made in the street car service thousand dollars will be spent by the company in extending the lines and adding new equipment and roll ing stock.
 B. c. Fowles, who has been ger eral manager of the Pine Bluff Co.,. porat on for number of years will have active charge of the busines. cf the Pine Bluff Company here. Ii is eXpeced that local head to th1 company will be selected in a day or two however in the nature of z 'ocal president and other officers of IHC NCihlchy DViiiSo itoidCHi5 OL tNN York
 The papers, record ,ng the transfer were filed in the office of Circu.s Clerk, G. E. Lythe la.e yesterday a.. tornoon. The Mercantile Trust Com pany of Little Rock, as receiver fo. the Bluff City Lumber Company conveyed the properties to the Ci i- zens Light and Trans Company fer S1 and other considerations and the Citizens Light and Transit Company gave warranty deed to the Pine Bluff Company for iss power house and street railway plant. The con
 ideration was $3CO,000 cash. The papers were signed by Mrs. M. F 2utherfcwd, pres dent, and J. H. Al 'en, secretary.
 \ warranty deed was also filed by
 he Pine Bluff Corporation to 'hr Pine Bluff Company for iss water works and electric light plant Thi. Iced was signed by F. c. Bridges. president, and R. B. Fowles, secrc tary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-23
f0 BUILD TO THE l IRON MOUNTAIN Anderson & Saline Road to Connect With the Iron Mountain. TAPS NEAR SHERIDAN |rron Fxpert to Teach Farmers Scipn- tific Farming-Through Truck Farms.
NEAR SHERIDAN

4 Preparatory to extending their lne
 Ao a point near Sheridan, in Grant &couny, where it is to tap the Iron |Mouns ain branch, known as the Pine
 Bluff and Western Railroad, an en-
 gineering corps yesterday began
 work surveying the proposed route.
 The eng neering corps is in the en- | ploy Sf the Anderson and Saline River Railway, which now operates l |from Ohio, progressive lumber ttown on the Cotton Belt, 70 Millers- i vile, Cleveland county Nine miles l of new standard gauge track is to l be laid
 The proposed extension will be fhuilt from stodmier, a station on [the Anderson and Saline Railway, sixteen miles west of Pine Bluff. fThe new line is to tap the Iron Mountain branch at point ye 1 |miles East of Sheridan.
 The line will be a connecting road Between the Cotton Belt and the
 Nren Mountain, it's total length bains
 ing after :ts completion forty m les. l The amour cement that the roa2 |would build the Iron MouWain |crea,ed interest here and was The result o fthe recent sale of the prop ker,ies of the old Bluff City Lumber Ifompany to A. B. Newman, of Chi
 tago, and because of the rectnt de- |velopment of ,.he large lumber plants |there. The owners of the lumber in |terests deemed it absolutely neces- |sary in order to secure an outle' to |the Wes,. for their shipments. It |was stated that the plan. was about ito be moved elsewhere if this con- |nection was not made by ,he Ander- |son and Saline River Railway Con- |pany.
 The new road will run through 4,O00 acres of farm lands recently purchased by a colony of Bohemians, who will establish truck farms.
 The Anderson and Saline River Railway Company has also establish ed an industrial and agricultural de partment for the benefit. of farmers |and homeseekers along its line. John L4k Fletcher, graduate of and teacher in the Agricultural and Me- chanical College of Mississippi, has been placed in charge. He will ,n- struct the farmers in scientific farming, stock and poultry raising. The Virgin Timber Company, which owns some 3O,O0O acres along the Anderson and Sal ne road, has also
 arranged to put in 200 acres in demonstration farms under the sC- gpervision of MT. Fletcher. r. has
 several thousand acres of cut over
 lands on which it is building houses
 and fencing and is preparing \to
 homeseekers to move there.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-23

l.. D. and A. J. Wallace, of St. Jos eph, Mich, where they have a large building material plant, are in the city. They are owners of large tract of timber near Stuttgart in Ark ansas county.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-23
I|131\
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TO YOURSELF

TO YOURSELF
 as we'll as to the people With whom you do business-to nave a Checking Account for convenience and safety. It stands as a reference for the 1Mess man-forms a complete re- ffrd of payments made and strength ems the confidence of banks officers and directors. Pay this obligation to yourself and Your business by starting a Checking Account today with IN. & P. Bank Pine Hlu3. Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-23
(Continued on Page Eight.)
SMILE AWHILE

SMILE AWHILE md when you smile mother smiles, md soon there are miles md miles If smiles Because you smile. Now smile for Wednesday when We )ut on the famous CHERRY SHERRY ICE CREAM tt our fountain.
 CITIZENS DRUG STORE.
 eve Deliver 1t Quicker
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-23

Mrs. B. H. Williams, of Madding, wEo mas been visiting Mrs. John F. Sennett for several days, returned to her home yesterday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-23
MOOSE TO BUILD
 AN ORPHANS HOME
Institution Will Cost $l00,00O But
 City of It's Locatiom Not Yet Selected.

Elicago, March 22-A hundre l sand dollar home for orphaned kren of members of the Royal of Moose will be built either kdianapolis, Fort Wayne or An
 l, Indiana, or Columbus
 sfield or Dayton, Ohio, accord
 a dec sion of the trustees oi @supreme Council at meeting Evening in Congress Hall
 lmittees now will visit each oi &ities and will inspect the prof
 e.tes and conditions sur Fling them and will make their
 reDor, at a meeting to be helj Nn thirty days.
 &.ll Miller went to Jefferson kings yesterday on business.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-09-07
EDDIE PLANK PLEASES MACK
Disappointing Performances OF other
Pitcher Makes Work OF Left
Handler Seem Bright

The many disappointments his nu-
merous pitchers are handing him this
season makes the work OF Eddie
Plank look all the brighter to Connie
Mack, wizard of the Athletics. The
veteran of the squad and player
whom some of the critics have for
several seasons been RELOCATING to the
has been" class, Plank keeps right
on delivering the goods in mastery
style. 1t was Plank who kept the
Athletics out of last place all through
the early weeks Of the season last
year, and again it was Plank who Is
doing most Of the. winning this year
His left-hand cross fire is as deadly
as of yore. and his painstaking meth
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-09-07
GREAT SAFETY VALVE
Baseball Keeps Americans From
Actual Insanity.
without Game Two-T Thirds Of Anr
red. and Nervous Population
would Be Grinning Through
Bars OF Mad Houses.

MOST games are watched With IN
'e'eSt. Eut III silence. even by their
oeVoters- tnless an active partisan
OF Tie team or Of some PLAYER. or uu.
less the spectator has money I'd on the
result, he is apt to sit and watch the
progress OF the match without tearing
MS collar OFF and ripping out his hair
by the handful.
But there Is something about base
pail that is different AS matter of
TACT the fan is fan all the wear
round. In the midwinter he is willing
10 stand On the windy corner OF
snowy street and exchange opinions
and "reminiscences on players and
plays. Some psychologists have ar
sued that it is the great American
sarety valve, and that without it about
two-thirds of a hurried, harassed and
nervous population would be grinning
through the barred windows OF the
Warehouses;.
The fan forgets or does not care.
that the whole system of organized
baseball is as highly commercialized
as railroad system He is not par
ticularly worried about the fact that
he Is being lured there SO that the
magnate may extract the price of ad-
mission from him. He is willing to
Sit In the hot sun all of an August
afternoon to watch hired men play
game that exists because there is
money in it,
The strangest part about 1t Is that
he will fight over his opinions. neglect
his business to see the games and
have an apoplectic tit under the excite
ment. So far as he is concerned 1t
Is not dollar in his pocket. The
only qualification he gets out Of 1t Is
to see some man who has become an
unquestioned expert hit ball. catch
a ball, or do little quick thinking
that wins game.
From presidents down to bootblacks
the whole country goes to the ball
game whenever there Is the slightest
opportunity.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-09-07
Cana ,Em by Wholesale.

The Muscatine club OF the CeD.rai
association has released Manager
william F. Krieg and five players. and
has signed as manager Joe wall. hrst
baseman of the New York team OF the
dafu,ct United States league. Wall
brought with him Pitcher SHACK out-
fielder OBrien and Catcher Bennett
Pitchers Taylor and Schrenk, Snort
stop Sweeney and Outfieider Ciayt"~
ave also beeL signed.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-09-07

DDS In preparing for the baseball sea
son leaves no cause for such excuses
&C ,.ok If control and overweight. No
team can win consistently with poor
pitching. and the lack OF effectiveness
in the box is proving severe handf
can to the champions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30
EBER 7
& SON
oath and Pacific.
Tacoma, Wash.

Place your order with us and
you will get the best quality as
well as the lowest cash prices
on your groceries and fruit for
canning. We are selling
peaches at 45c and soc per box
for choice Elberta peaches.
Bartlett pears, $1.25 per box;
10 lbs. of eating and cooking
apples, 25c; tomatoes, sc h.,
or CSC per box; sweet potatoes,
&c h., or 6 lbs. 25c; fancy
Nodine melons, 15c, zoe and
25c each. We have fine selec-
ton of boiled picnic hams, pre-
pared tongues, deviled meats,
smoked beef, olives, pickles
and cheese in every style; be-
side full line of cookies and
pastry supply. Our coffee and
tea department has special at
tention, at 25c, zoe and
40c per pound. Our 35c Crown
Coffee will make you a friend
of ours.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30
Is This Why English
Beauties Are So Fair?

Every since the discovery that
mercolized wax would absorb sand
remove soiled complexion, its use
by ladies' as a substitute for toilet
creams has grown rapidly. A per-
feet complexion can be maintained
indefinitely IL this remarkable sub
stance is used. It's beneficent
cleansing, clearing and preservative
action is quickly apparent, and la
dies who have been paying as high
as a guinea a jar for Especial cream
from beauty specialists, soon recog-
nize that mercolized wax outranks
them all. 1t has become so popular
that 1t can be obtained at all chem
list shops in the British Isles. Ameri-
can druggists also have great de-
mand for it, In original one-ounce
packages. The favorite way of us
ing is to apply it. like cold cream,
before retiring washing 1T off in
the morning.
The saxolite lotion for wrinkles
and the facial contour has also be-
come extremely popular. One ounce
powdered saxolfte is dissolved in
one-half pint witch hazel Bathing
the face in this has splendid eff
feet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30
You'll Find
Il Here

Tomorrow will be "Made-in-
Washington" day. 1t will be OBJ
served in every city in the state
by proclamation of Governor Hay.
Merchants will display home man
ufactured products in prominent
places about the city.
Contract for building new resi-
dence at county farm was let by
the county commissioners. last
evening to J. Harrison for $1S,-
sig.
Alleged fraudulent statements
made by F. H. Stevens Co. In pc
tition of bankruptcy have caused
review to be made of referees
order in federal court.
The two-day excursion to the
mountain, which is being conduct
ed by Henry M. Royce will begin
Sunday morning at 8 O'Clock
when the $50 who have obtained
tickets board the Milwaukee and
will end Monday evening on the
return TO the city.
The second excursion from this
city to Moclips beach has been
postponed. TIL excursion will
probably be held later.
Liver Sausage, Meat Cheese,
Frankfurters, etc. Shipment i'm
from Milwaukee. Duenwald's Deli
katessen, 313 18th st. ***
The new law closing postoffices
Sundays goes into effect day after
tomorrow but it will make no
change here for the local office
has been observing the same rules
as provided in the law heretofore.
Garbage cans at Ewing's Hard
ware III g. at k#s
Douglas s. Doyle fell on the
sidewalk and sprained his ankle,
he says, and declares Commits
sioner Owen Woods deceived him
as to settlement against the city
until too late to file HIS claim, so
he has sued the city for $4,000
damages.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30
Fall Underwear and Hosiery.
Men-A Sale.

= e~44 ~ AAOSA w VCo4 cb1Au 4xV04Ox ~
Men-A Sale.
Yes, a Sale-a sale for men that SPAR
kles with snappy values in seasonable
underwear and hosiery. You can
"bank" on these!
UNDERWEAR
AT 35c-Mens balbriggan or jersey
ribbed SOC shirts or drawers.
AT 30c-Men's mesh, athletic, or jer-
sey-ribbed SOC shirts or drawers.
AT 95c-Men's Pure Australian wool
$3.50 shirts or drawers in gauze or
jersey-ribbed weave-natural color.
AT $1.39-Men's medium weight
union suits in Observation-Disclosures color
only.
HOSIERY
AT 1-3c-"Billy Possom" 15c Half
Hose in tan or black-extra strong.
AT 6c-Our 10c socks in black or tan
for everyday wear.
AT 19c-25c pr. Silk Lisle Hose In .
hundred plain or fancy patterns.
AT 30c-Pure Silk SOC pr. Hose In plain
colors or neat patterns.
Mems Store-Main Floor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30
Almost Lost His Life

s. A. Std, Of Mason, Mich, will
never forget his terrible exposure
to a merciless storm. 1T gave me
dreadful cold," he writes, that
caused severe pains in my chest,
DO 1t was hard for me to breathe.
A neighbor gave me several doses
OF DR.. Kings New Discovery
which brought great relief. The
doctor said ! was on the verge of
pneumonia, but to continue with
the Discovery. l did so and two
bottles completely cured me-" Use
only this quick, safe, reliable med
icine for coughs, colds or any
throat or lung trouble. Price SOC
and S1.00. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by Ryner Malstrom
Drug Co.. 938 Pacific ey.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30
WOMAN KILLS
28 SNAKES

.(By United Press Leased Wire.)
!. NEW ROCHELLE, ". Y, Aug.
30.-Mrs. M. Mccoy, Eastchester
road. is discriminating the black
snakes from that section of the
city. She has killed twenty-eight
snakes this year.
Mrs. Mccoy is the mother OF
Bessie Mccoy, who recently mar
ried Richard Harding Davis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30
PRUNES ARE
NOW HERE

Extra choice Yakima prunes
are now on the market, large
shipments having arrived at the
local markets yesterday. They
are selling for so cents a box, a
reasonable price. A car of ba-
nanas, two cars of onions and
three cars of peaches also arriv-
ed yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30

A SMACKING FINE ANSWER.
Dear Moony Spoony Editor:
The moon looks to me a ball OF
silver glory, just big enough to
light my sweetheart's footsteps
to the rose-lined path where
wait to whisper words of love.
ENGAGED.