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The Harrison times., 1912-11-09
" Arkansas on Wheels. "
Travellers Return Confident
that They Have Been Able
to do a Good Work for
the State.

IN Monday last, with its arrival
IN Little Rock after ten strenuous
days spent in seven states the ARK.
ansaS on Wheels train Of 1912
passed into history, In u gcncral
way the trip was more successful
than the two preceding ones; more
people were reached, better show.
ingS made and the country travcrs.
cd cyinced better interest IN it's
story. Particularly as 70 IIarri-
sons showing it's representative
feels justified in saving that it was
one Of the very best on the train; it
cxcellcd in the display OF apples,
grains, vegetables and grasses from
our county fair, and included the
only real mineral exhibit on the
train.
When we wrote the TINES last
week we had arrived at Evansville,
Ind, after u delightful steamboat
ride up the Ohio river from Ilcrdcr.
son, Kentucky. For Il day here we
were in the hands of the Evansville
Chamber OF Commerce, and had n
chance to enlarge our views OF the
city very MUCH especially rs to its
importance rs u manufacturing cen.
ter, Evansville has extensive coal
mines within the city limits, and its
cheap fuel to-cthcr with the river
and numerous railroads 20 carry its
products have made it u lNyoritc
location for manufacturers,
Monday was spent travelling the
state Of Indiana, and at every point
great crowds were awaiting u.s.
Schools and Universities turned out
to take u look ut the products Of
Arkansas, and Ntull the larger places
special delegations and city officials
were on hand to show ~ cOurtcsics
In the afternoon we passed into III
inois almost without knowing it,,
aud at II o'clock stopped for the
night at Decatur,
Early the next morning we were
meeting crowds oI Il prosperous
farmers Of lllincis at Warrcnsburg,
Mt Pulaski and other towns and
at noon we stopped lor the day at
the capitol ily-SpringIield,
Having tclcglaphed ahead for Il
magnificent lloral tribute to he laid
on the tomb of Abraham Lincoln,
the party formed IN procession and,
led BY the BImd, marched nt once to
the state capitol from which point
we were taken IN automobiles and
carriages TO the beautiful cemetery
where lineOlu's tomb towers IN
solemn grandeur With Nppropr'
ate ceremonies, music and speeches
cur party paid tribute to the meme
ofy Ol one of the nations greatest
characters, with all the sincerity
aud IrOnkncss oI true American cu'
gens
During the next day we saw much
Of central Illinois with It's broad and
fertile farm stretches and comfort.
able homes, and crossed the Miss.
issippi river into Missouri ~ lIuunt
bal, the birthplace Of Mark Twain
Central Missouri, from Hannibal to
Moberly and from Mobcrly to Kan.
sas City Is q pretty country, bat our
visitors throughout this section
frankly admitted lhat a. INf ~
Fruits and grains were Gon1crncd
nbey had never produced specimens
'lAs iiHe az we were shnWin,
The Harrison times., 1912-11-09
DEMOCRATS WIN EVERY
THING IN ARKANSAS,
Wilson Carries Counties that
Usually Give Majorities to
Republicans.
HONE County

Roosevelt and Taft split the Re
publican vote in Arkansas to such an
,.sxtent that, indications are, Wilson
get a bigger Democratic ma
Iority than usual, and every county
in the state will be swept into the
Democratic column The total vote
in 1908 was $4,000, and a steady
rain over large part 0f the state
Tuesday will probably hold the TO
tai vote down to little more than it
was four years ago,
1t is evident that Taft and Roos.
evelt are running a close race for sec
ond place, and that all seven Dem.
ocratic congressman will be elected by
large majoritics The Socialist vote
will be larger than it was four wears
ago, but will have little effect on the
general result
In all congressional districts, the
returns indicate that all Democratic
candidates for Congress have receiy.
ed big maiorities, Only meoger re.
laMns were received from the Third
ltriet, but all reports show that
Congressman FLOYD is far in the lead
OF his Republican opponent A total
|, of 20 out out of the 80 TOWNSHIP in
Washington county give Floyd l,0ll
and Carlton 5l4 and in the town OF
Leslie, Searcy county, bigges Re
publican county in the state, Mr.
Plovd got two votes to Mr., Carl
tons one, 1t wasreported also that
the Democrats will carry Searcy
county by n large majority
'',, The Taft and Roosevelt elect orS
running neck in neck over the
r~Nnd until the complete returns
red 1t will be difficult 60 say
will make second place
: i the uSket
From partial returns received from
every cdnnty in the state, Wilson
Yas leading all other candidates at
ratio Of a litlle More than three "a
wne,
The Harrison times., 1912-11-09

Much Of the credit for Boone
county's excellent apple showing on
"ArkOnsns on Wheels" is due to
Messrs, Ira Robbins, n, Shelby
and BJllOwkcs
Users Of Dunwoody's Flour know
II 10 be the best At H0lt's Grocery,
The Harrison times., 1912-11-09

=Rcy + NJ, Cummings has pur,
chased u residence lot ON the west
side oI the street that is to he run
through the west part of Gordon
'urk aud will soon build u resi-.
dcncr
Mrs Homer Foster son and
daughter Of furumcari, New Mes.
leo, and her married daughter, Mrs.
T. g Rice Of Liberal Kansas, ar,
visiting Mr. and Mrs, oc Armilagc
Clint Rogers and Miss Glcnnic
Robinson were married ut lIprryviIlc
last week, aud went on to st. Louis.
where hcis IN the employ Of the
Wclls'l'Olgo Express Go,
=fhcSoulhweslcn Telephone CIV
viii erect a building in llarrisogh
the near future
The Harrison times., 1912-11-09
Batavia.

Zoe Foster, who has been in New
Mexico for some time, came in on
Wednesdays train TO visit relatives
and friends near Batavia
Mrs, !. 7. Lee, wife Of one Of the
prominent merchants of Lcpanta,
Poinsctt COUNTY, in this state, is Wis
iting Mr., Buck and family this week
The Drs Rourh have moved their
Office building again, If they keep
moving their office q few more times
they will occupy most of the lots in
town,
Thomas Bracket, old Mr. Swad.
ley, Rubc DYKES child, Doe Raynor's >
babe and Mrs Byrd Nance have all
been very sick for several weeks; the
latter for several months, and is
very low,
DR., Cough and wifi, and John
Clendcnnin and wife and Mrs, lsa
Beach came out from Harrison on
the first of the month and on next
day they went quail hunting, Up
to date we have had no accurate &C.
count Of the birds slaughtered,
DR. II L. Routh has returned from
Little Rock, where he attended the
annual reunion of the United Con.
lcdcrutc Veterans Of Arkansas, He
was elected I|rigNdier General for
the Third Brigade of the State, con.
Sisting Of Northwest Arkansas, He
is very proud orhiy promotion and
will take great ltosurc in marching
the Conlcdcro' % the reuriOn at
Chat S1SS Il, next spring,
deputy Sheriff lanes Ioitcs, who
has been living on the Lambcrton
farm, north of town, is preparing 70
move back to his town residence on
Pine Street,
Zimmerman Realty Co, has some
choice city lots and residence prop.
crty for sale Don't fail to see them,
Mrs Emma Lnmur returned on
Tuesday from an extended visit to
her daughters at Kansas City,
Ed krctcr moved the first Of the
week to the McMahun cottage in
the southwest part of town,
Misses Zoe and ThcdN brown, of
Olvey have come to Harrison for
the winter, to attend school
Il. {, Sloane is building a resi-.
dcnrc on Woodland Heights,
The Harrison times., 1912-11-09
Upton for State Treasurer.

Little Rock papers say that Er-
nest Upton, q son of the former
state treasurer and who has beeu
connected with the treasury depart
ment for several years, will be a can.
didate for state treasurer at the
next election K G.. Mcdaniel, dep
uty state treasurer will not be u
candidate for state treasurer despite
reports TO that effect Both he and
Mr. Crockett will retire from office
at the end of the present term,
though not from connection with
political affairs,
1t will be q matter of qualification
70 the many friends of Ernest Tip
ton here at his old home, to learn Of
the Hattcring circumstances which
will attend his candidacy. He is II
oung man Of many sterling quail
ties and during the years he has
been connected with the state treas
ury has made good in every way.
His promotion will come in the ma
turc Of proper recognition for faith
tul services and the people Of this
section are ready to guarantee that
he will be faithful to every trust,
and do credit to the Office,
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The state aud county taxes in
Boone county next year will aggre.
gate 1874 mills, divided os follows:
Statc.school 3; general l%j Npensiou
llg capitol ~ sinking fund H.
Gounty-genertO 4; road 3, This
will make our tax levy the same ~
last year
County Road Commissioner I.
A, Morris started out this week 70
put ginger into the various road ov-
crscers Of the county lie proposes
to see that there are some really
good roads built in the county next
year,
w f. Mitchell, former deputy
clerk of oar L, $, Court, has accept
cd a deputyship in the Office of Cir
cult Clerk IlathcoOt, where he is
qualified to render most excellent
service
-Choueery court has been in ses
sion here this week Much busines
in the way Of clearing titles has been
attended to, aud three divorces
granted SO far,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-30
Friends of Doughty Army Chief Who Saw Him Play Football
Will Not Believe He To Be Deposed

originally and was graduated in medi-
cine from Harvard in 1884 He took
the army medical examination two
Years later and by 1890 had risen to
the rank of captain and assistant sur
geon About that time he was sent to
Fort Mcpherson and was attached to
the local post for some three years
When Roosevelt organized the Rough
Riders in 1898 he had Wood made colo
mel Of the regiment For services at
Las Guasimas and San Juan he was
promoted to be brgadier general of
volunteers and later attained the rank
of major general Of volunteers. He
went to cuba IS governor during the
FIRST American occupation. showed he
was an executive from the word go.
and remained there till the government
was turned over to the Cubans in 1902.
Roosevelt then made him major general
of the regular army and he later rose
TO chief of staff. having jumped over
the heads of some 300 officers of the
line. Gee but nearly all OF them were
sore,
When Wood was located al Fort Nc
Pherson he was a lot younger than he
is now-he was about 80 then. His
main fault with life here was that he
didn't find opportunity for as much eX-
ercise as he liked, 80 when in the fall
Of 1898 they were organizing Techs
first football team. the surgeon saw
chance for lot Of fun He matricu-
lated at the school taking just enough
studies 10 entitle him 10 membership as
a student and got out on the athletic
field II took him one afternoon to
demonstrate that he Was just about the
huskiest man available for the eleven,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-30

attended by every delegate in the city.
1t was presided over by clark How
ell. at the request of the delegates.
After temporer Y organization haG
been effected, the delegates proceeded
to the election of a chairman
MIR Watson had said early in the
game that he should, and would have
this place or know the reason why"
His name was placed in nomination
by a friend
Then the names of Colonel C. r. Pen
deton. W 6. Brantley and & r Hutch
ems also we're advanced.
MI Watson arose, amid intense ST
lence, and begged that his namc be
Withdrawn and that his friends vote
for Colonel Pendleton
Pendleton Named Chairman.
He is the nestor Of Georgia journal
ism and an older and better know n
man that l. ! hope nay friends Will
join me in electing Colonel Pendleton "
AMI then Watson vas vehemently
cheered Men rushed 10 him and hug
sed him. and congratulated him upon
his fine attitude in this matter
Seeing the trend of things, all names
Were lui ky withdrawn except that Of
Pendleton and ne was elected chair
man Of the Georgia delegation to Bal
timore With a whoop
the ancient and bitter enmty be-
tween Watson and Pendleton has long
been m accepted fact in Georgia
After Colonel Pendletons election had
been accomplished clark Howell was
placed In nomination as MS own sue
'CeSSpr IN the national DemOCrativ COM
mittee
He was elected unanimously His
term Of service holds for four years
With the election Of Howell to the
executive committee. TIE nost-ConVen-
ton sAtheung Of delegates adjourned
and the great show was all over
Il had been a funny show in larger
Fart mostly pure farce comedy, Such
traeedg as attached 70 1t probably VIII
not be far-reaohing IN its effects on
Georgia IF national politics
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-30
WRIGHT, KING Of
FLYERS, IS DEAD.
Siege Of Typhoid Ends Fatally
for Famous Aviator at His
Home in Dayton, Ohio.
Continued From Page Ore.

was summoned. All we're in the room
when the aviator passed away
The avfator's condition sank lower
and lower as the morning hours sped
by Shortly after / o'clock it vas
thought he was dying. His heart ac-
ton became very. low The stimulants
were gain used and his heart respond
ed slightly The final sinking spell be
gan about o'clock He died peace
fully
Orvile Wright. the brother who has
shared in Wrights work and his
achievements, was overcome. Their
sister, Katherine, eho helped the broth
ers when they were struggling with
their invention and who shared their
trtumphal European trip and their
home coming after the success Of their
machines mad been demonstrated,
though overcome herself. strove to
comfort Orville
Wrght's mother is dead and his sis
ter Katherine has taken the mothers
place in the home since that time
No arrangements have been made for
the funeral
\ complication of kidney trouble is
supposed to have been The cause for the
first sinking spell after it was believed
the fever had been broken.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-30
Hailed With Honor
Throughout Europe.

With the perfection of the H., right hi
plane Wilbur Wright went abroad. where
he was hailed in every land as the in
genious Yankee who really could fly In
Paris. the navtive aeronauts served only
as a background for his fame. Royalty
and nobility honored him everywhere.
but he remained the dry, secrettve, cen
tered, good ma tured American, who was
making a business of flying After ac-
cepting contracts with several European
governments for supplying airships for
military purposes. Wilbur Wright re-
turned to the United States to find that
THE prophet without honor in his own
country" was wirld idol to be honored
at last at home
At the white house honors were show,
cred on him and the army adopted him as
savior of the nations prestige in aerial
naviga ton as applied TO military man
ouvers Dayton closed up shop and held
a three-day fete in honor of the two
men who had been known to them years
agone as those crazy Wright bows "
But the Wright brothers were too busy
to play the hero They had machines to
make for the world They were making
them in Germany, in Scotland and in
DAYTON and still they could not make
enough of them
Their business grew and they quit ny
ing They taught others to fly and soon
the countryside of every state was billed
with flaming announcements OF aviators
in thrilling exhibitions in the Wright ma
chimes
Wilbur Wright always counseled eau
ton in flying 1t was a science with
him not circus performance. The heav-
Ter than-air machine he had perfected
had a valuable purpose in world advance
ment and his hopes for it were most san
guine but at the some time conservative
The main purpose Of the biplane, he said,
would he to make short trips speedily,
that it would ever carry more than two
or three passengers or engage in freight
traffic he did not believe
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-30

and another afternoon to take charge
Of the team as sort of ex-oficio cap
tain. coach and handspring.
Wood Beats His Only Retreat
Even in those DAYS the University of
Georgia was Techs dearest foe, and as
usual the university was confident of
defeating the Tech team hands down.
But when the yellow and White
eleven took the field at Athens. there
was a gasp Of surprise from the uni
versity men. There were three or four
men on the team who had been voting
longer than most of the university men
had been wearing long pants" DR.,
Wood was one of them Two or three
soldiers from the fort were the others
These ringers from the fort played
like demons and plowed up and down
the Georgia field till they had scored
three or four touchdowns and cracked
the Georgia team Wood was a whole
team in himself Though he played
guard. he dropped back and took the
ball nearly every time for gains of
from 10 to 40 yards
BY the time the first half was over
the Georgia rooters had started boot
ing and jeerng Wood. BY the time
the game was over they had started
throwing rocks at him. and by that
time Wood and the rest of the Tech
team had started running They ran
an the way to the depot, where they
found refuge in a car
That's the only time on record that
Leonard Wood ever beat retreat. and
you can't make Georgia people believe
that a little thing like an act Of CON
gress can make him retreat now
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-30
Chicago Meet Opens,
Flags Half Mast

CHICAGO. May So remnants OF the
Aero club of Illinois fluttered at half
mast today in honor Of Wilbur Wright
when the four days meet opened at
cicero field. \ meeting of the dir4c-
tors to pay more fitting tribute TO the
pioneer aeroplane inventor has been
called
Wright death is a severe blow to
the progress of aviation said James
: stephens. vice president Of the club.
Eight licensed aviators will take part
in the meet A novel feature viii be
the demonstration Of the new MeCor-
mick Romme Umbreuaplane An eXhi-
bition of model aircraft of all styles
and makes viii be held in conjunction
with the meet Miss Katherine Stinson.
the Arst woman who has given public
demonstrations Of flying in Chicago Is
among those Who viii compete.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-30

date Cor governor and friend of both
Fielder and Watson, found himself
skating around on pretty thin ice.
His friends viewed with alarm in
about every direction they viewed at
all. for some "A hours or more. Even
Little Joe" Brown was appealed to to
save the day.
And up one side and down the other,
the day finally was saved after fash-
ion. and things unquestionably are not
as uncomfortable shot up in the Slaton
camp today as they might be
Neither Mr Fielder nor Nh Watson
expressed bitterness or excessive re
greet after the convention had adjourn
ed finally. and they had thought things
over.
For a time both were a trihe beWil-
dered, and apparently wondered what
all the how had been about. anyway.
hut as day faded into night each said
he would stand by the result. and go
to Baltimore there to be as happy as
both might in the circumstances of the
going
Watson Compliments Pendleton.
The talk in the hutel lobbies ran
more to the humorous phases Of the
fight than otherwise last night and this
morning
Delegates and visitors homeNald
bound agreed that it was pretty noisy
and amusing sort Of convention. hat
the results of the steam-roilel opera
tions were approved, in the main
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-30
First Mar In
World TO Fly.

Wilbur Wright shared with his brother
Orvile, the distinction Of being the first
10 fly. Students Of world progress have
placed these names in the Hall Of Fame
in INN ediate proximity to those other pio-
neers Of adva mountaineering. Watt.
Fulton. Stevenson. Edison. Bell and Mar
conf
Wilbur Wright and his brother natives
Of Ohio. began their experiments in flying
when they were mere boys Their step
father gave them hehcopter as toy
The curious little instrument when wound
M, few about the room over the heads
Of the delighted Youngsters Unlike most
BOYS instead Of quarreling for possession
Of the toy they played with it together
and set their precocious young brains to
the task of first initiating and then i'm
proving upon the toy. AS they grew up
their interest in aviation was manifested
in the building of kites. and finally in 1895
they took up in earnest the study of ac-
tual flight
They were in the bicycle business in
Dayton, Ohio. 1t was with the profits of
this business that they betrayed their
expenses of experiment. In 1901 they
operated their first gliding motorless hi
plane Exhaustive study Of air pres
sure during the following winter was
followed by more experiments in 1902
increased in 1903, and thev then at
tached to the glider a gasoline motor Of
the type used in automobiles
These later experiments were conducted
al Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. and in
lieu Of passenger they attached an
anvil to the biplane for the first flights
On the 18th day Of October, 1903 the
machine flew with its inventor Owing
air he
success until four days later, when they
publicly demonstrated their ability to fly,
and proved beyond contradiction that two
years before any other man had flown for
one minute they had flown repeatedly for
mara than tnert1- miles
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-30

and the city politicians did the RESI-.
The delegates were extremely polite
to the Thomson man
The crowds in the galleries and on
the. noor of the conVention--where they
had no wight to be whatever and from
which Chairman Hutchens made every
effort to clear them-treated him out
rageously
MIR Watson, after the convention,
expressed gratitude to Mr. Hutchens
and Mr.. Anderson for their efforts Io
get him fair play. but he was exceed
iney bitter toward the crowds that
how)ed and Kissed him down
He said he was sure they had been
packed into the hau Tor q malicious
PURPOSE. and by one Of his enemies ana
scheduled contestants on the floor
Watson's Resolutions.
Early in the proceedings, Mr. Wat
SON read a batch Of resolutions. cover
ing numerous reforms he thinks adj
vissble in state and national affairs.
They went politel> enough. as usual
to the committee on resolutions. Ana
the committee has them YET. presum-
ably. AZ least. nobody ever heard any
thing else Of them after Watson IN
ished reading them.
When Watson undertook TO say what
he thought Of a delegation composed
OF watson. Pendleton Fielder and
Rrantey. he was beloved and bullied
into silence not by the delegates, how
ever Far be it from them TO below
or bully Mr. Watson. They were too
polite for that Besides they knew
that genuemanly little steam -roller
would overtake Tom before he sot any
where IN particular
II is genera ally agreed that tire city
politicians" OF the Underwood .persUa-
SIGN got away with the situation IN
pretty fair shade all things consider
ed
For a time. John N slaton. canal
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-30

The national house and senate think
they are going TO remove General
Leonard Wood from his job as boss Of
the army as was indicated by yester-
days Washington dispa tch to The
Georgian, but Atlanta people who know
the doughty general well are inclined
to want to see the skids put in place
and stiff shove given the general in
the small Of his back before they will
believe It.
For Atlanta folk know that sandy
haired Leonard wasn't born Yesterday
and has sixteen ounces OF wrigging
gray matter under his straw thatch.
He's lust about the shiftiest big man
on his feet you ever saw, and It will
take wise lot OF solons to separate
him from his job
When he was nothing but post sur
geon at Fort Mcpherson here twenty
years ago. Atlanta people came to like
and admire Leonard Wood. He stuck
around for several years and made
friends by the hundreds Whether he
was much OF a saw bones. memory saith
nothing. but he was every inch man
and there we're some inches to his
anatomy.
SO il was no surprise when his star
rose with the outbreak OF the Spanish.
American skirmish and Leonard was
seen hanging right on the lumnary.
That star yanked him from one promo
ton TO another tin it landed him high
and dry as the real commander-in-
chief Of the United states army
Which job . about TO be segregated
from him, they think at Washington
But let's wait and see.
Wood came from New Hampshire