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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-20
DELAY IN BRINGING IN VERDICT IN GRAND LARCENY CASE
 PROMPTED HIS REM tRks.
WAS NO CRITICISM
SAYS JURORS ARE INEXPEKENc- ED AND ARE FREQUENTLY
 IMPOSED UPON IN COURT.

After the jury in the Jefferson circuit court returned verdict of guilty and fixed the punishment of Austin Biffin, negro yearling thief, as one year in the state penitentiary yesterday, Judge \. B. Grace With out any desire to eritieise the jurors for their slowness in reaching an agreement, commented on the delay in the jury room and remarked that during she delfperation Of the jurors he had been sitting in his office gy- ing the defective jury system Of this cearntry much thought.
 T wish the jury system in this country was like that in Sweden, said the learned purist before re- eeiv ng the verdict or the jury. Tn that country jurors serve for four years and are only selected every four years. They have the experience and are seldom misled hy designing attarneys or misstasements of wit nesses.
 ..In my opinion there was but one thing involved in this case after the evidence had been heard. It was the amount Of the punishment 10 be in1- nosed Experienced jurors would have returned verdict in this case in five minutes. New jurors are mis- ltd and imposed upon in the pfesene sasion of evidence and it causes un- ne epssary deliberation and eonvine- ing argumeHs."
 The jury in the Biffin case was out mere than an hour. Biffin was tried for stealing a yeariing from J. W. Harris, another negro, near sher- fiII last August. He disposed ct the animal. claiming that he had pur- chased it from another negro whom he had met in. the road but whose name he 1d.d not know He tastif1ed, however, that he had done time in rfse Ten once Beferee for sts alinga cattle and had also done time for fighting
 The state was represented by Dis triey. Attorney T. Havis Nixon and Attorney Ben Harvey appeared TOT the defendant
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-20
AImnsf < MlfacIe

One of sile most staftling changes ever seen in any man according to W. B. FFolscaw, Clarendon, Tex was effected years ago ia his brother Ee lad such dreadful cough he wr<e that all our family thought he was going into consumption, but he began to use Tor. K ngss New Dis coye7y. and was completely cured by ten bottle Now he is sound and well and weighs 2fs pounds For many ycara cur family has used tbis won- derfail remedy for Coughs and Colds yrff1a excellent resultsa It's qnick, s1f6 reliable and guaranteed Price ' z 1e116s and $1.00 Trial bottle free
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-20
The Danger After Grip

les often in run n-down system Weakness. nervousness, lack of ap- petite, energy and ambition, with dis, ordered liver and kidney often fol- low an attack of this wretched di. sease. The greatest need then is Electric B<ters, the glorious tonic blood purifier and regulator oi stomach, liver and kidneys. Thous- ands have proved that they wonder fully strengthen the nerves, tuild IF the system and restore to health and good spirits after an attack of Grip If suffering try them. Only 50 cents Sold and perfect satisfaction guaran- teed by all drugg sts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-20
FINALLY FIX SCENE
 OF BIG BATTLE
Johnson and Flynn Booked for 45
 Rounds at Las Vegan. ". M.

Chicago, April f9.--JacK Johnson and Jim Flynn will fight 45 rounds for the worlds heavyweight cham pionship at Las Vegas. M M, on the afternoon of July 1. This announce nent was made tonight by Jack Cur ley, promoter of the contest. Worl Of constructing the arena Curley said would begin some time this month. Both Flynn and Johnson have agreed to bye on the scene a month before the fight. Curley said that Johnson alreay has begun light training and that Flynn would star1 active work soon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-20
CONSTABLE BEfRIENDS
 MAYNARD COUPLE
California Officer Comes to Rescue Of Mother and Father Who .lban-
 doned Baby


 Los Angeles, April 19.-Ralph and Ola Helm Neal, the eloping Prairie Grove (Arkl couple and parents Of the tiny babe found it the P3ci1c electric station last wee8, will be giV- en another chance Both were ar raigned by Justice Summerfield to- day on a charge of child abandon ment, but the earnest plea made ill their behalf by Constaole Lyons caus- ed the court to let the husband and wife go on their own recognizance.
 My wife will look after this little woman, and I will find work for the boy ? said Lyons, squaung his broad shoulders to the task Of being a sor5 of godfather to the Nea: ramily.
 T don't think either realized what they were doing when they left thar baby in the station have never been deceived in a similar case will stand good for thefs, your honor ,
 Mrs. Neal wept pitifully. her hands crushing a bunch of violets some wo- nan in the courtroom had given her.
 T didn't mean to do it she sob bed.
 q am not hard hearted as some have tried to make out I would nev- CT abandon my baby again. though [
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-20

finds of good stones have been re- ported from the diamond section of Pike county within the past few days, che of them being picked up on the Mauney property by State Senator W. c. Rogers of Nashville, and another on the property of the Ozard com pany the latter find being made by Lon Alexander, 3. welI-known citizen of that section. Both were found on the surface.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-20

"I am not hard hearted as some have tried to make out. I would new CT abandon my baby again. though
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-20
BIC ARKANSAS
 DIAMOND FOUND
Ed Blanchard of Hurfreesboro Dis covers Gen Weighing Five and
 Quarter kapafs.

Nashvi! 2, Ar.l 19-Ed Blanchard Of Ma freesboro, yesterday morning found diamond weighing five and quarter kar9ts in Brushy creek TWO miles southwest of any place where diamonds have been previously found.
 The stone is of excellent water and so shaped that il wiH cut to good ad- vartage. It was being exhibited in Nashville this afternoon by Reese Lamb of Murfreesbaro. Two other
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-20

sequent loes of life and unprofitable advertising. The cost of this one cpl denic would have paid the cost of hainf aning these departments for five years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-20

Thomas Myers. 4o8 Malvern Ave, Hot Springs, Ark, says. T suffered great pains with q serious case or
 kidney trouble I took Foley Kidney Plls and soon found my pains gone and the kidney action regular and natural. I recommend Foley Kidney Pills to all who have kidney or biad- der disorders. They helped me and they will help you" w L. Dewoody
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
CHURCH SHOULD ADVERTISE
Must Warm Up and Stand on Same
Footing if They Are to At
tract the People.

Jerome D. Barnum gave the mem
bers of the Syracuse Ministerial as.
sociation some sound ideas on church
advertising at a recent meeting OF
that body, when he said:
The church today must come down
from above and stand on the same
footing. the same foundation, as the
business man. The church must reach
out and tell it's story to those thou
sands who won't answer it's call.
why is it that the theater attracts
so many thousands where the church
fails? Because it tells its story, it in
terests the public, it awakens curios-
ity and a desire to see and listen.
The church today, my friends, from
an advertising mans opinion, from
the outside, is too cold It must be
made to hustle with human interest.
It's music, so sweet and beautiful,
must be sung in advance just as the
advance agent of the theater awak
ems the spirit Of the multitude for his
wonderful troupe.
'T believe if the churches would de-
vote one-half the amount of money
to advertising which they give yearly
to the cause of missions they would
bring into their buildings twice the
of converts that the lission
aries enroll. Use the newspal- srs to
Tell your story and tell it we'll"
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
Advertising r
II [ Talks Talks j T.
ADVERTISING WILL
PAY SMALL SHOP
BY VIM. C. FREEMAN.

Chicago newspapers are making a
steadily increasing showing of small
advertisers-small announcements OF
merchants who conduct small shops in
Chicago.
According to a statement male re-
Gently, these stores, collectively, have
used so pages more of space this year
than they did last year. Clearly indi-
eating that their advertising paid
them.
The increased space alone repre-
sents as much as some very big stores
use in the whole year, not only in Chi
cago, but in many other of the big
cities of the United States.
This is proof conclusive that the
merchant with a small shop and good
merchandise can use small space prof
itably in newspapers, even in a big
city, and if he can do that in a big
city, how much more effectively can
it be done in smaller communities?
A great many beginners at adver-
tising. and a great many merchants
who advertise spasmodically, hesitate
to undertake an advertising campaign
because of the feeling that they stand
a very poor chance of getting adequate
returns because of their inability to
buy big space in the newspapers.
But so much interest is taken in ad-
vertising in newspapers today-it is
so thoroughly read by all of the people
(because the people realize that adver-
tisements are real news and tell them
they should know that
even limited space regularly used. in
volving a small expenditure of money,
brings splendid returns.
The results in Chicago demonstrate
that small merchants can advertise in
ocal ewspapers in accordance with
heir means, basing their expenditure
On a small percentage of their gross
and profit by it.
And in every community there are
many stores whose business can be |
increased by the same |
method.
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
Want nAds as 4 Reformer.

This advertisement, from the pen Of
the Rev. Marvin NJ. Culpepper, pastor
of the First Methodist Episcopal
church, appears in a junction City
(Han.) paper:
WANTED.-A few city officers who
can see at night; also one mayor with
unimpaired olfactory nerves; a lot of
citizens to go after the bootleggers,
but ne, as some have been going;
mothers of the young girls that walk
the streets at night and are seen in
the company of young men of doubt
full character.
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
Advertising of the Future.

Phe advertising of the future, I be
lieve, will be what the best advertis-
ing of the present is-a simple, direct,
plainly worded but readably written
description Of the goods, with pos
sibly a word or two of explanation Of
the low price, if low price there hap
pens to be. That power which was
for years, and in some stores still is.
devoted purely to literary expression,
to the skillful turn Of a phrase and
the careful balancing Of a sentence,
will now be given to a study of the
goods and the development Of talking
points. George H. Perry.
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
Do You Get Up
With a Lame Back2

kIlney Ir0ubIe Makes IOu MISerabIss
Almost everyone knows of DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
As She Saw Him.

The proud father and mother were
teaching their two-year-old daughter
Dorothy that she was going to see a
large man called President Taft.
Upon the presidents arrival she easi-
ly recognized him from his descrip-
tion and delighted all by saying:
That's the pleasant calf"
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19

hold water and scalding pain in passing it,
or bad effects following use of liquor, wine
or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to 60 often
through the day. and to get up many
times during the night.
Swamp-ROOt is not recommended for
everything but if you have kidney, liver
or bladder trouble, it will be found Just
the remedy you need. 1t has been thor
0ughly tested in private practice, and has
proved SO successful that a special ar
ra1gement has been made by which all
eaders of this paper, who have not al
ready tried it, may have sample bottle
sent free by mail, also a book telling
more about Swamp-Root. and how to
ind doutif YOU have kid
ney or bladder trouble. JsssT55aaIEai7l S75Il.59l
When writiugmention ...sskssss -; s
reading this generous ssss .=ss:s::.
0ffer in this paper and
send your address to Ess,s-isss
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Home ., ,swanp-Boo,.
Binghamton, N. Y. The regular ifty-cent
and One-dollar size bottles are sold by
Ill druggists. Don't make any mistake
but remember the name, Swamp-ROot,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad-
dress, Binghamton. N. Y. on every bottle.
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
Water In tho Desert.

Yapp. the English naturalist who
has explored the mountain ranges OF
the Malay peninsula. reports the fact,
not generally known. that in several
species Of bamboo the hollow inter
notes.-the parts Of the stems between
the joints-are stored with large guam
titles Of naturally filtered water. The
knowledge Of this fact might be OF
great service in an emergency.
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
Real Lace From Human H,I,

nSal Lace From Human Hair.
They are making lace from human
nair now. No. It is not for trimming
dresses with, but is used for the
partings of wigs. It is made by hand,
and the knots are held by a solution
or wax, otherwise they would un-
raveL When this lace is used 1t
takes an almost microscopic examina-
ton to detect that the wig is not nat
ural
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19

bladder remedy, be-
cause of its remark
able health restoring
properties. Swamp
Root ful6lls almost
every wish in over
coming rheumatism,
pain i'll the back, kid
neys, liver, bladder
and every part of the
urinary passage. 1t
COrrRCts INABILITY fo
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
Otherwise About the Sans.

The difference between the man
who rocks the boat and the man who
drags the gun through the fence is
that 1t Is not necessary to drag for
the body OF the latter.-LouisvillO
Courier-Journal.
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
Size Not Essential.

An advertisement is like a persons
mouth-it isn't the size, but what it
says, that counts.-Rusty Mikes Diary.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
HOME ENDORSEMENT
Hundreds Of Wheeling Citizens
Can Tell You All About II.

Homo endorsement. the public exc
preston ~ WheclinH people. should be
evidence beyond dispute Tor every
Wheeling reader Surely tho cNprrI-
rncn ~ friends and noighbors. cheer
fully EltDa by them. will carry more
weight than the utforancea 81 atranr-
ors residing in PARKWAY places Read
tho following
Mrs John Tracy zoe Market ST.
Whrriirr. W. Va. auys a member
~ jus lfmiis ~-- -.ai.ct Co. attacks
NJ -.IrrF trouble for number OF
years the result no doubt ~ WORKING
almost constantly in stopped roal-
ton The kidney accrrtionH were un -
natural ana there were acute palms
across the icins poan'a kidney pPla
proved to DO just the remedy that vas
needed. and in short time they
drove away the trouble since then .
have used ToauH kidney pills on
and on and they have always lived up
Co The claim made for them
For sale hy aU dealers Price 90
cents. Poster Mflhurn Co. Buffalo.
Ncw YORK. sole agents Tor the united
stafrs
Remember The namo-posn's- and
take no other.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
ENGINE BLOWS UP

HINTON. w. Va. May 2O-A
freight engine of the Mogul type. was
being used to push a c. and o. local
train across the Allegheny Mountain
grade just east OF Roncerverte, blew
up this morning with great force.
Engineer J. Frank Smith and fireman
b. II. Booth, of Roncerverte, were
dangerously injured. They we're
tobh blown blown out Of the cab and
seriously injured. Conductor John
Morris and brakeman VIM. C,emmer.
OF this city, who we're riding in the
caboose were badly hurt The force
OF the explosion embedded the front
OF the locomotive in a coal car ahead
The locomotive is a total wreck.
Cause unknown.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
AVIS LINNELL'S
tcontinusd from Fir., FaEs.)

gressions. and my sin is ever before
me"
Then he turned 10 II Timothy. the
first chapter and 18th verse: Il know
whom / hath believed and ! am per-
suaded that He Is able to keep that
which have committed unto Him
against that day"
Sat In Electric Chair.
AS Richeson settled himself slowly
in the electric chair, and threw back
his head and closed his eyes as the
minister turned TO Hebrews and read:
For he Is able also 10 save them
TO the uttermost that come TO God by
seeing that he ever hveth TO make
intercession for them"
Four prison guards picked up the
straps dangling like tentacles from
the chair OF death and quickly slipped
them into place through their
buckles. There was a culver in every
mans hand. and even the electrician
twice placed the face strap over the
doomed mans face before he could
adjust Il satisfactorily.
Talks During ordeal.
Throughout the entire ordeal the
former clergyman was talking brave
Is, earnestly. with rsIl steady voice.
as he gave answer after answer 20
questions propounded to him by Mr..
Johnson.
The following statement was given
out by the Rev. Herbert Johnson.
Richeson's spiritual adviser. after the
execution:
II make this statement not so much
as an item 81 news as an act OF JUS
tice. in order 10 give through the press
! the truth concerning certain questions
relating TO Mr.. Richeson. who has
been much IN the public mind Of late
The stories that he has been Tor
a good portion 81 the time IN state
cf physical collapse are absolutely un.
| founded. except FOR the one severe
physical reaction after his. counsel an.
nounced 20 him that his sentence
would not be commuted by tho COVER
nor He did not eat n mouthfui Of
! food for thirty hours The collapse
which followed lasted FOR - hours
and was a perfectly natural result Of
the strain. and from the moment he
recovered till he entered The cxecu.
ton chamber he gave an almost per.
feet example Of heroic courage. or. 10
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
POLITICAL FOE
(ooatinasa a. 80 800

going 20 bolt II he we're not nominated
and that when he boiled n he Vere
not nominated he would be the Repub-
lican party and those from whom he
bottled would be the boilers. because.
he said. = am the Republican party
organizations
There used n be a king In France
known as the Grand Monarch lie
said. The state. ! am o.. ! am the
state'-and that 10 what Theodore
is saying about the Republican party
Now 7 venture 10 think he a. mis-.
taken venture % think that the Re.
publican party will get along and live
long after him. and mat he is not In.
dispensable either ~ the party or me
country. n will be n sad day in the
history % the country when n man
becomes Indispensable 20 a. We shall
have 20 change from republic 90
some other form " that be- the case. ID
Raps Pinchot
A. Piqua Mr.. Taft took a shot 81
GlhOrd Pinchot ar Pinchot. ina.
reliable historian" said the president.
has been going around me country
saying that J got up tho Canadian re-.
ciprocity business and figured out just
how 20 you'd hurt most bitterly Ger.
tain states that had voted against me.
and 7 iust took the schedules and ]
figured them out and arranged them
% aa 20 hit South Dakota between tho
eyes. and so az 20 hit Ohio Well. you
cannot argue with a man Ike that"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
Danish BuniOns,
GOrns, GaIlousss!
"sIEsO " srlnE. Inslsnl a.IIsi /!

Get wise get HIuFa' Stop "Du.-..
Irg when people uHIE rr tulr feet
don't have corn ur HInI.n co. rfrrf
on. IIan necessary Make d be-. d I'D.
fHr tno drug store this very minute -
afs te uau f0r Hingo Take ff home
uuf If nn..HHw .WInrn. mama tale
rInFa funnefIrfnfrf
IHe HnT1 aata the fafr-f way the
safest easiest. quickest WY Tnrrr 4.
drip nr two f1 RI corn H.nFu' .ff narIra
fH aHrink anf shrItri Entire corn Zoos.
nuH. rnuna out root included without
hlfrI or htnfrauce. uithruf aff ~ knife
Inlet 0r ruFa words HIrarrf rsffsft
~" HIp on your smallest shoes 20
F0ur uaN. rejoicing
lour 1ruHEIHf haa UlrFo..rr wUI rsf
" ~ .r hasn't 0fhervIfe senf the price
90. % bfnria0n TharuaraI GO fff So
lnaf nnrn rf. cniraE0. llI end ref f d.
If,' prrraii sold 'n thia city b. G. o.
6ricHL iiN Market street
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21

SCHOOLS
ExLD co,nrEEcrHErr rxrrcr-xr
LAST EvEUruo.
Largest classss IN ne history OF IN,
out-ths-P1ks Dfstrict
Graduated

An elaborate entertainment was rem
dered by the graduating class OF the
Triadelphia public school last evening
In the Triadelphia N. f. church. In con-
The invocation address was made by
The invocation address was made by
Rev: C Z Bissel. OF the TriadeIphia NJ.
= church Professor s. $. Jacobs OF the
wheeling schools. was present and made
very Interesting address TO the class.
An interesting musical program was rem
dered by Meister's orchestra The
church was packed to its limit and many
were not able to gain admittance to the
building. The class was one OF the
largest to graduate from the school for
several years. there being eight to re-
ceiNe diplomas. four boys and four girls
as follows; Misses Afargaret RenchIer,
Blanche Rentchler. Edith May Otto,
Clara Dolan; Messrs Raymond Hunter.
Giffen MARBLE. Alvin Calvert and Ashley
Warren Calvert.
Park view School.
A very interesting program was also
rendered at the Park View school. where
the largest class In the county schools
received diplomas. The class consisted
diplomas was made by District Superin-
tendent OF Schools w. IL. Tabier. The
program consisted OF music and liter
AIRY program. and the school was we'll
mica ny tne 1ftends-of the graduates.
The following received diplomas at this
school: Misses Lula Adams. Virginia At
kinson. Laura Rempke. Sara Bushon.
Josa Weiskerchner. Messrs. Harry Nc
Lain. Joseph Weiskerchner. Walton
Campbell. william Halter. Charles
Waterhouse. John Hazard, Howard At
kinson and Anna Weiskerchner.
Beech Glen.
At the Beech Glen school at Plea II
Valley, the exercises were equally inter
esting. Seven students received diplo-
mas. very interesting program was
also rendered by the pupils and a May
pole was the treat in the afternoon, fol-
lowed by n picnic on the lawn. The fol
lowing were the scholars receiving diplo-
mas: Misses Mary Dudley. Elsie Col
| lingwood: Messrs. Fred Helmbright. Carl
Minck Robert Brown. Ralph Metzner and
william Howard.
Elm Grove.
| Commencement exercises will be held
at the Elm Grove school and the Oakland
| schools this evening. At the Greggsville
/ school tomorrow evening. Elaborate
preparations are being made for the
| commencement at both Of these schools
The West Alexander school Will hold
1 their exercises on next Friday evening
The other schools held their exercises
on last week.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
TEDDY CAN'T WIN

.-. WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 20
Lloyd Souders, a business man of
Clarksburg, w. Va. in Washington to-
day. expressed belief that Roosevelt
could not carry West Virginia II he
is nominated at Chicago, despite the
fact that he got the delegation from
that state. Mr.. Souders said that the
business men are strong against
Roosevelt. but the railroad working
men favor him and they are the ones
who cast their votes for him in the
preferential primary.
He thinks that many railroad men,