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The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-02-29
COLOMBIA RECALLS
LAXATIVE MINISTER
Pedro 0spina Gets Instructions Be-
cause He Made Statement That
Knox's Visit Would Be
Inopportune.

Bogota, Colombia, Feb. 22.-Pedro
Ospina, minister from Colombia to
the United States, was recalled by
The Colombian government this
morning.
The action was taken because the
government does not approve of
the statement made a few days ago
by the minister, to the effect that
the present visit of Secretary Of
State Knox to South America rs
inopportune."
1t having been learned that Sec
retary Knox had decided not to
visit Colombia during the trip, it is
believed he will be especially in
vited to this country by the repre-
.sentatiyes Of the government.
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KNOX STARTS SOUTH
Leaves Key West With Intention
of Visiting South American
Republic.

Key West, Fla, Feb. -Secre-
tary of State Knox sailed from Key
West today on board the cruiser
Washington on a political mission
that will take him TO the Capitals
of Central America, to Caracas,
Venzeula, and possibly TO Carta-
gena, Colombia, and also to various
points in the West Indies.
Mr.. Knox is making the trip at
the direction Of President Taft and
European diplomats look on with
more than passive interest in the
secretary going to the Caribbean
sea for the purpose of solving Dip
lomatie problems and securing ac-
e1rate information as to conditions
N Central and Northern South
America.
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MILLION In MIND Only
Little Rock Painter Learns Report
Is Err0neous--WilI Get $4,000
Instead OF Million.

Little Rock, Feb. 23.-One day
last week, an itinerant sign painter,
William Springer, who had come
from Hot Springs five weeks before
to work here at $40 a week, was
notified that he had inherited one
third Of an estate valued at $780,
600, left by his father, Warren
Springer, of Chicago. A whole week
he revelcd in the thought Of what
it meant TO be a millionaire unex-
pectedly. Thursday. he had a rude
awakening when notified by attor-
neys that instead of inheriting a
million, his father had cut him off
with a paltry 5000. He has decid-
ed that he will make an attempt to
break the will. His wife was Miss
Kirk of Hot Springs.
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Fifteen DEAD IN
OKLAHOMA MINE
Fire Breaks Out on Property oil
Frank Gould-Many Men Are
Trapped-Eight Bodies
Recovered.

McAlester, Ok, Feb. 23.--Eight
bodies have already been taken out
of the mine of the Western Coal
Company, near here, where fire
broke out yesterday evening, inn
prisoning is miners.
There were two score or more
miners in the workings when the
fire broke out but many of these
succeeded in making their escape
Others being assisted out without
injury. According to the officials
of the company, only is men were
imprisoned, and as eight bodies al
ready have been taken out, it is
feared the other seven men have
likewise been burned or suffocated
by the noxious gases.
The eight victims whose bodies
have been recovered are: John
Repetti, Fred Watts, John vianci
Paul Cubino, Simon Lovers, Dunn
my, Slav miner, and two Mexicans
whose names could not be learned
The fire broke out shortly after
moon Thursday in mine No 5 of the
Western Coal and Mining Company
the property of Frank Gould. The
flames swept through the mine
starting at a point 300 feet below
the surface of the earth, until thu
many shafts were Veritable blaz-
ing infernos. and the lives of thos,
unable to escape were snuffed ou
almost like candles.
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HER FATHER KILLS
ALLEGED ENTICER
Hot Springs Saloonist Shot by Man
Who Charged His Victim With
Getting Daughter to Leave
Her Home.

Hot Springs, Feb. %. Max Free
man, 25-year-old son Of Mrs. J. w.
Freeman Of this city, was shot and
fatally wounded by Postmaster
George Compton of Searcy, White
county, at the Cincinnati house
about i;30 o'clock yesterday after
noon. Compton is said also to hold
commission as deputy sheriff.
Deputy Sheriff Compton, accom-
panied by his son, came over from
Searcy to get his daughter. He fin
ally located Miss Compton at the
Cincinnati house, owned by Mrs.
Eazel. He secured the good Offices
and aid of Sheriff Hale, who was
asked to accompany him to the no.
tel.
When they reached the hotel
they found the young lady, and
Compton and his son went to plead
ing with her to return home. She
finally decided TO 60 out to her
grandmother's home, about ten
miles from this city.
About this time, ii is said, young
Freeman and q man named Caudle.
but more generally referred TO
about town as "Hubbins, came up
TO the hotel. Freeman came into
the room, after he learned the girl
had promised to leave, and is re-
ported to have said TO her that she
didn't have to leave il she didal
what to; that she was OF age, and
could do as she pleased in the mat
ter.
At this juncture her father, APP
parently worked into frenzy Of des-
peration at interference OF this
sort, drew his revolver and fired
the bullet striking Freeman, who
sank to the floor.
My God! what have | done2'
Compton exclaimed. as he realized
that Freeman had been shot.
The wounded man was immedi-
ately removed to a hospital, where
he died at 8 o'clock.
Sheriff Hale, who accompanied
Compton to the hotel, states that
he did not even know that Comp
ton was armed. Compton was
placed in Jail.
Freeman was engaged in the sal
Don business in this city, and haC
lived here for a number of years
He is charged with enticing tht
Compton girl to this city, where she
had been about three days. It i:
said she was infatuated with Free
man.
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]. sharp Williams for wilson.

Washington, Feb. 23.-Although
he served with Speaker Clark and
Oscar Underwood while he was the
Democratic leader of the House,
and entertains for both OF those
Democrats the kindliest personal
feeling, Senator John Sharp VIII.
Jams of Mississippi is in favor OIL
the nomination Of Gov. WOODROW
Wilson for the presidncy. He be-
lieves Wilson is the strongest man
the party can nominate.
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WOODROW WILSON
CAPTURES KANSAS
Governors Topeka Speech Created
Wild Entbusiasm-Lauded Bry-
an for Keeping Life Untainted
Wiped Out Party Lines.

Topeka, Kas., Feb. 23.--In a riot
Of enthusiasm, Gov. Woodrow Will
son Of New Jersey, Democratic can
didate for president, addressed the
Kansas Democrats here last night.
introduced as ''the next president
of the United States" Gov. Wilson
arose to speak at iO:45 O'clock.
Il will not hold the chairman ac-
countable for the prophecy he has
just uttered" he said, hut will
take it as the utterance of a big
hearted man in Kansas, where you
are accustomed to speak freely.
How He Lauded Bryan.
The biggest demonstration in
Gov. Wilson's speech was his trib-
ute to Bryan. Twice during the
evening there had been cheers for
the Nebraska man, but when the
New Jersey man mentioned his
name in the following tribute, the
audience stood on its feet waving
hats and handkerchiefs and shout
ing, coupling the names Of Bryan
and Wilson. Mr.. Wilson said:
"One Of the first functions is to
set up and proclaim the truth when
almost nobody agrees with you, and
then to go on proclaiming the truth
and keeping our hearts untainted
and perfectly sound year after
year and decade after decade,
keeping your faith and what you
understand to be the truth, and
what you understand to be the in
terests of The people and allowing
no man to make an alliance with
you in any thing except what you
believe to be the cause Of freedom
and truth. | want to say in my
Judgment there is one man who
has won the undying affection of
this country by having performed
that great service, and that man is
Mr.. Bryan. His greatness and in
fluence does not consist merely of
the fact that men believe in him,
but consists in the fact that men
love him and trust him because he
has kept his own life untainted by
improper influences and his own
heart absolutely true to Democratic
interests. That is the reason no
man can displace him.
Following are parts selected from
the speech that followed:
Wipes Out Party Lines.
when | get a progressive Re
publican and compare my views
with his, it is very difficult to see
the difference between us, the in
tellectual difference between u.s.
This is the way feel when talk
ing to a Progressive Republican. !
say, 7 beg your pardon, but what
did you say you were?' "A Repub-
lican.' "A what?' A Republican !
say it sounds to me exactly like a
Democrat.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-02-29

For sprain you Will find Cham
berlain's Liniment excellent. II al
lays the pain, removes the soreness
and soon restores the parts to a
healthy condition. 25 and so cents
For sale by all druggists.
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When All Goes Wen.

Emerson: Every man takes carr
that his neighbor shall not cheat
him. But day comes when he be-
gins to care that he does not cheat
his neighbor, then all goes well.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-02-29

Here is a message Of hope and
good cheer from Mrs. G. j. Martin.
Boone Mill, Va, who is the mother
of eighteen children. Mrs. Martin
was cured of stomach trouble and
|constipation by ChamberIain's Tab
lets after five years of suffering,
land now recommends these tablets
to the public. Sold by all dealers.
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Ohio Gettina Wetier.

Fremont O.. Feb. Sandnsky
county Yesterday voted 10 change
from dry 70 wet by a majority
II Loot Seventeen counties which
felea dry three years ago have
recently voted wei. while only
eight have voted - remain dry"
another three years.
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lnopoly in the one there will pc tyr-
amy and special privilege 10 the
other"
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-02-29

There are statesmen who believe
that you must take care of the big
business first, and that big business
will take care of this country, and
that the only safe way to obtain
prosperity is to favor the interests
|of those who are chiefly response
BILE for the great material under
takings Of the United States. In
other words, the great government
in this country is matter Of trus-
tecship, and they are the trustees
who believe in government Of the
people and for the people, but they
do not believe in government by the
people, They are perfectly willing
to serve the people if they be the
servants, but they do not think it
safe to trust anybody else than
these trustees TO do their serving.
Now, ! absolutely dissent from that
theory. I believe, because I have
read history, that the only strength
Of a people comes out of the body
of it.
"The cry ofthe hour seems to be
that business has grown so formil-
able in its independent organization
as TO set itself up in rivalry to the
government itself and that it there
fore must be regulated; that the
whole force Of government must be
bent TO the restraint of business. ]
venture to suggest that what we are
really after is not the restraint of
business, but the restraint of indi-
lviduals who are putting business
upon a false and selfish footing. We
do not wish TO hamper the great
processes of our economic life, but
to free them where they have been
made wrong use of by men who
have ignored the common interest
and sought to promote their own
lprivate and selfish purposes by
lmeans that were neither public
spirited nor honorable. The rules
that we now seek to set up are that
the men who are making use of our
corporation laws for their own ad-
vantage shall not employ them TO
limit credit to those whom they
draw into their own enterprises:
that they shall not. If they do
wrong. find covert and concealment
within the corporations whose pow
er they employ.
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See Townsend's Liquid Smoke"
ad in this paper. bwtf
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-02-29

In respect Of the restraint Of
wrong. we should deal with indi-
vidnals rather than with corpora
tons. It should be laid bare Of
whom business combinations con-
sisi should be directly and individ-
nally deal with whenever a wrong
= done, either 70 an individual. or
70 the freedom 81 business itself.
The movement back 10 the people
@ The Geld q politics must pre-
fe1e me movement AWAY from mos
aepelN back g. free opportunity.
business can be- free only a hen me
nation q iree Americas program
II popular government Is Americas
hene for prosperity. pollseI free.
aefn and commercial freedom ao
hand 'n hand. Where lhere \ ~.
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A car 81 FERTILIZER jusl re-
ceisea al TOWNSENDT. bwffl
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-02-29

A car Of FERTILIZER Just re-
cfiNfa al IOWNSEND'S. bwtf
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-02-29
No. 7l23.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
At Mena, in the State OF Arkansas, at the
close of business, Feb. 20, 1912.

RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts sI5s,S56 ~
Oyardrafts secured and unsecured so y
us. Bonds to secure circulation 6O0e0 W
Bonds, securities, etc. 6,3U5 81
lures N' - 1920 90
Other real estate owned $50 90
Due from National Banks (not re-
serve agents. $3.50 81
Due from approved reserve agents $3.50 36
Checks and other cash items 21 IS
Notes of other National Banks $3.50 90
and u'i cents p0' w. 80 l5s 90
Lawful Money Reserve In Bank, viz.
Specie SS,73l 30
Legal-tender notes s 1900 90 20,23l IS
nrer ' Is p per cent OF circulationj $500 90
Total 363,300 81
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid I'm $4,000 90
Surplus fund 26,000 90
Undivided profits, less expenses
and taxes paid 1913 II
National Bank notes outstanding $4,000 90
Due to State and Private Banks
and Bankers 2i.285s3
check 16s.4H So
Demand certificates of deposits l,4ll 40
Certified checks 100 20
Cashier Checks Outstanding $50 90
Reserved for taxes 1,038 AZ
Total $50, 800 81
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State OF Arkansas,
County OF Polk.
l, s. r. Morgan, cashier OF the above
named bank, do solemnlY swear that the
above statement Is true to the best OF my
knowledge and belief
s. K. Morgan, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn 70 before me this
Path day of February. 1912.
w. A. Finks, Notary Public.
My commission OK pires oct. "a, 1914.
Correct-Attest:
G. a. Smith,
G. NJ. Hopkins
J, g. Jackson,
Directors
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Cotton Must Have Plant Food,

mt food must be the right kind The very elements which
Plants needPhosphoric Acid NITROGEN and Potashare in
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demonstration farms, and the National
Corn Exposition. AS head Of the ex-
tension department of Iowa State Col
lege of Agriculture he did a work
which, Senator Cummins says, up to
the present time has increased the
wealth of Iowa $30,0O0,OO0.
The object of the II C Service Bu-
reau is the promotion of agricultural
education, and a cooperation which
will tend to raise the whole tone of
commercial, industrial and farm life.
Since agriculture is the basis Of pros
perity and progress, naturally farm
problems claim first attention. The aim
Is higher efficiency, both on and off
the farm.
To do big work big organization
is necessary. Not only the bigness,
but the perfection of the International
organization as we'll appealed to Pro-
fessor Holden. The big general agen-
cies, scattered all over the United
States and Canada; the statesmen,
travellers and expert machine men;
the 10000 dealers-every one, SO far
as possible, is to be made an apostle
of better farming.
For years the International Har-
vester Company has realized the i'm
portance of service. It has spent mil
lions of dollars in the perfection of Ia
bor-saving machines, and now the
company is going in for direct service
direct to the farmers, and direct to
the farmers children, that the men
and women of tomorrow may be more
capable and SO more prosperous than
the men and women of today.
1t is no longer a theory that If we
are to get the most out of life we
must raise more per acre. "Inten-
sive farming" is in the air. It is the
battle cry OF peace and plenty. But
raising more is the result Of mind,
not muscle. We must know. And
not only that, we must KNOW we
know, and know why we know. We
must know good seed from bad, right
cultivation from wrong, and the why's
hid wherefors of climates, soils,
fruits, cattle, horses, poultry, and SO
forth.
For these things the bureau was
established. But the bureau and
Professor Holden see more than an
average increase of few bushels.
They see time coming when farmers
will raise twice al many bushels of
corn, wheat and oats to the acre,
and like yields of all other kinds OF
farm products. They see time when
| farmers and farmers wives and their
children will think more and work
less. Every bushel raised means just
that much profit, and the profits of
the farm promote commerce and in
| dustry.
After a period of good work in Mich
igan agricultural college, better work
at Illinois, and a great work at Iowa,
Professor Holden now enters upon a
worlds work While In future Pro
! lessor Holden will designate Chicago
rs home, H. says he il not leaving Iowa
he Is merely carrying Iowa to the
rest Of the world.
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AGLDEN LEAVES
iowa COLLEGE
The "C0rn Man" Joins 4 IA C
Service Bureau.
TO help PUSH WORK FORWARD
cooperation Movement for Larger
Crops, Better Roads, More Pros
porous People and a
Better Nation.

Th1s marks the beginning OF a new
and greater business service. It IL a
cooperative movement for larger
crops, better roads, happier homes.
more prosperous people, and a richer
and better nation. That is to say,
the I'll c Service Bureau proposes to
help do for all the states and for Can.
ada what Holden has done for Iowa,
After considering many offers, and
after an investigation of the company
and it's works, Professor Perry G..
Holden has entered the service of the
! Fl G Service Bureau at Chicago.
Professor Holden is known wher-
ever real agriculture is known. His
whole life is one Of service. He orig
mated the idea of carrying informa-
ton direct to farmers. He Is the IA
Their of the demonstration train, short
school courses, the corn show, county
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After Christmas Exchange Items.

(Clipped from any. Newspaper
TO EXCHANGE-Thr gold-flled
bracelets for pair Of shoes. Gladys
u.
WILL Observation-Disclosures
smoking-jacket for half-doZen corn
cob pipes. Arthur s.
! HAVE several pairs Of hand-work-
ed bed-slippers to exchange for three
pounds of beefsteak or other meats.
Reverend Oh
NICE PAIR silk suspenders for q
ham sandwich. Dick
WILL EXCHANGE-Hand embroid-
cred socks for some ink and stamps.
Author.
January Woman's Home Companion.
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ELECTION or DIRECTORS.

Notice is hereby given to the Stock
holders Of the Sykesville Realty and
Investment Company that an election
OF Is Directors to manage the affairs
of the Company for the ensuing year,
will be held at the Office of the Com
pany, in the Arcade Building"
|Sykesville, Nd, on Saturday, January
4th, 1913, at o'clock p. m.
JAMES B. GEORGE, President.
THOMAS M ANDERSON, Secretary.
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nut a Tumbler Over Your Watch.

Inc following il taken from page
- practical household suggestions In
III January Woman's Home Compan-
Placing watch under a tumbler
h lear the bed OF a sick person will give
- I'm relief from the ticking which il
n.itequently very trying to highly SEN
sltlVe nerves.
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OBJECTION NOTICE.

Union Mills Savings Bank. !
Union Mills, Md, Dec, 10, 1912.
The Stockholders Of the Union Mills
Savings Bank are hereby notified that
an Election for Twelve Directors, to
manage the affairs of the Bank for the
ensuing year, will be held at the Bank
on the second Monday, 18th day Of JAN
uary, 1913, between the hours of 2 and
3 o'clock p. m. Mathematician. ..
c. E. BANKERT,
dec cote Treasurer.
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PASTOR RUSSELL
IS CHALLENGED
IcornD|ete Answer to the Query
who Ordained Him."
Whole Subject Clarified For the
~ nhric Benefit - Clergy and Laity
IJrseripturaI Terms

Albany, n. z,
Nov. IL. AS al
ways. Pastor Rus
sell got the crowds
today. We report
his discourse on
Ministerial Ordl-
nation and Titles.
Very evidently it
is a reply to an at
tack recently made
upon him by a Mr..
w. r.. Ellis, field
editor Of The Con-
tinent, and alias,
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aDON'T KICK MY COAL MAN
AROUND" II understand Inc isn't to
blame for scarcity of Coal, nor for
high prices. He's paying big prices
because the miners we're out two
months last spring-he's doing the
best Inc can under bad conditions.
The above conversation by one Of
Smith s Reifsnider's customers helps
some.
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BETTER BUY COAL THIS YEAR
BEFORE YOU DO YOUR CHRIST
MAS SHOPPING. It's duty you owe
yourself. By the way, what better
Christmas present is there than a
load OF Smith G. Reifsnider's good,
clean Coal.
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ELECTION NOTICE.

ELECTION NOTICE.
The Stockholders OF the Westmins-
ter Savings Bank are hereby notified
that the regular annual meeting for
the election of Seven Directors of The
Westminster Savings Bank to manage
its concerns and affairs for the en-
suing year will be held on
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3rd, 1918,
between the hours Of 1 and 2 o'clock,
p. M, at the Office and place of bust
ness of the said The Westminster Saw
ings Bank, in Westminster, Carroll
County, Maryland.
T.. o. GRIMES, President.
JACOB I'll. HANDLEY, Treasurer.
dec Is St
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Smallwood Land Improvement As
ISOLATION will hold a stockholders
meeting, for the purpose Of election of
directors on
MONDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1913,
between the hours of 1 and p. m.
WILLIAM HOFFMAN,
dec 20 ct President.
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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.

Union National Bank Of Westminster,
December 6, 1912. !
An Election Of TEN DIRECTORS for
this Bank will he held on
TUESDAY the 14th day of JANUARY,
1913, betreen the hours of II O'Clock
a. m. and II m. of said day at said
bank.
j. w. Herring,
dec 8 tie Cashier.
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TO THE PUBLIC

Having completed the installing OF
nv Cider Mill and Apple Butter Boiling
Plant. On TIE road leading from Reese
to the Bethel Church, am now ready
to make your Cider and Boil your But
ter, commencing AUGUST %, and each
Tuesday and Thursday thereafter until
the first OF SEPTEMBER, when / will
make each day of the week excepting
Saturday. Come see my plant.
K. r. TAYLOR,
Patapsco, Md.
e. &P. Phone, 822-13. aug 10.
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OBJECTION NOTICE.

The annual meeting Of Stockholders
for the election of Directors to man
age the affairs of the Woodbine Ma
tional Bank for the ensuing year, will
be held at the Banking House, on
Tuesday, January 14th, 1913, between
the hours of 10 a M, and IL m.
HARRY S. OWINGS,
dec cote Cashier.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The regular meeting of Stockholders
of the First National Bank of Sykes
vile, for the election Of Directors to
manage the affairs Of the Bank for the
ensuing year, will he held at its Bank
ing Room on Tuesday, January Il, 1913,
between the hours Of 2 and 8 p m.
M. II. WEIR,
DEC 6 tie Cashier.