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The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11
A CHURCH TRUST
OF Useless Edifices Is
Necessary in Town and
Country.
Omaha World Herald.

Omaha World Herald.
The movement among the
churches to form a religious COM
bination appears to be almost ma
tion-wide. The ground for it is
substantial. A country town has a
thousand inhabitants. 1t has sew
EN- or eight chuches. Perhaps two
of them will have regular SER
vices and the others occasionally.
All the ministers are in a state of
semi-starvation and OF course are
never in a very happy frame of
mind. The cheerfulness and Joy
that religion is expected to bring
to community is aminus quantity.
The tendency grows TO dispute
among creeds. Immersion, sprink-
ling, transsubstantiation, foreordi-
nation, apostolic succession, and
other sect differences become the
topic of conversation whenever the
religious subjects are discussed at
all. The consequence is that the
whole community goes, as one of
the evangelists recently said, "hell
bent toward moral destruction. All
the time the whole of them agree
ON what they call ''the essentials"
Such a condition eliminates every
essential of a religious life. Re-
ligion dies out.
The merger contemplates joining
oil those churches into one, hiring
a minister of some ability, sup
porting him comfortably so that he
will 20 among the people with a
smiling countenance instead of a
face wrinkled with care caused by
.he fear OF starvation. and the
gathering OF a congregation that
will be an uplfft from its very size.
4 church organized in that way
xlll force the elimination OF the
inessential, and preaching Of ne
iesshy mus be directed toward the
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11
CHARGE ABUSE OF
COUNTY CONYICTS
Governor Hears Of MlStreatment OF
County Prisoners and Talks OF
Turning Them Loose Unless
Conditions Are Changed

Little Rock, Jan. 3. -Branding
the conditions that exist in the
county convict camps of the state
as appalling, Governor Donaghey
today declared that he will par
don every prisoner in every convict
camp in the state if necessary to
bring about reform in the meth
DDS of handling county convicts
under the contract system. The
governors announcement was made
after hearing the story of Charley
Piper, a negro boy, who claimed to
have been brutality beaten while a
prisoner in a convict camp in De-
sha county. The negros body was
covered with wounds which he de-
clared had been caused by receiv-
ing a whipping upon the bare
flesh with strap.
Governor Donaghey declared
that he had received many COM
plants from different parts of the
state, and that he had determined
that some drastic action must be
taken. He asserted that information
which he had received led him to
believe that inhuman methods are
being employed by contractors all
over the state to whom counties
lease their convicts and that there
are dozens of cases similar to that
which was brought TO his atten-
ton today.
Il give notice to the contract
ors," the governor declared, that
| will depopulate every convict
camp in the state If this cruelty is
not stopped. | will turn the pris-
oners out as fast as the are brought
in unless conditions are changed"
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11
TRUST ON Stills
SAYSLAFOLLETTE
Watcred Stock Cause OF High Cost
OF Living and II Must be Taken
Out, but in Right Way and
Not All at Once.

Chicago, Jan. 3.-Asserting that
overcapitalization Of corporations
was the cause Of the high cost Of
living, Senator Robert NJ. LaFol-
lette, in speech tonight, marking
his first appearance in Illinois on
his present campaign tour, de-
clared il was impossible for the
government longer not to subject
great money interests to reform.
over capitalization has gone to
the extent that all the big business
of the country is on stills. We have
got to bring it down." he said.
But it cannot be done in a mo-
ment. If you took all the water
out of it at once it would do more
harm and hurt many innocent peo-
pie. The problem of the beef, the
harvester and the steel trusts have
to be worked out scientifically. II
will be worked out scientifically if
/ have anything to do with it-and
! expect to have good deal to do
with it,"
Senator LaFollette- was inter
|rupted here by a prolonged cheer
ing. The assertion was taken by
his friends as dispelling any doubt
as to his intention of remaining in
the race for the Republican presi-
Dental nomination.
The plan TO have Senator La
Toilette extend his present trip
two weeks longer to enable him TO
speak in Minnesota and South Da-
kota and other middle western
states, was abandoned tonight, ac-
cording to statement given out
at LaFollette's headquarters. The
present tour will be concluded this
week.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11
FREED WIFE WHO
KILLED HUSBAND
She Had Shot Him After He Had
Kicked Her, and Insanity Plea
Satisfied the Jury That
Tried Her.

Warren, Jan. 3.-After remain
ing out about ii hours, the jury
in the case of Mrs. Maggie Bethea
charged with killing her husband
Lee Bethea, last spring, returned
a verdict of not guilty, basing its
verdict on the plea Of insanity en-
tered by Mrs. Bethea.
Mrs. Bethea was not placed upon
the stand, having confessed at the
coroner's inquest.
Her Story of Killing.
According to Mrs. Bethea's con-
fession, she and her husband lived
on the hanks of the Saline river
many miles from any other habi-
tation. On the night previous to
the murder, they had quarreled,
and her husband had kicked her
in the abdomen. Owing to her
condition, she said, she was rem
dered temporarily insane by the
tense physical suffering, and the
following, morning, while her, nus
band was at breakfast, she secnred
a shotgun and shot him twice.
Mrs. Bethea said she then drove
to the home of a neighbor and no.
titled them that her husband had
been killed. After her confession
at the coroner's inquest she was
brought to Warren and placed in
Jail, but later released on bond.
She was tried at the August term
Of the Bradley county Circuit
court, the trial resulting in dis
agreement.
Physicians who examined Mrs.
Bethea say she was insane, and
only after the birth of a child
about three months after the slay-
ng of her husband was her reason
j. C. Clarv and ]. II. Bradley rep
Mrs. Bethea. The state
vas represented by B. L. Herring
md Bob Wilson.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11
A Few Words About .
EYES y
BY Mena's Eye
Expert.

Citizens OF Mena ard Polk County.
| am so grateful for the patron
age and announcement from so
many good people here since | cast
ny lot among you, feel il my duty
as an exclusive, scientific 0ptician,
to try and impress upon your
minds some facts IN regard to that
intricate organ OF sirht, the human
eye, most specially of children.
Statistics show that Blindness
and Impaired Vision is rapidly on
the The increase in this country,
and it seems we are destined to be
known as the ak-eyed nation"
of the world. The greatest cause
OF this trouble is physiological
defect of the eye called Astigmat-
ism, which is on ee.crs IA The The rt-
fractive media OF the eve and
cause more headaches than all
other causes combined; also nerv-
BUSINESS and many other complaints.
This defect can only be corrected
by glasses SO compounded by sci
entific grinding that they will make
q perfect image on the retina of
the eye, giving true sight. Fitting
eyes so afflicted with glasses can
only be done by one skilled in OPP
tics. Would you think of going OF
sending child to a blacksmith fol-
false teeth TO save a paltry dollarg
Then do not neglect as delicate an
organ as the eye.
For the time | have been in Mena
| have found more complicated err
rors of eye sight wearing glasses
imperfectly fitted than any place |
ever practiced. | have devoted
over 26 years Of my lifc as a consci-
euuous Upticlan, STRIVING to ac-
quire skill to master every obstacle
that presented itself. In order to be
a real benefactor to those entrust-
ing themselves in my care I have
graduated from two scohols teach
ing OptOmetry, m. de q special study
IN the grinding of lenses, also to
the proper fitting of frames. Nv
extensive practice has brought me
IN contact with every feature OF
impaired vision. | do not have To
experiment. guarantee TO give.
right here at home. as perfect work
ID my line as can be found any
where. no matter how large Inc
city 10 which you go or to wha.
specialist. l expect to remain here
and prove the above assertions 10
be true 20 those who are aot too
skeptlcal TO investigate or patron
lie one at home. I will not de- |
eelTe any one. Respectfully.
DIR, w. T.. FLICK.
AT Woodrufrs Jewolry store
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11
DONAGHEY LIBERAL
WITH PARDONS
Thirty-0ne Pardons Signed by Ar
kansas Executive as New Years
Gift--Three From Polk Coun-
ty Among the Favored.

Little Rock. Jan. 3.-Governor
Donaghey yesterday issued thirty
one pardons, and granted Walter
Morgan, sentenced to hang at Har-
risburg January IS, an additional
reprieve of 90 days. Morgan's
friends claim he shot in self-de-
Tense, and will present petition
for Communication, which the gov
.ernor is expected to act upon ia
Vorably.
The governor pardoned J. G.
Woods, forgery, Sebastian county,
upon petition signed by the court
officials as we'll as members of the
jury, who stated they would not
have convicted had Woods not
changed his plea of not guilty to
guilty.
Oliver Barringer, Polk county
burglary and grand larceny, was
pardoned upon the recommends
ton of the superintendent of the
reform school, White Richardson,
Benton county, seduction, upon pc
tition of the wronged girl, all the
court officials and many citizens of
the county; r. G, Northress, Little
River county, assault to kill;
Cleveland Arnold, Polk county, dis
turbing public worship; d. A. Wal
ker, Polk county, forgery. because
the governor thought he had been
sufficiently punished; Charles Rob-
erts, Greene county, murder, para
lyzed and incurable; Waller Brown
burglary and grand larceny, JEFF
erson county, suffering from tuber-
culosis, pardoned at the request Of
the penitentiary surgeon, who wcs
afraid other prisoners might be-
come infected from Brown.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11
TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE

| will be at the below named
places from a. m. to D. M, on
| the following dates, for the pur-
pose of collecting Tax of the State,
County, City, etc. You are earnest
ly requested to bring a correct de-
scription of your real estate, if any
you have, and If you should fail
to do this you are liable to pay on
the wrong p operty:
Rich Mountain, Monday, January
is, 1912.
Acorn, Tuesday, January i6, 1912.
Ouachita, Wednesday, January II,
1912.
Mountain, DIR. Norris Mill, Thurs
day, January is, 1912.
Mountain, Egger, Friday and Sat-
urday, January 10 and 90 1912.
Mill Greek, Monday, January %,
1912.
Big Fork, Tuesday, January %, 1912.
Fulton, Wednesday, January, "a,
1912.
Gap Springs, Thursday, January 25.
East Faulkner, Friday, January &c,
1912.
West Faulkner, Saturday. January
q, 1912.
Freedom, Monday and Tuesday.
January % and 80, 1912.
Cedar, Wednesday, January 81. 1912.
Eagle, at Rust, Thursday, February
Potter, Friday, February 2. 1912.
Center at Dallas, Saturday. Febru-
airy 3. 1912.
Ozark Township at Grannis. Mon
day and Tuesday, February 5 and
6. 1912.
Ozark Township at Wickes
wednesday, February 7, 1912.
White Township. at Hatton, Thurs
day, February 8, 1912.
White Township. at Jansen Fn;.ss
and Saturday, February Q and 10
1912.
White Township at Cove, Monday
and Tuesday, February 70 and Is,
1912. "
Cove Township. at Hatfield. Wednes-
day and Thursday, February "a
and i5, 1912.
Nena, al Court House, from Feb /
ruary i6 to April 10, 1912.
All must pay Taxes by April 10.
lyi2 or else pay penalties.
Remember. We viii close our
'ooAs as prescribed by law, so as
9 avoid trouble in settlements with
tate and county. New law requires
ne addition Of q penalty Of 10 per
eni after April 10. Please don't
van for The last day, as we can't /,
write al on one day.
i. A. THORNTON.
sheriff and ix-0fiieie Collector
u Polk County.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11
MODERN METHODS
PAY THE FARMER.
District Agent iIaden Quotes Of
fetal Figures Showing Greater
Yield in Cotton and Corn-In-
creased Interest in Work

That the cost of maintaining the
work Of the federal farm demon
strators and special agents is more
than returned to the people of the
community in which the work is
done, is amply proved by the fig
ures quoted by District Agent Ha-
den. whose headquarters are at
Little Rock.
The official figures shown by Mr..
Haden make il plain that in all Sec
tons Of Arkansas the people are
becoming more familiar with the
work Of the field agents. and are
becoming also more appreciative,
this latter fact being demonstrated
by their eagerness to aid in the
cost Of obtaining such service. 1t
was shown That in 1909 only two
counties in Arkansas aided in this
work. In 1910 there were % coun-
ties in the state which gave as
sistance, and in 1911 this number
was increased to Al.
Subject of ridicule and butt of
Jokes for years, Arkansas is put
ting the laugh on lots OF other
states now. Not single state in
the entire union is better organized
for the work of the federal agri-
cultural departments field agents
than is Arkansas. Heretofore this
state has been part Of the jurisdic-
ton OF the head Office in Louisiana,
but so rapid has been the extension
Of the work that beginning jan
uary 1, Arkansas has been given a
state agent and district agent Of
its own.
The actual results of the greatest
possible benefit to the farmer di-
rectIy and to every resident indi-
rectly, is also indicated by the re-
port made by MIR. Haden. The av-
erage yield Of corn per acre in 1911
for the entire state by counties was
20 bushels. The average yield on
farms under the supervisors of
f4e special agents and under the
demonstration system of cultiya-
ton was 80 bushels, a gain for the
demonstration methods of 10 bush
els per acre.
In cotton the same ratio of re-
suits were obtained. The average
yield per acre in the state under
ordinary methods of cultivation,
was SPA pounds of seed cotton,
while the yield per acre on farms
which used the departments meth
ods averaged 952 pounds of seed
cotton per acre, a gain for inn
proved methods of 42S pounds of
seed cotton. Any cotton farmer
can appreciate the absolute gain in
dollars and cents of modern meth
DDS over ordinary methods of Gull
tivation, with these figures before
him.
The aggregate acreage in dem
onstration work under the direc-
ton OF the agents of the federal de-
partment of agriculture in 1910
was f7,54i, and in 1911 this had
increased to 1886 acres, almost
doubling in the single year. For
1912 the officials expect an aggre-
gate acreage Of approximately 3d.
900, owing TO the rapidity with
which the work of the agents is
becoming known and recognized.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11
floss ADVOCATES
|. R. AND RECALL
Massachusetts Governor Declares
People Are Rapidly Relegat-
ing Machine TO Rear-Home
Rule for Cities.

Boston, Mass, Jan. 4.--Declaring
that the people are rapidly assum-
ing the management of their own
affairs and RELOCATING to the rear
politicians and the political ma
chine, Gov. Eugene Foss, in his adj
dress to the legislature of Mass
achusetts today urges the adoption
of the initiative and referendum
and the recall, saying; IF the vot-
ers' Judgment should determine the
nomination Of candidates, it should
for the same reason continue as a
guide and check upon the acts Of
public servants" The governor al
so recommends the elimination of
the fixed party enrolment in the
primary law, asserting the voter is
entitled to the same secrecy al the
primary which is accorded him at
the polls. Direct election Of the
United States senators is also ad-
vocated by Gov. Foss.
Other recommendations by the
governor are for the submission of
the question Of woman suf-
frage distribution by the
state of pamphlets in which each
candidate may state his claims, ito
the end that opportunity to attain
public Office may be equalized,
says the governor.
Home rule for cities, the ratifi-
cation of the federal income tax
law, reform of the state taxing sys-
tenn, the regulation of trusts and
monopolies, public ownership of
transportation terminals and laws
in conformity with those of other
states are among the legislation
by Gov. Foss.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11

To Introduce our very complete
line OF beautiful wool suitings,
wash fabrics, fancy waistings
silks, ETC, hdkfs. laces and petit
coats. All up-to-date N. Y. City
Patterns. Finest line on the mar
ket. Dealing directly with the
mills, YOU will find our prices low.
Profits $40 to $50 weekly. Samples
and full instructions packed in a
neat sample case shipped express
prepaid. No money required. Ex-
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tlculars. BE first 10 apply.
standard Dress Goods CO., Desk COS
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2b9-3 d-2t-3t
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11
f i0 REMAIN IN RACE
President Taft Says Only Death
Death Can Keep Him Out
OF Fight for Nomination.

Washington. Jan. Nothing
but death can keep me out Of The
fight now" is a statement presi-
dent Taft is said 20 have made to-
day while eonyersing with a White
House caller who asked the presi-
dent concerning reports that he
might withdraw from the race for
the Republican nomination for
president m favor Of ex-presidenl
Roosevelt.
President TAFT Is said 10 have
admitted that he is thoroughly ar
oused y the gravity II the sifua-
Ton Tor the Republican party hul
believes that ali factions viii bel
sniua'ly brought together
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11
BREWERS GET AFRAID
One of the Leading Trade Organi-
cations May BE in Violation
of sherman Law.

Milwaukee, Jan. 1.-The journal
today says the Western Brewers
Shipping Association, one of the
leading trade organizations in the
United States, has dissolved, it be-
ing deemed by some of the mem
bers that it was in violation of the
Sherman Antitrust Law.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11

Pure-bred White Holland Turkeys
for sale. $500 per pair, $3.50 trio.
Address, Mrs. Ira 0. Smith, Nunley,
Ark. i9tf
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11

essential things in the gospel. The
plan commends itself to the COM
mon sense of all men interested in
religious work.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11

For Trade--572 acres Of land in
Texas. VIII deal for Mena prop
erty. Box 81, Hatfield, Ark. VISIT
The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-11

-. ~ tftOttNfVN.
sheriff and -0fsieie Collertor
u Polk County.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
LABOR LEADERS
NOT TO TESTIFY
Neither Anton Johanssen nor Olaf A.
Tvietmoe Will be Called by Defense
in Darrow Case.
BY Associated Press.


Los Angeles, Cal, July 22.-Neither
Anton Johanssen nor Olaf A Tveit-
moe, the San Francisco labor leaders,
will be called by the defense in the
bribery trial of Clarence S. Oar
row.
Both men had been summoned by
the defense and it had been expected
that Tveitmoe at least would be call
ed to testify concerning the check for
$4,000 he was alleged to have cash
ed in a San Francisco bank last Sep
tember. The check had been en-
dorsed by Mr.. Darrow and it had been
the contention of the prosecution that
the currency received for the check
had been used by the Mcnamara de
fense for eorrupting jurors and wit
nesses.
Members of the defense declined to
say whether there was any connec-
ton between the determination not to
have Tveitmoe testify and refusal OF
Judge Hutton several days ago to al
low the defense a copy of Tveitmoe's
testimony before the February grand
jury.
At that time Tveitmoe is said to
have admitted receiving and cashing
the check. but he is said to have tes-
titled the money was given him by
Mr.. DaFrow for the purpose of paying
certain expenses of the Mcnamara
defense in San Francisco.
LeCompte Davis, formerly Of the
Mcnamara defense, is expected TO take
the stand when the trial is resumed
tomorrow morning.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
MAY COMPROMISE
ON ONE NEW SHIP
House and Senate Fail to Reach
Agreement on Battleship Program
for This Year.
BY Associated Press.

washington, July 22.-No agreement
over the battleship program for this
year was reached when the house and
day.
The senate refuses to recede from
its demand for two battleships. while
the house demands that none shall be
provided. The senate conferees be-
lieve they can force the house into an
agreement for one ship.
Senator Tillman, who had insisted
on a 100000 Improvement at the
Charleston navy yard, was today
forced to give way. The senate yield
ed to the house on the disputed ap-
propriations for Charleston, Ports
mouth and Philadelphia All will be
dropped.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
RAILROADS NOW
HAVING THEIR DAY
Engineers Finish Their Side of Case
Before Arbitration Commission Ad-
iusting Wage Dispute.
BY Associated Press.

New York, July 22-The arbitration
commission created to settle the con-
troversy over wages between the 50
railroads east of Chicago and their
locomotive engineers resumed its ses-
sions today.
With the engineers side of the case
completed, the railroads began the pro-
duction Of evidence in support of their
claim that the wages and working
conditions Of the engineers are all that
the present business Of the railroads
will warrant.
B. A. Worthington, president Of the
Chicago & Alton Railway, who is in
charge of the case for the railroads,
said he would call general managers,
yardmasters and others to show that
the locomotive engineer of today has
an easier job than in years gone by.
He said that there is a hostler to bring
the locomotive out Of the round house,
inspectors to see that ii Is in order,
mechanics to make repairs. and com
petent fremen to assist in operation.