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The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23
CONSCIENCE ABOVE FAMILY.

"A mans wife and children have a claim on him for bread. A mans parents have a claim on him for obedience while he is a child. A mans uncles, aunts and cousins have no claim on him at all, except for help in necessity, which he can grant and they require. None-wife, chil- dren, parents, relatives has a claim to bar his judgment and his actions. Sound the conscience and sink the family! With a clear con- science, it is best to leave the family to its own debates. No man ever did brave work who held counsel with his family. The family view of mans fit conduct is the weak point of the country. It's po other view than, better thy condition for our sakes. EIa! In this way we breed sheep, fatten oxen; men are dying off - "Beauchamp's Career" by George Meredith.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23
FATHER OF MODERN MISSIONS
From Poor Cobbier William Carey Rose to Fame by His Own
 Efforts.

William Carey, "the father of modern missions" was a shoemaker by trade, but although poor, he edu- ,cated himself and became a Baptist minister. Even after becoming a preacher he had to mend shoes, be- cause the congregation over which he presided paid him only $1.5o a wee.s for preaching. By his zeal ousness Carey inspired earnest Chris tan men and soon won the esteem of the most distinguished men.
 One day after he had become fa- nous and while he was taking din- ner with the governor general of h. dia, there were several others gath cred at an adjoining table.
 ''That fellow over there with the governor was a common shoemaker, Y" MT. Carey overheard a diner at an- other table say.
 "You are slightly wrong," the noted missionary said. q was never a shoemaker, only a poor cobbler."
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23
EXPLOSIVE DIET.

There is young man in Los An geles who says he keeps young by eating nitroglycerin tablets. He is now seventy-three and declares he expects to live to be a hundred years old. Such a diet is all right for a man who does not have to hustle for a living and has no fear of automo- bile accidents, whose friends do not greet him by skipping him on the back and whose wife does not drag him into bargain counter rushes. Of course man who feeds himself on nitroglycerin has to live long, for If he should die there would be no undertaken daring enough to tackle the job of preparing him for burial. Still it is diet which cannot be rec commended for football teams.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23
MIDOCEAN REPARTEE.

As evidence that Englishmen are not without a dry sense of humor, the marquis of Queensberry, now touring the United States, told the following story during his New York visit:
 Two Englishmen were paying court to the same American girl on 6 transatlantic trip. Their steamer chairs were placed on either side of hers, and every fair day the rivals would sit for hours with the fair American, each trying to cut the other out. One of the two was no- toriously parsimonious. The men spoke of him as one who "had never bought a drink in his life," and his stinginess was manifested even in the way he smoked his cigars down to the last quarter of an inch.
 One morning the English efight wad," while monopolizing the Amer ican girls entire attention, smoked cigar until it began to singe his mustache. The other chap watched him languadly as he arose to toss the tiny cigar stump overheard. AS he returned from the rail his rival drew his pipe from his mouth and observed:
 q say, old chap, I do hope that won't get in tho propeller,"
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23
GOOD ADVICE.

There are so few Sunny Jim situ- ations that people finally tire of Sunny Jim philosophy. But there IS one. thing you can always do: make the best of every situation, and l beg you to do that, although so far as l am concerned, you needn't whistle nor sing, nor laugh, while about it; just grimly make the best of whatever confronts you. An op- timist is a man who can transform bad news into good news; there are no real optimists except in news paper and magazine articles written by young men.-E. W. Howe's Monthly.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23
COMPLETING THE SMILE.

''She has a fiower-like face" "And stem-like figure in that be gown"
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23
Windows h Poultry Rouse.

Put the windows in the poultry house low down to the floor so that the hens will get the benefit of the light and sunshine when scratching for their feed. The trouble with windows set high up, is that they let the sun shine in on the perches when the hens are on the floor scratching, and when they are not on the roost the sun doesn't shine, so there is no equi- librium in such plans.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23
MONEY EATEN BY ANIMALS
Several Instances in Which They De- voured Currency That Was Re-
 covered and Redeemed.

A farmer residing near Ogden, Iowa, drove into town one day, stopped at the hotel, tied his horses and went in to dinner, leaving his coat in the wagon. When he came out he examined the coat and found six S5 bills missing. He accused passer-by of having stolen the mon- Icy. The passer-by denied the charge, declaring that the bills had been eat- en by goat. He pointed out the goat and said that he would pay the amount of loss if the cash was not found in the animals stomach. It was necessary, of course, to sacrifice the goat, but sure enough an autopsy disclosed the farmers "wad," which was forwarded to the treasury. A stockman near Galveston, Texas, sold bunch of cattle for $470. He put the amount in wallet without folding the bills, so that their ends stuck out, Later in the day, while busy at something, he threw his coat upon the ground in a COW lot. Prob ably the wallet fell out. At all events, soon afterward a yearling calf was discovered in the act of eat ing the money, of which it had al- ready swallowed all but $210. The only way to recover it was to kill the calf, whereupon the $260 extracted from the animals stomach was sent to Washington. All of it was re- deemed.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23
TOO READY TO QUIT.

'1t is very hard of you to ask me to be your wife; but 1 must re- fuse. I hope you will not hurry away and do anything rash"
 Don't worry about that. I mere ly wanted to be sure that we under stood each other"
 "You are so sensible that I am going to take back what I said and accept you"
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23
WHEEL MAKES UNIQUE BOOST
Easily Placed in Position by Stabbing Axle Into Ground-Quite Handy
 in Times of Cleaning.

In describing his plan for making a chicken roost, Mir. c. Dever of Okla homa, says;
 Take Q cart wheel and stab the axle into the ground or cut the axle in two, bolt it to post and set the post in the ground. When the chicken house needs cleaning all you need to do is to lift the wheel off and it is out of the way. Then too if there is a chicken
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23
Soda Water for Fowls.

There is nothing better than soda water for fowls whose droppings are not in normal condition. The soda water is made as follows: Use three heaping tablespoonfuls of soda (bicar- bonate) to one pint of water; shake well. Dose, teaspoonful to each af- tlicted fowl Follow with one-grain quinine pill each night for three nights in succession.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23

E. Z.-Why, Bedalia, am sorry you think you have to leave, Don't you like us?
 Bedalia-It ain't thot I don't like yous, sor, but me gentlemen friends don't like the brand of ci- gars you smoke.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23
PROBABLY NO EXCEPTION.

"Jones has invented an airship." "Then it's bound to be success. !" "Why SOP"
 "All his other schemes have gone lp."
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23
A GREAT GAME.

"Well, the summer firts will soon be playing their favorite game"
 "True. Where is your daughter now?"
 Gone south for preliminary prac- tice."
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-23
Chicken Boost.

on the other side from you that you wish to catch just turn the wheel around This makes very convent ent chicken roost
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-07
ENDED HIS LIFE
 IN A SLIPPER E. M. Ifughston, of Texas, Took Strychnine While on
 Cotton Belt Train.
HAD HEART TROUBLE
Was Employed By Pine Blum Man and Was tn Charge of Branch Or.
 flee nt Marianna.

An overdose of slrychn ne which he Il l taken for the purpose O. allay- ing pain caused by heart trouble re- suited in the death of R. M. t.ughs- ton, abCu i5 years old, Of Gainesville, Texas, wAa was found dead on Cot ton Belt pass nger train No. 3 Friday morning while 5he train was en route south betws en Zwinkley and Clarendon. Hnel3 stems body was talk ell from the rain nere anl yesterday afternoon shipped to Kaufman, Tex as, fer interment.
 Houghston was employed by ] VI. Anderson, d sew n% machine agent, of this city, and was in charge of q branch effee Of the machine com- Dany at Marianna, Ark. The man boarded the train g B!inkley, with a ticket ta TeXgrkana. He had a sleeper ticket anl af,er ne had been in the berth for some time other oc- cu'pants of he Pullman were aroused by $ groans. The Pullman con- ductlr investigated and found Hughs- ton de.ad. Conductor C.. r. Smith, in charge of the train, was instruct ed by company officials to take charge of the body and it was re- moved to tbe baggage car. A mes sage to the company surgeon It Stuttgart notified him to be at the train. Af.eT an eX m nation he stated, according to Conductor Smith, that Hugl1ston's death was due to heart trouble and an overdose Of strychnine. The poison had been taken, according 70 the physicians statement, to relieve the pasn oc- casioned by the affection.
 Letters nthe dead man revealed his dentity and also revealed the fact that he had been Respondent over the poCr business he had done while at Marianna. Hughston was well dressed and had several letters con- taining fine recommendations
 It was rumored here yesterday thar he took the strychnine in a fit of despondency but the Stuttgart phy- sicians statement refutes tn theory. His accounts with the sewing ma chine company were checked up by Mr. Anderson and found to be cor rect.
 Hughston is said to come of fine family in Jacksonville. Texas, where he was formerly well-to-do busi- ness man. It 5 also said he became involved with the federal governments several years ago in some mater which exhausted him financially A wife and daughter of the dead man live at ClarksVille, Texas.
 H. I. Holderness, the undertaken, prepared the body for burial and up on instruc. ions from J. w. Hughs- ton, of Texarkana, a brother of the deceased, it was shipped to Kaufman, Texas, yesterday afternoon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-07
FOURTH CLASS P. MS.
 WILL STAY AT POSTS
EFFORTS OF DEMOCRATS TO NULL LEY 1@FT'S CIVIL SERVICE
 ORDER WERE DEFEATEr.
DmocratsN critAtssAs.4aitss Act and Republicans gksfge Them
 Witll' "Sp0iIs System.''

Washington, Dec. 6.-The House to- day spent all of the session in consid- eration of ihe executive, legislative and judicial ',i4s in committee If the whole and probably vii complete this the first big supply measure of the session late tomorrow.
 And amendment to the bill G1opos- ed by Representative TribOle, of Georgia, whicl. wa1 designed to niiii- fy President Taft's eXtcutiy" order ru5ting 5o,l00 1ouria-ci:s, postmas- to,s under vi service, cansaa de- ,'..:e ill which Democratic members C: iticised Tait's action ant! Rcpuh,i- can members charged the Doc.acl ats with being ii favor of the .1,i's 5ys- tenn in public officc and against the protection of the civil service. The amendment VAS defeated.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-07
Removal of Postmaster at Dallas Has Brought Trou-
 ble to a Climax.
NOT THE FIRST SPLIT
Hitchcock fingers the Rig Chief When He Reported in Favor of Govern.
 ment Ownership Last Winter.

Washington, Dec. GA difference between Pfsident Taft and Postmas- ter General Hitchcock which threats to become serious has sprung up be- cause of the presidents summary dismissal of Sloan Simpson, post master of Dallas. Texas, a few days ago. simpson, who had started fer Europe With Col. Cecil Lyon. Colonel Rocsevelt's bosom friend, was ro- tified by wireless taa,. his job was vacant.
 This aroused the fury of Mr. Hitchcock, who had given Simpson three months leave of absence and he rushed over to the White House to find out why the removal was made. He sc, no satisfaction and a dec del coclness has existed be- tween him and his chief since that time.
 Hitchcock braved dismissal last winter by reporting in favor of the government ownership of telegraph and telephone lines W thout taking the trouble 10 notify the president before the report was made public. He was nat removed at that ,,ilne be- cause Mr. Tafts advisors counselled him that the postmaster general was trying to be removed so tha. he might join the Roosevelt forces and under mine the president with posoff ce property, which he was well able to do. having built up the machine which nomina: ed Taft in 1908 by adroit marshaling of federal office hclders.
 The fres dent and postmaster gen. eral have preserved an armed armed neutrality since thst time. Now that trouble has broken out afresh il is generally believed by politicians here that Hitchcock will be asked to vacate his office before the end of the ETes dents term.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-07
A. w, BINYON COMES
 TO PINE BLUFF

A.. w. Binyon, who for the past two years has been connected with the mechan cal department of the Democrat News, resigned his position last week to accept the foremanship of the job department of the Graphic office in Pine Bluff.
 MT. Binyon,. who was one Of the most competent printers that the Democrat News has ever had, was al- so one of the most highly polished and gentlemanly young men in the city, and his host of friends in every wislk. of life regretted very much to learn that he was leaving Warren. However, at the same time, all re- jciced in his good fortune of secur ng such a promotion in his profession and predict bright future for him.
 MT. Binyon's place with the Dem- ocrat-News has been filled by MT. Kelley, of Lonoke, who comes very n ghly recomme nded and who is com potent in every sense of the word Warren Democrat-News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-07
MRS. FRANKLIN w. WENTWORTH
 AND SON

Boston, Dec.6.-''Love cannot be de- nied. It will seek it's mate. I felt it was my duty to myself, to my hus- iband, to Miss Chapman and to my child" These are the reasons, says Mrs. Franklin w. Wentworth the first why she went to Reno, established a residence there for one year and then secured a divorce, in order that her husband, pr. Franklin H. Wentworth, of Boston, might marry her dearest friend Miss Alice Chapman, who is now on her honeymoon with Dr. Wentworth. "1 shall make my home here in Boston so that our boy will not be deprived the companionship of his father. People need not be sur prised if they see Dr. Wentworth with myself and my successor in public together. l have received several let ters from Alice since their marriage, and I am glad through and through that they have found happiness to gether.''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-07
DAVIDSON WILL n.9
 WAIVE EXAMINATION
Men Charged With Murder of Miss Ella Earlam Sidestep Pre-
 Iim'nary Hearing.

Harrison, Ak, Dec. 6.-No prelim- mary hearing will be given Otis and Lear Davidson who are held in con- rs ction with the recent murder of Ella Bal ham near 7 nc, according to announcement here today. Both de- fendants have been removed 70 the jail st Bemyville, Carol county, for safe keeping. Tn Davidsons have n dicated their willingness to waive preliminary examinat on and await the action of the Boone county grand pury, which convenes in Harrison in January
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-07
10 SPEND S2,OOO
 FOR ORGANIZERS State Federation of Labor Will Wage Membership Campaign.
LITTLE ROCK IN 1914
Convention Will Conclude Today With the Election of Officers
 Hicks is BOOmed.

Little Rock was chosen as the cons vention city for the next biennial session of the Arkansas State Federa- tion of Labor, at Fridays session.
 Pine Bluff ard Paragould also made strong bids for the next meeting. The Paragould delegation in their argu- ments for the honor cited the lack of organization in that city and urged that the presence of the Federation would be an impetus to organized la Eor.
 The report of the committee on constitution was resumed at the morning session. The delegates re- fused to adopt the recommendation of reducing the number of vice presidents from seven to five, and added another member to the initia- tive and referendum committee. The executive board composed of the vice presidents was instructed to employ experienced organizers and about S2.- 900 was appropriated for this work. In all places ill the constitution that referred to annual meeting was changed to read "ti-annuaP to con- form with the change of meeting,
 which will be held every two years. | Two delegates will be elected to the American Federation of Labor meeting, one for next year and one to attend the convention ill 1914
 The proposition of electing officers by referendum, which was brought up in resolution to vote on officers of the national organization will be re- ferred to the rank and file, which nieans that no elections shall be held by that method until after the next convention two years hence. J. EI. Snyder, a Socialist speaker who
 is delivering addresses under the au- spices of that party, and who deliver- en an address at local hall Friday 1 night, was allowed 20 minutes for an address before the convention. He
 made a vicious attack upon the pres- ent poll tax system, declaring it was
 a menace to union men. He also de-
 Clared his opposition to states and commonwealths ermitting convicts to compete with free labor, citnig sever- al instances. where, he said, con- vict labor was used to assist in break ing strikes. The Socialists are we'll represented ill the convention and heartily applauded the remarks of their party man.
 ! Election of officers will be the most | important business of today's ses- sion Very little interest has been.
 manifested in the new officials and if any slate is being made the work is
 going on very quietly. It is the opin-
 ion of several delegates that practi-s
 cally the same executive force will be reelected, though w. B. Hicks, presi-
 dent of the Pine Bluff Central Trades Council, who has taken very inport-
 ant part in the present session, is
 spoken of as very likely being elect
 ed vice president.
 With the exception of the annual
 election very little business remains
 to be finished and the convention will
 adjourn sine die this afternoon ill
 time for the delegates to leave on the
 afternoon trains for their homes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-07
GRAIN DEALERS TO
 FIGHT FUTURE DEALING
REPRESENTATIVES OF GRAIN EX. CHANGES CALLED TO GATHER
 IN CHICAGO ON DEC. 16.
Millers Said to Be in Sympathy With MOyement-Fight to Be Fit.
 terest Ever Waged.

Chicago, H., Dec. 6.-Charles D.. Jones, of Nashville, Tenn, president of the Grain Dealers National Asso- citation, states that conference has been called for December 16 in Chi cago at which the representatives from the grain exchanges of the country will be invited to discuss the proposed legislation to be introduced in Congress looking to the abolition of the practice of dealing in grain for future delivery.
 Secretary John s. Courier, of the Association. says that the coming fight of the grain dealers to prevent the enactment of law abolishing dealing in grain futures will be the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-07
GREECE CONTINUES 10 FIGHT TURKEY But Dispatch Says Tha; Country Has Signed the
 Protocol.
LULU IN STU ALTON
Austrian Government Denies That il Has Recalled it's Minister
 From Belgrade.

London, Dec. 6.-Greece at last re- ports tonight is still fighting Turkey as tierceiy as ever. The Cespatch from Cons'antinonie 'cdal s;steJ that Greece lad signed 4ht s'Gtul for an armistice, but no confirmation of this report is obtairaDIe from Athens On the contrary Athens ra .no..ts the Greek bombardment of Jaaira as contil.uing because Of t'te War3ilil. fleet is mtuCuverirg to lrc4:Inq the Turkish fleet, which was Yesterday ordered to .nobolize an9 in case the Greek vessels hlocKade the Darda- nelles.
 A lull nas fallen over the Palkan situation iE view of the peace ccnfer- ence which is to begin here next Fri day. The armies of the warning na- tions are at rest watching the great battle of diplomacy that is about to begin. The dispatch from Sofia states that the pienipotentiaries have agreed upon January as the date for the expiration of the peace negotiations. Local diplomats express the opinion that the negotiations will consume the entire period allotted and the time may even have to be extneded.
 The Austrian government gave fur ther encouras ement of a peaceful set clement with Servia today by prompt ly denying the report that the Aus trian minister in Belgrade had been recalled.
 Russia continues her war prepara- tions and within a week will have eighteen army corps concentrated i along the Austrian frontier
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-07
$2,eO0,0OO PAID FOR
 RAILROAD LINES

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 6.-As a re- suit, it is believed, of the visit of President B. F. w nchell of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company to this city announcement was made '.clay that the road had closed a deal for the Louis Houck railroad in Southeast Missouri, $2,- C00,O00 being named as the purchase price.
 The roads included in the sale are Chester, Perryville and St. Genevieve Railroad Company; Cape Girardeau and Chester Railroad Company; Cape Girardeau and Thebes Bridge Ter minal Railroad Company and the Sa- line Valley Railroad Company with a trackage of 106 miles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-07
GOVERNOR WILSON
 ENDS. VACATION
Starts His Work By Writing His
 Message To the New Jersey T,pgiSlatNre,

Hamilton, Bermuda, Dec. 6.-Gover- nor w lson finished his vacation to- day and got down to work. taking up his message to the New Jersey leg islature as his frs; task. The gov ernor will take up every plant Tn his rlatfcrm and cover it thoroughly He intends to complete the message before he starts for nome. The leg islature convenes January {.
 The governor today wrote the pre- face for william Bayard Hale's forth com ng book. Incidentally he an nounced that he would be unable to make any more social engagements while here.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-07
REVISION OF TARIFF
 IS THE PROGRAM
REPRESENTATIVE, UNDERWOOD SAYS SPECIAL SESSION WILL
 CARRY OUT PLANS.
Calls OF President Taft and Outlined Democratic Special Session Pro.
 gram to Him.

Washington, Dec. GA complete revision of the tariff along the lines indicated in the bills passed by the Democrats in the last two sessions of congress will be made during the special session, according to Oscar w. Underwood, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
 Representative Underwood called at the White House today and after talking to President Taft outlined the Democratic special session program Hearings on tariff revision will begin in January. When the special session begins in April the ways and means committee vii have sufficient material in hand to send the schedules to the house without delay.
 "Everything from agate to zinc,' is the reply of MT. Underwood to ques- ton as to what would be revised.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-07

biggest ever waged by grain men, Secretary Courier is mailing out lit- erature in campaign of education.
 According to Secretary l.. E. Me- Lenmore. of the Southeastern Millers' Association, the millers of the coun- try are more or less in sympathy with the movement, but they stand for re- stricted trading in futures so that the business will be put on bonafide basis. Grain men and millers gen. erally, however, believe that some action with reference to the matter will be taken by the present Con- gross.