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The Washington times., 1912-03-15
Brother of Foster
Is An Employe of y
The Census Office

Isaac c. Foster, brother of William
Q. Foster, Commonwealth attorney,
who was murdered by the Allen broth
ers at Hillsville, Va, yesterday, is en-
ployed In the Census Office, in the d.
been employed in the Census Oftice for
the past twelve years, coming TO WASH
ington every day from Bluemorit, Va
He left for Hillsville yesterday after
nouncing the death of his brother.
The Washington times., 1912-03-15
Judge Massie Was
Related By Marriage
To Oscar Underwood

Judge Thornton l.. Massie, who was
murdered during the Hillsville outbreak
yesterday, is a relative by marriage of
Congressman Underwood OF alabama, 1t
Of the Alabama Congressman was Miss
Genia Massie. of Nelson county, Va,
The Washington times., 1912-03-15

Mr.. J. c. MCKeeper, for many years con-
Hected with one of Washington's leading firms,
has been placed in charge of this Hew depart
ment.
The Washington times., 1912-03-15

a near relative OF the murdered jNrist.
A sister OF the first Mrs. Underwood
ls the wife OF Malvern c. Patterson, Of
Richmond, Va, vice president OF the
American Tobacco Company.
Another relative OF Judge Massle Is
Miss Lucy w. Massle. who now lives
in Baltimore, and who was raised in
Carroll county. Va, the scene OF the
feud,
The Washington times., 1912-03-15
STUBS AYERS
TAFT IS BUYING
POLITICAL AID
Kansas Governor Makes
Sweeping Charges In Tele-
gram to President.
Continued from First PaReN


tial primary. The next day a small
number of your political managers,
without any semblance of law, met
In a room in the hotel, locked the
door, and proceeded to elect two del
egates to go to the national conven-
ton and contest the seats of these
Roosevelt delegates who had been
elected IA to in an open primary.
IF you do not approve these high
handed. outrageous proceedings, 1t
Is certainly Jour duty to condemn
them, for you are the beneficiary.
The average voter has comparative
~ small opportunity to press his
choice for nomination of candidate
for President under the caucus and
convention system which your polit-
fcal managers are trying to force
upon the people. The very founda-
ton of all free Government is the
primary election. Millions Of Amer
lean voters are waiting to hear you
express your opinion on this subject.
w. f. STUBBS,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13
Real Estate and Loans.

own use they found that the crop had been larger than they anticipated and there was hay to spare, and as the hay raised hereabouts is of an ex- cellent quality no trouble was ex- perienced in dispdsing of it at a profitable price. There is no doubt that the experiment will be repeated another year on much larger scale, and the example set by those who have tried it this year will be follow- ed by many others.
 There is no reason why any Ark ansas farmer should ever buy bale of hay, as the soil and climate are admirably adapted to the growing of all kinds of grasses, clovers, millet, sorghum and other feedstuffs, and the labor required in making and harvesting crop of this kind is so small that no farmer should ever think of being without a good supply for all his stock at all seasons of the year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13
Smile Won't Come Oii.

In reference to the matter of busi- ness and the relation Of politics to same, beg to say, in my humble opin- ion, politics cut very little ice with business. Give us good crops, such as we have made this year, good weather as we are now having, in which to harvest crops, and politics are forgot ten in the general activity. Of course, you meet some has been or down and out politician, who insists that the world is getting steadily worse, and the country going to perdition, but the business men, and those who hier are wearing smile that 49hs and auu l=,eDt" off aad oH- every han4 IS heard tiic sG0d tiding tAat Dusi- ness is better than it has been for 12 to l5 months. Oslerize the kicker and straightja jacket the knocker for we have no use for either
 GEO. M. WELLS, Vice President Home Insurance Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13
Prosperity Is Upon Us.

There can be no question about business being good for the next twelve months; it could hardly be otherwise with the enormous crops now being harvested. So far as wave of prosperity coming is con- cerned. real estate has been moving briskly around Pine Bluff of late, and firmly believe that this will be the best fall and winter for business of all kinds that we have had for many is presidential election year, and the fact that we have just passed through one of the hottest State and county campaigns we ever had, business seems to have been effected very lit- tie by the clash, and our merchants, manufacturers and other have been disturbed very little over the presi- dential race, in fact there seems to be very little enthusiasm over any of the candidates except among the news paper men and the small-fry politi- clans. Yes, sir, we are certainly en- tering the greatest era of prosper1k we ever experienced.
 VIM. BURKE,
 Real Estate and Loans.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13
MANUFACTURING
 OPPORTUNITIES

Pine Bluff is the most fayorably located fer factories of all kinds of any other city in the State and but for the fuel necessary 10 operate them, which heretofore has been quite problem, this city would now be a second Pittsburgh in the manufactur- ing world. But that feature has been entirely eliminated by the introduce tion of natural gas. which is now being used almost exclusively by nearly every plant in the city. and the cost Of fuel has been reduced more than one-half, and in some in- stances it is claimed by those who are ueing gas th- tie cosf Nas henn
 ee ,z a4 4as-+- aIl@=lu4eea o tAe fosnsQg cost bring ,ho i#dse few years wood has been quite an item with our people, not alone for manu- facturing plants, l3ut for the homo and office, prices at times soaring almost to rohber prices, while the coal deal CTS simply fixed the price of coal at any price they saw fit to charge, and the people were forced to pay it. But
 gas mains have been laid the manu- tactarers and property owners have installed gas fixtures and burners and l heaters, and it is but a question of a short time when there will be but i little demand for wood as a fuel in this city
 Win this state of affairs existing ; there is no reason why Pine Bluff should not soon be dotted with fac
 tories of every description, for we j have the raw material at our doors j for the manufacture of almost every i staple article used. We have timber Of every description and of the best 1 grades including pine oak, ash, gum ; hickory, elm, pecan, walnut, cotton i wood, cypress, beech, basswood and several others, and our shipping facil- 1 ities are as good as can be found
 west of the Mississippi river.
 The location of cotton mill here
 would be a valuable acquisition and
 a profitable one to the owners, as
 the cotton is here without the addi-
 ton of railroad freight or the return
 ehaTgas On the manufactured output.
 A paper mill would find this a pay ! ing field, fer there is not a place in
 the United States where the raw ma | terial for this purpose is more abun- .dant or can be had at 8 less price,
 while the demand for tnls article is l great and continually increasing.
 Many other industries can be nam.
 cd that could be easily located here if the opportunities and conditions awa ting them could only be made known, and we predict that before anCtaer decade has passed Pine Bluff will rave many of all these good things for her resources and advantages are being discovered by the outside world and ca9'talist everywhere are begin hing to sit up and take notice of this, once most abused and maligned but | DOW one of the most prosperous and inviting states in the world.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13
Outlook Best in Years.

Conditions in this section and the outlook, is the best and brightest that we have had at this season for years. A good corn crop has been made, and in addition to this, the best cotton prospects we have had for long time, with ideal weather for it's gathering. There is a hopeful tone throughout the country, and one of the best things that has happened in years is the determination of the business men all over the country, that politics shall not interfere with business this fAlI. Things, generally, are net going to the bow-wows whoever is elected. It now looks as though Pine Bluff would handle twenty to thirty per cent more cotton than last year.
 A. D. FOSTER,
 Cashie. Merchants X Planters Bank.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13
HOME MERCHANTS OPTOMISTIC
Business Outlook Better Than For Many Years. Have Bought Largely In Anticipation of
 Big de--Politics Not lnterfearing

of the divorce law, but we must admit that it gives us much pleasure to know that business and politics have at last been granted a divorce; may they ever remain separated. There IS no one thing that has annoyed the, merchant more than the effect a presi- dental campaign had on business, just why it always retarded business no two people can agree. It was com mon to hear the merchant say I wish we would never have presidential eleeuoh. We are now in the midst of a presidential campaign, and yet respects have never been brighte l9' q Ae2a y24 bu8Mass. ero0s are Se and prices are holding up aeu. Our buyer took all of these things in- to consideration while in the market and he has prepared well for a large increase in business; our stock has never been larger or more complete. and our prices have never been lower. We especially urge that Pine Bluffians be loyal to their home merchants, and with the present boom now on Pine Bluff will prosper as it has pever done before.
 ADVERTISEMENTS D. G. co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13
DERMOTT ENJOYS
 BUILDING BOOM
Iron Mountain Building $i0,00O Depot -Buslness Fine and Prospects
 Bright.

Mir. T. C. Kennedy, a we'll known business man of Dermott, now travel ing for the Brown Manufacturing Company, of Greenville, Tenn, while in this city this week stated to a Graphic man that Dermott was en- toying the best business of it's exist ence, and that there was also gen. uine building boom going on in the town. He says that the Iron Moun- tain railroad is building new forty thousand dollars depot there, and that when it is completed Dermott will. have a much better. depot than Pine Bluff has. He says that the railroad ticket sales at the depot there for the month of August aggregated s4.- TIA, and that the hotels of his town are crowded until it is almost iln- possible for the travelling public to find accommodations. Yes. said he, Eve are certainly enjoying wave of prosperity all through our section of the country and expect it to be even better when the cotton season gets in full swing" And the same reports come from every portion of Arkansas. s3
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13
Will Re q Banner Year.

Business prospects in the hardware line, never looked brighter than they do this fall, both in the city and surrounding country; in fact our fall trade has opened up earlier this year than in previous years, and, judging from our early business, we would say that this will be banner year for this section of the country.
 SUPPLEMENTARY HDW. co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13
HAY MAKING AT HOME

The high prices of hay during the past season has caused our home far realize the necessity of raising thei1 own hay instead of buying at eXtrava sant prices year after year, and as result many of them are now sell ing hay on the local market, so suc- essful have they been that after put ting up an abundant supply for their
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13

they are blinded by prejudice or dead to environments Wake, sleeping one, frem your dream
 of death, Gird Gil your arlnor bright; Drink of the sweets of natures
 wealth, And bask in fortune light.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13

NE BLUFF, ARKANSAS. { ones they have built in our own city. we are assured of one of the best and most modern street car systems to be found in any city of the South or Southwest This work has been done so quietly and rapidly that but few II any, of our citizens are aware of what has been going on, and other improvements are being eontemDlated by this company that will put into circulation in Pine Bluff many thous- ands more of dollars.
 We are not through sightseeing yet Tor only few blocks farther North IS the pig mill andQ lumber yards of the Bluff City Lumber Co. And this company gives employment to another army of workmen, who bring 6 few more thousands of dollars into cir culation each and every month in the year.
 The MoGehee-Smith Lumber Co.,, q near neighbor to the above, employs large force of hands, all Pine Bluff people, who spend what they earn at home
 And a few blocks farthe" north we reach the home ot the McDaniel- Baughman Lumber Co, another large and well equipped m Il and factory, Where large number of home people are employed, and whose wages add considerable to the well-being of our merchants.
 Three large ice manufacturing plants with combined capacity of 250 tons every twenty-four hours, with their long strng of wagons, teams and drivers, must he reckoned among the contributors to the city 's welfare, comfort and wage earnet8. and there are ealte number If other manufacturing plants of lmpor- tanoe which we cannot visit in this day Of sightseeing.
 Add to all this the wages paid to the common laborers daily employed iii laying gas pipes, cleaning streets, and ether occupations of the unshill- cd, the mechanics of various trades, and consider the fact that at this par tieular time there is not all idle man in the town who Nants work, and you will readily see that we have one of the most prosperous cities on the face Of the globe. with a money eircu- lation that should be satisfactory to Us all.
 These places Of business are too often overlooked by our people when casting up accounts Of the city S wealth, and it is not to be wondered at, for many of our citizens, and par tieularly our business men, have never seen all of these places and there fore are in mo position to judge of the magnitude of the business trans acted by thela- alta the large agere- gate sum distributed in our city each month
 But the half is not yet told, for we have not yet visited the packing house site, where work is soon to comment ! and where many thousands of dollars will be turned loose among the work men of our city as the work processes, to say nothing of the money it will bring into the town when 1t is com pleted, and the announcement is made that the plant is ready for business, which will te but a few months more at best.
 And there is tho railroad and wagon hridge across the Arkansas river here How many have stopped to consider the amount that will be paid out foT labor and material here at home long before the bridge is completed?
 How many know that material iol
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13

this structure has already been ship ped and that within few days more the big pile-driyers, which have been shipped from Louisiana. will be pound ins away on this Liz structure of ours?
 And did you knoW-yes, you know but do you emember that fifty thou sand dcllars has already been deposit ed in the Citizens Bank of this city as q guarantee that another railroad will be built to this city as soon as the bridge is completed. and that we have the assurance that it will be completed to the north bank of the Arkansas river in time to haul the steel for this big bridge? Such is the fact, and this is another link in the chain Of prosperity that Is being forg- ed and forced upon us right at this minute.
 All these things are Icing consid- cred and appreciated by the optimis- tic business man while the pessimis- ti5 close their eyes and try to be- . leEe that the prosperity seen by his mere prosperous neishhor is but a mythical myth and that the country is going te the dolnnitzGn poW-WoEs . tEo-tort, git, ana Ii greatest ]. ..e...e is il .,e. .nsias5 deaoa- like p4etures to those ahe are too illter- ate to think fer themselves or too slow to sec a falling wall until they are struck by it.
 For monhs the real estate men have been viewing conditions from afar, and it has been sad, and truthfully, We Lelieye, that the real estate busi- ness. or rather the real estate market, IS the best business barometer we i have This being the case. the indi- i cations are all that the most ezaoting could desire. fl ght here in our own city mere real estate has changed hands within the past few weeks than in the same corresponding period within the history Of our town, and the Interesting part. of this is that not a lot CT an acre of this has gone I into the hands of speculators, but to those who will build homes, shops and factories, or open farms and or chards upon it. This the pessimist and calamity hoWiers cannot deny 1 although they may refuse to see il when shown, for We have the real estate records to prove the assertion and the doubter from Missouri can be shown.
 Already our streets are heinz block i ad Ey wagons loaded with cotton, and the pickers are crowding the stores and iostling each other in their scram- ble to purchase their winter stores and clothing, while the air around these busy, bustling business eenters gre laden with the spirit of prosper Ky.
 This is not dream, reader, nor has anything been overdrawn, for all oi this is seen in our daily meanderings ever the city of Pine Bluff, and the only conclusion to be reached IS that VIC have one of the best towns on earth in which to live, and class of people that will compare fayorably with any of our sister cities, north. south, east or west.
 We could go on and On furnishing proof and citing instances to prove the presence of the greatest wave of prosperity that our city and county has ever known, but it is unneces- sary, for the man or woman Wno will take a few brief hours and look around can sec for themselves unless
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13

ry week since the signs or y have begun to cast their loss the paths of business.
 business men-our bankers,
 merchants, manufacturers liners, save, perhaps our con-
 whose business brings them
 contact with the improve ing made-are too deeply ab-
 their own rapidly increasing affairs to even take a stroll be over the city and note the royements being made at this a few hours, MT. Business h take stroll with me over
 and you will be convinced Inv of your neighbors have seen the signs of the times e become imbued with the Re that the great era of pros
 upon us and that the only
 do is to throw open your |hake off your lethargy and &he blessings that are being upon you.
 start at the Arkansas river bur sightseeing. Look across kr at the great iron crane
 loads of willow brush and kg them upon the huge barges |ansported to the river front .ity; look at the army of men
 on this side weaving these into wire mats and placing position to protect our river Inn the ravages of high waters.
 government is spending over Ie thousand dollars, and ev- sr of it goes into the registers business men to pay for the les and luxuries of life.
 one block south from here Et. Louis Southwestern rail- ps where we find over fifteen men employed in and around It sheds, each one too busy to tice your coming and going, Fhaps an occasional one who hange greetings with you, for is On with a rush and there he for conversation. The pay this establishment is from Ousand to four thousand dol
 single day, or from sixty
 thousand dollars per month, s money is spent with the It's and other business men of It distance east of the shops
 the Consumers Cotton Oil e of the largest oil mills in tn, where thousands of tons D seed are converted into oil, ke and hulls for stock feeding. e is large force of men em- day and night, and here is source of revenue for our lsiness houses.
 |and only a few blocks nearer
 is the Pine Bluff Cotton Oil gith another large force of D all busily engaged in man. ng cotton seed products, turn
 and produce into wealth. large stave and heading fac re also located in this neigh
 each one giving employment r round to several hundred Fho live in Pine Bluff and who heir earnings here.
 B walk up the street-ycs, we Alk now, for the places where IS daily earned are too fre- nd numerous to bother with prs or autos, and as we go let look at the crowds of work nployed in laying sidewalks,
 
 streets, building houses and dred and one other branches c work.
 Ing west a few blocks we De Eagle Iron Works, tie Pine pn Works and the Dilley Foun- En doing a good business and ng many men.
 ilh avenue, extending over two we lind the large blaming mill PIX shops of J. w. Sanders mlihons of feet of lumber is ofked into furnishings of al ery description by skilled me.
 and again we are reminded ne Aluff's wealth is wonderful take time to consider it. lext block west of the Sanders 'Ae nome of the Arkansas Cot Dompany, and the entire blocl ~ over and used exclusiyel.
 manufacture m of cotton sect
 o1ner cotton seed products 'snl gives employment to an A1se lumber of our population
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13

DivOrces the Ur0eI of the Day. We have never Eeen an advocate
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-06-13
4 CONVICT NEEDED

Ormsby county is perhaps the
only county in the state which
holds the record of not having an
inmate in the state prison. Of
course we do not consider this
reputation to be proud of and only
on very rare occasions do we
mention it The reason for the
non appearance of a resident Of
this county in the prison confines
is not because all are above re-
proach but because actions which
are considered crimes in other
counties of the state are over
looked here. The fault does not
lie with the peace officers but is
the fault of the taxpayers as it has
become an unwritten law that any
hing which might cause expense
to the county, is to be overlooked.
As a result business houses of the
city are robbed at certain intervals
and the fact is hushed up as
rapidly as possible. There are
men in the city who are constantly
under suspicion but the suspicion
does not extend to an arrest or a
perenplory order to m,ve on.
Some Of these gentry have money
to spend and good clothes to wear
but their hands are never marrsd
by the marks Of toll.
A little action taken one con.
virtion- wearing the clothes
of the states providing, then
perhaps lesson would be taught.
-Csrsoa N,ws.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-06-13
COLOSSAL BUNCO GAME

1t is not at all necessary to b.
lieve that Sam Gompers had the
slightest knowledge of the criminal
use 10 which Darrow and Tveitmoe
are accused of putting money for
warded to them by Gompers during
the Mcnamara trial. The money
was part of an immense sum
contributed by deluded working
men all over the country.
This fund was in the custody of
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
Federation of Labor. 1t was very
properly forwarded to barrow,
counsel for the man in whose IN
terests the fund was raised.
Gompers and Morrison are no
more to blame for any criminal
use of the money ny Tveitmoe or
barrow than are the express COM
panies and the banks which convey
the cash.
TIE amazing thing about this
fund, after all is the easy way in
which the union workers allowed
themselves to be held up by this
gang of grafters. of whom Tvelt-
moe is the chief bunco steerer on
this coast. One hundred and
ninety thousand dollars were
turned over to these fellows =
every dollar earned by hard labor.
The McNamaras were represented
to be poor victims of the heartless
cruelty of capitalists As a matter
of fact they were Infamous
cowardly murderers, justly in the
grip of the law. There was not
the slightest reason to suspect that
they would not have a fair trial.
But barrow and others had
wo :ked this bunco game when the
murderars, Hayward. Pettibone
and Meyer, were tried in Idaho.
They had found it immensely profit
able. They naturally stacked the
cards again. And the working
men walked into the trap just as
eagerly as they went in before
Stockton Mail.