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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-21
Township Conventions

Township convent ons Will pc heid at the places and dates named be- low:
 Balwaaue, Redfield, May 3Id' P. m: Bogy, Cornerstone, April 2ltn, D. m.; Boliver Watkins Chapei ADsil 27th p. m; Dudley Lake Gethsemane, May 3rd, ?. m. Durningtcn, Wabbaseka, May 9fd, z D. m; Jefferson Jefferson Springs May 3rl, D. m; Melton, Ladds' Aplil 30th, F m.; Niyen, Colored School AprsI 27th, 3 D. m; Old River, Eudora School, May 2nd, ?. m; Pastoria, Pastoria Hall, May Srd, 2 u. m.; Plum Bayou Wagner Park, Altheimer. May srd, p. m.; Rich land, Union Hall, April Eth, F m; Roberts G. M E, Church, May Sfd, m.; Spring, Mount Zion Church, May srd. 3 D. m; Tolladega Piney < .s5 s5-ssYe Church, May 3rd, 1 p. m..;;
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-21

Vaugine, BOT W. Barraque St., May 3rd, D. m.: Victoria, Whiteborn School, May 3rd, D. m.; Villemont, Canaan Church, May 2nd, ? D. m; Washington Knights of Templar Hall May 3rd D. m.; Whiteville, Color ed School, May 3rd, 3 D. m.; First Ward, Miller Theater, May 3rd, 4 D. m; Second Ward. New Jerusalem Church, May 2nd, D. m.; Third Ward, HIS West Eighth, May 1, ' p. m Fourth Ward Sixth and Maple, Apr 30. 330 y m.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-21
J. P. Harper, of HeIbine, was a

J. P. Harper of He1bine, was a Fecsnt business visitor in Rison.
 G. B. Roberts, of Powell, was a Rison visitor one day this week.
 George Conner, of Little Rock, was Rison visitor Friday
 M ss Mammie McMurtrey and brother, Jesse, returned ito ther home ill Rison Wednesday after a visit of several days with their sister Mrs. V. B. Boggs, at Lake Dick.
 Miss Edith Swanson was Pine Bluff visitor one day this week.
 Thomas E. Toler, of Sheridan, was a Rison visitor Saturday.
 J. NJ. Sinclair, of near Pine Bluff, visited relatives and friends in Rison this week
 R. E. Bridges, of Kedron, was a Rison wis tor Saturday.
 J. w. Russell, of Rordyce. was a business visitor to Rison Saturday.
 J. T. Glover, of Randall, was a Rison visitor Thursday.
 A play, "The Spinsser's Conven- tion," was g ven Thu sday evening in the auditorium of tie High School by the ladies of the Methodist church for the benefit of the Methodist par sonage. A large crowd attended the performance.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-21
ONLY WOMAN IN SOUTH
 DEPUTY U. s. CLERK
Mrs, J. W, Staut of Texarkana is Sig nally H0nOred By Recent
 .ann0intment.

Texarkana, April 20-Mrs. J. w. Stuart, this city, has been appointed deputy clerk of the United States D stricr Court here following the election of Colonel J. w Stuart as city secretsry on the Texas side of TeXarkana.
 Mrs. Stuart is the only woman in the Southwest holding the position of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-21
REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMIT TEE MET HERE YESTERDAY
 AND ISSUED CALL.
TO BE WARM AFFAIR
silly Whites' Plan To Get Control of Convention Ruled For Years
 B- Dr. R. C. Thompson.

With Dr. R. C.. Thompson, chair man, and s. W. Dawson, a negro secretary in charge, the Jefferson County Republican Central Committee met here Saturday morning and fixed May f as the date for holding the county convent on in this city, at i. which time delegates are to be elect cd for tke Stase Republican ccnven- tion at Little Rock and cor gressional convention to be held here on May IS.
 The county convention promises to De an exciting affair fer the IL ly White Republicans of this county are planning to capture the conven- tion. which has been dominated for negro delegates. The Roosevelt Republicans in tl county are all ready organizing and are determined to capture the delegation to the state gathering. They are declaring that they will end the Powell Clayton rule ill Arkansas as far as Jefferson county is concerned. Although Dr. R. C. Thompson has not declared himself It is known that he does not feel kindly at the Taft administra- ton for the delay that his applica- ticn for the Postmastership of this city has been subjected to. He is not sposed however to come out for Roosevelt because it is known that his bisterest opponents for political preferment in tkis county are Roose- welt men. Dr. Thompson recently stated that he would support the nominee.
 Postmaster F. C. f'urth, although his tenn as Postmaster expired twc years ago and he is st Il holding over as Postmaster without new con- mission, is outspoken for President Tafs and is co-opersffng, with se-sof tie other Fedspal~aoffice .holdess saof the state to senJ a. Taft delegation to JnG NdllOlldi COliNCAt.Ctl- -A~J>a Il PA will undoubtedly he reappoinsed Pcstmaster, but up 10 the present time his appointment nas not been sent to the Senase at Washington.
 The following call was issued by the central committee, which also issued a call for ward and township meetings. lie call fer the county convention follows:
 A Republican County Convention for Ccunty of Jefferson, Arkansas, will be held on the ith day of May 1912. at II a. m. at BOT West Barra- auc str, fer ene purpose of electlnS delegates ard alternates to the Re- publican State Convention to be he'd on the 7th day of May 1912, in Llt- tla Rock, and to the Congress onai Convention at Pine Bluff, May lstn' to consider nominating a County tickct. and choose County Commit ,ae for the next two years and to transact such other business as may pro oerly come before the Convention
 The following townships and Wards are cnt tied, respective to the number of delegates herein ser forth:
 Barraque. }; Bogy, 5; Boliver' A. Dudley Lake, 5; Dunnington, 7; Jei- ferson. ,; Melten, ,; Niven, l; Old River, 5; Pastoria, I; Plum Bayou g.. Riclland, 6; Roberts, ?; Spring, ?: Talledega, 1; vaugine, 6; Victoria 6. yillemont, ?; Wash ngton, 7; Whiteville. !.
 First Ward, 2; Second Ward. + Tl.ird Ward. ,; Fcur'vh Ward, o.
 By order of the County Committees
 (Signed1,
 R. C. THOMPSON. Chairman
 s. W. DAWSON. Secretary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-21
Puts End To Bad Habit

Things never look bright to one with the blues" Ten to one the trouble is a sluggish liver, filling The system with bilious DO son, that Dr. Kings New Life Pills would expel. Try them. Let the joy of better feel ings end 'the blues." Best for stom- ach, liver and kidneys. 25 cents at druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-21
Art and Dress Linens
WOOL DRESS GOODS

54inch all-wool Cream Serge yard S1 25 54inch all-wool Serge Cream with
 small stripe, a yard ............98 98C 54-inch all-wool Serge, black and navy.
 yard .................... 98c 36-inch Cream Serge with Hair Line
 Stripe 4OC
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-21
White and Colored Dress Goods

(These Goods Can All Be Washed).
 Printed Batiste. 10c and ........lZ l-Zc Printed Lawns, SC and ..............l lUC White India Linens, 1oe, 13c up to .25c Printed Dfmities ...................1 .10c Dimity Checks 1oc, 14c, 1sc and. ......25c Plain and Checked Flaxons .20c 4s-inch White Batiste, 4oc and ....... .50c AS inch Plain Nainsook ............. .35c
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-21

FOR RENT-TO COUPLE WITHOUT children two newly papered rooms in private family. Nicely located
 within walking distance Of business section. References exchanged. Phone No. 1912. 4-21-3t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-21
True Greatness.

Genuine greatness is marked by simplicity. unostentatiousness, self forgetfulness, a hearty interest in others, feeling of brotherhood with the human family.--Channing.
The Parker post., 1912-07-20
LORIMER OUSTED.

BY vote of IS to % the senate
took away Saturday from LOrimer his
seat as Junior senator from Illinois.
His election was held to have been
invalid and he was declared TO have
been the recipient of votes obtained
by corrupt practices.
Lorimer had been a member of
the senate since June, 1909. The first
suggestion that fraud was connected
with his eelction became public in
April, 1910, when Charles A. White,
a member of the Illinois legislature
sWOre that he received 81 900 bride
for voting for LOrimer. The senate
by its action reversed the majority
of it's own investigating committee,
and changed its vote of March, 1911,
when Lorimer retained his seat by
46 to 40. Technically Lorimer will
pass out of the records of the senate
as member of that body notwith-
standing his more than three years
occupancy of his seat.
The Parker post., 1912-07-20
THE MOSAIC LAW.

Old party names are fast becoming
obsolete. Great stress is being plac-
ed ON progression and progressive
ideas. Men seeking political prefer
ment must advocate the most demo-
cratic form of government. The peo-
pies idea must prevail, is the slogan
AT the rate We are going, nothing
short of the Mosaic law will satisfy
the people. The problem Will be to
find a leader. Moses was not merely
a lawgiver; he was a great econom-
list as we'll. After all the centuries
since his time no better system of
or economics has ever
been devised. Human greed of our
time would squirm and commercial
ism would howl under the enforce
ment OF the laws which governed Is
rael, and under which that people
The Parker post., 1912-07-20
KISSES AND A SUBSTITUTE,

The Milwaukee physicians, if re-
ports may be believed, propose to
stop kissing by law and substitute
the humping of fOreheads and rubbing
of noses together to take it's place.
This final fruit of the anti-germ
crusade evOkes a variety of reflec-
lions. In the first place, it forces a
revision of standards. Dumping fore
heads and rubbing noses are estab-
lished signs of respect and affection
in some African tribes. 1T has been
Caucasian reproach ito the Japanese
ami we believe the Chinese that they
know not kissing. If We adopt the
scientific dogma that noses and heads
contain no such germs or larger bugs
than the lips we must recognize the
Africans and Mongols as far ahead of
the proud Caucasian in social science.
But the most impressive aspect
of this great social reform is the diff
ficulty that always attends laws that
ginger shall not be hot i the mouth
and that there shall be no cakes and
ale. When the ardent young Things
get their foreheads together and pro-
coed to rub noses, who will guarantee
thai they do not go the inch or two
further to the lips? This substitute
for kissing i'm its most positive eff
feet is likely to be a stimulant of it.
Will the law provide chaperons to
pry woers apart if they forget to stop
at the noses?
We express the opinion that these
reformatory physicians do not know
young human nature or else they do
not know kissing, and probably nei-
Their. 1t is automatic that the de-
lights of a kiss are in direct ratio ito
its surreptitiousness. The kiss that
il, exchanged in the family presence
and with fun approval lis tame COM
pared to that given i'm a dim parlor
or with no witnesses but the grinning
man i'm the moon. If you legitimatize
he rubbing of noses, now more or
lei, invariable attendant of kissing,
the perverse swains and lassies will
take more care not to rub noses when
they kiss.
There might be more outcome to a
law commanding them to kiss, but
making the rubbing of noses treason
felony. That might stop them.
The Parker post., 1912-07-20

prOspered, but no man can say but
that better conditions would prevail
if we had such laws and they were en-
forced. The penalty for breaking the
weekly sabbath was very severe
Every seventh year was a sabbathical
year in which no work was allowed;
the hired man went free and the
land had a years rest from tilling.
ALI debts We're cancelled, and ON the
first day of the new year all started
i'm free of debt. Under such a Sys-
TEN there would be fewer if amy
multi -millionaires, no long drawn out
bonds or interest bearing debts and
men would be slow to get others i'm
to a debt Commercialism would re-
ceive a setback, and greed and uSury
a black eye The masses would stand
more nearly equal with all mankind
The blood suckers who now live and
grow fat and rich through long time
interest bearing debts, bonds and
mortgages would have to pull Off
their coats and work for an honest
liying Tribune.
The Parker post., 1912-07-20
UNPOPULAR DECISION.

Practically every citizen of Ari-
IONA, with the exception of office hold
ers, wanted an election of all state
and county officers. The people have
understood all along that AN election
for these offices would be held this
year. Thousands of electors see no.
thing in the constitution contrary to
the holding of such election, and the
providing for an election Yet, in the
face of all these facts, the supreme
court takes a different view of the
matter.
We do not propose to critioiSe our
highest court in its reversal of Judge
Phillips decision. The court may be
eminently Justified i'm it's view of the
election muddle. However, it is
unfortunate that the court should
have been called upon to decide a
question that so closely concerns the
members thereof.
The decision is lengthy, and fully
explains how easy it is to sideStep
the constitution, when necessary. The
following excerpts from ArizOna's fur
damental law plainly provide for an
election in 1912:
Section 81 of Article w says: "The
members of the first legislature shall
hold office until the first Monday in
January 1913. The terms of office
Of the members of succeeding legis-
latureS shall be for two years.
Section l of Article V says: "The
executive department of the state
shall consist of governor, secretary of
state, state auditor, state treasurer,
attorney general and superintendent
of public instruction, each of whom
shall hold office for two years Begin
ming ON the first Monday of january
next after his election, except that
the terms of office of those elected
at the election provided for i'm the
enabling act approved June 20, 1910
shall begin when the state shall be
admitted into the llniOn, and shall
end ON the first Monday in january,
A. d. 1913, or when their successors
are elected and qualified
Section of Article VI: Judges of
the supreme court shall be elected q
the general election to be held un-
der provisions of the enabling act APP
proved June 20, 1910. Their term
O. office shall be co-terminus with
that of the governor of the state cleo
ted at the same time
The Parker post., 1912-07-20
LOWER EXPRESS RATES.

Sweeping reductions i'm express
rates averaging, in general, approx
mately Is per cent; drastic reforms
in regulations and practices; and com
prehensive changes in the methods
of operation, are prescribed i'm re-
port made public last Monday by the
Interstate Commerce commission of
it's investigation into the business of
the thirteen great companies of the
UNITED States.
Dealing with the identity of inter
est between the various companies,
the. report finds that while these
companies are separate legal entities,
''it is of interest to regard this fact
that by stock ownership and other
wise they are so interlaced, inter
twined, and interlocked that it is
with difficulty We can trace amy one
of the greater companies as either
Wholly independent in it's manage
nent or the agency of a single rail-
road system. So that while these
companies operate separately and
compete with each other for traffic
the express business may be said to
be almost a family affair." An i'm
teresting genealogical tree, i'm fact,
might be drawn showing a common
ancestry In all of the larger com
paHies. And while many names may
he used to designate these companies
it is within the fact to say that
aside from the operations of the min
or and distinctly railroad express con
United States is managed by not
more than three groups of interests. -
The inquiry was the most extern
sjye, and, in wealth. of infinite de-
fail, probably the most thorough,
ever prosecuted by the commission.
1t was conducted and the report was
prepared by Commissioner Frank
iyn K. Lane. 1t has been in progress
for nearly three years. The report
Itself makes 600 printed pages. 1t
involved AN examination and compare
son of practically more than 600. OOO,-
600 express rates i'm effect i'm this
country, in addition to an eXamina-
ton of millions of waybillS and an
investigation, Through the books of
the companies of their financial oper-
atoms and business methods.
Commissioner Lane is of the Opin-
ion that the conclusions reached con-
stitute long step towards the solu-
The Parker post., 1912-07-20
THE EARTH,

Land men of the southwest can
not find a better advertising med
ium than The Earth, which is pub
lished monthly in Chicago. 1t cir
culates among a class of people who
are looking for homes and invest
ment opportunities in this section of
the west. Its immense circulation as
The Earth are located i'm Room 111S
Railway Exchange building, Chicago.
The Parker post., 1912-07-20

ton of that gravest problem of the
american householder, the high cost
of living.
The greatest reduction of rates
proposed is ON small packages-that
is On parcels which weigh less than
u pounds. Rates ON packages of
more than IL pounds were found
to be more reasonable than those on
smaller parcels.
Briefly stated, the new rates may
be said to be based upon minimum
charge Of 81 cents for a one pound
package. This charge increases in
ratio to the increase of weight and
distances, al rates varying from
three-tenths of cent a pound to
about Is cents a pound. Twelve cents
a pound, according to the conclusions
of the commission, is approximately
the highest rate per pound for the
greatest distance possible for a par
eel to be carried wholly within the
United States, exclusive of Alaska.
COMMISSIONS: Lame believes that
the method adopted for the computa-
ton and construction of express rates
is scientific and will result i'm the
eXaction of entirely reasonable char
ges Through the decision amnounc-
ed Monday express rates are made
that are expected to open an avenue
of trade tetween the producer of
food commodities and the consumer
by distributing equitably to weight
and distance the burden of the cost
of transportation. At present that
burden is borne chiefly by the par
cells of light weight By Commission
er Lanes decision, the small package
WI bear no greater share per pound.
of The cost of transportation than the
heavy package, and every package
weighing less than 100 pounds will
bear the same amount of terminal ex
pense.
The charges of the express com
panies, now in many instances, are
the same for so pounds as for 100
pounds, between the same points;
and in some instances they are as
much for 80 pounds as for 100 pounds.
Under such a system the householder
is compelled to pay as much as fol
a 10 nOund nackape as a dealer WOuIr
pay for a % pound package, and
three or four times as much as the
dealer would pay for 10 pounds in
cluded i'm a 100 pound shipment.
The Parker post., 1912-07-20
Subscribe for THE POST.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Not coal lands.
03103


Department of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office at Los Angeles, CAL,
july II, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that
Charles ID. Patterson, of Blythe, Cal,
who, on January Is, 1909, made
Homestead ENTRY, No. 031O3, for
NWA, Section 81, Township S.,
Range % e., S. b. Meridian, has fill
ed notice of intention to make Final
3 Year Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described before the
Register and Receiver, United States
Land Office, at Los Angeles, Califor-
MIA, ON the 23rd day of August, 1912,
at 10 O'Clock a. m.
Claimant names as Witnesses:
Tyndale Boice, Of Blythe, Cal, Ray
H, Saxman, of Whittier, Cal, John
D. Snyder of RannelIs, Cal, James
NJ. Chnard, of Rannells, Cal.
FRANK BUREN,,
(11-15) Register.
The Parker post., 1912-07-20

States Land Office, at Los Angeles,
California, ON the 18th day of Au-
gust, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
G. D. Patterson, Pera A. Ball, Tyn-
dial Boice, all of Blythe. Cal, Ray H.
iver, of Neighbours, Cal
FRANK BUREN,,
Q1-15) Register.
The Parker post., 1912-07-20

United States army engineers, in a
recent report on Niagara Falls, esti-
mate the force of the cataract at
man power. If one undertook to de
velop this energy for only a singh
day by hiring men at $500 each, it
would cost $3OO,OO0,OO0, or enough to
build another Panama canal Beside
that, it would be necessary to scoln'
the world for laborers, as the total
able-bOdied male population of the
United States lis only about a tenth
of the working force that would be
required.
The Parker post., 1912-07-20

Blythe, our sister city down the
river, lis preparing to settle the vex-
atious waiter question once for all. A
meeting will be held i'm Los Angeles
today and the first steps are to h..
taken to organize under the Bridge
ford act. A complete system for the
entire valley lis contemplated, AND
when completed the Palo Verde vail
ley will be a libtle empire i'm itaeM.
The Parker post., 1912-07-20

At amy rate, Well have part of an
election this fall. We will be per
mitted to vote for presidential elec-
tors and for a congressman. For
tunately the constitutional convem-
was unable to juggle with this privi-
lege of the people because of the
provisions of the United States con.
stitutiOn.
The Parker post., 1912-07-20
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Not Coal Lands.
011582

Department of the Interior, u S.
Land Office at Los Angeles, Cal,
judy 8, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that Gus
O. Dodson, of Baldwin Park, Cal,
who, ON October IA, 1910, made
Homestead Entry, No. 0l1582, for
NWA, Section 80, Township 6 s.,
Range % E., S. b. Meridian, has fill
ed NOTICE of intention to make Final
Communication Proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
the Register and RECEIVER, United
The Parker post., 1912-07-20

Colonel Harvey lis not now putting
in any special claim to be the origin
al " i!son man; but he is awarded
the place by general consent, despite
subsequent divagations.
The Parker post., 1912-07-20

If a peaceable red man is subject
ed to regular use of alcoholic beVer-
ages, he will speedily be put back to
the plane of the savage. The govern
ment long since recognized this and
absolutely prohibits the introduction
of alcoholics into an Indian reServa-
ton. If a negro takes UP the regular
use of alcoholic beverages, i'm a short
time he will degenerate to the level
of a cannibal. No matter how high
the stage of evolution, the result lis
the same A white man with great
self-control, considerable, tender-heart-
ed, who would not willingly harm
an insect, will be degenerated by the
regular use of alcoholic beverages to
the point where he will strike with
a dagger or fire shot ito kid with
little or NO provocation. -Exchange
The Parker post., 1912-07-20

The fellow who landed an easy
berth at the political pie counter last
fall fully agrees with the recent de
cisi0n i'm the election case.
The Parker post., 1912-07-20

lawyers had all been paid. The law
yers hope to escape disbarment for
lmprofessional conduct lin letting the
three thousand dollars escape.
The Parker post., 1912-07-20

In New York the other day a law
suit that had been i'm progress since
lS2C was settled with $4,000 worth
Of property left after the costs and
The Parker post., 1912-07-20

(11-15)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

home resulted from her Judgment OF its
growing Importance as winter resort. as
well as from the joy of association with
old and well tried friends. The capital
has in the past year trebled its number
of winter residents. ana there are now in
the course of erection more than twenty
fine mansions. In this respect Washing
ton can now measure to the standards set
by London. Paris and Vienna. Fewer
Americans are seeking homes in the old
world. and instead are putting down deep
roots in their magnificent city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
He'd Have to Pay.

g ENATOR FLETCHER said the other
- day in Washington. apropes of a very
artificial and self-conducted boom:
They're telling. a good story about
Blank and his poor old boom. Blank, you
know. was to visit Kansas last week.
Well, a friend said to him, just before he
set off:
81 suppose Kansas will give you q
magnificent ovation. Mr.. Blank
BLANK frowned, twisted his mustache.
and answered in a nervous, absentminded
way:
well, I don't know. My bank account
has sunk terribly low of late"