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The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
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Why It Pays to Raise Live Stock

Why It Pays to Raise Live Stock
 The number of people in the
 United States in 1907 was S1 ,17S,95S
 In 1913 there are 96,765,573. The
 number of cattle in the United
 States in 1913 is 56,521O0O. The population is constantly increasing, while the number of cattle to sup lply the population is constantly de- creasing. The south only can change these figures.
 Arkansas has a land area of 33,- 6l6,000 acres. Only S,076,25l acres of this is improved farm land. In other words. there are at least 20,- 000,000 acres of land in Arkansas that can be in part or entirely de- voted to live stock raising. Turned out fields, the decrease in the num- Der of cattle and hogs, the steady increase in population, and the wonderful adaptability of Arkansas to the industry, calls to our minds very forcibly the importance of live stock on a well regulated southern farm. Arkansas steers and Arkan- sas hogs have topped the market in St. Louis and Omaha a great many times during the season. and yet so few have specialized on cattle and hogs. They will pay.
 In 1910 the average price of hogs for the United States was S6.S6 and in 1900 it was S3.69. The price of the steer has been advancing each year. With all these advantages added to the stock raising industry, yet the opportunities have not de- creased in Arkansas. We have plenty of surplus land, plenty of water plenty of grass and range, and land that will grow any kind of a feed crop that is desired. Mar ketahIe cattle can be produced in any section of Arkansas for from three to three and a half cents per bound About i5 per cent of the land in Arkansas is under fence, but mot near that amount is under cul- tiVation All of the idle land should .be eVien 10 live stock farming. The .cOst Is little.
 The opportunities for all kinds of live stock farming that we have in Arkansas now cannot be found in another state in the union. Il is mot necessary to slaughter the calves to make money out of live stock now. The number of calves decreased from 1,ilS,96l in 1900 to S22, ,t10 in 1910. The south in the future is the center of the live stock industry, and Arkansas is a part of the south that is IDEALLY ADAPT ED TO ITS NEW POSITION.
 And another thing l would have you remember is that the number of people is increasing every year, but that the number of acres of land is not increasing. So my ad- vice is to be slow to part with your land if it is good. If it is par! good and part poor, raise live stock and live stock crops and build the poor land up. Live stock farming must be mastered in the south for the future. Why not Arkansas? Live
 stock will pay
 John II. Page, Commissioner.
 July l9, 1913.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
Majority of Friends Thought Mir Hughes Would Die, But One Helped Him to
 Recovery.

Pomeroyton, Ky.-ln interesting ad- vices from this place, Mir. A. J. Hughes writes as follows: "I was down with stomach trouble for five (5) years, and would have sick headache so bad, at fines, that thought surely would die.
 tried different treatments, but they did not seem to do me any good.
 got SO bad, could not eat or sleep, and all my friends, except one, thought l would die. He advised me 10 try rhedford's Black-Draught, and quit
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
NENGER WON 2-YEAR CHASE.
Alleged Slayer Caught in Abilene
 Was Trailed From Greece.

Abilene, kas, July l9.-Afler chase of two years. extending from New York to California, Pantlgous "eoigopolOs, was arrested here this afternoon on a United States war ran Tor the murder of a man and boy Tn ZalohoVa, Greece, in 1911. John Bithos. an employe of the united States immigration bureau, anu a brother-in-law of the mur- dered man, has conducted the search.
 When arrested Georgopolos of- iered Sl,500 to Bithos for his free aoin. He IS now in the county jail awaiting the arrival of immigra- uon officials from St. Louis.
 me murder was committed when d IalohoNa girl did not return the i"Ne "eorgopolos had for her. She loved another, and it was this man llat Georgopolos killed. Not satis- "ed' he shot l2-year-old boy. a relative Of his rival. Then he came 'o America. Bithos. a native of Inc Sdine state. was notified, and the search commenced.
 m August of last year the mur- deFer was arrested in Vanh0rn, Ia., and confined to jail in Cedar Rap tls Tor fl days He obtained free 4on 4,on through teehnicalilies while bililos was in Chicago conferring Wlth the Greek consul.
 Before Georgopolos came to AIIleflca he served five years in preclan peniteniiary for a statutory 3pHense. To his countrymen he IS hhown as Georeopolos Skiazaros. lie has brother in Kansas City.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
THE BOIL WEEVH
 SITUATION IN ARKANSAS

There are several reasons why the boil weeVil did practically m damage during the year 1912.
 ist. The foliage was taken from the plant early in the fall of 1911 bv the Ieaf worm, forcing the weeyiI lhlo winter quarters in a weakened condition. '''' 0''0 u
 2nd. The same fall an carly and sudden freeze destroyed the weey- Iis in the larya and pupa stages ana forced the adult Weevil into early hlbernatlon With lhe so- were winter up to some time in January. 1912, at which time there was very warm spell of weather permitting some of the weevils to come out of Information: then foI
 lowed a cold spell in February win Ia late spring, all of which prevent .ed a heavy infestation for inc loio crop. '"0 ''i~
 3rd. All weevils that survived the winter of 1911 were permitted 10 increase undisturbed in man,' places during the season of 1915 unul there were sufficient weevilS ny the fall of 1912 to infest aIl of southern Arkansas for the I9l3 crop. and now we have a heavier manifestation than at any time since 1909. 'i'iie
 Tn combating the weevils vo should be governed largely b,. weather conditions, Should wo nave wet July and not combat tbo WeeNlls we may expect sprious
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
THE JOY OF OTHER DAYS.

There's a thousand different won
 ders
 That fellow wants to see, And as many pretty places That he'd kind O like to be; And there's one among those thou
 sand
 Where 1 used to run and play, That I'd love to trample over One more happy summer day. It's a spot that's full of blessings, Among the homely oaks, Where the sad realities of life Were only funny jokes; Where the red bird sang his lay Where the squirrels oft came tC
 play,
 Tn their frisking. whisking man.
 her, Through the long sweet summer
 day. Where the sweet acorns dropped, Where the lazy hoppers hopped, And the crystal water sparkled: Where the shining sun first Topped Where the weeping willows wept, Where the glossy blacksnake crept, And the easy-gOing 'poSsum Curled up in his nest and slept Where the harmless little quail And the timid cotton tail, Occupied the worthless places In the briars and in the SWail. ha q
 forth;
 Where the shell-bark hickory stood, And the odor in the air Was pure and sweet and good. Where the great bald eagle scars, And from way up in the sky, Far above the sycamores, Comes his scolding, piercing cry. Where the clear, cool swimming
 hole And the pended diving pole, Bring me mem'Ties sweet and
 happy That delight my very soul. Where the smiling silv'ry moon Watched the fight 'twixt dog and
 cOOn
 While the yelps and snarls and
 sick ems Made a lively rag-time tune. That's the place I'd like to see. That's jus. where I want to be. Where no want or care disturbed. That's the only place for me. You may have the city joys. Street cars. autos. dirt and noise. If you'll give me back the same
 old pack Of plain. eood-hearted boys, Let me have that same hound pup That cheWed all my mink hides up. And I'll envy none. but to ev'ry
 one I'll drink a lucky cup.
 Edward c. Howard. Mena. Ark. l9t3
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
Black Bass Placed in River.

Heber Springs. July l5.-Local sportsmen yesterday turned a ship ment of five thousand black bass loose in Little Red river at We'd ding Ford two miles from town. The fish were furnished by the government authorities and were matched in the government halch- cries at Mammoth Spring. It is Inc intention of Ihe people here to stock Little Red with several kinds of fish adapted 10 Dhis section. Five thousand jack salmon will be se- cured from the government within the next few weeks, and will be put in the river at the same point where the black bass were turned loose.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
BETTER THAN SPANKING

Apank!ng will not children of wetting the bed be- cause It IS not habit but dangerous disease The C. H. hoWan Drug Co., Dept 826, Chicago Ill., have discovered ana to make known its merits they will send soc pack age securely M wrapped and prepaid Absolutely Free to any eSaer qf The Star This remedy also cures frequent
 the night day in old or young The H Rowan Fle p Drmg fo Is an od Reliable House Write to them today for the 5ee % 4eqlene Cure the afflicted members of vour family
 le 'e" your negh5ors and friends about this remedy
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
Cement Porch in Action.

During an electric storm that oc- cured Tuesday afternoon, c. L. Thompson, living thre and a half miles south of here. received a se- were shock and it was thought for a time serious Mr. Thompson was sitting on washing machine at the northeast corner of his cement porch. it striking him on the right side of his head passing down his right side and glauciug ofr.-penn- vile Ind.1 Journal.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24

Dr. Holmes, the well known skin spe- ctalist writes: T am convinced that the D.D.D. Prescription is as much a specific for eczema as quinine for malaria I have been prescribing the DDD. remedy for years" It will take away the itch the instant you apply it.
 In fact, we are so sure of what D.D.D. will do for you that we will be glad to let you have a S1 bottle on our guar antee that it will cost you nothing un. less you find that it does the work.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
MUCH LUMBER IN MENA.
Record of Many Years Was Broken
 Today.

A. H. Scoggin, of the Scoggln Lumber Company stated today that his company received 2,263 feet of lumber from this morning to noon. This is said to be the largest amount received at Mena in that length of time in many years.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
HIRED NEGRO TO KILL WIFE.
Then an Alabaman Led the Mob
 That Lynched the Slayer

Andalusa, Ala, July l9.-Sam Spi- cer, Jr., was found guilty today murdering his wife, Mrs. Noble Spicer and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment.
 Spicer,who is 30 years old, was charged with having hired Joe Green his negro chauffeur. to kill Mrs. Spicer, and it was testified that Spicer, a few days later led the mob which lynched Green.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
Doctors Use This for Eczema

Dr. Evans. Ex-Commissioner of Health, says: 'There is almost no relation be- tween skin diseases and the blood.' The skin must be cured through the skin. The germs must be washed out, and so salves have long ago been found worth less. The most advanced physicians of this country are now agreed on this, and are prescribing a wash of wintergreen thymoI and other ingredients for eczema and all other skin diseases. This com pound is known as D.D.D. Prescription for Eczema.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24

If you have no appetite for your meals something is wrong with your digestion, liver or bowels. Prickly Ash Bitters cleanses and strengthens the stomach, purifies the bowels and creates appetite, vigor and cheerfulness. Jackson Drug Co.,, Gunnels Drug Store, spe- cial agents-Adv
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
OKLAHOMA TOWNS JOIN HANDS BUILD l2 MILE ROAD IN ONE DAY

SallisaW. Ok, July l6.-TWeNe miles of the finest roadway in the southwest connecting Salusaw and Nian, will he completed before sun set today the result of one of the most novel and successful good roads undertaking ever attempted in the southwest. With the firing of cannon at sunrise this morning, 500 men and scores of teams. aided with machinery, began transforming the road connecting these two cities from a Worn-out path to a we'll crowned, Well-drained and we'll constructed highway that will last for years 10 come.
 Sallisaw, being the larger town. contributed 800 men. Physicians, ministers, laborers, business men and men in all walks of life worked side by side. Some handled picks and shOvels, others drove teams or lugged and tugged al the brakes and bars of scoops and scrapers. Three hundred men joined sides with Nlan. Eelven road graders, fl road blows and 26 scrapers were in ser vice, in addition to l2 teams of horses.
 Al noon the most substantial din- ner that was ever placed before a human was served by the ladies. Business houses in both towns closed. In fact business was all most entirely suspended Every person residing along the route joined hands in building the road.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24

Keep your system in perfect or der and you will have health, even in the most sickly seasons. The occasional use of Prcikly Ash Bit ters will insure vieor and regular fly in all the vital organs. Jackson Drug Co.,. Gunnels Drug Store, spe- cial agenfs.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
Her Opinion.

And me husband got into an other foight an kem home wit a black eye. 'Tis too bad, so it is."
 Faith, if is. Wand think a mar ried man'd get enough av it at home Life.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24

II you feel blue" mo account If4,y,, I5fr1y, yon need a good cleaning out. lihitbiNE IS the right thing for that purpose t stimulates the liNer' tpues I'D the stomach and purlileS ,le novels Price 50c Sold by Me- Nefney g pharmaey-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
Ihose Ihoughlless Rcmnrl..

JlIlNS-Ihe biggest fool trick I g,., eyer ald was once when I was nl ana thought I was going to die G IT T them in full. ana paid Bmks-And then you recovered I
 2lhhs-No, p, died, you blanket idio,
 -Boston Transcript. ''''o''
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
Wash Day.

When Eve held forth in Paradise
 She found much pleasure in it, For when she did her Monday wash
 It only took a minute.-Milwau- kee Sentinel.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24

Bessie-What makes you think he married for money9
 Jessie-I have seen the bride New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24

Mrs. Hennessey who was late arrival in the neighborhood. was entertaining neighbor one after noon, when the latter inquired:
 An what does your old man do. Mrs. Hennessey?"
 Sure, he's a diamond cutter"
 "Ye don't mane itr
 "Yis; he cuts tn grass off tn baseball grounds. ."-Lippincott's.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24

Are9t ,,i sou the boy who was boro
 Yes, sir. '' posltlon2 .han '4ous9t ttt so Didn't I tel von .'yil yns 'ual ! wanted an older boyp
 'S slr; thaFs why am "'N-New York World '' '
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-01-30
OF LOCAL INTEREST
Some People We Know, And We Will
Profit by Hearing About Them.

This is surely local event.
1t took place in Hattiesburg.
Not in some faraway place.
You are asked to investigate it.
Asked to believe citizens word;
To confirm a citizens statement.
Any article that Is endorsed at home
Is more worthy of confidence
Than one you know nothing about,
Endorsed by unknown people.
M. A. Brown, proprietor store, Ills
River Ave-, Hattiesburg, Miss, says:
you may use my endorsement of
Doan's Kidney Pills, for know them
to be of exceptional merit. I have
taken them off and on for several
years for pains across my back and
trouble with the kidney secretions and
they have always helped me. Only a
short time ago when l had attacks of
backache. I obtained a supply of
Doan's Kidney Pills at Hays & Fields
Drug Store and they soon brought re-
lief"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-DOAN'S-
take no other.
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-01-30

ed his perspicacity both in protest and
in cajolery. There was, after a while.
a marked reputation of it. But it
was not exterminated. Bright young
fellows and cynical old fellows who
live by writing for cheap magazines
and sensational newspapers still find
articles about politics salable in pro-
portion to their cleverness rather than
their correctness or trustworthiness,
and the magazine still find them good
things to print. That means, of course,
that lot of people still like to read
them. And unfortunately a great
many people believe what they read,
Quite without any attempt at verifica-
ton.
Here, for instance, in one of this
months magazines, is an article on
What Wilson Is Up Against" by a
regular cheap-magazine writer who is
sufficiently characterized as the au-
thor of "The Forces Behind Taft"
Neither in the present nor in the
earlier article, which we happen to
remember, is there shred of evidence
given for any statement; yet both are
thoroughly calculated to upset any
good citizen. President Taft, If he
had read the earlier one, would have
been astounded at the proportions of
the conspiracy to re-elect him. If
Governor Wilson reads the later one,
and believes it, he will undoubtedly
take to the woods and refuse to face
what is awaiting him at Washington.
We feel quite sure he will not be at
all comforted by the repeated assur-
ance that he is not only a political
economist" but "the best political
economist in America" That assur-
ance would be pleasant, no doubt, if
Governor Wilson had ever set up for
political economist at all, but even
then it would hardly steady him in
face Of these authoritative revelations
of the perfidious designs and inner
motives of Speaker Clark, Oscar I'm
derwood, and others, who have got
things all fixed to cruelty him just as
soon as they get him in the White
House.
We repeat, a great many people do
read this sort of rot and they know
nothing of the sort of people who
write it. They know nothing of the
cheap magazine business. Many of
them are good, simple people, to whom
it never occurs to ask whether writer
for a magazine knows what he is talk
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-01-30
Opens UP NOSTRILS, CLEARS HEAD,
ENDS COLDS OR CATARRH At ONCE

balm dissolves by the heat of the nos
trils; penetrates and heals the in
famed, swollen membrane which lines
the nose, head and throat; clears the
air passages; stops nasty discharges
and a feeling of cleansing, soothing
relief comes Immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight struggling
for breath, with head stuffed; nostrils
closed, hawking and blowing. Ca
tarrh or cold, with it's running nose,
foul mucous dropping into the throat,
and raw dryness is distressing but
truly needless.
Put your faith-just once-in "Ely's
Cream Balm" and your cold or catarrh
will surely disappear. For sale by
The Owl Drug Store.
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-01-30
DRIVES OFF ATERROR.

The chief executioner of death in the
winter and spring month is pneumonia.
It's advance agents are colds and grip.
In any attack by one of these maladies
no time should be lost in taking the
best medicine obtainable to drive it
off. Countless thousands have found
this to be DR.. Kings New Discovery.
"My husband believes it has kept him
from having pneumonia three or four
tines" writes Mrs. George w. Place,
Rawsonville, VT, "and for coughs,
colds and Group we have never found
its equal" Guaranteed for all bron-
chial affections. Price so cents and
$1.00. At all druggists.
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-01-30

asking him to take up the suit of the
state OF Mississippi vs.. the Edward
Hines Lumber Company. that has been
pending since about the second year
OF 5. S. Hudson's term in the office
OF attorney general, and secure a set
tlement through compromise arrange
ment.
The petition suggests that the suit
pe Withdrawn and dismissed on condi-
ton that Hines agree to a stipulated
reasonable time in which to cut off
and manufacture the standing timber
on the lands owned and to dispose of
his cut-over land as fast as the timber
is removed, in tracts of 40 to 5000
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-01-30
Want HINES SUIT settled
US O'HEcFoRs CONSIDER COMMUNICATION FOR J.
"o-PHANr OF PoPLARvILLE AND SIGN psrIr,on-er
QUEST DR. CRAWFORD TO REMAIN HERE

rhe board of directors of the Com.
mercial Club met Tuesday night with
a good attendance of the members
present. Several communications were
read and referred to proper commit.
tees.
a communication from J. R. oliphant
OF Poplarville was considered and all
Of those present signed the petition
wnicn accompanied it and plans were
made for getting other signatures.
Mr. oliphant's letter requested tba
cup TO secure signatures to a petition
~ tne attorney general of Mississinni
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-01-30
THE CHEAP MAGAZINE IN
POLITICS.

Everybody knows now that "Chau-
tanuquas" count in politics. La Fol-
lette's discovery of them as a factor
in national politics was like Josiah
Quincy's discovery of the French Ca
madam vote in Massachusetts,. Quincy
carried his state with that uncultivat-
ed vote several times before the Re-
publicans found out what he was up
to. Similarly, La Toilette, by his
clever use of Chautauqua meetings,
made things uncomfortable for vari-
Gus Senators for several years before
they found out just what he was doing
to them.
The cheap magazines have been
used quite as effectively. Muck-rak-
ing went on for some time before peo-
pie walked up and began to understand
how much ice it was cutting in nation
al politics. Some important public
characters went down rather ludicrous-
ly before it-and it must be confessed
that some of them got no more than
was coming to them. Roosevelt, nat
urally, was one of the first to observe
its Importance, and promptly exhibit
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-01-30

acres. AS reasons for the request 1t
is stated:
First-That petitioners do not be-
lieve the suit can be won in the courts.
Second-If prosecuted through the
courts it will take five or six years
time and nothing gained thereby.
Third-The progress and develop
ment Of a greater part of our section
Of the state is being retarded and abb
solutely blocked by these lands being
held intact and tied up in fruitless liti-
cation.
Fourth-If settlement is made the
intention of the law will be fulfilled.
Fifth-It is believed 1t will be for
the best interest of the state and her
citizens to settle this case as above
suggested.
A committee consisting Of D. e. Nc
Innis, F. B. Woodley, T. s. Jackson F.
w. Foote, R. G. Hauenstein, G. T. Sim
gleton, Ellis Hickman, T. A. Hightow-
er, T. e. Batson, T. G. Hannah, G. q.
Stevens, H. A. Camp, R. X. Smith,
George Komp, q. d. Solomon, s. L.
Heidelberg and R. D. Moore, was ap-
pointed to go in a body at o'clock to-
day for the purpose Of presenting to
DR.. W. w. Crawford resolutions ex-
pressing the unanimous wish and SEN
timent Of the club relative to having
him reconsider his determination to
accept an offer to go to Chattanooga
for the purpose of practicing his pro-
fession in that city.
R. G. Hauenstein stated that as he
had been elected secretary of the club,
he thought it best to make room on
the board for some other man, hence
he desired to tender his resignation as
a director.
The resignation was accepted and
on motion w. ]. Haynan was unani-
mously elected to fill the vacancy thus
created.
T. G. Hannah urged the club to con-
slider and at once take up the matter
of finding a plan for marketing the
product of diversified farming in this
section. He urged the great need for
such a plan and said it was useless to
advocate diversification II no market
can be found for what is raised.
The matter of the organization of the
new Farm Improvement Association
in Forrest county was discussed at
length, and referred to a committee of
which Ellis Hickman is chairman, with
instructions to investigate and report.
F. B. Woodley spoke of the sanitary
needs Of the city and suggested the ap-
pointment Of physician as chief san
itary officer, public health conservator
and general inspector for food supplies.
He went into details as to his plan and
asked the club to consider them.
H. ogden, e. e. Conner, DR.. Leo H.
Martin, Dr. I. H. G. Cooke and R. s.
Hall were elected to active member
ship, and Rev. G. w. Crisler and Rev.
George H. Galloway were declared hon
orary members.
President McInnis asked co-opera-
tion and pledged himself to throw into
the work of the club this year the best
of his abilities.