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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-21
M'DANlEL- -BAUGHMAN
ASK RECEIVERSHIP
LOCAL LUMBER CONCERN UN.
ABLE TO MEET DEBTS AFTER
TROUBLE WITH EMPLOYEES
Assets and Liabilities Not Given
Petition Was Filed Satur.
day.

A voluntary petition in bankruptcy
was filled yesterday by Attorneys
Coleman and Can't in the federal
court at Little Rock, for the McDan-
iel-Baughman Lumber Company oil
this city. The amount OF the liabili-
ties or the assets of the defnnct
company were not listed. and it is
impossible at this time to state just
what condition the company is in
financially. S3s
Following the writs. of attachment,
sued out 3 few days since by en-
ployes OF the company. at which time
service was taken on two cars of
lumber belonging to the lumber con-
Germ. the allegations being that the
company was indebted to thirty one
Or It's employees for services rendered
III manufacturing the lumber. other
financial troubles followed thick ana
fan. The claims Of the employees was
settled when car Of the lumber
s,nder attachment was sold to local
boptTeotor who has several buildings
|SiiI n ~ u Deruaoft the proceeds
j1 o M claims of)
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-21
NOTICE!

Paving District No. 10. West Sixth
street
The tax books for the collection OF
special assessments upon the real
property in Paving District No. 10, in
the City OF Pine Bluff mas been placed
in my hands. All owners of real
property lying In the district are re-
quired to pay their assessment to me
within thirty days from this date.
II such payment is not made action
will be commenced at the end of that
time for the collection of such assess
ment and for legal penalties and costs.
Given under my hand this goth day
of August, 1913.
w. v. HUTT, City Collector.
Office City Hall. a. III. to 3 p. m.
S-29 I'M
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-21
n. L. FIREMAN KILLED
ABOARD HIS ENGINE

Fort Smith, Ark, Sept. 20.-While
Kansas City Southern passenger train
No. 40, 'northbound, was taking water
at Sallisaw, Okla, at $50 last night,
a terrific storm broke and Fireman
A. o. Farmer of Mena. Ark, was
killed He was on the engine tender
manipulating the spout when struck
by lightning The wind reached a
high velocity and the rainfall was
very great, while the lightning was
continuous
Sallisaw is reported to have suffer-
ed heavy damage, but all wires are
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-21
M'tOMRS WILL NOT .'
ACCEPT THE BIG JOB

Ashton Mccombs, brother of
national Democratic Committee
Chairman w. f. McCombs, was in
the city yesterday for short time EN-
route to Hamburg While here he
stated that he had just received
a letter from his brother, who is in
Paris, France, stating that he had
decided not to accept the appoint
ment rendered him as minister to the
French republic by President Wilson,
but would return to the United States
in a short time. and resume his law
practice in New York.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-21
small NEGRO boy
IS BOLD Thief
COnfesses to Police That He
Robbed Houses During
Circus Parade.
HAD AN ACCOMPLISH
Valuable Watch Sold to Snowman for
Ticket and Other Plumber
Thrown In Sewer.
~

Joe Bolden, ten-year-old negro
thief, who has given the police trou
BILE for months and who cannot be
sent to the county farm because of
N his tender years, was arrested last
night by Assistant Chief Of Police W..
ID. Fiveash City Detective G. p. Roe
buck and Patrolman G. d. Brantley
and after being taken to headquarters
confessed to Chief of Police Frank
Stewart that he had robbed three
houses on circus day-One of them
being the home of Pinchback Taylor,
1T No. Ala West Fifth avenue. The
other was that Of Ben Howard, No.
1918 West Eighth avenue and SER
wants house In the rear of the home
Of NJ. Gottlieb. on West Barraque
street.
The negro at first denied the rob-
berries, but finally confessed and some
OF >the property, silver match case
IND 4 jewelcdf ring, were recovered.
Two watches. were stolen from the
Taylor home. One of these, Bolden
Bays he sold to a Snowman at the cir
Gus grounds Friday afternoon for
senickle and ticket to the circus. The
other, which had an initial on 1t, was
thrown In sewer. He says he had
an accomplice, little negro named
ss"Oscar," who took the other watch
y and when he saw the initial and fear
ink detection, he threw itsaway. He
denies having secured watch and
money at Howards home, but says
that they entered 1t.
AT the servants house he says all
\ hkS got was d deck Of cards. A watch
and ring are also missing there. but
he denies taking them. ese
Bolden says that he also took three
oranges and box Of candy from the
h Taylor home. He can give no reason
tor being thief, except that Il cant
help it, 80
Bolden says he cut the screens at
all the homes robbed to effect an en-
france. AT the Taylor home he says
I he cut small hole III the screen, near
the latch, and then put his hand in and
unlocked 1t. HE declares that he rob-
bed the Taylor home while the circus
parade was on Friday morning. a,
which time the members Of the family
Il were away. He is In the city Jail,
ss Noe Bolden is regarded by Chief
Stewart as one of the cleverest
. thieves In this section. He is small
enough to crawl through the smallest
hole in the wall and is natural
born liar" He has as much intellect
apparently as man of twenty and is
\ most deceiving in his stories of thefts.
I Chief Stewart is at loss to. know
just what disposition to make of the
negro, but 1t Is most likely that he
7 will be sent to the Juvenile Court and
then to the state reformatory-if it
can be arranged legally.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-21

Z K x Z a 4
ney A. =. Rowelli filedS a suit for a
Memphis glass firm asking that the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lumber Com
pany be placed in the hands of a re-
ceiver. Following this action the
Cotton Belt Savings 4 Trust Com
pany. local bankers of the lumber
company, declined to renew paper
for the lumber concern. and, it is al
legged, asked that certain mortgages
held by the bank be taken up.
Realizing that it was impossible to
meet all demands, the concern
through its attorneys. Coleman &
Can't, prepared its statement OF liza
bilities and assets and sought relief
through the channel of bankruptcy
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-21
Brief Census.

In a certain town Of Vermont there
was lively widow maintaining q
boarding house, who was Joined in that
enterprise by her brother, widower
Now It SO CHANGED that their very
f1rst guests were young widow and
her father, who had recently lost his
second wife. IA agout from the es-
ISOLATED charities came to investigate
case Of distress in that neighbor.
hood, and this was the first house sbs
hit upon.
"Of whom does your family consist r
she inquired of the mistress.
All remnants!" was the reply.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-21

down to Oklahoma from this place,
with the exception of one OF the Kan
sas City Southern, which is weak ana
intermittent. In this city the tele-
phone system was demoralized, ana
part of the city is in darkness. The
extent of the damage in this section
is not known yet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-21
A Resolve.

mot frequently or Of necessity to
gay to anyone or to write in Latter
that I have no leisure. nor continual
" to excuse the neglect Of duties re
CURED by our relations to those with
whom we live, by alleging urgent oc.
cupatious Marcus Auyelius-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-21
Pine Bluff Baggage
and Transfer Co.

The best, cheapest and only
reliable baggage transfer Co.
in the city. Baggage and all
kinds of small packase called
for and delivered to any part of
the city. We have bonded uni
form agents to meet all trains
at union station. We make a
specially of moving, packing,
storing and shipping household
goods. Padded moving; vans
with experienced white men in
charge. Office at Union Stat
ion. Phone 81 or 81.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-21

True Giving.

1t instead Of a gem, or even flow,
er. we could cast the gift OF lovely
thought into the heart OF friend,
that would be giving as the angels
must give.--George Macdonald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-21

seriously injured were brought to
local hospitals.
A defective rail is said to have
caused the accident. -,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22
naath. Exnart Meohanio.

t'It is,' writes Wilhelm Lamszus tn ''The Human Slaughter House. "as though Death had scrapped his seythe for old iron, as if nowadays he had graduated as expert mechanic. They have ceased to mow corn by hand nowadays By this time of day even the sheaves are gathered up by ma chinery. And so they will have to shovel our millions of bodies under ground with burying machines"
 As to falling in battle: 'Once it was a knightly death, an honorable sol dier's death; now it is death by ma chinery That is what is sticking in my gulIet. We are being hustled from life to death by experts, by mechan1- clans. And, just as they turn out but tons and pins by wholesale methods of production, so they are now turning out the crippled and the dead by ma chinery."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

New Haven journalist with what was going on and so great the confidence in his judgment that it came to be that a great deal of what went into the papers about the New Haven road came through him by way Of the As sociated Press. There Is no unofficial agency to take his place.
 Tt remains to be seen whether the new management will mean any great CT frankness with the public, but it is not unlikely that Chairman Elliott may be as puzzled at first as was MT. Mel1en when he came to be president of the road over the sort of proprie- tary interest which Conn peo- pie generally take in the railroad they view as theirs. MT. Mellen never en- tirely got over this and found it just about impossible to get into actual sympathetic touch with the average man.
 'Only -haH a. dozen or so of the di- rectors are men under middle age. but fact of greater importance is that there are now but three railroad men on the board. They are Samuel Req of the Pennsylvania, Morton F. Plant known of raiIroading by other mem bers of the board has been learned by them since they became directors.
 This situation Is found to certain extent with all the big railroads. What changes will come and when man can say and possibly it Is an fmperti- hence to suggest any, though the facts speak for themselves; but that changes in the board will come before long is not prediction, but a logical concIu- SiOn,S'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22
Be Careful When You Laugh.

Few people know what dangers turk in excessive Ianghter. When we laugh our regular breathing Is changed, com ing in quick, short regulations because the throat muscles are contracted It is for this reason that, when laughing very heartily at some good joke, we have often to gasp for breath. At times we are obliged to hold our sides on account of the pain hearty laugh causes us, owing to the partial suffoca- tion of the lungs through the cutting pff of their proper air supply. Every muscle in the body becomes contracted during continued it of laughter. Often the blood vessels in the face be- come congested. causing 1t to turn red and even purple. Should this cOnges- tion continue for any length of time apop4ezy resulting in death might well occur. It is better in these circum- stances to laugh until we cry, for the shedding of tears relieves the conges- ton of the brain. Tears caused by grief do good in the same way, and that is how, after a great sArrow, many people have been saved from brain congestion and madness by the timely shedding of few tears.-London Tft- Bits
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22
FASHlONABLES FLOCK
 TO CONVICT SHIP AS
 VISIT WEARS HIS END

The daily and nightly assemblage of automobiles about the steepIechase dock in Stratford avenue, at the east end of the lower bridge, bespeaHns the vogue that the old British convict ship Success, has attained in this vicinity. Parties o6 visitors. some of them num- aboard the old vessel at all hours of the day, in connection with the groups of tvos and threes that are con stant1y entering the vessel and swell ing the total of the attendance high into the thousands.
 The Success is here for a limited stay It will soon move to another port, although the sa1ling arrange ments have not yet been completed owing to the unexpected rush of vis- itors at this port Captain D. H. Smith, the commander of the Success, had a route covering many weeks in advance laid out when the Success docked here, but the growing popular ity of the exhibition led him to make arrangements for a prolonged stay in this harbor.
 A visit to the Success is of rare his torica1 value. It should be seen by every schoolboy and girl for it dis of the history Of England and her colonies, than they could absorb by months of reading and study While the vessel was docked at Providence general holiday was ordered that ev-s cry school child might have a chance to visi tthe ship and essays were written in competition by the school children, detailing the history of the shin and the period of English rule that brought it into being as a trans port and Reeeiving ship
 Trolley cars bring visitors rgfht to9 the dock. Many have come from in land cities to witness the vessel. II will never be seen here again, for it will gradually work to the south, and passing through the Panama canal. will reach the Pacific in time to be Oh ezhibitions at the San Francfsco exposition. Thence it will continue on it's Voyage around the world, hnal- Iy to be dismembered, its parts shaped into souvenirs of period of history that Englishmen. as well as the peo- pie of other nations, are glad is gone forever.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22
A consorvaaivs scotch neadIe.


 Before he went to Glasgow Dr. Story was for many years minister of Rose heath, and his old beadle was pften soreIy perplexed by his '1nnovadons"- standing to sing, kneeIing at prayer and various other ''seemly alterations. !" His method of objecting to the changes twas to enter the vestry at the close of the service, firmly clasping the big pulpit Bible and then to lay it heav- fly upon the table saying, I'm dune wi ye moo, I'm fair dune wi ye; I canna thole it ony langer. I hae car riet the Bible for thretty years, but canna cairry 1t ony 1anger; I'm fair dune wi ye.' !" Dr.. Story would reply, ~Hoot, toot, John; you'n think better of that ''Na, na, sir, I canna thole you I'll cairry the buiks nae hanger; I'm dune wi ye." But the beadle thought better of it, and remained with Dr. Story Gas his sure and. trusty henchman'' till the end of his ife.- Westminster Gazette.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22
ErpIaInInn 4I,. nea1n.-

A typesetter in printing house be- came very adrott in explaining tha largo number of nlsprints for which he was responsible. Even when ha changed his work and became O Waiter in a restaurant, says the Berlin Echo. his skill did not forsaaze him Ohs-day he had served a guest with a plate of soup and was turning away when he was called back sharply.
 .'This is an outFageF cried the fn- dfgnant diner. 'T find a needle fn my soup! What does sthas meanT'
 "Just a mEsprfnt, sfE,~ explained tba former typesetter. H1t should kaye been noOdle.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

When John B. Wilkie, formerly chief of the secret service, was young he served with distinction among the bor- deT fighters of the west in their reid~ on bands of insurgent Indians and cat tie rustlers.
 On one occasion, according to Mfr Wilkie, the posse on which he was serving ran out of available horses. and car horses had to be forced into commission. These animals were un- accustomed to any command other than that of the ear bell and refused to obey the customary bugle calls
 Accordingly the posse found 1t neces- sary to procure a large gong, which was struck once for the troop to stop and twice for it to advance Tn this manner they kent fairly. good order.
 One of the company, a bit of a wag, composed a parody on ''Barbara Fretchie," a portion of which ran.
 ''Who touches hair of yOn gray head Dies like dOgl Dinsdinst' he said
 Youths Companion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

The cities Of Ulnn and Frankfort, in Germany, are trying a novel plan for housing their teachers. They are selling to their teachers good munich pal land at a, low price and accepting a mortgage on it at low interest In Frankfort this mortgage may amount to 90 per cent. of the value, so that the applicant has to provide but % per cent from his own funds. The tax and mortgage payments together, it is said, do not amount to any more than reasonable rent, and with his regular house money which is all lowed him besides his salary, the teacher is soon the owner of his own home
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

arrested for doing an impromptu high land fling in the street. In Ceylon T came near to being murdered at a re- hgfous festival for people took me for a devil In New Zealand a 1IaorL chief offered me a native bride in ex- change for the costume. My krt waa certainly a nuisance sometimes. The sun in Australia Is so powerful tl1nt spent much money on eau de cologne with which to batle my exposed knees in am attempt to keep off nOsqnitOea.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22
Paynv c0rrsot.

'What's the matter with your hD6- band, auntieT7 said the sympath9tlc mistress. "Did you say he vYas/4 vic tim of sen1le debrftyP'
 'T dunno bout the other para an- swered Aunt Danah sharply, 'rbut he's got de debn in hin an rlght.s'-Buha- 10 Express.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22
eimnIinft. of nn..n

Assert1ve Wtfe-John Henry, I need new gown, hat, shoes, gloves, lace collar and feather boa Hnsband- Oh! Why-why, whats all that fOf3 Asserttve Wlfe3Tuesday next I lee ture on 'eThe Simplicity of Dress.''- Fun
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22
Adventurea eaInak kn4

A Scotch military official has just finished an imperial tour in a kilt. He walked through India, Ceylon, Aus tralfa and New Zealand, covering over 10000 miles, says the London Mail.
 The highlander's garb,'' he says, attracted a surprising amount of at tention. At Taranto, tn Italy, was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22
Real Thouehsful.

sDoes your husband give you all the money you want to spendT My goodnessl No. Why, even would not think of being that extrava- gant. t.''-Detroit Free Press
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22
couId Hit the Mnrl.

q never saw a girl that could Ut anything she threw at"
 Well, you never saw my girl throw a hAnt. Star
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22
Cost Bass $5.

Alexander Bass of shippan, stam- ford, arrested for violation of the au- tomobtle law, secured a noIle on pay ment of s5- He drove an automobile with the muffler cut out
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

That the country church can and ought to lead in the campaign for bet ter elementary public schools. for larger school revenues, for more en- frightened ideals of school efficiency for larger -enrollnent, better attend ance, and less i1literacy in the rural regions, is declared in resolutions re- gently adopted by a conference on the country church.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

Marked progress in Alabama high school is reported to the United States Bureau of Education In 1908 there were 50 high schools, few of them with courses of more than three years in length; now there are 132 institutions doing high school work, all b1r 14 Of which have full four-year courses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22
When che BuqIe Was a conq.

There is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the hngers.-seneca-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

Medical inspection is particularly well organized in the Department of the Seine, France, where 277 medical inspectors visit the schools of their districts every week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

In rural schools in Missouri girls are organized into ''pick-and-shovel clubs under the direction of the Ma tiona1 Congress of Mothers, to aid in the good rnads moVA172ent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

Teachers in the Province of Ontario recefve<a subsidy of $30 per year if they maintain a school garden.
 The co-operative egg-selling assocI- ation, with the schoolhouse as the place for gathering eggs, the children to bring them in, and the teacher Ito supervise the sales, is suggested by w. J. Shuford of Hickory, N. c.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

Of HOO cases Of removal from coun- try to city personally investigated by T. J. Coates, supervisor of rural schools in Kentucky, more than 1000 were caused by a desire for better school, church, and social advantages.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

Rural districts in Denmark show less than 1-2O of 1 per cent. illiteracy In the United States the correspond ing figure is 10 per cent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22
EDUCATION NOTES.

z Enlisted men in the American Navy
 serve as teachers in the Island of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

The Rockefeller Sanitary Conamis- sion for the Eradication of the Hook worm has treated 100000 cases in the past three years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

ninth grade pupils of the Juncos, Porto Rico schools on the grounds of the Third InsuIar Fair of Porto Rico. A complete set of furniture was also made by the children Carpentry is one of the practical courses introduced in the Juncos schools, under the super vision of CeIestino Benitez, the super intendent. @
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

Pupils in a German school were re- gently tested as to their reading ot news papers. In the highest elemen- tary class of forty-four, 25 read a newspaper every day; 15 at least once week; and four less frequently.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

Agricultural engineering is becom- ing a highly important subject in the agricultural colleges, according to fig ures compiled by F. B. Jenks of the United States Bureau of Educat tion
 Twenty of the State colleges now give specific instruction in this subject for prospective farmers. The State Agrf- cultural College of Utah has a four year course in agricultural engineer ing, and Pennsylvania State College gives a course in industrial engineer ing, which includes farm engineering.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

Kindergartens in Worcester, Mass, cost on an average $31. 56 per pupil for the year; elementary grades cost $54.- 01; high school, $66. 5O-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

1 Six hundred and forty-four thou sand three hundred and six persons attended continuation schools in France last year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

A model house with balcony. parIor, dining room, bedroom, kitchen, bath and toilet room was erected by the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

There were 17,238 students in the University of Paris last year, of whom 3,267 were foreigners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

Rural illiteracy in the South is largely the result of an economic con ditfon and will not disappear until this economic condition changes declares E. c. Branson, of the State Norm al School at Athens, Ga. 'tThey say in the South that it takes 13 months Of the year to raise, piczz, and market a crop of cotton. Children are useful and in demand throughout the year The children of the tenant farmer do not have time to go to school-or so the tenant commonly beIieXes,,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

San Francisco, one of the few large cities without kindergartens as a reg u1ar part of the public scnool system intends to establish a number of kin dergartens in the fall, according to in formation received at the United States Bureau of Education.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-22

Systematic study in citizenship is given in the elementary schools o1 France, Denmark and Finland.