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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-02
CORoNER INvEsTIGATEs.

Coroner Mix began an investigation
OF the wreck at 10 o'clock. He or
dered all the dead collected at the
The Brinkley argus., 1913-11-28

OUR 0RJEcT making emaH&ble offer $500 Glasses at s7- $l % pa1T SDtby to introduce these famous Duplex Lenses Dupe lave met with great success bv thousands of pc 'pe them in all the leading cities ;' 9s 'As1 s'ss .s with the same results "''
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NOT ONLY Ia BRINKLEY
Similar Cases Occur Daily
 I'm This Vicinity

Not only here in Brinkley but in our neighboring towns. the same good story is heard. An encouraging instant from Stutt- gart is given here, and will be read by us with great interest.
 Mrs. w. w. Duncan, Tenth & Porter Sts., Stuttgart, Ark, says: II am positive that Doan's Kidney Pills saved my life, for kidney diseaje wasI reducing my health and Strength so rapidly that I couH noti haveeslasted much longet I hI suffered so much and felt so fetched xthat it made little <<MHe erence6 me whether La or lied. .FMy life was onsMk, draYnzM pain and it o4M 4emed s if my back
 VAd brek K. A I stood for Alore than txhi4tes, became completly khause ed and I was hardly l4eE Eo tott@ r about. The kidne secle letions bothered me, Wyfeet sY Yelled add 1 could not get much re3t. 1 was attended by three of he best physicians in this place and also went to a distant city where I was under the care of a noted specialist. Nothing did me any good, how ever, and finally returned home, as I thought to die. About that time my husband got a SUD- ply of Doan's Kidney Pills and I began taking them. In two days 1 felt one hundred per cent better and after that 1 improved steadily. In little over a month 1 was as free from kidney com plaint as if had never had it. 1 consider my cure nothing less than a miracle
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Froster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, New York. sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the pame Doan's
 and take on. other.
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6En11ra1tfrffrrI drr1l1rrfrft Dufrin 53n,11e1r " - O-=- ...tEnItrr..
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1 by the pupils, have gardens planted or trees and shrubbery set out.
 This service comes to the school without any cost what e yer to the district in the way of salary to the teacher. After the service has been installed for some years, however the Jeanes Board reduces it's appro- priation, expecting the county districts to see the advantage of such work and help pay the teachers salary When the teacher is put to some expense to reach a school district. it is only just that the school or dis trict should bear this expense, and this is customary. Although the money for this teachers s salary comes from outside the state the choice of this teacheh and the control of her work fs entirely within the hands of rthe county superintendent. vThe only question the director has to determine is whether he wants a teacher to visit the schools of his district and to endeavor to teach in them the plain practical things which mean so much in our every day lives, to teach the negro boys and girls in the country to do things with their hands, to take proper care of their bodies, and to learn how to live useful and respectable lives. This indus trial teacher works with and as- sists the regular teacher in the conduct of the school. If the school director wants such things taught in his school and wants such help in the practical im- provement of his negro schools, let him communicate with his county superintendent and try to secure the services of this in dustrial teacher for his school.
 This work is endorsed by the state superintendent and is sup |ervised by the state supervisor of rural schools for negroes.
 Leo M. Favrot
 Associate supervisor rural school
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Office days-the second and fourth Saturdays in each month.
 Public Examination days the third Thursday and Friday in December, March, June and Sep tember.
 State of Arkansas department of public education at Little Rock, Arkansas.
 THE JEANE's FUND NEGRO WORK
 DEFINED
 Several counties of Arkansas are enjoying the benefits of the philanthr opy of Miss Anna T. Jeans, who died a few years ago and left a million dollars for the advancement of negro edu- cation in the rural communities of the South. This money was placed in control of a board of trustees and the president of this board who lives in Virginia per- sonally directs the expenditure of the interest. This money is
  used to maintain in nine counties in Arkansas and in over one hundred counties in the South, an industrial teacher for rural schools.
 The industrial teacher in most cases is a woman. This teacher gives her services to those schools and those communities in the counts which she can most conveniently reach and those who appear most to desire them. These services vary somewhat with the teacher, but in general they comprise instruc- tion in sewing. plain and fancy, in cooking, in homework, laun- dring. in basketry. shuck work and chair caning, in woodwork, broom-making and gardening. in organizing corn and tomato clubs for negro boys and girls in teaching children how to keep themselves clean and healthy. their surroundings clean, and in doing all they can toimprove the schools. They clean up the grounds about the school house. They frequently direct the re- pair of the furniture and fences
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AT THE PRESBYTERIAN

Splendid congregations and enjoyable services on Sunday both morning and evening.
 The Sunday school was enjoy. able and the Christmas novelty banks were given to the children to be filled and brought in at the Christmas services. Let all the members be present next Sun- day and get banks.
 The subject at next Sunday mornings service will be "Home''
 Evening service Where Art Thou?"
 The ladies missionary society are as busy as can be and are raising money to beautify the church. Good bless the women.
 Come out Sunday.
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Ar THE BAPTIST CHURCH

The Womans Missionary Union of the Baptist Church of Brink ley had the usual meeting at the church last Monday. Subject for the afternoon, Mission Study -Brazil'' Leader, Mrs. Lillie Westbey. Subject for next Monday, Dec, 1st., Bible Study"
 All who are interest in this part of church work are most earnestly requested to be present at 2:3O p. m.
 Mrs. P. F. Ellege,
 Secretary
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Christian Endeav0r Pro-
 gram Nov. 3Oth.

Leader, John Cole
 Sunday Nov. 30, Topic 2 Tim. 1:6
 Gifts that we should stir up. Leader
 Neglect not thy gifts l Tim. ALA, Jesse Campbell
 Some Spiritual gifts Rom. 1:9- II, Annie May Allen
 Every gift is from God. Jas. l: IF. Mark Glover
 As each has received a gift. Peter 4:10, Constance Cole
 ''Comrads from other Lands, 2 Mary Pipkin
 Mizpah.
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Faults Common to All.

On the whole ws make too much or faults Faults? The srcatesf of faults. should sa, IS to have none Thomr v Carlylo.
The Brinkley argus., 1913-11-28

The Missionary Society met at the home of Mrs. w. T. Riner Friday afternoon at their usual hour, only few members were present, but each one present revealed the true spirit in the good work that is being accom- plished through their work:
 4 'Gs, the business had been conducted, Mrs. Henley read a most interesting piece on China, which was enjoyed by all pres ent, after which we adjourned to meet the following Friday with Mrs. W. F. Walker.
 Press Supt.
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Among the Churches
METHODIST CHURCH

The liquor traffic is playing havoc with the morals and the good name of Brinkley. The first negro brute that was cleo trocuted in Arkansas bought his liquor from a man in Brinkley, went down the railroad, and committed an uncomfortable crime upon a white child. His testimony in the court that sen- tenced him was that he was drunk, and that he got his liquor in Brinkley, but he was sent by the state to the electric death chair. All because man in Brinkley was licensed to sell him liquor.
 Poor negro brute! Poor white child! Poor father and mother of that child! The liquor does not spare the fairest prize.
 Any man or woman who signs that petition for liquor license becomes, by that act, party of the business; and if any member of the Methodist church signs that petition. must repent of that sin, take their name off of that petition, or get out of the Methodist church. This church will not tolerate the liquor traffic by harboring in it's membership any man or woman who aids and abets in the liquor traffic in any way. Read chapter 5, and para graph 222 of the Discipline of 1910.
 w. F. WALKER. Pastor
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OR SPECIALIST and his had years of experience
 =- and you rely on them absolutely We will o easeo o examine all those who have trouble wear grasses FREE We would suggest therefore that call on them
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-29
Mark Ozark Trail to South.

Neosho, NO., May M.-That part
of the Ozark trail extending southeast
through Aroma, Stark City and Fair
view was marked by w. H. Harvey
Of Monte Ne, Ark, today. The trail
reaches Neosho via Joplin and covers
a distance of 1900 miles, terminating
at Monte Ne. It reaches to St. Louis
on the east, Kansas City and Emporia,
Kan, on the north, Oklahoma City
and Wichita on the west and Monte
Ne and Muskogee, Okla, on the
south.
Much Of the trail in southeast Mis-
souri, has been marked during the
last week by good roads advocates.
Tint part of the trail from Diamond
to the north line Of Jasper county.
extending through Carthage, was
marked, and plans are under way to
continue the work.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-29
Shore Basis for New Trial

Los Angeles, CAL, May ga loud
and raucous snore formed the basis
for a motion for a new trial filed today
in behalf Of Lee Rial, alleged head OF
national bunco syndicate, who
was convicted last week of having
swindled G. T. Pfeize, an Illinois
farmer, out of $500 through a fake
horse race.
The defendant asserted that he had
not been given a fair trial because a
Juror, George H. Peck, millionaire
realty operator of San Pedro, had fall
len asleep and snored repeatedly dur
ing the proceeding ofthe case, despite
apparent efforts to keep him awake
by chewing gum and tanning himself.
II was asserted that on a single day
Peck had fallen asleep as many as
thirteen times.
Judge Finlayson, who had settoday
as the time for imposing sentence up
on Rial, continued the case until Mon
day to give the prosecution an oppor-
tunity to respond to the motion OF the
defense.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-29
COnvicts Travel by Boat

jefferson City, Mo-, May "a
When the Kansas City Navigation
Company's steamer Chester tied up
at the Penitentiary dock, thirty pris-
oners in charge of Martin j. Grove,
Marshal of Jackson County, marched
over the plank and up the hill.
The sentences of the newly arrived
convicts range from two years to life.
The boat left Kansas City Thursday
morning and there was a good stage
of water. The prisoners were kept
hand-cuffed.
Primarily the trip was made by
boat for the reason that the naviga-
ton company made cheaper rate
than the railroad made.
Marshal Grove said the saving is
not great, but everybody enjoyed the
novelty of the boat ride on the Mis-
souri,.
In the palmy days of steamboating
it was not an unusual occurrence for
convicts to be brought to the Peni-
Tertiary by boat, but such a thing has
not happened within the last thirty
five years.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-29
6-HOUR DEATH FIGHT
SAVES MAN POISONED
Pulmotor Rescues Victim of Morphine
Taken With Suicidal Intent.

Pulmotor Rescues Victim of Morphine
Taken With Suicidal Intent.
Kansas City, Mo-, May 25.-Hu-
man will and steel mechanism fought
death more than six hours at the
General Hospital last night and final
ly rescued the soul of a man who had
apparently passed beyond all human
aid.
Ninety-two cubic feet of oxygen
pumped into the respiratory system
of George Luker of Milwaukee, by a
pulmotor saved him from the certain
effects of eight grains of morphine.
Luker was found on the street at 6
o'clock last night unconscious. Ex-
animation failed to show any signs OF
life atall. The body ofthe man was blue.
His stomach was emptied of alcohol
and morphine and the pulmotor was
set to work.
At 8 O'Clock there were still no
signs of vitality. More oxygen was
sent for. Four hours later the pulse
began to beat family. Another tank
of oxygen was sent for.
An hour later Luker gave groan.
At 1915 o'clock he became conscious
and said he was sick.
During the process Of pumping OK
ygen Luker's body was slapped with
boards to stimulate the nerve centers
into activity.
Letters in Luker's pockets showed
that he had lived in Milwaukee and
had trouble with his relatives. He is
% years old and unmarried. He
was unable to give an account of his
action. The physicians said that the
morphine was evidently taken with
suicidal intent.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-29
From a Wool Grower
70 the Editor OF the Republic.

70 the Editor Of the Republic.
Have been reading an article in
your paper entitled, "And Now For
Schedule K" 1t is a strong and just
indictment of the tariff on wool. with
the exception Of one paragraph, in
which you say, "But the duty of AZ
per cent on wool enables the shep-
herds, like Senator Warren, to get
fine prices for their fleece. In this
paragraph you do great and, l am
sure, an unintentional wrong to the
flock masters of the United States.
They have never, as far as l know,
received any protection from the
tariff; it has all gone into the pockets
of the manufacturers. am life
long sheepman, l know whereof |
speak, to my cost. Last fall was
visited about shearing time by gen.
tleman, who had been for years in
terested in New Zealand and Argen-
tine woods, asked him to sample and
grade my clip and say what it would
bring on the London market. After
careful examination, he said it
would bring at present about 25a A,
adding that he had never seen better
wool, even in New Zealand. AS l
get London quotations and am fair
Judge of wool l knew his estimate
was about right. But sold this
"highly protected wool for III A,
and it was the top price paid in this
country. The proof of the pudding
is in the eating. When Cleveland
was elected owned 1900 sheep and
was making a good living for my
family. Three years later l was
working for SIS month and for such
of my impoverished neighbors as
still kept their business up. But it
was not the want of protection that
killed the wool business, and decimi-
mated the flocks, for the depression
in business was general and wide
spread, and was caused, in my opin-
ion, by scarcity of ready money,
caused by so much Of the circulating
medium being absorbed by the enor-
nous bond issues, necesitated by the
wiping out of the revenue. Nothing
like this will result from the present
Democratic policy, which has my
hearty approval, although l have on
hand more sheep than when the
Cleveland administration ruined me
and every one l knew, for the ruin
was by no means confined to the
sheep business in this State. Cattle
were selling at $14 per head before
election and I saw them sell for $2.5(
on credit, two years later. / mus
say we had a succession of dry year!
at that time, but, although that made
bad matter worse for us, the depres
sion was general in the United States
| l have only to add that am not nov
and have never been affiliated will
any political party, having always
been an independent. So this is bus
mess, not politics. David Rose.
i Tuarosa, Tex
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-29
KILLS FOR DIVORCED WIFE
Declaring Him Friendly With Former
Spouse, Stays Politician

Joplin, NO., May l2.--Edward
Shelton, former Joplin councilman
and active in Republican politics, was
shetland killed tonight by John Thralls
a miner, who declared that Shelton
was attentive with Thralls' former
wife divorced three years ago. Thralls
fled after the shooting, but was caught
hiding in hall way in the same block
where the killing took place. A mob
of 500 men assembled, bent upon
lynching Thralls, but a force of Off
Gals prevented their efforts. Thralls
was spirited into an alley and through
newspaper office to a side street
where he was placed in an automobile
and rushed to the county Jail at
Carthage.
The shooting took place in butch
er shop owned by Shelton. Mrs.
Thralls conducted a small grocery in
the same building. Thralls entered
the place tonight and opened fire on
Shelton, the first bullet entering his
side. Shelton ran and was shot a
second and third time before he
reached the side walk. He died with
in five minutes.
Thralls' divorced wife upon learn
ing Of the shooting, ran to Skeletons
side and was with him when he died.
| She is in a serious condition. Before
going to the meat market Thralls
went to his former wife's home, but
was not allowed to see her. When il
became known that Thralls had beer
caught, the crowd startedin the direc
ton Of the scene Of the capture,
marching down Main street annie
cries Of Lynch him. > Several mer
attempted to obtain a rope At q hard
ware store, but were unsuccessful
The mob then went 70 the constable.
loflice, assembling in the street anc
lcontinuine The threats. Before they
ware aware, however. Thralls hae
Ibeen spirited out of the city. Wher
Ishls al was leas1ad ~ mob dis
|nesssd Slrelt6d ~ iufs ylars old
/ h III HID II JONI g1ars.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-29
PELKY KILLS MCCARTHY
s IN FIRST ROUND

Weight Pugilist. Hit Under
Heart, Dies Within Eight
Minutes.
Calgary, Alberta, May "a. Luther
McCarty, claimant Of the white heavy
weight championship Of the world,
today took the count of ten from Ref
|eree Edward Smith of Chicago, which
marked him the loser in the ten-round
fight with Arthur Pelkey, and eight
minutes later was dead.
His death was caused by a chance
blow delivered in the region of the
solar plexus, after exactly minute
and As seconds of fighting time had
elapsed.
| Arthur Pelkey was arrested on the
charge of manslaughter by the North
western Mounted Police and released
Eon bail.
There had been one or two mix-ups
of an inconsequential kind, then came
la clinch.
| Referee Smith separated the men.
Both squared off, neither seeming to
Ebe the worse for the clinch.
Suddenly McCarty was seen to
double up in crouching attitude. To
1.-The spectators it looked as if his
4 crouch simply was a fighting pose.
He crouched lower andlower, how
lever, his eyes rolling. Then he COL
llapsed and fell full length on the
floor.
II Ending Shocks Great Crowd
The referee, assuming Nc Carly had
been knocked out, stood over him to
count off the fatal seconds. 1t was
the final count for the young fighter.
Arthur Pelkey, winner Of the bat
tie at such heavy cost, stood at one
side of his fallen adversary. He
scarcely could realize what had hap
pened.
By this time the referee had be-
come alarmed. He called for doc
tor; several responded. The mount
ed police were called in to clear the
ring of the crowd, which had swarmed
over the ropes.
The physicians worked over the
stricken man eight minutes, when
they pronounced him dead, but con-
tinued their efforts to resuscitate him
by artificial respiration for more than
an hour.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-10
SUGAR MEN MAP
TARIFF BILL WAR
Substitute Fixing Duty of SLAP
Per 100 Pounds To Be offered
by Louisianans,

WASHINGTON. April 10.-Repre-
sentative Broussard. of Louisiana,
will propose in the Democratic eau
Gus as a substitute for the sugar pro-
vision in the Underwood bin that du-
ties be assessed on sugar equivalent
to a general rate of SLAP per 100
pounds. This is the lowest rate that
the Louisiana men will accept.
The Underwood bill reduces the
rate to about l cent a pound and pro-
vides that at the end of three years
sugar shall be placed on the free
list.
Congressman from the beet sugar
districts of the West are favorable to
a reduction to ] cent a pound, but will
not accept the free list provision
It is now believed that there are
enough others favorable to Under
woods plan to put it through unless
the Representatives who favor a
duty on raw wool combine with the
sugar men. in which case there would
be a formidable combination that
might upset the leaders.
Broussard, who has been leading
the fight against free sugar has sew
eral hundred acres of cane in Louis
lana which he offers to give away in
case the free list goes through.
The Democratic tariff revision tax
has hit Democratic National Chair
man McCombs, who is the owner of
large rice plantation in Southern
Arkansas. The plantation is on
swamp land which, before rice was
introduced. was worth about s. an
acre Now il is worth s45 per acre.
The Underwood bill cuts the duty on
rice in half, and il is claimed would
ruin the rice industry in this coun-
try.
McCombs already has been in con-
sultation with members of the House
in regard to the matter
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-10
PARENTS VAINLY
SEEK LOST GIRL
Pretty Miss Litten, of Salisbury,
N. c., Missing Three Months,
Thought To Be in Atlanta,

Mysteriously missing for three
months, pretty Miss Josie Litten. %
years Of age, to-day is being sought
in Atlanta by detectives and by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Litten,
of zoe East Bank Street, Salisbury,
y. c., who came here to personally
follow a clew to the girls where
abouts.
The distressed parents arrived in
Atlanta early to-day and Immediately
took up the hunt. aided by several
detectives from police headquarters.
All during the morning, the heart
broken mother and the father hunted
prominent down town streets, invad-
ing the big department stores I'm the
hope of catching "A glimpse of the
missing daughter But II was all in
vain. for no trace of the girl could
be found
Mrs. Litten. the mother, sobbingly
told detectives she feared some harm
had befallen her daughter.
"Oh. if l could only get some word
from her-l would go to the ends Of
the earth to get her and take her
safely backh ONE" cried the mother.
The father and mother have tire
lessly searched for the missing girl
ever since she so strangely vanished,
but only twice have they obtained
anything in the form of tangible
clew
Miss Litten disappeared from her
Salisbury home while her parents
slept. Up to that time she had ap-
peared perfectly happy and had given
no intimation that she contemplated
leaving home. She left no explana-
tiOn.
Several weeks ago. the parents oh
tanned a clew THAI indicated the girl
was in a small town in South Caro-
lima. Mrs. Litten Immediately boarded
a train and went to that place. but
the girl could not be found. Nothing
more was heard until the girl was
reported to have been seen in At
lanta.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-10
FLOOD SWEEPING
A MILLION ACRES
Engineers Estimate Waters viii
Cover Small Empire Near
Memphis by Night.

MEMPHIS. TENN. April 10.-More
than 100000 acres of land near Mem
phis will be flooded to a depth Of
from to 20 feet by tonight, ac-
cording to engineers. 1t is reported
that serious break in the Ievee at
Wilson, Ark. is threatened.
cold rain is falling in the flooded
district, and there is much sickness
among refugees. Many of them were
brought into Memphis to-day 1t is
estimated that by Sunday 1000 home
less persons would be in camps here.
The st. Francis Levee Board to-
day admitted the dikes from the Mis-
souri, Arkansas State line to the
mouth of the st. Francis River are in
danger of going out. Local weather
observers to-day warned residents
south of Helena, Ark, to prepare for
the worst flood in the history of the
section.
Cairo Still on oui Vive.
CAIRO, ILL, April 10.-Rains over
the territory feeding the Ohio River
kept the water gauge here to-day at
54.5 feet, a fall of only a fraction of a
tenth since yesterday morning. Tx
IRENE watchfulness is necessary to
protect the city from breaks in the
levee. Business has not been re-
sumed.
Captain Klauser reported to-day
tina Mound City was considered safe.
A committee of Cairo citizens to-
day made plans to go to Washington
and urge Congress to appropriate ST.
100000 for a 60-foot wall to protect
the city from flood