Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-20
COPYRIGHT 1918 BY THE
bO6eS- MERRILL co.

he took out the charter and read anew
.he peculiar constitution and bylaw, ..
that corporation
\ stockholders meeting was set for
My II few days away. and even If ev.
,rybmly i'm the town voted with him he
,oul0 control the voting of only 100 out
II LOCO shares of stock. This WAS the
lilemma that confronted WaiIinyford
nd put ,reilSes in his brow for many
lays but now he only chuckled ut it,
The next mornin" he began looking
iter his personal popularity. he sent
. 10 the city for 500 worth of books.
all in the II cent. cloth hound edi-
ions: he gave the butcher an order for
i COW and two hoes: he gave the baker
IN order for unlimited bread and
cakes he gave the, grocer an urder for
butter. crackers. cheese and ickleS ad
ithitum: then he invited the entire town
tn the grand barbecue and free public
library opening. which library he WAS
abont to present to his beloved fellow
townSmen In the until now vacant
portable house III ~ South Main street
On the day Walinyford decided upon
this the unti;ing Brother Ralph in
New York sought out Blackie Daw,
with newspaper in his hand.
Il suppose you've seen the almost
daily reports of the wonderful output
Of the Kimheiy mine" he suggested
Haven't you cleaned mp on that
YETI, inquired HlAckie in surprise.
Mr. Dou"alhohber was so shocked
and I,ained that no WAS nervous Look
III this article" he begged. pointing t.
y column and II half story" telling %!
4 w"nderfuI ore shipment. THE largest
shipment ever made in the world: lie
explained
II helevc it," replied Rlackie cour
,,ously. passing back the paper. "Ru
why he So nlournful about it: You
don't drink enough. non"nlhoblrr
And here. went ON MIR Dou"n! hob
her. with dignity. lis the wrigher>
certificate" And ne presented Il foIo
=, pa~T
Il believe that. too" admitted Black
T. paSSin" ii back still folded SAY, !
wish you'd 90 away with Your Kim
oely mine and let me sigh in peace
My wiir'> ont of town.
That grand n'enin. waS the apr>
and climax Of Dou-:,lvilc'S history. I:
waS Il grand and gaia occasion. whore.
in Wa!iingf0rd Slune II: his brighteG,
and Toad .ltSSon as master of ccrei..G
iiirS >trutted to his hearts content
Old Pop Mcekin%. who ran the donkey
engine for the small ore eruSher. own
ed Il beautifully notified yellow and
green cornet; Henry Brooger, who
ekcl out Il miserable existence mend
ing shoes while he waited, owned an
accordion. and Tom Macnish. whose
business WAS 10 curse Il mule. owned
Il bass viol. Wallingford hired the
entire band. He placed that band
where ii belonged, right out in the
middle of the field back of the Free
Public library and in front of the bar
hecue. and when the time was ripe.
which WAS Just WHEN the good smell
Of we'll cooked flesh filled the air. he
made II speech. 1t WAS Il ro,iSing. pa.
Niotic. fraternal speech. calculated to
carm the cmkleS of the heart. awak.
eu enthusiasm and increase happiness
on every hand. lie pointed With pride
To the fact that he WIS the sole parent
of this thriving little city and felt IL.
SponSihlc for its welfare and its pros
rerity. He loved I'LL of them us broth
erS, he did. ana if any of them had in
dividual or private troubles let them
come to him. and their firm and ever
lasting friend. J, Rufus Walin.furd
would sea what could be done
The free library that he was pre-
senting them today WAS only the
modest beginning of an Institution of
which he knew Dougalville would one
day be justly proud. \ schoolltouse
would be his next gift to the city, and
he was already tlirkering with the
ministers of three denominations to
come there and establish churches. In
the meantime. HE body needed food as
much as the mind or the soul That
food. he could see by the eye of their
expert butcher and chef. was now
ready. Let him not keep them from it