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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05
GRAY TO HEAD MARYLAND R.R.
ERIN ACCEPTS NEW POST.
Southern Coal Line, With SAB Miles
of Track, Selects West
erner.

New York, Mar. 2-The mystery
about Carl R. Gray, president Of the
Great Northern railroad, is solved.
His new title will soon be that Of
president and chairman of the board
of the Western Maryland Railway
company, with headquarters in Balti.
more.
This is southern coal road, which
last year operated SAB miles of road
and which runs from Baltimore to
Connellsville When it was reorgan.
lied in 1909, John D. Rockefeller
proved to be by far the largest stock.
holder. He, like the smaller fellows,
paid the assessment of $40 share
levied by the reorganization commit
the Missouri Pacific, and several 9th.
er Gould roads, was the first presi.
dent after the reorganization, He
was succeeded by Alexander Robert.
son, who was vice president, and who
is now assistant to Mr.. Burt on the
Missouri Pacific. j. M. Fitzgerald
followed Robertson.
At Connellsville, it's western termi.
nus, the Western Maryland connects
with the Pittsburg & Lake Erie, one
of the New York Central lines. After
the agreement was made it was found
that the Western Maryland did not
have the facilities to handle the
through business. Serious conges.
ton followed, but that situation is
pretty we'll cleared up now.
1t was announced at the offices OF
the Western Maryland Railway com
pany, after long meeting of the di
rectors, that Mr.. Gray had accepted
the presidency of the company, which
had been offered to him. He expects
within the next ten days, to assume
the duties of that office, as we'll a:
those Of the craftsmanship of tn.
board. This is conditioned upon the
acceptance by the Great Northern
Railway company of his resignation
which will now be presented for tina
purpose.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, who was elected t,
the presidency of the Western Mary
land about year ago in an eme1
gency of the company's administra
ton at that time, has presented hi
resignation, to become effective whe1
Mr. Gray reports for the assumption
of his new duties in Baltimore.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05
DEMOCRATIC ROOSTER AGAIN
New York City Democrats Organize
and Choose Old Emblem
Anti-Murphy.

New York, Feb. 28.-"The Demo.
cratic party in New York." with the
rooster as it's emblem, was organized
here by committee of $50 citizens
opposed to Tammany Hall and the
leadership of Charles F. Murphy.
The purpose of the party is to Sc.
cure honest and efficient govern.
ment of the city on the basis of fun.
damental reforms" and to cooperate
with the progressive Democrats Of
state and nation. The committee of
$50 was evolved from the anti-Tam-
many Jeffersonian alliance, which
placed ticket in the field during the
last municipal campaign.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05
Minneapolis Invites President.

Minneapolis.-Th city council has
issued an invitation to President VIII.
son to be the guest of Minneapolis
during the centennial celebration of
Norway's independence, to be observ-
ed May 16, II and Is. In presenting
the resolution, Alderman Hill said
that the celebration would be one of
the most important ever held in the
northwest, and that it was fitting that
the chief executive Of the nation at.
tend. A copy of the resolution has
been sent to the president.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05
BRANDS EUCEN|Cs A SNARE
CALIFORNIA PROFESSOR CALLS,
MOVEMENT A JOKE.
Individual Character and Hiqh Ideals.
of Nation Only Way to Improve
Race, He Says.

Berkeley, Cal, Feb. 28.-Branding
eugenics as the greatest snare OF mod
ern thought, Professor A. l.. Kroeber
of the anthropology department of the
University of California, declared in
lecture that the movement was a
Joke"
"The American press and public
treat it as such," he said.
According to Prof. Kroeber "individ-
ual endeavor and high national ideals
are the only things that will make
better human beings"
"Heredity," continued Prof. Kroe-
Der, is the most misunderstood sub
ject under discussion today. Ninety
nine per cent of what is commonly
attributed to heredity has nothing
whatever to do with it and is merely
matter of individual or national en-.
vironments.
scientists have run riot with the
idea until they fail to distinguish be-
tween heredity which comes from the
inside, and inheritance, which like a
fortune, comes from the outside.
"Civilization is an Inheritance pure
and simple, not caused in the slight
est degree by heredity. Civilization
has progressed but man has stood still
and probably will always remain the
same.
Even Cation, founder of the eu'
genie movement and an eminent sci
enlist was deluded by overlooking the
influence of civilization on man.
"Eugenics appeal to men who are
morally long-haired and to the wom-
en- who are intellectually short-haired.
"It is easier to talk of breeding i'm
proved human beings than to begin by
improving ones self and training ones
children. The future of the human
race can be enhanced only through
character building by individuals and
| courageous adherence to ideals by ma
tions."
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05
Plans Transatlantic Fliqht.

Paris, Feb. %. - Alexander Dumas,
an engineer, laid before the French
Aerial Navigation society, presided
over by Prince Boland Bonaparte, the
result of his studies of the problem
of transatlantic aeroplane flight
Under the plan of M. Dumas the trip
would take 81 hours, exclusive of
stops, of which there would be two
the Azores islands and New Found.
land--for fuel and provisions. The ma.
chine advocated by M. Dumas would
be huge triplane, having an average
speed Of about 81 miles,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05
$4,000 Found in Cellar.

Binghampton, N. Y, Feb. 28.-A dis
patch from Masonville, N. Y, says
that treasure which rivals those of
Captain Kidd days has been uncovered
in that village, when Mrs. Mary Butts,
former housekeeper for Jacob Oswell,
who died recently, found secreted in
the cellar ten thousand dollars in gold
and bills. Oswell was distrustful of
banks and believed in taking care Of
his own money. The money has been
turned over to his estate.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05
100000 to Clean Off Snowfall.

New York, Mar. 2. The recent
heavy snowfall has already cost New
York City nearly $1,O0O,O0O, and were
it not for the probability that rain
and warmer weather will help out,
the city's bill would reach approx
mately $2,500,000 figuring on the con.
tract price of removal. John T. Feath.
erston, street cleaning commissioners,
told the board of estimates that the
department was praying for rain.
Keep on praying" replied the mayor.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05
Chippewa Falls Has $4,000 Blaze.

Chippewa Falls, Wis.,, Feb. 2S.-Fire
destroyed the Northwood Furniture
company's building and stock here,
the total loss being estimated at $75,.
900. The flames had gained such
Roadway by the time the fire depart.
ment arrived that it was impossible to
save the building. The company en-
ployed 100 hands with monthly pay
roll of $4,000. Henry Towle, night
Waterman, was badly burned while
attempting to use fire extinguishers
in putting out the blaze.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05
Alleged Criminal Shot to Death.

st. Paul, Feb. 2S.-"Doc" Sweeney
of New York, said to have long Grim.
inal record, was shot to death by De-
tectives ]. G. Thomas and John De-
laney, who were hiding in a saloon.
Acting on tip, the two detectives
went to the saloon and found two
men in. the act of rifling the cash
registers. Sweeney fell at the first
fusillade, shot drought the heart.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05

Chicago Piano Factory Burns.
Chicago, Feb 28.-Fire DESTROYED
the Henry Detmer piano factory on
North Claremont avenue, causing
loss of $4,000.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05
EP|TOME Of EVENTS
PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO
MANY SUBJECTS.
ARE SHORT BUT INTERESTING
Erjef Mention Of What Is Transporting
In Various Sections OF Our own
and Foreign Countries
WASHINGTON.

Conference on disputed points in
the Alaskan railroad bill has been
again postponed because Of continued
absence of Senator Chamberlain.
Charles H. Movers deportation
likely will be the last of the striking
miners grievances presented before
the congressional investigating COM
mittee, with Charles II. Tanner as
the only witness.
Goods imported at Providence, H.
l., will be permitted to pass without
ADVERTISEMENT to their final destlna-
ton under bill favorably reported
by the house ways and means COM
mittee. The bill would make Provl-
dence a port of immediate transpor-
tation.
Secretary Bryan has ordered far
reaching investigation OF the killing
of William S. Benton, the British
subject, at Juarez. He announced
that until all the facts in the case
should be gathered from all avail
able sources no opinion would be ex-
pressed by the State department.
Clay Tallman, commissioner Oh the
genera! land Office, advocated before
the house committee on public lands
the reduction of royalties on coal
mined in Alaska, with view to en-
couraging private capital. Mr.. Tall
man said he was even disposed 10
favor no royalties at all at first tc get
capital at work.
Congressional investigation OF Rep
resentative Manahan's charges that
the Chicago and Duluth boards OF
trade and the Minneapolis chamber OF
commerce compose a combination in
restaint of trade which fixes the price
of wheat for the farmer and the price
of flour to the consumer, was before
the house rules committee has week
tor the first steps for public hearings
u 4
To encourage young men to enlls
In the navy, and being once in the
the navy to study hard to advance
themselves, Secretary Daniels ha
proposed bill authorizing him tt
appoint annually $50 enlisted men tt
the naval academy as midshlpmen
Amendments would be made on {
competitive basis from among TIN
brightest students in the classes
abroad navy ships, with a require
ment of two years sea service.
A joint conference of the senate
and house pensions committee re
suited in an agreement under which
the committees of the two houses o
congress for the first time will &C
under uniform rules governing tn
consideration and reporting OF pen
will be to allow the reporting of bill
to pension militiamen who serve III
der United States officers in the civ
war
proposition to have the feders
government cancel grants made
various states of hundreds OF tho
sands OF acres of land is soon to /
placed before congress. The gran
of the lands in question were mac
under what is known as the Care
act under the terms of which tt
Interior department, under certa
conditions, granted immense trac
of arid lands to states with the agre
ment that the state would iIriga1
them for settlers.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05
DOM ESTiC.

China has signifed it's intention Of
being one of the next nations to sign
one of Secretary Bryans peace trea-
ties
A resolution announcing opposition
to amalgamation with any other party
was adopted at conference of pro-
gressive leaders from all parts of
Wyoming at Casper.
In a decision Judge Clifford of the
superior court sustained Jesse Thomas
in his action against the knights OF
the Maccabees of the World to pre-
vent the organization from raising his
insurance assessment from so cents
to So a month.
Al the close of the 1en-day cam
paign of the Young Wonlen's Chris
tan association of Baltimore to raise
100000 for it's work, it was announc
ed that contributions and pledges
for that amount had been received
Antony Petrases refused to testify
at the inquest into the murder OF
Theresa Hollander, formerly his fan
Gee, who was beaten to death with {
piece of scantling in cemetery neal
her home in Aurora, Ill. Petrases j!
under arrest in connection with the
crime.
The cases of four officers and en-
ployes Of the Western Fuel company
on trial at San Francisco for alleged
frauds against the government in OBJ
laining custoSn rebates. have gone to
ths Jury.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05

Conference on disputed points IN
the Alaskan railroad bill has been
again postponed because Of continued
absence of Senator chamberlain.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05

China has signifed it's intention OF
being one of the next nations to sign
one of Secretary Bryan's peace trea-
ties
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05

CollAdCCo WAlCA Gil . III" OAl0 W
amount to $250,000,000 through the
house of commons, he will have to
Withstand the fire of Lord Charles
Beresford and other critics of his
policy on oil fuel, which is only to
be used as an auxiliary to coal in the
battleships recently laid down.
|
! EVERY social democrat is synony>
nous with enemy of the nation and OF
the fatherland." The words are from
an official letter of William II, en-
peror of Germany. Again and again,
in spirit if not in exact substance, he
has repeated the statement. Nor has
the German emperor, more powerful
than any other European monarch,
hesitated to use his enormous power
towards suppression of the party
which he so vigorously denounces.
|
The diamond industry of the Neither
lands and in Belgium is in serious
situation, there being over 5000 dia-
mond workers out of work in Amster.
dam, while the situation is said to
be as bad CT worse in Antwerp.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg,
says the boy Taranthevitch, son of q
law court official at Zhitpmlr, Russia,
who was alleged to have been the vic.
tim of a ritual murder" at Fastoff,
was seen at Zhit0mir on February 10,
according to the report Of the police
OF that town,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-05
FOREIGN.

The stream which has been supply
ing the ancient city of Damascus
with water for nearly forty centuries
has been harnessed, and will provide
electricity to light the city and oper
ate 100 miles of railway.
Washington telegraph., 1914-05-01
Administrative S Sale

NOTICE is hereby given that the un-
dersigned administrators of the estate
of Obe Wilson, deceased. Will offer for
sale at The front door of the Mayor 5
Office In the Town of Fulton. Ark. on
Saturday, May 16, 1914,
the following described property be
longing tothc estate of Obc Wilson.
deceased. to-wit:
Lots one ID azd Two (2) in Block
Twenty-Five. and Lot No. Seven in
Block Thirty-onc l3l) in the Town of
Fulton. Ark.
Said property Will be sold to to the
highest and best bidder on a credit o
three months. and the purchaser will
be required to execute note with ap-
proved personal security, bearing in
terest at the rate Of ten per cent per.
annum. and lion will be retained on
the lahd to secure the payment of the
purchase money
Mrs. MARTHA WILSON.
l5t4 Adn'N Est. Che Wilson. decd
Washington telegraph., 1914-05-01
CLOVERS WITH MANY LEAVES
Not by Any Means Strange Fact in
Nature, and Can Be Easily
Explained.

Since four-leafed clover is said to
be lucky, it might be well to know
how it happens that while most
clover has only three leaves one is
found now and then with four.
According TO J. Perriraz, who dis
cusses the question in the Archives
des Sciences Physiques ct Naturel-
les, clovers with more than three
leaves are due TO two causes, one
hereditary, the other nutritive. After
moist season clover plants with
four or even five, six or seven leaves
are relatively common, and plants
with only two leaves are also seen at
such times, but these are very rare.
But some plants are abnormal by
heredity and reproduce themselves
with the same characteristics in sue
cessive years when their environment
remains the same, external influences
merely modifying the size of the
leaves.
Washington telegraph., 1914-05-01
SEES HANDICAP IN MEFXNESS
Way 1t May Be Assumed to
Be Blessed.

The other day | met a man with a
hard luck story. In order to reduce
expenses his firm was cutting sala-
,rics. This mans had been cut in
half.
"You threw the offer at them p |
asked.
"No, how could I?'
"Then YOU practically admitted
that you were only worth the lower
salary?"
'No, but what could | do?"
What could he do? Good lands :
What would You do if that happened
to you? | know what I'd do! I'd
throw the offer in their teeth and get
my hat and coat and get out if I had
to get a wheelbarrow and peddle shoe
strings. I'd 90 around to another
firm and ask them to start me in at
the lower wage until | made good.
No man has to eat humble pie unless
he isn't fit for anything better. The
man who stands for cut in his sal
airy stands for something worse. 1t
means that the path to success is
closing against him and that the
chance of a future raise is mighty
slim.
Oh, yes, there may be wife and
children, but if they do have to eat
dry bread for a while it won't kill
them. The san who has grit enough
to refuse a reduction in salary won't
have to struggle long before he's on
his feet again. 1t shows that the
pioneer spirit within him is still
strong and that he still has some
fight left. Blessed are the meek, but
New York is no place for them
New York Times.
Washington telegraph., 1914-05-01
PERSONAL MENTION

Miss Paterson and two OF her
music pupils, Misses Ninette
Autrey and Hazel Stuart of the
Columbus High School, passed
through Wednesday enroute to
Pine Bluff to attend the annual
scholastic contest. Miss Stua1't
will enter the music contest.
Hon. R. e. Simpson Of near
DeAnn, on g of our old-time
friends, came in Wednesday and
spent part of the day.
Geo 5. Smith, one Of the hus-
ting business men of Ozan, came
down Wednesday and spent part
of the day.
K. H. Anonette Of Yancy, one
of the big farmers OF the neigh
horhood, was here Wednesday
attending to business matters,
F. 2. CIT C444t1 : Or Dzan was a visitor
Wednesday.
Miss Willye Stewart of Column
bus is visiting her sister, Mrs.
J. Z. Gold.
County Clerk Agee spent part
of the day in Hope Wednesday,
Dr. Vaught, the vetenarian,
went to McCaslzill yesterday to
look after case there.
Merchant E. ID. Velvin and wife
visited Hope yesterday.
Mrs. ChaS. Lawliss returned
Monday from visit to her sister
at Nashville
Lilburn Coffee of DeAnn, one of
our good farmer friends from the
FEAST side of the county, was here
on business Thursday.
County SurveyerA. NJ. Gratiot
was mere Thursday looking after
some work i'm his line of duty.
Mrs j Il. Murray and Tom c..
STUART of Columbus, wgre in the
city on legal 9usiness yesterday.
Attorney 5. H. McCollum of
Hope was Sitor Wednesday.
Washington telegraph., 1914-05-01
HAS ITS ROOTS IN COFFIN
Over Grave of Man Buried
Near Nashville.

1t is seldom, perhaps, that nature
erects a monument to- a persons
memory, yet in a small cemetery a
few miles east of Nashville, in
Brown county, may be found an OBJ
ject bearing that distinction, accord
ing to the Toronto World.
More than IS years ago a man
named Allcorn became a resident Of
Brown county, and for several years
lived near Salt Creek, in the eastern
part of the county. While residing
there Allcorn met with an accident
which resulted in his death. and he
was buried in the cemetery near his
home.
The coffin was hewed out of a part
of a poplar tree and made into two
sections. y few years later a small
sprout began to shoot from the crude
coffin, and not long afterward a
small poplar Tree began 10 spread IT'S
branches over the grave.
Witain few yearseit had grown
10 large proportions. and during the
long period since it first appeared
above the ground the tiny poplar
sprout has grown into a tree that
measures several feet in circumfer-
ence and towers above all others in
the vicinity.
It's branches spread far out in all
directions, and many perhaps who
pass nearby are attracted by the tow
ering poplar, though they may be
unfamiliar with its history.
Washington telegraph., 1914-05-01
FA)l n HAND DOWN POWER
daa 81 ...liiors and Gigantic Abilities
Seldom Seem to Have Successors
to Their Scepters.

Individual opportunity in COM
merce and finance reached its climax,
one may say. in the School Of the
Magnates during the three or four
brief years when every industry Of
great importance was headed bt a
man, saws the Worlds Work. Just
as certainly us Morgan, son Of a
banker, became the king of all the
banks, so certainly did Hartman,
son of a poyerty-stricken clergyman,
become king Of all the railroads;
Hayemycr. absolute boss of sugar;
Ryan and Brady, twin tyrants Of the
fractions Duke, the lord Of tobacco
Rockefeller, the omnipotent in oil;
Carnegie, the caliph of steel, etc, etc.
In nearly every great line of indi-
yidUal endeayor some man or family
OF group of friends came up and
seized autocratic power, and a wealth
commensurate with that power
flowed in upon them.
Havemyer died. No man came to
take his place. Hartman died. No
man succeeded him. Rogers died,
and with him passed his power. One
by one the School Of the Magnates
slipped away, some into rest, some
into enforced idlcness, some into
various hayens Of safety from public
wrath, some into death. As the ring
broke at last. Mr.. Morgan, too, died
quite suddenly. The fortunes Of the
giants Of Yesterday remain, for the
most part, intact: but the power Of
the men Of Yesterday is nowhere
passed down from father to son. SO
new men come to WELD the scepters
Of autocratic power in any of the
giant trades Of commerce, finance or
transport
Washington telegraph., 1914-05-01
DRAINAGE PROPOSITION

In our news section of this is.
sue is a contribution from Hon.
Jas W Ellis proposing the crea-
ting of drainage district, thro'
Legislative enactment, forthe Ozan
creek bottoms. We do not know
whether or not the majority of
the people owning lanGs in these
bottoms want such a district as
is suggested created, but we do
know that these lands are not ex-
celed in fertility anywhere in the
state, and f those interested
want such legislation they should
90 after it. Anyway, whatever
your views. our columns are open
to you for discussion of the prop
oSition.
Washington telegraph., 1914-05-01
Commissioners Sale

NOTICE is hereby given that in pursu-
ance of the authority and directions
contained in a decretal order of the
Chancery Court of Hampstead County.
made and entered ON the 4th day of
March. 1914. in a certain cause lNo.
$500 then pending therein between Steve
Carrigan Jr.. complainant. and Jessie
G.. Fletcher, defendant The undcrsign-
ed. as COMMISSIONER said Court. viii
offer for sale at public vendue to the
highest bidder. at the front door or
entrance to the county courthouse. in
which said Court Is held. in the County
of Hampstead within the hours pre-
scribed by law for judicial sales. on
Saturday, May %, 1914
the following described real estate. to-
wit:
Tho Northeast quarter of the North
west quarter of Section Twenty -four.
Township Twelve, South Range Twcn-
ty->even. west. containing 80 acres
more or less. situated i'm Hampstead
county. Arkansas.
TERMS or SALE: On a credit of
three months. the purchaser being re-
quired to execute Il bond as required by
law and the order and decree of said
Court in said cause. with approved Sc
curity. bearing interest at tine rate of
six per cent per annum from date of
sale until paid, and a lien being re
tanned on the premises sold to secure
the payment OF the purchase money.
Given under my hand this oath day
of April. 1914.
q. +. BAILEY.
Com'r in Chahcery.