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The Prescott daily news., 1914-10-06
a,,rrITENTIARY IS NSon,,rv NO PbNii BAR TO PROSPERITY
l., Vance. for 16 Years Con Reeu!. Will Leave Pen, Feb. VeS a3 possessor of Sever
 al Thousand Dollars

Little Rock, Oct o'-hVeh a
 ,.n;tentiary is no bar to pros
 psritv if the convict possesses tse temperament required to
 ', rraso the opportunities which are offered the Worthy prison
 ',s The case of Reedy Vance, s,o of the most desperate men
 .hs % Arkansas penitentiary ever
 s,rbored, being cited by mem- bsrs of the Arkansas Peniten- tiary Commission as to what a eonvict can do if he will. 5a En- terjng teri the penitentiary in 1899, Tance if will leave the state insti- ttion 1 on Washington's birthday Eob, 22. 1915, the possessor of ssveral thousand dollars, all of which he has earned in prison.
 Vance. after having escaped lpngthlv sentences for other
 murders, killed Lee Ting, pro- urietor of a Chinese restaurant in Little Rock. The crime was deliberate murder, Vance being very intoxicated at the time. He received a sentence of Fl years. After serving about 10 years Vance was paroled, but appear ing in a Little Rock restaurant one night under the influence of HQuor and making a display of firearms, he was arrested and his parole revoked. The old pen itentiary board was often peti- toned for another parole after that, but declined to grant it. Vance enjoyed two years of lib- erty, which was allowed him in computing his good time", for Vance will receive ' and one half years from his sentence for good behavior in prison.
 For several years Vance has been clerk in the commissary at the State Farm. With a few dollars he purchased a supply of smoking tobacco and canned goods. These luXuries he sold to the convicts who received a little money from home, and soon built up thriving trade. He now has considerable sum in cash, has a stock of merchandise that will invoice 5000, and is not bothered about the European war or the low price of cotton.
 Vance says he is through with liquor and that he will never carry arms again. When releas- ca he expects to move to New MeXlco, there to enter business ana live his remaining days in peace.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-10-06
RETURNS JUDGEMENT
 AGAINST STOCKHOLDERS
Benton Circuit Court Returned Judgemen Against Bank of Roger for Public Funds
 on Deposit.

Little Rock, Oct. 6.-The State Banking Department has infor- nation that the Benton County Circuit Court last week returned a judgement against the stock holders of the Bank of Rogers for the public funds on deposit in the bank at the time of the failure. The law provides that the stockholders are liable for public funds, in addition to their double liability for all the Obli- gations of the bank aside from the capital stock. This was the first time the issue had ever been brought up in an Arkansas case, and it was bitterly contested on both sides, resulting in a victory for the county. The amount in volved was about $30,000, in county, school and road funds.
 The county also secured judge ment against the bondsmen of the Bank as the county deposi- tory. The holding up of the school funds pending this adjust ment has caused a great deal of inconvenience to the schools of the county.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-10-06
NO MORE "WURTZBERGER"
 FOR LITTLE ROCK

It is stated by connoisseurs on the subject that the last case of Wurtzberger beer in Little Rock was consumed last week, and that there will be no more on sale here until after the war. The Wurtzberger is an imported beer, made in the German province of that name, and by beer drinkers is said to be of a superior qua lity.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-10-06
w. C. T. U.

Let every member be present at the initial meeting of the new w. c. T. U. Year, Thursday af- ternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Sam o. Logan. Don't neglect this meeting, as business of inn portance is to be attended to- Sec. and Pres.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-10-06

Good roads broaden our sym pathy, lessen distance and in crease our usefulness.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-10-06

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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-08

Nor'd Want. CIT Results
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-03
THE WEEK IN BUSINESS

experimenting the general opti-
mistc feeling there as some actual
Improvement in business conditions
throughout the country during last
week aside even from the speeding
up Of retail trade on account Of the
warmer weather creating an enlarged
demand for seasonable goods. There
was q former tone in The textile and
boot and shoe industries and the turn
ing point in the iron and steel market
is believed to have been reached with
progressive improvement to be looked
forward to.
The tone Of the talk ut the recent
meeting of the American Iron and
Steel institute in New York was de-
cidedly hopeful. Some of those pres
ent we're inclined to be skeptical of
sustained improvements, and showed
themselves depressed by what has
been done by the pending antitrust
laws, and by fears that the Interstate
Commerce Commission might not
grant the needed increases in rates :;
but this element was in the minority.
Seattle WASH Post Intelligencer.
(Standpat Republican,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-03
MARSHALL FIELD & co. LETTER

Marshall Field & Co., in their week
~ review of the dry goods trade, say;
"An excellent condition of retail dry
goods stocks throughout the country
is indicated by the interest manifested
in the preinvcntory sale of the first
three days of this week. A greater
number of buyers visited the market
than has ever attended anv Of our
previous June preinventorv sales.
"A large volume Of merchandise was
distributed, with sales heaviest in
such lines as wash goods, white goods
and laces, although there YVES lively
general buying in all departments.
This demand for goods for immed-
late use was anticipated from the fact
that retailers future purchases for
the spring season were light, and they
have depended to a greater extent
than usual on Getting their lines in
smaller Quantities as they needed
them.
Cash receipts show improvement
over those Of the corresponding period
Il year ago"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-03
THE DAY OF REST" AND
HUMAN EFFICIENCY

The refreshing influence of the
weekly day Of rest" on u person sub
jected to the strenuous routine Of a
busy life is feature which he himself
can duly appreciate in the effects on
his feelings" and Spirits" The eff
cheney Of the working man, the length
Of the WORKING day, the interjection Of
pauses for rest in the schedule of la
Dor for persons of dicerent ages and
stations in life--questions of this sort
are constantly arising for solution on
scientific basis. Not only in the
field of manual labor, but also in the
case of the school child, the office boy.
the factorv girl, the banker and the
merchant. efficiency is the keynote of
the times. Fatigue is the enemy Of
efficiency; and to detect and compen-
safe for or overcome it, is the duty of
those concerned with the promotion
of human welfare.
In view of this says the Journal of
the American Medical Association it
is of more than passing interest, to
know that Dir. Martin and some of
his associates in the labratory of Ply
siology at the Harvard Medical
School, have been making a careful
study of the whole question of ia
tigue and efficiency from physio-
logical standpoint. A long series of
experiments have been made on first
year medical students who were fol-
lowing n regular routine of school
work during six days Of each week.
The routine was interrupted week.
ly by the Sunday recess, an interval
occupied variously by the students,
but in no case in precisely the manner
Of the week days. The daily observ-
atoms made on these persons during
several weeks show that at the be-
ginning Of the week the nerve rcac-
ton tends to be high, that from then
until the end of the week there is n
fairly continuous decline, and that
following the interruption of the rou-
tine by the intervention of Sunday,
it returns to the original high point
The decline is interrupted as cum
ulative result of general fatigue in
cident to routine. What is even
more significant. however, is the adj
ded fact that pronounced break in
the routine-such as the "day Of
rest" occasions--may bring about a
return of senstiveness to high
point or, in other words, it restores
the nervous tone. Studies continued
in this direction should lead to some
useful conclusions regarding the max
imum Of work, with respect to both
its diration and type, that should de-
termine the conditions under which
the organism of man may be main
tanned withot depletion.--St. Louis
Christian Advocate.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-03
MANUFACTURED BUSI-
NESS DEPRESSION

The efforts Of those who have been
receiving an undue advantage at the
hands of the Government to "nianu-
facture" q business depression has
been exposed by President Wilson.
Monopoly, through its various chan.
nels of communication, is cudcavoring
to have congress adjourn without pas
sing the antitrust bills that will pro
tcct the public from the many forms
Of oppression that they have suffered
from for years past. The plan of the
interests" is to have big business
houses write letters to their customers
and request them to write President
Wilson, their congressman and sena-
tors and demand that all trust legis-
laton be abandoned for the present
and that Congress adjourn and go
home, etc, on the pretext that the eff
fort Of the President to protect the
people from monopoly is hurting bust
ness. Chambers of commerce, COM
mercial clubs and other business or
carnations ~" being requested by
various Interested groups to pass res
olutions requesting that the railroads
be given permission to raise their
freight rates five per cent and that no
antitrust legislation be passed at the
present session Of Congress. The
President is to be commended for his
prompt action~in giving publicity to
the manufactured" business depres-
sion scheme, and for his inSistenCe
that the antitrust bills shall be pass
cd before Congress adiouIns. Now is
the time for every citizen who believe
in equal rights to all and special
privileges to none" to take an inter-
est in what is going on at Washington.
President Wilson is fighting for legis-
Iaton to protect the people against
monopoly. The reactionary senator's
and representatives in Congress, sup
ported bv big business" are endeav-
oring to block action by the Senate
and to force adjournment. II you be-
| lcvc in the Democratic platform a.
dopted Mt Baltimore; if you believe
| the people are entitled to an even
| break" with monopoly before the law;
| Il you believe in the antitrust bills
now before the Senate; if yon believe
| in the honesty Of purpose Of Woodrow
Wilson; if you believe that 1t will be
better for business and all concerned
to settle the trust question NOW
rather than keep the matter in doubt
until next fall or winter, wire or write
your senators and congressman al
once and give them your opinion as tc
whether they should stand by the
President or stand with those who are
opposing the President Now is the
time to secure the reform Legislation
the Democrats have been promising
for twenty years. Your senators anc
congressman are entitled to hear from
you on these important matters. Dom
delay. but wire or write them at once
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-03
BRIGHT PROSPECTS AHEAD

From the managers of every rail
way system west of the Mississippi
River comes news of the most bril-
liant prospects in production Of the
farms and orchards, and not sys-
tenn in all the region from the Canada
line to the Gulf and Mexican border
but estimates a notable increase in
number of cars that will be required
to transport the agricultural tonnage
which is to be exchanged for the cash
that returns to the farmers to en-
rich them and benefit the entire coun-
try.
Pcssimists may seek to dwarf the
results to the country at large, but
facts and presidents are all against
them.
Large harvcsts, ample supplies Of
money this autumn in the United
States, prices as yet in many Of our
products not materially lower, surely
will place the inhabitants Of the farm
ing districts in position to purchase
largely of the outputs of our manu-
factories.
We have now the testimony Of the
heads of the railway systems as to
what this tonnage to their roads.
1t necessitates the employment of
more men. the purchase of more cars,
Of more motive power, and largely in
creased supplies Of steel rails and all
other material that enters into the
transportation business. - Washing
ton Post.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-03
Overlooked.

A bridegroom is person who
spends lot of money buying himself
wedding-suit that nobody notices.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-03
IN ONE ORDER SEVENTY
FIVE WHEAT BINDERS
ConcOrdia Made Parade of Record
Delivery Of Machines
lFrom Kansas City Stnrl


Concordia, Kansas, June.-What is
believed to be a record delivery Of
binders in this state, or any state, was
made here when one firm alone sent
out scvcnty-fve machines to Tire farm
crs of Cloud county. A feature Of
the delivery was parade on the main
street Of Concordia, led by the band
and the owners Of the binders proud
ly driving through the streets.
The binders and horses were decor
ated with American flaps. The pa
rade was eight blocks in length and it
IL probably the first Si"ht Of this kind
in any town in the wheat belt and il
shows what a monStrous wheat crop
the farmers of Cloud county will reap
next week when harvest will be on in
earnest.
This delivery is only from one firm
in the city and so much encouraged are
the makers. the John Deere Co., that
they have decided to establish a dis
tributiHg point in this city for this
entire section Of Kansas.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-03
BISMARCK

S. 5. Taylor of Claytown visited
friends here Tuesday
NJ. NJ. Wallen visited his sister
Mrs. Chas. Knight, AT Chester, I'LL.
last week.
Mrs. Maude Wood Of st. Louis is
visiting her mother, Mrs. James
Walsh. few days this week.
j.. II, Shancr has force of men
grading the road from st. Francois
bridge TO interscct with the Iron
Mountain road, now being graded.
NJ. c. Jamison Of Caledonia was
here Tuesday enroutc to Idaho for an
extended visit.
Geo. r. Mcfarland, aged II years,
died at his home three miles west of
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-03
FEELING Is OPTIMISTIC
Business Men Write President Con
tradicting Republican Cry OF Ca
lamity-Factorics on Full
Time.


Washington, July 3.-LettcrS and
tclegrams that are pouring ia upcn
President Wilson and nemherc of ,bo
r',.''. -. -
Iaoihe' l'"''y coh'rnu'c' 'he pcssi'n'S-
tic reports Of the business situation
which are being so ndustriously cir.
culated by Republican politicians.
Tall NJ mimic those advicas SOW
has no foundation whatever, All evi'
denco rointe IN tbo largest grain cron
inclu,linr corn. in history. II tbard'
fore follows tho Drn,.,rInitr leodor,
cav thn b.sinass hnr n viii nnirki,.
orncn. after thc m,rLrtiny Of tbn
hmm rron Mo President Ia con.
,Jont II viii 10 n Ios,m" hoo,n Ln-
an, tho cyistiog dnuhts nc to tho
t,an.,i9, Of the anti-trust laws will h.
removed and because n scientific rnr
rcncv system will then be in full oner-
atio1
Tho lctters most yolu,d by the pras
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-03
SURPRISING CURE OF
STOMACH TROUBLES

When you have trouble with your
stomach or chronic constipation. don't
imagine that your case is beyond help
just because your doctor fails to give
YOU relief. Mrs. G. Stengle, Plain
field, N. j., writes: For over n
month past have been troubled with
my stomach. Everything | ate up
set it terribly. One of Chamber
lain's advertising booklets came to
me. After reading = few of the let
tiers from people who had been cured
by Cbamberlain's tablets, decided
TO try them. ! have taken nearly
three-fourths of a package of them
and can now eat almost everything
that want" For sale by all deal
nrS
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-03
MAKET REPORTS

Looking back for week or ten days
upon the hog situation there is little
critisism to be recorded. The
strength in the trade has been a good
omen, not only resulting with the
current prices 20 cents per hundred
higher than week ago but finds us
in an optimistic mood regarding the
immediate future, looking for good
hogs to hold reasonably well at cur
rent prices with strength most likely
if receipts are not too heavy.
With $500 on sale today. trade was
generally on a steady basis. though n
top at $500 was made by an Eastern
buyer for some selected hogs, nickle
above yesterdays best price.
Cattle receipts $500. Beef steers
are selling about steady with last
weeks cows though the heavy supply
of butcher stock and stocker stuff
has broken these grades rs per cent
per hundred.
Sheep receipts 5000. General mar
ket % per cent lower today. Best
lambs to butchers at $3.50 with pack
ers paying but $SS5. Light sheep
$4.75; heavy ewes 81. Bucks $3.50
Last Wednesday was Gus BANNER
DAY of that week: We sold THIR-
! TEEN PERCENT OF ALL THE
HOGS and ONE THIRD OF ALL
THE SHEEP on SALE at St. Louis.
That stockmen appreciate our ser
vice We have only to mention that to-
day we sold fourteen per cent of all
| the native cattle and seventeen per
cent Of the cheep. If we didn't give
results, then would this showing be
! possible?
National Live Stock Commission Co..
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-03
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
Boston Banks Have Record Holdings
With Recent Increase

Boston, June.-Great gains are be-
ing made in savings bank deposits in
Boston. In the six months since these
banks made their official returns to
the State Bank Commissioner onOc-
tober 81 1913 the total of deposits
has increased 2.S9 per cent or 81
10000, and the figures now set new
high record of 1881 $4,000. At the
present there is not one savings bank
in Massachusetts naying less than
3 1-2 per cent, and 4 per cent is the
usual rate paid by 1866, or Sc per cent
of all of these banks. Ten years ago
31-2 per cent was the going rate paid
by 9S of the then 189 savings banks.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-03
HE'S WITH US THIS WEEK
nv i. Z. CT

NDy j. I. O.I
Lord bless the good, kind candidate,
He is noble fellow,
He'll stand for any sort of joke
And never will ne below.
He laughs when other men are blue,
He's always optimistic,
And he will deal in gentle words
Among the pugilistic.
Luck be to this kind gentle soul,
! hope his tribe increases;
And yet ! fear ere two months more
He'll all be shot to pieces.
-Prospect-Sews.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-03
THE BEST MEDICINE
IN THE WORLD

"My little girl had dysentery very
bad. / thought she would die. Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Didrrhoea
Remedy cured her, and ! can truth
fully say that ! think it is the best
medicine in the world" writes Mrs.
William Orvis, Clare Mich. For sale
by all dealers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-23
Submarines Escaped.

Berlin, via The Hague, Sept. 23.-No
mention of any German casualties was
made today in the official announce
ment of the sinking by the kaiser S
submarines of three British cruisers.
1t was believed, therefore, that all
the submarine craft escaped.
Berlin was jubilant. On all sides it
was declared it evidently was the ad-
mirality's policy to continue the Ger
man naval campaign along just such
lines until the British fleet had been
sufficiently reduced to enable the fa.
therland s vessels to engage it on
something like even terms. Judging
from the submarines latest exploit, it
was declared this policy seemed likely
to prove successful.
So far as the Germans land cam.
paigns were concerned, the war office
maintained that all was going well.
That the Germans had retired any
where in France was denied. On the
contrary, it was asserted the Germans
had driven the French from their out
lying trenches near Rheims and that
the Metz army had pressed the Gallic
forces far inside their own frontier.
In East Prussia, it was said, the Rus
slams had not recovered from the de-
moralization into which they were
thrown by the kaiscr's troops recent
successes, and in Russian Poland il
was declared the German army was
operating almost unopposed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-23
Dead Number 1921.

London, Sept. 23.-The admiralty's
official estimate of the number of those
who persisted through the loss of the
British cruisers Abouiir, HoCue and
resSy placed the figure today at 1924.
This estimate was made following a
compilation of all available information
and was believed to be correct,
The cruisers We're supposed to carry
crews of 700 men eaen, which would
make the survivors number 476. That
each ship had exactly 200 men on
board, however, was thought unlikely,
so this figure was only an approximate.
The dead were understood to include
nearly all OF the three ships officers,
The public generally has been far
from satisfied with the showing the
British navy has made since the war
began. 1t was assumed at the outset
that Germany's sea strength would be
crushed at once. Not only has this not
happened-Germany s bigger vessels re.
fusing to venture from the shelter of
their landed defenses to meet fleet
numerically their superior-but British
losses Of war vessels have considerably
exceeded the Germans thus far.
In the actual number of ships lost