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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

Three European nations originally occu- pied the three great watersheds of what Is in this day the territory of the United States The British held the Atlantic seaboard, the French the Mississippi val ley and the Spaniards the Pacific slope. But when the map of North America was unrolled on the palace floor and Ma poleon lay down upon it, he saw that the United States had pushed it's boun- daries to the middle of the Mississippi river, while Spain held all else clear to the Pacific ocean, as well as the entire shore of the Gulf of Mexico from Yuea- tan to the Florida Keys. Louisiana, which France had relinouished to her 10 years before, was an immense domain of s75,000 square miles, extending from the gulf to Lake Superior and lying between the Mississippi and the Rocky moun- itains.
 The vastness of that great, uncharted wilderness, greater in area than the United States which then comprised only S27,0O0 square miles, did not interest Ma roeon. For in all it's dreary northerly waste. there were only coco white people, mostly clustered about the trading posts of St. Genevieve, St. Louis and St. Charles. His eye flew to the only dot on the map worthy of his attention, a few acres of marsh lying in a crescent of the Mississippi, where it bent it's way to the gulf. That dot was New Orleans, a miserable little wooden town with TOGO people and with 5000 more in the rest of what is now the state of Louisiana For New Orleans controlled the mouth of the Mississippi and the trade that flowed in and out of the river.
 The population of the territory as a whole. which was hardly more than 4o,- 0do, was still as French as when France had ceded Louisiana to Spain at the close of the Seven Years War. It was not the sovereignty of that handful of people which Napoleon coveted but the mastery of the Mississippi as the sole outlet for the products of the rapidly gi lowing American states and territories on the left bank of the river, with their SO1000 American citizens. Without rail- roads to the east and cut off by the Aleghenies from the old states of the seaboard, those people of the new west looked to the Mississippi as their only highway to the outer world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

HE consulate of Napoleon had a more important and lasting ef-
 feet on the United States,
 country 30O0 miles away from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

Next Sunday: A day at Malmaison with Napoleon. the man, and Josephine. the woman when the world was young again and fortune was starting . new deal
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03
Do they blame Wilson for losing the international polo cup?
ABRASIVE PRODUCTION A
 RECORD BREAKER

The United States last year was richer by S?,5S2,949 as a result of a desire of the people of the country to polish up manufactured ware, ac- cording to the United States Geologi- cal Survey. This amount represents the value of all the abrasive mater ials consumed in the United States in 1913, the largest in the history of the industry, and S665,056 greater than 1912.
 There was an increase both in do- mestic production of natural abrasive and artificial abrasives and in impor- tation, according to Frank J. Katz, of the Geological Survey, in a chapter from Mineral Resources, 1913.,, In the natural abrasive industry gains were shown in the production of gar net and tripoli and diatomaceous earth. There was decrease in the quantity of millstones and of quar- ry products made in connection with them, such as chasers and drag stones of grindstones and pulpstones; of oil stones, whetstones, and scythestones of emery; and of pumice.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03
ORD'S EVE VIEW OF WORLD
 CONDITIONS AS PRESENTED
In The statistical Abstract of The
 United States, 1913."

Washington, D. C., July 3, 1914- In the basic clements of economic pro- gress the United States ranks high among the nations of the world, being one of the five countries only which have an area in excess of 3 million sQua'e miles, and the only nation of the western world (eXcept Ruessia) having a population, of over 100 mil lion In the Interchange of products among its own people it leads the world t hcne trade at the present time being estimated at nearly flo bill lion dollars, or equal to the interna- tional exchanges of the world and ap- prozi imately 10 times the value of our own -oroirn trade now valued at 1 billion dollars.
 That or present foreign trade is far short of the immediate possibili- ties of the nation is evident from a consideration of it's area, commerce, and other eco nonic factors in compar- ison w.th that of other leading coun- tries, IS set forth in comparative tab les published in the Statistical Ab- stract of the United States, 1913", compi.ed by the ureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce Thus the present export trade of the United States (21s bil- ion dollars. represents about $25 per capita. A per capita basis equal to that of Argentina would raise the ex- port nower of the United States to 5 billion dollars: and one equal to that O. Belgium would bring it's exports to 10 billion dollars year; while our aggregate foreign trade, when upon a
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03
USE OF CALOMEL
 pRA( TiCbL'Y STOPPED
DgngerCds Drug Giving Wya for
 Safer More Reliable Remedy

Hundre> people in this vicinity alone have stopped the use Of danger ous ca'omel when their liver is acting slowly, aa, take Dodson's Liv-r Tone instead
 Dodsou Liver Tone is always safe and has none of the bad after-etfects which so often follow the use of calo- mel. It is a pleasant-tasting vege- table 'quid that stsrts the liver gent ly and rely and relieves constipa- ton and hiliousness and causes no restriction of habit or diet.
 Many preparations have sprung up that initiate the claims made for Dod- sons Liver Tone, but remember Dodson's Liver Tone is the tried and tested rcmedy that has proven such a good medicine and is so satisfactory to every user-is the reason these limitations are on the market
 Dodson's Liver Tone cannot hurt anyone end if it fails to do all that is claimed fer it Hesterly Drug Store who sells it, will give your money back with a smile.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03

per capita basis as large as that of Canada would be considerably over 13 billion dollars a year.
 Other comparative tables in the Statistical Abstract" further empha- size the commercial power of the United States and it's strong interna- tional position. In railway mileage, for example, we possess one-third of the worlds total, our 25S,00O miles be ing ten times as much as the mileage of the United Kingdom and six times that of Germany. One company alone has 23S,000 miles of telegraph lines, or double the total in Russio, next in order. More than one-third of the worlds mail service is performed up- on routes located in the United States. while our public debt of one billion dollars is smaller than that of Italy. AustriaHungary, Spain, Germany, Australia, Japan, British India, or Great Britain, and is less than one sixth that of France, and one-fourth that of Russia.
 Temporary recessions have ire quently marked the course of Ameri- can commerce but the tendency, ac- cording to historical tables published in the Statistical Abstract is ever higher. In II years, from 1890 to 1901, our foreign trade grew from F
 
 billion to 212 billion dollars, an in crease of 30 per cent, while in the II years from 1902 to 1913 it increased from 2l4 to Az billions, a gain of 90 per cent
 The foundations of this growth are laid deep in the soil and natural re- sources of our country and in the character of our people Thus the American Union, from 13 states hay ing 325 thousand square miles and l million people, has expanded to AS statse and the territories of Alaska Porto Rico, and Hawaii, with an area of 2-3 million square miles and 100 million people. In the period since 1870 the value of our farm products has risen from 2 billion to about 10 billion dollars a year; the output of coal from less than 30 to nearly 800 million long tons; copper from 1214 thousand to over one half million tons pig iron from to 31 million tons; pe- troleum from 221 million to 94 billion gallons and manufactures from 4 billion to over 20 billion dollars.
 Data relatingk to education, labor, finance, prices, and other facts af- fecting the economic life of the people are also contained in the Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1913," which may be procured from the Sup Lerintendent of Documents, Govern ment Printing Office, Washington, D. C., for 50 cents a copy.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03

Do you know whether your neigh
 bor's taxes are less in proportion to
 the value of his property than your
 own? If they are, how can you pro-
 tect your own interests without a
 great deal of trouble and without in- touring the displeasure of the other man? When Act. No. is passed in the September election, it will be one |of the greatest moves for tax equali- |zatlon ever taken. All changes from the assessment made either by the board of equalization or the county |court, must be published in the news paper so that all who will may read. It will bring the wealthy taxdodger to time and lessen the taxes of the small taxpayer.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE"
 TO ATTEND FUNERAL? WAS
 QUESTION THEN USED KNIFE
Gro Be Continued)

Fort Smith, Ark. July 2.-"How would you like to go to a funeral Russel Rice is alleged to have asked Lloyd Karnes as they were sitting on a trunk at the union station at Rogers, Ark, this evening, and as the sentence was finished Rice drove a knife into Karnes' side and the latter expired in few moments. Rice was arrested and taken to jail at Bentonville, the county seat and his home. He is married, 2S years old and a member of one of the most prominent families in the state. Karnes was 23 and unmarried. A coroner's jury held Rice responsible for the killing.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03
THE TOLLS REPEAL VICTORY.

The passage of the tolls exemption roneal closes at least for the time beinq another stage in the perpetual fobt against privilege. It saves the canal from exemption. It heads off another subsidy grab.
 That is its domestic significance.
 ut back of this, or perhaps it may he said above it, is its international significance, for in spite of the Norris amendment, a device legally without effect. it represents an assurance to tbe world that the American nation cuards iealously it's honor and it's reputation for good faith. Rather than seem to go back on it's bond, rather than to quibble or wriggle or seek de- fense in legal technicallity, it has brushed aside doubts and taken the straight course.
 This action, involving withdraw from a position hastily taken, with drawal in the face of pingoism, has been supported by American opinion, regardless of party. If in parlia- mentary sense it is victory for the President, victory most creditable to him. it is in a deeper sense victory of the American people, and we may say especially victory of and for the Middle West. It is the Middle West which was chiefly sacrificed to the fancied interests of the two coasts, and it was when the Middle West rose that the fight was won.
 In this result the Tribune has an es- pecial satisfaction, for the Tribune be- gan the fighting and has kept up it's leadership throughout, conscious of its responsibility to the great mdi- empire which has made the Tribune what it is, and which the Tribune has tried always to serve, to reflect, and
 truly to represent.-Chicago Tribune (Rep)
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03
LITTLE ROCK WILL HAVE
 STRICALY SANE FOURTH

Little Rock, July 3.-There will be no celebration of the day here tomor- row. It will be strictly a safe and sane Fourth, for regulations more rigid than ever before against the use of fireworl s or other explosives, on account of ,he infammable condi- ton of everything due to the long drodth, are in effect by order of the Mayor. An unusually large number Of Little Rock citizens are out of the city for the summer.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03
JAMES H. ABRAHAM,
 EX-SHERIFF, DIES
One of the Most Influential Men of Philadelphia and Clark County Passes Away at Early
 Hour Today.

Philadelphia, July 2.-Former Sher- if James H. Abraham of Clark Coun- ty died here this morning at o'clock. He had been acutely ill only two weeks, but had been in poor health for some months, his strong will-power sustaining him far beyond the limit of the average man.
 His death removes one of Clark County's most distinguished citizens. At the time of his decease he was cashier of the Citizens National Bank, having accepted that position upon his leaving the office of sheriff and col lector of Clark County, which he had held consecutively term after term for twenty-four years.
 Mir Abraham's public career as a county official began in 1868, when he was elected constable of Caddo Town ship, which place he held for four years, after which he was selected as deputy sheriff. holding that office for sixteen years, then elected by large majority as sheriff of Clark County, which place he held so long. He was then elected president of the Arkan- sas Sheriff's Association, which posi- tion he highly honored for ten or twelve years.
 His entire public career lasted for ty-four years. He was born in La fayette County in 1851. Later he re- moved to Clark County, where he en- gagged in farming for number of years. He was consistently success ful in everything he undertook. As sheriff of this county he was known throughout the State as fearless and indomitable man, having marvel ous success in detecting and arrest ing fugitives. During his term of of flee he never found it necessary to take the life of any man.
 The deceased was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was close ly allied with the forces that make for better spiritual, moral and civic conditions. He was beloved, not only by his close personal friends, but uni versally esteemed throughout his large acquaintanceship. He was af- filiated with the Masonic Lodge. Woodmen of the World. Knights of Pythias and the Knights of Honor.
 In 1882 Mir. Abraham married Miss Lucy Golden, who survives him. To this union there were born seven children, five of whom survive.
 Funeral services will be conducted at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow Rev. c. P. Bridewell officiating. h. torment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery this city.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03
HAMPSTEAD G. o. P.
 ALSO AIRS NEGROES
County Convention Follows Pulaski's
 EXample-Delegates Named.

Hope, July 2.-The Hampstead County Republican convention was was held in Hope today, with a large attendance. Fir the first time in many years the negroes were excluded from the convention and from the County Republican Central Committed G. H. l.. Coplen was elected chairman of the Central Committee and E. c. Slay- brough, secretary. The convention was the most enthusiastic and har- monious held in the county for many years. The following delegates were elected to the state convention which meets in Little Rock July IA: Sam Mathos, E. G. Slaybough, c. H. L. Coplen, E. R. Newman, Dr. w. H. Whipple, w. E. Yeager, Jeff Russell, Harry ooth and s. R. Young.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03
FEE-GRABBING PRACTICES
 CURBED BY ACT NO. THREE
Old Similar Service Act" Is Res pOnsible For the Abuses Which Have Grown Up in Some Offices.

In some of the road districts of Ar kansas it has been found that all of the taxes have been paid out to the sons of the overseers for "labor and use of teams" It is also pointed out in todays article how the taxpayers have been bilked by fee-grabbing of ficials under the terms of an old act which has been declared unconstitu- tional. The author further explaining section 5 of the publicity act says:
 ''In 1S42 the legislature passed an act providing that in all cases where any officers are required to perform any duty for which no fees are al lowed by any law, he shall be entitled to receive such pay as would be al lowed for similar services Later an act was passed prohibiting the county court from allowing any off cer any fee not specifically allowed such officer by law and providing that in no case should constructive fees be allowed. The Supreme Court, has repeatedly held that an officer is not entitled to fees for every specific act done by him officially and cannot receive fees except in instances where the law provides specifically for the payment of such fees, but notwith- standing the decisions of the courts, ntH fr-n tntotl Ton Dot fees under the old similar services act, and it is quite natural that some officials, when they make out their ac- counts against the county, construc the law literally in their favor and this is especially true when it is known that the public generally will have no information as to the items or the amount of such account.
 Publicity Will Stop Leaks
 "A few of these unlawful fee bills have been before the Supreme Court and those cases show the necessity of a careful scrutiny of such accounts. Publicity will eliminate many unlaw- ful claims. There has been much complaint in some parts of the State that the road overseers do not accom- plish much in such localities with th4 funds derived from the three mills road tax. There is collected from the people of this State each year more than a million dollars for road pur- ho lay stands, the people are not furnished with any information whatever as to how this money is spent. Of course | if person has the time to go to the courthouse and search the records he can get some information but he should not be required to do this.
 Road Overseers' Graft
 | "If the road overseer knows that the county paper is going to publish a detailed statement of the claims paid by his road district it will make him more careful about indorsing claims as correct and also in the filing of his individual claims. It has been stated that in some districts all of the road taxes are paid out to the over seer's boys for labor and the use of their teams. Of course, such instan- ces are exceptional but publicity will eliminate the exceptional cases.
 Section 6.
 "Section 6 provides that clerks who are not on salary shall receive 10 cents per hundred words for services required under sections 1 and !. This is the customary fee allowed by law | for such services"
 (TO Be Contipued)
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03
APPLES 700 CARS SHORT
Frisco Report Says Crop Will Show
 Deficit From 1913.

Fort Smith, July 2.-According to information gathered by the develop ment department of the Frisco rail road the apple orchards of the Ark ansas and Missouri Ozark mountain sections will yield 700 cars less than was estimated earlier this year. The late frost is blamed for the shortage.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03

The stock gamblers of Wall Street are a marvellously thick k-hearded lot
 They tried to bluff the President from putting through free wool and free sugar-and failed. They were the eamsons who were going to pull the temple down upon the currency bill |ahd not a pillar tottered. And now |.hey are yelling panic if the President |ihSlSts upon giving business a solid |uhderplnning by forcing through the trust bills-but We understand.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03
Words of Cheer

Went you join our sunshine so- ciety?" asked the kindly stranger.
 "No," replied the man from the mountains. "We take sunshine as a matter of course. But if you can show us any new ideas about moon- shine we might listen with interest"
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03

Nan 1t be true that the wish is a'her to the thought among the num-
 ious Republican newspapers who are Eon'lnuaIly discovering upon their very best authority that Bryan is h FrDout to resign from the Cabinet? :?
 'aliN We suspect it is true, certainly PO'hihg more substantial than a fine [~se wish Justifies the publication of
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03

oo'ohel Roosevelt it seems, is go [e to smash the Wilson administra- 'On because the word regret" ap- 1. Ea'S la the Colombian treaty. Isn't | 'oo bad that facts have come to (, s". showing that that particular
 o.u ps!, was put in the treaty by former [de e''ueht Taft, who's already smash
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03

We will receive a fresh car of "Queen Anne flour within few days. This is the best flour on the market and we want you to try it.-J. M. Haltom. Phone 192-fresh groceries only. Advt.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03
July Third.

If YOU would gain mankind, the host way is to appear to love them; ord the best way of appearing to lowe them is to love them in reality.
 J. Betham.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03

Another form of optimism is the belief that the seeds you plant are going to grow up to look exactly like the fancy pictures on the envel- ope.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03
Weary of Terpsichore.

Do you like Wagner?" Better than l used to-" replied Mir. Cumrox. 'There's lot of his music that no one would attempt to dance too"
 Words nf Cheer
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03

lTas; S much easier to go to war with
 rma o .nan 1t is to avoid a resort to lst e. 10 those who talk fight loud
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03

HOW long will it be before busi-
 VIII be able to rake the mead {Na',s s' sweet with hay?'" inquiries the lhs hs"ington Star. The first crop is kan. raKed now. The second is due Peptember l.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-03
The Prescott Daily News
 PU6LSsHE0 ST rne News Printing Go.

Entered as second class mail matter ,,ouember 4th, 1905, at the postoffice \. Prescott, Ark, under the act of coneress, S' March 3, 1879.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-10-19
Lck lighting going
nd o Warsaw"
Troops That Took Antverp Save
Gems. Won KLuck and Won BOehn,

PARIS UNITED PrcReinforcemens released through the
f. of Antwerp reached right
the prevent the ha retirement Of the armies
of Gems. Kluck and Boehm
Military continue increasingly optimistic Is be-
lved tried found
the
and the rich valley expected be abandoned
There ia hours allies
their Following the fall Of
that the allies might be forced
held for renocmens
French general
could spared and rush them the
the vicinity OF Dunkrk
that OF Boehm
Befot being
strong artillery
foundation.
the Prince
steadily direction of Senay
believed will
back % escape humiliation
will compelled
shortly the French proceeding steadily
phe advanced the German positions the right The French
their
he Valley Of Mosele the objective being Metz.
Operations
difficult while fields
Automobiles
the highways become mred
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-10-19
British Troops Stop Won Boehm,
Save Dunkirk, London Reports

LONDON 10 UNITED PressI-Th
line OF
real
which fighting continuous
Bohms attacking Dunkk from the south
following arrival OF their week
weight British fall back
reached French
and another driving begun which only ended after
eastward had occupied In force
their original line
vicinity Ostend through Armenieres
as Dun make direct frontal assaults line that
. we'll inrenched BelgianFench force
satisfaction the British
their
strvice in with
described headquarters constantly i'm
proving
they cooperating all times with
supports the active French "
line
tho Daily Mail wires that reported
crossing the Belgian border
that only miles from Dunkk
the Dunkk forts will
begin
would indicate the had crossed the French frontier