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The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-06
TRAVELLERS TO BE
 RICHLY ENTERTAINED

Texarkana, May ,. 5.-Elaborate preparations are being made here for the entertainment of the Arkansas Travellers who are to meet in annual convention June 9, 10, II and 12, and it is the hope of the Board of Trade and the local Travellers to make the visitors have the best time of their lives when they gather in this city, It is announced that several big surprises will be sprung.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-06
NEW CORPORATIONS
 SECURE CHARTERS

Little Rock, May 6.-The fol lowing corporations were char tered:
 Baxter Slave Company, of Jelks, Woodruff county, capital stock S7, 800, l.. c. Baxter presi- dent, J E. Baxter vice. president George T. McCoppin, secretary treasurer.
 The Sorrells Company, drugs, Hot Springs, capital stock $50, GOO, of which SIP. .000 subscribed F. P. Walker president, l.. G. Bennett, vice president. J, w. Suegs jr, secretary treasurer,
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-06
R,nkers Will Not
 Finance Probe
s,,,utIys Committee Of State AssocIa ,i,,iou Decides Not 10 Take Hand in the Investigation of Leg
 isIative Committees

; little Rock, May 5.--Memo oers of the executive council of the c..te Bankers Association, by four. .to.one vote, last night de" elined to take a hand in financ- ;cc the two legislative commit ,oos which have been issued de- scjency proclamations by Gov. Hays. The meeting held, at the Hotel Marion, resulted in a final decision that it was not a matter n he taken up by the associa- tOn.
 R. c. Powell of Camden, presi- dent of the association, was the only member present who favor ed the Iassociation's financing of the committees. On the vote s. A Pernot, of Van Buren, T. A. Monroe, of Magnolia, W. M. Dunaway, of Newport, and Geo. W Rogers. of Little Rock, voted against it. Four members of the committee were not present, but two of them Lloyd Rainwater of Morrillton, and l.. W. Me. Crory, of Eureka Springs, had written that they disfayored the prolect. The other two mem- bers of the committee, Virgil Petite of .Jonesboro, and R. l.. Hyatt, of. Monticello. had writ ten that they lcould not attend, but did not express their views on the proposition.
 Members of the committee in. Vestlgating state departments appeared before the bankers committee, as did Senator Bush, chairman of t h @ mittee probing the State Board O f Charities, Senator George ". Garrett, chairman of the investi- gatlng committee, told the bank CTS that the committee was un. able to estimate the cost of con mutation of the investigation. out that it would not exceed ue slO00 provided for in the governors proclamation.
 oenator Bush tolt tLe commif-
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-06
Governor pardons
 Negro Murderer
Recommended by Associate Justice Smith of Supreme Court Who Sen tenced Negro While on Cir
 cult Court Bench

Little Rock, May 6.-Gov. Hays has pardoned negro, upon the recommendation of Associate Justice F. G. Smith of the Su- preme Court, who had sentenced the negro while on the Circuit Court bench. Henry Campbell, the negro was convicted in Dec ember, 1911, in Crittenden coun. ty, of the murder of negro wo- man, and sentenced by Judge Smith to eight years imprison- ment. The negro's mother is the cook at the home of Judge Smith and has been in the en- ploy of the family for twenty years. Recommending the par don, Judge Smith says:
 She is one of the old time darkies, and she has never once questioned the wisdom or the justneSs of her sons sentence. and has never once complained of the harshness of his sentence. With simple faith she believes that white folks know what is best and will do and have done what the law requires, and what ought to be done with the negro who is her only child. I have known this negro all my life, for we are about the same age. and l know that he was never re- garded as a mean or vicious ne- gro and had no previous criminal record. Upon the contrary, 1 know that he was always regard ed as an unusually good negro, except for the fact that he would occasionally get drunk, and this habit caused his present trouble. 1 have long thought that I was harsh in the sentence imposed and that justice was not temper ed with mercy as it should have been."
 He shot and killed the woman while he was drunk on bootleg whiskey," and knew nothing of the circumstances. Since his in- carceration he has lost a leg while working on the railroad, and his attorney got judgement for S250 His half will be used to buy cork-leg.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-06

tee that the probing committee owed about S1,5O0, the amount being due sheriffs for serving summons, to witnesses as fees and per diem to members of the committee. He said that it would take the remaining $500 to complete the report.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-06

roads. Temporary repairs only have been made to the tracks and it will require several days to put them in normal condition. Arkansas Gazette.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-06

We sell the Prescott Ice & Milling Company's Purity Ice Cream Cones- 5c. Quart cartons, 30 cents.-Vickers X Co.-Phone 324. Advt.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-06

McClerkin Drug Store, Little Rock, capital stock 5000, all subscribed, F W. McClerkin president, J. H. Brown vice-pres- ident, and l.. J. Ashby secretary treasurer.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-06

The price of The Nevada News is only one dollar per year.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-06
Report of the Condition of BANK OF PRESCOTT

Prescott, Nevada County; Arkansas At the Close of Business May l, 1915.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-05
Not InfaIlibIe.

The new system of memory training
was being taught in a village school
near Crook. and the teacher was be-
coming enthusiastic. you see" he
said, addressing the bright pupil, I'm
order to fix thing in your mind you
should conjure up some sort of pic
ture in your minds eye, representing
what you want to bear in mind"
yes, sir" said the bright pupil; 1T
sounds very nice. and I've no doubt
the advice is excellent If you could
tell me what it means" well, for
instance said the teacher, "supposing
you want to remember the name of
poet-Bobby Burns. Fix in your
minds eye picture Of policeman in
flames, See-Bobby Burns!" yes.
see, sir" said the bright pupil But
how is one to know that it does not
Robert Browning"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-05
HAVE NO STANDING IN LAW
Exponents of Esprit Medlumshlp"
Find Little Comfort in Appeal
ing to Courts.

Subtle though the judicial mind may
be, writes L. Arthur Wilder in Case
and Comment, it has no place for
spirit mediumship. The Michigan SUI
preme court once had occasion to con-
slider the case of one who advertised
himself as "a modern day seer" clair
voyant trance medium" and "clairvoy-
ant physician" thoroughly con-
versant with the occult sciences" per-
hitting "a peep through the keyhole
of the mysterious future" and offering
advice with strange certainty" on
all business affairs and affairs Of the
heart, restoring lost affections, peace
and confidence to lovers and discord-
ant families" ION a positive guar
anty," locating lost, stolen and buried
property and treasures and calling his
business "psychometry or soul read
ing" or "prognosticating. The court
held that he was properly convicted
of being disorderly person and fur
Their that no intent was involved, since
the offense itself was a misdemeanor.
and either specific acts or advertise
ment itself constituted the offense. A
like attitude is taken in New York,
Delaware and England, and there is
a record OF conviction in France OF
an impostor who claimed the power
not merely to Inaterialize spirit but
to photograph it.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-05
''CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiOusness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a Decent box.

Are you keeping your bowels. liver.
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermentlng food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out Of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-05
CHAPTER III.
The Survival of the Fittest.


New York city and Chicago were
in chaos. And what happened with
them was happening in all large cities
A third of the New York police were
dead. Their chief was also dead. like
wise the mayor. All law and order had
ceased. The bodies were lying in the
streets unburied. All railroads and
vessels carrying food and such things
into the great city had ceased run
ming, and mobs of the hungry poor
were pillaging the stores and ware
houses. Murder and robbery and
drunkenness were everywhere. AL
ready the people had fed from the
city by millions-at first the rich, In
their private motor cars and dirigibles,
and then the great mass Of the popu-
lation, on foot, carrying the plague
with them, themselves starving and
pillaging the farmers and all the
towns on the way.
1.-The man who sent this news, the
wireless operator, was alone with his
instruments on the top of lofty build
ing. The people remaining in the city
he estimated them at several hun
dred thousand--had gone mad from
fear and drink, and on all sides OF
him great fires were raging. He was
a hero. that man who staid by his
post-an obscure newspaper man,
most likely.
For twenty-four hours, he said, no
transatlantic airships had arrived, and
no more messages we're coming from
England He did state, though, that
message from Berlin-that's in Ger
many--announced that Hoffmeyer,
bacteriologist of the Metchnikon
school, had discovered the serum for
the plague. That was the LIST word,
to this day, that we of America ever
received from Europe. If Hoffmeyer
discovered the serum, it was too late,
or, otherwise, long ere this, explorers
from Europe would have come looking
for us. We can only conclude that
what happened in America happened
in Europe, and that, at the best some
several score may have survived the
Scarlet Death on that whole continent.
For one day longer me dispatches
continued to come from New York.
Then they, too, ceased. The man who
had sent them, perched in his lofty
building, had either died of the plague
or been consumed in the great con-
flagration he had described as raging
around him. And what had occurred
in New York had been duplicated in
all the other cities. II was the same
in San Francisco, and Oakland, and
Berkeley. By Thursday the people
were dying so rapidly that their
corpses could not be handled. and
dead bodies lay everywhere. Thurs
day night the panic outrush for the
country began. Imagine, my grand
sons, people, thicker than the salmon
run you have seen on the Sacramento
river, pouring out of the cities by
millions, madly over the country,
in vain attempt to escape the
death. You see, they car
ried the germs with them. Even the |
airships of the rich. fleeing for noun
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-05
tain and desert Businesses. carried the

tain and desert Businesses. carried the
germs.
Il was telling about the airships OF
the rich. They carried the plague
with them, and no matter where they
fed, they died. never encountered
but one survivor Of any Of them-Mun-
gerson. He was afterward at Santa
Rosa, and he married my eldest daugn-
ter. He came into the tribe eight
years after the plague. He was then
nineteen years old, and he was COM
PEELED to wait twelve years more be-
fore he could marry. You see, there
were no unmarried women, and some
of the older daughters of the Santa
Rosans were already bespoken. So he
was forced to wait until my Mary had
grown to sixteen years. 1t was his
son, Gimp-Leg, who was killed last
year by the mountain lion.
'Mungerson was eleven years old at
the time of the plague. His father was
one Of the Industrial Magnates, very
wealthy, powerful man. 1t was on his
airship the Condor, that they were
fleeing, with all the family. for the
wilds of British Columbia, which is far
to the north of here. But there was
some accident. and they were wrecked
near Mt. Shasta. You have heard of
that mountain. 1t is far to the north.
The plague broke out among them,
and this boy Of eleven was the only
survivor. For eight years he was
alone, wandering over deserted land
and looking vainly for his own kind.
And at last, travelling south, he picked
up with us, the Santa Rosans,
CTo BE CONTINUED)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-05
Fiction rFTTT@ r-TNEro,
STORY PAGE z
= Romance

1t was like the end OF the world to
me--my world. / had been born with.
in sight and sound OF the university.
It had been my predestined career.
My father had been professor there
before me, and his father before him.
For a century and half had this uni
versity, like a splendid machine. been
running steadily on. And now, in an
instant, 1t had stopped. 1t was like
seeing the sacred fame die down on
some thrice sacred altar. was
shocked, unutterably shocked.
when arrived home, my house
keeper screamed as entered and fed
away. And when rang, found the
housemaid had likewise fed. / inves-
tlgated. In the kitchen l found the
cook on the point of departure. But
she screamed, too, and in her haste
dropped suitcase of her personal be-
longings and ran out of the house and
across the grounds, still screaming.
can hear her scream to this day. You
see, we did not act in this way when
ordinary diseases smote us. We were
always calm over such things, and
sent for the doctors and nurses, who
knew just what to do. But this was
different. 1t struck so suddenly, and
killed so swiftly. and never missed a
stroke. When the scarlet rash ap-
peared on a persons face, that person
was marked by death. There was
never a known case Of recovery.
81 was alone in my big house. AS
have told you often before, in those
days we could talk with one another
over the wires or through the air. The
telephone bell rang, and found my
brother talking to me- He told me
that he was not coming home for fear
of catching the plague from me, and
that he had taken out two sisters to
stop at Professor Bacon's home. He
advised me to remain where | was,
and wait to find out whether or not
had caught the plague.
ITO all of this | agreed. staying in
my house and fer the first time In my
life attempting to cook. And the
plague did not come out on me. By
means of the telephone could talk
with whomsoever pleased and get the
news. Also, there we're the ware
houses. Murder and robbery and
drunkenness were at every door, so
that could know what was happening
with the rest of the world"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-05
Arbitration Court In spaln.

THE most unique and interesting
institution for the settlement of civil
suits in Spain," writes Thomas W..
Palmer, Jr., in Case and Comment,
the Lawyers Magazine, lis the arbi-
tration court All contentious or dis
putes before or after the commence
meut of litigation, no matter how far
advanced, can be submitted to an ar
bitration tribunal by agreement Of all
the interested parties. The excep-
tions to this are those suits involving
political and civil rights, ETC., or those
matters In which the state is especial
ly concerned. The arbitrators, whose
number must not exceed five, are law
yers of twenty-five or more years of
age and In full enjoyment of civil
rights. In some instances the arbitra-
tors may be laymen (amigables COM
ponedores). Appeal is made from the
arbitration direct to the territorial ap-
peal court. This method of deciding
claims has proved successful and is
employed considerably"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-05

A party of tourists were going
through small town. having the time
of their lives, laughing and joking. One
OF them thought she would have some
fun. and called to little girl stand
ing near, Are there any shows in
town." To which the little girl I'm.
swered. "Only the one you people are
making. '-Minnesot Minnehaha.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-05
INTERNATIONAL.
SUND6YSCI1OO
LESSON
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 7
RUTH CHOOSES THE TRUE COB.
tBy e. o. SELLERS, Acting Director Of
Sunday School Course Moody Bible In
stitute. 'Chicago.)

LESSON TExT-Ruth l:s-1S (Read en-
tire book)
GOLDEN TExT-Thy people shall be
my people, and thy God my God.--Ruth
1:6
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-05
- .


silas--I hear your son left that
small town and went to the city to
have larger field for his efforts
Hiram--Yes; and that's what gets
me. When Hank was home a two
acre potato patch was too big field
for him. Judge.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-05
Too Old 70 Learn.

Sweet are the uses of diversity"
quoted the confirmed quoter
Il believe it." retorted the dissatis-
fed one, but. somehow or other,
don't seem to be able to cultivate a
taste for it."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-05
SYNOPSIS,

In California valley an old man. one
of the few survivors OF a worldwide
plague that has destroyed civilization.
tells the story of the Scarlet Plague TO
his grandsons.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-05
In The rrenches

t1n the old days when a soldier went
to war he stood some chance of being
covered with glory"
Quite so, but nowadays he merely
gets covered with mud"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-05

A conservative estimate of the corn
stalk production of this country is
$50, 900, 900 tons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-14
OWNER MYSTERY
FARM A WITNESS
Samuel Anderson Tells OF Years OF
Digging for Treasure Chest on
Iowa Property.

Bedford, Iowa, July 14-Interest
remained tense in the Siam double
murder and treasure chest case here
today, and the crowds which attended
the initial session before Justice NJ. A.
Sawyer last night, when Mrs. Maria
Collins Porter told her story OF the
alleged crimes in September, 1868,
were on hand when court opened at
$3.50 o'clock this morning.
Samuel Anderson, whose proposed
suit against Samuel Scriyner, Bates
Huntsman and John and Henry Dame
wood was responsible for the in
vestigation which led 10 the arrest of
the four aged men, was the states
first witness today. He told Of having
come into possession of the farm on
which the murders OF Nathaniel Smith,
the Macon, Mo, cattleman and his son
are alleged TO have taken place, and
the years OF digging for the treasure
chest supposed to have contained 800
coo taken from Smith by the Taylor
county outlaws.
It was expected that the hearing
would consume the greater part Of
two more days. The case of Bates
Huntsman, the eldest of the quartette
OF defendants, is now before the JUS
tice w. w. BuIman of Charlton, who
is assisting the county prosecutor, and
who has been the chief figure in the
said this morning he
would insist upon the other three
cases being disposed of at this time,
Mrs. Elizabeth Collins Benson
widow Of Jonathan Dark, whose name
has been frequently mentioned in con
nection with the alleged murder of
Nathaniel Smith, and a sister Of Mrs,
Maria Porter, arrived here this morn
ing and declared she would take the
stand in the Bates Huntsman hearing
for the defense.
Mrs. Benson, whose home is in Do-I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-14

yer, Okla. declared that there had
been no killing on the Siam farm at
the time Mrs. Maria Collins Porter
her sister. gave in her testimony last
night; that there had been no secret
cave, that she had never heard OF
any buried treasure, and that she nev-
er knew Of a band OF Taylor county
outlaws.
Concerning the killing of Jonathan
Dark, her former husband Mrs. Ben
son said he did not come to their home
in Missouri for the purpose of killing
Maria Collins, bat that he had object
ed 20 her other sister, Matte Collins
going with certain man, and that
the latter. fearing he intended to do
her bodily harm, shot him down. Mat
tie Collins, Mrs Benson said, was al
terwaFd tried and acquitted on the
ground of insanity at Quitman, Mo.
Mrs Benson said she had not seen
her sister, Mrs. Porter, for % years,
and could not understand why she had
gone On the stand and testified as she
did.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-14
Mnnn.LARSnN.

The marriage of Miss Marie Larson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lar
son, 1923 fifteenth street. and Fair
ington E. Wood, son of MFR. and Mrs
z. B. Wood, Thirty-eighth street and
Eighteenth avenue. was celebrated at
II O'Clock his morning at the home
of Rev. NJ E Chatley Of the Me
mortal Christian church. who officia-
ted at the secvice. They were accom-
panied by the mothers of the bride and
groom. A wedding breakfast was
served at the brides home after the
ceremony. The bride wore as her
wedding dress white crepe de CHEN
and white hat Mr.. and Mrs. Wood
left at noon for Chicago, the bride
wearing a travelling suit Of blue
broadcloth They viii return after a
short wedding trip and will reside
with the brides parents Mr.,
Wood is employed as a bricklayer.
His bride attended the local high
school, graduating in the class of
1912.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-14

satisfactory way Of solving this prob
lem is to buy a package of absorbent
cotton and lightly stitch thin layer
in the armhole Of each garment. This
cotton viii last for three or four wear
ings. and can be ripped out and re-
newed This is white and dainty and
absorbs perspiration readily and with
out odor
To Keep Flies Out Of Sick Room
Put some oil of lavender in a saucer
and pour hot water over IL. Place fl
in bedroom and it viii keep room clear
Of flies and such pests as warm wealth
er brings US.
A Fine Varuish Remover parts
denatured alcohol, one part urpeu-
tine; this does the work perfectly and
is much cheaper than prepared var
nish remoYers.
Chloride of Lime, as a bleaching
agent, is not destructive TO & fabric
If it is quickly followed by rinse
water in which ammonia has been
added. This counteracts the chloride
of lime and the results are harmless.
If you have several lemons and do
not use them right away, q very good
way to keep them is by placing each
lemon under a glass.