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The Spectator., 1915-06-29
Arkansas Stage Co.


 recent issue had a very interest ing article on Old Roads and Trails by J. Frank Weaver, of Ft. Smith, from which we take the following concerning the Arkansas Stage Co. Many of our readers can easily remember the days when the stage coach did a thriving business in this state:
 Another line of travel for many years was the line that connected Ft. Smith and Little Rock. The route traversed was, for a couple of years before the war, used by the Memphis branch of the Butterfeld or Overland Stage Line. For many years before and after the war it was used in travel between Ft. Smith and Little Rock.
 In those days steambOats were the favorite method of travel, and were nearly always used when the river was at a boating stage. When, however, the summer drouths came on the traveller had no recourse except the stage. Some times. even when the rivers were high, to use the phase that prevailed at that time, the stage was used in preference to the river by those to whom time was precious, for the reason that Little Rock could he reached quicker that way than by the river.
 From newspapers, bearing date of 1861, l find that this line was operated by the Ark ansas Stage Co. Who the own CT or owners were the papers do not show. Advertisements in papers of the date mentioned say that stages leave Ft. Smith every Sunday. Tuesday and Thursday mornings" A. H. Heine was agent. with head quarters at the St. Charles Hotel. at the corner of what are now First and A streets. The route of this line as given, going east. passed thru Van Buren. Ozark. Clarksville, Moristown, Dardanelle, Lewisburg, and Little Rock. From the latter place, it was advertised. seats could be secured to Brownsville. Madison. Memphis. Searcy, Batesville, Helena. Pine Bluff, Richmond, Napoleon. Hot Springs, and Washington (not Washington. D. C.. but Wash ington in Hemstead county). l judge from this that the ramification of this company were very extensive. Some of the towns mentioned on this route exist now only in memory.
 After the war we find the Arkansas Stage Company again in operation, with Col. Chidestel as it's owner. The line contin ued to operate until the com pletion of the Little Rock & Fit. Smith railroad. For some time Lewisburg was it's termi nus. It kept Ft. Smith in touch with the end of the rail |
 road until the railroad reached Cherokee, on the river bank opposite Ft. Smith. and then became thing of the past. E. J. WoOlum was Col. Chides ter's foreman on this road until he resigned his position to man. age the route that extended from Fayetteville to Alma dur. ing the building of the Frisco.
 Twenty-fOur hours were re. quired to go from Ft. Smith tG Little Rock by way of this line when it ran all the way through. The fair was $l5. It is now &A RA
The Spectator., 1915-06-29

lOct. Winchester bleeched domestic. 2 cents at the Variety Store. adv.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-15

crops. because he cannot tend them.
Physicians fear he is losing his
mind because he feaTfully resents
what he believes is an outrage
against him.
The Kangaroo court took a dislike
to Kingston because he considered
himself other than criminal and has
heaped petty indignities on the Illinois
farmer.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-15
HE HAD NONE

John quarrened with winsome Grace
, last night,
While owning freely she's a bird"
He spoke his mind" to her all right,
By sauntering home without a
word!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-15

D.A. Thomas, the great Welsh coal
producer, who arrived in New York
recently. He was appointed by Da-
vid LIoyd-George, Engiand's minister
of munitions, to supervise purchases
of munitions in this country and Ca
nada.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
FIVE BOY BURGLARS
GO TO REFORMATORY
Were Caught Entering the Fried
lander Company. Tried in the
Juvenile Court.

COLUMBUS, Ga.-Five young
burglars are to be sent to the state
reformatory, by orders of Judge G..
F. Austin of the Juvenile court. The
boys are all kids with the two young
est a pair of twins but eleven years
old.
The boys entered the Friedlander
company on Broad street last Sunday
by effecting an entrance through the
sky-light with the aid of a rope.
They broke open the skylight and
let themselves down and took what
they wanted, taking it to the roof.
Mr.. Friedlander came up on the boys,
and all of them excepting one Of the
twins made escape up the rope.
However, the officers which Mr..
Friedlander summoned were too
quick for the boys and they were
caught The five were sent to the
detention home until a final disposi-
tion of their case could be made,
and while there broke the lock and
were about to make good their es-
cape when caught.
They laughed at the sentence to
the reformatory, saying they were
glad to go.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
THE IDEAL SITUATION
IN THE ATLANTA CLUBS
Can Get Plenty of Drinks But Can't
Pay For Them.

ATLANTA What if anything
Chief Beavers is going to do, now
that May 1 has come and gone, with
reference to new regulations of the
locker clubs in Atlanta is being
watched with interest.
Chairman Fain of the board of po-
lice commissioners has expressed the
opinion that the affair will pass with
out mishap to the real clubs of the
city. 81 understand, said Mr.. Fain,
that the clubs have conformed to
the letter of the law, and if this &C
tion is correct there can of course be
no action of the police against them
For some months past the Driving
Club, Capital City Club, Athletic
Club and others have discontinued
the serving of drinks over the bar.
The only way now is to sit down at a
table and sign request for the liquor
to be brought from ones own private
locker. In case of an out-of-town
guest who has a courtesy card to the
club he must sign the name of the
club member. No cash is ever ac-
cepted, and although a visitor can
obtain drinks he cannot buy them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
MULES USED IN CAVALRY
IN THE EUROPEAN WAR
It Is Said Kentucky Mockingbirds
Make Good Mounts.

All the mules sent to Europe are
not to be used to pull wagons and
cannon. The Manchester Guardian
says that a great many of them will
be used for cavalry purposes. Some
of the mules being landed in Eng
land are said to be fine strong-limb-
ed animals, and capable of making
good speed. 1t is thought they will
be used in a revival of the mounted
infantry idea, to take light cavalry
men who are now working in the
trenches from place to place where
motto" traffic is not practicable. Sir
Garrett Wolseley is said to have
made such a suggestion in 1872 and
Sir Frederick Roberts used mules
for mounts on his trips from Kabul
to Kandaher. Mules are used to a
considerable extent in Spanish and
Mexican cavalry, but their adoption
by the British and French is new
idea. Several things during the pres
ent trouble have combined to take
the romance out of the war idea, but
we know nothing that will go further
along this line than the substitution
of mules for cavalry horses. One
great advantage is that the mounts
would be dangerous if their ire was
aroused.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
THRIFT OF THE GERMANS
IN THE FIGHTING TRENCHES

Among the fncongruities OF the
present war the one reported from
1iIIlsh headquarters in France is not
me most singular. The men in the
,'illSh trenches have taken up gar
s0Hlng during their periods Of relief
-'oH the front, and small rlOts OF
p'''ufoses and daffodils are growing
- some instances not more than 200
q Us trm the firing line of the enc
a ANY,, Even more extraordinary, how
CT Is the case of a German Land
IN L tllef who has set up a little shop
no. LIS dugout, where he follows his
80 eooeIul occupation of matchmaker,
ra5 5olIlhg the timepieces of his COM
NJ 60 IS and even keeping a little stock
PATCHES on sale, cheap and guar
trs IeeG Tor 20 years. Comedy and
man life. ' '''o'i"'0N -
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
OLIVER and BOYD
WERE THE SANE MAN
LAWYER T. r.. PERRY, OF SYL-
VESTER, WHO REPRESENTED
BOYD, is CERTAIN OF 1T.
HAS LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS
Which Establish Identity Beyond
Doubt. Oliver Was in Trouble
Many Times. Partner Now in Fed
eraI Prison Serving Term.

OEdk oCES1u&
The Triton Gazette prints a news
story to the effect that A. D. Oliver,
the Climax and Leesburg fake bank
err, and L. C. Boyd the Ashburn lIm-
herman, we're the same person.
This is the statement of Col. T. r.
Perry, of Sylvester, who represented
Boyd at the time he was arrested un-
der a warrant for cheating and swind-
ling sworn out by Poulk, Gaskins e.
Co. Col. Perry says he has several
letters and documents in his posses
sion which prove beyond doubt that
Boyd and Oliver were one and the
same.
Much confusion has been occasion
ed in newspaper accounts by mixing
the identity of Boyd and Harding.
Harding was partner of Boyd'S and
they were in the lumber brokerage
business in Atlanta. Boyd did not
die in South Carolina, as was report
ed but after he went to Mississippi
took the name of Harding, his former
partner. There is little doubt that
Boyd or Oliver was really the man
wanted by the Mississippi authorities
who went under the name of Hard
ing. Another former partner of
Boyd's is said to be serving a term
in Leavenworth federal prison for
his illegal acts IN connection with a
promotion scheme.
There has been some doubt as to
the identity of Oliver with Boyd, but
the statement Of Col. Perry settles 1t
as he was we'll acquainted with Boyd
and fairly well acquainted with OIL
yer, who tried several times to en-
ploy him and who has made no secret
of the fact that he was the man who
did business in Ashburn under the
name of Boyd.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11

What's the use of having the goods
on your shelf unless somebody knows
it? The public will find it out if you
advertise what you have for sale.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
HELD FOR MURDER
OF HER HUSBAND
Mrs. Maggie HaSkins Committed
Without Bail. Young Daughter
A Witness Against Her.

DOUGLAS, Ga.-Mrs. Maggie Has
kins, at a commitment trial today,
was held without bail, charged with
the murder of her husband, a PRINT
tive Baptist preacher, who was killed
as he lay asleep in his home near
Willacoochee on the night of April
18th.
The 12-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Haskins was the most damaging wit
ness against her. The girl testified
that he mother had awakened her
and told her that her father had been
shot, and that on the following morn
ing had instructed her to say nothing
of the gun on the kitchen table.
The gun with which the minister
had been killed, it was testified. had
been borrowed from neighbor' S
house the night before the crime. An
other gun belonging to the minister
had failed to fire a short time previ-
ously when he had tried to kill a
hawk, it was stated.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
DISCOVERIES BY
WELFARE WORKERS
Some of the Things That Lead to
Happy Homes and Others That
Lead to Divorce Courts.

1CttI 10 DINOICO NOuAbSs
When you see large
woman industriously engaged at a
daily occupation you can feel assured
she has a husband who sticks by the
fireside and never dreams of deser-
ton. Furthermore, if you see anoth-
er woman hurrying along with two
babies in her arms and anywhere
from six to dozen tugging at her
skirts you can wager all you have
that she too has husband who will
never desert.
The prevailing idea that physically
heroic women, because of their mus
cular superiority, often lead men to
abandon the freside and that the
walls and cries and tears of a. house
full of children have the same effect
has been exploded by the investiga-
ton of welfare workers here.
Listen to some of the interesting
points brought out:
Wives of the clinging variety, who
want to do the hesitation whether
the husband is tired out from his Ia
bors or not, often find themselves
searching for a missing spouse.
Wives who bless their homes with
plenty of children are almost always
successful in retaining the affection
of their husbands.
But wives with children who greet
husbands with the complaint that
the children were cross all day, that
little Charlie got into fight with
little Hal next door, and cite other
troubles are apt to be deserted any
time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
DOCTOR HELD FOR
RECENT BURGLARY
DIR. John r. VinsOn COnfesseS That
He Robbed Negro Store. Negro
AccOmpIice Told ON Him.

MACON, Ga.-Dr. John R. Vinson,
young physician who came to Ma
con several months ago from Florida,
has confessed to the sheriff that he
robbed the Clemens Pharmacy, a
negro drug store, last Sunday night.
DR.. Vinson was arrested after
Thomas Farley, a negro, admitted to
the sheriff that he was implicated in
the burglary At first the doctor de-
MED any knowledge of the crime, but
later he broke down and told the
whole story. He was released on
bond of $500. The negro, unable
to give bond, is in Jail. ~
About $400 in cash and valuable
papers were taken from the safe, and
nearly everything has been recov-
cred. DR.. Vinson has a wife and
child.
The drug store ws5 entered through
a rear door. wnicn was priced open.
The outer door IF the safe had been
left unlocked, and no difficulty was
had in breaking through the Tuner
doors.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
LADY WHO STARTED
VETERANS REUNION DEAD
Mrs. Elizabeth Glover, Former GeOr-
gian, Passes Away i'm Oklahoma.

Mrs. Elizabeth Glover, Former GeOr-
gian, Passes Away i'm Oklahoma.
New has been received of the death
on April 14th of Mrs. Elizabeth Glov-
er at her home, Chickasha, Okla. 1t
will be learned with regret by thou
ands of friends in Georgia and over
the South.
Mrs. Glover had attained her 85th
year. She spent the most of her long
life in Georgia, but for some twenty
years past had lived with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. A. c. Johnson, at Corsicana,
Texas.
She was the widow of Col. Thomas
Glover, of the Thirty-first Georgia
regiment It was at her suggestion
that her husbands regiment gathered
in annual reunion, and out of this
grew the Confederate veterans reun-
ion. At the Richmond reunion she
was accredited as the originator of
the movement leading to these happy
historic gatherings of The boys in
gray
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
MaysviIIe Couple, Divorced For
Twenty Years, Remarked Last Week

happily for a while and little boy,
Fred, was born to them. But later
they had disagreements and separat-
ed. Divorce followed, and little Fred
was placed in his mothers custody.
After many long years, during
which the boy grew to mans estate.
the old love has revived anr the fam
lily is once more united and happy.
Colonel and Mrs. Brown are re-
ceiving congratulations from hun
dreds of friends.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11

NASHVILLE, Ga.-After nearly
twenty years of separation and legal
divorce Colonel Oscar Brown and the
bride of his first love were remarked
at Homer, in Banks county, yesterday
afternoon.
Colonel Brown was just oscar
Brown, the young lawyer. when q
score of years ago he fell in love with
Miss Olline McNorton and married
her for the first time. They IlVeu
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
NEGRO SUCKED POISON OF
SERPENT FROM BOYS FOOT
Young Martin Heard, Bitten by Moe
casin. VIII Recover.

ELBERTON, Ga.-Martin Heard,
the son of Mr.. Will Heard, was b T.
ten by highland moccasin Tuesday
morning while at work in the bot
toms of Falling Greek. A negro who
was working near by sucked the
poison from the wound, and the
young man was hurried home and
given medical treatment. His foot
and ankle swelled up to considera-
BILE degree, but all danger is thought
to be past.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
AN ANCIENT CLIPPING
BEARING ON GREAT WAR
Macon Alderman Finds Among His
Files Five Terse TOasts.

Files Five Terse TOasts.
Alderman L. P. Hay of Macon was
clearing out an old desk in his office
today ana he came across newspa-
per clipping that he put away about
20 years ago, shortly after he came
to Macon. The clipping, in view of
the war in Europe, is very apropCs,
l. is as follows
The Five TOasts.
Five prominent gentlemen of for
eisn birth CHANGED to meet in Los
Angeles; one a Russian, one an
Englishman, one a Frenchman, one
Turk, the other an American. Inc
gentlemen became bosom friends and
finally a champagne supper was pro-
posed. Each was to give toast to
his native country, the one giving the
best toast being at no expense Tor
the wine. Here are the tOasts given:
Russian-"Here' to the stars and
bars of Russia that never were pulled
down"
Turk-"Here's to the moons of
Turkey, whose wings were never
clipped. =,
Here's to the cock
of France, whose feathers were never
picked
American Here's to the stars
and stripes of the United States OF
America, that have never trailed in
defeat"
Englishman-"He to the romp-
in roarin' lion of Great Britain, that
tore down the stripes and bars OF
Russia. clipped the wings of Turkey,
picked the feathers of France, and
ran like ell from the stars and stripes
of the United States of America.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
GOVERNOR TRANEMELL SIGNS
FLORIDA'S NEW LIQUOR BILL

After September, 1915, Whiskey Can
BE Sold Only i'm Sealed Packages.
TALLAHASSEE Fla.-Governor
Trammell today signed the Davis
package bill saloon regulation
measure. 1t goes into effect on Octo-
Der 1, 1915, and after that date it
will be illegal to sell liquor in less
than half-pint quantity and in sealed
packages only; removes all screens
and protecting doors from saloons;
makes it impossible to serve drinks
in hotels, restaurants and clubs, as
it is specified that no liquor may be
drank on the premises where it is
sold.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
KING MOTOR co.
PLANS NEW LINES

In addition to the five-passenger
eight-cylinder King which lists for
sl,150. the King Motor Car co. for
the forthcoming year will also man.
ufacture a seven-passenger eight
cylinder touring car, n fivepassen-
ger e'-ht-cylinder roadster selling
for sl.350, and hve-passeuger
eight-cylinder sedan TO retail at
81. 900.
This official announcement sets
AT rest all rumors which have been
afoat about the future plans OF the
concern. II had been known for
some time that Assistant General
Manager J. p. Seigfrie1 of the King
plant, has experimental engineering
cars on the Uniontown, Pa. hill, Mt
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati and IN
the Rocky mountains N Colorado
Production on the new models IL
under way in the King factories on
JetYerson.ave.. and the new models
will make their appearance AZ all
the automobile shows, commencing
with the Grand Central palace ex.
hibit in New York.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
p. Nj. MAKES
GOOD SHOWING

The monthly statement Of the re-
ceivers Of the Pere Marquette for
October shows a 1914 per cent In
crease in the amount OF money
available for interest charges after
all item. OF expense are deducted
from the revenue.
The total operating revenues for
October. this year, were 3l,s12,922.
an increase of s1i5.732. or s.s2 per
cent over the same month last year.
Operating, expense was Sl,16s.405,
m increase Of s2t.sss. or 21s per
cent. This left net revenue OF
s644.ki7. an Increase OF sol. t.036, or
1s45 per cent. Taxes. rentals and
hire or equipment were all de-
creased. while incorporating in.
come was increased.
The total net balance available
for the payment OF interest charges
IL ftS9.542, an increase OF si27,315,
or 34.14 per cent over last ycar.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
C. A. HUGHES TO
LECTURE IN ART
MUSEUM SUNDAY

Charles A. Hughes. secretary OF
The Detroit Athletic cluo. will lee
ture Sunday afternoon. in the De
troit Museum Of Art, on AN African
hunting trip" Mr.. Hughes will H.
lustrate his talk with moving pic
lures.
Preceding the lecture Huntington
Potter will sing the following group
of songs: "Just A. wesrying for
You," by Carrie Jacobs Bond. and
Banjo Song" BY Sidney Homer.
Mr.. Potter has lately come to Dr.
troft from New York where he was
tenor soloist in Holy Trinity church.
Nelson NJ. Gass will play Mr.. Pot
ter's accomplishments.
The lecture will begin promptly
at 8 o'clock. The public is invited.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
STOCKINGS OF
POOR KIDDIES
WILL BULGE

All the seld-appointed Santa
Clauses In town are busy planning
for the youngsters whose allotment
Of happiness has been unaccountably
small in the last year. and II looks
like a big wind up for 1915 In the
way of good times.
The philanthropic committee OF
Detroit New Century club has taken
the 80 tiny youngsters OF the day
nursery in the Florence Crittenden
nursery under It's motherly wing,
and what's going 10 happen TO them
is wonderful TO anticipate. Already
&c stockings. big enough to nj any
figure on the soldiers monument,
Lave been made, and before Dec. 20
they will all bulge with mysterious
bundles, candy, and nuts. Further
more there will be great Christ
mas tree the Wednesday before
Christmas.
The Wolverine Automobile club
VII provide a regular party" for
hundreds OF children again this year.
It's dinner has become a Christmas
institution. and many short-ration-
ed little gamin has been involuntar-
ily saving appetite for weeks back
In anticipation.
Last year they entertained 1888
children az the dinner In the Cadil-
lac hotel and sent 4i0 baskets OF
food and 90 automobile loads OF
TOYS. A. Peter Kennedy was unan-
,mously reelected chairman OF this
years preparation in a meeting Fri
day night.
The club pledged itself to raise
81 900 for the Van Leuven Brown
home for Crippled Children, and the
retiring board OF directors gave $500
In the treasury TO the recreation
committee for the equipment OF a
playground. r. Z. Abbott was elect
cd yice-chairman. W. D. Bachman,
secretary; w, d Rockwell. treasur'
er. and A. o. Dunk, G. S. Ashbrooke
and Martin T.. Pulcher. the other
mem bers OF the direct crate OF seven.
including the chairman.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
SOCIAL SIDE is
"PLAYED UP" IN
NEW MOTOR CARS

During the past week numerous
exhibitors were added to the al
ready long list OF those who will
have space at the National Auto
mobile show In Grand Central pal
ace. New York. and the Coliseum.
"hicago, the former opening on New
Years eve.
While to the technical mind and
the automobile expert, there Ia
much that Is new In design and
construction this season. this Is not
at once obvious to the average car
owner. and in fact. not visible at all
IN many cases. in7sr,uch as II Is
hidden by the hood and body OF the
car. But what will be At once evil
lent IL the wealth OF new ideas In
Nodv design and seating arrange
ment. This will make special APP
peal tc women who consider the so
ciability feature OF motoring. Some
manufacturers have given names TO
convey the basic thought OF social
enjoyment In certain body types
snch names as "Chummy," aisle
way" "Clubster." "Sosha.belle." !"
The front seat carries two persons.
and the rear seat two as a rule
The entrance TO the rear seats Is
through a small passage between
the front seats, and the front door
serves as the entrance for the en-
tire car. the old tonneau side doors
being eliminated. This style has
numerous advantages. The car Is
shorter and lighter. the rear pas
sengers get shelter from the wind
shield and the rear seat comes IN
front OF the axle. where riding Is
ever so much more comfortable.
The top closes in the rear seats and
resist rain better than the old style
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
To INVESTIGATE
EXPENDITURES OF
SCHOOL FUNDS

The organized women tax payers
ander the leadership OF Mrs. Alex
ander Macdonald. president OF the
Women Taxpayers league, are go
ing to investigate the expenditure OF
1915 school funds. and meeting
for the purpose OF discussing the sit
ua,'on is called for Jan. 5.
"rhe will he our first work for
the new year" said Mrs. Maepon'
aid. I'VE want 10 know Just how
much money Detroit arportioned for
these expenses and just how II was
spent. Taxpayers should know why
their children have only halliday ses-
sIons. and we Intend to show them
II there has been mismanagement
we should know. and II the situation
was unavoidable. then a great deal
of unwarranted criticism will be
silenced.