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IeaaI Notice

Notice IS hereby given that the following
Administrators have filed their settlements
with their respective estates at the July, 1915
term Of the Probate Court Of Randolph
county, subject to the approval Of the Pro.
bate Court at the Oct. 1915 term OF said Court.
as follow:
John $. Sanders estate, Robert Sanders.
administrator, annual settlement.
S. I. Gates estate. J. NJ. Gates administra-
tor, final settlement.
Allen Davis estate, Mrs. Allie Davis, ad-
ministratriN, Gnal settlement.
o. J. Mansker estate, c. A. Manslior ad-
mlnstratOr, final settlement
And all persons wishing TO nle exceptions
g. ana Of hr above a.tt.r.u.9ts OF any part
thor.J', mus. file same with the clerk Of the
Probate Court Of Randolph county. on or be-
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-08-25
Notice for Publication

Department Of the Interior. y. :. and Oftns
at Little Rock. Ark. August 2. 1910.
Notice Is hereby given that Carlen posca-
bum OF Elm store. Ark. who. on Angus a
1911, made homestead entry, No. o76s1. fdf
sw'f sea, soA sw4. See a. aud nwh nes au<
neA nwA. Sec. 10 TWp. ~ o., rang, ". Stk
Principal Meridian, has G'ed nntice Of lntep
tion 20 make i've year Proof, 10 e,iabHst
claim 10 the land above described. l.efors
Clerk of Probate Court. at pocahontas Ark
ON the 18th day of September, 1910
Claimant names as witnesses: :. =. Scott
Myrtle, Mo-. N. 4. lIhzzrr. j. D. Eaton. J. W
Wigs, all Of Him stor', Ark.
.lnO. W Amen.
Register
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Warning Order

In the Randolph Chancery Court
J. 4. Baker Plaintiff
Winnie RhkCr. Defendant
The defendant, Winnie Baker. Is warned 10
appear In thi, Court, aud within % days, and
answer the complaint Of the plalntln, J. A..
Baker.
Witness my hand and seal this the sth day
OF August. 1910
b. b. RarIIn.
Clerk.
Ponder s Gibson and Ponder
For Plaintiff
:. ~ Bcakley
Atty. Tor Non Res ueft 5i-5t
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Warning Order

In the J. p. court In James creek township,
Randolph county, Ark, before J. W. LII.
lard. J. p.
John Lane and the Hardware Co.. plain
tiirs
VS.
Joe p. Hillard. defendant.
The defendant, Joe p. Hill ard, non-resi
dent OF the state OF Arkansas. is hereby
warned to appear in this court within 30 days
and answer the complaint Of the plaintiffs
filed herein against him.
Witness my hand as Justice Of the peace.
this the 2lst day OF August, 1915.
J. p. Lillard, ]. Z.
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Warnlno Order

In the chancery Court Of Randolph county.
Arkansas
J. J. Lewis Plaintiff
vs.
', X. RaFklcy. 90 al. Defendants
The defendant. Mary Mildred RarkleY. Il
hereby warned 90 appear iu this court within
thirty days aud answer the complaint OF the
Plaintiff. j. J. Lewis
Witness my hand and the seal uf said court
this end day OF August, 1915,
R v. Rarlln, Clerk.
20 % Ry n. Z. NAYS, D. c.
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Warning Order

In the Randolph Chancrrv Court.
Ben a. Brown. as Executor under the Last
VIII and Testamentot A. I. Witt. deceased.
and mary A. Witt, plaintiffs.
Ns
J. A. Crlsmon, Maggie 4. Crlsmon. u. VI.
Crockett In. Crockett and Fred Crockett,
Defendants.
The defendant. Fred Crockett. Is hereby
warned 70 appear in this court within thirty
days from this date and answer To the com
plant Of the plaintiffs Gled herein against
him.
Witness ms hand and seal OF the said court
this End day OF August, 1915
u. H. RaRlin. CLERK.
By D. 4. Mays. u. g.
f. q SchOunover.
solicitor for Plaintiff IO-lt
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Warning Order

In the Chanccry Court 81 Randolph county.
Arkansas.
Ganle Sam0nS. Annie EontDr, q. 4. Parker.
Emma Gates, Rachel HHrar. Aaron Parker,
by his Guardian and next friend. l.. w. Ben.
ton. plaiulln.
Vs
Henry Parker and Andrew Dun, Defendant
The defendant Henry PARKER aud Andrew
Dun are hereby warned 90 appear ln this
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coIrt within thirty days and answer the oau-
plant OF the plaintin. Ganie samons Anasa
benton, c. a. Parker. Emma Gates. Raolnf
liagar. Aaron Parker. by his Guardian aud
next friend, l.. ". benton,
Witness my hand aud the seal of said oanf
this sBth day OF July. 1915.
q. u. Raglln. CLERK
Ry u. O.. Mays. ID. c.
jackson & Mecks.
solicitors Tor Plaintiff. ig-ftf
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Warning Order

ln the Randolph Chancery County.
fochhonias state Bank, plaintiff.
"
W T. nlsphaiu and Randolph County Rank
defendants
The defendant, W. 7. Rlspham, il hereby
warned 20 appDar in this cnurt within thirty
days from this date aud answer the compliant
OF the plaiuiin died herein against him.
witness my hand and the al % said court
this md day uf August, 1919.
u u, RAglln, Clerk.
Ry a. =. Mays, d. c.
T.. q. SrhonnnynF.
Solicitor for Plaintiff. Hn-st
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-08-25
.-H-Fos, AMID, Effective Laxative 6 Liver Tonic
Does Not 6Tipe nor Disturb the Stomach.

In addition to other properties, Lax Eos
contains Cascara in acceptable form, a
stimulating Laxative and Tonic. Lax-Fos
acts effectively and does not gripe nor
disturb stomach. At the same time, il aids
digestion, arouses the liver and secretions
and restores the healthy functions. SOC
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-08-25

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE IN
TIED STATES FOR THE JONESBORO
DIVISION OF THE EASTERN DIS.
TRICT OF ARKANSAS NTHE
MATTER OF J. L. WRIGHT.
BANKRUPT. No. I9l.
Notice is hereby given that the application
Of the said J. l.. Wright for discharge In
bankruptcy has been fled, and the same will
be heard In the United States Court r oms
az Little Rock. Arkansas. on September Both,
1915. al $3.50 a.
sid u. Redding. Clerk.
lit By +. ?. Mathes, ID. c.
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Buy Prince Albert every
where tobacco is sold in
toppy red bags, Sc; tidy red
tins, I0cj handsome pound
and half pound tin huni-
dors-Gnd-that corkinR fine
pound crystal glass humi-
dor gifh sponge TioisteneT
top that keeps the tobacco
in such cleUeT trim-alUdySI
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-08-25

fore the third day of the October term. 1910.
which will be- OCT. IIth. IGlG
Witness my hand and seal this the slrd day
OF August 1910.
=. T. Harrison.
l'2t Probate Clerk ~ Randolph co.
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SODA WATER

Delivered to your home a case Of
2 dozen bottles assorted ilavors &C
cents, PoCAHoNTAs BoTTLING Co.
AZ If. Phone No. 254.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-08-25
Republican Announcements
roH gHERITF

We are authorized TO announce &C. Cherry
OF Rcyno A. the Republican nominee for
sheriff aud collector OF Randolph county,
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WHEAT WANTED

! want 20 buy your wheat. Will
pay the highest market price 10
cash. See me before you sell.
49lf +. J. Ballz.
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Financial Statement of Randolph
county, Ark, July 3, 1916

e iOuowIng Is statement of the financial condition of
Randolph county, Arkansas at the close of the eI ding
july tue 0o 1916 as provided by Section 4S of Kbys Digest:
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PRINCE ALBERT
the national joy smoke

has flavor as different it is delightful You never
And that isn't strange, either.
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And the following amounts hand in the following school
districts Randolph county, Arkansas shown by the
settlements June So 1916
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In the Randolph Chancory Court
J. a. Baker, Plaintiff.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
Riley Asked For
Grand Jury PROBE

1t was Riley who asked for the grand
jury Investigation. One of the first
fruits OF fits work was the indictment of
twenty-one men for immortality In prison,
Some of these were known to be in the
favor of the warden. He went to the
point Of defending them In court after
the indictments were found.
For more than a month the grand
jury took testimony. Osborne, meantime
gave part of his time to the prison, and
more OF II to his personal crusade for
his reform. Time and again he went into
court to protest against the action OF
the grand jury and District Attorney
Weeks, who presented the evidence.
Two weeks before the indictments
against Osborne were handed down one
of the district attorneys assistants pub
llcly charged In court that Osborne
was morally unfit to hold the warden
ship of Sing sing.
Osborne went before the grand jury at
his own request. He was asked to dis
! close confessions that had been made to
him by some Of his prisoners. and he re-
| fused fiatly. He asked that some of his
friends be called to testify in his behalf.
Dean Kirchwey was among those who
offered testimony for the warden.
Finally. on December q. the grand
jury gave out it's findings. Osborne was
| indicted on seven counts. 1t was charged
| that he had absented himself from
| prison, that he had failed to report to
| the State superintendent thirty-elght
: felonies that had been committed. that
he had permitted four prisoners to 20
] into the death house to talk with
4 Charles Becker. that he had permitted
/ lax discipline. and gave improper pro-
| lection TO the convicts.
One count alleges that he is guilty of
personal immortality. From the indict-
| ment Il Is evident that all the old
| charges against Osborne-those that
L FINaaVl rnWH e. =
| him-were gone into by the grand jury
Riley refused to let Osborne resign;
he would not consent to give him a leave
| OF absence. Governor Whitman stepped
/ in. but could not stir Riley from his de-
| termination TO let Osborne continue in
his place until the trial of the charges.
AS q result Kirchwey- now has the
power. 1t is more than certain thai
Governor Whitman had more to do with
this than did Riley.
As violently as Osborne fought before
he is more determined now 1t is known
that he has had detectives working ~
anticipation CT the indictment for sew
e-al months
His whole battle in court will be to
prove that he Is the victim of baseless
charges inspired by the prison ring ana
fathered by Superintendent Riley
On the other hand, Riley will give n,
mercy to Osborne when the issue comes
to trial
Whatever be the outcome. whether
Csborne be exonerated on the charges
or whether he goes t. Sing Sing as 9
convict, selt-goVernment will continue
in Sing Sing. The era has just opened
| p. +. HANL EA.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09

HAL. to whom Osborne has been q
growing wound for many years. How
ever. Charles s. Whitman. the incoming
governor, wanted Osborne, too, and 80
he was put IN the place.
At this writing the attitude OF Cover
nor Whitman toward Osborne IL not
clear. although he has not lost an OPP
porthnity In the year OF his term TO
support the warden, even against SUI
perintendent Riley.
Osborne told Sing Sing convicts In the
mess hall the day he left that he would
be back among them as soon as he had
been exOnerated OF the charges. Super
intendent Riley Is emphatic In asserting
that Osborne never win go back into
the prison. The governor has remained
silent
IL IL neither guess nor q prophecy
70 stay that by the time jury acts on
the accusations against OsboTne. Riley
win not be holding the superintendency
or the prison department.
In the report that George w. Blake
made TO Governor Sulzer about sing
Sing prison IN June OF 1918, ne said that
conditions that would shame the Dark
Age were existent in the prison. En-
lightenment has been sitting in In the
Intervening period. Conditions are not
by any means perfect In Sing Sing: they
never Will be, perhaps, considering per-
faction in its penological sense, but they
never will relapse.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
Clancy Advised Against
Convict o Organization

Clancy advised against 1t. The Mutual
Welfare League had been formed in
Auburn. Clancy said that its only effect
had been to put the reIns of authority
in the hands OF few INSCRIPTIONS con-
Vlcts.
However, Mccormick had the courage
of independent thought. He was on the
job only q few days when he instructed
the men of the various industries to
elect delegates from their shops. These
men, he made clear, were to come to
him with the grievances of their groups
and together they would seek curatives.
The convicts were astounded. Their
first thought when they had recovered
from their amazement was that there
was a Joker in the scheme somewhere.
They believed that Mccormick was go
ing to exploit them against themselves
ard to the advantage of the prison ring,
as the grating politicians who have eX-
erciEed their sinister influence on Sing
Sing. are known. They knew McCor-
mick was of the Tammany stripe.
Half-heartedly they selected their rep
resentatives. These men met McCor-
mick In his private office With timidity
the men put forth their complaints.
They were encouraged by the warden
to frankness. They told how shop con-
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
Man of Culture
Comes Into Office

After Mccormick came Osborne.
Here was q man OF culture, means.
social standing and political power.
Born wealthy, he was graduated from
Harvard. and took up his work in one
of the family's manufactures n his
native city, Auburn. the site OF the
second largest prison in the State
There he OWNS a plant that ranks third
In the country In the manufacture II
Ieapers
Osborne went into politics. He was
elected mayor on an independent ticket
and he gave AObuTn one of the best
administrations Il ever has had though
he had to dip into his private purse
deeply to carry out his reform.
He served on State committees aud
on national committees of the Demo-
cratic party. In which he soon was
recognized as a power When the pub.
lie service commission was formed he
Was named for the upstate body, in
spite of Tammany's or position II was
III this fight that Tnmmany ma Ia
against him that the first breath OF
scandal was uttered against him
On thu floor of the State senate Tom
Grady, the spokesman for the Tiger,
dramatically registered his protest.
81 have here" he said. pointing To his
inside coat pocket, documents that
prove this man is unworthy to serve -
Naturally there was a sensation, and
an executive session was called at once.
What was said cannot be told here, but
The Washington times., 1916-01-09

Rfiey. como Of whose 06hsEont1 among
the keepers had been diomin9od. Once
the crisis wa sonsed war was declared.
IL Waged until the indictments, and Il
on trial.
Riley went TO Governor whitman end
asked his support. So did Osborne. AZ
first the governor kept his hands on.
Those IN hts confidence IN Albany know
that IL was his intention 10 let the men
hght to the end 30, like Kilkenny cats,
they would destroy each other. Re
Gently, the governor gave the benefit
Of every doubt 70 osborne, and even on
the day OF the indictment, said:
From the first I have believed the
charges against Mr.. Osborne's personal
character entirely unfounded, and 1 am
astonighed at the action Of the grand
jury. But, OF course, 1 know nothing OF
the evidence that was presented to that
body"
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
Tried To Stamp Out
Traffic In Drugs

Clancy gave most of his efforts to
stamping out the traffic in dope of all
kinds and the illicit sale of liquor. He
cut In on two Of the most profitable
Industries that were nurtured by the
as their personal grating ground.
II took months of hard work against
influences both in and out of prison.
Clancy had to fire several keepers. who
simply were sales agents for those who
supplied the dope and whisky. He
found organized against him q cabal
OF group of convicts, men who had
been getting a profit out of their en-
couragement of the use of drugs and
liquor.
Hard was the battle, and Clancy often
was close TO despair. There were manv
times when he confessed to the writer
that he believed the principal keeper $
estimate of the character of the con-
vict as a type was absolutely right.
Governor Sulzer, who had appointed
Clancy, was impeached, and Tammany,
Ted-tongued, demanded his blood. How
ever he had made a record, there could
be no impugning Of his character. He
held on under Governor Glynn until he
was good and ready to quit.
Slowly his job became intoIerable, and
in July, 1914, he announced himself ready
to get out. He had made a record, but
more than all else he broke clean. The
writer was present at midnight when
he turned over his keys to Mccormick.
The new warden was asked for his
plans. He said he hadn't any. But
within few minutes he proved he had.
do you think" he asked Clancy,
that II would be a good move to start
an organization among the prisoners?
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
Convicts Feared Old
Methods Would Return

1t was feared among the conl1cts in
the prison that II Osborne ever left
Sine Sing in a cloud like that which
descended upon his predecessors that
there would be a reversion that would
put matters where they stood three
years ago. 1t Is in this short span that
sanity and humanity have entered the
prison.
There will be no backsliding. The
trend Is forward and upward, In Dean
Ktrchwey the prison has an exec
utive who has given years OF exhaus-
tive research to his work. His recent ef-
forts have been given completely to the
uplifting of the inmate; mind you, the
word is inmate now-since the incum-
bency OF osborne the term convict has
been shelved.
Such mistakes as Osborne made were
due entirely to his own shortcomings as
an individual, and to an ideaIism he
attached to the convict as a concrete
type.
His biggest mistake-this is not going
into the merits or demerits of the in
dividual-has been leniency.
Next in Importance, and seemingly an
inconsistency when set beside the first,
has been his arrogance.
Following in order his mistakes the
third may be set down as his resentful-
ness. Of criticism.
Fourth, as mistakes that can be charg-
ed against him, is his blind trust In the
responsiveness of convicts to kindness.
Fifth, his absentee system OF adj
| ministration may be put among his car
| dinal mistakes.
And last, there must be set against
him his craving for favorable publicity
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
OSBORNE A SUCCESS,
VERDICT or CONNECTS
Lack Of Protest at Warden's
Reform Hailed by Friends as
"a VIndication.
tcontinued trcm First Paeel

the charges against him--they allege
perjury, malfeasance and personal Inn
rnorality.-his withdrawal from Sing
Sing brought no demonstration from the
cpnyicts as a body. Not q single act OF
disorder within the prison walls can
be ascribed to his removal.
In this passive acceptance the sue
co8s of the Osborne systAtn IL written.
according to his admirers.
II the charges that have forced Os-
borne out are proved true he Will go
back to his laboratory. He will go back
~ convict. Should he be doomed to
don the prison gray In this worst prison
OF the country, where he had proved
there 10 honor among thieves and the
instinct for law among the lawbreak-
ers, he will find his own theories, the
theories he set In operation. stih In
force.
They have been found to sustain the
severest test that could be put upon
oaeoI'ies, eh-government has been
found not only to bring discipline ana
efficiency, but happiness.
New. York; State will have no other
system than that which Osborne brought
TO fun flowet. His bitterest enemy,
superintendent Riley, has given the new
warden. George w. T<irchwey. former
dean Of Columbia University's law
school. explicit instructions to continue
the Mutual Welfare League as the gov
erning body among convicts.
Il recognize that the first big step in
prison reform was Mr.. Osborne's insti-
tuition Of the Mutual Welfare League
and its system of self-government,'
said Prof. Firchwey in accepting the
post from Riley.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
Whitman Reopsns
Secret Statrcass
ViSiSOEsto Executive chanbse my
Now Enter and Lesvs
L Unseen.

AEJBARgY. ian. 0--ooVsgnos Waalmun
has restored me hidden GtaAIoaso ~
which visitors may enter and loagO IL
executive chamber unseen. r. IsaAn
from = blind room on the groond nooe.
IN the museum section Of the capitol.
freduentod only By tourists ana sight
seers. direct TO the private Office OF the
governor.
This secret entrance has not been used
since David b. Hin was governor. dow
ernof Hughes had the staircase torn
out and the room was given over to the
prison department. Today carpenters
nailed ND the entrance from the little
blind room TO the prison department Of
fees, A force OF men was put to work
replacing the staircase.
In the dark ageg' OF invisible gov
eminent in this State the hidden pas
sase was used to admit favored lobby
lists and political bosses who had bust
ness with the governor they preferred TO
transact in secret.
The door leading to this secret stair
case IL masked with the innocent legend
Room no."
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
Typi6ed Yesterdays
Prison Conditions

He typified the old conditions in Sing
Sing just as Thomas Mott Osborne is
typical OF the new.
His day ended when humanity began
to play a part in the life Of the con-
Wet. When Kennedy began the sweep
OF the new thought carried him and his
kind out of existence. Also the con-
vict they dealt with has passed. It has
been demonstrated that IT is possible to
change the type of convict.
1t was cruel era, that the old prln-
clpal keeper represented. It was one ia
which the convicts day was equally di-
vided between shop and cell.
In those days the convict was called
from his bunk at In the morning,
was rushed into the mess hall for coffee
and bread and thence to his shop. Once
the men left their cells they could have
no intercourse with their fellows. ST.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09

At an early age Eugene Pullen was
an express driver. He handled railroad
baggage. One day after delivering a
heavy trunk on an upper floor he felt Z
a pain in the right groin. The suffering
increased and 1t was not long before
the young man noticed the swelling.
The doctor told young Puflen that he,
was ruptured and that he must either
wear a truss throughout life or submit
to a drastic operation. All surgeons
know that hernia operations, with an
aesthetics, ETC., are dangerous; they may
end fatally. Moreover. it is a well-es-
tRblished fact that many rupture Oper-
soon breaks through the sewed-up open.
ing and protrudes worse than ever. T.
Afraid Of Operation.
Like most others, Mr.. Pullen declined
to- take the risks of an operation; the
expense and loss of time had to be con-
sidered, too. Hoping he might get
little better encouragement, he went to
another physician, who. TO mis- sorrow.
gave him even less hope. 1t was point
cd out to the young man that unless
the rupture were perfectly held all the
time or the surgeons knife successfully
used, he might expect an increase or
doubling in the rupture. with further
complications, or the dreaded strangu-
lated hernia. which kills so many rup-
tured people.
Victim Of TrusSes.
The victim bought a truss, a hard,
spring-like affair, the best ne could get
1t tortured him. He tried another-still
no relief. He was compelled to give up
his express business, The hard tasks
of ordinary men were forbidden him.
He became an insurance agent, In
which position he did not need to do
bodily work.
For six years Mr.. Pullen dragged
| around, using various trusses, hard,
elastic, etc, with never any content
ment. One day his mother told him
something she had just found out It,
was a simple and easy thing for him
to do. He lost no time.
Discarded His Trusa.
Relief came at once; he almost forgot
that he had any rupture. AfterwarA
came a cure-a complete healing-anS
although years have passed and Mr.
Pullen is an energetic carpenter, works
ing on buildings. climbing over roofs.
lifting lumber aud such like, he is alb.
\ solutely free from the old hernia, He
| knows he Is completely, lastingly cured.
| There was no operation, no lost time,
no trouble-comfort and cOntentment
/ from the very outset. He is a strong,
cheerful-minded man.
Valuable InfOFmPtiOn Free.
J The valuable information which MRS.
Pullen read in a newspaper many years
ago and gave TO her son, together with
further important facts will be sent
free to any reader of this who writes
to Eugene NJ. Pullen. 727-B Marcellus
avenue, Manasquan, n. j., enclosing n
stamp for reply. Mention the kind Of
| rupture you have. whether on right or
| left side and what you have already
| done In your effort to cure II. A legion
of cases OF all kinds of rupture In men
and women, including inguinal (groin)
femoral. navel. scrotal, etc, have been
reported completely healed. Age seems
TO make no difference. -AdVt.