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The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24
VOTE FOR
J. E. MATTHEWS
The Peoples Candidate for Sheriff and Collector of
Pulaski County
PRIMARY MAY %, 1918

promise that if elected will make complete change
in the office force AS to my efficiency, recommends
lions:
To Whom It May Concern:
This is to inform you that have been personally
quained with j. E. Matthews for long number of years,
and intimately acquainted with him during the four years
that he Sheriff and Collector of Clay County, Arkan-
sas while held the office of Prosecuting Attorney of the
Second Judicial District.
He among the best if not the very best Sheriff
that served in my circuit during four years of office
He always had his papers served promptly looked after the
collection of all fines and forfeures uniformly courte
and obigng to fellow officials and commend him to
your favorable consideration who considers
public office public trust and who is faithful and fair
with his dealings with his fellow-man.
NJ P. HUDDLESTON.
March %, 1918.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24
FOR ROAD DISTRICT NO. 9.

0. H. Wilson has resigned as com
missioner of Road Improvement Dis
triet No. 8, and Walter E. Wilson
has been appointed by Judge Lee
Miles to succeed him. Tile other mem
bers of the commission are Gordon
Greenfield, A. ziegler, O. H. Byrd and
e. NJ Farrow
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24
NEAR TRAGEDY AND TRAGEDIES.


For about three weeks I have been
laid up- was not so awful sick, but
! was moi able to ramble A long time
ago. I heard d. man tell about riding
along a road in Arkansas when he
heaFff a. man moaning and going on at
"a terrible rate as though he was
about dead He rode up to where he
So2nss hnn in the wreck of his wagon
and asked him what was the matter.
TBS fellow said his team had run
away wIth him, broke an arm, a leg
ana sIx ribs oh is that all?' said
the- horseman. Il thought from the
sxax ysu were taking on that you had
the tanfhache," so he rode on and
leTg him ! did not have the tooth
<pes1s. bat did have an abscess at the
rooE az enc of my teeth and it broke
1arU ray nostril So I had something
right next TO something bad 1t
seesnea So poison my blood so on
TUESDAY. May I concluded if I did
nor make an attempt I never would
rasnnle any more
! was surprised to see how far adj
yancpd the season was. Capt NJ e.
Roller has yard full of pretty roses,
but l imagine his good wife is entitled
to the credit J. w. Stewart has a
fIne Held of wheat headed out. Geo.
Roshears, where l took dinner, has
new potatoes as big as turkey eggs
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24
Observation-Disclosures

Amos Black has ever bearing straw
berries, only a small patch. but ne
wishes he had two acres for his neigh
bors would buy them all if he had
them. He ordered 1000 more.
plants.
w. R. Kyler, where I spent the
night, gave me a chance to learn how
the people who can't eat corn bread
make life miserable for the merchant
by trying to get more flour than the
law allows.
Mr.. Kyler had beautiful red rose.
so red that it was almost black, in his
yard. It has only about three rows
of petals while the genuine wild rose
has only one. The petals do not open
out when in full bloom, but turn in
something like a bud. He found it
growing wild at an old house place.
have spoken for cutting from it,
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24

TEACHERS TO MEET SOON.
The Pulaski County Teachers IN
stitute will be held in Little Rock
June 81, with Miss Emmie DeNeler
as director. All teachers in the eoun-
tv are expected to attend
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24

C. A. Thompson is getting quite
plantation opened up in the Maumelle
bottoms
l took dinner with J. A Adair. He
is an old settler and has lots to say
about old times. He says that he
never knew but one man in this coun-
try who made his living all at home
That man, Mr.. Morelahd, who is
now dead, raised the genuine Louisi-
Jana sugar cane successfully every
year and dripped his own sugar
from it,
Mr. Adair told me of a tragedy
about the Ledwidge grave yard which
was new one to me- Tom Barrett.
who the nowned the land where Lei
widge now is, was river pilot. His
failing was strong drink, but Capt
Ward of the Carrie Craft said he had
rather have him drunk than any other
pilot on the river sober, because he
knew the river better than anyone
They were going down the river and
Barrett, who was drinking, got mad
ard insisted on being put ashore
Capt. Woods used all of his power of
persuasion to induce him to stay ON
board at least until they got to Ro-
land, but he would not hear to it and
got off at Cribs landing. He started
home over the mountain, where Hugh
Moss now lives. It was bad weather
and night when he landed so he did
not get home until the next day He
died from the exposure. When one
knows of the many tragedies connect
ed with the Ledwidge graveyard, he
would hardly call the above a trag-
edy
This graveyard was started by Il
small band of Quapaw Indians, who
camped there one winter, during
which time several of their number
died They were buried north and
south, but when the Rock Island Rail
way was built through they dug up
and buried them beside the right Of
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24

The mill ground corn for the farm
ers for long distance up and down
the Arkansas up the Fourehe La Fave
and for a long distance from the oth-
err side of the river These latter with
their grain were ferried across in a
skiff at this time by Jim Hensley. On
this Saturday he drank too much and
while out in the river alone he either
jumped or fell overheard The OBJ
servers on shore never were able 70
agree which This was in 1860.
In 1861 E. Ferron, a ginwright en-
ployed by r. W Benedict, was killed
with a large chisel by the latter, be-
cause Benedict upraided and abused
him for quitting work to lay around
the store from Saturday noon until
late Monday morning. Ferron talk.
ed back 1t was thought all right for
a big planter at that time to kill la
boring man and as the war was on
nothing was done about it until the
war closed, and then Benedict sue
ceeded in getting it thrown out of
court.
In 1877 or Francis Culbreth,
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24

In 1908 Jno. Maupin was killed by
his cousin, Bob Dycus, in selt-defence.
Maupin was crazy drunk at the time
ana determined to kill Dycus, who
was his best friend.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24

H. c. Vogel, of Chicago, has bought
120 acres of land near J. w. Stew.
arts and has a nice house nearly
completed. He will have nice farm
there some day.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24

About five years ago Dave ArbuclIIe,
was followed by man who got OFF
the train fer the purpose of robbery
because he saw him exhibiting a roll
of money. He was knocked in the
head and robbed near where Prof.
Hill now lives.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24

In 1902 Ed Johnson shot and kill
ed a man by the name of Beatty. john
son was sent to the pen for this
crime.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24

The grave yard is in very neg
leeted condition and it is impossible
to tell how many graves are there as
only few of them are marked and
all is grown up in brush, briars and
vines. The residents of Ledwidge
know but little of the interesting his
tory of their grave yard, yet they are
talking of cleaning it up. 1t should
be done and if possible each grave
should be marked with the name of
the occupant and all should be mark
ed with stones which are plentiful
on the spot
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24
he Nation on q
War Basis

Back of the countless industrial and COM
mercial activities of the nation is military
neeessity-an imposing dominating,
forceful, exactng.
Just as the crowds on the streets are
sprinkled with men in uniforms, so the pres
ence of military forces and military needs have
changed the everyday problems of every
American.
No public service is more intimately associ-
ated with the life of each individual than the
telephone business. Hence it has been among
the first to feel the stirring impulse of the
times-the first to be called on for unusual
service.
The call to arms brought to the Bell system
imperative duties and responsibilities. From
the beginning it has supplied the countless
needs OF the government for service and equip
ment, and has met the increased requirements
Oh commerce by program of construction
never before equaled and by the conservation
OF It's vast resources, that it might give the
nation IN war, as in peace, universal telephone
service to meet the needs of all the people.
10 This end we ask the cooperation of
every telephone user that waste NAV be elm
mated ana every resource conserved
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24

deaf mute, was struck accidently by
a sIone thrown by an employee one
Sunday and killed.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24

Jno. Guile was killed by his SON
in-law Eldmge, who was drunk, in
1893.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24

Last fall the saddest tragedy of all
occurred when the three children of
Harry Fowlkes were drowned in the
river.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-05-24

In 1877 or Francis Culbreth, a
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Coal Card Ration System,
For New York Considered

q. f. Guurison, Fuel Administrator
.0r Brooklyn, brought word from Wash
mgton yesterday that DR. H. A. Car
heid national Fuel Administrator, was
considering proposal to establish
Ifd rationing system TO insure New
Iork houscholders an adequate coal
supply nezt winter Under the plan
s.sFds would be Issued to every family
n the city. One great drawback Of
ae Plan you'd be the immense amount
iabor ~ would require to prepare
$40 issue the cards in manner which
soaid prevent fraud and assure an
ssuisablc' digtribution.
NJ. G1nnison also said the national
sssministrator was considering plans to
sAsablish large fuel reserves in various
sID sD OF the city 20 provide against an
lher shortage. This plan is said to
asYe been discussed here last week by
ssai dealers ind representatives. Of DR..
Eseye Schley, administrator for New
.s .y1k County, said last night that coal
W.tssipts had been 10000 tons a day for
~ tas iast three days. Th2 the first
sMe the city has received enough coal
-. ~ hs urgent needs since laat Dcccm-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Warns of Polluted Water
Freshets Apt to Cause Infec-
ton, Says Dr.. Biggs

ALBANY, March "A warning
against dangers Of infection Of water
supplies arising from freshlcts and
food conditions are issued tonight by
Dr.. Hermann II. Biggs, State Commits
sioner of Health
DR.. Biggs, after stating that in the
case Of water supplies derived from
streams, reservoirs and other surface
sources, heavy rains and melting SHOWS
would carry considerably increased pol
luton and possible Infection to the wa
terworks intakes. For this reason he
urged health officers and all water
works officers to reduce pollution to a
minimum by the correction OF insan-
itary conditions upon the drainage
areas and to pay particular attention
% the discovery Of possible typhoid
cases upon the watersheds and to the
proper methods Of preventing infection
therefrom.
he also emphasized the necessity for
proper drainage about wells and
springs which are open to infection by
unusual ground water conditions and
oy hooding Of the areas in the vicinity
o. the sources
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

Phelps, of II East Seventy fourth
Street and is a daughter of the late
Julius Catlin. She was married to the
late Trenor l.. Park in 1889 He died
in 1907, and in February, 1911, she be-
came the wife of C. Mitchell Depew,
I'd. in London. from whom she secured
a divorce in France in 1916, it being
made final under the French law in
May, 1917, Mrs. Depew taking the name
of Mrs. Catlin-Park
At the outbreak Of the war she. was
living at the Chateau d'Annel, which
the Germans took, but fwerc forced
later to abandon. Mrs. Catlin-Park
went back to her chateau, and at the
end of August, 1914, opened it as a
hospital for wounded soldiers of the
Allies. The French government a year
ago bestowed a gold medal upon her,
and last June she received the Croix dc
Guerre and the British government be-
slowed upon her the Order of St. J ohm
of Jerusalem.
Mrs. Tausslieb's daughter, Miss Fran
ces l.. Park. was married on December
last to Captain Ernest Gerald Stan
ley, a surgeon in the British army, who
has the CroiX de Gucrrc for bravery at
the front
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Mrs. House Rides
In Big British Tank
Grand" She Says After Escap-
ing From Interior of the
Britannia

British tanks may be all right as
sightseeing buses, but Mrs. Edward
NJ. House, wife of Colonel House, made
her escape after seven blocks of it
yesterday. Colonel House was too busy
to go along, but Mrs. House got in,
and the other guests of Major c. Broo-
man White, of the British Recruiting
Mission, were Mrs. Gordon Auchin-
Gloss, Mrs. James Auchincloss and Mrs.
James Putnam.
They boarded the Britannia at a
garage in Forty-nnth Street At
torty-second Street the tank stopoed
and little door opened. at was per-
1ectly grand" said Mrs House. i've
had perfectly wonderful time" she
added as she escaped. The rest of the
party stuck to it while the big machine
nosed It's way along and stayed for the
recruiting speeches to Britishers.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Miss Moller S Dance
Echoes in Home own
Bird Island Not Surprised That
She Performed Without
F feathers
Especial Correspondencc1

BIRD ISLAND, Mimi, March .
Forgotten is the war in Bird Island to-
DAY. For had not Helen Moller danced
right out of her dress" in New York? :?
And it wasn't so much of dress either.
How the former Bird Island girl,
dancing without even feathers, firted
with a moonbeam at the metropolitan
Opera House in the big city was the
topic of the discussion.
Some of the folks who knew Helen
best We're not very surprised that she
had danced right out of her veil.
One woman who had known Helen
well when she lived here said:
Helen was always fastening some
thing with d pin, and it's awfully diff
cult to make crepe stay with just an
ordinary PIN"
For nearly nine years Helen had been
almost forgotten here. She used to
live here with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Moller. Her mother died
and her father moved to Minneapolis
and married again.
After that Helen took to dancing,
and the folks here do not claim that
her art was acquired in Bird Island, al
though Hclen's press agent insisted
that her grace came from dancing with
the Indians
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Fler Who Gave Life to Save
Comrade Honored at Montclaiir
Ensign Weed Buried With
Full Military Honors--
Leaves Bride of a Month

MoNTCLA1R, N. j.. March or,s;,.
walker Ten Eyck Weed, the vouno
naval aviator who gave his life to save
.hat OF his flying companion after tho
fSoro-aeroplane bearing the two had
crashed g to the beach at Cape May in
names, was buried to-day.
"oh'cialr gave Weed the hero's fu
neral that was as much his due as if
lie had died an "ace." Fifty men of
.ne Naval Reserve and band from the
felham Bay Park station, under COM
mand of Ensign Lett, acted as escort
OF honor as the cortege made its way
between the crowds and flags that lined
Bloomfield Avenue.
Chief among the mourners, with
Weeds parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan
weed, of Upper Mountain Avenue, was
the girl who had become the aviator's
bride Just month before she followed
ms body to its grave-Joan Mason, as
Montclair friends still think of her.
The Very Rev. Edwin S, Lines, bishop
the services in St. Luke's Episcopal
Church, assisted by Suffragan Bishop
Wilson Searly and the Rev. DR.. Luke Nj.
White, the rector.
Men from the Cape May training sta
ton were the pail bearers Present as
a special escort of honor were Ensign
Crane Gertz, t. B. Nell and E. i.
Houghton, and Lieutenant Crane, of
the army.
From Secretary Daniels came this
message to Mr.. and Mrs. Weed:
IL have learned with deep regret of
the death of your brave son. and send
you my own and the navy's deepest
sympathy. Your affliction must be
tempered with pride at the remem-
brance of his courage and sacrifice"
AS Ensign Weeds body was being put
INTO the gravce at kensico Cemetery, in
Westchester County, it was reported
that Lieutenant Charles d. Bennett. for
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Assessment Roll Turned
Over to the Board of
Aldermen
Levy Will Be $3.50
Increase in Budget and De-
crease in Personal Property
Valuation to Blame

President Cantor of the Department
of Taxes and Assessments yesterday
turned over to the City Clerk and
Board of Aldermen the tax books con-
stltuting the assessment roll for 1915
and the aldermen on Monday will
adopt what is legally known as the
annual tax ordinance. embodying the
tax rate for 1918. AS announced in
The Tribune last week, the rate this
year will be about 80 points in excess
of last year, and, when the basis of
assessed valuations is considered, will
be the highest rate in the history of
the city. The new rate probably will
be around $3.50 on every $1O0 of as
sessed valuation, or $23 on 81 900.
The cause for the increase in the
tax rate is two-fold--the sharp in
crease in the size of the city budget
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Bishop Fined for Contempt

James Cunningham Bishop, formerly
banker in this city and now living in
Philadelphia, was fined $500 bv Justice
Gavegan yesterday for contempt Of
court in failing to obey writ of
habeas corpus. The writ was obtained
by Mrs. Abigail Hancock Bishop, who
divorced the banker in 1913. She de-
manded the custody of her Youngest
daughter, Abigail eleven years old.
Inc father failed to produce the child.
unless Mr.. Bishop pays the fine the
order of Justice Gavegan provides he
is to be committed to iail. However.
this order can only be carried out
when he comes to New York, he being
safe from the process of the court
as long as he remains in PHILADELPHIA.
In asking for the custody of hel
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Justice Upholds Himself

,.AYBEoOK, n. T., March 2.-Jus-
~ ~ sseger, of the Supreme. Court,
iiswas ~ 70 be county judge, and he be-
- ne was "a good one. Yesterday
r.. ~ncnrred in ruling. he made be-
~. hss elevation 10 the Supreme
T.~sa' xusDendjng sentence On Mrs.
Esn.sn hawkez, charged with Illegal
"7eer selling.
s.na. 80 appcai over the head Of the then
car,V lndxs resulted in Supreme
as.ns, order 10 jail the woman, and an
"a On the appeal agreed with that.
~ D'strlet Attorney stilI wants her
sesegsms JatIs but Judge Seeger ie now
= sppsals in the Supreme Court
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Gen. J.H. Smith S Death
Ends Noted Career
Became Known in Philippine
Campaign as Hell Roar
ing lake

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The death
OF Brigadier General Jacob Hurd
Smith (retiredD, at San Diego, CAL,
yesterday brought to army officers to.
day recollections of the picturesque ca
reel. OF the old fighter who became
celebrated III the Philippine campaigns
as Hell Roaring jake
General Smith waged a campaign to
clear Samar of guerillas that event.
ually brought him before a court mar
tlal and drew the denunciation of many
clvillans, who were astounded at the
severity of his measures. But it cleared
out the nests of outlaws who had kept
the province in continual state Of
nsurrection and received the hearty
approval of fellow officers who knew
the problem.
The sobriquet "Hell Roaring Jake"
was one of the national phrases during
the Philippine war.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Primarily, Duty Is to Secure
Ship Tonnage to Beat
Germany
Effect To Be Lasting
knowledge of American
Goods and Trade Ideals
Being Extended

WASHINGTON, March I'm its
search of the world for ship tonnage
r. aid in defeating the Central Powers
the United States is building up the
LARGEST force of commercial experts
which ever has been stationed in for
eign countries.
Primarily, the work of the CONNER
ca, representatives of the State De-
partrent, the Department of Com
merce and the War Trade Board will
have to do with the war. but in CO.
operating with the governments and
business leaders Of other nations they
will spread a knowledge of American
nroducts and trade ideals that officials
EXPECT will increase Americas COM
merce after the war.
Completion of the foreign staff OF
the War Trade Board is being pushed
as rapidly as possible, it was said to-
day, so that early results may be had
from the governments decision to put
every available ship to war purposes
bv restricting trade necessities.
Lansing Sends Experts
The State Department also is send
ing special representatives to countries
which Will be affected by the licensing
of imports into the United States. and
commercial attaches of the Department
of Commerce are assisting IN the work.
The war trade experts will have three
principal duties: To prevent goods
reaching Germany, to guide the course
Of trade and to release as much ton
mage as possible. They now have been
stationed in London. Paris, Berne,
Scandinavia. Rio dc Janeiro, Buenos
Ayres and Toxic.
Estimates of the tonnage expected to
be put into transatlantic service by
restricting trade with South America
and the Far East are being guarded
Trade Board as likely TO be of military
value to the enemy in indicating the
size of the armv which this country
hoped to put in Europe.
To Use Neutral Tonnage
Neutral tonnage is expected to re-
place American and British vessels in
non-hazardous routes, through negotia-
tious now in progress. In preparation
for recommending the curtailment Of
trade with certain countries the Ship
ping Board has established new de-
partment to which representatives of
industry Will offer their advice as to
the amount of the reduction to be
made IN the importation Of materials
affecting them As it would be i'm
possible to consult each industrial
firm, the industries will be reached
through their trade associations or
war service committees.
Recommendations of the Shipping
Board as to how much tonnage can be
taken from any one route will be used
by the War Trade Board as basis for
refusing licenses for sufficient mcr-
chandlse to permit the release of that
tonnage. Officials have refused to in
dicate what commodities would be af-
tected first, but it is known that deal
ers in silk have been here to discuss
the probable effect of the licensing on
trade with China and Japan.