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LXNDUOICT St UHDRKIN,
Editor* and PuMUher*.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
One Tc*r, tl 50. Six Mmtn*. 75 Cl* Time
Month*. *0 Cir 'nvariabi? in Advance
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEPT. a. 191?.
RUSH’S RECO.WHF..MU I ION.
r»r. J. (). Rush has seen proper to
make public in circular form, a letter
from one Peter Kittel. of Illinois, in
which he criticises The Times. Dr.
Rush is the Secretary of the Countv
Anti-Saloon League. The following
is taken from a book of testimonials
issued by the .lames E. Pepper Dis
tilling Co., of Chicago.
Forrest City, A rk.
.lames E. Pepper Distilling Co..
Chicago, Illinois:
Dear Sirs Your whiskey is fully
up to the standard and 1 have no
hesitancy in recommending it to my
patients and friends.
Respectfully.
(Signed) J. O Rush. M. D.
There are no negro judges of elec
tion at any of the boxes in this city.
If you are opposed to Statewide
Prohibition which will not prohibit,
but on the contrary, flood the state
with mean blind tiger whiskev, mark
off your ballot the words, “FOR ACT
NO. 2,” and leave the words.
AGAINST ACT NO. 2" unmarked.
La&t Monday Abe State Hoard of
Education In Litrle Rock,apportioned
the largest common school fund ever
known in the State, amounting to
$1,292,390.50. Of this amount St
Francis gets $17,004 85, her school
population being 8017.
A prize of ?1 for the best specimen
ol farm or garden product of fruit
raised iuSt. Francis countv. bring
specimens to Nathan H. Norton be
tween October 1st and 15th. Speci
mens are to be used in making St.
Francis county's exhibit on the
Arkansas on Wheels Train.
Lookout for campaign rumors
Dont believe all you bear and only
half you see. Some people get into
desperate straits just on the eve of an
election. Vote your own sentiments
and for the best interests of your
country. You will then have done
your duty, and your conscience won't
trouble you.
The City Council took a decided
stand last Tuesday night against the
indiscriminate building of frame
houses or shanties within tlie tire
limits, and ordered that all such
buildings which had been begun or
erected without permit of tlie coun
cil, should be torn down. This is as
it should iie. The town is getting
too large to permit special privileges,
and these frame structures are a
menace to the property of others and
increase the risk and insurance rates
The council should also extend the
tire limits.
Weather Forecast.
Cooler witli rain causing Rheumatic
pains. Hunt's Lightning Oil stops
all aches and pains whether from
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cuts, Hums
or Hruises. The quickest Liniment
known. 25 and 50: b it ties. All
druggists.
Mr A. L Stevens returned Wed
nesday from Hot Springs where be
had been taking the baths and trying
to recuperate his health He look
ing much better, but is quite weak
and is having some trouble with his
stomach We hope lie will improve
rapidly now that lie lias returned to
Forrest City tlie best health risort
m the count ry.
At a public gathering on the corner
if North Front and Washington sts ,
| last Saturday, after addresses by sev
| eral ministers, in which they sought
' to persuade tlie colored voters to vote
against license and for statewide pro
i hibltion. John Blount, oneof Die lead
j ing tiegroes of this county, and who
; some years ago was prominent in Die
| politics of tills county by reason of
llns affiliation with prominent white
I leaders, but who lias of late been less
conspicuous, was permitted to get
I into the wagon and address the audi
ence. which was composed principally
of negeoes. He liegan to discuss the
proposed (irandfather Clause and Die
question of how tlie negroes should
vote on the license question, and soon
liecame very much excited, declaring
ills ancestry, boasting of bis ed
ucation, and finally that he was as
good as any white man. or words to
that effect, atid that they (the negroes
were perfectly capable of forming
their own opinions without the advice
of outsiders. Prominent white citi
zens became incensed at ins remarks
and interrupted, whereupon Blount
modified his statement about being as I
good as a white man He urged tlie
negroes to vote for license and against
statewide, on tlie ground Dial the pro
hibitionists could not help them main
tain tiieir right to vote, and that tlie
anti-prohibitionists would do so. The
affair was unfortunate, and is regret
ted by all good citizens who want
peace and quiet. There w as consider
able after discussion of tlie negro's
speech, and rumors were rife to the
effect that some bodily harm was in
ted to lie indicted upon him. Blount
left home {for Tine Bluff Mon
day morning. We do not think that
lie was in any danger, or that tlie ru
mors were well founded, but we do,
believe that a repetition of such lan
guage. or the encouragement of negro
agitators by unscrupulous whites, if
sucli be the case, will have the inevi
table result of a race conflict, and for
the welfare of our country we hope
t lie re will lie no furtherexhibitions of
tills character.
\ Certain shot On ( hill*.
I have been using your Cheatham's
Chill Tonic in my family for some-’
time and can say it is a certain shot^
on Chilis, says J. It illackshear,
Lewisville, La Money promptly re
funded if it fails to cure. Price 50c.
Sold by ail dealers. An excellent
tonic for invalids and feeble persons.
Prepared only by A. P>. Richard's
Medicine Co., Sherman, Texas.
THE IILOOT INCIDENT.
In an article signed “Anti-Saloon
League,” published in this issue of
The Times by request of Rev. Geo.
II. Kirker, the term "the whiskey
men.” is used several times. We
suppose that by “the whiskey men,”
is meant all who are opposed to pro
hibition as it operates in Arkansas,
especially in tills county. If so, we,
for ourselves, wish to emphatically
deny and have it distinctly under
stood. that so far as we (and scores of
others) are concerned, it is not true.
We have not entered into any agree
ment whatsoever in this matter, and
no one lias any authority to speak for
j us. We take this matter as we do
many and sundry other matters got
ten upon the eve of the election for
effect and to make capital. Also, as
we doubt the truth of other portions
of what Blount is said to have pro
claimed. we likewise doubt tlie whole
of his wild harangue.
It is true, however, that at a meet
ing of the Anti-Saloon League, a
i short time ago, at which the negro
vote on prohibition was discussed, a
, resolution was unanimously adopted
declaring that organization to lie op
1 posed to Amendment No. 11— the
\ Grandfather Clause and. under the
j circumstances, this was tantamount
j to saying that they would vote
against it In the hope of pursuading
the negro to vote against license and
for Statewide. It was exactly the
same bait that it is alleged t have
l>eeii thrown out to tlie negroes by
>wn—■ Min mmmmmmmmmmtmmi
A LINE THAT
..CANNOT BE BEAT..
The monster Fall and Winter lines of 1
Clothing for Men and Boys, Ladies Fur- j
nishings. Dress Goods, etc. for the fair sex
and Hats. Shoes and Underwear for the
entire family is now complete and on
display at the handsomely remodeled
store of
R. W. BENSON & CO.
The goods displayed em
brace the following lines:
STERLING CLOTHES FOR MEN.
SUCCESS AND PROGRESS CLOTHES FOR
BOYS AND YOUNG MEN.
THOROUGHBRED HATS FOR MEN AND BOYS.
E. & W. SHIRTS FOR MEN AND YOUTHS.
ARROW BRAND COLLARS.
SHOES FOR EVERYBODY
(We represent the best lines in America.)
A COMPLETE LINE OF UNDERWEAR FOR
MEN. WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
Our Dress Goods line is given up to be the most com
plete ever shown in Forrest City.
We Dress the Men, Women and Children.
R. W. BENTON & CO.
The Big Store on the Corner.
"the whisky men." and if true, the
negroes must chouse between them.
(Does any sane man ttelieve prohis will
vi.te against Amendment No. 11' ,
Tiie best tiling for tiie voter to do is j
to study the situation for himself
and vote as his conscience dictates is
for tiie best interests of the com
munity. In tiie light of prohibition
for four years Jn this county which
does not prohibit, but deprives tiie
city and county of tiie revenue, and
drives business and prosperity awav
from our own citizens to build up
adjoining towns, we think we ought
to vote fur license, and there are
many other reasons why we should
vote against Statewide Prohibition.
J.et us not l»e misled by. nor ap
peal to passions, but to tlie s«>ber, j
common sense of men and voters.
We hope tlie Plount incident is
closed.
I’KOH IBITION W IMVlKKiMHl
INV ASION OF PERSONAL
LIBERTY.
The Committee of Fifty, headed by
President Eliot. of Harvard, estimat
ed that SO per cent, of adult males
throughout the United States are not
total abstainers some drink regu
larly and temperately, others occa
sionally. others to excess, but the ex
cessive drinkers do not number more
than 5 per cent, of the whole number
of drinkers. Then because 5 per cent,
of the w hole number of drinkers drink
to excess the Prohibitionists would
deprive tiie remaining 95 per cent, of
the right to use liquors temperately.
Under tiie proposed statewide pro
hibition law no fermented or distilled
liquors can be made, sold or given
away: this includes spirits, wine. ale.
beer, cider and medicines and cor
dials containing alcohol. Tiie only |
exceptions made are for tiie use of:
wine for communion purposes and for 1
medicinal purposes, in which case it
must tie by tiie prescription of a phy
sician who must make affidavit that
lie prescribes strictly for medicinal
use. This would mean that to serve
wine to a guest at your own table
would make you liable under tiie law.
To give a stimulant to a sick person
is forbidden unless you first hunt up a
physician and obtain a prescription -
when it might be too late It means
that unprincipled doctors would turn
drug stores into saloons, as has been
the case in Maine. Georgia, Kansas
and wherever else prohibition lias
been tried.
i ne j armer can noi mane a oarret
of cider out of apples grown in his
own orchard for his own use because
fermentation begins in twenty-four
hours.
The farmer can not make a cask of
wine from grapes grown in his own
vineyard for his own use without"
violating the law
But the glaring absurdity of this
drastic law is that be can buy whiskey,
wine or beer in another state and
have it sent by express. Thus he is
at liberty to buy, paying a protit to
distiller, brewer, jobber, retailer and
express company, for what he is not
at liberty to make.
it would mean that bad whiskey
could be obtained at the nearest blind
tiger, but before a motheT could get
ten cents worth of paregoric for a
sick child she must first obtain a pre
scription. i his is not an exaggeration.
Not a drug store in Shreveport, La.,
will sell paregoric or ginger without
a prescription, but whiskey can be
obtained at innumerable blind tigers
and kitchen bars.
$*0,000,000 00 Lost Annually
By W age Earners,
Lr. Sadler estimates that about
*80.000.000.00 in wages is lost an
' nually to the American people as a
direct result of colds. Lost time
! means lost w ages and doctoring is ex
pensive. Use Foley’s Honey and Tar
Compound promptly, it'will stop
tlie cough, and heal and sooth the
sore and inflamed air passages J T
San ers.
LET DOWN THE But*.
■ nder the present local option ,avvs
it is unlawf to solicit orders tor
liquors either it person, by circular
■ r by advertising in newspapers, :n
dry. tern ter \ .*ection oUU. Kir! \ s
Ingest
Act N ■ U Statewide Prohibit! n
repeals this section.
i his would leave the whole -‘ate.
under PrnhiMiiun, liable to he literal
ly overr. n wi'lt the agents ot liquor
houses in s,t Louis or elsewhere.
, nmn iiu.j- . ruer- t ne Male would
l>e Hooded with circulars and news
payers could take all the whiskey
advertising they cliose to accept.
I nder the heal option laws it is
unlawful to sell or give awav liquor
m dry counties. Li t se-tion 5l4*i ex
pressly provides that tlie act shall
not apply to giving away spirituous
liquors or wines to friends in one's
own house with no view to protit
Act No 12 repeals this section.
if a man serves wine at his table
to guests, under Act No 12 he would,
for this ordinary act of hospitality,
be a lawbreaker.
I nder the present local option law
the private dwe ling, not used for the 1
purpose of selling liquor, is exempt
from being searched Section .'145. |
Kirby's Digest
Act No. i? repeals this section.
: nder Act V n. then, no man can
serve his friends with wine, nor
administer it to the sick, nor make
wine for his own use. and his home;
is not sacred against being searched ;
for liquor.
And that i- not all
Remember that Act .V repeals'
ail existing Deal option law- ev ept
only Section hi.:’
Suppose tlie act carries.
Suppose in two yeats. in initiation,
another vote i> taken and statewide ,
is repealed.
Then vour local option laws are
gone There are no laws whatever
regulating or licensing tlie sale of
liquor and tlie whole state would be
wide open. Any one could sell liquor
after paying the government tax.
until such time as tlie legislature
met and re-enacted the local option
laws.
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>o Calomel Necessary,
Ti.e injurious effect and unpleas
antness of taking Calomel is done
away with by Simmons' Liver Purifi
er. tlie mildest known liver medicine,
yet the most thorough in action Put
uo in yellow ttu boxes only. Price
25c. Tried once, used always.
ALL WOMEN
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>
>X’ho suffer with the ailments of their sex are in need of the great
strengthening, cleansing and regulating properties of
PRICKLY ASH BITTERS
It puts the liver, stomach and bowels in fine healthy condition,
builds up the nervous system, strengthens the body, clears the com
plexion' and changes a poor, tired, discouraged woman into one of
sparkling good health and cheerfulness.
| Get the Genuine with the Figure "3” In Red on Front Label. |
v Sold by Druggists. Price $1.09 per bottle.
^ Si
.1 T. Sanders. Special Agent.
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ToVote
( Local Option
I- Scratchy ^B
1U1J. JULJL.
! Against Act No?
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Look. Voter. Look!
j Communicated and published iiy reuuest --Ed
The whiskey men. realizing the
greatness of the righteous sentiment
! against their wicked designs, are re
sorting to all the means that they can
employ to help their cause. The fol
lowing affidavit speaks fur itself.
Shall we permit or encourage the de
basing of the ballot or the employment
j of the tierce feelings of race prejudice
i bv the real enemies of both races, the
l Ksaus who sell their birthrights for a
| pocket book or boltie of pottageV
j Such practices deserve the condemna
tion of all men, white and black. A
i vote against whiskey now means a
vote against bribery, corruption and
falsehood 'I lie i'-ue has been made
by tiie w hiskey men
AFFIDAVIT.
i orasmuchas.lol.il Blount 'colored ,
dill on Saturday. August .11, make a
speech on Washington street, near ti e
c .rtier of Front street, to an audience
of white and colored men, and, in
I that speedi made several \; lent
statements, we the undersigned. ;pon
request, do make an affidavit that he
said t he follow ing.
1 The whiskey people had made a
bargain with the Negro Suffrage
League t ■ vote against the 11th
Amendment if the said League wo id
vote Against Act No. 2
2 Fiie whiskey men had promised
to give them a negro judge and a
negro clerk in every voting precinct.
u- For many years the negroes had
been licking the hoots or the prohibi
tion people, but now the whiskey men
were licking the negroes’ boots.
4 i nai he. John Blount, was as
good as any of the palefaces sitting in
ihe wagon. At this time Revs. Far
ris. Garrott and Kirker and Squire
Turley were in the wagon )
And furthermore. we are merely
stating what John Rlount said
(Signed) Geo. H. Kirker.
Pastor Presbyterian Church.
Forrest City, Ark.
(Signed E. I*. J. Garrott.
Pastor Baptist Church For
rest City, Ark.
(Signed Ellis Turley,
Magistrate Madison Town
ship. Forrest City, Ark.
subscribed and sworn to before me
this 4th day of September, 1912
Signed R. VV Payne,
[Seal] Clerk of Circuit Court.
I hereby certify that the above is a
true, correct, full and complete copy
of tiie original now in my possession. I
R. W. Payne,
C ork of Circuit Court, St Francis
County.
Can you afford to endorse this?
Anti Saloon League
Cold Blooded and Meath Mealing
<’hil!s. Rev. James Reed, Gains
\i,le. Texas, ys rote—I have used your
Cheatham's Chill Tonic in my family
andean recommend it to everyone
affected yvith Chills and Fever, it
cured when various other remedies
failed. As a tonic for invalids and
feeble persons it lias no equal. Any
one buying this medicine and not
pleased with it will get their money
back on request. Priee 50 cents. Sold
by all dealers. Prepared only by
A. ii. Richards Medicine Co., Sher
man, Texas.
BLOUNT APP0L06IZES.
His Letter Telegram an Example of
Humility.
A letter telegram from John Blount
to The Times is published by request
of prominent colored citizens who re
gret tlie occurrence, and want peace.
Bine Bluff. Ark., Sept 5, i;»12.
To The Forrest City Times:
I left Forrest City last Sunday to
attend a negro Grand l-odge in Bine
HlutT, and since I left home I have
had several communications advising
me that many of the white people
and a few of the colored people took
offense at my talk last Saturday
against the Grandfather Clause. N \
I wish to say fnat 1 did not intend to
insult or offend anv one. and esp.-cia
lyil.e white people Mv intention
wa* to n :u<e my own race see the ne
cessity of defeating the Grandfather
■j( tins.. If anv winie people, to K, ;
(feriseor umbrage at any part >-f n v
jtalk. ! here ami now retract anv part
land all that was distasteful arid of
fensive to them 1 now lleg pardon
j cifi i U'sk i‘>r^ivbu^ss, and pr t!ni>H th.it
J 1 shall not repeat it again
J in my ardent real to defeat th ■
'■randf.itlier Clause. 1 was somew hat
•v r .glit up and might have said vv hat
i did not really mean orintend t< sav
Again. 1 repeat that i did not intend
to insult or otfetid any vviiite person,
and to those who were offended 1
here and new retract the offense and
beg pardon and promise to not do so
again.
I rusting that each and even one
mav accept this apology as a sufficient
atonement for all that I said that was
displeasing or insulting to any white
person. 1 am humbly.
J II Blount
( aught a Bad Cold.
Last w inter my son caught a very
had cold and the way lie coughed was
something dreadful. writes Mrs
Sarah E. Duncan, of Tipton, Iowa
We thought sure he was going j,Uo
consumption. We bought just one
Dottle or Chamberlain’s Cough Reme
dy and that one bottle stopped bis
cough and cured his cold completely.
1'or sale by all dealer;*
Birthday Part).
, Last Monday afternoon little Miss
Louise Alderson charmingly enter
tained about forty of her little friends
on the lawn at the beautiful home of
her grandmother. Mrs L Rollwage.in
celebration of her ninth birthdav
Many of the games that have delimit
ed the children for generations? in
cluding a doll hunt and a peanut rot
test, were played and eujoyed. Rink
ice cream and cake were served on a
long table on the lawn, and the lit:;?
ones had a very delightful time, and
left the happy scene thanking the
dainty little hostess for her charming
hospitality and wishing for her munv
happy returns of the day.
I or 1 hose Cold Suppers
Ring IN!*, Scott & Ferguson,and g*«
Sardines. Salmon, <Wsters RoaK,
Beef. Luncli Tongue,Potted and Dev
Red Ham, Chip Beer, Chicken Loal
Neal Loaf, Hot Tamales. Chili c ,i
Came. Vienna Sausage. t a^h's
Tongue. Sweet and Sour Pickle and
Siiaker Bread.’
K " Benson & Co. have a hand
some advertisement in another
coluumn of 'Ihe Times this week, in
which attention is called to the new
and up-to-date line of ladies and
! gents furnishings this establishment
is_now handling The stock consists
of ready-to-wear clothing'for men.
women and children, hats, shoes,
dress goods, etc., and is all new and
or the best makes obtainable. In
another place there is an ad of the
Uoldman-Beckman Clothing Co.,
makers of tlie famous Sterling brand
! of mens clothe-, which Mr. Benson
is handling ti.is year. The store has
been nlceiy remodeled, and tilted
"11 1 1 *ie most mode: n and convenient
fixtures for the display of the goods
he carries Jt will pay you to read
a'i-■ and pay you still more
. 'j' :i! 1 "t- ''tore on the Corner,
uni rako advantage ol the opportune
! n - one red to tit out yourself and the
•mrne family from a well a— red
stock and at en-onable prices
Noth e hi Trustee’s sale.
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. ’ '*■ i rusu't*. win on
""""“'"ay.tile I nil (lay of S«*pt. 1»12.
door of the court house in I'orrtM
ii v , . i I'rands county. Arkansas sell ai
hVTr i.°U,.t-,y lo the highest bidder for cast-,
he following described property, lyinc ai i
beina In the County of St. Francis, Si at- f
\ rkansas. towit:
**7! kalfofthe north-east quarter (w l
n. (-H of sect",n twenty-fire (2..;) and.
„„ i ,, . uf tlle north-west quarter (el-2,
ii» l-t) of section twenty-five (25) in Towi
,I„ i 'V"orth. raiiKe ti\e (5) east, coi -
t ai ulna- !«* acres: and
Northwest quarter mw l-t) of Section
twenty-two (22,)containtnj( 100 acres:
sorth tialf of north-east quarter (nl-2 nel i
■ section twenty-one (21 ,i containing eishty
;.„J ai;res. all in Township six (tit north,
ran ne two (2) east.
Said sale is tieiiiH made fo1- the purpose of
indebtedness secured bv sai l
i tusi Deed and I he payment of the i .xpensf'
of executina- IhistiuslT
11 > >. II MANN, Trustee
MH It | OF STOCK HOI.PFKN
MEETIMj.
‘ *’*' 1 hicaao, Uoek Island and Pacific Kao
way Company.
, * 1 -h-ano Illinois. Aunust v. h'12
• I-,1 ‘V annual meeting of the stockholders of
, K s k Island and Pacific Iipilvx ay
"'“I ne held at the office of the Companv,
ini liei d x of t hicaa'o, Cook County, Illinois
on l bnrsdav, the tenth day of October, h'
, en o clock a m., for the eleetion of (lire
’"submit for ratltieatlonon the pari of
> ne stockholders .the action of the executi'"
1 ommit iceof the I*.aid of directors In autln>■
iiH* execution by the officers of tb-'
ompuny, of a tease of the Hock Isiand and
artiaiielle RaUway Company, a corporation
'V , * of Arkansas, owning a line
tan way from I>ardanelle, Arkansas to a
l*’1*-1 ^‘rmet tin- with the lineof The Chicago,
lux-k island and Pacific Railway Company at
.f 'Jkansas, approximately thirteen <1'
!V* i °f ma<,< antl form and the terms of
itie lease executed pursuant to such author
i/ation of the Kxecutive Committee; and for
me transaction of all other business that may
l top**rlv |>oniP th^ ^ptpiipir.
tieo II. Crosby, 11 l\ Mudge,
Secretary. * President.
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