WORKING FOR THE
BUILDING OF HOT
SPRINGS** ROAD
The Executive Committee of the Com
mercial Club Offers Cooperation to
Promote the Enterprise.
Hot Springs Business Men’s League
Has Promised to Furnish Terminals
at That End of Line.
SAY THE MONEY IS READY
Committee Named to Look After Dust
Nuisance and Ask for Summer
Excursion Rates on K. C. S.
When the executive committee
of the Mena Commercial Club
met Wednesday with IIul L. Nor
wood, president, George Kirschko,
secretary, and C. A. Smith, F. N
Hancock and Eugene Cox pres
ent, a letter to the president ol
the club here from C. F. Cooley,
secretary of the Business Men’s
Geaguc of Hot Springs was read.
It follows:
Hot Springs, Ark., May 18, IfMix.
Hal L. Norwood, President. Mena
Commercial Club, Mena, Ark.
Dear Sir: After working for six
months we have a representative of
Britisii capital here with an engineer
and the funds assured to huild a rail
road from this city to Mena. The
money is ready for construction but
the contract with the financial house
furnishing it requires that right of
way and terminals be provided en
tirely outside of the funds which they
propose to furnish.
This means that Hot Springs and
M__ 1. ...... ai.inidkin.r n .
well as owners of property along the
right of way. We have promised
grounds for terminals here and have
also assured them that there would be
no trouble getting right of way donat
ed along the line.
Will Mena provide the ground for
terminals so located as to bring the
new road to a connection with the
Kansas City Southern ?
Please let me hear from you at as
early date as possible as they are
planning to begin construction in Au
gust if everything goes right. Yours
truly, C. F. Cooley, Secretary.
Secretary Kirschke also read a
telegram of inquiry he had sent
to George E. Crater, the English
capitalist spoken of in the news
paper reports, and the following
reply:
Commercial Club, Mena, Ark.
We will build road if rights of way
are provided by owners along route.
George K. Crater.
The question ot co-operation on
the pure of Mena to secure the
road was discussed and Secretary
Kirschke was instructed to notity
the Business Men’s League at
Hot Springs of Mena's readiness
to at the proper time render all
possible assistance and support
to the movement.
For Street Sprinkling.
The matter of combating the
dust nuisance was taken up and
a committee composed of W. T.
Bradbury, Clyde Cunningham,
M. M. Shields, B. K. Adkisson
and G. L. Lochridge was named
and requested to take up the
question and undertake to make
arrangements for some one to
secure a sprinkling wagon and
hive the work done.
Summer Excursion Rates.
It was mentioned that other
points on the K. C. S., among
which was Si loam Springs, had
secured summer excursion rates.
A committee composed of I).
Sallee, Dr. Davis and T. J. Clay
ton was named to see tf the same
(avor could not be secured for
Mena.
Some members of the above
committees are not yet members
ot the club, but it is expected
they will soon be, and their co
operation in boosting for Mena
it is felt sure will be gladly given.
The membership to date tol
lows;
.1 II Hamilton. .1 It Havls.
II W Cantwell, (: I, l,m bridge,
II F Adklsson, II I. Norwood,
A H fin den, .1 H boar,
r N Hancock, VV I McKlunoy,
IV T Bradbury. W \V Rowtnn,
Kulhci < lahaghcr, l.on Goff,
M li bcgate, tt H Sale.
.1 S K.ngland. J V\ beeper,
John I hoinpsnn, Kngene I ox,
K It fox. Jll< Ox.
M s Nchcrmerhorn, S M Uldling,
J I. IIngun, M W Izard.
\ \V Mt. John, Bert Hlltehrand,
F M It rev ea. ' K. Will laiua.
George Klrschke, H It SI. John,
l r Havls, \V. I.. Barker.
F W Tomlinson M M Hrlltis
I It Jones W J Ihinman
Hene Hickena Sam lladt
II I' Itoble J II Kiubry
Hr W l' Vandiver Charles l> I'nrr
c it Nall T A Awbrey
W .1 Gallagher W N Martin
.1 (4 Jackson Thacker Urns
Baton A Johnston W J Shoup
J A Richards Young MeKInney
W It Jones A Son It Segal
KA Heseve will Alexander A t'o
('lyde runninghani l.cgate Bros
A (' Briggs C A Smith
1. r Aerttntan J A Thornton
James Kmcrson J K Wootton
II lillmrn W K Watkins
S 1) Shrewsbury George Vickers
Burt Todd Moseley A Son
Mlllham A Copelin Hennls Kelly A Stratton
W W Row ton W I McKinney
Following is the executive com
mittee:
Hal I,. Norwood, president: George
Klrachke, secretary: G. b. bochildge, ('. A.
Smith. F. N. Hancock, W. I Wat Kina,
I' ugene <'o».
A Hard Dtbi to Fay.
“I owe a debt of gratitude that can
never lit- paid off,” writes G. S. Clark,
of Westfield, Iowa, “for my rescue
from death, by Dr. King’s New Dis
covery. Both lungs were so seriously
affected that death seemed imminent,
when I commenced taklnff New Dis
covery. The ominous dry. hacking
cough quit before the first bottle was
used, and two more bottles made a
complete cure.” Nothing has ever
equaled New Discovery for coughs,
colds and all throat and lung com
plaints. Guaranteed by Jackson Drug
Co., oOc and *1.00. Trial hottle free.
SEVEN KILLED IN
GASOLINE LAUNCH
—_
Explosion Wrecks Pleasure Boat at
Clarendon, Throwing Young People
Into The River-Nearly Half
the Party Drowned.
Clarendon, Ark., May 20.— |
Seven prominent young society'
people were drowned last night
when the tank of the gasoline |
launch, in which they were going
for a moonlight excursion, ex
ploded, wrecking the boat.
Those drowned:
Miss Lillian Winfield, Claren
don.
Miss lJessie Palmer, Kansas
City.
Miss Alma Petle, St. Louis.
Miss Mattie Counts, Clarendon.
Miss Aliene llurton. Helena.
Joseph McManus, Clarendon.
Dr. A. L. Houston, Clarendon.
Nine were rescued. None of
the bodies have been recovered.
One of tbc rescued, Miss Mary
Cavett, of Clarendon, is severely
burned.
The boat left Clarendon early
in the evening, hearing a merry
party, who planned to go several
miles down the river. When
about five milts below Clarendon I
the tank exploded wrecking the
boat and hurling its occupants
into the river, which, at this;
point, not more than 50 feet from j
shore is very deep.
Few could swim, and some i
were stunned by the force of the
explosion and went down before
the swimmers in the party could j
make an effort at rescue.
The boat was a gasoline launch
capable of seating twenty or
thirty people, owned by L,. A.
Farfer, one of those aboard who,
saved the lives of several women
of the party.
PLOW IIP COTTON
Farmers Detrmined to Prevent Large
Yield and Force Up the Price to
IS Cents.
Atlanta, Ga., May 21. — Deter
mined to reduce the acreage of
cotton in the South and thus for
ward their campaign to raise the
price of the staple, the memoers
of the Farmers’ Union are plow
ing up 20 per cent of all cotton
planted earlier in the season.
This plan has been urged upon
all members of the union in every ;
state in the South. The farmers
are following instructions issued
by President Barrett and other
officers of the Farmers’ Union.
In some places in Georgia,
notably in Floyd county, they
have already plowed up the ad
vised percentage of cotton. The
land that is being plowed upisj
being planted in peas and corn j
and the patriotic members of tbe:
union who arc taking these meas
ures feel assured of the success of
the plan.
The movement is something
entirely new in the history of the!
warfare for higher prices. There j
are thousands of bales of cotton
in the hands of Georgia farmers'
as a result of the holding move
tnent advised by the union. It is
estimated that the Georgia far
mers have lost $3,000,000 by
bolding- With this large amount
of cotton on hand the officers of■
the union are urging the plowing j
up of cotton so as to make the j
next crop bring better prices next
fall. __
Egger Couple Wed.
Nl. F. l’hilpot and Miss Mollie
Mourton, prominent young people
of Egger, were united in marri
age Thursday afternoon at 4
o’clock at the home of the bride, |
the Rev. W. E. Justice officiat- |
ing. Mr. l'hilpot is one of
Egger’s most ptogressive young j
men and a son of the late Marion
l’hilpot, one of Folk county’s
i settlers. The bride is the daugh
ter of Vlr. and Mrs. J. 11. Mour
ton, who moved to Egger about
five years ago from the southern
part of the state.
To Hold a Protracted Meeting
At a meeting field at the Bap
tist church Thursday it was de
cided to hold a protracted meet
ing at the church, commencing on
the first Sunday in June. The
Rev. Allen II. Autrey of Benton
yillc will assist in the meeting, j
Boys Will Be Boys
j and are always getting scratches, cuts,
I sprains, bruises, bumps, burns or
: scalds. Don't neglect such tilings
ilhev uiav result seriously if you do.
Api*l.v Ball ant’s Snow Liniment ae
| cording to directions right away and
lit will relieve the pain and heal the
I trouble. Price 2.5c, 50e and #1. Sold '
| by Jackson Drug Co.
PROHIBITION AND LABOR
An Article Showing the Relations Be
tween the Saloon and the Working
Man As a Source of Revenue.
The following logical article
was sent by S. G. Warner, gen
eral passenger and ticket agent
of the Kansas City Southern rail
way, to Conductor Oscar Bush of
this city, who requested its pub
lication in The Star:
Is the Saloon War Just/
I was greatly interested in a commu
nication which recently appeared in
one of the ('hicago evening papers
under the caption, “Calls Saloon War
Unjust.” The writer evidently l>e
lieved that “if the liquor traffic- is
prohibited” its “tremendous reve
nues” would “cease to flow into the
public treasury.” He referred to the
“ready market” for millions of
bushels of the farmers’ grain and the
“hundreds and thousands of men who
now have steady employment” in the
production of liquors, and says:
“Who will makeup the deficit ia our
public revenue? Who will buy the
farmers’ gram and who will give em
ployment to the unemployed? Will
the agitators do all of these things? If
not, then what right have they to
bring about a condition of affairs
such as will work untold hardship anti
bring immeasurable financial loss up
on millions of human beings?”
Having some years ago given con
siderable time to an investigation
covering most of the questions raised.
I take the liberty of sending this brief
reply. Regarding the revenue, per
mit me to ask where does the liquor
dealer get the money with which to
pay the license fee* To this there is
hut one answer: From the protits of
the business. So the “tremendous
revenue” credited to the liquor busi
nose id rmtl 1 v Tin i<1 hv tlio p/insiimoi'c
It is an indirect tax upon the drinkers
and their families, and as those who
drink are usually those least able to
pay, it amounts to an unjust burden
upon the poor for the benefit of the
rich, who thus evade a portion of
what they should justly pay.
With no saloons the revenue might
be paid by those who now pay it, i. e.,
the present consumers of intoxicating
drinks, but more likely the revenue
would be raised by a tax on savings
banks as in the prohibition state of
Maine, where every third person has
a savings account, the hanks paying
interest on deposits and also being
taxed for revenue purposes.
In 1906 the total grain production
of the five great cereals in the United
State's was, in round figures, 4.H40,
IXX).(XK) bushels, of which only 110,
iXX),tXX) bushels, or one bushel out of
forty-four, was used in the production
of liquors.
The proportion of grain used in
making intoxicating liquor isso small
that the closing of breweries and dis
tilleries would not affect the farmers’
market to any large extent, and if it
did they might do as the Kansas
farmer suggested: “Raise more hogs
and less h—1.”
The farmer could easily find a mar
ket for the one bushel in forty-four by
selling to the makers of cereal break
fast foods to supply the demand of
the wives and children of drunkards,
who are now improperly nourished
because tne husband and father takes
their share and his own of the farm
ers’ grain in the form of intoxicating
drink.
According to the United States cen
sus of lfXX), which is official, impartial
and open to all investigators, the
money s|K*ut for liquor returns less to
labor than the same money spent any
other way. For illustration, let us
compare the wholesale value—if value
it can Ik: called of the liqu t pro
duct. $340,616,466, with that of the
cotton goods produced, which is al
most the same amount, $339,200,320,
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aim n V wits mm wiui vuv | '»v»
duetion employes 44,4111 persons, not
hundreds of thousands or millions,
while the cotton goods employ 302,801
persons, or almost seven times as
many. Suppose the money spent for
liquor was s]>ent for cotton goods in
stead. It would give employment to
many times the number now employed
in the liquor production.
Taking the average of eight general
industries, Including boots and shoes,
men’s and women’s clothing, cotton
goods, furniture, hardware, woolen
and worsted goods, and we find that
23 per cent of the value of the product
goes to labor, while the average for
the liquor industry is less than «i per
cent.
Suppose ten workingmen, each with
$10 in his pocket, start out i n Satur
day night. They have $100 among
them. If they buy footware, clothing
for themselves or families, cotton
goods, furniture for the homes, hard
ware. woolen or worsted goods, then
$23 of the $100 goes back to labor to
themselves or other workingmen or
workiugwomen. Now suppose that in
stead of spending their $100 for neces
sary articles on Saturday night they
get credit for the necessities and the
next day they go to the Sunday sa
loons and they each spend $10 in
drinking and treating others. What
does that do for labor? If they spend
it all for whisky, labor would get less
than $2 ($1.75). If they spend it for beet*
only, labor might get as much as $10.
But if they mix their drinks, labor
would receive less than $*>.
By stopping the expenditure for
liquors, which is now diverted from
the purchase of really useful articles,
employment would be given to over
250.000 more working people and this
is on the basis of the wholesale value
•f the product. On the basis of the
retail cost the closing of saloons and
expenditure of the retail price for
necessities would create a demaud for
more than a million additional
laborers. W. K. Mulvihill.
Chicago.
10,000 ACRES CROPS
ARE UNDER WATER
Broken Levee on Red River Turns
Flood Loose Near Texarkana —
Beautiful Spirit Lake Prob
ably Has Been Destroyed.
Texarkana, May 22—. Early
yesterday morning the levee on
Ked river at Spirit Lake, give
way and the waters of the river
flooded 10,000 acres of fine bot
tom land and the most magnifi
cent plantations in this section.
At last report the crevases were
150 yards wide.
The land was planted in cotton,
potatoes and alfalfa. Those who
have had their land planted in
potatoes have been working hard
for the past few days gathering
their crop for fear that the levee
might break.
Those planters who have been
protected by this levee have been
working unceasingly ever since
the levee was threatened, and a
new levee was under course of
construction further back from
the river and right at the end of
the lake.
Mr. Ilennegan was telephoned
to town this morning. He stated
that he was standing in his hotel
on the banks of Spirit Lake and
that the water was two inches
deep on the floors of the hotel
where he was standing.
He said the destruction ot crops
in that section was complete. The
water in several houses and stores
in the overtlooded section is two
and three feet deep.
It is stated that this oyerfiow
means the destruction ot Spirit
Lake. This is an exceptionally
beautiful sheet of water and has
been a favorite haunt for fisher
men not only from Texarkana,
but from all of southwest Arkan
sas, for years. The ends of the
lake are so close to the river that
the caving of the bank will let
all of the water run out of the
bed of the lake when the Hood
passes on down the stream.
A SECRET TO THE LAST.
Popular Young Couple Start “A-Fish
ing” and Get Married.
Mr. George l’ettitt and Miss
Nannie Farris were married at
9:30 o’clock Thursday night at
the home of the Rev. J. A. Hen
derson.
The wedding of this popular
young couple has rather been
expected, according to rumor,
but it was their desire to keep the
date unknown. This naturally
caused their close friends to make
an effort to pry into the secret
and a close watch has been kept.
Nothing was thought of it, how
ever, when W. J. Shoup, brother
in-law of Miss Farris,called at Le
gate’s barn Thursday evening for
"some sort of a two seated rig to
take the folks fishing.” After
securing the convey ince Mr.
Shoup drove to his home, loaned
up a lot of bundles, tied on a
bunch of fishing poles and with
Mrs. Shoup and Miss Farris drove
out of town in the direction ot
li' <\rL»
The plot was well laid, and
when Church avenue, near the
court house, was reached a couple
of young gentlemen were seen
standing on the corner watching
fur a “fishing” party. They were
the bridegroom-to-be and the only
one of his friends let into the
secret, Gilbert McMillian. The
young men climbed into the rig,
the horses wtre headed for the
home of the Rev. J. A Hender
son and there was soon a happy
little wedding party at the par
sonage, where sacred vows were
taken by Mr. Pettitt and Miss
Farris, uniting them for life.
Then the entire party returned to
the carriage and drove to Bethes
da Springs, after which Mr. and
Mrs. Pettitt registered at the
Southern hotel, where they will
be until the home Mr. Pettitt is
furnishing on Fourth street is
ready to receive them.
The groom is at the head of
the furniture department of Wat
kins & Bro., and a popular young
business man. His pretty bride,
sister of Mrs. W. J. Shoup, and
saleslady at Shoup’s Bakery, is
one of Mena’s most attractive and
popular young ladies.
The young couple have the
best wishes of a host of friends.
A Smile
is a pretty hard thing to accomplish
when you're blue, bilious and out of
sorts. There is a sure cure for all
kinds of stomach and liver complaints
-constipation and dyspepsia. Bal
lard’s Herbiue is mild, yet absolutely
I effective iu all cases. Price CO cents
j ler bottle. Sold by Jackson Drug Co.
Good Mules for Sale.
2 mules weiging about ‘H)0
pounds. Cash or time with
security. Dunrnan Bros., 412
Pickering ave. 5 3t wtf
BLO POISON
TREACHEROUS-DANGEROUS
Contagious Blood Poison is the most treacherous of all diseases.
It has its victims in its power almost before they realize its presence;
because its first symptom, which is usually a little sore or pimple, is so
insignificant that it does not cause alarm, or even excite suspicion.
But notwithstanding the outward symptoms are not manifested in the
beginning, this insidious poison is at work on the blood, and in a short
time the patients find themselyes diseased from head to foot.
The mouth and throat ulcerate, the hair begins to come out, a
rash breaks out on the body, copper-colored spots, and even sores and
ulcers appear on the flesh. Unless the poison is driven from the blood
it affects the bones, and literally eats out the life of the sufferer.
There is scarcely any limit to the evil powers of Contagious Blood
Poison. It is often transmitted to
others by a friendly handshake or
from the use of the toilet articles
oF an infected person. And if the loine.s.s a My.oncontract
virus is allowed to remain in the #d Blood Poi.on, and had an
circulation, its blighting influence »niyh«bhC*r"hltle*
will be handed down to offspring to known .ymptom., ho tn«d
ruin their innocent lives. other medicine, without any
Contagious Blood Poison is too benefit, n>d i then had him to
J . . -n ■.« .. take 8. a. S. After he had tak
dailgerOUS to trifle With. No time en .everal bottle, the improve
Should be lost in ridding the blood ment wa* very gratifying, and
of this insidious poison; and in no *° he co«tin««d it* «««• a
disease is it more important that ou«wdh bi.Tiood
the proper remedy be used. thedi.ea.e. The ulcer healed
Medicines which merely check the nicely, and he ha. .Inca been
symptoms for a time and leave the lt"rood heaJ3t,gBERCHAIN •
real cause smouldering in the sys- Taylor, Texa...
tern, have brought misery and des
pair to thousands. Faithfully the
sufferers took such treatment, and when all outward signs had disap
peared left off its use, only to find that the virus had been shut up in
the blood, awaiting a favorable opportunity to break out again.
S. S. S. goes down into the circulation, and removes every particle
of the poison from the blood, makes this vital fluid pure and healthy, and
does not leave the slightest trace of the poison for future outbreaks.
S. S. S. is made entirely of roots and herbs of the forests and fields.
It does not contain the least particle of mineral in any form to injure
the delicate parts of the system, impair the digestion or corrode and
irritate the membranous tissue or lining of the stomach and bowels.
______________________ If you are suffer
ing with Contagious
Blood Poison, S. S. S.
will cuFe you, because
it will purify your blood,
and destroy every ves
tige of the taint. It will
_ 0 act as the finest of
tonics to build up and
PURELY VEGETABLE strengthen your sys
tern, assist it in over
coming the effects of
the disease, and insure a speedy restoration to perfect health.
We have a Home Treatment book, describing the different stages
and symptoms of Contagious Blood Poison, and containing many sug
gestions that will be helpful to you in curing yourself with S. S. S. We
will send this book and any medical advice desired to all who write; no
charge for either. S. S. S. is for sale at all drug stores.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
First-Class Dentistry
If others have failed to give you satisfaction
call on us.
We will give you work with which you may enjoy
a good meal.
0 1
Always go to Black Bros., dentists, for your
dental work and you will never regret it.
Satisfaction is guaranteed in every piece of work
we do.
Lady attendant.
—
Black BrOS.T Painless Dentists
Farmers and Merchants Bank Building.
_:
fWE WANT
Your Produce, Chickens, Eggs, Butter, Vege
tables—almost everything you grow.
In addition to our big stock of Groceries, Meats,
Flour, Feed, etc., we have added a small line of
Hardware, Tinware, Graniteware, Etc., and
a Few Farm and Garden Tools
You can save money by looking over our Big Store.
W. B. Jones & Son
604 De Queen Street. Mena, Ark.
JOHN H. HARRISON
(srCCHS UK TO KKt.THKN HARRISON)
| =EXPERT HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY=
Wagon Work and General Blacksmithing
Give Me a Trial. South Mena St. Mena, Ark.
I ——MJU- MIIMIII Ilium II —in Ill ..■
I
TRY
AWBREY
And see how far your
money will go when
t you want a Watch.
1 have several Railroad Watches
slightly used. Price new was |4o.
! They can now be bought
. -
They are guaranteed to give
satisfaction. I have as good bar
gains in cheaper grades.
First-Class Watch and Jewelry
Repairing Done Promptly
T. A. AWBREY
Jeweler and Optician.
Opposile I irst Nat’l Bank, Mena. Ark
WHY NOTJiO FISHING
Now that you have time |
to do so ?
Fishing Tackle is not ex pen- %
sive and we have a nice as
sortment to select from. Our **
prices will also suit your
purse.
WE M \KE A SI’EC IA I,TV of
repairing tire arms, bicycles,
typewriters, rash registers, add
ing machines, sew ing machines,
gas engines, phonographs, rub- j
her goods, etc., etc.
Mena Sporting Goods Co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Phone No: 8. North Mena St.
S‘R Those Celebrate*!
Murphy Dining Chairs
$1.50 to $2.50 Each
Lawn Mowers
Refrigerators
Screen Doors
and all torts of Summer Goods
now in the front row at.
J. A. RICHARDS
Hardware and Furniture
DE QUEEN ST. PHONE 227.
PINE KNOT
TAVERN
B. F. Morgan, Prop. Mena Street,
Near Postoffice.
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i Ft?.f T- 'I-AES SHORT ORDER
UE! VICE. REGULAR MEALS 25c
GOC C I OC MS CLEAN BEDS 25c
W. E, Stephens
Watchmaker
and Jeweler
Fine work solicited and perfect
satisfaction guaranteed. Located
in Burnett’s Furniture Store on
South Mena street.
Postoffice
fofp Short
vdlC orders...
We especially desire the custom
of our friends from out of town
and guarantee to please them.
Mena St..upposite Postoffice
Every sort ot Legal Blank of
the “Legal Light” kind for sale
at The Star office
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