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CONFEDERATE VETS ELECT COMMANDER James Smith of Little Rock Was Chosen After a Squally Session—For Monument to Confederate Women. Li;tie Rock, Oct. 15.—Varying the program a bit, the Arkansas Division of United Confederate Veterans, which opened its an nual convention here yesterday at noon with General James LL Berry presiding, elected a com mander yesterday afternoon, in stead of putting it off until today, as was arranged for in the pro gram. Colonel James Smith of Little Rock was the choice of the cinvention, after a very stormy session in which a number of the veterans made heated remark', and for a few minute? the atmo sphere was squ illy, as if the aged warriors were about to give a realistic reproduction of the days f>l»t>5. The session was serene u nil he nominations were com tuenc u upon. Colonel Smith was the first candidate nominat ed. but General Green followed quickly with the name of Jona than Kellogg of Little Rock; and Colonel 'Green of Polk county, n >mi . i ted C l oho As < Morgan o 0.i i d. I" t e fish ing began. \ccusition after accusa tion was made across the flout, and th1' he was frequently passed. I i an effort to bring about peace, ex-GoVertior Dan W. Jones arose and placed Gcner.-l James H. Beriy in nomination This elec trified the veterans, who began to cheer for ihe ex-senator Gen eral Berry arose and with te r-, flawing down his face, begged G iver or Jones to withdraw his none, saving he was pledge! t i the other Caiidida'es not to seek the nonor a third time. Govern or Jones did as requested, and General Kellogg had his name withdrawn from the contest. Colenel Smith, who s e r y e d through the war as a private, was then m ide commander by a vote of 65 to 40. ALL LOVE GENERAL BERRY Hundreds of Admirers Surround Him Continually at the Confederate Veterans Reunion. Little Rock, Oc*. 14 — From the time General ,1 imes II. Berry, Commander of the Arkansas Divi sion of the United Confederate Veterans, arrived ye* terday morn ing until today at noon, when the state convention of Confeder ate Veterans was called to order, he has beeu tua central figure of the hundreds of admiring dele gates and others who came to Little Rock to attend the meeting of the remnant of the once great army. The meeting was called to order by Major General Berry, in the reception hall of the Hotel Marion. After a prayer was delivered, J. H, Hill, chief justice ot the Supreme court, delivered a rousing address of welcome, putting into it the inborn respect for the confederate soldier, and his love for those who wore the gray, and fought kmiiuoKi ♦ Vi o ot i ru n nr) Kara Tt was a touching tribute to the men with whom his tatherfougbt through the four turbulent years. Senator Berry responded to the address of welcome, touching with feeling upon the few remaining to attend the reunions of the veterans. Tonight the daughters of the confederacy give a reception for the delegates and their trieftds. IS INTERESTED’IN SENA J. N. Galbraith, General Manager ol Mexican Central Railroad, View ing His Property Here. J. N. Galbraith, general man Hg>r of the Mexican Central rail road, with headquarters In the City of Mexico, accompanied by Mrs. Galbraith, who is a sister tc Mrs M E. Abercrombie,arrived it Mcua Thursday afternoon on hu private car, and left Friday n*ght. He has has been visit mg various points in the United States for the past ten days. Mr. Galbraith has been a prop er t v owner tatfre for severa years, haviug purchased consid erable real estate, both in ant out of the city. He is and lonj has been a great admirer of Mem and has always talked of mak lljg it his permanent home when tver he cm make up his mind t< £'ve up Ins interestsni Mexico. Lame Back, This ailment .is usually caused b rheumatism of the muscles of the sma o> the hack, and is quickly cured i> aPplying Chamberlain's Liniment tw or three times a day and massa in, i parts at each application. Fo , ® by Jackson Drug Co., and a dealers. HAND SUPPORT GAVE WAY. J. B. Halton Injured Seriously by a Fall Caused by Defect. J. B. Haltom, brakeman on the south local, was seriously hurt Wednesday night in the lower yards on his return from a trip. The accident is said to have been caused by a defective hand sup port which gave away, throw ing Mr. Haltom violently to the ground. He received serious injuries to his back and hips. He was removed to a room to the Frady hotel and Dr. J. R. Duvis, division surgeon was called in to attend his injuries. Mr. Haltom was later removed to the home of bis mother on West Maple avenue and today he is reported as being slightly improved. NEW TW0=ST0RY BRICK ON DE QUEEN J. W. Gardner Will at Once Begin on a Structure 50x100 Fe t—Clyde Cunningham Will Occupy Corner Room. J. W. Gardner, who owns the three lots located on De Queen stteet at the juncture of Janssen *venue, h<is completed arrange ments for the erection of a two s:ory brick building on the fir-t 'wo lots which will adjoin the brick building on the third lot built bv Mr. Gardner several .. 'T'u~ on the corner occupied ov Clyde Cunningham, will be torn down to make room for the new build ing. As a result Mr. Cunning ham commenced this morning re moving his stock of groceries into the building on the third lot where he will temporarily remain until the new building is com pleted, when he will occupy the corner store room of the building. Just as soon as the frame ouilding is torn down work of putting down the foundation will cm tuence. The building will be SUxlOO feet, two stories, and will be built of Poteau brick. When completed the building will con tain three store rooms with twen ty-three rooms in upper story, all of which will be suitable for office or sleeping apartments. The work of putting up the building will be in chargeof Con tractor W. M. Palmer. GOT MAN BUT NOT GUN Albert Welch of Big Fork Arrested on Charge of Stealing a Gun Last August—Is in Jail. Early in the month of August Iasi Albert Welch of Big Fork came to the Mena Sporting Goods Company and desired to hire a Savage rifle for a day, saying if it suited him on trying it he would buy it. Charles Zweng, owner of the store, having at a previous time sold Welch a gun, let him take it as requested, but -,oon after Welch left the store was waroe by one of Mena s of ficers that he probably never would see it again. Efforts to locate Welch thereupon were fu tile, and cm his not returning the next day, Mr. Zweng notified of fleers and offered reward tor Welch’s arrest. Nothing wan heard of the man until very recently, wh<*n S. W. Hilton, a deputy sheriff, notified Zweng that he had located hun and would bring him in. He was arrested at Howe and was today placed in jail in lieu of bond, which he was unable to make. It is said that there are other matters that will involve Welch still further. Officer Hilton received the re ward. m ■ - WILSON GOFF PAINFULLY BURNED. Was Carrying Flickering Lamp V. aer It Exploded. Wilson Goff, the lb-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lon Goff, who reside at the corner of Mena street and Walnut avenue, wat painfully burned on the righi hand and received a bad gash ir the second finger while attempt ing to throw a flickering lamj ' out of the kitchen door which ex 1 nloded while in his hand. In ad : idition to having his hand badl] 1 burned, his clothing was set ot ' fire bv the blazing oil and bv ‘ h .ir ’ was considerably sing vl > Quite a 1-t of the blazing oil thrown on the walls and ce.litif of the room, causing a >mal blaze, but this was soon put ou t bv Mr. Goff with a few bucket ! of water, and little damage wa >: done by the fire. f A fire alarm was turned in, bu r the fire was out before the hos * icels were taken out. SAYS ARKANSAS WILL NOT BE DRY Boast of Agent of Milwaukee Brew ery Who Claims Prohibition States Are Harvest for His Business. Little Rock, Oct. 14. Voting Arkansas dry will not make it dry, unless the au thorities here succeed in doing something no other dry state has done, is the opinion of Otto Weiss, agent for one of the large breweries of Milwaukee, who was in the city last night, “We have agents in all the cities in the dry states,” said Mr. Weiss, “and they do a good busi ness. Our agent in Oklahoma City sells a car of bottled beer every other day, and the state is constitutionally dry. Our agent on Atlanta does a land office busi ness, and we ship him a car day after day, yet Georgia is a dry state, Kansas is a harvest field for the breweries. The same can be said of all the dry states, The breweries are not going to get out and spend big sums of money to keep Arkansas from going dry, as many people think, for there is no use in it when busi wili come just the same, wet or dry. It costs us practically noth ing to sell large quantities of beer in dry states, as the people come beging it then, and we •'are saving on the saloons, and depots in the state, so we lose very little in the long run, and the re turns on the sales are so much quicker, as the cash comes in when a car is turned over,” NOT SO EASY THIS YEAR Young Democrats of Little Rock Had to Dig Up to Pay Campaign Expenses Elsewhere. Little Rock. Oct. 14 —Young Democrats of Little Rock are not this year to be permitted to sit back and complacently watch the national campaign move slowly along, throwing in an occasional whoop, or delivering an address before a number of others of the same brand ef enthusiasm, who are born and bred Democrats and could vote no other ticket if they tried. Sometime ago a Jefferson club was organized in Little Rock for the purpose of perpetuating everything Democratic and boost ing the cause in the county, state and nation. Little boosting has been done, but yesterday a notice was received bv President Wade and Secretary Lindsay that some thing more was expected. It was made plain that Arkansas was a sure Brvan state and little could be accomplished by them here, but they might get out and rake in shekels for the defraying of fighting expenses in doubtful ter ritory. In reply to this request the officers of the Jefferson club will tonight send a draft to the campaign officials, carrying the sum they have been able to raise in the hard day they have put in among the young men of the city today. PEOPLES PARTY AWAKENS I After Hibernating Since 1900 President ial Electors Are Chosen—Probably Will Only Make Showing. Little KOCK, UCt. L-t.—rroir out of the pigeon hole yesterdaj crawled the Peoples party ir Arkansas, or any official recogni tion of that party, since it wen into obscurity after the electior in l'K)0. The certificates o Col. A. W. Files, of Little Rock and N, B. Hilger, of Little Red White county, were filed with tht secretary of state yesterday ai electors at large for the People; party in Arkansas. This is tbi first time the Peoples party ha showed an aggressive spirit ii in this state in eight years, am it is thought there will be noth ing more than a showing mad this year. The electors will un dertake to have a prominent mem her of the party come to Arka sas before the close of the nation jal campaign, and round up few votes for Tom Watson. Bad Order Cars Burned. A message was received her last week from Pittsburg. Kan. stating that fifty-five bad orde cars were distroyed by fire lat yesterday afternoon in the nei yards of the Kansas City South ern. It is thought that the fir was caused by a spark from a i1 engine. For Chronic Diarrhoea. I “While in the army in 18*13 I wa I taken with chronic diarrhoea” say J George M. Felton of South Gibsoi j Pa. “I have since tried many rem< 5 i dies bat without any permanent relie * until Mr. A. W. Miles, of this plan persuaded me to try Chamberlain Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem< dy, one bottle of which stopped it u : once.” For sale by Jackson Dru Co., and all dealers DR. DAVIS HONORED. — ; Appointed as Member State Charity Hospital Committee. Dr. J. R. Davis is in receipt of a letter from Dr. Morgan Smith, secretary of the Arkansas Medi cal Society, informing him that he has been appointed by Presi dent Clegg as a member of the committee on state charity hos pital. The other members of this com mittee are, S. E. Thomson. M. D.. chairman, Eldorado; Ander son Watkins, M. D., Little Rock; C. M. Lutterloh, M. D., Jonesbo ro; and W. N. Crutcher, M. D., Pine Bluff. Dr. Davis feels highly honored over his appointment as a mem ber of this committee. NO COMPROMISE IN RATES IN SIGHT Conference Between Traffic Officials and Railroad Commissioners De clared Off-Some Comfort for Shippers. Little Rock, Oct. 14—A'l con ferences between the railroad traffic officials and railroad com mission, looking to a compromise of the rate question was declared off this morning when the rep resentatives of both sidas agreed that the compromise could never be reached, owing to “widely A t uorrro n t iflpac a Q tn what POtls! !• I tute a reasonable rale.” The commissioners said they would not compromise and that further conference would be a waste of time. The matter must now be fought to a finish in the courts. However, the traffic men said they would withdraw the tariffs filed with the commission last week, for further “revision.” The tariffs were to go into effect tomorrow, but will be held back till November. This means victory for shippers, as the roads evidently intend to lower commodity rates lrom the schedule first proposed. EIGHT COUNTIES COMPETE Polk County Must Defeat Seven Con testants to Win Premium for Best Display. Hut Springs, Oct. 15.—Eight counties are competing for the special prize of #200 for the best county exibit at the State Fair here. In awarding the priza the judges will take into consideration the exibits of the counties in all the departments, but it is in the agricultural de partment that the counties have made their greatest effort. The counties in the competition are Hempstead, Hot Springs, Polk, Garland. Saline, Washington, Lonoke and Randolph. Polk county has a bewildering variety of apples, pears, peaches and quinces, as well as an inter esting display of vegetables, _LLL !M«ln>lno t h ron raKhu HAG W 14 • V. • 4 ■ --— — - O weighing 27 pounds and a pump kin which tips the scales at 65 pounds. A tomato vine 29 feet long, a beet weighing nine pounds and a dozen ears of corn 12 inches in length, are other features of the exibit. i Polk county has on exhibition samples of the slate which n . found in large quantities in that ’ county. Garland county also 1 has some siate on exhibition. There are already more than *,3,600 entries in the agricultural 1 [department and Mr. Manville ex : pects that the number will he in * creased to 7,000 before the close 1 of the fair, as exhibits are still ' pouring in and difficulty will be ‘ experienced in finding room for ? ail the exhibits that are expected. ' Figs, pomgranates and even ’ orange and lemon trees, are in ' eluded among the exhibits of ' the fruit, while the exhibits of 1 vegetables and grain are so varied that a detailed discription of the display would be impossi ble. For Sale or Exchange. r 160a good improved farming e land in Kansas. v 40a improved, good house, barn * and orchard, near Eagleton, Ark e 5 good residence lots in north a ern Indiana town, all improve ments in. Large banker’s safe with stee chest in, and cashier's desk. s Will exchange for Mena prop i, erty or any kind of collaterals. Housekeeper wanted, middli a aged lady, unincumbered, giyin* '- wages and good home. Henry Lightcap, B *42 lm Eagleton, Ark. CC C DRIVES OUT O.O.O. BLOOD HUMORS The skin is not simply an outer covering of the body, but through its thousands of pores and glands it performs the great and necessary work of regulating onr temperatures, and also assists in disposing of the refuse and waste matters of the system by the constant evaporation that goes ou through these little tubes. To perform these duties the tissues and fibres which connect and surround the pores and glands must be continually nour ished by pure blood. When from any cause the circulation becomes infected with impurities and humors, it loses its strengthening powers and begins to disease and irritate the delicate tissues, and produces Eczema, Acne, Tetter, or some other itching, disfiguring skin trouble. S. S. S. cures skin diseases of every kind by going down into the circulation and neutralizing and remov ing the impurities and humors. It changes the quality of the blood from an acrid, fiery fluid to a cooling, health-producing stream, which, instead of irritating and inflaming the skin, cures and nourishes it by its soothing, healthful qualities. Salves, washes, lotions, etc., may be used for any tem porary comfort or cleanliness they afford, but skin diseases cannot be cured until S. S. S. has purified the blood. Book on .Skin Diseases and any med ical advice sent free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA. GA, * ...GET YOUR... WINTER CLOTHES A large line of Men’s and Boys’ Suits for Fall and Winter has just been unpacked. Think of This! i Man’s Suit, Navy Blue Flannel, heavy for fall and winter, buttons close to throat, thor oughly well made, ft*/ a Special value Ladies’ Cloaks New line just in, at $2.50 and up. W. W. TOWNSEND, s. Phone 260. South Mena St. PAINLESS OUR SUCCESS is due to the High-Grade Dental Work we have done for the public in the last 15 years. If your plate does not fit have our Patent Corrugated Suction inserted Free. Have impression taken in the morning—get Teeth same day. We do all classes of Dental work and when we do a piece of work you know you have had Dental work done that doesn't have to be done over. We are doing Dental work over every day that the so-called dentists have done. Call and have your Teeth examined by us. We will tell you what you need and want and at a reasonable price, too. Ask any banker or merchant in the town who we are. The large amount of work we are doing goes to show that the OLD RE LIABLE BLACK BROS., ARE THE DENTISTS. Lady attendant. Farmers and Merchants Bank Building. MENA LUMBER CO. (Incorporated.) Successorsjto LaysonJI.iUtnber co. _ Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Lumber, Sash, Doors, Shingles AND ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIAL I Before buying elsewhere be sure and inspect our grades and get our prices. We can save you money. We make all deliveries free in Mena. PHONE 517. MENA, ARKANSAS. | __ SPECIAL - - ...... :-VIA-... Kansas City Southern R’y. ' On Account of7..— Kansas City Fall Festivities | There will be in effect special round trip rates to Kansas City from all stations in Arkansas and Okla homa, on sale Oct. 3 to 12. For particular: call on or write to any K. C. S. R’Y. AGENT. BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER BEFORE i The liberal patronage which the people have given us for the last three years has enabled us to equip our shop thoroughly for prompt and first-class Watch and .Jewelry repairing. Our goods are the very best and our prices are right. T. A. AWBREY Jeweler and Optician. Opposite First Nat’l Rank, Mena, Ark. k'iV* I r PINE KNOT TAVERN B. F. Morgan, Prop. Mena Street, Near Postoffice. FIRST-CLASS SHORT ORDER SERVICE. REGULAR MEALS 29o GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEOS 29o Cancers Cured! No Cure, No Pay I have a medicine that is a SURE CURE for CANCERS. It has cured thousands, and if it does not cure you you need pay for nothing. See or address: S. L. BARNES, Dallas, Ark. I Postoffice Orders... We especially desire the custom of our friends from out of town and guarantee to please them. Mena St.,opposite Postoffice 1 . - -- - J -- I _ ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY Well situated and perfectly drained. Map. plat and in formation at Odd Fellows Bld*c. Phone 242. Old Lindsay. Supt.