350 Grand Piano
rHE NEVADA COUNTY PICAYUNE PRIZE
To Bo Given Away
WednesdL y, May 31st, 1911
egant, Banker Upright Grand Piano
RULES OF CONTEST
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There will be given one Capital prize consisting of
Banner Upright Grand Piano to the young lady
married) over 14 years of age, living in Nevada County,
aining the largest amount of cash certificates or votes.
. Any young lady (unmarried) over 11 years of age,
ng in Nevada County, will be eligible as a contestant.
. Any person may nominate as many contestants as
or she may desire, either on coupons found in the PIC
UXE or on blanks furnished by us. We reserve the
ht to reject any nomination.
. Onlv one l()()0-vote certificate will be counted for
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i same person.
>. Certificates will be issued by the Picayune for new
old subscriptions, old accounts, job printing and adven
ing. On every subcription of $1.50 to the Picayune,
w or old, 1500 votes. That is. 10 votes for everv cent
n new or old subscriptions The same on old ac
mts, job printing and advertising. Certificates must
called for when cash is paid.
6. The certificates handled by the merchants will rep
;ent one vote for each one cent of cash purchase,
ese certificates to be delivered to each cash perchaser
demand, by the merchant.
7. Certificates shall be cast in ballot box at the office
the Picayune.
8. Certificates cannot be tran. ferred or withdrawn
;ter being deposited.
9. The Certificates or votes shall be counted by three
sinterested parties, and the relative standing of the con
stants will be announced from time to time.
10. In case of tie vote the three judges selected to
unt tlie votes will decide upon the method of settling it.
11. No employe of this paper nor any one connected
ith it will permitted to enter this contest.
13. A . ash commission will be paid on all cash sub
‘lptions to each contestant who steadily works through
ie entire contest and who does not obtain the Capital
rize, which is a Grand Banner Upright Piano worth $550.
13. No subcription for the Picayune will be taken for
lore than one year in advance counting from May 31st,
Inch is the date of closing contest.
14. No certificates of any kind can be delivered after
ie clos. of contest.
Mowing is the list of merchants that will handle the Picayune
•ano Contest Certificates which they will deliver to every cash pur
iaser to be voted for some one of the contestants;
Douglas Brooks, Confectioner and Restaurant; J. H. Ker
law- General Merchant; Baker Drug Store; W. B. Waller. Gen
fal Merchant; City Grocery, Exclusive Grocers; Hesterly Drug
tore; W. R. Barham and Sons, General Merchants; New Supply i
o. General Merchants; W. H. Hendrix, General Merchant: Mon
Drug Store; Fred Murrah, Confectioner; J. W. McKelvy,
arber Shop; McDaniel Hardware Co., Hardware and Furniture;
-apelle and Company, Picture Frames and News Stand; Prescott
.dware Company, Hardware and Furniture; Wylie and Duke,’
jeneral Merchants; Ozan Mercantile Co.. General Merchants; W.
I" Adamson. Jeweler; Blakely Mercantile Co., General Merchants;
W ilson it Co., General Merchants; J. T. Nichols, Grocer;
*rmers Union Warehouse; Wat W. White, Merchant; Department j
k re: 1 K- Hamilton & Co. General Merchants;
• A. Hamilton and Co. General merchants; W. D. Robinson, j
^ber; Jacob Suckle, Gents Furnishings; New York Store, ;
J othjng and Gents Furnishing’s; Duke Bros, General Merchants;
rs- T. (J. Moody, Miilinery: D. B. Brown, Fertilizer; R. P.
rn°ld, Confectionery and Lunch; P. Norman, Feed;
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ENTERTAINMENTS
AT THE REUNION
To feed’ for several days, an
army of at least 50,000 visitors, ex
pected at the Confederate Veter
ans Reunion' Little Rock, May
10-17-18, is a problem which the
Special Committee having that
branch of work in charge, has
solved in the most satisfactory
manner. Arrangments have
been completed not only to provide
entertainment at prices definitely
fixed, but also for meales and
Specified dishes, so that no one
will be subject to overcharging,
but for the greatest convenience
of visiiois, temporary restaurants
and eating houses will be es
tablished convenient to the
various places where extra sleep
ing accommodations have been
provided, so that visitors will
not be required to travel any dis
tance to obtain breakfast after
arising. For instance, at Camp
Kavanaugn. a great Bachelor
Barracks’ which willaccommodae
5,000 visitors, there will be a
large temporary restaurant right
on the grounds.
At the Camp of Confederate
Veterans in City Park, a restau
rant to accommodate all who
occupy the tents will be establish
ed. An improvement has been
made in the interests of the Vet
erans over all other Reunions.
They will not be put to the trouble
of getting tickets. The badge
given them on registering at
headquarters, will suffice to ad
mit them to all free functions as
well as free meals and tents.
At the public schools in which
thousands of new single beds,
bought especially for the purpose
will be placed, the Ladies Auxi
liaries of the various schools will
provide meals. All of the hotels
of course have their own dining
rooms or resturants, and as far
as possible, in the house to house
canvass, made to ascertain how
many visitors can be accommod
ated, arrangements will be made
to furnish breakfast with lodging
in the down town districts, in
addition to the large number of
permanent restaurants and eat
ing houses, temporary one will
be estbalished, and the Ladies
Aid Societies of various churches
will also serve meals.
Complete arrangements have
been made to prevent overcharg
ing or extoraion. No restaurant
will be endorsed by the Commit
tee unless it first agrees to it’s
requirements. This means that
the proprietor must agree to a
fixed schedule of prices for
meals and special dishes. He
must agree to post this price
list conspicuously in his restaur
ant. In return, the Committee
given all such restaurants a large
especially designed sign, pro
tected by copyright, stating that
such restaurants are endorsed bv
the Commitfee.
On May l(>th there will be a
recption at the Quapaw Club to
the Maids and Sponsors, which
will last from 3 to 7 P. M. At
8 o’clock on the night of May 1(5,
there will be a dance at the Qua
paw Club, and an "Historical
Evening’’ will be held at the
Scottish Rite Consistory, in
charge of Mr, Fay Hempstead,
to be followed by a dance. Ar
rangements will probably be
made for a good drama to l e
presented at the Capital -Thea
ter the same night, so that visi
tors will have choice of three en
tertainments.
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AN ORDINANCE-NO. 16
W hereas, more than ten resident
owners of real property within the cor
porate limits of the city of Pr< scott,
Arkansas, and who reside within the
territory to be affected, have petitioned
the City Council to take such steps as
are necessary for the construction ot a
sewer system in the following additions
to the town of Prescott, Arkansas, to
wit:
Railroad addition, Brad Scott’s ad
dition, Barksdale’s addition, Ansley's
addition, Bryan’s addition Warren’s
addition, Reppy’s addition, Loughbor
ough & Knoble s addition, and all other
additions to the Bald town, and havf
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prayed that said additions be laid otT
into an Improvement District for that
purpose as provided by the laws of the
state of Arkansas.
Now therefore, be it ordained by the
City Council of the City of l’rescott,
Arkansas, that the said Railroad ad
dition, Brad Scott’s addition, Barks
dale’s addition, Bryan’s addition, War
ren’s addition, Reppy’s addition, Lough
borough & Knoble’s addition, Ansley's
addition, and all other additions to the
said town be laid off and created into
an Improvement District as provided
by the laws of the state of Arkansas
for the purpose of constructing a sewer
system for .said territory, and that said
district be known and designated as
Improvement District No. 2.
Passed on Roll Call this March 21, 11)11.
C, B. Andrews, Mayor.
Attest:
W. R. White, -lr. Recorder,
AN ORDINANCE-NO. 17
An ordinance entitled an ordinance
j creating a street commissioner for the
J City of Prescott, Arkansas, and for
other purposes:
Be it ordained by the Council of the
! City of Prescott, Arkansas:
i Sec. 1. That the office of Street Com
missioner is hereby created and it shall
i hereafter be the duty of the City Council
; to appoint some suitable and competent
I person to perform the duties and exer
cise the power and authority thereof.
Such person shall, before he enters up
on his duties as Street Commissioner,
take and subscribe t he oath of office as
required by the Constitution of the
state of Arkansas. The Street Com
missioner shall hold his office for the
! term of one year, beginning with the
| first day of May each year, unless soon
I er removed by the Mayor or Council.
Sec. 2. The Street Commissioner
shall have like powers and authority as
the City Marshall of this city to make
j arrests' with or without warrants in
j cases of violations of the laws or to
nrevent such violation.
Sec. 3. It shall he the duty o! the
i Street Commissioner, under the direc
tion of tiie Mayor and the Street Com
mittee, to keep the streets and alleys
of this City in the hest possible con
dition with the means and facilities
furnished him by the City l ouncil. He
shall be furnished with such teams,
wagons, scrapers and other tools and
apparatus as the Council may allow.
It shall he the duty of the Street Com
missioner to work all able bodied con
- victs upon the streets, alleys and other
1 public places of the City, and the Street
Commissioner is required to work him
self and men, when said men are free
laborers, “ten hours each work day, be
ginning at 7 a. m. and working until
12, and from 1 until t’> in the evening.
When said laborers are convicts he
shall work them from 8 a. m. to 12, ami
from i p. m. till o p. m. or the equiva
lent of 8nours during the day. The Street
Commissioner shall be kind and humane
to his prisoners, and shall look after
their health and comfort while in his
charge, but he must demand and re
quire of them honest and faithful work,
and make a report in writing under
oath to the City Council, at its first
regular meeting in each month, stating
the number of convicts worked by him
during the month next proceeding, and
giving the name of each convict worked
and the number of days worked by
each, together with such other infor
mation as may be necessary for the
proper crediting or marking of the
Mayor’s Docket. He shall report to
the City Council at its first regular
meeting in each month the character,
amount and location of all work done
by him as Street Commissioner during
the month next proceeding. Ho shall
reccommend to the Ciiy Council street
improvements of public necessity, and
his reports shall begotten up in a neat
and comprehensive manner. He shall
also report to the Mayor or ( ity Attor
ney the existence of any tilth or nui
sance which he may observe in any part
c f the city, and complain against per
sons maintaining or permitting the
same. He shall from time to time
cause the business part of the city to
he cleaned of paper and other foreign
matter accumulating thereon, and see
that the sewers, drains, gutteis ami
culverts are kept open and free from
obstructions. . .
Sec. 4. Said Street Commissioner
shall be required to make a bond to the
City of Prescott in the sum of One
Thousand Dollars for the faithful per
formance of his duties and the proper
care of all teams and tools.
Sec. 5. The Street Commissioner
shall have access to the City Jail at all
times for the safe keeping of all con
victs committed to him by the City
Marshall and it shall be the duty of the
I
City Marshall to assist said Street Com
missioner in handling the convicts to
and from jail when necessary.
Sec. »>. The Street Commissioner
shall board all convicts at a price agreed
upon between said Commissioner and
Citv Council.
Sec. 7. That all ordinances and parts
of ordinances that conflict with this or
dinance is hereby repealed and that
this ordinance take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Passed upon Roll Call March 21, 1911.
C. B. Andrews, Mayor.
Attest:
W. R. White, Jr., Recorder,
SHORT LINE RAILROADS
The printed report of the hear
ing on short line mail carrying
railroads before the Committee
on Post-Offices and Post Roads,
in favor of Representative
Talbot’s bill to equalize railway
mail pay, discloses the fact that
the small roads are not only un
derpaid for the mail service they
perform, but are unjustly dis
criminated againts by the Post
Office Department.
in a statement made by the
Short Line Railroad Association,
based upon the report of forty
three railroads, with ninety mail
routes, they show that twenty-one
of these roads, for the year end
ing June30, 1910, received $192,
990.38 gross for carrying the mail
over forty-three mail routes.from
which amrnount they were obliged
to expend by orderof the Depart
ment, $20,430.87, leaving $172,
559.60 as the net sum received
for the exacting and important
mail service they furnished; that
during the same period their ex
press earnings were $226,447.60
net $53,920.10 more than their
mail earnings with a less average
amount of space used; that tines
were imposed for delay in mail
delivery and a liability incurred
in case of accident to a mail clerk,
also that all short lines were oblig
ed to deliver the mail at post
ofliice at their terminals free of
expense.
In the matter of express car
riage, the express companies as
sume all liability in case of acci
dent, exact no penalty for delay,
ask no preferred service and de
liver all their own goods.
Of the remaining twenty-two
short line roads whose statements
were submitted, the report shows
that in the month of November.
1901, in their statement to the
1’ost Office Department, these
roads expend, for carrying the
mail, $48,600.29, while they re
ceived. as mail revenue, $20,991.
29: that the railway earnings,
per 1000 foot miles were $3.26
for mail and $5.58 for passenger j
and express for the number of
foot miles.
The present law makes no pro
vision to pay for the use of a
post-office car, unless it be forty
feet in length. It was shown,
however, that the neccesity for
sorting the mail is not confined to
routes authorized by the Depart
ment to use full postal cars. As
a result of this, a large percent
of short line mail carrying rail
I
| roads are compelled, by the
Department, to equip, at their
own expense, apartments in thei r
cars ranging from 10 to 35 feet
in length, which space is fitted
up exactly as is the space in full
ears, each apartment car carry
ing a postal clerk free over the
line to distribute the mail. The
expense of hauling, heating, ice
ingand rnaintaing the car space,
which can be used for no other
purpose than a mail car. falls en
tirely on the railroad, they re
ceiveing no more pay than they
would be entitled to receive if the
mail carried wras placed in a
pouch and handled in a baggage
car.
There are 5087 cars with postal
clerks used on all the railroads in
the country, of this number only
1320 are full postage car entitled
to receive a rate of pay varying
from $52.00, for a forty foot car,
| to $40.00, for a fiftyfive foot or
j more in length car, per route
I mile, while 3757 apartment cars,
used on short line railroads are
| furnished at the expense of the
i roads.
The report further shows the
short line mail carrying roads
are obliged to deliver mail at
side and terminal stations remote
from their depots, that the
; messenger service involved costs
the roads an average of 10 per
cent of all they receive from the
service; also that the weight of
the mail carried is now averaged
during the weighing period, by
dividing the total weight by
seven instead of by six working
days. How this operates against
the road was shown in a state
ment made by the St. Louis and
Hannibal Railroad. This roads’s
average weight of mail per year,
during theperiod when a six days
divisor was used, was 115,353
pounds, for which they were
paid $7,107.95 per year. At the
next weighing peried, after the
Post Office Department put in
force the seven day divisor, the
road was credited by the Gov
ernment with carrying 207,925
pounds of mail for which they
received $7,072,82 per year.
The weight of mail increased
75 percent, yet they were paid
$35.13 less than when they carri
ed the lightest weight of mail.
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