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Tke Nevada County Picayune. C. B. Andrews and J. F. Morris, Editors and Publishers. Entered as second-class matter Sept. 8rd, 1907. at the Post Office at Prescott, Arkansas under the act of Congress of March 3. 1H79. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Subscription $1.60 Per Year TELEPHONES. The Picayune Office . . 232 C. 6. Andrew’s Residence ..149 Jess Morris “ 251 nonet to tw mmc any erronooua reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any odividual, firm or corporation appear iBg in The Picayune will be promptly corrected if brought to the attention of Oka publisher. Statements of facta, however will not be retracted. How about the county fair? It seems that it is time we were getting busy. Over sixty carloads of toma toes were shipprd from the vici nity of Houston Texas last Mon day. The Sewerage question in now getting into shape where it begins to look very much like we will soon have it going. Why is it that some people are so opj>osed to cutting weeds? Will some one answer and don’t all speak at once. Cole Younger, has developed into a song writer. His latest is entitled, “The days that are past.” Rev. Frank Daniels and wife, are conducting a meeting at the city park. They are having good crowds at every service. Several carloads of potatoes have been shipped through here by the P. &'N. W. Rail Road to eastern markets. There is no better potato market in the country than this section. Another gold mine has been reported in Canada, and the miners from the Fairbanks mine are running over themselves to get to the newly discovered fields. The citizens of Hope, have or ganized a Fair Association, in cluding Hempstead, Little River, Howard, Pike. Nevada. La Fayette and Miller counties. They have forty acres of ground and a good half mile track and will erect at once a large exhibit building. In years passed the fellow, who expressed himself by say ing just what he thought was pointed out as a hero. Hut in later years that trait has been as sumed and abused by some of the biggest cowards in the land. The people of today take a dif ferent version to our forefathers in many things. And when a man bears the reputation of say ing what he thinks regardless of public feeling is pointed to with scorn and looked upon as unsuc cessful in business. RECIPROCITY AND THE FARMER Our corporation friends have turned their attention from the American laborer to the Ameri can farmer. They tell him that reciprocity is bad tor the farmer. The Canadian reciprocity agree ment will hit only these who are now and have been for a number years past concerning the neces sities of life and regulating the cost thereof, not by the law of supply and demand, but by the height of the tariff wall. Every effort at a reform of the obnoxi ous and unjust regulations here tofore maintained by the high protectionist has been met by th? cry that any tariff reduction would serve to being the Amen can laborer into competition with the socalled pauper labor of Eu rope. The cry successfully served the purpose of frightening American workmen and for years the tariff barrier has been retain ed for the exclusive benefit of the corporate campaign contri butors and their associated in dustries. The appeal to workingmen is ended. Having discovered that they were being continually de ceived and chested, the Ameri can consumer finally woke up. and the result of last Novemper’s election tells its own story on I the taritf problem. Now that j the reciprocity agreement promi ses to open the doors to the raw materials and food stuff of Cana da, and to extend our markets in the Dominion, the monoplist standpatters are seeking to array the farmers of the West against the proposed agreement on the theory that it will serve to in jure the American farmer by putting his goods in competition with the Canadiarf product. Of course, as in the case of the American laborer, the purpose of this sudden anb unusal interest in the farmer is more imaginary than real. If the farmer would take home with him a copy of the Payne-Aldrich tariff and count up the cost it puts upon him and weigh that cost against his benefits out of it, he would immediately petition not only for a Canadian reciprocity agree ment but for the immediate reduction of the tariff wall to its original and reasonable height. There you are: Any place is just what the people who live in it make it. If any of the towns that any of us live in are not to our liking, why let’s get busy —it’s all up to us. The first process in the improve ment of any towns is to get rid of the people who are damning it. —Bank Notes. PAY DAY PLAN There is an odd character in New Jersey. He is known as “Lakewood Tom.’’ His friends consider that he is harmless, but suffering from an affilcition of the brain. They laugh at his oddities and never consider him seriously, yet this has established an example which many seemingly intelligent toil i ers might emulate. hach Srturuay night, when he receives his pay, he places five dollars in a selfaddressed en velope and drops it in the mail box. This is delivered to him the following Monday. He has at least this much with him to be gin the week, when many of his fellow workmen are penniless. There is a common characteris tic among toilers, especially those who labor in mills and factories, to waste their earnings. When paid on Saturday night it means a celebration as soon as possible. These celebrations lead to excess es. The most prudttit man sober is invariably imprudent when drunk. The most penurious be come spendthrifts when drink steals away their senses. This is why there is so much distress among the workingclass es. These men are always good providers w hen they have the opportunity, but there is a bond of fellowship between them that frequenly results in some spend ing more than they should. This is especially true among the unmarried. Leaving work alter a hard, hot week, a man feels disposed to be a good fellow . The intention us ually is to take a glass of beer, perhaps, and no more. Onedrink leads to another. Others succeed and the Saturday night jag is the result. When morning conies the un fortunate awakes with empty pockets and wanders how he could have been such a fool. It is weakness of man. This is one reason why the loan sharks flourish. The foolish man with empty pockets is ashamed, and borrows to hide his fault, only making it worse. This odd old fellow in New Jersey is not so foolish after all. He also is a good fellow, and like good fellows will be a pauper all of his life, but he has prud ence and forethought enough to know that unless he mailed him self five dollars he will be with out funds the ensueing week. It would be well if others would do the same thing and not squander their week’s earnings in a single night, trusting to luck and good health to tide them over another week, only to re peat the same thing. The thaifty workman who saves does not have to resort to such tacticts but all are not so constituted and such schemes are not so bad, after all. MEET THE ISSUE On Monday, May 29th, Mr. Bryan gave to the press the fol lowing statement: The democratic members of congress wiil, on June 1st, cacus on the free wool question, and it is only fair to ask that they shall fairly and honestly meet the is sue. It is possible that some of the democrats believe in the princi ple of protection. The larency — the “robbery under the form of law’’ - embodied in the pro tect xe system is endorsed by many good rebublicans who have not yet learned to apply to legis lation the rules that they applv in every day life; and some demo crats may have become pupils in this school especially those who have among their constituents influential beneficiaries of the system But the democratic voters have a right to insist that j the protectionist democrats shall : be as honest as the protectionist i republicans. The republicans i want protection on wool because 1 they believe in the principle of protection; let no democratic advocate of a tax on wool mas querade behind the pretense that he is voting for a revenue tariff: let him not add hypocrisy to the sin which he commits against his party. Differences of opinion are to be within the party as well as with out but expediency as well as hon or requires that the difference shad be frankly stated courage ously fought out and fairly set ueu. n protection is to oe ac cepted as a democratic doctrine let it be accepted openly and let it be applied to everything and all sections. There is no favorit ism at the expense of all who wear woolen clothing. The republicans have been able to delude a great many people for a long time by advocating protection as a policy, but they have succeeded because they con sistently applied the principle in favor of every industry which was willing to subcribe liberally to thecompaign fund. Thedemo cratic party can not hope to fool anybody very long by a one sided application of the doctrine to a few districts which happen to con tain protectionist democrats who insist on keeping their hands in their neigbors pockets. If the democrat party is to be Aldrized let the change of policy be made with audacity, at least. The man who does wrong by stealth and then tries to conceal it by equi vocation con H esses his coneious ness of guilt and can not help for a following. However, before the demo cranicpartv is finally committed to the doctrine of protection it will be necessary to consult the voters of the party, and it may he well to remember that the voters of all parties are bra"er than the politicians. The jepublican voters are In vt ticij 1. U turn out a lot of republican Aldricnes: what reason have our democratic congressmen to think that demo cratic voters are less courageous? The democratic voters know that all needed revenue can he raised in less oppressive ways and they know that the argument that the tariff on wool is proposed as a revenue tariff i s merely a subterfuge employed because those who employ it are ashamed to say that they favor protection. The democratic congress has made a splendid record; let us it hope will not blot that record and impair the party’s chances in 1912 by a cowardly surrender to the relatively insnificent number of democratic protectionists who clamor for a tariff on wool in or der to win the support of those wool growers who go into politics as a matter of business. OBITURARY The death angles visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Cal loway, six miles north of Prescott, and took from them their darling little baby. The little one stayed on earth but a short while. He was born April 9th 1911 and died May 28 1911. He was laid to rest the 29 in the Snell Grave Yard, one mile south of Emmet. Bro. Canfeld, of Prescott, conducted the funeral service. What a sad hour it was to the parents, when the death angles come and took the littile one home to dwell with Jesus forever more. Oh! how you will miss his sweet eyes and sober smiles, that will greet you never more on earth, but over there in the land where sorrow never comes, little Clarence is waiting to welcome you home. He is beckoning you to follow on. it w'ont be long if you will only live true to God you can meet the precious little darling to part with him no more. We know it is hard to him up, but your loss is his gain. God konws best, he doeth all things well. We can only say, God’s Will be done not ours. Sweet little darling, pride of the home. Looking for some one beckoning come. Bright as sun beam, pure as the due. looking dear Popa and Mamma for you. A Relative. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that in pursu ance of the provisions in an act entitled “A bill for an act to provide a deposi tory for the county, state and school funds of Nevada County in the state of Arkansas”. The County Court of Nevada County will, on the 3rd day of July. 11*11, the same being the first day of the first regular term of the County Court of Nevada County after the pas sage of said act. receive bids or proposi tions from any bank, banker or trust campany in said county of Nevada, State of Arkansas, that may desire to he the depository of the public funds of said county, including schools and state funds, said bids or propositions will be received on or before noon of said day, snd any bank, banker or trust company desiring to become such de pository shall on or before the first day of said term of said court, tile with the clerk of said court a sealed bid, stating the rate of interest in United States Currency offered to be paid by such bidder for the two years next ensuing, upon the county funds including SCHOOL and STATE funds that may be dojtosited in pursuance to such bids; and said bills shall be aceompaied by a certified check for not kvs than $250.00 Witness my hand as [skaI. J Clerk of Nevada County Court, and the seal of said court on this the, f>th day of June A. L). loll J. A. Bailey, ll-Ht Couty Clerk. | STATE OK OHIO, cm OK TOLEDO | LUCAS COUNTY. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he senior partner of the fun of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH Cl RE. FRANKS J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, thisfithdayof December, AD.lSKfi. (Seal.) A W. Cl,EASON, Notary Public: Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, atid acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. I. CHENEY & CO . Toledo, (). Sold by all Druggists, TV. Take Hall’s Family Pills for consti pat ion. Mr. ami Mrs Chas Webb, of Dequeon, are visiting friends in the city this week. Edison Munn, of Willisville, was in the city Wednesday. Mi ss ld;i Shull returned to her home in Horatio after a weeks visit to Miss Maud Ward. Cleve Avery, of Tennessee, is the guest of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Hale. I Take Good 1 Advice ] fiom toose older I yourself with reg^ to your Bank Accon,, I The nearest thin,, J j perpetual motion ev*, 3 discovered is. er ....Money at Interest.... | and the best way for a business man to create confiden I is to identified with some responsible bank. Bring Vo H deposit here and realize the strength of our advice * y°Ur H NEVADA COUNTY BANKS PRESCOTT, ARKANSAS | TAKE NOTICE To whom it may concern: After this date all stock of every kind that is found on the streets or commons of the city of Prescott will be put in the pound pen. Auy party having com plaint to make about such stock running at large about their premises will please call phones Nos. 161 or 232. The ordinance against riding bicycles on the side walks will be enforced also. C. B. Andrews. Mayor. IN PRESCOTT EVERY CLAIM IS RACKED RY LOCAL TESTIMONY. E. J. Taliaferro, of Prescott, Ark., savs: ‘‘My opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills has not changed and I recommend them just as highly today as I did some years ago. I have had hut one spell of kidney trouble since this remedy cured me ami that came on a year ago. I immediately used Doan’s Kidney Pills and they soon had my kidneys working right.’’ The above was the substance of Mr. Taliaferro’s conversation when he was interviewed on April 1, 1911. His for mer endorsement was as follows: "I I suffered intensely from kidney com plaint. I here was a stiffness in mv hack, extending into my neck andaduil ache through my kidneys bothered me night and day. i steadily grew worst* ami finally I noticed that the kidney secretion* were becoming too frequent in passage. Deciding to try Doan’s Kidney Pills, I obtained a supply at Hesterly's Drug Store and I found them to be the remedy I needed. The con tents of two boxes cured me.’’ For sale by all dealers. Price fill cents. Foster-Miiburn t'o.. Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the Cnited States. Remember the name Doan’s and take no other W. D. Robinson THE BARBER Hot and Cold BaftT Clean Towels Sharp Razors Everything Strictly Rrit. class. Call and give ui > Trial. West Front Street i PRESCOTT. ARKANSAS. PRESCOTT CAMP NO 1370? M. W. of A. meets the 2nd and Friday nights in each month at W ft W. Hall. E. J. Flamilton, Const Ira Gee, Got NEW MEAT MARKET 1 We are headquarters for anything in Fresh and Cured Meats, and I Country Produce. ==_oaM Phone 192. MODEL MEAT MARKET Helderbrand & Hunt. Props, That Buggy Which Kind will you Buy? THE lull Banner Buggy represents the \ beat value of the year for anything near the price it sells for. In addi tion to the 12” wrought fifth wheel, f improved seat braces, heavy l>ody sills, and other improvements put on it last year it has this year a strong er, better axle, and !!*>” oil tempered sprnigs that insure durability and _easy riding. hor a high-grade buggy we offer the Jos. \V. Moon as being the best finished, strongest and most satisfactory at the price at which we se 1 it. It will compare in looks and will do everything that any buggy w ill do that costs $15.00 more money. W e are now show ing the lull Spring styles and invite the inspection of all buggy buyers, t ome in to see us. You might learn something about buggies, and you place yourself under no obligation to buy. Our Buggies are Priced from $40.00 to $150.00 Prescott Hardware Co. In the Big Building