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I i-4-4*1 Oil r/\*« XT rvii ygv New England Bakery utile Kiver i ^le SEMI-WEEKLY .' ” GRAVES & GRAVES Editors/ ASHDOWN, LITTLE RIVER COUNTY, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1915. VOLUME XVII. NUMBER 95. $ 1.00 per year—Cash in Advance—Stops When Out wOoav&u/^ -viviwfi,.©^ ' *.i (tfuu/ tfl^aJolll 1 1 l Jhjrej/Carnbsc 5/nc>rf he Man who does not and 1 CANNOT SAVE MONET CANNOT AND WILL NOT JX> I I ANYTHING ELSE WORTH WHILE. THE BEST WAY fi accumulate money is to resolutely Save 1 i and Bank a fixed portionor\buRincome, no fi MATTER HOW SMALL THE AMOUNT”? . . 0 1 l gjfUL | AS A POOR SCOTCH BOY, ANDREW CARNEGIE CAME TO fj AMERICA. WOULD HE HAVE BECOME ONE OF THE § WORLD’S RICHEST MEN IF HE HAD SPENT HIS “FIRST” if EARNINGS? % I NO. I HE BANKED AND SAVED HIS MONEY AND BECAME I RICH AND POWERFUL. THEN HE COULD AFFORD TO BE if GENEROUS. 1 BANK WITH US | WE PAY 4 PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS. | THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ASHDOWN | R. E. HUDDLESTON, NOTARY PUBLIC | A. L C. DISCUSS COUNTY FAIR Special Feature on Fair llay Will be The llaby Parade.—Social Meet ing Also Was Held. During the business meeting of the A. I. C. Friday, October 15, which followed the social program, sometime was spent in discussing and planning for the coming day of erhibits at the Court House, October 29, and each standing committee is expected tc have some kind of an exhibition of their work. The chairman of each •committee was asked to assist Mrs. Ethel Simms in any way she could with the Club Booth. H. J. Tyson was present and made a talk about the part Little River County would take in this fair. A special feature on this day will be the Baby Parade. Every mother is invited to enter her baby in this par ade in a decorated carriage of some kind. There will be two cash prizes given for the pretties decorated car raige and the second prettiest decor ated carriage, but the babies will not be graded this year. A Basket Dinner. It is expected that on this exhibition day all will bring well filled baskets and have dinner on the ground picnic fashion. In other words come and bring your dinner. The (Social Meeting. The Club room looked very pretty, with Its decorations of cut flowers, for the club meeting with Mrs. H. L. Majors leader of the program and Mesdames C. L. Briant and A. I). Du Laney hostesses. The articles for the program were selected from October and November numbers of Current Magaines. The program follows: “Magazine study.” Best biographical sketch or a world character, Mrs. H. L. Majors. Piano solo, Mrs. J. E. Locke. Best short story, Mrs. A. It. Hill. Best poem, Mrs. S. J. Meyers. Pianc< solo, Miss Clarette Jones. Best article on the European war Mrr. J. W. Ringgold. Interesting advertisements and what they cost, Miss Addye Bishop. Piano solo, Madge Collins. Reading, My Financial Career, Mrs. P. H. Phillips. Mrs. G. A. Orton was elected dele gate and Mrs. S. C. Reynolds, alter nate, to the meeting of the A. F. W. C. which meets in Little Rock, Oct. 26 27-21 The flowing visitors were wel | coined at this meeting. H. J. Tyson, | Mesdames Albert Eichhold, Fred | Tompkins, Wr D. Waldrop, Misses Elack, Searcy, Clarette Jones, Adams and Madge Collins. The social hour .-as ver. much enjoyed during which time the hostesses served buttered brown bwad sandwiches with hot chocolate. -o STUDENT STRIKE MAY END (J<n ernor Hays Makes Earnest Plea for Peace at Russellville. Russellville, Oct. 20. — Governor Hays' earnest plea for an end of the strike of students at the Russellville Agricultural School, made at a mass meeting last night, apparently was effective. After the meeting the stu dents promised the governor that they will hold a conference today and the governor expressed confidence that the strike will end. The governor spoke for a half hour before the mass meeting. He made an earnest plea to students, faculty, trus tees and townspeople. He urged all factions to make concessions (‘to let reason rule” and expressed the belief that all differences could be compro mised. He said he had a keen Inter est in the school and urged the stu dents not to cripple the institution in its infancy and to hamper its useful ness for years to come. After the mass meeting adjourned, the governor had confidential talks with several of the students and urged them to return to their work and trust to the board of trustees to adjust their grievances. Lloyd Gilliam, on«5 of the students, spoke in behalf of the strikers, but preferred no definite charges against President Scott. The students have been on strike since Friday. In a petition to the board of trusties, they declared that tb^ arbitrary methods of discipline of President Scott had become intoler able and asked that he be removed. It is said that the board of trustees yesterday agreed to place President Scott in the field as extension agent, but allowing him to retain the title of president and the salary, but that the students refused. -o 11,00(1 Automobile Taps, tittle Hock, Oct. 22.— (Special.)— State Highway Commissioner Owen says that, he will order 11,000 automo bile tags for 1910. He estimated that 8,000 would be used this year, and al ready he has disposed of 7,915. Last year the f>tal number sold was 6642. i FOREMAN FILE ROADPETITION New Road is on Walnut Bayou South of Foreman—Petition Has Been Filed in County Court. A petition for a new road improve ment district was filed in the county court Thursday by the citizens to the south of Foreman on Walnut Bayou. The new road to be built is known as the Anderson road and runs from the Anderson bridge on Walnut Bayou due south ten miles on the section line to near Rick’s Ferry on Fed River. The district will comprise about 8,000 acres of land. A survey and an esti mate has been made. It is estimated that the road will cost something like $35,000. The petition contains the names of most of the property owners in the district. The petition will be heard on the 19th of November. This road will not intersect, but will come near the terminus of the Ashdown. Richmond and Rick’s Ferry road. It is to be a modern gravel pike. Will Serve Double Purpose. It is the intention of the promoters of this road, according to a statement from their attorney, to make this ex tension in road work serve a double purpose. The land in that section is mostly low lands, and the read will be drained. It is their intention to cut deep ditches on each side of the road, thus draining the land. -o W. A. BOWEDEN INJURED Leg Broken When Tree Fell Upon Him Near Foreman. Foreman, Oct. 22.—W. A. Bowden received a broken leg Saturday when a tree fell upon him. Mr. Bowden and another man were cutting Gown the tree. Foreman. Oct. 22.—The School Im provement Association is arranging to purchase a moving picture machine and will put on shows at the schoc» auditorium every Friday night when the machine arrives. -o A LOCAL FAILURE Fred Throckmorton Forced Into In voluntary Bankruptcy. Fred Throckmorton, a local dry goods merchant, has been forced into bankruptcy. He was adjudged a bankrupt Wednesday and H. M. Bar ney of Terarkana appointed by referee as receiver. The first meeting of the creditors will be held at Terarkana on the 2nd of November. W.W. Bis hop, Fred Throckmorton, Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Hale have been selected to in voice the stock and are nciw proceed ing with the work. Several days ago creditors filed a petition of bankrup tcy, but Mr. Throckmorton, thinking that he could arrange to savp the business, did not decide to waive ser vice until this week. It is estimated that the liabilities are around $6,000 with assets about the same. Mr. Throckmorton conduct ed one of the leading dry good stores in Ashdown. His financial troubles arc said to have been caused by the ac cummulation of too many bad thirty day accounts,' which pr«bably total three of four thousand dollars. -o MAYOR TAYLOR WITHDRAWS Little Rock Mayor Will Not Enter the Race for Governor. LittieRock, Oct. 21.—Mayor Charles E. Taylor of Little Rock, last night announced his withdrawal from the race for the governorship of Arkan sas. The Mayor gave as his reason for withdrawing his candidacy, the cost in both time and money, which would bo necessary to prosecute bis aspira tions to a successful culmination. -o JOHN M. ROSE KILLS SELF Well Known Attorney of Little Rock Coiuinitts Suicide. I * Little Rock, Oct. 20.—John M. Rose, scat of the late Judge U. M. Rose, committed suicide last night by shoot ing hlmselt shotgun. RED RIVER NEARS CREST Cronk Thinks Will Not (Jo So High as First Reported—Bowie County Levee Breaks. The Red River conditions in this section are considered somewhat more encouraging. A stage of 32 feet was promoted at Fulton, but Cronk new thinks it will not go above 28, Out ing the last 12 hours it rose only *3 inches at Index. The Bowie county levee caved one mile above Index, which is causing great damage. Tins levee held during the spring and sum mer floods and large crops wers grown in that district. The caving of that levee is keeping the water from spreading so bad on this side, thougn much of it is now under water. The Russell farm and other farms In that section will not go under. Very little work has been done on repairing tne old breaks in the Ogden levee, thougn the work had started. No new rains are reported on the upper rivet-. M„ I). & (J. COACH TURNS OVER No One Was Injured in tlio Accident in Texarkana Yards. A passenger coach on the Memphis, Dallas and Gulf train which arrived in Texarkana at 10 o’clock Wednesday night, was turned over in the Kansas City Southern yards, at Trigg street. The crew in turning the train, was making a “drop” of the car, when it is said the car jumped the track. The coach was badly damaged. None of the crew was injured. The train was delayed for repairs Thursday morn ing for several hours. -o SIGNED EMBARGO President Signs an Embargo on Ship ment of Mexican Munitions. Washington, D. C., Oct. 20.—Presi dent Wilson today declared an em bargo upon the shipment of arms and ammunition into Mexico, but signed a supplementary order permitting munitions to go unhampered to the Carranza forces. -o FARMER KILLED BY TEAM Miller County Man Meets Death Under Wheels of His Wagon. Texarkana, Oct. 19.—U. R. Moore, 60, a well-known Miller cunty farmer living near Dodridge, five miles south of here, was killed in a runaway yes terday afternoon. He was hauling shingles when the team became fright ened and ran. He was thrown under the wheels, his shoulder and Dack were broken. VETERAN’S BODY FOUND A. Q. McElroy of Hempstead County Hud Been Missing 3 Weeks. Hope, Oct. 20.—A sales ticket, given with goods purchased at Hope, was to day the means of identifying a badly decomposed body found at Corinth, a village several miles distant, as that of A. Q. McElroy, 70, a Confederate vet eran. Just after he had received his pen sion check about three weeks ago, Mr. McElroy, who had been in feeble health, loft home, telling his wife that he intended going to the Con federate Home at Little Rock. Nothing was heard from him for several days. Investigation by the family revealed that he was not at Little Rock. Futile search was insti tuted. Friday three hunters found the body after animals had eaten part of the flesh ahd bones. VILLA CLOSES IIOOKS Vi)lu Agency Closed Its Doors in the City of Washington. Washington, Oct. 20.—The Villa agency here closed its doors today, and the Junta lias scattered. Since the recognition of General Carranza no further need of the agen cy is apparent. The Latin colony here believes this indicates the Villa forces will not make an active campaign, at least In Washington. _ I * A ■ 'il II 1 Copyright 1909, by C. K. Zimmerman Co.--No. 49 IT is not so easy to get a foothod in busi- j ness or to own real estate as it was a generation or two ago. The easiest and surest way to be pre pared for the winter of life is fo put monay in the bank. Money in the bank goes a long way toward insuring a happy Christmas and it always enables Santa Claus to visit your home. You can see examples every year at this time of unhappy families who have no bank account. Start your bank account at once and you will always be prepered for this event in the future. MSfiSSEICOM >fi V Ashdown.Ark. HELD FOR ROBBERY AT HOPE Floyd Martin Taken Into Custody fm ltobbing Express Office. Hope, Oct. 20.—Floyd Martin was taken into custody here today, charg ed with the robbery of the Southern Express company office here on Sat urday evening last. After his arrest he was taken before a notary public, where it is said, he made a confession of the robbery in a sworn statement. Superintendent T. L. Crumbaugh of the Southern Express company, with headquarters at Meridian, Miss., arrived Monday, and has been working incessantly on the case with the force under Sheriff R. A. Boyett. Sheriff Boyett and his men were of the opinion that the “job” was done by someone on the inside, and work ing on this theory, Martin was consid ered as a suspect, and an effort was made to connect him with the case. This effort resulted in the tracing of Martin to a local locksmith, where he had a key made from a pattern that was found to correspond to the key to the safe from which the money and drafts stolen are alleged to have been taken. It is said he denied having any accomplices. This was deemed sufficient evidence to warrant the arrest of Martin, and he, accordingly was taken into cus tody. When a demand was made on him for the loot, he is said to have surrendered the full amount to the officers, $345.75, and three drafts total ing $2,400. The young man is a son of Thomas Martin of Springhill, six miles south of Hope. He has a wife and two small children. -o LIVE STOCK STATE Arkansas Is Y»t Raising As Much Stock as they Were in 1907. Little Rock, Oct. 22.—(Special.)— Government statistics tend to prove that Arkansas is not maintaining its advanced position as a livestock state. Here are the bald facts as indicated by the official stastics: Year Cattle Hogs Sheep 1907 914,678 1,197.613 135,351 1908 904,835 1,179,863 137,979 1909 902,595 1,169,300 142.667 1910 855,878 1,010,680 146,125 ! 1911 897,024 1,327.442 166,418 1912 810,744 985,144 142,128 1913 724,202 1,024,983 137.158 1914 794,811 987,074 153,894 -o COTTON MARKET. Short cotton, 11.50 to 12. Cotton seed, $33, . _ . . .it / V \ FIRST FREIGHT BY WATER Boat Makes Run from Arkadelphia to Camden With Cargo. Camden, Oct. 21.—Mayor A, L. Mor gan received a letter from Mayor J.H. Kress of Arkadelphia, sent by the first boat to make the trip from Arkadel phia to Camden in many years, con gratulating the people of Camden on the prospect of all-year navigation on the Ouachita, and pledging the hearty co-operation of Arkadelphia In the project. The public service bureau receiv ed a sack of flour from the Arka delphia Milling company, and a sack of cotton seed meal from the United Oil Mills of Arkadelphia. The boat a gasoline propelled tug, accompani ed by a barge, also carried cotton bales and other articles of freight consigned to various points between Arkadelphia and Camden. It left Ar kadelphia Tuesday afternoon, and reached here Wednesday at noon. Following shortly after the meeting held here Wednesday morning in the interest of$ river development, this first shipment over the river route i > many years a tiacted considerable comment. -o HELD FIRST SESSION I title River Baptist .Association Held First Meeting at BeQueen. On Saturday morning, October 15. 1915, i be- Little River Baptist Assoc iation held Its first session at De Queen, Ark. After the reading of the letters from the different churches In this Association, the body was organ ized at 10 a. in., by electing Bro. J. T. Benson, of DeQueen, as moderator, and Bro. George Henderson of Nash ville, as clerk. All the churches of the association except three were represented, and the report showed a good year’s work. All reports were discussed with much interest, and there was an optimistic note sounded throughout the entlra meeting. There seined to be a de termination on the part of all messen gers to return to their churches, and undertake a greater work for the year, 1916, than ever. The next association will meet with the Nashville church on Friday night before the second Sunday in October, 1916. J. E. BROWN. Foreman to Play at Idabel. Foreman, Oct. 21.—The Foreman high school football team will go to Idabel Friday to play a gaaae with the Idabe high school team. ,