Dec. 27.—The
annual session ot
State Teachers’
convened here today
days’ meeting, and
are that it will
in attendance
3ting in its history,
enrollment was
and at noon today,
booths indicated
enrollment of two
Within the memory
, when the association
^ year, not more than
fifty assembled. It be
in interest and
however, about eight
when the time of
changed to the
holiday, and only
a year. Two years
enrolled 900 at
meeting, and
were 1200 en
That was
until this
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Charged With Burgt
Saturday night at Newi!.
Fred Melton, who was once be
fore charged with attempting
to chloroform the family of Mr.
Herfderson at Newark, several
months ago, and was allowed tc
enter a plea to assault and bat
tery, was again caught trying to
effect an entrance to Ihe resi
dence of Mr. Will DuVall, a
prominent merchant of Newark,
says the Batesville Guard. Mr.
DuVall saw the would-be-intru
der on the porch trying to open
the door, and himself made the
capture, and held Melton a pris
oner until an officer could be
summoned.
When the officer arrived Mel
ton was handcuffed and brought
to this city where he was lodged
in jail.
Deputy Sheriff Harley Fike
took the prisoner to Newark
this morning where a prelimin
ary hearing is being held today.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney S.
A. Moore went down to repre
sent the state at the hearing.
Married At Monticello.
Miss Irma Sanders, formerly
of our city and Mr. Fred Walker
of Lake Village were married
Tuesday evening in the parlors
of the Allen hotel at Monticello.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker will
make their home at Hamburg,
Arkansas, where Mr. Walker has
leased a fine hotel which has
just been completed in'that city,
and will take charge January
first.
The bride is a most lovable
girl and has many friends in this
city who join in congratulations
and best wishes for all that is
true and noble in life.
Stray Bullet Ends Man’s Life.
New (Means, Dec. 25.—Pedes
trians were astonished when
Houlihan, aged 40, sudden
on the sidewalk, ex
that he had been shot,
him had heard the
gun. He was rushed
his friend believ
been stricken with
An examination
hole in his
shortly after
the bullet was
in another
a Christmas
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! The unpredjudiced mind, be
; it pro or anti-Davis, is bound to
admit as the .senatorial campaign
progresses, that the fight be
: tween Davis and Brundidge is
| by no means a one-sided one,
I and that the erstwhile ir^omita
! ble Jeff is in real danger of los
j ing his senatorial toga is being
j admitted by even his staunchest
friends. In fact his staunchest
I friends of the past are deserting
; his ranks and are either openly
| espousing the cause of his op
j ponent or remaining lukewarm
; in their support of Senator Da
vis. Notable of this class are
Avry E. Moore,, a former loyal
supporter who has assumed
charge of the Brundidge cam
i paign, and Senator Charles Ja
cobson of Pulaski, private secre
tary to Davis during his six
years in the gubernatorial chair
and until lecently his partner in
practice of law, who has come
out boldly **n support of Brun
didge and says that whatever
time and influence he may de
vote to the campaign will be in
> the interest of Davis’ opponent,
j When such men as these desert
j the ranks and join the forces of
: the enemy—men who hate been
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I v-ioov-jj uoovvia luu vviui Jim; |
are in the closest touch with his
career, past and present—peo
ple begin to “sit up and take no
tice,” and the lesser lights are
not so enthusiastic in behalf of
their former chief. Newspaper
reports from the various towns
in which Davis has filled speak
ing dates show that the royal
receptions and general enthu
siasm which has in the past
greeted his every appearance, is
lacking in the present campaign
—and we believe in most cases
these reports are unprejudiced,
fair reports of these occasions
from a newspaper viewpoint
solely. And summing up the
the same. point
the unprejudic
of conditions as
are forced
as previously
Senator Davis
for his
cam
Democrat.
' number of cross people,
with swollen heads, many
uneasy stomachs, and still oth
ers with a feeling of thankful
ness that the day was what it
! was and that it is over for a
! year.
The question naturally sug
gests itself: did we do our full
[duty? Was there not some one
: we overlooked ? Did we make
everyone as happy as we might
have made them? These are al
ways the after Christmas
thoughts.
The day was devoted to pleas
ure-making and pleasure-seek
ing. The churches were well fill
ed in the morning and the beau
tiful carols of the day soared to
ward heaven, chanting the time
honored anthem, peace on earth,
good will toward men.
Most of us devoted too much
time to dinner. True to tradi
tion, again, we probably ate too
much, and will suffer today for
our transgressions.
The evil result of intemper
ance was once more shown over
tne country, as was expected.
There are some who seem to
think that on Christmas they
have a special privilege of mak
ing hogs of themselves. The
army of the intemperate men,
with their “holdovers,” will no
doubt continue their dissipation
until the end of the week.
The children are happy. They
still gloat in the newness of their
toys and are still wishing in
their little hearts that Christ
mas Day wTas the longest in the
year instead of the shortest.
The doctors will be busy this
week. The youngsters will
stuff their bodies as long as
there is anything in sight to de
vour.
The shopkeepers will renew J
the work terminated at mid-j
night Saturday. Most of the :
stores look as if they had been
swept by a cyclone. All must
be restored to order. Chaos
must me banished. The unsold
Clmstmas goods must be pack
ed away for the coming of the
next day of days.
The week will be devoted to
general rejoicing. There will
be entertainments of all kinds.
The theatres will flourish like
green bay trees. The restau
rants and hotels will be filled
with visitors, there will oe a!
whirl in the social whirl. The
week will be a week of events.
Then will come the New Year,
and what will happen after that
no one can say. It always
(
all
anti-American in char
.. er, but not in the common ac
ceptance of the term, was pre
cipitated by M. E. Marvin, re
presentative of a San Francisco
smelting and refining company,
when he “led with his left” to
the jaw of an annoying vender
of lottery tickets tonight on a
downtown street.
The Mexican called for help,
and a crowd of his fellow citi
zens rallied. Marvin sought
shelter in a hotel before which
the clash occurred, and found
urgent business on the top floor.
Shutters in the neighborhood
were hurriedly pulled down, and
for a time it looked as though
the crowd, grown to several
hundred, would become riotous
in earnest. They shouted for
the “gringo” to come out, and
told in eloquent Spanish what he
might expect if he came.
Policemen on the beat sent a
call to headquarters and a dozen
mounted police and as many
more on foot responded, where
upon the enthusiasm of the
crowd waned. When assured
that the coast was clear, Mar
vin was persuaded to come out
of hiding, and he rode to police
headquarters to explain the af
fair.
Authorities Get
Christmas Present.
New York, Dec. 26.—Moved
by the spirit of Christmas and
the fact that he was stranded
here with but a few dollars left
out of $4,000 he said he had
embezzled in Evanston, 111., 16
months ago, John Fielding made
a dramatic confession at police
“I want you to arrest me/’ he
told the lieutenant on duty. “I
am John Fielding of Evanston,
Illinois, 57 years old. I was cash
ier of the Northwestern Gas,
Light and Coke Company of my
city for many years, and on Au
gust 10, 1910, I got away with
$4000 of my employers’ money.
I went to Canada and England
and became morose and melan
choly and nervous. Two weeks
ago I arrived here with my mon
ey dwindled down to nothing,
and on Christmas night I braced
up and said to myself: “John
go back and face the charge. It
was the first time you ever did a
wrong act.”
“I decided that before the
next night I would put my head
on my pillow with a clear
science as I could after giving
myself up to the authorities.”
The police believe Fielding’s
story true, and have locked him
up pending communication with
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lTp-to-Date Burglary.
New York, Dec 25.—Gradu
ates of the newer schools in bur
glary operated on a safe in a 5
and 10 cent store in Harlem fo
day and got away with nearly
$4,000 in cash. The men enter
ed by way of a skylight, drew
electricity from a live wire to
operate their drill, and with in
tro-glycerine, easily blew off the
safe door.
Beside the safe were found
kid gloves which the burglars
evidently had us^d to avoid leav
ing finger prints, which recent
ly have led to the aWest and in
dictment of several iuieged bur
glars. \
(benjamin1 (ben'-jamin) [Appar. \
from the proper name Benjamtri\ |
A kind of top coat or overcoat S
formerly worn by men. /
The Dictionary Is Wrong
t yi„‘
Benjamins were not only formerly worn, they are worn
v3'*' ■ .. today
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too, are accepted by particular men as the standard of
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tion—in New York Stylels from the choicest English and
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ment of tailoring skill combined with good taste in de
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