Proposed Measures Now Being
iDscussed by Members In
dicate Busy Session
T^ilTs which, if they become
factors in the 1917 legislature,
will precipitate some spirited
political contests that will put!
the session of the legislature in
a class by itself, are now being
framed by members of the leg
islature, it is reported. The
character of the bills ranges
from a Statewide tick eradica
tion measure to a bill that
would place the county officials
throughout the State on sal
aries, eliminating entirely the
fee systems, and from election
of members of the St. Francis
Levee District to road building.
A partial list of the bills,
showing their aims, obtained
from various solons. who say
they have prepared them or
have corresponded with others
who will introduce them fol
lows :
Uniformity of text books.
An automobile tax appro
priation measure, directed to
meet with stipulations requir
ed by the federal good roads
measure.
Placing of all county officials
in the State on salaries and
elimination of fee systems.
Construction of rock roads,
radiating from Little Rock and
running parallel with trunk
line railroads.
Requiring all gas and oil
companes to file certificates
with the commissioner of ag
riculture showing the number
of wells drilled, the d pth, and
such.
construction oi a rocn roaa
from Forrest City to Memphis,
thus completing an improved
highway from Little Rock to
Mem phis.
Workmen’s c o m p o n sa t i on
law.
Ten-hour-a-day law apply
ing to all manufacturing and
industrial plan's. The present
10-hour law i pplics only to
sawmills and lumber mills.
A bank guaranty law.
Repeal of the consolidation
of elections law.
Abolition of the State Peni
tentiary Commission and State
Board of Control, and the plac
ing of all charitable and penal
institutions undue honorary
boards.
Anti-loan shark bill.
Millage basis for support of
nriunuinnai:
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Batesville, Arkansas
ill State education and charit
ible institutions.
Election of members of the
■5t. Francis Levee Board, and
holition of pres, nt board,
vhich was appointed.
To make uniform, on Janu
ary 1, following general elec
ions. the installation of all
date and county officials.
Statewide tick eradication
dll.
.More stringent game laws,
ncluding a five-year closed
>eriod for quail.
Abolition of the State Capi
1 Commission, and transfer
iny of ihe State capitol tax to
he general revenue fund.
To transfer use of white con
'iets irom the white convict
arm in Jefferson County to
ise on public roads, and opera
ion of both convict farms by
legro convicts.
Graduated automobile tax,
eased on size, cost and horse
power.
Changes in the methods of
personal and real estate assess
nents.
Creation of a State central
narketing bureau.
Selection of a site for an an
nual State fair, and creation of
m annual appropriation to
iclp maintain it.
Erection of State printing
dant.
Abolition of the State Tax
'ommission and consolidation
>f its duties with those of ihe !
ailroad commission.
Creation of an honorary ad
iso ry pardon board.
Abolition of capital punish-j
lent.
In addition to many other;
eneral bills and the appro-!
nation measures, there will be j
he usual grist—six or seven 1
undred—local or special bills,;
pplying in some instances to :
ne township in one county, or
ne fence district in one coun
Dr. C. H. Brough, the gov
ernor-elect, is expected to have
a complex legislative program
mapped out in his inaugural
address, while Gov. George W.
Hays, in his message to the
legislature just before he leaves
office, probably will recom
mend passage of a number of
laws.
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GRANTS RE HEARING
IN BLEDSOE CASE
The Arkansas supreme court
Monday granted a re-hearing
in the state hospital case, upon
petition of attorneys for Dr.
Bledsoe. The court ordered at
torneys for the board of con
trol to file an answer to the
petition of Dr.Rledsoe by Wed
nesday.
In another important deci
sion, the court upheld the con
tention of the Clark county
board of equalization, that the
personal property of the Arr
kadelphia Milling Company
should all be assessed in the
city of Arkadelphia, where the
company’s domicile is,although
part of the property lay out
side the city limits. The com
pany contended the property
outside the city limits should
be assessed in the school dis
trict where it is situated. The
court’s decision was on the
theory that “movable things
follow the person.’’
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ODD FELLOWS SELL
FART OF SHIREY LAND
Walnut Ridge, Dec. 4.—At
a public sale held here to sell
a portion of the lands willed
to the Odd Fellows of the state
by the late A. W. Shirey fairly
good prices ruled. The Hogood
place, near Alicia, of 320 acres
sold to J. W. Moseley for $15,
300. The Dempsey place,of 160
Acres, was sold to Charle~
Jones for $6,050. The Blue j
House place, of 230 acres, was
ilso bought by Charles Jon??
or $7,850.Less than one-fourth
>f these lands are cleared. The
bobbins place, near Walnut
lidge, where the Odd Fellows
“xpect to build an orphan’s
lome, was retained by thecom
nittee.
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[ UBERCULOSIS WEEK
DECEMBER 4 to 10
Governor Hays yesterday is
ued a proclamation calling on
.chools, societies and organi
sations to observe tuberculosis
•veek. December 4-10. The ob
ject of the observance is to in
druct regarding the causes and
means of preventing tubercu
losis. Special days will be Wed
nesday, December 6, medical
examination day; Friday, Dec
ember 8, child welfare day;
Sunday, December 10, tuber
culosis Sunday.
GIRL IS MURDERED;
NO CLUE TO FIEND
Fifteen-Year-Old Girl Loses
Life in Desperate Fight to
Save Her Honor
Little Rock, Dec. 3.—The
body of Johanna Hess, 15-year
old daughter of a farmer, liv
ing six miles from Argenta,was
found shortly before last mid
night by a posse of 100 resi
dents of Levy, about two miles
from her home. The girl's
throat was cut and her head
horribly crushed. The appear
ance of the body indicated thal
she had fought desperately tc
save her life.
The officers believe that hei
assailant tried to assault hei
and being unsuccessful, killec
her.
The girl left her home Sat
urday morning shortly before
10 o’clock for Argenta to makt
some purchases.
About 3 p. m. the mule
which she had been driving
came home without the wagon
Her parents immediately be
gan a search. They found tht
wagon lodged against a tret
about two miles from therhome
In it was an old model .38-cali
ber revolver, pieces of tht
girl’s dress and otner evidence
of a struggle. T ney were un
able to find any trace of tht
girl, and after searching thret
hours, notified the police.
Several hundred citizens o!
Argenta and Levy,deputy sher
iffs from Sheriff Hutton’s of
flee and the police force o1
Argenta, aided by two blood
hounds from Newport, spen
all Sunday searching for tht
girl’s assailant without success
The officers have yet failed tc
discover a clew and it is be
lievetl that the murderer ha:
succeeded in makinghisescape
BURNED TO DEATH
FLAYING WITH STOVE
Prescott, Dec. 2.—The six
year-old daughter of Mr. anc
Mrs. C. A. Dillard was burnec
to death today at her home a
Resston, 18 miles south of Pres
cott, when her clothes caughi
(on fire from a toy stove wit!
which she was playing.
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MANY NEW OFFICERS
FOR JACKSON COUNTY 1
Newport, Dec. 2.—Jackson
has almost an entire new set of <
officials looking out of the
courthouse windows today, the
officials elected at the Novem
! her election having been in
stalled yesterday. (
W. D. McLain,county judge ;
; W. H. Nolen, coroner; E. H. 1
Bowman, count} superintend
• ent of schools, and J. H. Ait
kins, surveyor, are the only of-:
ficials re-elected at the recent;
’ election. jj
The new officials are L. D.
Smith, representative; J. M.
Ivy, sheriff; R. W. Bandy, cir
cuit clerk; John E. Williams, <
county clerk, and Dave Nance, J
assessor. (
H. U. Cole is still deputy in j1
he circuit clerk’s office while
Jhas. Hogan is jailer under
VIr. Ivy, the new sheriff.
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DITER BIG REWARD
FOR GIRL’S SLAYER
Little Rock, Dec. 4.—Gov.
days today offered a reward
>f $250 for the arrest and con
viction of the murderer of Jo
lanna Hess, 15-year-old daugh
er of a German farmer near
\rgenta, Saturday night. Citi
zens of Argenta and vicinity
,vill increase the amount to
51,000.
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We don’t need the money
• ursclf, but the people we owe
ay we must pay them. If you
•we The Journal anything pay
ip and help the other fellow’.
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It is so with a merchant. Through his advertising
he is enabled to keep in communication with his store’s
patrons and friends. He gives them the new facts about
his offerings. Sometimes he tells them of special op
portunities he has created through which they may
save money in needed purchases. These advertisements
<>i special sales’ may usually be relied upon to stimu
late business—to make quick turnovers of stocks which
have accumulated.
But the store’s advertising does more than to ac
complish clearances, or to speed up sales of particular
lines of goods. It repairs and cements store-friend
ships. The slightly “peeved” customer, who may be
holding a mild grievance, is won back through the in
fluence of advertising which makes the store’s policies
understood. The man or the woman who may have de
cided that, for some reason unknown to the merchant,
they will transfer their trading to some other store, be
comes interested in a special offering made in the ad
vertisements of the innocent offender, and comes back
to the first allegiance.
Advertising affords the means of holding waver
ing friendships. And that is a task facing every mer
chant—and more important than the immediate sale.