Interesting Figures On
Income and Expenses
of State Government
Little Rock, April 9.—W- T.
Reynolds, State Comptroller,
has just completed a thorough
audit of all the state depart
ments anil institutions showing
in detail every cent of ex
pense and the source of every
cent of revenue.
The total amount available
in appropriations for all pur
poses for the biennial period
of 1917-18, is $7,237,258.93
This represents a cost of $1.80
for each *100 of assesed valu
ation, an<l a percapita cost of
$4-13. )
To secure these results the
popluati.on is estimated at 1,
753,033, and the assessed valu
ation of the state at $450,091,
234.
The appropriations for the
various purposes are as follows
Agricultrual _$ 523,697.00
Boards and Commis
sions _^_ 1,097,321.11
■Charitable_ 2,054,379.89
Departmental __ 659,709.00
Educational _ 2,102,552.13
Penal_ 506,600.00
Miscellaneous __ 293,000.00
Thus it appears that, the
largest amount, 29.1 per cent
of the whole is spent for educa
tional purposes, and the next
largest amount, 28.4 per cent
of the whole, is spent for the
maintenance of charitable in
stitutions.
It costs each citizen of the
state 60 cents a -year to main
tain the schools, and 58 cents
to maintain the charitable in
stitutions and he contributes
only 17 cents a year to the
support of the various state
departments, 15 cents to agri
cultural projects, 31 cents to
the support of boards and com
missions, and 14 cents to the
penitentiary. The penitentiary
| however, being self-sustaining,
, the money for its support does
I not come from the people.
Expenses for the nine mon
ths period beginning April 1
and ending Dec. 31, 1917, are
i as follows:
Salaries and fees $ 581,956.51
I Per Diem and traveling ex
penses _ 11,994.98
j Contingent and general._
_ 398,900.40
| Printing_ 33,623.20
j Postage, Telephone, Freight,
etc._ 14,211.04
j Miscellaneous __ 2,599,415.86
i Repairs, Improvements, etc_
_ 187,939.09
Total _$3,893,895.21
The total cost of government
1 for this period is therefore 86
i cents for each $100 of assessed
j valuation and $2.22 per capi
ta, being somewhat higher than
the average because it was leg
islative year.
The state’s income for the
biennial period shows a total
of $5,049,032.60, as follows:
Commissions, fees$
Land sales, etc_
Interests _
Licenses _
Miscellaneous __
89,797.34
38,552.99
73,855.37
31,248.25
1.106,839.97
Taxes_ 3,708.738.68
The largest amount or 73
per cent of the whole, comes;
from taxes which are subdivid-j
ed as follows: Propery taxes
91 per cent of the total taxes
and 66.8 per cent of total in
come; franchise taxes 7 1-2 per
cent of total taxes and 5 1-2
per cent of total income.
The total property taxes
paid by the people of the
State amount to only 82 cents
per $100 valuation, or $2.12
per capita. This, of course,
does not include county and
municipal taxes.
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Salado, Apr. 9.—The ex
cellent rain which fell Iasi
week was badly needed.Wheat
is looking fine.
Inez Huff started a subscrip
tion school at this place last
Monday. Quite a number of
pupils are attending.
Ernest Wycough and Jack
Holloway were Batesville visi
tors last Thursday.
| . Bill Rutledge went to Bates
ville one day last week.
Rayler Wyatt of Rosie whs a
Salado visitor Sunday after
noon.
Jeff Jones and sons Lee and
! Roy, passed through our town
| Saturday.
There will be a box supper
and free band concert at Mc
Hue next Saturlay night. Ev
erybody invited to attend
Our little town was surpris
ed last Friday night when Jim
Bruce and Edith Totty were
united in marriage. We join in
wishng them a happy life to
gether.
The editor sure writes some
'nice editorials. I enjoy them
very much.
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DR. WRIGHT DEAD
Dr. L. R. Wright was born
Oct- 5, 1875 and died on Sun
day, April 7, while the noon
day sun was brightest.
He attended the State Uni
versity and finished with hon
ors at the Medical School at
Memphis, Tenn., and was true
to his profession.
No one has done more to
relieve the suffering and help
those who needed help than
he, and it seemed he was al
ways looking for an opportuni
ty to do some one kindness.
Twelve years ago Dr. Wright
was stricken with paralysis
which left him a cripple. But
he never murmured. He would
always say he was alright, and
through those years of inward
pain,he relieved many sufferers
and truly gave his life for oth
ers.
When he was told he had
pneumonia he told his friends
he would not get well. He
knew his strength, and said he
was not strong enough to over
come the disease, but told his
parents and friends that every
thing had been done and he
was ready to die.
He suffered much during his
last illness but his friends were
unnumbered and did all that
could be done.
No man will be missed more
at home. His mother looked
forward to his homecoming,
when in the evening they could
converse together, and how
lonely it will be for her.
Rut he left his assurance
and she knows he is waiting for
her.
And to the aged parents and
brothers we would say, what a
consolation to know he lived a
life of usefulness.
VONNYE BEVENS.
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PROBATE COURT NOTICE
The following administra
tors and guardians have filed
settlements with the clerk of
the Probate Court and same
have been ordered to await
the next term of the court fur
approval.
Partial settlement of Albert
'Sims, curator, Atchinson mih
ors.
Final settlement of Mrs. G.
W Webster, admr. estate W.
G. Webster, deceased.
Final settlement of W. A.
Fike, admr. estate Joel Jack
son.
Final settlement of Geo. F.
Grosser, admr. estate of P- E.
Watts.
Final settlement of W. W.
McClendon, admr. estate of
Amos Cook.
Final settlement of M.
Brown, admr. estate Jack
Brown.
Final settlement of G. W.
Frazier admr estate Grad Gat
lin.
Final settlement of A. Liles,
admr. estate of W. H. Liles.
All persons desiring to ob
ject to any of the settlements
filed herein, as above mention
i d* are hereby warned to file
same with this court before the
next term thereof or they will
be forever barred from filing
objections thereto.
Given under my hand this
1st day of April, 1918.
E. R. HOOPER,
Clerk of the Probate Court of
Independence county, Ark.
ADVERTISED LETTERS
The following letters remain
uncalled for in the Newark
postoffice April 1.
Alfred Thompson
Miss Pearl Donels
Clint Smith
If not called for in 30 days
will be sent to the dead letter
office at Washington, D. C.
O. F. CRAIG, P. M.
PACE WINS BIG CASE
AGAINST RICHARDSON
Little Rock Attorney to Recov
er Big Fee in Connection
With Erwin Case
The Arkansas Supreme
Court on last Monday handed
down a decision in the case ot
Frank Pace vs V. G. Richard
son, in which the court holds
that Pace is entitled to recover
$12,500 from Richardson as
an additional fee in the Erwin
will case.
By the terms of a will of W
J. Erwin his granddaughter,
Mrs. Willie Richardson, was to
receive the bulk of his large es
tate. Later he executed anoth
er will, in which only $50 was
left to Mrs. Richardson and
the remainder of the estates to
his wife. In order to protect
the interests of his wife, V. G.
Richardson, employed Frank
Pace, an attorney to take the
necessary steps to have the
will set aside on the ground
that Mr. Erwin was not mental
ly capable of trasacting busi
ness, he having suffered a
stroke of paralysis, and also on
account of his extreme old age.
Pace was employed under a
contract made with the guar
dian ol Mrs. Richrdson, she
being a minor, which contract
was approved by the Probate
Court, and the same was also
agreed to by Mrs. Richardson
and her husband. By the terms
of this contract Pace was to
receive $25,000, in case the re
covery for Mrs. Richardson
from estate of her grandfather
amounted to a sum between
$75,000 and $150,000. The
suit never came to trial and
a compromise was made by
which Mrs. Richardson receiv
ed about $135,000 as her share.
She paid Pace $12,500 and
declined to pay any more on
the grounds that Pace had neg
lected the case and that she
had to employ additional law
yers to represent her. The
chancery court held that Pace
was not entitled to recover un
der his contract, but found +hat
he had rendered valuable ser
vices, whose resonable value
was $12,500, which had all
been paid to him
The Supreme Court found
that there was not sufficient
testimony to establish the fact
that Pace had neglected his cli
ents in the preparation of the
case, and held that under his
contract he was entitled to re
cover an additional $12,500,
and reversed the decree of the
Chncerv Court, with directions
to enter a decree to that effect.
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REDUCED RAILROAD RATE
The railroads of Arkansas
have granted reduced rates to
the thirtieth annual state Sun
day School convention which
meets in Jonesboro April 16-18.
This convention bids fair to
be one of the best Sunday
school conventions ever held in
the State, strong speakers have
been secured, a great song
leader employed, and a large
delegation both from the state
and outside the state is expect
ed to be present
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ARKANSAS BOYS AT
CAMP BEAUREGARD
There are now about 9,000
boys from this state in camp at
Camp Beauregard, La. Noth
ing is known of their future
movements, but it is expected
they will be moving to the
front very soon.
Telephone us the news. We
will appreciate it.
Candidate for Commis
sioner of Agriculture
James G. Ferguson of Sear
cy county, candidate for com
missioner of Agriculture, was
in Newark Tuesday in the in
terest of his candidacy- Mr.
Ferguson was formerly county
examiner of Searcy county and
for the past two years has held
a position in the office of the
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction. He is a splendid
young man, absolutely clean,
and honest, thoroughly famil
iar with the duties of the offi
ce and will make a good of
ficial if elected. The Journal
hopes to see him carry Inde
pendence county by a big ma
jority.
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l WILD RUMORS
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The circulating of of extrav
agent rumors and wild tales of
victory is as harmful to the in
terests of this country in the
present struggle as the spread
ing of adverse reports
Recently the report was
Hashed from one end of the
country to another of a great
allied victory on the western
front- In many parts of the
country people went fairly
wild with joy only to cast into
corresponding depths of dejec
tion on learning that the report
was unfounded.
Our people should give ear
to no reports that do not come
from a reliable source. Tele
graphic news in the papers,
from reputable news agencies
can be relied on as being cor
rect, or approximately so.
The metropolitan dailies as a
rule have reliable correspond
ents on the front, and their
reports can also be received as
truth. But reports circulating
from mouth to mouth frequent
ly start from nothing but grow
with the telling.
In justice to the news agen
cies and newspapers of the
country it shou-ld be said thaf
none of these fake reports have
originated or been circulated
by them. Such reports in mosi
cases, if they could be traced
to their original source would
be found to have a sinister or
igin—enemy propaganda, with
a view to disturbing the peace
of the country and causing un
rest
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government and our armies,
and put our every energy into
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