VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 2.7, 1907.
NO. 23.
ARKANSAS
$STATE NEWS'
Specimens of Antimony.
dnecimens of antimony ore. sent by
w GConboy of Gillham, Sevier
' t' aie on exhibition in the agn
Cnltual department at Little Rock.
Tt bed of ore from which the speci
mens are taken is in the northern por
L of Sevier county, where it is
lted there is a very large deposit,
in paying quantities, and easily work
ed Antimony is a metal that enteis
largely into commercial use. It con
stitutes the base for silver plating
and is used in type metal and in the
juanufacture of babbit.
Payment of Liquor Licenses.
The collectors of 43 counties in Ar
ansas have paid into the state treas
ury collections on account of liquor li
ases. Last year the licenses paid
bv the liquor dealers of Arkansas
amounted to about $128,000. This year
the collections will not be as large,
but the decrease will not be as much
as many believe it will be on account
of so many counties going dry at the
recent general election. It is estimat
ed that the collections this year will
run from $125,000 to $130,000.
New Line Assured. v
From all indication there is no
doubt hut that the proposed railroad
from Comal, on the White river
branch of the Iron Mountain, to Dodd
City and thence to Kingdon Springs
in north Marion county, passing
through a mineral belt, will be built.
The projectors of the line have ask
ed for $13,000 as a bonus, and the
money is said to have been raised,
it is thought that work on the new
line will be started within a short
time.
Fell Into Firery Pit.
E. M. Tray, manager of the Finne
gan Hide Company, at Texarkana,
while looking over the ruins of a
building recently destroyed by fire,
stepped upon what he thought was a
solid brick floor. The brick gave way
under his weight and he fell into a
hole four feet deep, in which was a
hot, smouldering fire of wheat and
grain, and was seriously burned.
Child Badly Burned.
A little 2-vear-old child of John
Hughes of Marked Tree was badly
burned while playing with matches
recently. The child's body front the
waist up was burned to a blister.
Mining Operations at Kingsdon.
Mining operations at Kingsdon, Ma
rion county, have been resumed and
arrangements are being made to build
an electric line from the mining
camp to Flippin.
Developing Diamond Fields.
The promoters of the diamond fleids
in Pike county are installing $10,000
worth of machinery for the purpose
of crushing the rock which contafns
the gems.
Henry Webb Dead.
Henry Webb, one of Ozark’s most
prominent citizens, died recently at
his home in that city, after an 111
ness of several years of stomach
trouble.
Boy Killed By Train.
William Welch, an 18-year-old boy,
Was stril,-'k by an Iron Mountain train
at Peach Orchard and killed. He was
town many feet and crushed into
[* pulp.
Caught By Cars.
-V Buffam, night foreman of the
g0n fountain switching crew- at Van
Wen, was caught between two cars
his body crushed just above tho
hips.
Seriously Wounded at Social.
Harvey Martin shot Erith Malone
rough the abdomen at a social near
i 'U'f’ seriously, if not fatally wound
'iu Both are well-known young
Boring For Oil.
Lincoln Milling and Mining As
at:on is drilling for oil near Smith
■ .Lawrence county. The drill will
can t,8 d.e,db °f ->>000 feet unless oil
ra„„ e discovered closer to the sur
j j’ J’ Crews Injured By Saw.
he n’^Ie'Vs was loitired by a saw a
[hold*recently6H6' faCt°ry at Para
om „ , J' ,Ie was removing dus
►hen the saw with hls fool
ated , mib was calISht and ampu
tlllne- St below the knee, the foo
l,n the opposite side of
,,N*W Townsite Establishment.
0t Black Spring
he lshed a new townsite o
n to h “ a,ld Fort Smith Nortl
to knovvn Womble, abou
Ues *«>« Black Springs.
Arkansas Presbytery In Session.
The annual session of the Arkansas
Presbytery of the Southern Presby
terian church is in session at Little
Rock with representatives from more
than one hundred Presbyterian
churches present. Among other mat
ters discussed at this session will be
| the question as to whether the Arkan
sas Presbytery will favor the idea of
the Southern Presbyterian church
sending representatives to the coun
cil of Presbyterian churches, at which
the following churches are now rep
resented: Northern Presbyterian, Uni
ted Presbyterian, the Associate Re
form Presbyterian and the German
Reform Presbyterian churches. Mat
ters pertaining to denominational
comity are taken up at the council
meetings, which take place annually.
The council is now composed ~ti
representatives.
To Build New Read.
The right of way for the Brinkley
and Western Railroad has been se
cured and everything is now ready
for letting the contract for the con
struction of the line. The road will
pass through one of the best cotton
producing sections of Arkansas. It
will be 28 miles long and will be an
independent line. When the road is
completed it will have connection
with the Rock Island and will have
complete service with the Iron Moun
tain or business in that section of the
country.
Found Rough Diamond.
W. C. Thompson of Texarkana re
cently picked up some small white
stones about a mile and a half out
side the city limits which he sus
pected might be valuable. He ac
cordingly sent one of them to a jew
eler in St. lx>uis for examination, and
received it back, together with a note
saying it was a genuine diamond and
offering to pay Mr. Thompson $50 for
it. Mr. Thompson says there are
quantities of stones to be found in
that vicinity.
Shot Without Warning.
W. H. Hayes, a negro residing near
Helena, shot and killed Ben Jones, an
other negro recently. The shooting
is the result of u feud between the
two men. Hayes is said to have made
some slighting remarks regarding the
wife of Jones, with the result, that the
latter severely thrashed him. Since
that time the two negroes have been
enemies.
Negro Assassinated.
Joseph Stewart, a negro who lives
near Cornie, in t'nion county, was as
sassinated by some unknown person
recently. He had just fllshed eating
his supper and was sitting at the
table, when someone fired a load of
buckshot through the window. He
was struck by nine shot, which enter
ed his face and side, causing instant
deatli.
Merchant Kills Farmer.
John L. White, a general merchant
living at Kingsland, shot and instant
ly killed John Webb, a farmer, also
of Kingsland. The cause of the trag
edy, it is said, is due to the atten
tions recently paid by the deceased to
the divorced wife of White, from
whom he had been legally separated
about six months ago.
Crippled Woman Fatally Injured.
Mrs. W. W. Linsey of Helena, who
was run down by an electric car in
Little Rock two years ago, and so
severely injured that it was necessary
to amputate her right leg, fell down
ihe back steps of her home recently,
and received injuries which the phy
sicians believe will prove fatal.
Accidentally Killed Himself.
Lou Wilson of Harrison, accidental
ly shot himself recently. He was rid
ing In a wagon and In some way a
shotgun lying in the bed of the wagon
was accidentally discharged, the loads
in both barrels entering his body and
inflicting wounds which resulted in
his death a short time later.
Stabbed During Fight.
In a personal difficulty at Williford
between Walter Wilburn, a section
hand, and Rufus Gill, a timber man,
whose home is at Jonesboro, Gill was
seriously wounded with a knife wield
ed by Winburn.
Child Seriously Burned.
Little Nobie Tarple.v of Pleasant
Plains was probably fatally burned
while playing in the yard of her home
recently. It is not known how the
accident occurred.
Two Men Wounded In Fight.
M. Bloom, a butcher, living at
Wynne, engaged in a fight with Mr.
Olispie, au express agent, and struck
him over the head with his meat
cleaver, inflicting a serious wound.
After Gillspie was wounded lie shot
Bloom, but only made a slight tlesh
wound in his shoulder.
Will Establish Plant at Batesville.
Parties from Indiana are making
arrangements to establish au excel
sior plant at Batesville. They will
use Cottonwood in the manufacture
of the excelsior.
Electric Lines to Zinc Mines.
About twenty business men of Yell
ville have agreed to set a subscription
of $20,000 in stock and right of way
for an electric line from that place
to the mouth of Cedar creek on Buf
falo river, a distance of twenty miles.
The building of the road will mean the
opening of the Rush mining district,
which is said io be rich in zinc ores,
it. is said that twenty miles will be
put in operation at. once if the line
is built. The district is in the heart
of the Ozark mountains and at pres
ent it is almost impossible to make
use of the resources of that section
as tile railroads do not pass through
that district. Produce of ail kinds
have to be shipped and it is impossible
to grow anything in that territory.
Jury Failed to Agree.
la the trial of A. \Y. Covington, pres
ident of the State Senate of 1900, on
a charge of perjury, which has lasted
two weeks iu the Pulaski county
court, the jury was uuable to reach a
verdict, and was discharged after thir
ty-six hours of deliberation. The trial
of Covington on the charge of perjury
was the result of statements made
by the defendant in the trial last
July, when he was accused of bribery.
Mr. Rhoton, prosecuting attorney, de
clared that the former president of
the Senate perjured himself in testi
fying that, he had never received a
bribe and immediately after his re
lease last year he was placed under
bonds of $3,000/ and held to answer
at the present term of the Circuit
Court.
Another Arkansas Enterprise.
At Hatton Gap, in western Arkan
sas, the highest point on the Kansas
City Southern Railway between Kan
sas City and the Gulf, preliminary
work is on foot for the development
of a summer pleasure and health
resort, which it is hoped will he open
ed this season. J. G. Johns, the
Shreveport capitalist, and officers of
the railroad are behind the enterprise,
and their plans comprehend not only
the usual hotel and summer houses,
but embrace a big sanitarium, a Chau
tauqua, a university trades school
and a large hunting reserve. Some
of the finest springs in the West are
embraced in the property which has
been acquired.
Will Establish Sanitarium.
The members of the Nevada County
Medical Society are considering the
question of establishing a sanitarium
at Prescott, and of a farm near that
city for consumptives. It is proposed
by the physicians to take stock in a
company which, when organized. Will
purchase’a suitable location and erect
thereon a modern sanitarium. It is
also their purpose to establish in the
mountains a farm where persons af
flicted with consumption may make
their home, do light work, be treated
by physicians iu the hope that a per
manent cure may be effected. The
promoters of the enterprise believe
that the farm cffitld be made self
sustaining.
Man and Boy Shot.
John Richardson, son of a promin
ent planter living at Blytheville, shot
and seriously wounded Claud Griffith,
a 16-year-old boy, laud was in turn
shot down by Edgar Spraggins, at
whom Richardson had fired twice in
an effort to kill him. Griffith, with
unusual presence of mind, knocked
the gun down after Richardson had
placed it against his heart, and re
ceived the charge in his knee. Rich
ardson was shot in the side and the
extent of his injuries is not known.
Child Swallows Six-Penny Nail.
The two-year-old child of Ben F.
Smith of Calico Rock died recently
from results caused by the swallow
ing of a six-penny nail. The child
complained of its throat and at times
would almost strangle. An emetic
was given and the child vomited the
nail, which had lodged in the bron
chial tube, causing inflammation,
which produced toxine poisoning. The
child died within a few hours after
vomiting the nail.
Four Claim Man as Husband.
William Underwood was arrested
at Hot Springs on charge of uttering
worthless paper. Since his arrest the
chief of police has received several
telegrams from women in Chicago
who allege they are his wives, and de
sire him held- for bigamy. There is a
woman living with him in Hot Springs
who also claims that distinction. In
all, four women allege that they arc
the better halves of Underwood.
Mining In Baxter County.
Several Joplin and Kansas City cap
italists have been in Mountain Home
examining the mineral prospects of
Baxter county, and are preparing to
open up a number of prospects in the
western part of the county in what is
known as the Bruce Creek district.
Boy Died From Wounds.
Willie Gillenwater, a 12-year-old
boy living near Lexa, died recently
from the effects of wounds received
at the hands of his 9-y*ar-old brother,
while the boys were engaged in
target practice.
Pi
Legislative
\ Proceedings
■■i- ~ -_
THE SENATE.
Tli* Senate held the first Saturday meet
ing of the session this week, and some ini
portant legislation was enacted.
The measure ot' Senator McKnight. pro
hibitiug negroes from waiting on whit*
persons in certain capacities, was tabled
«>n motion of Senator Oldham. A bill b.v
Senator Dindall. raising the salary of the
commissioner of mines, manufactured and
agriculture to $2,500 per annum, was
passed. The Harrison hill, raising the
pay of the circuit judges to $5,000 a year,
which was passed and reconsidered this
week, was amended so as to read $2,501).
The amendment was adopted.
The bill by Senator Oldham, appropriat
ing $2,500 to pay the expenses <>■ experts
and witnesses utilized b.v the Joint Com
mittee on State Capitol, passed by a unani
mous vote.
A bill was also introduced by Senate:*
Harrison authorizing the attorney general
to bring suit in the federal court against
the state of Tennessee to determine the
ownership of Flower Island in the Mis
sissippi near Osceola. both suites have
claimed the Island for a long time, and
the purpose of the bill Is to settle the
matter finally.
Other bills introduced were:
By Senator Cloud, making more bind
ing the law regarding the issuance of poll
tax receipts.
P.y Senator McKnight. requiring the pay
ment of licenses for the peddling of cer
tain articles in the state.
By Senator McDaniel. providing for
the establishment of mutual live stock in
surance companies iu the state.
After one of the hardest fights of the
present session, the Senate Monday passed
the Holland insurance bill, which prohibits
life insurance companies doing business
in the state from discriminating between
their policyholders and making it unlaw
ful to issue the so-called “board contracts.”
The bill by Senators Min go and flood
win prohibiting railroads from working
employes more than H» hours at a stretch,
was passed with only one dissenting vote.
The bill by Senator Bush, appropriating
$50,000 f»»r the establishment of an agri
cultural school in the state, was tabled
after the Committee of the Whole had
killed the first section.
New bills introduced were:
By Senator Wingo, appropriating $10.
000 for an Arkansas monument at Shiloh.
By Senator Rector, making it a felony
to cut wire fences.
By Senator Handler, allowing coal cor
poratlons the right, to construct _ railways
and giving them the right of eminent do
main.
By Senator Yopp. providing for the re
demption of land forfeited for the non
paymtit of taxes and giving such persons
the right to secure the return of their
property within a year from the tiuu* it
was seized.
Senator (loodwin introduced a bill in the
Senate Tuesday giving the school commis
sioners power to invest the school funds
of the state for the purpose of increasing
the income of this portion of the state
government.
Other hills introduced were:
By Senator Yopp. regulating the sale of
eonftnerclal fertilizers ia the state.
By Senator Ilamiter, making it a mis
demeanor to use any name for any pur
pose except tin* name given at hirtb.
By Senator Martin, talsing tin* salary
of the commissioner of state lands to 5*-.
500. -
By Senator Cloud. amending section
4St; of the digest relating to definite jail
sentences.
The Senate Wednesday passed a hill in
troduced by Senator liu-li which leaves to
the various counties and townships of the
state the right to determine by votes of
the property owner .inst what kind of
stock laws and fences thev desire, lie* bill
passed bv a large vote. The Bush bill and
the hill introduced and passed by Mr. Hla k
of Marion giving t•> the Iialiroad t’ornmis
slop the power, on petition, to compel the
railroads to erect depots wherever they are
needed and tlte necessity ot them is proven
bv invstigation. are measures that are in
tended to relieve the Assembly of some of
its work if both of these bills become acts,
ns thev probably will, nearly half of the
labor of the Legislature will he removed.
A bill is to be Introduced in the Senate
shortly, giving to the county examiners the
power to establish school districts. If this,
too, becomes a law. future Assemblies win
lie aide to devote their time exclusively
to the consideration of general measures.
The bill by Senator Patterson appropria
ting Sil.'i.OiH* for the payment of the pri
vate soldiers of the Slate titiard who served
during the yellow fever scare of litOo at
the rate of Sl.r.O a day in addition to
the 4H cents tier day allowed by the govern
ment. was defeated by one vote.
The McKenzie measure impropriating
$1.t>lMl for tlie use of the Arkansas His
tory Commission in publishing the second
volume of the History of Arkansas, was
passed.
Senator Cloud introduced a bill repealing
the I.ee prohibition measure which became
effective two weeks ago. The features ol
the I.ee Ml! tiiat prohibit newspapers in
temperance districts front publishing liipi",
ads and that section that makes the pe •
son giving an order to an agent by telephone
liable, have, according to the senator trom
Saline created considerable dissatisfaction
throughout the state. The measure win
read twice and referred to the Committee
on Temperance.
New bills Introduced were :
By Senator Toney, making it a misde
meanor to wear, illegally, a badge or any
insignia of a fraternal society.
By Senator Martin, prohibi.lug the shoot
ing or paralyzing of fish. . ,
By Senator Milan, giving to physicians
whose license has been revoked the right
to appeal to the courts of the state.
By Senator Oldham, giving the county
judge tlte power of disposing of orphans
and foundlings.
The Senate Thursday passed the bill in
trod need by Senator McDaniel of Washing
ton county providing for the organization
of live stock mutual insurance companies,
f'nder the hill anv three men are eligible
to organize such tiu insurance company he
(■omulvug with the regulations that are la d
down for the formation of mutual lire iu
sutmice companies. A bond of
lonst he tiled, and this form of insurance
differs from the tire variety in that the
amount of capital need not lie so great
as that of »lie latter corporations.
The Ilarrlson bill providing for the ap
polntment of a state veterinary board and
requiring all veterinarians to secure a )i
cense before practicing was passed by a
urge vote.
other bills passed by the Senate were:
Bv the Wavs and Means Committee, ap
propriating $10,031,117 to cover a dedciency
a the priming fuud.
ltv senator liamtter. prohibiting the
tse of aliasi's or false names and mak
ug it a misdemeanor.
Bv Mr. Saunders, making an employe re
potisible to hi3 employer for breach of con
l*By Senator Oldham, giving to the County
'ourt the right to dispose of orphans auc
ouudlings.
I,ocal bills of minor importance occupied
almost the entire time of tlie Senate Fr day
w ith the exception of the poll tax bill of
Senator Cloud which seeks to regulate the
issuing of poll tax receipts, 'ibis bill seek a
to prevent the wholesale paying of poll
tnxes by politicians or others for selfish
Interests, aud la said by some of the Sena
tors to be one of the best bills passed by
the Senate
THE HOUSE.
The Holism Saturday resolved itself into
Committee of the Whole and patiently
worked through the uneventful items of
tlie appropriation bills submitted by chair
man JtuLnney of the Committee on Char
ities, devoting more time to the dispo
sition of this business than on any previ
ous day of the session.
The civil rights bill, enacted in 1873
was repealed in a bill by Mr. Martin of
Crittenden county that passed the House.
The repealed bill is the one in which the
state law guarantees equal rights to every
race in attendance at theatres, admisslou
to all semi-public places such as hotels,
etc. Judge Martin, in making his appeal
for the passage of the repeal bill, stated
that the law was so drastic in its terms
that lie might be arraigned under it for
even thus attacking *1 in a>kiug its re
peal.
The bill by Mr. Stevens which prevents
commercial discrimination a.s between cities
and sections in the sale price of commodi
ties. was passed, s^oc after which the
llotife adjourned until Monday morning.
The House Monday gave its Anal sup
port to the general appropriation bill for
executive, legislative and judicial officers,
the measure carrying an appropriation of
about $450,006. Zi had been formerly
threshed out and adopted in Committee
jf the Whole.
A majority of the time in the House
was consumed in Committee of the Whole
considering the J»eaf Mute appropriation
bill. Kvorv appropriation item was dis
posed of and the bill as approved in this
form of session carries an appropriation of
$170,380. which is about $10,000 less than
the appropriation of two years ago.
Senate Bill \o. 401, bearing an appro
priation of $-.500 for the work <if car
rying on the investigation into the *tate
capitol work, was called tip as a privileged
bill and passed without opposition.
The bill which provides for the work
ing of convicts on the public roads of
ill*1 state passed the House by a vote of
01 to 15. Coder the provisions of th**
bill, oil convicts who are not sentenced
to a longer term In prison than five years
may be kept, within the counties, and tin
dor contract made by the county judge,
worked on the roads of the county. Coun
ties adjoining are privileged to unite Hi
the work of building roads under this
plan.
By a vote of 4‘J to 3d the Browning
Lee bill passed the House Tuesday after
contest that had been waged on the floor
from the hour of being called to order
ant 11 5 o’clock in the afternoon, and which
had been an orderly session until the roll
call had been announced. A twenty min
ute interval of disorder reigned follow
ing the announcement, until It required
a roll call vote to adjourn the body.
The bill by Mr. Haley which places th*
liability for loss or damage to freight or
express on the initial carrier was passed
without discussion or dissent.
The Ilouse devoted the morning session
iVrdnesdav to the introduction and passage
• f local bills, and the afternoon session to
work in Committee of the Whole on appro
I nation measures.
* han-man i.hx k of Sebastian of the Cnm
n iltee on the Penitentiary Appropriations
had the House go into Committee of th*»
W hole to tAk<‘ up Ills bill. After a few
minor items had been passed on the one
which carries an appropriation of
for the payment of ten wardens was re
duced to $7,-00, and but six wardens wore
allowed.
An item appropriating $00,000 for 100
guards was taken up and the Committee
of the Whole reduced the item to $30,000
foi 60 guards.
A bill passed by Mr. Andrews which re
quires all corporations to pay their em
ployes at Intervals of nor more than two
we* ks was passed in the House.
4110 Bolton bill requiring railroads to
employ only such trainmen as have had
two years’ experience also passed. These
wen the only measures of general interest
taken up.
New bills introduced were:
by Mr. M' i'ollum of the Hoads* and High
ways Committee, requiring corporal ion< and
companies to furnish road overseers with
lists of persons in their employ who are
subject to road service.
By Mr. Quinn, prohibiting any person
from removing any dead body or effects
thereabouts when there is probability .if
doubt as to the cause of death until the
coroner shall have ordered such removal.
« ncipr a mu which passed the Hons#*
Thursday. t#»l*?grahers employed in the
work of directing movements of trains can
not be employed for more than eight hours
in ;*iiy one day. The bill was introduced
by dr. Howell of Jefferson county, who ad
yocated the passage of Ids measure in th-'
interest of safety in passenger travel.
Mr Hunt of Jefferson succeeded in hav
ing tlie House pass favorable on Ids pro
postd amendment to-the-constitutIon r■.»so
lution which will give municipalities and
counties the right to issue bonds for high
way improvement. This is the first pro
posed amendment that ha< found favor,
except the one which presents for the sec
mid time the question of the poll tax quali
fication.
In the afternoon the deaf mule appro
priation bill was completed and sent to
the Engrossing Committee. The sneaker
ordered the doors of the House locked in
the late hours <*f the session, refusing to
recognize a motion to adjourn until 5
o’clock.
The bill of Mr. Haley, compelling officers
making arrests to place on the* docket th*»
correct names of the persons arrested, anil
;n iking penalties for persons refusing to
gi’ o’their correct names when arrested, also
by Mr. Kizzia. raising the salaries of clerks
and judges of election from $1 to $1.50 per
:uy.
New bills introduced were :
By Mr. Thompson, amending the bribery
!i w and prohibiting any officer from at
tempting to influence legislation in any
i a a n n e r vv h a t soeve r.
By. Mr. Shannon, regulating the abstract
business bv requiring that any person mnk
lug an abstract shall be responsible for
error in such abstract and shall make a
good bond to cover such liability.
By Mr. Anderson, giving to cities of the
first class the right to regulate the an lion
business and to regnlfte auctioneers by pro
viding whether auctions shall be held at
night or not.
By Mr. Bullion, requiring all persons who
are engaged in the business of watch repair
ing to first obtain h license after standing
an examination before a board of three ex
aminers who shall be appointed by th» gov
ernor. and who shall have at least ten years
'active experience in watih repairing In this
stale before receiving such appointment.
By Mr. Pertain. regulating th* right of
way of telenhone compftnv lines by giving
them exclusive right of 50 feet on either
side of their wires against competing com
panics.
Only a few matters were considered in
the A.wee Friday. Most of the time was
taken up with local hills, after which Sen
ate b*&ueas virus taken up. Several special
orders were disposed of, and the 1 Diver
sity Deficiency Bill was taken up. This
bill was passed through the Committee of
the Whole and Is now going before the
House. The item to appropriate gitf.noo
to pay back salaries to teachers was adopted
and several other Items were considered.
A bill introduced by Senator Rector
Monday morning created some discussion.
The measure makes it a felony for any
one to cut a wire fence, instead of a
misdemeanor, as it is at resent. Senator
Toney wanted to exempt Jefferson countv
from the bill on the ground that the rail
roads in this section of the country were
in the habit of fencing in everything in
sight, and that it was impossible to get
from one place to aunt her without cutting
some fence. Senator Oldham suggested
that the fox hunters of Prairie and Jeffer
son counties be exempted from the bill.
I An effort to make the measure a special
order for Tuesday failed, and the bill was
referred to the Committee on Agriculture
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi oour.t?
In explaining: his bill which authorizes the
attorney general to begin suit in the fed
oral court against the Stare of Tennessee
to determine the ownership of Flower is
land. In the Mississippi near Osceola, said
that ai one time Flower island was a por
tiou of the State of Arkansas, but that
in 183!) the channel of the river changed
and a tract of land of 8.000 acres was
detached and placed east of the channel.
Since that time Tennessee has been claim
ins 'he island. Four years ago the sheriff
of Mississippi county' went over to the
island Jo replevin some timber that bad
been cnt. and he was arrested by the other
state and placed in prison. Senator Har
rison ftirrher stated that the people resid
ing on the island were compelled to pay
I axes to both Arkansas and Tennessee. The
bill carries an appropriation of $l!.50*»
io pay the expenses of the suit. The ques
tion for the federal authorities to de
termine is whether the original channel
r>f the river is to l>e considered the bound
ary line betweui the two stales or whether
the change in the course of the rivet affect
ed the line of demarkaiTon. The property
is worth in the neighborhood of $100,000.
By a unanimous vote the measure was
passed.
The greater portion of the morning Mon
day was devoted to a consideration of Joint
Resolution No. 1, by Senator Rowland, pro
viding that two hundred dollars of all per
sonal property should be exempt from taxa
tion The resolution seeks to amend Sec
tion Hi of Article 5 of tile Constitution of
lhe State of Arkansas. 'The Senator from
Boone explained that the proposed amend
ment was for the relief of the poor men
who found great difficulty in tic* payment
of taxes. Senators Simms and Holland
opposed the resolution on the ground that
it would encourage perjury and it adopted
by the people would result iu the elimin
ation of several school districts in the
state as they were supported in some coun
ties by men who never had two hundred
dollars and in some of the counties in the
hills, these men composed the entire popu
lar ion. Senator Toney favored the resolu
tion for the benefit of the poor man while Sen
ator McKnight was opposed to the measure
because it would free every negro in the
state from taxation.
Retaliating against the St. T.ouis (south
western railroad for taking advantage of
the fact that its Texarkana passenger
depot is just over the state line, and tor
refusing to sell tickets front that city to
points in Arkansas under the terms of the
g-c.-nt passenger rate, the House Monday
gave two hurried reading to hills intro
duced by Messrs Ilamiter and Owens which
demand' that this line ereet a depot in
Tekarkaua on the Arkansas side of tb
state lines whet ' tickets may bo purchased
ttnder the new rate law. Appiica
tions had been made from many
points in this state for tickets to lexar^
kant and i?t each instance the company
charged the regular fl-eent rate because
their Texarkana terminal was out ot Aikan
,n, persons in Texarkana were also an
able to secure the g-oent rates to points in
Arkansas over the line.
Senator Oo'-dwin's hill enlarging the pow
ers of the lfailroad Commission to the
this body will have authority
to fix freight rap's in equal sums over com
per; trig line,, when more than one ilne I'
to shipment* was taken up hv the Rail
road Committee in the House Wednesday
a tcnc'on a ml the bill will l"' re 'urned
Thnrsda.v with the report that it pass wtthout
amendment. Senator (loodwiii appeared b*
r,,... ;i,, mimittee explaining briefly the
purpose o: liic bill, and attorneys for the
railroads were also heard, in ins explana
lion Senator Coodwin stated that often ate
parent!}- different lines were really operated
l,v Hie same stockholders, and that he be
lieved tiii- idil would prevent higher rates
peine charged ..n one line Ilian charged oU
.mother through this method ot operating
the lines.
\ meeting of the Senate Judiciary Com
rii'ttee was held Tuesday afternoon to
consider* Senat" mil No. 30.. by Sena
tor, l'atterson and Bush, prohibiting a
monopoly in the distribution of news in
the .tit*’ and rising severe penalties on
telegraph and telephone eomj.an "» for
sending news In violation ot Ihelaw l
was pointed out to the committee that
a!! of til" press associations ot the conn
try were private eoncerus and c<mld no _
!>•' affected hv legislative action. Afte.
some consideration of the sublect eight
members out of the nine present tecom
mendeil Hat the bill do no pass The
sense of the committee was that tin legls
Istlire hail no o.nver to regulate a business
of this sort, and besides there teatly was
no monopoly it. the distribution of news
in Arkansas.
Mr Ard «>f Jackson insists mar dp «
serious in ihe matter of having !%“'$;
■....v'mk hill oDflcted into .1 1*1^. >T>1 S-K
ini „n 111.' Mil. which was before the House
Thnrsdav. Mr. Ard said. ) «‘s
|,.lv„ h«*pn introduced in the spirit of frivol
,1,1 have discovered that there to
much merit it, the measure have tet
ters a ski ue that it pass 1, to elaimed that
the skating rinks are keeping the yom„
hovs and fills from their studies and then
homes. The craze is spreading to ever?
hamlet, ami there are thousands who object
to a eontinuanee of the condition. I am
Willin'- that eilies Of the hrst «; ass be ex
eninted, if that is necessary to thj
,,f I|,e lull, hut I believe that !> is a good
moral measure and would he a good law for
every acre of land in Arkansas.
The Brownlng-I.ee MU wUich passed the
House Tuesday except s from t„e m-ovisions
of rhe King anti-trust law such old line■ to
..unpanies as ore not a, a < on,
id.nation ,o control the prices rf-P"™*
within this state, regardless ot th*n att
tii#i,» in other states. i nd» i tut tn°a(I
or..visions of th<* Kin*r anti trust law mo
corporation or eompany that was attllinteo
wait anv organization to conliol price.
?nvwhere could transa t business in Arkan
senator Jeff Davis was th- leader of
the forces o,n osing the hill. He also took
in getive oar in the defeat of the Babb
hill'of a similar nature, which had former
ly been lntrodu.ed in Ibis session.
The general banking law bill, drawn
up t.v a special committee and intiodrned
In ihe Senate by Senator McKenzie, will
he the source of some discussion this w«*k.
Senator I.ee is unalterably oppos. d to the
hill He declares that ti,e measure, if
enacted into a law. will place the state
banks on a plane with the national In
stitutions with the result that the laftei
will grow prosperous and the former will
sutVer Th** senator front Nevada tusisls
that the hill was drawn tin by the Arkansas
S,ate Hankers' Association and they ou„Ut
to know what is good for Hu m.
A partv of teachers and citizens front
Hot Springs came to Kittle Rock the first
of the week itt the Interest of the bill that
has been introduced in the Legislature to
shorten school hours in certain special
districts Of the Slate. Tile Introduction
„f ,he hill has caused a great deal or
interest Monv are opposed to its passage,
while others are strongly ,n favor of ft.
\ petition favoring the hill was circulated
in Hot Springs some time ago ami receive*
a great many signatures.
Senator Oldham lias introduced a bill
tha, is sufficient evidence that the Joint
Capitol Commission is going to the bot
tom of everything that has transpired in
connection with the sta'e capltol building
since IPO." The measure provides for
an appropriation to cover the expense of
experts and witnesses and for tne printing
of the report of the committee. The bill
was favorably considered in the t ommlt
tee of the Whole anil laid over until next
week.
Tile State Capitol Investigating Com
mute.' keeps up its regular session, anti
la amassing a quantity of testimony which
will be submitted to the Legislature when
the final report is made. Tilts Investiga
tion is also held behind closed doors.