INSURANCE COMPANIES RETURNING
Fifty-one Companies Driven Out
by Anti-Trust Law Will
Now Return
A peculiar condition will face
the oldline insurance companies
when they again knock for ad
mission to the portals of the state,
and no matter how many years
previous to the passage of the
anti-trust act the companies had
been writing policies in Arkansas,
they must come back into the state
on the same footing as the new
companies and meet the same re
quirements as though they were
entering a new field. This ruling,
the Arkansas Democrat says, has
been made by Attorney General
Kilby.
With the signing of the Lee
Browning Bill by Acting Gover
nor John I. Moore that portions of
the anti trust law which forbade
old-line insurance companies from
doing business in the state was re
pealed and the companies are again
allowed to enter. Immediately
the announcement was sent out
from many agencies that the com
panies would return as soon as ar
rangements could be completed,
and it is expected that before an
other month many of the old com
panies will have complied with all
requirements and will have their
agents canvassing the state for in
surance. Arkansas will oti'er a
ripe held for these companies.
One stumbling block will have
to be climbed and passed, however,
and that is the suits filed by Prose
cuting Atorney Lewis Rhoton
against many of the companies
for violation of the anti-trust act
by doing business in the state
through the alleged use of agen
cies. These suits were tiled last
month and about 20 companies are
involved. Of course, those com
ipanies which were not made
parties to the suit will not be af
fected by this procedure. Mr.
Rhoton asked in the name of the
state $1,000,000 from each com
pany, and this would be a rather
large entrance fee.
According to the attorney gen
eral, these companies which desire
to enter Arkansas must proceed
just as any other foreign corpor
ation by tiling articles of incorpor
ation with the secretary of state,
paying the fees and tiling their
statements with the insurance
commissioner.
Fifty-one companies were com j
pelled to leave the state when the !
King-Keel Davis antit-trust law j
went into etl'ect in 1905. It is j
stated that nearly all of these will'
return since the passage of the j
Lee-Browning bill.
SCHOOLS MAY INCREASE TAX !
Little Rock, April 20.—Acting
Governor John I. Moore has affix-j
ed his official signature to Amend
ment No. S, known all over the
state as the educational amend
ment whereby people of any
school district are allowed to vote j
more tax for school purposes. Su
perintendent of Public Instruction j
-I. .1. Doyne has already received '
1
many letters from districts over j
the state stating that an effort will
be made to get the people to vote i
'the full tax at the elections in,
May. By this means, many school j
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E. A. MORN
SHARP, : : : ARKANSAS
Soliciting Agent For
MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES
Of Best Material and Workmanship
H. JOHLE
The Village Blacksmith
Is the man who has the tools of the j
latest type to do all kinds of Mlack-'
smithing up-to-date. Horse shoeing a
specialty and all kinds of plow, wagon
and carriage work. Can shrink your
tires,when they get loose, in less time
than anyone else. All work warrant
ed, and done at a reasonable price. Ai-;
so agent for the Combination Jack, a
tool that every farmer needs. Your!
patronage will be appreciated.
districts which have heretofore
been crippled for lack of funds,
will be allowed to hold a nine
months school each year and to
make other much needed improve
ments.
Under the law a seven-mills
tax may be levied by the people
of any school district at their an
nual school election held in iVla.y.
KINDNESS
The world in which we live is
often a rough and unfeeling world:
nothing you can do will bring so
large a return as kindness; noth
ing will cost you less. If you
would speak kindly you must
learn to feel kindly. If it paid
you nothing at all you ought to be
kind as a matter of principle, but
it will pay.—Western Methodist.
15 ROOSEVELT A CANDIDATE?
Is Mr. Roosevelt a candidate
for a third ternM This is a very j
popular question these days and
men are divided upon it. Under]
date of April 'J the Washington
correspondent for the St. Louis
Globe Democrat, republican, says:
“There is little doubt but the
president, while sincere at the
time he made his announcement,
whould at this time accept the
Republican nomination and an
election at the hands of the people
if he thought the people would
stand for it and would rally about
him in the campaign. Many who
have talked with him recently be
lieve that he is now engaged in
pointing out the objections to a
third term ami his possible defeat
at the polls, with the hope and idea
of having his objections overcome
by a great wave of sentiment in
his favor.’
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A New Orleans woman was thin.
Because she did not extract sufficient
nourishment from her food.
She took Scott's Emulsion*
-tiiy-ff -lie gained a pound a day in weight.
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l / \[A ALL DRUGGISTS: 50c. AND $1.00
MORE ANTI-TRUST SUITS FILED
Insurance Companies Sued For
$15,000,000 For Alleged Vio
lation of Anti-Trust Law
Little Rock, April 20.—Seven
more suits against insurance com
panies for alleged violations of the
state anti-trust act were filed
today in the Pulaski circuit court
by Prosecuting Attorney Rhoton,
i of this district, for the state of
Arkansas. The complaints ask
! for a total of $15,000,000 in penal
ties, $5,000 for each day of alleged
violation being named as the
penalty under the law. The suits
are similar to those hied some days
ago for the same offenses, and the
total amount of penalties now
asked for the state is about $75,
000,000.
The suits are as follows: Against
the T. and C. Company of Dallas,
Tex., it being alleged that they
represented the Scottish Unions
and Initial Insurance Company of
Edinburgh; the Fire Association
of Philadelphia; the Orient Insur
ance Company of Hartford, and
doing business in this state for
them after the passage of the anti
trust act. It is alleged that the
companies are members of a pool
trust or combination and have no
right to transact business in this
state. A total penalty of $1,000,
000 is asked against the T. and C.
Company.
1 lie like suit alleges that the
Commonwealth Insurance Com
pany of Dallas, Tex., represented
the Seaboard Fire and Marine In
surance Company of Galveston in
violation of the law, and a penalty
of $1,000,000 is asked. The same
allegations are made regarding the
Seaboard Fire Insurance Com
pany of Galveston, and penalties
amounting to $3,000,000 are asked.
Another suit alleges that the
Franklin Insurance Company of
Wheeling, W. Va., violated the
laws, and they are asked to pay
$1,000,000 into the state treasury
as penalties.
Similar suits asking for $3,000,
0**0 in penalties in each case were
against the Fire Association of
Philadelphia, the Orient Insurance
Company of Hartford and the
Scottish Union and National In
surance Company of Edinburgh.
STATE NEWS ITEMS
A plant for the manufacture of
tiling has been established at Har
risburg.
It is said that over P,000 new
freight and passenger cars will be
put into service on the Missouri
Pacific and Iron Mountain system
during the coming year.
Prosecuting Attorney Rhoton
of Little Roclc has announced that
he will accept ex-Senator A. W.
Covington’s demand for an im
mediate re-trial, and will have the
case set for a second trial at once.
J. E. Sisco of Fayetteville, has
been conlined to his bed two
months on account of a broken leg
caused by slipping on a banana
peeling and falling to the side
walk. lie is just now getting able
to walk on crutches.
T. E. Johnson, one of the Hot
Springs “foot racers,” who was
given a four-year sentence in the
penitentiary, has been pardoned by
Acting Gov. Moore. Johnson is
a cronic invalid, and the pardon
was granted on the recommenda
tion of the prison authorities.
Bitten By a Spider
Through blood poison caused
by a sider bite, John Washington,
of Bosqueville, Tex., would have
lost his leg, which became a mass
of running sores, had he not been
persuaded to try Bueklen’s Arnica
Salve. lie writes: "The first
application relieved, and four
boxes healed all the sores.” Heals
every sore. 2ac. at J. I. Sturdi
vant druggist.
Real Estate For Sale.
I
Some Bargains in Desirable Farm and City Property
Offered by Craig & Henderson
No. 2. 80 acres good bottom land 4
miles N.E. Newark; half subject to
overflow, balance above highwater:
40 acres in cultivation. Fine land and
a bargain.
no. 37. 2 acres nicest residence ^
property in north part of town; good
well and garden on place.
78. Nice tive room house and acre
of land in Magness; house nearly new
and all improvements good.
80. 500 acre farm half mile from !
railroad station and post office; 200
acres in cultivation; 100 acre pasture;
six houses with good barns; half mile
from school and church house; over a
mile of river front and good ferry
landing on the farm. Grows i bale of
cotton and 50 to 60 bushels corn per
acre. Good property and a bargain.
Price $8,000. Easy terms.
84. Good small farm of 60 acres fine
bottom land, 28 acres in cultivation,
balance in pasture; good 3 room house
and barn. Price $1,200.
"No. 69. Good farm of 86 acres, 45 in
cultivation, located 6 miles northeast
of Newark; good three room box house
fine cistern, good barn and orchard of
50 bearing trees; good white and red
cak timber on land not in cultivation.
Located near church and school house.
63. 70 acres three miles north of
Newark, 50 acres in cultivation; one
3 room and one 2 room house. Good
upland and and a bargain.
85. 64 acres good bottom land, one
mile from railroad station and post
office, half mile river front; 35 acres
in cultivation; good 3 room house and
small tenent house; fine water; 29
acres in pasture. Price $1,280.
71. 141 acres fine cane and timber
land on Black river 3 miles north of
Paroquet; on river front.
70. Nice home of six acres and good
four room house one mile west of
Newark: nice young orchard and good
water; improvements good. Would
make an ideal suburban home.
83. Fine bottom farm of 80 acres,
33 acres in cultivation, two good hous
es with barns and good water; half
mile from railroad and postoffice and
mile from school and church house;
grows bale of cotton per acre. Price
$20 per acre; one third cash, balance
to suit.
101. 160 acre creek bottom farm 6i
miles from Newark, 1 mile from post
office and school; 100 acres in cultiva
tion, balance good timber; 1 four room
frame house and small tenant house,
barn and other outbuildings; cystern
and spring of good water; land in cul
tivation is good creek bottom land
and produces well.
103. 120 acres tine Oil Trough bot
tom land, all in timber except twenty
acres which has been cut off; 3 miles
from postoffice; 8 miles from Newark;
land lays well and when put in culti
vation will be worth $40 per acre; land
adjoining grows bale of cotton or 50 to
75 bushels corn per acre, and will also
grow alfalfa; land is inside of fencing
district and has good timber on it.
108. 60 acre farm li mile north of
Magness, 40 acres in cultivation, live
room house, good well, barn, smoke
house and other outbuildings; 12 acre
orchard, consisting of 250 apple trees,
1650 peach trees, 12 pear trees, 20grape
vines and tine lot of plum trees; six
acre pasture under fence.
112. Good five room house and acre
of land in north part of town; good
barn, smokehouse and fine well of wa
ter, all nearly new and in good shape.
115. Two acres of land and good
five room house in North Newark;
good barn, smokehouse and garden
and good well of water. Cheap for
cash or will trade for farm property
anywhere near a railroad station.
118. Farm of 110 acres fine White
river land, four miles from Newark;
good four room house, barn and other
outbuilding; good orchard, garden
and good water; 85 actes in cultiva
tion. This is tine White river cane
land, only 35 acres subject to
overflow. A bargain.
120. 250 acres fine cut-over timber
land in Black river bottom. Fine for
stock pasturage.
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82. Good farm of 120 ac^es, »lf
mile from rail-oad station, postofflce
and school; 20 acres in cultivation;
good house and barn and good water.
Will be sold cheap. Price $2,400, one
third cash, balance in 1 and 2 years.
90, 00 acres tine cut-over rive r bot
tom land, very high and seldom over
flows; can be cleared very cheap and
will make a tine small farm, river
front with railroad running across one
corner; half mile from station and
postoffice. Price $10 per acre.
79. 411 acres tine White river land
near Jaeksonport; 70 acres in cultiva
tion; 2 houses; tine cane pasture of
! 150 acres fenced. Only one mile from
railroad station, postoffice and church;
one of the tinest pieces of land on
White river.
86. Good bottom farm of 165 acre*
half mile from railroad station and
postofflce and mile from school and
church; good house and good water
57 acres in cultivation and balance in
pasture; will grow 50 to 75 bushels o
corn per acre; good timber on land not
lin cultivation; mile of river front.
Price $20 per acre; one-third cash bal
ance in one and two years.
100. Good live room house and
three acres of land in north part of
town, all fenced and in cultivation,
tine well of water, good garden and
barn, good orchard for family use,con
sisting of apples, peaches, plums,
grapes and black berries. Very desir
able location.
93. Good small farm of 48 acres, 35
acres in cultivation, 6 miles n. e. of
Newark, mile and half from school,
church and postoffice: good three room
j box house and small barn.
95. Ten acres nice residence proper
ty in northest part of town, four room
box house, small barn and good well
of water, 100 peach trees, 25 grapes
: and 12 plum trees; good property.
97. Good two room box house and
two lots, with good small barn; near
school building.
98. Good farm of 80 acres, 60 acres
in cultivation, one two room log house
and one two room box house, good
well of water; located 8 miles from
Newark, half mile from postoffice and
one mile from school and church; a
small orchard for family use.
94. Good two room box house and
[ acre and half land in north part of
1 town; good well, tine garden and good
j small barn.
106. Farm of 40 acres. 1 mile from
j Magness, 30 acres in cultivation, good
house and barn, tine well and good
| spring on the place; nice young orch
ard of h>0 apple trees, 60 peach trees
and several pears, plums and grapes;
also five acre pasture under fence.
107. Tract of 680 acres timber land
east of Newark; enough white and red
oak timber on land to pay for it, and
will make good farming land after
timber is cut off. Price $7.50.
J f'ract of 3,000 acres tine Black
; river bottom land, 350 acres cleared,
houses, big barn;2 miles river front;
'4 miles trom railroad station and post
j office; all under fence; one of finest
1 stock farms in the county.
113 Good tarn) of 160 acres three
miles from Charlotte; 45 acres in cul
tivation, good four room house with
good barn and smokehouse and good
well of wates; good timber on land
not in cultivation. I ’rice $450.
114. line White river farm of HO
acres near head of < )il Trough bottom,
30 acres under fence and 25, acres in
cultivation; good seven room house
nearly new. and good large barn,
smokehouse and other improvements;
iN0>mg orchard, good well of water
I and abundance of stock water; neir
good stock range and only half-mile
: from post-office and school. If taken
• aL once’ caQ be bought for less than
cost of improvements.
117 Ten acres of land and tive
room house u n.iles west of Newark;
! gooo aigc og barn, smokehouse, good
well and good orchard of about three
acies. A big bargan in this if you
want a home.
Craig: & Henderson
NEWARK,
ARKANSAS.