VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1 <J07.
NO. 20.
ARKANSAS
ferATE NEWS'
Young Man Attempts Suicide.
Frank King, a well-known young
farmer and merchant, who lives near
Sua. went to that city recently,
and became intoxicated. Wi le in
that condition he took possession of
a horse belonging to Dr. Russwurn,
and took a wild ride over the city.
Returning to the business section he
was stopped and Dr. Russwurm not
in^ the exhausted condition ot his
horse, gave King a severe beating
King was arrested but gave bond and
later went out into the country to
the home of his brother, where about
midnight he drank a quantity of lauda
num with suicidal intent. The young
man was very ill two weeks ago and
has admitted that the cause of the
illness was laudanum. Despondency
caused by financial reverses is the
cause of the young man's desire to
end his life.
Citizens of Paragould Puzzled.
Parties residing in the southwestern
part of Paragould have had their
curiousity excited on account of a
mysterious excavation made on an un
improved let near the cemetery. The
excavation is 5 1-2 feet long, 3 feet
wide and 5 1-2 feed deep. Officers of
Paragould were notified and the hole
was dug into to see what could be
found. The dirt was taken out of the
hole and nothing was found except
a few scraps of paper. Among these
was an envelope, on the reverse side
of which was a lot figures and some
indistinct writing. All the legible
words and figures were: “3G inches
lond and 18 inches wide.” The myster
long and 18 inches wide." The myster
in that neighborhood to guessing.
Tree Grows in Wall.
In the wall of the state house build
ing 30 feet above the ground there
grows a healthy young sycamore tree.
The tree has its roots In the little
dirt that has accumulated on a small
projection of mortal' from between the
bricks. The tree has grown In this
odd place for about three years and
has just put out leaves as if it in
tended to try for one more year to
live on the scanty nourishment afford
ed it
Fatal Wreck at Nettleton.
In a head-on collision between a
Frisco and an Iron Mountain freight
train at NettJeton, Engineer David
McNair, on the Frisco train was killed,
and his fireman was seriously injured.
Engineer J. Pershars and an unknown
brakeman on the Iron Mountain train
were also badly hurt. Both engines
were wrecked and a number of cars
demolished. The cause of the acci
dent is not known.
First Shipment of Strawberries.
The first shipment of strawberries
from Van Buren was made recently,
which consignment is 19 days ahead of
any previous season in Arkansas. A
prize of ?50 is always paid for the
first crate, end there is great rivalry
between growers as to who shall land
the prize. This year it was secured
by J. J. Huff.
Donation to Arkansas.
•ludgp ,'ohn t. Jones, a native of
county Ark., but who recently
<ied in Memphis, bequeathed to the
'■ °P of 'he Diocese of Arkansas,
Protestant Episcopal Church. $3,000
t0 be divided into $1,000 each for the
erection of chapels at Lexa, Heber
and Sugar Loaf Springs.
Died From Injuries.
H- Cobb, one of the best known
ni wealthiest farmers in Craighead
county, died recently at Jonesboro,
■°ffi the effects of injuries received
hi, i?ins thrown from a buggy while
s horse was running away.
Baby Fell From Window.
r»?°.rthal the I9-months-old baby of
'm \\ alker of Rogers, fell from a
hei°nd"story window, but aside from
» unconscious for about an hour
uninjured.
Accidentally Shot.
a capital stock of $25,000.
;ny wil1 engage in the man
l»aper boxes.
were buried in the
orn Package Com
ia has been organ
Cotton Congestion Causes Big Loss.
The cotton which has been congest
ed in Little Rock for several months
exposed to the weather, as the already
full warehouses offered no storage
room, is so damaged that it is neces
sary in many cases to tear the bales
open, separate that which is badly
damaged from that which is slightly
so, and then rebale the loose cotton
before it can be placed upon the mark
et. A loss which varies largely is
sustained upon every bale so treated.
In addition to the cost of labor to open
the bales and sort the cotton, there
is the compress charge, and, lastly
the actual damage to the cotton. It
is estimated that several thousand
dollars have been lost up to date.
The cotton when it has been sorted
is divided into three classes accord
ing to the amount of damage which
has been sustained. There are now.
roughly estimated, 8,000 bales of cot
ton congested in the capital city. It
is stated that the car shortage is
such as to give no hope from the rail
roads and that unless remedy is ap
plied quickly, much more will rot in
the streets. The river is one means
suggested, but that is so low at pres
ent that only a small packet could
come up. Should the expected two
foot rise come this method would be
more feasible.
Thinks Fruit May Be Damaged.
After a tour of the whole state, D.
E. King, industrial commissioner for
the Missouri Pacific Railway, does not
think the crop prospects in Arkansas
any too good. The weather which has
induced unnatural developments is
what is responsible for the present
conditions, in Mr. King’s opinion. The
berries, apples and peaches are now
as matured as three weeks later in
a normal year. This does not. mean
that every fruit borne is three weeks
ahead of time, but that the first ones
will mature much earlier. The wea
ther which has prevailed during the
winter is as much responsible for the
prospects of a poor crop as the un
usually warm spell which now pre
vails. In January the temperature
rose as high as 78, and a spell not
much cooler followed, which caused
pears ar.d other hardy fruit trees to
blossom and fruit. The vegetable crop
is also unusually well advanced, ac
cording to Mr. King, but he thinks
that one good rain would relieve the
situation.
Great Crop of Fruit Promised.
Never in the history of the fruit
growing industry in Crawford county
has there been as encouraging pros
pect for a full crop of all kinds of
fruits as growers are now facing. The
shipment of strawberries in small
quantities has begun, showing the
season to be just three weeks earlier
than ever before, and by April 10,
they will be shipping them from Van
Buren in solid trainloads. No danger
of frost is felt at this time, and the
sole fear of growers is that they will
not be able to get pickers enough to
care for the crop. Promising as the
berry and other small fruit crops are.
the Elberta peach crop will be the
big crop this year. A half million
trees will bear their first crop this
year, and as the oldest trees even
are still vigorous and heavily fruit
ed. with favorable conditions for ma
turing and marketing, the crop of
peaches alone is estimated at 700 cars
from Crawford county alone.
Attempts to Burn Trestle.
Two attempts were made recently
by unknown persons to burn a trestle
on the Prescott Northwestern rail
road, at a point between Dotson and
Blevens. Two young men, Bailey and
Fenter, had started Ashing, when they
discovered that the trestle was burn
ing. They went to Investigate and
found that wood had been piled on
the trestle and set on Are. They
extinguished the Are and removed the
burning wood, but when passing the
trestle again, en route home, they dis
covered that it was again on Are
They went to the burning structure
again, and found the same condition
as upon their former visit, the wood
having been replaced and Ared by the
incendiaries. There is no clue to the
person or persons guilty of the offense.
Dr. R. D. C. Dood Dead.
Dr. R. D. C. Dood of Mena dropped
dead recently while at work. His
death was due to heart failure. Dr
Dood was an old citizen of Polk coun
ty, where he had practiced medicine
for many years, but for the past, few
years he has farmed and preached
as a local preacher of the M. F
Church, South.
Prosy Talk After Dinner.
From New York comes a wail of
agony. It is the despairing cry of the
bored diner; the man who goes to a
banquet and has his entire evening
spoiled by the stupid speeches which
top off the feast. He even threatens
to forego this feeling; a terrible threat
for a metropolite and an index of the
greatness of the evil and its accom
pauying torture.
Keep the “Aim in View.”
Keep your eye on the end of yout
ambition. Business will then ahvayi
have its attractive side.
Arrest Boy For Wrecking Train.
Under indictment on a charge of
having been responsible for the wreck
of Rock Island passenger train No. G,
on the afternoon of March 15. at
Cnneo, a loading switch about four
miles from Hazen, which resulted in
the killing of the engineer and fire
man of the train and the injuring
of eight members of the crew, Tillis
Matthews, a 15-year-old boy, has been
arrested and placed in the Prairie
county jail. The boy was indicted
on testimony of Rock Island special
men, hut steadfastly maintains that
he is not quilty.
Under the laws of Arkansas train
wrecking is a felony and is punish
able by imprisonment in the peniten
tiarv of not more than twenty-one
j years, nor less than five.
Model Steamboat Exhibited.
J. J. Lewis, county c'erk of Ran
dolph county, recently presented to
the museum of the Department of
.Mines. Manufactures and Agriculture,
a miniature steamboat made by his
brother-in-law, Dallas Long, a 10-year
old boy of Argenta. The steamboat
is complete in the minutest details.
It is about three feet long, and is
, painted red. white and blue. The boy
j says that it is modeled after one of
the excursion steamers on the Arkan
j sas river, and has named it the Rose
City. An old river pilot who dropjj.»“
into the department saw the boat and
pronounced it accurate in its dimen
■ sions and construction. The exhibit
: is attracting considerable attention
■ from visitors to the museum.
Supreme Court Affairs.
The transcript of an appeal iu the
case of the Hammond Packing Com
pany vs. the State, has been prepared
at the Supreme Court of the State,
and is now ready for transmission
to the Supreme Court of the United
States, where the case has been ap
pealed front the State Supreme Court,
it is the well-known antitrust case
which is being used as a test of the
validity of the anti trust law.
Six Injured in Wreck.
While switching cars in the yards
at Brinkley, a string of cars being
switched by a Rock Island engine
run away and crashed into a string
of boarding cars on a siding occupied
| by negro laborers of an extra con
struction gang, demolishing a sleeping
i car and seriously injuring six negroes
among whom was a woman thought to
be fatally hurt.
Wallace Wright Killed.
Wallace Wright, a voting Iron
Mountain brakeman was killed on the
Greenwood branch at Van Bttren while
switching cars at one of the coal
mines. He attempted to step upon
the footboard of an engine as it ap
proached him, missed the board and
was instantly killed. His body was
mangled beyond recognition.
Reports Received.
The first installment, consisting of
a few hundred volumes of tile ninth
biennial report of the Department of
Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture,
has been printed and received by the
department. The reports are for the
years 1905 and 1900. There will be
10,000 copies printed.
Carried Mother to Safety.
Mrs. A. D. Watson, who runs a
boarding house in Pine Bluff, carried
her invalid mother, 72 years old, from
the building during a fire which de
stroyed the- house, thus saving her
life. Assistant Fire Chief Frank King
was seriously injured in the same
lire.
Met Horrible Death.
The cable attached to a truck up
on which there was a heavy log broke
at Birehett & Co's, mill near Marion,
and the truck and its load passed
over the body of Earle Nonan, an
I employe of the mill, crushing his
j body horribly.
Killed in a Quarrel.
Henry Riddle and Jesse Blagg. who
live near Gravelly, engaged in a fight
recently in which Blagg was killed. It
is said that Riddle threw a stone at
Blagg which struck him in the head,
inflicting an injury which caused his
death twenty-four hours later.
Boy Injured By Pet Deer.
Will Douglass, a 5 year-old boy, liv
ing at Jonesboro, was seriously in
jured by being tossed up in the air
several times by a pet deer with which
he was playing.
Cut By His Cousin.
James Strawn was seriously if not
, fatally, cut by his cousin, a young
: man named Plemmons in a row six
miles south of Pike City. Plemmons
has been arrested and placed in the
county jail at Murfreesboro.
Mrs. Ben L. Griffin Dead.
Mrs. Ben L. Griffin, wife of Ben L.
Griffin, state secretary of the Farm
ers’ Union, died of heart failure at
her home in Conway. She was ap
parently in good health, and her sud
den death was entirely unexpected.
Wi
Legislative
y Proceedings
THE SENATE.
By a lie vote Senator Thompson's ap
propriation measure calling for the expen
diture of nearly $70,000 for new building*
and for the maintenance of the University
of Arkansas, wan defeated in the Senate
Monday Five of the advocates of the
bill, including its author, changed their
votes from the affirmative to the negative
with the idea of calling the hill up for
reconsideration. The chief objection to
the measure was that the amount of the
appropriation was nearly twice that last
made, but it was explained that the
money would lie needed for the erection
of many new buildings.
Senator Arnold's initiative and referen
dum measure was voted down by a vote
of 13 to 8.
Senator Fdmondson introduced a bill
preventing the subletting of convicts em
ployed under the present contract system
ami providing for a tine of not less than
$1,000 nor more than $10,000, as well as
the forfeiture of the contract, should la
borers be sublet.
The Senate spent a very dull day Tues
flay. A number of House bills were con
sidered and disposed of. Senator Thomp
son’s appropriation bill for the University
of Arkansas was brought up for reconsid
eration. and was made a special order for
Wednesday morning.
The anti drumming bill, intended to ]**e
vent hotel and "doctor” drummers from
plying their vocation on trains, was
passed and needs only the governor’s
signature to become a law.
The Thompson appropriat ion bill for
the University of Arkansas passed the
Senate Wednesday bv a vote of to 7
after having been trimmed to about 60
pei- cent of its original dimensions. The
original bill called for more than $700,
000 but was reduced to $407,334.1)1. the
friends of the measure having agreed
that it would be necessary to clip off
many of t lie items in regard to new
buildings before the measure could b-*
passed. Senator Toney saved the item for
the library, which amounted to $10,000
through a motion providing that this sum
should be expended for books alone. The
Senate passed several bills at the morn
ing session, mostly local bills requiring
the stoppage of trains at different towns.
Among the bills passed were:
By Senator Patterson, authorizing the
state auditor to employ a stenographer.
By Senaior Oldham, permitting the re
porter of the Supreme Court to practice
law' in connection with his other duties.
I By Senator Deltositt, providing for the
working of convicts on the public roads.
New bills introduced were :
By Senator Carlock, giving tin* assignee
of a vendor the same right of lien as the
original vendor.
i»y fsenui«>r oldham, providing for prose
cutions against insurance companies wheu
claims are not paid.
By Senator i.rowning. a bill similar in
some respects to the Batch bill, but chang
ing its attitude toward anti trust laws.
fpn Senate convened Thursday
morning, acting Gov. Moore announced
ii.ut u.e io,i call bad been completed
for the selection of acting presidents,
and since some dissatisfaction had become
apparant in this method, lie asked the
Senators to suggest some change in the
scheme of selecting presiding officers.
After a lengthy debate the Senate con
eluded to continue the present system of
naming the presiding officers.
The feature of the day's proceedings
I was tin1 passage of the Browning insur
ance bill, the first section of which is a
copy of the Batch bill recently defeated
m iho house, and which repeals the in
surance clause in the anti-trust law. The
second section of the bill specifically pro
vides that it shall not repeal the anti
trust statute.
The defeat of the Moore bill, provid
ing for the headquarters for the Arkansas
Historic Association in t lie old state
capitol in case the building was converted
into a historic museum was due to the
t'a-t that it carried an appropriation of
$(>.400. and. according to the ruling of
ihe chair, had to have a two third's vote
to insure its passage. The vote was H>
ayes to 13 noes.
Senator Hector introduced t lie insane
asvlum appropriation bill. It carries
$3r»o.o00 which is an increase of $19,000
over 1905.
The bill prohibiting contractors from
*uil>’ett!ng convicts was passed. It Be
comes effective after the expiration of the
present contracts. . , ,, _
In the afternoon Senator Findall de
livered ids eulogy upon the late Senator
Kobb. former senator from the Seven
•'enth district, whose seat is now held b.v
Mr Findall. At the conclusion of Sena
1 -r Tindall s address the Senate adjourn
ed for the day.
I’v a unanimous vote tlie Senate I' ri
day*passed the barker Demurrage Bill, as
i amended by the Railroad Committee. _ The
amendments <V not change the provisions
of the l»iII materially, but merely strength
en certain features of the measure.
The Martin bill for the repeal <>f the
screen law of 1005 pasesd the Senate by
a vote «,f *jo to 10. Senator Wlngo led
I the tight in behalf of the measure, while
Senator Holland was bitterly opposed t«>
the repeal of the law. which he put on
tlw* statute books two years ago. The con
troversy between the Senator from Sevier
and the gentleman from Sebastian took on
a personal aspect, charges of bad faith
being made on bulb sides. .
House Kill by Mr. Rowell, authorizing
municipal corooiations to mini re railroad
companies to pay their pro rata of Iota
improvements when the latter are using
the streets of the city for a right of way.
passed the Senate.
A message from the Governor announced
the appointment of the following trustees
for the I'niverslty of Arkansas:
Gustave Jones of Jackson. Senator
S Goodwin of Warren and Frank 1’. llall
of Fayetteville. The appointment ^ of
Senator Goodwin from the Seventh ( on
cresslonal District is made under the pro
visions of the McKenzie act approved
March 12.
The House Committee on Railroads gave
a Until hearing Tuesday night to the repro
sen tat Ives of the railroad organizations
and the attorneys on the bill prohibiting
telegraph operators having In charge the
directing of train movements from work
lag more than eight hours per day. The
numerous hills providing for extra sta
lions, which are to lie supplied with opera
tors and agents, and kept open 12 hours
each day. are the arguments used by the
attorneys against the enactment of a law
that would require them to use operators
for an eight hour day at each of these
points. Tl.e railroad employes’ organiza
tions advanced the argument in favor of
the bill that the railroads would save the
additional expenses in the long run by
suffering from fewer wrecks. The com
mittee reserved Its decision until a later
meeting.
The House Committee on Railroads held
a meeling Friday night and gave attention
to railroad employes and attorneys on the
bill providing for a maximum of eight
hours' employment in any day for telegraph
operators, it was claimed by the railroad
attorneys that the bill would force rail
roads to use two shifts at day offices and
would work a hardship. The committee de
ferred action on the bill until after a furth
er hearing Railroad employes believe that
reducing the employment of telegraph op
erators to eight hours each day would re
duce the number of wrecks within the State.
THE HOUSE
Monday in the House was confined whol
ly to local House and Senate business.
Appropriations were brought before the
body at both morning and afternoon ses
sions but the House refused to set aside
its roll call for the advancement and in
troduction of local measures to take them
up.
Among the new bills introduced In the
House were:
By Mr. DuLaney. authorizing the teach
ing of elementary agriculture in the public
schools of the state through the addition
of at. least one book on the subject.
By Mr. Stevens, to prevent commercial
discrimination in prices of commodities,
and placing penalties for a variance in
charge of such commodities in any cities
of the state except as may he accounted
for through freight rate differences.
By Mr. Welch, requiring peddlers In
every county in the state to secure a
peddler's license before being permitted to
make sales.
On Tuesday the House made more pro-1
gress in the disposition of business than
«>u any Senate day during the session. An
effort was made to get the Oldham annexa
tion bill before the House in advance of
some other bills which were under the
same order, but the chair held that a
two-thirds vote was necessary to advance
the bill, which precipitated some discus
sion. A while later, and after th* motion
had been lost, the bill came up under reg
ular procedure and was given Us first
reading, when a motion to adjourn pre
vailed.
The greater part of the session Wednes
day was devoted to the general appropria
tion bill for the legislative, judicial and
executive branches of the government, the
b dv acting in a committee of the whole.
After a lengthy discussion the House
refusal to curtail the effectiveness of
the Kailrond Commission by uniting the
duties of its secretary and rate clerk. An
amendment by Mr. DuLaney was adopted
which leaves the salaries of the commis
sioners as they wpre before, but provides
that the clerical help of the nfFme shall
consist of a secretary at $3,000, a steno
grapher at $1.t‘*oo and an expert rate clerk
at $L\XOO for the two years.
While debating the appropriations for the
commissioner of mines, manufactures and
agriculture, several amendments were offered
in an attempt to promote the work of
the State Horticultural Society through
appropriations for this organization, but
to b** paid out by the commissioner of
mines, manufactures and agriculture.
Ther wecr» each voted down. An amend
ment was submitted for an appropriation
; «■ i for this office, also to be used
! in furthering immigration, but that re
j reived a minority report.
The House was again devoted to the
appronrinti »n bills Thursday, and very lit
tle other business was considered. Over
the report of the Ways and Means Com
' mlttee the salary of the private secretary
j to the governor was left as it had been
I for years past, the committee having' re
, ported for a reduction.
The reform school appropriation passed
I the House Committee with but one altera
! tion. that of cutting off $4,000 for a resi
j dor-e for the superintendent of the Insti
; tution;
The Van Hook farmers’ institutes bill
was considered. The section appropriating
HM.inoo was adopted, but the bill was re
ferred back to the committee for amend
ment.
v bill for a survey of the St. Francis
1 basin was introduced. The bill carries
JIO.OMO. and if passed will result In the
reclaiming of thousands of acres of swamp
lands.
The blind school appropriation bill was
i read a second time in the IIou.se and the
penitentiary bill once. Among the items
! in the latter bill is $50,000 to pay on
i the state convict farm in Lincoln county.
Mr. Hoyle introduced a bill requiring
cities of the second class to set apart
two-lifths of the improvement tax for road
improvement, and cities of the third class
to set apart three fifths of the same tax
for the same purpose.
| Among a number of committee reports in
the House Friday was one from the Com
mittee on Temperance on Senate Bill No.
I 105 the anti-cigarette bill, with the recom
mendation that if do pass as amended.
Probably for the first time in the his
tory of the Arkansas Legislature the House
1 failed to return a bill to the Senate upon
request of that body. The Hon *» did
not "refuse** to return the bll. but merely
failed to comply with the request of the
Senate, upon the point of order that the
unper house bad failed to specify for
what purpose it desired the return of the
bill. The measure in question is Senate
Bill No. S. known as the "Shot firing bill."
which vassed the Senate, and had been
transmitted to the House, and been read
throe times, and sent to the committee on
coal mines
The hardest fight, however, came up over
the Lackey Depository Bill. While in the
House Mr. Wilson of l’erry exempted his
county from the provisions of the bill,
but in the Senate it was replaced. The
fight came on the motion to concur In
the Senate amendment. Some sharp de
bate was indulged in before the matter
went to a vote. The result of the roll
call was a decisive victory for Mr. Wilson,
onlv eight members voting to concur,
while 71 voted ayainst It.
rtofore the T’enltentiary Committee in the
House Tuesday Superintendent l'itcoek
and Architect. Frank Clhb appeared and
went over details regarding the comple
tion of the new penitentiary. The comple
Hon of the building will cost a sum ap
proximated at Smo.OOO. which sum will
be reduced about 27 per cent if convicts
are used for a part of the mechanical
work. I’nder this estimate the cell house
1 will cost about Slor.,000 and the hospi
i tal nnl oiliee buildings the remainder. The
i superintendent went over the numerous
l details of the items covered in the appro
; print ion bill for the coming two years.
' and explained their necessity to the com
mitteo. A bill covering these appropria
| tlons Is being drafted.
There is an element of doubt as to
whether the t'ldluim annexation bill will lie
reached on the House calendar this week.
; lint if it is called there will he a lively
] contest before ii is disposed of. The hill
1 passed the Senate by a small majority,
i and it was lielieved that it would go
■ through the House with blit little onpnsl
| tlon. lint statements to the effect that a
j motion will be made to table it when first
it comes up indicate that there is more
j imposition than laid been anticipated. The
lhiinski delegation, undivided in its support
of the measure, feels confident that its pas
I sage will not be denied by their fellow;
members of the House.
w.i t h tint seven weeks yet of the ex
tended session before it. members of ilie
Appropriations Committee are anxious to
get their bills before the House. Much
time is consumed in this class of legis
lation through the fact that each item is
taken up separately in Committee of the
Whole and lias in lie passed upon separate
ly To not give these hills almost Imme
diate attention, according to members of
tile committee, will mean that ttie last
month of tlie session will of necessity have
to he devoted almost exclusively to them.
After railing the session to order Mnn
dav Speaker llamtter referred to a paper
being distributed on the desks of the meip
bers containing flaring headlines of allega
tions to the effect that an attempt was
to tic made to corrupt the Legislature by
the free distribution of boodle. Tlie
Speaker requested that the House pay no
attention to the article, ns he did not be
lieve any member bad any Idea that such
statements were worthy of recognition.
The bill by Senator Harrison making it
mandatory that the national colors shall
float above all public buildings, school
houses and naming the first I’riday in
May as "ting day" In the public schools,
was a special order for Wednesday.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
The bill introduced in the Senate Thurs
day by Senator Hector, chairman of the
Senate Committee ou Public Charities, for
the committee, tor lie* support and main
t• nance of the Stale Hospital for Nervous
lyiscHses. inrroasts the appropriation
$lt#,UUO over those of two years ago.
i lie tormer appropriai ion is s ound nuin
hers amounted to $331,000. The appro
priations ior the coming two years in the
pending bill are $330,000. The principal
changes made arc the increase in the
salary of the superintendent, a slight
increase in the salaries of the atiendm. s,
and appropriations for certain imp
Liients. Tne salary of the siiperiiu*. .t:
is increased from $-.000 a year to
lioO: the average salary «*f the -II male
attendants is fixed at s_T,.so l and in*'
average salary of the 37 female attend
ants at $1*1’ tier month. The salaries of
the two assistant physicians, $l.SOO and
$l,50o respectively, remain the same.
The bill also provides for the erection of
two wards for females at a cost of
$-3,000 for the two. and an annex to the
tifirmary to cost $13,000.
Cotton men oyer the State are much
interested in the outcome ot the Moore
iieartsili Anti-Futures mil. recently pass
ed by the Legislature. and frequent re
quests ate matte to know when the Gov
ernor will sign the bill so that it may
become a law. Acting Governor Moore
stated Friday that tin* hill has uoi
yet been p»esented to him. t mil tb“
bill is engrossed and properly recorded in
ihe House from wtieme n emanated, the
bill will not be presented to tne Gover
uoi* for his signal tne and will not becom**
a law. r lie re seem to he no doubt that
I he Governor will approve the hill for be*
aunoiincrd to the (Senate on taking his
seat as acting Governor of the State that
hi, would, umess some good and sufficient
cause arose why he should not. sign every
lull passed by the Legislature.
The biU prohibits dealing in futures and
one proi;miein cotton mm in Little U-ock
has already announced that ii will close
its business and perhaps move to auotner
Mate when the bid becomes a law.
Soin-te bill No. UGO, by Senator Toney,
amending ilie 1‘iuui bayou levee district
act by adding territory m Lonoke county
!«» the district and authorizing a bond
i.vsu' of .siiMi.uuu. was reported favorably
t«» the Senate Thursday by the Commit*
tee on levees, with two amendment*
'l'he first amendment provides for annua,
meetings at Pine Muff, to hear complaints
against assessments. Tne second amend
ment provides that the board shall cor
red manifest errors iu assessment. The
amendments were adopted. the bii! or
dered to engrossment and made a special
order for Wednesday morning.
•Our subcommittees ajo making
iirogress. and 1 can only say tliyi we
are carrying on the work of invest iva
l ion in a manner satisfactory to me
members of the commit lee w ho ready
know what is being accomplished," said
Chairman Kie Oldham Wednesday night
regarding the progress of the joint com
mittee i<> investigate state capitol con
ditions. The committee is divided iuto
three parts, one to investigate the (alibi
ing. one in investigate the contract and
report on the validity of the bond, and
the i hircl to investigate the hooks and
accounts of the commission.
The House Committee on Claims gave
a hearing Thursday* nighi t«» officials from
Chicot concerning the _claim for an ap
propriation for about $7.o«»o i«» cover ex
pendit tires made by tin* county two
years ago in fighting the yellow fever
epidemic. The whole of the situation
had been threshed out to a satisfactory
conclusion before the Senate committee
while The bill for the appropriation was
in that department, and ihe report of
that committee was unanimous for the
passage of the bill.
At the morning session Tuesday Mr.
Foster introduced a resolution in the House
to the effect that owing to the congested
condition of the calendar, that body would
meet each morning at n o'clock and each
afternoon at i :3<* o'clock. The resolution
was adopted with The provision that the
morning hour should he s :30.
Resolutions thanking tip' Legislative
Assembly for the enactment of the Barker
hill restricting ihe stile of intoxicants in
tilts state, were unanimously adopted at
Monticelio by the eMlhodist. Baptist. 1’res
byterian and Associate Reformed Presby
terian churches. The resolutions pledge
the support of the churches in enforcing
the law.
An effort is being made to draft a bill
that will relieve condition as to protection
front lire through insurance. Tile Italch
hill, which in effect exempted I lie lire com
panics front the provisions of tin* anti
trust law. was so signally defeated, that
any measure which repeals any part of that
act will he practically impossible.
Pr. Wycliffc Itose of Nashville aihlress-d
the joint Committee on Kd oca thin of the
House and Senate Tuesday anti spoke at
length in favor of the Normal school
measures introduced.
>i'nator Amis has left his seal tu the
Senate for ten days and lots gone to Mex
ico on a business trip.
Ninety-Nine Year Leases
NineRv-nine year leases are said to
have had their origin in England. In
Queen Elizabeth's time a law was
made prohibiting property owners
from renting their ground or buildings
for a longer period than 100 years,
and thereafter the 90 year lease be
came popular. At one time there was
a statute in the Illinois code by which
tlie length of a lease was limited, but
this Tutor was declared unconstitution
al.
Somewhat Grewsome Humor.
A well-known city officer in Auld
Reekie was celebrated for his cun
ning and wit. His mother having died
in Edinburgh, he hired a hearse and
carried her to the family burying
place in the Highlands, lie returned
with the hearse full of smuggled
whiskey, and being teased about it by
a friend, lie said. “Ob. man, I here is
no harm done! 1 only took away the
body axd brought back the spirit.”
To Prevent Choking
When a fishbone is swallowed and
lodges in the throat, pressure on the
root of the tongue will induce vomit
ing which will in many cases dislodge
the bone. If not. a mustard emetic
should be’give.n and the patient made
to swallow a large piece of bread or
potato.
A Little Comfort.
An aged physician says: "Some
times we do not forsake our sins, but
our sins forsake us.”—N. Y. Press.