VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1907.
NO. 22.
ARKANSAS
Estate news1
Problems Raised By Two-Cent Rate.
A rather peculiar situation has beon
developed by the new two-cent rail
.'oad rate law in Arkansas, and many
Questions are confronting the passen
ger departments of the different roads,
yor instance:
The Cotton Belt depot at T exarkana
is only a few feet across the Arkansas
line, hut a traveler purchasing a tick
et there for a point in Arkansas must
,,ay at the rate of three cents a mile.
The new two-cent rate law is effective
only between Arkansas points, and
although the station at. Texarkana
is within a stone's throw of the
boundary line the Cotton Belt holds
that the old rate of three cents should
he charged for tickets bought, to Ar
kansas points. The Iron Mountain
depot is within a short distance of
the Cotton Belt, but is within the
boundary lines of Arkansas, hence
tickets over the Iron Mountain for
Arkansas points can be purchased
at the rate of two cents a mile. How
ever, the Iron Mountain maintains
the old rate for tickets purchased to
any point outside the state, and lias
done away with the old 1 1-2 cent per
mile clergy and charity rate.
Damages Asked for Husband's Life.
Mrs. Ada Jones has filed a suit in
the Howard County Circuit Court at
Nashville against J. R. McClure for
$10,000 damages for the alleged kill
ing of her husband. Jones was a
tenant upon McClure's farm near Cor
inth, and in a difficulty McClure is
charged with inflicting wounds upon
Joiies with a knife, from which he
died. At the February term of the How
ard Circuit Court McClure was in
dicted for manslaughter.
Kun Over By Horse.
Charles Hay, a prominent citizen
o' Broohland was run over by a
horse at Smithville and received in
juries which caused his death a lew
miuutes later. After being run over
he arose and said that he was not
much hurt, but had a peculiar feeling
iu his breast, and soon after dropped
to his knees and then fell over dead.
Corporation Affairs.
The Banker's Real Estate and In
vestment Company of Little Rock has
tiled articles of incorporation and
agreement in the office of the secre
tary of state. The capital stock of
the company is $100,000, of which
$9,000 has been subscribed by the
corporations. The stock 'has been
divided into $4,000 shares of $-5 each.
Two Girls Suicided.
Misses Beulah McWalters and Ollie
Maples of Provo committed suicide
tecently by taking strychnine poison
ing. Miss McWalters assigned no
teason for her rash act, but Miss
Maples said that she was tired of liv
ing and no one cared for her. The
two young women were bosom friends.
Board of Trade Cotton Report.
The cotton report sent out by the
Board of Trade recently states that
P-anting in Arkansas Is about half
completed and that about all of the
°'d crop has been marketed. Much
cotton, the report says, is congested
a concentration points, especially at
kittle Rock.
Purchased Mining Property.
The Arbuckle Mining and Milling
company, composed of New York cap
of ti-i '1 *’ a up caPital stock
♦lo-.iOO, has purchased mining
ana^fl l" Calamine, Sharp county,
"ill put in machinery and will
begiu the. work
once.
of development at
Boy Accidentally Shot.
,Bob la>'lor, an 18-year-old boy liv
s at ( low. was shot in the abdomen
a pistol in the hands of Elmore
bov1)011’! anotbf‘r hoy, recently. The
when u l,oen °xliniining the weapon.
Both Was dischareed by accident,
lie boys are negroes.
> Died in Witness Chair.
in ,J\BTay of Atkins, died w
vini <,ran(1 Jury room at Rust
Tha ln.g Questioaed by a Ju
was nrS- lnJin®T,on °f his condil
i n ;ce<1 from th* that
not answer intelligently.
j Farmer Drops Dead.
lived in Spilltnan- a farmer who
^ for tnf. nelghborhood of Net
While S|t(, rt;v years- suddc
n8 in a chair reading.
Dr i °r’ J< S‘ Corn Dead
cian living 0?°*Tn' a l'rorniner‘t Ph
heart f \ ^ashville, died recer
Sedition.31 UrC "h‘le °n a fish
PcteTl^T SCh°01 Teacher D<
lnent school t ""t °f ,he niost pri
ty* ^ recen k 'S White CL
lecentlj near hi paso.
Attorney Rhoton Files More Suits,
Prosecuting Attorney Lewis Rhoton
filed thirteen more suits recently ir.
the Pulaski Circuit Court against for
eign fire insurance companies, alleging
violation of the anti trust, law, in the
reinsurance of risks in Arkansas. The
prosecutor contends that the com
panies are members of a rating
bureau to fix the rates of fire insur
ance and are barred from doing busi
ness in Arkansas, and that reinsuring
risks through local companies is doing
business in the state, and is therefore
a violation of the statute. Suits were
instituted against seven companies,
from each of which a judgment of
$1,000,000 is asked, and against each
of which a penalty of $3,000,000 Is
demanded, making a total of $25,000.
000. The judgments asked in the
suits brought against the companies
a. short time before aggregate $33,
000,000, the sum total of the penalties
wanted in all being $58,000,000.
States Owes No Interest.
Attorney General William F. Kirby
lias rendered an opinion at the re
quest of the auditor of state in regard
to the matter of paying interest on
the purchase money yet due on the
state convict farm, in which he
states that the state is not bound to
the payment of and does not owe any
interest upon the deferred payments
of the purchase money of the farm.
The state farm was bought Novem
ber 21, 190'2 at a cost of $140,000, and
the contract provided for the payment
of interest on the installments re
maining unpaid at the rate of G per
cent per annum. No interest was ever
paid and $70,000 of the principle Is
still due. The opinion cites section
5855 of Kirby's Digest, which auth
orizes the purchase of a farm a,id is
the law under which the stato farm
was purchased.
Promise $200,000 for Interurban.
At a meeting of representatives of
the Arkansaw Travelers. Traveler’s
Protective Association and United
Commercial Travelers held in Little
Rock recently, the commercial men
representing the three organizations
jointly pledged themselves to secure
$200,000 in preferred stock for the
Little Rock and Hot Springs Electric
Railway, provided the promoters of
the road will give them $50,000 in
common stock for the purpose of
building a hospital for commercial
men on the company’s line of road.
Buying Option On Lands.
Alabama and Tennessee capitalists
are satisfied that the lands of Scott
county are underlaid with coal, the
veins of which are from two to six
inches thick. Options have been se
cured on many thousands of acres of
land in the county. The Tennesseeans
are preparing to close their deals and
pay out over $200,000 in the purchase
of land. The Alabama capitalists
will take up their options within the
next three weeks.
Changes Name of Reservation.
W. Scott Smith, the new superin
tendent of the reservation at Hot
Springs has announced that the offi
cial name of the reservation will here
after be “United States Reservation.”
instead of "Hot Springs Reservation,”
under which name it has gone for
many years. The reason assigned for
this change is that all the document
ary evidence of the government justi
fies It.
Child Scalded to Death.
A little 2-year-old child of Mr. and
Mrs. Chris Stremple of Altus was
scalded to death in a boiler of hot
water. The mother was washing some
clothing, and the little tot was playing
about her. The boiler of water was
on the ground, and in some unaccount
able manner the child fell backward
into it. and was fatally scalded, dying
a few hours later.
Traveling Man Suicided.
O. P. Campbell, a traveling sales
man, committed suicide in the depot
at Ashdown by drinking a quantity of
carbolic acid. A memorandum found
in his pocket gave his name and asked
that his wife be notified at Nashville,
Tenn. In response to a telegram from
her, the body has been sent to that
city for burial.
Wrecked by Gas Explosion,
The boiler room at the Fort Smith
Wagon Factory was demolished by
a natural gas explosion, and the fire
which resulted destroyed that part of
the wreckage not carried away by
the explosion. Charles Peake, the
night-watchman, was badly burned.
Unknown Man Killed.
While a fraight train was on a sid
ing at Bradford, some unknown man
walked in front of it as a fast mail
train was passing and was struck
by the mail train and killed Instantly.
The coroner’s inquest failed to reveal
the dead man's identity.
Narrowly Escaped Death.
W. R. Fellows of Rogers fell in front
of a moving train at Siloam Springs
recently, and was dragged some dis
tance and cut and bruised about the
head. His escape from being ruu
over and killed was miraculous.
Grave Robbing Case Nolle Prossed.
The case of ex-Mayor .1. V. Roberts
of Searcy, on a charge of venue to
I-ee county, lias been nolle pressed
The case against .1. V. Roberts is yet
fresh in the minds of the reading pub
lic. Ho was charged with complicity
in a robbery of a grave at Searcy
three years ago and with palming off
the body of a man named Pitts as the
body of Dr. A. (1. Lightle. who was a
young physician of the town, who car
ried $21,000 of life insurance at the
time. Nearly all of the insurance
money was collected, but later re
turned to the insurance companies.
Dr. Lightle died some time after the
grave robbery.
Two-Cent Rate Law in Effect.
The two-cent railroad rate recent
ly established by the Arkansas Gen
eral Assembly, is now in effect on ail
railroad lines within the boundaries
of Arkansas that are affected by the
provisions of the new law. Arkansas
is the fifth state in the west to have
a two-cent rate law governing all
railroads with a system over eighty
miles in length, and the third state
in which the law is in effect. The
states which have the two-cent rate
law are: Ohio. Indiana, Nebraska,
Missouri and Arkansas. Only in Ar
kansas, Ohio and Nebraska, however,
are the laws now in-effect.
Arkansas Lumbermen Refuse to Bid.
The United States Government
wants a million and a quarter feet of
lumber to be used in the constriiction
of a dam in White river near Bates
ville, the lumber to be delivered dur
ing the early part of summer. AW the
large lumber companies in the State,
and others outside the State, have
been asked to bid for the contract to
supply this lumber within a certain
time, and all refuse. The mills are
crowded with orders, prices are going
up and the owners are not disposed
to tie themselves up with large otders.
Tried To Kill Wife and Self.
Robert Scott, a negro living in Lit
tle Rock, stabbed his wife, and then
cut his own throat in an attempt to
commit suicide. His efforts proving
unsuccessful, lie beat his head against
a wooden beam and then jumped into
the Arkansas river front whiclt he was
rescued by some fishermen. Roth
Scott and his wife will recover.
James Morris Commits Suicide.
James Morris committed suicide at
his home near Conway by placing a
shotgun under his chin and pulling
the trigger. The charge of the gun
tore off a good part of his head. Mor
ris, who was about 27 years old, had
been suffering with a serious attack
of rheumatism for several weeks.
Craps Lead To Killing.
At Floyd Switch, near Bassetts, 25
miles south of Texarkana, Will Harris
and Nelson Stout, negro section hands,
engaged in a dispute over a game of
craps. Stout seized an axe and cut
Harris' head in twain. The murderer
then escaped and is still at large.
Acctdentally Shot.
Frank Chew, a well-known farmer
living 12 miles west of Helena, near
Barton, was dangerously wounded by
the accidental discharge of a pistol
which lie was cleaning. The ball en
tered his right breast ami lodged in
his shoulder.
Boy Drowned in Pond.
Robert Lee Craig, a ten-year-old boy
living at. El Dorado, was drowned re
cently in Miles pond, one mile west
of that city. He was endeavoring to
cross the pond on a plank and in some
manner lost his balance and lftll in
the water.
Will Establish Barrel Factory.
The H, D. Williams Cooperage Com
pany will erect at Leslie a barrel fac
tory with a capacity of 1,000 barrels a
day. It proposes to finally make Leslie
the central location for all its exten
sive manufacturing interests.
Negro Killed By Train.
David Wilfong, a negro boy was run
down by a Rock Island train, while
attempting to cross the tracks at a
crossing in Little Rock, and sustained
injuries from which he died a few
hours later.
A. L. Schader Dead.
A. L. Schader. one of the wealthiest
men in Arkansas, died at his home
in Little Rock recently, from the ef
fects of injuries received in a run
away. His wealth is estimated at half
a million dollars.
Will Build School House.
Citizens of Plumerville will erect
a new brick school building to cost
$3,000 or more. Nearly $1,500 was
raised by subscription and the School
Board has been authorized to borrow
the remaining amount needed.
Fell Through Window.
L. H. Johnson, a carpenter, fell
backward through a second-story win
dow at Van Bureu, turned a complete
somersault, alighting squarely on his
feet without sustaining any injuries
whatever.
Legislative
Proceedings
THE SENATE,
The number o£ bills introduced iu the
Sena in Monday and i lie expedition with
which they were handled would indicate
thai ihe end oi’ the session is drawing near,
and the rush for recognition i.s now «>u.
Now that the railroad measures hare
been disposed of the legislature is get
t ing after the other corporations. At least
six bills directed against corporate inter
ests were before the Senate during the
course of the day.
Senator Kush introduced a hill supple
menting the general stock and fencing law
of the State so as to allow all or* the
counties to r-'gulate these matters by elec
tion. At the petition of fifteen property
V-dtiers a township may hold a stock law
eiev .ion and by petition of fifty the county
can follow rhe same procedure.
Among the pills passed at this session
were :
Bv Senator Win go. requiring foreign rut
poralions r«* iir deeds of incorporation and
to lix a standard of fees required for en
trance into the State.
By Senator Handler, requiring all com
presses in rlt.' State to attend to all coi
Ton given to them without discrimination
and empowering the railroad commission
to sec that the law is obeyed.
By Senator <’loud, prohibiting all games
of chance and fixing the penalties on of
ficers who do not take cognizance of gam
bling within their jurisdiction
By Senator Martin, providing for the
disposition of the penitentiary prisoners
after the -xniration of the Dl kinsou and
lleeyes contracts.
By Senator < loud, providing for the as
sessmeni of corporations in the county
In which their property is situated.
By Senator Harrison, refunding to the
citizens of the state half of the value of
the cattle slaughtered b.v the state cattle
inspectors.
By Senator McKenzie, for the protection
of the minority stockholders of a corpora
tion.
The Senate Tuesday morning passed the
Moore-Heart sill bucket shop bill by a
unanimous vote, thereby showing tin* dis
approval of The i’pper House for the tac
tics that had been resorted to to render
the act invalid.
A hill was introduced by Senator Amis
asking the STate to appropriate Sgo.ono
for ihe erection of a levee at the state
convict farm in Lincoln county. The work
is to be done by the Auburn and Lin
wood levee districts operating in conjunc -
tion with the Penitentiary Board.
The Senate adjourned at noon in honor
of the vesit of William Jennings Bryan.
The Sen it#' Wednesday missed a Mil ra is ;
Ipg lb** salaries of all the circuit judges ;
in tiie s’are from $2,000 to 0O0 »>.>i '
annum. 'Hie salaries of the supreme aud
chancery judge* ha vs already been in
cretiV** \
A Hill introduced bv the acting governor I
earlier in the session, giving tin- county i
judges power to remove children between
the ages of 5 and 14 from home# where
the environment is had, was called 11 p and
passed.
Tin* soecinl committee appointed to draw
up a stare banking law reported a bill rhai
is drawn to ewer the entire situation
Tin* bill provides for the appointment of
a eonimi.si.son»*r of hanks at a sarary of $2.
-50 a yar. lie has plenary powers in the
regulation of the hanking institutions < t i
the state. Fees are to he paid into his
office according l<> the invested capital in ;
the institution. Rest fictions are placed
on the loaning and investing power* of
banks. The hill is in many details similar
to the Ohio law.
The Committee on Penitentiary intro
ditced a bill in the Senate anpropriating
#60.000 for the completion of the state
penitentiary. I'nder the hill the convicts
are to assist in the erection of the em
bankment. Besides the appropriation the
hill contains several provisions for the bet
ter protection of the convicts. The *n»n
cannot he worked more than ;T reasonable
length of Him', better quarters must lie
provided, no negro guards are to he em
ployed and the superintendent is authorized
to employ one hundred guards who are not !
convict s.
A bill by Senators Patterson and Jlusli ,
was introduced prohibiting monopolies in |
the distribution OI news In the state.
A bill regulating the practice of mas- j
sage and osteopathy in the State, intro
duced l»y Senator Milan, was passed. The
Martin uniform text book bill was advanced
.to a third reading, hut no vote was taken,
the matter going over ns unfinished busi
ness.
The Senate Thursday morning passed
the Martin state uniform text bill by a
vote of 20 t*» 0. The measure provides
for the establishment of a State Text Book
Commission, to he appointed by the super- j
intemleiit of public Instruction, a member
from each of the congressional districts j
In the stare and one from the state n(
large, who shall he secretary of the board.
The hoard shall have the power to formul
ate a stare series of text books, and any
county examiner, tolerating the use of any
other than the state series in the common
schools of bis countv T* made guilty of
a misdemeanor. A standard price is fixed
on all state books, and it is a violation
of the law to sell the books above or be
low the standard price fixed by the com
mission. Three thousand dollars is appro
priated to carry the a« t Into effect.
A bill by Senator Patterson, providing
for the payment of the members of the
stare guard who served during the yellow
fever scare of 15105. was considered in
Committee of the Whole. The hill carries
an appropriation of $.*1,500. and each sol
dier who served during that time will re
reive #1.5o a day besides the 4ff cents that
has already been paid by the government.
Vpon an attempt to [dace the bill on its
third resiling there was n hitch. It appears
that $25,000 was appropriated two years
ago to pay certain persons connected with
the quarantine work, and it was claimed
bv some of the senators that the disposi
tion of the money was not on record ami
no one seemed to know much about it. On
the motion of Senator Oldham a committee
composed of Senators Cloud. Martin and
Browning was appointed to look into the
matter, and in the meantime the Patter
son bill was postponed until next Wednes
day afternoon.
The appropriation bf!1 for the avrl'ul
turni experiment station, carrying S63.20O
as drawn up bv the late Senator Thorap
hod, was considered in the Committee of
I be Whole with disastrous results. When
the hill got hack to the Senate proper
$32,700 ha«l been taken from It—more
than half of the entire appropriation.
Senator McKenxte Introduced a bill, an
p»•/%!»••*•>t‘n«- $1,600 for the use of the Arkan
sas Historical Commission. In order that
they might continue their work and brine
out a second volume of the report recently
issued by the body.
Friday was House flay in the Senate,
and a 'number of bills were considered,
all of a local nature.
Senator Oldham asked that the rules be
suspended, and Introduced Senate Bill No.
401 (Capitol Committee), for the purpose
of appropriating $2,500 for the purpose
of paving the expenses of the joint Canitol
committee. Senate went into a Committee
of the Whole and considered the bill. The
committee recommended the passage of the
bin. a , ,
Ihe rides were also suspended in order
hi consider 1 he bill of Senator McCall
which calls for creating a drainage board,
and taxation of land for drainage purposes.
Bill read the third time and passed
by vote of 25 Iq 1.
THE HOUSE.
The Moore lleartsiU bill. prohibiting
s »**<•!! la I ion in futures either through legi
timate Hoard of Trade transactions or in
"bucket shops." whs passed in the House
Saturday by a unanimous vote. The bill
had formerly passed both legislative
branches and was being prepared to be sub
mitted to the governor for signature when
the discovery was made that die bill had
been "doctored." and that two words in it
had been changed that would have ren
dered it inoperative.
Members who had opposed the bill on
its first passage Saturday voted for its
passage, stating that sm*h attempts to
thwart, legislation should be severely re
buked.
A bill was introduced in the House re
quiring all saloons to keep closed from Hi
o’clock at night until •"» o'clock in the
morning, and prohibiting them from oper
ating restaurants in connection.
Other bills introduced w**re :
By Mr. Hodges, to lix per diem of mem
bers of the legislature so thai after ninety
days of any session no salary is to be paid
legislators. Mr. DuLaney offered an amend
nient which makes the bill apply only to
White county, which was adopted.
By Mr. Walls, prohibiting the killing of
fur-bearing animals between April and
October.
The House adjourned at noou until Mon
day morning.
A lull by Mr. I homas which prohibits
railroads operating in thi< State from issu
ing passes, brought on a discussion cf wide
range at Monday's session, in which the
editors of tin* State wen* severely arraigned,
and charged directly with controlling sen
liraent favorable to the railroads in ex
change for tin* transportation lint was
formerly issued by the roads. The bill
was defeated, the vote being to .“»7. A
notice for a reconsideration of the vote
was given and there will b$ a second at
tempt to get the hill through the Mouse.
After ti vigorous floor contention a
majority of the Mouse has upheld the
work of the Itailroad Commission, and
over the recommendation of tin* Ways and
Means Committee has decided not to curtail
tlie work of tliis branch of the state gov
ernment by a reduction of the clerical force
of the office. Of ail the detail appropria
tions asked for by the friends of the com
mission there was but one denied, this be
ing the provision for janitor service for
the office, a total for the two years of SI'.rj.
Mr. Hamilton of l*o!k introduced a hill
making attendance at public schools com
pulsory between the ag'< of s and 14
years for at least half the scholastic year.
The university deficiency appropriation
bill was up before the Mouse Tuesday,
lull the noon recess came before final ac
tion was taken on the tirst Item of the hill,
and that body was not in session during
the afternoon, having adjourned in order
to hear tlie address of \Y. .1. Bryan. S»*v
eral bills of local interest were considered,
live of which were passed.
in the Mouse Wednesday .< proposed
amendment to the constitution favor
which resubmits to the people the question
of making a poll tax qualbicat ion a neces
sity in exercising tile righ* of ciffiage in
this state. of all the fifteen proposed
amendments this is the onty one which has
met favor.
In the afternoon session the Martin bill
which prohibits any person from attempt
ing to influence legislation until after hav
ing tiled a brief, and then only before the
proper committees, was taken up. This is
a copy of the bill which Uov. Folk of
Missouri drew, and is considered very
drastic. No action was taken oil th*» bill
The Mouse passed the McManiei bill,
carrying the appropriation of for
the serahlishment and support and main
tenance of the reform school
New hills introduced were ;
By Mr. Bishop, amending tlie oil inspoc.
tion law so that a county judge may have
the right to remove an Inspector for cause.
rtv .sir. (Hover. ce,uiri,ig all corporations
to tile lists of their holdings with the
assessor for assessment: also show the
amount of stock paid in.
The Mouse Thursday passed tlie Owen*
bill which provides that the taxes paid
by white persons shall be used in the
education of the white children and those
paid by the negro shall be used for tlie
education of the negro.
The entire afternoon session was do
voted to work in Committee of the Whole
on the items of the deaf mute appropria
tion hill. Chairman ImLanev secured the
adoptiou of every item except that which
raised the salary of the superintendent,
and this was left at tlie same figure that
had been formerly paid that official.
New hills introduced were:
By Mr. Barker, prohibiting belling on
elections and amending the pres.'it -aw to
prohibit wagering »u special or primary
elections.
By Mr. Saunders, making an appropria
tion to pay for the quarantine which had
two years ago been maintained in Chicot
county.
By Mr. Simpson of the Committee on
Temperance, making the state saloon II
cense $.V>0 per annum.
The House worn into a i ommn;'*c «u , m
Whole Friday to consider i he ( 'Diversity
deficiency appropriation hill. The first
item, for $LT>.ono for teacher-’ salaries,
was amended to furnish only
The hill hv Senator Patterson to pro
vide for a stenographer for the auditor's
office was passed by a vote of 7.‘l to
Senate Hill No. 1 by Senator Arnold
which prevents the catching of fish, except
by hook and line passed the Mouse by a
large majority. The bill exempts Fhicot.
Woodruff and Ouachita.
A number of resolutions of more than
passing interest were introduced Into the
Senate during the past week. The most
important was the one by Senator Howland
asking that the attorney general begin a>
tlon against certain railroads of the State
for taxes due in 188R-84. The measure is
now iu the ha ads of the Fommittee on
Judiciary, and will probably be recommend
ed favorably. Another resolution was in
troduced by Senator Arnold censuring the
Iron Mountain for not granting a rate to
the Arkansas Athletic Association to the
meeting to be held iu Little Rock on the 117ih
of the month. The Judiciary Committee
considered the resolution and reported un
favorably on it. on the ground that it was
hardly of sufficient importance for the leg
islature to handle.
10 very legislative session in Arkansas for
years has” had brought before ii^ a bill
for the segregation of the taxes for eciu
rational purposes as between the races,
but uever has on** before been dignified
with passage in either body until when
Thursday the House responded to an elo
quent plea from Mr. Owens of Miller coun
ty and by a small maj^ity endorsed his
bill on this subject.
The Owens bill provides that the school
funds obtained by taxation of personal
property and real estate, and all other rev
enues of whatever source paid into the
county and state treasury by the white
rate. shall be disbursed and paid to the sup
port and maintenance of the white schools
only, and the amount of funds paid into
the countv and state treasury by taxation
of personal property and real estate and all
other revenues paid by the colored race,
shall he disbursed and paid to the sup
port of the colored schools.
At the request of Senator DeKossitl. J. S.
Hawkins, secretary of the Hood Hoads As
sociation. is drawing up a bill for introduc
tion iu the Senate appropriating SJo.uod
for a survey of a proposed road between
Fort Smith and Memphis by way of Little
Hock and IMue Fluff. The idea is to con
struct a highway across the entire state
through the principal cities of Arkansas.
The road is to be of macadam and is to be
a model one in all respects. At present all
that is desired is a preliminary survey of
the route, after which means will be de
vised whereby funds for the construction
of the highway can be secured.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
The Committed »*n Stare Land® favor
ably me bin ny »ruatOr Me
Knight prom Dicing toreigrn-is rmm owu
lug ian<i m me stHt*-. me tment of me
ueasuio is to present any man who is not
a citizen «»i lue i muu h.aiM and auet*
ii«U live hi rill* country t<» buy up t&na in
•■iuaibHs aim *erp it umnipi^vt-u warn hr
i«»r a ns»* in vaiue. tie (lectured mat
many square miles oi. I ana were neiii in Ar
ikunsas i.i mis manner ana me progress of
enure eomiminiiies was retarded by tlio
reiusal **i mese persons 10 improve th** land
or 10 s*»ii u to Uiose Wuo tv Mini at a lea
aoiiable price.
Senator Rowland s bill providing that no
P*r Uu*m Im- pam to aust-ut lueiiioers w(*ui.
ui'-* Vvay oi an ouU mm na\»* lor inelr aim
me rcuu< t.ion or in<- salaries of me legis
lators. i ij“ bui was caiieo up last i'u«;s
i.ey ior 11 iiui pussuge, nau was aided by
iH'‘ largest mnu oi a majority. r.vtu an a«
i on me putt oi me gentleman irom
ijouue it* luUKe me oili ap,>i.v m ms own
seuaionul uiMrici wa0 Un-au-i, A similar
measure In me House auuered me same
fate.
That t seventeen circuit judges o£
til- . ta!’* <»re hoi cerium ><i me tpo.Oo*#
a year voted to mem by me »-euuu* on
>v euiicsday wtta e»mciu»«i oy cue notice
given i»v .Senator auio inu. uay tliut n**
" ouid move to iecoi*siuer me* Vote tiy
won u in*- ilarrisou mu p«is.-».,i, on iiw
ground mat ne ana ^uHhm .viouigomery
nau vo leu on Hie uicnsii. - m me belief
mat Hie saiuri*'-. vvt.c* t-i 1 »*• ou.y
per anuUiu. ,\-m tue Oiu p.issea by only
a tew votes in the nisi p..k, c, it is obvi
oU'> mat n.tf motion to u\msiuer will pre
vail.
Legal opinions were presented before the
lion • i • -.mni te»* 0n i a.!> •• V* eunesuay
nlgnt its to wneiner tn>- x*r*.*vuing-c#ee mil
would intertere i\ lta me jn-uu.-jtwus ui UP*
ivmg auti-iiust : a w. Jons'* ueiniugway
ataied us ms positive opinion mat tu?
mowmng-Lee bin wounl n«»i render inoper
ative tu»; uuti.rusi mw. i ms opinion was
onset u.v .iiiugc iiarroU, who e a pressed it
ms opiiimu iiicii it me i*ro,vniiig-t.ee
uul was p.isseu n would u i aiiuiu tut* anu
i.i Usl lav.. mil in '.veniptuig »u-; 1USIUU.UCO
com pan res u \w.uiu i*..uli inoperative.
The Moor.- HeartsUl bid, which prohibits
6*P'-*i UiUiion in nuUi'-Sj i.iin nau »>o a ptn>s«'ci
oj u»»«ii legislative uniiiis several weeKS
..go. was sii,,i'*u uy Acting <iovivaor Moore
j auixiay. i ne bid. vviucii umi oeen •'doc
tored inter ns p.evoms passage mrougn
me icmsiuiuie, was rarpm.ly gone over
by Mi. .siti.pson m tue nm.se r.nroimig
t oimnittee. and was in its correct lorm
vvneii u w as signed. i here is no chance
oi error in this rase, as ail due precaution
uas been u»k< n in me progress «»i me bill
mrougii bom legislative brauuies.
Most of the members from both House
a:ui .Senate who wenr as a committee t'>
attend the funeral of Senator James W.
i'tionipson at layettcville, have returned
to the capital. In speaking of the funeral
it was stated by one member of the com
rnittee that no more sad event lmd ever
neen witnessed. Thompson had been ex
tremely popular with his people, and many
references were made by saddened hearts*
to ‘Honest Jim” Thompson’s private and
public career.
In the House during the coming week the
university appropriation bill will be take**
up. and probably three days devoted to it>
discussion. Tin* bill was trimmed from
$700,not), to about $40i».ono in tin* Seuate.
was delivered to the House, received twr«»
readings, and is now on tin* calendar ready
to be taken up when th»* House is dis
posed to pass ou it. In this line also is the
bill for a JjhVj.OOO ‘deficiency in the univer
sity during the last two years.
Senator MoI>ani*»l of Fayott*'viilp, th«
successor of tin* lato Senator Thompson,
was sworn Into offi<**» Monday, and ho im
mediately got to work. Ho introduced a
bill an hour later and made a speech on
anothor measure. The resolutions regard
ing th** death of Senator Thompson was
presented Tuesday morning and Judg-*
Mr Mantel made a few remarks on the life
and work of his predecessor.
The Lackey general depository bill is still
a bone of contention between the Senat*'
and the House. Mr. Wilson of IVrrv in
sists that his county does not want a
county depository, while Senator Oldham
declares that Perry county wants to remain
in the bill. The matter is now in the
hands of a conference committee, and it is
expected that the difficulty will be adjusted
in a few days.
Judge K. S. McDaniel of Fayetteville was
Saturday appointed by Acting Governor
John Ike Moore to till the vacancy in
the Senate caused by the death last Thurs
day morning of Senator Janies W. Thomp
son. Tht certificate of appointment was
mailed and th** information conveyed by
wire. He arrived Sunday in order to take
his seat iti the Senate Monday morning.
After the roll call Wednesday morning
Acting Governor Moore announced the ap
pointment of the following committee t«»
act with a similar committee from the
House to investigate the alleged tampering
that was done with the Moore-Ueurislll
anti-futures bill : Senators Amis. Arnold,
Holland and Cur lock.
The feature of last week was the repeal
of the screen law of lDOo. The bill was
introduced by Senator Martin. The repeal
of the law leaves the matter as it was
three years ago when the miners and the
operators handled the coal according to
contract.
Representative Hughlett Coleman of Ar
kansas county Uas been quite Indisposed for
the past week, anil has gone to bis borne
in DeWltt where he will remain several
days to recuperate.
Speaker Allen Hamlter addressed the stu
dents of Hendrix College, at which institu
tion he received his education, Sunday
afternoon.
Louis and the Rest of Us.
Louis XIV had an idea that the
world would come to an end when he
died. The difference between Louis
and most other men is that he said it
out loud.
France and the Birth Rate.
In all the great and little countries
of Europe the number of births has
never been so high as at present.
France alone makes a deplorable ex*
ception.
World Calls For Light.
He who conceals a useful truth is
equally guilty with the propagator of
an injurious falsehood.—Augustine.
The Calamities That Do Not Happen.
Lord Beaconsfield once said that
the worst evil Yone has to endure is*
the anticipations of the calamities that
do not happen.