LAND BARGAIN
We have for sale one of the best bar
gains in Wrhite River land ever placed on the
market, consisting of 412 acres of fine cane
land, with 50 acres in cultivation and two
tenant; houses on the place. Land has two
miles of river front, with good ferry, and is
only one mile from good little railroad and
mill town on White river. Several thou
sand feet of good cottonwood timber, large
quantity of merchantable hardwood and
more than 1,000 bearing pecan trees, rang
ing in size from one foot to three feet in
diameter and producing now, with no at
tention, several hundred dollars worth of
pecan annually. There is no better land on
the face of the earth, and it is practically
all susceptible of cultivation. Price $10,000
HENDERSON REAL ESTATE CO.
Newark, Arkansas
TAX COLLECTOR S
ADDITIONAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that I will
attend in person or by deputy in Oil
Trough and Christian townships in
Independence county, Arkansas, for
the purs pose of collecting state, coun
ty and special taxes for the year 1912,
on the days and dates specified below\
Each taxpayer is requested to bring
his last year's tax receipt. I specially
request that as many of you as can
meet me the days I am in your town
ship to avoid the rush which is sure
to follow.
Oil Trough township, at Elmo, Tues
day and Wednesday, February 25 and
2tt, 1913.
Christian township, at Oil Trough
store, Thursday and Friday, Febru
ary 27 and 28. 1913
And after that time in my office in
the Court House until the 10th day of
April, 1913, taxes can lx- paid without
penalty, and after the said loth day of
April, 1913, the law requires a penalty
of 25 fer cent to be imposed for non
payment. Burton Arnold,
Collector Independence County.
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ROAD NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that a peti
tion will be presented to the County
Court of Independence County, Arkan
sas. at the next regular term thereof
for the appointment by the said Coun
ty Court, at said term, of Viewers to
lay out a Public Road in Independence
County as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the corner of Sections
26, 27, 34 and 35, in Township 13, N.
R. 4, W., thence east on or near sec
tion line to the west bank of Carter
creek; thence down the west bank of
Carter creek to what is known as the
old Doane crossing; thence up the east
bank of the said Carter creek, in a
northern direction, to the intersection
of section line between Sections 25 and
36, in Township 13, N. R. 4, W.; thence
east on said section line to the inter
section of what is known as “Burnt
Ridge;’’ thence up and along the said
“Burnt Ridge” to the D. P. Whisnant
Landing on Black river, or to the
present site of the D P. Whisnant mill.
Given this 1st day of February, 1913.
W. W. Mauness,
E. E. Allen,
J. W. Sisk,
and others.
TAX COLLECTOR S NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that I will
attend in person or by deputy, in the
different townships throughout the
county for the purpose of collecting
the State, County and Special Taxes
for the year 1912, on the days and
dates specified below. Each taxpayer
is reqested to bring his last year’s
tax receipt. I would suggeset that as
many as can do so, meet me the day 1
am in their township and thereby
avoid the rush which always comes
later:
Cushman, at Cushman, Monday and
Tuesday, February 3 and 4.
Union, at Salt Peter, Wednesday.
February 5.
Washington, at Bethesda, Thursday
and Friday, February 6 and 7.
Big Bottom, at Newark, Monday
and Tuesday, February 10 and 11.
Magness, at Magness, Wednesda
and Thursday, February 12 and 13.
White River, at Sulphur Rock, Fri
and Saturday, February 14 and 15.
Craig, at Rutherford, Monday, Feb
ruary 17.
Ruddell, at Batesville, Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday, February
18, 19 and 20.
And after that time in my office in
the Court House until the 10th day of
April 1913 taxes can be paid without
penalty, and after the said 10th uay ol
April, 1913, the law requires a penalty
of 25 per cent to be imposed for non
payment. Bukt Arnold
Collector of Taxes for Inuej)endence
County.
I reserve the right to leave at noon
on the second day where we collect
more than one day at one place.
J. R. ALEXANDER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND NOTARY PUBLIC
Makes a Specialty of Land, Mort
aud Probate Law
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ARKANSAS
DOW SAYS
SOLONS MUST ACT
—
DECLARES IRON-CLAD LAWS ARE
NECESSARY TO SECURE
PRISON REFORMS.
EXISTING STATUTES BAD
| Says Convicts Are Leased Because
Under the Present Laws Peniten
tiary Must Be Self-Sustaining.
Little Rock.—In his special message
to the General Assembly settting forth
his reasons for granting pardons to
360 state and county convicts In one
day recently, and submitting his rec
ommendations for legislation abolish
ing the convict lease system, Govern
or Bonaghey declares that anything
but ati iron-clad law for the adminis
tration of the penitentiary wiil be of
no protection to the state and the in
mates of the penitentiary, as under the
existing laws the penitentiary must
be self-sustaining and the hiring out
of convicts, when it is considered not
practicable to work them directly for
the state, is permitted.
The governor points out that em
ployment by the railroads for the con
victs has been considered the most
profitable to the state when hiring
them out, but that while the convicts
work for the railroads, the latter do
not hire the men from the state. A
general contractor hires the convicts
from the stsde and the railroads hire
the men from the contractor.
“The state secures a dollar a day
for each able-bodied convict,” the gov
ernor says. "The railroads pay from
$1.50 to $2 per day to the con
tractor for them. Just why the rail
roads will pay the contractor as much
as $2 a day for the convicts when they
could get them from the state for $1.
or at most $'.25 per day, is beyond
my scope of knowledge. In round num
bers the state has lost $40,000 of
money the contractors agreed to pay
it for convict labor during the past
four years. No way has been found
by the legal department of the state
to collect this debt.”
The convicts do not fare so well
when working on the railroads as t\ey
do when working on the state's farm
I or on the public highways, the govern
or declares. Three-fourths of the
cases of sickness and death originates
in railroad camps, he says. The gov
ernor also shows that it costs the
state much more to maintain the con
victs in railroad camps than it does
on the farm or on the public roads.
“One of the chief reasons for con
tinuing the lease system and existing
laws’’ the governor says, “has been
the excuse that there was nothing else
that could be done with the large num
ber of convicts we have but to hire
them out to contractors, and that the
penitentiary was in debt.
"At this time, however, the peniten
tiary is out of debt. From the study
I have made of the subject, and the
information gained during the last
four years as a member of the peni
tentiary board, I am convinced that
satisfaction to the state and the nec
essary protection to the convicts can
never be had under the operation of
such laws and such a system as we
have.
“\Vhfrn the amount of labor per
formed by a convict is to be judged
by personal interest, we can easily
see how he may be imposed upon In
the exaction of his tasks. On the other
hand, when the state is the only party
in interest and the only one to be
satisfied, there could arise no condi
tion under which convicts would be
under fed, badly treated or over
worked.
“Then, because of these existing
facts and conditions, and for the pur
pose of creating a new condition by
which a just and iron-clad law can be
passed for the abolition of the lease
system and hereafter putting all the
convicts on the public highways of
the state and on the state’s farm; and
for reducing the number now confined
in the penitentiary so that this result
can be brought about; and to remove
the Incentive for the formation of an
opposing lobby to fight such a plan;
and to at the same time leave an ede
quate number of convicts to cultivate
the state’s farm, continue the clear
ing of land and the improvement of
tfie farm, I have selec ted from the list
of convicts now confined in the pent
tentiary and on the county farms r
the state the names of three hundred
and sixty individuals, a li:;t of whom I
have hereto attached, and ail of whom
I did on the 17th day of Decomber par
don, on condition that they becomc
good citizens and violate no laws of
the state in the future, and the fur
ther condition that if they again vio
late any laws of the state i'.iey are to
he returned to imprisonment to serve
out the remainder of their terms with
out further process of law or expense
to the state for court trials.’’
Instances of Cruelty.
“Instance No. 5. On the Jefferson
county convict farm I fc* ■ 1 a negro
hat was sent tip from a justice of the
.cace court for 1,211 da- for petit
>*-ceny.
“instance No. 6. A nei ro from an
her jUBtioamf th< p cco court in the
ame county, 219 days f. r petit lar
peer
INSTANCES OF
CEOELTY CITED
DONAGHEY TELLS OF CASES
WHICH LED TO PARDONING
OF 360 CONVICTS.
ARE MANY OTHERS. HE SAYS
Death Resulted From Inhuman Treat
ment of Prisoners by Camp War
dens, It Is Charged.
1-ittle Rock.—In a special message
to the General Assembly, setting forth
his reasons for the pardoning of 360
state and county convicts, Governor
Donaghey gave a number of instances
of cruelty and improper practices in
the state and county convict camps,
which had been reported to him.
The governor said that these and
other instances led him to take the
drastic action which he did in an ef
fort to put an end for all time to the
convict lease system. The governor
said that the instances cited by him
were only a few typical cases and that
if they were not enough to rouse the
legislature to action, more could be
found by calling at his office and ex
amining his files.
Governor Donaghey cited one case
in Phillips county, where two negroes
jointly forged nine orders for one
quart of whiskey each. One was sent
to the penitentiary for 36 years and
the other for 18 years. When he is
sued pardons to the men he was noti
fied that after serving nearly two
years of his time, the negro convicted
for 36 years had died.
The governor also cited the cases
at the state convict camps at Malvern
and Ward, where cruelty, resulting in
the death of co-'victs was charged
against the wardens in charge of con
vict camps. At Malvern, it was
charged, a young white convict was
forced to work in the hot sun with a
burning fever, was refused the neces
eary attention and died the next day.
In connection with ihis case the gov
ernor quoted from the Tiines-Journal
of Malvern a statement to the effec*
that information had been secured
from the convicts that they were fed
mostly on sour pork and beans, and
were herded in cars at night, twenty
four or twenty-five men to the car,
where they slept amid filth and ver
min. and that th-» slightest complaint
upon the part of any convict brought
him a lashing on his back with a
leather strap six feet long and four
inches wide, and that men sent out
from the walls, unaccustomed to labor,
to work on the railroads were mad<
to do the hardest work in the hot sun
from the start; and that, if they lag
ged or showed inability to do the work
•hey were thrown to the ground and
lashed with a strap to the extent of ten
licks and sometimes as many as fif
teen, according to the humor of the
warden.
At Ward, it was alleged that while
he was working on a railroad for a
contractor, a white boy convict, con
victed of a miner offense, was shot
down and, after being delivered to the
station to bo transported to the hospi
1V, was left lying upon the platform,
the warden refusing to permit anyon
to give him relief. The convict died
in a hospital the next day. The gov
ernor quoted a local newspaper regard
ing this case as follows:
“This young white man lay in this
condition for more than an hour. Fin
allv about the time for the train for
Little Hock to arrive, the warden said:
‘Get up and walk to 1he other end of
the depot.’ The boy attempted to do
so, and replied: 'I can’t walk.’ The
creature called the warden said witiTa
black oath: ‘D—tn you, you have one
good leg; get down there.’ They then
dragged him to the other end of the
platform and put him on the train."
The governor declared that the peni
tentiary management should not be
blamed for these outrages, as the pent
tentiary board has done the best it
could in investigating the charges and
causing the discharge of employes for
permitting outrages. The governor
said that because of the imiiossihility
of the members of the penitentiary
hoard exercising personal supervision
over the treatment of the convicts,
they can not be held responsible for
the conditions that exist. The peni
tentiary authorities have no control
at all over the county convict camps.
Instances of Cruelty.
“Instance No. ^ In Chicot county a
negro was convicted for an offense not
grave enough to send him to the peni
tentiary and was sent to the county
farm to work for a contractor. He was
fined $2."i0 and sentenced to six
months additional imprisonment, all
of which would have required his labor
for more than two years to satisfy. In
the petition that was filed with me for
his pardon and signed by a number of
leading citizens, including the circuit
judge of the district, the statement
was made that the negro’s flesh had
rotted from around his ankles because
of the shackles he was forced to wear
while working, “and that said Goode
is in an extremely had condition phy
sically, due to the inhumanity of the
said contractor.that his legs
are in a wretched condition from the
effect of the continuous wearing of
shackles since his confinement, both
4sy and night.’’
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WARNING ORDER
N. L. Quee, plaintiff
vs
C. II. Quee, defendant
Independence Chancery Court, June
term, 1913.
The defendant, C. H. Quee, is here
by warned to appear in this court
within thirty (30) days and answer the
complaint of the plaintiff, N. L. Quee,
filed herein against him.
Given under my hand as clerk of said
court, on this 30th day of December,
1912. Jas. T. Evans,
Clerk of the Chancery Court
John J. Barnwell, Attorney for plain
tiff.
L. F. Reeder, Attorney for non-resi
dent defendant.
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WARNING ORDER
A. Z. Shipp, plaintiff
vs
Will Swan, defendant
Before Pink West, Justice of the
Peace for Rosie township.
The defendant, Will Swan, is warn
ed to appear in this court within thir
ty days and answer the complaint of
plaintiff, A. Z. Shipp.
January 14, 1913.
Pink West, J. P.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
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