House Passes Bill to Prohibit Hon
, Residents from Hunting in
This State.
MONDAY, MARCH 2.
The bill authorizing publication of
a new state digest was discussed in
the senate and an amendment provid
ing that the adjuster be appointed by
the supreme court, was adopted.
In the house Mr. Merriman intro
duced a bill providing for the comple
tion of a new state house on the site
of the foundation already built.
The house passed a resolution by Mr.
Pindall extending the session sixty
days.
The house also passed Mr. Briant’s
bill dividing school tax paid by whites
and blacks.
The Senate.
President Short, who was absent at
his home for several days, called the
senate to order at the regular hour.
S. B. 187, ceding Jurisdiction to the
United States over certain lands on
the Ouachita river for the erection of
locks and dams, was read third time
and passed.
Senator Hardy’s bill to require em
ployers to furnish names of employes
to tax assessors when requested to
do so, was read third time and passed.
Senator Adams introduced a bill (No.
199), amending the act establishing a
chancery court in the counties of Hot
Spring. Garland, Saline, Montgomery
and Grant.
S. B. No. 30 (Logan), relating to
bonds of insurance companies, was
taken up and passed.
The bill amends the present law by
adding the words, “provided that the
same may be in full force and effect
during the life of any policy issued
by said company.”
S. B. No. 17 was taken up. It pro
vides for republishing the digest, and
an amendment that the governor ap
point the adjuster with the approval
of the supreme court, was adopted and
the bill made special order for Thurs
day afternoon.
S. B. 98 (Hardy), providing that dis
charged x-ailroad employes must be
paid within seven days after discharge,
was read third time and passed.
Senator Price’s bill providing that
express companies be compelled In all
towns and cities to maintain an office
In the business center, and deliver
packages, passed.
S. B. 117, authorizing a $250,000
bond issue by the St. Francis levee
district, passed.
Senator Pinnix’s bill providing for
the refunding of money erroneously
paid for state lands sold for taxes
failed to pass.
Senator Wilson called up S. B. 101,
introduced at the request of the State
Federation of Women's Clubs, author
izing cities and towns to levy a tax
of one-fourth" of a mill for the purpose
of maintaining public libraries. The
bill passed unanimously.
Senator Butt introduced S. d, 202,
providing that each congressional dis
trict constitute a chancery district,
chancellors to receive $2,500 per an
num and be elected by the people.
Senator Gray introduced S. B. 203,
making mortgages lions where persons
have knowledge of them.
The House.
The house was called to order at
9 o'clock.
A bill authorizing the special school
district of Pocahontas to borrow money
for improvements was read third time
and passed without opposition.
Mr. Scrimshire introduced H. B. 39S,
requiring railroads to make prompt
settlement for goods damaged en tran
sit.
H. B. 399, by Mr. Chapline, compell
ing retail dealers to give five days’
notice when desiring to dispose of a
stock of goods in bulk, was read first
and second time.
A bill by Mr. Parks, fixing salary of
county judge of Lafayette county at
$1,000 per annum, passed.
II. B. 355 (Pindall), to abolish the
system of leasing county convicts to
be worked on farms, was defeated.
The author defended the measure, and
Messrs. Gannaway, Knox and Flanna
ken spoke in opposition.
Mr. Hill's Joint resolution, propos
ing an amendment to the constitution
making the governor, secretary of
state and auditor a board of pardons
for all cases except in treason and im
peachment, was read third time and
passed.
H. B. 1-16 (Cook of Phillips), em
powering cities of the first class to
regulate building of houses, passed.
Mr. Merriman of Pulaski introduced
H. B. No. 400, creating a board of cap
Itol commissioners to supervise the
erection of a new state house, to be
built on the site of the foundation
begun according to plans already ac
cepted, the building not to cost over
$1,000,000.
The labor of 100 convicts is pro
vided for on the work. A tax of one
half mill is continued by the bill, to
gether with the proceeds of the sale
of state lands, except school lands, to
aid in completing the building. It is
also provided that the .surplus lots in
the tract owned by the state adjacent
to the capitol be sold.
H. B. No. 2 (Briant), separating the
school tax paid in school districts by
white and colored people, and to devote
revenues derived from white taxpayers
to white schools and that derived from
colored taxpayers to colored schools,
was taken up.
Mr. Briant argued at length in favor
of the bill.
Mr. Stevens opposed the bill.
The measure was also opposed on
the floor by Messrs. Arnold, Chestnut,
Slaughter, Jacobs and Moore of New
ton, Cook of Phillips, Hall, Thomp
son and Kelso. '
The roll was called and the bill was
passed by the folowing vote:
Ayes—Allen, Bradley, Briant, Burk.
Butler. Campbell of Pulaski, Campbell
of Randolph, Chappell, Chapline, Cook
of Chicot. Daniel. Crutcher. De Rossit,
Dixon, Eldridge, Ellis, Ferguson. Fra
ser, Fuller, Gannaway, Garrett, Green,
of Benton, Green of Ouachita, Griffin,
Harris, Hogan, Holland, Holmes, Hor
ton, Latimer, Matheny, McGulgan,
Merriman, Norfleet, Parks, Paterson,
Perry, Pindall, Rodman, Rountree. Row
land, Stockard, Stover, Tarver, White,
Winn, Witt and York—45.
Noes—Apple, Arnold, Baskin, Cham
bers, Chestnut, Chrisp, Clement, Cooke,
of Philips, Flannaken, Fletcher, Gib
son, Hale, Hall, Hill, Hooker, Jacobs,
Kelso, Kerwln, Knox, Martineau, Moore
of Newton, Newberry, Slaughter. Ste
vens, Thompson, Toney, Weaver, Whit
ley, Wolford—30.
A resolution by Mr. Pindall extend
ing the session sixty days, was taken
up and passed on a vive voce vote.
TUESDAY, MARCH 3.
The report of the joint select com
mittee appointed to make an investiga
tion into the expenditures of the World’s
Fair commissioners was read in both
houses.
In the senate a motion to postpone ac
tion for a week on the bill providing
for an additional appropriation for the
exposition was adopted. No action was
taken on the bill in the house.
The Senate.
After the senate was called to order
by President Short, Senator Norwood
called up S. B. 181, granting power to
all special school districts to borrow
money to erect school building. The bill
passed.
A messenger announced that the gov
ernor had signed S. B. 74. authorizing
sheriffs to transport convicts to the
penitentiary.
Tlie report of the special committee
to inquire into the expenditures of the
World's Fair commission was accepted
and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
H. B. 311 (Scrimshire), to prevent
killing of wild turkey by traps, pens,
baits, trenches or deadfalls, passed.
H. B. 74, raising the test of illuminat
ing oil from 130 to 150, was taken up
and passed.
Mr. Daniel's house bill to regulate
the posting of estrays and the registra
tion of school warants, was passed. An
amendment to the bill gives to the peo
ple in the southern part of Logan coun
ty the right to post and register in their
district.
H. B. 271, prescribing course of study
in public schools, passed.
H. B. 248 (Holand), to cure defective
deeds, was taken up and passed.
Senator Vaughter called up H. B. 66
(Witt), providing for the separation of
white and negro prisoners, which was
passed, Mr. Rison voting in the nega
tive.
The senate concurred in house amend
ment to Mr. Logan’s bill for the pro
tection of game. The amendment pro
hibits the killing of Chinese and Eng
lish pheasants for a period of ten years.
H. B. 47 (Chappell), regulating the
conferring of degrees, was taken up and
passed.
H. B. 14 (Green of Benton), providing
that wheat be bought and sold by weight
instead of by the brass tester, was de
feated after considerable discussion.
The Hrrnse.
Mr. Toney asked that the journal be
changed to show that the resolution
to extend the sesion passed by a unani
mous vote rather than by a two-thirds
majority. Several members objected
anil a motion that the journal be ap
proved was adopted.
H. B. 216 (Stevens), giving courts of
record discretion to assess costs against
prosecuting witnesses in misdemeanor
I cases when the prosecuting witness is
not summoned before the grand jury,
was defeated by a vote of 66 to 12.
S. B. ~42, providing for an additional
appropriation for the World’s Fair, was
called up.
Mr. Campbell of Randolph opposed
the bill and moved an indefinite post
I ponement. Mr. Whltthorne spoks for
the bill. A motion to postpone for one
week prevailed.
S. B. 142 (ICing). providing that towns
within one mile of each other may con
solidate by consent of residents, was
passed unanimously.
The entire afternoon session was con
sumed in discussing S. B. 46 (Huddlee
ston), making telegraph companies lia
ble for damages for mental anguisli and
suffering caused by neglect to promptly
deliver messages.
Mr. Fuller said no argument had-been
made to show why the bill should not
pags.
Judge Meriman opposed the measure
as class legislation.
Messrs. Campbell of Pulaski, Ganna
way, Martineau and Whltthorne spoke
in favor of the bill, which passed by a
vote of 64 to IS.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 4.
In the senate a resolution was ad
opted extending the session to April
11, in lieu of May 11, as provided in
the house resolution. The bill authoi -
izing school boards to establish kin
dergarten departments was defeated.
The bill authorizing the atorney gen
eral to institute suit to determine the
boundary line between Arkansas and
Tennessee at Flour Island, and between
Mississippi ami Arkansas at Buck Is
land was passed in the senate.
In the house the bill to detach Gum
wood township from Lonoke county
and attach same to Pulaski was de
feated. and a bill was passed empower
ing cities of the first class to compel
the laying of sidewalks.
The Senate.
Senator Collins introduced a bill to
regulate the hanking system and bank
ing laws of the state. The bill would
create a banking board, consisting of
the attorney general, auditor and secre
tary of state, who will have control of
the banking business under the limita
tions provided in the bill. One of the
provisions Is for publicity of all businesii
done by state banks.
Senator Logan introduced a pure-food
bill, which regulates the sale of adul
tered articles of food and provides for
their proper labeling.
Senator Hardy introduced a bill to
place the members of the general as
sembly on a salary of $600 each per
term. It was read the second time and
placed on the calendar.
Senator Pinnix’s bill empowering the
directors in special school districts to
establish kindergartens was taken up.
Senators Butt, Jobe and Risen spoke
ugainst the bill, which was defeated.
House concurrent resolution No. 34.
extending the session to May 11, was
taken up.
Senator Wilson offered an amend
ment extending the session to April
11. which was adopted.
S. B. 66 (Smith), authorizing the
attorney general to institute suit in
the United States supreme court to de
termine the boundary line between Ar
kansas and Mississippi in the vicinity
of Buck Island, Crittenden county, and
Tennessee and Arkansas in the vicin
ity of Flour Island,was taken up and
passed.
The House.
II. B. 254. making it illegal for admin
istrators and executors to allow claims
[ agatust estates not in existence at the
time of death of the deceased, except
ing funeral expenses, was defeated.
H. B. 82, Increasing the powers of the
state railroad commisison passed by a
unanimous vote.
Mr. Martineau's bill allowing cities of
the first class to compel owners of prop
erty to build and maintain sidewalks
was passed by a vote of 67 to 12. Dr.
Green spoke In opposition to the bill.
Mr. Garrett's bill, calling a state con
stitutional convention and appropriating
$75,000 for the necessary expenses, was
discussed, but no action was taken.
Gumwood township from Ldhoke coun
ty and attaching it to Pulaski, was
taken up.
Mr. McGuigan spoke in favor of the
bill.
Mr. Apple, one of Lonoke's represen
tatives. spoke against the bill. He
argued that the matter was made an
issue in the last campaign, and the
citizens of Lonoke had registered their
voice against the bill.
The bill was defeated—28 to 49.
On motion of Mr. Gannaway, H. B.
128 (Dixon), which passed the house,
was reconsidered and placed back on
second reading for amendment. As
passed the bill does away with the sep
arate extension by the county clerks
of the different funds of the state and
county taxes on the tax books.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5.
The appointment of Judge E. O. Ma
honey, of Union county, to be chancel
lor of the new seventh district, was
unanimously confirmed by the senate.
The house refused to accept the senate
amendment to the . resolution extending
the session of the general asembly, mak
ing tlie date April 11 instead of May 11,
as in the original resolution. The sen
ate refused to recede from the amend
ment and conference committees were
appointed.
The Senate.
Senator Norwood called up S. B. 3,
to non-concur in house amendment to
increase the sum from $140,000 to $180,
000 to build the asylum annex. Sen
ators Killough, Wilson, Covington,
Hinkle, Jobe and Brown were opposed
to appropriating more than $140,000,
and the senate adopted a motion not
to concur in the amendment of the
house.
S. B. 155 (Pinnix), providing in the
case of Confederate soldiers or sailors
that where warrants are issued before
the pensioner dies it shall be paid to
the legal representative of the deceased
soldier or sailor, was passed by a unan
imous vote.
The senate went into executive ses
sion to consider the appointment of
Judge E. O. Mahoney as chancellor of
the new seventh district. Some of the
senators urged a postponement of me
matter until citizens of the new district
should make known their wishes on the
question of abolishing the district. The
majority favored immediate action, and
the appointment was unanimously con
firmed.
The senate refused to recede from its
amendment to the bill extending the
session, making the date April 11 in
stead of May 11. Semrtors Wilson,
Norwood and Jobe were appointed a
committee to confer, with a committee
from the house.
Senator Wilson’s bill allowing alco
hol to be sold in prohibition territory
under certain contingencies failed to
Pass
Senator Cotton introduced a bill mak
ing incurable insanity for live years
grounds for divorce in certain instances.
Senator Matlock introduced a bill re
quiring all kinds of insurance companies
doing business in the state, fraternal
orders excepted, to give a bond for
$20,000.
The House.
Tlie house refused to accept the sen
ate amendment to the concurrent res
olution extending the session of the leg
islature to May 11. The amendment
placed tlie date at April 11..
A conference committee, consisting of
Messrs. Fuller, Crutcher and Marti
neau. was appointed to meet a senate
committee.
H. B. 394. providing that all legal
executions shall be private, to be wit
nessed by not more than twenty-five
persons, was passed.
Mr. Kountree introduced a bill making
it unlawful for railroads to charge pas
sengers more than 3 cents per mile on
any load longer than twenty miles.
'I'he bill providing for one series of
school books in the state was the sub
ject of a long discussion. Messrs, Tar
ver. York, Witt and Whitthorne spoke
in favor of the bill and Messrs. Toney
and Hooker opposed it. The bill was
passed.
H. B. 197. requiring every non-resi
dent wishing to hunt in the state to
secure a license, which is good for
seven days annually, and costs $300.
was passed after a long discussion.
Judge Moore presented a petition from
the Arkansas Negro Farmers’ Associa
tion asking for an appropriation of $10,
000 to cover the expenses of a negro ex
hibit at the St. Louis world’s fair.
A motion to reconsider the vote by
which the house passed the bill sepa
rating school taxes paid by whites and
negroes, was lost by vote of 43 to 41.
The house passed the Hale drainage
bill, which enables owners of swamp
land to drain the same when it cannot
be done without affecting the lands of
others.
H. B. B7 (Parks), providing for the
taxation of the franchises of certain
corporations and for the better enforce
ment of the state revenue laws, was
passed.
Mr. Chesnutt Introduced a bill increas
ing the wholesale dealers’ liquor license
to double the present amount.
FBIDAT, MARCH 6.
The bill providing for separate street
cars for whites and blacks passed the
senate and goes to the governor for his
signature.
The senate also passed the bill ap
propriating $5,000 for the erection of a
monument to the Confederate dead at
Little Rock.
The house refused to accede to the
senate amendment reducing the insane
asylum appropriation bill to $140,000.
The Senate.
A long discussion was aroused by the
bill appropriating $5,000 for a Confed
erate monument. An amendment rais
ing the apropriation to $15,000 was voted
down, as was another amendment pro
viding that the monument should be.
erected on the ground of the new state
capitol. The original bill passed by a
vote of 25 to 5.
House joint resolution No. 12, propos
ing an amendment to the constitution
authorizing the issuance of bonds by
cities of the fifst class to pave streets
and make other improvements was
passed.
H. B. 230 (Cate), providing for the
manner in which municipal corporations
may erect and maintain a system of
waterworks was passed.
The South bill, known as the "Jim
Crow" street car bill, providing for sep
arate cars for whites and blacksshrdlr
arate street cars for whites and blacks
in cities of the first class was passed
after a long discussion by a vote of
25 to 4.
Senator Caldwell opposed the bill on
tlie ground that it would work a hard
ship on the street car companies. Sen
ator Butt and Covington also spoke In
opposition to the bill.
Senator Sengel, Gray and Witt spoke
in favor of the bill.
The conference committee on exten
sion of the session reported a disagree
ment. The senate then adopted a reso
lution extending the session to May 1.
The House.
The bill creating a board of pardons,
composed of the governor, the chief jus
tice and the attorney general was called
up by Mr. Crisp. The vote by which the
bill was placed on third reading was
reconsidered and Mr. Plannekin intro
duced anamendment making the secre
tary of state a member of the board in
stead of the chief justice. The amend
ment was adopted and the bill referred
to the engrossing committee.
The house refused to recede from its
amendment to the insane asylum annex
bill raising the appropriation from $140,
000 to $180,000. A conference committee
was appointed to meet a similar com
mittee from the senate.
S. B. No. 26 (Norwood), permitting
the granting of liquor license in any
ward of first and second class cities in
which the vote was in favor of the li
cense, was taken up. Mr. Atkins and
Dr. Green opposed the bill. Mr. Burk
and Mr. Arnold spoke in favor of the
bill. Messrs. McGuigun, Garrett, Funk
and Latimer spoke in opposition to the
bill. After a long discussion the bill
was defeated, ayes 21, noes 62.
S. B. 121. providing for the publica
tion of tKe ' delinquent personal tax
list was passed.
The conference committee on exten
sion of the session, reporting a disagree
ment, was discharged.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7.
The senate was not in session, but
the house put in a busy day.
A resolution calling on the peniten
tiary board to demand the resignation
of M. D. L. Cook, financial agent of
the penitentiary, was indefinitely post
poned. Several bills if general inpor
tance were passed.
The House.
Mr. McGuigan introduced H. B. 413.
to limit the amount of stock and
bonded debts of railroads, according to
mileage and value of rolling stock,
and to make public the value of such
properties.
H. B. 163, to prohibit the sowing of
Johnson or cocoa grass in the counties
of Clay, Greene, Craighead, Randolph,
Poinsett, Washington and Conway, was
read third time and passed.
H. B. 367, the agricultural committee
substitute for the De Rossit game bill,
was read third time and, after some
discussion, passed—6S to 14. The bill
makes it unlawful to trap, net, shoot
or kill by any method whatsoever any
quail or partridge from February 13 to
November 1; deer or fawn from Feb
ruary 1 to September 1; wild turkey
from May 1 to September 1. It makes
it unlawful for non-residents to shoot,
hunt, fish or trap at any season of the
year in this state, and constitutes the
sheriff of each county or any constable
game warden, and their deputies game
wardens. The bill makes it unlawful
to shoot after sunset or before sunrise
upon any waters of the state, nor shall
any person shoot any wild duck before
sunrise of after sunset. It is also made
unlawful for any common carrier to
ship out of the state any deer, turkey,
wild fowl, game fish or game of any
description, the fine for violation to be
not less than $100 nor more than $500.
Mr. Chapline introduced a resolu
tion calling upon the penitentiary board
to demand the resignation of M. D. L.
Cook, financial agent of the peniten
tiary, the resolution alleging that the
agent had not complied strictly with
the law in the payment of $30,000 on
the Cummins plantation.
After considerable discussion a mo
tion to indefinitely postpone the reso
lution prevailed. The argument was
advanced that a special committee had
under investigation the whole transac
tion relating to the farm purchase,, and
that the house had no authority to pass
upon anything connected therewith be
fore the committee should submit its
report.
H. B. 56 (Burk), to protect coal
miners and defining the duties of the
state mine inspector, was read third
time and passed.
Mr. Keith’s bill requiring that in the
printed lists of persons paying poll tax
the township in which they reside and
postoffice address be given, passed.
Mr. Stevens introduced H. B. 421, to
repeal the act passed at this session
creating the Seventh chancery district.
Expenses of Fair Commissioners.
The report of the committee com
posed of Senator Jobe and Representa
tives Gantt and Tuompson, appointed to
investigate the expenditure of the $30,
000 appropriated in 1901 for an exhibit
at the world's fair showed that a total
of $7,223.19 had been expended by the
board of commissioners. A communi
cation from Attorney General Murphy
stated that of i.iis amount only $376.50
had been lawfully expended. The larg
est item in the expense account was the
salary of a manager, clerk and lady
manager, offices which the attorney
general says were not intended to be
tilled until the exposition building was
completed and stocked with exhibits.
A fee of $2,500 was paid to J. F. W.
Hart, the architect employed to draw
the plans for the Arkansas building.
The expenses of the old board, com
posed of Commissioners Cohen, Whitta
ker and Crump, who were removed by
Gov. Davis, were $5,333.29, and the new
hoard, consisting of Messrs. Belding,
Rembert and Lake, $2,224.26. Expenses
to the amount of $254.31, incurred by
the old board were allowed by the
present board.
The following is the text of an act
passed by the legislature and signed by
the governor for the protection of mu
tual cotton factory insurance companies:
Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Arkansas:
Section 1. Hereafter all cotton factory
insurance companies, foreign and do
mestic, which are organized and being
maintained for the mutual protection of
the cotton factories composing the same
from loss by fire, and which are oper
ated without a fixed capital stock and
without a view to a profit to such cor
porations as such, are hereby exempted
from the provisions, conditions and ef
fects of the insurance laws of this state
and the laws of this state governing
foreign corporations doing business in
this state.
Arkansas State News
Investors Examine Coal Land.
Eastern investors have been look
ing over the coal properties in the
semi-anthracite coal belt of Arkan
sas. Fred J. Gould, of Chillicothe,
Mo., representing a number of cap
italists, spent several days at Clarks
ville, and expressed himself as great
ly pleased with the outlook for the
further development of the coal
mining industry in that district.
Wes Hudson Refused Bail.
Wes Hudson, who killed United
States Marshal Keys at Jasper a
short time ago, has been placed in
the penitentiary at Little Eock for
safe keeping under orders from
Circuit Judge Mitchell, of Harri
son. Hudson appeared before
Judge Mitchell on a writ of habeas
corpus and asked to be released on
bail. The petition was refused.
Iron Mountain Employe Drowned.
W. Edward Dick, a carpenter
employed in the Iron Mountain
shops at Baring Cross, was drowned
in the Arkansas river while work
ing with a gang which was cleaning
away drift from the Iron Mountain
bridge. A fellow workman, E. P.
Harvey, narrowly escaped death.
He clung to a rope in the middle
of the river for fifteen minutes be
fore he was rescued by Capt. Jones,
of the United States boat Arkansas.
Mayor Fines Conductors.
Mayor W. W. Martin, of Conway,
has been playing havoc with the
salaries of the conductors of the
Iron Mountain railway by fining
them from $10 to $30 every time
they obstruct the public highways
by stopping passenger trains across
the streets. As a result the con
ductors have joined the citizens in
a movement to have the station
moved {,o another site, so that they
will not be compelled to stop their
trains across the streets.
Street Railway Sold.
Officials of the Little Lock Trac
tion and Electric Company have an
nounced that the controlling inter
est in that company as well as in
the Little Rock Edison Light and
Power Company, has been acquired
by Isadore Xewman & Son, of New
Orleans, about a million and a half
dollars being involved in the deal.
It is said that the change will be
followed by the extension and im
provement of the street railway sys
tem in Little Rock and the erection
of a $-30,000 power house.
Ready for Business.
The Little Rock freight bureau
has been opened for business. A.
R. Bragg, division freight agent of
the Iron Mountain for nearly thirty
years, is manager of the bureau, the
expenses of which are met by sub
scriptions from the members who
comprise a large number of busi
ness men of Little Rock. The prin
cipal object of the bureau is to pre
vent discrimination in the matter
of freight rates and to secure the
best possible rates for the members
of the organization.
Youthful Shoplifters
Two youthful shoplifters were
arrested at Pine Bluff and when
searched an immense amount of
merchandise was found con
cealed upon their persons. The
youthful culprits are Lillie Logan
and Alice Bell, aged 14 and 15
years respectively. The two girls
entered the jewelry store of Arnold
Bros, and inspected a number of
rings. After their departure two of
the rings were found to be missing.
They visited the store on a similar
mission the following day and as
they were leaving the store it was
found that five more rings were
gone. The girls returned the rings
when the demand was made upon
them by the proprietor. At their
homes were found other stolen ar
ticles which were identified by local
merchants. On account of their
age, Mayor Bell released the girls.
Hall for Pine Bluff Lodge.
The Odd Fellows of Pine Bluff
have taken steps looking toward the
erection of a hall to cost $50,000.
If the plans are carried out a hand
some building will be erected. The
lodge at Pine Bluff is the largest
in the state and is able to carry the
project through successfully.
Took An Expensive Ride.
Ivory Davis, a young colored boy,
got drunk at Forrest City and rode
another man’s horse home. He was
arrested on a charge of larceny.
When he appeared before Judge
Sanders he was released on that
charge, but was compelled to pay a
fine $20 and costs for using the
horse without the owner’s -permis
sion.
Cotton Mill for Little -Rock.
A number of business men of
Little Pock are interested in a prop
osition to establish a $250,000 cot
ton mill in that city. At a recent
meeting it was decided to raise, if
possible, $150,000 in subscriptions
to the stock in Little Eock and se
cure outside capital to the amount
of $100,000. The promoters of the
project expect to build a mill of 10,
000 spindles. It is expected that the
mill will be enlarged later, the ul
timate plan being to operate a mill
of 100,000 spindles which would
use about 40,000 bales of cotton
each year.
Page Exhonorated.
The state board of charitable in
stitutions at the regular monthly
meeting began an investigation of
the charge that Purchasing Agent
John II. Page had been furnished
free coal by the T. II. Bunch Coal
Co. The following members of the
board were present: State Treasurer
II. C. Tipton, chairman; 0. B. Gor
don Prescott; B. A. Har
dy, Magnolia; J. M. Bar
ker, Jr., Atkins; CA F.
Greenlee, Brinkley; C. J). Tames,
Eureka Springs; J. B. BushjpHole
na. The board, after hearing all
the evidence in the case, fully ex
honerated Mr. Page, it being shown
that he was guilty of no wrong do
Bank Cashier Undsr ^Arest.
P>. P. Terry, cashier of the de
funct Howard County v .bank, at
Nashville, has been arrested at that
place and charged witliTliaving re
ceived deposits when thy bank was
insolvent. The warrant for Terry
was issued on affidavits of Asa J.
Forgy and A. W. Reese>‘ of Center
Point. When the Howard County
Bank closed its doors AJames Skil
lern was appointed receiver. His
report made recently slwvcd the lia
bilities to be $26,701.06 in excess
of the assets. Of the latter, $17,
4S4.31 is alleged to be due the
bank from Cashier Terry on over
drawn drafts and notes held by the
bank against him
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Big Law Suit at Helena.
An order has been issued for a
special term of the federil court for
the eastern division of the eastern
district of Arkansas to convene at
Helena, May 11, for the purpose o’,
trying the case of Helena Sewer
Commissioners vs. the United
States Fidelity and Guaranty Com
pany, of Baltimore, Md. The
amount involved in this case is^nore
than $100,000. In the summer of
1001, Guild & Co., of Chattanooga,
Tenn., were awarded the contract v
for building ten miles of sewer sys
tem at Helena. The United States
Fidelity and Guaranty Company,
of Baltimore, furnished the neces
sary bond for the contractors. When
the sewer system was turned over
to the city it was found to be in
complete and unfit for use. The
contractors refused to make the re
pairs on the sewer and it was neces
sary to re-let the contract for plac
ing the system in good condition.
The attempt to recover the cost of
the repairs from the sureties haa
resulted in the present litigation.
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