Woodmkf Emmty News.
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VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1908.
NO 6
NEWS OF THE WEEK
the latest news of the
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
north, east, south, west
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Na
tion, and Particularly from the
Great Southwest.
The First National bank of Monro
via, Cal., has been robbed of $29,700.
The money was carried off in such a
mysterious manner that the officers
of the bank and the detectives work
ing on the case are not yet certain
how the thief operated.
A pistol duel was fought in the
J. W. McCullom drug store in Dexter,
Jlo. by McCullom’s sons. Harry, 21
years old, shot and instantly killed
Fred, his junior. The store was crowd
ed with Christmas shoppers. Though
several shots were fired, oulyr one
bullet took effect.
Dr. Charles B. Smith, a prominent
physician in Washington, N. J., and
mayor of the town, was disfigured
for life and perhaps blinded in one
eye Wednesday afternoon by carbolic
acid thrown in his face. He charges
Mrs. Alice Castner, daughter of John
Bowers, one of the wealthiest resi
dents of this place, threw the acid and
that Mrs. Castner also tried to shoot
him.
President Castro will return to
Venezuela as quickly as possible to
personally lead a movement to regain
the presidency. Choking with rage as
news of the demonstration against him
was reported to him, Castro declared
that he would sail at once.
A difference in ideas as to the raise
in wages asked by the Glass Workers
in independent shops in the central
west threatens to bring on a strike
which will include 12.000 workmen
in forty factories in Ohio, Indiana,
and Illinois.
neat worn on Denair or woman sui
i'rage will begin with the establish
ment in New York City of a bureau of
publicity and propaganda by the
Equal Franchise society, which has
been organized at the home of Mrs.
Clarence H. Mackay, who has been
chosen president.
Fire destroyed an entire block of
apartment house and private dwell
ings in Rrooklvn, driving more than
a thousand persons into the snow
covered streets, homeless and half
clad.
James P. Ferrill, Irish Nationalist,
of North Langford who has been
advocating the boycott of certain in
dividuals in the Longford Leader of
which he is editor and proprietor re
fused to give sureties for his future
good behavior and Thursday was
sentenced in the King's Bench division
to six months jail
Edward Hines, who by the organiza
tion of five great lumber interests into
a single company becomes the un
questioned lumber king of the United
States, began his business career as
a "tally boy” in a Chicago lumber
yard 31 years ago.
One of the objects of the trip of
the members of the committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce of the
house of representatives to the Pan
ama canal zone during the holiday
recess will be to investigate the need
for a new farm of government for
the canal zone.
Having, as he expressed it, spent
40 years in the railroad business, the
last years as president of the New
^ork Central lines, and was therefore
"entitled to have some fun,” President
■ H. Newman tendered his resigna
tion to the board of directors and at
their meeting in New York Tuesday
it was accepted with regret, to take
effect Feb. 1. c. W. Brown, senior
first vice-president, was chosen pres
ident to succeed Newman.
According to a statement before the
referee in bankruptcy the liabilities of
the Fidelity Funding Co., of which P.
J Keiran was the head, are $3,951,037
and the assets as $3,579 315; showing
a deficiency of $301,732.
The breaking up or the Atlantic
steamship poo! and the inauguration
°t a fierce ocean rate war are fore
shadowed in the report that the White
Hjtar Bine intends to enter the
1 anadian trade under its own flag, if
this is done, the Allan Line will retire
fr°ni the Atlantic combination and
start the rate war.
Appropriations aggregating $030,300
"ere made at the annual meeting of
the board of trustees of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington. This
amount is to be used merely to con
tinue projects heretofore initiated, and
ls not intended to cover any new'
"ork. Tlie amount will cover the opera
'ions of the institution planned for
lhe year 1909.
Hasing their action upon ancient
and obsolete antisemitic statutes, the
Russian authorities in Finland have
'naugfirated a wholesale persecution
o' the Jews and are driving them
'om their homes into the fields to
stajve and frees*.
Jack Johnson won the heavy weight
championship of the world from Tom
my Burns. The fight went fourteen
rounds, and Johnson was declared
the winner on points. The police stop
ped the bout.
Christmas was celebrated in the
White House just about as it was in
the average American household.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., came from
the New England carpet works, where
he is employed; Kermit from Har
vard, Archie from Groton and Quentin
from the Episcopal High school over
in Virginia.
Though Pittsburg keenly feels the
disgrace due to the exposure of graft,
there was a grin all over the city
Christinas morning over the interview
given by Mayor George E. Guthrie,
sild-stocking executive and im
maculate church pillar. For the first
time in his official life he was startl
ed into real profanity.
President Fallieres of France was
attacked in a restaurant Christmas
moring by a young man interested in
politics, and, in the struggle with his
assailant, was slightly injured by be
ing bruised.
Thomas H. Cloar, another night
rider, testifies at Union City, Tenn.,
that he refused to go with riders the
night they killed Ranken.
State’s evidence against T. Jenkins
Hains, accused in connection with the
kingg of William E. Annis on Long
Island, is almost in and the de
fense hopes to conclude next week.
Admitting that he was intoxicated
the day he killed his father, Beach
Hargis told how that last desperate
struggle took place in Judge Hargis'
store. He told all this right after the
state suddenly announced its case
closed, the prosecution finishing with
the testimony of a witness who
swore he heard young Hargis, that
same day, threaten “to get even with
the old man" before he left town.
The $10,000 note found by Patrick
Sullivan of East St. Louis, in a
tomato can, is worthless according to
a Pinkerton detective who examined
the note. The Pinkerton reported to
the St. Louis subtreasury officials that
the piece of paper is a United States
certificate of deposit issue under the
act of Feb. 25, 18G2. These certificates
were for the use only between the
subtreasures and the clearing
house banks.
After a pursuit over two conun
nents by detectives, Charles E. Brand
er, former assistant cashier in the
main Chicago office of the America.
Express company, has been arrested
on a charge of stealing thousands of
dollars of the company’s money.
If he can arrange a satisfactory
itinerary, President-elect Taft said
that he would visit New Orleans on
his way back from Panama. Cities all
over the south are inviting Taft to in
clude them in his trip.
Beach Hargis, on trial for his life,
charged with the murder of his father,
has enlisted not only the sympathy of
his mother, but of almost the entire
feminine portion of the city of Irvine,
Ky. The courtroom is being crowded
daily now with the prominent women
of the city who in their effort to show'
their sympathy with the young patri
cide take their seats back of his chair.
U. S. Commissioner Shields sent to
the United States supreme court the
appeal of the American Tobacco com
pany affiliated organizations from the
recent adverse decision of the appel
late division.
Eastern bankers are somewhat
alarmed over the publication in a
French financial paper of a letter from
Senator Teller of Colorado, suggesting
that the Aldrich Currency commission
was considering the issue of notes
secured by silver.
The depredations of marauders in
the desecration of St. Dominic’s
church in San Francisco have aroused
the priests and laity of the Catholic
church to feverish excitement, and
forced the police department into a
determined search.
The Arkansas Midland railroad de
pot and several cars, of which load
ed with cotton at Barton, Ark., were
burned down.
Pat O’Malley, who made a bet of
51,000 with Jim O'Leary that he could
reach his old home in Ireland from
Chicago in a week, nas won his
wager. O'Malley arrived at Ballya
gran. County Limerick, the end of
his journey, at 1:30 o’clock Tuesday
morning, London time. The time limit
was 2:30 o'clock, so he had an hour
to spare.
Spanish exiles in Southwestern
France are co-operating with the
revolutionary leaders in Spain and
Portugal in a scheme to consolidate
the entire Southwestern European
peninsula into a single republic.
A tight lid Sunday was placed ever
Texas, including San Antonio and
other towns of the state which have
heretofore been running wide open on
Sundays. It was the first time San
Antonio has been dry in more than a
century. The late J. S. Hogg, when
governor, made a hard fight to close
the saloons in San Antonio on Sunday,
but did not succeed.
Arkansas Alone Has No Official Flag.
Out of all the States of the Union,
Arkansas is said to be the only one
which ha§ no flag. and this will prob
ably be brought to the attention of
the Legislature in the coming session.
Every few weeks some call is made
upon the governor for one of Arkan
sas’ State flags to be used in decorat
ing for some national convention or
celebration, but the governor must al
ways answer that Arkansas has no
flag, which is embarrassing to the offi
cial, as it is a reflection upon the
State.
From far away China now comes an
appeal from the American company of
Shanghai Volunteer Corps, for one of
the Arkansas flags. The appeal is made
by Charles Denby, consul general in
Shanghai, who states the American
company consists of 60 natives of the
Land of the Brave and the Free, who
drill with American guns and accord
ing to the manual of the United States
army, joining with like companies of
other nations in Shanghai, to make up
the volunteer corps, which keeps al
ways a perfect fighting machine for
the protection of the foreigners in
that city. Consul Denby says the
American company has now the flags
of almost every State of the Union,
which are used on State occasions and
go far to arousing patriotism in the
countrymen. He says the flags are of
all descriptions, and as there are Ar
kansans in the colony, an Arkansas
flag is needed to complete the collec
tion. Again Governor Pindall has
been forced to write stating Arkansas
has no State flag. j
Should the State historical, or some
other society not urge the next Leg
islature to provide for a State flag,
bearing the State coat of arms or
some emblem, private citizens may
urge the Legislature to pass such an
act.
Is Sinecure for Someone.
The question of who shall be se
lected as the messenger to deliver to
the speaker of the United States
House of Representatives the result
of the vote of Arkansas in the recent
presidential election is one that has
been discussed very little except by
the Democratic electors wnose duty
it is to choose such messenger.
So far as known, John H. Hinemon
of Arkadelphia, and David L. King of
Hardy, are the only two electors who
have been spoken of as candidates for
the task, which is a very pleasant one,
as it includes a trip to the national
capital and about $1,000 for expenses,
paid by the national government.
In addition to the two Democrats
mentioned as being candidates for
messenger, the other Democratic pres
idential electors for Arkansas are:
H. Clay Sloan, L. C. Going, J. W.
Wythe Walker, S. T. Rowe, Tom D.
Brooks, T. Harvis Nixon and R. S.
Warnock.
These electors will meet in Little
Rock on January 11, at which time
they will cast the vote of Arkansas
for William Jennings Bryan for presi
dent and John W. Kern for vice presi
dent, and elect a messenger to go to
Washington and deliver the vote to
the president of the United States
Senate.
The electors who will go to Lit
tle Rock to'perform this duty will be
paid for their trouble by the state of
Arkansas. Each will receive $2 for
every 20 miles of travel from his
residence and return to his home, and
$4 per day for every day engaged
in Little Rock in casting the vote for
president and vice president.
Begin Fight to Amend Amis Law.
Claiming that a careful canvass
shows that 87 per cent of the busi
ness men of Hot prings favor the
return of racing there, and that 91
per cent of that number can be promi
nently identified with various denomi
national churches of the city, the
Business Men’s League Tuesday night
adopted resolutions which are the
first step toward a compaign for the
repeal of the anti-racing law.
Lad Kills His Baby Sister.
The six-year-old son of Cannon Tur
ner, of Ashdown, hilled his fifteen
month-old sister Tuesday morning by
accidentally shooting her through the
head with a .22 rifle. The baby lived
about two hours after being shot.
New Bridge Completed.
The bridge on the extension of the
Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad at
Prescott, across Mine creek, has been
completed and the rails are now be
ing placed. Work on the other bridge
In the eastern part of Prescott is to
be begun immediately.
Hope Wants New Station.
Citizens of Hope are agitating the
question of a new Iron Mountain sta
tion at that place in lieu of a Union
station, which was desired.
White River M. E. Appointments.
At the White river conference of
(he M. E. church, South, which has
been in session at Jonesboro, Bishop
Hendrix anounced the appointments
for the ensuing years as foIJows:
Batesvllle district, A. F. Skinner, P. E. Ash
flat circuit, A. E. Horton, supply; Batesvllle,
Central Avenue. Edward Forest; Batesvllle, First
church. It. C. Morehead; Bethesda circuit, Flzer
Noc, G. S. Morehead, supply; Calico Rock cir
cuit, N. J. Baty, supply; Calico Rock circuit,
H. V. Johnson; Desha circuit, W. S. Story, sup
ply; Evening Shade circuit, W. H. Woodfin; Mel
bourne circuit, G. W. M. Freeman; Mount
View circuit, J. D. McClure; Newark station,
J. F. Jernlgan and one to be supplied, O. C.
Birdwell; Salem circuit, F. E. Hall, supply;
Smithvfile circuit, L. M. Gatlin, supply; Sul
phur Rock circuit, C. F. Hively, supply, J. D.
Kelly, supply; Swifton circuit. W. D. Ellis and
one to be supplied, W. M. Hamilton; Tucker
inan and Kenyon, J. S. Cash; Wolf Bayou cir
cuit, J. W. Copeland, supply; It. A. Robertson,
student to Hendrix College.
Helena district, Z. T. Bennett, I*. E.; Brinkley
station. W. P. Talkington; Clarendon station,
F. N. Looney; Colt circuit, J. T. Hood; Cotton
Plant and Howell. W. T. Locke; Forrest City
station. B. L. Wilford; Haynes circuit, J. H.
Russell; Hamlin mission, J. C. Kelso, supply;
Helena station, F. A. Jeffets; Holly Grove and
Marvell, W. A. Lindsey; Laconia circuit, W. G.
Linn supply; Lagrange circuit. .7, U. Bishop
supply; Marianna mission. J. S. Best, supply;
Marianna station, Fred Little; Me
Cror.v and Deview. J. R. Nelson; McCrory
mission, H. T. Rainey supply: Parkin station,
to be supplied; Turner and Shiloh circuit, to be
supplied; Wheatley circuit. H. E. May; Wynne
station. B. L. Harris; M. B. Smith, mission
ary to Cuba; Fred I.ittle, conference mission
secretary; R. B. McSwain, professor in Hendrix
College.
Jonesboro district. Cadesman Pope, I'. E.;
Blytheville circuit, L. F. Taylor supply; Blythe
vllle station. A. M. R. Branson; Brookland
circuit, W. F. Hudson; CrawfordsvRle and Earl,
E. K. Sewell; Gilkerson mission, J. A. Smith,
supply; Harrisburg circuit. J. I*. Stephens sup
ply; Harrisburg station, W. F. Walker; Jones
boro first crurch, W. C. Davidson; Jonesboro
west side, J. M. Benton supply; Lake View and
Lunsford. Ell Craig; Luxora and Rosalie, W.
S. South worth; Manila and Dell, W. S. Yar
brough; Marlon and Gilmore, M. P. Timber
lake supply; Marked Tree and Bay, T. O.
Rosie; Monette and Macey, S. F. Brown; Net
tleton station, John McKelvey; North J<nes
boro and Lake City, to be supplied; Osceola
station, A. C. Cloyes; Trinity circuit, J. E.
Buchanan; Vnnndalo circuit, to be supplied;
Wilson and Tyronza. to be supplied; conference
mission evangelist. F. C. Sterling.
Paragould District—J. K. Farris, P. E.;
Black Rock and Portia. W. J. L»»roy; Boyds
vflle circuit, J. E. Kemper; Brighton circuit,
A. McKel8ey; Corning station. W. L. Oliver;
Gainesville circuit. T. R. Allen; Imboden cir
cuit. T. A. Bowen; Knobel circuit, J. R. Tbd
wards; Lorado circuit, B. W. Cooper, supply;
Mammoth Spring ami Hardy, J. W. Thomas;
Maynard circuit. J. F. Carter, supply: Para
gould circuit, C. L. Castleberry. T. B. William
son. supply, Paragould. East Side, A. C. Grif
fin; Paragould. First church, M. M. Smith;
Plggott circuit, C. M. Reves: Poca
hontas circuit. J. O. Norsworthy, supply; Poca
hontas and Hoxie. E. N. Bickley; Rector cir
cuit. J. S. Watson: Iteynol circuit, Harry Behr,
supply; Walnut Ridge station. L. C. Craig.
Searcy District—A. T. Galloway. P. E.; Ar
gon ta. Dye Memorial. W. E. Hall; Argenta,
Gardner Memorial. S. L. Cochran; Augusta sta
tion. A. E. Holloway; Auvergne and Weldon,
J. A. Robertson; Beebe station, J. II. Barren
tine; Bradford and Bald Knob, W. F. Blevins;
Cabot circuit. IL H. Hunt; Cato circuit, J. IT.
Gibson, supply; Floyd circuit, A. T. Ward,
supply; Ileber station. P. B. Wallis;
McRae circuit. F. E. Champion, supply; New
|M>rt station. E. M. Pipkin; Pnnglmrn and Mt.
Pisgah, J. M. Thrasher; Searcy circuit, F. T.
Ileatly, supply: Searcy. First church R. P.
Wilson; J. II. Dye and M. B. I'rusted, supply;
Searcy, Haygood and Hlgginson. J. M. Talk
ington; Vilonia circuit. R. II. Grlssett; West
Point circuit. J. G. Parker; Wilburn circuit,
F. E. Bryant supply; Wivllle circuit, C. F. Wil
son. transferred; C. H. Newman and G. M.
Hill to Missouri conference: J. T. Self to St.
Louis conference; T. J. Taylor to Arkansas
conference: E. A. Blanton to Louisiana confer
ence; A. B. Hal tom. F. I*. Jernlgan and J. D.
Sybcrt to Florida conference.
Fined $100 and Given One Day.
Following a trial in the court of
Justice S. Ellenbogen, C. J. Baker,
former superintendent of the Argenta
public schools, was fined $100 and
costs and sentenced to jail for one
day on charge of aggravated assault
upon Superintendent Gardner of the
Argenta schools.
The case was sent to Justice Ellen
bogen on change of venue from Jus
tice of the Peace Ivy of Argenta. The
difficulty occurred several days ago.
An appeal was taken by Baker Im
mediately after the decision was ren
dered by Justice Ellenbogan.
Big Real Estate Deal.
A large deal in Hempstead coun
ty land has been consummated by
wuich 5,000 acres, known as wnl
man-Myers plantation, near Columbus,
pass into the hands of the Grand View
Plantation company, an incorporated
company, with a capital of $100,000.
R. C. Stuart, of Columbus, is secre
tary of the company. Two thousand
acres will be sown in alfalfa.
Preachers in Street Fight.
Rev. W. R. Phillips, pastor of the
Pentecostal church on Rose Hill, and
Rev. J. L. Delk, a traveling evange
list of the same faith, had an altera
tion on East Broad street, Texarkana,
Saturday afternoon, which ended in
the police court, where Rev. Delk
pleaded guilty to a charge of disturb
ing the peace and was fined $5,
Brakeman Fractures Skull.
Brakeman Canford of Argenta fell
from a box car at Coal Hill Saturday
and fractured his skull. He was tak
en to St. Vincent’s infirmary, Little
Rock, where an operation was perform
ed.
Burglars Make Rich Haul.
Burglars broke open the front door
of the Palace drug store at Mammoth
Springs Monday night and secured
valuable booty in the shape of dia
mond rings, watches and other ex
pensive jewelry. The proprietor of
the Palace store carried an expensive
stock of jewelry and the burglars car
rid away most of it. Ring trays and
jwelry boxes were found scattered
over town in different places. Tools
and other evidence leads to the belief
the burglars were acquainted with
the surroundings.
Recommends State Education Board.
George B. Cook, state superintend
ent. of public instruction has com
pleted his biennial report, which he
will present to the governor some time
during this week. The report is vol
uminous and will contain many
Illustrations of an educational nature.
Following are the recommendations
contained in State Superintendent
Cook’s report:
At present the entire control and
direction of the educational forces of
the state are in the hands of the
superintendent of public instruction.
It would be a mistake to divide the
executive authority, but the duties of
the executive officer are so
manifold and the educational interests
of the state are so many, so varied,
so extensive and so important, that to
advise the superintendent of public
instruction and to assist him in the
care and promotion of these interests
there should be created a state board
of education, with broad and elastic
powers and comprehensive duties.
The establishment of such a board
would be a desirable and a deserved
recognition of the importance and
dignity of the educational work of the
state. Such a board, wisely selected,
would be effective in developing and
sustaining public sentiment in favor
of the highest and best things in
education. It would hold before the
teachers and the school officials, and
the public as well, high ideals with
respect to schools. By systematically
organizing and directing the education
al forces of the state, it would prevent
the overlapping of the work of educa
tional institutions and eliminate a vast
legislation becomes necessary, it
would be instrumental in formulating
the needed enactments and in secur
ing their passage. Above all, it would
protect the schools from fragmentary,
ill-advised, needless or hostile legisla
tion. With appropriate powers as
signed to such a board, the school
system would grow and expand with
out special legislation for needed
changes could be made by the board
itself.
in view of the advantages to be
derived from such an educational
agency, already demonstrated in the
majority of states, we are disposed
to recommend that a state board of
education be constituted in accord
ance with the following plan:
The state board of education shall
consist of seven members. The super
intendent of public instruction shall be
chairman ex-officio. These members
shall be appointed by the governor,
the superintendent of public instruc
tion and the chief justice of the
Supreme Court, and in their appoint
ment due consideration shall be given
to the various phases of the educa
tional interests in the state.
The term of office of the appointive
members shall be seven years.
The powers and duties of the board
shall be as follows:
1. To have general supervision and
inspection of the public schools of the
state, including the educational de
partments of the state charitable and
reformatory institutions.
2. To make rules for the distribu
tion of any part of a state school fund
set aside to assist and encourage
schools.
3. To prepare and distribute plans
and specifications for the construc
tion and equipment of schools.
4. To provide suggestive courses
of study for rural, elementary and
high schools.
5. To prepare all questions for
teachers’ examinations, to grade all
examination papers and to prescribe
all rules and regulations necessary
to carry into effect the provisions of
the law in regard to the certification
of teachers.
6. To propose plans for organiza
tion of institutes.
7. To prescribe rules and regula
tions for the sanitary inspection of
school buildings, and for the examina
tion of pupils in order to detect con
tagious and infectious diseases and
physical defects, and to take such oth
er action as may seem necessary and
expedient to promote the physical
welfare of school children.
S. To classify and standardize the
public schools and to provide for new
forms of educational efforts, and in
general to take such action as may
be necessary to promote the organiza
tion and increase the efficiency of
the educational system of the state.
Carter Chaney, the young son of
Elmo Chaney, was Saturday morning
crushed in the press of the cotton
gin at Brinkley. He was internally
Injured and may die.
Last Log is Cut.
After a quarter of a century of op
eration the Gurdon Lumber compa
ny’s big mill has cut its last log and
will be dismantled, marking (he fail
ure of the timber supply in that vici
nity. The mill pond was drained
and several hundred dollars worth of
sunken logs hauled out of the mud at
its bottom. The last of these are be
L'g worked into lumber. In the
height of its operation the mill em- |
ployed 400 men, which number haa j
hee.n steadily dwindling.
EDUCATORS
IN SESSION
SOUTHERN EDUCATIONAL ASSO
CIATION CONVENES.
ARKANSAS TEACHERS ALSO
Attendance at State Association Meet.
ing Approaches 1000 Mark.—In
teresting Program Arranged and
Much Good is Expected.
Atlanta, Ga.—A most important
meeting to the educational interests
of the South, the nineteenth annual
session of the Southern Educational
Association, convened in Atlanta Tues
day morning of this week, continuing
through Friday. This association em
| braces 16 states and brings together
the leading spirits in every branch
of education who work in the South
ern states. An important feature of
the first day’s session w'as the reading
ol reports by representatives of the
School Improvement Association, an
auxiliary organization.
A number of addresses were made
during the session by distinguished
educators, among whom were:
Prof. Clarence J. Owens, Alabama;
Dr. Josian Moise, Nashville, Tenh.;
Dr. Franklin L. Riley, Mississippi;
Prof. Chas. W. Needham, Washington,
D. C.; Prof. J. B. Monaghan, St.
Louis; Prof. W. Townsend, Arkansas;
Supt. P. W. Horn, Houston, Tex.; Miss
Lano Osborne, Guthrie, Okla.; Prof.
Max Mayer, of the University of Mis
souri; Dr. W. T. Witt. Vanderbilt Uni
versity; President John W. Aber
crombie. University of Alabama; Supt.
F. M. Martin, El Paso, Tex.; Prof. J.
II. Reynolds, University of Arkansas.
Arkansas Meeting.
Little Rock.—The forty-first annual
session of the Arkansas State Teach
ers' Association convened at 8 o’clock
Monday night in the auditorium of the
Little Rock High School. The meet
ing was preceded by a conference of
the county school examiners of the
state. State Superintendent of In
struction George B. Cook, who has
established headquarters in room No.
204, Hotel Marion, announced Mon
day that he expected 1,000 teachers
to attend the meeting.
The following program was render
ed at the opening session:
Invocation—Bishop Brown, Little
Rock.
Address of welcome.
Response—W. J. Hammond, superin
tendent of schools, Hope.
President's address—D. T. Rogers,
Jonesboro.
Address—State Superintendent Geo.
B. Cook.
“A system of Agricultural Educa
tion for Arkansas,” Gov.-Elect Geo. W.
Donaghey.
Friends of J. W. Sallis, principal of
the schools at Clarksville, are men
tioning his name in connection with
the election of president of the asso
ciation for another year. He is one
of the oldest teachers in Arkansas.
CLAIMS LAPSE OF MEMORY.
Memphis Lumber Dealer is Arrested
in San Francisco for Embezzle
ment.
San Francisco.—Captain of Police
Perry of Memphis, Tenn., arrived here
firs: of the week to get Wm. A. Dolph,
a partner in the Neal-Dolph Lumber
Company of Memphis, who has been
indicted in that city on a charge of
embezzlement and was arrested here
upon telegraphic advice from Tennes
see.
Dolph has several friends in this
and surrounding cities, and one of
these is James B. Sloan of Berkeley,
with whom he has been staying since
his arrival on the Pacific coast some
days ago. It was at the Sloan home
that he was arrested. Mrs. Dolph ar
rived from Tennessee last Monday
and when she heard of her husband's
arrest at once instituted’ proceedings
to secure his release on a writ of
habeas corpus. The hearing was set
for Monday and bail was fixed by
Judge Cook at $2,000.
According to the story told by Dolph
he has no recollection of his actions
since leaving his home in Memphis on
the morning of November 10 to go to
the office, until he suddenly awoke
to find himself in San Francisco. He
at once called upon a friend, C. K.
McIntosh, vice president of the San
Francisco National bank, and by
means of a draft on his firm, which
was honored by the bank, secured
the funds of which he was in need.
Mrs. Dolph stated that the first
news she received of her husband’s
whereabouts was on the arrival of the
draft. The following day she received
/ letter front her husband telling of
his strange plight and at once started
for San Francisco to take him home.
She declared that the indictment of
her husband must be a mistake and
she is positive that his accounts are
in perfect condition.