VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1907.
NO. 32.
ARKANSAS
Estate news?
Attempt to Revive Hemp-Growing.
The agricultural department of the
FriEco road is taking steps to revive
the hemp-growing industry in the Ozark
aountry. With this object in view. \\.
c white, land commissioner of the
prioco-Rock Island system, has gone
tn Kentucky to confer with a colony
Kentucky hemp growers to locate
in the Ozark region of Arkansas.
There are two colonies in Kentucky
composed of hemp growers, which Mr.
White will make an effort to locate
ln Arkansas. Most of the hemp grow
ers in Kentucky are renters who, Mr.
White savs, are paying $15 per acre
rental for land that is not nearly so
productive as the lands in the Ozark
uplift that can be purchased outright
at $10 per acre.
Robert Baker Shot.
Robert Baker was shot and serious
ly wounded by Roy Blanks at Poca
hontas. The trouble grew out of a
misunderstanding between the two
men. It. seems that after they had
met and agreed on a settlement of the
trouble Baker turned and started back
to his work, and when he had pro
ceeded a few steps was attacked by
Blanks with stones. Baker picked up
a stone to defend himself and was
shot in the side by Blanks with a
32-caliber pistol.
Delinquent Tax Sale.
In the sale of lands in Jackson coun
ty recently, for which the taxes were
delinquent, the bidding was so spirit
ed that in a number of cases the buy
ers paid the taxes for one-fourth of
the lot. The number of tracts or lots
-.dvertised for sale wius about 215, but
before the date of sale the taxes had
been paid on all except S8. However,
nst a single lot or tract, went back
to the state, everything being sold for
back taxes.
Now Using Natural Gas.
Natural gas has been turned into
the 18 miles of gas mains in Van
Buren. The gas supply is taken from
a single well drilled one and a half
miles east of the city, and is ample
to supply the city with fuel, both for
manufacturing and domestic purposes.
A second well, however, is being drill
ed about two miles north of the first
well, with every prospect of bringing
in a very heavy fl6w.
Railroad Subscriptions.
A subscription list for the purpose
of building a railroad from Mt. Ida
to Womble is being circulated. Twelve
thousand dollars has been subscribed
and $10,000 more promised. It is be
lieved a sufficient amount can be rais
ed to cause its early construction, in
the event the Gurdon and Fort Smith
railroad should not come this route.
To Locate Hungarians.
An effort is being made to purchase
between 2.400 and 15,000 acres of land
near Pine Bluff on which to settle
a Hungarian colony The price offer
ed for the land is $4.50 and $5.00 per
acre. The land in question lies sev
eral miles north of the city and is
said to be a very desirable place for
such a colony.
Stop Work At Womble.
The Fort Smith-Gurdon branch of
the Iron Mountain has been complet
ed 40 miles out of Antoine to a sta
tion in Montgomery county called
Womble. No materials are on the
scene to continue the line further,
hut the railroad states that work on
the next stretch will soon begin.
Large Peach Crop.
Hie largest Elberta peach crop ever
grown in Arkansas will, according to
•ate reports, bo produced in Arkansas
this year. There are 20,000 acres in
Elbertas, which means 2,000,000 bush
*ls at an average price of $1.50 per
bushel.
Summer Colony of Orphans.
Juder -the care of three Sisters of
Charity, 28 children, ranging in ages
rom 2 to 0 years, all inmates of an
orphanage, at Memphis, are spending
e summer in Fayetteville. Another
Party of the youngsters will arrive
"uhin the jiext ten days.
Found Emerald on Farm.
• F. Moore, who lives near Magnet
. °'e *n Garland county, recently
ni>nd a stone unon his nronerty which
Js believed to be an emerald. Mr.
; °ore believes that he has a fortune
m the property.
Track Laying Continues.
There are stiil about three miles of
rack to ]ay on Qur(jon, Fort Smith
Northern road into Womble.
out 80 men are at work and it is be
• HhI the work will be finished with
ln a few days.
Levee In Bad Shape.
A Miller Todd of the United States
engineer's office of Vicksburg, Miss.,
has just completed a careful inspec
tion of the various levees in Jeffer
son, Lincoln and Desha counties, and
reports them all in fine condition with
the exception of the levee that runs
along the state convict farm for seven
and a half miles in Lincoln county.
He reports this part of the levee to
be in a very bad condition and should
a big rise come the water would over
flow the lowlands in southeast Arkan
sas. The penitentiary board recent
ly recommended that the state repair
this part of the Linnwrood and Auburn
levee, and asked for an appropriation
from the legislature for that purpose.
It will take at least $40,000 to make
the necessary repairs, according to
the engineers.
Emery Raines Killed.
Emery Raines, a farmer living near
Gifford was run down by the El Dora
do train on the Iron Mountain road
recently at Gifford and was instant
ly killed. Two sons of the dead man
were on the train which killed him.
When the train stopped and word
went through it that a man had been
killed the two young men alighted with
other passengers, and were horrified
to find that the victim was their fath
er.
White Bo/ Kills Negro Lad.
William Kear, the 14-year-old son
of a farmer residing about five miles
north of Greenwood, shot and killed
Leonard Calthrop, aged 12, a negro
lad, whose parents reside on a farm
adjoining that of the Kears. It is
claimed that the boy's father instruct
ed his son to kill young Calthrop
should he trespass upon the Kear
place, and the boy followed his fath
er’s instructions.
Shot Firer Injured.
J 10cph Smorliski, a shot firer in the
mines at Denning, was severely in
jured recently while preparaing a shot.
He had lighted the fuse of a shot and
hearing an explosion, thought his shot
had gone off. He went back to pre
pare another shot when the one he
had lighted exploded, throwing masses
of stone and slate against him. inflict
ing injuries which may prove fatal.
New Route for K. C. S.
A corps of engineers are at work in
the vicinity of Prairie Grove staking
off a route which it is proposed that
the jnaiu line of the Kansas City
Southern shall follow. This plan if
carried out will mean that the main
line will no longer run through Ben
ton and Washington counties, but
through the Illinois valley, Cove Creek
gap, and hy Prairie Grove.
Der.d Babe on Bridge.
The body of a male infant was found
on the Baring Cross bridge by some
workmen going from their homes in
Little Rock to their work at the Iron
Mountain shops recently. It is sup
posed that the babe was thrown from
the window of a sleeping car as it was
passing over the bridge, hoping that it
would fall into the water below.
Father and Son Drowned.
William Bennett, roadmaster for
the Missouri and North Arkansas Rail
road, was drowned in Buffalo, near
Harrison, together with his 14-year
old son, Gordan Bennett. They, with
others, were fishing, when the boy
went into the water beyond his depth.
The father went to his son’s rescue
and both were drowned.
Suit Under the Fellow-Servant Law.
M. R. Lewis, a conductor on the
Cotton Belt road, has brought suit
in the Jefferson County Circuit Court
against the railroad company for $20,
000, alleging permanent injury sus
tained through the carelessness of
the company's employes.
New Vein of Asphalt.
A new and large vein of asphalt
has been found in a new well at Gur
don, and specimens have been sent
to oil experts of Hope for investiga
tion. Signs of oil have been found in
boring wells in other parts of the
town previous to this.
Auditor* Find Shortage.
The accounts of T. C. Hockersmith,
cashier of the Bank of Fulton, who
has been missing for a few days,
were found to be short several thou
sand dollars by expert auditors. The
amount will be made good by the
bonding company.
Dies From Wounds.
Gene Nelson was shot at Keo re
cently by Andrew Stewart his brother
in-law. A load of small shot tore open
Nelson’s skull, knocking out part of
the brain, but notwithstanding this he
lived several hours.
Man Killed By Negro Employe.
James Foster, foreman of a lumber
company at Cache River Bridge ,a few
miles east of Biscoe, was shot and
killed by Tom Hartsell, a negro em
ploye. The negro claims that he fired
in defense’of his home.
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State Capital Notes
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Litttle Rock—The question as to
whether the work of construction
shall continue on the new state
capitol is being freely discussed. The
members of the commission appear
to be in a quandary as to whether
they can go ahead with the work
after the original appropriation of
$1,000,000 for the construction of the
capitol is exhausted. It was expected
when the bill passed the legislature
in 190:! that the cost of the building
would not go over the million-dollar
limit. Some of the commissioners are
of the opinion that when the million
dollars shall have been spent their
hands will be tied and that the work
on the building must cease. For this
reason they instructed the contractors
to roof the building and put in win
dows as soon as possible. This was
done for the purpose of preventing
the disintegration of much of the
work which would necessarily entail
upon the state a great and useless
expence. The question has been re
ferred to Attorney General Kirby, and
the commission will abide by his
dicision. If the attorney general an
swers in the affirmative there will be
ample money to finish the Caldwell
& Drake contract, with the exception
of building the copper dome which
the commission has decided not to
build. There is now in the capital
fund $105,000. In July it will receive
$140,000, and in July of next year
$145,000, a total of $:J90,000. In any
event, however, the commission would
not expend all of this money because
with the expediture of $170,000 in ad
dition to the $1,000,000 the Caldwell
& Drake contract would be completed
with the exception of the dome, and
the commission has no authority to
do any work except that already con
tracted for. This $170,000 would be
spent, in the main, for floors, tiling,
doors, woodwork, and ether interior
finishings. If the attorney general de
cides that the commission cannot
spend more than $1,000,000, the capi
tal cannot be made ready for occu
pancy within the next two years, and
Caldwell & Drake’s contract cannot
be wholly completed, as the commission
will have no authority to draw on
that money in excess of a total of
$1,000,000.
Transcripts Filed.
There has been five transcripts fil
ed in the Supreme Court this week.
The first was an amended complaint
in the case of the Chapman & Dewey
Land Company against the Board of
Directors of the St. Francis Levee
District and H. M. Fickinger, on. ap
peal from the Mississippi Chancery
Court. The transcript in the case
of John Congleton and H. L. Schultz
against Milton Robbins and others, on
appeal from the Montgomery Chan
cery Court. The suit is to set aside a
deed of conveyance to a certain tract
of land in Montgomery county. The
transcript in the case of H. L. Schultz
and G. Cox against J. M. Wattenbar
ger and others on appeal from the
Montgomery Chancery Court. The suit
was brought to enforce the provisions
of an aleged contract for the transfer
of a certain tract of land in Mont
gomery county. The transcript in the
case of Percy W. Calhoun against the
Gurdon and Fort Smith Railroad Com
pany and the Dalhoff Construction
Company, on appeal from the Pike
Circuit Court. The suit was brought
for $10,000 damages alleged to have
been sustained by plaintiff for injur
ies received while at work for de
fendants, in the construction of a
bridge across the Antoine river. In
the lower court plaintiff obtained a
judgment for $5,000. The transcript in
ihe case of S. J. and W. XV ilson
against the St. Louis and North Ar
kansas Railroad Company, on appeal
from the Boone Circuit Court. The
suit is for $150 alleged damages for
failure of defendant company to de
liver to plaintiff in good condition
two carloads of sheep and hogs In
the lower court plaintifT secured the
judgment asked for.
Pharmacists’ Exams.
At a recent examination before the
State Board of Pharmacy the follow
ing applicants, having made the re
quired grade, were duly enrolled as
registered pharmacists in Arkansas:
A. P. Bradshear, Paragould: W. J
Gillespie, Greenwood: J. R. Clay, M.
D., Leslie; Chas. C. Hanna, Morril
ton; Daniel J. Johnson, Shreveport,
La. (colored); C. R. Ousley, M. D.,
Greenwood. A. J. Tatim, Blytheville;
Mrs. Lula Baker, Prescott; E. O. Gra
ham, Monticello: \Y. L. Judkins, Ma
nilla; O. Finch. Parkdale; C. M. Gib
son, DeWitt; R. S. Toler, Sheridan;
R. F. Jungkind, Little Rock; J. F. Gill,
M. D.. Fordyce; C. R. Neil, Little
Rock; Carl Bordeaux, Monticello; W.
M. Jones, Magnolia: W. C. Snow,
Evening Shade. Governor Pindall has
filled the vacancy on the state board
by appointing VV. L. DeWoody of Pine
Bluff as a member
Revenue From Franchise Tax.
The Combs law which was passed
by the recent legislature requiring all
corporations doing business in the
State of Arkansas, whether foreign
or domestic, to pay a franchise tax,
the amount based on capitalization,
on or before the first of July of each
year, has already brought some
revenue to the state treasury, six cor
porations having paid to the secre
tary of state $275. So far no objec
tion has been made to the payment
of the tax, nor has it been suggested
in any quarter that any question
would be raised as to the legality of
the act. There are more than 10,000
corporations subject to the payment of
the tax. The law provides that com
panies having an authorized capital
stock of not over $25,000 are each
required to pay an annual tax of $10;
those having $25,000 and not over
$100,000 stock, $25. those having more
than $100,000 and not over $500,000,
$50; and all over $500,000 stock. $100.
The companies having paid the tax
before the time fixed by law are:
Waters-Pierce Oil Company of St.
Louis, $50; American Washboard
Company of Cleveland, O., $50; An
heuser-Busch Brewing Association of
St. Louis, $50: Gulf Compress Com
pany of Memphis, $100; Wells-Fargo
Express Company of New York, $100;
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Little Rock. $25.
Paid Franchise Tax.
Up to date the secretary of state
has reecived $870 on account of the
franchise tax required by the Combs’
act. The corporations that have paid
this week are: Ayer & Lord Tie Com
pany of Chicago, $100; Great Western
Oil Company of Little Rock, $25;
Ouachita Valley Bank of Camden, $25
American Building and Loan Associa
tion of Little Rock, $100; the Law
rence Lumber Company of Chicago,
$10; Illinois Hardwood Lumber Com
pany of Illinois, $10. Equitable Pow
der Manufacturing Company of Illi
nois, $25. Little Rock RallwSy and
Electric Company, $100. W. W. Wil
son Stave Company, $25. Bank of
Clarendon, $25. Hunt Real Estate
Company of Fort Smith, $10. The
Bank of Booneville, $10. Mercantile
Trust Company of Little Rock. $50
Weber-Farrel Lumber Company of Lit
tle Rock, $50. Lesser-Goldman Cot
ton Company of St. Louis, $100. Adler
Goldman Commission Company of St.
Louis, $50. The M. M. Cohn Company,
of Little Rock, $25. Farrell Bros. &
Watkins Lumber Company of Little
Rock, $25. Bank of Commerce of Lit
tie Rock, $25. Dickinson Mill Com
pany of Little Rock, $50. Arkansas
Brick and Manufacturing Company ol
Little Rock, $50.
Plea For State Capitol.
Judge Trieber. in an address deliv
ered recently in the city of Little
Rock made an earnest appeal for the
preservation of the old state capitol.
In closing his address he said: “It
is the only historic spot left in our
state which can best connect the past
with the future; it has been the cra
dle of our sttaesmen; it has been the
home, at some time or other, of every
great public man which the state of
Arkansas has produced: within its
walls our laws have, for nearly 70
years, been enacted, construed and ex
ecuted. Let all strive to save this
historic building for future genera
tions. As the city of Philadelphia is
preserving Independence Hall for the
nation, let Arkansas retain its historic
old state house for its own people.
Pardons Passed Upon.
Acting Governor Pindall has par
doned Milliard Mainard, Jr., of Roland
township, who was convicted of invol
untary manslaughter for the killing of
his cousin. Will Davis, and sentenced
to 20 days in the penitentiary. At the
same time the governor denied pe
titions for pardons to Jett Lewis, con
victed on a charge of murder in the
second degree in the Hempstead Cir
cuit Court; Milton Roper, convicted
on a charge of grand larceny in the
Benton Circuit Court; Bill Draper,
convicted of the illegal sale of liquor
in Bradley County, and James Nunn,
convicted in Lawrence county on the
charge of procuring liquor for another.
To Present City With Fountain.
The National Humane Alliance of
New York has offered to donate to
the city of Little Rock a beautiful
drinking fountain on condition that
the city authorities express a desire
on the part of the city to receive the
donation and offer a fountain site that
is acceptable to them. It is six feet
high and made of polished Maine
granite, with bronze trimmings. The
feature of the fountain is a large
drinking bowl, six feet in diameter,
made of one piece of granite. The
fountain is built in five pieces, which
together weigh about five tons, and
is valued at $1,000.
LITTLE CHILD SLAIN
Italian Kidnappers Strangle 7-Year-Old
Victim to Stop His Crying.
New Orleans, June.—Two miles in
to tJie interior of a big swamp near
this city, the headless body of Walter
Lamana, an Italian child between 7
and 8 years old, who was kidnapped
and held for $6,000 ransom two weeks
ago, was found by police and viga
lantes just before daybreak Sunday,
lie had been strangled to death ac
cording to the confession of one of the
several Italians held by the police. The
boy’s neck i3 supposed to have been
broken when he was strangled, caus
ing the head to become separated from
the body when decomposition set in.
The head was found a short distance
from the body. Five Italians, twro of
them women, are under arrest, charg
ed with being accomplices to the mur
der, and extra details of police and
deputies are maintaining order in the
excited Italian quarter of the city. All
day long Sunday, small crowds were
dispersed promptly by the police, des
pite whose precautions a report has
gotten out summoning a mass meeting
at Elk place.
Seventy armed deputies have been
placed on guard at the Orleans parish
prison, the strongest in the state,
where three of the prisoners are held,
and some apprehension has been felt
over the safety of two other prisoners
who were taken to an adjoining parish.
Seldom since the Mafia lynehings,
10 years ago, has New Orleans been
so stirred with threats of violence,
and some of these threats are made by
those who participated in the disor
ders at that tihe. The law and or
der element is much stronger than it
has been heretofore, a large number
of leading citizens of all nationalities
and the city’s leading commercial
leaders have pledged themselves to
prevent violence.
The murdered boy was found near
St. Rose, about 20 miles from New
Orleans. The sweating process brought
about a confession of one of the sus
pects, who was taken from his home
in St. Rose about midnight Sunday
night and carried into the woods by
a combined force of the officials and
vigilantes, who have had the search
in charge and who located the body.
This man, Ignazio Campigciano, was
kept in the woods an hour, when he
confessed, charging four Italians with
the murder. The funeral of the child
was held Sunday afternoon without
any disturbance.
Georgia Legislature.
Atlanta, June.—The Georgia legisla
ture will meet this week in
annual session, to continue fif
ty days. Among its first duties will be
the canvassing of the vote for gover
nor, cast last November, when Hoke
Smith was cuosen chief executive. His
inauguration will occur at noon Sat
urday, June 29. After taking the oath
of office before the joint session of the
two legislative branches. Governor
Smith will deliver his inaugural ad
dress in the open air from a platform
on the capitol grounds. The event will
be made the occasion for the gather
ing of Smith Clubs and supporters
from all parts of the state.
Woman Suicides.
Chattanooga, Tenn., June.—A report
front Trion. Ga., says: '.Mrs. Henry
Reynolds, daughter of \Y. F. Cannon,
an employe of the Trion Manufactur
ing Company in the cotton mills here,
committed suicide by leaping in front
of a passenger train of the Central of
Georgia Railway. Engineer Ayres
stated that the woman had concealed
herself in a ditch near a stock gap,
and when the engine was within a rail
length, she made a leap to her death.
It was impossible for him to stop the
train. Mrs. Reynolds leaves a husband
and Cmonths-old baby.
Accidentally Saved.
Smithfield, Tex., June.—Louis M.
Dougherty of this city was one of the
young seamen who attended the ball
at Hampton Roads, after which the
launch in which they were returning
to the batleship Minnesota was sunk
with tragic results. Dougherty would
have drowned with his companions
but for the fact that he was acciden
tally left ashore when the launch
with its ill-fated passengers started
back to the vessel.
Drink the Cause.
Dalton, Ga., June.—John Carroll, a
prosperous young farmer living near
here, was shot and killed by Harris
Holland, a friend, while the two were
returning home late Saturday. Car
roll had just secured a marriage li
cense and was to have been married
shortly. It is said the two had been
drinking and became involved in a
quarrel, which resulted in Holland
shooting Carroll. Holland has not
been arrested.
Montana Has Snow.
Butte, Mont., June.—Fourteen inches
of snow fell in Butte Sunday, but by
nightfall the streets were a mass of
slush.
EXAMPLE OF TRUE CHIVALRY.
Modern Lover Proves Himself Equal
to Heroes of the Past.
There was a moment of profound
silence. He was the first to speak.
“You are richer than I am.” he fal
tered, with emotion.
She bowed her head, replying noth
ing. Biit now the true nobility of his
character manifested itse'f.
“Yet for all that 1 am no better
than you are!" he cried, and folded
her to his breast.
And when, her conscience accusing
her, she tried to tell him thst not
only her father but four of her uncles
were Pittsburg millionaires, he sealed
her lips with kisses, and would hear
nothing.—Puck.
THE REORGANIZED NEW YORK
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
The new Board of Trustees of the
New York Life Insurance Company,
chosen by the policyholders under the
Armstrong laws, has taken charge of
the company’s affairs and has begun
the work of reorganization.
In choosing the principal officers of
the company, the Board has adhered
to the idea that a life insurance com
uany should be managed by life in
surance men. The new president is
Darwin P. Kingsley, a college bred
man of i?ood New Kngland stock, who
has been in the company’s service in a
variety of capacities for a period of
nearly twenty years. In the parlance
of life insurance, he “began with the
rate book" and has advanced step by
step up to his present position.
The first vice president of the com
pany is Thomas A. Buckner, who has
served the company for more than a
quarter of a century,—indeed has
never had any other business connec
tion.
Associated with these men are
others long trained in the company’s
service, each an expert in his own de
partment of work. ffm. E. Ingersoll,
who has for many years had charge
of the company's great business in
Europe, is one of the second vice pres
idents, and will continue at the head
of the company's office in Paris.
Rufus W. Weeks, who has been in
the company’s service for nearly forty
years, ranks next to Mr. Buckner as
vice president, and continuous as chief
actuary of the company.
The policyholders have expressed
their belief in this company in no un
certain terms. The upheaval in life in
surance within the last two years has
resulted in a great deal of misunder
standing and policyholders, alarmed on
matters which were not very clear to
them, havje been disposed to give up
their contracts at a heavy sacrifice.
This has not been true in the New York
Life to any great extent. The com
pany had $2,000,000,000 insurance on
its books when the life insurance in
vestigation began, and while the laws
of the State of New York now do not
permit any company to write over
$150,000,000 a year (which is about
one-half the New York Life formerly
did), the company’s outstanding busi
ness still exceeds $2,000,000,000.
Policyholders generally will be still
further reassured by this action of the
Board, as it places at the head of the
company to protect their interests men
of thorough training and unexception
able character.
Satisfied.
A seedy-looking loafer, having or
dered and eaten a large and sumptu
ous dinner, explained to the waiter
that he had no money.
The waiter immediately told the
restaurant proprietor, who sent for a
policeman.
The proprietor, going up to the un
welcome guest, explained that he had
sent for a policeman.
‘‘Thank goodness! you didn’t send
for a stomach pump!” the seedy one
replied, with huge contentment.—Il
lustrated Bits.
Ambiguous.
At the death of a much-loved pas
tor some years ago the vestry of a
prominent New York church resolved
to place a tablet to his memory in
the vestibule of the church, tells
Harper's Weekly. In due time the
tablet appeared in its place, where it
still remains. It has caused not a
few smiles: for, after reciting a list
of the former pastor's virtues and la
bors. it closes with the quotation:
"Now the people of God have rest.”
Oldest Known Human Being.
The oldest living human being of
authentic record is Mrs. Mary Wood,
of Hillsboro, Ore., a few miles west
of Portland. Mrs. Wood is 120 years
old. She was born in Knoxville,
Tenn., Slay 20. 1787, -which the re>s*
ords at Knoxville still show. When
she was 05 years old she rode the en
tire distance across the continent
from her old home in Tennessee to
her present home in Oregon.
Wifely Consolation.
One of the physicians at a popular
winter health resort was looking over
his books one day, comparing his list
of patients “I had a great many
more patients last year than 1 have
this,” he remarked to his wife. ‘T
wonder where they have all gone to?"
‘‘Well, never mind dear,” she replied,
‘‘you know all we can do is to hope
for the best.”