VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1907.
NO. 15.
NEWS
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ARKANSAS
R. L. Camp Appointed.
Acting Governor John 1. Moore has
appointed R. L. Camp of Paragould as
sheriff of Greene county to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation
of E. E. Penny, who resigned after be
ing suspended front office pending his
trial on an indictment on a charge of
non-feasance in office. A proclamation
was issued by the acting governor at
the time of fhe appointment calling
a special election for Greene county
.March 23, at which time a sheriff will
he elected to fill out the unexpired
term of ex-Sheriff Penny. At the same
time six justices of peace will be elect
ed for various townships in the county
to fill vacancies caused by failure of
those elected at the last general elec
tion to qualify.
Kills His Wife.
Hbgli Hamilton of Midland is in
jail at Fort Smith charged with the
murder of his wife. According to the
story told by neighbors, Hamilton
went home in an intoxicated condi
tion and was refused admittance to
the house by his wife. Hamilton, it
is claimed, drew his pistol and began
shooting through fhe door. One of the
bullets struck Mrs. Hamilton, and she
died from the effects of the wound
two days later. Hamilton claims that
he was shooting at another man, who,
he says, was in the house with his
wife, and says that he had no inten
tion of killing his wife. He declares
that his wife would not let him in be
cause of the presence of the other
man.
Attempt to Wreck Train.
An attempt was made to wreck a
Cotton Belt train about two and one
half miles south of England, by un
known parties who drove a spike be
tween two rails. The wreck was avert
ed ly .1. N. Stiger. a colored Methodist
preacher of England who was walking
along the right of way and found the
spike. He made several attempts to
pull it out, then tried to break it, but
could not. He then discovered the
Hin< Bluff passenger approaching and
flagged the train which came to a
standstill within a few feet of the
spiked rail.
Tract of Land Sinking.
A small tract of land seven miles
south of Green Forest, Carroll coun
ty, commenced sinking recently and
has since sunk to a depth of from
fifteen to twenty feet. The ground is
still sinking. Water stands about ten
feet over the ground and the people
are alarmed for fear that a larger
area may be depressed. Some of the
residents in the neighborhood claim
they have heard rumbling noises, and
many believe that the sinking of the
•and is due to a slight earthquake
shock.
Will Fight Rats Bills.
Tho railroads operating in Missouri
H’ost of which have lines in Arkan
sas have announced that suit will be
instituted in the Missouri courts to
prevent the enforcement of the two
rate, which was recently passed
'>Y the legislature of that state, and if
successful, a similar suit will be
brought in Arkansas.
Tries to Kidnap His Child.
Frank Redmond of Spiro, I. T„ at
tempted to forcibly take his .'i-months
"ll' f htld from his wife at Fort Smith,
"bo says (hat she had been forced
t" .cave lvm and seek the protection
triends in t hat city. Redmond was
placet! under arrest.
Government to Construct Road.
1 \\. Pago, jn charge of the United
• ft tes d epartment of Agriculture, will
'■ciih ruct one mile of what is known
,s "o’del earth road in .Jefferson cotin
'• pginning work about March 18, in
I.',<' instruct, overseers’ in the art
1,1 rood building.
Died From Injuries.
•h.tnes 11. Head, a timber cutter, llv
i f ntar Osceola, died recently from
U h' >( S rece*ve(i " bile felling a tree.
,tn 'h<“ tvee struck the ground a
, 1 ew i’ackj striking the unfor
< man on the head and crushing
bis skull.
\ ^ Debts After Five Years.
ve, *‘.S " ■ ®rr* " ho left Mena five
' s ag° owinS about $500. recently
!m ,.m°,ney ^ack w*tb interest to pay
fwt hretHt0rs’ wltl1 a noto to the ef’
he u- if s,lm sent w;la not sufficient
all ,...?U a St?nd as much more until
al‘ "as paid.
Held for Grand Jury.
is P,”'eS 1 m'- the negro soldier who
to kiii'rifeiL WUil assaul' "ith intent
tain „,v ’ *’ 'l°ynolds, the Iron Moun
the Homan, lias been held in
the lut *°°° to awalt the action
the Miller County Grand Jury.
Hammond Rehearing Denied.
The Supreme Court denied a re
hearing in the suit of the state against
the Hammond Packing Company. This
ends this case and closes so far as
the state is concerned the question
of the constitutionality of the clause
of the anti-trust act under which this
suit was brought.
The Hammond Packing Company
was proceeded against by the attor
ney general In connection with several
other companies on charges of being
members of a trust. A special commis
sioner was appointed to take testimony
in Chicago as provided by the anti
trust act, but the company officials re
fused to testify and the answers of
the company in the Circuit Court were
stricken and judgment was rendered
for $10,000 in favor of the state. The
Hammond Packing Company must now
pay to the state this $10,000.
Two Railroad Damage Suits.
Edwin Joplin of Pine Bluff has insti
tuted suit against the Iron Mountain
for $500 damages, alleged to be due
him for rheumatism contracted
through the negligence of the com
pany’s agent at Forrest City, who was
not at the depot when he went to
buy a ticket at night, thus causing
him to remain out in the sleet and
storm for more than an hour. The
other suit is thqt of John D. Wilson
who claims damages from the cotton
Belt in the sum of $1,000 because he
was forced to remain in a “dirty, filthy
depot” through the night, being de
layed in his trip through the misinfor
mation of one of the company’s em
ployes.
Five Cars of Cotton Destroyed.
Five carloads of cotton, standing on !
the Iron Mountain railroad switch
near Ajrgenta, were completely de- J
stroyed by lire recently. Four other j
cars of cotton -were also set on fire
by sparks from the conflagration, and
badly damaged but it is thought, a
large part of it can be saved. The
fire was caused by sparks from a pas
senger engine.
PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING, AT MONTK'I'.LLO, AUK.
Meeting With Favor.
The project of the construction of
an interurban railway between Lit
tle Rock and Hot Springs is being
widely discussed, and definite plans
will be taken at the next meeting of
the Business Men’s League of Hot
Springs on the first of March. The
proposition is receiving much favor
able comment and if the plans are
properly pushed they may reach an
early realization.
Boilermaker’s Strike at Van Buren.
The boiler makers and their helpers
in the Iron Mountain shops have gone
on a strike at Van Buren. The strik
ers were orderly and no confusion fol
lowed their quitting the shops. The
strike followed an order from the
boilermakers Executive Committee in j
St. Louis and is the second strike ]
in Van Buren within a few days, the
blacksmiths having struck a short
time before.
Held for Murder of Child.
John Bennett, a negro, is in jail at
Texarkana, charged with murder in
the first degree, his victim being a
negro child, who. It is alleged, was
shot and killed during a drunken brawl
among some negroes near poddridge.
New School Building.
Plans are being made for the erec
tion of a $40,000 public school build
ing at Arkadelphia. The building will
consist of an assembly hall, an audi
torium, a gymnasium and sixteen class
rooms.
Ex-Congressman Dead.
Gen. Robt. Neill, one of the oldest
and best-known citizens of Batesville,
died recently of pneumonia. He rep
resented the Sixth district in Congress
for two terms from 1893 to 1897, and
was chairman of the first Arkansas
Railroad commission, taking that po
sition in 1899.
Company Organized to Drill for Oil
The Becker Land and Development,
Company has been organized at Fisher
with a paid-up capital of $25,000. The
purpose of the company is to drill for
oti in the vicinity of Fisher.
Negro Boy Found in Refrigerator Car.
A negro boy about 12 or 15 years
of age was found in a refrigerator
car at Fayetteville, half frozen. He
says that he lives in Muskogee, and
that his parents drove him from home.
Crawling into the car to sleep, he did
not wake until the car was in motion,
and being unable to get out he re
mained in the car without food or
water till It was opened at Fayette
ville. He was almost dead when
found and only the prompt action of
the negro citizens who took charge of
him, saved his life.
Trains Will Run By January 1.
The indications are that the people
of Heber will welcome the first train
from Searcy by January 1, 190S, if not
sooner. The impression has been all
the time that the extension would be
made from Leslie to Heber first, and
that the first train would reach Heber
from the north, but prominent railroad
men and cantractors think otherwise,
and say the extension will be made
from Searcy and trains will be running
into Heber from the east by January
next.
Cashier Departs for Parts Unknown.
H. C. Robbins, for the past three
years cashier at the Cotton Belt freight
depot at Paragould, is reported to have
left town unceremoniously and his
whereabouts is unknown to his friends.
The railroad officials say that Mr. Rob
bins’ accounts are all right and that
his disappearance is not due to any
dereliction in duty in the position lie
held. His trunk and other effects have
been attached by his personal cred
itors.
Dr. J. N. McCormack to Visit Stats.
Dr. J. N. McCormack of Bowling
Green, Ky., who was given $10,000 by
the Kentucky legislature for attend
ing Governor Goebel, will tour Arkan
sas during March, making a series of
public addresses. He is the represent
ative of the American Medical Associ
ation, and he comes here under the
auspices of that body.
Fruit Conditions in Benton County
Reports from the Benton county
fruit growers are to the effect that
many Elberta peach buds have been
I killed, but that there are some live
ones on the trees on high ground.
Apples, cherries and all small fruit
are in good shape.
Fritz Heintz Injured in Explosion.
Fritz Heintz, an employee of the
Little Rock Brewing and Ice Company,
was seriously injured in an explosion
which occurred at the company’s plant
in Little Rock. His jawbone and sev
eral ribs were broken, and his right
arm injured.
Shooting Scrape Near Mena.
Will and Charles Young were badly
injured in a shooting scrape near
Mena, and it is thought that Will
Young's Injuries' will prove fatal. J.
W. Burke and W. W. Cochran have
been arrested, charged with the shoot
ing.
Got His Money Back.
W. B. Thompson of Mineola, who
lost his pocketbook containing $300
about three weeks ago, had it returned
to him by a young man named Sharp,
of Hartley, Polk county, who found
it near Janssen.
Canning Factory at Magazine.
The canning factory at Magazine
is nearly finished, and many farmers
in that vicinity have obligated them
selves to raise the products necessary
for its support.
Released On Bond.
The three men who were arrested
at Van Buren on a charge of defraud
ing the Iron Mountain Railroad Com
pany of $1,200 by means of a padded
payroll, have been released on bonds
in the sunrof $1,000 each. The three
men implicated are I^ee E. and L. M.
Greer, and C. J. Page.
Elect.on Postponed.
The Penitentiary Board nas post
poned the election of officers for that
institution until March 4. when it is
believed Governor Little will be able
to be present.
V Legislative
v Proceedings
THE SENATE.
The Senate Monday passed the bill In
creasing th»* salaries of Supreme t’ourt
judges from $3,000 to $4,000 per annum
after one of the most spirited rontrover*
ties of the session.
Othre bills passed were: Prohibiting tbe
soliciting of liquor orders in temperance
territory: Increasing tin* punishment for
carrying concealed weapons: requiring a;
dermen to live in the wards which they
represent ; fixing a standard price for jail
food.
Acting Governor Moore sent a message
to the Senate appointing Messrs. (I. \Y.
Seitz nad .1. W. Mitchell, directors of tin*
St. Francis levee district caused by expir
ation of terms.
New bills in the Senate were:
By Senator Howland.—Providing that
members of tbe Legislature shall not draw
pay for time during which they are ab
sent from the sessions except when absence
Is due to sickness or is caused by com
mlttee work.
By Senator Goodwin. -An act enlarging
the powers of the Railroad i'ommisslon.
authorizing uniform rules to apply to all
lines which are operated together through
Joint ownership.
By Senator Simms.—Abolishing dealing
in futures within this state.
By Senator McKnight.- -Designating the
duties of the railroad commissioners and
requiring their attendance at all meetings
of the House and Senate t'ominlttees on
Railroads.
By Senator Edmondson. An act recpiir
Ing actions to be brought before such Jus
tlce of the peace as is authorized in the
township wherein the defendant is appre
hended, except: in cases where joint defend
ants are interested, when the case shall he
brought before any justice of the peace
in the county.
B.v Senator Rowland. An act legalizing
all party or primary elections held in this
state and [taking penalties apply for fraud
the same as now apply to regular elections.
By Senator Patterson.—An act enlarg
Ing the powers of sheriffs and giving them
authority to close all saloons in any com
rnunlty when the peace of that community
^threatened by a public uprising or
mob violence.
By Senator Thompson.— An act appro
priating $5,000 for converting the Prairie
Grove battle field in Washington county
into a public nark to be known as tbe
Prairie Grove Military park.
'flip Spq a to Tuesday killed the bill by
Senator Montgomery providing that three
fourths of a jury might return a verdict in
civil eases where the offense charged was
not a felony.
Senator Rowland tried to have bis b«»I
providing Unit absent members of the Legis
lature should not draw pay. unless away
nn committee work or bee a use of sickness,
brought up for action. There were objec
tions. and on a rising vote the necessary
two-thirds majority was not obtainable.
New bills introduced in the Senate were:
By Senator Paterson. Senate Bill No.
-In.- An act to reward the capture of crim
inals by persons outside tie* state, providing
for a standing reward of sioo for any
persons outside of tile state who captures
and returns any persons who may later be
convicted of the crime of in an.slaughter or
higher crime within this state.
By Senator McKnight. Senate Bill No.
2U».—An ad regulating the granting of
a teacher’s license, and giving school ex
aminers the right to permit, teachers t"
teach in the primary grades who have not
been examined for license, but whose ap
plications are pending.
By Senator Win 50. Senate Bill No.
217. — An act prohibiting any railroad
company more than 'Tin miles in length,
operating partly or wholly within the state,
from allowing their employes to work
more than lt> hours on a stretch without
having at least eight hours intermission
between such periods of work.
By Senator Oldham. Senate Bill No.
218. —An act prohibiting a second writ <>r
garnishment until after six months have
expired, unless information has been ob
tained that the person under garnishment
has come into possession of additional prop
erty.
By Senator Bush. Senate Bill No. 210.
—An act prohibiting any other person from
paying taxes on real estate in this state,
except the owner or part owner, unless
the persons have written authority to
make the payment.
The Senate adjourned at noon in order
that committees might have an opportun
ity to get up with their work.
The Senate Wednesday considered the
question of working convicts on the roads
of the state under county supervision in
one of the longest discussions of the pres
ent session. It resulted iu the killing of
the bill by Senator Montgomery which had
been endorsed by the (Jood Roads Conven
tion. The defeat of this measure is not
regarded as Indicating tinallv that the
upper legislative body is opposed to tl»e
sentiment of the bill, but there are others
bearing upon the same subject, differing
only in technical points, and one of these
may find more favor. On a motion by
Senator Lee. the Montgomery bill may also
he reconsidered aud taken up later in the
session.
The Senate adjourned during committee
action on the Simms hill, providing for
an exhibit at the .Jamestown Tercentennial
exposition. Amendments are to he proposed
which will decrease the appropriation asked
for from SfiO.OOO to JMo.OOO.
The only new hill introduced nt tills ses
sion was one by Senator I>e Rossitt. amend
ing the act of ItlOo in regard to the st.
Francis levee district anil providing that
every member of the hoard must be an
owner of Improved land in the district.
The Arnold hill on the subvert of pood
roads, whirh gives the counties the right
to work roads by contract, and which pro
vides that these roads shall be worked
under the direction of a road commissioner
who shall receive a salary of $750 per an
num. passed the Senate Thursday after
a lengthy discussion.
The House Hill by Mr. McDaniel raising
the tax levy for the Confederate pension
fund from 1 mill to 1 1-2 mills passed the
Senate without a dissenting vote.
New hills introduced in the Senate were:
By Senator Amis An act to encourage
Immigration by enlarging the powers of
the commissioner of mines, manufacturers
and agriculture and giving him power to
appoint agents and direct the work of im
migration.
By Senator McCall An act to regulate
the removal of county seats, and provid
ing that no county seat shall be removed
from anv section where as much as $2,000
Is represented in court or court house and
jail buildings, nor shall any election for
such removal he held until the petitioners
for such election shall have first deposited
the sum of $0,000 in currency to go to
ward improvements in case the majority
vote for removal.
By Senator I.ee An act conferring on
eltleft of the first class the right to regu
late buildings by ordinance, to condemn
unsafe structures ami regulate new build
ings through the Issuance of building per
mits. and to make ordinances regulating
the building within its corporate limits.
Made a special order for Monday.
In honor of the anniversary of George
Washington's birthday, the Senate ad
journed Friday 15 minutes after it had
been called to order. No business was at
tended to. except tlie usual morning roll
call and the reading of the journal. A
motion to adjourn until Monday morning
prevailed by an overwhelming vote.
Representative Ruff of Randolph coun
ty has been dubbed the ••father of his
country ’•*
THE HOUSE.
The* House spent a quiet day Monday,
much of the time being devoted ‘to the roll
call for the introduction ami advancement
of hills.
The id 11 by Mr. McDaniel to increase the
lax levy for Confederate pensions from 1
mill to l 1 - mills was passed, with only one
dissenting vote.
Other hills passed by the House were:
To make font* wire fence a lawful fence In
Crawford county; to provide for the elec
tlon of road overseers in Boone county; to
require the Cotton Belt and Iron Mountain
to erect and maintain a viaduct over tiie
j tracks and yards In Pine Bluff ; to compel
| the Rock Island to stop trains at Bellville :
| to pay the judge of Washington county
j a salary of $ J/JoO per annum.
Among the new hills In the House were:
By Mr. Walker, to require that In conn
i ties having two county seats, county clerks
| shall keep at each seat .in addition to the re.
cards already kept, records of marks and
| brands, incorporation, estrays. advertise
ments for sale of delinquent lands and re
cords of lands sold the state and indi
vlduals ; that the county collector shall keep
one set of tax hooks at each seat ; that tic
sheriff and collector shall keep the tax
hooks at each seat until April Hi. of each
year for the payment of taxes; and that
the treasurer shall keep at each sear the
funds of each of the school districts In
the respective Judicial districts. Read first
i and second times.
By Mr. Stirling, to amend an act of 1807.
creating the Helena Improvement District
for the construction of levees. Read first
and second times and made special order
for Tuesday.
By Mr. Leigh, to enable persons having
claims against insurance roinpanies that
may fall or go Into the hands of receivers,
to consolidate such claims and sue jointly.
Read first time.
By Mr. McCollum. to prohibit the plead
. ing of the statute of limitation against tin*
I right of a town or city to open streets and
alleys. Read first time.
At 4 :1o the House adjourned until Tues
day morning.
The bill by Representative Meade, to
make the salaries of the chancellors of
the state uniform at $2,500 per annum,
which withstood an attack Monday in the
House, was tip again Tuesday and came
out unscathed from another assault made
upon it in the shape of an amendment.
! 'fills particular amendment was by Repre
sentative Thomas, and was to the effect
j that instead of the salaries being fixed
i at $2,500 per annum the amount should he
! 15 cents per annum. The author of the
| amendment said it was not offered for the
purpose of fixing coapeuaatiuns. and that
its real object was to abolish the several
chancery districts In the state . I pon :i
viva voce vote a motion to reject the amend
ment prevailed.
The House spent an hour and a half or
»he afternoon session in a discussion of a
j Senate concurrent resolution memorial!'/.
' ing Congress to pass a bill Introduced by
: Congressman J. C. Flovd. to make available
the waters of White river, in Misosuri and
in Arkansas, above Cotter for electrical
purposes, without impeding navigation. The
resolution was not adopted.
Measures passed upon were as follows :
By Mr. Anderson, to make valid copies
> of certain records of Harland county dam
| aged in the tire at Hot Springs in February,
j IBOo. was a special order and was read
the third time and passed.
Senate Bill No. 17b tXancei. and X»».
l.“»S i Holland* were special orders and
were read the third time and passed. No.
17b is to authorize the special school dis
i trict of Rogers to borrow money, and No.
i ir»N is to prevout coal companies or cor
j porn t ions from tunneling under cemeteries.
To Senate Bill No. 7*» (ILilandf, pro
j viding for one stenographer for the chief
justice of tin* Supreme Court and two
stenographers for the associate justices.;
the House Committee on Judiciary offered
an amendment to authorize the justices to
employ one stenographer at a saiarv of
$1,200 per annum, which was adopted.
A hill was introduced at this session by
Mr. Black of Sebastian for the protection
of natural gas and mineral oils in Arkansas.
Th<* Daiker and Coleman demu.rngc hi! is
i were special orders in the Utilise Wednes
day and all of the afternoon session tad
part of the morning session was *a v a
up in discussions. The principal speaker
was Mr. i dloman. wlio spoke l'or i wo !i.»u'*s
and a half for his morion t«* substitute
! his bill for that offered b.v Mr Darker.
At the morning session druslic amend
meuts to the bill by Mr. Moore of lade
pendence. to prohibit dealings i.i futures,
were adopted. One in particular, by M:
Coleman,' prohibits the soliciting or n iv
ing of orders for futures to b> executed
in this suite or elsewhere, and makes ii
unlawful t<» send an order by mail, tele
phone or telegraph for futures to be cv
cured in tills state or elsewhere, and for
any telegraph company to deliver i.iv
message concerning the purchase or sal *
of futures or which contains a report of
the purchase or sale of futures.
To House Hill Xo. SO (Sininsoni. t>
provide room in the new state capitol as
headquarters for tin* Arkansas division
of.tin* Cnited Daughters of the roiifeder
; acy, amendments were adopted providing
j that when provision is made for the finish
itig of the capitol an appropriation nm v
be made for the purchase of cases for tii‘
preservation of Confederate Imrth* dags
and other historical articles, and that in
stead of the room being set aside for th
headquarters of the Daughters of tin* Con
federsic.v it shall be for the tiling of Ills
tori* a 1 documents and archives.
New bills introduced at this session were :
Hy Mr. I’artain. to amend section •“*14'»
of Kirby's Digest, relating to the laudes
tine sale of intoxicating Honors, by pro
viding that when a house has been leas-d
for lawful purposes and is used as a “blind
tiger.*’ it shall lie the duty of the owner
to cause the tenant to vacate the house,
and if lie refuses the owner shall rake
steps to procure possession. It also mak-s
the running of a “blind tiger” sufficient
cause for the cancellation of a base.
Hy Mr. Quinn, for the protection of oas
sengers on trains and to prohibit drumming
or soliciting for hotels, bath houses, eat
lug houses or doctors ou trains or plat
forms and at depots.
The House Thursdav refused io a I >pt
the motion hr Representative Coleman to
make his demurrage hill a substitute for
a measure on the same subject b.v Repre
(tentative Darker. The motion was under
debate the greater uart of the dav before
and at all of today’s session after the
morning hour.
The principal objection to the (’oleman
bill was that If did not prescribe a penal*.y
against the railroads.
The Darker bill was chamnloned by Ren
resent atlve Uartscll, Ross. Foster. and by
its author.
In commemoration of the 17otli anniver
sary of the birthday of (Jeorge Washing
ton. the House adjourned Friday, shortly
before noon, until Saturday morning. Al
though it was Senate dav only one bii!
emanating from the upper bodv was con
sidered. Suspension of the rules for the
consideration of House bills was tin* order,
and it was after 11 o’clock before the
House took up Senate business. The one
Senate hill considered was the formation
of a drainage district in Phillips countv.
and half a’* hour was consumed in its
reading.
The two House bills passed at tills ses
sion were :
Dy Mr. T'lnney. to create the Tinker
lake levee district In Jefferson county.
Dy. Mr. McCracken, to provide for the
re-ex« mine t ion of ex-Confederale soldiers
for the purpose of securing Increase of
pension.
The (’ariock blanket prohibition Dili was
taken up by the Senate (’ommittee on Tem
perance Friday and by a unanimous vote
of the committee will he returned to the
Senate Monday morning with the recom
mendation that it do not. pass. The au
thor of the bill is a member of the com
mittee. but was absent at the time or the
meeting, being engaged in Ills duties as
chairman of the Knrolllng Committee of
the Senate.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Tin' newspaper and stamp bill which
hsa (inured so largely in political campaigns
for the past few years, and which was de
feated in the earlier part of the present
session of the Arkansas Legislature, has
been brought up again in a slightly differ
ent form, has passed both houses and now
awaits the signature of the governor. The
bill, which follows, debars any but dally
papers from competition as provided in
section 5, because of lack of space.
Section 1. That it shall be the duty
of the Secretary of the Senate to purchase
a'd furnish each member of that body
d>..ily, for this session, forty daily papers
of any paper publishing full reports of (hr
proceedings or the Legislature, or In lieu
t Hereof. two hundred and eighty weeklies
publishing full reports of the proceedings
of the Legislature, the choice of such pa
pers. whether weeklies or dailies to be left
i" tlie member, and any papers published
in the stare whether weekly or dally be
ing eligible to this selection, provided such
publication shall comply with the term*
of this Act otherwise, by publishing full
and complete proceedings of the Leglsla
tore. Provided such daily papers or week
lies shall not cost, over two cents per copy
and the publisher shall be required to pay
all postage on list furnished him by mem
bers.
Section 2, It shall be the duty of the Sec
retary of Senate to purchase and furnlsU
each member with *25 cents worth of post
age stamps daily for tills session.
Section .*>. That it slial be the duty of
the Clerk of the House to purchase and
furnish each member of that body daily
for this session, forty daily papers of any
paper publishing full reports of the pro
ceedings of the Legislature, or in lien
fhereof, two hundred and eighty weeklies,
publishing full reports of the proceedings
of the Legislature, the choice of such paper
whether weeklies or dailies to be left to the
members and any paper published in the
State of Arkansas, whether weekly or daily
being eligible to this selection, provided
such daily papers or weeklies shall not
cost over two cents per copy and the pub
lisher shall be required to pay all postage
on lists furnished him by members.
Section 4. It shall be* the duty of the
Clerk of the Mouse to purchase and fur
nish each member with 25 cents worth
of postage stamps daily for this session.
Section 5. The papers purchased under
the provisions of the foregoing sections,
shall be required to publish in addition to
full and complete proceedings of both
houses, the full text of all laws passed
containing seven sections or less, and a
plain intelligent synopsis of all laws passed
containing more than seven sections and
that when mention is made of pending bills
in said papers, the name of rite author
and the title of said bill shall be given.
The canvass of the Ninth senatorial dis
trict for the seat in the state Senate made
vacant by the expulsion of Senator Reuben
R. Adams, at the* beginning of this leglsla
live term, was brought to a close Fihtiy
night at Renton, when Hon. 1 >. M. Cloud
and Senator William Lambert met in joint
debate. The election will be held Satur
day, and reports indicate that there will
he a very close race. Senator Lambert
was appointed temporarily to lill the va
cancy .and lias remained in the Senate at
tending to his duties, while his opponent
lias made a vigorous campaign of the dis
trict Recaus** of the fact that many of
th*‘ precincts in the district are far re
moved from the railroads, the returns may
not be announced with any degree of ac
curacy for several days.
A law so drastic that «t is expected to
biv ik up mobs after they have been formed
and are actually engaged in the work or
taking a prisoner trom the custody of a
sheriff or other official was endorsed by the
Senate .Judiciary Committee yesterday, and
if enacted into law will establish a pre
cedent in the Southern states.
I*rider its provisions extreme penalties
are placed on any officer surrendering a pri
- cum* to a mob. but it goes further and gives
•J'c.t officer the right to summon any citizen
of tiie sTare. even if that citizen’ is then
a participant of the mob. to his assistance,
Hid. should th“ citizen refuse, a tine of $1..
t»oi» provided for. together with six
aionths* imprisonment in the county jail.
Tii.* bill of Representative Moore of
i’u'aski county, to require the Iron Moun
tain to build a depot at Sweet Home, which
was passed by the House yesterday, will
If it becomes a law. mean a great con
venience t<‘ the old soldier> at the Confed
erate Home. The bill requires also that all
passenger trains shall be stopped at Sweet
Horn • anil this will be a great accommoda
tion •:•* the veterans in making trips to
Little Rock. Representative Moore was
backed up by Representative Barker when
the bill came up for final passage . The
bill was passed without a dissenting vote.
Senator McKuighi's bill exempting every
person over the age of 70 years rroni pay
ins; a ooll tax in this state was offered
in u'ood faith, but when it was found its
way into the Senate Judiciary Committee
ii ran amuck of tlie constitution. When
the bill was up for discussion, some member
re« -red to the constitution, which says
that every male citizen over the age of
J1 years shall pay a poll tax. and there
the elrnnces of the bill began to fade. It
will be reported hack with the recommenda
tion that it do not pass.
At a meeting of the Senate Committee
>n Uailroads held Tuesday afternoon, two
important bills were recommended for pas
sage. One is Senate llill No. 182, by Sen
ator Amis, which requires every railroad
operating in the state "to tile annually with
the Auditor of State a list of the assets
and liabilities of the road, and the other
i sSenate Hill No. 186, by Senator Me
Knight, which requires the railroads to
k»»ep up the crossings at all points where
highways intersect the railroad lines.
Chairman Kie Oldham of the joint com
mittee appointed bv the legislature to in
vestigate the affairs of the new’ state capl
tol had George W. Donaghey of Conway
before a subcommittee Thursday afternoon
i i response to a summons that had been
issued Wednesday. In accord with an
agreement made in the committee at a
former meeting the evidence will be taken
behind closed doors, and nothing is given
otif pending the hearings except such as
might be authorized by the chairman of
the committee.
Kepreseutattve Hogan of Pope county
also sent up a communication bearing on
the stamp question, as follows: “I voted
against the bill to provide stamps, but be
lieving in the Democratic doctrine of ma
jority rule, f will accept the stamps and
will use them in sending papers to the
people of one of the best counties in the
State—Pope county. 1*. S.—When will I
get them:’*
If is expected that the Committee on
Temperance will make Its report on the
t’arlock bill shortly. The bill provides that
If a majority of'the voters of the state
vote against license in the general election,
the entire state shall be **dry," but that if
ihe majority in the state shall not vote
against license, only such counties as voted
for license shall he privileged to issue the
same.
representative J. Frank Carlton of New
ton county was the only member of the
House voting against the bill increasing
the tax levy for Confederate pensions. In
explanation of his vote. Mr. Carlton said
that he had riromised his constituents that
lie would oppose any measure that tended
to increase taxation and for that reason
b<» felt in duty bound to vote against the
bill.
J. H. Fulks of Ozark has announced
as a candidate for senator from the Twen
ty -lift h district, Crawford and Franklin
counties, in the next Democratic primary.
The district is at present represented fay
A. T. Cross of Crawford.
The House Committee on Labor voted
unanimously in favor of the fellow-servant
measure for the protection of railway em
ployes :md mine workers by Senator Old
aiiiii.