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VOL. XXXVI. _FORREST CITY. ARK., FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE li.i-.m:, Nn 3
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Forrest City. Ark.
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Real Estate Abstracts.
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Forrest City, Arkansas.
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Opening New Mines.
Very largo development in the coal
industry is taking place between
Huntington and Montreal, all the ter
ritory being underlaid with coal. The
( entral ( oal and Coke Company Is
sinking a shaft which will be known
as mine No. *1. It will develop the
largest body of coal in the state and
will be the deepest and largest mine
in Arkansas. The Dallas Coal Com
pany is preparaing to sink a shaft on
the Bishop estate. This will also be
a very large and extensive mine. Tin
Montreal Smokeless Coal Company is
pushing the work in its new shaft, and
litis company will soon lie pwiducing
coal. Bache A: Denman's new shaft on
the Boone land is nearing completion.
President Tillman Se-elected.
The Cniversity Board met recently
in Fayetteville and re-elected I’resi
dent John N. Tillman for a term of
five years, and raised his salary from
to $T)0 per month. Col. Vincen
heller was also re-elected dean of col
lege of agriculture for a period of four
years, with a raise of $100. All other
heads of departments were re-elected
for four years. Heretofore election has
le en for one y ear only. Neil Caroth
ers, the university's representative
who will be graduated this year from
Oxford, the university of Knglanil, was
,lven a position as associate professor
of economics.
Freed of Pests.
Four months ago the town of Alma
was overrun by rats, but now there is
none to lie seen anywhere in the town,
all having been destroyed by ferrets
At first traps ami poison were resort
ed to, without the least effect in di
minishing the number of rodents Two
weeks ago a ferret was secured, an 1
its work was so successful that three
more were purchased and a vigorous
campaign against the destructive ani
mals was inaugurated. In one week
there was not a rat visible in A!
ma.
Killed Wife Through Mistake.
Frank Brown, a carpenter, living
on the outskirts of Batesville, shot
and killed his wife, thinking she was
a burglar. They were disturbed dur
ing the night by a noise among the
chickens, and he secured a pistol, and
went into the kitchen, bidding his wife
return to bed. as she was sick. See
ing a form crouching at the window he
fired and killed his wife. The jury
fully exonerated him.
Found No Ticks.
L. T. Andrews of Imboden, govern
ment stock inspector, has completed
his work in Imboden township, Law
rence county, and reports that he has
found the cattle in a healthy condition,
and the complete absence of fever
ticks There are 1.1 f*0 head of cattle in
the township. He will continue his
work in other townships of the coun
ty.
Accident At Mill.
John Burton, an employe of the Cad
do Lumber Company, three miles east
of Black Spring.-, lost his arm recently
by the accidental discharge of a re
peating shotgun. The arm between
tin* wrist and elbow was shattered and
had in be amputated about two inches
below the elbow joint.
Died From Morphine Poisoning.
.1 o. Clements, a carpenter living
in Little Rock, was picked up on the
streets in an unconscious condition
and taken to the hospital where it
was discovered that he was suffering
front morphine poisoning. He di d
shortly after reaching tile hospital.
Highwayman Stole Bible.
As Mrs Martha Lee, a mission work
er, at Hot Springs, was returning to
her home recently, a highwayman
snatched what he supposed to lie her
purse, but found later that he had
stolen a Bible.
Drowned Near Batesville.
Fred CJuerher, a laboring man, fell in
the river near Batesville and was
drowned before assistance could reach
him.
Gambling Outfit Burned.
Gambling paraphernalia to the value
of $2.0n0 was burned at Hot Springs
recently by Sheriff W. 1>. Sandlin of
Garland county The place raided
was that of Henry Turner. Faro tables,
roulette wheels and bushels of poker
chips were destroyed.
Establishing Evaporating Plant.
A. M. Rodgers of Gravette. who re
cently patented a rotary evaporating
machine, is installing a large evapor
ating plant iu that town. The capa
city of the plant will be 40" bushels
per day.
Farm Drmonstratron Wor'..
1 he tanner# co-operative demon .-Mra
i Mon work as carried on l»y the I'nlteJ
| States Department of Agriculture,
i’tieau dt Plant Industry. Dr. F. F.
< >a 1 la way. chief, and Dr. S A Knapp,
special agent in charge, with office at
l-al.e ( harles. La . is progressing nicely
in Arkansas
1 his work is carried on now by six
special field agents and the state is
subdivided as follows: Little River,
I’ulk. Sevier and Scott counties. wit:i
! A. .1. Ltis, headquarters at DeQueen,
in charge, Miller, Lafayette, liemp
stead and Nevada counties, with C.
H. Moore, headquarters at Hop in
charge. Columbia, I'nion and Ouachita
counties, with A J. Apple, headquai
ter.# at Little Rock, In charge Cal
houn, Bradley, Dallas, Drew and Ash
lei counties, with 1). R. Swaty, head
quarters at Monticello, in charge, Ar
kansas. Monroe, Phillips, St. Frareis
and othei counties on the eastern ,'u>r
der of the state, with C P. Davidson,
headquai ters at Forrest City, in
charge. The balance of the cotton
growing section of the Statu is in
charge of A. V. Swaty, with head
quarters at Little Rock There are
about sixty demonstration farms and
from Lion to l,5ho corporators In the
state at present, ami in all probability
there will he several more aget.ts ap
pointed by next fall, and the terri
tory further subdivided to carry on
the work more extensively. The out
look on the several demonstration
farms is said lo be about a> good as
can be expected, taking into consider
ation the unfavorable weather enndi
lions. It is still hoped by the si veral
agents that a fair crop can be pro
duced by looking closely to the . ulti
vation of these farms
Negro Killed By Train.
Mill Driver, a negro drayman was
run over and killed by a switch e.tgine
at Texarkana recently. He had been
to call on a negro woman, and in the
course of a quarrel that came up be
tween them he drew a razor and slash
ed her across the t;eck. This so fright
ened the woman that she fell to the
floor in a swoon. Driver, thinking tm
had killed her, ran from the house
and dashed across the railroad tracks
in an effort to escape, but was caught
by a passing engine and crushed. The
wheels passed over Ids body at the
waist line cutting him literally in two.
The negro woman was not seriously
hurt.
Slays Brother-in Law.
Alfred Sanders shot and instantly
Killed his brother-in-law, /indie Patter
son about three miles east of ('asa
recently. Mr*. Sanders was at the Pat
terson home tit the time of tjie shoot
ing an<l her husband attempted to force
her to go with him. Her brother in
terfered and Sanders sh it hint After
the shooting Sanders grabbed his wife
and went into the woods, and no trace
has yet been found of them. There are
fears for her safety. Sanders is still
at large, hut a large posse is scouring
the country in search of him.
Aged Negro Dead.
Kiiza Whitmore, an aged negress 1 i\
ing at Center Point died recently at the
advanced age of 107 years. "Aunt
l.iz.a" was horn in South Carolina, in
1 son. she remembered distinctly the
war of 1812, the visit of Lafayette to
the t'nited States and other notaVV
events occurring in the early years
of the last century. She was brought
to this country from South Carolina!
sixty years ago by her master. Maj.
Whitmore, who was a pioneer of tin
state.
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Wholesale Poisoning.
An old negro "voodoo woman" has
been arrested at Lake Village on a
charge of poisoning several members
of a n gro family As a result of the
poi.-oning one man is dead and several
others are so seriously ill as to make j
theit death probable. After the first;
sickness had been charged to the wat
er a bag containing rough-on rat.-, v. a.-,
j found in the well As the illness con
i tinues the Hour used by the family is
j being examined.
File Charges Against Sheriff.
The Grand Jury of Mississippi coun
ty. has filed charges against former
Sheriff Sam Bowen, claiming that he
I is short in his account.-> in tin sum of
$:?,5:>‘J71, and that Sheriff John A.
; Loveweil, tin present sheriff, is short
i in Ills accounts $11.vil.In addition
to these charges tie jury reports that
I the hooks of County Cletk James Love
j well are not correctly kept.
Prisoners Make Their Escape.
Three prisoners made tie r escape
from tlie new Johnson c in' jail
recently. One of them sprung the
! lock of the door leading into the third
story, which was not completed, with
an iron liar, and the three then made
their escape through a wind w by let
; ting themselves down to the g utid
by a rope made of blanket.'
Very Few Delinquent.
Sharp county has the small' delin
quent real estate tax list of any county -
| in the State There are only 7u tracts
[ in the advertised list.
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State Capital Notes
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l.ittle Hock.- The capital city Is in
tlie midst of an era of civic improve
ments that lias never been surpass
ed in the history of the state. Im
provements arc being made in ail di
rections. Streets in all parts of the
city ate torn tip preparatory to con
verting them into rnacadamlzi I high
ways, sewers are being built and the
beautifying and enlarging of the city
is going on rapidly. At present there
are improvements either being made
or contemplated in Little Hock that
will involve a sum in excess of $1,
000,000 A good deal of this work is
in a state of completion, other work
has just been begun and the remain
der is in process of organization.
To Mine Fuller's Earth.
A movement Is on foot among bus
iness men of Little Hock to organize
a company for the purpose of min
ing "fuller's earth," which Is found in
•ii ge quantities near Itenton in Sa
line county, and which is a natural
resource of Arkansas that, although
very valuable, has received but little
attention heretofore. The "fuller's
earth,” as it is called. Is exceeding
ly scarce in the United States and is
found only at two other places In this
country. In appearance "fuller's
earth" is similar to any other clay,
its properties, however, are entirely
different. Refined, it is used as 4.
poultice cure for rheumatism, blood
P'dson. felons, sprains, tonsilitis,
burns bruises, galls, cuts, ulcerated
and irritated sores and also for bowel
trouble. Refined by other processes
It is used by oil companies to refine
fine oil; by packing houses to refine
lard; by furriers to kill insects; by
soap manufactories to refine soap, and
by woolen mills to remove spots, etc.,
in woolen goods. It Is also Used In
certain percentages in various medi
cines and when ground, after being
refined, makes a talcum powder.
Contractor Caldwell Surrenders.
George W. Caldwell, member of the
firm of Caldwell <t Drake, contractors
for the new state capitol, has surren
dered to Sheriff Kavanaugh under
warrants charging that he was an ac
cessory to the crime of bribery and
gave bond In the sum of $10,000, The
indictment arcusing Caldwell of being
an accessory to the crime of offer
ing a bribe alleges that on April 5,
1905, F. O. Butt offered K. R. Adams
$500 for a favorable vote on the state
capitol appropriation bill then pend
ing in the Arkansas Senate. It Is al
leged that Mr. Caldwell encouraged
Butt to ofTer the $500 to Adams iu
the way of a bribe. The second In
dictment alleges that on April 16,
1905, he gave M. I). L. Cook $7,000 to
bribe A \V. Covington to vote favor
ably on the appropriation bill. In this
indictment it is alleged Covington re
ceived the $7,000
To Raise College Subscription.
At a meeting of the Business Men's
League recently it was decided to
raise $19,000 of the $25,000 yet neces
sary to secure the Presbyterian Wo
man's College for Little Rock, which
wi'l be a non-sectarian school under
tiie control of the Arkansas Synod of
tlie Presbyterian church. The amount
necessary to bring the institution to
the capital city is $75,000, of which
amount $25,000 is to he raised in this
city. A resolution was also adopted fa
voring the construction of a car line
across the free bridge for the purpose
of connecting Little Rock and Argen
tn, and pledging the support of the
League to the enterprise.
Pardons Issued By Governor.
Among the pat dons Issued hv Act
ir.g Governor Pindall this week was
one to Dan Hawkins, convicted in Hot
Springs in 19'U on a charge of mur
der i:i the second degree and sen
tenced to 10 years in the penitcntiory;
and one to Roy Pratt, convicted in
White county in 1905 of manslaugh
ter and sentenced to four years in the
penitentiary.
Claims Passed Upon.
Acting Governor Pindall and State
Auditor Moore the commission to au
dit the accounts for supplies furnish
ed during the yellow fever quarantine
in 1905, have passed upon a number
of claims. These claims, about
In number, aggregate something like
$5,00o.
Measles Epidemic.
According to the report of City Phy
sician Judd, there were 132 eases of
measles in Little Hock during the
month of May The number of cases
is considered unusual, but, out of the
numner there ha- been only one death,
that of an infant.
Withdraws From State.
The Great Western Oil Refining
Company of Erie, Kansas, has tiled
a certificate with the secretary of
state announcing that it has with
drawn from business in the state.
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Teacher* For State Institution*.
The Board of Trustees .f the State
Charitable Institutions is in - sumo
this week and the officers, teachers
and employes are being ele red for
another year. There has b-en some
changes made by the hoard. Mr. S.
l> Lueas of Magnolia was elected ,.j
perintendent of the Blind School to
succeed Prof. T. A Futrail, who was
elected superintendent in January,
5906 Prof Lucas Is u Mis-issippian
by Idrth and taught school in that
state several years before coining to
Arkansas, about four years ng >, when
he accepted the principalship if the
public schools of Magnolia Prof Lu
cas was elected on the first ballot.
Prof G. Mashhurn was re-elected su
perintendent of the Deaf Mute Insti
tute. Other teachers and employers
of the Deaf Mute are: Teachers—
Clyde Carter, C. P. Coker. George D.
Martin, Emma King, J H. Eddy, Miss
Callat, Miss Power. Josephine Avon
dina, Kate Shibley, Belle Higgle, Mary
Michaels, Amanda Davis, Lucy C.
Harper, \V H Isiyd, Naomi Stewart,
Mattie Henderson, Marie Callaway,
Ethel M. Barker, Mrs. A. H. Witt, E.
L. Keene, W. F. Murph, S W King,
Charles Grit/.ska, Nora Hardy. Gover
ness of boys Mrs Keagan; sponser
for girls, Mrs. Garnet: oculist, l>r.
John T. Watkins, assistant engineer,
Owen Highsow; visitors' attendant,
.Miss Jeffie Felts; night watchwouian,
Miss Schaut. aural teacher. Miss Kffie
Hart; housekeeper. Mrs. Annie E.
Taylor; principal literary department,
A D. Dobyns; supervisor of buys, F.
T. Lee; physician, I)r A L. Car
michael; night watchman, Henry May
ham; bookkeeper and stenographer,
Sam B. Rector; dentist, T. J. New
man; visitors' attendant. Halt. Thomp
son; teacher deaf blind, W. W Hum
phries. The teachers and employes
of the Blind School will he elected
before the hoard adjourns.
Wondered At Extra Dollar.
A registered package was received
at the secretary of state's office re
cently, containing several certificates
showing that the directors of the Fris
co road had adopted a resolution
agreeing, not to take its cases brought
In Arkansas Into the federal courts
and naming the agent in the state
upon whom service of process might
he served: also a certified copy of the
charter of the road, and a letter re
questing the secretary of state to file
the certificates. As there was no fees
accompanying the papers, the solicitor
of the Frisco was notified that in or
der to secure the filing of the certifi
cates the company would be required
to pay a fee of $25,051, the capital
stock of that company being $100,000,
000. The corporation wired back to
know why the extra dollar was charg
ed, and was notified that it was done
under section H25 of Kirby’s Digest,
which provided that every foreign cor
poration should pay $1 as a fee for
filing a certificate naming him as
agent in the statp upon whom service
; may be had Mr. Ludwig soon after
received a check for $1. with instruc
tions to file the certificate of the com
pany. The check was returned to the
company with an explanation of the
provisions of the Wingo act, which, in
the Frisco's case, requires the pay
ment of $25,051 to enable it to con
tinue business in Arkansas.
May Improve Old Budding.
Skeleton plans for tin* pew p pstof
fi e building have been receiv' d from
Washington The plau Is to add one
j -tor? wing- on the east and wp*st of
1 tiie oid building as tin* supervising
architect lias dei lared tin* tppropria
tiou, $1511.11110, for the new building Is
not sutfip ient to build a new build
ing of adequate size to meet the de
mands of the Little Rock otflce. For
that reason the architect contends
tin* improvement will have to lie made
in the way of additions to the old
building. If the present plan is finally
adopted by the government the Lit
tle Rock postofflee will have a front
age of 1 !*o feet on Second street. The
wings will he of the same material
and will he built so additional stories
may he added If required.
Penitentiary Board Meets
The State Penitentiary Board held
a meeting this week and tuthorizea
the leasing of 200 convicts and all
other convicts not. needed on the
farm, the price being II per day for
each convict. The contractor w'll he
required to make a bond of $10,000.
At the session it was reported that \V.
L. Reaves had paid $5,100.30 on ac
count of his convict lease, being all
that was due the state on his lease,
anil that the Arkansas Brick and
Manufacturing Company had paid $3.
500. According to this report the lat
ter company is in arrears $10,082.00,
and the secretary has been Instructed
to present a statement of the account
and request 1U immediate payment.
Holds Up Pay
A umtt-r that is cow agitating the
minds i f those concerned, lias Just
been submitted to Attorney General
Kirby b> State .Auditor Moore, and
which, should it be decided contrary
to tlic legislative custom which tins
lung prevailed. Is liable, according to
the opinion of many lawyers, to block
all the wheels of the stale government
and pave the way to raising the ques
tion of tin- legality of the passage of
many of the most Important acts of the
recent legislature and possibly lead to
an extra session. Auditor Moore
wants to know if he Is authorized by
law to di aw w-ji r ants fur the pay of
services of members of the committees
of the two houses engaged itr com
paring tile proceedings of the respoO
live houses a» transcribed upon the
journal after the 2" day limit Should
the opinion of the attorney general be
to the effect tliat lie is unauthorized try
law to draw t*so warrants, all work
In completing the journals must cease
unless the committees and clerical
force Of the two houses are willing to
continue without pay. The journals
of the .Senate and house must remain
In the possession of the secretary of
the Senate and eh rk of the house, re
spectively, until delivered to the sec
retary of state. With the exception of
recording the report of the Joint State
Capitol investigating Committee, which
contains about 125,000 words, the Sen
ate journal is complete. The house
Journal is from 40 to 50 days behind.
There is no record in the house journal
of the most important proceedings of
that body, which should show the pas
sage of the appropriation hills and
other measures affecting the general
interests of the stutc. The bills that
have been passed, enrolled and re
ceived gubernatorial approval are In
tlie possession of the secretary of statu
and have been recognized as law. with
the exception of a few the legality of
which Is being contested <>n constitu
tional grounds. There is no Journal
to show whether these hills were legal
ly passed by the house or not, be
cause the Journal is not completed.
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Teachers For Blind School.
i Thu Board of Trustees of the State
Charitable Institution* completed the
election of teachers and employes of
the various institutions, selected Gibb
ii Sanders as architects for the new
buildings and adjourned until next
month. The buildings authorized by
the acts of the recent legislature con
sist of two wards, an annex to the hos
pital and a cow barn at the Insane
asylum, an addition to the Industrial
building, and a barn at the Deaf Mute
Institute and a barn for the School for
the Blind. The buildings are to bo
erected at a cost of about $57,000.
The following teachers and employes
for the blind school were selected:
Supervisor of boys, it. B. Williams;
matron, Mrs. Beulah Sevier; principal,
C. F. Lee; first assistant. Miss Johnnie
Gardner; second assistant, Miss Beu
lah Taylor; third assistant, Mariam
Hhnry; fourth assistant, Beulah Shu
make, fifth assistant, Mattie Royston;
music director, Emil Treblng; vocal In
structor, A. H. Treblng; assistant vocal
director, Grace Hervey; teacher of
tuning, foreman of industrial depart
merit, W. L. High; teacher female in
dustrial department, Amanda Moore;
kindergarten teacher, Willie Lucas;
housekeeper, Mrs. Gillie Mack; trained
nurse, Minnie Koonce; assistant nurse,
Kck Davis; iu charge of small boys,
Mrs. Fannie Robertson; in charge of
small girls, Leona Owens; visitors’ at
tendant, Nora Reavers, engineer, E. A.
Cailanen, head Iaundryman, A. M.
Few i li, seamstre.-r, Lizzie Cromwell;
night watchman, Tom Lane; literary
teacher. Crihe Kink, vice , Dot Thomp
son. resigned.
The following were elected for the
negro department of the blind school:
Head teacher, T II. Ish: matron, Jen
1 nie c Ish, Individual teacher, Frank
Washington.
L. P. Isirk was elected stewnrd of
the State Hospital for Nervous Id
beases.
The following were elected for th®
negro department of the Deaf Mut®
Institute, Principal, Alice M. Umb.
assistant, A. M. Martin, matron, Mrs.
A M. Martin.
Modern Roof Garden.
Little Hock is to have a modem
roof garden, i Ians to that effect hav
ing been made by the Southern Trust
Company The garden w ill bo u largo
on*- occupying nearly the entire roof
space on the new ten story office* build*
1 ins now being erected by the com
pany. It will be fitted with a stage
Its seating capacity is estimated at
i 3,1)00 people. One of the* latest pat
terns of elevators will be put iu the
| building and will be used to convey
people to the garden. The elevator,
it is said, will attain a speed of 350
f. * t .i minute. The garden will in*
ISO feet from the sidewalk and as the
building is on high ground, a flue
v iew should be obtained from the roof.
The plans at present are to make the
resort storm proof, and special care
will be taken to make it absolutely
safe The gat den w ill probably be
opened the last week of July or the
trst week In Auguat