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ESTABLISHED 1871
x?ear God, iell the Truth and Make Money.
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VOL. XXXVI.
By LANDVOIGT & VADAKIN
frORRKST CITV. ARK., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 21,1907.
NO. 10.
PROFESSIONAL cards.
N. W. NORTON.
Attorney at Law.
Will prnetice to the Hrat and ieo^ed J.dl
rt.i < uculta. and in ilia Federal and lupr.aaa
Cetir:*
Office in Roilwage Building.
fOKKE-T CITY.
ARKANSAS.
31. P. KEMLEY
Attorney at Law
Office over The J. W. Reck Co.
Forrest City. Ark.
A. E. MATTHEWS.
Real Estate Abstracts.
^ Office at Courthouse.
FORREST CITY, : ARKANSAS.
DU. C. S. ALDRICH
Veterinary Surgeon.
Office at Hatchet '. Livery Stable.)
< a'xrrhal fever ami all dl.eiiaea of dmneatlo
anuiiRix eucceaatullj ueated. Caatratlng a
Specialty.
Write tor llluetrated Catalofuaa
P R E B
J. N. MULFORD, Jeweler.
Memphis, Tenn.
C. C. WEIER,
Contractor and Builder.
Bricklaying, Granitoid and all klndi
of cement work. Forrest City, Ark.
F. P. TODD,
Coroner of St. Francis Coontj,
Forrest City, Arkansas.
Persons desiring ids sarrices plates
notify Messrs. E. A. Rolfe, Otto B.
Roil wage or The Forrest City Timas.
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by Dave Clark, opposite Methodistchurch
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ARKANSAS
Estate news?
State Guard* at Russellville.
About 130 of the staff guards of
the Second Regiment are at Russell
ville in camp at the rifle range, one
and one-half miles front town. They
came from Paris, Magazine, Kou
Smith, Morrilton, Ola and Ihudanelle,
and will be there one week, camping,
drilling and target practicing. A num
ber of other guards are expected in a
few days for the same purpose, from
the same places and from other com
panies, until every guardsman in con
venient distance from this practice
range will have hail some experience
in army life. Col. Henry Btroop of
Paris is in command. Maj. .Jett of Ut
ile Rock and ('apt. Shaw. U. B. A., are
also there.
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Explosion In Powder Plant,
An explosion occurred in the corn
ing mill of the Equitable Powder Com
pany, located about four miles south
of Fort Smith recently, wholly destroy
ing the building and burning to death
William Coleman, one of the employes.
The corning house is where the pow
der is ground from the pressed cake,
and was the largest of the many build
ings composing the plant. The explo
sion was so violent that it uprooted -
trees in the immediate vicinity. The i
concussion was felt for a distance of !
five miles.
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 j
other passengers, and were horrified I
to find that the victim was their fath !
er.
Child Drowned in Molasses.
The 11-months-old baby of Henry
Snead, who lives about five miles north
of Cabot, was drowned recently in a
ten-gallon lard can which contained
five gallons of molasses. The baby j
could hardly toddle. It crawled across
the floor, pulled itself up by placing |
its hands on the edge of the can, and 1
then toppled over into the molfta- j
ses.
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Shot Firer Injured.
"-vph Smorliski, a shot firer in the
mines at Denning, was severely in
jured recently while preparaing a shot. j
He had lighted the fuse of a shot and
hearing an explosion, thought his shot
had gniii' off. He went hack to pre- |
pare another shot when the nni> he
had lighted exploded, throwing masses
of stone and slate against him, inflict
ing injuries which may prove fatal.
Dead Babe on Bridge.
The body of a male infant was found
in the Haring Cross bridge by some
workmen going from their homes in
bit fie Rock to their work ai tile Iron
Mountain shops recently It is sup
posed that the babe was thrown from
the window of a sleeping car as it w, -
passing over the bridge, hoping that it
would fall into the water below
Money for Schools.
At a recent meeting of the Fayette
ville School Board a resolution was
adopted authorizing the board to nego '
tiate for a loan of $45,000 for the pur
pose of building a high school building
not exceeding in cost $50,000, and the
repairing of school building now in ;
use.
Large Peac+> Crop.
The largest Elberta peach crop ever
grown in Arkansas will, according to
late reports, be produced in Arkansas
this year. There are 20,000 acres in ,
Elbertas, which means 2,000.000 bush
els at an average price of $1.50 per
bushel.
Mistake May Result In Death.
As a result of a mistake made by
the cook, who used rat poison for bak- i
Ing powder, Henry Page, wife and
three children of Blytheville are very
ill, with little chance of the recovery
of the husband. The wife and child
ren may recover.
Dies From Wounds.
Gene Nelson was shot at Krv> re
cently by Andrew Stewart his brother
in-law A load of small shot fore open
Nelson's skull, knocking out part of
the brain, but notwithstanding this he
lived several hours.
Went ln'.o Bankruptcy.
Fred H. Waterman of Texarkana, :■ !
dealer in paints and wallpaper has til !
ed a voluntary petition n bankruptcy
in the United States District Court.
The liabilities are estimated at $2,500
and assets at $2,000. i
Levee % Bad Shape.
A Miller Todd of the l'ni;ed States
engineer s office of Vicksburg. Miss.,
has just completed a careful inspec
lion of I ho various levees in .lefTer
sou. Lincoln and Desha counties, and
reports them all in fine condition with
the exception of the levee that runs
aiong the state convict farm for seven
and a half miles in Lincoln county.
He reports this part of the levee fo
bo in a very had condition and should
a big rise come the water would over
flow the lowlands in southeast Arkan
sas. Tlie penitentiary hoard recent
ly recommended that the stale repair
this part of the Linnwood and Auburn
levee, and asked for an appropriation
from the legislature for that purpose.
It will take at least J40.000 to make
the necessary repairs, according to
the engineers.
White E>oy Kills Negro Lad.
William Heat, 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 Hear
place, and the hoy followed his fath
er’s instructions.
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 main line of the Kansas City
Southern shall follow. This plan If
carried out will mean that the main
line will no longer run through Pen
ton and Washington counties, hut
through the Illinois valley. Cove Creek
pap, and by 1’rairie Grove.
Father and Son Drowned.
William Bennett, roadmaster for
the Missouri and North Arkansas Hail
road, was drowned in Buffalo, near
Harrison, together wbh his 14-year
old son, (Jordan Bennett. They, with
others, were Ashing, when the hoy
went into the water beyond his depth.
Tin- father went to his son's rescue,
and both were drowned.
Mortally Injured In Yards.
Samuel McFadden. a negro, was in
jured in the yards of the Iron Moun
tain in Argenta. from the effects of
which he died shortly after. He was
riding on the footboard of a switch
engine, when another engine passed
on a switch so close that he was
caught between the engines and
crushed.
Interurbari a Certainty.
It is believed to be a certainty that
the interurban electric railway from
Kussellville to Dover, the old county
seat of Pope county, a distance of
15 miles, will be built. Plans of the
road are now being prepared. The
power for the operation of the roa i
is to be obtained from the Illinois
river.
New Company at Rogers.
The Nelson Canning Company of
Marshfield,. Mo., w ill establish a can
ning factory at Rogers. The factory
will have a capacity of canning from
one and one half to two carloads per
day, and will make a specialty of
[teaches and apples during the entire
season
Suit Under the Fellow Servant Law.
M H. Lewis, a conductor on the
Cotton Belt road, has brought suit
in the Jefferson County Circuit Court
against the railroad company for $20,
ouo. alleging permanent injury su
tained through the carelessness of
the company's employes.
New Vein of Aspnalt.
A new and large vein of asphalt
has been found in a new well at (Jut
don, and specimens have been seut
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
Auditors Find Shortage.
The accounts of T. C Ilockersmith,
cashier of the Bank of Fulton, who
has been missing for a few days,
were found to he short several thou
sand dollars by expert auditors. The
amount will be made good by the
bonding company.
Drowned In Arkansas River.
Iveslie Fowler, a young man. aged
about l'J, was drowned in the Arkan
sas river, near Baring Cross, while
swimming and “taking the waves in
the wake of a steamer.
Fireman Joe Selzer injured
Fireman Joe Selzer was dangerously
wounded near Mountainerg by the
dropping of a side rod on a Frisco
engine. He was thrown from the en
gine and had his right arm and should
er crushed and also received a bad
wound in the head.
Man Killed By Negro Employe.
James Foster, foreman < f a lumber
company at Cache Kiver Bridge ,a few
miles east of Biseoe. was shot and
killed by Tom Hartsell, a negro em
ploye. The negro claims that be Area
in defense of his home.
JOBBtRS’ TROUBtLa.
i r,1« N«w Law Will Worry Dealers In
Food and Drugs.
Washingtoi , It c. Trouble Is
brewing lor jobbers and wholesale
dealers of food and drug products uti
dei the construct Ion placed upon me
1 pure food and drugs act by the depart
ment of agriculture, ruder the law,
the manufacturer of a particular lino
[ ,,t’ t>r drug products may obtain
Horn the department a guaranty of the
purity or wholesomeness of products
lu the manufacturer whose product.,
hate been passed upon by officials of
ito- department of agriculture, a geriul
number is issued as an Identification
of the products inspected and found
to be manufactured and labeled In ac
cordance with the law Until re
<ent|y it was supposed that this guar
ariiy Would hold good throughout tn •
distribution and sale of the products,
bu; the department of agriculture
holds that it, does not.
The new law requires that the guar
anty shall be from the person who
sold the goods to the person charged
with the odonse. Thus if A & Co. sell
: to it & Co. ami give a guaranty, the
former’s guaranty is not a valid de
fense for c Ai- Co. against any action
under the food and drugs act, as the
| last named purchased the goods from
It and Co. It is the intention of the
agricultural department soon to issue
: a regulation regarding this matter,
which probable will create wide inter
! among jobbers and wholesale deal
ers all over the country. It will be
necessary for them. In order fully to
; protect their Interests, to Insist upon
direct guaranties front all those from
whom they purchase food and drug
I products.
IN MEMORY OF McKINLEY.
White Marble Obelisk to Be Dedicated
in September.
Buffalo New York —The obelisk
erect***! here by the str. e of New York
and the city of Buffalo, in memory ot
the late President McKinley, who met
his death while a visitor to Buffalo,
will be dedicated in the lirst week in
September. The obelisk is a pure
whit** marble shaft 80 feet in height.
On two sides of th*t pedestal are in
scribed the record or' William McKin
ley as a soldier and a statesman. On
the north side is the following:
"William McKinley died in Buffalo
Sept. 14, 1901, the victim of a treach
erous assassin, who shot the president
as he was extending to him the hand
of friendship.”
Facing east, west, north and south
from the angles of the pedestal are
four sleeping lions of marble and of
heroic size.
ROOSEVELT, HUGHES AND MOSES
Massachusetts Bishop Finds a Resem
blance in the Three.
Ithaca, New York—Rt. Reverend
William Lawrence, the Protestant
episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, do
liver.d the baccalaureate sermon at
Cornell, Hishop Lawrence drew Ills
text from the life of Moses. He de
noun ed the theologians who rush to
arms to attack scientific discoveries
and the biblical criticism which
seeno-d to jeopardize the Scriptures.
He declared this attitude shows a
fundamental lack of faith in God's
trust Hisnop Lawrence said that Theo
dote Roosevelt and Gov. Hughes rt*
semblet Moses in that they have be
come successful leaders by sheer force
of character against seemingly in
superable obstacles'.
Lands Withdrawn from Entry.
Washington—The secretary of the
interior has withdrawn from ali forms
of entry the land immediately sur
rounding Multnomah trails and also
that inclosing the Siskiyou big trees,
both in Oregon, with the end in view
of creating national parks for the pro
tection of the falls and the trees
Favors Central American Federation.
Mexico City—The following ruble
dispatch was received from President
Zelaya of Nicaragua: "The revolution
headed by I)r. Alfara has assumed
significant proportions. He is In favor
of the confederation of Central Arner
ican republics."
Carrie Nation Arrested.
Washington- Carrie Nation, after
haranging a crowd in front of a down
town saloon, was arrested on a charge
of disorderly conduct. She was re
leased on $-0 collateral.
Had Paralysis, Lay in Street.
Bethlehem, Pa .Jacob Walters, a
prominent resident, wa stricken with
paralysis while passing along an n
frequnted street on his way home from
business. He lay exposed all night
anti when found was in such a condi
tion that h will probably die.
Russian Colonel Murdered.
Sebastopol Co! Guessekoffaky, as
aistant harbor commandant, was killed
| by a revolver shot in the vicinity of
the docks. The assassin was arrest*^
Little Kook Claiming that they '
ai«t working under the orders of the
Thirty sixth General Assembly of the
Slate of Arkansas, the members of the
Journal Committee of the Senate and
House and the officials authorized by
those bodies to complete thoir work
by verifying their proceedings In the
journal, are going straight ahead with
their work, notwithstanding that At
torney General Kirby has delivered
hq opinion to the effect that the com
mitteemen are not legally entitled to
pay for their work. So far as the Sen
ate journal is concerned, all that re
mains is to copy the proceedings of
the Jolut State Capitol Investigating
Committee and deliver the manuscript
to the secretary of state. This duty
will devolve upon Secretary Trev
athan, who will begin the work at
once and complete it as soon as pos
sible. The House is considerably be
hind in its work. In order that the
work may be finished the business
men of Little Rock held a meeting
tills week, and offered to come to the
reset*' of the state l>y raising a fund
with which to meet the expense of
perfecting the journals, as all agree
that the journals should be perfected,
law or no law.
Revenue From Franchise Tax.
The Combs law which was passed
by the recent legislature requiring till
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
strick of not over $25,000 are each
required to pay an annual tax of $10;
those having $25,0tM) and not over
$100,000 stock, $25. those having more
than $11)0.000 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. Isitiis, $50; (lulf Compress Com
pany of Memphis, $100; Wells-Fargo
Express Company of New York, $100;
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Little Rock, $25.
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. 1’. Bradshear, Paragon Id \V. J.
Gillespie, Greenwood; .1. It Clay, M
1) , Leslie; Chas. C. Hanna, Morril
ton. Daniel J. Johnson. Shreveport,
La. (colored); C. K. Ousley, M. D.,
Greenwood. A. J. Tatim, Hlytheville;
Mrs. Lula Baker, Prescott; K. O. Gra
ham, Monticello; W. L. Judkins, Ma
nilla: O. Pinch, Parkdale; C. M Gib
son. DeWitt; It. S. Toler, Sheridan;
R. F Jungkind, Little Rock . J. F. Gill,
M. D. Fordyce; c it Neil, L4ttl«
Rock; Carl Bordeaux, Monticello; \Y
M. Jones, Magnolia, \V. C. Snow,
Evening Shade. Governor Pindall has
filled the vacancy on the state board
by appointing W. L. DoWoody of Pine
Bluff as a member.
Interurban Plan Adopted.
A meeting of representative busi
ness men of Little Rock was held this
week for the purpose of discussing
plans for building the proposed inter
urban line between Little Rock and
Hot Springs. The real business of the
meeting was the appointing of a can
vassing committee, which will name
co-workers. It is the intention to dis
trict Little Rock, name the committees
to work in each district, set the day
for the committees to begin work and
then see that they actually go to work.
The promoters of the road have
agreed to give one dollar in common
stock. A block of preferred stock Is
worth, at par value. 100. by the
terms of the subscription, it is sold
for |s5. By the new arrangement
each man who buys a block of pro
ferred stock will receive worth
of common stock.
Four Companies Quit Arkansas.
The Remington Typewriter Com
pany of New Jersey, the Smith l*re
mier Typewriter Company of New
York, the Kimberly Milling Company
of South Dakato and the Jack I’ot Min
ing and Rilling Company of Sandoval,
111, have filed certificates with the
secretary of state declining to do any
further business in the state on ac
count of the provisions of the W’ingo
act
Corporate Articles Filed.
The following articles of Incorpora*
lion have been tiled with the secre*
•ary of state this week:
W It. Luck A; Co., of Stamps, cap
ital stock, $|o,oon, of which $11,600 has
been subscribed. The company will
engage In a general merchandising
business. Montreal Smokeless Fuel
company of Montreal, Ark., capital
stork, $ ISO,000, of which $'>.000 has
been subscribed. Citizens' Hank of
Lincoln. Washington county, capital
stock, $110,000, all of which has been
subscribed. E. lilt ter & Co. of Mark
ed Tree, capital stock, $25,000. Hank
of Havana, capital stock $'15,0u0, of
which lio.noo has been subscribed.
Womble lauid and Timber Company
of Womble, Montgomery county. The
capital stock is $15,000. The Fayette
ville Lumber and Cement Company
Hied a ereflfleate showing an Increase
of stock from $17,000 to $50,000. The
Arkansas Eastern Railroad Company,
capital stock $112,000, which it Is
claimed Is sufficient to build the road.
The road is to be constructed from Htg
Creek, a station on the St. trouts and
San Francisco road in Crittenden
County, thence In a southwesterly dl
lection to Earle, a station on the St.
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
Railroad, also in Crittenden county, a
distance of 16 miles.
Drainage Experts Here.
K. E. Elliott, engineer in charge of
drainage, and Sherman Woodard, in
charge of irrigation of the Agrlcul
tural Department aJ Washington, wero
in l.iftle Rock the first, of the week on
their tour of inspection of the drain
age district tsmrds of Arkansas. Front
here they will, go to I»noke to In
spect the drainage- and Irrigation
schemes In the rice fields of Lonoke
county and elsewhere on the prairies
east of there. (After completing their
work at Lonoke the two officials will
visit the drainage districts in other
portions of the state. While here
Messrs. Elliott, and Woodard stated
that if the drainage work in eastern
Arkuasas should be performed sys
tematically and* on scientific principles
thousands of acres of the best and
most fertile lands in the Mississippi
valley would lie opened to cultivation.
Roth gentlemen are familiar with the
character of the land in that section
and say there is none better in the
world for farming purposes. They ex
pect to remain several days in eastern
Arkansas before returning to Wash
ington.
Paid State $11,674.29.
Tho Arkansas Brick and Manufac
turing Company has paid into the
state treasury the balance of $11,674.
2'.* due on account of its convict lease.
At the recent meeting of the Board
of Commissioners of the State Peni
tentiary attention was called to the in
debtedness of the company, and a re
solution was adopted Instructing the
secretary to request the payment at
once of the amount due on the so
called Dickinson contract. As soon
as notified by the board. Wallace W.
Dickinson complied with the order. He
paid into the state treasury every dol
lar of the uniaunt due on his contract
up to date, arid received receipts for
the same. W. C. Reaves, another les
see of convicts, paid all he owed tho
state on account of his lease several
days ago. There are no contractors
employing convicts now in arrears
with the state.
Plea For State Capitol.
Judge Trieber, in an address deliv
ered recently in the city of Little
Hock inaiie 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. lyOf all strive to save this
histoid' building for future genera
tlons. As the city of Philadelphia is
preserving Independence Hall for th»*
n ation, let Arkansas retain Us historic
old state house for Its own people.
Pardons Passed Upon.
Acting Governor Tindall has par
doned .Milliard Matnard, .lr., of Roland
township, who was convicted of invol
untary manslaughter for *he killing of
his cousin. Will Davis, and sentenced
to .0 days in the penitentiary. At the
same time the governor denied pe
titions for pardons to Jett Lewis, con
vince 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
Renton Circuit Court; Hill Draper,
convicted of the illegal sale of liquor
in Bradley County, and James Nunn,
convicted In I-awrence county on the
charge of procuring liquor for another.