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STATE CAPITOL
NEWS UNO NOTES
Governor Donaghey Pardons
Condemned Negro and Is
Hung in Effigy.
DON AGHEY MAKES STATEMENT
—
Chief Executive Bases Action on Pe
tition Signed by Juror*—Calls
Mob Political Enemies.
G’tUc Hock, After hearing the pe
titions of both sides. Governor Dona
>:hey issued a pardon to Hobert Arm
strong, a negro convicted and sen
'oneed to be bunged Boptembcr 27,
tor an attack on Miss KUa llardcas
tle the night of October 24, 1911. Ai-)
ter considering all the evidence sub-;
mitted and the transcript in the case,
together with a letter "purported to
have been written by J. B. Brown,
•tack tlie Shooter," Governor Dona
shoy declared that there was such
doubt in the case as to require him
to interfere w ith the* verdict of th"!
< ourts.
The final proof on w hich the gov-1
ernor based his action was the letter
if the handwriting of Brown, the al
leged .lack the Shooter," who con
fessed to having committed the deed
In reviewing the transt ript. however,
Governor Donaghcy, said that Miss
Hardcastle's indentification of Arm
strong was by a lighted match, which
was allowed to burn only a few sec
onds The governor said that this
v as insufficient to fiy the indentifiea
Mon properly, and though he believed
Miss lfardcastlc was honest In her
conviction that Armstrong was the
man, he doubted if her indentification
sufficient, in view of the alibi
proved by Armstrong and the ".Turk ,
the Shooter" letter.
this is the first time within recon
years, at least, when a man sentence!
to be hanged lias been absolutely
pardoned. There have been cases
where commutation of sentence ba
boon granted, and the man so spared
’com the noose finally has been par
doned. but no ease of the uncoudi
'ional pardon of a man sentenced to
he hanged.
Governor Hung in Effigy.
Three effigies of Gov. George aV
Honaghey greeted the eyes of the c;t!
/eus of Little Hock as they came to
•heir places of business the morning
••ftor the pardoning or the negro Arm
strong, one in the vicinity of the
Union station, another on Center
street, at (he comer of the alley be
• ween Markham aucl Second streets
and the other on the free bridge ntid
way between Little Kook and Argen'a
All three of the dummies were made
f-om clothing stuffed with straw, two
of them having placards attached. The
‘ tfigy on Center street was cut down
by Sheriff Norm an A. Heller, on his
way to the courthouse about 8 o'clock.
Two signs were attached to the effigy
one above and the other below, bear
’iig an Insulting inscription. This
dummy was removed to the sheriif -
office, where it has since reposed.
Thomas Hoyle, watchman on the
free bridge, had lim attention called
to the effigy on the bridge while going
to work and removed it. It is thought
!u deed was done by persons who di
(pprove of Governor lkmaghey's a<
tion in releasing (lie negro, Koberi
\rmstrong, who was tried and con
.1 te<1 on a charge of assault. Th
•uiigy near the Union station was re
1 iovcd in the morning, but did not
baie a placard attached.
oov«rrtfttr .* o.dtbMeiit.
Aa the result of the hanging In el
figy Governor Donaghey made the fol
lowing statement:
"1 am not afraid of the citizen wh<
comas out in the op«n nnd boldl
critclses my official action. This i>
the right of every free American unc;
should be exercised whenever and
wherever, in his judgment, it is neces
sary. The state and country at large
should fear the assassin who does his
work under the cloak of darkness ot
midnight hours.
"I am indeed proud that during my
nearly four years of office no oue has
been able to strnd out in the open
and point to a single dishonorable act
of mine. I am still prouder that I
have driven some of my enemies to
such a fit of desperation that they
have had to resort to darkness to a:
tack my official actioh.
‘‘This effigy incident was, in fact,
not perpetrated by men who care any
thing for the act complained of, but.
it was incited by those who arc dis
pleased at the character of my official
life, but who dare not make known to
the public the identical matters with
which they arc displeased.
In this instance 1 am slandered in
Hie dark for pardoning a negro boy
IS years of age for alleged assault.
His penalty was death, lie was tried
twice and convicted in both instances.
Sixty days ago I gave him a respite of
90 days, until I could examine the mat
ter carefully. In the meantime it was
discovered that another negro well
know as ".lack the Shooter" had eon
fessed that it was he who committed
this crime and not the negro who was
convicted. The convicted negro also
proved an alibi, but the jury did not
believe it to be true at the time. The
sole testimony upon which he was
convicted was that of a lighted match
for but a few seconds and the ‘peep’
ot light from a street lamp through a
crack1 of a window shade. 1 did not
believe, nor do I now believe, that
under such conditions 1 could identifv
•my one, and it did not appear to me
that an excited woman could do It.
The confession of ‘Jack the Hnooter’
made this belief stronger.
1 But I was not alone in this eonclu
*ion. After due consideration. IS of
ihe I men making up the two Juries
"ho tried tho r cgro came to the same
belief and petitioned me to completely
pardon the negro, whom they had
condemned to hang. Three of the
jurors could not be seen, so it was
stated to me, two of them refused to
sign the petition and the other wan
sick and could not consider it when
presented to him. Thirty-four officers
sf the City of Little Hock and of Ptt
l.'.kki county, who were well acquaint
'd1 with the case, signed the petition
Many white women signed it, and
about r>Ou other citizens of the county
signed it, many of them prominent in
the business and professional world.
So alter arriving at the conclusion 7
had already reached all of the PV.
deuce of the petitioners' belief in the
negro's innocence served as a ciieci
to my convictions and gave me ntor
strength to act as 1 did. Put as the
matter stands now every petitioner t
slandered and hanged in effigy. ,\n •
future governor is warned that it mat
ters not what the-conditions tnay he.
lit* must hang a negro, whether inno
cent or guilty. In fact, the midnight
mob. too cowardly to speak out or
how themselves in daylight, have
given notice to the governor and good
citizens of the state that it is going
to st e that the office is run to suit
the mob. This ae ion v .ill doubtless
work to deter the political trimmer ii
office from doing his duty. He must
not let Innocent blood get in tlit* wa
of hi* holding offii . If the mob is
going to criticise bin; be must net
ri-k his political chances by at"in;
upon principles of right. The mob
might injure him.
.-Mien is me lenocncy ot the ac tion
this mob has engaged in in this m
stance.”
OLD SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED
Confederates Are Entertair.*d by Sons
and Daughters.
Kittle Hack.—The barbecue given
here at Forest Fiirk by Robert
C Newton Camp Sons of Confederate
Veterans, assisted by Memorial, J. T.
Churchill, J. M. Keller and Margaret
Kosc Chapters of the Daughters of the
Confederacy, in honor of the Canted
crate Veterans of Omor R. Weaver
('a<np of Kittle Rock and camps of
Austin, l)es Arc, Kouoko and Benton. ;
was a highly interesting and success
ful affair.
V literary program, consisting ef
addresses and readings, was giver.,
one of the pleasing features of the
day being the barbecue, which more
than ",O0o persons enjoyed.
The veterans from the Confederate ■
Home at Sweet Home attended in a
body, special provision having been
made to take them to and trom the
park to the home.
Considering a Permanent Range.
i.itt'.c Rook. ('o’. Henry Stroup,
commander of the Second infantry »u
tile Arkansas Natiionnl Guard, was
l.lttle Rock 10 confer with Adjutant
General II. W. Green in regard to thi
permanent rifle range to t>c purchase ) |
by (he government foi the Seron' t
regiment. No slops will l»c taken until
General Green returns from t".icn«ro
Fort Smith, Fayetteville and Oar.,
arc among the towns tlia' have made
offer3 of suitable range*.
\
GOVERNOR REFUSES TO ACT
Condemned Negro Must Pay Peialty
for Slaying Wife.
Litile Rock <,o\enter Douaghey
has declined to interfere in the case
of Amos Spinks, a negro, who was
convicted of the murder of his wife
and sentenced to be hanged Septem
ber k'7. The governor declared thort
is no doubt ot Spinks' guilt, that it
was a revolting crime w'ith no extenu
ating circumstances, and for these
reasons he declined to interfere with
the verdict of the courts.
Spinks shot and killed his wife at
their home at Thirty-first and State
streets on October 10. 1011, because
>he refused to accompany him to .Mem
phis. Ho escaped the officers, but
finally was captured in Memphis and
brought back to Little Rock, lie was
sentenced to be hanged, and alter the
case was taken to the Supreme ( our*
the date ot the execution was fixed
for September C7.
Requisition Issued.
LittU Rock -Requisition was issued
by the governor on the governor of
Missouri for Thomas llond, who is
wanted in Pulton county or. an indict
ment charging forgery.
Secretary Hodges is Invited.
l.ittle Hock. -Secretary of State
Si -le W. Hedge* nas been invited to
make the speech has been invited to
meeting of the Jrff Davis t amp No.
14 1'. C. V.. at the county fair In
Con * ay on October 14.
GOVERNOR STOPS
ANOTHERHANGING
Sentence of Condemned Man
Commuted to Life Im
prisonment.
CASF FOUGHT IN COURTS
Prisoner Convicted of Assault Alleged
to Have Been Committed
Four Years Ago.
W>s;^rn ■\>wifp»TV'r Union News P*rr!r».
Little Hock.—Gov. George W. Dona
ghey has commuted the sentence of
William Itowraan, who was to hava
been hanged at Fort Smith this week,
front death to life imprisonment. Bov -
tuan was convicted four years ago of
attacking Klla Banks, a young girl,
while living in the “Choctaw strip." u
narrow strip of land ott the boundary
between Arkausas and Oklahoma, and
claimed by both states. The case has
been in the courts for four years and
lias attracted considerable attention
because of the long legal delay.
The governor gave several reasons
for commuting the sentence to life
imprisonment, among them the fac
that the sentiment in that locality
seems to he unanimously in favor of a
commutation of sentence, that the
prosecuting witness has since married
and moved away, and that the crime
was committed on disputed territory
and possibly not within the jurisdic
tion of tho courts of Arkansas.
A petition for commutation was pro
sented to the governor recently, and
both Sheriff T. A. Morris and Deputy
Sheriff Ixjii Thompson appealed to the
governor to commute tho sentence, if
the governor had not interfered, it
was the intention of C. K. \Veathe-!y,
attorney for Bowman, to go to Mus
kogee and make application in tho
United States court tor writ of habeas
corpus, on the ground that the "Choc
taw strip," where the crime was com
mitted, is a part of Oklahoma instead
cf Arkansas.
Bowman was convicted a- Waldron
four years ago. The case was appeal'-1
first to the Arkansas Supreme Court
and then to the supreme court of th 2
United States, and was delayed in the
court four years. The date of exe
cution finally was fiyed for Septem
ber 27, and preparations were being
made to build a gallows at Fort Smith
unless tlte governor interfered.
After reviewing lie new evidence
submitted by the petitioners in the
case. Governor Donaghey sent the1 fol
lowing telegram to Sheriff Morris.
"Upon your testimony I have con
eluded to commute the sentence of
Will Bowman from death to life im
prisonment in the peni’entiary. Please
1)0 governed accordingly.’’
Fort Smith.—William Bowman was
notified here that Governor Donagbov
I had commuted his sentence to life irt
prifonment. The news was received
in the form of a telegram front Gov
1 ernor Donaghey to Deputy Sheriff
Thompson.
- Bowman received the information
calmly, slinking hands with Mr.
Thompson and expressing his thanks
and appreciation to him. Asked how
he felt about it. he looked through the
bars of his cell and said:
■ i am happy, >0 happy and thank
ful. Although the day of my execu
tion was set for only a few days off,
I was not afraid, having been in the
shadow of the gallows befort. I wan;
to express tn\ thanks to the people
of Fort Smith, the officer-, the jurors
of Scott county, and to Governor Dona
ghey.”
\tti r shaking hands and receiving
congratulations, he asked that tho
news be sent to his brother.
Reform School Inspected.
Little Hock.—Attorney Genera! ft.
L. Norwood and Marie \V. Ho Iges, sec
1 retary of state, paid a visit to the
reform school and made talks to tho
students. They took with inem
| largo number of magazines for the
boys to read and inspected the jnsti
j tution. They reported that more than
100 gallons of sorghum wa.- made this
i year and more than 200 bushels of
| sweet potatoes will be gathered. A
; tub of tomatoes will bo gathered- a.pi
tub of tamatocs have been gathered
every day for the last two or three
| months, and enough corn and fodder
has been made to feed the stock
through the winter.
Helena.—The Missouri ant! North
Arkansas depot in west Helena is near
ing completion, and will within a few
days, it is announced, be read}- for
use. It has also been announced that
work on the new M. & N. A. depot for
Helena proper will begin in the near
future.
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"Lid” Is on Tight.
Helena.—The 'Hd" is on at Helena,
as the result of orders of the city au
thorities to close all grocery .-tores,
fruit stores, soda fountains and cigar
stands. It is also proposed to limit
the sale of drug stores to necessary
i ui‘ dicines.
i -
Ozark.—According to reports from
farmers from eanotis sections of
Franklin county, tho crop has been
picked over and only about half tho
usual crop will bo made this year.
A. 0. U. W. HOLDS MEET.NG
Officers Are Elected and fine Bluff
Selected 'or 1914 Meeting.
j Little Hock—The grand lodge. An
! cient Order of United Workmen, of
I \rkan-as, held a meeting in this city
j iast week. The meeting was the
I nost successful ever held in this
; state, according to those in attend
ance. The visitors while in the city
were entertained by automobile rides
and a barbecue.
The finaiclal reports of the order ,
submitted show that the Arkansas
i Grand Lodge has a reserve fund of
. approximately $106,900, which is in
| vested in school bonds, street im
' provement district bonds, and firs', i
! mongage loans on real estate in va- ,
rious towns throughout the state.
Pine Bluff was selected to be the
i meeting place of he next grand lodge, j
j to be held in September, 1914
At the final session of the grand
lodge of Arkansas, Ancient Order of
l nited Workmen, at the auditorium
of the Chamber of Commerce the fob
lowing officers were elected for the
tnsuing two years; Past grand mas
ter workman, R. W. Holland, Russell
ville; grand master workman, J. R
Frazer, Little Rock; grand foreman,
R. Hasley, Paragould: grand overseer,
A. B. Smith, Fine Bluff: grand receiv
er, S. S. Faulkner, Helena; grand
guide, M. K. Upshaw, Helena; grand
inside watchman, W. A. Byers, Alma;
grand outside watchman, W. L. Craig,
Little Rock.
Following the example of the grand
lodges of the slate of Oklahoma, Iowa
and South Dakota, the Arkansas
Grand Lodge adopted resolutions ad
mitting women to membership into
the order, and these resolutions will
b*' presented to the supreme lodge
for ratification by the supreme mas
ter workman, W. M. Nanis.
TREASURER WILL MOVE
j New Office in Capitol Building Nearly
Completed.
I.ittle Hock.—-The treasurer’s office
at the new state capitol is ainiost tin
ishetl and in all probability Stato
Treasurer .John \Y. Crockett will move
ttis force and the "strong box" into
the new quarters about the first day i
j of October.
Notice was received from I,. L. Coff
| man, secretary of the capitol com
mission. to the < ffect that the office
c ould be ready for occupancy by the
first of October, hut oil account of
the rushing business doue on the first
of the month bv the members of the
treasurer’s office Mr. Crockett decided
to wall until the rush was over before
the move is made into the new build
ing.
The new office is beyond a doubt •
the most beautiful in the new state j
capitol, the magn’ficent vault being j
entirely covered with marble and the j
room finished in that stone. The
trout ratling is also made of marble j
and the entire room is fire and bur
glar proof.
Stops Wedding of 80-Year Old Father.
Hot Springs.—To have a marriage
license issued to them and then with
drawn and the county judge refuse
to perform the ceremony was the • \ 1
perience of William Kilpatrick, 80
years old, and Mrs. Gallic L. Franco,
IT of Houston, Tex., in this city. Mr.
Kilpatrick is a citizen of Malvern
m d is tile father of < ight children
Mr. Kilpatrick’s wife was killed in a
wreck near Malvern last »)<• ober when
a coach tm the "State Fair Special"
turned over. Iidward Austin Kilpat- ,
rick of Malvern, a son, stopped the '
ceremony by telephoning county off!- I
'-tab, and declaring that he did not
hi ic e his father was in his right
mind.
Big Turtle Frightens Worran.
Pocahontas. — Frank Anderson a
resident of Pocahontas, found a mam
moth logger-head turtle while pear!
In- on Black river a few miles aliovo
Pocahontas. Some t imbers of An
dersons's camp found the turtle in
slmllcw water where it had erawjod
under a log. A woman happening to
get hold of the turtle's fail in th3
wn‘.r, thought it was a dead man and
was so frightened that would not have
anything to do with it until Anderson
arrived on the scene and found it tc.
be a mammoth turtle. The turtle
weighed 200 pounds and the shell
was larger than a large size washing
tub. Its top) nail.; were two inches
in length.
Bookkeeper Commits Suicide.
Little Hock.—Brooding, it is said,
over financial difficulties, Samuel
Weir Lawrence, 2,'. years old. a book
keeper, poisoned himself in a local
hotel and was found dead by Detec
tl^e J. L Williams. I.aw nee took
an overdose of aspirin, according to
the verdict of the coroner’s jury, at
the impost.
Ashdown, J. It. So'.vf!], a farmer
from Pino Prairie neighbrohood. south
of town, was found on the road in a
dying condition, having been dragged
some distance by his team. Aid was
eunimoned and every effort sr.ade to
revive the injur d man. but he died
! without having gained consriou
ness. No one was present when the
accident happened, but the surround
ings indicated that on crossing a cul
vert Mr. Sewell h.il been thrown from
the lc»d of hay on which he tvai
riding.
ROSTER FORNEXT
STATE ASSEMBLY
Compiled From Election Re
turns of Recent General
Election.
REPUBLICANS LOSE SEATS
Will Have Two Less at This Session
Than at Preceding One.
Had Six Before.
N>wrr>»rer t-o' n Ntwi S*r*!rt.
Little Hock. As a result of the r<
cent state election the returns show
that the Republican party haslott two
seats in the House of Representatives.
At the last session they hail six. bn*,
now they have only four. The Repub
licans to lose the seats were from
Carroll and la>gan counties. The pres
ent Republican members are from
Crawford, Madison. Newton and
Searcy counties
Following is the roster of the house
of Representatives and their place
of residence and county represented:
Arkansas, T. K. Bennett, Almjri;
Ar-hley, A. II. Cone, Montrose; Baxter,
J V. Thrasher: Arkana; Benton. \Y.
T Ma-.well, Bentonville, Benton, J. M.
Beard, Gentry; Boone, j. Loyd Shouse
Harrison; Bradley, R. H. Carutb, War
ren; Calhoun, \V. A. Craven, Harrell
CariolI, .!. C. Stafford, Green Forest;
Chicot. L. A. Buckner, Dermott;
Clark. Joe Hardage, Arkadelphia:
Clark. M. T. Shackleford, okokna.
Clay. John Brawn < \ Piggo ; Cle
burne. John W. Davis. 11<■ 1 < r Snrings,
Cleveland, S. 1’. O’Neal, Ra • 11. (
lumbia, Henry Stevens, Magnolia; Co !
lumbia, Donnie l)a.. , Lu, on Con
way, Carroll Armstrong. Morrilten
Conway, J. \v. Kainbolt, Springii«ld:
Craighead, \V. D. Self, Jonesboro:
Crawford, W. ]). Smith, Arnadr*
Craw ford. J. J Dipboye, odeil; ( rit |
tendon, W. L. Fislt. Lar’e- Cross, Jo •
W. Williamson. Wynne; Dallas, Da i
Knight, I’ordyce; I>, ha, J> vn Wal
lace, AJctlrhec ; Drew, ; F. Hudspeth.
Montierlio; Faulkner, J. F. Connell,
Naylor; Franklin, .1. T. Toll; son
Charleston; Franklin, G. A. Henry.
Aims; Fulton, W. W. Gibson, Salem;
Garland, L. K. Sawyer, Hot Springs;
Garland, Harry Westcott, Hot Springs;
Grant, It. P. Posey. Sheridan; Greene.
M. F. Dickinson. Paragonld; Hemp
stead, T. C. Jobe, Hope. Hetnp
stead, J W. Rllis, O/.ai* Howard, .1.
| Guthrie Sain, Nashville; Independence.
W J. Caldwell. Oil Trough; Independ
I ence, A. G. Gray, Itatesville; I/.ard j
: W W. Copeland, Calico Rock; Jack
son, G. L. Grant, Newport; Jefferson,
S A. Miller, l*;ne Bluff, Jefferson
Tom Wilson, Pine Bluff; Jefferson,
W. X Bridges. Pine Bluff: Johnson
Hearts’ll D. Ragon, Clarksville; Lafay
i ttc, \\ . M. Davis, Stamps; Lawrence
J. 1). Doyle. Walnut Rid e; I^-e, W. F
j Nelson. Marianna; Lee, R. M. Hayes,
Marianna: Lincoln. Richard Ree l,
| Cornerville. Little River, W. r. p)00ig- j
Arkinda; l.ogan, D. K. Johnson, Baris
Logan. J. M. Yvtlb-’ns, Baris; Lonoke,
( B. Newton. Ragland; Lonoke, v. R
Monran Kngland; Madison. Co,. V,’ 1
It. J<-r;',i:i M ■ ion, \V. H. H’iu I
con, Dodd ; Miller, Umis Josephs j
Texarkana; Mississippi, Clyde Rob-j
lnson, Biythevll! Yfonroe, w. j; 1
Iginr-y, Rrmkiey, Montgonn ry, c. T
Cockburn, Silver; Nevada, w. \
Munn. Kinmett; Newton, W. W
Moore, Taspor; Ouachita, Charles j
1 Barker. Stephens; Berry. |>. H. Colvin,
Berry; Phillips, R. M. 1’ipkir:, Helena;
Ihii.ip , \\. YY llliatmion, Helena:
Bike, J. T. Pollard. I)‘light. Poinsett.
. R. It. Bonnet, Lepanto; Polk, J. R.
Oklahomaian Claim* Wife.
Tort Smith.—Billy Trimble, who
says he is from Muskogee, Okia . was
arrested charged with carrying a pis
toi and with disorderly conduct as a
ri’suj! of his attempt to claim Betty
Matthews, a chorus girl performing
at a local theater, as his wife Trim
ble walked out upon the stage w htle
the show was in progress seized the
find ordered her to cooie home!
with hint. The manager of the show
Immediately gave battle and conflict
raged and the shouts and calls of the
large and excited audience. Trimble
was finally subdued and arrested and
was released on $200 bond. Ho says
he is connected with the sheriff’s of
fice at Muskogee, that the rhorus girl
is bis wile and that he intends to
take her back home with him.
Severe Drouth ts Broken.
DentonvllVe.—An abundant rain fill
here las* week. It broke one of the
worvt drouths ever known here, dur
ing which all vegetation had suffered
severely, asd many forest trees have
dit d.
Pike County Court Has Gig Docket.
Murfreesboro.—The Pike Circuit
t oert convened here iust \ve<“k with
Circuit Judge Jeff T. Cowling of Ash
down presiding. There were "i civil
and i ;o criminal cares on the docke*
•Ml *h( criminal eases are mi. demean
era except eight. There is only one
murder rase, u hirh is that of the
state versus Stella Mitchell, a ne.
rn s. Of c.ienwood, charged with mur
der in the second degree for the kill
ing of another negrcbs at Glen wood
last summer.
Neal
villo -^
Prairie. Charles B.‘Thweatt’nS*
Bluff; Pulaski, J. r xVfh.: r*v»lli
Hock; Pulaski, O. c. i,„dJ‘r' IJt>H
Hock; Pulaski. E. r Kidd-V If**1
Hock; Pulaski, Robert Martin
Rock; Randolph, w. A ja„k ' UtU*
cahontas; Saline, .1 <; p;, *?*• **»•
Scott. H. ft. i-aatrell
Searcy, J. C Evans, Harriet- 2*
nan. W. B w. Hearty, <;rm^
Sebastian, Leon Westmoreland
wood: Sebastian, T. S. Osborne o'?
wood; Sevier. W. M. Bourn^J
i Qup,;n' sharp- k- w. Goodwin Rv;!'
I ln* Shade; St. Francis, saJn p ’c . °‘
Forrest City; stone. Hugh w „J*r'
*>"• Mountain vitv: li ^
Pinson, El Dorado; Van I5;,ron u t
Lefler. Clinton; White, r. r ' , “
Searcy; White, charier if* Hay *
Knob; Washington. J \v. ,text£ 5J4
etteville; Washington, It. w, Bu'cwV'
nr. Fayetteville; Washington
Cardwell, .Springdale; Woodruff T
il. Patterson, Augusta; Yell, Sam’fcv
rex. Fowler. Yeti. W. H. ycCll,
Hriggsvtlle. ^
Rcstcr of the Senate.
The numerals opposite the nam»»
in the following represent the district
lrom which the senators are electa*,
1. J M. Fu.rall, Paragould. '
* G. R. Ferguson, Hallard.
2. Geo. f„ Christian, Harrison.
4. Webb Covington, Clarksville
•">. H. if. Greathouse, FayettevBl*
f>. T .1. Raney, Newark.
7. E. M. Cari-lwe, Augusta,
J P- McCall, Hriggsville,
T. E. Toler, Sheridan.
P>. Chas. Jacobson and Lee Mile*
LPtie Rock.
/I. T C. White. Pine Rluff,
1’ William K. Oldham, f’ettu*.
12. Harry Harris, clarendon.
14. John Ike Moore, Helena.
J- R- Woods, Hamburg.
Hi. F. V. Overman. Fordvce.
17. Joseph F. Hughes, Wilmar.
1 J Monroe Smith, El Dorado.
11*. Snmue! L. Owens, Millville.
20. Janu - T. M. Holt. Bingen.
21. E. F. I'rielell, Texarkana.
M i’.liani C Rogers, Nashvilla
22,. John c. A. hley, Violet HilL
24.
2 (i. W Wagner, Mulberry.
20. (',. F. ciepert, Morrilton.
27. A. C. Martin. Conway.
2v c. Calx rt. Fort Smith.
20. L. c. Going, Harisbnrg.
V» i In?'! \. Deaton. Delight,
•21. J. N. W i .-on. Mount Ida.
22. J. M. McHee, Earle.
22. Elmo- j. Lundy, Mena.
2 1. P. A. Ki I'gerr. Gravette.
GIRL REFUSED TO GO
Father of Child Gets Aid of Court
To Force Child's Obedience.
Wro.-rn N'w«p*prr TTnl in yrwt
ntonviile Nellie McCartney, i
year-old girl of Sulphur Sprlnp,
was given into the custody of her
father by the Juvenile Court. Fif
t< 11 months ago sho was taken in
charge t>y Mrs. E. B. Guthrey of Sul
phur Springs. The father, who lived
re arl y. had a large Jamily, and though
Mrs. Guthrey did not legally adopt
the child, she has given her a home
nd sent her to school. Recently th*
fatht of the child decided to move
with hi: family from the Sulphur
Springs if Ighhorhocd to Rogers, and
wished to take his daughter with him.
She refused to go and the matter was
brought before the Juvenile Court.
"be case wag tried and attracted a
good d( a! oi attention. She objected
trough- to th • decree of the court
that she return to in r fa'her, and was
ltd screamir.; from the court room.
Rain Benefits Crops.
M urfresboro. A drouth of several
weeks in this section was broken by
a good rain. Crop < ondi.ions are gooo.
Cotton picking has not yet be.ceme
K• neral on account of the past bo*
weather
Ouachita College Opens.
Arkatlolphia.-—Kontial opening **•
erciscs of the twenty-seventh annnsl
Mission cr Ouachita college were hell
in the college auditorium attended bf
a large crowd. Short addresses by
the Rev. Hen Cox and Dr. Christian
of IdttTe Rock, am] Kditor E J- ^c'
Kinney of the Haptist Advance, a®*1
introductory speeches by new •tera'
fcwrs of the faculty, followed by sev
eral music selections, rendered by nP,v
members of the conservatory faculty
constituted the program. The merea*'’
In attendance over last year is about
1C P«r cent.
Medical Society Meets.
Fbrt Smith.- The semi-annual me*'
ins; of the Tenth Council of the Ark
ansas Medical Society was held hero
and closed with a banquet. Dr. Do
rente, president of this district, pro
sided and the session was devoted 11
scientific papers and discussions. W
f». W. Harrison of Little Hock read *
paper on the hookworm. A number
of other papers were read. Thirty
five doctors wore present at the
quet.
Arkansas Ranks Hign
Washington. D. C. A bulletin,
sued by the geological survey def
mcnt shows that in jOIO Arkansas «
the third largest producer of
earth in the I’nitod States, its
output being ‘.'.nun short tons, vaju
at $20,1.37, and in 1011 the ■ta,e
the same relative rank, hut i * ^
ductlon was considerably less- ^
de relop* <1 deposits of Fuller 9 f*.
in the stair li<‘ in au area cora*’ryJ I
about three snuare miles, betvoaa
Springs asid Benton.
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