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DAILY I PI
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1911. NUMBER 306. \
I fir opposes
LEASE or CONVICTS
That Policy Is Not Pro
bable To State And Is
Barbarous.
to Independent.
le Bock, March 31.—One
s moat effective speeches
*ed in the House on the
t lease system was made by
lentative Grant of Jack
onty.
tated that he desired to be
ingly brief in his remarks
the House, but that he was
to do something that none
balance of the persons
lg for and against the mo
ld yet dared to do, deal in
rnd figures concerning the
ement of the state peniten
ts to leasing or hiring out
avicts, the profits and ex
of working them on the
; farm. He said:
. Speaker, you have heard
said by the distinguished
aen upon the floor, as weir
your attorney general, be
is body; and right here,
Mr. Speaker and gentlemen, I
want to state lest I may be mis
understood, General Norwood is
'i my attorney general too; wliy,
sir, when he ran. for attorney gen
eral he was a total stranger in
Jackson county, but I admired
him and do now; I went into
the fight for him and when the
■ last ballot was counted lie nad
I carried my county over the Hon.
P. R. Andrews of Augusta, who
I was living at my own door; and
furthermore, when the next elec
round, if something
not happen to change
!i> : my m MHij 1 will place a vote in
the ballot box for Hal Norwood
for governor.
“But, Mr. Speaker, I have al
L ways reserved the right to speak
i freely and honestly upon all
BWgreat subjects when it was my
luty to do so. If I should go
vway from here, or sit idly by
rad let pass this hellish question
vithout raising my voice in be
lalf of those poor unfortunate
persons who today are bound in
manacles and shackles I would
lot dare face my people at home,
for I know I would not have dis
charged that official trust which
they have placed in my hands;
I would be too ungrateful to meet
my mother nad father and claim
to be their eon. Your attorney
general, and my attorney gener
al, has told you that when the
present penitentiary board went
nto offcie in 1908 there was a
debt owed by the penitentiary
board amounting to $98,000; that
there was a debt of $51,000 due
on the purchase price of the
State farm. He said that both
of those obligations had been dis
charged,and that it was necessary
to hire out the convicts to make
them self-supporting; that if
they were not hired out they
would not be self-supporting,and
the state would be growing fur
ther and further in debt to main
tain them; and that the people
of this state would have to go
down in their pockets to raise
money to keep the penitentiary
going.
This argument was also made
by others opposing this resolution
Since hearing those gentlemen
discuss the problems of the peni
tentiary I propose to go with you
into detail, and speak from fig
ures obtained from the books of
the penitentiary board.
“Mr.Speaker,I suppose they are
true, the secretary told me they
were correct; I presume he told
me the truth; therefore I am
voicing the true facts and not
dealing in idle fields of fancy,
nor indulging in a theory.”
Mr. Grant here went into a
careful analysis of the amounts
received by the state from con
tractors for the labor of convicts,
quoting the figures of the secre
tary of the penitentiary board,
showing that it cost 60 cents a
day to keep convicts in such
camps over the state while only
50 cents was necessary to main
tain and keep a convict in the
penitentiary. The speaker went
on to show that the state con
victs were worked to the best pro
fit on the state farm and urged
the use of all surplus convict la
bor in clearing and putting into
cultivation additional land.
Mr. Grant next dealt with the
humanitarian issue involved in
the leasing of the state’s con
victs to private parties declaring
that the treatment of these men
was barbarous. He said:
“The gentlemen on the floor
talk about tbe numane way me
penitentiary officials have of
treating the convicts; how good
they are, and to them and how
kindly the convicts are treated.
With them I beg to differ. I will
call your attention to the fact
that Col. Roddy, the gentleman
from Woodruff, ^said while on
the floor this morning that as a
member of the penitentiary com
mittee when he investigated the
State farm he inquired of the
convicts how they were cared
for, that they answered they
were well cared for, and were
treated well.
“What a pity we have no re
port from those poor unfortunate
creatures working out under con
tracts, up and down the railroads
and on other public works. I
wish they could whisper the truth
to this Assembly that we might
all know. I will relate one in
stance that happened in North
Arkansas. While the construc
tion company, I do not know
whether it was Reeves, Wilson or
Raleigh, yet it was some one
working men wearing Arkansas
convict stripes, were working on
the Rock Island at Jacksonport
there was in their charge a poor
unfortunate boy -who had been
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I FREE SAMPLE CURED OLD
PERSON’S BOWEL TROUBLE
th^unusui^ii!?0!} remarkable proofs of
Dr, Caw^ ,.la*ative merlt contained in
effective no/ « ^yrVp Pepsln ls that it is
of life bu^owv ln ^oPle in the prime
many ‘letter* „lhe extremes of ages. As
regarding «?« a^.® Feceive.d.. (rom mothers
- meenres of children, as from
amen of sixty, seventy and
It be truly a
pf oonstiPation ana bowel
_n i^opl6 it has no equal. It
wn?M1P^12n-ili8De,f the head
, gas, drowsiness after
W.*a^ancl?« ln years
♦kP18, j their bowels move
Hvn,n Lf°, not to take Dr.
nit* h#a P Pepsin. You can pro
bowels inv1}^lt]??r bowel action,
to pegfl thr ™Jte. d‘6,ease- Women
^n1lTi? rftrualT1perlod ^not
W Syrup Pepsin several
times a week until the system has set
tled to its future condition.
Among the strongest supporters of Dr.
Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin are Mr. W. G.
Zorn of New Decatur, Ala. and Mr. George
S. Spaulding of the National Soldiers’
Home, Kansas, both elderly men. The
regular size bottles can be bought of any
druggist at fifty cents and one dollar, but
a free sample bottle can be had by send
ing your address to the doctor.
Dr. Caldwell does not feel that the
purchase of his remedy ends his obli
gation. He has specialized in stomach,
liver and bowel diseases for over forty
years and will be pleased to give the
reader any advice on the subject free
}f charge. All are welcome to write
lilra. Whether for the medical advice
ir the free sample address him Dr.
W\ B. Caldwell, Ml Caldwell building,
tlonticello. ill.
SEWER CONTRACTORS ‘
SIGN AGREEMENT
\ '
To Bush Completion Of System
Or Voluntarily Belinquish
Contract.
The best possible solution of
the proposition of completing
Newport’s sewerage system is
generally believed to have been
secured by the district’s com
missioners, C. G. Henry, Al
corn Ferguson and William
Bengel through a written
contract closed with Noble
& Gardner, whereby the contrac
tors specify the amount of work
to be done each day and agree
through the employment of a
large force of men to rush the
work to an emly completion. Mr.
Noble agrees to remain in the
city and superintend the work.
It is a provision of this con
tract that if Noble & Gardner do
not expedite the work asi agreed,
the contract is to be turned1 over
to the commissioners without lit
igation.
The contractors have put on
fifty to sixty laborers and should
have the system completed by
May 1. It must then be tested
before accepted and the machin
ery at the pumping station in
stalled. This part of the con
tract was taken over some time
ago by the commissioners.
It is a very satisfactory termi
nation of a controversy that
threatened litigation and perhaps
delay of the sewerage system’s
completion.
MANY CITIES
EEEL QUAKES
Distinct Shocks Felt In Many
Towns Of Eastern Ark
ansas.
Little Rock, April 1.—Distinct
earthquake shocks were felt yes
terday morning throughout east
and southeast Arkansas, the dis
turbances being confined to that
locality of the state exclusively.
In many towns two shocks wero
felt and in some as many as three
but no damage was done any
where except in Pine Bluff,where
many windows were cracked, and
in De Witt, where! the courthouse
and all two and three-story, build
ings were more or less damaged.
In all of the towns where the
shocks were the most distinct
there was great excitement, peo
ple rushing from their homes,and
in tany instances refusing to go
back for some time. Reports
snow that no shocks were felt m
any, place in north, northeast or
northwest Arkansas. As near as
could be learned, the disturbances
began about 11 o’clock, lasting
several seconds each time.
People Ran From Houses.
In Pire Bluff one shock is said
to have been felt about 10 o’clock
and another about noon,following
the main shock-about 11 o’clock
The shock at 11 o’clock was so
dist'nct and severe that people
ran from their homes and all of
the downtown business houses
were deserted for awhile. To
night people are still suffering
with excitement, many of them
fearing a repetition of the dis
turbances of the morning.
E. M. F. 30.
If you are thinking of buying
an automobile it would pay you
to see me before April 5th. It
will pay you. Don’t .forget the
date. Wf D. McLain.
03b8
Riggs Getting Many Recruits.
“Boss” Schmidt and Manager
Riggs headed the rival teams in
yesterday’s work out and the
game was a nifty one. Schmidt’
bunch would have won in a walk
but they were attempting to im
prove Lath Summers’ delivery,
and the new movement bothered
the Clarksville boy, Riggs’
bunch making five runs off him
in one inning. Schmidt is work
ing the soreness, which bothered
him so in the Cleveland game,
out of his arm and will report to
the Detroit team in crack-a-jack
shape.
McDaniel, who was seen here
last year with Spiro and is now a
commercial college student, Avas
in the box for Riggs’ team and
proved himself a classy twirler.
His discomfiture came in the
tenth when poor support filled
the bags and Jimmy Henley lift
ed one to the score board. Weaver
got his foot caught under the
fence and the bags were cleared.
The score was 9 to 5.
Quite a number of fans go out
to League Park every afternoon
to see the players work out and
get acquainted with them. The
new men are coming in so fast
that the fans have to get out of
ten to keep up with them. “Doc”
Nuding was out yesterday, and
Mathews. Mathews comes from
Knoxville, Tenn. and should
have been yesterday, but missed
connections at Mansfield, remain
ing there all day.—Fort Smith
Times-Record.
JOHNSHN FAILS
TO GET RETRIAL
Appeal To Be Taken To Supreme
Court—Defendant Is Sen
tenced.
! After hearing jtJie argument of
his attorneys for a new trial in
the case of George Johnson Sat
urday afternoon, Judge Jeffery
overruled the motion for a retrial
and sentenced defendant to serve
three years in the penitentiary
in accordance with the verdict of
the jury, which found him guilty
of manslaughter and fixed his
punishment.
Prosecuting Attorney C. M.
Erwin was present and represent
ed the state while Jones & Camp
bell were attorneys for Johnson.
An appeal will be taken to the
supreme court.
Brock Motion Being Heard.
At 5 o’clock this afternoon, the
motion for a new trial in the case
of Dave Brock was still being
heard in circuit court, Stuckey &
Stuckey representing the defend
ant. If a new trial is not grantee
by the court, the date of the exe
cution of Brock will probably be
set. The jury which heard the
once von rWerl n verdict of mur
der in the first degree, the penal
ty of which is death on the gal
lows.
Miss Gertie Cohn arrived home
this morning from a delightful
two months’ visit to her sister,
Mrs. B. Prince and family at St.
Louis.
Charles La Forge of Little Rod
was a passenger through our city
on No. 24 this morning en route
to Tuckerman on business for the
day.
J. W. Grubbs and Alcorn Fer
guson left this afternoon over the
Rock Island for Charlotte, N.C .,
where the Albemarle Develop
ment Company is under investi
gation in the federal court.
•The Quality Sioie*
Spring’s Best Suits
A NY man who cares a “rap” about the kmjl
** of clothes he wears couldn’t help waxing
enthusiastic over our splendid Spring showing of
suits. They will reach right home to you.
So diversified is the assort
ment of choice patterns that
you will be very much puz
zled as to which to select,
and among them all you will
not find a single weave that
could offend the finest sense
of good taste.
The Price Range
$15 by easy steps up to $30
Dressed in one of our good
suits a man has a fair start
/bn the road to prosperity.
m.k.„ or up Our splendid clothes service
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,
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Star Clothing Co.
Jos. M. Berger, JM
SHARP-PARSONS
SUIT UNSETTLED
Judgment Not To Be Entered
At This Term On All Points
Involved.
In the civil suit of Robert W.
Sharp versus Frank Parsons,
heard Friday and Saturday by
Judge R. E. Jeffery in the Jack
son circuit court at an adjourned
session, the court held that plain
tiff was entitled to an undivided
one-fith interest in two
lots in Swifton in controversy,
but held that defendant should
receive credit for the betterments
in, a new house constructed on
one of these lots.
Mr. Parsons purchased! the two
lots for $350, from Chris, James
and Morris Sharp and Mrs. Ella
ori/1 1+ was th mi orht at
that time that the other heir
Robert W. Sharp was dead. Mr.
Parsons sold one of the lots to
Billie Altman who spent $800 up
on a new house on the lot. Mr.
Parsons also made improvements
upon the other house and it is
upon this point that the case goes
over for further hearing. The
whole property is now estimated
to be worth $3500.
Stuckey & Stuckey represent
the plaintiff and Stayton & Stay
; ton are attorneys for Mr. Parsons
Mrs. J. S. Graham, Misses Wil
lie Benix'and Mabel Hamilton
of Tuckerman were pleasant vis
itors in our city today while shop
ping and will return home on
this evening’s train.
Mrs. J. W. Grubbs left this af
ternoon for a visit to her mother
at Somerville, Tenn.
Lodge Directory
Jackson Lodge No. 191 F. & A. M
Meets Second Tuesday night of
each month in Board Building,
Second and Walnut streets.
Visiting Brothers always wel
come.
H. E. Dowell, W. M.
_ 8. M. Beattie, Sec.
Royal Arcanum.
Newport Council No. 322 Royal
Arcanum meets 1st and 3rd Wed* t
nesday nights in each month in ft
the Board Building. Visiting
brethren always welcome. *
8. M. Beattie, Regent,
W. 0. Wiohon, Secretary.
Woodman of World.
Pecan Camp No. 8 moots 1st
and 3rd Thursday nights of oaoh
month. Visiting brothers wel
come.
W. H. Bacus, C. 0.,
P. S. White, Clerk.
Modern Woodmen.
Newport Camp, No. 13674 meet
1st and 3rd Tuesday nights of
each month. Visiting brethren
invited.
W. A. Mink, Counsel.
W. M. Risner, Clerk.
For Bent.
Storage room, space 15x15
$3 per month; 15x30 $6 per
month. You can pile as high as
yrou like.—Farmers’ Union Ware*,
house.’See J. F. McCuistion, Mgr.
304 dl2t
For Sale.
Qne 12 horse power Fairbanks*
Morse Gasoline Engine. Apply;
sit the Palace Jewelry Store and d
see it run. 81bt£ ;