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ASSESSOR’S NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that the#under
signed, as assessor of Jackson county,
Arkansas, will meet the people of the
different townships at the following times and
places, for the purpose of listing the Personal
Property and Per Capita Tax for the
year 1902:
Barren township, McDougal’s residence, Mon
day and Tuesday, June 2, and 3.
Glaize township, Grand Glaize, Wednesday
□ and Thursday June 4 and 5.
Breckinridge township, Auvergne, Friday
June 6.
Breckinridge township, Weldon, Saturday
Breckinridge township, Tupelo, Monday
June 9.
Cow Take township, Nance’s Store Tuesday
and Wednesday, June 10 and 11,
Riehwoods township, Martin’s Old Residence,
Thursday and Friday, June 12 and 13.
Cache township, Burton’s Store, Saturday
Junb 14.
Cache township, Martin’s School House, Mon
day and Tuesday June 16, and 17.
Grubbs township, Robinson's Chapel, Wednes
day and Thursday June 18 and 19.
Village township, Barnes’ Mill, Friday
June 20.
Jefferson township, Jacksonport, Monday and
Tuesday, June 23 and 24.
Bird township, Elgin, sVednesday June 25.
Bird township, Centerville, Thursday, June 26.
Bird township, Tuckerman, Friday and Sat
urday, June 27 and 28.
Glass township, Swifon, Monday June 30
Tuesday and Wednesday, July 1 and 2.
Union township, Court House, Newport, from
July 7 to August 20.
Please bring along your deeds or last tax
receipts.
Given under my hand this 6tli day of
May 1902.
B. F. SIMMONS
Assessor of Jackson County.
First published May 6 Daily Independant 6t.
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STATE LOSES SUIT.
Injunction Made Permanent Against
Penitentiary Authorities Restrain
ing Them From Withholding
Convicts Contracted For
By Arkansas Brick
Manufacturing
Company.
Little Rock, May 17—The Supreme
Court Saturday affirmed the decree of
Chancellor Martin enjoining the board
of State penitentiary commissioners
and the superintendent and financial
agent thereof from withdrawing the
convicts from the employ of W. W.
Dickinson, under what is known as
the Arkansas Brick Manufacturing
Company contract. In the first place
a contract was made with the Arkan
sas Chair Company, of which W. W.
Dickinson was a prominent member,
for the lease of not less than 100 nor
more than 300 State convicts
by the board of penitentiary
commissioners, during the incumbency
of Hon. Dan W. Jones as governor,
and while Gov. Davis was attorney
general. The Arkansas Chair Com
pany, desiring to make some changes
in the scope and nature of its business
sold out to a new corporation known
as the Arkansas Brick and Manufac
turing Company, composed of sub
stantially the same stockholders. It
then sought and obtained a new and
substituted contract. Ihis was during
the administration of the present
governor, and he signed the new con
tract as governor. Subsequently
when the matter came up in the leg
islature, which met soon afterward,
and was discussed, it being apparent
that the Brick and Manufacturing
Company had obtained from the State
a contract very much to the disad
vantage of the latter.
Though the matter was much dis
cussed in the legislature, the majority
took the view that, w hile the contract
was an inequitable one and should not
have been made, the State could not
afford to repudiate an undertaking
fairly made by a power legally con
stituted for the control of the matters
embraced in the contract. However,
soon thereafter, the governor, mainly
through the pressure which he was
able to bring to bear in the meetings
of the board of commissioners of the
penitentiary, secured the passage of a
resolution annulling the contract of
the Brick & Manufacturing Company
and ordering the superintendent and
the financial agent to withhold the
convicts from it.
To meet this state of facts, the
present suit was brought by the brick
company, seeking an injunction
against the penitentiary board and
authorities, to prevent the withdrawal
of the convicts from the work in
which it had placed them.
REVIVAL AT THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
The meeting at the Christian church
will continue through the week. Quite
a number have been baptized, and
others have joined by letter and other
wise. The three services yesterday
were well attended. The address in
the afternoon to men only, set forth
“Our Gods” in a way that impressed
seriously the many who heard it. The
audience at night was fully in sym
pathy with the speaker’s forceful and
convincing discourse “From Jerusa
lem to Rome and Back Again.” There
were a number of confessions at the
close of the service. They were Jus
tice J. J. Martin, Miss Pearl Martin,
Mr. R. P. Morrison, Mr. Ed Sheiss and
Miss Stallings. Sermon for tonight,
“Will it Pay to be a Christian?”
ELECTION CONTEST
AGAIN APPEALED.
Osceola, May 17.—The celebrated
Mississippi contest case has again
been appealed to the Supreme Court.
Judge Taylor of the Circuit Court has
rendered his dicision in the trial just
ended, deciding in favor of Driver for
circuit clerk, and Bowen for sheriff
and against Rhodes and Lovewell.
Over 900 witnesses and depositions
were used in the last trial and the
costs already amount to over §10,000.
When?
BACCALAUREATE SERVICE.
The baccalaureate service at the
Methodist church Sunday night was
attended by a large congregation, the
sermon on this occasion being de
livered by Rev. J. W. Smith, of the
Methodist church. The musical pro
gram was most excellent and con
sisted of several pieces of special
music.
“Hear Us Oh Father” by eight
voices was beautifully sung. Mrs.
Marshall rendered “A Dream of Para
dise” in good voice but the most ap
preciated number of all was the duet
“Jesus Lover of My Soul” by
Mesdames G. A. Hillhouse and R. W.
Bandy, Miss Imogene Bandy accom
panying them upon the violin.
Rev. Mr. Smith’s reading was from
the twenty-first chapter of Revela
tion, chosing for his text the seventh
verse: “He that overcometh shall
inherit all things and I will be his
God and he shall be my son.” The
Bjibject of his discourse was “Rising
Above Conditions,” and the advice
offered to the class of 1902 seated be
fore him, was timely, pertinent and
true. He urged upon the young peo
ple just entering the world of men
and women, when disappointments
and lack of appreciation of their
ideals would dampen their enthusiasm,
that they strive not for material suc
cess, measured in the goods of a sinful
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this were a higher ambition than the
former, but best of all, for graces of
character, Christian living and exam
ple, which would live after them to
bless others.
The ignorance of self must be over
come; its prejudice must be cast aside
and the virtues which come by a
knowledge of God must be inculcated,
that the blessings promised in that
beautiful verse of scripture chosen for
his text may be attained.
MILITARY HONORS
FOR THE DECEASED.
Mrs. M. F. Johnson has just received
information from C. P. Miller, Major
and Quartermaster in the United
States army, stating that the remains
of her son Henry Scott Johnson, who
was buried at Vigan, Northern Lr on,
Nov. 2, 1900, have been removed and
interred with military honors at 2
p. m. Friday, May 9, in the San Fran
cisco National Cemetery, Grave No.
891.
The removal was made at the
mother’s request. The deceased was
a corporal in Company H, 33 U. S.
Volunteers, who lost his life in his
country’s service and won a patriot’s
grave under the “Stars and Stripes.”
TOWNSHIP CONVENTION.
Union township Republican con
vention of Jackson county met at the
court house at 2:30 Saturday after
noon. H. L. Remmel stated the ob
ject of the meeting, after which the
body went into organization.
Hon. H. L. Remmel was elected
chairman and A. J. Turner secretary.
The following named persons were
elected as delegates to the county
convention to be held in this city
Saturday, May 24:
H. L. Remmel, B. F. Whittaker, W.
B. Empie, J. W. Grubbs, D. Brown,
T. H. Patterson, A. J. Turner, Thad
Arrington; alternates, J. W. Hurt,
Rob Henderson, W. S. Hubble, C. W.
Rodges, Dr. J. M. Robinson, J. R.
Cuorie, R. H. Ford, J. W. Reed.
Resolution was offered by W. S.
Hubble which will be presented in tho
county convention.
H. L. Remmel,
A. J. Turner, Chairman.
Secretary.
SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION.
Very little interest was manifested
in the school district election held
Saturday. The only precinct was at
the city hall, where only 76 votes were
cast, T. J. Watson and H. Bernstein
being re-elected directors without op
position, each receiving 75 votes.
Only a few scattering votes were
cast against the school tax levy of five
mills, which is necessary for the main
tenance of our public schools.
When?
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
The Iron Mountain is to make Wal
nut Ridge both a passenger and
freight division; every train that runs
the road is to stop there and register
and change crews. The main or first
side track is to leave the main line on
the west side of the track at a point
about opposite the handle factory and
connects again one mile down the
track, just in the edge of Hoxie, near
the H. P. & N. switch. Then there
are to be from 20 to 30 other tracks
3,000 feet long, and the plat of ground
required for tracks, round bouse, coal
sheds and repair shops will vary in
width from 400 to 625 feet. The round
house will be of brick and will be lo
cated in the north end of Col. Coffin’s
field. Mr. Cotter says that §100,000
will be spent on these improvements
within 90 days and it is expected that
they will be completed by September
1. This proposition links Walnut
Ridge and Hoxie together by a com
mon tie making them virtually one
town.—Black Rock Blade.
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It looks now like we are going to
get the Morning Star Railroad. The
directors of the road held a meeting
at Rush Creek last Monday and it is
reported here that they will submit a
proposition to Yellville soon. Yell
ville will be the terminus of this road
for a while, and now is the time for
Yellville to get a hustle on herself be
cause this will be a proposition that
will amount to something to Yellville.
—Yellville Echo.
Walter W. Campbell is clerking at
Chas. Meyer’s during the latter’s ab
sence.
Mrs. Martha Cain nee Stafford of
Ft. Smith is visiting the family of L.
Hirsch and will be here for several
weeks.
Chas. Meyer and E. L. Boyce went
to Hot Springs on the noon train Mon
day as delegates from the local chap
ter to the state encampment of the
Knights of Pythias.
Farmers from Breckinridge and
Cow Lake townships report showers
over that section Saturday afternoon,
though they seem to have been in
spots. Hail also fell, but not to any
damaging extent.
Edwin Hess went to Little Rock on
the noon train Monday to take charge
of the pastry department of Kriker
burg’s steam bakery. He says that
he expects to return here as soon as
a suitable location can be secured for
opening a bakery and confectionery.
The handsome pearl recently pur
chased by Wilmans & Harris from
Reube McBride, who found the same
upon Minor’s bar below town, has
been sold to J. M. O’Hara, the Mem
phis buyer at the highest figure, prob
ably ever paid for a pearl in this
section. The price has not been made
public.
DYNAMO CARS
On ‘The Overland Limited” carry
expert electricians, whose special
duty is to supervise and see that the
electric lighting arrangements are
entirely satisfactory. Each sleeper
has 70 electric lights, dining car 70,
buffet, smoking and library car 40.
Observation cars, dining cars, buffet
smoking and library cars are equipped
with 12-inch electric fans. Electric
reading lamps in every berth. Elec
tric curling irons in every ladies’
berth.
This famous train reaches Salt Lake
City 12 hours and San Francisco 16
hours ahead of all competitors.
If you contemplate a trip to any
western point the Union Pacific offers
you the highest degree of comfort and
luxury, with no additional cost and a
great saving of time and expense.
Full information cheerfully furnished
on application to
J. H. Lothrop, Gen’l Agt.,
St. Louis, Mo.
SPECIAL OCCASION
SUMMER SCHOOL,
Knoxville, Tenn, July 19-July 30,1902.
Reduced Rates via Southern Ry.
For the above occasion, the South
ern Railway will sell tickets from a"
points on its lines to Knoxville, Tenn.
and return, at one fare for the round
trip, selling June 16, 17, 18, 28, 29, and
30 and July 11, 12 and 13, with final
limit for return passage August 15,
1902. For further information, call on
any ticket agent of the Southern Rail
way or write, C. A. Benscoter,
Asst. Gen’J. Pass. Agt.
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