VOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1908 NUMBER 256
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TO APPLY PROBE.
House Votes For Complete Investiga
tion Into Purchase of Convict
Farm—Parker to be Invited
To Address Legislature
By a vote of 64 to 14 the house Fri
day afternoon adopted a resolution
authorizing the committee on ways
and means to inquire into the allega
tions and accusations made by both
sides of the controversy between
Gov. Davis, on one side, and the ma
jority members of the state penitenti
ary board on the other. The resolu
tion recites that the controversy has
reached a stage demanding proper
investigation. By the resolution the
committee is invested with full and
complete authority to take testimony
and to report to the t\ouse.
An interesting debate preceded the
adoption of the resolution. Represen
tative Pindall had offered a resolution
providing for an investigation at the
hands of a special committee of five
members. This was tabled by a vote
of 46 to 42. A short time later Judge
Merriman offered the same resolu
tion, with the exception that the in
vestigation shall be made by the ways
and means committee in’ lieu of by a
special committee. An effort to post
pone consideration of the matter until
Monday, was defeated, then the reso
lution as offered by Judge Merriman
was adopted.
The house passed a number of local
measures, among them one detaching
a portion of Scott county and attach
ing it to Logan county.
In the senate a motion to recall
Senator Price’s world’s fair appropri
ation bill was discussed at some
length, but no vote was reached upon
it.
By a vote of 27 to 3 the senate pass
ed, over the governor’s veto,, house
bill No. 13 (Gibson), authorizing the
special school district of Atkins to
borrow money for improvements.
The senate adjourned until Monday
morning. The house will meet at 9 a.
m. today.
The house adopted Senator Nor
wood’s concurrent resolution inviting
Judge Alton B. Parker of New York
to address the general assembly.
House bill No. 96, the Myers mussel
fishing bill, was the first bill up for
consideration in the Senate. A sub
stitute for the committee amendment
was offered by Senator Norwood
prohibiting the use of dredges, and an
amendment by Mr. Hinkle extending
the close season thirty days, both of
which were adopted, and the bill went
over on the calendar, subject to
call.
ARKANSAS RAILROAD
EXTENSION.
In a short time another Arkansas
railroad will have a Mississippi river
outlet. It is the Jonesboro, Lake City
& Eastern road, in operation from
Jonesboro, east to Blythesville, and
under construction from Blythesville
east to Barlleld, on the river. The
road, both the completed and uncom
pleted sections, lies entirely in Craig
head and Mississippi counties. The
completed line to Blythesville is ap
proximately 55 miles im length, while
the section under construction is
about ten miles long.
Part of the town of Barfield is on
the west side of the levee, while a
portion of it is between the levee and
the river.
In order to cross the river, the rail
road will be built over the top of the
levee, no roads being allowed to cut
through the levees. In order to sur
mount the levee embankment, the
track approaching Barfield will be on
a 1 per cent grade. From the point
of crossing the levee to Barfield point,
where the boat landing will be made,
and where the railroad track will end,
is about one mile. A direct line to
the nearest point on the river is only
about half a mile. This mile approach
will make the levee grade for the rail
road comparatively easy.
MURPHY SCORES DAVIS.
Little Rock, Feb. 13.—Eighteen hun
dred people crowded into the Capital
Theater last night to hear Attorney
General George W. Murphy address
the members of the legislature on
Gov. Davis and his administration.
Fully 600 people were denied admis
sion for want of chairs to accomodate
them. Delegations from adjoining
counties composed of prominent
Democrats, occupied seats in the bal
cony and dreBs circle. Col. Murphy
reviewed Gov. Davis’ official career
Frojn the time he entered the attor
aey-general’s office four year ago up
to the present time, laying particular
stress upon his conduct as governor.
He charged the governor with cor
ruption in office and specified a num
ber of acts where the governor had
misappropriated funds entrusted to
bis care by the State. He read from
the records in the auditor’s office
showing that the governor had used a
large portion of his contingent fund
For private purposes and referred to
the fact that the ways and means
committee had discovered the same
irregularities and would so report to
the house. He closed with a strong
appeal to the legislature to make a
thorough investigation and if what
he said was not true to impeach him
(Murphy) and if what he did say was
true to impeach Gov. Davis. The
speech made a strong impression up
on every one in the large audience
and talk of impeachment proceedings
can be heard on all sides tonight.
LICENSE CONTEST
BEFORE COURT.
County court was convened Satur
day morning for the consideration of
the petition for the revocation of the
prohibition order of 1901 the matter at
issue involved the accuracy of the
census of the prohibitionists, upon
which evidence, that side seeks to have
added to the census of the Newport
Qnhnnl tfiroo-milo-rliatrinf ohmit
names.
Among the witnesses examined
were C. R. Hite, Cary Davidson and
Will Erwin, who testified as to the
qualifications of contested names.
The license attorneys introduced a
map, made from a survey by H. Q.
McBurney, showing that a circle de
scribed from the Newport public
school building with a radius of three
miles, would include only the mere
edge of Jaeksonport, not extending to
the main avenue of that town on
which the court house is situated, al
so eliminating a considerable territo
ry across the river west.
The license advocates claim this
would drop 150 names from the prohi
census, and contest the qualifications
of 250 others, or over 400 in all.
Two years ago the petition granted
for the prohibition of license was
from the three mile district of the
Methodist church.
CLOVER CLUB MEETING.
The meeting of the Clover Club at
th9 home of Mrs. Narcie Minor upon
Thursday afternoon was too pleasant
an affair to escape mention though
inadvertently neglected in Friday’s
issue. The refreshments served upon
that occasion were very dainty, con
sisting of ice cream, cake, coffee and
cheese straws.
The resignation of Mrs. Cora Mc
Donald, wdo has long been one of the
most popular members of that organ
ization, was tendered and accepted
with much regret. To the vacancy
thus created, Mrs. H. E. Cobb was
elected.
Those present aside from club mem
bers were Mesdames O. D. Watson,
L. Minor, H. E. Cobb and B. M. Crow.
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