| CIRCUIT COURTADJOURNS.
Report of Grand Jury Recom
mending Various Needs-Gal
1 > loway Pleads Guilty and
Receives One Year
Sentence.
Circuit court adjourned Friday |
afternoon, little of importance
being accomplished the last day,
| with the exception of the sen
► * tence of Wm. Galloway, charged
I with assault with intent to kill,
to one year in the penitentiary,
the defendant throwing himself
on the mercy of the court.
The report of the grand jury, j
a voluminous document calling,
kthe court’s attention to needed
improvements upon the county
farm and condemning the joint |
use of the jail for county and !
city prisoners, was made Thurs
day afternoon.
Judge Fulkerson commended
that body for their zeal in the
performance of their labors and
excused them.
To Hon. F. D. Fulkerson, Judge
Jackson Circuit Court.
We, your grand jury for the'
February term, 1904, beg leave i
to Submit the following report:
We believe we have thorough
ly investigated all eases brought
to our notice or of w.hich we have
been able to obtain information,,
and have found true bills in all
cases in which we believe in the'
guilt of the offender and that the;
evidence is sufficient to sustain
the indictment.
We have examined 108 wit
nesses and have found and de- j
™ livered to your honor the follow
ing true bills :
One for perjury; 2 for assault’j
and battery; 1 for robbery; 1 for
murder in first degree; 6 for as
sault with intent to kill; 3 for
disturbing the peace; 1 for sell
ing liquor without license; 2 for
carrying a pistol; 23 for gaming
for money; 1 for carrying a dirk;,
1 for grand larceny and receiv
ing stolen goods; 1 for burglary
and grand larceny; 1 for seduc
tion, making the total number of'
true bills found 47.
THE COUNTY FARM.
A committee composed of our
members visited and inspected
the county farm, and we beg to!
call your especial attention to our
findings and recommendations.
There are at this time seven in
mates of the county poor house; j
two white males, four white fe
males, and one colored male.
paupers’ house.
One of the white males is blind
and demented. The paupers’
building is in a deplorable con
dition. It is absolutely worth
less; the sills completely rotten,
the roof practically gone, the
siding in a very bad condition; so
are also the windows and doors.
The whole structure should be
torn down to the ground and a
mew building erected.
BARN.
The barn is not worth men
tioning. It is in a ruined con
dition. It affords dangerous
shelter and poor protection for
stock that may be housed in it.
MAIN RESIDENCE.
The main residence needs
painting badly in order to pre
vent its rapid decay and destruc
tion. The flues admit much
water that will injure the inte
rior of the house if not at once
repaired.
FENCES.
Much of the fence is in the
worst kind of repair, the posts
and plank rotten and the fence
broken down.
CLOSET.
We recommend that a closet
be built at once. The inmates,
who are usually in a wretched
condition, should not be com
pelled to wait till night for the
relief of nature or compelled dur
ing all kinds of weather to walk
one quarter of a mile to a thicket
in the field for shelter.
We recommend that you place
before the proper parties with
all the power and force, at your
command, the urgent need of an
appropriation for the proper re
pairing and improving of the
county farm.
The present conditions do not
permit taking the proper care of
the county’s old, sick and de
crepit, and in our opinion, it is
nothing short of inhuman and a
disgrace for a prosperous and in
telligent people to longer delay
giving the matter attention.
COUNTY JAIL AND PRISONERS.
We visited and inspected the
the jail in a body.
We find that the lock on the
door giving entrance to the lobby
of the jail from the outside is al
most worn out and is at this time
in an unsafe and patched-up con
dition. It should be repaired at
once.
It seems to us that some o: the
bedding is becoming old, dirty
and worn and we think it should
be burned and other material
purchased.
We are of the opinion that the
sheriff is giving proper attention
to the premises and to the pris
oners in his charge.
We are not pleased with the
present premises used for a jail,
nor with the conditions surround
ing its use*
We believe that the use of the
city of Newport of the same
premises is the source of a con
stant menace the safe-keeping
of county prisoners and to good
sanitary conditions.
We cannot believe it is a good
plan for the county to use, for a
longer time than is abso
lutely necessary, premises for a
jail when it permits parties who
are incarcerated for drunkenness
and small offenses to come into
contact with countyprisoners who
may be held for serious charges.
The continuous coming and
going of the city prisoners and
the constant opening of the jail
door, generally attended by a
surging mob of citizens, must
necessarily increase to a marked
degree the chance of escape and
of fostering plans for the escape
of those incarcerated.
The vomit and filthiness de
posited by drunken individuals
and by transient sickly vagrants
certainly does not add a desired
contribution to the sanitary con
dition of the premises, that must
necessarily be bad enough at
best, and we recommend it as
very important that Jackson
county should build a. jail of its
own with all facilities for the
safe-keeping of its prisoners and
the proper care of the same.
We sincerely thank your honor,
the prosecuting attorney and
other court officials for the uni
form courtesy, assistance and
forbearance shown us, and we
respectfully ask that we be dis
charged from further duty.
Alcorn Ferguson, Foreman.
R. M. Johnson, Clerk.
FOR SALE!
240 acres of land, 140 in culti
vation, with four houses, raised
50 bales of cotton the past season,
six miles from Newport, 3 miles
from Jacksonport. Eighty acre
pasture at Jacksonport, frame
store house of two good rooms
at Jacksonport.
29blmo. J. M. Grubbs.
MUSICAL COTERIE.
The Thursday Afternoon Cote
rie met with Miss Pearl Martin,
and the following program was
rendered by the members:
Asolo, “May Be,” was sung
* by Mrs. G. A. Hillhouse, follow-,
ed by Mrs. C. W. Beard with a
beautiful composition on “The
Power of Music.” The next
number was a duet by Mesdames
; Beard and Kelly; next a solo by
Mrs. McMullen and to conclude
the program Mrs. W. A. O’Neal
charmed the members with the
beautiful selection, “Birds of
Prophet. ’ ’
Mrs. Wesley Beard was chosen
secretary to succeed Mrs. Champ
Simpson.
The following invited guests
were present: Mrs. L. E. Willis
1 and mother, Mrs. Orff, and Mrs.
| P. V. Ferguson, and last but not
i least, the delightful afternoon
came to a close with refresh
ments which were enjoyed by all
and every one looks forward to
the day when they will meet!
again with Mrs. Walter Martin.
Reporter.
CAMPAIGN LIAR
PROMPTLY CALLED. |
A gentleman by the name of i
Marsh, residing near Butlerville,
Lonoke county, was in Beebe
yesterday and stated in the pres
ence of several good, substantial
men that a member of the Demo
cratic county central committee
at Butlerville had received a let
ter from Judge Wood asking for
the names of the judges in the
coming primary, and also inquir
ing the amount of money it would |
take to buy these judges. Mr.;
Marsh said he read the letterj
referred to above and did not;
speak from hearsay. The News j
will make an effort to get a copy
for publication.—Beebe News, i
H. G. Marsh of Butlerville was
in our office Tuesday and re
quested us to say that the first i
knowledge he had of the. above!
statement was through the j
columrs of the Ledger, which
copied the article.
He also says he asked the cen
tral committeeman of his town
ship about it and he emphatically
declares that he knows nothing
about it. Mr. Marsh says he can
vouch for his brothers that no
such statement came from them.
So it is up to the News to pro
duce the copy and prove its state
ment or bear its consequences;
for it is no light matter to print a
statement against a man’s honor.
—Lonoke Democrat.
EUCHRE PARTY.
_
The meeting of the Thursday
Evening Euchre Club with Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Jones at their
cozy home on Vine street, proved
a treat rich in pleasure for those
present. The hospitable host
and gracious hostess were well
assisted by Miss Roberta Morri
j son of St. Louis.
At cards, Miss Lula Wolf
j proved a winner, carrying away
| a beautiful hand painted cup and
! saucer and Mr. R. T. Reyburn
| won a burnt wood Gibson head
! shaving pad.
The elegant refreshments con
I sisted of chicken salad, nut sand
wiches, deviled crabs, salt crack
ers, pickles and coffee.
Those present were: Messrs,
and Mesdames E. L. Maris, Gus
I tave Jones, W. W. McMinn, W.
A. O’Neal, B. B. Bond, Mesdames
G. A. Hillhouse, R. M.*Johnson,
T. E. Allen, 0. D. Watson,
T. D. Kinman, Jr., Wm. Hooker,
Narcie Minor, Misses Mabel Pad
! gett, Jennie McCauley, LulaWolf,
j Messrs. W. A. Oldfield, R. T.
! Reyburn, Joe L. Bevens, J. B.
| Daggett.
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