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LAWYERS WANT A
NEW CONSTITUTION.
Arkansas Bar Association Says
Venerable, Moss-Grown Con
stitution of State Should
Be,Sent to Rear.
Little Rock, May 28.—The Ar
kansas Bar Association, which
closed its annual session in this
city last night, went on record
yesterday as favoring the calling
j of a constitutional convention for
the purpose of drafting a new
state constitution.
This recommendation, con
tained in a report of a committee
on law and law reform, was
adopted by the association by an
almost unanimous vote after
many of the members had de
nounced in strong terms what
the committee termed “our ven
erable and moss-grown constitu
tion.”
The adoption of this recom
mendation and the election of
officers constituted the most im
portant business of the second
day’s session of the lawyers, and
after hearing various other re
ports and discussing the advisa
bility of providing for oral argu
ments in the supreme court the
association adjourned until next
year.
After adjournment the mem
bers were given a trolley ride to
the Country club, where dinner
Was served. The banquet whieh
was to have closed the meeting
last night was not held on ac
count of the serious illness of
Chief Justice Bunn of the su- ■
preme court.
At the afternoon session the
following officers were elected by
the association for tLe ensuing
year:
President — Allen Hughes,
Jonesboro.
Vice President—Daniel Hon, ‘
Waldron.
Secretary—Arthur Neill, Lit
tle Rock.
Treasurer—Judge P. C. Dooley,
Little Rock.
Executive Committee—Morris
M. Cohn, Little Rock, chairman;
John T. Hicks, Little Rock; Jos
eph M. Stayton, Newport.
The question of calling a con
stitutional convention came up
at the morning session, and the
discussion occupied a large part
of the forenoon. It was brought
up by the report of the commit
tee on law and law reform, which
was as follows:
“Your committee on law re
| form would respectively report
that we have had the matter
under consideration, and the sub
ject is too large to enter into de
| tails in this report.
L “It appears to us that the
3 greatest difficulty is in our. ven
g§ Arable and moss-grown constitu-.
i tion, which hampers every at-!
»tempt at progress and improve- j
men^.
“Our first recommendation
would be that the next legisla
ture call a constitutional conven
tion, composed of a small number
of members, for the purpose of
drafting a new constitution that
will meet the demands of a grow
ing state and be elastic enough
to permit the people to tax them
selves for schools and improve
ments, and keep in pace with our
sister states.
“In the matter of statutory re
forms we suggest that the law of
perjury be amended so as to
punish false swearing in court,
whether the fact sworn to be
material to the issue or not. Re
spectfully submitted,
“S. D. Campbell, Ch’m.
“J. M Rose.
C. Rodgers.
H. Arnold.”
FARMER FOUND
LOST TREASURE.
Plowed Up a Box ©f Coin Con
taining $2,800 Near Sulphur
Rock—Had Been Buried
During the War.
Last Thursday while a young
son of John Smith of Sulphur
Rock was plowing in an old field
he struck something hard and as
it did not sound like a rock the
boy, like a true American, de
cided to investigate.
With his little hands he soon
had the loose earth worked away
and brought to view an old iron
box. Upon rolling it out upon
the hard ground he found on
examination that the box was
locked with an old fashioned pad
lock.
After looking around carefully
to see if any of Capt. .Kidd’s fol
lowers were close, the boy broke
the Qld lock and raisee the lid to
find his many day dreams of
wealth realized, for there before
him was an old treasure box
filled with gold and silver.
The boy called to his father to
come and the latter was as much
surprised as the boy over the un
earthing of such a fortune, for
he counted the coin and found
that his boy had brought to light
$2,800.
Where the box was found is
an old field along the side of the
old military road, and is sup
posed to have been buried there
many years ago by some miser.
Mr. Smith is a hard-working
man and is being congratulated
upon his good luck. He used to
run an extra gang on the Iron
Mountain railway, but left the
road some two years ago to go
to farming.
DEVELOPING ARKANSAS.
Seven charters for new rail
roads in Arkansas were given out
on one day last week by the board
of railroad incorporators of that
state. This is a record probably
unequaled in all the annals of the
railroad and industrial develop
ment in the south.
True, none of the lines pro
vided for is of great length, nor
do any of them mark the begin
ning or ending of a great system
of transportation, but they do
mean the construction of feeders
for the trunk lines now in opera
tion, and they mean the opening
up of a new territory for the ag
riculturist, the miner, the manu
facturer and the merchant.
There is no part of the south
that is developing more rapidly
than is Arkansas these days.
There is perhaps no other state
in the south that is in the posses
sion of so great a variety and
abundance of talent resources
that have been left for develop
ing influences of this late day.
In addition to being a great agri
cultural state, Arkansas possesses
a wealth of coal, iron and other
mineral deposits, has no equal on
the hemisphere as a fruit grow
ing region, and, indeed, has all
the elements of a well balanced
prosperity within her own state
boundaries. All that she needs
is the railroads to bring her
products within reach of the
markets, and the record of that
one day last week indicates that
her people are going after this
necessity.—Memphis Scimitar.
NEGRO ACCIDEN
TALLY SHOT.
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Fayetteville, May 27.—John
Vaughan, a negro, was shot in
the leg this evening by the acci
dental discharge of a gun. The
wounded limb was amputated.
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JAPANESE VICTORY
COST 12,000 MEN.
Brilliant and Dftring Maneuvers
My Japs in Face of Almost
Certain Death Turns De
feat Into Victory.
London, May 27.—A dispatch
tap the Central News from Harbin
says the Japanese losses during
the fighting at Kin Chou are said
t© be 12,000 men, killed. It is
said these figures have been con
firmed by an official dispatch.
Fighting, it is added, is still
going on in the vicinity of Kin
Chou.
TAKEN AFTER DESPERATE FIGHT.
Tokio, May 27. — After five
hours of desperate fighting, the
Japanese captured Kin Chou yes
terday evening. Nan Quan Ling,
a stronghold of the enemy, was
taken later, after a hot fight. An
artillery duel still continues. A
Russian gunboat bombarded the
Japanese left flank from Talien
Wan bay, while the Japanese
warships worked with the army
from Kin Chou bay.
BATTLESHIP REPORTED SUNK.
New Chwang, May 27.—The
Russian authorities here declare
that a Japanese battleship has
been sunk by a submarine boat
and that three craft of this class
are now at Port Arthur and an
other en route to Vladivostock by
rail.
PART PLAYED BY NAVY.
The following report has been
received from Vice Admiral
Togo:
“The gunboats Thukishi, Hei
Wen, Amagi and Chokai and the
first torpedo boat flotilla, under
Capt. Nishi Yama, reached Kin
Chou bay on the evening of Wed
nesday. From dawn on Thurs
day the vessels co-operated with
the army in bombarding Sucha
ton. The Asaga and the Chokai
went in close and bombarded all
dav.
“At 11 o’clock in the morning
the enemy retreated from Sucha
ton, but they continued to fire
from a position behind Suchaton.
“Our casualties were ten, in
cluding Capt. Hayashi of the
Chokai, whb was killed.”
A serious accident was nar
rowly averted at the depot this
morning. Mrs. Diaz, accom
panied by one of her little sons,
had started to board the passen
ger coach of the local, which was
standing in front of the depot.
At the time she reached the steps
a box car, which was being
switched on to the main line,
struck the standing cars with
great force. The little child was
knocked down, but fortunately
was not hurt. It might have
been very serious had Mrs. Diaz
and her little son been even six
inches nearer the track.—Bates
ville Bee.
LETTER TO MR. T. J. GRA
• HAM, NEWPORT,-ARK.
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uoe; be glad to. It is full-meas
ure and honest.
Paint is a watch-dog. How ■
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wouldn’t watch from two to five j
o’clock in the morning? That’s j
short-measure.
How would you like a watch- j
dog that had a way of wagging
his tail at a burglar? That’s!
false paint. The burglar is rain j
and snow.
Go by the name: Devoe lead
and-zinc.
Yours truly,
F. W. Devoe & Co.,
96 New York and Chicago.
Read the Daily Independent.
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Notice of Assessment.
1 will be at the following places on fhe dates
named for the purpose of assessing the property
of Jackson County, Ark.:
McDougall’s Residence, June 6th and 7th.
Grand Glaize. June 8th and 9th.
Jacksonport. June 10th and 11th.
Auvergne. June 13 and Mth.
Weldon, June 15th and 16th.
• Tupelo, June 17th and 18th,
Grubbs, June 20th and 21st.
Richwoods (Martin Res.,) June 22nd
Cow I^ake (8-Mile School House,) June 23rd.
Burton’s Store, June 24th.
Martin’s School House, June 25th.
Village (Post Oak School House.) June271
Sender's Store, J unc 28th.
Elgin. June 29th.
. CfcntervilleL J une 30th.
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