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—... - __jA^^°RT* ARKANSAS’ THURSDAY* MARCH *5‘ t906_ NUMBER 274.
ggggB Jml FUTURE fOR RIC
|||||i Predicts that it Will Becoir
Leading Occupation.
oke, March 14—Rufus J
Nelson, who holds a prominen
position in connection with Ar
M Kansas' experimental stations, i|
■ in town on business connect*
A with the rice station located ty®*
A Mr. Nelson expressed sati^®c*
A tion at the large number y ^ar"
B mers that are preparing i grow
■ the cereal, and confided in his
prediction made nearly wo years
j|B ago that rice culture would be
■B come the leading occupation in
|r this part of the state.
This low level r/airie land up-v
on which this experiment is be
ing made, Mr. /Nelson says, is
admirably adp^ted for rice cult
ure, in that /the texture is close
and stiff, iind underlaid by an
impervious subsoil which forms
a hard p^!n, making almost ideal
conditions for irrigation.
Thig peculiar condition causes
the /oil to hold water, greatly
eco/omizing the amount neces
Ls»ry for irrigation; when turned
MVoff it soon dries, allowing the
/ use of the binder. Experience
g has proved that an inexhaustible
jf. supply of water can be obtained
? at a depth of 100 to 180 feet.
Besides the land is so nearly
level that no expensive levees or
ditches are required. It is also
probable, Mr. Nelson says that
rice can be grown on any lands
in Southern Arkansas that can be
irrigated. So far no experi
ments have been made on the
alluvial lands of the bottoms,
but where irrigation is practical
and drainage good rice should
succeed. The best soil for rice,
he says, is a medium loam with
about fifty per cent of clay, as
i this allows enough humus for
| the greatest fertility, and at the
same time makes it sufficiently
compact. Sandy or gravelly soils
are not good, as ordinarily, they
do not possess the mechanical
conditions to hold water.
Mr. Nelson is now taking a
post-graduate course in the State
university. ^_
Working On His Autobiography.
Little Rock, March 13—James
W. Ince, the Yell county mur
derer of his wife and three chil
I dren, whose execution was set
Saturday by Gov. Davis for
April 4, is busy in his cell at the
old penitentiary in this city writ
ing his autobiography, which he
has asked Father Horan of Little
Rock to have published and sold
after his execution and the pro
ceeus tu UC U3CU
ument over his wife and children
whom he so foully murdered.
Ince appears now reconciled
to his fate since the Arkansas
supreme court has twice refused
to reverse and remand the case
F * db the ground of insanity, and
he at times talks freely of what
he terms his unfortunate life and
i charges his conviction to alleged
' false statements sworn by his
prosecutors.
When seen at the penitentiary
yesterday afternoon by a demo
reporter he was at work
making horsehair watch chains
which he said “will sell fora
rj^good price if I am hanged,” for
j#Ks long as there is life there is
JJhope. He spoke of a petition
Mb which would soon be presented
to the governor by his Yell county
|M friends, asking for a life sen
W tence. “I had better be dead
W .than penned up for a lifetime,”
f V said, “foi l might be driven
- - to kill my g’aHn and then it
! would be worse i*n hanging for
me.” lie has already sent fif
teen of the chains to Hot Springs,
he said, to be sold “to hei;> pay
for the monument to my wife'
and children.” Ince persists
that he is not a bad man only j
unfortunate, and that he would
j not hang in any state but Arkan
| sas.
Miss Jones Honored.
Miss Bobbie Newton Jones,
daughter of ex-Gov. Dan W. I
Jones, has been signally hon-j
ored in being appointed by Gen.
W. L. Cabell as sponsor for the
j trans-Mississippi department of
! the U. C. V. for the reunion at
New Orleans April 25-27. Miss
i Alice Parke of Dallas is ap
pointed maid of honor. Miss
Jones has accepted the disting
uished honor and will attend the
reunion, accompanied by her
parents.
Baptist Church.
At 7:30 every evening this
week, there will be a prayer ser
vice at the Baptist Church. Ev-,
ery body cordially invited.
E. P. J. Garrott,
Pastor.
For dray at any hour call up
j tiaael hotel. 83dtf
R. £, JEFFERY
Candidate for Prosecuting Attorney
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Y What the Papers Say of Him
R. E. Jeffery Announces.
In this issue the Independent
is pleased to announce the can
didacy of Mr. R. E. Jeffery, of
Newport, for the office of pros
ecuting attorney. He is a na
tive of Stone county, whose
people honored him as their re
presentative in the legislature
and he was found ever true to
the trust reposed in him, mak
ing a faithful and upright re
cord.
Mr. Jeffery has ever been a
straight party man, supporting
and upholding Democracy’s
nominees, and as a practitioner
has won a good reputation among
the members of the local bar.
In the practice of law he has
been associated with Hon. Gus
tave Jones.
He is well qualified to fill the
office with ability and his high
standing as a man of strong
principles, would assure a cred
itable administration in the event
of his election. —Newport Inde
pendent.
Hon. Emmett Jeffery.
The announcement of Hon.
Emmett Jeffery, of Newport, as
a candidate for prosecuting at
torney of this, the Third Judicial
Circuit, will be found in the an
nouncement column of this
week’s issue. It gives us pleas
ure to recommend this young
man as being capable and worthy
the support of any and all the
voters of this circuit to the po
sition to which he aspires. Mr.
Jeffery is a native of Stone
county, having lived within the
present limits of this county all
of his life until about three years
ago when he went to Newport
to engage more actively in the
practice of law, his adopted pro
fession. He ever has been a close
student, and while he is not a
graduate of any college, he has
acquired foi himself a practical
business education that fits and
qualifies him for any position
within the gift of the people.
He obtained his education by al
ternately teaching and attending
school, and he was early in life
! thrown upon his own resources,
having been left an orphan when
quite a boy,
He is a fluent and forceful
speaker and a young man of
sober and industrious habits and
has the full confidence of all who
know him, and if elected the in
terests of the people will be safe
in ms hands.
Mr. Jeffery read the law here
in Mountain View with Hon.
Ben F. Williamson and has been
actively engaged in'the practice
of law for several years and has
ever been considered a success
ful practitioner, and we bespeak
for him a bright future in his
profession. —Stone County Dem
ocrat.
Emmett Jeffery.
The Hon. Emmett Jeffery, of
Newport, announces in this is
sue for the important position of
Prosecuting Attorney for the
Third Judicial Circuit. Mr.
Jeffery is a native of Stone
county and is essentially a self
made man, having arisen to the
prominence he has attained
through difficulties. For sev
pml vpars Mr. Jefferv taught in
the public schools, during which
time he read law, and in 1898
was licensed by Judge Fulker
son to practice law, since which
time he has been actively en
gaged in the practice of law his
chosen profession and has for
several years been associated in
said practice with the Hon.
Gustave Jones, of Newport. In
1900 Mr. Jeffery was nominated
for the legislature in Stone
county, having defeated one of
his present opponents, the Hon.
'Sam Casey, who was seeking re
election and at said election Mr.
Jeffery received the largest vote
that had been cast for a single
candidate in years. Mr. Jeffery
is a lawyer of marked legal at
tainments, a gentleman in all the
term implies and should he be
elected to the coveted position,
he would fill the position so full
of laurels that his constituency
would never have cause to regret
tneir action. — Walnut Ridge
Blade.
Commend Jeffery for State’s Attorney.
The Hon. R. E. Jeffery, of
Newport, has decided to make
the race tor prosecuting i
of this, the Third Judicial dis
trict.
Emmett is well qualified to fill
the place and would make an ex
cellent prosecuting attorney.
He is a man of more than ordi
nary ability and well qualified in J
every way for the position. He
is an honorable, Christian gen
tleman; agreeable and accorn-,
plished, fond of social inter
course with his friends and ac
quaintances, and a fine lawyer.
The state’s interests would be
safe in his hands. He is a good
business man, and no young man
ever raised in Stone county ever.
enjoyed a higher character for
good citizenship. He has stood
for good morals and a strict
compliance with the laws of the
land, and those whom the law j
would make it his duty to ap_
pear in court against, mighi ex
pect a strong and firm prosecu
tion, but would need to have no
fear of being persecuted or re
ceiving unfair treatment at his j
hands.
At the age of 18 years he be
gan teaching school, in which
profession he soon took rank as
one of ;he most successful and j
up-to-date teachers of his county,
and 'ater on- while engaged in
teaching he began the study of!
law, and in 1898 he was, by
Judge Fulkerson, licensed to
practice law, since which time
he has followed practicing law.
In 1900 he was elected to the
legislature, where he served with
distinction and credit.
Since the adoption of the con
stitution of 1874, Stone has been
one of the counties composing
the old Third Judicial Circuit,
and in all these thirty years she
has never furnished a judge nor
prosecuting attorney, and if at
the coming primaries the Demo
crats of the old Third circuit
should choose Mr. Jeffery as
their standard bearer for this
important and honorable position,
Stone county would feel greatly
honored by having one of her
favorite sons thus honored. —
Mountain View News.
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Bailey Mercantile
Company
Has purchased the entire stock of
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Millinery
of Mrs. ETTA MERRILL, and it is
I now on sale at their dry goods store.
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MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
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