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A SALE THAT SAVES.
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NO GOODS CHARGED
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The Southern Hotel, of Ravenden
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MYERS VERSUS DAVIS.
H. H. Myers Opens Joint Discussion—
Answered By Governor At Court
House Saturday Evening—
Latter Defends Acts of
His Administration
and Taunts “Reg
ulars.”
The circuit court room was filled to
its seating capacity Saturday evening
by democrats and republicans, the
former largely predominating, to
hear the joint discussion of two of the
candidates for governor, Governor
Jeff Davis and Hon. Harry H. Myers
of Little Rock, representing the “reg
ular” wing of the republican party.
Close attention was accorded both
speakers by the large audience, who
demonstrated their approval during
the course of Gov. Davis’ speech by
frequent applause. Mr. Myers is very
adept at telling funny stories, which
several times convulsed his hearers
with laughter.
Myers opened the joint discussion
in an hour’s talk. The introduction
to his argument was quite flowery
and the more substantial portion of
his address affox-ded abundant proof
of the speaker’s oratorical gifts. He
ridiculed the pretensions of the “in
sux-gents as republicans and called
them assistant democrats.
The substance of the contentions
advanced by the opposing candidates,
has been so often rehearsed, that the
Independent will only attempt a
brief resume of the argument, which
differed little from other reported ad
dresses.
The contract with the Dickinson
Brick Company, whereby the Iron
Mountain Railroad now pays 61.50 a
day for the labor of state convicts,
whereas the state only receives 50
cents per day for these same work
men, resulting in a loss of 62,000,000 in
revenue to the state, furnished ground
for criticism of the governor, whose
signature made such a contract effec
tive. Arkansas was the worst gov
erned state in the union except North
Carolina, proven in the high rate
of taxation, for which the state had
nothing to show in the way of schools
and good roads.
The Knights of Pythias had been
working for years to secure a sani
tarium at Hot Springs, supported by
the national order, the building to
have cost ($1,000,000, but Massachusets
and other northern states had re
fused their consent because of the
reputation the governor had given
Arkansas in sending the negro con
vict to the Bay State and thus ad
ministering a slap in the face to a
sister state.
Eagle, Jones, and many other good
democrats kad refused to “duck” at
the governor’s bidding and as a result
they had lost their official heads.
The speaker also, “the hero of a
thousand bloodless unfought battles”
had also suffered decapitation because
he deigned to criticise his excellency.
What did Senator Hillhouse and
other members of the state senate
think of the governor’s charge that
Dodge & Johnson, railroad attorneys
must sign every enactment that
passed the state senate?
The prosecuting attorneys should
be placed upon a salary, and a differ
ent convict system established, one
that would not demoralize or humiliate
convicts as under the present order.
Let the state own factories and such
as were not intelligent enough fox
such labor be worked upon the roads.
Manual training schools should be
established by the state as the pro
fessions were becoming crowded.
He had no defense to make of Clay
ton; he knew nothing about him and
cared less.
The democratic party had de
frauded the school children of the
state of ($500,000, iu Isubstantiation of
which charge he had a letter from the
democratic state superintendent of
public instruction.
The lavishness of pardons upon the
part of the governor, had made the
courts a laughing stock. From the
Searchlight, an article was read
charging Davis with having promised
to pardon Robt. Simmons, before the
primary on condition of the latter’s
support. If the charge is untrue, the
governor owes it to himself to have
t he editor of that paper indicted and
sent to the penitentiary for criminal
libel. If the governor be guilty, he
should be repudiated by the people
for furthering his political ambitions
by the use of the pardoning power.
GOVERNOR DAVIS REPLIES.
Upon the conclusion of Myers’ ad
dress, Governor Davis was intro
duced by Judge M. M. Stuckey and
opened with a reference to the pe
culiar nature of this double-barreled
campaign, in which the pie-eaters and
the pie-hunters were represented in
the “regulars” and “insurgents.”
Reviewing the charges made against
Myers in the homestead forgery cases
by Auten and Foreman, he called at
tention to the fact that the latter was
worth $100,000 and libel could be re
covered from him if charges were not
true. He prophesied that Greaves
would bury Myers under an avalanche
of votes and made a personal fling at
Remmel as a proud Pharisee. Be
hind Myers, he could see the visage
of a one-armed man, General Clayton,
whose reign of terror and corruption
was written in blood. Those dark
days should be rehearsed in story to
our children.
The record of the Democratic party
in its handling of the school fund
needed no defense, as this fund had
been made a perpetual debt of the
state drawing interest paid by our
taxes. He felt proud of the history of
his state, which Mrs. Willard had said
had the best enforced temperance law
of any state in the union. To sup
press the sale of liquor, it was nec
essary to have the marshal of a city
supported by public sentiment and
then blind tigers could be wiped out
of existence.
The slap in Massachusetts’ face in
sending a negro convict there had
been a hard one, which he had in
tended it should be, but the story of
Myers, alleging this as a reason for
the loss of the K. P. sanitarium was
all “hot air.” He would be able to
accomplish something if all the
Southern governors would stand with
him.
The hoboy of his life wis an anti
trust law, prohibiting such corpora
tions as entered into comDinations
from doing business in this state.
Such a bill had passed the house, but
was tabled in the Senate, which body,
he repeated, would not have passed
the New Testament without the ap
proval of Dodge and Johnson and he
did not hesitate to make the criti
cism, as Democrats should be ad
monished when they erred. The
people should see that the members
of the legislature supported him.
A new state house should be con
structed but he wanted it built hon
estly and economically and unless a
bill guaranteed these two things, he
would veto same. He would also
sign no bill which did not locate the
insane asylnm at Little Rock. This
asylum should be enlarged, that the
weak minded and unfortunate may no
longer be confined in the poor houses,
but receive proper medical attention.
The cruelty practiced in the convict
camps had been done away with un
der his administration and the work
of reformation begun. Superintend
ent Rees B. Hogins nad proven an
“egregious failure,” and though his
own choice, had been a worse official
than his predecessor McConnell. The
business end of the penitentiary
should be put under a board appointed
by the governor. No one man should
be a purchasing agent, as he had $1,
000,000 to spend each year and the
temptation was too great. He should
not even subject his own father to
such a temptation.
The Dickinson Brick Company’s
contract he had signed in the heat of
a political campaign, without careful
perusal, but had set about to break it
as soon as he found out the contents,
and would do so yet if he had to par
don every convict.
The modern Yankees had shown
the kind of government they were
capable of in the assassination of as
“pure a patriot as ever lived” Goebel
in a sister Southern state.
Mercy and forgiveness were qual
ities that showed the heart of man
and should often be followed. He
would kiss the “hulks of Myers,”
should he as governor pardon his son.
He had pardoned Bob Simmons,
though he didn’t know his record at
that time, because he was a one
armed man and in company with Gus
Jones in figuring up the fines and
costs against Simmons, had found
that it would have taken him 22 years
to serve them out. The people of
Jackson county had desired Simmons
pardon, or why had a petition of over
700 names been presented him. At
this point the speaker unrolled the
document of signatures, which proved
quite a lengthy affair. Tabor, the
editor of the Searchlight, he said
continuing his address, was a two-bit
editor, who filches the money of the
good people of this state, professedly
for the temperance cause, but ap
propriates it to his own use.
He saw no good reason for pardoh
ding the other man (O’Neal) as he
believed he was able to pay his fines.
The law was not intended to entirely
suppress a man and if the men who
were running blind tigers would re
form and quit the business, he would
pardon them all. He was willing to
put his record as a prosecuting attor
ney in the conviction of blind tigers
against anyone; he had never fyeen
drunk and had never patted “juba”
to negroes on the train.
In a reply granted the opening
speaker, Myers dared the governor or
any of the insurgents to father the
charges made against nim relative to
the homestead forgeries. Both speak
ers extended thanks to the audience
for their attendance and close atten
tion and congratulated themselves
and the state upon the interest mani
fested by the ladies through their
presence.
NEW MAP COMPLETED.
Mr. Guy Beauman, the map pub
lisher from Pine Bluff, who with his
corps of assistants canvassed Jackson
county early in the season gathering
data and proposing to publish a new
map of Jackson county, has compl ted
the proposed map and has it now
ready for distribution. The map is
built on plans altogether new to our
people as it shows with exceptional
accuracy, the diagram and name of
ownership of each tract of land
throughout the county; it also shows
county roads and railroads, streams,
lakes, swamps and all such data as
goes to make a land plat complete,
and in addition to this it is artistically
colored by political townships and
mnnntn^ ninfh anrl ttrivinor
It was made strictly on orders
taken in advance of publication at
#25.00 per copy and our liberal and
enterprising people are to be con
gratulated on their good judgment
in encouraging the publication. That
it will be of lasting and material
benefit to all who have interests in
Jackson county goes without saying,
showing as it does every nook and
corner and every civil, political and
private division, making it a complete
local geography; and we can safely
predict for this young publisher a
brilliant career and endorse him as a
man who understands his business
and makes good his contracts.
THE FIRST BALES.
The’first bale of cotton for the sea
son of 1902 sold upon the Newport
market Monday noon for 8 1-2 cents
to Wilmans Bros., being bought of
F. M. Mayhew of Oil Trough. The
cotton was ginned at Jacksonport and
was a strict middling of good strong
staple, the bale weighing 488 pounds.
It was sold by Wilmans Bros, to B. M.
Crow, who represents agencies in
Fall River, Boston, New York and St.
Louis.
Hardly an hour later, the second
bale of the season, weighing 503
pounds was sold to Wolff-Goldman
Mercantile Co., at the same price.
This bale was raised by W. J. Church
man and F. M. Allen, on the Boyce
farm and ginned at Sam Harvey’s
near Kenyon, being a strict middling
grade of 1 1-4 inch staple. C. E.
Crook purchased this bale.
J. M. Gibson of the firm of Taylor
& Gibson, telephoned Monday that
they had received the first round
bale at Elgin.
HIGHEST PRICES PAID.
For this reason you should send
your Fine Pearls, Baroques and slugs
to our firm, as we sell to European
markets exclusively. J. M. O’Haka
& Co., 34 Madison St. Memphis, Tenn.