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Treating Prisoners Inhumanely. *
Belated steps are being taken j
after complaint and investiga
tion, to improve health condi
tions at the state convict farm.
The complaint alleged insulfi- 1
cient ventilation in the stock
ades and lack of screens against
insects as a result of which
much sickness prevails, one
third of the convicts being sick.
Such a state of affairs ought
never to have been tolerated by
those in charge; it is bad econ- j
omv and it is inhumane. A lot j
of debilitated men cannot be ef
ficient workers and it is well (
established that most symptoms
of debiliation arise from just
such conditions complained ol
—namely bad air, and the bites,
of malarial breeding insects.
Under present conditions in
the Arkansas penal system little
is to be hoped for in the way of
reformation or recompense to
society for faults against socie
ty and all that the state seems to
regard as called lor is tile in
fliction of punishment at the
least cost to the state.
Of course that is not the true
end of the prison system, to-wit,
reformation aud the making of
good citizens out of bad ones.
This end is very far from being
attained where convicts are hud
dled together in ill-ventilated
and insanitary inclosures. In
stead of growing to have res
pect fo rthe state and the social
conditions for which the state !
should stand, they must of nec-!
essity, impelled thereto by the,
injustice with which they are .
treated, grow to hate the state j
and the social order, thereby j
becoming worse citizens than j
when they entered the peniten
tiary.
Prisoners should not be molly
coddled—that is not the idea—(
but every spark of manhood that
may be in them should be fan
ned into flame that shall refine
the dross in their natures and
make them supporters instead
of destroyers of the social order.
Governor Futrell personally
investigated conditions and
advanced some very good ideas
as to changes called for.
Governor Futrell favors a pa
role system for the prisoners,
but upon a rather unique basis.
He would divide the convicts,
into two classes, either those,
who have destroyed property,
and those who have destroyed
human life: or. the moral degen
erate nor the m m who has tak
en life wouLl he parole.—1
Fort Smith Tim Record..
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Chicot* Crops Good.
Dermott, July 14.— The
«rops of Chicot county are more
promising today than they were
ten days ago. The recent rains, j
Which extended over the entire
cpunty, brought out the old
corn and greatly benefit ted cot- j
ton. A few weeks ago signs of;
the boll weevil were found in
some parts of the county, but;
they seem not to be doing any
damage. It is thought by many
of the large planters that the
boll weevil will not appear in
great numbers this year and that,
very little damage will result
from their working.
NOTICE
Ditching District No. 1 of Jack
son County, Arkansas.
Notice is hereby given that J.
F. Phillips, W. L. Heard and F.
L. Bleakley, Commissioners of
Ditching District No. 1 of Jack
son County, Arkansas, filed in
my office on the 12th day of
.July, 1913, their special report
showing that certain land- not
embraced within the original
boundaries of said District are
benefitted by said District and
will be affected by the improve
ment of said District, and that
they had assessed the same for
said purposes, said lands lying
and situate in Jackson county,
Arkansas, and described as fol- j
lows, to-wit:
ment of said District, and will be
affected by the improvement of
said District, and that they had
assessed the same for said pur
poses, aid land lying and ituate
in Jackson County, Arkansas,
and described as follows, to-wit:
SE«4 of SW14, Section 18,
Township 11 North, Range 2
West, Wi/2 of Lot 2 of NW«4
Section 19, Township 11 North,
Range 2 West, E'j NE> ,. E%
SE'i, SW4 SE> \ and SEJ4
SW1 1 Section 25; Id1 2- SW14
and E»/2 NW1 t Section 36,
Township 11 North. Range 3
West; Ni/2 EE Lot 2, NW«4,
Ni/2 Wi/2 Lot 2 NW1 1. Si . Wi/2
Lot 2 NW1 1. N12 W12 Lot 2
SW14, S'/. WE, Lot2 SW»and
S1 2 E I/* Lot 2 SW1 \ Section .31,
Township 11 North, Range 2
West; N1/2 Lot 3 NW14, S»/2
Lot 3 NW14, Ni/2 Lot 2 NW14, S
1/2 Lot2 NW14, Ni/2 NJ/2 Wi/2
lot 2SWt4,Si/2Si/2Wi/2 lot 2 SW
14, Si/2 Nl/2 Wl/2 Lot 2 SW4,
and N«4 S'4 W'4 Lot 2 SWJ4,
Section 6. Townshin 10 NortJi
Range 2 West; Ny> WU Lot 2
NWU, Sy2 Wi/2 Lot 2 NW14,
NU W>/2 Lot 2 SWU and Si/2
Wi/a Lot 2 SWU Section 7
Township 10 North, Range 2
West; Ni/2 Wi/2 Lot 2 SW U
and SV2 WU» Lot 2 SWU Sec
tion 31, Township 10 North,
Range 2 West; all of Section 1
Township 10 North, Range 3
West; EU SEU Section 2
Township 10 North, Range 3
West; EU and S>4 SWU of
Section 11, Township 10 North,
Range 3 West; all of Section
12. Township 10, North, Range
3 West; N>4. SW« and WR
SE1 1 Section 13, Township 10
North, Range 3 West; all of
Section 14, Township 10 North,
Range 3 West; all of Section 23
Township 10 North, Range 3
West; Wi/2, W44 SEU and SW
U NE1 i. of Section 24 Township
10 North, Range 3 West; Wf4,
and W1/4 E!4 Sec. 25, Twp. 10
North. Range 3 West; all of
Section 26 Township 10 North,
Range 3 West; all of Section 35,
Township 10 North, Range 3
West; W>4 . SEU. W»/2 NEU
and SE^j, NEU Section 36,
Township 10 North. Range 2
West.
All persons or corporations
owning any of said above de
scribed lands arc hereby notified
that they may, if they desire,
within 20 days from the date
hereof, appear in the County
Court of Jackson County. Ark
ansas. and tile their protest
against including said above de
scribed lands in said District and
assessing the same for said pur
pose.
This notice is given pursuant'
to order of the Jackson County
Court entered on the 12th day of
July. 1913.
Given under my hand and seal
as County Clerk of Jackson
County. Arkansas, on this the
12th day of July. 1913.
Geo. L. Robinson,
wit. County Clerk.
Burglars At Mayflower.
Conway, July 14.—Burglars
Saturday night broke into the
store of Wiley Moseley at May
flower, securing booty to the
amount of $15. The robbers ef
fected an entrance by removing
a pane of glass from a window
The money drawer of the post
office. which is in the Moseley
building, was rifled, but only
a few pennies were found. Au
thorities believe the burglariz- (
ing was done by boys who live
near Mayflower, but no arrests
have been made.
CUPiL) KING AT CAPITAL
all SORTS O’ NEV/LYWEOS
CO,VIE TO V ASHI'VGTON.
Lovers, Sweethearts, a-,d Brides and
Brdegrooms Consider It Pur*
Paradise, High Heaven, and
Sv-eet Elysium, All In One.
To those persons who draw thet!
breath of life from th« boiling and hi
t u m i n o u s
smokr of •
thousand fao
torles, mills,
and shops, the
clean, quiet
city of Washington does not appeal.
And those who hear sweet music la the
clamor, clang, and clangor at pound
ed steel and roaring furnaces And It
dull Indeed But the lovers, the
sweethearts, and the brides and bride
grooms consider tt pure paradise, high
heaven, and sweet elyslum, all rolled
Into one.
There come to Washington every
day twenty six newly married people,
and In this town, which has a popula
tion of only three hundred and thirty
tnousand, there are Issued every year
nearly five thousand marriage licenses
There you have it, in thousand people
married in the city every year, and
nine thousand four hundred and nine
ty newly married visitors.
Things have come to such a pass
that the hotel people can recognize a
bride and a bridegroom three block?
off, and figure to a dollar how much
the bridgegroom will pay for the hon
eymoon, writes James Hay, Jr., In Sun
day Magazine.
On one occasion I asked the spieler
on a sightseeing automobile how he
Identified the honeymooners.
“It’s easy enoug V he said with
great assurance; “they all have new
HIWIfTl
Washington every day ts full of run
away couples and Lord Ullln’s daugh
ters, bringing much money to the min
Utters who marry thorn, and to ths
hotels that house them. Everybody
wtth the price of the railroad tickets
goes s honeymooning In the capital,
the city of trees, flowers, and frag
rance. It is so awfully sweet, you
know, to begin your new life In tbe
atmosphere of Washington, the piece
where you drink In the history of ths
whole country! It Is uplifting, elevat
ing, and grand. Thus they swarm In,
a long line of newly-weds; some of
the grooms looking smart and tailored
as first class dudes and dandles, oth
ers resembling to a painful degree
Froggy Would a Wooing Oo.
All sorts of newly-weds come to
Washington, the rich, the poor, those
from Virginia, and those from San
Francisco, the blushing young thing
of nineteen, and the elderly party who
Just squeezed undsr the wire and Is
proud of it. Most of them rush In
(luring the spring, when there Is the
whisper of sentiment on the breeze
and the sunsets look like clouds of
romance hanging close to the earth.
But the procession never stops. It Is
pood every day In the year, and some
people even go to Washington to be
married on Christmas day, figuring
that, each one Is a fine gift to ths
other.
Taking it all la all, cupld Is king
In the national capital. He wins the
president's brightest smiles, he has
members of oongreea waiting an him,
and be turns up his nose at some of
tbe most sacred shrine# of the on
tton’s history- Hs Is one of tbe moot
valuable advaaoe agents ths hotels
have, and tbe politicians and govern
ment clerks recognise his victims
svery day, no matter whether they
■It stone deaf tn the publlo galleries
of the senate or go down In the boon
ment of the treasury, where, smiling
fatuously and happily, they hold hi
tl elr arms for a moment a bundle
containing a million dollars—Tor
pood luck."
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Plot Did Not Work.
A motion picture plot, to show a
rrank attempting to reach President
Taft, was nipped In the bud at the
White House recently. A squad of pic
ture men walked Into the White House
grounds, accompanied by a venerable
looking individual with a long white
beard. They set up their apparatus
Ln front of the main entrance of the
White House and the white bearded
stranger started up the steps.
Policemen on ^uard intervened be
fore the picture men could begin
business. The operators explained
that they were seeking to get a real
istic exhibition of > crank trying to
enter the White House. The actor
would have been turned back at the
door and the picture machine would
have taken in the interesting pro
ceedings following his attempts to get
Into the White House. The picture
men pleaded that the play be allowed
to continue, but the White House au
thorities refused.
Mr. Lodge Plants Tree.
Senator Lodge turned forester the
other morning and planted a young
oak tree ln the Capitol grounds. Sev
eral senators as well as the vice pres
ident have planted trees lately as a
part of Superintendent Ellitt Wood's
scheme to conserve the natural re
sources of Washington.
Not So Bad.
Editor—There is a sameness about
your poetry, I regret to say.
Magazine Poet (hastily)—Whatf
Editor—A sameness.
Magazine Poet—Oh. That's bet
ter 1 thought you said rmrneggi -
Puck
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Donaghey On New Plane.
Hot Springs, Juiy 14.—Form
er Governor George W. Dona
ghey, accompanied by Mrs. Don
aghey, are in Hot Springs for
a three weeks’ sojourn.
Although much interested in
the political situation, the for
mer chief executive is not talk
ing for publication,. Asked to
night to express his sentiments
on recent and present current
history, the former governor
said:
“I am making the best ex
governor the state has ever had.
That is all I have to say.’
Myers Speaks At Wynne.
Wynne, July 14.— Harry My
ers, Republican candidate for
governor of Arkansas, spoke
here this afternoon. His speech
here was his third of the day.
He spoke at Harrisburg and Van
dale before reaching here. Hi3
speech was along the usual lines.
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