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PLANTER CONVICTED Of PEONAGE. * j
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John Dickey fined One Thousand Dol
lars In Federal Court for Compel!- j
mg Old Negress to Work.
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Little Rock, April 25.-101111,
Dickey, a prominent planter re- j
aiding near England, Lonoke j
county, pleaded guilty Wednes-;
day morning in the federal court;
to a charge of peonage, his pun
ishment was fixed at a fine of
40,000 and costs, which he
promptly paid, and was dis
charged from custody. It was
alleged that Dickey he’d in a I
condition of peonage one Lucy j
Lumzy, a repress, compelling;
her to work on his plantation to,
discharge a debt which she had i
contracted.
Wants Harding to Return.
Washington, D. €., April 26, j
1906—There is a well founded |
!' h report in Washington and New j
York that President Gould of the'
V' Missouri Pacific is trying to get1
Russell Harding to resume his
old official connection with that
great system, and it is believed
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Gould’s overtures. Before lie
became president of the Cincin
nati, Hamilton and Dayton and|
subsidiary lines two years ago,
Mr. Harding was vice-president
and general manager of the
Missouri Pacific with headquar
ters in St. Louis. About a year
ago he resigned the presidency
of the C. H. & D. to become
chairman of the board of direct
* 1 ors of the Erie, which position
he hold* -ut present.
^ BaEance in life Senale.
Says the Charleston News and
Courier:
Behold the United States Sen
ate in 1909 with Vardaman,
Roosevelt, Jeff Davis, LaFollette,
and Tillman occupying front
seats:”
“Behold the United States Sen
ate at present with the front i
seats occupied by Thomas C. j
Platt, Chauncey M. Depew, Al
drich, Elkins and other senators
who are either plutocrats them
selves or are consciously or un
consciously representatives of
powerful business and financial
interests. Even if we admit
that it would be unfortunate to
have nothing but Vardamans, j
Roosevelts, Jeff Davises, La
Follettes and Tillmans in the j
senate, the country will be for-1
tunate to have in that, body men j
who will give voice to popular
demands. What is needed in
the senate is balance. It must
not be wholly conservative nor
wholly radical.— Little Rock Ga
zette.
pIN SOCIETY. I
PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE PARTY.
Mrs. and Mrs. Gustave Jones
received the euchre club mem-i
bers and a number of invited
guests in their attractive home
Thursday evening. The host
and hostess are admirable enter
tainers and the warmth of gen
ial hospitality which the guest
ever feels in their home, made
the gathering a most enjoyable
one.
Progressive euchre furnished
its quota of pleasure, Misses Leah
and Ellen Jones assisting in the
recording of scores. With seven
tables the contest was unusually
spirited, the high scores being j
made by Mrs. J. L. Jones, Mis-!
si*s. Stainback and Herron, with
thirteen games to the credit of
each. Mrs. Jones was awarded
a very handsome pitcher and Mr.
Herron winning out in a solution
game, fell heir to the men’s
nric'.e.
The refreshments were served
upon the card tables and were
very dainty and delicious, con
sisting of strawberry cream and
cake, wafers and coffe3 and
olives.
GUESTS PRESENT.
The following were guests of;
this pleasant card affair: Mes
srs. and Mesdames G. A. Hill
house, T. J. Gregg. J. L. Jones,
G. C. Martin, W. A. Billingsley,,
J. J. Blanchard, B. \V. Stainback, -
Chas. Holmes, J. C. Herron, J.
0. Taylor, P. H. Van Dyke;
Mesdames R. M. Johnson, A. J.
Stpvens, Miss Carrie Stevens,
Messrs. R. C. Harder and W. W. i
McMinn.
Rev. E. P. J. Garrott left for
Batesville Friday morning, where
he will attend the Workers In
stitute of the Baptist Association
of Independence county. Mr.
Garrott preached at 11 a. m.
Friday morning.
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L LESS, President. ALEX. BERGER, Secretary-Teasurer.
Among the- stockholders of the American Trust
Company are the most responsible people finan
cially in this section of Arkansas, and includes:
Y. A. Cole, J. B. Gregg, B. H. Berger, Joe Berger,
Sr., E. Loss, Alex. Berger, J. Less, M. Stonefield,
.J. W. Harrell, Bradford & Etchison, J. A. Dixon,
v- . Nathan Ichenhauser, H. Carlton & Co., S. ?.
Thompson, A. Daust, J. D. Stringer, and many
others.
We offer 5 per cent, interest and safety. Are you j
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EMNEMON MAKES STRONG PLEA.
CooCnces Committee Thai Brundsdee
Donation Bill is Worthy of Passage.
Washington, D. C., April iG
Prof. J. H. Hinemon, superin
tendent of public instruct on of
Arkansas, appeared before the
house committee on public lands
Tuesday and presented unans
werable reasons why congress
should pass the Brundidge bill for
the government to donate to the
state the lands of section thirty
six for free school purposes. So
convincingly did Prof. Hinemon
argue the question tha‘ at the
conclusion of his address he had
converted every member of the
committee save Chairman Lacey
of Iowa.
Mr. Smith of California was
so impressed that he proposed
that the committee submit a re
port recommending the adoption,
of the bill. Chairman Lacey
alone objected on the ground
that he desired to be heaid n
opposition to the proposed dona
tion of sections thirty-six to the
state of Arkansas. In his ad
dress before the commit ee Prof.
Hinemon showed what splendid
progress had been made in the
development of the free schools
of Arkansas, and said that with
the funds accruing fi an the sale
oi the lands ot section thirty-six
the state could accomplish still
greater results in the cause of
free education. He referred to
the fact that the state had de
rived very little aid from the
donation of the lands of section
sixteen because the sales took
place during the turmoil of re
construction and the funds thus
realized were dissipated.
Bov’s Suicide Discredited.
Yellville, April 26. —The theory
that Claude Fielden, 9 years old,
son of Lee Fielden, near Bruno,
committed suicide last week is
discountenanced by many who
know the ciscumstances. The
boy was found dead in the yard
with a target rifle across his
body. The coroner’s jury de
cided that he came to his death
by his own hand, but did not
say whether it was suicide or an
accident. The first supposition
was that the boy had purposely
killed himself rather than go to
jail for setting the woods afire.
It was said that his father had
! pictured to him such punishment
I if he caused the woods to burn.
, Another version is that the
boy, Claude, and an older broth
er had treed a squirrel. The
younger lad \vi s sent to the
house for the ride and it is be
lieved that he accidentally shot
himself with the tricky weapon.
Secretaryship of Senate.
John H. Page, secretary of the
state democratic Central com
mittee, and Geo. Trevathan, a
I newspaper man of Batesville,
: who formerly held a clerkship in
the state treasury, are under
stood to be condidates for the
secretaryship of the next state
| senate. It was stated by a mem
ber of the senate recently th 1
Allen Windham, secretary of
the last senate, who is now the
vice president of the Bank oi
Texarkana, would he asked tc
run again and that a petition
would be sent to the directors oi
of the bank requesting that they
permit him to serve without
prejudice to his present posi
tion.
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