UTES SENTENCE
TO LITE TERM
r Grants Clemency To
W alone may say whether death or
liberty shall be my portion, is
the great thing.”
¥ After granting the commuta
l|g tion, Gov. Donaghey made the
11 following statement: Coughron
W killed Allen Stacy in an alterca
lljl tion between the men over
|j|^ Coughron’s wife, who was con
J|^ksiderably his junior. It appears
jflBbhat she had Stacy in her em
Mrploy before she married Cough
m ron, and that Stacy was in
r some degree responsible for the
■ wedding.
|| “A few days after the wed
■ ding, Mrs. Coughron and Stacy
■ were arranging to take a jour
W ney together, and Coughron ob
■ jected. Stacy was offended,
■ but Coughrorf stood firm, and a
u quarrel, ensued between him:
f and his wife. The next day Sta
cy went to Coughron’s place of
f‘ business to discuss with him
| the question of going out with
his wife, and in the quarrel
which ensued, Coughron shot
and killed Stacy. He Undoubt
edly violated the law, but not,
in my opinion, to the extent that
the extreme penalty should be
m i
for Stomach
and Bowels
etters fron?
uasKins, .au4 Madison St,
Cans., and Mr. P. H. Gavel
i reaaers aoUDtiesi :
re the public for a
>w being more ex-;
any other remedy
and bowel com
o reliable testi
very quick and
tion, indlges
trouble, bil
tomach, gas
after eating 1
is a liquid
Id and gen- '
well as a
n fact, it'
and'
visited e case was
affirmed « supreme court,
erused ^o fix a date
xecution, and instead
ommuted his sentence to
orisonment.
man and a woman
continued the gov
ernor, “no other man has any
right to go to the husband and
enter upon a discussion with
him as to the propriety of as
suming any intimacy toward the
wife. It is beyond the realm of
discussion.”
Coughron has many friends
and relatives who have interest
ed themselves in his behalf, and
a nephew is said to be an assist
ant attorney-general of Missou
ri. The condemned man has
been a constant reader of the Bi
ble during his incarceration in
the penitentiary.
sen revenue act of the last leg
lslature. While benator Keel
opposed the constitutional
amendment, which gives to the
people this right, he is among
the first to resort to its use. He
is strongly opposed to the rev
enue act and would have it re
ferred in order to bring about
its defeat.
, Petitions are being circulated
in all parts of the state to refer
the act to a vote of the people
and those supporting the move
ment state that they now have
30.000 petitioners, whereas only
8.000 are required. '
New Studio For Newport.
Van Hendrix of Jonesboro
at 207 Walnut Street is putting
in a first class studio.
Will do everything in the pho
tograph business. Reasonable
prices for fine photos.
Will be ready for business the
last of the week.
See our work before you have
any done. - -
Will notify the public by hand
bills when ready for business.
Boll Worms At Work.
J. E. Hicks of Erwin Switch
and J. E. Lights of the Island
brought a number of green cot
ton bolls to town Saturday
morning that had been pierced
by the boll worm, causing the
boll to rot.
These gentlemen say the cot
ton crop will be very short on
account of the boll worm and
continued wet weather.
Gets Grubbs Contract.
J. C. Herron has been given
the. contract for the construc
tion of the new brick school
building in the Grubbs Special
District.
While the building is to be one
story of three rooms, it is to be J
so constructed that another
story may be added later and is
to cost about $8000.
To The Girls and Boys.
Come in and see our school
plies—biggest line in town—
le very things you need,
largest tablets made for1
at the New 5 and 10
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REVENUE BILL J
NOW IN COURT
Governor Donaghey Replies To
Those Who Favor Act’s
Reference.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, Sept. 2.—The
Tax Commission insists that it
is not attempting to%ake a po
litical issue of the Turner-Jacob
sen revenue bill, which is just
now attracting more attention
than anything else in the state.
The issue was joined to
day, Saturday, when Attorneys!
Reid and Mehaffy, for the Taxi
Commission, brought suit in the
Pulaski court, asking-that Coun
ty Assessor Moore be restrained
from certifying out the assess
ments he has made of the Pulas
ki Gas Light Company, The Ar-j
kansas Water Co,, and the Lit-!
tie Rock Railway and Electric j
Company, and that he be requir-;
ed instead to certify the assess-'
ments made by the Tax Com •
mission, under the terms of the
revenue bill.
No greater confusion has ever
arisen over any measure passed
by the Arkansas Legislature,
not excepting the anti-trust act,
and no one can predict where it
will end. Attorney General
Norwood, who has openly ex
pressed his disapproval of the
bill, is opposing the Tax Com
mission. He says he does no
this time, c ’ any other time, for
think “there is any necessity, at
the‘measure.” contending that
“our present laws regarding the
assessment and collection of
taxes are not responsible for the
present condition.
He today filed in Chancery
Court a demurrer to the suit of
the Commission, asking that the
injunction be not issued, on the
ground that the act is not a law;
that if the tax assessor be en
joined as contemplated, he can
not perform the duties required
of him by law; that the Turner
Jacobsen bill is not in effect, the
ninety days allowed by the Ini
tiative and Referendum after
the governor’s signature not ex
piring until September 8; that
the governor’s action in signing
the enabling act first has no
VmoY'inrr imnn tVio ai+na+irvn as
the amendment is self-execut
ing, and requires no enabling
act. '-S'. ^ ■ • ■
m
The business interests of the
state have been very active in
securing signatures to the peti
tion for the reference of the act
to the bill, and it is stated by the
Board of Trade of Little Rock,
that about 30,000 names have
been secured all over the state,
whereas only about eight thous
and are required.
“There are many wise men
discussing the Turner-Jacobsen
bill,” said Gov. Donaghey.
“They admit that it is no fault
of the present law that the state
is in a bad way financially. Now
Now I would ask these gentle
men to tell us what the reason
is. There can be no charge of
extravagance against the state i
officials, for during the last two'
years the chief executive has
vetoed over a million dollars of
appropriations. If there is no
necessity for a more complete
revenue law, then why not? If
equalization is of any benefit to
the small tax-payer, why should
there be objections to its appli
cation to the large tax payer?
And why do not the large prop
erty holders speak of the equal
ization feature while discussing
the faults they choose to find
unnecessary, inexpedient a n
impracticable. \
NEW raTTroad’s
. VIRGIN TERRITORY
Making Progress .In Construc
tion Of Road Through
North Arkansas.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 2.—-A rail
road that will split wide open a
virgin territory 200 miles long
and 60 miles wide is the propo
sition upon which the Kansas
City and Memphis Railway
Company is at .work. George
D. Locke of Rogers, president of
the corporation, is in Little
Rock, and reports most gratify
ing progress with the construc
tion of the road. It is now in op
eration from Siloam Springs to
Rogers, and a branch to Fay
etteville from Cave Springs has
reached Clear Creek in Wash
ington county and will be com
pleted through to Fayetteville
by November 1. The construc
tion will be pushed from that
point on as rapidly as men and
means will permit, the objective
points being Little Rock and
Memphis.
This portion of the route has
not yet been definitely located
but there will be no delay on
that account. The line to Little
Rock will diverge from the main
line near Greenbrier, Faulkner
bounty. The main line will pass
through Huntsville, and near
Searcy, Clinton, crossing the
Iron Mountain near Searcy, and
thence proceed to Augusta and
m to Memphis. The distance
T 'ill . T"fc__3
Jciwccll JU1LLIC 1VUVIV aiiU ikvjwo
by present roads is 247 miles,
and by this proposed direct line
it will be reduced to 195 miles.
This new road will put Little
Rock in direct touch with the
great apple region of Northwest
Arkansas, opening up a new and
important market for unsur
passed resources. Mr. Locke re
ports that there are six million
bearing apple trees in Benton
;ounty, the most extensive apple
growing county in the world.
Notwithstanding the unfavor
able weather, the apple crop
will yield about one-third this
season, which will be worth
about $3,000,000 to the county;
at the prospective high market;
price for the fruit.
Notice.
It has been rumored and inti- j
mated by some unscrupulous ;
parties that -Mr. Campbell or;
other parties are interested in
my plumbing shop, and I wish
to state that no partners are
interested with me in this busi
ness except my wife and four
children. And I take this me
thod of so informing the public.
29d3 W. R. Whitten.
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O. G. Bratcher, president; F.
L. Turner, vice president; J. L.
Bishop, secretary; B. E. Hig
gins, treasurer; Will Hender
son, financial secretary.
Their first move was to de
mand that the discharged men
be taken back and when refused
went out in sympathy.
There were about 48 cutters
and the union was received with
favor with the exception of a
few. These “scabs” did not
strike with the rest thus inotir
ring the indignation and con
tempt of th§ir fellow-workers.
The outcome of this labor
movement is hard to forecast
but it is probably that the men
will be taken back, though at
V • .y-'':•/?!
We have just received shipments of the
Benjamin Clothes, those unique, made in N<
ments for Men and Yodng Men and we take
announcing the first Autumn display.
These clothes reach the topmost quality and
iveness. They combine the tailoring aiyl fl W
ordinarily found in custom tailor garments. Jlp
Your early inspection of these cleverly made *
garments is respectfully suggested. * Jn|
$20.00 and upward.