EPISCOPAL COUNCIL
ELIMINATES NEGRO.
Separation of Races Most Im
portant Feature of New Con
stitution Adopted.
Little Rock, May 26.—The
thirty-third annual session of the
council of the Episcopal diocese
of Arkansas will close its meet
ings at Trinity Cathedral tonight
having by that time completed
the adoption of the new canons.
The adoption of this new consti
tution and canons was the most
important work of the council
year, and has occupied the great
er part 9f two days. x
Perhaps the most important
change made in the old constitu
tion and canons is the fact that
under the new rules adopted
there will hereafter be a separa
tion of the negroes and whites
in the deliberations of the coun
cil, a separate convocation being
provided for the negroes, who
are eliminated from a seat in the
nniivt/nl moofinnrc TVnc norf nf
the new constitution was adopted
yesterday and the canons bear-!
ing on this point will be adopted !
tonight. This is the first step
towards a possible complete sep
aration of the negro and white
churches in the south.
U. G. COPELAND
FORFEITS BOND.
Little Rock, May 26.— U. G.
Copeland, a former deputy U. S.
marshal, failed to appear in the'
federal court yesterday to stand
trial on the charge of falsifying
his accounts while acting mar-'
shal, and his bond was declared
-forfeited. * An alias, -capias- was
issued and his bond raised to $5,
000. Copeland was indicted on
sixteen counts for presenting
false accounts and swearing to
the same. After being removed
from his office Copeland went
to South McAlester, I. T., but
his whereabouts at present is
not known.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH’S
ANNUAL CONVENTION j
The Christian church conven
tion held in Paragould May 18 to
22 was a good one in every re
spect. Reports from various
parts of the state indicated prog
ress in all departments of church
work, with a determination to
do more and better service for
the next year.
vThe Methodist and Baptist
churches offered their pulpits to
visiting preacners ounuay murii
ing and evening, Rev. T. F.
Richardson preaching in the
Methodist church at night. This
manifested the spirit of Christ
ian Paragould.
JUDGE’S CHARGE TO
THE GRAND JURY.
' The following is from the
charge of Judge Tillman to the
Washington county grand jury
two weeks ago: “Gambling is a
pernicious practice, the offspring
of idleness, demoralizing in its
associations and tendencies, det
rimental to the best interests of
society, and encourages waste
fulness, shiftlessness and a be
lief that a livelihood may be
earned by other means than hon
est industry.”
DOUBLE DROWNING
NARROWLY ESCAPED.
Texarkana, May 25.—Mr. Mos
ley and Miss Harrison, two mem
bers of the Boston Ideal Opera
Company, who are playing a
came
water.
and
had it no
of mind of Mr.
would have been drowned.
ROGERS ROASTS
CAPTAIN FOWLKES.
/
Congratulates Dardanelle “Sol
dier” Upon First Engage
ment When Rogers Was
Hanged in Effigy.
Little Rock, May 26.—Attor
ney General Rogers was jn New
port Tuesday attending a meet
ing of the Elks’ lodge, having
left for that city before the in
cident at Dardanelle had been
reported in this city. The fol
lowing message was sent out
from his office Thursday, how
ever:
“W. L. Fowlkes, Captain Co. C,
Dardanelle, Ark.:
“I congratulate you on the suc
cess of your first engagement.
May your men always prove as
valiant.
„ “Robt. L. Rogers.”
ENCOURAGE THE PUSHER.
If you want a live town push
the hustler. Few towns are
without men who have more push
and energy than means to carry
out their plans. Perhaps the
hustler may occasionally make a
mistake, possibly he may over
reach in his efforts to build up a
town; better thus than not do at
all.
If you have such a man in your
town keephim going, help him
push. He may become weary at
times and should be encouraged.
"Don’t get jealous of him and
throw cold water upon his well
meant efforts.
It is more difficult to build jp
than to tear down, which is why
so many are engaged in destroy- j
ing what the few are creating.
A half dozen active men in a
town are worth more than one
hundred passive men. No atten
tion should be given the nominal
ly rich men of the town; they are
not usually liberal.. It takes
more enterprise than money to
build a town. Get behind the
hustlers and keep pushing; don’t
pull back. If you can’t push,
better crawl off out of sight and i
sit down. If you can’t say some- j
thing good say nothing.—Moun- j
tain Echo.
COLLISION CAUSED
HORSE TO RUN.
Two daughters of Jim Smith,
living on the Brandenburg farm,
experienced a close call in East
.Newport Saturday morning wnen ;
a country man in a wagon colli-j
ded with their buggy, smashing!
one wheel and causing the horse;
to run away.
The girls were thrown out, but!
not seriously injured and the'
horse stopped near McLain’s j
home. The countryman was ac- j
companied by a woman and never j
stopped. He is said to have1
been blind.
li AUGUSTA BARBECUE.
Augusta, May 26.—The Wood-;
men of the World had a pretty;
day for their barbecue. The
military company was invited.
After dinner was served Roy
Campbell of Little Rock made a
| very interesting talk upon the
| subject of woodcraft.
j For dray at any hour call up
1 Hazel hotel. 83dtf
Attorney-General Robert L.
Rogers is being deluged with
letters concerning the Dardan
elle incident, in which he was
hanged in effigy by the members
of the local militia company.
One of these letters incloses
resolutions of a condemnatory
character adopted by Company
F of the Arkansas State Guard
of Jonesboro. He addressed
Capt. L. D. Hickey in response
as follows:
“L. D. Hickey, Captain Com
manding Co pany F, A. S.
G.—At the Front:
“Dear Captain—I am in re
ceipt of the resolutions passed
by your company, and allow me
to say that your literary effort so
far exceeds anything I have
heard from vou in the military
line that I am inclined to think
you have missed your calling.
Indeed, I feel flattered that you
should suspend active hostilities
long enough to give me the ben
efit of your opinion as to how my
office should be run.
“Lest you waste some more of
your valuable time when you
ought to be carrying on active
operations against the ‘enemy’
in resol uting against me, allow
me to say to you now that I am
not going to be ‘bluffed’ from
doing my duty by any of the
bulldozing tactics being adopted
by some of the guard.i I know
I am trying to do what I con
ceive to be my duty, while it is
your opinion -that my acfcksW^S
spije work.
“Of course, not being an inter
ested party, you are as compe
tent to place a construction upon
my motive as you were to say
that the guard is a necessary
branch of this government. I
tell you now I am going to fight
this case to the end, and the
whole guard bivouacked in the
statehouse yard cannot pre
vent it.
“Personally I am friendly to
the membership of the guard, but
as an organization it opposes me
because I am trying to enforce
the law and keep its fingers out
of the state treasury, as the bill
appropriating $25,000 was not
legally passed, and this opposi
tion is to be expected.
“Astfou stalk forth on days of
public celebration to martial mu
sic, flash your stainless sword at
an imaginary foe and exchange
smiles with maidens blushing be
hind their fans, you look well,
but the taxpayer who looks at
the procession fails to sec where
he comes in for any benefit. I
have been deluded with letters
from these men who pay the fid
dler while you dance, commend
ing my action in this matter,
and some from your own section
would be interesting reading to
you.
“In closing I desire to demand
that I be subject to no more
hangings without court-martial.
“Yours for the protection of
the public and public funds.”
HEAVY FINE FOR
BATESVILLE TIGER.
Batesville, May 26. — Mark Lus
ter was tried before Sqtlire J. A.
Holmes on a charge of selling
liquor and running a blind tiger
This case was the second offens<
for which he has been tried, an<
a verdict was rendered assessinj
a fine of $200 and one day in jail
It is understood that he will taki
an appeal.
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AROUSED BY
| FAILURE TO ACT
Upon part of Searcy Authorities |
In Case of Roy Pratt, Con
victed of Manslaughter.
Searcy, May 26. —Roy Pratt,
who was convicted at the Janu
ary term of White circuit court
for the crime of manslaughter,
! and whose case was affirmed by
the supreme court about three
! weeks ago, has not yet been
taken into custody by the officers.
Pratt was convicted for striking
Marion Brewer on the head with
a club, which caused his death
within a few hours, and was
sentenced to four years in the
i penitentiary for manslaughter.
At the time of Pratt’s convic
tion Judge Hutton accented a
j $500 bond, which caused some
complaint and indignation, and
now that he remains at large
after his case has been affirmed
by the supreme court, more in
dignation on the part of Brew
er’s friends and relatives is ex
pressed.
SIGNIFICANCE OF
OFFICIALS’ VISIT.
Lonoke, May26.—The railroad
officials who were here Tuesday
were very partial to Lonoke,
spending four hours here. While
they were supposed to have been
merely on .a social visit, it is ru
mored that their business was of
a more important nature, and
possibly had some connection j
with the new railroad from Pine*
Bluff.
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GIRL DROWNED
IN OVERFLOW.
A young lady by the name of
Hutchinson, living near Elmo,!
was drowned Thursday after
noon while crossing back water
from White river in a boat with
a party of five. The current
overturned the skiff but all the
party were saved but the young
lady. The relatives expected to
take the remains to Brinkley.
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Serges, Worsteds, Homespuns,
Cheviots, labeled, “Alfred
Benjamin & Co.,” are the
smartest and handsomest in fab
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this season.
Measured by regular standards
they’re worth dollars more than
we ask for them. They’ll not
only make you feel well dressed,
but look it, |
$15.00 to $30.00.
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SINGLE and DOUBLE BREASTED
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If we were asked what makes
the clothes labeled “Alfred
Benjamin & Co.” so popular we
would say it is attention to de
tails.
Life is made up of trifles. So
[ is good clothes making. What
will you choose—Black or Blue
Cheviot, Serge, Cassimere or
Worsted? They are all here,
$15.00 to $30.00
MANHATTAN EDWIN CLAPP SHOES. KNOX AND
: shirts. Jos. Berger, Jr. hawes hats.
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
Jos. M. Berger, Jr. R. F. Drummond, C. J.
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell, S. D.
G. D. Clements, J. P. Duck, W. W
0. D. Watson, L. E. Willis, F. D.
R. K. Fitzhugh. •
I THE % WISEST *
Puts His Foot I
once in a while—the
mark of his wisdom
the putting of his
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chaseable here.
beat our $3.
where in this
mous. For
and special
more to be
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shoe
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310 East Front Street,
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