The Forrest City times., 1896-01-31
AT THE STATE CAPITA,
Call Issued for Cotton Pianter,.o
 vention to Meet at itt,a Son'

Arkansas planters will hold
 convention in Little Rock on .. of next F ebruary for the purno. '1'a organizing a State Cotton Fars a Association. The call for the oo. 'rs ton was issued by Col. J. w. cosa e0' of Jefferson county, who was oS a0 as representative of Arkansas .. '.'a 2. recent interstate gathering in Memna. when the planters organized pA's tive association. The meetiny '0 ns ;ses to be a big and successful '~' representative cotton growers ot {. otate who have expressed themsa,ras as are very much in earnest in their .aS cacy of a reduced cotton acreave
 As result of the report of tba s... delegates to the late road parliams". held in Atlanta, Governor Clark sa issued call for state convep,;o
 be held in Little Rock on the as,h :. February for the purpose of discuss;se the question of good roads. The oas ernor urges the appointment of f.o- three to ten delegates by the copn.. judges of each county. The importano. of this question being apparent a lar.s attendance is predicted for the com;n. convention. In his official call ,hs governor says the convention is s.o consider the subject of road-maL;r. under the present laws of this stats and to suggest, devise and presar, through the legislature or otherw;ss the best plans practicable to promo,. and secure the building of good road. and highways throughout the staten
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 Hon Junius Jordon has decided that he will not enter the race for governor but will ask the people to re-elect him to the office of state superintendent of public instruction.
 Judge H. c. Caldwell's name is benc whispered around in populistic circles as the proper one to place at the head the national populist ticket as pres. idential candidate. The Arkansas pop. ulists who attended the recent national committee meeting at St Louis have returned with the information that the western and southern leaders have centered upon Judge Caldwell as the man whom they will nominate for the presidency at the convention to be held in St Louis July 22. J. H. Cherry, who represented Arkansas at the ns tional committee meeting. thinks there is no doubt about Judge Caldwells ac- ceptance should the nomination be rendered him.
 Governor Clarke has pardoned Thos. Burns who was sent to the penitentiary from Hot Springs last fall for two years on account of forgery. The cir. cumstances attending the case are of peculiar interest Burns is an inoffen- sive woodsawyer we'll along in years and lived at Hot Springs. He had job of wooorawing which he did not complete until late one Saturday even ing. His employer did not have the change with which to pay him that evening and told him to call again Burns was sorely disappointed He had nothing at home to eat and did not know what to do. In his despair the idea struck him that he could forge an order on his employers grocer and secure enough provisions to last until Monday He accordingly wrote out an order for peck of sweet potatoes and twenty-five cents worth of lard and signed his employers name to it. The bogus order was honored at the gro' cery store and Burns secured the arti' cles. The matter was brought to the attention of the grand jury and an in' dictment was found against Burns TOT forgery. When arraigned he pleaded guilty and was sentenced two years ID the penitentiary. The pardon was granted on the recommendation oi Judge A. NJ. Duffie and Prosecuting Attorney c. V. Teague.
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