The Monticellonian., 1902-05-23
ARKANSAS SIAIE NENS.
Famous Convict Lease Case De cided Again the Peniten-
 tiery Board.
EVENTS OF A WEEK BRIEFLY CHRoNIcLEO
Man Convicted of Illegal Safe of Liquor and Fined Six Thodsand Dollars Par doned-Had served Several Months on County Farm.
Kind Words From An Editor.

Hon. Garry A. Willard, president Of the National Editorial Association, Tn his write-up of the recent convention held at Hot Springs. says many good things about Arkansas, and especially Hot Springs and Little Rock. Below is an extract from his article appear ing in the Bonneville (N. " Herald of which Mir. Willard is the editor:
 After leaving the famous Hot Springs. the city that cures all ills that flesh is heir to, our programme took Us to Little Rock, the capital of the state which has population of some 5000 people It is situated in the center of the state and by push, pluck and perseverance is forging ahead at a rapid rate. It is termed the City of Roses because of the pro- fusion of the queen of flowers, but we were too early and the season too late, and while the pathway of the editors was, not strewn with flowers there was most hospitable welcome ac- corded after the true southern style that was fully appreciated.
 "A committee of citizens with the Fifst Regiment band. met the train at the station and by trolley cars con veyed the visitors to the city park, where eX-Congressman W. L. Terry delivered an eloquent address of vel come. in which he said:
 Ne are proud to welcome such q body of men today, and proud to have you within our gates. You have doubtless entered the gates of fairer cities and travelled through more pros. porous states. but you will never enter one whose people are more willing to exterd the right-hand of American fel- lowship to every son and daughter of a sister state. or will more gratefully appreciate any kind or generous word you may be pleased to say in their be. half. Like every other part of the south. we have encountered our trials and difficulties. We have met them the best we could, and now, forgetting the gloom, and remembering only the glory of what has gone, we have set our hands to the work of to-day, and our faces to"the light and hope of the future. We rejoice, indeed, in your coming, and-W rejoice in the oppor- tunities it affords to strengthen those kindly ties that should bind us all to- gether in one common brotherhood whose proudest boast should be, T am an American citizen" It was to strengthen and bind that tie that the constitution itself was formed over arching a glorious sisterhood of sover. eign states. To aid in the accom- plishment of that grand purpose. you have indeed grand mission to per form
 a A union of lakes and union of
 lands
 Is an object or noblest endeavor. But union of hearts and a union Of
 hands
 Means the flag of our country forever
 "The people of Arkansas. while hold ing sacred the memories Of the civil war, are intensely loyal today to the stars and stripes. They believe one country and one flag to be far prefer able to the confederation of states, for which some of the noblest blood of the country was shed. Every moment at Little Rock was enjoyed. The city is one of which the state can well be proud and we look for future growth and prosperity that will outstrip many other cities less favorably located .