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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-01-16

5h.s last tuition at pres 1T aotao t4lpg
-.ss Ah0 4tfs-Hts. ana affl III daily /
@H1 ils rs-e-ut Of la-ters T. zeE3s for tie
'f4li .'a q. uni dlslteS fs9m t.
~ sections II tae state T. .tHs#- frstat-=
i'a9 We have raEIcctod t-Es uatt.l.
t9a long already. ANA / AuT4 10 dis
-rttIHrut may arise - To Inc Iarati0r
or t-l- Isttutlan should you desire To
.f4e afti ,,, and lads q tn part
1.TtfS could sIT-Tvt~a ana corIIII T.
thousand more patients rs easily per
l"is rs they Gould those now under
tAetr ehareo- and suggest that YOU di-
teet your attention anlang the drst
Things that shall engage t. To- the en-
Lao cement of this institution. This
is cufden that YOU cannot escape and
. VIZ - Tad policy IN my Judgment
io erect IAN annex that vii meet only
TIE present pressing needs. While you
ate lemedHtng this instltut on YOU had
- well make its capacity equal To- the
demands for the next five or ten years
md ! earnestly insist that YOU de 50.
T1u from the report OF the superfnteud-
""t ir Stinson. and from a personal
eNaminatlon and inspection That il is
being admirably conducted. in fact. the
board having in charge. not only the In
~sHe Asylum but the Deaf Mute In
stltute and Blind School are to be con
graduated and specially mentioned for
which they have displayed in the man
aEemept of the institutions during the
past year
Deat Mute and Blind Schools.
II affords me great pleasure t. say
e. you that the Deaf Mute and Blind
schools are upon very healthy and
prosperous basis, managed by superIn-
trAdrHtS ana corps OF teachers thor
"HShly competent and trustworthy.
W hase highest fame and ambition seem
80 Dc To promote the welfare Of the
tate and the interest of the children
entrusted to their care I.pon the rec
"mmendation embraced in my last mes
'tEe, this honorable body appropriated
aHeut $No0Vo Iar the erection and
equipment OF new buildings for the
ieaf Mute Institute. which had been
destroyed by fire shortly before the CON
ttHlug Of your last general assembly
II is with pride that / point "a III.
very careful, honest and iudicfous man
Her in which the board having ia charge
the expenditure Of this money disposed
p the same. pom the old site OF the
leaf Mute Institute handsome and com
podious buildings have been erected
sufficiently large for the present needs
and purposes Of this institution
Drouth Sufferers.
During last year the northeastern
portion Of our state. comprising th.
counties of Stone lizard. button. Ran
d1lph Baxter and Sharp. was visited
with one Of the most disastrous drouths
that has ever been known in that sec
ton OF the state The poorer classes
thereof Were suffering untold misery
and want Strong solicitations were
made upon your chief executive to call
the legislature together in extra ses-
sion in ord - 10 make an appropriation
unwise and inexpedient. the expenses 81
this meeting of the legislature being
more than IL would be necessary to an
proprlate TO relieve the suffering OF these
unfortunate people. | immediately
called for subscriptions fsSm the PEG
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-01-16
GOV. DAVIS MESSAGE
Urges Revision Of Law Governing
Management Of the State
PenitentiaTy.
FlY0as TIE REMOVAL or sUPT. HO6ks.

BweIis zt Length TIE Aesfo1 of the
Psntt.ntf-ry Board lu Porch sin= fhs
Csmminxs Tarm--Fsvors fslleH->sr-
wants BID. Reform school ard We're
Drastic Trzst I.gtslsfion.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-01-16
Convict Labor Contracts Of the state

NoI'ASt A"oor contracts OF the state.
Ne have at present TWO contracts for
convict labor which / think axe bad.
contrary 1" FHntlc policy aud thc hest i'm
teTeSfS of TIA, state. and which should
IT, absolutely abolished and ST aside
by this legislature. II smacks too much
al the lease system. The state Is viz
igally giving away two-tulrds of Tn
products IF the labor of the eouvtets
- private Individuals who aTc growing
tat and sleek upon the states loss and
upon contract which The state officials
ia my Judgment, had no power 10 MAKE.
] refer especially t. the contract made
between the stat" of Arkansas and I'm.
ARKANSAS Ellck Manufacturing Com
uany. and ". +. Reeves. one contract
running FOR ten years from the date Of
beginning the other for four wears
They are both objectionable and. as |
say. should be ubroCoted. After long
hard HgGt before the people. before tn
last legislature and before the board OF
iehttutlaFN commissioners. succeeded
ia having a resolution passed abrogat-
ing the Arkansas Brick x Manufacture
ihg Company contract by vote OF a
bare ajoritN of the board. the auditor
and secretary OF state voting with ne
Ihe bcneuctaries Of this contract ap-
pealed 10 the courts. and by injunction
thu board waS restrained from taxing
from them the eonVicts which They had
iH their possession
Instead Of the convictx being
mana ed bv our state officials They
nfe managed by the courts OF the cot!u-
trY. the power OF Injunction. mundamuS
ana contempt proceedings having been
called into play ia order To absolutely
abroGate the state and place in tho
hands of greedy corporations the pro
eeeds q convict labor ri this state Ii
NoH Will but take these contracts which
are on ME iH the office of the secretary
of state. ana examine them. il will need
he argument 10 convince you that they
are bad. that they are vicious. that they
are hurtful to the best interests Of tn.
state, The supreme court says that tht.
state can only speak through the lrgis-
ltt}Ne department. which is the mouth
piece OF the sovereign. they say thar
none can question your action. that Won
have the power To abrOgatc this con
tract. and that this would put an end to
that contract until restored at the in
stance OF tho state by some proper meth
"dS- - We have the court committed Ia
tlte proposition that the legislature has
the mower to abrogate tits contract IL
rs 50 expressed in plain and unequivocal
terms in m" decision; then that bushes
M forever the contention of the would
ie constitutional lawyers of the last
general assembly (and also the present
pnel that such an act would be- uneon-
suthttonal because 1t inpairs the obli-
cations Of contract.
You are the sovereign represen-
'atiNes OF sovereign .eople, and ]
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-01-16
Antitrust Legislation.

Gentlemen n the legislature. caaz
your tteut3an especially - tHe need u
an Elective antitrust bill IL three CON
cl+lE- campaigns this has been maize
A. issue. L has det=rm5 ned rot only
th- election - Enar chief executive. but
las 70 measure determined TIL cleo
t4an = 4 United States Senator. I arg
taat sou pass such a bill 7 know q
80 better bzI. one more carefully stud
ed or prepared than The King bill So
U-tt@t 81 your last session and there
FORE recommend that you take this
b5ll together with such amendments -
your judgment may dictate To max
ne SANE effective and pass II That
trusts are merace. not only 10 ouE
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-01-16
Overdue Taxes Against Railroads.

Il affords N great pleasure 10 S4E =
WI that tho present board created fer
the purpose of assessing railroad and
other corporate property ia THIS state
have increased TIE assessment upon that
character 81 property more than S58Do-
HoJ during nay adm trat.an. over and
above any other assessment that has
ever been maze iH tbs state This Is
not an unjust raise or increase upon
That character or property. and white
making thu Invest CATION necessary 10
act Vas passed by the legislature tsee
acts II 50. page z-91. providing for
TINS board cen sting OF the auditor.
secretary OF state ana governor. to ar
sess - slroad property for taxation AMI
p the same act exempted from taxa
consisting Of ''emhankm.ut~. tunnels
cuts Tics tfesiIes ami IL ICES @EIea
&as ~ taet virtually UptieH OF
u railroad property IN taxation and
Should have been an act T. EXEMPT rail
/ sas'az from taxation rather tan -
sEHszse for their assssS meut. The Su7
- the HONORABLE simon = Hughes
-aFez .#H ~ t-- state Of Arkansas. ~
-. he clso II The Little Rock q
=1tt smith Railway vs. Wortheu. 81
-ttrat5sfs.l (which de-. ~Iau was subs
..l'HtE affirmed AN tAr supreme crffr9
~ i-a- i4t#3 Stats5t. ana upheld tHe
..E - t.e bosta In the assessment
1861 faNztlEu Vi the 81 sE.teter 81 Brafa-
HtfF after HtaH - b exempted bV. tae
=. 49,. lna taat during tire
-.4+ts >A+-s4 Hp tx uE TINS character
- property "a@ collected tHi that
Us ~.tfI.ueats with raj
H"Hts far back taxes there has been ro
roads t4T r.Ee taxes ju Tire years 1864
en that character of railway property
.tt-Wpt = - sa eN-mpted bv said act
saiH-l'. H'fr tWeufS. tunnels cuts
isss tf-sl. ~ afd bridges
I afe given .ths~. ITEM consider
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-01-16
worlds Fair Appropriation.

- - N-- tiits -i'It 'l-e 4as- Z.
= fE- general assembly, appEnp4-at ID
ss1.E#e tsr 4u exhibit al me Louis -ltI-l
Purchase EXPOSITION. So Egt44Ied 70 tax
---- - mont sfIfsEr-t 10 thu sppIos-
= z-E #.s-+--r4z7f.7r ~ tHe Senate three
..srs--ss s.rl.--e -. execute and carry oat
me f.-...H-far 81 their -Etfon ir that Dee
e-rf Sd fHa earnest solicitation af aI-
rarst -.4e entire eHt .zan~hsu af southeast
e-n A rlzeH< = au-aintei j j Whit
far= -Er5ru = fairly good petition I aY-
-ss.af.i from tn northwest = j Cruu1a.
a-i from eastern Arkansas sam Cohen.
The gentlemen were eaca confirmed b-.
~ sr=z-
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-01-16


-sav=ft aiza 5zt5 an are1 hostile 10
personal ze wsH as political THHs has
5.eu 1o1z ~ sors r1toaar1 aHueHce
thar 1 have got he@E atse 90 la-zte. and
I rs=1rrs rEe relations hervVe~1 lie pres
-rE s1perI-te zsnt. = former friend and
political aIiF - MINE ~e strained that
aIs f4--aHr retention ar r-ae makes
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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-01-16
Conclusion.

I'M conclusion. gentlemen = the legis
Iatur. 1t me express TIE hoIe that
your session viii be as brief as is con-
slStent with the faithful and coEselen.
tlous discharge of your duty also that
II MAY he profitable and agreeable. fhat
rs itilc friction as possible may aT1ss
1ftMtrn u" different dtTartmenis OF
state governments and th.tf ty Our ihu.
tuai cooperation aud assistance nuc'
good may b. accomplished fer the peg.
pl" # cur state. The hHrdens whlcs
have rested upon me as your chicf en-
equity" FOR the past two years nav nav
h"'It grt"Nous and ardQaus. nav
tried 20 met each obligation ara us
ChatS" each duty fralltssly and Ialtn
fully. that | have made ms takes hohs
can doubt. that others have scrfeh tls
state better cannot DE denied. hui he. ~
have been more devoted and fatthIui "
the wclfar" and prosperity of our c9nn,
monwoalth. and | am proda 10 say 'n' nc,
in era Of prosperity such rs mas ~ ~
been witnessed before has hlcssti -
citizenship. the god II nature ~
blessed the huShaAdmaH with on 5tpaa
diHt harvest. more miles II ltlA, ~,
have been chartered and hu II t4aH rs Is
lns any other period 81 ear state Is ~
tory. NOR" manufacturing 'ntfib 80
more wealth in general haNe conc -. in
our state than nave ever been Know
any two years Of lis previous ISL" 20
This portcndS much good for OUT -.
pie. ana with wise and Corst rNatlZ"
should not take hcr plare At the h.sStgfil-
the galaxy Of states. Nest respests
IL s,hmItt.d JEFF Davis.
= Governor
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-01-16

INSIST that tn hiring Of the s,sto,.
Foff s s RsIIs 70 the Little RSeJ' Ia
is an excuse for every homes Ir..lati1n
raise - aud put an end T. mar, nan =
Tract aHd 70 restore the Labor con
r1i4Flets Il the state. where :, y tie
belongs. ard 10 make 4 ir7u,s.-sz Justly
private individuals L. grow rieI 7s Tor
expense ~ TIE state. and I s.,-.st TIA
-.-t that sou do this --HsllE Ia.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1903-01-12
Contest Notice.
Department OF the Interior,
United states Land Omcc.

Department OF the Interior,
United states Land bnlce,
M Reno. O. r.. April IL. 1902
sluicient contest atiidaVid having been
utcd IN this once by William T. shaw, con
testant against homestead entry No, 5b5l,
made Oct. r. 1901. for the n 4 OF section 81
Township "A. Range n. by William Ham con
testee In which IL Is alleged that William
Ham was not homestead settler on said
land ms said dat or any time there
after of said date That he William II. shaw
was the first settler on the W 4 OF the n e 4
OF sec. 81 townshipll II range II ", Tint the
contestant settled upon the W = OF the G
a of sec 81 Township II Range W at seven
q o'clock sharp a. m. tn the 5th day OF Oct. 1901
and improved the same. for said parties are
hereby notified to appear, resp nd ana
oner evidence touching said allegation Mt 10
O'Clock a. IN. on Jan. 10. 1902 before the Reg y
ter and Receiver at United states Land
once In Fl Reno Canadian County, q. r.
FRANK G. SICKLEs. Register.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1903-01-12
FIRST Publication Jan. 10.
Contest Notice.

Department OF the interior
United States Land once.
III Reno. q. r., Jan. s, 1908.
sunicent contest atfidayit having been
filed In this once by A. X. Davidson, contes'
tnnt against the homestead entry No, $3.50,
made Oct /, 1901 for the NV Y OF section 8,
Township Q. Range .. by Peter Feagan con.
testee, In which Il is alleged that the said
Peter Fengan has not maintained hsresidence
upon the said tract OF land us required by
law hut has abandoned the same for more
than six months and that such default stlll
exist and said parties are hereby notified 20
appear respond and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 o'clock u, m. Aprll 70 led
before the Register and Receiver at the
United states Land once in El Reno. O, ".
The said contestant having, in proper am
davit dled Jan. \ 1908 set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personalserVice
OF this notice can not be made. IL Is hereby
ordered aud directed that such notice be
given hy due and proper publication.
FRANK G sIcKLEs. Register
Hammer q Babcock,
Attys for contestant
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1903-01-12
rIrst ruhlIshed Jan 9. leOs.
Notice.
o Whom h Man Coneern.

To WhOm ~ MAY NouctIu'
Notice is hereby given that We A. o. and
w NJ He'll under the firm name and style OF
Hell Brothers. have this day fled In the
once OF the County Clerk OF Caddo County,
Territory OF Oklahoma. their application aud
uetition to sell at Retail Malt Spirituous
and Vinous Liquors upon Lot 90, In Block
-. In the Village OF Binger. In Caddo County
for period OF one year ana unless protest
or remonstrance he filed against the issuance
of same on or before January -, ltO3 Sati
license will be granted as prayed for
Witness our hands this the 2nd day OF
january 1908 Bell Brothers.
Glitsch q GiL,nh attorneYs for nppIcant
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1903-01-12
THE ANADARKO DEMOCRAT
l. D. BLANKENSHIP, Editor and Prop.

Advertising rates made known on
application.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1903-01-12
ILLEGAL NOTICES..
N1I
First Publication Jan. b. 1903.
Notice.
reni,,ry Of OhlunomH
Caddo cu-nty,

Caddo cucnty,
IN i,Ivtc Court
Notice Is hereby given that on .hc 2nd day
OF January. A. ID. 1903 Lagra g. Robinson nj
ed In the Probate Court OF the County Of
Caddo and territory OF Okahomn petition
with pretended win annexed prayinR for
letters OF Administration TO be issued to her
upon the estate OF John NJ. Robinson. de-
ceased late OF the County OF Caddo and ter.
ritory Of oklahoma, aud asdng that SAID VIII
bc ediudged To be null and void ana held for
nnught And pursuant 20 an order OF said
Probate Court dated Juuuury 9th. 1908. the
18TH day OF January A. -. 1903. ut the hour OF
O'Clock p m. OF said day, that being a day
uf the regular January Term, A. ID. 1908. OF
said Probate Court. has been appointed as
the time for hearing said application. when
aud where any person Interested may CON
test said petition by tilinR written opposition
thereto ON the ground OF incompetency OF
the applicant, or may assert his own rights
TO the administration ana pray that Letters
he issued To himself.
Witness M. N. Gish. Judge OF the Probate
Court Of the County OF Caddo. and the seal
OF the Court afiixed the hth day Of January,
A. ID. 1909. NJ. ~ bish'
fSenU Probate Judge.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-25
A Waning Leadership.

The Bryan leadership weakens percepti-
bly, and Enthusiastically as the quadriennial
conflict approaches. The refusal Of the
Iowa democrats to do reverence to the
persistent colonel, by reaffrming the Kan
sas City platform, which he would make
the shibboleth Of the democratic party,
was a noticeable rejection of the leader
ship which the party accorded him in 1896
and 1900 and the positive expression of
WEAKNESS with man and a program of
whom double failure has been recorded
If there was victory In astute wire-p pull
ing, Bryan ought to have been successful
for no more astute wire-puller than he
ever traversed the political field.
After his defeat. in 1896, unabashed, he
reasserted his authority over the demo-
cratic party and laid down the orders of
the day. defining democracy, and order
ing those who did not toe the mark into
the limbo Of traitors and detectives. His
enormous audacity whipped large con-
tingent of the defeated force into obedi-
emit working. He pointed to the vote he
received in 1896 as conclusive that he was
loved by the democracy. The vote he re-
ceived was composite vote of silver
monometalists greenbackers, populists
and democrats. These elements held to-
gether with symptoms of disintegration
during the next four years, when Bryan,
with renewed audacity, dictated a plat
form hardly less absurd than that Of 1896
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-25
The MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

OF rural lands In Palestine would
have to be backed up very strongly by
the European powers, else 1t would prove
a very precarious venture for the Jews.
The Ottoman Turks are trying to main
tain a very rotten throne at Constaninople
and are apparently nearer a collapse than
heretofore, and a collapse which will nee
esarily be followed by some radical
changes Of the map Of Europe, Asia
Minor and Syria. Zionism does not want
to jeopardize It's aims and consequently
the guaranty of Europe would be an es-
sential feature Of any Jewish federation
arrangement on the shores Of the Med
iterranean.
Israel Zangwill, the talented Anglo
Jewish author, who Is an enthusiastic
Zionist, is at the Basic congress and Is
said to favor the British East African
colony proposition. That region is one OF
the most productive on the earth, con-
taing the great Nyanza subequatorial
lakes and the headwaters Of the great
White Nile, and now under development
by British capital, which is completing
the Uganda railway from the east coast
at Zanzibar. East Africa and British
administrative regime and abundant in
dividual opportunity for betterment would
be something akin to heaven to the hide
ously governed Jews Of the pale" in
Russia and elsewhere.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-25

when he made his cross Of gold harangue,
clinging to the exploded heresies which he
championed then. The country was re-
solved to put a quietus on the assaults
upon the public credit and effect some
financial reform such as the removal Of
the endless chain. It succeeded. Bryan,
who began his campaign for a second
nomination at the closing of the polls in
1896. again led the hosts Of political lunacy
in 1900.
In 1903, eight months before convention
time and talk, Bryan Is as active as ever;
but his composite following Is certainly
not so active for him. He has steadily
shrunken. Every time he has revealed his
true inwardness during the last few years,
he has made even, democrats, who sup
ported him twice. wonder why under the
sun, they came to vote for him.
The personality of Bryan, singularly
potential in 1895, began to wane in 1900
and has now run down.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-25
Easy to Get the Wrong Man.

The police think they have in the per-
son Of James Hayes the negro who cold
bloodedly attempted to outrage little Ruby
Steele. The circumstantial evidence
against him is strong. But 1t is by no
means conclusive, so far as it has been
given to the public.
Had this atrocious crime been commit
ted somewhere else than in such a law
abiding community as Minneapolis, the
chances are that Hayes would have been
strung up to a telegraph pole before this,
innocent or guilty. Some mob would have
lynched him on accusation and investi-
gated the evidence later. They would
have taken his life partly because Of his
crime and partly because Of his race
Once in a while white rapist is lynched
but usually when the accused person is
white man the units that would com
pose the mob if the offense had been
committed by a negro prefer to let the
law take it's course. On account of race
hatred or contempt, the crime of a negro
ravisher appears to the white man to be
far worse than that Of the white ravisher
is not over scrupulous as to whether it
lynches an innocent negro or no. The
barbarous idea underlying the mob's ac-
ton is that one Niger more or less
makes no difference-espec if it be
less-and that the offense of being a mig
GER is of such gravity as not to be UNI
duly punished by DEATH
| If this man Hayes is really the human
wolf that dragged the little girl from her
room, 1t Will be found that the punish
ment provided for him by law is not a
tenth severe enough. Death should be
the penalty for such crimes as his. But
where the evidence is so purely circum-
stantial, the due processes of law will not
always protect an innocent man, much
less the violent and vengeful methods OF
the mob.