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The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Supt. Hinemon Announces Dates
For Holding Teachers
Institutes.
EVENTS OF LwEEk BRIEFLY CRROsIClsO
Wholesale Veto Of Bills by Gov. DAVIS
Destroys Great Part OF Work OF the
legislature-Terrible Death OF
Farmer-New Depot at YellvIIle.
Teachers Institutes.

State Superintendent Of Public In
struction HinemOn is sending out the
following letter Of instructions to
county examiners and teachers inter
ested regarding the holding of teach
ers institutes this summer. Teachers
institutes Of ten days duration VIII
be held at Jonesboro, Arkadelphla,
Morrilton, Monticello and Mena, be-
ginning at 8 o'clock a. m, Wednes-
day, June 3. The institute will hold
sessions each week day. AS the time
is short, all who expect to attend are
requested to come prepared to DO a
full days work on the opening day.
Immediately after the close Of the in
stitutes, examinations will be held for
state and professional licenses, These
institutes will be paid for our Of funds
allowed by the Peabody board for this
work. The bill appropriating a small
supplementary fund, which passed
both houses by almost unanimous
vote, was destroyed by the governors S
veto, along with the other eighty-tWo
bills, and hence other institutes which
had been planned must be abandoned.
! Professional licenses are good in all
parts of the state for a period Of six
years. Candidates for this license are
examined in the studies required for
frst-grsde certificate, and also in
algebra, plane geometry, rhetoric and
general history. An institute for col
ored teachers will be held at Pine
Bluff at the same time as the others.
William Townsend Of the Pine Bluff
colored schools will have charge OF
the arrangements for this institute.
There will also be an institute for
white teachers at Fayetteville begin
ming Monday morning, June 22, and
continuing ten days. This will also
be followed by examinations for pro.
fessional and state licenses. The in.
stitute will be conducted by Profs,
Kuykendall and Reynolds Of the State
University.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
State Medical Boards Meet.

At a meeting of the state medlcai
boards. held at Little Rock, Uniform
certificate TO be fled By apphcaAIs
for license to practice was asFeel
upon. Every doctor in the state may
receive one Of these blank ceTtihcates'
to be filed out by himself and re-
turned to the secretary OF the organ''
zation of which he IS a member
These certificates will be approved by
the meeting OF the board in july
when applicants will be examined.
The certificates of registration Will
not be returned to the physicians IN
iii after July. Application for these
certificates should be made to J. r.
Runyan. secretary of the State Med
ical Society, or 10 J. l.. Vail, secreta-
ry of the Eclectic Medical Society,"
both of L.,tle Rock.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Bills Slaughtered.

The vetoelng by Gov. Davis at the
eleventh hour of ninety bills passed
by the general assembly is calling
forth more discussion than any act
ever performed by a chief executive
in this state. In a proclamation, GOV
Davis gives as his reason for yetoing
these bills that they were not pre-
sented to him in proper shape within
twenty days following adjournment OF
the legislature. Among the bills pre-
sented to the governor, however, was
three. which he approved, as follows;
The st. Francis levee bond bill, the
deaf.mute and Pine Bluff Normal ap-
preparation bills. Some of the best
lawyers in the state differ with the
governor in his contention that the
time limit had expired. These attor-
news hold that the twenty days allow
ed for enrolling bills, after the le8is-
lature adjourns, does not include Sun
DAYS. If this view is correct, al. the
bills were delivered within the re-
Quired time. Among the list OF bills
vetoed are many Of the most import
ant general acts passed Another in
teresting question involved is the gov
ernors right to approve the three bills
which he signed if the twenty day
limit had really expired. There is no
doubt but what the courts will be
called upon to decide the matter. This
action Of the governor, if it stands,
will annul large part OF the work Of
the legislature.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Attempted Assassination.

A Cowardly attempt was made by
some unknown party to assassinatt
Prosecuting Attorney r l., Rogers at
he was driving from Van Buren, tt
his home In the suburbs The would.
be murderer fred several shots at Mr..
Rogers at close range, The horse he
was driving broke into run at the
first shot and soon carried Mr. Rogers
out Of range, The news Of the at.
tempt to take Mr.. Rogers life caused
much indignation among citizens Of
Van Buren, Recently Mr Rogers has
been making vigorous nght on a
gang Of wrothlcss negroes and has
succeeded In sending n number OF
them TO the farm, and II is thought
the party who attempted TO take his
lifo IL a friend Of the convicted ne
groes.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30

After their grandfathes's snG grand
mothers and Aunt Edith's graves had
been piled high with odorou. blossoms
there was still large bas,astful Of
beautiful white roses left.
Let MS drive around and see IL there
are any graves without any flowers" :"
said Berta.
YES" said Mrs. Graham, al like
that thought
But there did not seem to be any
graves undecorated until they reached
more distant part of the cemetery.
There two sunken graves, with
weaiher-worn wood markers at the
head, were fowerleSs.
"How lonely they look." said Top,
"Ys," said Mrs. Graham, 81 thick
that you must empty this basket On
them"
Let Tom and me do it," said Beris,
SO she and her brother jumped out ~
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30

had never had any children, and her
husband had been lost at sea SO many
years before that he was now but a
dim memory; besides, he had never in
life given her any reason TO mourn his
loss,
But she kept respectfully silent until
Mrs, Pells burst Of grief was over.
Then she said; "Whitc roses is nice,
you ought TO be gettiH' lot for so
much money"
Mrs. p,ll shook her head 81 don't
know. Flowers is dear"
Mrs, Pell carefully put aside 70 cents
each week from her meager earnings,
Every time that she passed florists
window on her way 70 work, she would
stop and look at the flowers displayed,
and try 20 decide which window con.
,uncd the most beautiful white roses.
"For must yet the finest TO b, had, ,"
she would think,
The prospect os buying those flowers
often formed the subject Of her chats
with Mrs, Wilkes.
To the latter Sl6s seemed m enor.
nous sum 20 spend in any such way,
"Be sure that you get the worth Of
your money" she would s0y,
They've got 90 be fine ones" Mrs.
Pell would answer,
Spring had been long In coming thnt
year and IL was late in May before
the garden rotes began 90 .how their
eolors Mrs. Pell had few opportunities
of seeing any Of these, the tenement
IN which she lived being in district
where there was not enough earth
room for blade ot gtGs, 20 grow, MrS
relL Ike many 81 her ncighbors, had
few pott of gerhnlums on window
sills, but they were not luNutiant
IN growth, The air, close and sunless
wa not conducive 80 Horticulture. Mrs,
Pell had once tried TO raise white
rose, but II had died an early death
Then her walks 60 and from her work
were no, IN the resident par, Of the
city
But on Sundays, when she was not
too tired she went 20 church, llorway
'hithcr led pas, many beautiful gar.
dcns, One Of them she particularly nd.
mircd II was n large, old'f0shioncd
garden surrounding beautiful old
housc, There were roses aud roses
Roses climbing over trcllis,s, aud elan.
boring about The hroNd vcrUndN which
ran along the ,iGc OF the house,
They were just such roscs ~ had
grown about the little country home
70 which she had gone az bride, sAys
The Chicago Advance, The sight OF
them took her bhck TO the days whtn
'he had been 30 happy,
Then had come the dark time when
lor husband returned from the war
with broken health, To mend their
fortunes they had come 10 the city
liut things had gotten worse, Her
husband had soon died, She and Teddy
had struggled alone, She had looked
forward TO the day when Teddy would
be tBkihg care of her, for he was .
sood boy, Bot he had been laid beside
hs fhther eight years ago, How he
had loved those rosesl lie had often
Wid that he would have a garden full
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
G. A. r. Eneampment.

The annual encampment Of the G..
A. r. came TO close at Eureka
Springs on the 2lst The session was
attended By delegates from all the
posts in the state and the veterans
were royalty entertained. j. H. Avery
of Hot Springs was reelected depart
ment commander; A. l.. Cooper, of
Mammoth Springs, senior vice com,
mander; J. b. Terrence, Of Little
hock, junior vice commander; w w.
Bailey of Fort Smith, medical direc-
tor, and w S. Bartholomew, Of Mans
field, department chaplain. The next
encampment will be seen at Little
Rock
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Mrs. Pell's
Decoration Day
By
EMILY S. WINDSOR.

nl THE aid Of the calendar hang
" ing on her wall. Mrs. Pen found
that there were IA weeks before Dec
Oration day.
She was not an adept at mental arith-
metic. so that il was quite lengthy
and laborious piece of work for her
20 calculate that if she saved l2 cents
each of those II weeks, she would
have one dollar and Is cents.
She had just finished counting il up
9 second time in order to be sure that
ii was correct, when her ueighbor, Mrs,
Wilkes. from the next room below in
thc big tenement house. came in for
their usual evening chat. She was a
thin. nervous looking little woman Of
middle age. Neither her faded gray
hair nor her dress was tidy. she was
strong contrast to Mrs. Pell, who was
always neat and clean: she was much
older than Mrs. Wilkes. too.
Nest Of Mrs. Pell's days were spent
IN Office cleaning, while Mrs Wilkes
time was well filled with washing and
ironing.
After they had exchanged their news
Of ;he day. Mrs. Pell said: Would you
think that body could get a nice lot
Of flowers for a dollar and siXty-eight
cents2"
"Sure and I'd think that lot Of
money to be spendin' in such a way
answered Mrs. Wilkes, with a look Of
surprise on her weOther-heaten face.
"Id like Il to be more returned
Mrs. Pell, "but not a cent more than
u cents week can spare"
I'm sure I'm not known what
your talkin' about" said Mrs. Wilkes,
the surprise in her face increasing.
"lll be telin' you. Its for the graves
on Decoration day. I've Just set my
heart on coverin' 'em with flowers this
year I've been wantin' to do il every
year, but somethin' always happened
to prevent. But this year, they're goin'
to be there"
"Oh!" calculated Mrs. Wilkes.
YES went on Mrs. Pell, Tin feelin'
sure there'll be nothin TO prevent this
year. And it's white roses | want
Teddy was crazy after EN-
She rocked her chair. and hid her face
jn her blue gingham apron.
Mrs. Wilkes could not enter very
deeply into her friends feelings. She
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Killed in Runaway.

Harrison Wiley a farmer living
near Jonesboro, met a horrible death.
He was driving team Of four horses,
hauling brick, riding one Of the ami.
mails, he attempted to lit small
boy to the back Of one Of the animals,
when the team became frightened ana
ran away lie was thrown across the
double tree and the animals kicked
him to death, The boy escaped.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Our rades Live.

Stul they live, our gallant comrades, sul
they live for evermorc.
when the waves Of Time beat softly on
eterntys bright shore,
Tho cur wisttul mortal vision may not
pierce the veil between,
Stll we feel their presence with US in this
peaceful summer scene
And our hearts are thrilled uplftCd, as by
Heavens diviuer air
While We scatter fragrant flowers Ger their
green graves everywhere
EVA KATHERINE GIBSON.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Salaries Increased.

The following change in salaries Of
Arkansas postmasters has been an.
nounced Arkansas City from ST..
900 to $3.50; Augusta, from $1,000
to $1,000; Batesyille, from Sl,70O to
sl,S0O; Brinkley, from 81 400 TO ST..
500; Clarendon, from $l400 to ST..
j0O Conway, from $1,000 to $1,000;
DeQueen, from sl4O0 to Sl,5OO; Eel
Dorado, from $1,000 to sl,4OO; Ham.
burg, from Sl,400 to $500, Hamburg,
from $l,400 TO $1,000; Locke, from ST.,
400 to $1,000; Magnolia, from $1,000
to sl,i00; Malvern, from $1,000 to
$500.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
To Rsdlstr,ct AiAba ma.

A bill hns been drafted for pre''e''
'o'ion 10 the next Legislature OF M ~
bnmn, providing for the rc'dis'rle"p
OF the state according TO cen'ers
population and natural SURROUNDING
The bill also provides for the y
pointmcnt of n county board OF e"
cation In each county whose dup
shall he Ia create and locate sem"
and employ teachers, The Wv,
township trustees are not W "',
power In the future 90 employ 'eo,,
efs, locate schools, and the pS
Their power will hereafter be only "
peryisory.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Another Whisky Victim.

The body Of Lee Freddy, the thru
victim from drinking poisoned whis-
ky in Lee township, near Hot Springs,
was found in a badly decomposed
state on the OuaChita river. VIII
and John Spiva, two young men OF
Crystal Springs, and Albert Rails
have been placed under bonds of ST.
600 each to answer to the federal
grand jury for alleged completely in
dispensing the deadly liquid.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
A Live school District.

Iaurcns, $, C., has live publ
school ana live superintendent ID
superintendent has had during %
year a series Of lectures by leadn
educators of South Carolina aud Oh
er states, Music has been introduce
in the first five grades, manual tran
ing in the third, fourth and MI
grades; and drawing In all the grade
\ library has also been establlshei
The school grounds have been te'
raced, trees have been planted on
grass Sown, This Is the record OF on
live and progressive school supeHa
tendent for one year,
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
BRIEF MENTION.

The business men Of England have
organized a board Of trade.
A rich find OF lead has been made
near the town Of Garfield, in Benton
county.
The Des Arc and Searcy railway,
recently acquired by the Choc:aw, will
extend to Deyalls Bluff.
The new law providing for separate
apartments on street cars for whites
and blacks went into enect May II.
w. p. White, owner of a sawmill
near Texarkana, was caught in the
betting of some machinery and killed.
G. A. Brewer, aged 10 years, was
found dead in bed at his home in
Texarkana. Heart disease was the
cause Of his death.
c. H. Morgan, a prosperous mcr.
chant at Boles, in Scott county com.
mitted suicide by swallowing strych.
nine Brooding over the death Of his
wife, which occurred about ten months
ago, is supposed to have caused the
rash act,
John Spicer, co'ored, pleaded guilty
in circuit court at Pine Bluff to three
charges Of attempted murder and was
sentenced to tweDty.one years in the
penitentiary. Spcer almost Drained
three negroes with an iron rod, but all
recovered
The railroad eating house at Boone
vile was robbed by a lone highway.
man, who compelled the clerk to
stand with his hands high above his
head while helping himself TO the
contents Of the casn drawer A man
answering the description Of the rob-
Der was captured at Magazine.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30

the carriage and went over TO the TIVE
graves. There were enough roses tc
completely cover them both.
"Now they don't look so lonely
said Berta, with backward glance, as
she drove away.
And so il was that when late in the
afternoon Mrs. Pell came 10 the lonely
spot where lay her husband and son
she found the two mounds a mass Of
exquisite roses, And they looked like
the roses she had had in her little
country home in those long past days
the white roses that Teddy had 60
loved
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
The Money Is Up.

The cash bonus Of $4,000 required
Of Yollyille by the Missouri Pacific
railroad for the depot at Yellyille, has
been raised and has been transmitted
by J G. Floyd, trustee, to the National
Bank Of Commerce, st, Louis, to be
paid TO the railroad company upon full
lillment Of the terms Of their agree.
ment with the citizens OF Yellville.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
HON. Gardening Movement

The Augusta (Ga) Herald mas n, n
nugurntcd n movement In ina, Va, Va,
for the formation Of home garur"bI'' "a
associations In the public schoo" Al, \,
the purpose Of encouraging the ' a,
dren TO plant flowers, The plah j. "a,
teachers 20 distribute seeds "" a,
cards giving fun instructions 400,
planting and raising each nj.
When the school reopcns IN 'he ,,, ,g
each class will give, In case INV las
* adopted, u flower exhibit !" y, So,
what has been accomplished wv
the summer,
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Bloody tight Over Can Of Beer.

Three Newport negroes fought a
bloody battle one night recently over
a 10 cent can Of beer, and as a result
Gene Parker is in the hospital and
may die. His antagonists were two
brothers named Roseman, and be-
sides using knives, one Of them shot
Parker through the jaw.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Had the Wronq Man.

A Georgia detective made the trip
all the way 70 Clarksville with man
under arrest whom he suspected OF
being ]. p, Dunn, wanted in connec'
ton with the bank robbery and muir
der of Sheriff Powers, only to 6nd
that he had the wrong man.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
New Attorney for ChoetAw.

The Rock Island has issued cir
cular, abolishing the Office Of attor
ney general held by Col J, w, Me
Loud, resigned and appointing r, b.
Pierce Of Little Rock attorney for Ar.
kansas, with headquarters In Little
Rock, reporting to Chicago,
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Negro Shot By Officer

Geo, Morris, colored, was fatally
shot at Little Rock by a deputy con.
stable, Morris was out driving late
at night with woman and the couple
amused themselves by firing on a re.
yolyer, When the officer attempted
to arrest Morris he resisted, with the
above reMlt.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Ten Year Old Boy Suicides.

Kent Husk, a l0.year.old boy, com.
mitted suicide at Texarkana by delib-
erately throwing himself in front Of a
Cotton Belt freight train The lad
had just been Chastised by his father
for some childish offense, and the
tragedy was witnessed by a number
of his playmates.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Alleged Whteeappers Bound over.

Twelve alleged whitccappers, arrest.
ed In Cross county and turned over
to federal authorities for trial, have
been bound over to the October term
OF the llelent district Four Of the
accused have been released on 81 900
bond,
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
State Rewards,

Gov Davis has offered the follow
ing rewards for men charged with
murder Fifty dollars for Charley
Bord OF Chico, county, 800 for Chas,
Con, who Killed Robert Snow In Polk
county, 800 for John T. Hawkins,
who Killed Ada Cassidy In Columbia
county.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30

Riley Park negro shot and prob.
ably fatally wounded j O, Fowler, u
white farmer about ten miles from
Clarendon The trouble grew out Of
The negro's stock breaking into Fow.
ltr'g field,
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
A County Illrh school

The county court " McMinn cou
tyrccently voted to establish coun
high school at Athens, Tenn, ana
the same time levied u sufficient u
TO purchase a suitable building
which 90 carry on the school
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Jumped From MovIno Train,

Bud Wilson, a negro charged with
raising n 81 bin TO $40, made a sen.
sational escape from a Cotton Bolt
train near ToSarkanD Wilson was
securely handcurcd but while the
train was going at speed Of thirty
miles an hour he suddenly Jumped
through window ana escaped,
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Nibhons Of nlus nnd Gray.

GarIands and wrsaths Of flowers,
Roses Of white and red.
Tcrdorly "A woman laid them
on the graves Of the unknown dead,
She knew not on which side they fought,
For the paSt lives not to-day,
And with loving hands she tied each wreath
with ribbons Of blue and gray.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30

High water in Ia. white river has
overlooked thousands of acres OF land
In Jackson county and ruined much
planted cotton and corn.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30

win Meade, negro renter living
on Capt j, u, MItchel's place, seven
miles south Of Helena, shot and Killed
Jim Tucker, a tenant Of his, In a play
over u Winchester rife.
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
NIilgnnn nf Arlnnnn

Citizens Of Arkansas city pur.
chased a beautiful silver water set TO
be presented to the monitor Arkan.
s0s The set consists Of massive
llitlhg pitcher three cuus and heavy
silver tray
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30
Planters Heavy Loss,

Fire destroyed in the neighborhood
OF $4,000 worth Of property on the
farm Of Col Ilonorman, near Brink,
10y A large barn, containing about
5000 bushels Of corn eighteen head
of mules, eight wagons ana farm Sm.
plcments, was burned,
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30

Mr., Graham, his wife and B,rta and
Tom drove cut "a the cemetery their
carriage filed with baskets Of ros,s,
They had almost stripped the many
bushes In their garden,
The Van Buren press., 1903-05-30

A bold thief entered the residence
o' r II Duteh Of hlttlo Rock while
the family was seated At supper and
secured from a ehiftohoir drawer dia.
monds valued at $1,000
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-30
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

j. ]. Hill and Great Northern Of
ficials are coming to Butte this week.
John P. Laid, an old resident of the
Inland Empire, and for several years
Spokane city water inspector, was
fatally injured recently by falling into
a sewer trench.
Charles H. Scott, an assistant en-
gineer and janitor in the Lindelle-
Nichols building at Spokane, was in.
stantly killed recently by falling over
60 feet from the fifth story window
of the building. He was washing
windows and lost his balance.
For 10 rounds and minute and a
half in the 18th, Hughey Murphy Of
New York stood up against Young
Corbett, putting up a clever defense
and landing many blows on the feath-
erweight champion. Then came three
blows in quick succession, and, al
though Murphy came up before the
count, he was so groggy that Corbett
refused to continue the fighting, and
was awarded the decision.
Will Millenberger, an electrician in
the service of the American Falls
Power, Light & Water company at
Pocatello, Idaho, recently came in con.
tact with wire charged with $4,000
volts at the substation of the COM
pany this morning and, though badly
burned, he is still alive, with pros
poets Of recovery.
Secretary Hitchcock has ordered the
suspension OF Asa B. Thompson, re-
ceiver of public moneys at the pub
lie land office at La Grande, Ore, who
was indicted recently on the charge
of bribery.
cities of Whatcom and Fair.
haven, Wash, have voted to consoli.
date under the name of Bellingham.
B. Kuppenheimer, president of the
firm of B. Kuppenheimer, Chicago,
died recently, aged 10 years. He was
one of the best known clothing mer-
chants in the United States.
The second section of the Chicago
limited, Southern Pacific eastbound,
collided with a work train near Pail
SADIE, New, recently. Seven section
men were killed, 10 passengers in
iured; also the engineer and fireman
on the passenger train. Cause of dis
aster unknown.
Thomas W. Lawson. one of the
largest stockholders in the Amalga-
mated Copper company, has wired to
Butte, Mont, an offer to pay the min
ers' union commission of $250,000
for a satisfactory arrangement of an
arbitration of the question of the price
to be paid Mr.. Heinze for his mining
property in that city. Mr.. Lawson,
in his telegram to President Long of
the miners union, states that he Of
fered Mr.. Heinze not long ago $3,000,-
100 for his property, but that the lat
ter held out for s7,000,00O. Mr.. Law
son suggests that the difference be-
tween the offering and asking price
be left to arbitration. in the belief
that such action will result in the i'm
mediate resumption of business.