The Monticellonian., 1906-07-12
ARKANSAS BRIEFS

The purpose of this meeting is to con slider means for the approaching cam paign. The membership of the com mittee is as follows. Chairman John Rutherford. Pine Bluff Secreta- ry-John H. Page. Little RocN Con sressional Diatriet-First. Ben H Crowley. Paragould. Second Gustave Jones'. Newport Third. Dick Rice, Bentonvillei Fouth, O. T. Wingo. De Queen. Fifth. Il. NJ Jacoway. Oar danelle. Sixth, Edgar Brewster. Pine Bluff; Eeyenth, F. O. Mahoney, Fl Dorado. Judicial Districts First. ]. C. Rembert, Helena; Second Hugh Tomlinson. Osceod, Third, Ernest Neill, Batesville; Fourth. Frank Pace Harrison; Fifth, j. NJ. Barker, Jr., Atkins. Sixth, H. NJ Armistead Little Rock; Seventh, ! F. Leigh. Benton; Eighth. H. L. B'Shears Full ton; Ninth, H. l.. Norwoed Mena; Tenth, J. C. Clary Warren. Eleventh, H. D. Palmer Star City; Twelfth, T B. Pryor. Greenwood: Thirteenth. C. C. Dubose. Lewi5ville, Fourteenth Young E. Tay1or. Jasper: Fifteenth, H. T. Hampton, Bonneville: Sixteenth J. C. South, Mountain Home; Seven teenth, Sam Ffanenthal. Conway.
 John Welch. an Indian, was run over by the Bentonville branch rail road near Grove. The unfortunate man had rode over from South West City on the morning train and had started back to that point on foot As he had been drinking and keeping late hours around South West City for d few days, he became tired and sleepy and lay down across the track about q mile from Grove, where he was run over by the train Welch was about forty years old and had been making his home four miles of Grove for several years and was well known. He and his wife had been separated from each other about six months, during which time it is said he had been sbeezing" and running around over the country generally.
 A new industry has been estab- lished at Greenland in Washington county Some time ago parties went there and put up still house and plant for manufacturing sassafras oil and as the engine and still are all 1 completed work will begin at once Contracts for large quantity of roots have been let to be delivered at the mill, the capacity of which is GOOD ounces per run consisting of from 4S to 60 hours. If all of the sassafras roots in that neighborhood are l ness of the Frisco at that place; as there is no limit to the sassafras crop there.
 New discoveries are constantly be. ing made at Gravette. About three year ago Harron Stackhouse and Roy Baker were playing at Mrs. Ba- ker's home, when they broke up a lot of string beans and pie plant. which they put in common glass fruit jar, put the lid on and buried it. A few days ago. while Roy was digging about the yard, he struck the jar and broke it. and the contents, both bean and hubbard, were found to be as fresh and crisp as when buried three years ago. With the exception of the ends being slightly dried, the beans and rhuba-b are green as though just picked.
 Near the close of the last Congress an act was passed which is of pecu- liar importance in Arkansas because or existing state laws The new law. which was approved by President Roosevelt on June 21, will make it possible, it is claimed. for the state officers to force every person who has a government liquor license in his possession to pay the state and county license I'his, it is expected. will drive out of business many blind tigers, the proprietors of which fear to risk prosecution at the hands of the federal government, and therefore pay the governmen tax.
 James Wallace, aged % years, died | in Texarkana while undergoing an operation. The case attracted wide spread attention five months ago MT. Wallace was parting from his sweetheart on the front porch of her fathers home at Hope. S. Saderwhite saw Wallace kiss his daughter, which incensed him. He pursued Wallace about loo yards and shot him down After months of patient suffering it was found necessary to amputate the | wounded limb, and he was taken to TeXarkana for that purpose. The de ceased was the main support of l family of six and was beloved by all
 The will of the late Simon P Hughes. former governor and SUI preme justice of Arkansas, has been filed for probate. With the exception of bequests of S5 to each of his chil- dren-William B.. Robert C., George w., Sallie and Lillian Hughes, and to each of his grandchildren, the entire estate, both personal and real, is left to the widow, Ann E. Hughes. The value of the estate is not estimated. 1 but the real estate includes con siderable amount of both city and country property. The widow is named as executrix without bond.
 Articles of Incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state by the H. C. Ogletree Mill Company