Pocahontas star herald., 1908-07-17
FROM LITTLE ROCK
Interesting News Items From
the State Capital

session here this week, about TWEEN
ty of the members being in attend
ance. The majority of the sheriffs
are also making annual settlement
with the state auditor while in
town. More than a million dol,
lars will be paid into the state treas
ury this week.
G. 9. Childers of Lawrence coun.
ty was in the city Saturday on bus
mess. Mr.. Childers is a candidate
for superintendent of the penitenti-
airy and his friends believe he will
win.
Geo. I. Black of Pocahontas was
Little Rock visitor last week,
transacting business with an insul-
ance company.
The annual jaunt of the Arkan-
sas Press Association, which was to
be pulled of in July, has been post
poned until November. At that
time it was proposed to visit nearly
all the railroad towns in Arkansas,
in Pullman cars, and have a good
time generally.
The State Reform School, under
the management of w. K. Chest
nut, is doing better than anyone
has reason to expect, considering
the late start last year and the mea-
gre appropriations for maintenance
by the Legislature. The school has
AZ inmates, most of them under IS
years of age. Among the number
is one of the Anglin boys, formerly
of Randolph county, and Harry
Dobson, who was sent up from Hox-
lie for having a good time on some
of the express company's money.
Among the many names mention
ed as probable candidates for secre-
tary of state two years hence is that
of Geo. H. Trevathan of the Bates
vile Guard. Mr.. Trevathan is also
candidate for secretary of the SEN
ate and will doubtless be elected
without serious opposition. He is
one Of the best posted men in Ark
ansss and would make an ideal Sec
retary of state.
The Arkansas delegation is back
from Denve.' aud all of them report
a fine time, lets of mountain seen
cry and sill more enthusiasm for
Bill-Jay Bryan.
The penitentiary fund is exhaust
ed, with little prospect of being flu h
again until the 1908 crop is sold
The 1907 cotton crop on the farm
sold for S63, 900, but would have
brought $50, 200 more if the board
had sold it when an offer of l44
was made for it last fall. The
board held the cotton until May
and then sold it for 10 cents pei
pound, which was good price at
that time, as cotton was selling in
Little Rock for and 8 cents.
J. B. Higgins, Ed Lucas and
Frank H. Dodge are candidates for
chief clerk of the next house of rep
resentatives. w. G. Parsons, who
was north Arkansas candidate for
this position, will not be in the con
test on account of his health. He
is spending the summer camping al
WaylanC Springs, near Imboden,
with his brother.
Donald Biggs, of the Gazette
staff, Is writing up north Arkansas
towns for his paper, and as usual,
doing it well. The Gazette is NOV,
ing into its new building at Third
and Louisiana, where it will have
one of the finest newspaper homes
in the southwest. The newspaper
has a new head, but its editor, Mr..
Heiskell, doesn't need one. He is
one of the hest editorial writers in
the south and thorough gentleman
and all-round newspaper man as
well. Another man on the Gazette
who has prospered with his paper
is Col. Fred Allsopp, who is sup
posed to be business manager, but
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