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Pocahontas star herald., 1911-01-20
WOULD CHANGE
CORPORATION TAX
Important Measure introduced
in Legislature by Hon. c. II.
Henderson

Among the bills introduced in
the senate by Hon. Clarence II.
Henderson is one providing for an
annual franchise tax on corporations
doing business in Arkansas. Sena-
tor Henderson's bill would repeal
the Combs franchise tax act passed
by the General Assembly four years
ago.
The Combs act provides that
every corporation having an authori.
zed capital stock of not over $25,-
600 shall pay an annual tax of $40;
every corporation having an
authorized capital stock of more
than S25, 900, and not over 500.
600, shall pay $25; every corpora.
tion having an authorized capital
stock of more than 100000 and
not more than $500, 900, shall pay
$50, and every corporation having
an authorized capital stock of more
than $500, 900, is required to paw
500.
The Henderson bill requires every
corporation doing business in the
state to pay franchise tax of one.
tenth per cent upon the amount of
its capital used in business in the
state, whether domestic or foreign
corporation.
Senator Henderson states that the
estimated amount of corporate capi
tai employed in business in the
state is about 1904, 100000 and that
his bill would result in the annual
collection of about 5000, 900, which
would be placed to the credit of the
general revenue fund. Under the
Combs bill there is collecte / annual
lY about $50, 200.
The bill Is modelled after the
franchise tax acts of Indiana and
Ohio. The act provides that the
tax must be paid on or before Aug.
ust 10 of each year.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-01-20
PRESIDENT DALTON
SUFFERS HEAVY LOSS
In Mad Flames Which Destroyed
His Beautiful Home Last
Friday

Last Friday about noon the
beautiful and costly home of E.
Dalton, president of the Randolph
County Bank, was destroyed by fire,
together with most of the contents.
1t is supposed that the fire original
ed from a defective fue, as the
fire was raging in the roof around
the kitchen fue when discovered.
The fire ragged tiercely and within
less than thirty minutes from the
time the alarm was first given the
beautiful structure was mass of
smouldering ruins.
Not much of the contents was
saved, owing to the fact that the
building was so far from the busi-
ness section of town that by the
time sufficient help arrived tie fre
had gained such headway that it
was dangerous to enter the building.
However those who did arrive in
time worked heroicly to save what
they could.
The loss was very heavy. The
building cost in the nelghborhood
of $4,000 on which there was in
surance to the amount of only $4,000.
The loss on furnishings was much
greater in proportion than on the
house.
Mr.. Dalton will rebuild on the
old site, and the work will begin
as soon as arrangements for mate
rial can be made.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-01-20
FOR MURDER IN
FIRST DEGREE
Grand Jury Returns Indictment
Against Charley Pickett

Char ley Pickett, who has been
confined in the county jail here
since last August, charged with the
murder of Geo. Keeney, was on
Tuesday Of this week indicted by
by the grand Jury of first degree
murder. Pickett exhibited no con
Germ when the Indictment was hand
ed him in open court, treating the
matter very calmly. He has re-
tained Attorneys Campbell and
Lomax to defend him, while Messrs
Witt & Schoonover have been en-
ployed to assist in the prosecution
of the case.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-01-20
Program For Quarterly Meeting

The first quarterly meeting of
Social Band Association of General
Freewill Baptists will be held at
the Dean school house near O'Kean,
Ark. The following is the pro-
gramme:
l Does the Adamic sin effect
any part OF humanity today?-W.
T. Shoffit.
What are the keys of the
Kingdom?-G w. Million.
3 Exegesls of l Jno. 3,9-M. p,
Johnson.
4 What are the evidences o
Conversiony-D. n. King.
5 Where Is the Soul between
death aud Judgment?-J. F. Gates
Y 6 hr~-.tRI4 helieyeg receive, etel
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-01-20
Just As Good As The Hartford

Persons scattered all over the United States are ask
ing Their agents to get them policies in the Hartford But
some OF them are being persuaded accept policies in other
companies because the agent argues that the companies he
wants to give them Just good as the Hartford"
But are they just good? Do you know about any of
them as know about the Hartford The Hartford is today
the best known fire insurance compay in America 1t is more
than one hundred years old and in tina time has promptly
and fairly met every loss 1t does the largest business of
any company in America and at San Francisco paid the lar
gest single loss in fire history When an agent
asks you to accept policy in company Just good
remember these things about the Hartford and take no other
company however good"
The penalty of a mistake IN choosing company COM
pany falls YOU When you choose the Hartford you take
no chances Ask for the Hartford and accept no substitute
Insist On The Hartford
AEARTIT S1 WELLS.
Office in Randolph County Bank. Pocahontas Ark
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-01-20
D. [. WILEY
IN BANKRUPTCY
First Meeting of CreditOrS Will
be Held in POCahOntaS
Next tuesday


D.L. Wiley, one of the best
known merchants in Pocahontas
was thrown into bankruptcy the
latter part of last week. Ben A.
Brown was appointed receiver and
the fst meeting of the creditors
will be held in the office of Witt &
Schoonover next Tuesday. Mr..
Wiley is a. very popular merchant
and bis many friends hope he may
be aole to weather the gale and
soor be on his feet again.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-01-20

According to the Henderson bill
every corporation is required to pay
81 on every $1,000 of its capital
stock, or the proportion of its stock
employed IN business in the state.
The largest franchise tax under this
act would be paid by the Iron
Mountain railroad, if the bill be.
came a law. Senator Henderson
estimating that the railroads tax
would amount to about $22, 900.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-01-20

nal life in this world?-W. T.
Shoffit.
What Is the first resurrection
and when did Or shall it take place?
II. F. Newberry.
s Is It possible for a Christian
to so sin as to be lost?--D. NJ.
Holder.
8 Does the word water IN Jno.
3.5, mean literal water? IN. Y.
Gary.
10 What is the Soul?-G. w.
Million. Committee.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-01-20

Dick Sage, son of &. A. Sage of
this city, died at his home near
BroeAett last Sunday. The re.
mals we're brought here and inter
MI gas made in the Masonic
~ lsF5rasy.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-01-20
CIRCUIT COURT IS
NOW IN SESSION
Several Important Cases Before
Grand Jury Disposed OF in
Short Order

The January term, 1911, of the
Randolph county circuit court con-
yened in Pocahontas las. Monday
morning, with Judge ]. W. Meeks
presiding. Prosecuting Attorney
Elmore was present TO look after
interest of the state in criminal
cases. In fact Mr.. Elmore came
over Friday IN order to ascertain
the situation of all cases that were
likely to be brought before the
grand jury at the present term.
The follOwing-named citizens
qualified and were accepted as
grand jurors:
A J Weaver, foreman; H A
Peters, clerk; John r Kizer, as
sistant clerk; A J Upshaw, X M
Johnson,;Thos H Wells, W F Lind
sey, G r Galb .aith, J B Vester,
Miller Shaver, r L Lewis, ID
Stubblefeld, f L Simington, T l.
Mock, w S Looney and J A Ford.
Mr.. Klzer was taken IN place of ID
M Odom, who was excused from
jury duty and returned home Tues
day.
The following were sworn in as
petit jurors:
Lem B. Vester, Andrew McCar-
roll, Rich Gross, Oscar Williams,
Geo Thompson, r L Mays, James
w Brown, A J Byrd, Chas Ford,
James Brooks, w d Cox, c w
Ward, John Ferguson. w w
Standiford, 5 d Poe, c n King,
John Pruitt, A F Hickman, w A
Holt, Frank Mcllroy, Bud Dunn,
Geo Haynes, J 7 Brown, Will
Campbell. James Brooks was ex-
cused on account of sickness We'd
nesday morning and Sash Harper
was sworn in to take his place for
the remainder of the term.
The bar is represented by the
following we'll known attorneys:
Witt d Schoonover, & IL and +
r Henderson. T w Campbell, II
M Bishop, w A Jackson, 4 n Ell
lis, J L Fry, Geo T Black and J J
Lewis. Visiting attorneys are J l.
Short of Salem, J Y Lomax, f w
Gam and 4 H Tharp of Walnut
Ridge.
The following state cases have
been disposed of up to date:
Ike Graham, gaming, continued
/ Garner, wearing weapons,
plea of guilty, fine $50. Fine sus-
pended, defendent to stand on pres
ent bond.
Otto Forbes, malicious mischief,
jury trial, not guilty.
Grant Ragsdell, malicious mis-
chief, jury trial, not guilty.
Don and NJ M Davis, grand lar
ceny, dismissed at cost of defend
ants.
Tbos Hunt, assault and battery, p,
jury trial, fine $50.
Ben Dame, gaming, plea of
guilty, fine SO.
Herbert Harper, gaming, plea of
guilty, fine SO.
Herbert Harper, gaming, mol pros.
Wesley Delaney, drunke nness,
n)l pros.
Wesley Delaney, profanity, plea
of guilty, fine 81.
Haley, trespass, jury trial,
not guilty.
MA Beaver, carrying weapons,
continued.
Geo s Harnden, ,slander, dismissed
by grand jury
Richard Housden, assault to rape,
continued.
Lige Dame, gaming, plea of
guilty, fine $40.
Bill Bridges, assault and battery,
plea of guilty, hne suspended.
Walter GLADDEN., gaming,pIea OF
guilty, fine $40.
Several cases of more or less I'M
portance were brought to the atten-
ton of the grand jury during the
first days of the session and that
BODY has been very busy examining
,;.,1o,sos ond getting their findings
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-01-20

Work is progressing nicely on
Joe H. DeClerk's fine commission
house II. A. Leismeister, Jr. of
Jonesboro is the contractor in
charge and it is very evident that
he understands bis business thor
oughlv.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-01-20

For RENT-Well improved creek
and valley farm. Fine springs,
good range, very healthy location.
Possession at once. Address p. o.
Box, l64, Ravenden S p Rings, 5,
J Ark l.. 2o.Np
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-10-19

agitation of this question, in New York, dur
ing the campaign of 1908. It was charged
that Tammany gave it's all-powerful protec-
ton to the commerce in women and girls.
Tammany is the Democratic Catholic-Ali
Bahia organization which controls New York
politics and patronage. Tammany has the
spending Of $10O,00o,O0O of the peoples taxes,
every year Tammany was accused of pro-
tecting dive-keepers, sharing the spoil Of
crime, dividing the profits of prostitution, and
deriving rich revenue from the kidnapping
and selling, into dens of infamy, of young
women and girls, from all over this broad
land.
Of course, Tammany loudly virtuously,
Indignantly denied! "a
The grand jury took the matter up, when
the politicians had mouthed it to tatters.
Young John D. Rockefeller was made fore
man Of the jury. He appears to have gone
about the work of investigation in the right
spirit He displayed zeal and tenacity. His
jury unearthed an array of facts calculated
to startle into activity every official every
church, every moral agency whatsoever.
At his own expense, Mr.. Rockefeller began
TO publish the evidence. He did not adver-
tise the book for general sale. 1t was not put
before promiscuous public. He meant to
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-10-19

People are not, in politics, going to allow the
standpatters to carry us back to Feudalism,
any more than they mean to allow such be-
knighted bigots as Cardinal Gibbons and
Archbishop Ireland to lead us back to the
Council of Trent.
Taft is opposed to the election Of U. S.
Senators by the people; SO are Gibbons and
Ireland Taft is bitterly antagonistic to the
recall of judges; SO are Gibbons and Ireland.
Taft abhors the Initiative and Referendum;
SO do Gibbons and Ireland. Taft wants to
stop the clock of Progressive Democracy and
ardently hopes to be President again; Glib
bons and Ireland will do what they can to
aid him in both.
But the Progressives are not losing any
time. Already, they have met in National
Convention to frame their platform, and to
name their candidate for the Presidential
nomination. In Chicago, Monday, more than
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-10-19

800 delegates met, representing more than half
the states of the Union. From this begin
ming, we may expect revolt against Taft
that will defeat his denomination. LaFol-
lette will probably be the man to do it.
Meantime, the mention of Oscar Under
wood, for the Democratic nomination, is no
longer treated as joke Keen observers adj
NIT the strength of his position, and his
availability as a candidate.
Why shouldn't the South come into her
own again? We furnish the votes that are
indispensable to Democratic success. We grow
the cotton that maintains the gold reserve"
and the 'balance Of trade" Ours are the
ideals that must be the salvation of the re-
public, il ever it is wrested from the greedy
paws of SPECIAL Privilege. Why shouldn't a
Southern man be the Democratic nominee?
We owe nothing to Bryan, Harmon or
wilson. We have never even had a speech
from either of them. Bryan, it is true, has
spoken all over the Cotton Belt, but he had
to be paid for it. The South has supported
him, IN three Presidential campaigns, and yet
Peelesss has never condescended to make us
OF the lower South single free speech.
Did you ever think of that?>
Besides, Bryan is Social Equality man
therefore more dangerous on the negro ques-
ton than any Republican can be-
LET'S SUPPORT UNDERWOOD!
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-10-19
The Ostrich BQryirlg Its Head, Again

DRESIDENT Roosevelt appointed a
Homes Commission, to investigate the
condition under which our people live.
The work Of this commission was not by any
means exhaustive, nor it's report the last
word; but the mass Of testimony accumulated
by it was SO appalling that the U. S. Senate
suppressed the document. So dreadful was
the description of the vice, crime and poverty
of the underworld, so narrowing the details
of the struggle for existence in our cities, that
the Government decided to initiate the ostrich
which sticks it's stupid head into the sand
rather than see the approaching Danger
| How have matters been helped by refusing
to publish the evidence taken by the Homes
Commissionq How is any country benefited
be. being kept in ignorance of its true con-
dition?
If an individual citizen should refuse to
take notice of the accommodating poison in his
system, and allow disease to gain such mastery
shat curatives would be unavaiiing, we should
be justified in saying that:such victim, "died
as the fool dieth."
Nevertheless our Government is repeating
Che ostrich act It is again refusing to see
national danger. refer to the white-slave
traffic. .~@.4.-y. .....-l.-,
i You will remember that there was violent
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-10-19

mail the books out to college and reform
workers, throughout the United States, for
the purpose OF stimulating the efforts of those
who are trying to save innocent white girls
from the prowling slavers.
Wouldn't you naturally suppose that our
Government would be in hearty sympathy
with a work Of that kind? Did not Congress
itself, call attention to the growing horrors
OF the white slave traffic?
Nevertheless, the press dispatches inform
us that the Government has detained at the
Chicago post-ofice, 1000 copies of the Rock
efeller book, as unavailable. It contains
"lewd and vulgar" matter; and is therefore
prohibited.
In other words, the facts may be, that zeacd
and vu1gar conditions enist, but you mustn't
publish the facts!
You can freely publish any quantity of
soIacious fiction, appealing to every dormant
pruriency of boy or girl; and you may putri-
fly the stage with all sorts Of Oscar Wilde
rottenness- Salome dances, soul kisses, and
nude celebrities of the demi- mondaine-
you must not publish the truth concerning
actual, horrible, ruinous conditions, as they
now exist. although your motive IS to
SAGE pesre girls from falling into an earthly
hell! ,-..,,"c, - -, ,,s,<ser 90
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-10-19

TT is clear to my mind, that President Taft
/ has not strengthened himself by his $4,000
miles of banqueting and speech-making.
The country has settled down to the convict
ion that Mr.. Taft is q rich mans man. He
has never been in financial distress, has never
dwelt among the poor, and knows nothing of
the miseries of poverty. He was born to
comfort, and has held fat Offices all his life,
has associated with the wealthy, and looks at
everything from the point Of view Of the
opulent.
To such men as Taft, it seems natural that
the machinery of government should be oper-
ated by men of property, and in the interest
Of property. He sincerely believes that laws
should be made and administered for the ben
eft Of Property. That was the idea of Alex
ander Hamilton and that is the idea Of the
Republican party-not the party of Lincoln,
but the party Of Cannon, Lodge, Aldrich,
Smoot, Roosevelt and Taft.
The more Mr.. Taft has to say to the coun-
try, the more evident it becomes that he is
Wedded to the Hamiltonian theory, that the
Government must be conducted By men of
property for the protection and the increase
of property. Dollars before men, is the Taft
ian idea; and it crops out in all Of his mes
sages, vetoes, speeches and public actions.
This being so, it was inevitable that the
Republican party would develop Insurgency.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-08-11

battle has hardly cleared away. There
are other elections approaching. First
among them in this city is the election
of the municipal officials. Unless you
register now, you will not be qualified
to vote in that election. And then
from that time on until the next regu-
lar registration, you will be disquali-
fed, unless you avail yourself of the
opportunity now presented.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-08-11
PROTEST AGAINST PROPOSED
LOCATION,

A publication Sunday that the
American Interchurch College had
purchased two buildings on Gay street
and Sixth avenue for the purpose of
establishing training school for Ne
groes caused some protest among the
older residents of the capitol vicinity
and about twenty-five well-known resi-
dents met yesterday at the residence
OF Mr.. John S. Ramage, on Sixth ave-
nue., North, to consider comforting
with the Board of Directors of the In
terchurch College in regard to having
the school located in some other Sec
ton of the city.
A committee was appointed to see
Mr.. John H. Dewitt, Recording Secre-
tary, and DR.. ]. E. McCulloch, General
Secretary of the new institution in
regard to the matter, and this commit
tee visited the gentlemen named this
morning. The committee consisted of
Mr.. William Nichol, Chairman; DR..
Thompson Briggs, Messrs. Buist Rich
ardson, John S. Ramage and Abrams.
The matter of the location of the
Negro institution was discussed in a
friendly manner among the gentlemen
and Mr.. Dewitt stated to the COM
mittee that their protest must be
made in writing and that such a pro-
test would have due consideration
from the Board of Directors at their
next meeting. All of the men compos-
ing the committee are property owners
in the vicinity of the capitol and one of
them stated that he had only a few
days ago refused to sell part of his
property at good price because the
would-be purchaser was Negro.
1t was stated also that the Rabbi in
charge of the synagogue in that sec
ton while approving any movement
for the betterment of the colored
race, objected to the location of the
school near his synagogue and he is
said to have stated that if the school
should be located there is would prob
ably necessitate the sale of the syna-
gogue to Negroes.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-08-11

bank is something over two hundred
and ninety thousand dollars to the
bad We had hoped that the True
Reformers would be able to overcome
this setback, but the case has gone
from bad to worse until it seems a
hopeless one. The litigation will
doubtless cover several years, and
every day it remains unsettled it
means that much more money will go
into the courts. So from this angle it
appears that when the matter is finally
adjusted the True Reformers will have
nothing left but name. To hope
for anything seems futile, and yet we
do hope that, after all, fragment
will be left sufficiently for the new
officers to rally around and save the
order at least, and if possible reopen
the bank.
This failure has been considered
great blow by some Negroes in this
country, but there are others, and
scores of them, who are not daunted
by it. In reality it was not failure,
but simply a incorporation on the
part of those officials who had been
entrusted with -he management of
affairs. AS Negroes accumulate
wealth, it may be expected that these
calamities will come, but if we are
to survive as a race, we must over
come them, and when one fails we
must start two others in it's place and
always remember that as Judas was
cunning enough to get into the select
twelve, chosen by the Nazarene to be
his disciples while in this world, so
will men, who are dishonest at heart
and who care nothing for the welfare
of the race, sometimes get in on the
ground floor of institutions started by
Negroes and manage things in man
ner that will enable them to hold on
for years, only to in the end rob the
institution of all it's wealth Such
cases, however, are lessons of expert
ence and the race must overcome
them, or else take back seat in the
march of progress.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-08-11
is MOUND BAYOU TO HAVE A
RIVAL?

The Mississippi Negro is nothing if
he is not energetic. That he is OPP
posed and hedged about none will
deny, but that he has turned many an
obstacle to a source of help is patent
to all. One of the new enterprises
among Negroes in Mississippi is the
Colored Realty Company, promoted
by Mr.. John ]. Jefferson, secretary OF
Purvis. Under the leadership of Mr..
Jefferson the company has been or
gained and 1910 acres acquired and
options on others. This land is locat-
ed on the North Eastern railroad,
within two miles of Mcneil, Miss,
and it is proposed by the promoters
to establish a Negro town that will
rival Mound Bayou. The enterprise
is meeting with SUCCESSES. w. C.
New Orleans, La.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-08-11
The True Reformers.

In the general dispatch the informa-
ton comes that the True Reformers
with headquarters at Richmond. have
at last reached the climax of their
troubles. 1t is stated that all of the
old officers have been indicted and all
OF them have been released on bail
except Mr.. Hill, who is fugitive from
justice. The report also says the
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-08-11
MISS JOANNA p. MOORE PAYS A
TRIBUTE TO THE LATE CHAS.
n. BURRlLL,

East Mortified, Mass, July 81, 1911.
Dear Brother Hart:
am thankful for the kind words
spoken for Charles H. Burrill in the
Globe. Too much cannot be said in
his praise. He always was so very
kind and patient with my work and
very anxious to have every sentence
just as wished. My copy was not
always the best, but he said he coul0
always read it. Tell me something
about his family. l really could not
keep the tears back when | read Of
his death. He was indeed perfect gen
tleman, educated in the true sense
and very unselfish. That publishing
house will never know how much they
owe to Mr.. Burrill. / think DR.. BOYD
did appreciate his worth, and so did
you. He was true Christian. His
deafness hindered his doing public
work. How very observing he was.
God grant that the young people may
all copy his good manners and unselr-
ish life. How | did miss him when
he left the Office. Now, dear Brother
Hart, always do your very best. 1t
pays. The world as we'll as God is
watching. He does greatly need faith
full workers who always do their very
best
Tell me all about your home and
your Christian life. have had a
personal interest in you from the very
first You and your family are on my
prayer list. God bless you.
am now in the above place. Write
me here. Your true friend,
SISTER JOANNA p. MOORE.