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The Monroe journal., 1911-04-18
rlONROE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Men Who Serve the Town as
Firemen - Organization OF the
Companies Volunteers.

The Monroe fire department con-
sists Of a chief, elected by the alder
men, and two companies OF yolun-
teers who serve without pay, except
only the remission Of poll tax. Mon
roe owes her fire companies much,
and should literally support the
companies in all their undertakings.
The equipment consists OF two
horses, one hose wagon, one one
horse chemical engine. one steam
engine, two heavy hose carts, two
racing reels, 900 feet of hose. One
man. Mr., Jasper Mattox, is in charge
Of the apparatus and is on duty all
/ the time.
The companies will probably fur
nish a picked reel team to compete
in the State tournament at Charlotte
MAY l6-l9th.
Each company has It's own fur
nished hall in the city building, and
meet once each month.
The members Of each company
belong TO the State Firemen's As
ISOLATION, the fees OF which are paid
by the town, and carries an inSur.
ance feature.
Chief Of Observation-Disclosures Arm
field.
Membership of independent Com
pany.
Geo. T.. Porterheld, foreman; julie
Griffith, assistant foreman; Ii. NJ
Timer, secretary and treasurer; Y. c.
Austin, q. II. Clontz, q. B. Caldwell,
Ernest Barrett, John Fullenwider,
David Futch, George McI.elland, c.
y. Simpson, Jr., T. b. l.aney, W. J.
Trull, Win Morley, p. II. Johnson,
Paul Griffith, Frank Lee, John Lee,
Nesbit Crowell, Frank Stevens. Fred
Huntley. VI. II. Richardson, n. NJ.
Niven, Tom Crowell, Jr., S. +. Haig-
Ter, ". c. Sanders.
Membership Of Company No. |.
w. l.. HOWE, foreman, II. j Hin
son, first assistant foreman; S. b.
Hart, second assistant foreman; J. +.
Correll, engineer; II. c. Ilinson, first
assistant engineer; Brown McCorkle,
fireman; J, B. Williams, treasurer;
W. II. Walsh, secretary; II. W, Lem
mond, attorney; DR., 5. A. Stevens,
physician; G. W. McCorkle, John W.
Broom, W. W. Carroll, {. +. Cadieu,
5. X. Doster, Geo, l.. llinson, Frank
Hill, Jasper Mattox, a. J. Rohr. 5. c,
Walsh. }. B. Stewart, NJ. C. Howie,
A. +. English, Frank Broom, X. A,
Rediearn, Newton Price, Tyre Price,
George Hart, Paul Steeall. Honor
airy members: DR.. W. b. Houston,
Walter McCorkle, A c. Johnson.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-03
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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-03
Not InfreouentIy.

Sometimes the right side Of th<
market Is the outside.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-03
PRINCESS
XENA
TO WEAR
"HAPPY
CROWN

OME.-"There will be no
alliance between his impe-
rial highness the duke Of
the ADf,lzzi aud Was Kath-
arfne Elkins OF Amer
ica."
This is the semi-oficial
announcement doubtless In
spired from the court OF
victor Emmanuel Ill, king
of Italy. Queen Helena
makes no secret of her sat
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION MEfTS
Mid-Winter Gathering Considers Bus
mess of Routine Nature.

Little Rock.-About 40 Arkansas
editors attended the meeting of the
State Press Association in this city.
1t was the mid-winter meeting, and
only business pertaining to the rout-
inc of newspaper work was discussed.
President r. Z. Bradford presided.
Several papers of general interest to
the profession were read Frank
Robbins of Conway read a paper on
Newspaper Legislation" which was
followed by an address by John p.
Stafford of SpTingdale on The Result
accomplished by Special Editions"
The Relation of the Press and Rail
roads in Arkansas Development" was
discussed by J. n. Anderson, rail
road immigration agent The citizens
of Little Rock rendered the editors
banquet at the Hotel Marion at
night FL Dorado was selected as the
place where the spring meeting viii
be held on May "a, % and %
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
NEGRO Kills His Brother.

Fort Smith.-News was received
here here of the killing of Pompey
Green by his brother, George, ne
groes. which occurred across the
Arkansas river a few miles from this
city. The killing was the result of a
family quarrel in which the wife of
George Green and the sweetheart Of
the dead man were mixed. George
used shotgun and the death of his
brother was almost instantaneous.
The Greens recently came from Nor
rilton. George Green made his es-
cape and has not been captured.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
NEGRO RUN DOWN
BY BLOODHOUNDS
SUSPECTED OF MURDER, HE is
TRAIlED FROM LONOkE
TO ARGENTA.
Neoro Was Almost Exhausted When
Taken Into Custody by the
Officers.

Argenta, Ark.-The members Of the
Argenta police department had
hand in the capture of the suspects
in the Williams murder case when
they placed John Ward, negro, I'M
der arrest on suspicion. Word was
received from Sheriff Fletcher, as he
was on his way to Argenta with two
bloodhounds on the trail of a man,
and when the negro was found sneak
ing about the rear of negro owe
he was placed under arrest and
locked in the city jail until the ar
rival of the dogs.
The sheriff was notified of the ar
rest, and when the dogs followed the
trail to the place where Ward was
placed under arrest, the suspect was
brought back to the place in order TO
learn if it was his trail that the dogs
had followed from the scene of the
murder He was taken down the
street short way from where he was
arrested, and the hounds immediate
ly took up the trail again and ran
to the negro.
He was turned over TO the sheriff
and taken back to Lonoke.
The Argenta officers say that the
suspected negro gave two or three
stories when he was arrested, but
that he was too excited TO give
good account of anything, He had
been followed by the dogs all the way
from near Lonoke, and was almost
tired out when he was picked up by
the officers.
Ward is charged with being one of
the parties that killed Brakeman
Williams near Lonoke last week.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
ORVIlLE DANIELS DENIED A PARDON
GAINESVILLE Druggist Who Slew DR..
Mitchell Must Serve Term.

Little Rock.-Governor Donaghey
has declined to issue pardon to Or
vile Daniels, convicted in the De
cember term of the Johnson county
circuit court on the charge of man
slaughter and sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary. Some time ago
Daniels attorneys filed an appeal 10
the supreme court, which they with
drew soon afterward A second peti.
ton was then presented to Governor
Donaghey, but the governor declined
to interfere with the court sentence,
stating that he saw no reasons for
doing so.
Daniels was convicted December f6
of having killed Dr. J. w Mitchell, his
business partner, after having inter-
cepted an discriminating letter writ
ten by DR.. Mitchell to Daniels wife,
who was then in a sanatorium at Lit
tie Rock Daniels claimed that he
shot Mitchell in self-defense, after
the latter had attempted to draw a
weapon
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
Bills Passed by the Senate.

Among others, the following bills
were passed by the senate: BY Lo-
gan. authorizing the payment OF a
pension OF SAC To Mrs. Tabitha Bates
Of Scott county; by White, authori2-
ing the Bonneville Special School
District to appropriate money to pay
the Indebtedness of the district; by
Miles, authorizing chancellors to make
and sign orders and render decrees
in vacation by Turner. providing for
the organization of drainage districts
in Arkansas, by Martin, authorizing
the Faulkner County Leyec District
to issue bonds not to exceed $4,000.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
$500 ACRES LAND BRING $500, 900
A Big Transfer of Rice Lands Near
Forrest City

Forrest City.-Seyenty-five hundred
acres of rice lands located on the
White river and Lagrue prairies has
been sold for a consideration stated
to be 100000 This is believed 20
be the biggest deal in rice lands re
corded since the new industry was
started
Several years ago John McWilliams
of Oden. H., invested in the barren
prairie lands against the advice o.
many friends. His profits in the sale
Just made is in the thousands 1t
is said that a Memphis syndicate was
the purchaser. 4 modern rice mill
and mammoth pumping station will
be built on the property.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
All Over Arkansas
ssssssssssssssssssssssssss
TEACHERS ARE TURNING TO ARKANSAS
Pedsgogues Seek Information of This
states Opportunities.

Little Rock.-Prof. Geo. B. Cook,
superintendent of public instruction,
states that as a result of the adyer-
Using that has been given Arkansas
within the past two or three years,
there is great demand made upon his
office for information concerning the
opportunities for school teachers in
this state During the last few
months in particular correspondence
from all sections of the union has
been flowing into the office, but par.
ticularly from the middle west states.
where interest has been drawn this
way. There has been an unusual de-
mand for competent school teachers,
it is reported. and there are now
more than 5000 engaged in that pro-
fession in the state Ten years ago
there was one teacher TO every y
pupils, whereas now there is one
teacher TO every so. The force of
teachers has increased more than
900 in the past 10 years.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
CHARGE VIOLATION ANTITRUST LAW
Suit Brought Against Rockwell Manu-
featuring Company of Malvern.

Little Rock.-Attorney General H.
L. Norwood has brought suit in the
Hot Spring county circuit court
against the Rockwell Manufacturing
Company of Malvern under tie anti.
trust law approved January %, 1905,
stating that the company entered in
to a contract with the Continental
Company of Detroit, Mich, under the
terms of which in consideration Of
$4,000 the Rockwell company agreed
not to use its plant at Malvern in the
manufacture of screen goods. The
contract as given in the complaint
states that the Continental company
agreed to pay the Rockwell company
$4,000 additional if during the term
Of five years there was no formidable
competition in Missouri, Arkansas,
Louisiana or Texas.
The complaint states that the con-
tract was agreed upon during Novcm-
Der last year and was ratified by the
stockholders of the defendant cor
poration in December. The attorney
general declares that the effect of
the agreement is to limit the manu-
facture of screen goods in the state
and thereby in violation of the anti
trust law. He prays judgment of
the court for the sum or the minimum
penalty for violation of this act for
each day the act was violated. or a
total of $4,000, and further asks
that the right and privilege of the
defendant TO do business in this state
be declared forfeited, with the pro-
vision that the judgment of forfeiture
be suspended. If the defendant shall
resume and continue the manufacture
Of screen goods, and otherwise oper-
ate its plant at Malvern as it did
previous to the agreement with the
Continental company"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
BIG FREE BRIDGE ALMOST COMPLIED
II viii Be Ready for Traffic Some
Time in April.

Van Buren.-Work on the sub
structure of the big free bridge here
is progressing rapidly and the contrac-
tors hope to complete their task ear
ly in April and. if they succeed, will
have established a new record in
bridge construction. Conditions have
been most favorable for such work,
Tor they have not lost a single day
since beginning work early in No
vember, Neither have they lost as
much as a stick or timber or been
delayed an hour by the waters Of
the Arkansas river. The construc-
ton work is now being pushed from
both sides of the river with day and
night forces of men and much great.
er progress is now being made.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
A Drastic Liability Measure.

An employers liability bill, drastic
in the extreme, was introduced in the
house by Representative Jones Of
Pulaski. The bill makes an employ
er liable for the injury or death of
an employe, no matter what the cause
or whether or not there was negl-
gence on the part of the employee,
II is far more drastic than the bill
projected by Mr. Clarke of Lonoke,
and which is to be introduced soon,
as the Clarke measures eliminates
the defense of "contributory negli-
gence" only in such occupations as
mining, working about power plants,
etc, where the risk is extraordinary.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
To Eliminate Justice Courts.

Representative McGehee's bill.
amending section 1854 of the Digest,
which relates to the jurisdiction of
police and justice courts, practically
eliminates the justice courts by civ
ing the police court exclusive ju~is
diction in all misdemeanors, whether
committed against the state or in vi
olation of a municipal ordinance. The
police court is given concurrent jul
risdiction with the circuit court, and
the justice court, under the provis-
ions of the bill, has jurisdiction only
where the defendant has been indiCt
ed by the grand jury, No justice can
collect fee in municipal cases, nor
is the sheriff or constable allowed
fees, as heretofore. The bill applies
only TO cities of the first and second
class, and contains the emergency
clause
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
Failed to Eliminate Arkansans.

Springfield Mo.-Two factions
among the members of the Ozark
Fruit Growers Association were de-
yeloped at the meeting of the organ
ization here and the meeting ended
in complete victory for the regu.
lars. The intention of the insurgents
was TO reorganize the association and
cut the territory down, making the
state line between Missouri and Ark
ansas the southern line of the asso-
citation. cutting out the members re-
siding in Arkansas.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
TO STRAIGHIEN ARKANSAS CHANNEL
Work Has Begun at Fort Smith With
That End in View.

Fort Smith.-Work has begun on
STRENGTHENING the channel of the Ark
ansas river. All plans have been
completed and arrangements have
been made to take care of the cost
of the work. 1t is planned that by
Strengthening the channel the water
in the stream will be removed from
the Oklahoma side and will be
thrown over against the Arkansas
side, thus allowing launches and
steamboats, to make a landing at TIE
foot of Garrison avenue and greatly
facilitating travel. The stream Is
now az a low stage and the work
can be done more easily at present
than when the river is at its normal
stage. A ditch $500 feet in length
will be dug 1t will be 20 feet wide.
The water will be forced through
this new channel and, with the aid
of an embankment, the stream will
be directed to the Arkansas side. In
this way it will be but a short time
before the flow washes through a
new course which, it is hoped, will
not be changed.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
With The Legislators
Would Abolish Railroad Commission.

Would Abolish Railroad Commission.
Senator Logans bill, No. 1856, has
for it's title IAN act to amend Act
No PSI of the General Assembly Of
1909, being an act creating and de-
filming the duties of the Arkansas Tax
Commission" 1t means the abolish
ment of the Arkansas Railroad Com
mission and that the Arkansas Tax
Commission shall take over and as
sumo all its duties. The Tax Com
mission is instructed and ordered 20
assess the property of the railroads
at the valuations placed by the com
panies and used by them for rate
making purposes, which is double
that which the railroads are now as
sessed for taxation. The commits
sion is further instructed not to lower
these assessments until the railroads
shall reduce the valuations used by
them for rate-making purposes.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
To Change Towns Name.

Representative Neale introduced 4
Perry county, to Bigelow, claiming
that there We're too many saws IN
Arkansas, The bin was introduced
in response to petitions from the To-
cality The depot and postoffice are
contained in Bigelow, which is about
a mile from Esau. Esau also en-
braces Graytown, and with the pas
sage of the bill the three will be
come combined.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
ARKANSAS NEWS IN BRIEF.
Waldron is after a Carnegie library

Waldron is after a Carnegie library,
A car containing 90 hogs was ship
ped from Washington short time
ago, the hogs weighing 1900 pounds.
Thirty-siX cars of timber, stock and
merchandise We're shipped from
Guion last week
A commercial club has been organ
lied at Bigelow.
1t is proposed To petition congress
to make a government reservation
out of Eureka Springs,
An effort is being made to incor'
porate the town of Brookland.
nicipal ownership of waterworks aud
electric light plant soon.
1t is thought by some citizens OF
Rogers that the body found in South.
ampton, England, is that of Daniel
Goods, a railroad conductor, 60 years
old, who disappeared from Rogers
last March after drawing 81 LOO from
a local bank.
A town to be known as Wagino
City and to be for negroes only VIII
be established one and half miles
east of Altheimer.
county fair will be held in van
Buren, next fall
The Dallas Patriot, published at
Carthage, edited by ]. J. Morrill, has
just made its initial bow to the
public.
A wagon road will be constructed
from Hartford to intersect the Sugar
Loaf mountain pass road.
The Rock Island has put in flro
plugs at and near its station near
Bonneville.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
Youth Is Sent to Reform School.

Paragould.-Paul Began. young
man residing near this city, who has
been a chronic burden on the courts,
was sentenced to a year in the re-
form school at Little Rock for rob
bling Nicely Bros store about six
weeks ago. Began had served a term
in the reform school before and had
been discharged His father testi-
fled that he was unable TO control
the lad and had left him 10 his own
fate.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
Arkansas Postal News.

A postoffice has been established
at Feenyville, Lincoln county, spe
cial from Star City, five miles south
east The postoffice at Cheatham,
Sewer county, has been changed 400
yards northeast. The postoffice site
at Pinehill, independence county, has
been changed one-half mile north
east Commissions have been issued
TO the following postmasters: w. r.
Dishough at Selma, J. l.. Wilson at
kanola, John II, Davis at Cheatham,
j. c. Herzig at Pinehiil. w. E. Davis
at Feenyville
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
Would Establish Municipal Court.

House Bill No. POI, introduced b
Representative Barrow on behalf Of
the delegations of Garland and Pulas-
XII counties, is practically for the
elimination of the justice of the
peace in the larger towns The bill
creates municipal judge, before
whom are 10 come all violations of
ordinances. applying in all towns OF
10000 inhabitants and over. The
police court is abolished and the mu
nicipal court has concurrent juris-
diction in violations of ordinances.
One fourth of the fines collected in
the municipal court are to go to the
county; three-fourths to the city.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
House Resents Attack on CLERK.

BY the passage of Representative
Hardage's resolution. rebuking the
Weekly TeXarkanian for alleged false
statements published concerning the
chief clerk OF the house, the lower
branch of the general assembly indi-
Gated its attitude toward unjust crit
ieism by the press. The article OBJ
jected TO stated that Chief Clerk j.
b. Higgins had been granted indefi-
mite leave of absence and concluded
With What the h is the use OF pay
ing him So per day of the peoples
money!
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
For Drainage District.

The reclamation of overlooked land
in Pyeatt township, Pulaski county,
is the purpose of a bill introduced in
the house by Representative Barrow.
The bill provides for the formation
of levee district to be known as the
Pyeatt Levee District, and its OBJ
ject is to drain and protect the land
in Pyeatt township, northwest of Lit
tie Rock
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
Medicine Kills a Child.

Rogers.-The 3-year.old daughter
of William Tucker, living -four miles
southeast of Rogers. died few days
ago from the effects of partial dose
of medicine she drank from a glass.
A portion of the medicine had been
given her grandfather. The remain
der was carelessly left in a glass,
whore the tot got it and died five
minutes later.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
Would Regulate Marriage.

A bill has been introduced by Rep
resentative Griswood providing that
no clerk, on penalty of fine of from
500 to $500, may Issue a marriage
license unless the man in the case
has 20 days previously published his
intention in the woman's county pa
per. together with the name of the
woman.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
Wants County DepositorY.

Representative McGehee has intro
duced bill for the establishment Of
a depository for the funds of Pulaski
county and for the city funds Of
Little Rock. The bill provides that
bond shall be made by the bank
chosen in some bonding company
whose capital paid-up stock is at
least $250,000, and that no bank of
feTing less than 2 per cent interest
on deposits be considered
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
Mine Measure Causes Warm Debate.

Wordy warfare was waged in the
that operators of coal mines en-
ploying over 10 men employ shot
firers. The bill was called up for
amendment by Representative Ker-
win, after having passed through the
hands of the committee on labor, and
tative Ragon of Johnson county to
exempt the anthracite mines of his
county from the bill brought on the
discussion. Ragon's amendment was
finally defeated, while an amendment
to prohibit two members of the same
family working as shot-fiTers in the
same mine was adopted.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
TIC Give Court Power.

A bill introduced by Representative
Black of Sebastian county places in
the hands of the quorum courts the
appointment of election judges and
clerks, and provides severe penalties
for undue influence used in elections.
Also the state and general elections
are consolidated. The bill is espe-
cially stringent against election
fraud.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
To Regulate Engineering.

The regulation of surveying and
civil engineering in Arkansas is the
purport of bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Boggs. The bill provides
for a state board to examine into the
qualifications of all surveyors and
engineers operating in this state. and
upon an engineers or surveyors fail
ure to qualify before the board he
may be refused permission TO prac-
tice.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
Judiciary COMMITTED Approves eins

Senator Holland. chairman OF the
judiciary committee has reported ia,
vorably Representative Faucette's bill
specifying the legal methods OF the
consolidation of cities. the bill espe-
cially affecting Little Rock and Ar.
genta; the bill by Senator Rodgers
of Howard, making the acceptance of
tips by walters. stewards and por-
ters misdemeanor. and Senate Bill
ing telephone companies TO make con.
nection with the lines of other com
panies for long distance service.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-17
Yeggmen Rob a Helena Restaurant

Helena. = Yeggmen entered the
store of George Etoch between mid
night and ; o'clock In the morning
and secured 5000 in silver and cur
rency. Entrance was secured to the
safe, $50 being taken. The cash reg
lister was pried open and its CON
tents 7ifled. The building was en-
tered from the rear and no clue has
been secured