The Carlisle independent., 1915-03-25


 of contracts and other legal business.
 Two Senate appropriation measures were approved, the bill to pay Judge w. F. Kirby $5.000 for his services as states attorney in the railroad rate cases and the deficiency measure to appropriate S6.OOO to pay the salaries of the officers of the Arkansas Ma tional Guard during the last biennial period. No appropriation was made for this department by the 1913 legis- lature and the officers were needed to take charge of the government prop erty and to direct the states military work
 Several more appropriation bills, in- cluding the deficiency and mainte- nance bills for the Confederate home and the bill for the support of the dis trict agricultural schools were deliv- cred to the governor by the Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills. It is ey- pected the governor will begin to wield the pruning knife on the appro- priation measures soon, and state of ficials are concerned over what will happen to their departments when the general appropriation bill is acted upon. It is known that Governor Hays will seek to remedy the states finances by reducing the appropria- tions made by the last legislature He said in a speech before the Arkansas Commission of the Panama-Pacific Ex- position that when he finished trim ming the appropriation bills the states finances would not look so bad. and declared that the estimates of the estimates of the probable depreciation Of state warrants had been greatly magnified
 The bill introducd by Senator Da- venport, giving juries the right to as- sess the penalty of life Imprisonment in all cases where the penalty now is death, was also approved He also approved the important measure by Senators Jones and Owens. providing minimum wage and maximum work day for women Also the bill to re- peal former act fixing the domicile of the St. Francis Levee District Board at Marion, and that by MT. Condray providing for the listing of property. such as churches, schools, etc. for the purpose of assessing improvement district benefits against them Such property is ordinarily omitted from the records of the tax assessor, as it is not subject to the general tax laws.
 J. l.. Bond, state supervisor of rural schools, returned from Columbia county, where he attended the first county school contest ever held in the county at Magnolia More than 100 pupils were entered in the athletic and literary events. He also attended the closing exercises of the Ebenezer School, one of the largest rural schools in the state.
 The Tampa Cuba Cigar Company filed application to enter the state The granting of the request is being de layed because the certificate of incor- poration accompanying the request did not bear the signature of the Virginia secretary of state. The company IS capitalized at s25O,OOO.
 B. V. Visart, federal game inspector, returned from the Reelfoot Lake dis trlct west Tennessee, where he says cases have been made against seven hunters for shooting ducks out of season and against seven dealers for the illegal shipping of game.
 A number Of grape growers in North and Northwest Arkansas have startes1 a movement for a state organization to secure the repeal of the Newberry statewide prohibition bill passed by the last Legislature.
 case involving the right of the Ar. kansas Railroad Commission to re- quire railroad to maintain traffic when it declares that such traffic is a losing proposition, was filed in the State Supreme Court by attorneys for tn commission
 The Arkansas Railroad Commission gave notice that it will consider April the application of the Philadelphia Milling Company for hearing on the matter of rates to apply on less than carload lots of stave mill machinery.
 Articles of incorporation of tho Union Cooperative Company of Pike City were filed, The company is au- thorized to do general merchandise and manufacturing business and is capitalized at s1O,OOO.
 Hugh Carter, state highway engi- neer, and w. c. Hite, assistant engi- neer, are making a preliminary SIT vey of Jefferson county road district created by a special act of the last legislature.
 The Lafferty-Smith Company of Lit tie Rock, an automobile concern. filed