The Pulaskian., 1916-01-14
APPROVAL OF sEcRETARYs RE- PORTS AND ACCOUNTS ONLY
 MATTERS BEFORE MEETING.
MANY INQUIRIES RECEIVED
Commission Secured Under a Special Act of Last Legislature More Than 10000 Volumes of Books and
 Papers, 1t Is Reported.
Little Rock.


 Dallas T. Herndon, secretary, and ap- proval of the accounts of the commis- sion were the only matters to come before the annual meeting of the Ar kansas History Commission. The commission met at MT. Herndons of flee in the capitol Members present were. Chief Justice E. A. McCulloch of the Arkansas Supreme Court, chair man; MT Herndon, J. H. Reynolds, president of Hendrix College, Con way; President J. c. Futrall of the University of Arkansas; President J. J. Doyne of the State Normal College, | Conway; Henry Mckenzie, Prescott; 1; Mrs. Frederick Hanger, Little Rock
 MT. Herndon's report showed that during 1915 the commission answered more than double the number of in- quiries ever before received in one year. Inquiries most frequently re- ceived, the report ssid, concern Con federate army records These are used to establish pension claims There are many inquiries from school teachers seeking facts of state his tory More than 1000 written an swers to inquiries were sent. and many others answered verbally.
 The report says the commission se- cured, under a special act of the last legislature, more than 10000 volumes of books and papers from the old state house. Many of these are valuable relics Worthless books and papers, sold to a junk dealer, paid the cost of removing the books. A system of classification by card indexes of all property of the commission is being established by MT. Herndon.
 J. Howard Bishop was chosen as the Arkansas Rhodes scholar at a meeting of the Board of Selection in the office of George B. Cook, state su- perintendent of public instruction. Bishop, 22 years old, was graduated at Hendrix College, Conway, last June, and is teaching in the Crossett High School this year. His father is a restired Methodist minister of Bee | Hendrix athletics during the four years he attended He was member of the football and track teams for four years
 Warrants totaling $217,450.31 were Mcdaniel during the fourth quarter of 1915 The figures will be presented to the State Burning Board at a meet ing early this week, when the war rants will be checked and destroyed. The funds on which the warrants were redeemed are: Confederate pension. $40, ,321.32; general revenue, $40,027- "A; penitentiary, $1O,95252; miscella- neous, $26,148.73.
 Governor Hays suspended for six months the sentence of Arthur Daw- manslaughter was recently affirmed by the Supreme Court. Dawson, a resi- dent of Lonoke, was indicted with Dr. P D. Whitehead for manslaugh- ter in connection with an alleged il- l legal operation. The proclamation suspending his sentence says the req son is to give him chance for a new trial in the Lonoke Circuit Court.
 The Arkansas History Commission has received from c. w. Dodd of Rus sellville painted portrait of David Dodd Sr., father of David 0. Dodd, s'the boy martyr of the Confederacy." | C. w. Dodd is a grandson of David Dodd Sr The elder Dodd settled in l Saline county, near Benton, in 1885. The portrait is loaned to the com mission
 The State Burning Board met, but | adjourned until the clerks have com l pleted checking the records of war rants redeemed during the last quar- ter of 1915. When this is completed | the board will destroy the warrants. l The redeemed warrants approximate l s220,0OO
 In General Order No 3, issued Maj.
 
 Gen. Jonathan Kellogg, commander of l the Arkansas Division, United Con federate Veterans, appointed John H. 1 Dye of Searcy commander of the First brigade and T. M Neal of RusselIville, commander of the Third brigade. l Adjutant General Lloyd England of 1 the Arkansas National Guard sent CIT cular letters to all commissioned otfi- cers reminding them that the federal appropriation is based on he number of men appearing at the federal m. spection and urging them to work for large showing at the inspection next ! spring
 The bank examiners of the State l Bank Department held their monthly conference with State Bank Commis CT John M. Davis.