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Newspaper
Conway Log Cabin
Location
Conway, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1901
Page
2
A Conway column mixes local notes and opinions. It mentions a donkey club meeting, a bill to prevent suicide from nullifying life insurance, and Plummerville saloons amid a shooting incident. The legislature probes State University abuses while hogs threaten sidewalks and a Board of Trade futures spike is blamed on a squeeze.
A Youth's Companion editor recalls encountering an anonymous letter attacking his paper. He jeers at concealed writers, comparing them to cowards who hide behind others and urging letters to be signed to carry weight and accountability.
A Mexican war veteran and editor hails Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a quick cure for diarrhoea and as the reason he has not received a pension increase on renewals. He recalls contracting Mexican diarrhoea in 1847 1848 and credits the remedy for his health. For sale by W H Martin & Co. We seek cords of cook wood and heating stove wood. inquire at this office.
Both houses reported weekly activity detailing committee actions, floor debates, and bills advanced or stalled. Lawmakers addressed education funding, taxation measures, and procedural updates affecting future sessions. Key figures and chamber leaders provided remarks on legislative priorities and pace.
Senator King pushes anti trust measure and a widow's estate provision while a $500 reward is proposed for arrest in Arkadelphia. The Senate debates papers' price and approves printing Gov Davis messages. House committees read and a Boer and Filipino sympathy resolution passes.
The senate debated rail safety bills including fencing tracks or paying double for stock killed. Proposals covered railroad pay for employees, certification of a state board, and penalties for stealing rides. The assembly advanced measures on pensions, tax exemptions, and a state capitol committee before adjourning.
House and Senate approve Wood’s newspaper bill and a stamp bill by 41 to 30 as a morning pension discussion continues. An amendment removing the affidavit clause for pensions passes 64 to 15. Toney seeks 25000 salary for circuit judges and Fields proposes quadrennial elections. Brooks introduces a pure food bill.
The following appointive changes are reported in fourth class postmasters with many vacancies filled. Antoine Pike county J J Wingfield replaces H E Van Camp. Caulksville Logan county T J Hinton replaces G P Hairston. Dominto Drew county J A Woods replaces E H Finch. Eglantine Van Buren county N T Gaddy replaces Lewis Gaddy. Flau Pertry county W H Forte replaces Mary Smitherman. Piney Johnson county G R Martin replaces J M Parrish. Prattsville Grant county F A Hedges replaces L D Camp. Wiggs Garland county C H Broughton replaces J E Kemp.
The right of way for a new road from Newport in Jackson county to Rush in Marion county is being secured. Surveyors began permanent location work. Construction must start by March 1, 1901 and be completed by October 1, 1902. The distance is a little over 100 miles.
The state supreme court extended the poll tax requirement to voting in a contested Newport mayoral race. The opinion held voters may have taxes paid by another in good faith or by reimbursement, but the act should be voluntary and not a bribe. Also included is a civic notice from the Arkansas State Horticultural Society about its January 30, 1901 meeting in Little Rock and delegate attendance.
A widow near Paragould was fatally shot when her 15 year old son accidentally discharged a gun while removing it from a rack to hunt. The load hit her thigh and abdomen, and she died almost instantly. Also notes include a Hall's Catarrh Cure ad and probate court notices with multiple estate settlements and guardianships.
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