Democratic State Convention Chooses Big Four Delegates
At Little Rock June 3 the Democratic State Convention elected W P Fletcher J Sprachin John T Hicks and Is Rhoton as alternate delegates to the national convention. Key figures discussed include J P Clarke G W Donaghey O C Ludwig and J H Harrod as delegates at large with debate over nine candidates. The platform endorsed William J Bryan and called for reforms including anti convict labor measures and better school support.
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Little Rock
W. P. Fletcher
J. Spraching
John T. Hicks
Is Rhoton
Ded
R. F. Milwee Monroeuty
Bruce Bullion
Winner County
Te Central Committee
Ted Clay Sloan
John H. Mon
Giny
Tucker
National Committee
W. M. Kavanaugh
W. C. Braley
Vention
William J. Bryan
New Key Organization
James P. Clarke
George W. Donaghey
OC. Ludwig
James H. Hargod
Senate
O. C. Ludwig
James H. Harrod
J.T. Robinson
Mayjanna
W. J. Lamb
Osceola
Dr. C. KE. Pringle
Pocahontas
Gustave Jones
Newport
Jerry South
Mountain Home
Claude Fuller
Eureka Springs
Samuel Chew
van Buren
Jeff Sanderson
Texarkana
Joseph W. House
Emmett E. Mitchell
Mervillion
John F. Rutherford
Pine Bluff
T. C. Hughes
Malvern
Thomas J. Going
Camden
John Crawford
Arkadelphia
James H. Berry
John H. Hineman
Jeff Davis
W V. Tompkins
Clifton R Breckinridge
Davis
W. V. Tompkins
Clifton R. Breckinridge
Sebastian County
Clarke
Reryp
Hineman
Harrod
Doraghey
Tompkins
Ludwig
Breckinridge
Boy Hurt In Milk Wagon Accident Near Park Hotel
Paul Osborne of Gordon suffered a serious head wound when he tripped while trying to catch a moving milk wagon near the Park Hotel. He fell under the wheels and received prompt medical care without the use of opiates as doctors sewed the gash above his eye.
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Paul Osborne
Gordon
Park Hotel
Vir. White
Taft Favored To Win Republican Nomination In Chicago
Taft holds a clear delegate majority heading into Chicago for the national committee meeting this week and next. Allies hope contested seats delay the first ballot, while Indiana backed Fairbanks in 13 districts but New remains a Taft ally. Beveridge and Hemenway loyalty supports Fairbanks, with Southern delegates likely to back him.
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Chicago
Chiccago
National Committee
Taft
Marcy S. New
Indiana
Fairbanks
Mr. New
Heveridge
Mr. Fairbanks
Hemenway
Beveridge
Farmers Union to meet at Serepta June 6 for July 4 program
Mt Moriah notes a health update and rain as the Farmers Union plans a June 6 meeting at Serepta to lay out the July 4 program. A Mt Moriah schoolhouse meeting enrolled 85 members and a sermon was delivered at Mount last Sunday. Also tickets go on sale for the Confederate Reunion in Birmingham June 6–7 with return June 20 at 11.55.
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Farmer's Union
Serepta
Shed
Mt. Moriah
H. E. Perrine
Iva Hart
Oliver Clark
Brother Jackson
the Mount
Dawson Kill
Iron Mountain Road
Birmingham
Good
Cotton conditions and acreage reported for the season
Government dispatches from Washington New Orleans Dallas Fort Worth and Chattanooga detail cotton acreage of 32 081 000 with 79 7 condition and last year figures 42 060 000 and 70 5 plus May 25 1908 condition 34 6 per cent of normal. The New Orleans news notes bullish reaction to the report and July futures gains.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Matthews Ready to Leave for East After Pierce Custody
Austin reporter Matthe ws of Travis county says he will depart for the east once the St. Louis police chief confirms Henry Clay Pierce is in custody. The sheriff notes Supreme Court decision directs Pierce be turned over to St. Louis. Governor Campbell avoids public discussion but argues the ruling tests states rights while receiving telegrams from Associate Counsel Barkley of St. Louis.
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Austin
Rex
Snerff Matthews
Travis County
East
Henry Clay Pierce
St. Louis
Pierce
Bald
United States Supreme Court
Campbell
Barkley
St. Luis
Anderson Appears Before Texas Railroad Commission
H F Anderson division superintendent of the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railway testified before the railroad commission in San Antonio. He supplied details on the discontinuation of double daily service between San Antonio and El Paso by March 11, ending the contempt proceedings.
Columbia grad Wythe jailed four years for San Francisco theft
In San Francisco on June 3 Judge Ogden of Oakland sentenced David F. Wythe a Columbia University graduate and former private secretary to B Fay Mills to four years in San Quentin after a dramatic plea for leniency.
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San Francisco
San Quentin
Ogden
Oakland
David F. Wythe
Columbia University
B. Fay Mills
Wythe
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W. J. Bryan
Denver
Prescott
Arkansas
Gurdon
New Orleans
Dallas
J. G. Lowden
Abilene
Fort Worth
Texas Cattle Raisers
Pecos
Chattanooga
Tenn
Wilcox
Board of Public Safety
Pastors’ Association
Matthews Ready
Will
Chief
Hesterly Drug Store
Charlesa
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