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1873 OUACHITA NEWS

BROTHER TO BROTHER

--Crops in Ouachita County are in fine condition.
--The Quachita Valley railroad is to be completed by the 1st of July, 1874.  The road will be less than forty miles long.  
(Source:  Little Rock Daily Republican, Sept. 2, 1873, contributed by Frances Cooley.

BROTHER TO BROTHER

Arkansas' Governor Parnell went to French Lick, Ind. last week to attend the Governors' Conference. That left Lieutenant Governor Lawrence Wilson in charge of the State with all the powers and privileges of a chief executive. One of his first official acts was to pardon his brother Fred, convicted last March of grand larceny and awaiting formal sentence of four years in jail.
Lawrence and Fred are the sons of Mrs. Leon Wilson, 63, who lives on a large farm near Stephens, Ark. Brother Fred's conviction filled his mother with shame and anguish. Last week Brother Lawrence declared that he had "no apologies to offer" for Brother Fred's pardon, that he had issued it largely because of his "grief-stricken mother." Two days later he went to a raspberry festival at Wynne where he told merrymakers: "You people of Cross County are all my friends and don't hesitate to call on me for help. Remember, I can still grant pardons."  Source: Time Magazine, June 15, 1931

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