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>ERS MUST NOT
PRINT DETAILS
irst Electrocution .or They
jg Be Liable For Misde
meanor.
ial to Independent.
tie Rock, Aug. 26. The ap
,h of September 5, when
irst electrocution is to oc
,rder the new law passed by
egislature of 1913, finds the
papers of the state m a
dary- The act declares that
papers shall not print the
|s of the execution, but no
tv is prescribed fora viola
of the law. This has been
ireted by some to mean that
iw is practically a dead let
ad that the newspapers
proceed to publish whatev
y please.
[ Deputy Prosecuting At
jr Kidder, one of the joint
rs of the act, calls atten
0 fhe following section of
igest, which, he says, ap
tothe case:
tion 2447. Where the pei'
ince of any act is prohibit
1 the performance of any
required by any statute,
o penalty for the violation
h statute is imposed, either
b same section containiixg
prohibition or requiring
tct or duty, or in any other
n or statute, the doing of
prohibited act or the neg
f such requii'ed act or du
all be deemed a misde
ir Seaction 2448. Every
ir Section 2448. Every
13 shall be convicted ot
meanor, the punish^
fiich is not defined in
ie other statute, shall
id by imprisonment
ing one year, or by
cceeding two hundred
lollars, or by fine and
ent both.”
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mo To Close Up.
•o, Aug. 24—In com
h the proclamation of
Says, setting Septem
4 as a uniform road
Arkansas, R. L. Ed-*
issued an order to all
if the county to warn
en on these dates and
atest amount of work
On the date the men
j will close their plac
less and go in a body
good and model road
sboro to the Craig
ty line, where they
it by the people of
mtv, the road meeting
int. It is expected to
one of the biggest e
:he history of Jones
-taighead county.
lathe Sutherland.
Independent.
‘Vn, Aug. 24.—A sad
•irred in Cache town
Wednesdav, in the de
rs- Mattie Sutherland,
irvived by a husband
ihildren, two boys and
eased was born Janu
*89, and was raised in
Mr. and Mrs. James
rd, who were always
' her as if one of their
"en- She was married
1 Mr. .John Sutherland
5 greatly missed in the
ere she was a very
ue and devoted moth
smily express their
many triends for kind
15 her last sickness
| Big Ditching Contract Awarded.
j Walnut Ridge, Aug. 25._The
j Running Water Drainage Com
; mission, composed of Clay Sloan.
P. B. Hill and W. A. Cunning
ham, today awarded the con
tract for the digging of the Run
! ning Water ditch. There were
(six bids from firms from several
1 states. The lowest bid was
[made by Peter Feldheiser and
i Son of Marigold, Mass., to whom
! the contract was awarded. Their
I bid was .0799 per cubic yard.
[The ditch will be 17 miles long
with two miles of laterals and
; there will be 450,000 cubic yards
of dirt to be moved. The cost
will be about $35,000
j The bonds were sold to the
[ highest bidder. The First Na
tional bank of Walnut Ridge
took the whole issue of $35,000
at par.
TILLMAN JURY
CAN \0T AGREE
Jury Reported to Stand Nine |
For Conviction and Three
For Acquittal.
- !
"Booneville, Aug. 25.—Al
though the jury which holds in
its hands the life of Arthur Till
man is apparently hopelessly di
vided, Judge Evans tonight sent
the jurors back for further de
liberations- The jurors reported
that they were divided nine to
three, but did not state the ver
dict favored by the majority.
The jurors declared they could
not, agree and asked to be dis
charged. Judge Evans explain
ed to them that he was loth to
put the county to the expense of
another trial and instructed the
jurors to deliberate until Wed
nesday.
In case they could not agree
by that time, he said he would
order a new trial at once.
While no definite information
could be obtained, rumors
throughout the day credited the
majority of the jury with favor
ing conviction.
Interest in the outcome of the
case continues to be lively and
many people living outside
Booneville remained in the city
all day hoping that a verdict
might be returned.
The trial of the 20-year-old
youth accused of the murder of
his 18-year-old sweetheart, Man
da Stephens, has set several new
precedents in the annals of the
Southern district of the Logan
County Circuit Court
Perhaps never before has so
much legal procedure been
crowded into three days as was
the case during Tillmans trial.
Three night sessions were held
and the case was given to the
jury shortly before midnight of
the third day.
Not in recent years has a jury
been kept deliberating as long a.
the present one bids fair to be.
Kensett Keynote Editor Again
Ben Freeman, editor of the
Kensett Keynote, waived exam
ination in Esq. Harlan’s court
this afternoon, on the charge^ of
criminal libel preferred by Wm.
Abernathy, president of the
Farmers Bank at Kensett, for a
certain article which appeared
in the Keynote last week re
flecting upon Mr. Abernathy s
character. Freeman gave bona
in the sum of $300 for hiS ap
pearance at the January term
i of the circuit court.— Searcy
Citizen.
MASSEY WINS EIRST
BALE PREMIUM
Bale Brought 12 Cents and Cash
Premiums Made Total Re
turns About S160.
The first bale of cotton of the
1913 season marketed in the
city of Newport not only brought
12 cents per pound, but pulled
down 875.50 in cash premiums
offered by the merchants and
business men. The lucky as
well as progressive farmer was
A J. Massey of below Newport
and he was only a few hours
ahead of -J. H. Brannum of the
McLain farm, whose load of cot
ton was being ginned in East
Newport when Mr. Massey re
ported at 1:30 o'clock p. m.
Tuesday at the Independent of
fice.
Mr- Massey’s cotton in the
seed weighed 1820 pounds, from
which he secured a 594 pound
bale at the Mantooth gin. The
bale grading strict middling sold
to Wolff-Goldman Mercantile
Company on street bidding for
12 cents a pound, thus bringing
$71.28, which with the cash
prizes of $75.50 and allowing for
the value of the seed, made the
total income from the load of
seed cotton about $160.
The first bale of cotton last
year was marketed in Newport
September 3, which makes the
first bale of this season eight
days earlier than that of the
previous year and there is con- j
siderably more open cotton as a
result of the drouth than there
was last year when the first bale
was brought in.
Mrs. Harry Grimes and chil- i
dren went to Batesville Monday
morning
Moving Pictures
at theOperaHouse
18 Reels Per Week.
THE WAYWARD SON
The son of a wealthy manufac
turer is lazy and won’t work.
His father drives him from home
and later he hears some toughs
plotting to rob his father’s of
fice. Through him they are ar
rested. His father then helps
him to begin life anewr- Featur
ing Wm- West, Carlyle Black
well and Lucille Young.
Drama—KALEM
THE DECEIVERS
They meet, keeping their iden
tity from each other; they meet
again and involuntarily > are
drawn together. They know
each other now. Featuring
George Stanley and May Gharle
«on as the actress.
Drama—VITAGRAPH •
EDWIN MASQUERADES
Edwin tires of prison life, so
decides to escape and go to the
masquerade ball. Featuring
Henderson and Gus Rixley. An
excellent comedy
BIOGRAPH
THEIR ONE GOOD SUIT
Paul and Harry purchase one
suit between them. It certainly
gets them in bad. Featuring
Lillian Gish and other good Bio
graph comedians.
Four Extra Good Pictures and
Good Music By the Orchestra.
ADMISSION, 5c and 10c
Pleasant Valley Dads Defeat
Bovs.
*
; Special to Independent.
Kenyon, Aug. 25.—The dads
retaliated by taking Saturday's
game from the boys by the fol
lowing score by innings:
1st, 0; 2nd, 0;3d, 1; -1th. 0;
5th, 4; (>th, 3; 7th, 0; 8th, 2:
9th, 0, making a total of ten j
scores, while the boys scored
once in the first, third and
fourth.
The dads played much better
ball than they did before, but (
their success was due mainly, to ,
the twirling of Fid Smith and a j
combination of errors on the
part of some of the infielders for
the boys.
This game puts them on a tie,
gameand game. The boys are
anxious for a final struggle and
have challenged the dads for a
game Friday morning at Swif
ton, they to pitch their own men
and use the same line-up that the !
first game was played with.
The dads evidently fear the re-!
suit or prefer to rest on their J
“laurels”. At any rate they !
have not accepted the challenge. !
Batteries for the dads were.1
Smith and Young; for the boys, j
Young and Pearce
_ I
Additional Local.
Jack Handford came down
from Batesville last night. ,
Miss Eva Paul is spending the j
week with friends at Little Rock. '
Miss Margaret O’Hare of Lit
tle Rock is in the city, the guest
of Mrs. Rex McCuistion.
The W. C. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. 0. E. Jones Wednesday af
ternoon at 3:30.
'Burrell Umsted has returned
home to Batesville after a visit
to Newport relatives.
E. T. Cushion, the popular i
cashier of the Swifton Bank vis- j
itecl our city on business today.:
Henry Holloway and his mo-!
ther, Mrs. Emma Holloway of i
Hickory Grove were visitors to i
our city this morning.
Mrs. Clyce Jones and little
daughter and son, arrived home j
Sunday evening from a several
week’s stay in Searcy.
Charles G. Prather of Bates
ville was in our city last night.
Mr. Prather is now representing
Wm. Moore Dry Goods Company
of Memphis.
Little Miss Imogene Denty
left Saturday for Little Rock,
where she will spend several
weeks with relatives.
Robert L. Pennington left Sat
urday for Greenville, Texas to
join his wife for a week’s visit,
and both expect to be home
about the first.
Mrs. F. J. Harmon arrived
home Sunday evening from a
delightful visit of six weeks to
T Vnnoai! m-Hr Etnrl tn
her parents in Southeast Missou
ri.
Mrs- Estelle Claridge will op
en her home to boarders Septem
ber 1 and those who desire good
home cooking will do well to ap
ply to 313 Main street. Phone
228- 24d6t
Harry Grant of Little Rock is
in the city shaking hands with
friends. He will leave tonight
for St. Louis where he will
meet his wife who has been vis
iting in Illinois, and will accom
pany her home to Little Rock,
stopping off in Newport on their
return.
Joseph M. Stayton will leave
this evening for Montreal, Can
ada to attend the National Bar
Association and will also visit a
number of prominent Canadian
and Eastern cities while on his
vacation.
Doctoi Dillard Exonerated.
Lit 11« Rock, Aug. 25.—Dr. E.
I). Dillard, who was arraigned in
Justice Ivy's court several
months ago by Humane Officer
Rankin and fined upon a charge
ol cruelty to Ray Hicks, a ward
in the Arkansas Children’s
Home, of which Dr. Dillard was
in charge, young Hicks dying
some time later, was exonerated
of all blame for the death of the
child in a report given out by a
special committee appointed by
ex-Governor George \Y. Dona
ghey, president of the home, to
investigate the case. The com
mittee is composed of Gen. II.
W. Green, \Y. H. Garanflo, Max
Heimannnd S. Rratton
In ’he report ot’ the committee
it is stated that the child was
three years old and not eighteen
months old, as reported, and was
whipped in order to control his
high temper. The committee’s
report further says that he was
whipped with a pliant, soft
switch, which could not have
caused abrasion of the skin and
was not whipped more than nec
essary. The switch was applied
to the bare skin. The committee
believes the child died from ma
laria
Notice To The Public.
Owing to the fact that anoth
er case of diphtheria has been
reported, the rules governing!
sanitation are to be more rigid
ly enforced than ever. All par
ties are warned to clean their
premises and keep them cleaned
and those wishing disinfectants
can procure the same by apply
ing to the health officer.
DR. E. L. WATSON.
Health Officer.
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l our ‘•Night Riders" Prisoners.
Jonesboro, Aug. 25.—Sheriff
Mark Phillips. Deputy Sheriff
Houston Burks and Constable
Curry Ray of this township re
turned tonight with four prison
ers who are charged with “night
riding." It is alleged that the
men were among those who
posted a notice at the mill of
Harney & Hines at Anderson's
Spur, in a remote part of the
county west of here, ordering all
negroes to leave the mill, and
threatening them with death if
I hey did not obey.
The nun arrested are Georg';
Hrondaway, George Woodruff, If
F. Woodruff and Y. S. Kingston
Two of t hem are old men, tin1
other two comparatively young.
All four deny their guilt, but the
officers say they have convinc
ing proof against them.
The officers say that they
found all the negroes with their
goods packed, ready to leave. All
appeared badly scared by the
threats that had been made
against them.
Each of the prisoners furnish
ed bonds of $500 to guarantee
his appearance for examination
in the court of Justice of the
Peace V. A. Harnett at 1 o’clock
tomorrow afternoon.
It is said ill-feeling has exist
ed between the management of
Barney & Hines’ mill and the
people of Anderson’s Spur for
some time because of the fact
that negroes have been employ
ed at the mill.
About two years ago trouble
of this sort occurred in the same
section of the county, and about
40 men were arrested. However,
the Grand Jury did not find suf
ficient evidence to warrant hold
ing them for trial
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