I JUDGE LIPPMANN
answers summons
Esteemed Citizen Died Friday
Morning At His Home Near
Tupelo—Burial at Augus
ta Saturday.
I Judge Leon Lippmann, a prom
inent Jackson countyan and es
Iteemed citizen died at 5:30 o’clock
[Friday morning at liis homo near
[Tupelo after a week’s sickness
[from double pneumonia. He suf
fered a chill last Friday and his
illness from the start was regard
ed arduous, but family and
friends'hardly recognized the ap
proaching end. Arrangements
■were at once made for the remov
al of the remains to Augusta for
Lrial Saturday morning at 11
to clock in the cemetery of that
Judge Lippmann was a member
|of Jackson Lodge F. & A. M.,
blso prominent in Hoo Hoo cir
cles and on the rolls of the Wood
men of the World. He was about
68 years of age and leaves a wife,
one son Allie Lippmann, now
postmaster of Augusta and two
daughters, Mrs. Marshall Patter
son of Augusta and Mrs. Walter
Lewis of Colorado City, Colorado,
to whom the sympathy of the
many friends of the departed goes
out in the hour of their grief.
Was Born In France.
Judge Lippmann was born in
the contested province of Alsace,
Prance during Napoleon’s rule as
emperor, but came to America
when a child of eleven years of
age. The fjamily first located in
I Pennsylvania but had removed
prior to the outbreak of the civil
war to Illinois. From that state,
the deceased enlisted as a volun
teer and served with bravery and
distinction in the Union Army
through the long four years’
struggle.
i A few years after the close of
l this memorable sonflict, Judge
I Lippmann came South, first locat-,
I ing in White county but for the
I last thirty years of his life, Jack
I son has been his home. Most of
I this time he conducted saw mills
I at Olyphant, Tuckerman, Swif
■ ton and Simmons ’ Switch and
I while his interests in this line
were extensive, he was always
j active in the discussion of the
political issues and men of the
day. His reading on such topics
covered a wide range and being
of an argumentative turn of xnind
with deep study and keen intel
lect combined, he was always in
terming, original and forcelul
^ his handling of campaign is
sues, both in the product of his
Pen and his speeches upon the
hustings. , j
He served a term as county;
^d probate judge and the re
cord of his administration was
clean and able. In a number of
ether campaigns, he was a can
' didate, but missed the goal of of
fice by very narrow majorities.
He loved his family and his
friends and he was ever true to
them.. He had broad ideas of
the rights of others and hewed
closely to a high ideal of right
and a splendid conception of du- i
-Hu5 was a rugged character, ;
u°t rugged because it was not fin
lshed, but rugged because truth,
eaador, honesty and courage j
^de monumental forces in the ;
e ements of this man, which fore- j
e. rec°guition and were the agen-j
cies of great good. The influence;
^ such men lives after them and i
there must be in the divine plan, !
t ^eWard in store for the unsel
lsi manly, generous life of the
departed.
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Pioneer Minister Dead.
Rev. William Perry Gibson,for
62 years a divine of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, South,diec
yesterday afternoon at 4:15, at
the residence of jQol, George
Thornburgh, 1623 Sjjrfng street,
after an illness of several weeks.
He was in his 86th year, having
been born in Taswell county,Wes1
Virginia, December 5, 1825. His
ministry began in Missouri in
1849, and for more than a half
century he was one of the lead
ing ministers of the St. Louis
conference. He descended from
the famous Peery family of
Scotland.
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He is survived'by two daugh
ters, Mrs. George Thornburgh of
Little Rock and Mrs. Mary Town
send of Belgrade, Mo. The fu
neral services will be held at the
Winfield Memorial church this
afternoon at 3:30. Rev. C.
Fletcher will officiate assisted by
Rev. Dr. J. E. Godbey of this city
and Rev. J. M. Workman of Mal
vern. His body will be borne to
its last resting place by six of
his ministerial brethren, the pall
bearers being, Rev. B. A. Few,
Rev. W. E. Hall, Rev. Frank
Barrett, Rev. M. E. Butt, Rev. P.
R. Eaglebarger and Rev. C. H.
Gregory. The burial will be in
Mount Holly cemetery.—Arkan
sas Gazette.
ELKS’ LODGE
ELECTS OFFICERS
T. J. Gregg Chosen Exalted Ru
ler of Newport Ledge
No. 968.
Newport Lodge No. 9G8, B. P.
0. E. elected officers for the en
suing year at a largely attend
ed and enthusiastic meeting of
the lodge Thursday evening. T.
J. Gregg was honored with elec
tion as Exalted Ruler and th& re
tiring executive officer H. G.
Bunn was elected delegate to the
grand lodge meeting at Atlantic
City this summer, with John W.
Stayton as alternate.
The other ofificers elected are
as follows: Garland Hurt, Es
teemed Leading Knight; Adam
Lockard, Esteemed Loyal Knight
Norman Wolff, Esteemed Lec
turing Knight; Ben White, Ty
ler; James Q. Blackwooc| Secre
tary; W. W. Dunaway, treas
urer; Dr. C. E. Carroll, member
of the board of trustees.
Male Population Figures.
Of the male population of Ar
kansas 21 years old /and over,
71.86 per cent, or £84,298, are
white; 28.13 per cent, or 111,
372, are negro, and 153 are Chi
nese, Japanese and Indians, ac
cording to statistics of the thir
teenth census.
In Jackson county, out of a
total of 6,140 males over 21 years
of age, 4,535 are white and 1,605
are negroes. In Independence
county, there are only 304 ne
groes, compared with 5,474 white
males.
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MISTRIAL IN |
BELK MURDER CASE
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Eight of Jury For Acquittal,
Four For Conviction—Cake
Goes Over.
Special to Independent. L
Walnut Ridge, March lOf—At
10 o’clock last night, Judge jjCun
ningham discharged the jury in
the Belk mnrder trial, the mem
bers" having reported that the
jury jWas hopelessly divided.
Eight favored acquittal anti the
other four held out for the? con
viction of the young woman* who
unattended by a single female
friend or relative awaited for
ten hours in the court room the
verdict of the jury which had
her fate in its hands.
The ease has has been contin
ued until the October term of
court and it is doubtful if anoth
er trial will ever he had,! as a
conviction seems almost impossi
ble.
First. Case in County.
The ease has been contin
of a white woman being prose
cuted on a charge of murder in
this county. The killing occur
red in November, 1909, apd a"t
that time there was considerable
feeling. When the trial jbegan
Monday aiternoon, However, tew
were attracted to the court*',room
by either interest or curiosity. It
was only when the speeches were
begun yesterday that an uuusual
crowd attended.
The plea of Miss Belk was that
of self-defense. "While she? stab
bed her victim to death one night
about 7:30 o’clock, she claims
that an attack was made on her
before she used her own weapon.
It * Was in evidence that the de
fendant bought' a £nife from a
store near the scene of the trag
edy only a short time before the
killing. It was also shown that
it-was with this knife that the
killing was done.
Knife Was Found.
After the tragedy, the same
night, a knife was found that wasj
identified as the property of Miss
Owejns. The knife was introduc
ed in evidence .and Miss Belk
swqre that Miss- Owens attempted
to use the ..knife on her before
the! tragedy and that each had
sent threatening messages to the
other. Miss Owens was stalled
in three or four places and died
in about 15 minutes after being*'
taken to her home and before she
had made any statement abdut
the difficulty.
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The symptoms of kidney trou
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leave no ground for doubt. Siqk
kidneys excrete a thick, cloudy,
offensive urine, full of sediment,
irregular of passage or attended
by a sensation of scalding. The
buck aches constantly, headaches
and dizzy spells may occur and ,
the victim is often weighed down
by a feeling of languor and fa
tigue. Neglect these warnings,
and there is immediate dan
ger of dropsy, Bright’s disease,
or diabetes. Any one of these i
symptoms is warning enough to
begin treating the kidneys at J
once. Delay often proves fatal.
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IN SOCIETY.
Round Dozen Entertained.
The members of the “Round
Dozen” spent a most delightful
afternoon with Mrs. 0. "W. Scar
boro Wednesday, when a full at
tendance was present to enjoy
the pleasant occasion with the
hostess and congenial members.
Mrs. John W. Stayton was “in
itiated” as a new member of the
club and will from now on be per
mitted to enjoy all ..the “secrets
of the fraternity.”
Mrs. Scarborough served a de
licious spring lunch which was
very much enjoyed. The invited
guests were Mesdames W. P. Car
roll, E. L. Boyce, H. E. Cobb and
U. E. Crook.
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SENATE CONSIDERS
APPROPRIATION
Bill Proposes $10,000 to Assist In
Entertainment of Veter
ans.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Marcli 10.—The
question of the amount that shall 1
be appropriated by the' state to
assist in the entertainment of the
Confederate Reunion is occupying
the attention of the senate. Sen
ator Jacobson called up Senate
Bill 159 providing that the state
shall contribute $10,000 for that
purpose, and urged its passage.
Senator Dill spoke for it and de
clared that all of Texas suffered
when Dallas failed to provide
enough for the re-union there.
Senator Covington opposed it,
and declared that Arkansas has
enough to take care of in its in
digent soldiers.
Senator Logan offered an
amendment that $5000 of the
' amount be used to pay the ex
penses of indigent veterans of
the state who could not come
otherwise, and this was adopted.
Senator Covington offered an
amendment to reduce the total to
$5000. President Toney took the
floor and urged the passage of
the bill for $10,000, declaring it
a test of the generosity of the
state, and. that no one in Little
Rock would get rich off the old
soldiers,
Senator Martin spoke for it,
as did Senator Keel, who said
Georgia had appropriated $25,000
for a similar purpose when the
Reunion met at Atlanta. Senator
CarlLee oppose the bill, and de
clared it was in the interest* of
Little Rock. This was the lati
tude of the measure wlien^the
somite adjourned.
The senate by a vote of 9 to
16 refused to reconsider the vote
levying one-half mill special tax
for support of agricultural col
leges. and referred back to the
finance committee a bill giving
$2000 to prosecute its work.
The Reach 1911 Guide.
That one more ball season is up
on us is convincingly demonstrat
ed through the welcome appear
ance of Reach’s Official Ameri
can League Guide for 1911; be
ing as usual, first in the field and
this spring earlier /than ever.
The 1911 Reach Guide, which has.
been edited for many years by
Editor Richter, of “Sporting
Life,’’ is always.up to the high
standard set by the Reach Guide
ever since the incumbency of the
present editor, but it can be just
ly stated that the 1911 Reach
American League Guide is the
best of the long Reach series and
superior to any similar publicar
tion in the world, alike in the
matter of text, illustrations, qual
ity of paper, binding and all tjie
details that go to make up a
handsome as well as readable
book—in short the American
League Official Guide for 1911 is
in all respects a first-class hand
book for the National game and
a decided credit to the American
League and to the publishers,the
Reach Company, of Philadelphia.
This is the tenth annual issue of
the Reach Guide as the Official
handbook of the American League
and the twenty-ninth consecutive
year of its publication as a book
of record and reference for the
entire base ball world.
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