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IN JACKSON
George Griffith Buys 400 Acres
In Glass Township From Fer
dinand Tonney.
: gwifton, March 8.—George A.
Griffith, of the Bagnell Timber
Company, has purchased 400
[acres of tie timber from Ferdi
nand Tonney and will have the
'limber worked during the corn
ling summer.
W. A. Chambers of Poplar
Bluff was here Tuesday and con
tracted for 100,000 feet of axe
handle timber to be delivered as
soon as the hickory timber can
he worked.
County Judge C. B. Coe was in
town Tuesday talking good roads
and interviewing our citizens on
drainage matters. Judge Coe or
dered five split log drags made
for use on the roads entering
Swifton.
E. B. Gilliam is building a ware
house on the lot he recently pur
chased from Miss Mary Altman.
W. E. Jones, Jr., is making pre
parations to build a residence on
the 3 acre tract of land he bought
of C. C. Nicholson.
J. W. Nicholson is completing
a residence on the site where his
home was burned two years ago.
Shade trees have been planted
on Ashley, Nicholson and Glass
avenues in the new Cast addition
east of town.
The amount of money needed
for buying additional land and
fencing the Swifton cemetery has
been subscribed. This much
needed improvement will be ap
preciated by the entire commun
ity.
Miss Mary Altman, assistant
cashier of the Bank of Swifton,
is suffering from a painful inju
ry to her foot. A sharp splinter
of wood penetrated the shoe and
entered the foot. At the present
time Miss Altman is kept at
home by reason of the injury.
Dr. T. W. Toler is reported as
being much improved and his
many friends hope he may soon
entirely recover and resume his
practice here in Swifton.
McGuire vs. Cook Affirmed.
The supreme court has affirmed
the Independence circuit court in
the case of Mattie McGuire vs.
V. Y. Cook. This was an action
involving the title of the brick
residence property on Main
: street known as the Ewing block,
and m which Mrs. Mcwnre
! claimed an interest as the heir of
Mrs. L. C. Ewing, deceased.
. The lower court determined the
matter in favor of the defendant,
and the case was appealed to the
supreme court where the ruling
of Judge Charles Coffin, who
heard the case, as circuit judge,
was affirmed.
This ruling definitely settles
the question involved as to the
title to the property in question,
and about which there has been
quite a bit of local comment. —
Rates ville Guard.
Boys, Boys, Boys
I know you want a swell Easter
suit. Our celebrated tailored
suits have arrived, made by Sein
sheimer & Company and they fit
Call and see them.
' 84d6t s. Heinemann.
For Sale.
One 13 horse power F&irbanke
* °!V Gasoline Engine. Apply
* the PalafOe Jewelry Store and
Se« it run. j . , ^ 81btf.
Annual Flower Bazaar.
The Woman’s Foreign Mission
ary Society of the Methodist
church will give their annual
flower bazaar Thursday, March
23 in the Parlors of the Hazel ho
tel. At this time the ladies will
have all kinds ol feCifted and
blooming plants, Tines and shrub
bery, and as a special feature will
have hanging baskets for porches.
The Saturday before Easter
which will be April 15, the same
society will sell Easter, eggs,
cake, candy and novelties.
The following ladies have been
appointed a committee to take
orders for flowers and those de
siring plants of any kind will
please telephone Mesdames R. W.
Bandy, John W. Wallace, Etta
Kelly, Samuel R. Phillips, Claude
M. Erwin, George R. Hays and
C. E. Crook.
Warning to Railroad Men
Look out for severe and even
dangerous kidney and bladder
trouble resulting from years of
railroading. George E. Bell, 639
Third St., Fort Wayne, Ind., was
many years a conductor on the
Nickel Plate. He says: “Twen
ty years of railroading left my
Kidneys m Tern Die conamon.
There was a continual pain acros
my back and hips and my kidney
gave me much distress, and the
action of my bladder was fre
quent and most painful. I got a
supply of Foley’ Kidney Pills
and the first bottle made a won
derful improvement and four bot
tles cured me completely. Since
being cured I have recommended
Foley Kidney Pills to many of
my railroad friends.”—W. E.
BEVENS’.
“Sis Perkins” has the pret
tiest story ever told and the plot
of the play is so easily under
stood. It’s not one of those silly
things that no one can understand
and after it’s out you find your
self asking what it was all about.
Sis Perkins tells a story of hon
esty, virtue, love and friendship.
There are moments when you
want to cry and some do; then
again there are funny scenes
when you laugh until you ache.
It’s not a blood and thunder play.
It’s devoid of horse play and dime
novel heroes. It’s a good, clean
comedy, up to date for ladies,gen
tlemen and children.. One night
only at the opera house, Monday,
j March 13.
Dudley Would Be Chancellor.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 7.—Hon. R.
G. Dudley of Piggott, who repre
sented Clay county in the House
in 1905, has been in the city sev
eral days in the interest of tin
proposed] bill creating the Twelfth
Chancery District. The bill has
passed the Senate, and has a
good chance to pass the House.
The proposed district is to con
sist of the counties of Clay,Greene
Craighead, Mississippi, out of the
present Fifth District, and either
Lawrence or Jackson out of the
present Eighth District. Should
the bill become a law, Mr. Dud
ley will be an applicant for ap
pointment as the first chancellor.
Only a Few Stops.
“The Climax,” coming to our
city, makes only a few stops en
route to San Francisco, where
they are scheduled for a long
run. Only the untiring efforts of
our local manager enabled our
theatre-goers to see this really
great play, and it is to be hoped
hie efforts will not go unrewarded
“The Climax” will be the only
offering of its kind tfiie year. f
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NO PASSES FOR
STATE OFFICERS
Representative Grant Would
Make It a Felony for Offi
cials to Ride Free.
Little Rock, March 7.—Declar
ing that any state oMeer accept
ing a pass from the railroads
should be held guilty of a felony
and sentenced to a term in the
penitentiary, Representative G.
L. Grant yesterday took a decid
ed stand against the free trans
portation clause contained in re
ference to several departments
of state in the general appropria
tion bill. “Arkansas is not pov
erty stricken,” lie said. “We
can afford to pay our officials’
traveling expenses and this leg
islature is not the passenger
agent of any railroad.”
The matter was thoroughly dis
cussed by members both in favor
of refusing and permitting pass
es, the former seeking to reduce
the expenses of the state, the lat
ter fighting any action calculated
to prejudice state officials for
the roads. The matter of passes
for the Agricultural Department
and of the nonpass system for
the Educational Department,how
ever, was left as it was, and fur
ther fight will be made when the
bill gets through the house com
mittee of the Whole and comes
up on the calendar for passage.
Bryan Coming to Lecture
William J. Bryan, the great
Nebraskan, has been engaged to
lecture here on Saturday, April
22 at 8 p. m. under the auspices
of the fifth entertainment com
mittee of St. Paul’s church. The
place and price of tickets will be
announced later.
Notice.
Beginning March 1st all bills
must be paid at the office of this
Company, 121 Walnut street., as
we have dispensed with the ser
vices of a collector. Service will
be discontinued on all parties de
linquent on the Tenth day of
each month.
Peoples’ Light Water & Power
Refuse Parole to Allwhite.
Specla' to Independent.
Little Rock, March 7.—The pen
itentiary board has refused to
grant a parole to Newton All
white of Jackson county, notwith
standing his good prison record.
He was received Feb. 4, 1905,
on a 21 year sentence for the
murder of two women and throw
ing their bodies in White river,
his father having been lynched.
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Nubbin’s Ridge.
Health has improved a little in
this vicinity.
Jim May, who returned home
a few days ago quite siek, is re
ported better at this writing.
Quite a crowd from here at
tended church at Sand Hill Sun
1 day.
J. P. Cooper, David and Ben
May and Neal Foushee were seen
in Auvergne Saturday.
Little Rowena May is on the
puny list.
Clifton Nuckolls and Monroe
Lewis of Sand Hill were pleas
ant callers in this vifeinity Satur
day. .
Mrs. Jones of Newport is vMt
ing her sister, N$ra. Laura May
at this writing.
Thomas Neal of Auvergne a*
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tended singing here Sunday night
Mr. and Mrs. Covington of
Garrett’s mill spent a part of last
week in this vicinity, the guest
of Oscar Newman and family,
j Babe Washam of the Island
was seen in this vicinity Sunday,
day.
Julius Schoners of Remind is
working for David May.
Singing at David May’s Sun
day night was enjoyed by all.
Miss Stella Sherrill, who has
been visiting her sister in Argen
ta, is expected home next Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. David May spent
Sunday at Sand Hill with Mrs.
May’s mother, Mrs. Lewis.
Farmers are quite busy cutting
stalks, building fence and getting
ready for farming.
Marble playing seems to be the
order of the day. Ernest Coop
er, and Brice Foushee being the
champions.
As we are very busy getting
ready for farming we will ring
off.
With best regards to all we are
the j !
Three Silly Kids.
Stephens’ School House.
John Foster and his sister, Ka
tie made a flying trip to Newport
Sunday to take their sister Mary
Foster who returned to Newark,
where she is attending school.
Mr. Woodell gave an address
to the people Saturday night and
Sunday at 11 o’clock. There will
be Service at 7:30 Saturday night
and Sunday at 11 o’clock. Sun
day school at 3 o’clock p. m.
Everyone who can should come
out for we are striving to build a
good community here.
Dave Adcox and family visited
Jesse C. Holland and wife Sun
day.
0. Roberts and family are vis
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iting Ills father-in-law this week.
Miss Gladys Young returned
from Grubbs Friday.
G. A. Holland and family left
Friday for Texas, where they will
reside in the future.
Joe Carr is visiting his brother,
B. Carr on the Stephens farm.
. J. II. Talley has been on the
sick list for the past week. Stom
ach complaint is the trouble.
Mr. Woodell will move to our
locality this week.
Bruce Carr is not improving
very rapidly.
Dee Wa§ham,Bob Simmons and
Mr. Bailey were gunning for birds
on the Stephens farm last week.
They don’t know how to hunt
birds in these cane breaks and no
one knows this better than the
birds. Catamount.
Beedeville.
Mrs. Edna Beede and her moth
er, Mrs. Leonard, have been very
sick for several days with pneu
monia, but both are better now.
J. A. Beede is building a 14
foot addition to Dr. Wooldridge’s
office. The doctor is going to
put in a line of drugs.
J. W. Edwards fell from his
horse last Friday night and broke
his collar bone; he was getting
along nicely when last heard
from. We do not know whether it
was the horse bucking or the rid
er.
A. J. Mead of Eight Mile came
down to our town and bought
a fine milch cow, a Black Pole
Angus. 1 ;■<
F. H. Beede and O. E. Johnson
trade horses just to keep in prac
tice and both hold their own.
D. J. Nance has moved into his
new residence at Eight Mile. Dave
can now be found behind the
counter ready to wait on the pub
lic.
Mesdames May Bedwell, Effie
Nance and Swearingen were shop
ping in Eight Mile Saturday.
Rev. A. Douglas of Walnut
Ridge will preach at the Chris
tian church Friday, Saturday and
Sunday next.
Jarrett Mustin of Tupelo is go
ng to move over in our midst to
t'arm the E. B. Nance place.
Beede & Beede have just re
vived -a fresh car load of flour.
I. P. Phillips has had a severe,
*ase of lagrippe but is uow able
to be out again.
We still have a few cases of
measles and several more to hav©
them.
J. A. Beede lost a fine young
mare worth about $125. The an
imal had her shoulder jabbed
and blood poison set in, killing
tier in a few hours.
The Sunday school at this place
is progressing nicely and the of
ficers say they will have a Sun
day school picnic in May or June.
H. A. Huggins and J. C. Smith
were buying mules Monday.
Miss Muriel Hamilton, who has
been teaching school at Bradford
during the winter, came home
Monday, her term of school being
out. We welcome her back in
[)ur midst.
Prof. T. C. 'Tucker q<nd wife,
who are engaged in teaching a
singing school at Hickory Ridge
will be here March the 15th to
teach a ten nights’ school at this
place. It goes without saying
that they are fine singers as well
as teachers. ’
The fourth Saturday in each
month is trades day at this place.
Come and bring your trading
Stock. ..<r,. . • '
New stocks make the stores nev
nowadays—mak'1 them' “wonder*
lands” for people who like to sea
and own new «nd alluring things.
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for
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If you will favor us with an in
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though Benjamin Clothes are known
all over the world for their style
and quality, they are not high
priced—in fact they are very low
priced, value considered.
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Joe. M. Berger, Jr.