TRACE
OF SAGELY
nd Disappears Along
iWare And Clothes
about
the home
morn
and
were
Sagely had been working for
Phillips only a short time and
his good manners had fayorably
impressed the family. He occu
pied a room with a son of Mr.
Phillips, who heard Sagely leave
the room about midnight, but
didn't suspect that he was mak
ing. his get-a-way. r
The mare was a sorrel in color
and branded “J. F.” on the left
jiF - - shoulder. The animal - was
I: tracked as far as the Viflage
' Creek bridge toward Newport.
Besides the horse, Mr. Phillips
lost a suit of clothes, $2.30 in
money and a-£?air of pants and
shirt from the boys. As Sagely
came from Walnut Ridge, Mr.
Phillips thought he would prob
ably make for that town and the
11 owner of the • horse went to
Walnut Ridge Saturday morn
ing to be prepared to meet
Sagely upon his arrival.
Public Schools Opened.
The public schools of Newport
opened their fall term Monday
morning under very favorable
conditions and the best year’s
work in the history of the school
has been planned.
The board of education has
selectid wisely in the faculty,
and Prof. Ernest McKenzie, who
comes with first-class recom
mendations from Pine Bluff has
already impressed the board and
the teachers with his firmness
and stability of character, and
the board have assured him
they will stand by him.
For the lack of an auditorium
there were no formal opening ex
ercises, but instead each teacher
gave the pupils of their respec
tive rooms a talk and outlined
the work for the coming year.
The enrollment for the first
day was 260, but that number
will be increased largely in tliev
next two weeks as, on account of
the early opening of school,
many are out of town.
Crushed Shells For Chickens.
A shell crusher, a machine
that will take the used blanks at
the button factory and make
them into poultry food is being
istalled at the Rockport Pearl
itton Company’s factory at
ck Rock. Mr. Igert informs
some 3,000 tons of the
i shells will be made from
ply already on hand. As
ct retails at one dol
mdred, it is to be
enterprise of no
3.is being estab
fford employ
__ more men.—
Believe Murdere^Olled.
| Beebe, Sept. 3^-Prof. Free
ing receiveckpHetter today from
his son iryfexas, telling of the
killingjjl^T. M. Choate near Kir
byvjlfe, Texas, by j^man by the
adme of Bailey on August 26,
*and it is believed here that
Choate is the man who slew
Marshal Mercing here the latter
part of July, and fgr whose cap
i ture a large reward was offered.
I In the' letter was enclosed a
clipping from the Kirbyville pa
per giving an account of the kill
i ing of Choate.
1 The statement in the paper
was that Choate had just re
cently returned from Arkansas,
where he had been engaged in
bootlegging. It also went on to
state that there were no eye
witnesses to the killing, but that
Bailey claimed he acted in self
defense. The newspaper ac
1 count Stated that it was believ
ed that Choate was the man
wanted in Arkansas for • the
murder0 Mercing.
The only circumstances that
causes the peopfc here to doubt
that the man slain in Texas is
the man who slew Mercing is
the fact that the paper giving
an account of the killing there
gives the man’s initials as T. M.
while the‘man who slew Merc
ing was known T. J. Choate.
Will Wed Wednesday.
A pretty wedding will take
place at 11 o’clock Wednesday
morning at St. George’s Chapel,
Pendleton avenue and Olive
street, when Miss Roberta Ran
dolph Morrison, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Ellis Morrison
of 4618 McPherson avenue, will
be married to Mr. Walter Nay
lor Davis of the law firm of
Bates, Blodgett, Williams & Da
vis. The nuptials will be sol
emnized by Rev. B. T. Kemerer,
rector of St. George’s Chapel.
Miss Nancy Guy Morrison, sis
ter of the bride, will be the maid
of honor. Mr. Dwight Curry
will be best man and Messrs.
Floyd Stewart and Ernest Ed
wards ushers. A wedding
breakfast at the home of the
bride's parents will follow the
ceremony and the bridal party
will leave immediately after
ward for a honeymoon tour
through the west. On their re
turn .after October 1 they will
be at home at 4618 McPherson
avenue.—Globe Democrat.
Carter Bound Over.
Special to the Independent
Swifton, Sept. 2.—Fred Car
ter, who was arrested Thursday,
charged with stealing a sack of
money from the store of J. E.
Lane, while the latter Was at
supper Saturday, August 26,
was given a hearing before Es
quire A. M. Keaton here Friday.
Ben Ditton, one of the state’s
witnesses testified that the
original sack, which had con
tained the money, had been
thrown down upon the walk in
front of Lane’s store by the de
fendant.
Upon the evidence introduced,
Carter was bound over to the
grand jury under $500 bond
which he promptly gave, judge
0. W. Scarborough represented
the state and L. L. Campbell the
defendant. t
After Delinquents.
Chief of Police Ballew was oc
cupied Monday in going after
those who had not paid the tax
their dogs? • ~
ite a few will probably ap
before the mayor this
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A
SPRAY STOCK
Mrs. Ray Pled Guilty And Was
Fined Twenty-Five Dol- _
lars At Tuckerman.
Special to Independent
Tuckerman, .Sept. 4.—Beforei
Esquired. G. Hogan Saturday, i
Mrs. L. A. Ray pled guity to the
charge of failure to bring cattle
to the spraying station as pro
vided for under the tick efcadica
j tion law, and was given the min-;
j imum fine of $25, which she
promptly paid. I
No evidence was introduced;
; and the state was represented
’ by James H. Johnston.
Institute Program.
The following is the program'
| that has been arranged for the
Teachers’ Institute to be held
at McCall School House neai'i
Remmel, on Saturday, Septem-,
ber 16th:
Opening at 9 a. m.
Invocation— ^ev.- Perry Blue.1
Scientific Agriculture—E. E.1
Herndon.
Discussion.
School Room Discipline—W.-j
E. Collins.. I
Discussion. j
School Improvement Work—j
Mrs. W. L Woods. j
Discussion.
%
Teaching In Lower Grades —
Miss Ruby Harris.
Discussion.
Plans for Education and Ath
letic Contests — Supt. Ernest
McKenzie.
Discussion.
State Aid to High Schools.—
E. R. Williamson.
Discussion .
Libraries for Schools—H. L.
Lambert.
Music in Schools—Miss Ma
bel Hamilton.
Discussion.
—
Failed to Pay Road Tax.
After a special meeting of the
council Tuesday night, Deputy
Marshal Folsom swooped down
upon many of Brinkley’s lead
ing citizens with a warrant of
arrest, charging them with neg
lecting to pay road tax after
having been warned.
He left a rather varied trail
behind him, astonishment, dis
may, protestations, pleadings
mingled with howls of delight
from people who had escaped
and Deputy Folsom said he
could easily have been traced by
the sulphurous smell arising
from the remarks of some. No
body escaped, who had not paid.
As the lowest fine in this case
is according to law $10, it looks
as if the interest, on the $2 in
this case had reached almost
usury proportions. — Brinkley
Argus.
New Studio For Newport.
Van Hendrix of Jonesboro
at 207 Walnut Street is putting
in a first class studio.
Win do everything in the pho
tograph business. Reasonable
prices for fine photos.
Will be ready for business the
last of the week.
See our work before you have
any done.
Will notify the public by hand
bills when ready for business.
E. L. Humphreys of Bradford
was here Monday on business.
He expects their mill to resume
running at once as the bottoms
are fast drying out after the re
cent overflow.
MrsTXflM'Tviniams, who wa<
before her marriage, Miss Lena
Gray,'came ip on the hack onei
day last week and stopped at the!
Johnson Hotel for the night and i
vfhile there, on account of* her j
indiscreet conduct, was told that I
her presence was objectionable.;
She then ^went out in the !
counhy to visit‘MrjhEmily Gal
low^, for whom sfl^khad work
ed while Mrs^Galloway was^un-j
ning the Chdppel hotel.
She told Mrs. Galloway that i
she"was tired of living and had!
a notion of drowning herself,!
but nothing was thought of it j
until her purse and parasol was j
found on the river bank^ Wed
nesday evening, some boys fish
ing with a trot line drew her
dead body to the surface. She
’was buried yesterday at the
Turner graveyard.—Mt. •View
Record.
Injured Woman Recovers.
Special, to the Independent
Swifton, Sept. 4.—Mrs. Felix
brown or bexa, Arxansas, wno
was pushed from the Rock Is
land train near Cotton Pj^nt at
the time of the Lynch-Kennedy
duel and suffered internal injur
ies as well as a fractured ankle,
continues to improve.
She is the guest of Dr. and j
Mrs. G. A. Causey here and was j
an route to Swifton on a visit
when the accident occurred.
At the time of the injury, it
was generally supposed that the
railroad company was not. liable
for damages in her case, but it
is now known that the rear
door of the coach was left open
by the train crew and there was
no vestibuled enclosure at the |
rear. Mrs. Brown is said to
have just reached the doorway
when Other passengers in trying:
to make a hurried exit, shoved
her off the rear end of the
train, where not even a chain
protected her from falling.
To Automobile Owners.
I now have a first class repair
man and am in shape to take
care of your troubles at reason
able prices. Phone 38.
29dtf J. L. Younger.
—
■ i
.
Deputy United States Marshal
Webber was in the city today on j
business.
CHARLEY HERRON
SUES CONTRACTORS
For Whom He Was Working At'
Tuckerman When He
Was Injured.
Charley Herron, who was in- ‘
jured at Tuckerman on July 6j
last, where he was engaged as a
brick layer, has filed suit in the
Jackson circuit court against J.
F. Balch and W. E. Moore, the
contractors alleging that the de
fendants, their agents, servants
or employes negligently caused
a brick to fall from the upper
story, crushing plaintiff’s skull,
lacerating the scalp and break
ing bones.
The plaintiff asks damages
for $5,250 of which $250 has
been spent for drugs and ser
vices of a physician.
Sue Railroad For Damages.
Individual suits against the
Rock. Island have been filed in
the Jackson circuit court, alleg
ing damages to crops in the
sums below by reason of the
company’s alleged negligence in
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auvwuig ci uuvu iw oivp
ped:
Con Crawford, $600; Will
Green, $750; Ab Tatum, $750;
M. F. Hardin, $750; F. M.
Vaughn, $750 f E. S. McDonald,
$750
New Express Agent.
H. B. Chrisp will in a few
days take charge of the Wells
Fargo Express office here, be
ing now engaged in checking the
books with the present agent,
C. L. Melton.
Mr. Chrisp was agent at a
previous time and is competent
and well liked by all who know
him while Mr. Melton’s many
friends will be sorry to lose him.
I
Caught Negro.
Chief of Police Ballew captur
ed a negro named Dixie Martin^
Sunday night at Grand Glaize.
Martin, sometimes known as
“Cherokee Red,” is wanted at
Jonesboro and at Batesville and
at this place, though it is prob*
able that he will not be tried on
the charges here.
Babbitt Metal 10c lb. at In
pendent office-llbtf
--
Raise
The
urday
ing funds with which to bufldHlf
new bridge over Big Creek be^
tween Grubbs and Denton
land. \*Vg|
Twenty-six carcasses w
very finely barbecued
which over $200 was re*
and with $100 donated
merchants of Tuck
by the citizens
$100 from the*
by Judge C. B. Coe,
ing of the bridge is
Speeches were m
ney General Norwood
for John H. Keel u
issues and C. E. Crook
ed the building of
Among the
ent who announ
as entries in the
paign were John P
I. Hasting, J. F. M
C. Wishon, Charles
Ab Guffey,
troduced by tte|»
L. Grant.
.
The committee in
the barbecue consist
Denton, C. Ci Byf'd».
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inn ivu ww&MmmmmMjrMVSSm
deserve
cess scored,
thy object of
The e
esting let
brew, who
Leslie writ
son is on
hold the n
brace until
writes that
and his broth'
ing bear and
now engaged in
pictures of the beau
which surrounds V
Rev. M. B. Urns
midst of a* big
He has a big
gregation of five h
pie Sunday
ber of additions to
Rev. Mr. Unrated
assisted in the m
Wilmans, who*
services.
What sort of
of your store
vertisement in
ent to give to thus
HAS NEVER
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