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Appointed master
t0Mdjost Matter of Rate Ov
Epftf by The Rail
M. BocTTuly 19-For
tELe of making the ship-,
E'back to the tax payers
Estate the expenses of the
“Etigation between the state .
>Ef railroads. Attorney Gen
m i Moose Saturday morn
Edinthe United States
fEand intervention in the
the Iron Mountain and
E Belt railroads against the ;
Ers of the Arkansas Rail-!
yi ^(Commission.
^Bhe beginning the state ap
Eated $50,000 for the pur
E employing special coun
M fight the increase in!
E- and passenger rates. To !
Eas added $15,000 to pay j
menses of taking an appeal;
X United States Supreme
m where the State of Ark-1
E recently won its case and
Eailroads have already be- j
I charge lower freight and ;
ger rates.
n the railroads, through
injunction against the
aws, granted by the fed-;
art, put into effect the in-1
| rates, the shipper mere-!
id the increased cost to
ling price, and the con
paid the freight rates in
, The shipper lost noth- ;
t he is now about to col
je sums, if he was a large
, in rebates for the over |
. The taxpayers bore 1
me of the litigation.:
e Attorney Genaral has !
to collest this amount)
e shippers, who will be :
ed by the litigation.
the special counsel was j
d, Joseph M. Hill, James ;
od and William F. Kirby, i
rs went into the case |
stipulation as to time,
ire to give their serv- j
the amount appropriat
iy enlisted for the fight, ]
'e was an understanding |
tif the state won, they would j
iroperly rewarded. Even the j
fest of the shippers, who will
thousands of dollars in re-,
es, declare that the attorneys
uld receive additional recom-:
nation for their work, and
y are willing to have a per j
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Opera House
feels Per Week.
a good tomighL
STERY OF THE
STOLEN CHILD
Maurice Costello,
tello and Clara Kim
?■—Xtra good drama, j
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STONE GULCH
ig Ruth Roland and
leilan.
n Picture— Kalem
TOR BOAT PARTY
lent Comedy—Lubin
USSING JEWELS
Comedy—Lubin
Good Pictures and Good
Music Tonight
t ADMISSION 5c and 10c
centage deducted from their re
bate that this might be paid
without the state having to
bear the expense.
The amount to be refunded to
shippers and travelers is estim
ated at from $1,000,000, to $4,
000,000, while the cost to the
taxpayers has been only $65,
000. It is suggested, but not in
the intervention or any papers
which will be filed in court, that
the attorneys fees be increased
to make the total cost to the
state $100,000.
J. G. Wallace was today ap
pointed by Judge Trieber, as a
special master to determine the
amount to be refunded to each
shipper or traveler, and will de
duct a specific per cent. The
first $65,000 of this will be re
turned to the state treasury,
Helping out the depleted Gen
eral Revenue fund, asd the other
$35,000 will go to the attorneys.
Governor Futrell joined At
torney General Moose in the in
tervention, in behalf of the state
of Arkansas.
No Report of Court Martial.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 19.—Though
it has been over a week since
the court martial met in Fordyce
to hear evidence relative to the
dismissal of Capt. L. D. Hickey,
formerly captain of the Jones
boro company, from the Arkan
sas State Guard, no report has
yet been filed with the govern
or. The members of the court
of inquiry are under oath not to
divulge the contents of their
report* but it is intimated that
there will be no recommendation
that Captain Hickey be re-in
stated.
It is stated the the evidence at
the hearing was of such a na
ture that the members of the
Guard who were supposed to
participate in a race riot at For
dyce when the Guard was en
route to Alexandria, La., to
participate in the encampment,
may be exonerated.
A negro who was supposed to
be stabbed admitted that he
had a bottle of whiskey in his
pocket and when he was knock
ed down, this was broken and a
piece of the glass might have
cut him. Other negroes gave
conflicting testimony, differing
much from that told by them at
the time of the first hearing.
Some evidence was given which
gave some reason for the be
lief that town boys as much as
soldiers, were interested in the
fracas.
rticKey is censured ior ms
language addressed to the offi
cials who sought to arrest his
company.
Goes to Penitentiary Today.
The Supreme court before
their vacation adjournment
handed down their verdicts in
the Easley and contempt cases.
Lon Easley who was convicted
at the March term of the circuit
court for the murder of Claib
Pinnell and sentenced to the pen
took an appeal to the supreme
itentiary for a term of 21 years,
court. This court sustained the
verdict of the lower court and
Easley must serve his time. He
was delivered by his bondsmen
to the sheriff of Lawrence coun
ty and he went to jail until he
could be taken to Little Rock.
Tomorrow. Saturday Deputy
Sheriff Will Lemay will take Eas
ley to the penitentiary where he
faces a sentence of 21 years for
his crime.
his crime.—Walnut Ridge Times.
Scores University Board.
Little Rock. July 19.—John N.
; Tillman, former prosecuting at
torney and judge of the Fourth
judicial circuit, and for seven
years president of the Universi
ty of Arkansas, has announced
himself a candidate to succeed
John C. Floyd in the Third Dis
trict. Mr. Floyd will not be a
seeker for re-election.
Three other candidates. Claude
A. Fuller of Eureka Springs; E.
G. Mitchell of Harrison and P.
A. Rodgers of Gravette. also
will be in the race for the nomi
nation.
In announcing hi.- candidacy
Judge Tillman has issued a 24
page pamphlet to the democracy
of his district reviewing his
public career and challenges ad
verse criticism. An interesting
feature of the announcement is
his explanation of the causes
that led to his retirement from
the presidency of the universi
ty. This was occasioned, he de
clares, by action of the Board of
Trustees, which repealed its own
regualtion in reinstating mutin
ous students whom he had ex
pelled.
Judge liJJman tells of tne
work he accomplished for the un
iversity during his five years as
president, setting forth the in
crease in enrollment and the
betterment of the institution
in every way. Promising to con
tinue his work for the university
Judge Tillman says:
“No heartless ingrate no
spineless, cowardly, time-serving
politician can, bv any kind of
treatment, drive me to injure
her by word or deed.”
If elected to Congress Judge
Tillman promises to introduce
two bills on the very day he
takes the oath of office as a
member. One will be in the in
terest of the Confederate veter
ans or their widows; the other
to obtain government aid for
good roads.
There are ten counties in the
Third Congresional District—
Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll,
Madison. Marion, Newton, Sear
cy. Van Buren and Washington.
Attend Big Negro Barbecue.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 19.—Secre
tary of State Earle W. Hodges,
Attorney General W. L. Moose,
Commissioner of Labor and
Van Smith, assistant private
secretary to Governor J. M. Fu
trell, left Little Rock Saturday
morning in a motor car to at
tend a negro barbecue given un
der the direction of R. C. Amos
at Meto, a station on the Rock
Island, sixteen miles from Lit
tle Rock. Each will deliver a
15 minute address to the ne
groes.
When the barbecue was ar
ranged, all state officials obli
gated themselves to attend, but
the visit of Secretary of War
Garrison and Gen. Leonard
Wood, the he^d yf the LTnited
States Army, to Little Rock,
forced a number of the officials
on the state reception committee
to cancel their barbecue engage
ment
Freight Wreck Deliays Trains.
A freight wreck on the Texas
Division Friday, when an engine
and ten cars went off the track,
delayed all passengers on the
Iron Mountain several hours.
No. 6, due here last night arriv
ed at 10 o’clock this morning,
No. 4 being marked to come in
! this afternoon about 4 o’clock.
Sigmund Riegler.
S. Riegler now of St. Louis,
but a former resident of Walnut
Ridge, was here the past week
Sigmund Riegler is among the
most prosperous men who ever
came to Lawrence county. He
landed in Walnut Ridge in 1882.
he was then 15 years of age and
began clerking for Isaac Less at
$25 per month. He afterwards
clerked for Herman Arndt then
went into business for himself.
| Besides the big Riegler store in
I this c-itv, Mr. Riegler with the
i ■
| Pitzele and other interests is
interested in the Pocahontas de
partment store bearing his
name, also the Walnut Ridge
Furniture Store of this city, the
Pitzele stores at Walnut Ridge.
Portia, Corning, Richwoods and
Tuekerman, there is a gin in
connection with their stores at
Corning, Richwoods and Tucker
man. Mr. Riegler owns a splen
did home in St. Louis and is sur
rounded with all the modern
comforts of life. His life is a
busy one, while good fortune
has always smiled upon him, he
was never more happy than he
was when he was drawing his
$25 per month. —Walnut Ridge
Blade.
i m .1. HI. J 1
ivur. nejgiei. wnu xtxeiiu.y
bought out the S. W. Harvey
Mercantile Company at Tucker
man. spent Friday in Newport
and is a very pleasant gentle
man. who will no doubt add his
part to the business enterprises
of our neighbor city. Tuckerman.
Resolutions of Respect.
To the Members of Jackson
Lodge:
Whereas, it has been the
j pleasure of the Great Architect
of the Universe to remove from
our midst one that was near and
dear to us, our brother E. J.
Griffin of Weldon, Arkansas, on
the twenty-seventh day of May,
Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen,
and.
Whereas, in his loss, Jackson
Lodge Number One Hundred and
Ninety One, Has lost a zealous
member, each brother a good
friend and true brother of the
order and upright Mason, his
family likewise lost a true and
loving husband and father and
the community a good and use
fulful citizen, and
Whereas, we do mourn his
loss more man woras can ex
press and extend to his beloved
widow and family our sincere
sympathy in theirs as well as
our own bereavement.
Be.it resolved, that a copy of
this be spread upon the minutes
of our record, another published
in our daily paper and still an
other sent to the family of this
deceased brother.
Respectfully submitted,
W. B. Overstreet,m
W. B. Chastain,
P. M. Clark,
C. R. Pate,
Committee Appointed.
July 19. 1913.
His Auto a Paying Investment.
T. E. Davidson, the Gay Oil
man, made a record yesterday in
number of towns visited, says
I the Jonesboro Tribune. He left
1 here yestrday morning at 5
o’clock, traveling in an automo
bile, going as far south as Cher
; ry Valley and returning home
' last night, arriving here about 7
| o’clock. He made ten towns dur
| ing the day and motored one
! hundred and four miles. At
each town he received one or
more orders.
Water Supply Insufficient.
Special to Independent.
Little Hock, July 19.— For
several weeks the conditions of
mines in Sebastian county have
been aired by state officials, with
little being said by the mine op
erators in their defense, and the
mere silence on the part of the
operators indicates they are pre
pared to dispute the claims of the
officials, and will do so when the
proper time comes.
“There has been a great deal
said about the water conditions
at the Jenny Lind mines," slated
a coal mine official in'Little Rock
Friday afternoon, “and it is
claimed the miners cannot get
sufficient water, that they can
mot buy ice, and that the compa
; ny store at that camp is closed at
: 7 o'clock every night so that can
' not even get a drink of soda pop
to quench their thirst.
, “Now this is very strange in
jdeed, and the company is all to
j blame.”
Arkansas Guard Re-Instated.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. July 19.— A mes
sage from Washington. D. C„
j this afternoon, states that the
Arkansas National Guard and
the United States Arm officials
have adjusted all differences and
jthe Guard has been re-instated.
i There had been a difference in
!thc settlement for supplies is
sued to the Guard by the gov
ernment and officials of the
Guard went to Washington a
few days ago and made such a
showing to the accountants there
| that the matter was taken up
and some errors discovered, the
result being as above stated.
Farmer Stretches Wire \cross
Track.
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Huntsville. July 18.—Because
he had had trouble with stock
which passed over an imperfect
stock guard put in by employes
of the railroad, Ban Cluck, a
farmer who lives near Combs,
and through whose farm the St.
Paul branch of the Frisco runs,
stretched a wire across the rail
way track at the cattle guard
Yesterday several men on a
motor car ran into the wire. Two
of the men who were sitting on
the front of the car saw the wire
and jumped, but were caught on
the car and one of them, whose
name is Clark, was killed in
stantly. The other is badly in
jured, but will recover.
Prosecuting Attorney Flowers
has investigated the matter, but
as yet has filed no complaint a
gainst Cluck.
Is Held To Grand Jury.
Fort Smith. July 18.—After a
preliminary hearing John Beg
ley, a real estate dealer of Howe,
Oklahoma, was held to the
j Grand Jury at Poteau, today, on
: several serious charges as a re
sult of a sensational story told
by his 16-year-old daughter. /
I Gertrude, who was found last /
j Saturday after disappearing#
for several days. Begley’s bomy
was fixed at $10,000,( which hf
was unable to furnish.) X
One of the sensatons of the
hearing was a statement that
Begley had been living under an
! assumed name at Howe for 12
| years.. His proper name is said
to be John Highfill. This state
ment will be investigated.
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Any “Benjamin” Suit In This Store
valued up to $30 at.$16.50
Any “Majestic” Suit In This Store
valued up to $20.00 at.$ 10.50
AND THIS
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Regal 4.00 Oxfords at.2.90
Regal 5.00 Oxfords at.3.45
Clapp 6.50 Oxfords at.4.95
Regal 3.50 Discontinued Lasts at 2.10
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