THE INDEPENDENT
FERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS.
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NEWS OF SWIFTON.
Scrap Horn was attending to
business here Monday.
H. A. Smith, of Little Rock,
was in town Friday.
Mrs. Irvin Bush and Mrs. S.
A. Driver boarded the train for
Newport Friday.
Mr. McFadden came in from
his regular trip Saturday, leav
ing again Tuesday.
James Moon arrived Friday
night. The trip has done him
much good towards repairing his
health. His friends are very
much gratified to find him so
much improved.
J. F. Wiles made a business
trip to Batesville Saturday.
Among those who had business
in Newport Saturday were Prof.
Best, Messrs. Tom Wood and Ira
Bush.
The fish wagon makes this
point regularly, but the fish de
mand would justify an extra.
Some very nice Missouri apples
were on our streets this week.
What is the matter with Arkan
sas?
Drummer’ Patterson of Searcy
was in town Tuesday.
For the latest “hoodoo” in
checkers, call at M. F. Davis’.
Mr. Smith and wife of Tucker
man were visiting Mr. Altman’s
Sunday. '
Dr. Toler made a hurried trip
to Newport Tuesday.
0. L. Baker of Indiana has
contracted for the Cook school.
For a good time, happen
around on Sunday.
AFTER ARGENTA GAMBLERS
Little Rock, November 2.—
Sheriff Kavanaugh and depu
ties raided several gambling
houses in Argenta, opposite this
city, tonight, and seized a quan
tity of gambling devices and
closed the establishments. The
s, izure order was issued by Cir
cuit Judge Lea upon application
of the Anti-Gambling League of
Little Rock. All kinds of gam
bling has been running wide
open in Argenta for the past five
weeks.
DESERTS INSURANCE
FOR POULTRY BUSINESS.
Little Rock, Nov. 2.—Louis
Lorch has decided to retire fron
the life insurance business De
cember 1 in order to return to his
old line, wholesale eggs am
poultry, in which he was en
gaged in St. Louis years ago
Eastern capital will be intereste<
in the business in which Mr
Lorch is soon to embark anew.
NEGRO ASSASSINATED.
Little Rock, Nov. 2.—A negro
named Clair, who resided on the
plantation of Charles F. Penzel
at Falkner’s Lake, was shot
on his doorstep last night by an
unknown party. Three small
children of the negro witnessed
the shooting and remained in the
house all night with the dead
parent. An arrest will probably
be made tonight or tomorrow, as
the officers have valuable clews.
KILLED ON TRAM ROAD.
Warren, Nov., 9. — A young
man named Henry McNeely was
killed on the Arkansas tram road
this morning. He was on the
rear end of the engine and in
backing on to a switch the en
gine struck a car loaded with
logs, the concussion throwing
I. IcNeely between the engine and
car. He was crushed so badly
that he died in a short time.
I. D. Price for sheet music.
Great suit sale at the Star Fri
day and Saturday. See ad in
this issue. 62d3t i
ROBERTS AND LIGHTLE
FRIENDSHIP BROKEN.
Two Principals in the Insurance
Fraud Cases Almost Come to
Blows on Train—May In
volve Other Parties,
Searcy, Nov. 2.—Upon what is
deemed reliable authority it is
stated that there is an estrange
ment now existing between John
V. Roberts, ex-mayor of Searcy,
and Dr. R. G. Lightle, two of
the principals in the recent grave
robbery and insurance swindle
trials at Searcy and Judsonia.
It is said that they became en
gaged in a dispute on a north
bound passenger train out of
Little Rock last Friday evening
and almost came to blows. There
is some little mystery about the
matter, but it is thought the
name of some one who has never
been mentioned in connection
with the cases may be brought
out as a result of this difficulty.
It is intimated that the trouble
between Roberts and Lightle is
the result of an effort on the
part of Roberts to shield this
person. Just what will result is
not at present certain.
It has been thought ever since
the first developments that still
others might know more about
the matter than they had told.
When questioned about the latter
phase of the case today Roberts
had little to say. He admitted
that the difficulty between him
and Lightle had occurred, but
when questioned as to the cause
he declined to discuss it. He ex
presses confidence in the final
outcome.
When asked as to the connec
tion of other parties, he said if
others were connected with the
case in a material way the trial
would develop that fact.
Roberts added: “A great
many are now connected with
the cases pending who really
have no connection with them at
all, and who know nothing at all
about the matter. Were this
not so I should not now appear
in them in the role I am forced
to take.
Mrs. Dr. Lightle is at Perry
ville at present, and Dr. Lightle
has left Searcy. Some predict
that he will not show up in
Searcy soon. Dandridge Neeley
is in Texas and Walter Gregory
in Little Rock.
Mrs. Lightle sent S. M. Pow
ell, trustee for the insurance
companies, a check for $21.80
one day last week, in full settle
ment of the amount the compa
nies attached when they brought
l the suit. When Mr. Powell pre
sented Mrs. Lightle’s checks al
i the German bank, the cashier, il
l is said, told him that Mrs. Ugh'
• tie still had a small amount to hei
. credit. This she readily checkec
l out to Mr. Powell.
$100 REWARD, $100.
The readers of this paper will
be pleased to learn that there is
at least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh be
ing a constitutional disease, re
quires a constitutional treatment.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails
' to cure. Send for list of testi
; monials.
Address,
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for
constipation.
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Great suit sale at the Star Fri
day and Saturday. See ad in
this issue. 62d3t
MOST POPULAR NUMBERS*
Seven and Thirteen Are Fixed Upon,
in the Minds of the Greater
Number of Men.
"Ask a man to pick out some num
ber between one and ten, and you can
tell him nine times out of ten what
number he has selected, though his se
lection is made mentally," said a man
who, according to the New Orleans
Times-Democrat, is fond of the old
things, “and when you come to think
of it, the task of naming the correct
number is not a difficult one. In the
course of an hour the other day I
asked ten men to think of a certain
number—any number between one and
ten—and I would tell them what num
ber they had fixed their mind on.
In nine cases out of ten I was correct, j
missing it only once. The minds oil
nine of the persons selected the num
ber seven, and one of them selected
nine. It is not difficult to understand
why the mind should run to the num
ber seven. Even in the case of the
man who fixed his mind on the num
ber nine, he told me when it was all
over that his mind had first run to
seven, but he quickly changed to nine
without knowing Just why it was that
he changed. Seveq is the most prom
inent figure between one and ten. It
is the most popular number in the line,
and is assosiated with more things
than any other number, and it is quite,
reasonable that the mind should light
on seven. I made another test the
other day with five persons, asking each
of them to write some number between
one and ten, and give it to a sixth per
son. When the slips had been handed
to the sixth man I said: ‘Seven is the
number on each of the slips.’
“ ‘Correct/’ said the man to whom
they had been handed, and the five
men were a bit bewildered few the
moment by the fact that they had all
lilt upon the same number, and that I
was able to tell what the number was.
It would be quite as easy to name a
number between 10 and 20, though I
have made no tests along this line. I
dare say that 13 would be the first
number to flash in the mind, simply
because it is the most talked of, and
the only number between 10 and 20
that has the widest association. So
you can tea mere is no irica aooui u,
and it doesn’t require any knowledge
of the occult philosophies.”
EXTENDING BOUNDARIES.
Some of Our Larger Cities Have An
nexed Ground Far Into Adja
cent Farm Lands.
According to a recently issued census
bulletin, the real rank of cities is not al
ways indicated by the order in which
they stand in the tables of population.
Some great centers have a considerable
part of their massed population lying
outside the municipal boundaries. Bos -
ton is a good example; about 1,200,000
people live in sight of the state house
dome, and less than 600,000 of them are
governed by the Boston mayor. Other
cities have annexed far into the farm
lands of the adjacent country, says
Youth’s Companion.
It is customary to speak of the popula
tion of a state, “in proportion to its
size.” Such a comparison is seldom
made of cities, although it might not be
uninteresting. Pittsburg, for example,
has a population of a third of a million
on 18,000 acres of ground; New York’s
population, little more than ten times
as great, Spreads over nearly 12 times
as many 'acres.
Chicag o was long famous for its an
nexation habit, but since 1890 New York
has annexed much more territory than
Chicago’s total area. New Orleans has
a Slightly larger area than Chicago.
&ach of them covers six times the area
of| Baltimore.
Washington, which occupies the Mary
land part of the ten miles square set
aside for a national capital, is a falr
' sized city as area goes, for this genera
• tion. It may seem small a century hence,
although it looked abundantly ample for
all the purposes of urban development
when laid out.
In the case of cities, as well as of other
oornArQ 11 Art c pAncnlMu+iAn la nlalnlv
one of the tendencies of the times. More
than one-third of those in the United
States have added to their territory by
annexation since 1890. Townships and
counties are occasionally subdivided, by
reason of local interests, but the cities
seem to be steadily pushing their boun
daries outward. There are some eco
nomic reasons for this, but the reason
In many cases has been the desire of
their inhabitants to make a "good show
ing” _
In the Bight Boom.
At the latest of the ladies’ clubs a
"pets’ room,” with little stalls for dogs
and cats, lemurs and lizards, all the
small creatures that a lady finds neces
sary as companions, is provided.
One of the most enthusiastic members
was showing her friends of her own sex
over the establishment, and opened the
door of the “pets’ room with proper
wide.
There, in the center of the room, on
two chairs, Bat two immaculately
clothed young men, grave of face, but
With a wicked twinkle in their eyes.
“Don’t you know this is the ladies’
‘pets’ room?’ ” asked the enthusiastic
member, with some acerbity.
“That’s why we are here,” replied the
more serious of the two young men, with
becoming gravity.—Sporting Times.
Longevity of Birds.
Small singing birds live from eight to
eighteen years. Ravens have lived for
almost 100 years in captivity, and par
rots longer than that. Fowls live 10
tp 2j) years. The wild goose lives up
ward of 100 years, and swans are said to
1 have attained the age of 300. The long
life of birds has been interpreted as
compensation for the great mortality
of their
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