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IRS ELECTED
FORJ^EXT year
itically No C hanges
icher to Be Trans
to Main School.
hers in the public
the next year were
lrday night at a reg
ing of the school
>re are practically no
tside of those al
unced through the
Prof. Edgar Williams
sndent, and his wife
of the High School,
•e may be certain
•om the two schools,
j agreed upon by the
lers elected and the
Inch they are assign
changes in the latter
e) are as follows:
de—Mrs. Ella Box.
rade—Miss Marga
te—Miss Kate Har
jrade—Miss Willie
rade—Miss Carrie
rade—Miss Annie
venth Grade—Miss Jamie
fhth Grade—Miss Eliza
Irby.
gh School Teachers—Mr.
Mrs. Edgar Williams.
ST NEWPORT SCHOOL
rst and Second Grades—
E. Shaver.
lird and Fourth Grades—
Fred Harmon.
fth and Sixth Grades —
Belle Phillips, also princi
>f the building.
COLORED SCHOOL.
J. Wheeler, principal, Ollie
>man and Mollie Clingman,
lection being made for the
es now taught by Sallie
le transfer of the Seventh
Eighth grades from the
Newport school to the
1 school has been definitely
ed upon, in order to provide
sighth grade teacher, With
incurring the expense of an
tional teacher. The eighth
e instruction work has been
! this year by Superintend
McKenzie, Mrs. Gibson, Miss
ie Irby and Miss Annie Belle
ger and though a teacher
been needed to give her
le time to this grade, in the
loving Pictures
| the Opera House
18 Reels Per Week.
“THE HEIRESS’
Funny Comedy.—Essanay.
IE FINGER of SUSPICION”
ie Joyce and Hazel Mason
ping in leads in this beautiful
*nu—Kalem.
HEN PERSISTENCY AND
OBSTINACY MEET’
urice Costello and Florence
rner as leads- A beautiful
ima—Vitagraph.
Music By The Orchestra
admission, 5c and 10c
interest of economy made neces
sary by reason of the district’s
financial condition, the expense
of an additional teacher was not
incurred. According to the en
rollment and attendance records
for this year, the transfer of the
Seventh and Eighth grades next
year from East Newport to the
main school wiil only affect 9
pupils, who are thus transferred,
| though the district gains the
: services of an additional teach
er through the change.
I
SUPREME COURT
AEFIRMS CASE
Caldwell & Drake Lose Their
Claims Against Governor
and Capitol Commission.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 28.—The
Supreme court today affirmed
the judgment of the Pulaski
circuit court in the appeal of
Caldwell & Drake versus George
W. Donaghey and the capitol
commissioners. This action
probably ends this controversy,
which grew out of the governor
and commission taking forci
ble possession of the state’s cap
itol. Plaintiffs asked damages
in the sum of $250,000.
Mrs. Sarah Grant.
Mrs. Sarah Grant, aged 81
years, passed away this Monday
morning at the home of her son,
W. B- Grant of this city at 10
o’clock from a several weeks’
illness from a broken limb. Ow
ing to the advanced age of Mrs.
Grant it was feared the injury
would prove fatal and little
hope has been entertained for
her recovery for several weeks.
The deceased has been a life
long member of the Baptist
church and an excellent Chris
tian woman.
The funeral services of Mrs.
Grant, will take place from the
residence on Newport Avenue
Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock,
Rev. Wilford of the Methodist
church conducting the services,
after which the remains will be
conveyed to the old home of the
deceased at Bulletsville, Ken
tucky, leaving here on No. 4, ac
companied by Mrs. Graves,
daughter of the deceased from
Bulletsville, who has been with
her mother for three weeks
The other two daughters will
also join the funeral cortege on
the way to the old home.
two daughterschmucrchtshrdhs
four children, one son ana uuee
daughters, W. B. Grant of this
city, Mrs. Matt Graves of Bul
lettsville, Ky., Mrs. J. A. Mar
tin of Indianapolis and Mrs. Ina
Dial of Tyrone, Oklahoma, also
a granddaughter, Mrs. S. D
Grumbles of this city.
i The Colored Man’s Advice.
A colored man was brought be
fore a police judge charged with
stealing chickens. He pleaded
guilty and received sentence,
When the judge asked him how
| it was he managed to lift those
| chickens right under the window
j of the owner’s house when there
was a dog in the yard.
■j “Hit wouldn’t be of no use,
; said the man, “to try to ’splane
' dis ting to you at all. Ef you
! was to try it you like as not
; would get your hide full o’ shot
an’ git no chickens, nuther. E
you want to engage in any ras
cality, judge, yo’ bettah stick to
the bench, whar yo’ am familiar.
1 —Chicago Record-Herald.
EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING BLAZE
: Destroys Dullard Home From
Which Little Is Saved—
Montgomery Home Also
Suffers Loss.
Fire was discovered Sunday
morning about 1:30 o'clock by
Officer Atkinson- who while in
the business section could see
the blaze on Newport Avenue
half a mile away. The flames
were emanating from the pretty
cottage home of A. Bullard and
had gained such headway when
the alarm was given, that the
family had no opportunity to
save anything except a few
clothes.
Upon the arrival of the com
pany, the water pressure was
found too weak to make an ef
fective fight and the house next
door to the north, owned by H.
C- Sanders and occupied by Jack
Montgomery suffered a consid
erable loss, while the Bullard
home was totally destroyed.
Mr. Rullnrrl vnlnpd his tinmp
at $1800, insured for $1500.
while the household goods were
worth $2000 and insured for
$1000. Claude Bullard had $300
insurance on furniture and
books in his room and lost them
all. Mrs. Sam Webb, who made
her home with the Bullard fam
ily carried $300 on her furniture
and clothing and saved little.
Jack Montgomery had $500
insurance on household goods,
about half of which were carried
out but badly damaged. He
thinks the insurance may about
cover his loss.
H. C. Sanders, the owner of
the house was fully protected as
the damage loss will run about
$500 with insurance for $800.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bullard
are making their home at the
Hazel, A. Bullard and family are
staying with Mrs. Saylor and
Mr. Montgomery and family are
temporarily with Mr. and Mrs.
Massey, almost across the steret
from the old Home.
Masquerade Social.
There will be a masquerade
Social Tuesday evening at the
Board Building, given by the
Tribe of Ben Hur and their
friends. Refreshments of
cream and cake will be served.
All members of Newport Court,
No. 43 are requested to be pres
ent and bring their friends.
! Postmasters Must (five all Time
Washington, D. C„ April 27.
Democratic aspirants for post
office appointments who have al
ready filed their applications
should submit new applications
I based upon the several provis
| ions contained in Postmaster
j General Burleson’s recent order
'relative to the appointment of
postmasters at presidential of
| fices. Senators and representa
jtives have received applications
: fr§m candidates for appoint
ment as postmaster in which the
| aspirants gave no heed to the
postmaster-general’s order. The
first and most important provis
' ion of which is that there “must
be an assurance from the ap
pointee that his whole business
time will be devoted to the du
ties of the office to which he is
appointed.”
In most every instance appli
cants forpostoffice appointments
have failed to give assurances of
their intention to devote their
entire time to the government’s
i business. As a rule applicants
' submit a general statement as
i to their fitness and qualifica
tions for the position they seek.
! TViie will nnf cnfTwo oa
J ter-General Burleson’s recent
; order indicates. Democrats
; seeking the appointment at the
hands of ythis administration
I will find it to their advantage to
I make it clear in their applica
I tion that they will give their en
tire time to their official duties.
Postmaster-General Burleson
i has made it plain that postmas
ters in the presidential grades
will be held to strict accounta
bility in the matter of the time
they devote to their respective
offices, and the character of ser
vice they actually perform.
From information received
i by him it is apparent that some
postmasters after securing the
appointment have imposed a
considerable portion of the du
ties of the postoffice upon the
, subordinates in order to utilize
the time for personal ends, and
He proposes not merely to dis
courage this practice, but to
stamp it out. It is the policy of
the administration to require in
all cases conscientious and effi
cient service from its officers
and employes.
i
Neglect of duty and inefficient
service on the part of postmas
ters will not be tolerated.
|
Mr. and Mrs- J. S. Wilmans
will leave Tuesday morning for
Transylvania, Lousiania.
NEWPORT AGAIN
WALLOPS BATESVILLE
Ryan's Work On the Mound Was
Too Class* For Batesville
High School Lads.
In a game at Batesville be- >
j tween the High schools of Bates-1
ville and Newport, the Newport
bunch romped away with the se- j
jcond game of the season. Ryan j
i was in fine shape and retired his
j opponents in veteran style only
! one hit being garnered off his
[delivery in the nine innings.
Neither side scored until the j
second inning when Knoles, first !
off, hit to right center for two I
[bases and Griffith and Hirsch j
[grounded out. With two out Ma- j
rion hit a nasty one to second,
which Warner failed to hold and
Knoles scored; Stallings then
went out McMillan to Fugett.
In the third Bevans grounded
to short and Ryan got one
through an error by Trevathan.
[Umsted singled to left and An
I derson came through with a dou
ble to left, scoring Ryan and Um
sted and later scored when Grif
fith rolled to second. Knoles
then fiied out.
In the fourth round Trevathan
struck out but the ball went
through Stallings and Trevathan
was safe at first. He stole se
cond, Stallings’ throw being low,
went to third on Moore’s infield
out and with one down scored
when Warner dumped a bunt be
tween third and home, Ander
son’s throw being a little late.
Taylor was retired on three suc
cessive strikes.
In the first of 6th, Griffith
struck out,Hirsch beat out an in
field hit and Marion was safe
at first on Trevathan’s error.
Hirsch and Marion pulled off a
double steal and both scored
when Bevans tripled to left
field. Ryan struck out.
In the 7th, Stallings drew free
transportation, stole second and
scored when Ryan singled to
right. Again in the eighth
Stallings walked, stole second
and scored on an infield tap by
Bevans which McMillan fumbled.
The Batesville team was out
classed all around in hitting and
fielding. In the 7th McMillan
hit one to right field, which look
ed like a homer but Young “Ty”
Carl Hirsch captured it after a
great sprint. Again in the
ninth Fugett hit one into deep
right but Hirsch made another
great run and pulled it down; it
was a brilliant piece of fielding,
by Hirsch, who raised his cap
amid the cheers of the Batesville
fans- Stallings had Moore's
goat, capturing two high fouls
from his bat.
His "Cmps” L. Stein pulled off
some fancy stuff. Profs. McKen
zie and Pickens made good oil
the lines.
BATESVILLE.
ab r h po a e
Carpenter, If.1 0 0 2 0 0
< Jreenfield, cf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Trevat ban, ss. __ 3 1 0 0 2 2
Moore, c_ 4 0 0 2 0 0
Warner, 2b p 1 0 0 0 2 1
Taylor, 2b, p 10 0 2 2 1
McMullen, 2b. p. 1 0 17 11
England, rf. _ 1 0 0 0 0 0
Eli get t, lb __ 2 0 0 It 1 0
Totals_25 1 1 27 8 5
NEWPORT
ab r h po a e
Marion, ss._5 10 0 1 1
P. Stallings, c_5 2 0 2 0 2
Bevans, lb._5 1 1 5 0 1
Ryan, p. _5 1 114 1 3
Umsted, If._5 1 1 0 0 *
Anderson, 3b_5 12 4 10
Knoles, 2b-_5 1 1 2 1 tt
Griffith, cf._5 0 1 0 0 0
Hirsch, rf._4 1 2 2 0 0
Totals_44\9 9 27 4 7
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SCORE BY INNINGS.
Batesville 0 0 0 1 0 0 0'^ 0-1
^Newpoi)t_0 13 0 12 11
Summary: Three base
Two base hits, Anderson (2)
Millan, Knowles, Griffith. Sacri
fice hits Trevathan, Ryan. Stol
en bases, Marion, Stallings (2)*
Griffith, Trevathan, Ryan, An
derson (3), Umsted, McMillan
(2) Hirsch (2), Taylor.
Struck out. by McMillan 7; by
Ryan 14. Bases on balls, off
McMillan 3; off Ryan 2. Wild
Pitches, Ryan. Left on bases,
Newport 5; Batesville 8. Hit by
pitcher Warner. Time of game,
3:30 to 5:30. Umpire Hun L.
Styne (Bear Cub). Official scor
ers, Brown and Minor.
Paving At Paragould.
Paragould, April 27. — The
commissioners of Street Paving
District No. 1 of Paragould last
night awarded the contract for
paving 42,000 yards of streets.
The successful bidder was the
Pouncey Paving Company of
Memphis. The cost of the im
provement will be about $90,
000. The principal streets will
be paved with brick, while some
of the residence streets on which
the traffic is light, will be paved
with concrete.
The total amount of paving
will give Paragould two and a
half miles of paved streets. The
work will begin within two
weeks and will be completed
within six months.
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