NES MURDER
TRIAL BEGIW
endant Charged Wth Murdei
, First Degree For Kill
ing of His Uncle.
he trial of Will Jones foi
der of his uncle, Eph Jones
begun Tuesday morning in
Jackson circuit court before
R. E. Jeffery. The de
ant had no counsel and
^ j. W. Phillips and Joseph
itayton were appointed by
court early in the session to
nd him.
le jury was made up and lis
d to the opening statements
cunsel during the morning
Qii of court and the trial will
ably not consume much
, as the number of witnesses
m
e defendant was in a house
below Jacksonport and a
from his gun fatally injur
s uncle, Eph Jones, who was
ing along the bank nearby
defendant has protested all
that the gun was accident
discharged and the case of
late is largely based on cir
tantial evidence,
uy Ariosti, who was tried
paling a mule, was found
r of grand larceny in a trial
ay and given one year in
lenitentiary. Tony Sabino,
was also indicted for the
offense, is out on bond and
irobably not be tried until
term owing to the crowded
it for the remainder of the
which is the last for this
of court except for the ad
ed session in December,
rris Solomon has been
ed naturalization rights in
rcuit court.
Harvey's Views On Money,
il to Independent,
tie Rock, Sept. 30.—W. H.
iy, of Monte Ne, better
a as “Coin’’ Harvey, candi
or Congress in the Third
ict, is still deeply interested
b money question, and de
to discuss the subject to
he has devoted much
il study. A friend who
Ben talking with him says:
you talk with Harvey
,his silver views in 1893-6,
H convince you that the
advertisement gold got in
toys is what has made the
f Phenomenal production
ince. Then the production
omething over a hundred
n a year, and now it is
r hundred million a
will tell you that had
®een f°r that campaign
^ of prospectors, looking
d, would not have so sud
Deen enlarged, seeking
ab parts of the world.
e will also show that the
in the volume of metal
aey brought rising prices
e needed relief.”
investment Company,
to Independent.
Rock, Sept. 30.—The
y investment Co. of
■City, Mo., has filed its
of incorporation with the
°f State, naming W.
way of Newport as state
R has assets of $134,
and wil1 employ $5000 in
aas business.
i i«
Evidence Nearly Completed.
Special to Independent.
| Little Rock, Sept. 30.—All ev
idence in the dispute between
the retailers of lumber in Arkan
sas, and the manufacturers, will
be completed before Special Mas
ter Wallace by Thursday unless
the wholesalers are unable to
produce some of their witnesses
and ask for further time. No
matter what the decision of Mas
ter Wallace may be an appeal
will be taken by the losing side to
Judge Trieber, in the Federal
; Court.
| The dispute is concerning the
rebate due for shipments on lum
ber in the state while the court
tariff was in effect. The lumber
was billed by the miller to the re
tailer, and the retailer paid the
freight, but was credited with
the amount on his bill. The mil
ler had made an advance in the
price of the luipber to care for
the difference in the, freight be
tween the railroad commission
tariff and that approved by the
Federal court, which was charg
ed by the railroads until the case
was finally settled.
When the state won the decis
ion, and the railroads were or
dered to refund the difference
between the two tariffs, the
millers and retailers both set up
a claim to the rebates. There
_ _ _1_ _l_l_1_
Ivycxc a mtuiuci ui wnuxcoaicxo
and manufacturers who signed
| over their rights to the retailers,
(but others refused to do so, and
I the retail dealers filed an inter
; vention in the claims filed by the
wholesalers, which is now being
heard. Considerable testimony
has been taken on both sides,
and the retailers have practical
ly concluded their case.
Secures Professional License
Special to Independent.
{ Little Rock, Sept. 30.—A pro
fessional teachers’ license was
issued Monday by State Supt.
George B. Cook to William Fen
ner Rogers, of Hope. Prof. Ro
gers, who will teach in the High
school of that city, has diploma
from Ouachita College, June 5,
1907, with the degree of A. B.,
but His most cherished diploma
is one granted him by Princeton
University, July 18, 1910, with
the degree of A. B. and bearing
the signature of Woodrow Wil
son, who was then the president
of that institution. Supt. Cook
says that it is not often a Prince
ton diploma is presented here.
Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
THE GUIDING LIGHT
An extra good two-reel feature
of a light house keeper and his
blind daughter, with Harry My
ers and other good Lubin play
ers.
CUTEY TRIES REPORTING
An extra good comedy, Wallie
Van and Zena Keefe and Paul
Kelley as leads.
(VITAGRAPH.)
Wednesday’s Program.
BRONCHO BILLY AND
THE RUSTLER’S CHILD
Alice Joyce in
THE ARTIST’S SACRIFICE
HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE—
(LUBIN)
Good pictures and good music
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
DOES NOT COVER
PERSONAL LETTERS
Attorney General Renders Opin
ion As To Rights c# Saloon
Man Under Lee Act.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 30.— Attor
j ney General Moose delivered an
interesting opinion Monday af
j ternoon to Prosecuting Attorney
C. M. Erwin of the Third Cir
cuit, located at Newport, in an
swer to a question whether it
would be lawful for a liquor
; dealer located in this state, to
write to prospective customers
in dry territory in Arkansas,
personal, individual, typewritten
letters, soliciting orders for li
quor. He says:
“The Act of 1907, making it
unlawful for liquor dealers to so
lic.t orders for intoxicating liq
uors, provides that it shall be
unlawful for such dealers, in
any manner to solicit such or
ders 'through agents, circulars,
posters or newspaper advertise
! ments.’
! “Tllrt __ 1_ ‘ 1 1 11
MVV uvvo 1JV/L oay It OllCVli
be unlawful to solicit orders
through' letters. The word ‘cir
cular’ is defined by Webster’s
dictionary as follows: ‘A circu
lar letter or paper, usually print
ed, copies of which are address
ed or given to various persons:
as a business circular.’ A per
sonal letter is not the same as a
circular letter, and if the leg
islature had intended to make
it unlawful for a dealer to so
licit orders for liquor by writ
ing a personal letter, it would
have been easy to have stated
so.
“Inasmuch as the statute is
penal it should be strictly con
strued, and it is my opinion that
a personal letter written by a
dealer into dry territory, solic*
iting an order for liquor would
not be a violation of the statute
above mentioned.”
Board Completes
Levee Assessment
In White River and Village Creek
District and Files Same
With Directors.
The board of assessors in the
White River and Village Creek
Levee district created by special
act of the last legislature, com
pleted their assessment Tuesday
and filed their report with the
board oi directors composed 01
John H. Keel. T. S. Stephens and
George R. Hays.
The board of assessors com
posed of Ferdinand Tonney,
George B. Irby and John Glass
made a personal investigation of
the character of all lands in the
district, which they found to
embrace 18,861 acres, of which
3,880 are in cultivation and 14,
981 in timber.
The tqtal present valuation of
lands within the district is plac
ed by the, board at $424,791 and
their value with the proposed le
vee is fixed at ,$683,533, which
the meipblers assert is very low
estimate upon the enhancement
in values that will follow this
great reclamation project, that
will open up to cultivation the
large and rich White river bot
tom below Newport.
For Rent—Furnished room
! with board, 222 Laurel street.
[53dtf.
O’possum Hunter Shut.
Lige Crider, son of S. A. Cri
der, residing near Minturn, Ark
ansas, was shot and seriously
wounded Saturday evening while
on a ’possum hunt, by a man
named Ollie Dye, an employe of
Crider’s, working in his black
smith shop, says the Jonesboro
Tribune.
Young Crider testifies that af
ter the hunt, while returning
home, a 'possum was tracked to
a tree about three quarters of a
mile from town. Dye instructed
the young man to climb the tree
and locate the game, which he
did and was descending to the
ground when he discovered that
Dye had the gun leveled upon
him. Crider screamed for him
to take the gun off of him, but
was answered with an oath and
was told that he (Dye) did not
care if. he did have the gun point
ed at him. Dye fired and the
boy fell to the ground with a
badly mangled thigh. The vic
tim ran three quarters of a mile
and then fell exhausted from the
loss of blood. A large crowd
gathered in answer to his cries
for help, and went in pursuit of
Dye. The wounded boy and the
citizens believe it was done inten
tionally, while on the contrary it
is bitterly denied and Dye states
he much regrets the accident.
Dye was arrested and placed
in jail, the preliminary hearing
being called for Monday after
noon at Minturn.
The young man is getting
along as well as could be expect
ed.
Over 500 mail order cata
logues from a single concern
were received by the local post
office last week, and it is safe to
presume that as many others
were received at other offices in
the county. The postage alone
was 25c on each catalogue, so
that the cost of catalogue and
postage could not have been less
than $1 each. Yet some local
merchants who spend about $10
per year in advertising' wonder
why people sometimes send
away from home for merchan
dise.—Russellville Courier-Dem
ocrat.
For Rent.
First class storage room at
Bowen’s Cash Store. 39dlm
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JURY ACQUITS
WILL CAROUTHERS
—
•Case Was Hard Fought By Both
Sides and Jury Was Out
Ninety Eight Hours.
i
The jury in the case of W’il
liam H. Carouthers after being
in session seven days and delib
erating for ninety-eight hours]
lover the guilt or innocence of
! the defendant, returned a ver
dict into court Monday evening
at 7:30 o’clock of “not guilty.”
The defendant was present in
court with a number of his at
torneys and his elation was as
evident as natural as he shook
the hands of the members of
the jury which vindicated him.
The verdict came as a surprise
to both sides for upon the one
hand had come rumors that on
ly a few were holding out for
conviction whereas upon the
other, hand, the jury was said to
be strong for conviction and be
tween these extremes, other re
ports ran that indicated hopeless
confusion and division with little
prospect of a verdict.
The jury was worn out by its
long confinement. Some of its
members declared they were
half sick and close to nervous
breakdowns and complained of
the quarters in which they
were confined for the nights, the
twelve jurors and two bailiffs
being given sleeping quarters in
two small rooms with only one
window each, where the air be
came oppressive for lack of
ventilation sufficient for so many
men. When the jury first retir
ed, the body stood 8 for a peni
tentiary sentence, varying from
murder in the second degree to
manslaughter* and 4 for acquit
tal. As they continued in de
liberation from day to day the
number for acquittal gradually
increased until the final after
noon, when only a few held out
for conviction. That night after
the evening meal, the jury reach
ed a unanimous verdiet and was
not long in communicating the
! fact to the court.
Perhaps no case in the history
of Jackson county outside of the
trial of the Olyphant train rob
ibers, aroused more public inter
1 ■ —■g
est ami was more closely con
tested in court by able lawyers
upon both sides. The state’s
attorney, ('. M. Erwin was as
sisted by H. L. Ponder and Will
Smith of Walnut Ridge and for
the defendant appeared the fol
lowing counsel: Stuckey &
Stuckey, Phillips, Hillhouse &
Boyce, Campbell & Suits and
(I. T Grant of Little Rock.
The democratic administra
tion is allowing a private con
cern with a government frank
to print envelopes and send them
through the mails in competi
tion with the local print shops
throughout the land, the same as
former administrations have
done However business men
who buy stamped envelopes un
der the belief that it is economy
to use them because they get
them cheaper, overlook one im
portant point. The cost of 1,000
stamped envelopes with return
address printed is $24.50, cash
in advance. One thousand en
velopes will last^ the business
man one year. Mr. Business
Man, loan us $21.50 for one year
and we will print you 1,000 en
velopes for $150. Get the
point? — Russelville Courier
Democrat.
Friday's Bargains at Bowen’s
Cash Store.
25 per cent off on all ladies and
children’s shoes.
10 cent apron ginghams 6*/iC
Friday only.
Sugar cured breakfast bacon
only 19c.
White House Coffee, regular
price 45c, only 35c Friday—bar
gain day. 55d4
35c bottle of Blue Label or
Van Camp’s catsup 19c Friday.
Notice.
Lost—On 17th, somewhere be
tween Planters’ Hotel and show
ground, one pocketbook contain
ing 2 notes, 2 checks of $2.00
each, signed by Frank Malone,
$1.00 bill and 10c in silver. Re
turn to me at Newark, Ark. or
Jesse L. Crosser at Earnheart’s
saloon. George F. Crosser.
54b7t.
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The Well Dressed Feeling /
that comes from being
dressed in a becoming
suit of the right model,
the proper cloth and
made according to the
latest dictates of style
Is a Part of the Pleasure in Get
ting Clothed Here
The low prices you pay
but adds to this pleas
ure because you are
sure to dress within
your means.
$15.00 to $30.00
Berger’S
"STAR CLOTHING HOUSE.