court by
G. Hogan
itain rail
t asking
amages for assault, in
rsing and abuse suffered
hem October 25, 1910 at the
ands of the station policeman
Little Rock, when without
'vocation or cause, they wefe
ilmarily arrested and hauled
to the police station and not
to summon or communi
with friends.
the complaint filed by
Smith, the plaintiff al
that on or about October
1910, while waiting in the
Rock station, he was “as
lUlted, insulted, cursed and
ohiicorl Ivtr cnma novcnn Kir
name of Mam, called the plain
tiff a thief and knave and plain
tiff advised him to call for his
brother-in-law, at that time was
in the station house to identify
him; said person remarked to
plaintiff “To hell with your
brother-in-law; I don’t give a
d—n if the chief was your
brother, you are going to jail.”
Speeder Struck By Train.
W. C. M|^gan, who had been
privileged to run a speeder on
the Iron Mountain over Section
7 of which he was foreman
when struck and injured by No.
5 on Sept. 26, 1910, has filed
suit against the company for
$10,000 damages.
Paid Too Much Fare.
R. W. Wallace has also sued
the Iron Mountain for $300
damages, because- the company
is alleged to have charged him
$10.85 for fare to Hot Springs
when plaintiff alleges rate was
$6,35 and company refused to
return excess.
I* Train Did Not Stop.
Another suit against the
Mountain was filed by J. J. Mas
sey, who asks $250 damages, be
cause local freight did not stop
at Olyphant March 14, 1911
when plaintiff expected to be a
n route to St.
.s due to the
nee.
! Arrest,
lam, who al
a section fore
910 near Wil
& Higginbo
under arrest
to Louisiana
t negro, also
auntain penal
,o him, claim
i making the
in the employ
Jong been demanded.
| Alph James is spending a few
days with his brother Cliff in
| Denver, Colo.
Lawrence Brothers will start
their saw mill in a few days
| which has been laying idle for
some time.
C. E. Harrison and wife are in
St. Louis where Mr. Harison
will lay in his fall stock of goods.
The work-on the new Graham
cottage is about completed.
J. B. Slayden spent several
hours in Batesville Sunday.
George Churchman, Tad
ed rural carrier for the new
rural route out of Tuckerman.
Mrs. W. L. Churchman came
from the country today to spend
some time with her daughter,
Mrs. E. D. Gardner.
D. G. Hogan is very sick at
this writing with appendicitis.
Mrs. J. C. Cook returned last
Saturday from Algora where
she was called to the bedside of
her sister who is very siek.
Rexall Chill Breaker.
Mrs. D. C. Dowell, Sr. and her
daughter, Miss Ida, who have
spent several months in Colo
rado, are expected home in a
few days.
Mrs. E. D. Gardner and dau
ghter, Ruby Neal returned Tues
day from Hot Springs where
they Have spent several months.
George Churchman, Thad
Bradley, Tom Biggers, Sam Tin
sley and Jess Dunlap went to
Newport Saturday where they
stood the examination for mail
carriers on the new route out of
Tuckerman.
Jewelry at Smith-LaForge
Pharmacy.
H. E. Dowell and wife of
Newport spent Sunday with
Mrs. Dowell’s parents, Dr. J. C.
Kimberlin of this place.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Harrison
are the proud parents of a
twelve pound baby girl.
Paper Napkins at Smith-La
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Grack Smith, who has been
working for the First National
Bank of Newport for the past
year, will move into the Conditt
cottage in a few days.
R. H. Hunter and wife re
turned Sunday from1 Heber
Springs, where they have spent
several days.
Dr. Kirkpatrick of Imboden
father of our townsman, H. T.
Kirkpatrick, is spending a few
days in our town visiting his
son.
Mrs. R. H. Kirkpatrick of
Newport, Ark., wife of the late
Robert Kirkpatrick, is visiting
relatives and friends in our city.
Miss Olgie Roberts, who is
teaching the summer school at
Pond Switch, spent Tuesday
night in Tuckerman.
Dr. Joe Slayden and wife are
the parents of a baby boy.
Remember everything guar
anteed in the Reall line at
Smith-LaForge Pharmacy.
| W, S. Armstrong and wife are
in St. Louis, where they will
spend several days.,
Mrs. J. F. Rice of Knoble
spent a few days visiting W. R.
Rioe and family in this city.
■
.To The Girls and Boys,
ae in and see our school
-biggest line in town—
very things you need,
largest tablets made for
the New 5 and 10
lS9b8t
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Sold On Newport Market Thurs
day By Tom Robin
son.
The first bale of 1911 cotton
to be sold on the Newport mar
ket and bring down the pre
miums offered on the first bale,
reached the city Thursday af
ternoon and was ginned by the
American gin.
Tom Robinson, a negro who
owns his own farm just east of
Walnut Grove cemetery was the
lucky man. A number of other
bales are expected later this af
ternoon or tomorrow and will
get the premiums on the second
and third bales.
Grubbs.
Well, it looks like the sun was
hid forever from our sight.
Look for the ad of our big
barbecue here on the 2nd. We
never make a failure here on
barbecues. Everybody come.
The bids on tne Grubbs pub
lic school building were all re
jected and a building committee
of three appointed, composed of
J. N. Nance, J. M. Gibson and
John S. Pennington, to go ahead
and erect the building as ’aid
out by Architect George M. Bon
nell of Newport.
James Grizzle made a flying
trip to Newport Friday in his
new automobile, returning Sat
urday.
We are informed that Grubbs
is to be honored with a depot
agent the first of September.
Glory to the living!
Mrs. Lula Ivy, wife of Sam
Ivy departed this life Wednes
day morning. The remains be
ing laid to rest in the Cook cem
etery on Thursday.
Mrs. J. D. McElrath, wife of
J. D. McElrath, returned home
Monday from a ten days’ -visit
to relatives and friends at
Campbell, Missouri.
Owing to the excessive rains
here the Union saw mill had to
close down.
The axe handle mill has in
stalled its second saw and is
running all the time, rain or
shine.
A. T. Guffey was on our
streets Saturday on business.
Fred Ray, a prosperous far
mer of the Hurricane farm, was
in town Saturday on business.
Several of our citizens ship
ped a car load of wheat to the
Jonesboro roller mill Saturday.
This speaks well for Grubbs.
James Denton is assistant
cashier at the Bank of Grubbs.
Jim is a good one for he has an
eye to business,
As soon as the bills can be
completed Mr. J. M. Gibson will
mlake a trip to the St. Louis
market to buy the material for
our new school building.
Miss Rosa Davis, one of the
girls of Grubbs, who has been in
the Central office at Newport,
did not stay long. The cause we
did not learn.
We will state to the patrons
of Grubbs special school district
that school will not begin on the
11th of September as contracted
for on account of our house not
being ready.
Everybody is sick in this part
of the county and the doctors
are all busy, both day and night.
The committee on the barbe
cue are now hard at work get
ting ready for Saturday and a
good time is hoped for. Every
body is invited.
Happy Jaek.
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Ml
courn
been
make \
: These
so m&Z
class of
of whoi
quainte*
j tirely corrij
and serve
| well as m:
the petitibl
quest of n1
personally to
have caused mi
call. I will add fi?
experience as Assess*
puty Collector, also in
work of different kinds and
large acquaintance with the peo
ple through the county, added
to these urgent appeals, found
me in a receptive mood.
■ I would that I had the ability
to express in words my sincere
appreciation of those friends
who so kindly rememben me and
take such an interest in my per
sonal and political welfare and if
I can in any way in the future
render you a ^service or do you
a favor you may rest assured
that I will do so.
At the proper time I shall an
nounce my candidacy and ask
you in the approaching cam
paign to use your undivided in
fluence in my behalf and in re
turn I assure you that if I am
elected I will look after the in
terest of my county and consti
tuency in the department of Cir
cuit Clerk to the best of my
ability, so that you shall rteVer
have cause to regret your
friendship and support.
Respectfully,
bit Charles. J3. Smith.
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Negro Released.
J. J. Cunningham, the negro j
who was arrested Wednesday,
suspected of having stolen, a |
grip found in his possession w*as
released Thursday on lack of ev
idence.
The grip was a cheap paper
suit case containing clothes, a
bundle of letters addressed to
George Turner, Mound) Illinois
and seven or eight time slips
made out to the same person by
the Forrest City Manufacturing
Company. Among the letters
was a photograph of a negro
man on a postal.
Died In East Newport.
G. A. Coleman of East New
port died Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 from a short illness and
and was buried Thursday morn
ing at Walnut Grove cemetery,
Rev. J. F. McKenzie of the Pres
byterian church conducting the
service.
The deceased was a member
of the Woodmen of the World,
and is survived by his wife and
three children to whom is ex
tended the sympathy of our peo
ple.
j
| Ewing Estate Pays Tax.
Special to'Independent. ,
Little Rock, Aug. 31.-—The
inheritance tax continues to be
! one of the sources of revenue
j for the state. It has been yield
ing considerable funds for
jthe state during the last two
or three years, and two pay
ments were made Thursday..
The estate of Laura C. Ewing
of Independence county paid in
to the state treasury $285. The
estate of Caroline L. Scott; of
Crawford couhty, a pioneer of
Western Arkansas, paid a fee of
*68.98. . ^ .
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the man
Court, affirming
hut instead grant
tion to life imprisonment. . ^B
The petition will be taken up
in the regular course of such
proceedings next Friday, Sept.
1, and the general opinion is
that the commutation will be
granted. Coughron is a very
old man, who was convicted at
De Queen on change of venue
for the killing of a man who
had interfered in his domestic
affairs.
Kenyon.
■* The rainy weather has dam
aged the crops some.
Misses Maude and Mm
Holt have returned to their
hom)e in Wynne after a two
weeks’ visit at this place.
Miss Gertie Tyer is very* sick
* -pSPi
We have just received shipments of the
Benjamin Clothes, those unique, made in New
ments for Men and Young Men and we take
announcing the first Autumn display.
These dothes reach the topmost quality
iveness. They combine the tailoring and
ordinarily found in custom tailor
Your early inspection' of these cleverly
garments is respectfully suggested.
120.00 and upward.