. OCTOBER IT HUT M mbeR
Krtsustains
■ GOING ACT
■ll Make Arkansas Dry Except
■Where License Is Petitioned
■ By Majority White
■ Adults.
■ecial to Independent.
■Little Rock, October 13. The
■preme court in an opinion
■nded down today and concui
■d in by every member, sus
■ned the validity of the Going
Kt of the last legislature, which
Ks signed by Governor Robin
Ip The law will make the
lole state dry because it pro
■bits the sale of liquor after the
■rrent year unless petitioned in
■ a majority of white adults
■thin the district, whose names
■e also required to be published
I a local newspaper.
■The validity of the act known
■ No. 59 was attacked by the
■wyers representing the liquor
■en on the ground that the leg
lature failed to place the word
Immediate” in the act, al
[ough they attached the emer
[ncy clause, counsel contending
[at the act was referrable. The
■afe’s lawyer’s contended that
ml WcMnrp had the Dower to
isBss ]a\vs to preserve the peace,
ijfcty and health of the people
B&SSiii in the state and that
He legislature in passing Act
Ho. 59 did this.
B fte case was entitled M. N.
Banson and others vs. Earle W.
Hlodges, secretary of state and it
{Has appealed after Judge Guy
Hulk of the Pulaski County Cir
JBii court had decided adversely
Ho the liquor men.
■ Pounders-Martin.
B Batesviile, Oct. 12.—Miss
Biary Lou Martin and Jewell
Hounders were married at the
Home of the bride’s parents, Mr.
HndMrs. John A Martin, Friday
Bight, the Rev. R. C. Morehead
■ Woman's Auxiliary.
S The St. Paul's Branch of the
■Roman's Auxiliary will hold its
Begular ninthly meeting tomor
B>w afternoon with Mrs. A. I).
Bailey at 820 Third St. A full
■attendance is requested.
Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
He is anxious to propose. With
interruptions and seasickness
°ut of the way, he-finally gets to
the point. Maurice Costello and
Clara Kimball Young.
! (VITAGRAPH)
Yokohama fire depart
ment
Showing the Japanese method of
i^e fighting.
(VITAGRAPH)
LET no man put asunder
a splendid drama on “love,” fea
turing Francis X. Bushman.
(S. and A.)
WHITE LIES
e flash of lightning that
®ds the girl is ^the most real
lstlc thing you ever saw .
(Drama—PATHE)
^°ur Good Pictures and Good
flHisic.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
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Promotion Day Sunday.
I Sunday, October 12 was Pro
motion Day at the Methodisl
: church, which was beautifully
'decorated with flowers, autumr
I leaves and pictures appropriate
: to the occasion. The church
i hour was given over to the Ele
j mentary department of the Sun
■day school, when the children
I presented “The Children's Mes
! siah’’ in story and song, with
| Miss Dove Erwin as leader, and
| every pupil reflected credit on
i each teacher, and showed the
, splendid work being done
! through graded lessons, which
1 were introduced four years ago.
i There are about forty babies
i on our cradle roll, which is a con
necting link between the Sunday
j school and the home, and certifi
! cates were presented to each
baby.
All children who were promot
ed from one grade to another, in
the same department, received a
certificate, certifying that they
had done the work for the past
year satisfactorily. Those pro
moted from one department
to another, received diplomas.
The following were the gradu
ates from the different depart
ments :
First out of the cradle roll in
to the beginners: Willis Martin,
Dorothy Dowell, Arthur J. Bo
wie, Jr., Lacy T. Jones, James
Graham.
Out of the beginners into the
primary: Katherine Wilford,
Kenneth' Shiphoister, Winston
Shaver, Mildred Wilmans, Chas.
Wilmans, Horace Baccus.
Out of the primary into the
Junior: Janet Henry, Susie Gra
ham, Fannie Harrie, Hazel Mor
ris, Boswell Umsted, Chas. Bran
denburg, Curry Martin, James
E. Wilmans, Elbert Baccus, Gar
rott Warblow, Eugene Shaver,
James McKay, John Williams.
Boys out of Junior depart
ment into Intermediate: Robert
Johnson, Neill Phillips, Elmer
Ferguson, Vernon Ridley, Ben
Simmons, Owen Petet, Owen
Ard. Herbert Wise, Samuel Par
ker, Murray Harris, Russell
Goodrich.
Girls out of Junior depart
ment : Mary Francis Hays,
Mary Madaline Hocking, Lottie
Ballew, Helen Jowers, Leone Um
sted, Bonnie Marion, Lockie Gra
ham, Robert Hurley, Nellie
Campbell and Minme Belle Col
lier.
To Plead Self-Defense.
Batesville, Oct. 12.—The ex
amination of Sterling Johnson
for the killing of Bob Green will
be held here tomorrow at 2 o’
clock. It was postponed from
Friday, when two brothers of
the dead man asked for time to
investigate. Johnson is still
out on bond, which he furnished
at his first examination, before
Green died.
Johnson declares that Green
shot at him twice before he re
turned the fire, and he will plead
self-defense. Johnson says that
both of Green’s shots went wild,
but he feared that Green’s aim
might improve with his next
shot.
Burkett Appointed.
The posldffice department at
I Washington has announced the
! appointment of D. D. Burkett as
postmaster at Jacksonport to
succeed R. W. Anderson, resign
ed Mr. Burkett has been act
ing postmaster for some time
and will now have complex
j charge.
CAPITOL TO
BE COMPLETED
I
For $210,000 By St. Louis Com
pany (,il Contractors. Award
Made Saturday.
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock. Oct. 13.—The Pel
igreen Construction and Invest
ment Company of St. Louis to
day began work on the comple
tion of the new capitol. The con
tract was awarded by the Capi
|tol Commission Saturday even
ing, for a total of $210,900. They
are required to give a bond in
the sum of $422,000, and to
completethe work in ten months,
j Both Batesville and Bedford
; stone will be used in the work.
This contract does not include
the heating plant, the electric
J wiring, the power house and
the furnishings and decorations.
The landscaping, from which the
Commission has set apart $40,
000, will be let in another con
tract after the plans have been
completed by the landscape arch
itect, Frank M. Blaisdell.
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; Poinsett Sends Two to Chair.
Harrisburg, Oct. 12.—The
'criminal circuit court adjourned
here Friday until October 25.
Shortly before court adjourned,
j Will King, a negro, who Was con
jvicted by a jury last week of
itnurder in the first degree, was
^sentenced to be hanged here on
Wednesday, December 10. Sen
tence was not passed on Charlie
j Myers, who was convicted by a
jury yesterday for assault, but
his attorneys made a motion for
ja new trial and the motion was
' set to be heard here on October
i 25.
! Both men under death sen
tence were taken to Jonesboro
'yesterday and placed in jail'there_
for safekeeping.
The penalty for the crime of i
which Myers was convicted is I
death. Both the men who stand
; in the shadow of the electric
i chair, were taken to Jonesboro
| today and placed in the jail at
that place, where it is thought
i there will be less danger of their
escaping.
—
j Senator Clarke At Home.
(Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 13.—Senator
[James P. Clarke returned Sun
Iday from Washington, and he
'will remain here several days
; He expects to enter upon an ac
tive campaign for re-election in
the near futifre, as soon as he
can leave his duties at Washing
i ton, where he has been promi
• nent in the tariff and currency
i legislation.
Would Succeed Lankford.
‘Special to Independent.
| Little Rock, Oct. 13—It is
j announced at Des Arc that F.
j-E. Brown of the Arkansas Tax
| Commission, will positively be in
: the race for circuit judge of the
117th Circuit. Other candidates
| announced already are Judge J.
IS. Thomas of Clarendon and
j George W. Clark of Conway.
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J Cotton Ginned to Sept. 2o.
Judge H. S. Simmons, who is
, government reporter on cotton
for this county, announces that
1527 bales had been ginned in
Jackson county up to September
25 compared with 483 to the
same date Of last year. In the
first census report of September
: i, only 50 bales were ginned
i compared with none on that date
in 1912. igjjpt ■
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Dr. John !>. Crammer Dies.
Searcy, Oct. 12.—Dr. John 1!.
Crammer, aged 51. for more
tha' 2o years a practicing physi
cian of White county, died at his
home here this afternoon at 4:30
after an illness of two days of
neuralgia of the heart. In addi
tion to being one of the most
widely known physicians of this
section, Dr. Crammer was ac
tive in local religious circles and
business affairs. He was a stew
ard of the Methodist church,
president ot the Searcy Commer
cial Club, vice president of the
Bank of Searcy and a stockhold
er in the Searcy Sanatorium.
He is survived by his wife and
one daughter, Miss Clarice. Fun
eral services will be held at his
home tomorrow afternoon by the
Rev. Dr. C. C. Godden and the
Rev. R. C. Morehead.
May Organize Local Company.
Searcy, October 11—A meet
ing of business men of Searcy
was held yesterday for the pur
pose of organizing the Searcy
Telephone Company, to be owned
entirely by local capital and oper
ated under a 25-year franchise
from the citv. According to
present plans of the promoters
the new company, if granted a
franchise, agrees to maintain the
present rate of $1.50 for resi
dence phones and $2 for business
phones during the life of the
franchise. The Bell system now
operating here recently asked
for a franchise, which, to date,
the City Council has refused to
grant. A meeting of the council
will be held Monday night, when
it is expected representatives of
the proposed company will be
heard.
Three Now In Race.
Special to Independent.
. Brittle Rock, Oct. 13.—The
prospects are that there will bet
an interesting race for Secretary
of State at the ensuing prima
ries. Secretary Earle W. Hod
ges has announced for some time
that he will be a candidate for a
third term, and is making nu
erous speeches at county lairs
throughout the state. T. H.
Downing of Harrison has also
announced, and the latest entry
is Mayor F. E. Clinton of Darda
nelle, who says he will make his
formal announcement at an eai
ly date.
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Snake flatties With Hawk.
.Air. T. S. Stephens, while not
laying any claims to distinction
as a naturalist or authority on
the habits of animal life, is will
ing to risk membership in the
Ananias club on the following
snake story which came to him
from a boy on the (Jeorge Brown
place near his own farm in the
White river bottoms.
The boy was walking along a
lane through the woods, when
he observed a large hawk fall in
the roadway ahead of him. As
he came upon the bird, he found
a large black snake entwined
around the neck of his feathery
antagonist, whom he had reduc
ed to the agonies of death.
The hawk is known to feed
upon snakes when quail and
spring chickens are not available
for his diversified appetite, and
the long taloned bird had evi
dently descended upon his snake
ship in one of these hungry 1
moods- As he bore his victim
aloft, the big black snake using
his natural method of attack or
defense, had whirled his lithe
body about the bird’s neck and
brought his opponent to earth 1
again, there to strangle him to |
utrujj ami vut * iv/tvi .
The boy’s advent upon the
scene, however spoiled the bat
tle, for man’s antipathy to
snakes and hawks asserted itself
with a club, which soon settled j
the struggle. The bodies of i
both bird and snake gave unmis- j
takable evidence of the fierce-,
ness of the aerial struggle, for j
the snake had lost an eye and j
was fearfully lacerated by the |
talons of the hawk, whose;
strength and wind were gone
from the tightening coils of the I
reptile.
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' While the editor was away the |
other day, our good friend, J. W.
Howard remembered us with a ,
fine lot of splendid specimens ol
the Arkansas Blacks, which we ^
wish to acknowledge with
thanks. It’s all a mistake to
say that our soil is not suitable
to fruit culture and the farmers
of the county are depriving
themselves of a great deal, when
they fail to plant orchards about
their homes and then give the
trees intelligent handling and
j spraying to insure yields of good
fruit. _ .i
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Proposes to I Ini id New Town.
I here is going to be a great
forward movement in Woodruff
and .Jackson c<> .lies in the next
few months it is apparent all
over the state but there are con
ditions here that will make our
progress more pronounced. There
is more life and vitality in the
Met retry and I’eedeville South
ern Railroad than ever before in
its history, and we will probably
soon see it a part of the Frisco
System with a line direct from
Little Rock to Jonesboro and
St. Louis.
The new town of Mechler, to
be started by Ceorge V. Mechler
on his land on the new railroad,
is located seven miles north of
Met Tory and seven miles south
of IJeedeville. Mr. Mechler is
an old hand at the business of
building towns. He and his
associates built the town of
Chaffee, Mo., and il is now a city
>f 3,500 people and only seven
years old.
What he did at Chaffee he in
tends to do at Mechler and he
is so positive he will do it that
he forbids any “ifs” to stand in
his way. He has .been laying
his plans for over a year. He
has influential friends in Illinois
and ht. Louis and wnne ne nas
not told us all he knows and in
tends doing, we are Iconfident
that he has supreme faith in
himself and the future of his
town, and the country in which
it is located and the McCrory &
Beedeville Southern Railroad.—
McCrory Enterpirse.
The News was never known to
dun a subscriber in the summer
time. We don’t need any money
in the summer time. But along
about this lime every year, when
we can blow smoke from our
mouth, we need a little liquor.
The doctor prescribes it- We see
where we can order two gallons
of good corn for two dollars and
six bits, with a pretty corkscrew
thrown in and also a beautiful
drinking glass. Under these
conditions we feel it our duty to
ask at least three of our sub- .
scribers to pay up very soon. r ,
Please attend to this right away.
—Magnolia News.
Wanted—a good cook. Ap
ply to Mrs. R. D. Wilmans at
Diaz- 62d6t
The Grace
The Dash
The Swing
The Indefinite “Something”
In our clothes for men appeals
to the particular dresser and the
| unusually good quality of the
. fabrics interest the economically
inclined' <
$15 $18 $20 $22 $25 $30
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Call and well show you the kind of clothes that
rivet attention and compell admiration--$triking exam
ples of the highest tailoring art. You’ll be very glad
you saw them.
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