■dIstrIct
■ Now ORGANIZED
H. River
Epid Elects Officers
Wf And Assessors.
IL commissioners of the \ il
KcreekandWhiteRiverLev
Kwnct met in this city Wed
Mv and organized, John H.
dK’be.ng chosen president;
HLeB. Hays, secretary; ( ur
■Stevens, collector and -J. W.
-Bbbs, treasurer. Ford & Mc
j Be of Little Hock, have been
Bted as the district's engin
lBi and Stuckey & Stuckey,
[Bip. Hillhouse & Boyce em
IBp as attorneys for the dis
] Kj,e former board of assess
| X[composed of J. M. Glass,
I ^E^nand Tonnev and George
|B has been reelected and
B present at the meeting of
X commission. They will
Xmence their assessment of
Xiand within the district at
■ early date and the commis
X will proceed as soon as pos
B to advertise the letting of
Bract and sale of bonds, for
X Vision of the supreme
Iias ended litigation as to
idity of the act creating
movement district,
s the greatest improve
iroject undertaken by
:tion of this county and
laim from overflow thou
f acres of rich river bot
t Valley School Boys De
eat Their “Dads.”
to Independent,
on, Aug. 14.—The Pleas
ley School boys took the
om the “Dear Old Dads”
wing being the score by
: 1st—0; 2—1; 3—0;
•—1; 6—1; 7—0; 8—
); making a total of ten
* the “Boys,” while the
)ld Dads” were content
iching third three times
he game.
1, it did look as if they
ot rest satisfied with
ord, for in the last half
xth Guy Young, the first
ost the horse-hide in the
md dug all the way
third while the ball was
ased back into the dia
rhe next man got a pass
>n bails and stole second
irst ball pitched. Then
ler :or the boys showed
lerful form, he threw the
n third out at home on a
id fanned the next two
On SIX swiftlv nil cViprl
I
'Diat broke the heart of the
Dads ’ and the rest was
sy' getting most of them at
* bat.
Jbe ladies witnessed the hu
nting defeat of the “Dads,”
4 their decision is that .“They
e certainly Wind-Jammers,”
b ‘bey sure "Nuff” can’t play
Batteries for the Boys were
oung and Pearce; for the
ads’ Yo™g, Young and Pyland.
Real Estate Transfers.
WH. O’Neal and wife to E.
• Whitley, one-fourth interest
180 ac'Ws 32-10-4. $300.
pJ-°’Neal and wife to E. P
t^y, one-fourth interest ir
' acres 32-10-4, $300.
'•^•Benson and wife to W
Jr., one-fourth in
®t in 80 acres 32-10-4. $150.
• Effie Jones Archinard t<
N- D. Moon, Sr., lots 3, j. 3. block
i 20, Swifton, $1.
Minerva Graham to Tom Keen,
lot 1, block 5, South of Broadway
Grand Glaize, $135.
! S. M. Stuckey, trustee, to R.
'J- Hugulev, 40 acres 17-9-2,
i $1,050.
! C. E. Akers and wife to J. S.
jWilmans, 80 acres 1-10-4 ant 240
! acres 7-10-3, $1.
j George M. Sink and wife *o J.
jC. Keller, lot 11, block 5. Mc
1 Lain & Holden Land <k Lumber
j Company's plat of East Newport.
1 $200.
J. S. Wilmans and wife to Wo
mans Land Company, certain
, lands in Jackson and Independ
ence counties, $1.
i
; Mrs- Mattie McGuire, et al.
to Jack Spencer, lot 12. block
113, Daugherty’s Addition, to
| Newport, $200.
| Scott and Maggie Gregory to
| Charles R. Hite, 160 acres. 35
i 10-2, $6,000.
G. W. May and wife to Ayer
Lord Tie Company, white and
red oak timber on 160 acres 21,
22-10-2, $140.
D. H. McCartney to Ayer
Lord Tie Company, white and
red oak timber on 80 acres 21
10-2, $175.
N. D. Moon and wife to Mrs.
Effie Jones Archinard, lot 2.
block 20. Swifton, $25.
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Marriage License.
H. L. Berry and Bessie Sprag
gins, both of Pleasant Plains.
A. A. Eno and Eva William
son, both of Elmo.
Horace Fraser and Effie Os
borne, both of Newport.
Otis Harper and Edna Osborne
both of Newport.
Jack Redman and Josephine
Osby, colored, both of Newport.
Earl Nelson and Myrtle Terry,
both of Newport.
Frank Clarke and Mandy Wil
liams, colored, both of Tupelo.
Herman Johnson and Nora
Banks, colored, both of New
port.
T. S. Tinsley and Mrs. Maggie
j E. McLain, both of Tuckerman.
Robert Peel, Sulphur Rock,
i and Mary E. Dickerson, colored,
| Fitzgerald.
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Newport School Catalogue.
To 500 heads of families,
j teachers and young people of
; Newport and Jackson county, to
■ whom the catalogue should be of
interest, have been mailed the
'printed catalogue of our public
j school.
The book as compiled by our
new superintendent, Prof. Edgar
; Williams, contains a directory of
■f V* r\ /) i + v* i n +■ QV>fl T (' Vl -
ja brief write-up of Newport, the
rules and regulations governing
; school and the course ot study
of each grade for the ensuing
i year- The book was printed by
I the Independent and published
i under the direction of the Board
; of Education and includes 13
pages of advertising, which paid
jfor the printing, postage anc
i other costs.
! It is worth preserving as a re
iference book to all families whc
i have children in school and w<
hope may be the means of at
tracting students from the com
! mon school districts of th<
i county to our own high school
which is to be given highei
standards each year.
Any prospective student o
i citizen of Jackson county, wh<
may be interested in the cata
ilogue and has not received one
-! wjj] y,e o-pplied if you will sem
your ne and address +o the In
> dependent.
CAROiJTHERS CASE
BEFORE FULK
-- .
Hi> Attorneys Will Present Mo*
1 tion For Writ of Habeas Cor
, pus Friday on New Evidence.
Bfcfon Judge 1 uy Fulk of the
Second division < toe Pulaski
'Circuit co in upon Friday morn
ing at 9 <fie .co nsel for Wil
liam H. Caroa.thers will present i
evidence and argument in -up
per: of a petition already filed
for a writ of habeas corpus for j
the release of the former city j
marshal, now confined in the
Jackson county jail on the
' charge of murder in the first de
cree for the ullling of Noah L.
i Albright, a painter, here, on
| June 28 last.
While bail has been denied by
Judge R. E- Jeffery and the su
l preme court, much new evidence
I will be introduced before Judge
| Fulk tending to -how that the
officer was justified in the act.
' Notice through the sheriff has
| been served upon the state that
'the petition will be heard Fri
day and the defendant, who
seeks his liberty will be repre
sented by Judge M. M. Stuckey,
IS. D. Campbell. Judge E. L.
jBovce and G. L. Grant.
I
I f .
Carried a Rig Revolver.
Thomas Carroll, a negro who
i was stealing r. ride on No. 6
: Wednesday night and when ar
i rested was found to be armed
| with a big six-shooter, which he
of course claimed belonged to
another negro, was fined $20
and costs before Esquire Nuck
olls next morning. A warrant
| was issued Thursday morning
jfrom the court of Esquire Loftin
; charging Will Smith, a negro
drayman, with wife abandon
ment. The charge had been pre
ferred by his wife.
;
; Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
18 Reels Per Week.
i
-—
THE MAN FROM THE WEST
Four extra good pictures tonight
j Coming East to avenge his fa
ther's financial ruin, he drives
| his father’s enemy to the wall,
; but promises to save him if he
lean wed his daughter, Mabel
jTrunnelle playing leading role.
(Drama—EDISON.)
THE POWER OF
THE CAMERA
>
Two convicts escape jail, avoid
recapture by posing as moving
picture operators.—A good com
i edy.
(BIOGRAPH.)
A DELIVERY PACKAGE
Showing funny experiences o:
two suitors of one girl—An ex
cellent comedy.
(BIOGRAPH.)
—
THE SACRIFICE
i A young man on a motor trip
meets a pretty country girl.
They marry and leave for the
. city- The grandparents sell the
• farm to aid them when nearing
i financial ruin. A good picture
, I featuring Carlyle Blackwell.
(KALAM)
; _
*1 Four extra good pictures and
> good music.
- The orchestra will play selections
. from “The Girl of My Dreams'’
1 and aso from “Poet and Peas
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: ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
(X)ooocx>30cxxxxxx»oooooogooc
TlXKERMAX NEWS.
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T. J. Graham and Steve Gra
ham left Monday for St. Louis.
Grove?- Jernigan spent several
days in the town the first of the
week
Mrs. ('. M. Lehman, who has
been visiting at Helena for some
time, came in home last week.
Mr. Cha.t. Penix. who has been
connected with S. W. Harvey
Co., has now connected kim.-< if
with their successors. Reigler
Mercantile Co. He will i e gk.d
to meet his friends at the oid
stand. 18d3t
Miss Narcie Rice, who has
spent several months with her
sister, Mrs. Beatrice Eaton, in
New Mexico, came in home one
day last week.
Miss Kate Scott of Argenta is
visiting her friend, Miss Clara
Harvey this week.
Mrs. W. J. Churchman of Ar
genta. came in Sunday to spend a
few days with friends and rela
tives here.
Reigler Mercantile Co., the
new -tore which is the successor
to S. W. Harvey Co., will handle
a full line of coffins and caskets
and will also go embalming.
18w3t.
Aunt Mary Hogan and little
Bernice Harrison came in home
Saturday from Heber Springs,
where they spent several days.
The Reigler Mercantile Com
pany of Walnut Ridge who
bought S. W. Harvey & Compa
ny’s business in this town some
time back, took charge one day
last week- 18w3t.
Preston Cook and wife came
in home Sunday night from
Searcy and Augusta, where they
spent a week with relatives and
old friends.
When you are in town don’t
fail to call on the new store,
Reigler Mercantile Co., succes
sors to S. W. Harvey Co., where
you will find a new and complete
stock of everything you may
want at prices that will please
you. 18w3t
The writer is in receipt of a
card from Brother W. P. Talk
ington, who is holding a revival
in White county. Brother TaJk
ir.gton states he will be home
this week and will fill his regular
appontment at the church Sun
day.___
. ■—in r—i'- r—in r=ar. nan ran r7=>r. rpfl IP j IPTi fPR IPf
Ml.'. A iv.' in
home Monday from Barren Fork
where she spent w vra! ,[s;vs
wit n ' > r re-.af i\> ' ..-(]
Ml*. Foil Fi illips who ha- bv a
running the gin for V,’. H o
vey O-. for several yaw, w.'ll
continue U run tin. gir for their
successor. H Igh r \*. r ilv
jCo. I
! A. ■!. i ioetz. :: t.' r;c • n an. who
has or.e (if the largest rice ''' Ills
in the state, will -ov, Go :■> • of
wheat ‘his fall. Tbi.' F another
new .. r -u f> -r th 1v.>u:n\ .
j •!. Majors \\ e ■ i: 11 ■ -«i., y
for fie her Spring.', where he will
attend; the picnic and visit his
!parents, who live r.ear Heber
| springs.
Reigler Mercantil Co., who
bought out S. W. Harvey Co.
are now open and ready for busi
ness with a new and complete
stock of dry goods, clothing,
boots, 'hoes, groceries, hard
ware, saddlery, implements
stoves and furniture. * New
goods coming in every day at
new prices. 18w3t
Mrs. .1. C. Kimberlin left Wed
nesday for I Hi Vail's Bluff, where
she will spend a week with rela
tives and friends.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. R. J.
I Smith. Aug. 8. a fine boy. and to
iMr. and Mrs. S. F. Barnett on
i Aug. 10, a girl.
»
j The new firm of Reigler Mer
cantile Co. who bought the cot
ton gin of S. W. Harvey Co., are
now working to put the gin in
first class order and will be rea
dy to buy and gin your cotton
whenever you bring it to *hem.
18w3.t
Mrs. T. I). Churchman has
moved into her new house. We
are glad to have Mrs. Church
i man to move to town.
! Bud Penix, who has been cot
! ton buyer and weigher for S. W.
j Harvey Co., and who is known
by everybody to give universal
j satisfaction, has connected him
f self with the new Reigler Mer
cantile Co., in the same capacity
! and will be pleased to serve you
as before. 18w3t
Miss Claudia Smith of Swif
Iton spent Monday night with
her friend, Miss Clara Harvey
i in this town. Miss Smith was a
! student in the high school at
I this place last year and she
'made many friends while she
iwaswithus- _
\V. F Rice left one day last
week for Newport, where lie
will work in the First National
Lank.
•Mrs. .John Flam left Tuesday
for Cord, where she was called
to the death bedside of her
brother’s child.
Livery barn, business and
i stock for sale. Apply to A. 1).
.Miller, Tuckerman, Ark. 20wdt.
’ Having purchased the Corner
Restaurant and soda fountain,
in the Cardner building. 1 solic
it. the patronage of friends and
t he public. S. 1,. Logie. 20w It.
Miss 1 )i\ie I tees. ,i render an I
lecturer under the auspices
! he W. < \ T. 1 ’., will address t
[ people at the Methodist churi
j at. Tuckerman, Friday night, An
| gust 22 and all are invited to at
! tend.
I The TuckcrmanCivic Club will
I meet at Pleasant drove cemete
i ry on August 21) to finish clean
J ing oil’ the cemetery. The ladies
i will furnish a good dinner and
the men are expected to bring
tools. All that are interested in
the cemelery at Pleasant drove
are expected to attend this meet
ing.
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Recovers Stolen Diamonds.
Mrs. E<l Hippie left Wednes
day morning for Chicago, where
she goes to recover her diamonds
that were stolen from her at a
hotel while there recently. Mr.
Hippie received a message yes
terday from the detective who
had been working on the case
that he had recovered the jew
els, and requested that she come
to claim them. The chamber
maid in the hotel is the one
charged with the theft of the
diamonds, which are valued at
twelve hundred dollars.—Jones
boro Tribune.
Judge Meeks Poisoned.
Judge Meeks was given arsen
ic instead of paragoric by a boy
drug clerk at Pocahontas a few
days ago which came near prov
ing fatal. The mistake was dis
covered within a few minutes
and antidotes administered. The
judge came home at once and
! will be able to open court at Ev
ening Shade Monday. C- H.
Henderson was elected special
judge to finish the Randolph
court, and they say he did well.
Mammoth Spring Democrat.
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| Clearance of “Crown Trousers 1
ajjj * . ~ ag{
||= j[ you can fc*uv a pair of Crown Trousers IjP
1 in your size, you must consider the values we offer J
I —at least drop in and see what we are offering. |
1 We never carry goods over from one season to the jg
1 other. i
I i 54.00 and 54.50 Crown Trousers now. $2.So ffi
^ $5.00 and $5 50 Crown Trousers now-3.35 £
£ $6.00 and $6.50 Crown Trousers now-4.35 ||
j Eg $7.00 and $7.50 Crown Trousers now-5.35 jg
I Remember, “Crown Trousers” are very high grade and 1
1 extra*well made. Alterations at cost to customer. jj
1 Berger'S 1
jjjS "STAR CLOTH I hi G HOUSE. gp
Be We Close Evenings at C:30 (Except Saturday.) jjjg
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