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VOLUME VIII. NO. 220. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS TUESDAY,
SENATE FAVORS“ j
Adopted In Upper House With
out a Dissenting Vote.
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Special to- Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 14.— The senate
this afternoon adopted without a dis
senting vote the joint resolution rati
f Lying federal prohibition amendment.
Ten minutes later it was concurred in !
the house for the same purpose.
Arkansas is the twfcnty-second
.state in the union to ratify the feder-1
-al amendment.
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In consequence of a quiet Monday
night, today w-as one of inactivity in I
the police court, there not being a
.single case on the docket. Of inter
est, however, is an incident that took :
plac a few days ago, about which we !
were told this morning by the accom- j
modating police chief, Gus Martin.
•Since the local force has been busy
picking up bootleggers quite a con
siderable number of -suitcases and i
grips have fallen into the possession
•of the authorities and stored at the
city hall. A man called on Willis
■Compton and asked if he could pur
chase a certain one of the grips. Wil
lis told him that, he didn’t have au- j
thority to make such a sale, and ad- j
vised him to wait until Chief Martin
or Mayor C. M. Erwin showed up and
find out if it would be alright.
Presently Mr. Martin came in and
when told of the proposed deal, ad-;
vised Willis to sell the man the suit- j
case for $2.00 and turn the money j
over to Miss Lou Minor, secretary of !
the relief society. Willis, a little sus- j
picious, placed a peculiar mark on the j
suit ease and bid the man good luck, j
Two days later when No. 5 arrived
from Poplar Bluff, John Massey;
started toward a man who alighted j
from the train carrying a suit case.,
The man began to run and dropped j
. the case. Massey fired a couple of
shots in the air and picked up the
case. H took it to the city hall and
found that it contained a few quarts j
of the Poplar Bluff brand. Willis j
Compton came along soon and took a ,
slant at the suit case. He found his f
peculiar mark there. The owner of
the case hasn’t called to claim his
property.
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Ben Sandmon, formerly a member
of the city police force, and who was
elected to the office of constable in
this township in recent elections, has
resigned the position, we are told,
and Jake Green is serving in his
place. Sandmon will continue to hold
down a special agent’s job with the
4 Missouri-Pacific railroad, with head
quarters in Little Rock. Constable
Green had his first experience in
combating the bootlegger Saturday
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street, lie found a negro selling a
’ pint of whiskey. Before Jake could
draw his gun the negro covered him,
in consequence of which Jake was
forced to stand pat while the negro
backed away. Edgar Robinson, a
well known local negro charactei, has
been arrested suspected of being the
negro who staged the affair,
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Two of the four negroes who were
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captured' by Night Marshal John
Massey a few mornings ago at the
Missouri-Pacific depot as they alight
ed from No. 17 with forty quarts of
Poplar Bluff whiskey, a pistol each
and over 200 rounds of ammunition, j
were released yesterday on bond at j
Batesville, the other two being held, j
Massey is in Batesville now as a
witness. The negroes, who reside at
Augusta, did not show any fight as
they alighted from the train here, but
officers believe there would have
been a pistol duel had il not been for
the fact the train failed to arrive be
fore daylight. One of the ne
groes, however, did attempt to draw
a gun after being brought to the city
jail, but Willis Compton forestalled
the act by shoving a big revolver
against the black.
SOI RECORD ON
BED GROSS NIK
More Than Four Thousand Member
ships Have Been Secured, Out
distancing Other Counties.
When compared with the showing
made by many other counties of Ar
kansas whose populations are much
greater that that of this county, it
connot be said that Jackson
has fallen down on the. Red Cross
membershiD drive. In fact, the coun
ty has made a most creditable show
ing, according to the county chair
man, C. L. Mariner. Mr. Mariner
says already he has more than 3,000
memberships accounted for, and that
Swifton and several other communi
ties have not yet made reports, but
are known to be in possession of a
sufficient number of enrollments to
make the total go above 4,000 for
the county.
CANNOT BRING IN
WHISKEY FOR OWN
USE, COURT RULES.
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Washington, Jan. 13—Statutes of
“dry” states permitting persons to
import or personally bring in limited
amounts of intoxicants for their own
use were in effect nullified by the
so-called Reed bone-dry amendment
enacted by congress, the supreme
court held today in an opinion revers
ing the federal court for the South
ern district of West Virginia.
Justice McReynolds, in a dissent
ing opinion in which Justice Clarke
concurred, held that the Reed amend
ment was not an interstate com
merce regulatory measure, but a di
rect meddling with state affairs, and
as such was purely beyond the power
of the federal government.
The case came up on an appeal of
the government from the lower court
decision dismissing proceedings
brought against Dan Hill for cairy
ing a quart of liquor into West Vir
ginia for his personal use as per
mitted by the state law. The trial
court held that such transportation
did not come within the meaning of
the Reed amendment, which, it held,
was intended to apply only to actual
shipments of liquor. The supreme
court remanded the case fol reti ial.
“The decision will make no change
in the administration of the law in
•Arkansas,” W. H. Rector, assistant
district attorney, said yesterday,
“the interpretation placed on the
law in this state by federal officers
has been that the shipment of li
quor into the state as a beverage is
illegal.” Mr. Rector said that, as
local federal officials interpret the
law, the shipment of liquor is per
missible only for mechanical, scien
tific, medicinal and sacramental pur
poses.
Labor representatives from nearly
qvptv state of the union are in session
at Chicago, and a formal demand will
be made for a new trial for Thos. J.
Mooney, who is serving a life impris
onment for murder in connection with
the Preparedness day parade bomb
ing in San Francisco.
NOTICE.
Remember, that the 15th is the last
day you have to pay your water and
light bill before service will be dis
continued.
219d3t Arkansas Light & Power Co.
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Will Endeavor to Form
Deportee Drainage Dist.
Co-incident with the filing by Ma
rion Dickens and others, farmers and
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citizens of the Oil Trough country
which is subject to overflow from
White and Black rivers, Monday of
a petition asking the county j
court to allow the creation of Levee
District No. 3, a plan has taken life
to build a drainage canal through Oil
Trough bottom which will, according
to men who have given the proposed
project study, afford protection to
both the property owners of Newport
and farmers of Oil Trough bottom
against high waters.
The proposed plans for the Oil
Trough levee district filed by Mr.
Dickens and others provides for a le
vee commencing at the Jackson-Inde
pendence boundary line five miles
from Elmo and extending to a point
near Mantooth’s gin and thence south
to the Missouri-Pacific railroad just
below the White river bridge.
It is contended that the building
of such a levee in Oil Trough bottom
would mean certain overflow in New
port should the river rise to any con
siderable stage. If the county court
allows the formation of the district,!
it is said immediate steps will be ta
ken to build the levee.
The drainage project, which, it is
believed, would be far superior to
the proposed Oil Trough levee, in Oil |
Trough has been under consideration |
for some time, correspondence for J
which with officials in Washington
having been carried on by Ex-Judge ■
W. D. McLain.
Through the efforts of Congress-,
man W. A. Oldfield, a government en
gineer, C. E. Ramser, will arrive in
Newport tomorrow, sent here from1
Washington for the purpose of inves
tigating the feasibility of the propos
ed canal, and after his report is made
and figures compiled it will be ascer
tained whether further steps toward
the formation of the drainage dis
trict, to be known as the Departee
Drainage District, will be further en
couraged.
The proposed canal, which proba
bly would be 200 feet wide, would
commence at the head of Oil Trough
bottom and follow a line to a point
just north of Augusta, a distance of
29 miles, following Departee Creek.
By the river it is about 100 miles
from the mouth of Black river to the
point near Augusta to which the ca
nal would be built. It is proposed
that the canal intersect with the hills
across Oil Trough bottom. The dis
tance between Newport and the ca
nal would probably be 13 miles.
It is pointed out that the flood wa
ters from White river usually reach
Newport some time earlier than the
water from Black river. The water
from White river has been known to
start to recede at Newport, only
shortly to be thrown to a dizzy
height by the water from Black river.
The canal would take care of the wa
ters from White, and it can be seen
that no danger of an overflow in
Newport would exist if the project
could be made a success.
It is believed that the people of Oil
Trough will readily give sympathy to
the canal plan. While it would claim
considerable tillable land, it would
serve to reclaim many acres of land
by reason of drainage, and appar
ently would do away with overflows
in Oil Trough.
Newport, at any rate, is confronted
with a problem in the matter of per
fecting flood protection. It is some-:
thing that should receive mature'
thought. We believe it would be a !
splendid idea to entertain an engi- j
neer’s report of the canal project most j
seriously, and then let everybody get,
together and agree to do what will
work for the betterment of one big
community.
NEW ARMISTICE CON
DITIONS WILL BECOME
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 17.
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Paris, Jan. 13.—An official com- !
munication issued after the adjourn- '
ment of the supreme war council to
day says:
“The meeting reached an agree
ment as to the terms on which the
armistice is to be renewed on Janu
ary 17. This included naval clauses,
financial clauses, conditions of sup
ply and provisions for the restora
tion of material, and machinery
stolen from France and Belgium by
the Germans.
“The meeting also continued its
discussion of prooed'ure. It whs
agreed to hold the next meeting of
the Supreme War Council on Wednes
day at 10:30 and that the first full
session of the peace conference will
take place on Saturday, January 18,
at 2:30 p. m. at the foreign office.”
The supreme council resumed its
sessions at 3 o’clock this afternoon
at the French Foreign Office with
the disitnguished gathering of yes
terday augmented by the presence of
Japan among the powers repre
sented and a notable gathering of
military, naval, economic and finan
cial representatives of the various
p- wees.
Mrs. G. N. Duncan has begun the
publication of the Winslow American,
which was suspended when her hus
band, the late G. N. Duncan, gave
himself to war work. Mr. Duncan
was taken sick several weeks ago and
died after a few days’ illness.
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Semi-Annual Sale of
Manhattan Shirts
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Beginning Thursday January 9th and up to
and including Friday January 31st the following
sale prices will prevail on Manhattan Shirts.
$8.50 Manhattans $1.85
3.00 Manhattans 2.15
3.50 Manhattans* 2.85
$4.00 and 4.50 Manhattans 3.15
5.00 Manhattans 3.95
$6.00 and 6.50 Manhattans 4.85
8.50 Manhattans 6.35
We suggest that you make your selections early while
the assortment is more complete.
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1IOEGRDES
Will Work Under the Direction Of
Mrs. Spitzer, Mho Will Also Be
Given An Aide.
Mrs. Elizabeth Spitzer, the county ^ \
Red Cross nurse, announces that the
colored people of Jackson county will
he furnished a colored nurse who will
do the same character of work among
her race as Mrs. Spitzer does among
the white people of the county. Mrs.
Spitzer, whose duties have been ar
duous and burdensome, will also be
furnished with an aide, a white prac
tical nurse, who will assist her and
work under her direction. The color
ed nurse will be under the dirction of
Mrs. Spitzer also. The exact date of
the coming of a nurse for the negroes ,a
and an aide for the county nurse has ~ w
not been specified, but Mrs. Spitzer ^
says it will 1)0 in the near future. iyi
A bureau of public health nursing
service is to be established in Nevfr- **“
port, from which no little amount of
good for the promotion of better
health in Jackson county is expected
to develop. The bureau will be sup
ported by funds from the Red Cross
contributed by the public through
the sale of seals and the registration
of Christmas memberships. The col
ored people will contribute to the
support of their nurse as do the
white people, and most likely later
Jackson county will make an appro
priation for the colored nurse.
Body Prepares Plans For Develop
ments Which Will Mean Much
to Newport and County.
At a meeting of the directors of
the Newport Chamber of Commerce
Monday afternoon many matters
came up for discussion after the dis
posal, of routine affairs, and it was
stated this morning that as a result,
preparations will begin at once for
the development of projects fhat are
destined to work to the b(iefit oA*
both Newport and Jackson county,
further announcement of which will
be made later after more mature
plans are laid. Another meeting of
the Chamber directorate will be
held Thursday evening. There will
he a general meeting of the Chamber
membershio on the fourth Friday of
each month, it is announced.
An effort will be made to greatly .
increase the membership of the
Chambr of Commerce, as it has devel
oped that quite a large number of
i persons who should be identified with
I the organization are not. Carl Bel
| lingrath has been appointed to select
j a committee charged with the work
of souring these members.
LOCAL BANKER WILL
DELIVER ADDRESS AT
LITTLE ROCK MEETING.
Chas. G. Henry, president of the
Arkansas Bank & Trust Company of
Newport, will leave tonight for Little
Rock, where he will be present tomor
row at a meeting of the Arkansas Re
tail Merchants’ at the Marion
hotel. The meeting is being fostered
hv th Profitable Farming Bureau of
the Little Rock Board of Commerce.
The goal of the ij^eau is to increase
Arkansas’ agricultural production by
$:i00,000.000 in five years, and un
der direction of H. M. Cottrell, the
meeting of merchants is called tomor
row as the first statewide effort to
enlist not only farmers, but mer
chants and every other interest in the
state in the work necessary to better
I and more diversified farming.
Mr. Henry, who is alive to the needs
of his community, in which he is a
strong factor, and who keeps in min
ute touch with state-wide agricultur
al conditions, has been selected to de
liver an address a* the meeting. His
! subject will be ‘’-’ng Collections
i Sure Next Fall.” Nfc
As many local mefe. mts as can
should attend the session.
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