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The Independent is authoriz
ed to announce the candidacy of
William A. Oldfield of Independ
t / ence County for re-election as
) congressman from the Second
district, subject to the action of
the Democratic primary.
^ ‘Honest Debts Never Outlawed.
Debts which honest men owe
ffj^are never outlawed. This has
been demonstrated in the case of
J. M Luker of Russellville, who
has just received a payment of a
debt contracted 31 years ago. He
has received a letter from W. H.
McEver of Palmer, Texas to the
effect that he lived in Pope
county 50 years ago, and for the
PL -fa3t 31 years has resided in Tex
as. During all this time he had;
owed the Luker estate $10,
which he thought had been paid
until a few weeks ago. Be wrote;
to Mr. Luker about the debt,but
he knew nothing of it, and said
I * TO TUB „
IF YOU HAVE
NO MONEY
IE you were to investigate the families who haveifl
complisheddaughters, you would find that in practicM
every instance a bank account is started for their ed|9
tion when they were children. You envy such pedjfl
so will your children when they grow up unless t9
have the same advantages. Ill
ARKANSAS SANK & TRUST Col
NE WPORT. ARKANSAS "fjl
- MISSIS?
Haffiptonls Liberated.
Mr. S. L. Hampton, who for a
number of years has been incar
cerated in a Mexican prison for
the killing of a negro, and in
whose interest the Masonic fra
ternity and hundreds of other
friends worked to save him from
execution and finally to secure
his release from a Mexican pris
on, has at last been liberated and
is again a free man in the United
States.
Mr. Hampton, a number of
years ago, • was .a resident of
Batesville, being a conductor on
the White River railroad, and
his many friends in this section
• will be glad to learn that after
i his many years of imprisonment
under an unjust and cruel Mexi
can rule, he has at last gained
his liberty.—Batesville Guard.
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tenced to i
tiary, will be sifomitted to the
supreme court next Monday
Judge Compton was formerly
county judge of Pulaski county
and his father was at one time
a member of the Arkansas su
preme court He removed to Ma
| rianna about ten years ago
Soon after the appeal was fil
ed,the attorney general confess
ed error because of a faulty in
dictment, but it was found upon
investigation this was a cler
ical oversight, and when a cor
| rected indictment was filed, the
! confession of error was with
drawn. The defense is now re
lying for reversal upon the con
tention that indictment does not
charge facts sufficient to consti
tute embezzlement, and that ev
en if it did, the evidence does
not substantiate such a charge.
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carried out.
The entire home was lavishlj
decorated in bright autumn col
ors and growing plants, the pre
vailing color notes being yellow
and white which blended beauti
fully writh the many handsome
reception toilettes worn by the
more than hundred ladies who
' called during the hours of re
ceiving and paid compliment to
the popular young matron, the
guest of honor.
In the reception hall Mrs.
William Biale'y, Mrs. William
Hooker and Mrs. A. D. Bailey re
ceived the guests, and from
there they wTere ushered into the
partlor and under a beautifully
decorated archway of yellow7 and
wrhite chrysanthemums, the re
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New Bank At Fisher.
Harrisburg, Oct. 19.—A bank
with a capitalization of $10,000
has just been organized at Fish
er, this county, with J. A. San
ders as president, G. R. Plyler,
vice-president and J. A. Sanders,
G. R. Plyler, L. E. Wade, L. B.
Kleeman, R. A. Ewen, E. M.
Ford and A. E. Dixon as direct
ors. Stock is also being sub
scribed for the organization of a
bank at Trumann, this county,
and one has just been organized
at Marked Tree, capitalized at
$50,000, and with S. P. Thomp
son as president. This will
make nine banks in this county.
To Automobile Owners.
I now have a first class repair
man and am in shape to take
care o? your troubles at reason
able Drices. Phone 38.
29dtf J. L. Younger.
Hatred, pegrades Ua.
When our hatred Is too bitter it
places us below those whom we hate
—La Rochefoucauld.
nut oiuvuj n vw*
dial greeting to those who en
tered. In this line were Mes
dames Rex McCuistion, Elbert
Watson, B. B. Bond, Chas. G.
Henry, W. T. Parish, Tom Hut
son and Misses Lucy Bailey and
Franchelle Hooker..
From the parlor, the guests
were ushered into the dining
room at different times by
Mesdames P. H. Van DyKe, T. J.
Gregg, L. Hirsch and George R.
Hays.
The dining room received spe
cial touches from the decorator,
for it was certainly resplendent
in beauty.
Over yellow satin, which cov
ered the table, was spread a clu
ny lace cover upon which rested
a huge basket of yellow and
white chrysanthemums. In this
room, cream cake and mints
were served by Misses Carrie
Stevens, Bess Watson, Katie
Price and Hortense Hite.
In the reception hall a fruit
beverage was dispensed by Mi s,
Robert B. Hooker and Mrs. H.
that if he desired to do so he
might send the $10 without in
terest and he would send a re
/ ''ceipt. A few days later Mr. Lu
ker received from McEver a
check for $41, covering the prin
cipal and compound interest.
Dan McCurry of Mountain
Home reports a similar case,
having recently received a
•check for $70 to discharge an ob
ligation of 11 years’ standing.
In 1900 a firm of mail contrac
tors took from him a subcon
tract for carrying the mail from
Mountain View to Cushman, and
they finally gave it up, owing
Mr. McCurry $300 for which he
secured judgment, after consid
__jerable trouble and expense.
" Then came a letter from L. E.
Brevard of Houston, Miss., one |
of the firm, who said he had
been attending a revival and had
been impressed with the impor
tance of settling all his debts.
McCurry wrote that he had
would accept $70.
years ago, when
The other day
ights, Commencing Friday, October 20
_ ? lU fu^m\n6 Actress MISS HAZEL WOODS and
U°SMSTErTbIG COMPANY. Friday Night, the Great Emotional Play
“SHADOWS OF A GREAT CITY". Saturday Night the Big Success
“The Little Homestead
STORY OF THE PLAY
“THE LITTLE HOMEST EAD” whiST make?otiTbe^ter for the
moral, forcibly told and beaut, ful m.itspathos. M ^ 'n terest ia heightened by every
knowing, yet a tale of such dra ma setting is a fitting atmosphere with which to sur
word and situation. .The quaint . j- j wjth the devoted young husband and
round the characters. One feels at home by the hres.de wirei threshold and
handsome wife; hudders at the “ *fvlh ., who ina moment of blind infatuation
strikes at the sanctity; sorrows at the fraitty o ^ ^ disconsoiate husband and finds hope in
succurbs to the wiles of the de s r y ■ kiad and who now knows that his deformed
the id-shapen cripple to whom ™,e adea when ,he doors of the homestead are closed up
being v-as created for a purpose. Pathos p which f0„#w the „„happy wo
on the wife and the home destroyer. J*e sor from the man with whom she has cast her lot
man to squafid apartments, amlto drunk' » o fc toagain lead her back to paths of
are relieved by the appearance of the h“sba d ^ Ma hand that rids the homestead of its
right. The little cripple again sees and kn blU/ardcomes the remorseful wife to the
destroyer. Then out in the blinding ■ (ireside lights up her face,made sweet through
„ - little homestead. - to die. The ruddy b are of the 1 > J g and i„ the little homestead
' suffering, she hears her husband call her wife “car0MESTE\ll.
passes to rest. Such is the storyof THE LITTLE Hume,
Prices 25, 35 and 50 cents. Sea's now selling at Busy Bee.
Coon Hunting Party.
A novel feature in the way of
an entertainment was indulged
in and very much enjoyed by a
crowd of young people Thursday
evening when twelve couples en
joyed a “coon hunt” in the river
bottoms below town.
No one expected to see a coon
but really surprised themselves
as well as their friends by bring
ing in one lonely little fellow.
At the end of their journey,
which was about two miles, a
big camp fire was built and a
fine lunch spread and enjoyed by
the “hunters” whose appetites
had been increased by the long
walk. Mrs. Myrtle Massey and
Mrs. H. G. Drummond chaper
oned the crowd who were Misses
Rina Price, Annie Belle Bridger,
Ruth Van Meter, Annie Laurie,
Frankie and Josie Lindsey, Rina
Wallace, Katherine Morris, Ad
die McDearmon and Bessie Cole;
Messrs. Walter Fife, W. A. Ros
sington, Frank Dowdy, Eugene
Wallace, R. R. Rushing, James
F. Johnson, Lloyd Brocius, Ira
H. Erwin, Charles Sprigg, Law
rence Bailey, Clay Childers, Otis
Price and Malcolm Taggart.
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Additional Local.
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Mrs. T. B. Stallings and Miss
Lillie Stallings left this morning
for Swifton.
Knox mends shoes cheap. Ill
Walnut street.
The Young Ladies’ Bridge
Club will meet Saturday after
noon at 2:30 with Miss Lucy
Bailey.
Just received—Fresh Country
Sorghum. — Snetzer’s Grocery.
63dtf.
Postmaster W. S. Morgan of
Tupelo was here yesterday on
his return home from Little
Rock, where he attended the
State convention of postmasters.
G. W. Meeks, a very pleasant
young gentleman from Sydney,
has accepted a position with C.
A. Virtue at the City Drug Com
pany.
A. G. Andrson and George
Hipolite drove up from Little
Rock Thursday in Mr. Ander
son’s car, both returning to Lit
tle Rock early this morning.
.. Automobiles Pay State.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 20.—Secre
tary of State Hodges yesterday
paid into the state treasury £
total of $5890 which he has col
lected under the Hughe . u ^mo
bile law passed by the I.. ' legis
lature.
Good Plumbing Gives Good „:|
Satisfaction
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i There is a good deal of satis
I > faction experienced in paying a
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plumbing bill for first-class
work. A feeling of content
should remain. Nor should the
bill be excessive. If you would
have these, get my figures on
your work.
Most Modern and Best Goods.
I. " - Work Guaranteed. ^
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Phone 243 207 Walnut St.
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PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
Watson Building
Office Honrs:
b a. in. to 12 m.
3 p. m. to 6 p. m
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