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NOVEMBER 21. 1913. NUMBER 200.
■MACH SENT
I JO A CHEMIST
lamiwti™*'01' Poison As
|ntr0, Byrkett's Death is
■ Suspicious.
■nut Ridge, Nov. 20.— The
leh of Ora C. Byrkett was
■to the state chemist for
Isis for poison. While a
t his report Coroner J.
K will subject theremam
■hiskey in the mysterious
■found after Byrketfs death
■igid chemical examination.
■ entire county is stirred at
■udden death of Byrkett,
Ls the second husband of
■Jowof A. W. Shirey. Shir
■e of the wealthiest men in
■art of the state, was shot
■th in his store at Minturn,
■miles from here, two years
■ Mrs. Shirey was seeking a
■e at the time, and soon af
■hirey’s death she married
■ autopsy, which was per
■d in response to the order
■ coroner’s jury, today fail
■reveal anything so far as is
L and in the meantime the
■tigation into the cause of
■ett’s death will wait upon
■ports of the results of the
■xaminations. If either ex
■tion results in the discov
if poison, the investigation
ie continued.
ese reports are expected
n a day or two, and in the
time the officials are en
iring to learn more about
nysterious flask. Byrkett
rked to some one that he
out of whiskey the day be
he died and sent for some,
ould not get it that night,
bk after it was found con
d only a few drops and
no mark to show where it
:ome from.
s. Byrkett, who returned
a sanatorium at Bates
after hearing of her hus
’$ death, was almost hys
al today and was near pros
it Her husband’s body
shipped to his old home in
htstown, Indiana, yester
fat interest has been arous- j
’theapparently mysterious i
instances surrounding Byr
s death.
is generally believed that'
i was due to poisoning and j
condition of the muscles j
cd to indicate that death j
been preceded by the action i
anide or other similar pois-,
e position of Byrkett’s body
1 it was found has caused
authorities to believe that he
l°t commit suicide, but was
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the victim of foul play. He was
disrobed for bed and had a cigar
ette in his mouth when found in
his room and the whiskey flask
was on the table near him. It
is argued also that he had no
known reason to take his own
life, because he and his wife
lived happily since their marri
age, which closely followed the
death of her former husband,
A. W. Shirey, who was shot
while in his store at Minturn
several years ago.
Little Rock Press Club.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 21.— The
meeting to organize the Little
Rock Press Club will be held at
the Hotel Marion Sunday after
noon, at which time a tempor
ary organization will be perfect
ed. For the first time in the his
tory of Litt'e Rock newspaper
dom, factionalism has been put
aside and all newspapers and a
gencies have signed the peti
tion calling for the meeting.
It is planned to permit the
business men of Little Rock to
become associate members, and
aside from caring for Hifortun
ate members and providing club
rooms, the association will have
for its first big achievement the
details for the entertainment of
the 1914 meeting of the Arkan
sas Press Association, which is
to be held in Little Rock. In
the past, the meetings in Little
Rock have been a bit shy of hos
pitality, but the members of the
new association promise to make
things so pleasant at the spring
meeting that out of town mem
bers wil forget the past.
December 7 Tuberculosis Day.
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 21.— Gov.
Hays, acting under the Lundy
act giving the governor power
to declare an emergency and
create a deficiency, has issued
a proclamation giving the State
Board of Health $1,000 for the
purpose of printing blanks and
| forms in connection with the
I Bureau of Vital Statistics.
i The governor has also issued
!a proclamation^! the request of
jthe National Association, for
i the Study and Prevention of
tuberculosis, declaring Sunday.
December 7 Anti-Tuberculosis
[ day and all churches, public!
I and labor organizations and
schools are requested to observe
that or some other near-by con
venient day for the purpose of
• furthering the cause.
Drove Turkeys 45 Miles.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 21.—A gen
tle reminder of Thanksgiving
struck Little Rock from Saline
county Thursday evening when
two farmers drove 187 turkeys
• into the city. The men had driv
en the turkeys 45 miles on foot,
• taking two to make the ti ip.
| The turkeys were herded on the
| State Capitol grounds while ne
| gotiations for their sale were on
' which were conducted by one of
i the men.
| The farmers did well on their
| venture, one stating that the\
I had made over $1 on each tur
i key by driving them to the cit\.
, The presence of the flock of
thanksgiving extravagances on
, the Capitol grounds caused man>
i envious eyes to turn in that di
■ i rection, especially from tha-.t
who looked through Capitol win
• dows.
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GOOD ROADS
STATE CONVENTION
Called To Meet in Capital City
January 14 and 15,
1914.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 21—W. A.
Coker, president of the Arkansas
Good Roads and Drainage Asso
ciation. has issued a formal call
for a meeting of that organiza
tion in Little Rock January 14
and 15, at the Hotel Marion.
Hon. Joe Asher will call a meet
ing of the county judges associa
tion for the same dates, all the
county judges being members of
the Good Roads Association. It
is urged that all road overseers
and superintendents be appoint
ed as delegates, and that dele
gates be named from each town
ship, so that the convention at
tendance may represent actual
road workers, and builders. All
mayors are requested to ap
point not less than five nor more
than ten delegates, and each com
mercial organization or fair as
sociation is asked to name not
less than ten delegates.
The railroads will be requested
to make a special rate. If they
do not grant it, a two-cent rate
is in effect which is the same as
the reduced fare heretofore
crrsmtPft with tHp rprlnr-prl rate
in effect, under the certificate
plan.
The Association will secure
government road experts and
men prominent and successful in
road and drainage work will also
be present. George R. Brown. o&
Little Rock is secretary, and all
lists of delegates should be sent
to him.
The Seven Cent Egg.
Eggs have risen to 84 cents a
dozen in New York City, and
meat, too, is scarce and high.
I There is easy explanation for
j the meat. The ranges are dis
appearing, the stock raising
business has not been readjust
ed to the idea of getting along
without range stockers and
feeders, and pending that read
justment at least scarcity and
high prices are inevitable.
But eggs don’t require big
areas for production. No great
capital is required to produce
them. The poultry and egg bus
iness is profitable. Why don’t
more people get into it?
The answer seems to be that
! folks are not caring about earn
! ing modest money in modest
ways any more. They don’t want
i to be bothered with “a few hens”
'or a “kitchen garden,” such as
| used to belong to almost every
5 village and small town home.
(Who “makes garden” nowadays
in his “back yard?” Yes, there
are some of him left, true
I enough; but his kind is disap
i pearing. Most of him lives
j where he can’t make a garden;
, he is fussing with a spark plug
: instead of a spade.—Memphis
! News-Scimitar.
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| Donaghey Sells Old Home.
! Special to Independent.
Little Rock. Nov. 21.— Hon. G.
W. Donaghey, former governor,
now a resident of Little Rock,
i! has sold his old home at Conway
’ to Jo Frauenthal of that city
- and Thursday Mr. Frauenthal a
; warded a contract for the ex
- tensive remodeling of the build
^ ing.
Yeggs Escape Hut Are Caught.
Russellville, Nov. 20.—Aided
by a confederate, who unlocked
the door of the jail while the
jailer was at lunch, George B.
Thompson and Richard Reynolds
held as members of a gang of
bank robbers, escaped at 12:30
this afternoon, and at 3:30 were
captured by Deputy Sheriff Rush
McArthur and Jack Love. South
ern League baseball player,
while hiding in the foliage of
a fallen tree. They made no re
sistance. An unidentified man
was arrested late this afternoon
as the accomplice who opened
the cell door. No charge has
been made against him yet, but
he will he held on suspicion.
Returning to the jail after
lunch, the jailer discovered that
the two men were gone, and he
promptly gave the alarm. The
gang of which Thompson and
Reynolds are alleged members
are charged with the daring rob
bery of the bank in Dardanelle.
Nearly all the men in the com
munity joined in the chase after
the two men who, it was believ
ed, would render a desperate re
sistance.
The officers and the volun
teers scattered and soon learned
the fugitives had left the
freight at the coal chute, several
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wards and Deputy McArthur and
Love went to the country around
the coal chute and began a
search. A large tree had fallen
during a storm a short while ago
and Marshal Edwards passed it,
but McArthur and Love moved
aside the branches and found
the two men hiding beneath the
foliage. Covering them with
their revolvers they ordered the
alleged yeggs to surrender. The
men obeyed without resistance
and were taken back to jail. A
constant watch will be kept over
them in the future, it was said.
The men will be tried on No
vember at Dardanelle for rob
bery of the bank here. They will
be prosecuted by Prosecuting
Attorney A. S. Hays and Ed
ward Gordon, assistant prosecut
or.
Federated Clubs Board Meets.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 21.— The an
nual meeting of the State Board
of the Arkansas Federation of
Women’s Clubs was held Thurs
day at the Hotel Marion. Ar
rangements for the annual meet
ing of the Federation at Helena
the last of April were consider
ed. Those present were Mrs.
Max Frauenthal of Conway. Mrs.
John Ike Moore and Mrs. John
Ware of Helena, Miss Clara Enc
of Van Buren, Mrs. D. McMillan
of Arkadelphia, and Mrs. John
Fletcher, Miss Mary McCabe,
Mrs. A. Retan, Mrs. Jennie Bea
uchamp, and Mrs. C. W. Gar
rison of Little Rock and Mrs
Tomlinson of Osceola.
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10,435,000 Bales Ginned.
The government report, show
ing 10,435,000 bales ginned t<
November 14 inclusive or an in
crease of 144,000 oales over sam<
period last year, caused th<
market to break 1G points, but ;
reaction soon set in, reclaiming
12 points.
The local market showed lit
tie change and cotton sold all th
way from 10 1-2 to 12 cents pe
pound.
SCOTT GIVEN
TWENTY ONE YEARS
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Sentence For Murder In Second
Degree In Trial For Murder
of His Wife.
1 Jonesboro, Nov. 20.—Tim
l
Scott, will serve twenty-one
rears l’or the brutal murder of
i'
! his wife, who was beat to death
by him with a stick of stove
wood while being dragged from
i a neighbors house to his own.
according to the verdict of
twelve men representing Craig
head county’s citizenship, re
turned about noon today. The
verdict came as a surprise for if
'there was ever a crime comrnit
1 ted in Craighead county where
!
the death penalty should have
been executed it was the crime
of Jim Scott. He beat to death
in the most cruel manner a poor,
weak, helpless woman, only be
cause she had done some little
thing that did not please him.
The case went to the jury last
night after the argument was
finished, which was near onto 11
o’clock, the court holding a night
session in order to get through
with the case. They considered
up to noon today and finally
reached a verdict of second de
gree murder and gave him the
highest sentence—21 years in
the penitentiary. The attorneys
for the defendant offered to en
ter a plea of guilty to 2nd degree
murder without a trial and take
'a sentence of twenty-one years,
^ but Prosecuting Attorney Hud
I dleston knowing any such com
promise as that would not suit
| the people where the crime was
! committed, refused to accept
same and tried him for first de
gree murder.
Orator For Memorial Day.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 21.— The
Capital City will this year sup
ply a number of orators for
1 the Elk Memorial Services in.
different parts of the state. Gov.
j Geo. W. Hays will deliver the
oration at the Rogers lodge of
| Elks' services, Hal L. Norwood
I will perform the same function
j at lilyt hevill«' and Thomas Helm
at. Newport. The Little Roclc
(orator will In1 Will Steel of Tex
arkana. Dr. C. N. Brough of
Hie Cniversity of Arkansas will
speak at Jonesboro. The Elks
held Memorial services in all
lodges on the afternoon of De
cember 7.
Chicken Coop Burned.
The fire department was call
ed to the corner of Newport Av
[ enue and Third street about 2
o’clock Friday afternoon, where
a chicken coop and a small
amount of fence were found
ablaze .just to the rear of the
meat market.
The fire had been started by
children playing and in spreading
to the fence, was beyond their
control when the alarm wras
turned in.
Mr. and Mrs. William Horne
of Cave City, who have been the
guests of Dr. and Mrs. C. R.
Gray, left for their home yester
day.
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