“Rm p a (h y Expressed In
8HR|j^^North On Account Of
His Age.
Special to Independent.
K Little Rock, Sept. 12.—
§#k “Wouldn’t a fellow have a time
fS‘>..up with folks what treats you
jgfca&an nice” is the comment of Earl
& jafc ■ Gilchrist, the negro youth un
der sentence of death in the Pu
Jfpt pi county jail, for the mur
another boy. “I sho
V would like to go to sec some of
K them fine folks who have spent
R so much money asking Govern
or Donaghey to let me go. They
Rt is plum crazy though, cause I
R ain’t dead yit, en they ain’t goin‘
S ter hang me. If I git out I am
m goin‘ to git some of the names
I and go and see em.”
f Gilchrist, whom the whole
K' country seems determined to
: prevent being hanged, is a gin
ger colored negro boy, apparent
P‘ ly 20 years of ago, though he
: claims to be but 15. He laughs
long and loud when he is told of
the efforts being made by the
Northern press to free him from
the hangman’s noose. He seems
to enjoy the notoriety, and will
ingly submitted to sittings for
photographs to appear in the
Northern papers, but the Pulas
ki county officers played a mean
trick on the negro when they
stood beside him when the pho
tograph was taken in order that
the readers might see the mur
derer is as large as any of the
officers.
"Couldn’t some one change a
bit ov that telegraphin to some
thing to eat?” asks Gilchrist be
tween laughs, "cause I shore
would rather have something
fine to eat than to have all their
sympathy. I ain’t goin to hang,
and I knows that, but while they
are thinking about me, they
might make it good for me too.”
Kirby Not A Candidate.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 12.—Asso
ciate Justice W. F. Kirby has
set at rest a report that he is at
this time considering the advis
ability of entering the race for
governor in the approaching
primaries. He says that, ho has
keen urged rO make the race but
dbes not feel that he should
make the race in the approach
ing primaries, but he would
make no declaration as to his in
tentions beyond the next two
years.
He is now in Texarkana rest
ing up, preparatory to resuming
place on the supreme bench
the hard grind which begins
|ain September 25. He has
|de one most creditable race,
ie of the most popular of all
. officials, and it is freely
that he will not stop
position of Associate
ived.
the Old Reliable
^It has been or
1875. If yoi
use Gilt Edge
“Spotless/
Ten.”
rocer Co.
Court Witness Lucky Man.
Tom Davis of Jonesboro is
evidently a lucky man if there is
' such an individual. Last week
he was summoned to Pocahontas
as a witness in chancery court
and having heard of “pearling”
all his life, he did not fail to ad
venture at the trade while in
that city and along the banks of
Black river. He happened to
find a nest of pearls of which
some of them are valuable to
the extent of several hundred
dollars. In all there were some
thing like two hundred and one
of the number is pure white and
of perfect shape; two others
are what is called the rose pearl,
and of some value; the other
pearls are of more or less value
and it is estimated by pearl ex
perts of Pocahontas that he will
realize about $3,000 for his
week’s find.
Mr. Davis will place them on
the market at once. He states
that he may return to Black riv
er and go into the pearling busi
ness ; still old hands at the bus
iness say that he may work for
one year before he again finds a
single pearl.—Jonesboro Sun. .
Calling In Cotton Pickers.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 12.—Before i
the end of the next week Supt. j
James A. Pitcock of the Arkan
sas Penitentiary will begin to
call in the negro convicts which
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contract on the railroads, and
they will be sent to the State I
Farm, there to be worked at
picking cotton. Supt. Pitcock
says He will need at least 300 of i
the 400 men now on contract
work, and probably will take
even more when the frost falls.
After frost many of the white
convicts will also be taken to
the farm to be kept there until
the entire crop is gathered.
Supt. Pitcock says the worms
are still damaging the cotton,
I and the indications are they will
1 remain until the frost reliev.es
the situation. Supt. Pitcock re
ports that the convicts at the
farm are spraying with Paris
green, which has kept the
worms from making much head
way, even though they refuse to
be routed entirely. ,
Beware Orris Bulbs.
‘ Jonesboro, Sept. 11.—Farmer
beware, is the warning received
in Craighead county from the
U. S. government in a letter to
Expert Davidson, district agent.
The warning is sent out owing
to the continuous fire of very
plausible stories, boosting Orris
to the tillers of the soil, by
1 i 11j1 c
scnemers wnu wuuiu sen inc icu
mer bulbs for use on their acres
of good Arkansas land. Orris is
pictured as better for the far
jmer than Old King Cotton, but
j the learned heads of Uncle
I Sam’s agricultural department
: rise to denounce the scheme as
one full of pitfalls for the unwa
ry.
Mr. Davidson thinks the army
- worm that is nowT in cotton ir
! some parts of the county, is e
i benefit to it instead of menace
. He says that in hundreds o^
’ places the farmers would wel
come the army worm to eat tht
leaves so that the bolls coulc
open and be thoroughly devel
oped.
• Loyd Finley, one of the Inde
i pendent carrier boys, has beer
quite sick for the past week. H<
is reported not very much bet
RAISING CORPORATE
TAXES AROUSED
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Much Of Opposition To Turner
Jacobson Act Says
Governor.
|
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 12.—While
Gov. Donaghey declined to di
vide time with Gen. Norwood at
Dardanelle today, in his discus
sion of the revenue bill, because
he is not at this time a candi
date for any office, the Attor
ney General was on hand and at
the conclusion of the governor’s
speech took the platform and de
livered an address in which he
vigorously assailed the Turner
Jacobson act as vicious and un
called for.
Governor Donaghey said that
he had all the time favored the
theory and the work of the Tax
Commission, and asserted that
it had done much for the bene
fit of the people. He said a
great deal of the opposition had
been caused by the action of the
Commission in raising the as
sessment of the Little Rock and
Fort Smith street railway com
panies, which had been assessed
at less than half of their 50 per
cent valuation.
The attorney general attacked
the bill on its alleged unconsti
tutionality and its unjust bur
dens of taxation, which, he al
leged, are centralized in a Tax
Commission appointed by the
governor.
Dog Ran Automobile.
Harrison, Sept. 10.—That
dogs are “about as smart as
folks” is the firm belief of Col.
R. Cantrell of this city, who
owns thoroughbred French bull
dog, and his faith in dog intelli
gence was increased by an inci
dent that occurred today. The
dog, Bob, is very much attached
(to Mr. Cantrell’s Jackson auto
' mobile, and is somewhere on the
machine every time it is" out. He
sometimes rides in the front seat
beside Mr. Cantrell, and has
| shown much interest in the oper
! tion of the throttle and spark le
| vers, but it was not thought that
| he had any special motive. To
day, however, when Mr, Cantrell
1o-ft Cnv cstnnrlino- in front Ot
| his home, the engine idling slow
ly, he and others were surprised
to hear the machine begin sud
denly to whirr. Investigation
proved that Bob had thrown the
levers forward with his front
feet while he made frantic ef
forts to reach the clutch pedal
with his hind feet as he sat on
the seat.
The dog is carefully prevented
from climbing to the front seat
now, as it is feared that he will
cause the car to start some time
and damage it.
Married In Carthage.
Mr. Edward J. Claxton of
Newport and Miss Lee McCrory
of Springfield, Missouri, were
married last Tuesday Septem
ber 5th at the home of Rev. Dr
Samuel Blair, pastor of the Firsl
M. E. church of Carthage, Mis
souri, by that minister.
The young couple intended t(
keep their wedding a secret foi
a while and Mrs. Claxton ha*
. gone to Toronto, Canada for i
visit to the groom’s mother, be
fore joining him here.
The groom is a prominen
• young business man and plum
ber of Newport, who has man:
! friends who join with the Inde
pendent in congratulations am
good wishes.
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Picked tip a Real Snake.
i Monday morning Miss Hall,
bookkeeper for the Hub Mfg. Co.
of Jonesboro, had a thrilling ex
perience during which the young
lady displayed rare courage and
presence of mind, says the Tri
bune of that city.
She had just commenced her
daily duties and was reaching
for a letter file. She noticed a
snake coiled there, but believed
it to be an imitation placed there
by a practical joker to frighten
her, so she reached for it to
; throw it away.
When she attempted to get it
the reptile coiled up and hissed
threateningly, when the girl
saw it was a live rattler. She
summoned others in a second,
but without hesitation sought
for a weapon for herself. Find
ing a wagon spoke, the young
woman dispatched the snake.
When stretched out the rattler
measured four feet in length.
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Need Hitching Rhck.
Trainmaster D. O. Oulette of j
the Iron Mountain spent Tues
day here and informed the re
porter for the Independent that
the company was considering I
the improvement of the little j
railroad park near the station,'
and would, during the fall and |
spring set out shrubbery and:
flowers to make the place more
attractive but also said that it
could not possibly be done as
long as the people of the town
and country were allowed to
hitch their teams to the fence j
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clliu UCC3. lilCiC 10 JLivu Ciii auiu
scarcely in the day when any-1
where from fifteen to twenty
five teams are not hitched to the i
fence of the Iron Mountain’s.;
property.
It not only gives Front stree'
an ugly appearance but injures
the fence and trees, and as Mr.
Oulette says, makes the dust al
most unbearable in the vicinity
of the station.
There are a number of hitch
ing racks over the town, but our
merchants should get together
and provide a suitable place for
our farmer friends who come to
town to hitch their teams in
safety for Front street is cer
tainly not a safe place and the
request of Trainmaster Oulette
is not an unreasonable one.
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First Issue Free Lance.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 12.—It is
announced by the publishers,
the Parke-Harper News Service,
that the first issue of their new
semi-weekly newspaper, the Ar
kansas Free Lance, will appear
on Sept. 2Q, and will appear reg
ularly on Wednesdays and Sat
i nrrlnvs thereafter.
It promises to be real hot
| stuff, and not subservient to
j any clique or clan, any interest
or any man, standing at all
times for genuine Democracy,
and for clean politics and go\
ernment, state, county and city.
A. W. Parke will be business
manager and Clio Harper, for
mier editor of the Arkansas
Democrat, will be editor.
Hit On the Head.
W. M. Rixter, while at work
> on the Watson residence on
• Third and Vine had a painful ac
; cident Tuesday morning.
l Rixter, who is a carpenter,
- was working on the ground
when a brick mason on the scaf
: fold above knocked off a piece
- of two by four, which struck
r him on the head. Luckily the
- timber fell flat side down anc
1 did nothing more than stun the
man.
i LOSES ONE
; WINS ANOTHER
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Mrs. C. E. Hardin Has Day In
Circuit Court In Civil
Cases.
__
Mrs. C. E. Hardin, the mother
of Ludie Arnold, who several
years ago had quite a stock
farm above Swifton, was the!
defendant in two cases in cir
cuit court Tuesday, which occu
pied most of the day. Both!
cases were here on appeal from!
judgments rendered in' the jus
tice of the peace court at Swif- i
ton.
In the first J> D. Jesse of
Kansas, who had sold a horse
and jack to young Arnold secur
ed judgmenf against Mrs. Har
din for $630.20.
In the second the jury found
for the defendant and against
John Arnold the plaintiff, who
sought to collect a note for $100.
Stuckey and Stuckey represent
ed the plaintiffs and Fred Suits
and O. W. Scarborough the de
fendant.
At press hour Tuesday, the
jury was being made up for the
trial of the damage suit of Hal
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vjr. vvclicio vciouo liic nun
Mountain, Grant and Mack re
presenting the plaintiff.
At a night session Monday,
the trial of the suit of F. B. Rid
dle versus Zack Calhoun was
concluded and plaintiff given
judgment for $10, the value of a
heifer in controversy and $20
damages.
Charles E. Smith is assisting
Circuit Clerk George R. Hays in
handling the work of that office.
Civil Docket Record.
A. B. Massey versus Bud Fos
ter, continued on application of
plaintiff and set for first day.
L. W. Sharp versus H. Garri
son, St. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern Railway Company,
garnishee debt; garnishee dis
charged.
J. A. Baird versus City of
Newport, judgment by agree
ment for plaintiff for $75.
C. F. Wells versus H. H. Dietz,
debt; continued by consent.
Isaiah Burton versus St.
Louis, Iron Mountain & South
ern Railway Co., damages;
judgment by agreement for
plaintiff for $50.
S. E. Morgan, administratrix
estate J. A. Morgan deceased
versus w. a. Morgan aim vv. o.
Morgan, both cases dismissed at
cost of plaintiff.
James Joseph versus John F.
Bortush, unlawfully detained,
continued and set for second
day. Attachments for Robert
Burcher and Mrs. Robert Burch
I
! er.
S. E. Morgan versus W. A.
; lawful detainer dismissed at
Morgan, suits for debt and un
cost of plaintiff.
Wade 0. R. Denty, exparte,
petition to remove disabilities of
minority granted.
Criminal Record.
Town of Tuckerman versus
F. H. Dunham, on appeal from
mayor, dismissed at cost of
plaintiffy
State versus Hal G. Waters
and Oscar Wilkinson, drunk on
train, plea of former acquittal
filed by each.
State versus Sandy Martin,as
sault with intent to kill; pled
guilty to aggravated assault and
fined $50.
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C. R. Hite, who has been sick
for several days, is again able
to be at his office.
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Hats are
ours, and
out done all
The styles and
are finer