Bb MURDER
Examining
^Knesses In Two
M^Trigatin^ the
Saturday
^■6SSioii two days and
^Krge cumber oi wit
Btfor. to determine
■,.y,v At :l o’clock
^■ei.'.wuu the evidence
^■Pullman brothers
■ brought before the
3 body Tuesday and
■coy ha' been contra
■ -Vfays by num
^Rsses.
■or right watchman
■rayton plant and R.
■ratchman at the Ve
■dio were the first to
■ dead body of Foncl
■yagon, testified that
■ gen Pullman near
I plant lying on the
■ complained that he
■frozen and when car
■e office told a story
Kbbing of Fondring
Kies of that when he
Kss before the in
IB Watson was examin
1 nature of the wound
B Fondring died. He
Boh a wound would
Bo:# How of blood
Bart and that it would
■possible for Fondring
■mbed into the wagon
B stabbed, but the
Bets all go to show
Bing was tabbed while
■on.
loia Mathis, living on
Ke, testified that on her
ine about 8 o'clock
Blight, she passed a
ling this way about 75
lend the veneer plant,
I't tell who or how
h in it. Just beyond.
I two men, one tall and
I gray overcoat, while
I was small and carried
I under his arm. These
kbly the two men Bert
pars were cursing and
Fondring when • he got
P wagon and was stab
le of them. Meeting
5 men upon his return
>wn might of course
jested the parties upon
spicion might be di
Posko, an Italian pearl
Nig at the Confederate
ihed that he was re
°me that night with
ing Pictures
eOpera House
'V AND the outlaw
the cattle round up.
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a thrilling Western 2
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5 and 10 CENTS
Fondring and the two Pullmans,
when Bert Pullman and Fondl
ving decided to return for hay.
Jim Pullman and Fosko were
'riding the horses and continued
'on, but Jim soon said he wasn’t
going any further and asked the
Italian to wait, but witness re
fused to stay and Pullman laid
'down in the public road.
[ J. A. King saw Jim Pullman
threaten a man answering the
description of George Fondring
at the Paris livery stable that af
ternoon and says that the man
threatened left upon a horse
i while Bert Pullman drove away
in a wagon. The other witness
es of the affair at the wagon
1 yard however said the trouble
j occurred between Jim Pullman
and an old one-eyed man of
j square shoulders wearing a gray
overcoat, who bfter proved to be
Link Osborne, living on the old
John Sink farm in Village Town
ship who was taken home that
afternoon by his son-in-law.
Determining positively the
identity of the man, who had
trouble with Pullman at the wa
gon yard and proof that he had
been taken home that afternoon,
removed an element of doubt
and suspicion in the minds of the
inquest jury, that had been
largely responsible for the leng
thy investigation into the facts
of the case, for the tall man
whom Bert Pullman had charged
was the murderer of Fondring
was of similar size, dress and
description with the then un
known man, whom the horse
traders had trouble with at the
livery barn during the after
noon.
Services At Methodist Church.
A splendid congregation was
present at the service Monday
evening, and heard a strong ser
mon by Rev. Abner Sage, Jr.,
who filled the pulpit for Mr. Wil
ford, the latter being quite sick.
Mr. Sage is as good a preacher as
he is a singer and the attentive
audience enjoyed his sermon on
“The Main Product of Christian
ity.”
Services will begin promptly
each evening at 7:30. A large
chorus choir is also a very at
tractive feature of the servlet
December 10 Children's Day.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 11.—Pursu
ant to a request made by Attor
ney Earl U. Hardin, former juv
enile officer of Fort Smith, Gov.
Hays has designated December
10 as Children’s Day for the
state. It will be the first time
any state has taken such a step
for the conservation and im
provement of child life. A pre
liminary meeting is to be held at
the Hotel Marion November 15,
of all educators and others inter
ested, to make arrangements lor
the organization of the state.
Dairymen Raise Prices.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 11.—Wheth
er it is the price of grass or wat
er that has gone up, is not stat
ed in the raise the dairymen
supplying Little Rock have de
manded of their customers. Two
years ago a nickel was good tor
a pint of fresh milk, upon which
thick cream would rise if it was
permitted to stand. r! hen the
separator came along to rid the
milk of its cream, and still the
same price was demanded. Nov
the milk men have increased
j the price to 18 pints for $1. It
I is stated the increase followed s
• meeting attended by all dairy
' men.
s.
MANY CANDIDATES
j FOR PRIZE RANGE
Have Been Nominated By Their
Friends And C ontest Waxes
Warm.
Eight candidates from Jack
•s°n County and nearby towns
have been nominated by their
| friends in the Majestic Range
contest and the adair has begun
to wax warm. The big $65
'range to be awarded the winner
I by the Valley Commission Com
pany is a. prize worth working
tor and all candidates’ names
! should be sent in now so as to
appear in the next published
count of the ballots.
CONTESTANTS’ ST A XI)! N< I.
NOVEMBER 10.
Mrs. Ed Best_ 1100
Mrs. L. C. Moon_11150
Mrs. Linnie Sheppard_1100
Mrs. R. L. Robinson_10290
Mrs. M. -J. Chaney_1450
Mrs. W. S. Armstrong_2100
Mrs. J. D. Carvell_ 5200
Mrs. H. E. Dowell_1100
Valley Commission Co.
(Adv) Newport, Ark.
gypsies ray tine and heave.
Adolphus Muntas and his
band of twenty gypsies, were
before Esquire Nuckolls Monday
and against six of the men in
the party was assessed a fine of
$121 for petty larceny.
According to the testimony,
the bunch held up farmers on
the roadway and practically ri
fled their pockets of change af
! ter telling their fortunes. They
broke into cornfields and turnip
patches and filled up their wa
gons.
| As the gypsies could not pay
the fine assessed, the same was
’reduced about one-fourth, which
'they paid and upon promise to
leave the county, were allowed
to continue southward.
Contest For State Honors.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 11. —The
j contest for the state champion
ship in the high school class, is
now between Pine Bluff and
Fort Smith, but Fort Smith has
i yet to meet Little Rock, in this
j city on Thanksgiving day, before
ja game can be arranged to play
.off for the championship.
Fort Smith is not a real con
t tender yet, for Texarkana will
'protest the game played in tlie
! Border City last Saturday unless
given a chance to play it over.
'Should Fort Smith continue with
jits undefeated record until the
close of the season, a play off
with Pine Bluff will probably be
iarranged in Little Rock. Little
Rock will be the contender if it
beats Fort Smith, but this will
i bring on a pretty tangle for lex
arkana has beaten Little Rock,
and Fort Smith has defeated
Texarkana.
Bazaar a Success.
I The young people composing
j the Epworth League of the
j Methodist church are very much
pleased at the results of their
'bazaar, given Friday and Satui
idav of last week when they
! cleared $160.55, which makes
! the final payment on the electric
I fans placed in the church the
past summer, also on the Sun
day school piano.
The young people are very ap
preciative of assistance render
ed them by the ladies of the
church, also to Mayor Paul fox
the use of his office for the ba
zaar.^
\
i Penitentiary's Financial Condi
tion,
Little Rock, Xov. 11.— Fr-m
April 1 to November 1, there
have been 5:5 convicts released
irom the the state penitentiary,
and each has been paid $2 by
the state, to begin a new life
with.
There is now a balance of
000 in the state penitentiary
fund. The Commission has sold
450 bales of cotton and when the
proceeds of this sale are turned
into the treasury there will be
about Sou,000 available with
which all outstanding accounts
will be paid. All salaries for Oc
tober and part of the running
expenses have been paid. The
penitentiary has rot been in a
better condition financially, for
some time.
I nusuai Pardons Granted.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov, 11.—Two
somewhat unusual pardons were
granted by Governor Hays Mon
day. Allen Splawn ofHermitage
was restored to citizenship in
order that he might qualify as
marshal of Hermitage. He was
convicted July 24, 1909, in the
Mayor’s court there on a charge
of petit larceny, and paid a small
fine. He also restored the citi
zenship of Louis Yancey of Lee
county, in order that he may be
ordained as a minister of the
gospel. He was convicted in
1903 of grand larceny and serv
ed two years in the penitentiary.
The governor pardoned Joe
Tharp and Frank Alexander,
Benton countyans, who are ser
ving terms of one year for the
theft of some wire. The par
dons are on consideration that
they never again violate the law.
Notice.
Dear Ladies: I wish to cor
respond with you in view of
marriage if suited. I would like
to hear from ladies 18 to 35.
For further information ad
dress P. A. Mays, Swifton, Ark.
Give description in first letter.
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BOTH TEAMS
ON METAL
Game Ret ween t< ,mnsa> And
Mississippi promise • to Me
Miu Event ol Pool Mall
Season.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, Nov. 1 i.— A real
game of football is to be lie
clash between the University of
Arkansas and University of Mis
sissippi here Saturday, for both
teams will go on the field with a
reputation to regain, Arkansas
is smarting under the defeat by
Louisiana last Saturday, and
Mississippi will endeavor to cast
aside the stigma occasioned by
the defeat at the hands of Hen
drix.
The defeat of both teams is
due to their failure to play the
kind of football to win those
particular games. Arkansas
and Mississippi are admittedly
stronger than are Louisiana and
Hendrix, but without taking any
of the glory from those elevens
in their victory, a little change
of tactics would have won for
the vanquished elevens. Had
the teams played the football in
the earlier part of the game
they did in the last quarter, the
result would have been different.
So far Arkansas has shown a
better sporting disposition than
Mississippi, for the officials have
not been blamed for their defeat.
The Mississippi claim was pre
posterous. This game was wit
nessed by the Little Rock cor
respondent of the Independent,
who after the game remarked
that the game was surprisingly
free from penalties. No such
claim was made by the Missis
sippi coach en route to Little
Rock after the game. Mississip
pi was not penalized 145, as the
Mississippi coach claimed in an
interview and 40 yards would be
a big estimate in the distance
lost through penalties. Missis
sippi, simply failed to play foot
ball until the last quarter, then
imamiwmmmmmtKami' • ..awvt"vir/T? vr.m&\.rmn? m. yrr-"!grwK.
i he }•'; !; :;t t1 I lull I >ogs simply
hold them back when 1 ho goal
was in da igor. Mississippi had
i hil of had hit-k a! times, hut
I fcndrl had i hat also.
Arkans.. uood not, hold Mis
sissippi dgktly just because Hen
drix gained a chance victor)
over the heavier eleven. Missis
sippi will ■■•omo to Little Rock
.villi a good knowledge of the
strength of Arkansas, and will
know something about the play
of the Razorbaeks. This will
cause tin- Mississippians to play
from the start, and not to lag
like they did against Hendrix.
Mississippi has a powerful
backfield, that is faster than anv
appearing on an Arkansas grid
iron this year. The left tackle
on the team is a sure ground
gainer against any team, but he
I was not called on Friday until it
i was too late. The M ississip
pians have a lot of trick plays
which were uncorked in the last
half of the Hendrix game, if, be
iing plain that desperate means
I must be resorted to to win.
!These fakers bothered the Meth
odists more than anything else.
Coach Driver of the Mississip
pi eleven witnessed the game
jbetween Arkansas and Lousiana
! Saturday.
The defeat suffered by Ark
ansas will take some of the over
confidence out of Ihe Razorbacks
and bring the fighting spirit out
from the very jump in the Sat
urday game. If this is not man
ifested at the beginning, that
heavy Mississippi line, and fast
as well as heavy back field, will
make it a sorry day for the sup
porters of the Razorbacks.
Work was commenced Tuesday
on West End park, putting in
|extra se’ ing along the side
lines, for record crowd is ex
pected.
The prettiest plays of the year
were uncorked by the Memphis
high school in the game against
I Little Rock high school Satur
day. The Little Rock eleven
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. .■- A '"E
A good brisk walk in the fresh
Autumn weather does make
a man feel good.
But to thoroughly enjoy it you
should be properly attired.
Our excellent display of new Fall suits and
overcoats makes a man glad just to see them
and when he gets one on, he knows fully the
joy of being well and correctly clothed.
All the new fabrics in the most favored models
are here in abundance.
$15.00 to $30.00.
'STAR CLOTHING HOUSE.
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