M MliElt I 12.
(HER O’NEAL
trialwednesday
ri jury Expects to Conclude
:(r|i Thursday— Several
flew Petit Jurors.
he trial of Homer O’Neal,
Newport boy indicted for
der in the first degree for
killing of a negro known as
3il» has been set for Wed
lav and will be the first of
many murder cases to be
d at this term.
j. Bowden, D. C. Dowell
p, N- Massey have been ex
d from the petit jury and
Bengel, W- S. Hinkle and
). Runyan have been swrorn
(fill the vacancies.
ie grand jury resumed work
Jay morning, but had re
ed no further indictments,
i court adjourned for the
early Monday afternoon, all
cases on the day’s calendar
ng been disposed of. The
d jury expects to conclude
pork Thursday. J. W. Wal
is a member of that body,
ng succeeded W. R. Little
>e Davis of Village 1 own
indicted for assault with
it to kill, pled guilty to ag
ated assault and was fined
and an hour in jail. The
n cases against Sallie James
idling liquor have been nolle
sed and dropped from the
et.
;ket record in brief
M. King versus St. Louis,
Mountain & Southern Ry.
damages; dismissed at cost
ifendant
idrew Bullard et al versus
ince Insurance Company,
ction; petition granted re
ng defendant to produce
y sued on.
ate versus Tom Kagen, de
.tion of the Sabbath; nolle
led.
ate versus W. P. Sanderson,
ig liquor; continued by
upon good behavior of de
ant on ten indictments,
iss Hicks, drunkenness in a
c place, forfeiture on bond,
nons to issue.
ss Turrentine. forfeiture on
, summons and alias bench
ant to issue.
“iuonnson, gaming; tor
re on bond, summons and
i warrant to issue,
nnie O’Neal, gaming; for
re on bond, summons and
i warrant to issue,
ate versus Alfred Edmiston,
al dismissed at cost of de
ant on two indictments,
ate versus C. J. Vallentine,
dt and battery; nolle
sed.
ames Good Roads Days,
rt Smith, Sept. 14.—Sep
er 22 and 23. Tuesday and
lesday, have been officially
red “good roads days” in
Greenwood district by Coun
ts6 Ezra J. Hester. On
days it is planned to work
es 0I" r°ad. Owing to the
no r°ad work was at
'®d earlier in the month on
|ays aside by Gov. Geo.
lays. Rains within the last
i ays have placed the roads
• forked in fine condition,
froads to be built lead out
greenwood. One goes to
'e t City, a distance of 10
an°ther to Lavaca, 11
s’ and the third to Mansfield
|ay of Witcherville, and
togton, a distance of 12
CLARKE WILL !
MAKE FIGHT
Now At Home Looking After
Fences and Preparing For
First Direct Election. j
1 Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 15.—U- S.
Senator .James P. Clarke has re
turned from Washington for a
few days to look after his polit
ical fences. He is indicating to,
' his friends that he will make one I
I of his characteristically hard
fights for the re-nomination, and
i much interest attaches to it be
cause of the fact that this will be
the first direct election of a sena
tor under the new federal law.
For several years advisory pri
maries have been held in the
state, meaning virtually the j.
same thing, however. At this:
time it seems probable that Sen
ator ClarkeandAssociate Justice
| W. F. Kirby will be the only can
! didates for the office, although
two or three members of the
Congressional delegation persist
in coming to the front as possi
| bilities. It is probable that the
j campaign will open vigorously
soon after January 1.
REWARD—for return of'
small box containing clothing
and photo lost in a Newport res- j
taurant. The owner, though I
aged, feeble and poor will pay a
reward for its return to this of
fice and no questions asked, dlt
Ralph Hirsch, one of our
brightest young men, left Fri
day night forFayetteville, to re-1
enter the State University for j
another term.
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NOTICE.
Our stores will be open even
ings ’till 8:30 o’clock, commenc
ing tonight.
Fife & Moore
Jos- M. Berger. Jr.
For Rent.
First ciass storage room at
Bowen’s Cash Store. 39dlm
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Moving Pictures
at the OperaHouse
18 Reels Per Week.
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DIXIE LAND
A darky’s vision of mellow mem
ories of the Southland. The sto
ry revolves around a proud old
Southern family, and their va
rious experiences during the
[Civil War.
(Drama—SELIG.)
BOOSTING BUSINESS.
[Showing the trick of a drummer
to get orders from the stores.
I But see what happens to him.
iFeaturing John Steppling, Jos-.
! eph Allan and Eleanor Blanchard !
(Comedy—ESS AN AY.)
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BEAU BRUMMEL
! The associate of kings, prince
^and princess—a beautiful society
drama. Born in luxury and bred
in opulence, but dies an object ox
charity. James Young, Leo De
laney, James Morrison, The
Duchess, Julia Swayne Gordon
; and Clara Kimball Young. An
excellent drama.
(VITAGRAPH.)
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Good pictures and good music by j
the orchestra.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
TUESDAY NIGHT
A two-reel feature,
THE END OF THE GUEST
j (LUBIN)
River (lives l’p Murdered Man.
Des Arc, Sept. 14.—With his
skull crushed, a long gash cut in
his abdomen, and his body wrap
ped from feet to head with hea
vy chains, the dead body of an
unknown man was found anchor
ed in White River about 12 miles
from Des Arc late yesterday. A
few miles upstream a floating
boat house showed unmistakable
signs of a struggle, the windows
broken and blood stains on the
boat’s floor. An axe dyed red
with blood lay on the floor of the
water structure, while a heavy
anchor, a piece of cast iron and a
mussel bar. all capable of inflict
ing a fatal injury, were chained
to the man’s body.
The discovery was reported to
the county authorities and the
body placed in the hands of
County Coroner Robinson. At
an inquest a verdict was return
ed that the man had met death
by foul play.
The dead mas was apparently
about 45 years old, smooth shav
en, weighed about 140 pounds
and was five feet and seven inch
es in height. He wore a blue
work shirt and blue trousers. No
papers or other personal effects
that might serve to identify him
were found in his clothing.
A strict investigation to un
cover ine murderers nas oeen
started by county authorities.
BURGLAR LEFT
LETTER CLUE
Course Work Led to Early Ar
rest of Lawrence Gravelly
An Olyphant Negro.
The store of Wilmans Mercan
tile Company of Diaz was bur
glarized Friday night and Satur
day night, Lawrence Gravelly an
Olyphant negro, was behind the
bars in the Jackson county jail,
charged with the crime. As the
negro was wearing some of the
stolen goods, Sheriff McCuistion
believes that he has a strong
case against Gravelly, who de
nies his guilt and implicates Will
Reece, whose whereabouts are
unknown.
The burglars entered the store
by using a ladder to a high win
dow in the rear, which opened
upon an upper deck of the store.
Shoes and a coat were among the
articles missed next morning,
but upon the floor was found a
letter addressed to Gravelly at
Olvnhant. This of course direct
eel suspicion toward him and
Sheriff McCuistion found that
Gravelly had reached Olyphant
Saturday morning upon No. 29.
He was arrested and brought to
Newport for a preliminary hear
ing.
Governor Has Sunday School
Class.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 15.—Gov
ernor George W. Hays is devoted
to the church, and is a member
of the First Baptist church of
which Mayor C. E. Taylor is also
a member. He has been elected
teacher of the Traveling Men’s
Bible Class in th'e Sunday school,
and made his first appearance
before the class in that capacity
yesterday. E. W. Otey is presi
dent of the class
Take a dollar's worth of stock
in the greatest thing proposed
for the children of the State—A
Health Car. 39b7t
For Sale—From 5 to 20 shares
First National Bank Stock at
book value. Box 255, Little
Rock, Ark. 42dtf.
RAINS GENERAL
OVER THE WEST
Half of Cotton Section But Help
Crop Little In Most of These
States.
The weather of the week end
ing September 12 was more fav
orable to cotton than in either of
two preceding weeks. Rains fell
generally throughout the west
ern belt and more or less irregu
larly ;n eastern states. Temper
jatures were lower. The rain was
of benefit in all sections and a
note of improvement is sounded
| by correspondents in most
'.states.
It is certain that late bolls
will grow to larger size and re
turn a greater amount of lint as
a result of the moisture and in
this manner Is the greatest ben
efit derived. Over the greater
part of Texas and Oklahoma all
the fields except lowlands had
been dried out by the heat and
drouth preceding the rains and
these cannot appropriate the
rainfall, however abundant it
may be, except at too slow pace
to mature before average or
’even late frost dates.
The crop in Alabama and At
lantic .states has been improved
by the rain, wherever heavy
enough to wet the ground.
There are sections however
where the precipitation has been
quite light. Returns are irreg
ular and while some cotton is
turning out quite well some of it
is young and has not matured a
normal amount of fruit for the
| season
Cotton is opening rapidly ev
erywhere and with lower tem
peratures and dry weather next
[week great progress will be
made in picking
BY STATES.
North Carolina—Weather fa
Ivorable since storm passed. Old
I cotton opening rapidly and has
made good yield. Young cotton
uncertain. Has but little matur
ed fruit.
South Carolina—Pail of crop
nearly all open and has matured
good yield. Another part is late
and still quite green. State has
good crop as whole though some
thing depends upon frost date.
Picking under good headway
land farmers disposed to sell.
Geoi'gia—Week more favora
ble than either of two preceding.
Crop badly spotted. Late
growth just opening and seems
not well fruited. Altogether
however state has good average
yield and most crops better than
last year.
Alabama—Recent rains have
I revived cotton in localities while
I in others they came too late to
Jbe of material benefit. Alto
gether damage does not appear
so large as once reported- Much
cotton open. Farmers selling
freely. Small top crop.
Mississippi—Crop lost some
ground during week- Bolls op
ening very rapidly- Splendid
crop on lowlands. Boll weevil
districts badly cut down and hill
lands have proved disappointing
to early expectations. Leaf
worms at numerous points not
| destructive.
j Tennessee— Insufficient rains
; to stay deterioration. Hills dry
! Lowlands remain green and
Lowalnds remain green and
! thrifty. Crop average well but
| is below last month’s promise
materially.
Arkansas—Many correspond
ents sound note of improvement
since rains which have covered
i
Iall but northern part of Hate.
Much cotton already open, but
lowlands appear benefited by
moisture.
Oklahoma—Rains have fresh
ened many fields, hut best opin
ion is that benefit in outturn of
cotton will be small, as blooms
now cannot mature cotton while
many Fields are completely dried
out. M ith cooler and dry weath
er picking and ginn ng will be
very rapid.
Ivousiana—Rains of do id ' f ul
benefit. No possibility of top
crop because of weevils. Fair
crop matured and being rapidly
| picked out.
Texas—Abundant rains haw
fallen, but too late. Jn northern
and eastern counties the only
benefit derived will come from
better lint quality and perhaps
better outturn from unopened
bolls. There is little probabili
ty of a top crop. In west cotton
is all open and soon be picked
out. Central nearly all open.
Fall crop possible in southern
central counties unless cut off
by boll weevils. Some report
outturn better than expected.
In coastal and extreme south
western sections damage from
heavy beating rains
Little Rock School Opens.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 15—The
Little Rock public school opened
today, with a large number of
'new teachers. There are thirty
six teachers in the High school
alone and a dozen ward schools.
To take care of the large in
crease in attendance this term,
a number of patent portable
buildings are being used at the
various schools.
IbedicN Rain I or South.
Wa.-hington, Sept. ! I —Early
autumn frosts In the lower lake
region. *he middle Atlantic
states. New England and the ex
it reme Nortlnves1 are predicted
! by the Weather Bureau forTues
ulay. Tin weekly forecast to
j night says:
■ “The week will open with
rains continuing in the Southern
Mates and extending into the
i Ohio valley and the middle At
I bintic slates, and about 'I'uesday
unsettled, rainy v eat her willpre
j vail over all central and North
ern sections east ol the Missi
j.-ippi river. There will also I ■
local showers early in the wee;,
over the Rocky Mountain region
and the Northwest, but by Wed
nesday and Thursday generally
I fair weather should prevail over
all districts.
“There are no present indica
tions of any unusually high or
low temperatures during the
week, but frosts will occur Mon
' day morning over the lower lake
j region, the middle Atlantic
1 states. New England and the ex
treme Northwest; on Tuesday
I morning over the Northwest
generally, the middle plateau and
the central Rocky Mountain re
' gion, and by Wednesday or
Thursday morning probably over
[the northern and western upper
lake region.
Do Your ClothesLook Yellow?
If so use Red Cross Ball Blue. It
will make them white as snow.
Large 2 oz. package 5 cents.
Clear, white clothes are a sign
that the house keeper uses Red
| Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz.
package 5 cents.
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| FALL 1913 I
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