Le eor
EXTRA session
lead of Levee District—
I cotton Is Being Ruin
I in Eastern Arkansas
1 to Independent.
e Rock, Oct. 24. The St.
g Levee Board has never
for a special session
Legislature,” stated 0. N.
rh it’s president, who
Thursday in Little Rock
g a case in which he is in
d, for the Supreme Court.
ave nothing to ask a spe
ijsion for, at this time. _
; only possible question
id have for a special ses
ould be a bond issue, and
K no demand for such a
iow. Those who have
for sale at the present
re not making any great
iy at it, or are selling for
(ice, so we are doing all
.;+ Tf we had the
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L and sold them now we
■ not do any work to amount
lything until spring, so the
|y would be idle in the banks.
Ve are much ahead of any
lous year at this time in our
I and have done much work
le levees during the open
(in. This rain is not hurting
(evees, but it certainly is kill
trop prospects in Eastern
Lnsas. Field after field of
i cotton is going to waste be
le the pickers cannot get in
Reid to work.”
High School Literary.
lie first meeting of the high
L literary society will be
I in the school auditorium
g PROGRAM.
roductory Address, Mr. Wil
no Solo, Mary F. Hays,
er, Pewee Stallings,
ding, Stella Wallace,
late—affirmative. Willie Ov
rton Minor, Will Childers, |
fray Childers; negative Rob
Harris, Frances Bailey, Al
ior Classes, Class Song,
he public is cordially invited
Moving Pictures
It the Opera House
I AN INFERNAL TANGLE
•lick temper and jealousy is
Be cause of this tangle, featur
I? Wm. Humphrey, Rose Tap
i Rankin Drew and Dorothy
I {Drama—VITAGRAPH.)
[HE SQUAW MAN’S AWAK
ENING.
a excellent Indian story, Kav
naugh as lead. (PATHE)
JULU KING
1 Specked husband. May Hot
iy as lead. Comedy
(LUBIN)
Sow! Pictures and Music. Don’t
forget the matinee Sat
urday at 2 p. m.
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ADMISSION, 5c and 10c
Monday Night—“Quo Vadta”
George Parker Dead.
\A telegram received Friday
morning announced the death of
little G«orge Parker, aged 3
years and 8 months. The par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Parker j
of this city were at the bedside
of the child in the Baptist Hos
pital, when death occurred, hav
ing done all within their power
to stay the hand of the grim !
reaper.
Mrs. Parker took the baby to
St. Louis some time ago and the 1
father was called there Thurs
day. To these devoted parents,
whose pride and happiness was
their baby boy, is extended the
heartfelt sympathy of our peo
ple.
Funeral services from the
home at 3 o’clock Saturday after-1
noon, burial following at Walnut
Grove cemetery. The remains
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Parker will reach Newport from
St. Louis on No. 5 Saturday
mnrnintr.
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Another Candidate Forward
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 24.—Another j
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candidate for Secretary of State
has appeared in the person of W.
T. Maxwell, of Benton county,
Maxwell was a representative
from this county in the last leg
islature, and stated at the time
that he would be a candidate for
Secretary of State, but little had
been heard from him since, and
it was thought that he had given
up the intention of making the j
contest.
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Report of The Condition of
FIRST NATIONAL BANK. !
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Newport, Arkansas.
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at the close of business, October 21,
1913.
. RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts.$377,781.33
Overdrafts, secured and
unsecured. 297.66 !
U. S. Bonds to secure cir
culation. 50,000.00
U. S. Bonds to secure Pos
tal Savings. 5,000.00 j
Bonds, Securities, etc. 3686.90
Other bonds to secure Pos
tal Savings. 2,976.50 (
Banking House, Furniture
and Fixtures. 6,000.00
Due from National Banks
(not reserve agents)...... 57,760.22
Due from State and Private
Banks and Bankers, Trust
Companies and Savings
Banks. 21,432.13
Due from approved Reserve
Agents. 153,129.96 j
Checks and other Cash
Items. (,114. JO
Notes of other National
Banks. 5,070.00
Fractional Paper Currency,
Nickels and Cents. 632.80
Specie.§12,363.20
Legal tender
notes. 37,000.00 49,363.20
Redemption fund with U. S.
Treasurer (5 per cent
of circulation). 2,o00.00
Total.§742,745.65
LIABILITIES. _ _
Capital stock paid in.§ -n’nno nn
Surplus fund. o0,000.00
Undivided Profits, less
Expenses and Taxes
paid. 101,4o3.47
National Bank Notes
outstanding. 50,000.00
Due to State and Private
Banks and Bankers. 24.8J-.9U
Dividends unpaid-.... lbu.wu
Individual deposits sub
ject to check.• • • • 461,362.(4
Demand certificates of de- 0Q
Certified checks. 2o,0°
Cashier’s checks out- m00
Postal Savings deposits... 4,btf3.Q4
Total.§742,745.65
STATE OF ARKANSAS,
County of Jackson, ss:
I W T. Parish, Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best
of my knowledge Cashie,
AttCSt; W. A. BILLINGSLEY,
H. C. SANDERS,
NORMAN C. WOLFF,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 24th day of October 1913
My Commission expires July 15, 191
C6RR?"“bAND,Y, Notary Pub*.
Saws Found in Prisoner’s Bread.
Fort Smith, Oct. 23.—Another
attempt to escape of F. E. Wee
der, the alleged street car ban
dit, who sawed his way out of a
cell in the county jail two weeks
ago, was frustrated today with
the arrest of Virgil Gibbs, aged
15, recently released from jail.
Gibbs brought a loaf of bread to
the jail for Weeder. When the
bread was examined it was
found to contain two saws.
« Weeder, local officers say, has
been identified as a 21-year man
paroled last .June from the
Southern Illinois penitentiary at
Menard. Young Gibbs formed
an acquaintance .with Weeder
while the former was held in
jail on a theft charge. When he
saw that the jailer suspected
him he made an unsuccessful
break for liberty.
Weeder’s first attempt to es
cape jail was foiled by Annie
Walker, a negress, accused of
murder, whose screams attract
ed the jailer after Weeder had
cut his way out of his cell.
Strike Looks Hopeless.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 24.—The
coopers’ strike at Paragould, ac
cording to State Commissioner
of Labor Statistics J. C. Clary,1
who went to that city in an ef
for to effect a settlement be
tween the stave factories and the
coopers, is apparently a dead
lock, and it is his opinion that
the manufacturers will close
their mills permanently before
they will accede to the demands
of the mem
Commissioner Clary states
that the men demanded recogni
tion of their union, a contract
signed by both parties for the
year, and a raise in wages for
certain classes amounting to
about two cents per hour. The
manufacturers refused to grant
any of the demands. The un
ion then waived all demands
but for a grievance committee,
to be recognized by the manufac
turers, which also was ignored,
the companies saying they would
receive any man with a com
plaint, but not any committees.
They state they will operate
their mills as they see fit, or
close them down.
Tuckerman Defeats Newport.
The Newport high school base
ball team went to Tuckerman
last Saturday and played the
school team of that place a
game to the tune of 12 to 14
in favor of Tuckerman.
While the score was high on
either side, yet the game was
interesting from the first
| This was the first game for the
Newport boys this session.
Following is the score:
R. H.
j Newport-- 12 ,13
Tuckerman-N 14 11
Batteries—Newport, Wise and
Stallings; Tuckerman, Roberts
and Rice. Struck out, by Wise,
6; Roberts, 1. Three base hit,
Marion; four base hits Bevans,
Stallings 2, Childers, McDonald,
jlJmsted, A. Coe.
Killed Bear First Day.
I a letter received from Tax
j Collector J. Zeno Plant by Dr. J
JF. Headlee Thursday morning
■ is self-explanatory. It reads:
“Landed at camp Tuesdaj
morning, twelve miles abov(
Des Arc. Killed one fine beai
! first day. Nineteen men, 1$
: dogs, 11 horses at camp. ^ I ha<
bear liver for breakfast.”
Mr- Plant left Searcy Satur
day and joined a party fron
Newport headed by Sheriff J.
F. MeCuistion. They have a
large gasoline launch with them,
a kennel of dogs and are strict
ly “loaded for bear” prepared to
stay several days yet.—Searcy
Citizen.
Services At The Christian
Church.
Again, in spite of the storms,
sweeping over the South, there
was a good meeting at the Chris
tian church Thursday night.
. Mr. Taylor’s subject was the
“Presence of Christ.” “Lo, I
am with you alway, even unto
the ends of the world.” This is
the promise of the Savior him
self to those who would be His
followers. This promise was
made after His agony in Geth
semane; after His suffering and
death on the cross that sinful
men might be free; yea, it was
after His claims to the Messia
ship had been established by
His ressurrection from the dead
that he gave this sweet and
comforting assurance that He
it t»t • ■ i i t
wuuiu ever auxue wiixi uiu&e wriu
confess His name.
But Jesus made this premise
of His presence conditional. He
precedes the promise with the
Great Commission, thus giving
men something to do.
“Go ye, therefore and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and the Son,
and of th'e Holy Ghost, teaching
them to observe all things what
soever I have commanded you.”
God thus assigns man a part in
the evangellization of the world.
Net that God or Christ need the
help of man, but that man is
honored with a partnership in
the Father’s plan of salvation
Furthermore, Christ left not
His disciples in doubt as to His
authority. At the price of His
own blood He had earned the
right to command, and the abili
ty to guide His followers, even
unto the end of the world, for
He says, “All power is given
unto me in heaven and in earth.”
The knowledge that the Savior
is ever present is indeed comfort
ing to Christians.
Though the Deity is ever nigh
yet it is he who recognizes the
Divine presence who receives the
; greater blessing.
Thus have we given a few
jof the beautiful thoughts pre
sented by Mr. Taylor in his ser
I mon last evening. Services
again at 7:30 tonight. You are
'most cordially invited to attend,
Negro Conference In Newport
Nov. 3th to Nov. 9th.
The annual conference of the
African Methodist church will
convene here Wednesday, Nov
ember 5th, and continue in ses
sion over Sunday, the 5)th.
There will be about two him- ,
and fifty lay ministers and
many lay delegates and women
j missionaary workers in attend
ance.
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The African Methodist church
is the largest denomination in
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this country controlled by Ne
;groes,. There are fifty odd an
nual conferences like the one
| that will meet here. This con
ference is the first part of a se
ries of four to be held in this
state, or will comprise one-fourth
of the mini tors of tin1 connec
tion in Arkansas.
‘ Bishop W. 1). Chapelle, A. M.
I). D.» L. L. I>, who will preside j
over the conference, is a native
| of South Carolina, and is one of
I the ablest men in the Negro
' nn /in
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j Dr. Chapelle for many years j
was pastor and presiding elder
in his native state. He was for,
ja number of years president of
, Allen University, located at
Columbia, South Carolina, an in
jstitution supported by the A.
; M. E. church. He was elected,
and served eight years, as sec
retary and manager of the A.
M. E. Sunday School Union, at
Nashville. Tennessee. While
! there he purchased and installed
more than $25,000 worth of ma
chinery, making the Union one
of the best equipped publishing
plants in Nashville.
Bishop Chapelle was elevated
to the Episcopal bench in his
church at the general conference
held at Kansas City in May,
1912, and was assigned over the
work in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
; He comes to Arkansas filled with
a wide experience, and is sound
on all questions affecting the
well being of the two races in
the South- His lectures and ad
dresses are published in the
great dailies of his native state,
and the leaders in both church
land state (white) of South Caro
lina, speak in the highest terms
| of praise of Bishop Chapelle.
The Arkansas Gazette, the
Pine Bluff and Helena papers
j published his speeches last fall,
land gave full accounts of the
conferences held in those cities.
Dr. J. J. Robinson, pastor of
the local colored congregation, is
now winding up hi- year's work
and is circulating among' friends
of the church, while and colond,
asking for assistance to care for
the conference, and in milking
Ids annual report.
Ilis conduct since being in New
port has been of such that he is
worthy of the confidence and
hell) of the people generally.
The Sunday services of the
conference will be held at the
court house. There will be three
bishops in attendance, viz: Bish
ops W. D. Chapelle, I). 1)., 11. M
Turner, I). I>.. I). (’. 1, of Atlan
ta and J. M. Conner, I). L)., L. 1,
1)., of Little Rock.
Bishop Conner was at one time
pastor of the Newport church.
He was elected Bishop at the
Kansas City general conference,
and placed over the work in Mis
sissippi and Lousiana.
The presiding elders of the
conference are: Rev. V. M.
Townsend, I). I)., Little Rock
District ; Rev. J. D. Dennis, I>.
D., Newport District; Rev. J. M.
Sutton, I). D., Augusta District;
T-l t ' Rnoolmf Ik Ik
Smith District and Iiev. J. M. IL
Mechiell, B. D., Jonesboro Dis
trict.
A welcome program has been
arranged and the addresses will
be delivered by Mayor Jno. P
Paul, Mr. Gustave Jones, E. D.
Bryant and A. J. Smith.
Smallpox Under Control.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 24.—Dr. Mor
gan Smith, secretary of the
State Board of Health has re
ceived a report from Mt. Ida,
stating that the smallpox epi
demic in that section is now un
der control. No new cases have
developed this week
The State Board of Health has
so far, treated five people who^
have been bitten by rabid ani
mals, without cost to the pa
tients, and Dr. Smith has re
ceived very complimentary let
ters from county judges in
these counties, thanking the
Board for the work it is doing.
The Arkansas State Fair op
ens at Hot Springs next Monday
to last ten days. The exhibits
from Jackson county have been
shipped to Hot Springs by Mr. C
R. Hite, who says we have the
best collection this year thi/ the
county has ever had. Mr. Hite
will go down Monday to look af
ter the exhibit.
TJ OLD up a minute! You
^ are a Stetson wearer
yourself and you know just
how he feels about his Stetson.
You will be interested to know,
too, that our new line of Fall
Stetsons is now here at your
service. Come in and look
them over. Soft and Stiff Stetm
sons for Fall 1913. Right up
to-the-minute in block and
color—and a touch of the ultra
if you want it* *
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