DAILY INDEPENDENT.
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER I. 1913. NUMBER 210.
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'flUB WINNERS
Off ON TRIP
Visit To |
rjpit.1 Accompan- ;
U by State Agent.
jo Independent
Pnek Dec- 4.—w. j.
Assistant state agent
0f the Demonstration
a Work of the state,
\ for Washington next
with the following win
ces in the 1913 con
Johnson, Washing
ltv' who grew 104 3-4
S acre at a cost of 20
bushel- wins Washing
offered by Congressman
irraway.
Benson, Shannon, Ran
anty, yield 108 bushels
at a cost of 15 cents a
jins Washington trip
by Congressman W. A.
p Pledger, Belleville, Yell
yield 100 bushels at a
48 cents per bushel, wins
red by Congressman W.
inn to boys of the sev
grict.
boys were graded on a
prdas follows: Yield 30
t, history of the cr jp
cent, exhibit 20 per cent
gt showing of profit 30
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I Import Petition Status.
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■Independent:
Mere is such a controver
fat the whiskey petition at
■port, I want to say
m your paper, that I know
Itiment expressed of 116
ters in Jacksonport, and
[that it stands 69 “against
f and 47 “for license,”
Kh petitioner has express-*
jiuelf, and I don’t think
hare more than 125 peti
li in the town of Jackson
i1 M. B- Williams.
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Cook Book For Sale.
(cook book compiled by
0. E. Jones has just been
toed and is for sale by Mrs
i Mrs. Scarborough and
Mabel Stay ton. The cook
is made up from receipts
ssserts and fancy dishes
by the best cooks of New
md will be a treasure in
itchen. The proceeds of
fe of the book will go to
toman’s Missionary Socie
the Methodist church.
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lays of ’49.
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Can’t Sell Land To Wife.
Batesville, Dec. 3.—In the
chancery court this morning
Judge Humphries made an im
portant ruling on a somewhat
new point of law that had never
before been raised here, and the
ruling is that an administrator
cannot sell land to his wife, even '
though the sale is regular in
every other way. The chancel
lor said it would be a dangerous
precedent to set.
The ruling was made in the
case of W.- M. Foster vs. W. P. I
Haddock. Haddock as adminis- \
trator, had sold a farm to the i
value of $1,300 to his wife. The i
land was advertised in the regu-1
lar way and his wife was the
highest bidder. The court ord
ered that the sale be set aside, .
that Deputy Clerk Wycough pro- j
ceed to adjust the matter, and ;
the adminitsrator again adver
tise and sell the land.
There were a large number of
divorce cases before the court
at the forenoon session, and sev
eral divorce decrees were enter
ed
Hendrix Holds Memorial
Specia Ito Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 4.—Beauti
ful memorial services were held
Sunday at Hendrix college in
memory of Edward Everett Por
ter, the wealthy Texarkana lum
berman who recently died. He
gave $25,000 to Hendrix col
lege several years ago, “when the
college was “passing through
the shadows,” and resolutions
were adopted declaring that:
“While his was a short life on
earth, he nevertheless has pro- j
jected his life into the distant
future because the interest on
the endowment contributed by
him to Hendrix will be used ev
ery year for hundreds of years
to come in the education of the
choice young men and women of
his native state.”
Candidate For Representative.
The Independent takes pleas
ure in presenting the name of W.
M. Shaver of Tuckerman as a
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Representative
of Jackson County in the lower
house of the state legislature.
Mr. Shaver has served two
terms as County Superintendent
of Schools and has rendered a
very valuable service to the peo
ple in strengthening, organiz
ing, elevating and standardiz
ing the country schools of Jack
son County. He has given the
work his faithful and zealous at
onrl rlomnnstrated the
bVliviv/ii
usefulness of the office in helping
the education of our boys and
girls in the rural districts.
He is known as a man of strict
integrity and high ideals, a loy
al Democrat and citizen of
broad views, who has no per
sonal interests to serve, but
would seek to reflect the will of
his constituency in shaping con
structive state legislation.
He is held in very high es
teem by those who know him
best and his home township
Bird has always been very loyal
to him. He is also well ac
quainted over the entire countv
and has sufficient friends in ev
ery township to make him s
strong ca-ndidate.
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1 Aprons of every descriptor
may be bought at the Presby
terian bazaar. vU8trj
Wanted—Roomer? and board
• ers. Nice room and board. Foi
particulars apply to 804 Newpo
- ~ till.
avenue.
BETTER PASSENGER
SERVICE ASKED
Railroad Commission Takes
Matter Under Advisement
Until Rock Island Offi
cials Report.
That Newport needs and is en
titled to better passenger ser
vice from the Rock Island on
the Brinkley to Newport branch
is generally recognized, but this 1
condition has not as yet been j
sufficiently impressed upon the j
traffic department of the road or
the state railroad commission to j
secure the same.
Otto M. Bowen some time ago '
took up the matter with the
railroad officials, but no action
was secured. Sixty business
firms of Newport, representing
practically every store and busi
ness concern in the city petition
ed the officials and commission
for a better passenger and
freight service. The business
houses of Auvergne, Weldon and j
Tupelo made similar demands, j
As a result the fight was partial
ly won, when the Rock Island in
stead of an every other day
freight put on a daily freight
train, one leaving Newport each
morning and another Brinkley
about the same hour.
The matter of better passen
ger service came before the rail
road commission Wednesday and j
0. M. Bowen and P. H. Van ■
Dyke were present on behalf of |
the petitioners, who asked an j
additional passenger train out
of Brinkley, Tupelo or Wiville
into Newport and return each
day or a three hour stop over in
this city to enable shoppers and
others who have business in this
city, time in which to transact
same.
No definite action was taken,
the matter being continued to
ithe meeting of the commission
in January, when the traffic offi
Icials of the road will be able to
! show what per cent of the line’s
passenger business is local and
what per cent is for interstate
trips or dependent upon connec
tions at Brinkley and Memphis.
A- B. Copley, division superin
tendent and Thomas Buzbee, at
torney for the Rock Island were
willing if the local traffic was
found to contribute a large part
of the passenger receipts to dis
turb one of the Brinkley connec
tions, if so ordered by the com
mission so as to allow 2 or 3
hours’ stop over at Newport.
We will never get any better
service if we don’t ask for it and
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fight lor it. At me meeting
the commission Wednesday, the
citizens of Jonesboro and Otwell
had a matter before the commis
sion and they had about 12 rep
resentatives present, giving evi
dence of their interest and de
termination. They won their
| point, and when the commission
! takes up the Newport petition at
! its next meeting, there should be
! a score of business and profes
i sional men present to insist up
! on our claim for better service
with one train pr an additional
; train. Such a service means
much to Newport and the results
'to be secured are worth the ef
fort.
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| For Sale—E. L- Watson home
place, three lots comer Seconc
and Main. Apply to 0. D. Wat
son or C. M. Erwin- 07dtf.
General Superintendent D. W
■ Hickey of the White River roae
; was a guest at the Hazel hote
last night.
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Marriage License
W. G. Waldoro and Mrs. Cath
erine Vernon, both of Remmeh
John Steward and Carrie Mor
gan, colored, both of Newport.
Stephen C. Cook and Gertrude
A. Deaton, both of Tuckerman
Wiley Price and Mamie Bow
ens, colored, both of Newport.
Sig Stone and Gertie Milligan,
both of Cord.
0. D. Roberson and Chleo
Smith, both of Elgin.
T. H. Heath and Msr. Laura
Wapley .both of Grubbs.
Jim Harbinson and Nora Cox,
both of Tuckerman.
T- E. Gregory and Edna Wil
liams, both of Newark.
Dan Baker and Dollie Jacobs,
both of Tuckerman.
J. W. Williams and Ann Man
son, colored, both of Newport.
Melvin Stokes, Newport and
Lena Fine, Tuckerman.
Clyde Osborne, Denmark, and
Vadie Williams, Oil Trough.
West Hubbard and Henrietta
McFeld, colored, both of Shoff
npr
H. McBee and Mrs. Dessie
Duckworth, both of Newport.
Bat Henley and Mrs- Detta
Abbott, both of Tuckerman.
Poley Winkles and Mrs. Cora
Wilson, both of Newark.
Henry Barnes an dRodie Mil
ler, colored, both of Eight Mile.
Charley McGraw and Roxie
Sinclair, colored, both of West
Point.
Butt Rollins and Edna Ham
mington, both of Swifton.
Real Estate Transfers.
Frank M. Webber to J. M. Ivv
feet 31-10-2, $100.
M. N. Johnson to 0. E. Hoop
er, 73 acres 19-10-5, $750.
S. C. Barnwell and wife to J.
T. Malone, lots 2 and 3, block 10,
Barnwell's Second Addition,
Grubbs, $220.
A. U. Story and wife to Hen
derson Murphy, 80 acres 17-11-1,
$300.
R. L. Comer and wife to A. B.
Comer, 20 acres 15-9-2, $200
W. H. Shoffner and wife to
Thomas Hobbs, tract 50 by 140
feet 30-10-2, $100.
Teresa Sills and Ophelia Sim
mons to G. H. Warren, 200 acres
23, 26, 27-10-2, $10.
J. M. Berger and wife to C. J.
Saenger one-half interest in lot
4, block 2, Hirsch’s Second Ad
dition, Newport, $1350.
C- J. Saenger and wife to
Myrtle Robinson, lot 4, block 2,
Hirsch’s Second Addition, New
port, $10.
T? 117 D/\lvV/iv» nnd wvffl + n Rifh.
ard Reed, 200 acres 3-10-4, $1.
State of Arkansas to Charles
IScondan, 160 acres 10-10-5.
Fred Wilkey and wife to J. W.
McCartney, lots 4 and 5, block 3,
'.Grand Glaize, $130.
S. A. Driver and wife to Nora
E- Henson, tract 100x100 feet
30-14-1, adjoining Swifton, $1.
E. T. Fife and wife to E. B.
'shell, one-half interest lot 4
; of NE quarter 6-14-1, $800.
E’. H. Half acre and wife to E
SB. Shell, half interest in above
j tract, $800.
! W. M. Urns and wife to J. M
Terrell, 3 acres 33-13-2, $400.
J. E. Bowen and wife to J. M
Terrell, tract 100x181 V2 feet
block A, Devine’s Addition, t<
s Tuckerman, $100.
R. E. Baker to John Skyrmes
80 acres 36-13-3, $2,000.
J. R. Crenshaw and wife t<
l John Martin, 2 acres 4-9-1, $10C
1 Joseph G. Conway and wife t
Lucy Lassiter, South half lot ■:
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'First Addition Beedeville, $100.
John W. Wallace, commission
er. to Edward Hopper, part lots
1, 2, 3, block 1. Wishon’s Ad
dition, Newport. $3,150.
Baby's Body Found Buried.
The body of a fully developed
white baby was found in the cin
der pile at the plant of the Amer
ican Veneer & Specialty Compa
ny north of the city about four
o’clock Wednesday afternoon bv
John Akins, a drayman,who was
was hauling a load of cinders.
In loading his wagon, the pile
of cinders- caved in, disclosing a
package wrapped in newspapers,
which had been buried about 11
feet below the surface. Upon
opening the bundle, a shoe box
was found and within this, wrap
ped in a cloth lay the form of a
5 or 6 pound infant.
The body was partially decom
posed and was nrobablv buried
about four clays ago, judging
from its condition. Officers
Wood and Carouthers were noti
fied and are investigating the
case. Communication with Cor
oner Melville had not been secur
ed Thursday afternoon and it is
not known whether an inquest
will be held. The body was re
moved to Drummond’s undertak
ing room£ and no examination
by a physician has been made to
determine whether or not the
baby was born dead
Deep Breaking Paid.
Plowing 16 to 18 inches deep
with a deep-tilling machine, W.
G. and G. E. Ellis, prosperous
dairymen of Carlisle, Ark., this
year raised an average of 50
{bushel of corn an acre on 20
I acres. Not all of (his field was
plowed deep because of lack of
'time, but that on which the soil
was stirred to a depth of 18
inches or thereabout yielded at
least 10 bushels of corn more
I than that plowed only about
six inches deep. The Ellis farm
I is located near Carlisle on the
Prairie of Eastern Arkansas.
The soil is heavy clay loam and
was turned for the first time last
year when a crop of sorghum
and peas was raised. The re
markable part of the Ellis brn
tilers’ corn yield is that the corn
was planted in rows seven fee'
apart and 20 inches apart in the
row. Ret ween the corn row
Virginia Red and Spanish Im
proved peanuts were drilled
Barnyard manure was used lib
erally. The peanuts yielded 70
bushels an acre and brought
$1.50 a bushel in Carlisle. Some
times tlie Ellises let the hogs
root up the peas, while the dairy
cattle eat the vines. The corn
and peanuts were cultivated
! four times.
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To Have Waterworks.
j Walnut Ridge, Dec. 3.—The
jcity council of Walnut Ridge to
i day awarded the engineering
! contract for tin1 waterworks and
sewerage system to Frank L.
Wilcox of St. Louis, who will be
gin his work within ten days and
furnish estimates of the cost of
the system.
It is estimated the cost will be
$70,000._
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Every garment is
carefully hand knit
throughout and fash
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Prices Range From $3.00 to $6.00. I
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mas Gift Is 1
something
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Practical Men Like
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is a big selection of
Practical Gift Articles
at this Store. Shop
early.