IN »EPEN >EN1.
1914. NUMBER 283. ,
Bounty
Krm school
m^Tri will Be In
^HfWeek For Ben
flK Farmers.
, X^County Farm!
K'jn Newport Mon
The school is be
X by the College of
the University of
co-operation with
X Cooperative Dem
Xork and the Busi
HNewport. The at
Xthe first day was
X3 expected that as
^Bhool spreads many
Xe in.
Introductory remarks
explained that
^■Newport is the re
Hort to place the Uni- j
'Xfkansas within the
^■people, that many
^■rs of Jackson Coun
X to go to the Uni
^Kyetteville, and that
Hier to bring six spe
^■ctical agriculture to
Hnty for a week to
practical phases of
IX. The men giving
|Hand demonstrations
Hand reared on the
Hiave had technical
^agricultural lines.
9am for today includ
jHussion of practical
9ach as; the choice
JAlding variety of cot-,
jAhods of cultivation, j
Bnents for good crop '
9 the growing and
Bweet potatoes, and |
9 of the cotton boll
Horn ear worm and the
As. All of these sub
Htreated in thorough
A manner. Mr. R. C.
H District Agent, in
Honstration work was ,
Ar. J. P. Hearst, the
■istration agent has
A in promoting the
Aram for tomorrow’ is
H 9:15—Methods and
Aes In Strawberry
Arof. Truax.
Aq:00—The Relation
practices To Insect
Rrof. Becker.
H 10:45—Purposes and
Af Soil Tillage—Prof.
H^jj0—Practical Me
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IRA FALLS,
detective story,
reck the autos,
r the falls in a
feature in four
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Hi, Billy Mason
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RIVER.
j aalious woman
the diver saves
lid from drown
t current. Earl
Tapley, Mile,
and little Flor
two reel feature.
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jf ^ extra good pictures
10 and 20 CENTS.
begins at 6:45.
Wy.
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thods for Cotton Improvement
—Prof. Lassetter.
1:00 to2:00—Cutworms, Wire
worms, White Grubs, Etc.—Prof
Becker.
2:00 to 3:00—Common Cotton
Diseases and Their Control—
Prof. Lassetter.
3:00 to 4:00—Varieties and
Cultural Methods for Corn—
Prof. Nelson.
Auto Turns Turtle.
Little Rock, March 2.—Ben
Borden, 410 East Seventh street,
received a fractured rib and a
badly crushed right hand, and
M. E. Dunaway, candidate for
prosecuting attorney from this
district, suffered a deep gash in
the left leg between the knee
and the ankle and a painfully
sprained right wrist, when the
automobile in which they wrere
driving turned turtle dowm the
embankment at Twenty-second
street and Railroad avenue, Ar
genta, about 7:15 o’clock last
night. Mr. Borden, who was
driving the automobile, and Mr.
Dunaway were unable to escape
and were pinned beneath the
body of the car, but A. B. Beeler
and J. W. Green of Little Rock,
who were in the automobile at
the time of the accident, were
thrown several yards down the
embankment to safety.
The party, it is said, was re
turning from a trip to a point
several miles northwest of Ar
genta when the accident occur
red.
Mr. Borden, it is said, was un
familiar with the roads and driv
ing at a great rate of speed, was
unable to stop his car in time,
when he saw too late that he
could not make the turn at the
speed at which he was driving.
He, it is said, attempted to
throw on the emergency brake,
but the brake refused to work
and Mr. Borden was unable to
check his speed. The automobile
skidded when he attempted to
take the turn at high speed and
went down the embankment.
Successful Woman Underwriter.
Mrs. Mary Ellen C. Marshall,
who recently returned to Little
Rock to reenter the local office
of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, with offices in the State
Bank Building, has attained suc
cess in insurance writing such as
rarely is won by men solicitors,
and has not been before achieved
by a woman.
CflW «*AAWn A«A iLTltn
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entered the insurance field in
Little Rock and from the posi
tion of an agent working a part
of the day she advanced to the
position of joint agency manager
of the St. Louis office of the com
pany, where she went at the
time W. E. Bilheimer, left Little
Rock and took his staff of de
partment managers from the lo
cal office to St. Louis.
Her return here after about 18
months’ absence marks a fur
ther advancement and she prac
tically is in charge of the agen
cy, The Equitable Company has
a Century club which claims as
the agents writing in excess of
$100,000 in insurance for the
year. Mrs. Marshall has had
the honor of being a member of
this club for three years and
last year narrowly missed being
a member of the “Quarter Mil
lion” club. — Little Rock Ga
zette.
Carload of Bananas.
J. B. Heard has a carload of
nice ripe bananas on the track
opposite Wolff-Goldman’s. Ear
ly buyers get the best, so come
early. Prices are just right.
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CONVICT GUARD
MANN ON TRIAL
Charged With Assault With In
tent to Kill—Many Cases
Continued.
The trial of Charles Mann, a
guard on the convict farm, was
begun Monday afternoon in cir
cuit court. The defendant was
indicted four times by the last
grand jury, thrice for assault
and battery and also for assault
with intent to kill and it is upon
this charge that the defendant
was first arraigned.
C. M. Erwin is representing
the prosecution and for the de
fense Phillips, Hillhouse & Boyce
and G. L. Grant are counsel.
John H. Keel, contractor for the
county’s convicts, sat with the
attorneys for defendant during
the trial of the case.
Many cases have been contin-1
ued the past week, most of them
civil actions, simply because the I
time of circuit court is largely
taken up in the trial of criminal
cases, which hold precedence j
over civil controversies. The j
need of separate courts for the
trial of civil and criminal suits
is becoming more evident at
each term of court in the num
ber of cases that go over, simply
because they cannot be crowded
in.
DOCKET RECORD IN BRIEF. \
Hallis Brown versus C. R. I. &
P. Ry. Co., damages; petition
for removal to federal court
withdrawn and cause dismissed
at cost of plaintiff.
T. J. Owens versus St. Louis,
I. M. & S. Ry. Co., damages; j
plaintiff takes non suit.
White and Black Rivei^Ry.
Co. versus Paxton Thomas, Eliz- (
abeth Gray and Erwin McGuire,
condemnation; judgment by
agreement for defendant.
Railroad Commission of Ark
ansas versus C. R. I. & P. Ry.
Co., penalty; continued by de
fendant.
C. T. Bateman versus Wells
Fargo Express Company, dam
ages; continued by consent.
Wilford Braden versus St. L.
I. M. and S. Ry. Co., appeal;
judgment by agreement for
plaintiff for $10.
* Levee District No. 2 Jackson
County versus C. R. I. & P. Ry.
Co. and White and Black River
Valley Ry. Co., condemnation;
continued by defendant. •
Phillip Gibbons versus St. L.
I. M. & S. Ry. Co., appeal; judg
ment by agreement for piaintm
for $10.85.
Phillip Gibbons versus St. L.
I. M. & S. Ry., appeal judgment
by agreement for plaintiff for
$10.50.
W. T. Sweatt and B. B. Bond
versus C. R. I. & P. Ry. Co.,
damages; continued by defend
ant.
Myrtle Hightower by her hus
band and next friend A. High
tower versus W. P. Neal, dam
ages; dismissed with prejudice
at cost of defendant.
R. A. Pipkin versus C. R. I. &
P. Ry. Co., damages; continu
ed by consent.
- Bessie Clingman versus C. R.
1. ft P. Ry. Co., damages; dis
missed at cost of defendant.
S. E. Ball versus Garrigon
Construction Company and C. R.
I. ft P. Ry. Co., debt and lien;
trial before court and judgment
for plaintiff against construc
tion company and C. R. I. ft P
Ry Co. for $52.05 and interest.
W. R. White versus St. L. I
M. & S. Ry. Co., damages; dis
missed at cost of defendant.
G. W. Morgan versus St. L. I
M. & S. Ry. Co., damages; dis
missed at cost of defendant.
Ed Taylor versus C. R. I. & P.
Ry. Co., damages; continued by
consent for term.
J. 0. Billingsley versus C. R. I.
& P. Ry. Co., dismissed both
cases at cost of defendant.
S. R. Phillips administrator
versus Southern Mutual Life In
surance Company et al. appeal;
judgment for plaintiff for $50
and penalty and attorney’s fee of
$20.
Otto M. Bowen versus C. R. I.
& P. Ry. Co., appeal; dismissed
at cost of defendant.
Newport Furniture Co., ver
sus St. L. I. M. & S. Ry. Co., ap
peal; dismissed at cost of de
fendant.
Julia Thomas versus Mo. & N.
Ark., Ry. Co. et al, appeal; judg
ment for plaintiff for $2, by
agreement.
John Blackman versus Mo. &
N. Ark. Ry. Co. and C. R. I. & P.
Ry. Co., damages; order con
tinuing case set aside and case
dismissed at cost of defendant;
Suits of Frank Beckwith and
Curtis Davis against same de
fendant, dismissed at cost of de
fendant.
Hood Churchman, breach of
peace; continued.
State versus Charley Foster,
1 malicious mischief; dropped
' from docket.
I State versus Ed Osman, carnal
abuse; motion for postpone
I ment sustained and set for Tues
day of fifth week.
Case Of Meningitis.
The little year-old baby of
Marvin Griffin of Elmo was
brought to this city Friday af
ternoon by the little one’s grand
mother. Mrs. Ray, for medical
treatment, and was carried to
the home of Mrs. W. H. Carouth
) ers.
The baby was very sick and
Dr, A. L. Best, the family physi
cian, was summoned, and pro
I nounced the case meningitis.
! The-, little one had convulsions
Saturday afternoon, but was re
ported by Dr. Best to be better
this morning, and it is thought
will get well.
The home has been quarantin
ed and no further spread of the
disease is expected.
Jury Justifies Choate.
Booneville, Ark., Feb. 28._
“We, the jury, find the deceas
ed, Thomas J. Choate, came to
his death from a gun in the
hands of Hobart Choate, and
from the best evidence we can
obtain find that the said Hobart
Choate was wholly justified in
the act.”
This was the verdict of the
coroner’s jury this morning con
cerning the death of Thomas
Choate, killed Wednesday after
noon by his son, Hobart Choate.
The story of the trouble was
told to the jury by Mrs. E. A.
Choate, mother of the dead man.
She sat quivering with grief be
fore the jury, and between sobs
narrated the circumstances that
led to the killing, while tears
dimmed nearly every eye in the
court room.
She told how her son became
angered at her grandchild on ac
court of his marriage to Miss
Jessie Fuller Sunday last; how
the night before he had come to
the house and threatened to kill
every member of the family and
himself; how* she begged him not
to carry out his threat, when he
finally aaid he would spare her
Attempted Burglary.
An unknown man sought en
trance to the home of 0. D. Wat
son after midnight Saturday
night for the purpose of burglar-,
izing the home, but was discov
ered by Will Berry, who works
there.
The intruder had broken the
window lock, and the piece of
metal falling upon the floor
awakened Berry who gave chase, >
but could not overtake the bur
lar. Barefoot tracks were also
evident upon the ground next
morning.
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Sentenced to Reformatory.
Fort Smith, March 1.—Morris
Paxton, the young Indian of Tal
ihina, Okla., who recently shot
his half-brother, Alfred Push,
while the latter was asleep was
sentenced by the juvenile judge
at Wilburton, Okla., yesterday
to serve three years in the state
reformatory. He told the court
he shot Push because he had
mistreated him. On the night of
of the shooting he said Push
threw him out of the house and
locked the doors.
life, but kill all the rest. Then
when he came to the house yes
terday with a knife, Hobart was
there, and as he came on tHe
porch of the house Hobart shot
him one time with a shotgun
loaded with small shot. Her
testimony was corroborated.
W. F. Kirby’s Campaign.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 2.—Asso
ciate Justice W. F. Kirby will
campaign in North Central Ar
kansas this week, his itinerary'
being as follows:
Monday' — Sulphur Rock,
Batesville, Newark.
Tuesday'—St. James, Moun
tain View, Guion.
Wednesday—Melbourne, Cali
co Rock.
Thursday— Mountain Home,
Cotter.
Friday—Yellville, Harrison.
Saturday—Green Forest, Ber
ryville, Eureka Springs.
Mrs. W. A. Billingsley leaves
in the morning for Little Rock
to be the guest for the week of
Miss Annie Martin.
j. w. Alston ana l^ee ^rim
versus St. L. I. M. & S. Ry. Co.,
damages; judgment for each
plaintiff in sum of $14.76.
John Gist versus St. L. I. M. &
S. Railway Company, damages;
dismissed at cost of defendant.
Geo. Taylor versus St. L. I. M.
& S. Ry. Co., damages; dis
missed at cost of defendant.
Tommie Hill versus St. L. I.
M. & S. Ry. Co., damages; dis
missed at cost of defendant.
State versus Emmet Ruther
ford, carrying a pistol; nolle
prossed.
State versus J. W. Webster,
forgery and uttering a forged
instrument; sentenced to two
years in penitentiary beginning
November 28, 1913.
State versus John Epps, James
0. Hardin, Lucinda Polk and Le
nora Peyton, grand larceny and
receiving stolen property, nolle
prossed.
State versus Will McDonald,
grand larceny; jury trial, ver
dict of not guilty.
State versus Andy Tims,
breach of peace, nolle prossed.
State versus Sam Tinsley and
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