refused t
consolidate
Vaters anc
ist the Iror
?thy argu
both sides,
rs was fa
red.
was oceu
e testimo
londucting
untiff and
ites repre
mpany.
)f Waters
lar. Both
Passenger
r 30, 1910
’or alleged
ied to the
ive a cash
jefore the
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of the train and had wired to
Newport to have officers meet
the traint Chief of Police Bal
lew and Officer Carouthers were
on hand and made the arrest,
v The plaintiffs allege that the
conductor said they had doped
and robbed a man and were be
ing put off for this, but he
testified that he put the men'off
because they were drunk and us
ing obscene language. The offi
cers were used on the stand to
swear that the men were drunk.
Waters and Wilkerson had pur
-■ chased tickets from Pine Bluff
to Corning.
The damage suit of John Yel
verton against the former mar
shal of Tuckerman Clem Nor
man and his bondsmen S. W.
* Harvey and W. S. Armstrong is
on call in circuit court and many
witnesses from Yuckerman are
here. The plaintiff alleges false
imprisonment and asks damages
in the sum of $200.
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In the three separate suns ui
Polley Guffey et al versus Jno.
L. McElrath, J. N. McCoy and W.
R. Loftin for damages and pos
session, the cases were consoli
’ ited by consent. ^ -
Just Received.
car load of the Old Reliable
Edge Flour. It has been on
market since 1875. If you
satisfaction use Gilt Edge
-We also handle “Spotless,”
and “Upper Ten.”
Taggart Grocer Co.
On Pension Warrants.
ial to Independent.
"ttle Rock, September 13.—
rical force of the audi
fice is busily engaged ill
warrants, of
nearly 9,000,and
,dy for distribu
lays. There is
eing distributed,
propriated, $1,
two years, hav
the tax levy
purposes. The
pensioner is
allowed,
year,
total
h of
been
lEome
Judge Scores Fait^Cures.
Dar^anelle, Sept. -2.—*J
H charge to the grand iuryJl\er,
opening of the cireo« »“fd th,
e Jud*e J- H- ,E‘S”f the jurj
particular <>*“Bevcs are crimei
• Emitted in Yell counts
name of "faith cores.” H.
5 instructed the jury to invest!
J gate these alleged “cures,” anc
1 declared that while there seems
to be no law specifically covering
such cases he believes that the
general statute relating to how
the head of the household shall
provide for his family covers the
case.
“At any rate,” said the vener
able judge, as he read the stat
ute in question, “I shall endeavor
to test this statute in connection
with one of these cases and let
the State Supreme Court pass
upon the matter and settle it
finally. If the present statutes
do not cover such cases of neg
lect and even inhumanity there
certainly should be such revision
of our statutes as will reach
these cases specifically. If re
port be true there have been sev
eral instances in this county in
which parents Have allowed their
children to languish without
medical aid when they were se
riously ill. In some cases, it is
reported, even death has result
ed while those who should have
administered to the needs of
those children were waiting for
the faith cure to operate. I ask
that this matter be thoroughly
investigated.”
GATES REPLIES
TO NORWOOD
Declares That Attorney Generu
Misrepresents T. J. Bill’s
Provisions.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 13.—Both
Governor Donaghey, proponent
' of the Turner-Jacobson bill, and
^Attorney General Norwood, op
ponent, are well pleased with the
reception they had at Darda
nelle, where they discussed the
merits of the revenue measure
last Monday. Each considers
+hnt Vip sstrpmrthpnpd his cause
by the representation of argu
ment in support of his conten
tion. • v ~
Geh. Norwood contends that
the law centralizes power in the
hands of the Tax Commission,
because it gives but six weeks
for appeal from the County
Board, and because it is uncon
stitutional as it was passed at a
special session of the Legislature
which was called to reduce taxa
tion, and not to raise it.
Commissioner Gates asserts
that Gen. Norwood “misses the
mark in every statement he
makes in reference to the bill,
and at some length proceeds to
show how it is missed.” He con
cludes with the statement that
“if the opponents of the Turner
Jacobson bill spent half as much
time trying to find out what it
really does, as they are in trying
to raise false issues, they might
ill the course of time learn what
are the bill’s provisions.”
Reward!
Lost, on the Island, or in
WJiite River Bottom, or vicinity
of Auvergne, one Credential
1 Book, No. S. B. 81544, containing
I a number of Coupons, bearing
! my name. A reward of Five
j Dollars will be paid for return of
jBook and Coupons to the office
of Circuit Clerk at Newport.
v40d2wl. J. M. Glass.
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rj CENTRAL ILLINOIS
‘ Springfield, III., Is Center o:
Storm Which Does Great
Damage.
' Special to Independent.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 13.—Cen
1 tral Illinois suffered severely
■ when a cyclone struck that sec
' tion early this morning. Spring
: field was the center where th:
loss will reach millions of do:
lars.
Springfield streets are floodec
and the water poured into the
cellars and thousands of trees
that w^Pe uprooted by the wine
fill the streets and obstruct traf
fic of any kind.
Trolley wires are down all ov
er the city and street car service
is at a standstill. The Interstate
Telephone Company was a heavy
loser when the switchboards
caught afire and the telephone
system was put out of commis
sion. All electrical connection
were broken when the storm
first hit.
The copper roof on the do w
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the strong wind and hurled avcy
causing a heavy loss. •
No loss of property by fire has
been reported in that city or vi
cinity nor coul(^any fatalities be
learned.
CR TIC MAY BE
COURT-MARTIALED
And If Convicted Will Be Dis
missed From State Ser
vice.
Special to Independent.
~Little Rock, Sept. 13.—It is
probable that there will be
courts-martial growing out of
the severe condemnation by cer-1
tain members of the National
Guard of officer wh'o assigned
the rifle team that recently re
presented the state at the Camp
Perry rifle shoot. There is one
member who has been especially
vindictive wrho is likely to be
galled upon to defend himself
[before a court-martial, and in
[the event he is adjudged guilty,
he will be dismissed from the
service. No more severe penai
' ty that that is provided.
I Gen. Compere, in discussing
, the row that has been raised ov
er the shoot, said: “For three
! years, the high shots in the mil
itia, among the enlisted men,
were chosen as the team to rep
resent us at Camp Perry, ant!
j they also came out at the bot
tom. This year a different plan
was pursued. Fifteen out of the
twenty-one commanding officers
making the highest scores were
| chosen, more for the practice
than with the expectation that
they would win prizes. And they
shot about as well as any of
them.”
The shoot at the Fort Logan
H. Roots rifle range this week
| is bringing out some high guns,
'and the enlisted men, who are
alone participating, are getting
' some excellent practice. There
! are about 150 entered, with four
selected marksmen from each
i company, and some very elegant
i prizes are being put up. The re
j cent rifle practice at Beebe, Fort
| Smith and Russellville, was onlv
j preliminary. The regimenta
contest is taking place today
| with a team of twelve men from
i each regiment. The range at
j Fort Roots, at 1000 yards, is one
i of the best in the state.
Convict Is Recaptured.
Little Rock, Sept, li.—Mr. N.
\ McDonald, who escaped from the
convict camp No. 98, near De
• Vail’s Bluff, Sunday afternoon
about 4 o’clock, was arrested last
^ight as he attempted to beat
his way on a freight train neai
Brinkley and turned over to Pa
- trolman Duckworth of the loca
■ police force this morning at 2:1'
- o’clock. McDonald was convict
ed in Fort Smith on the charge
of stealing a horse and sentenc
ed to serve three years in the
penitentiary. He had served on
ly about three months, beinj
committed to the penitentiary ii
June. McDonald, according te
his own statement escaped frorr
the camp Sunday afternoon run
ning through a cornfield undei
the fire of the guards. He said
that he slept Sunday night in
the woods and a flock of geese
came crashing through the un
derbrush and he thinking that
they were members of a search
ing party ran away and when he
discovered his mistake he did not
return but kept on until near
Brinkley. He stayed in hiding
until nearly dark then crawled
out along the railroad track and i
caught the first train that came!
along.
ci -f o 4- -f Vi o + Vm Vir*Q vrlorl a i
coal car and there to his dismay
saw the jarakeman calmly smok
ing his pipe. Also as a conse
quence the brakeman was a for
mer acquaintance of his and had
been on the lookout for him so
immediately collared him. Mc
Donald said that the train was
going so fast that there was no
chance whatever to jump so just
took it easy. When the train ar
rived in this city the brakeman i
not knowing that there was a
$50 reward out for McDonald
turned him over to Patrolman
Duckworth who promptly landed
him in the local calaboose. Hamp
Martin of the penitentiary carne
over this morning and took Mc
Donald back with him. The
prisoner whose shirt was stained
red in splotches from polkberry
stain when arrested did not deny
that he escaped but talked free
ly of it.
First Little Rock
Cotton Brings 23 ^c
Little Rock, 'September 12 —
At 11 o’clock yesterday morn
. . .1 /»• 1 V ^ 1 .. «-C n/%4-4-/-VV1 VA
! mg, IIXUOV UCU^ Vi WWW* - ^
ceived in Little Rock this season
was sold at auction by Secretary
George R. Brown of the Board
of Trade. The bale was auction
ed in the auditorium of the
Board of Trade, and was bought
by Ad Hamberg for the Lesser
Goklman Cotton Company, the
; price paid being 23V2 cents per
i pound. The bale weighed 520
pounds, and the price of the bale
was $122.20. It was graded
middling, and had a fair color,
j with the staple one and one-six
teenth inches long.
The auditorium was crowded
with people to witness the sale,
and many prominent out-of
i town cotton men were present.
I
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To Automobile Owners.
I now have a first class repaii
I man and am in shape to tak<
care of your troubles at reason
able prices. Phone 38.
29dtf * J. L. Younger.
Prize For Best Colt.
j Dr. L.' E. Willis has offered j
premium for the best mule coll
i of his jack for 1911 to be award
| ed Saturday, September 30 ir
this city.
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WOULD ORGANIZE
NEW COUNTY
j From Parts Of Independence,
Jackson, White And
Cleburne.
j A new county with Pleasant
| Plains as the county-seat, with
i Independence, Jackson, White
j and Cleburne, contributing to its
! make-up will be sought before
the next legislature.
J. H. Shannon of Pleasant
. Plains, a former citizen of the
Island, informed the Independ
| ent while here Tuesday that an
organization to this end would
be perfected in the near future,
as one meeting for this purpose
I has already been held. •
: From Jackson, they will ask
| Barren Township and that part
i of Glaize west of the Iron Moun
! tain; from Independence the
j townships of Christian, Fair
view, Liberty, Rosie, Salado and
Relief; from White, the eight
northern townships east of Lit
tle Red River and from Cle
burne, one township lying east
of that river.
The promoters are anxious to
boom Pleasant Plains and think
that if a county were organized,
a new railroad could be secured
through that section. Pleasant
Plains business men in one hour
secured $1000 pledged toward
the building of a court house
and will raise several thousand
more before the presentation of
their cause to the legislature.
Will Kill Army Worm.
B. F. Mackey of near Jones
boro, a progressive farmer,
states that he has found a way
to keep the army worm from
ruining his cotton crop, which
had proven a great success. He
claims to have scattered a barrel
of lime to each acre of cotton
which has caused the worms to
fall off the cotton and not bother
it again.
Other farmers of that section
have used Paris green with good
results. This is sprayed upon
the plant and is much .more ex
pensive than lime. The army
worm has undoubtedly helped
some early cotton and is also
ruining the late planted, whose
I owners were expecting a iair top
: crop even after all the rains.
Exhibits Being Secured.
Hot Springs, Sept. 11.—Secre
tary Wadley of the Arkansas
; State Fair Association has re
! turned from a trip to Memphis,
| where he secured a number of
additional exhibitors for the
coming state fair. Among these
were the E. M. F. Automobile
Company, who will send down
two racers to participate in the
automobile races; the Phoenis
Oil Company, which uses the en
tire output of many of the cot
ton mills and gins of this state
and the Milburn Wagon Manu
facturing Company. Many oth
er exhibitors made conditiona
contracts for space and most oj
them are expected.
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Good Increase Shown.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 13.—A grat
ifying increase in school attentT
ance is shown in the following
ten years’ comparison made by
the Superintendent of Public In
i struction :
1901 * 1911
Enumeration—491,746-< -585,740
Enrollment -^322 359—404,760
Attendance — 200,100—200,100