Independent.
. .Il'L'Y 191;{. NTMISISEK SI
I WITH
E COURT
l"Jvf
ot Hays
ion Was
ustice.
,iy 5.—The
ase of Earle
ry of State,
idge, involv
rge W. Hays
Democratic
or, was filed
-riday after
gued before
nday, with
7 decision.
>n the decis
yourt in this
cellor J. E.
a late hour
ade perma
rder prohib
es from cer
as the Dem
sustained, it
considerable
really was
lominee. It
be too late
of either
cket, unless
declares it
: emergency
iry of State
II the .supreme court re
e decision of Chancellor
m, even though it is too
et his name on the tick
> Hays will have the san
the highest court as the
and recognizing him as
e people over the state
te his name on the tick
lit confusion.
sllor Martineau, after a
i’ session, declared the
l the State Democratic,
Committee, in its alleged
ition of the charges of
>d by Col. Stephen Brun
is a travesty on justice,
;andidate had no chance
his claims before that
his, he declared,, was in
ilation of his injunction
>rohibited the Central
ee from declaring a
until after it had made a
investigation. He ex
i willingness to call the
:emen before him to
ise why they should not
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be punished for contempt, bin
the attorneys for Col. Brundidge
declined to go that far in the
case.
Should the supreme court up
hold the chancellor, there will be
much doubt as to who should
have been the nominee of the
Democratic party, and the court
will indicate it believes there was
ground for the charges filed by
Col. Brundidge. This would
mean that the friends of Col.
Brundidge, alleging that he had
been defrauded out of the nomi
nation, will get real busy urging
that his name be placed on the
ticket. With the Bull Moosers
importing nation wfide talent,
and having a strong candidate in
the field, who is familiar to the
voters in every section of the
state because of his years as a
leader in the Democratic party,
and the Stand Pat Republicans
also active, it means an united
Democracy is necessary to in
sure victory.
To further complicate matters,
hundreds of people, who are dis
satisfied with the last election,
believing where there is so
much smoke there must be some
fire, have expressed a determina
tion to write the name of Acting
Governor J. M. Futrell on the
ticket. Being a senator elected
to serve a term of four years,
Acting Governor Futrell could
not continue in the office even
though he received a majority of
all votes cast. It would, how
ever, reduce the vote of the
Democratic candidate, or candi
dates, and increase the chances
of the half or whole republicans.
This rule requiring the candi
date elected to receive a majori
ty of all votes cast works all in
favor of the Republicans. They
will probably unite on one candi
date, and let the other be a mere
figurehead. If there is opposi
tion among the Democrats it
means a battle to the death. In
case the leading candidate does
not secure a majority of all
votes cast, then Acting Governor
Futrell will continue until the
matter is settled. There are
many who are willing that no
| majority ever be received' by
one of the avowed candidates.
Rankin’s Charges Against Dil
lard.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 5 —When the
case of Dr. I. B. Dillard, super
intendent of the Arkansas Chil
drens’ Home, is investigated.
State Humane Officer Rankin of
Little Rock, will probably be a
strong witness against him. Dil
lard is accused of whipping a two
year old infant, a charge of the
Home, so seriously that it died
recently in Conway. Rankin
preferred the charges against
Dillard which led to his convic
tion in a Little Rock justice
court.
“When I had Dillard convict
ed for whipping the child, my
business with him ceased, but I
| have considerable evidence I can
give the investigators if it is in
formation they \yant. The child
may not have died from the ef
! fects of the whipping, or Dillard,
| as he claims, may not have cruel
ly whipped it, but anyway the
stripes were there to show for
themselves seven days after the
! whipping, when the trial took
! place. Dillard took a change ci
venue from three courts before
we finally secured a trial.’
Suljpcribe for the Independent and
ret Tall the news.
!
BRINKLEY MEN
BADLY INJURED
In < ollision Occurring During
300-Mile Auto Race
On. Fourth.
Memphis. July 4. — Jack
Harpe, mechanician, was proba
bly fatally hurt, and Don Grant,
.driver, seriously injured when
Marmon car No. 16 in which
' they were riding at a rate of 56
'miles an hour in the 100-mile
iauto race, crashed ir.:o Chalmers
car No. 9, cf J. E. C. Cook, which
was standing and being filled
with gasoline at the south end
of the grand stand. Both injur-'
'ed men are from Brinkley, Ark. i
The two automobiles were:
| thrown into midair and the two
! -men hurled from their seats.
In an instant the grandstand *
I and grounds with 8.000 specta-;
j tors present were thrown into
I pandemonium. Cook, who was j
standing alongside his car, had
a miraculous escape from death.
The Marmon car spun around
three times, and when it finally
'stopped, badly wrecked and mi
|nus a wheel, Harpe was found*
i Yyimr:pc'l nn/tov si toot ? v'.'c
Harpe and Grant were picked ;
; up by fellow workers. The im-1
1 mense crowd, held horrified for !
I « '
I a minute, started to rush across |
j the track in front of the cars j
, sweeping down the course, be- [
■ fore waiting ambulances, held
for such an emergency, could get;
■ to the two injured men.
The police, with drawn clubs,
pushed and shoved the panic
1 stricken spectators off the
J course. The automobile ambu
lances in which the two men
were placed then began a race
! for life to St. Joseph’s hospital,
i At the hospital both men were
| reported conscious, but badly in
jured. Harpe, who seems the
1 worst hurt, may have interna!
: injuries. The entire staff of in
ternes of the institution are at
tending the two men.
C. V. Dunivar' driving a Stude
j baker, won the 100-mile automo
bile race. The race started at
12:50 o’clock and Dunivan flashed
[across the tape at 5:25 o’clock,
j winner.
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• Roosevelt Coming to Arkansas, j
Special to independent.
Little Rock, July 4.—It is ex
pected that Col. Roosevelt will
come to Arkansas to make six
speeches fGr Col. George W. Mur
phy, the Progressive candidate
for governor, between now and
July 23, when the election is to
be held. He will probably speak
at Little Rock, Fort Smith, Pine
Bluff, Hot Springs, Texarkana
and Helena. Col. Murphy has
gone actively into the held cam-1
paigning, and will make almost.
a speech a day from now until
the election. There has yet been
no intimation of a probable joint
| canvass of the state, which is
improbable, although some of
the four candidates may occas
ionally get together.
■
Moose Candidate Coming.
Colonel George W. Murphy, j
the nominee of the Progressive j
party for governor of Arkansas.,
, will speak at Newport next Mon
I day evening July 7 at 8 o’clock, j
Colonel Murphy was formerly .
a Democrat and served as attor
ney general of this state. He is
. known as a very able and clean
; lawyer and a campaigner, who is
the equal of any opponent upon
the stump.
1 i
A Burning Shame.
I refer to the practice uf < jr
officer? in lettir.g vile men stand
on our streets and swear the v.l
Bst oath?. Our wive? and daugh
ter? cannot go down Front stres,
without being insulted. Today a
man was standing on the street
swearing and an officer i ?)
was sitting about fifty feet away,
i approached said officer and ask
ed him if he would arrest a man
for swearing on the streets. He
^aid. in part: “No. we have
never been required to enforce
that law. If we did enforce it.
we would have to arrest a part
of our council.“
A councilman who will swear
is unworthy of the office and
should be arrested. It is as
wrong to swear, I mean take
God’s name in vain, as it is to
steal. But we will never succeed
in teaching our children so, is
long as our officers swear in pub
lic and permit others to do the
same. God said: “Thou sbaT
not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain.” Ex. 20:7 and
he said this before he said:
‘Thou shalt not steal” too.
It is one of the most useless,
worthless, sinful, and vile Habits
a man ever formed, and inno
cent people ougnt to be protected
from such a wretch. Here is for
t clean town.
S. D. Grumbles.
The First Fourth.
More than a year had passed
since the epoch-making day at
Lexington and Concord. For the
colonists it had been a year of
feverish anxiety and activity.
Ticonderoga and Crown Point
iad been taken. Bunker Hill had
claimed its 1,600 dead. Wash
ington had taken command of
the patriot army. The British
had been driven out of Boston.
Yet the colonies were still
bound together with but a rope
of sand. The thought of final
separation from the mother
country, of permanently relin
quishing the privileges of Brit
ish citizenship, was by no means
popular. There still was hope
that the wrongs of the colonists
might be redressed. The Tories,
great in numbers, in wealth and
influence, would not listen to the
talk of separation. The Quakers
and Moravians were opposed
to war as sinful, and would con
tent themselves with such re
dress as might be obtained
through remonstrance. Others,
willing to go to any extreme
where there was chance of suc
cess, could see no hope.
The continental congress dis
cussed the question long and
keenly. On the 7th day of June
a resolution had been introduced
declaring. “That the United Col
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anies arc c*iju uugnt ----
and independent.” Seven colo
nies had voted for it; six voted
against it. Greater unanimity
was indispensable.
All through the June the de
bate was waged. Then came the
great day—July 4, 1776. The
dlegates took their places early
in the morning, and the doors
were closed. It was decided to
remain in session until the issue
should be settled one way or the
other. Three millions of people
waited.
“Clang!” The big bell in the
dome of the hall spoke sharply.
The locked doors were thrown
open and the delegates came
pouring out with faces flushed,
but jaws set.
“Clang!” The sound rang out
again, and with its music mixed
a vast roar of cheers from the J
streets.
“They sign! They sign!”
came in a shout that shook the
building.
“Clang!” The big bell that
first pealed liberty cracked its
throat for joy.
“Clang! Clang!” Another
brazen throat in a church tower
took it up.
“Clang! Clang! Clang!" All
the steeples in Philadelphia were
shouting to one another now.
The tidings fiew from street,
from house to house, from cham
ber to chamber. Wherever it
went down came the king’s arm
from courthouse, from market
place, from tavern, to give glory
to bonfires.
It took wings to the north and
south—to New York, where a
leaden statute of Kmg George
was quickly cast into bullet
to Williamsburg, where in the
royal palace Lord Dunmore had
built sat Virginia’s first govern
or. Patrick Henry. It was read
to the army amid exulting
shouts. It nerved men’s hearts
to steel. -
What had come was transf >r
Wion. Where had been ooubt
was confidence. WHere had been
cross purpose was unity. H a
a spark blown by the J>«d of des
tinv and it illumined the torch.
T lightened the shadows that
had been over a people, its .m-,
?orgeS«ret througho""'the land, j
and^unashamed oppression and J
■tae-J-KJ-Si
the American patriots. The De
claration of Independence taught
the patriots to know themselves.
—Memphis News-Scimitar.
Conway Has Faith In Dillard
Conway, July 4.—No credence
is given here to the report from
Little Rock that Harold Hicks,
the 2 1-2 year old orphan who
died in this city a few days ago,
succumbed to injuries caused by
a whipping given him by Dr. E.
j B. Dillard, manager of the Ark
ansas Children’s Home Society.
Dr. I. N. McCollum, who attend
! ed the child at the home of Rev.
J. H. Bishop, stated that the
child died of chronic malaria, and
that there was absolutely no evi
dence of physical violence having
been inflicted.
Attorney General Renders
Opinion.
Attorney General Moose in re
i spon.se to a letter from Esquire
Henry Grant as to who is liable
for the costs of holding the an
nual school election says “If you
will look at the latter part of
Section 7591 of Kirby’s Digest,
you will find a provision to this
effect, that the expenses of the
election shall be paid out of the
general county fund, as the ex
penses of general elections are
now paid.'
“OuiUfe After Death.”
Several weeks ago the Rev.
Mr. Spears, Rector of St. Paul’^,
preached a sermon on this sub
ject that was of such interest to
his hearers that there has been
p^eneral request for its repeti
tion; accordingly, he has con
sented to repeat it Sunday
morning, July 6, at the 11 o clock
service.
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