N IEPENDENTj
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JANUARY 11. 191!. NUMBER 243. ^
roads I
ATE convention
B Little Rock And Many
gent Speakers Address |
Association. j
♦o independent.
Bock, Jan. 14—The
Annual convention of
ons&s Good Roads and
i Association convened ;
I morning for a two
jgion. The officers are:
joker, Monticello, presi
l Angelo Augusta, vice ,
t; George R. Brown Lit
ck secretary-treasurer.
$ several hundred dele
attendance. A feature
urenoon session was an
n to the plant and quar
e Big Rock Stone and
ition Company, at the
Jig Rock, as the guests
, Dickinson
reetings were delivered
ty Judge Joe Asher, one
ading highway builders
fnited States, the wel
Jress by Mayor Charles
r, and the reply to the
s of welcome by Pres
'A. Coker.
■ftemoon the speakers <
Kiowmor George W. f
■representative A. V.
Kithor of the present <
K W. B. Owen, secretary J
■tate Highway Commis- •
■ E- A. Kingsley, late ^
■ghway Engineer. There <
Hi Bight session tonight ‘
■ the speakers will be '
■perintendent George B. 1
Hell M. Potter of Clifton,
■ president of the South
■onal Highway Associa
■rtin Nelson, dean of the
■ural College at Fayette
IHsociate Justice W. F.
jftnd Charles W. Highfill
JHgould, member of the
■ghway Commission,
■the speakers Thursday j
■enator James P. Clarke,
■d E. Toms of Washing
fH,Representative Heart
■n, Dr. E. B. McKnight,
■ley. All addresses will
■arious phases of high
iHk Of Bananas.
j^Heird has a car of ba
■ the tracks here now,
§H<>])en his car for busi
<^B* day or two. Give
IHjlwhen you want nice,
I
ng Pictures j
Opera House
Rell murder
mystery
Piay by an excellent
ma—PATHE
ON THEIR
oneymoon
comedy—SELIG
GUARD’S SISTER
coast of Cornwall,
Miriam Nesbitt, War
and Marc Mac Der
5 and 10 CENTS
Tues
SG
Will Try Second Time.
I While Sheriff McCuistion has
returned home from Springfield,
, Illinois, without W. C. or Hillis
Hubbard, he has not given up
the fight of bringing them back
to Jackson county for trial on
the charge of arson.
Prosecuting Attorney Erwin
t is assisting him and has filed
information in one of the jus
! tice of peace courts, from which
a warrant will be issued and
new requisition papers secured
from the governor.
Governor Dunne ordered the
^wo Hubbards held under bond,
pending a new hearing on Janu
ary 23, when the Jackson Coun
ty sheriff will again be present
to press the case. Deputy Sher
iff I. F. Ray has been notified to
return for the present.
Attorneys for the defendants
in their hearing before Governor
Dunne alleged that the Hub
bards could not secure a fair
trial in Arkansas and claimed
that the Hubbard home burned
from natural causes and that no
insurance was collected.
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Extradition Defective.
Springfield. 111.. Jan. 13.—Be
cause the .extradition papers is
sued by the governor of Arkan
sas for 4he return to Newport
of €.• Hubbard and his son,
Hillis Hubbard, lawyers of
Harrisburg, Arkansas, are de
fective, Governor Dunne today
continued until Friday, January
23, the hearing of the papers.
The men are charged with
burning a dwelling house in
Newport on April 13, 1911.
The statement on which the
requisition papers were issued
does not charge a felony, nor
does it say that the Hubbards
are fugitives from justice. It
states only that they are from
Harrisburg. The information
does not give the value of the
dwelling burned, nor tell by
whom it was owned, these items
being blank.
The Arkansas authorities will
have until January 23, to issue
new papers, properly filled out,
or to amend the ones here.
Salesman For Postmaster.
Searcy, Jan. 13.—L. J. Cypert,
a well known traveling salesman
for many years, this week enter
ed the contest for the Searcy
postmastership, completing the
list of aspirants for this office to
five. Trip Varner, a farmer,
who recently moved here from
Center Hill; Lucius Pilkington,
county clerk; Sanford Rogers,
circuit clerk, and Dr. H. 0.
Jones, representative in the last
State Legislature, have been
candidates for the position for
several months. This office pa> s
$2,000 per annum, and has been
filled the past eight years by R.
S. Coffman, whose term expires
next April. __
FIRST NATIONAL’S
FINE SHOWING
Fifteen Per Cent Dividend De
clared—T. J. Graham and
C. J. Saenger Elected
Directors.
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the First Na
tional Bank Tuesday afternoon,
a semi-annual dividend of 15
per cent was declared and au
thorized to be paid to the stock
holders. This splendid bank j
has been in the habit of declar- j
ing 10 per cent semi-annual di
vidends, but at this meeting
raised it to 15 per cent.
T. J. Graham of Tuekerman
and C. J. Saenger of Newport
were added to the directorate of
this bank, whose surplus and
undivided profits were this year
increased to $150,000, which
with a capital stock of $50,000
offers a guarantee against loss
to depositors of $200,000.
This bank has a notable re
cord, having paid in cash divi
dends to its stockholders $116,
485, besides setting aside $150,
000 in net earnings. Since or
ganization, the First National
has also paid to the county in
taxes nearly $17,000.
The present officers were all
re-elected for under their capa
ble and successful management,
the bank’s deposits have reach
ed $640,000, which is a big in
crease over last year.
$3,000 of the bank’s earnings
was set aside for remodeling the
building to make it more com
fortable and attractive and in
keeping with the institution’s
growth.
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Two Pardons Granted. j
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 14.—In re
sponse to the request of many
of the officials and others, Gov.
Hays granted a pardon to re- j
store the citizenship of Robert
Evatt of Waldron, Scott county.
Evatt is a boy who was convict
ed by a Justice of the Peace of
drunkenness and fined $20 and
sentenced to 30 days on the
farm- The penalty was fully
paid.
The governor also granted a
pardon to Miss Alma Nelson, a
young white woman of Pope
'county, who was recently con
I victed of a felony, and sentenced
to nine months in the peniten
tiary by the circuit court at
Russellville. She was brought
to the penitentiary last Satur
day by the sheriff, and the offi
cials report that they have no
accommodations in the institu
tions for white women. Practi
cally all the county officials re
commend her pardon, and her
brother at Jacksonville agrees
| to take her to his home and take
'care of her.___
Judge C offin's Funeral.
Pin Bluff, Jan. 13.—Impres
sive ceremonies marked the last
rites for the late .Paige Charles!
Coffin at 10 o’clock this morn
ing, when the Rev. J. I. Norris, i
pastor of the First Presbyterian j
church, preached the funeral ser
mon. The services were held
at the residence of Dr. Z. Orto,
Judge Coffin’s brother-ir-law, on
Laurel street. All Pine Bluff
did honor to the distinguished
citizen and soldier who had an
swered the final bugle call and
many friends from over the |
state were present to pay their i
last respects to Judge Coffin
The pallbearers were chosen
from among Judge Coffin’s com- j
rades in the Confederacy, most |
of them being members of J
Ed Murray Camp of United Con- (
federate Veterans. They in
cluded: General John R. Gib-j
bons, commander of the Arkan
sas Division U. C. V.; Dr. Junius
Jordan, H. A. McCoy, A. H. D.
Perkins, B- E. Benton, General
B. H. Holmes, J. D. Assman, H.
L. Assman and H. L. Lyon.
Building New Race Track.
Harrison, Jan. 13—Work on
the race track at the fairground
of the Boone County Fair Asso
ciation, a mile and a half south
of town, began today under the
direction of Sol Mitchell who
will supervise the construction
later of the fair buildings. Pa
pers of incorporation of the
Boone County Fair Association
have been received and show the
following officers: J. R. New
man, president; I. N. Shelby,
vice president; Frank Kirby,
secretary; Sol Mitchell, assist
ant secretary; A. C. Hull, Stan
ley Crandall, R. F. Wycofl and
B. B- Pullen, directors.
The association is incorporat
ed for $25,000 and shares of
stock are worth $10 each. The
committee which has charge of
the sale of this stock has sold'
155 shares and no purchaser is
allowed to own more than a sin
gle share, and may not trans
fer a share to another who owns
one, although the stock is trans
ferable. The 25 acres of the
fair ground is part of a creek
bottom farm and is perfectly
level. It has been leased for five
years.
Liquor Forces Win Point.
Fort Smith, Jan. 13.—The
white adult population of Fort
Smith is 11,091, County Judge
Ezra Hester decided this after
noon in the hearing of the peti
tion to grant saloon licenses for
Fort Smith. This is regarded
as a victory for the liquor in
terests. The hearing today was
devoted to testimony concerning
jthe number of residents of the
' city eligible to sign the petition.
I It included everything from gas
j and electric meters to a school
!and government censu3.
FARMERS BANK I
INCREASES SURPLUS
Old Board and Officers Re-elect- j
ed — Very Satisfactory
Showing For Year.
The fifth annual meeting of
the stockholders of The Far
mers’ Bank was held Wednes
day morning in their banking!
rooms and the present board of!
directors and same efficient otli-1
eers re-elected for the ensuing
year.
The showing made by the
bank was very creditable to its
management and highly satis
factory to the stockholders.
The profits were placed to the ■
surplus, increasing that fund to j
$8,000. This is Newport’s
youngest bank and has paid 20
per cent cash dividends to its
stockholders since its organiza
tion.
The directors of The Farmers
Bank have been considering
making the institution a nation- 1
al bank and the stockholders at j
this meeting empowered the di- j
rectors to subscribe and pay for
stock in- the Regional Reserve
bank if they considered it ad
vantageous to become members
of the system and also author
ized the taking out of a national
charter if deemed to the best in
terests of the bank.
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First Reports Exaggerated.
Tokio, Jan. 13.—.Japan is he
roically meeting a double afflic
tion—famine in the North and
earthquakes in the South- Ten
million people are in need of
food in Northern Hondu and
Hokkaido and there have been
many deaths from starvation, I
In the South islands of Kinshiu |
and Shikohu are in the grip of
seismic disturbances. Craters
have suddenly discharged great
volumes of flaming rocks and
terrifying the Southern empire
and ashes are falling as far
north as Osakas.
Although the fate of the in
habitants of Sakura Island is
not certain, it is believed the
great majority of them have es
caped to the mainland, though
many escaped in a maimed and
burned condition.
SAKURA EVACUATED.
The cruiser Tone has sent a
wireless dispatch to the effect
that Sakura has been entirely
evacuated.
This morning the foreign of
fice received a dispatch from
i he former minister to China,
sent from that city only a feu
hours before, saying
“About ten persons have been
killed and 30 injured. The whole
city is in great confusion”
The foreign office thinks this
indicates that the early reports
were vastly exaggerated.
Miss Franchelle Hooker left
yesterday for Memphis to at
tend a houseparty given by her
friend, Miss Corinne Smjth.
Joe L. Bevens left Tuesday
afternoon by way of Memphis
for California, where he will
spend a several weeks’ vacation.
He expects to visit all the most
interesting places in the state
and besides sight seeing will
take a good long rest from busi
ness duties.
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fifth annual statement of the condition of
THE FARMERS BANK
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
At The Close of Business January 1, 1914.
resources. liabilities.
Loans and Discounts .$ 41 800 82 Capital.$50,000.00
Demand Cotton Loan. 2 602.01 Surplus. 8,000.00
Overdrafts ..•••••• • • •:. ’ Undivided Profits. 239.18
County Scrip and bcnoo 3,994.36 Deposits on Demand.155,512.11
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$218,106.94 $218,106.94
jhe above statement is correct.
W. W. DUNAWAY, Cashier.
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1 Special Sale!
I of “Crown Trousers”!
I At big 'reductions offer you a splendid gj
chance to get an extra pair of trousers at gj
very little cost. There,s a mighty fine gj
lot to choose from. It’s a rare chance gj
to save money. Don t miss it.
H $4.00 Crown Trousers If
H now.$3.00 p
m $4.50 Crown Trousers |§
p now.$3.35 Is
j| $5.00 Crown Trousers 11
gl now.$3.75 11
9 $6.00 Crown Trousers j [
i now.. • • $4.50 11
® $7.00 Crown Trousers |l
| now.$5.25 g
|i No reservations—No sharp practices ||
gl If you buy, you save—if you pass, you lose -
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