■tTfate
■ WITH JURY
^Lent of Attorneys Com
§1^ This Afternoon.
■ evidence in the case of
■Ever, on trial for killing
|H)’Hare near Ingleside, last
Biber, was completed this
Kn and the attorneys
■their arguments.
■ A. Hillhouse led for the
■ution in a presentation of
lets in the case, as present
lie state, and made a good
■He was followed by Lon
lell, for the defense, who
Hj for an acquittal on the
K of self-defense, and
Ha logical presentation of
Idence in favor of his
I Erwin, states attorney,
Id in a forceful review of
lidence and was followed
■stave Jones, who made an
■nt appeal for the defend
ld asking that the jury
|er the evidence dispas
lly and return a verdict in
■lance with the evidence,
■ a brief review of the evi
■and emphasizing the facts
■sented by the defense in
■t of the claim of self-de
ge J. W. Phillips closed the
lent for the state in an
eview of the history of the
ifterthe jury was instruct
i retired to the jury room
liberation.
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e Proves Public Spirited,
and Mrs. R. L. Muse of
rn were in Walnut Ridge
y says the Blade, while re
ig from Jonesboro, where
son is in school. Mr. Muse i
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is big mill at Minturn was 1
lg on full time, cutting
10 feet of lumber a week
ad been shut down only |
ty since July 4. Forty log
teams has kept the Muse J
retty well supplied with
lut they made no gains on
lill. Knowing that logs
be gotten in for the win
run, Mr. Muse is now pre
to put 75 teams-on the
Speaking of the Lawrence
y Fair Mr. Muse said: “I
favor of making it a per
it institution and fit up a
inent place for it to be held.
' citizens of Walnut Ridge
elect and buy a site for the
will donate 20,000 feet of
lumber to help fence it.”
tnd Mrs. Muse will attend
t. Louis fair next week.
For Rent.
st class storage room at
n’s Cash Store. 39dlm
wing Pictures
he Opera House
|e prisoner OF WAR
ivilwar drama—KALEM)
TRICKS of the trade
y Morey and Julia Swayne
on.
Somedy—V1TAGRAPH)
THE last shot
A good Western
(S. and A.)
^°d pictures and music
“HSSION 5 and 10 CENTS
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Women Ball Players Coming.
C. E. Baker of the All Ameri
can Ladies’ Baseball Club, was in
the city Thursday, making ar
rangements for the first ap
pearance of the ALL AMERI
CAN LADIES’ Baseball Club in
Newport, which will be on Wed
nesday, October 8th.
General Agent Baker states
that in introducing this club of
high class lady players to the
public in general he wishes to
| be understood that they do not
travel with the intention of draw
ing crowds, just through the
'novelty of ladies playing ball,
but really draw the people
through their ability to play a
wonderfully interesting, excit
ing and scientific game of ball,
and when taken in consideration
that the ALL AMERICAN LA
DIES’ are composed of young la
dies, the games they play are all
the more remarkable. Marguer
ite Cunningham is the star lady
pitcher of the world, and is sup
ported by a team composed of
the very best players that mon
ey can hire, who in themselves
are each a star player, making
the strongest organization of its
kind ever organized. There have
been other lady baseball'clubs,
but they have come and thej? |
nave guiie- ineir me upon ine
green diamond was one of short
duration. They came and tried
to out rival all other competitors,
but like the present slang
phrase, they had to “go away
back and sit down,” leaving the
original ALL AMERICAN LA
DIES to stand in all their great
ness in the very front rank,
where they will stand season
after season as the only real
champion ladies’ baseball club
of the world. This wonderful
club of lady baseball players
are now en route on their regu
lar annual tour. (Adv.) dl.
Squirrels Become Pests.
Mountain Home, Oct- 2. —
There are more squirrels in this
section this fall than has been
known for years. They are so
numerous that they border on a
pest and local sportsmen are
bringing in large bags full every
day. In many instances they
are eating corn from the fields
of the farmers in telling quanti
ties. The farmers as well as
the town sportsmen are .hunting
them. There is a good crop of
nuts in the upland woods this
year and it is supposed that is
what has attracted so many of
the animals.
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Flood Victims Total 9.
Dallas, Oct. 3.—A day of sun
shine today in the flooded dis
tricts of southeast and south
west Texas went far toward re
lieving the desperate conditions
of the past three days. It will
be some time however, before
the traffic situation and condi
tions in the rice, cotton and lum
ber sections are normal.
One additional death was re
ported today, the drowning of
Joseph Johs, a Syrian, in at
tempting to cross a swollen creek
east of Austin. This makes a
total of nine.
Stories from the outlying sec
tions which have been cut off
from communication tell of
much suffering. Near Gonazles,
southwest Texas, 75 persons are
marooned in the Santa Anna.
Provisions had to be floated
down to them tonight.
Rescue work has been aban
doned until the force of the
flood subsides.
YEGGMEN ROB
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. | Only $70.
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;1 Little Rock, Oct. 3.—Holding
•' the whole town of Fulton, on th(
, Iron Mountain in Hempsteac
, county, at bay, early this morn
j ing. six bandits robbed the
| Bank of Fulton of $70 in pennies
after trying in vain to blow open
the inner doors to the bank vault
there, shot and seriously woun
ded City Marshal Tom Logan of
that place, and then used the
'body of a citizen of the town,
I whom they had captured, tc
| shield them from bullets as they
miade their escape. Posses with
bloodhounds are nowT scouring
'the country in pursuit of the
| armed men.
The robbery almost duplicates
in details the dynamiting and
robbing of the First State Bank
at Dardanelle, early last Wed
nesday morning.
The six bandits came into the
town between 1 and 2 o’clock
this morning. Six separate ex
plosions of nitroglycerine were
heard by residents as the rob
bers attempted to blow open the
inner doors of the bank vault.
Previous to going to the bank
the men had broken into the
store of W. A. Temple, in the
town and had armed themselves
with six Winchester rifles and
ammunition from his stock.
The explosions awakened the
citizens and they armed and
hurried to the bank. City Mar
shal Logan saw an armed sentry
near the bank. He attempted
to capture him and was shot and
seriously wounded.
Then the rest of the armed cit
izens opened fire on the bandits
and a regular pitched battle oc
curred- During the battle, Hen
ry Wilson, one of the citizens,
was captured by the robbers.
They used his body to shield
their retreat and thus made their
getaway, the rest of the citizens
fearing to shoot after the rob
bers held their captive between
them and the guns of the Ful
ton men.
Two Pardons Granted.
Two pardons were issued Fri
day by Governor George W.
Hays.
One was given to Rudy White,
convicted of grand larceny in
Lawrence county and sentenced
to a year in the state penitenti
ary. White has served nine
months of his term, and the trial
judge and prosecuting attorney
recommended the pardon, as the
man’s aged father was badly in
jured a few days ago.
The other pardon was granted
| to John Hall, convicted of bur
glary in Craighead, and sentenc
ed to three years. Hall has serv
ed over a year of his term, and
the assistant prosecuting attor
ney, who handled his case, joined
those petitioning for a pardon.
Editor Webb Resigns
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 4.— J. H
Webb resigned yesterday a!
i managing editor of the Arkan
sas Democrat, after having beer
I with the paper a little more thar
a year. Clio Harper and John J
• Eisert will continue as the desl
• men in the editorial departmen
| of the paper.
Daughter of Hero of 1776 Dead.
Conway, Oct. 3—Mrs. Heziah
' D. Cole, 94 years old, said to
have been the last surviving
daughter of a soldier of the Am
' erican Revolution, died at 9 o’
clock tonight at the home of
Mrs. M. J. Maddox of Conway.
While descending a flight of
: stairs about six years ago, at the
■ home of Mrs. Maddox, where she
has lived during the last ten
years, Mrs. Cole fell and suffer
ed a broken thigh, from which
she had never fully recovered,
and this, it is thought, hasten
ed her death.
Mrs. Cole’s father, John Mc
Alester, served for two years and
three months in the war between
the American colonies and Great
Britian. Mrs. Cole possessed a
document from the Department
of the Interior of the United
States, and after his death Mrs.
Cole’s mother, who died in 1885
at the age of 92, also drew a
pension as a widow of a Revolu
tionary soldier.
“Aunt Kitty,” as she was
known among her friends and
relatives, was born in Richmond
county, North Carolina, June 10,
1820- She was the widow of an
uncle of Maj. W. D. Cole, Sr., of
this city, and after the death of
her husband, she has been in the
care of three generations of the
Cole family, Major Cole’s father,
himself and W. D. Cole, Jr.
One Dead—Other Dying.
Conway, Oct. 3.—Speechless
and dying Joe Cooper was found
in his cabin on the outskirts of
Mt. Vernon, near here. On a
bed in the same room was the
body of his wife, who had evi
dently been dead for several
days. The discovery was made
by a group of small bbys who
went to the house on errands.
The man died shortly after being
found. The wife is supposed to
have died from natural causes
and the husband’s death is
thought to have resulted from
illness.
Cooper was almost fully
dressed and was lying on the
floor of his home when found.
Both were aged persons and
were in straightened circum
stances. They had been sup
ported for sorrie time mainly
through the charity of neigh
bors.
No one had been at the Cooper
home for several days until the
boys went there. At the gate
the boys were met by a vicious
dog. They called loudly at the
gate. Receiving no reply they
finally drove the dog away and
entered, only to be met with the
j tragic sight.
40 About the Limit.
| The great majority of people
: may not advance physically or
intellectually after they have
I reached the age of 35 or 10.
; though many continue to expand
and progress to the end even
j though it be a hundred.
A man who has left the com
' munitv and gone into some pro
gressive place, returning after a
number of years will be struck
j by the number of his old ac
! quaintances who are not much
; past 40 who appear to have
reached the end of all ambition
and acquirement. This lacking
of development after the age of
35 or 40 represents primarily an
innate deficiency and runs in
families. You can look about
you here, and observe the truth
of these suggestions.—Ex.
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State Seeks Rate Rebates.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 4.—The Pen
itentiary Board is planning to
recover from the railroads re
bates under the excess passen
ger and freight charges of the
last few years, the amounts that
have been paid for the trans
portation of convicts and sup
plies above the amounts allowed
under the rates established by
courts. The penitentiary offi
cials have saved no rebate
checks, and it is expected that
certified vouchers will be used,
to establish the claims.
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Opens Court With Prayer.
Judge Eugene Lankford of
Prairie county, \yho held circuit
court at Melbourne last week,
having made an exchange with
Judge Meeks, opens all his
courts with prayer. There are
critics of this method of proce
dure, but we submit that Judge
Lankford is old enough and ex-1
perienced enough to know what j
a court crowd needs.—Evening j
Shade Record. 1
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Women Baseball I Mayers.
As the twentieth century
grows older we find that physi
cal culture has taken a great ad
vance, especially among the fair
sex. VV e note in these modern
times that some of our best ath
letes are women. The up-to
date girl can ride a bicycle, play
tennis, row a boat, play golf,
and, in fact, there is no outdoor
sport in these advancing times
that the fair maidens of this
glorious universe cannot accom
plish. A great many people will
say 1 am in error in mentioning
the fact that women can play all
outdoor sports. There is our
great national game, for in
stance. How many people will
say, “J never saw a woman who
could play baseball.” To these
people who doubt young ladies
can play baseball, 1 wish to say
that 1, at one time, was under
the impression until I witnessed
a game played by the All Ameri
can Ladies’ Baseball Club. This
club of lady players do play a
remarkable good game of ball,
and to those people who doubt
ladies can play ball, I wish to
state—do not fail to witness the
game of ball on Wednesday, Oc
tober 8th’, when the famous All
American Ladies will play one of
the most interesting and excit
ing games ever witnessed in
Newport, with the Newport
team.
No Longer Sell Feed Tags.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 4.—Under
the provisions of the decision
given by Judge Trieber in feder
al court Friday, involving the
validity of the feed inspection
act, the state will no longer sell
any tax tags. But the inspec
tion will be continued by the
Commissioner, with whom all
dealers are to be registered as
heretofore, and they will be re
quired to place tags on the pack
ages showing the analysis.
The tax has been yielding the
state about $60,000 a year, and
prior to this year, this fund was
retained by the Commissioner,
but the last legislature trans
ferred it to the General revenue
fund, and appropriated $15,000
for the purpose of inspection.
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The Well Dressed Feeling
that comes from being
dressed in a becoming
suit of the right model,
the proper cloth and
made according to the
latest dictates of style
Is a Part of the Pleasure in Get
ting Clothed Here
The low prices you pay
but adds to this pleas
ure because you are
sure to diess within
your means.
$15.00 to $30.00
Berger'S
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