■Son
Ice of RETURNS
tr*111 Fight to
■ Against Allege(T
1 dge George W. Hays
■ with the returns of
■rimary almost com
■ lead overS. Biun
m will doubtless give
■ nomination upon the
■ returns, Mr. Brun
■ not concede his defeat
Kht to the finish and
■he opposition with
■ndidge says:
■ not the shadow of a
■ that I received a ma
■the legal votes cast in
■day’s primary elec
tor! has been made to
■ from me my rightful
■in Phillips county, and
■wrong has been perpe
■n the people by the
■f the ballots. Phillips
■ in my judicial district
Be always carried the
B a lare-e majority. In
Ilagainst the late Sena
11 carried it by nearly
lority. The people gen
Kall parts of the county ,
friends, and the major-!
|m have been such for a ;
fry years. It is incon
Ihat with 2,400 votes
[the county, my major
Uudge Hays, who was
[the county and who is
fr unknown to the peo-'
Id have been less than :
Ived in my race against j
Davis, when only 1,800 ,
re cast. I am informed 1
p fraud has been perpe-1
[ other counties of the
pe conditions broughti
this primary election
pimediate and drastic 1
the democratic party |
[scredited. :
rthe race for the gov
; the people’s candidate '
irt to wrest the office
! machine politicians
ire it to the people. If
3 perpetrated today in
ounty, and, as I am in
other parts of the
i| unchallenged, then
®ve surrendered our
ernment to a coterie of
who have been and
eue to work it overtime
ing Pictures
s Opera House
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Reels Per Week.
IE FIRST PRIZE
Irama—LUBIN)
! game warden
?Earl Foxe and Irene
(KALEM)
AND THE PRESS
! AGENT
^ Ruth Roland and Mar
an.
(KALEM)
EAMS COME TRUE?
ne<ly—ESSANAY)
*fhave the Sarah Bern-'
fu.res .tonight as the
tailed to deliver
F the Orchestra.
5 and 10 Cents.
1 for their selfish ends and to pro
mote their personal ambitions to
;the great detriment of the peo
ple and of the prosperity and fu
ture growth of the state. I will
fight to maintain the will of the
people, as I believe it was ex
pressed by the ballot Saturday.”
WILL CONTEST
RECENT PRIMARY
Though Judge Hays Has A Ma
jority Upon The Face of
Returns.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 26.— The
contest for governor is not over
yet, although upon the face of
the returns, Judge George W.
Hays has won by a majority
anywhere from 170 to 3,500.
The official returns from Phil- j
lips county, with only 308 ma
jority for Brundidge, where as j
much as 1,500 had been expect- j
ed, did not serve to clarifv the '
. . • I
situation.
■I
The Hays following jubilantly j
announced that the election was \
won, and that their majority j.
could not fall under 3,500.
On the other hand, Col. Brun- j
didge issued a statement in
which he declared that he had
won the election “on an honest
count.”
That it will require the official !
canvass by the state central com
mittee next Monday to determine
the result is now almost certain.;
for neither candidate will be
i
content to accept defeat upon the
face of unofficial returns com
piled as they have been from
meager returns.
That a contest will be institut
ed is almost certain and it is not
improbable that an effort may :
be made to enjoin the state com
mittee from certifying the nom-,
inee until the contest can be set-!
tied.
Little Rock, June 26—The of
ficial returns of Pulaski county
canvassed Wednesday afternoon^
are, Brundidge 2,276, Hays 1,
446.
What A School Patron Is.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 26.—In addi
tion to his many other duties as
attorney general. Judge Moose
called upon to act as official lex
icographer. A correspondent
wrote him to known what a “pa
yw-P n r. <■. y\yvl l o T-IO V*OTV 1 1 orl
ii uii v/x u iivui -— (
that “patron” means any voter !
or tax-payer who contributes to- j
ward the support of the school, 1
and also includes any head of
family, including widows, who
have children of school age, re
siding in the district.
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Notice.
Teachers and officers meeting
Friday night. Every teacher
and officer of the Christian Bible
school is urged to meet the su- j
perintendent at the church at ;
7:30 p. m. Please come.
J. D. Carvell,
Supt.
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Mrs. Frank Hoofman return
ed yesterday from Jacksonport,
where she has been at the bed
side of her sister, Mrs. James
Holt for several days. She was
called home by the illness of
Mr. Hoofman, who has a siege of,
malaria.
For rent—Nicely furnished
front bedroom wTith board for
one or two gentlemen, 523 Hazel
street. <ldtf.
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TAKES ISSUE
WITH MURPHY
Futrell Says Governor Should
Consult Judge and Prosecut
ing Attorney I'pon
Pardons.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 26.—Col.
George W. Murphy. Progressive
Party nominee for governor, in
his speech of acceptance attacks
the practice of requiring appli
cants for pardon to secure state
ments from the circuit judge and
prosecuting attorney. Govern
or Futrel'1 today issued a state
ment m which he takes issue
with Col. Murphy. He says:
“It is the duty of the governor
to investigate every case fully
and as thoroughly as his time
and opportunities will permit. In
the majority of cases of pardon
applications, no transcript of ev
idence can be had, and the gov- ;
ernor should seek information j
where he is most likely to ob- 1
tain it and where the sources
would be most reliable, and for
that reason it is proper to con-i
suit the judges of our cpurts. !
though his investigations are ;
not necessarily limited to these j
officers. The circuit judges and
prosecuting attorneys become
intimately acquainted with all 1
the facts developed in trials be- j
fore their courts, and my experi- i
ence with our courts convinces |
me of their general impart’"'
and earnest desire that just5"'
be done. They generally possess
a spirit of leniency which is e
vinced by the fact that upon
pleas of guilty the minimum sen
tence is usually assessed.”
In Honor of Miss Hite.
Miss Katherine Morris enter
tained a few couples of young
people at Bridge Wednesday ev
ening in honor of her friend,
Miss Hortense1 Hite, whose
birthday it was.
.The guests,were given a cor
dial welcome on arriving by Miss
Moreland Mrs- C J. Gregg,
several games of bridge follow
ing. A big box of homemade
candy was presented the one
making the highest score and
after the count it was found that
Mr. “Claybrook” Childers had
won the prize. Refreshments of
cream and cake followed the
games.
The trnoRt.s of the evening were
Misses Hortense Hite, Ja
mie and Lizzie Irby, Franchelle
Hooker, Bessie Watson and Ber
tha Hirsch; Messrs. Roy Hin
kle. Clay Childers. Norman C. j
Wolff, Adam Lockard, Lawrence
Bailey and Jan B. Young.
Friday Hangman's Day.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 26.—Gov.
Futrell has again given evidence
of his purpose to set aside the
precedent of Friday as hang
man’s day. He has issued his
proclamation fixing Monday, Ju
ly 28, as the day of execution for
Boss Gaylord, atMorrilton. Gay
lord. on March 11, 1913, was
convicted of murder in the se
cond degree, and sentenced to be j
hanged on April 13. An appeal
was taken to the supreme court.
which affirmed the lower court
on June 2.
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Notice.
500 bushels good, sound com
for sale. Apply to W. H. Craige,
Kenyon, Ark. 10w4
Marriage License,
j P. 1. Chaney, Sulphur Rock
and Minnie Stinnett, Reed.
William Martin and Sadie
: Hubble, both of Kenyon,
j L. L. Dixon and Della Hatler,
both of Tuckerman.
H. J. Harris and Freddie Mav
hue, both of Oil Trough.
Albert Magness and Annie
Peel, colored, both of Newport.
Harvey Scott and Gertrude
Jimerson. both of Newark.
J. C. Sherrill and Hattie Hens
ley. both of Paroquet.
H. F. Wells and Opal Miller,
both of Balch.
H. E. Robinson and Eliza R.
McCoy, both of Bradford.
Eddie Davis and Nannie Mit
chell, both of Elmo.
J. W. Seward and Mamie Staf
ford, both of Newark.
Real Estate Transfers.
Herschel Cast and wife to J.
W. Phillips, G. A. Hillhouse and
E. L. Boyce, lots 16, 17, 20, block
2, Cast’s Addition, Swifton, $1.
J. S. Wilmans and wife to
Mike Evanusick, 40 acres 1-10-4,
$600.
J. M. Cook to James T. Mar
tin, 240 acres 34-11-1, deed of re
lease.
n. a. c,wen, expane, iso acres
25-10-1, title confirmed.
Wm. English and wife to H.
A. Cook, 160 acres 25-10-5, $850.
Lula Moon to J. H. Monical et
al, 160 acres 36-14-2, $2500.
Permellan Murphy to Hender
son Mjurphy, 40 acres 4-12-1,
$250.
JR. A. Cook and wife to John
Siemson, 160 acres 25-10-5,
$300.
Margaret M. Baker to Joseph
F. Baker, tracts in 17, 18, 30-11
2 and lots 1, 2, 15, 16 block 3,
Dill’s Second Addition, Newport,
$1.
Joseph F. Baker to Margaret
Baker, 160 acres 17. 18-11-2, and
lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 block 2,
Dill’s Second Addition, Newport,
$1.
Grover Lampkins to John A.
Melville, 100 acres 10, 11-11-2,
$140.
T. L. Wood and wife to Callie
Washam,, 160 acres 13-9-1,
$2,500. '
Western Tie and Timber Co.
to H. M. and D. M. Cooley, 1400
acres 9, 16, 21-10-1, $7,120.
Two Fires In a Day.
Newport had two fires in one
day upon Thursday, but in nei
ther was the loss heavy. The
first about 7:30 a. m. was caused
by the burning of paper in the
small rear yard back of the Inde
pendent office. From a box of
tar, the flames spread to the sta
ble and storage room of W. M.
Price, where a lot of bedding
and some harness was ruined.
Prompt arrival of the fire de
partment prevented the spread
of the flames.
The second fire occurred about
noon at the railroad pump house
on the river front. The fire de
partment was cut off by No. 4
and the pump house hose was
used to put out the flames.
Dee Moon was down from
Swifton this morning returning
on the local.
Miss Cole, a trained nurse of
Little Rock, came up on No. 4
this morning and brought the
little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Irving Hirsch, who will spend
several weeks with Mrs. L.
Hirsch while the little girl’s mo
ther is at Johns-Hopkins Univer
sity for an operation.
Wo Close Evenings at C»:MU (Except Saturday.) s
Special This Week
Amazing
Shirt Values
$1.00 and $1.25 Soft Shirts
[Collars Attached] at
70c
3 for $2.00
These shirts look neat, feel
good and wear better. They are ,
especially comfortable these warm
days. Right now is the time to
buy, while sizes are complete.
Berger’S
"STAR CLOTHING MOUSE*
Bar Association Meets.
The Fourth Annual Bar Asso
ciation meeting of the Eighth
Chancery District met at Walnut
Ridge Wednesday morning with
a good attendance and fine inter
est on the part of the profession
throughout the district.
The welcome address was made
by E. H. Tharp of Walnut Ridge
which was responded to by J. B.
Baker of Melbourne.
Judge McCaieb president of
the Association, made his ad
dress, which was very fine. This j
being followed by general dis- J
cussion on ethics, professional j
and numerous other things. The
next convention was voted to
meet at Heber Springs.
An elaborate banquet at the
Rhea hotel was tendered the
visitors by the members of the
bar at Walnut Ridge, which is
reported to have been an elegant i
affair in every feature. Judge
Charles Coffin of Batesville was
toastmaster with Ceo. A. Hill-!
House of this city selected to do
the roasting.
The members of the Associa- :
tion who attended were R- E.
Jeffery, Claude M. Erwin, Silas (
D. Campbell, S. M. Stuckey, F. 1
R. Suits, Geo. A. Hillhouse, E. L.
Boyce, Newport; J. B. McCc.leb,
L. F. Reeder, S. A. Moore, Chas. |
P. Coffin, Dene Coleman, John j
T. Warner of Batesville; J. B. 1
Baker, Melbourne; C. E. El
more, Mammoth Spring; Geo. T. j
Humphreys, Salem; S. A. Eaton ‘
and Mr. Pope, Portia; A. S. Irby, M
H. L. Ponder, W. A. Cunning- Ji
ham, W. P. Smith, J. M. Gibson, <
Ira J. Pickens, E. N. Beakley, E. j
H. Tharp, W. M. Ponder, W. B. j;
Blackford, W. E. Beloate, Eugene j ’
Schoonover of Walnut Ridge. 1
Ballots Ordered Burned.
Helena, June 25.—The Phil
lips County Democratic Central
Committee met at noon today
and canvassed the returns of
this county. The official count
was as follows:
Brundidge, 1,351; Hays,.
1,043.
The result gave Brundidge a
lead of 308 votes in this county..
The vote for circuit judge show
ed Jackson of Helena to have
2,347 and Cypert of Searcy, 43^
By resolution the ballot boxes
were ordered turned over to the
sheriff and the ballots destroyed.
The vote in the gubernatorial
race was a surprise to many, as
it openly was predicted that
Brundidge would lead Hays by
more than 1,000 votes. There
was little pre-election sentiment
for Hays and the vote was more
surprising on that account. It
is said, however, that the race
for circuit judge affected the
i^ote in this county for governor.
Brundidge probably would have
•eceived a larger majority, it is
;aid, if Cypert of Searcy, Brun
lidge’s home town, had not been
jpposing J. M. Jackson of Hele
la for circuit judge.
Fishing Tackle at Price's
bookstore. 94btf_
BE NEIGHBORLY
Tell your friends about Ross'
‘Dead Quick” spray. Tell them
hat it kills bedbugs, ants, fleas,
■oaches, mites, lice and their
;ggs; that it kills and keeps
iway mosquitoes—that it is nice
md clean for household use.
rell them it is sold in Newport
jy your druggists. (Adv.)