IN lEPEN IENT.
DECEMBER 26, 1913 NTIMBER 227.
flgRAND
freight collide
dOn Wreck At Russell
billed And Only Few
Injured.
[passenger train No. 28
outh bound through
No. 55 on the Iron Moun
et in head-on collision at
Wednesday night about
dock but no one was kill
n0ne of the passengers
riouslv injured according
irts reaching Newport,
ig bad orders to take the
but the angle cock con
the air back of the en
is cut off and a quick
aid not be made. Both
were running, about 25
n hour and several of the
cars derailed. The pas
on No. 28 were badly
up and several of them
, One negro was brought
port, where the claim
effected a settlement,
injured passengers were
Iiuth, presumably to JL.it
preck was cleared by 2
mrsday and No. 18 was
train through after the
ht train No. 58 on the
untain was also derailed
ig siding at Campbell
o’clock Wednesday after
(io. 3 was running an
te and this blocked the
r another hour.
—
lyor Remits Fines,
was very little doing in
court Christmas day,
Paul having thirteen
[ drunkenness brought
jiim, and as a Christmas
f of good will dismissed
pes and also remitted the
[three men in the city
jo were unable to pay
hes and were serving
k Paul told them to go
p their families and if
kd away from town and
pthout means a railroad
rould be given them.
Ns His Finger Off.
p Home, Dec. 25—Rob
|ts. an 18-vear-nlrl hnv
here, accidentally shot
off yesterday and
ilated the rest of his
g man was cleaning
He had extracted the
then put it back in the
cleaning it. He for
er the hammer, and it
rhile his hand was on
the barrel.
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CCIDENTAL SHOT
(PATHE.)
% and Cathryr
'Wee—Dorothy Camp
and 10 CENTS
Arkansas Celery.
J. E- Colopy gave us a sample
of his home-grown celery one
day this week and we found it
as fine as any we ever ate. Jt
was very brittle and not stringy
like the most of celery we have
been used to. He raised 250
hills of this celery in his gar
den at the waterworks. This is
Mr. Colopy’s first experience in
growing celery, and he is so
well pleased with the result
that he will try it again next
season.
He says that the plant requires
a great deal of water, and when
the weather is dry and hot it is
good for it to have some shade.
He plants the seed in a box first
and when the plants come up,
transfers them to a bed, and af
ter they grow in the bed awhile
transplants them in rows where
they are left to grow till maturi
ty.
This celery is no doubt as
good as that shipped here from
Michigan, where the vegetable
is produced extensively and with
considerable profit, and it might
be a very profitable crop here,
for those who are fixed to irri
gate the ground. Arkansas will
produce anything in the way of
vegetables. — Gentry Journal
Advance.
Gen. Cook Chairman.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 24.— A
movement looking to the erec
tion of a monument to the mem
ory of Col. Sumner A. Cunning
ham, editor of “The Confeder
ate Veteran”, who died recently
in Nashville, Tennessee, was in
augurated here today at a meet
ing of Confederate veterans,
held in the office of General
Bennett H. Young, commander
in-chief of the United Confed
erate Veterans.
It is proposed that the South
ern people unite in raising a
fund for the purpose, no sub
scription to be more than $5.
At the meeting today were
General W. B. Haldeman, Majors
S- H. Buchanan, John H. Leath
ers, W. A. Milton, John and B.
Pirtle. Gen. V. Y. Cook of
Batesville, Arkansas, was recom
mended for chairman of the
commission, and General John
B. Hickman, Major E. C. Lewis
_... -rv i ii _ r
and Col. wmiam uaiuey, ui
Nashville, members of the Fi
nancial Committee.
Candidate For State Treasurer.
R. G. McDaniel, who has prov
en a very capable, courteous and
popular deputy under the pres
ent state treasurer is a candidate
before the March primary for
the important office of State
Treasurer, and it is generally
conceded by those who know
about state politics that he will
have no opposition.
This in itself is a high compli
ment to Mr. McDaniel, and one
thoroughly deserved, for he is
a very strong man in the num
ber of his friends in all sections
of the state. His home is Clark
county and the big bond of
$600,000 required of the State
Treasurer, is no way handicaps
Mr. McDaniel, for his reputation
and character justify the con
fidence of the public. (Adv.)
electric
Coffee Percolators _ _ $ 7.50 and up
Chafing Dishes—$12*50 and up
| Tea Pots_$8*5<
1 Curling Irons
Electroliers-$3.50 and up
i SAM J* DENTY,
. | 107 Hazel Street.
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Furs Plentiful—Prices Low.
Little Rock, Dec. 25.—More
than $500,000 worth of furs
have been gathered in Arkansas
this year, Little Rock dealers es
timate, but the prices have fall
en almost 50 per cent from last
year and there is danger of the
market being glutted because j
the supply far exceeds the de
mand.
Little Rock fur dealers say
that the retention of a large part
of last year’s furs by dealers in
the North and that the throwing
of this surplus on the market
has so weakened the market
prices are constantly falling.
Most of the fur gathered in j
Arkansas this year was that of :
the coon. Last year dealers say
coon fur sold for $2.50 a hide;!
today it brings but $1.25. Mink !
fur, the most expensive of all, j
sold for $7.50 last year; it sells
for only $4 a hide now, and the
price is falling. Other furs the
dealers say, have suffered a
similar cut in values.
The mink fur is especially val
uable. Coats made from it sell
for not less than $1,000, if the j
furs are genuine, and of the
highest grade which is known
in the trade as No. 1 fur. Some
of the mink coats cost even
more than this, but dealers say
that few furs are being bought
this year and they declare that
in/lioof inn a QVP that
v>J v** v —- -
there will be a big surplus of
furs after the comparatively
slim demand for furs has been
entirely satisfied.
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Seal Sale Exceeded $100.
While returns are not com
plete as to the sale of Red Cross
Seals this season in this city and
immediate section, the total sale
will exceed $100, which for the
first year’s work, is a remark
able showing.
Mrs. W. A. Billingsley had the
movement in charge here and
gave it an intelligent, enthusias
tic and personal direction
that is deserving of highest j
praise. The Arkansas fund is to
be spent in Arkansas in the fight
against tuberculosis and when
the movement is more generally
organized and better supported,
the United Charities propose
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Ulal in cav.il vivj, —— |
of the seal sales, shall be spent j
there for the prevention and
elimination of the dread disease.
The revenue from the sale of
seals nationally is expected to
exceed $500,000 and will do a
world of good in the campaign to
reduce the danger of tubercular
infection as well as the number
of its victims by proper treat
ment.
Christmas Snow Coating.
Our Christmas snow blanket
ed Mother Earth in this section
just in time Wednesday night to
1 give old Kris Kringle an easy
means of tranportation, for from
what holiday shoppers have said
of the roads, it is doubtful if
even the good old saint could
have made his annual visitation
under such hardships.
The people of this city and
section have much to be thank
ful for in that no accidents nor
crimes marked the celebration of
the day. The county is prosper
ous and the festive occasion
proved a happy event in every
home.
While the snow fall was hea
vy, the ground was too wet for a
1 base upon which the snow
might remain.
The thermometer dropped be
THREE MEN
EALE WITH CAR
Into Arkansas River When False
Work On Frisco Bridge
Gives Way.
Van Buren, Dec. 25.—The
second serious accident to occur
on the draw span of the Frisco
bridge since the work of replac
ing it with new and much heav
ier steel began four weeks ago.
occurred at 10:30 o'clock this
morning. The huge derrick
car fell into the Arkansas river
from the false work in mid
stream. carrying three men im
prisoned in the cab of the engine
room.
James Kelley, the engineer,
suffered a fractured skull and a
badly bruised and lacerated
back, and was hurried to a Fort
Smith hospital on a trolley car.
The cab of the derrick car was
practically submerged when the
heavy piece of machinery fell in
to the river. It quickly filled
with water and, by the prompt
action of the motorboat patrol
that is maintained at the point,
the engineer was rescued
through a window of the cab.
The other two men, Joe Dilby,
/»_ .. .1 n_rn_—
in cjiiaii, emu ucui^c
rick foreman, were able to climb
out of the cab window upon the
drift and from which they were
removed by other workmen.
Dilby received several painful
bruises while Turner escaped
without a scratch. After he had
secured dry clothing he returned
to work.
At the time of the accident
the derrick car was run out on
the false work that is used in
placing the floor system of the
new bridge between the pivot
pier and the connecting one on
the north. The false work was
seriously threatened when the
false work on the south side of
the pivot pier was carried out by
the drift two weeks ago. It had
never been properly aligned and
braced and it is thought that the
vibrations caused by the derrick
lifting a piece of the old steel
caused the false work to sudden
ly give way.
An additional derrick is en
route to Van Buren from the
shops at Springfield, Mo., to be
used in picking up this derrick
from the bottom of the river.
The river is rising slowly at this
i • __1 will
time: anu v»v* j —
made to rescue the car before it
fills with sand.
Value of Drag Proven.
Clarksville, Dec. 25.—Never
in the history of Johnson county
have the roads been in as bad
condition as at present. The re
cent rains have made the coun
try roads almost impassable. It
is noticeable however, that those
on which the split log drag has
been used are in much better
shape than those that did not
receive this treatment. With
this object lesson before them
it is hoped that the farmers wil
devote more attention to the
use of the split log drag in the
future.
low freezing Wednesday an<
j Thursday nights and a har<
i freeze is predicted for Saturday
j morning, with no promise o
! very mild weather to follow.
I The Editor of the Northeri
-Sentinel falls under the ban o
! the “KuKlux Klan” at the Palac
theatre tonight.
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A Law Needed To Expedite .In
dicia! Business.
Would it not be a good idea '
for the legislature of Arkansas
to pass a law as other legisla
tures have found it wise to do.
to prohibit a member of the su
preme court of the state from
running for ottice except to suc
ceed himself, unless he shall
first resign from the bench?
In Arkansas there are four
teen or fifteen hundred lawyers.
Many of them are active in poli
tics. In fact there are few law
yers who haven't clear cut pre
ferences among candidates and
parties. Lawyers have to prac
tice before the supreme court.
Somehow the conception of a '
supreme court as a tribunal of
highest dignity and immaculate
integrity does not harmonize in
the mind of a thoughtful man
with tiie welfare of his state at
heart, with a picture which pre
sents itself to the imagination;
a picture oi two partisans 01 an
tagonistic politics; one of the j
bench the other of the bar; one
sitting in judgment and the oth
er pleading a client’s cause; one
a candidate for political prefer
ment and the other a warhorse
of the opposite camp. To change
the picture and make the man
before the bar a powerful sup
porter of the man on the bench
does not make the picture more
beautiful nor less true to life.
That decisions of the supreme
court have been affected hither
to by such a situation, who
would affirm? But that decis
ions might be thus affected here
after, who would deny?
Aside from this embarrassing
j possibility under our present
laws is the consideration of ex
pediency. There is a common
place but vital reason for a
change in the fact that there is
enough and more than enough
business to keep all the supreme
court justices busy all the time.
Not one can be spared from the
state's important judicial busi
ness to wage extended campaign
for political otlice.
If one judge can absent him
self from the bench and routine
of court duty to play politics
what rule or law prevents iwu
from doing it; or t hree?
It seems therefore that it
would be wise and good state «
manship for the coming legisi •
lure to enact a statute to pi
dibit a member of the supreme
court from becoming a candi
date for another otlice without
first resigning from the bench.
—Pine T’luff (Jraphic.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
IRON MOUNTAIN
SOUTH BOUND
No. 3 leaves.6:20 p. tn.
No. 29 (arrives 6:28) departs
at.6:38 a. m.
No. 5 leaves. 5:10 a. m.
No. 17 leaves.4:43 a. m.
No. 7 leaves.9:06 a. m.
No. 23 (arrives 7:20) leaves 7:45 p. in
No. 91 (local freight) leaves 8:25 a. m.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 24 leaves.9:20 a. m.
No. 4 leaves .10:20 a. m.
No. 28 leaves.8:35 p. m
No. 18 leaves.10:15 p. ».
No. 6 leaves.10:45 p. tu.
No. 92 (local freight) leaves 2:10 p. m,
WHITE RIVER DIVISION.
WEST BOUND.
No. 210 leaves.7:00 a. m.
No. 232 leaves.9:00 p. m.
No. 246 (local freight) leaves
.11:30 a. m.
EAST BOUND.
No. 209 arrives.• .6:18 a. in.
No. 231 arrives.6:18 a. m.
No. 245 (local freight) arrive*
.9:40 a. m
No. 607 arrives 12:35 p. m.
No. 608 departs 1:50 p. m.
Local freight arrives Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday; departs Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
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NOW IS THE TIME
Here Is the Place
TO GET YOUR OVERCOAT
One-Fourth [1-4] Off.
We have always prided ourselves on our big se
lection of Overcoats, but this season we have exceeded
our former displays in every way.
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