Independent.
APRIL 26. 1913. NUMBER 23.
■ williams
Superintendent
■Sort Public School, Hav
Sccepted Offer of Lo
jHal School Board.
J^jEdgar Williams, who for
jgV five years has been su
|Hdent of the public
■■of Blytheville, has ac
.^■fie superintendency of
[/^■port public schools for
IHfing school year. Mr.
H is an educator of broad
•ijBjce, who has been very
s Hui ’in building up the
^^■of Blytheville and comes
highly recommended by
JHpd of education and citi
■■his present home, but by
Hf the leading school men
laio^Ktate.
■dated with him in his
r Hwork here, will be his
' ^■ho has been elected as
■■the teachers in the High
»The election of Mr. Wil
made at a meeting of
^■iooI board Friday night
acceptance followed by
'^Hne message that night to
Hsident of the board, Judge
I school board had a num
applications for the su
ndency and from promi
ld successful school men.
illiams visited the local
last Monday and made a
>le impression upon the
ind other citizens who
annual election of ter ch
the ensuing year will
ace this evening at the
meeting of the school
line To Build Roads.
I
to Independent.
! Rock, April 26.—Saline
is to have a stretch of
k miles in length which
;t about $30,000, and is
d to be one of the models
kansas. The road was
d for by an act of the
[islature, and as it is to
improvementof and old
his amount should make
a model. G. E- Green
d S. A. Moore, of Saline
two of the road com
ers, have requested the
Highway Department to
se the work, and they
y do so when the Depart
organized and ready for
loving
I 18 Reels Per Week.
I “THE PROSPECTOR”
■Western Drama—Essanay
loWTlTEDOKP oPPeis
|IRE REACHED HIS
I WlWffeR titlME”
Koihedy of Hobd Life—£elig
I “A PAIR OF BOOTS”
I v Comedy—Selig
I “SIX O’CLOCK”
lurice Costello and Helen Cos
1° playing leads. An excel
d drama—Vitagraph.
wial Music By The Orchestra.
ADMISSION, 5c and 10c
BANK OF HELENA
CLOSES ITS DOORS
Assets Are Said to Be Nearly a
Million Dollars Above
Liabilities.
Helena, April 25.—The Bank
| of Helena, the oldest and sup
posedly one of the strongest
banks in eastern Arkansas, with
a capital and surplus of half a
million dollars, closed its doors
this morning after the Board of
Directors had adopted a resolu
tion to liquidate the affairs of
the bank. The assets are said
to be nearly a million dollars
more than the liabilities. E. C.
Horner, president of the bank,
assures the depositors of pay
ment, dollar for dollar.
The cause of the closing of its
doors as far as could be ascer
tained is outstanding paper
which could not be realized on.
It was stated that while there
is more than sufficient amount
of collateral outstanding to meet
the bank’s obligations, an effort
to get renewals from Eastern
banks recently was unsuccess
ful. This, it is said, was brought
about from a general tightness
in the money market, failures ir
Memphis and the high water sit
uation here. The other banks
of this city came forward and,
it is safd, offered Mr- Horner
and the directors a half million
dollars. This offer was declin
ed. Mr. Horner declared that he
would not involve the entire
community in this difficulty
The closing of the B?nk V "
ena was one of the greatest sur
prises that ever occurred here
in financial circles. The bank
was headed by men who have the
absolute confidence of the people.
No other business concerns are
involved. W. R. Satterfield, at
torney, left this afternoon for
Wynne to ask Chancedllor Rob
ertson to appoint a receiver to
wind up the affairs of the bank.
Chill Tonic Almost Proved Fatal.
Batesville, April 25- — Will
Miller of Magness came near
killing himself here. He had
been having chills, and bought
a bottle of chill tonic as soon as
he reached here. By noon he
Had taken half of the contents
of the bottle, and when he was
picked up in an unconscious con
dition, it was at first thought he
was dead. He was taken to a
local sanitarium, where two doc
| tors worked with him tor sever
al hours. He finally regained
! consciousness, and finding him
self alive said, “Well, bygosh I
have never had no chill no way.”
Wm. Jervis Appointed,
i Special to Independent,
j Little Rock, April 26.— Wm.
Jervis of Poughkeepsie, has
been appointed by Geo. B. Cook
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction as county examiner
for the southern half of Sharp
county.
Tb Complete Locks Oh White.
Congressman W. A. Oldfield of
this, the Second Congressional
district, has introduced a bill in
congress, amending the river
and harbor act of March 3, 1899,
I so as to authorize the secretary
; of war to enter into contracts
for the completion of lock and
dam No. 4 in the upper White
river at a cost not to exceed
I $150,000. The location for dam
; No. 4 would be at some point be
tween Sylamore and Guion.
For Sale-New Underwood
typewriter. Call phone 313.
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APPEAL PROM
$100,000 VERDICT
Largest Ever Recorded In Suit
| of This Character In
This State.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 26.—An ap
peal has been prayed in the suit i
of Lota Anderson vs. Will Fau
cette, former mayor of Argenta,!
i which resulted in a verdict for
| the plaintiff, in the local Federal
I court, for $10,000. This is the
j largest verdict ever rendered in
! an Arkansas court in a suit of
! this character, and the fact that
it was for the full amount asked,
makes it all the more remark
able. The jury was out deliber
ating on the case but fifteen
miniutes.
Miss Anderson claimed that
Faucette accomplished her ruin
under promise of marriage.
Faucette attacked her reputa
tion and claimed it was an at
tempt at blackmail. He claimed
he was visited by the girl in his
room, and she borrowed money
from him, after which he tele
tnlH
---
there was no objection to her
visiting the rooms of the for
mer legislator and mayor of Ar
genta.
Attorneys for the plaintiff
took the story of Every Woman
as their argument and followed
it straight through.
University Head Splendid Selec
tion.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 26.—“Fri
day has been a great day for Ar
kansas,” was the statement
made in the afternoon by quite
a few prominent men of the
state, referring to the selection
of Dr. J- H. Kirkland, chancel
lor of Vanderbilt university, as
president of the University of
Arkansas, and Dr. J. C. Hardy,
former president of the Missis
sippi A. & M., as dean of the
Agricultural Department of the
University. Dr. Kirkland has
not yet accepted the appoint
ment, but he virtually accepted
the place when he was visited by
a committee recently, and he
cannot make formal acceptance
until he has removed several
minor obstacles.
“Dr. Kirkland of Vanderbilt
University is one of the five
really great educator? of the
world,” is a statement attribut
ed to Senator Chauncey Depew
when speaking of the new head
of the University of Arkansas.
Attorney General W. L. Moose,
who has been a trustee of Van
derbilt for a number of years,
agrees with the words of the not
ed after dinner speaker, and
says Dr. Kirkland will make
Arkansas the leading university
in the South.
In the afternoon the Board
of Trustees discussed routine
matters of the university, and
decided to hold the election of
new officials over until the June
meeting. Dr. J. H- Reynolds
acting president, was re-elected
to the chair of history. He was
present at the time, but made no
announcement of his intentions
for the future. All the old fac
ulty was re-elected and the res
ignation of Hugo Bezdek as ath
letic instructor was accepted.
Dry Summer Wood
I at Fee-Crayton’s delivered,
i Sawed from cull lumber. Phone
i 294, or see Hopper or Fisher
Leave orders with P. S. White.
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Howard Sayers Freed By Jury.
Salem, April 25.— Howard
Sayers, 25 years old. was this af
ternoon acquitted by a jury in
the Fulton circuit court on the
charge of complicity in the mur
der of Charles Moore, the ver
dict closing one of the most sen
sational trials in the history of
the county.
One of the members of an al
leged gang of murderers, the
chances for young Sayers, the
community thought, were poor,
and when Lifus Davis, serving
time for his part in the killing of
Moore, was returned from the
state penitentiary to testify in
the ease, it was the belief that
Say< rs would be found guilty and
given a term. The verdict of
the jury greatly surprised the
community, as well as the at
torneys for the prosecution, who
based their case on an alleged
confession by Sayers, and the
testimony of Davis.
To the court Davis told a vivid
story of crime. He related at
length how he, Doc Jones, an
other alleged gangster and Say
ers met at the Jones home and
planned the murder. He said
Doc Jones provided the guns and
shells with which to do the kill
ing, and that he (Davis) and
Sayers drew straws to see who
would “pot shot” Moore. Davis
concluded the narative by say
ing, “I drew the straw that sent
Moore +o his death and me to
the pen.”
The alleged gang to which
Sayers and Davis are alleged to
have belonged has terrorized
this section of the country for
years. Numerous deaths have
been laid to their door and Davis
and “Doc” Jones are now serv
ing terms in the penitentiary.
The body of Sayers’ mother was
found in a cistern on her farm
about one year ago. Through
his mother’s death the young
man fell heir to her estate. The
mystery of this crime has never
been cleared.
Sayers, although freed on the
charge of complicity in the
Moore murder, still has confront
ing him a charge of having shot
Lee Burrow on the day of the at
tempted robbery of the Mam
moth Spring bank last summer.
Swan Dowell As A Hunter.
S- C. Dowell is one of the bus
iest men in Lawrence county,
but once in a while he takes a
few hours off and has a little
sport. Tuesday he said: “I
want to tell you how I broke the
record yesterday, I went hunt
ing and had not gone very far
into the timber until I saw
four young squirrels playing to
gether, I fired and killed three
at one shot and crippled the
fourth one, but He got away. I
was calling turkeys when these
squirrels appeared. That beats
the hunting record of anything
I ever did. I have been hunting
for 45 years and never remem
ber killing but one squirrel at a
single shot in my life* I have
killed as high as three turkeys
at one shot, but that is different.
Killing these squirrels so early
in my hunting trip, I thought
surely I would get a small wagon
load before returning home, but
i I saw no more." Changing the
.subject to rice, Mr. Dowell said:
! “I have 90 acres of my 100 acre
field ready for sowing and seed
ing will be begun by May 1st, if
I everything is favorable. Wal
nut Ridge Blade.
Mrs. G. W. Huff of Jackson
port is visiting her daughter at
Corning, says the Courier.
1 i
Newport Architect Gets Con
tract.
Plans to remodel and com
pletely refinish the Gleason ho
tel, the work to include also the
rebuilding of that portion of
the hostelry damaged in the re
cent Capital theater fire, are be
ing drafted by George M. Bon
nell, an architect of Newport.
That the plans were to have
been submitted yesterday, was
the statement of T. P. Murrey,
proprietor of the hotel, last
night, but this was not done;
owing to Mr. Bonnell’s absence ;
from the city. According to
Mr. Murrey several thousand
dollars will be spent in remodel
ing the building and in refinish
ing the interior, but an exact
statement of the amount to be
expended or of the plan of the ,
work cannot be made until Mr.
Bonnell submits his report.— j
Little Rock Gazette.
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State Engineer Wanted.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 2(5.— Who
Will be the engineer of the
State Highway Department ?
This is a problem R. G. Dye, the
chairman of the commission,
who appoints the official, would
like for some fairy to solve for
him. The position carries a
good salary and already there
has been over a hundred appli
cations filed for the appoint
ment.
The graduates of the Unive7'
ty engineering department de
sire one of their number ap
pointed, and the members of
the Arkansas Society of Civil
Engineers desire the Commis
sioners to appoint no one from
outside the state. Other mem
bers of the engineering fraterni
ty are pleading for the appoint
ment of the best man obtaina
ble, and all of this makes life
easy for the chairman of the
Commission.
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Harvey and Miss Della
Holmes will spend Sunday with
homefolks at Judsonia.
Prof. IT. L. Lambert, superin
tendent of the Swift on schools,
who has been re-elected for an
other year, was down Saturday
morning. Mr. Lambert is a very
capable school man, thoroughly
in love with his profession and
has been very successful in
building up the Swifton school,
which hopes to receive state aid
next year upon the high schook.
course it will offer. \
Odd Fellows, Attention.
All Odd Fellows are urged to
report at the hall at 1 p. m. on
Monday, April 28th to take part
in the celebration of the 94th
Anniversary and in forming a
county organizat ion.
The regular meeting will be
held at the hall at 8 p- m., as
usual, at which time matters of
special importance are to be at
tended to.
J. F. Parish, Secretary.
Praise Insurance Adjusters.
Too much cannot be said in
praise of Tom Smallwood, Fred
Watkins and Bud Hirsch, ad
justers for some of vthe insur
ance companies having insur
ance losses here in thX recent
cyclone. They have been\m the
ground, making every honesikei'
fort to adjust losses and let pWk.
pie repair their property. It is^l
said some interests here are
looking for an insurance com
pany without a “Hart.”
It is said that corporations are
soulless. We know one that has
a Hart
When an insurance adjuster
says he can be as contrary as
anybody, that the matter of ad
justment is in his hands, it is
time to resort to legal proceed
ings. We know a case of this
kind and such steps will be taken
within the next ten days. Just
as well open the eyes of the peo
ple now as at any time.—Wal
nut Ridge Blade. *
Will Floyd and J. R. Ferrell,
two good farmers of Glass town
ship, were down on business
Friday night.
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