BOOTLEGGING CASeT
OCCUPY COURT
C. L. McWilliams and Dan
Smith Cases Heard By
• * Juries.
The first*jury case Saturday
morning was that of the State
versus C. L. McWilliams of Jack
sonport, charged with selling
whiskey. C. M. Erwin repre
sented the state and Grant &
Mack the defendant. The jury
returned a verdict of guilty in
two counts and imposed a fine
of fifty dollars in each case.
A similar case against Dan
Smith on appeal from the jus
tice of the peace court was
# heard Friday afternoon, the de
fendant being acquitted.
State versus Miner Gray, for
gery, continued by consent on
. two indictments.
State versus Sam Phipps, as
sault and battery; continued
by consent.
State versus Dee Wash am and
S. B. Haggard, on appeal; pled
guilty and continued.
Farm Demonstration.
We have an agricultural de
partment at Fayetteville Uni
versity, four agricultural col
, leges in the state and the ele
ments of agriculture taught in
all opr school districts. All
these are for the coming agri
culturist, the school boy. Suffi
cient preparation is being made
for our agricultural future, but
none of them touch the all im
; portant “Now.” The crop of
■ 1912 is mast' important. From
. it we must have a living. Con
* sidering our immediate agricult
\ uraj betterment, the work of
farm demonstration is most im
' portant. The employment of a
man for eaph county, Who is
both scientific and practical,
-’*<^7 whose duty it is to attend upon
• each farmer, whether he be ten
|U ' ant or owner, hk crop large or
I* smalb and inform him of the best
I . methods and assist him by ac
tual defnonstratiOn in the field,
j* ** to apply these methods.
m ' • - Muscle (^ligently applied, is
'an absolute essential in crop
[if"* ♦aisingy tipt brains must be mix
■p ed into any business effort for
B|- easiest and -cofhpWtt^iSuecm,
Kip 1144 corn fields and 1182 cottoh
prl in Arkan
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$337.50 can be given to each of
the Counties in our state.
He pledges himself to furnish
this sum if we will raise $662.50
per countty, making $1000 with
which to pay a county demon
I strator for nine months’ work,
| LET’S RAISE IT. The last leg
islature enacted a statute au
thorizing the Quorum Court of
each county to make an appro
priation for payment of a de
monstrator. This court will
meet in each county on the 4th
i Wednesday in October. See the
j county judge and the justices of
| the peace and get them to ap
| propriate the $662.50. Law
rence county assesses $5,000,
000 in property. For her Court
to make the appropriation would
cost a tax-payer who asesses
$1000 only $1.25. Leave off
one quart of “Sunny Brook’’ and
put up your part. No man, lei
his business be what it may
! would complain at this contribu
| tion when he consideres the
thousands of dollars that the
sale of the additional products
would bring to our good state
\ the better living, happier homes
: more contented citizens, frolic
! some children and better paid
j preachers we would have. Let’s
iget a demonstrator for the edu
I cation and assistance of the
I grown folk. Let’s increase the
crop of 1912. Clay Sloan,
Commissioner of Agriculture
rorrest City Koute isest.
C. E. Crook, one of our gooc
roads enthusiasts and secretary
treasurer of our county gooc
roads association returned Fri
day afternoon over the Rock Is
land from a visit to Dyersburg
Tennessee, where Mrs. Crool
and Clarence remained for £
longer visit.
The family made the goins
trip in their Stoddard-Daytoi
car and traveled via Forres
City, which they found a ver?
good route to Memphis, with th<
exception of a few miles in th<
St. Francis bottom, where th<
military road has been badb
cut up by logging wagons.
They made the trip to Mem
phis on 20 gallons of gasolin*
and from to Dyersburg, 11!
miles on 5 gallons. Mr. Crool
says the citizens of Dyersburj
have made a permanent roa*
of four blocks in their city,
using 2 coats of gfavel, one o
chats and then a sprinkling o:
oil, 6000 gallons being require*
at 4 1-2 cents per gallon.
Will Bombard Tripoli.
Special to the Independent
Rome, Sept. 30. — The mes
sagero announced that the gov
ernment acting under the pro
visions of international war i
allowing 24 Hours to elapse be
tween the summons to surrend
er and the bombardment of Tri
poli.
The 24 hour period expires a
6 o’clock this evening and i
bombardment will begin on tha
moment.
t Will Not Be Candidate.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 30.— Sar
Frauenthal this afternoon an
bounced that he will not be ;
candidate to succeed himself a
associate justice. This leave
the race to Frank Smith of'Ms
rianna as he is the only candi
date.
Notice to Employes.
The Southern Cotton 0
Company will commence operal
ing Monday, October 2 and a
colored employes are requeste
to take notice and be on hand,
i 53d3 H. G. Bunn, Mgr.
START COTTON “
HOLDING MOVEMENT
In Convention At Little^Rock
Called By Donaghey
And Cole.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 30.—At 10
a. m. today the Cotton Holding
Convention was called to order
j in the hall of the House of Re
presentatives, with a large at
tendance of representative bus
iness men, bankers, merchants
and planters from all over the
state. President George A.
Cole, of the Farmers’ Union
called the meeting to order and
; is presiding. J. B. Payne, secre
tary of the State Farmers’ Un
ion, has been in the city several
days making arrangements for
the meeting, which was called
jointly by President Cole and
Governor Donaghey.
The purpose of the meeting is
to devise plans for the holding
of the 1911 crop for better
prices than appear to be promis
■ ed at the present time. Seere
■ tary Payne says there has been
a great deal more holding in the
past than has been generally
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It is estimated that about 60,
000 bales have been carried
heretofore. Should the crop
this year amount 'to 700,000
bales, it is thought that 150,000
bales may be held as a result of
the movement being set on foot
here today. One of the difficul
ties in the way has been that so
many of the farmers have spent
their crops before they are
gathered, and are usually one
year behind. It is believed that
the few who will hold will teach
those who do not.
1 Pay $50,000 For System.
’ Jonesboro, Sept. 29.—The
deal by which the Southwestern
' Telegraph and Telephone Com
' pany comes into ownership o,
' the Independent telephone com
pany in this city was closed yes
terday afternoon, and last nighl
4 the city council adopted resolu
* tions thanking the big company
’ for taking over the independent
^ exchange and eliminating the
| dual system of telephones
The price paid by the South
? western people was $50,00C
; cash, and the property taker
■ over carries some 800 telephones
here and at Nettleton and the
fot-mor linps
Division Superintendent M. J
Stimson and General Attorney
- W. J. Terry of Little Rock wer<
- here yesterday and closed tin
- deal. While here they were
3 called upftn by many of the bus
- iness men of the city, who ex
- pressed the hope that there
- would be no delay in the pur
chasing of the plant, and todaj
t they are congratulating the lo
i cal manager upon the fact tha
t the deal has been made.
Sell School Bonds.
On last week the school boare
i for the Walnut Ridge specia
- district, sold $15,000 worth o
i school bonds to Lewis W
3 Thompson of the National Ban]
s of Comrrferce of St. Louis. Th
- bonds brought 98 3-4 and wil
- bear 5 1-2 per cent.—Walnu
Ridge Times-Dispatch.
$10 Reward.
]1 For return or informatio
- leading to recovery of one larg
II bay horse, 12 years old, on
d | white forefoot and one whit
hind foot.
53btf M. S. Littleton,
Held Train For Marriage.
Jonesboro, Sept. 29.—Morgan
Goode and Miss Lula Hale, both
of Williford, yesterday put the
finishing touches to a romance
of long standing, when they in
duced the conductor of the
northbound Cotton Belt train
to stop here twenty minutes un
til they could get a license and
have the hymeneal knot tied.
Both Goode and Miss Morgan
were passengers on the train,
and at the start of their journey
they had no intention of mar
riage “just then,” but, after
they had traveled some distance
they decided that it would be
j the best thing to do, so ways j
and means were at once devised
to carry out the plan. The con- j
doctor was gracious and pleas
ing and willingly consented to;
hold up here. Upon arrival, a j
rush was made for the license ,
and a preacher, who was hustled j
! to the train on schedule time. |
Sunday School «
Classes Entertain1"!
Mrs. Otto M. Bowen and Mrs.
B. F. Showalter entertained
their classes of the Christian
Sunday school at the home of
the former on Hazel street last
evening and from all reports of
the young folks who were pres
ent, a most delightful evening
was spent with the two interest
ing teachers of this school. An
interesting program of enter
tainment was planned and the
enjoyable conclusion which al
ways follows (cream and cake)
was served abundantly by Mrs.
Bowen and Mrs. Showalter, as
sisted by Mrs. J. D. Carvell and
Miss Elizabeth Pugh.
Excelsior Company Chartered.
Sji^cial to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 30.—The
Batesville Excelsior Co., o1
! Batesville has been chartered bj
; is $25,000, of which $18,000 has
been subscribed. The officers
‘ are Charles F. anbecollectedcir
are Charles F. Cole, president,
A. K. Goodnight, vice-president
and secretary, and J. C. Douzer,
treasurer.
Opening.
Wednesday, Oct. 4th of the lat
est and most up-to-date millin
ery and ladies’ suits.
54d4t Mrs. Minnie Balmaz.
Fee Case Transcript Filed.
Little Rock, Sept. 29.—A suit
involving an interesting point
in the Patterson act providing
for the working of convicts on!
the county roads has been ap-j
pealed to the State supreme
court, under the style of Jack
son County vs. H. C. Nuckolls,
justice of the peace, from the
Jackson county circuit court.
The particular question is as to |
whether or not a justice of the j
peace court fee for costs can be j
collected before the fine and;
costs have been worked out,
where the convict is placed on
the road under the act of 1909.
Nuckolls, a justice of the
peace in Union township, Jack-'
son County, tried one Bill Scott
on a charge of gaming. Scott
was convicted. Being unable to
pay his fine and the costs, he
was placed under the county
warden at work on the Jackson I
county roads, the county having!
beefi formed into a road district!
for this purpose under the Pat
terson act.
The fee bill of Judge Nuckolls i
was S3.90. and he put in the!
claim against the county before]
the fine and costs assessed
against Scott had been satisfied
by his work on the county roads.
The county court disallowed the
claim, holding that the court
claim could not become due
against the county until after
the entire fine and costs had
been paid or worked out by the
convict. Judge Nuckolls took
the case to the circuit court, j
where it was heard on an agreed
! statement of facts. The circuit
! court held that the court costs
'became due as soon as the con
jviction was had, and that the
i claim should have been allowed
'by the county. The county has
appealed from this finding, and
the supreme court has been ask
] ed to settle the question.
To Automobile Owners.
I now have a first class repair
1 man and am in shape to take
care of your troubles at reason
able prices. Phone 3&.
29dtf J. L. Younger.
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Received Daily
Sweet Potatoes, Pears, Celery,
| Grapes, Cocoanuts, Apples, Lem
1 ons and Bananas.—Snetzer’s
Grocery. 44dtf.
I. & R. Proving Costly.
You folks who favored I. & BL
law think it a good thing to
down in your pockets to
tune of $100,000 to hold an elec
tion? You have simply added
to your taxes to no purpose.—
Malvern Meteor. If the people
were assured that they would
only have to dig down in their
pockets for one $100,000
would not be so bad,but there is
no telling how many other $100,
000 digs they will be forced
make. — Arkansas Gazette.
That’s no story, for there is talk )
of initiating a state-wide prohi- 1
bit ion law and a game warden 3
law. The I. and R. is turning :|1J
out to be a pretty costly luxury, J§1
but we must have it to keep in a!
the fashion. J
May Get Button I
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