NEGRO CITIZENS
1 APPLAUD CONVICTION.
Thank Judge Grace "or Prompt
and Decisive Acrio.i in "’rial
^ of a Negro Rape F end.
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H Pine Bluff, June 2. -A meeting
|Hjf negro citizens of this city was
HHheld yesterday afternoon at
^Upones* hall, and the purposes are
HH’ully embodied in the following
PP st^tjons, which were signed
g||Mby those present.
PM “Whereas, This community
l||Mwas recently shocked by the re
^MceiPt of reliable information that
PMa crime of a peculiarly atrocious
Ay.pcharacter had been perpetrated
HfMnpon the person of a white fe
Jmale by a negro degenerate, and
|||H “Whereas, A lynching, the
Msual sequel of such an occur
PlPence, has been prevented by the
-^i^Prompt and decisive action of the
PMMgal authorities and the concur
P|Mnce of sentiment on the part of
best citizens of the city and
^Tjjiity. Therefore we, the col
P|Hd citizens of the city of Pine
PPHiff, county of Jefferson, deem
PM^^pbropriate that we should ex
PPP&^ our sentiments in reference
PPPhe matter, Be it
PPSMtesolved, That we tender to
Tnrlrro t/i SsVlPr- i
.’id other legal author
je good citizens of
son -odnty our earnest
;s for their successful effort
[rry out the law, preserve the
c peace and to administer
je in what we regard as the
■t** 'iirsome"',and effective
irT and
ereas, It is a very corn
ton opinion that colored men of
1 classes sympathize with the
•iminals in such cases and will
|> all in their power to shield
lem from the just consequences
Ff their unlawful and inhuman
fctions; we do hereby aver that
Ich is not the case and further
' assert that such sympathy is not
felt when lawful steps have been
taken to identify the party ac
cused and he has been fairly tried j
by q court of competent jurisdic-;
tion^ We are satisfied that in:
1;he Case referred to the accused
’ vas granted all that he was en
1 itled to under the laws of the
state. The effect of this prece
dent ,upon the right-thinking,
Conservative colored men of the
state will doubtless be to assure
them that, in case of such occur
rences, the law will be carried
out in the case of one of their
... . _ jy_
race as n is in me case w
whose race both makes and en
forces the laws; therefore
I ‘ ‘Resolved, further, That so far
from sympathizing with the per
petrators of such atrocious crimes,
I we regard them as the worst
, enemies of their own -race and
fully deserving the penalties
affixed to t^ieir criminal and dia
bolical actions by the law of the
' land. We realize the fact that
unless such outlaws are promptly
and severely punished there is
no safety for an unprotected fe
male, be shepvhite or black.”
INVITATIONS ISSUED.
The invitatipns of Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Jones to the marriage of
their daughter Miss Susie to Dr.
Owen Walker) to be celebrated I
Wednesday evening, June 15th, j
at the Methodist church in this j
city, have been issued.
They are a departure from the
old form and of ivery neat word
ing and workmanship. The an
nouncement of the wedding is
first made, the enWravure closing
with an invitationito be present.
The bride is a f»r daughter of
an old Southern Jwnily and of
that sweet tempe^meut which
tive and happy one. The groom
is a genial and popular young
physic an, who graduated ir m
Washington University witn
high honors and has established
a good p aclice. The Indepen
dent offers congratulations in ad
vance upon this prospective
union. ^ _
STRAWBERRY CROP
WORTH $300,000.
Arkansas’ Statistics Show That
Amount of Berries Have
Been Sold During the
Season Just Closed.
Rogers, June 2. — According to
figures compiled here, the sea
son’s strawberry shipments in
Benton, Washington and Craw
ford counties amount to 600 car
loads, exclusive of express ship
ments in small lots.
Early in the season the prices
were in excess of $2 per crate,
but lately the quotation has de
clined to as low as 75 cents be
cause of the heavy shipments
from the Missouri region.
More than $300,000 represents
the returns to the growers of the
three counties for the crops, and
$50,000 is a low estimate on the
money paid to pickers. As a rule
the pickers were paid 11-2 cents
per quart, and good hands aver
aged one hundred quarts per day.
In some localities there was
difficulty in procuring a adequate
number of pickers, and for this
reason many of the growers had
their revenue cut short through
inability to market the product.
The berries rotted in many
patches as a consequence of the
scarcity of pickers.
BATESVILLE WEDDING.
Promptly at 9 o’clock Wednes
day evening the organ sounded
forth the stiring strains of the
wedding march and thus ushered
in the bridal party, closely fol
lowed by Dr. J. H. Kennerly and
Miss Jennie Crow, who were
united in holy marriage, Rev. S.
B. Callaway, the pastor, officiat
ing. The marriage ceremony
was beautifully impressive. A
large number of friends had as
sembled to witness the mairage
and prove the high esteem in
which the contracting parties
are held.
Dr. J. H. Kennerly is widely
known as a successful physician
and is greatly esteemed for his
fine social qualities.
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Miss Jennie oruw, uie unue,
is also widely and favorably
known in our town and surround
ing community, having taught as
first assistant in our high school
for a number of years. She is
highly esteemed by our people,
who are glad to feel she thus be
comes a fixture in our midst.—
Bates,ville Bee.
' FISH HATCHERY.
United States District Attorney
W. G. Whipple has passed favor
ably on the title to the govern
ment fish farm property at Mam
moth Spring, and the deed and
abstract have been accepted by
the government and placed on
record at Salem. The total
amount appropriated for the
hatchery was $25,000, of which
80 per cent will be expended in
Mammoth Spring. Congressman
Brundidge has been assured by
Fish Commissioner Bowers; that
there will be no further delay,
and that the work will be pushed
to a speedy completion. The ex
cavation will cost about $8,000,
and there will be one dwelling
costing $3,500, and another cost
ing $1,500. All the improvements
will be of the most substantial
character.
OFFERED $300
FORBALLOT BOX.
Prominent PiTaski County Citi
zen Under Arrest Charged
With Attempted Bribery
in Last Primary.
Little Rock, June 3.—Joseph
Davis, a well-to-do farmer of
Bayou Meto township, was ar
rested yesterday by Deputy
Sheriff A. B. Chichester on a
bench warrant charging at
tempted bribery in connection
with the Pulaski county Demo
cratic primary election on March
26 last. Davis was brought to
Little Rock and his bond fixed at
$500, which he readily made.
The indictment, returned re
cently by the grand jury, al
leges that Davis made an offer
of $300 for possession of the bal
lot box containing the votes cast
in the primary in Bayou Meto
township and thus violated the
laws regulating elections in Ar
kansas.
Details of the alleged offense
will not be forthcoming until the
trial of Davis in the circuit court,
when the witnesses who testified
before the grand jury will be
heard, along with testimony for
j 1 i c.
liic ucicnac.
The primary election on March
26 was legalized, hence the gen
eral election laws of the state ap
ply to it. It will be remembered
that there was much interest
centered in the vote of Bayou
Meto township, as there were
several close contests which were
in doubt until that precinct re
ported.
Mr. Davis is a well known citi
zen of the northern part of the
county. He appeared to be con
fident of acquittal when the
charge against him comes up for
trial.
LOOKING FOR
LOST DAUGHTER.
The Jonesboro Sun says: W.
S. Hall of Batesville arrived in
Jonesboro this morning and be
gan a search of the hotels and
stores and the town generally
for his daughter, 18 years old,
who he said had left his home at
Batesville a week ago Saturday.
He said she had quarreled with
a brother who had also lived at
home and left. He had traced
her to Hoxie and there learned
that she came in the direction ol
Jonesboro.
LETTER TO MR. J. W.
WALLACE, NEWPORT, ARK.
Dear Sir: Would you rather
have your customers speak of
your shoes as wearing well, as
not running down at the heel, as
turning water and taking a shine,
or wag their heads and say
nothing?
We’d rather have ours, at long
intervals, say: “We want some
more paint, and we want De
voe.” We know it isn’t in hu
man nature to paint very often;
we don’t expect them to come
very often; don’t want ’em to.
All we want is to paint what
they have to paint, whenever
they paint it; the longer the time
the surer they are to come back.
There’s business enough in the
world; there are houses enough
to paint; let em take their time.
If we were a shoemaker we’d
make shoes to last half a life
time, and shoe the whole town.
, Yours truly,
F. W. Devoe & Co.,
97 New York and Chicago.
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