ORDS
IN PEARL FINDS
^"Friday On Upper
F°RTver Worth $2,500.
aW- i8--The
industry has been one
money produc
tion has had for the
years, and a great ar
sople have followed the
including women, chil
jnen. A large force of
„r digging mussels for
and make good
selling the shells, which
taken up by buyers operat
es for the purpose of
the shells.
river, which has estab
£ name for producing
pearls in great num
33 broken all records at
the past two days,
five valuable pearls
ound in the river front
cahontas. One of these
was the most valuable
;r found in this part of
district. It was a
pink ball, and was
for $1,000.. This pearl is
to he of the perfect type,
ultimately bring a fab
price ir. the higher mark
Otiier pearls found during
were of the smaller
at about $300 to
valuable pearl and some
smaller ones were found
wading and grabbing
with the hands in the
waters near the shore,
aggregate value of the
found Friday is estimat
$2,500. One of the local
paid out more than $1,
pearls found and sold
this day
With this season’s pearling
have paid the pearlers a
Black river in the neigh
of $10,000 besides for
shells. With each valuable
the interest in the industry
The pearls of the
two days were found by
who did not follow the
business, but were
idle time to‘see what
might find.
I tow store clerks and farmer
s are taking to the river and
ill children venture along the
re hoping that they may get
of the much sought gems.
! reward does not come to ev
one. Some men follow the
mess for years and never
anything of much value,
when some one makes a val
le find near where the regu
pearlers have worked for a
f time he feels that fate is
inst him and says he is go
to quit the business. But
'o is something about the in
mv which keeps the pearler
acting every time he opens a
mussel and the dream of how
he may become rich at any mo
ment keeps him continually at
*t.. Some few have their expec
tations realized, hut a very small
cent in comparison to the
number who follow the business.
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kptember 3 and 4 Road Days.
P^ial to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 19.—Gov
or G. W. Hays Monday af
. 00n issued a proclamation
s September 3 and 4 as
if™r°ad days, and requesting
||feneral working of the public
tip* al. over the state on those
j Electric Refused To Stop.
Huntington Ind., Aug. 18.—
When Mrs. J. Caswell and
! daughter, Miss Mary, driving in
their electric runabout yester
j day, got ready to stop, the ma
; chine persisted in continuing
| to go. So they went along with
| the car, trying various means
ifo bring it to a standstill,
i They grew tired of the enforc
ed ride and headed the electric
! up a st^ep hill, Miss Caswell ap
plied the brakes and reduced
could jump out. She telephoned
the speed so that her mother
her husband to head off the
machine, and when the girl
drove up the hill again he hop
ped in and the girl jumped out.
He drove up one street and
down another. Dinner time
| came and passed and still th car
| rolled merrily on.
j About four hours later the
I battery was exhausted and ad
ding insult to injury, the car
“died” on the outskirts of the
town, making Mr. Caswell walk
several blocks to his home.
Cannot Enforce Act.
Little Rock, Aug. 18.—Section
10 of the new criminal act,
which seeks to prohibit news
papers from publishing the ac
counts of the execution of crim
inals cannot be enforced because
it does not set a penalty for a
violation of the section.
Earl Kidder, representative
from Pulaski county, was the
author of the bill, and the Sec
tion is as follows:
“No newspaper or person shall
print or publish the details of
the execution of criminals under
this act. Only the fact that the
criminal was executed shall be
printed or published.”
Attorney W. L. Moose held
unofficially' that the section is
not enforcible because it does
not make the offense a misde
meanor and does not set the pun
ishment
' Mr. Kidder said he understood
jthe act is defective because of
the clause, and that efforts
would be made to remedy it at
jthfe next session of the legisla
i ture. '
Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
18 Heels Per Week.
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THE UNPROFITABLE
BOARDER
A good comedy, showing how
; a young man works a scheme,
! claiming his rich uncle pays all
I the bills. Featuring Herbert
i Prior and Mabel Trunelle.
EDISON
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| THE TIE OF THE BLOOD
A social study of the modemiz
! ed Indian.
An excellent picture—SELIG
DR. MAXWELI/S EXPERI
MENT
j The doctor reads of a new op
eration upon the brain that will
I change a criminal into an hon
est man. An hour later a bur
glar enters his home; he oper
’ ates on his brain. It is a suc
cess. Later the doctor loses all
j his wealth, but is given a home
with his burglar patient. An ex
' cellent drama, featuring Ar
■ thur Johnson and Lottie Bris
coe.
i - . . .
Three Good Pictures and Good
Music By The Orchestra.
ADMISSION, 5c and 10c
MEXICO MUST
BERECOGNIZED
Before Midnight Is Warlike Ul
j timatum Delivered By Mex
ican President to U. S.
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Mexico City, Aug. 18.—The
United States government has
been given until midnight to
night by President Huerta to re
cognize Mexico, it is officially
stated.
The government is not specific I
in the public announcement as !
to what course then will be pur
sued, but it is understood that it
means the severing of all rela
tions between the two countries.
Senor Urrutia, minister of the
interior, made the announce-'
ment.
Senor Urrutia refused to give
out the text of the correspond
ence between Mr. Lind and the
Mexican government, but con
firmed thefact that an exchange
of notes had taken place. Two
notes from Mexico have been
sent to Washington. The first
was a reply to that delivered by
Mr. Lind. This note included
the demand for recognition of
Mexico.
The second note was sent di
rect to Washington"and demand
ed that a reply to the previous
note be made before midnight.
One official in discussing this
latter note said that Mexico had
reached the . point where she
either must bow her head in hu
miliation before the United
States or adopt an attitude of
defiance.
-The first contingency, he ad
ded, was regarded as impossible.
President Huerta in his reply
told the United States that he
would tolerate no interference,
even though -that interference
might be characterized as
friendly mediation. The char
acter of the reply of Washington
to President Huerta’s note will
determine the next action in
the international drama.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that as
marshal of the city of Newport
I have taken up the following
described livestock, to-wit:
One bay mare branded “W.
C.” on both left shoulder and
hip. Left eye is bad, has on a
small bell. Mare has horse colt,
also branded “W. C.” on left hip
One sorrel horse colt, about 1
year old, blaze face, part of legs
and feet white, left ear split,
branded “W. C.” on left shoul
der and hip.
The owner or owners of said
stock are hereby notified to
| come forward and prove their
ownership or interest therein to
the undersigned, and that in de
fault thereof I toll, on
Saturday, August 30. 1913
offer said stock for sale at pub
lic auction to the highest bidder
for cash, in front of West and
Baker’s livery stable, in the city
of Newport, Arkansas, between
the hours of 10 o’clock in
the forenoon and 3 o’clock in the
afternoon of said day.
Dated this, the 19th day of
; August, 1913.
W. H. Carouthers, Marshal.
J. U. Ard, Deputy Marshal.
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For Sale.
A pair of young mares, matcn
ed, one young mare, unbroken,
1 milk wagon, 1 delivery wagon
1 separator. S. W. Taggart |
i lld6t.\
School Hygiene.
The commonest common sense
would vouchsafe for little chil
dren sound bodies in which to
develop sound minds; yet 600,■
000 of them are tuberculous or
thin blooded; many have the A
merican ailmept, neurasthenia,
as badly as their parents; one
fourth of them have eyes that
see not or do so at a cost of
pathetically painful effort; 1,
000,000 of them have ears that
hear little or not at all; as many
have deformities; one-quarter,
being either starved or injudic
iously fed, naturally^suffer men
tal indigestion; 30 per cent
have unhealthy noses and
throats—the mouth breathers
the “dunces” and “vicious” chil
dren, who need only tEe remov
al of these handicaps to become
well-behaved ar.d bright schol
ars; 50 per cent have bad teeth
and unclean mouths, which in
vite infections that spread rap
idly among children who, by
conveying them home- dissemi
nate epidemics. How absurd
to vaunt our public schools as
the best ever when three
i in • ; 1.
lourms OI me ill mem
need to have bodily ailments at
tended to! Much has been done
to remedy these serious evils;
yet obviously the work has only
begun- And when the job con
cerns 20,000,000 children, any
one must see that it has to be
gone about in a vast and epic
way; men and women teachers,
nurses, doctors,' sanitariums,
builders, and statesmen must
together plan wisely and work
earnestly in some great and en
during organization, so that
every community in the land
may benefit by their labors for
adequate school administration,
ip suitable schools, and for med
ical supervision of the immature
ocupants. Such a logical co
working will be the Fourth In
ternational Congress on School
Hygiene in Buffalo. New ^ ork,
August 25-30, under the presi
dency of Dr. Charles W. Elliot
of .Harvard. All who have a
tender solicitude for children
and all anxious for the best de
velopment of their offspring s
vitality and growth, who realize
that the health of the school
child is fundamentally essen
tial to the health and stability
of the state of whom there are
assuredly several score millions
j of us—all such must be pro
foundly and should be actively
interested in this congress. —
Collier’s Weekly.
Will Pay $72 On Hundred.
j Special to Independent,
j Little Rock. Aug. 19— The
State Board of Pensions has de
cided to pay the pensioners this
[year at the rate of 72 per cent,
j so that each $100 pensioner will
|receive $72. The warrants will
jbe sent out the first week in
i September.
j The State Pension Board al
lowed $871,822 in pensions, and
th'e taxes paid for this purpose
this year amount to $640,000,
which is less than the amount
appropriated by the legislature
for that purpose, $650,000.
Notice of Estray
I
Denmark, Ark., Aug. 7, 1013.
j We, the appraisers of one bay
I mare, blaze face, branded “T
D.”on left shoulder, also branded
with figure 2 on right jaw and
ruptured on left side, right hind
foot white; about 12 years old.
We value said mare to be worth
fifty dollars ($50).
* M. L. Ransom.
J. H. Hickmon,
W. T. Scoggin..
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned has taken up
and posted according to law, the
above described mare.
C. F. Burrow,
Denmark, Ark.
Will Smith Fined.
Will Smith was given a trial
before Esquire J. R. Loftin Tues
day morning on the charge of
wife abandonment and fined
I $50. He was prosecuted by C.
M. Erwin and defended by S. M.
Stuckey, an appeal being taken
to the circuit court.
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To Install Grist Mill.
The Grant Manufacturing
Company will soon install a
grist mill at their plant in this
1 city and will be prepared to re
! ceive corn in the shuck and de
liver meal to all farmers who
wish their com ground.
Fodder Fifty Years Old
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 19.—Fodder
over fifty years of age, is said
to be stacked in a barn near
Center Point. Howard county,
i and Commissioner of Agricul
ture .John H. Page, will make an
effort to secure samples of it for
exhibition at the State Capitol.
A minister told a judge about
the fodder, and the judge in
turn reported it to Commission
er Page, and there are over JO')
| bundles of it.
According to the statement,
! this fodder was pulled befo 1
!the Civil war, and placed in tl •
jbarn. The building was aban
doned during the war, and bein',
out of the line of march of both
armies, escaped destruction.
After the war other farm pro
ducts were placed on the fodder,
,and for years it remained bur
ied. It was recently unearthed
and the. farmer recalled pulling
lit from the corn before the war.
Family louring Arkansas
I
I))-. Whitmore, wife and two
I children spent Tuesday noon in
I this city en route to Jonesboro
i from Batesville. They are tour
| ing the whole state, being resi
dents of the capital city.
Dr. Whitmore is driving a
jStudebaker 30 and has been all
lover the western part of the
state, north as far as Harrison,
then down to Heber Springs,
across the mountains to Bates
ville and from Jonesboro will
follow Crowley’s Ridge to For
1 rest City. Before returning
home, he expects to visit Helena,
Pine Bluff and Texarkana.
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One Negro Assaults Another.
Robert Jones and Wes Robin
son, two Jackson port negroes be
came involved in a quarrel while
riding home from Newport
Monday night in a wagon. Rob
inson was slashed several times
with a knife and while living,
his condition is serious.
Jones was arrested and placed
in the Jacksonport calaboose by
Marshal Dixon Massey. Jones
I claims that the other negro first
drew a gun upon him, before he
ever used a knife, which he says
was done in self-defense.
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Reductions on All Men s
Summer Apparel
This is the month when most of our “House Clean
ing" is done and hence the month when Valurs are at
their height. Such merchandise as we offer is seldom
buyable for so little. Avail Yourself of the opportunity.
Radical Reductions On
“CLAPP OXFORDS ’ ' “EROWN TR0USERS”
“REGAL OXFORDS” “SUMMER CLOTHING’
“MANHATTAN SHIRTS” “ONYX SILK HOSIERY”
“FAULTLESS PAJAMAS • v j
BeroeR’S
"STAR CLOTH!H G HOUSE
We Close Evenings at 6:30 (Except Saturday.) I