Ben hur
Ineerence opens
Histrict Conference For
Htheast Arkansas Con
Hned Wednesday Af
■ ternoon.
■ fifth Annual District
for Northeast Ark
Honvened in this city Wed
■ afternoon, being held in
j Hera house. The conven
lls called to order and pre
^Kver bv District Chief R.
Himons with Mrs. Phoebe
^■muth serving as district
Hut forty delegates were
f|t for the opening session
^|ng representatives from j
lldges at Marianna, Jones
II Paragould, Little Rock,
|Be, Manila and Oil Trough
lie colors of the order white
jjHold were conspicuous upon
llreets Wednesday morning
Khe arrival of the various
^^■itions. ,
IjKopular musical number by
. Iteamey’s orchestra preced
j^E> call to order, after which
^■W. A. Mink delivered the
^|tion.
tinsnitfllitv of the citv was
^Bously extended by Gustave
■, who first paid tribute to
■■fraternal order, which in
■ years has attained 140,000 ,
fibers and is the only frater
< l^ftrder giving women equal
° His with men.
^wuty to one’s neighbors” was ’
^■cardinal principle of all fra
^■itie? said the speaker, who
JHec the character Ben Hur as !
^■xampleof devotion to all du-:
■ to family, country and God
^■worthv of the emulation of
■■members of the order, who
■ shown their interest in hu
IHiitv and devotion to the or-;
^■s principle--' by coming to the '
■ closing he pictured a vision :
^Hhe future Newport, with art
|Heries. public library and oth
^Bmprovements and hoped that
ijHnight be the good fortune of
<H delegates to visit the city !
aHtin when these these things;
jjHjbeen accomplished.
^Hhe response was made by '
If T. Wells, the state mana-1
■ of Little Rock, after which a i
^Bdentials committee was ap-!
Hinted and the roll called.
HAt 7:30 o’clock this evening,
He ladies drill team of Paragould
HU put on the lodge drill in
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■Moving Pictures
•ttheOpera House
Buffalo bll*s wild west i
■ SHOW.
B three reel feature, showing
Buffalo Bill shooting buffalo,
Bavalry drill, cow boy girls and
Indians.
I FEAR
|An excellent drama featuring
■Howard Missimer and Harry
Mainhall and Frank Dayton.
(S. ar.d A.)
THE trimmer trimmed
(Comedy—BIOGRAPH)
THE high brown love
All the name implies.
(Comedy—BIOGRAPH)
An extra good show and music.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
i front of the Hazel hotel, after
! which all members of the Tribe
of Ben Hur will repair to the
lodge rooms in the Board build
ing for initiatory work and a so
cial session later.
PROGRAM THIS EVENING
AT 8 P. M.
Exhibition Drill—By Ladies
Drill Team, Paragould.
Initiation of Candidates —
Paragould Degree Team.
Refreshments.
OCTOBER 16th, 9 A. M.
Call to Order—R. T. Simmons,!
Chief.
Opening Ode.
Invocation—W. A. Mink.
Co-operation of the Deputy
and Members—W. J. Caldwell.
How We Won the State Prize 1
Banner and Expect to Retain It1
—Mr. Acrees. '
Fratemalism and What It
Means to the People.—P. E. ;
Genoway.
Adjournment. j
OCTOBER 16th', 1:30 P. M.
Call to Order—R. T. Simmons,1
Chief.
What the Year Has Brought!
Forth—j. W. Henderson.
The Progress of Ben Hur in j
Arkansas—Thos. L. Mackey.
Report of Business Done Since j
Last Congress—J. T. Wells.
Report of Credential Commit-!
iee.
Election of Officers.
Adjournment.
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Johnson Is Discharged.
Batesville, Oct. 14.—Sterling ,
Johnson, who shot and killed,
Bob Green near Paroquet one ev- J
ening last week, had a prelimin-,
ary hearing at Newark yester-.
day, and after the evidence was |
all heard, the court discharged
Mr. Johnson, the evidence show-j
ing that he was justified in the;
killing.
At the time of the shooting
Mr. Johnson claimed that Green
had attacked him and shot at
him twice before he ever shot j
Green. The evidence showed ■
that this contention was correct, j
and Mr. Johnson was discharged. :
Relatives of the dead man were
there to attend the trial. They j
went to investigate the case sev
eral days ago.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney i
Earl Casey represented the state .
at the trial.
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Hawkins Waives Examination, i
Special to Independent.
Tuckerman, Oct. 14—In the j
examining trial of J. H. Hawkins \
yesterday before Esquire A. R.
A flip Hpfpndant waived
a hearing and was bound over to
the grand jury, being released
on $500 bond.
Hawkins and W M. Gill had a
difficulty on the road about 3
miles north of Tuekerman Sat
urday night in which Gill leceiv
ed some slight stab wounds that
have proven not to be danger
ous. Judge O. W. Scarborough
represented the state and S. M.
Stuckey the defendant.
j “Brass Kid” May Be Crazy,
j Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 15.—-An m
1 vestigation is being conducted at
i the state penitentiary into the
i sanity of Herbert Coone, alias
“The Brass Kid,” whose sen
tence to a term in the peniten
tiary in connection with the Ho
Springs swindle cases, was ie
cently affirmed by the supreme
court. The inquiry is being con
i ducted by Dr. J. L. Green, of the
state asylum and the peniten
tiary physician
THREE CITIES
MAY STAY WET
l nder New Act Upheld by Court
But Little Rock and Others
Are Admittedly Dry.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 15.—While
their attorneys delve deep into
the law to find some flaws in
Senate Bill No. 118, the liquor
men are all at sea as to the next
step that will be taken in the
matter. They are not done
fighting, and as long as there is
a point to contend for, they will
remain in the state courts. The
federal court will be a last stand.
There are some cities in the
state in which the saloon men
think they can still operate un
der the bill. They also believe
that the wet towns in East Ark
ansas will remain wet under S.
B. 118- Hot Springs, Fort Smith
and Helena are the three cities
they believe can be petitioned
wet. Little Rock and Pine Bluff
are admittedly dry under the
bill.
No effort will be made by the
liquor men to circulate a petition
in Little Rock, for they consider
the burden too great upon them.
They will assist in the work if
the city administration and the
business men are behind the
movement. The liquor men feel
that people would sign the peti
tion at the solicitation of the
merchants, when they would re
fuse for the men who operate
the saloons. The present city
administration has been none
too friendly to the liquor inter
ests, but the loss of over $100,
000 revenue to the city annually,
with no substitute may make a
difference in policy. If all ef
forts to have S. P>. 118 declared
unconstitutional fail, then ef
forts will be made to start the
petition around before the end
of the year, so that it may be
passed upon in January.
Immigrants Come To South.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct- 15.—John H.
Page, commissioner of agricul
ture, discussing the recent con
ference of agricultural and im
migration commissioners in New
York, together with managers
and agents of steamship lines,
said:
The conference resulted in a
great deal of lasting good. As a
result of the meeting on ship
of the North German Lloyd
Unoa hinder! in New Orleans last
week and discharged its immi
grants through the recently es
tablished immigration station
there. A significant and impor
tant incident is the fact that
one of the immigrants landed
through that medium came to
Arkansas with his family and
$10,000 in cash. This was re
ported to me from New Orleans
a few days ago. The next shipof
this line will arrive next week,
and will likely have a much lar
ger number of immigrants.
“A meeting of the Mississippi
Valley Immigration Association
is called to meet in New Orleans
October 25. I have been urged
to attend but have not definitely
decided that I can arrange to do
so.”
M. B. Trezevant. general mana
ger. writes Mr. Page that the
meeting oromises to be a bit?
i success, and it is quite probable
i that the governors of Louisiana.
Mississippi. Alabama. Arkansas
!-md Tennessee will be in at
tendance.”
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tk kerman news.
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Mrs. R. w. Bandy left Monday
for Jonesboro, where she will
spend several days visiting her
daughter who lives in that town.
Dan Hogan moved the first of
the week to Paragould, where he
will make his future home. Mr.
Hogan has a place in one of the
best barber shops in that city.
M. M- Gill and John Hawkins,
two farmers of a few miles north
of this place, engaged Saturday
night in a drunken quarrel,
which resulted in a bad knife
wound to Mr. Gill from the hands
of John Hawkins. Local officers
rushed to the home of Hawkins
and placed him under arrest.
Bro. Dudley of Swifton attend
ed Masonic lodge at this place
Saturday night.
Smith & Cook have six three'
dollar kitchen sets which they
will give to the first six custom
ers buying 10.00 worth of |
goods at their store. No game
of chance in this and then you j
save enough money when you j
go buy their goods to purchase
a good sized premium. wtf. I
Total enrollment for the Tuck- j
erman school is 206. By rooms: |
primary, 62; second room, 24; j
third room. 44: fourth room. 37: I
fifth room, 34; sixth room 7.
In the high school there are 41
There are 98 of the students
who have neither been tardy nor
absent this term.
Jackson County Realty Com
pany will-loan you money on
your farm, when you are in ■
town let them talk it over with
you. lw
Our local sportsmen are wait
ing with patience for the bird
law to be out
Mr. Zack Calhoun of Olyphant1
spent Sunday in this town with j
friends.
The writer is in receipt of a let
ter from our former townsman.
S. W. Harvey, who is located in
Nashville, Tennessee, where he
has his two daughters in college, j
He states he likes his new home.)
He will spend the holidays in
Tuckerman.
Mrs. Chas. Coe, Jr., is expect
ed home this week from Salem,
Fulton county, where she has 1
spent several days with her par
ents, who live in that town.
Miss Fred Williams spent a
tew clays the first of the week at
Portia, visiting friends and rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Dowell of
Newport spent several days in
Tuckerman the first of the week
visiting relatives.
Mr Janies H. Coe of New
port spent several days in this
town last week, visiting rela
tives.
When in need of fire insurance
see Jackson County Realty Com
pany at Tuckerman. !w
Several of our teachers at
tended the 1 eachers' Associa
tion at Swifton Saturday.
Geo. R. Hays of Newport spent
a few hours Tuesday in Tuck-1
erman on business.
The Baptist people of this!
place are thinking of moving!
their church on the west side of!
the railroad.
Prof, and Mrs. J. A. Roberts
entertained JO o f the young peo
ple last Friday night. The even
ing w>as spent playing games
and all present expressed them
selves as having had a splendid
time.
100 Coopers On Strike.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 15.—There
are about 300 coopers on a strike
at the three cooperage plants in
Jonesboro, and all of them have
closed down in consequence
They are striking for a recogni
tion of the Union, and for better
safeguards about the machin
ery. State Labor Commissioner j
J. C. Clary has tendered his good I
offices as arbitrator to settle the j
strike, and the strikers, through ;
Albert Huffmaster, president of
the Union, has signified his wil
lingness to accept his services.
Only Two Candidates.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 15.—There j
are only two candidates taking
the examinations for the Rhodes
scholarship at Oxford, .James H. j
Bishop, of Russellville, a student
at Hendrix, and J. C. Hopper, of
Mt. Ida, a student at the Univer
sity. Two others, McCain of
Jonesboro, and Arnold of Texar
kana, took the examination last
year, and from these four the |
appointment will be made the
latter part of December, when |
the papers return from Oxford.
The liiids.
I’ecause he will not allow the
hunters ol the country to go
gunning for birds the good la
dies are liable to go gunning for
Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon,
metaphorically at least. In ad
dition to the law preventing the
importation of the plumage of
birds, ho desires a law making it
an offense, to which a severe
penalty is attached, for any wo
man to possess or wear bird
plumage while traveling from
one state to another. The West
ern senator calls upon all states
to enact laws making it an of
fense for a woman to wear bird
plumage at any time, or in any
manner. In this way, he argues
that by making the killing of the
feathery denizens of the grove
unprofitable the slaughter of
these innocents will cease, be
cause they are taken for profit,
and not to gratify a mere san
guinary desire. If the plumage
of birds is worth nothing to
hunters they will soon grow tir
ed of wasting ammunition upon
them. The ladies have not yet
been heard from, but no doubt
they will protest against inter
ference with their ancient privil
ege.—Memphis News-Scimitar.
('an The .Surplus Crop.
Between 4,000 and 5,000 bush
els of peaches were canned. All
of these peaches were culls, or
second class fruit, and could not
be packed and shipped as fresh
fruit. Heretofore the culled
peaches were fed to hogs or
hauled away and dumped in
some nearby “sink hole,” where
they were left to rot and decay
This fruit is now canned and put
up in such a way that it brings
fancy prices. Teach canning has
become a science at Brandsville.
The peaches are peeled, cut into
halves and the seed taken out..
Then the fruit is piled on a table
in cans. The cans are sealed by
an electric process and no solder
is used. The electric current
comes from the power line of the
Mammoth Spring Electric Light
and Power Company, which
passes through Brandsville. —
West Plains Gazette.
H. C. Patton left this morning
for Tuckermnn and from there
made an overland trip through
the country. ,
The Grace
The Dash
The Swing
The Indefinite “Something
In our clothes for men appeals
to the particular dresser and the
unusually good quality of the
fabrics interest the economically
inclined.
$15 $18 $20 $22 $25 $30
Call and we ll show you the kind of clothes that
rivet attention and compell admiration—striking exam
# pies of the highest tailoring art. You’ll be very glad
you saw them.