ewport Daily
IXIII- NEWPORT, ARKANSAS FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1913. N I'M HER 39.
INES SHOT
|Y HIS NEPHEW
From a Houseboat
jaeksonport And
es Instantly.
nes, better known as
st Jones, a wealthy
|H)er and resident of Jack
ilwa^ shot and instantly
■bout 8 o’clock Friday
his nephew, Will
^■The shooting occurred
^■ie-half mile below Jack
Ion the opposite bank,
er Melville being unable
], Esquire H. C. Nuckolls
Jaeksonport at once,
etl a jury and proceeded
inquest hearing over
lins of the dead man.
ock, the testimony had
concluded but it was
r thought that Will
uld be held.
ling to witnesses before
;st hearing, E. C. Jones
lied by his son Harve,
across the river to see
and had then gone to
eboat occupied by his.
Will Jones and wife. i
named seems to have
■ie only eye-witness to the
■ shooting, which both she'
■r husband allege was acci-;
■i
Iph Jones and son passed .
le of Hart Duran nearby,!
stopped and was cutting
>r Mrs. Duran, showing ■
ise his own words “what,
he was, when the shot
t, and his father stumb
ward a few steps fell and
thout uttering a word,
irge from a No. 12 shot
1 struck him in the face 1
st, 3 shot piercing his i
d 49 entering his chest,
btless striking his heart, i
Jones, his nephew, aged
5 years, claims that he
ig on the bed in his <
at, which sets upon the ,
d not in the river, and ,
'king on his shotgun, j
e weapon was accidental-1
arged through the win-1
I ended the life of his ,
nee before the inquest
ablished the fact that
wen had not been on
*ws and had fallen out
sttlement in which there '
inference of $5 between
• C. Jones was about 58
age and the father of a
wily of children.
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^■fellow Clothes Are Unsight
■ Eeep them white with Red
Vss Ball Elue. All grocers sell
Ve - oz- package, o cents.
Proving Pictures
PjJheOpera House
■ ^ Reels Per Week.
■ THE house of pride
I Essanay—DRAMA
■BE BLIND CATTLE KING
■ £°od Western Picture
I THE suffragette
■ An excellent comedy
R)ecial music by the orchestra.
at 7:15.
Counties Still Persist.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 16.—Not -
, withstanding the hard fight that
; was made in the courts a year
! ago with reference to the appli
! cation of the Referendum to acts
affecting counties, efforts con
tinue to be made to refer such
acts to the people. Petitioners
arp trying to have Act 301, the
Mississippi County Stock law,
referred, but Attorney General
Moose has advised the Secretary
of State to hold up on filing the
petition. In the cases of Dowdy
vs. Hodges, and Dowdy vs. Ham
mett, the Supreme Court has
clearly held that such petitions
canno elefibt eb ssaroq?”r. __m
cannot be filed as the referen
dum act does not apply to such
cases.
RECEP IICMO
NEWPORT PATRONS
Handsome New Telephone Build
ing Thrown Open to the
Public.
In response to invitations
sent out ten days ago by Mana
ger J. P. Whitson of the local
telephone company a large num
ber of Newport people attended
the reception Thursday after
noon and evening when the
handsome new home of the lo
cal exchange was thrown open to
the public. All during the re
ceiving hours the people throng
ed the spacious apartments
which consist of the entire se
cond floor of the new Stayton
building, which is beautifully
finished and furnished through
out. The citizens of Newport
who did not call and inspect the
plant, cannot realize what we
are now enjoying in such an up
to-date office and service as is
located in our town, the equal of
which is not excelled in the
state. Every department was in
perfect order and as neat and
clean as anything could be.
The offices and rest rooms
were profusely decorated with
pot plants and an abundance of
roses that added to their attrac
tiveness, making it all look more
like home than a place for purely
business.
At the head of the stairway in
the hall, the people were received
by Manager Whitson, Former
Manager H. E. Roberts of Jones
boro, Manager Will Campbell of
the Marianna office, J. W. Byrd,
District Traffic Chief, and J. F.
Burke, District Plant Chief,both
of Jonesboro, also A. J. Monroe
of St. Louis, Assistant General
Traffic Superintendent. All of
these gentlemen were untiring
in their duties as hosts, explain
ing every feature of the tele
phone service, in which they
were ably assisted by the many
employes of the office who ren
dered every courtesy.
Fruit punch was nicely served
by Mrs. J. P. Whitson and Miss
Barber and little Miss Katherine
Whitson distributed souvenirs
on the telephone, “The Imple
ment of the Nation.”
Errors In Statement.
The Independent in publish
ing the statement of Newport
School District made two typo
graphical errors, which we de
sire to correct. One in stating
that the new building was insur
ed for $3800. which should have
read $38,000 and the other in
giving the cost of the East New
RYAN BLANK
TUCKERMAN
Speedy Little Twirler Allows
Visitors Only Three Measly
* Scattered Hits.
I
In the game played here by
the High school teams of New
port and Tuckerman Wednes
day, the Tuckerman High School
team met with an awful wallop
jingatthe hands of the fast
1 Newport team.
i Ryan was on the mound for
I the locals and never was the lit
tle hurler in danger as he allow
ed only three scattered hits in
mine innings, while the home
i bunch batted Cook out of the
. box in the 2nd inning and Bandy
! who pitched the rest of the
| game for Tuckerrnan fared lit
: tie better, as he was hit hard all
[the way through.
The Tuckerman team started
out in good style. Coe sent a
long triple over Umsted’s head
and things looked bad, blit Coe
was out at the plate when J.
Bandy hit to Marion, who shot
the ball to Stallings in time to
catch Coe.
There was nothing more do
ing for Tuckerman as only three
men got to third and two of
these were out at the plate.
Bevans led the swatters for
Newport, securing a triple and
two singles, while Hirsch, Ryan
and Stallings gathered two each.
Th'e feature of the game was
‘‘Tud Umsted’s” running catch
of Moore’s long drive to left.
The Newport boys have long
waited for the chance as Tuck
erman claims the blue ribbon
championship and as they at last
had the chance they accepted it
without mercy to Tuckerman.
(They don’t claim blue ribbon
championship now.) Out of 8
games played the Newport High
School has won 7, lost 1, tied 1
and things would have been dif
ferent had not Will Childers and
Walker Stallings happened to
the accident at Jacksonport,;
which put them out of the game j
for the season.
NEWPORT.
AB R HE:
Marion,ss 5 1 0 0
P. Stallings,c ^ 5 4 2 1;
Bevans, 1st 5 3 3 2;
Ryan, p 5 12 0
Umsted, If 5 2 10
Pierson, rf 5 1 1 0
Hirsch, cf 5 12 0
Knoles, 2nd 5 0 1 0
McLain, 3d 5 0 11
Totals 45 13 13 4
TUCKERMAN
AB R H E
Penix, 1st 4 0 0 2
Coe, rf 4 0 10
•J. Bandy 4 0 0 0
Cook, p 4 0 10
A. Coe, If 4 0 0 0
Moore, ss 3 0 0 1
Rice, 3rd 3 0 16
j D. Bandy, p 3 0 0 1
Parrott, cf 3 0 0 0
Total 32 0 3 10
SUMMARY.
Two Base Hits—Ryan 2,
Hirsch and Pierson; Three
{Base Hits—Coe and Bevans;
•Struck Out by Rycn 9, Bandy 7;
! Base on Balls, off Ryan 0, Cook
! 3, Bandy 1; Marion out in first
inning hit by batted ball. Time
I of Game—2 hours, 5 minutes.
i Attendance—150.
Umpire—Mayberry.
Dry Summer Wood
i at Fee-Crayton’s delivered.
| Sawed from cull lumber. Phone
294. or see Hopper or Fisher.
I
To Meet In Little Rock.
Memphis, May 15.—Little
| Hock will get the next meeting
of the Arkansas Press Associa
tion, the Executive Committee
having so determined last night.
About 100 members of the asso
ciation were entertained at lun
jcheon at the Memphis Business
Men's Club today. T. C. Ash
croft presided and speeches were
made by C. P. J. Mooney, man
aging editor of the Commericial
Appeal, M. W. Connolly, manag
ing editor of the News-Scimitar
and T. E. Wood, president of the
Arkansas Press Association.
During the afternoon the visi
tors were taken about the city
in automobiles and incidentally
were arrested for speeding.
They dined as guests of the Busi
ness Men’s Club and had lunch
eon at. the Tri-State Fair
grounds.
The editors will leave tomor
row morning for a trip to St.
Louis by boat.
The newspaper men arrived
shortly after noon and were met
at the depot by a special com
mittee headed by Mr. Ashcroft.
They were escorted to the Busi
ness Men’s Club.
During the business session of
the editors at Marianna, levee
conditions were discussed and
it was agreed that the newspap
er men of Arkansas would make
a special study of the levee ques
tion. The members will make
the trip to St. Louis by boat to
study conditions along the Mis
sissippi river. At the meeting
in the Business Men’s Club le
vees and reclamation were the
principal topics of discussion.
A. S. Caldwell, president of the
Mississippi Diver Levee Associa
tion, one of the speakers, urged
the necessity of stronger levees
as a protection against Missis
sippi river floods and suggested
that the problem was more a
national than a state one.
Interest In Roads Widespread.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 16.—Over
one hundred applications have
been received by Commissioner
Dye of the State Highway Com
mission, for information rela
tive to the organization of road
improvement districts under
the new law. Among the latest
is a letter from Senator Free
man of Rogers, who represents
citizens interested in the promo
tion of several districts in Ben
ton county.
Hon. A. V. Smith, author of
the bill, says that it is the fruit
of long and laborious applica
tion, and study of the road laws
of all the states, the best parts
of each being incorporated into
the Arkansas statute. He pre
dicts that great good will come
from it, and that if it stands this
test for ten years it will fully
demonstrate the hopes of its
promoters.
State Certificates to Graduates.
Special to Independent,
j Little Rock, May 16.—The
! State Board of Education is is
1 suing to all pupils who complete
'the four year course in the
State High Schools certificates
of graduation, with the details
of their work on the back of
same. If they, have completed
the normal training work also,
that fact is noted, and this is a
two years license to teach, which
may be renewed for five years.
Many of the graduates have not
requested the certificates, but
thev will be issued to all who ap
D. Ward KING j
FOR GOOD ROADS
—
Meeting to Be Held In Newport
Saturday May ;U.—Will Be
Widely Advertised.
County Judge C. B. Coe has
consented to a change in the
dates of the good roads meeting
called for all citizens of Jackson
county and the date now agreed j
upon is Saturday, May 31.
I>. Ward King, the road build- j
er and lecturer, who has revolu
tionized the highways of Mis
souri and other states through
the use of the simple split-log
drag, an invention of Mr. King,
will be in Newport that day for
a free lecture and demonstra
tion.
To secure this lecture and de
monstration, local citizens and
business men will be called upon
to subscribe $100, which is the
price Mr. King commands from
all cities and towns which he
visits. There is little doubt but
that such a sum can be easily
raised to start a movement lot
good roads in Jackson county.
William L. Ham, advance rep
resentative for Mr. King, has
been in our city for the past two
days and promises a liberal sup
ply of large lithographs and al
so folders with which to adver
tise the day selected throughout
Jackson county.
Mr. King made a trip through
Northeast Arkansas filling lec
ture engagements and created a
furore wherever he went. The
results too were substantial and
lasting, for more good-roads
work is now going on in North
western Arkansas than at any
time in the history of the state.
The people have been awakened !
and much of the credit is given
to Mr. King.
Get busy in boosting this day
for Newport. Advertise it and
talk it to every man you meet.
The farmers of Jackson coun
ty and merchants of other towns
are urged to attend. Even if you
are not particularly interested,
be fair enough to come out and
hear Mr. King, the road builder.
His ideas are not expensive. In
fact he advertises thus “Good
roads without money.” Come
out and hear how’ it is to be
done.
For Sale.
Several thousand bushels of
corn and large quantity of timo
thy and alfalfa hay at Kinman
farm. For information inquire
at T. I). Kinman’s or Arkansas
Bank & Trust Co. 32btf i
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on carrying ad
vance styles. Our new
selection of Stetsons for
Spring is now on view —
191 a blocks in Soft and
Stiff hats — the latest
touches of style, and the
sound quality that is as
sociated w ith the Stetson
name by smartly dressed
men everywhere. Come
see them today.
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To Investigate Cirls’ Wag
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 16.—Half a
dozen Little Rock firm's that em
ploy girls are to he submitted to
an inquisitorial process by the
State Labor Commissioner, J. C.
Clary, who arrived today from
Warren. Subpoenas are being
issued, and the employes are to
be taken before the Commission
ed and quest ione'1 concerning
the wages paid the girls, and the
conditions under which they are
employed.
It is expected that this in
quiry will widen as the Commis
sioner gets into the cases. It
has been brought -about largely
by the publication of the indus
trial section of the report of the
Little Rock. The Commission,
which found lhat a non-living
wage is being paid many of the
girls employed in stores, shops
and offices. It is expected to re
sult in a movement for the es
tablishment of a minimum wage,
which has been untaken in so
many other states.
For Sale. t
Steamer Columbia and Barge.
Both newly overhauled and in
perfect repair. Passed govern
ment inspection and ready for
immediate use. Now at Corn
ing, Arkansas. Must be sold
at once—a bargain for cash.
Western Tie and Timber Co.,
37b7t. St. Louis, Mo.
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