Independent.
23,1913. MMRKR7I1.
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■probably
L NOMINATION
B-Hfei®1 But several
Kdidge Counties Are
V stiUOut.
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Rign managers of both
■d Brundidge are claim
Rties of 5,000 and 2,500
■lly for their candi
flhe latest returns up to
ML indicate the nomina
te George W. Hays of
■ for governor by a ma
■of 2000 to 3000. The
■ d 0f 2000 held this
V is being increased by
■from the mountain coun
Lst and southwest Ar
■nd this can now hardly
■ by the North Arkansas
B which will return
Ke majorities.
Rilwee of the Brundidge
■ters refuses to concede
lection and so many coun
Ke only given partial re
■hat an element of doubt
Boms as to the final re
I ARKANSAS NOT RE
PORTED.
mocratic state commit
ieet in Little Rock the
■t of the coming week
:he vote. Storms in
rkansas crippled the
ice to such an extent
a few messages have
ved from that section,
n out of 18 precincts j
>unty give Brundidge
141. In the race for j
Ige, Jackson is leading !
d will win easily. j
ete returns show that
i has carried Cleburne
i’or the three principal
>er Springs, Higden
ran, Brundidge polled
Hays secured but 72.
ps county but one pre
ieen heard from, Hick
In this .township
secured 88, while
id 45. The returns |
lity of Helena are yet,
unted. In Hickory |
■nship Jackson polled
to Cypert’s 46.
11 carry Nevada coun
ieved. On the face of
s received to date he
He has secured
while Brundidge se-:
.78. i
countv is conceded to \
by the Hays forces. |
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and 10 Cents.
(Brundidge, to date, has secured
a comfortable majority.
Boone county appears to have
given Brundidge a safe major
ity, but the figures are incom
plete.
Harrison is reported to have
given him 221 votes to 48 for
j Hays.
I Greene county, of which Para
gould is the county seat, will go
for Hays, it is believed. The ma
jority will not be over 100 in a
total vote of 1,300.
Judge Hays scored a sweeping
victory in Montgomery county,
i Present returns give him 400 to
74 for Brundidge.
Arkansas county will be very
close. Incomplete returns show
312 for Brundidge to 205 for
Hays.
Brundidge will carry Baxter
county. He already has secured
188 votes to 121 for Hays.
Hays scored a sweeping victo
ry in Yell. His majority proba
bly will be 400. The vote at
present is Brundidge 670, Hays
989.
T. A. Helm, a prominent at
torney of this city, went to El
Dorado last night to take legal
steps to contest the returns
from Union county, which re
ported nearly a thousand maior
ity for Judge Hays. The Brun-1
didge headquarters issued a
statement last night, giving an
array of figures by counties,
showing a majority for Brun
didge of 3,500.
Mississippi county went for
Brundidge. His vote is 694 to
60 for Hays. Only five small
precincts have not been heard
from.
At Des Arc Brundidge got 113
votes to 23 for Hays.
Over 3 to 1 For Brundidge.
While the Hays supporters
were jubilant over returns from
the southern part of the state
and some counties in this sec
tion, Jackson county made a
splendid showing in its support
of S. Brundidge, who has a lead
over Hays in this county of 456
in the returns of twenty pre
cinct out of thirty. The com
plete returns for the county will
give Brundidge about 500 ma
jority and when you consider the
total vote of only about 1000, it
means that the Searcyan receiv
ed 3 votes to every one cast for
his opponent.
jacKsonport cast zi siraigrn
votes for Brundidge, with Swif- J
ton, Weldon, Surrounded Hill,
Bridge School House and Ken
yon casting all the way from 15
to 1, to 5 to 1 for Brundidge.
The interest in the primary
was so lukewarm that only about
one-half of the regular primary
vote was cast. According to re
ports, no election was held at
Horseshoe, Gourd Neck, Martin
School House, Burton’s store,,
which leaves Denton Island,
Eight Mile, Ford School House,
Balch, Algoa and Barren Town
ship still unreported and the
vote of these precincts may not
be known until the vote is can
vassed next Saturday.
Jefferson Townships Results. |
In Jefferson, two township j
nominations were open. At
Strider’s store, only 2 or 3 votes |
were cast upon these contests
and as a result Jacksonport
named the party nominees: Bee
Williams for justice of the peace
and B. F. Cathey for constable.
Roe Anderson Nominated.
In Bird Township, one justice
of the peace was-to be nominated |
with three candidates in the
■ field and Roe Anderson won over
J. A. McCall and S. L. Bogle car
rying Tuckerman, Elgin and
Kenyon.
Jackson County s Vote.
Brundidge Hays
First Ward_ 100 27
Second Ward_ 107 21
McLain Precinct_ 33 12
Swifton_ 52 8
Elgin- 6 9
Kenyon- 35 q
Tuckerman_ 145 35
Weldon_ 35 4
Auvergne_ 11 15
Tupelo_ 42 17
Glaize Station_ 12 13
Old Glaize_ 5 8
Bridge School House, 12 1
Surrounded Hill_ 15 1
Lower Vilage_ 16 7
Grubbs _ 14 34
Jacksonport_ 21 0
Strider’s Store_ 14 11
Ingleside_ 11 4
Greenhaw school h. _ 3 0
Total_ 689 233
Hendrix College to Be A Lead
or
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 22—“Hen
drix College is tc be the leading
educational institution in Ark
ansas,’ declared former Govern
or George W. Donaghey on Wed
nesday afternoon, “and the elec
tion of Dr. John H. Reynolds as
the president is the first step
on a campaign to increase the en
dowment of $500,000 and erect
buildings to cost not less than
$150,000 in five years. There is
no doubt in the world but that
we will do this, for we have the
men behind the institution who
do things and who will not recog
nize defeat.
“In addition to this we will e
rect a memorial building to the
late W. C. Martin of Conway,
which will forever keep his mem
ory green in the minds of the pa
trons of the institution. Capt.
Martin stood by the college when
it needed friends, and his funds
permitted the institution to keep
going until an endowment of
$300,000 was raised and the
college relieved of debt. What
sort of a memorial building this
will be is to be selected later by
the Board of Trustees.
“The last of the subscriptions
on the $300,000 endowment will
be paid this year, and Hendrix
then becomes a very stable in
stitution.
“The fact that it has such a
large endowment will cause men
who desire to make bequests to
a college in Arkansas, to devote
their attention to Hendrix. We
have quite a number of such
men in sight, and they are men
who are able to do such a thing,
and men who have before looked
into the proposition but found
no inducements offered by Ar
kansas institutions, sufficient to
attract their money. Hendrix
is one of the very few colleges in
the state that is out of debt,
and this is going a long way to
ward the upbuilding of the in
stitution. It is not such a hard
matter to raise $350,000 for en
dowment and buildings if you go
about it right, and that is our
first intention.’
Wanted—Man, gin experience
to organize ginners and sell bag
ging, ties, supplies, oils and
paints. Salary or commission.
Need not apply if not able to pay
expenses first two weeks.—Gin
ners Association, Grenada, Miss.
71bl4.
COTTON Made
MUCH PROGRESS'
During Week. Needs Warm
Weather In East and Rain
in Arkansas and Missis
sippi Valley.
Favorable progress in cultiva- i
tion was made in every cotton
state during the week, ending
June 20th. Grass seems no
longer an immediate or a serious
menace in the Carolinas and
Georgia and elsewhere the ex
cellent field and soil conditions
which have been a notable char
acteristic of the season are
j maintained.
The rainfall in Texas was
highly beneficial and was heav
iest where most desired. Tem
peratures were higher every
where and the plant is gradually
coming out of the lethargy in
duced by unseasonable cold of
the early month.
But while every development
of the week was favorable, it is
evident that a continuation of
warm growing weather is need
ed to restore the plant to com
plete vigor and to give it normal
size for this date. This state
ment is especially applicable to
the Atlantic states where con
siderable irregularity in reports
is noted and where the plant is
generally less thrifty and more
notably undersized than in the
Mississippi Valley and the
Southwest.
Correspondents are generally
quite hopeful of the crop and it
is certain that the promise in
central and western states is
very good notwithstanding a
small plant. What is most to be
desired is warm weather and if
moderate rains fall during the
coming week east of the Missis
sippi river and in Arkansas, a
great impetus to growth will be
given.
| Boll weevils appear numerous
[in certain districts, but without
detriment as yet to the crop.
i -
Governor Appoints Coffman.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 23.—Gov
ernor Futrell today appointed L.
L. Coffman as state auditor to
succeed to the vacancy created
by the death of J. M. Oathout of
Booneville. Mr. Coffman has
long been prominent in state pol
itics being state land commis
sioner for several years and
serving under Mr. Oathout as
deputy state auditor.
Dry Weather Predicted.
Washington, June 22.—Real
summer weather with generally
fair skies during the coming
week was promised to the entire
country tonight by the Weather
Bureau. Temperatures above
the seasonal average were pre
dicted for the Southern states,
the great valleys and the plains
states.
“The precipitation during the
week will be generally light and
local and confined principally to
the Northern states and the
Rocky Mountain region,” says
the weekly bulletin.
“No important storm is char
ted to cross the country the
coming week.”
Hendricks Wins Judgeship.
Little Rock, June 23.—The re
ceipt of the vote from Casa and
Bigelow townships, two of the
largest in Perry county, together
with two missing townships in
Pulaski county, made the elec
tion of J. Walter Hendricks over
We Close Evenings at C:.'50 (Except Saturday.)
Special This Week
Amazing
Shirt Values
£5===— ==========
$ 1.00 and|$ 1.25 Soft Shirts
[Collars Attached] at
70c
3 for $2.00
SVt These shirts look neat, feel
good and wear better. They are
especially comfortable these warm
days. Right now is the time to
buy, while sizes are complete.
BErger’S
"STAR CLOTHING HOUSE?
June P. Wooten for Judge of the
Third Division of the Pulaski
and Perry county Circuit Court
certain.
Six of the largest townships in
Perry county and all but four
townships in Pulaski county give
Hendricks 2,219 votes and Woot
en 1,855, a majority for the for
mer of 364. Jt would be practi
cally impossible for Wooten to
overcome this lead in the miss
ing townships, all of which poll a
small vote. Judge Hendricks’
friends claim to have carried by
a decisive vote Bayou Meto
township in Pulaski county,
from which no returns have been
received.
Pulaski county, with four
townships missing, gives Hen
dricks 1,992 and Wooten 1,676, a
majority for Hendricks in the
county of 316.
The six county townships
from which returns have been
received gave Hendricks 227 and
Wooten 179, a majority for Hen
dricks of 48.
Warning Order.
R. L. Conditt,
vs.
A. M. Inman,
In the Justice of Peace court
of J. A. McCall.
The defendant, A. M. Inman,
is hereby warned to appear in
this cou^ within 30 days and
answer the complaint of the
plaintiff, R. L. Conditt.
J. A. McCall,
Justice of the Peace Bird Town
ship, Jackson Co., Arkansas.
June 21, 1913. 71dlw4
Funeral of Oathout.
Booneville, June 22.—The fu
j neral of State Auditor John M.
Oathout was held this morning
at 10 o’clock at the Baptist
| church, being conducted by the
Rev. W. J. Hinseley, who chose
for his subject, “1 Am the Way”
John 14-6. He referred to Mr.
Oathout as a man who had done
i a great deal of good, always us
i ing his influence for man’s moral
; uplift. The Rev. Mr. Hinseley
said: “Brother Oathout was a
' regular attendant at the prayer
meetings and Sunday services.
His influence will continue to
to live and his faith in God was
' a pattern for the most pious. A
desire of the deceased was that
' no black be worn, but that the
heart stricken take courage to
! shatter the time honored custom
I by substituting white, typifying
; everlasting peace and happi
«•
ness.
i
Judge J. H. Evans, a life long
(friend of Mr. Oathout, delivered
an eloquent eulogy for 30 min
1 utes. He referred to Mr. Oath
out’s arrival at Booneville, a boy
10 years old, with a widowed
I mother and an invalid aunt, in
an ox-wagon.
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Launch Runs Onto Log.
Special to Independent.
Jacksonport, June 23.—While
on their way from Newport in
their launch Friday night, Mr.
i and Mrs. Strieker’s boat, the
“Red Devil”, ran upon a float
ing log and came near upset
ting. The jar was such a hard
one that the batteries were all
knocked loose and the result was,
they reached home at two o’
clock Saturday morning
I