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found out some varieties that
have succeeded best in certain
localities and I will be glad to
give to you what information I
have about the best seed for
you to plant.
J. P. HEARST,
Agent U. S. Dep’t of Agriculture
Puts No Burden On Clerk.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 17.—The city
clerk who permits a candidate
for office to file his pledge under
the Corrupt Practices act less
than thirty days before the e
lection will not become crimin
ally liable for it, but Attorney
General Moose says he “is not
so certain about the candidate.”
There is a penalty provided for
a violation of any section of the
act. Judge Moose continues:
“It might be considered that
the candidate who insists on run
ning without filing the pledge
at least thirty days before the
primary has violated the act, in
which case he would be liable to
its penalty. The Act, however,
puts no duties upon the Secre
tary of State, nor the county
;lerk, nor the city clerk, and if
they accepted the pledges within j
JO days, they would not be
aruilty of any violation of the
aw.”
Go to Church Day.
Little Rock, Feb. 16.—The
‘Go to Church” Sunday move-1
nent has struck Little Rock,
md next Sunday every church j
n Little Rock expects to be fill- j
?d with hundreds of people who j
lave long since gotten out of j
he habit of sitting quietly in a j
lew for an hour or more on the j
Sabbath morning.
Especial sermons will be j
ireached in all churches, the pa
lers are booming the proposi
tion, and particular stress is
leing placed upon hardened old
sinners who have forgotten what
they learned at mother’s knee,
to get them again into the fold.
As this movement has resulted
n record-breaking attendances
n other cities, it will no doubt j
lo as well in Little Rock as in
my of them.
Settles Bank Failure.
special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 17.—John
M. Davis, State Bank Commis
sioner, went to Hamburg Mon
lay to confer with those inter
ested in the liquidation of the
Ashley County Bank. Through
the efforts of Frank N. Pugh,
whom Mr. Davis appointed as
special deputy bank commis
sioner, the Department has been
enabled to arrive at a settlement
Df the affairs of the bank where
by the depositors will be paid in
full. Its assets and liabilities
are to be taken over by the A.
B. Banks Company of Fordyce,
one of the strongest financial in
stitutions of South Arkansas.
The Bank Department is seek
ing to settle on an equally sat
isfactory basis the affairs of the
Argenta bank which was re
cently taken over.
Bridge Assessment Approved.
At a regular session of the
city council Monday evening,
the assessment for the bridge
improvemient district was re
ceived from the board of asses
sors and approved by the coun
cil.
Current accounts were also al
lowed, which constituted about
all the business of this session.
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Longer Duck
Season Wanted
—
; But No Hope For Same This
Year, Says Inspector
Visart.
! Special to Independent.
, Little Rock, Feb. 17.—Sports
men of the state are seeking to
secure an amendment to the
j regulations of the federal gov
ernment regarding the hunting
| of migratory birds, especially
j ducks. Under the regulations
i now being enforced, the open
| season for ducks is from Oct.
1 to Jan. 15, and the sportsmen
desire to have it extended to
Feb. 15 at least. The proposi
tion has been taken up with the
members of congress from this
state, and they have been ad
vised that no change can be
made that would help the hunt
ers any this year. All changes
in the regulations must be pub
lished for three mionths in the
territory affected, and then sign
ed by the president, before they
become effective.
Mr. E. V. Visart, the federal
game inspector, who looks es
pecially after migratory birds,
says that the law is being quite
generally observed in the state.
Very little unlawful shooting is
reported, and all cases of viola
tion are promptly investigated.
“But some renorts have re
cently been sent out,” said Mir.
Visart, "that will get good men
into trouble. Only last week
some one telephoned to Stutt
gart that the federal law had
been declared invalid, and that
it was not enforced any more.
I heard of it and went to Stutt
gart, where I found a number of
men preparing to go out shoot-1
ing. I advised that that the re-;
port was unfounded, and there- j
by saved them from law viola-,
tion.
"I think the quail season is
too long. It was formerly Nov
ember 1 to February 15, but it ;
is now November 1 to March 1.1
The month of November should
be taken out of the open season
by all means, for it is during
that month that the second crop
of quails is most in need of the
parent bird. I think that three
months, December, January and
February, would be a more de
sirable open season. I do not a
gree with the theory advanced
by some that there should be a
five year closed season, for that
would exterminate Bob White.
Many hunters who will observe
a reasonable closed season,
would consider that unreasona
ble and would shoot the birds
indiscriminately. There should
also be a bag limit. The counties
of Columbia, Lafayette, Grant
and Carroll have a special law,
making the closed season Feb.
1 to Dec. 10, with a bag limit of
ten birds.
Great Deal of Smallpox.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 17.—There is
ia great deal of smallpox
throughout the state, according
| to reports that are being re
ceived by the State Board of
i Health, and a thorough investi
gation is being made by Dr.
Morgan Smith and his associ
ates. Reports were received
Monday of eleven cases in Dal
las county, between Fordyce
and Carthage, and of fifteen
cases in Clay county and four
cases at Stamps. This is in ad
! dition to a large number of cases
jin Pope county.
Bryan Praises Clarke.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 17.—This
time it is William Jennings Bry
an, the idol of Arkansas Demo
cracy who rises to refill the
: claims that Senator James P.
j Clarke is out of harmony with
the Democratic administration.
Secretary of State Bryan is the
statesman whom politicians
have claimed Senator Clarke
was particularly out of harmony
with, and his strong indorse
ment of Senator Clarke, and all
|of his official actions, should for
all time silence the baseless as
sertions of Senator Clarke’s po
litical enemies.
The following letter speaks
for itself:
Department of State.
Washington, D. C.,
February 10. 1914.
Mr. John Stafford,
Springdale, Ark.
My Dear Sir:
There is no ground for the
statement that Senator Clarke
is either out of harmony with
the Administration and antag
onistic to me personally. He has
at all times supported President
Wilson in the fight for tariff re
form and currency legislation,
and I have found him a useful
co-laborer in the matters I have
taken before the Foreign Rela
tions Committee, of which he is
a prominent member. I am
glad to say these words in jus
tice to Senator Clarke. You
may quote them if you deem
worm wnne to answer me
charges to which you refer.
Yours very truly,
W. J. Bryan.
This letter came in response to
one from Mr. Stafford, who is
the publisher of the Springdale
News. Mr. Stafford wrote to
Secretary of State Bryan, ex
plaining that reports were be
ing circulated, over Arkansas to
the effect that Senator Clarke
was out of harmony with the r
ministration, and particularly
antagonistic to Secretary Bryan,
In writing the letter Mr. Staf
ford explained that it was be
ing done wholly upon the initia
tive of the writer, for he knew
that Senator Clarke would rath
er suffer defeat than ask such a
1 hing for himself.
J. W. Kern, Democratic Lead
er of the Senate has also issued
a public statement regarding the
value of Senator Clarke to the
party, and President Wilson has
intimated that he will go strong
er than any of them, if any one
in Arkansas wants to know the
high esteem in which he holds
Senator Clarke.
ine letter irom secretary in
State Bryan bears several cor
rections in his large, scrawling
handwriting, showing that he
gave the matter close personal
attention, thus demonstrating
the interest he takes in matters
pertaining to Senator Clarke.
Meyers Gets New Trial .
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 17.—Charles
Meyers, a white man of Poinsett
county, who had been convicted
of criminal asault and sentenc
ed to death in the electric chair,
is to be given another chance for
life. The supremte court has
reversed and remanded the
case for another trial. The
prosecuting witness told several
different stories of the alleged
crime, casting considerable
doubt upon the guilt of the con
demned man, and it was also
charged that the jury consumed
nine quarts of whiskey during
I the progress of the trial and the
consideration of the evidence.
No. 10,484, Treasury Depart- J
ment Office of The Comp
troller of the Currency.
Washington, D. C., February 7,
1914.
Whereas, by satisfactory evi
dence presented to the under
signed, it has been mad a to ap
pear that “The First National
Bank of Tuckerman”, in the
town of Tuckerman, and in the
County of Jackson, and State of
Arkansas, has complied with all
of the statutes of the United
States, required to be complied
with before an association shall
be authorized to commence the
business of banking:
I Now, therefore I, John Skel
ton Williams, Comptroller of
the Currency, do hereby certi
tify that “The First National
Bank of Tuckerman, in the
town of Tuckerman, in the coun
ty of Jackson and State of Ar
kansas, is authorized to com
mence the business of banking
as provided in Section one hun
dred-and sixty-nine of the Revis
ed Statutes of the United States.
In testimony whereof, witness
my hand and seal of office this
seventh day of February, 1914.
JNO. SKELTON WILLIAMS,
* Comptroller of the Currency.
47w9t. .
Lindsay Sells Paper.
Walnut Ridge, Feb. 16.— D.
A. Lindsay, who has run the
Times Dispatch of this city the
jpast four years, sold the paper
j to a Mr. Smith of Ripley,
.Miss., and the change will take
■place at once
Funeral Services.
The funeral services of the
late Mrs. Margaret P. A. Boyce
were held Tuesday morning
from the family home, conducted
by Rev. B. L. Wilford her pas
tor, whose remarks and scrip
ture reading were very appro
priate and comforting to the be
reaved loved ones and many
friends present to pay a last to
ken of esteem for the one whose
labors are ended and whose life
upon earth has insured the heav
enly reward.
The hymns were sung by a
quartet composed of Mesdames
G. A. Hillhouse, S. R. Phillips,
Messrs. Tom. and Arthur Um
sted and the duet by Mrs. Hill
house and Mrs. Phillips was a
touching rendition of “One
Sweetly Solemn Thought.”
The services were concluded at
the grave, the pall bearers being
G. A. Hillhouse, J. S. Wilmans,
S. R. Phillips, S. D. Campbell, C.
B. Coe and C. G. Henry
Beautiful flowers bedeck the
fresh grave in Walnut Grove
and are emblems of the purity,
grace and loveliness of her char
acter as well as silent messen
gers of love for one’s memory,
whose influence for good lives
on among the people, in the
church and the home where ahe
was loved.
Owing to numerous requests
to again produce “The Last
Days of Pompeii” the Palace
Theatre finally secured the orig
inal George Klein production for
Wednesday, the 18th. This is
the finest photo production in
the moving picture list and we
present it for the reduced price
of 10 and 20 cents. dlt
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