Hfmakes
Hying statement
That He .Was Waylaid
Hb Road By /, H. Phil
H - lips and Son.
Bon Sweatt, better known
Bidding Sweatt,” whose mo
Hnd brother live in East
Sort, was shot down about
Bek Friday afternoon at his
K near Ingleside and will
Bbly die. His slayer, J. H.
■ps went to the home of
Bor John H. Keel to sur
Bjr and Sheriff John D. Neal
notified, going at once to
Bide and returning early
■day morning with his pris
1. reaching here about 4
le sjory of the shooting as
my the different parties is
Blly different. When old
Ijames Phillips surrendered
Knator Keel, he stated that
pouble came up over the di
pa of a crop of sugar cane.
Ett was a share cropper with
land had cut his half of the
Land had promised Phillips
piver to him his portion,
{ftps says Sweatt failed to do
| soJie (Phillips) hired a
I ana went to cut his own
| 'He alleges that Sweatt
jpfcem both out of the field
I a club and pursued Phillips
Is own house. Phillips ran
Ithe home, secured his shot
land fired twice at Sweatt,
ph he told Senator Keel, he
■Sweatt with a shell that he
l&arrvintr when he surrender
my old mother, to whicli^lPhil
lips answered, ‘Your old mother
ought to have a load too.
It is said that the boy’s story
hi^ partially borne out at least in
the marks upon the tree, where
he sought shelter, showing that
the tree had received part of the
shot load.
Sweatt’s mother and brother
in East Newport were early not
ified of his condition and left at
once for Milton Sweatt’s home,
which is below Ingleside.
Going Out For Keeps.
Is there any one who will not,
when he may,save a few dollars ?
You know we are going out of
business. All our stock is being
sold at cost—not over and not
below, and there is a good deal
left—things that everyone who1
eats, and lives, needs every day
in every month.
We are anxious to close it out
and you are going to buy it frorr
some. The others will be here
after we leave, and we ask that
you will let us have your orders.
Come up and see what we
Tiyvp 1
Your for awhile.
68btf Martin Bros.
Old Citizen Disappears.
Berry James, an aged citizen
of the neighborhood of Pleasant
Plains, Independence county,has
disappeared from his home and,
although the locality has been
given a thorough search, all ef
forts to locate him have been
futile. Not long ago Berry was
arraigned in justice court upon
a charge of assault and battery
and given a heavy fine, and be
cause of the fact it is said he
grew despondent, announcing at
one time that he was going to,
commit suicide. It is believed
by some that the old man has
gone to Texas.
$10 Reward
For return of or information,
leading to the recovery of one
dark bay mare mule 4 years old,
branded on shoulder, blind in
left eye, long mane and tail,
about 14 1-2 hands high, also
one light bay horse mule, same
age and brand, about 14 hands
high. Strayed or stolen from
range October 9.
John H. Laird,
72btf Auvergne, Ark.
At Opera House.
The Woods Sisters Stock Corn
played to a full house Friday
night and the company which
is a good one, pleased the audi
ence who witnessed the produc
tion of “The Shadows of a Great
City.”
Tonight the company will pre
sent “The Little Homestead.”
If you wish beautiful, clear,
white clothes, use Red Cross
Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package
5 cents.
LAXATIVE
OMEN GIVEN FREE
Pepsin. It is woman’s favorite laxa
tive. You will find that you can do
[ away with salts, strong cathartics,
etc., which are entirely unsuited to
woman’s requirements.
Mrs. Katherine Haberstroh of Mc
Kees Rocks, Pa., and Mrs. A. E. Her
rick of Wheeler, Mich., who was al
most paralyzed i-n her stomach and
bowels, are now cured by the use of
this lemedy. A free sample bottle
can be obtained by addressing Dr.
Caldwell," and after you are convinced
of its merits buy it of your druggist
at fifty cents and one dollar a bottle.
For the free sample address Dr. W.
B. Caldwell, 641 Caldwell building,
Mouticello, 111,
But Doctor Reiches Her Bedside
In Time To Rescue Her
- Life. >
Edith Ward, a woman who
has been in this city for sort1.;
time and was for awhile con
nected with a lunch stand ad
joining the Planters’ Hotel, was
found nearly dead about 2 o’clock
Saturday morning in a room of
the E. L. Watson building, as a
result of a self-administered
dose of carbolic acid.
When found by Officers Eaton
and Carouthers, the woman had
passed into convulsions. Dr.
Charles Martin was called in
and by administering ematics
and later giving eggs, whiskey
and sweet milk, relief from the
poison was secured and the
would-be suicide will recover.
Beside her bed was found an
empty cup from which she had
taken about two-thirds of a
three ounce ‘ bottle of carbolic
acid in coffee. The woman’s
mouth and throat were horribly
burned and she evidently suf
fered tortures.
She has no relative here,
but her people are supposed to
be residents of Little Rock. She
recently figured in a suspicious
case, as diamonds were found
in her room, that are alleged to
have been taken from a grip of
another party sent to her by mis
take.
At the foot of her bed a note
was found which proved conclu
sively that suicide was her in
tention and she now says that
the taking of her life was
prompted by the suspicion of
theft lately thrown upon Her.
Note Found In Room.
“Send this to my mamma, W.
A. Ward, 1215 Summer avenue.
“My Dear Mamma: My heart
is broke; I cannot endure this
any longer. I have been accused
of stealing a diamond. Once de
tectives were looking for me
when I was innocent of it all. I
would not take what does not
belong to me. The hotel people
sent the wrong grip to me. They
were going to arrest me for be
ing here, and the hotel man told
me, so I hid in a friend's room.
They sent me the wrong grip, so
fellows tKought there was some
whiskey in it, so we opened it
and the lady was waiting for the
train, and we hurried and put
everything back and left some
out; so I was accused of steal
ing diamonds again. I never,but
all the happiness Has gone out
of my life by this being told on
me. Everyone I love believes all
the lies on me. Be good to my
VioKica TVm'f npvpr let their
father have them. He left me
destitute with them and first
wrecked my life. Good bye.
Edith.’*
To Friends and the General Pub
lic: Have located in Newport and
will handle all kinds of electrical
appliances and will do all kinds
of wiring, installation and re
j pair work. Hope to receive your
i patronage and guarantee my
; work. Leave orders at Heine
mann’s store. Phone 173.
j 68dtf. Sam Denty.
To Automobile Owners.
I now have a first class repair
man and am in shape to take
care of your troubles at reason
able Driees. Phone 38.
29dtf J. L. Younger.
Our Fuel Supply Should Bring
Us Many Important
Industries.
Prior to 1860 only a very little
coal was produced West of the
Mississippi River. This was
mined in three states, Iowa, Mis
souri and Arkansas. The indus
try in Arkansas developed slow
ly. In the year named only 200
short tons were produced. In
the succeeding twenty years fol
lowing the increase was more
rapid, reaching a maximum of
2,670,458 tons in 1907.
The U. S. Report for then,
says: “With the exception of
Michigan, the percentage of in
crease in coal production, over
previous years in Arkansas
was the highest of any of the
coal producing states.”
It is further reported ; “The
coal mines of Arkansas during
the year 1907 gave employment
to 5085 men who worked an av
erage of 190 days. The average
production per man was 525
tons, equal to 2.76 tons per day
for each men.”
The United States Report fur
ther says on Page 99: “The to
tal original supply of coal in Ar
kansas was 1,887,000,000 short
tons, of which 1,797,000,000 tons
were bituminous and semi-an
thracite and 90,000,000^ tons
were lignite. The lignite areas
have not been developed and no
production reported.” From the,
other areas there have been
mined only 23,756,401 short
tons, representing exhaustion
including waste of two per cent
of original contents of the known
Arkansas field.”
And so it follows that of the
known deposit of coal in out
state, 98 per cent yet remains in
the Earth.
The following counties are es
pecially referred to in the U. S.
Report : Franklin, Johnson, Lo
gan, Pope, Sebastian, Scott and
Washington. Dr. Owen men
tions in addition to these: Yell
Crawford, Perry, Conway, Mad
ison, White and Van Buren and
the operation of the Camden
Coal Mining Company of Ouachi
ta County. He incidentally re
fers to coal deposits in other
sections of the state and says
“Pulaski County is almost en
tirely situated in the coal Basin
of Arkansas and the productive
strata may be extended to ad
jacent Counties.”
The coal bearing regions may
be known by “dark fossil shales”
the coal ocupying a position near
the base of the shale. We are
not left in doubt as to the "qual
itative value” of much of our
coal supply. Dr. J. C. Branner,
Ex-State Geologist, in that part
of his report on the adaptibil
ity of Arkansas to coal, said:
"All, so far as tested, burns
quit freely and makes a clean,
smokeless fire.”
Again having taken exhaus
tive tests made by the St. Louis
Sampling and Testing Works, as
proof says: "All these give bet
ter results than the Standard or
Pittsburg coal.” Th'e explana
tion is seen in the difference in
j the amounts of ashes, clinker
j and coal which fell through the
grate.
| In this connection, it was af
! ter the most rigid and compara
! tive tests that Arkansas Coal
was adopted for use by the
American Navy.
Dr. Branner further says:
"Arkansas coal occupies that mid
WHEN A MAN
BUYS CLOTHES
I He goes to the store in which he
has the greatest confidence. He
does not judge stores by what
they CLAIM to do, but by what
they DO do. He goes to the
store that he has learned, al
ways gives all or more than
they promise. While some stores
are always claiming to give
unheard of values, it is quite of
ten the case that some other
store, not claiming so much is
really giving BETTER values.
While we are ■ firm believers in
advertising, we know that men
judge us mostly BY WHAT WE
DO and not by what we say,
hence we depend upon REAL
GENUINE VALUE GIVING to
get us customers and KEEP
them. We want YOU.
Star Clothing Co.
Jos. M. Berger, Ji.
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die position among the various
types which combines many of
the characteristics of the ex
tremes with characteristics of
their own which the extremes
like.” It is not our purpose in
this letter to refer to the various
terms applied to Arkansas coal
or the fuel constituents of each.
It has been well said: "It be
hooves all who have interests in
these coals to pay careful atten
tion to the uses to which each
particular coal is adapted.” Not
only the vast resources, but the
increasing activity in the devel
opment of the coal mines of the
State is a cause for conflagra
tion. Not only these but the
very low per cent of disasters in
our mines, as published in the
Parker Report of the General
Government is a very pleasing
fact. The carefulness of the em
ployees themselves, the sane
management of those in charge,
supplemented by the vigilance
of the Mine Inspector, all contri
bute to this desirable end.
In closing, we quote Dr. Bran
ner’s conclusions: "The exist
ence in our State of a vast body
of coal of unusual excellence and
comprising as it does varieties
that make it available for a
wide range of uses, is of an im
portance that can scarcely be
overestimated. The cheapness
and excellence of this fuel will
doubtless enlarge its markets j
! and will invite the establishment
! in our midst of many important
| industries, while values of all |
other economic products are.
greatly enhanced by their prox
imity to an inexhaustible sup
ply of coal.
Clay Sloan,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
I
Revival Services At Courthouse.
These services have been well
attended for Newpor. The
preaching and singing have been
the very best and the r ople who |
have attended have beenjoeajj^^^
benefited. You are still urged ***
to attend the rest of these ser
vices.
' :|S;
Preaching tomorrow at the
Court House by Rev. H. H. Hunt
at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. and to
men and boys only at 3 p. m.
The singing will be led by Mr.
Charles Russell of Lonoke.
A good day is expected. You
are wanted at these services.
Come and bring all of your
friends.
Sunday school at 9:30 and Rev. |
Hunt will address the children
at 10:30.
Stewards will meet at the call ; ^
of Mr. A. T. Hubly to look into
some important business. Do
not fail to be on hand if you are
a member of the board.
B. L. Harris, Pastor.
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Judge Grosscup Resigns.
Special to Independent.
: St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 21. —
Judge Grosscup of U. S. circuit
court forwarded his resignation
to President Taft today asking
that it take effect Monday.
Grosscup was appointed in
Chicago in 1892. His most fa
mous decision as judge of the U.
S. Court of Appeals was in the
Standard Oil case. Judge-Gross
cup incurred the enmity of labor
in issuing injunction against
Debs and other labor leaders.
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help to people in want.