NEWPORT, ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1, 1914 NUMBER
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lectures
pit Practical
■sTalk On Relation
■practices to Insect
■proves Feature.
Station* at the Uni
■ school Tuesday
■and the prospects
■for a larger enroll
■g the week is over.
■ are proving to be
■practical in nature
■questions are being
■ard to local prob
■n Nelson, Director
Kansas Agricultural
K Station arrived
■rning; in time to give
■unus and the nitro
■ of soils. This is one
■ important lectures
Kg the week. In the
Kt talked on varieties
■ted to this section
Khe Johnson County
■hern Beauty, and
■ being especially
t that attracted spe
■n was that by Prof.
■<• am Uin unlo nf
I;o insect control,
bowed that the
od farming, in
winter breaking,
ation of the seed
soil treatment,
seed, and thor
i throughout the
were most im
in the control of
. He said that
control the corn
the cotton boll
the corn is cut
e silo when the
e ears, and thus
to increase and
itton bolls. He
lying tribute to
lly known means
f the white grub,
s showing that
1 into a ten acre
lays removed 99
diite grubs from
ed field.
ion of Prof. Wil
Selock of the Un
) the students of
«1 this morning
id the use of the
r butter fat in
n. Samples of
ed in the pres
ents. Every de
ws watched with
^utrall, president
tag: Pictures
Opera House
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Picture with Robert
■ George Stanley and
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rights ir
ains. Harrolc
Razetto ant
drama.
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| of the University will be here
Saturday and will talk at the
Farm School in the afternoon.
The program for tomorrow is
as follows:
8:30 to 9:30—Forage Crops
As a Basis For Economic Pork
Production.—Prof. Wheelock.
9:30 to 10:30—Adjusting the
Use of Fertilizers to Soil Needs.
—Prof. Nelson.
10:30 to 11:30—Pruning and
Care of the Growing Orchard.
; Pruning Demonstration.—Prof.
Truax*
' 1:00 to 2:00—Improving The
Dairy Herd—Prof. Wheelock.
| 2:00 to 3:00— Purchasing
Home Mixing andApplying Com
mercial Fertilizers—Prof. Nel
son.
3:00 to 4;00—Common Dis
eases of Cattle and Their Treat
ment.—Dr. Gow.
The Last Of The Noose.
Special to Independent.
Harisburg, March 4.—The ex
ecution of the negro, Will King,
here today probably marks the ,
passing of the gallows as the
means of legal executions in
Arkansas. So far as known
there is pending no trial of a
crime perpetrated prior to the
time the electrocution act be
came effective, that is likely to
result in a death sentence. All
capital crimies committed subse
1 i t i T _ _ _1__
queue lust o uue, win uc pun
ished in the electric chair.
The next electrocution will be
that of Fred Pelton, a Little
Rock negro, who cut the throat
of an aged negress, while he
was serving a sentence of one
hundred and fifteen years for a
series of assaults on white wom
en. He will be electrocuted on '
(March 27, in the penitentiary at
Little Rock.
Will King, who was hanged
here today, had a most checker
J ed criminal career. He was ser
ving a sentence in the Alabama
penitentiary for murder and was
1 pardoned because the physicians
said He had tuberculosis and
could not recover. He came to
Arkansas and settled at Tyronza
in this county. A brother who
had killed a man in Alabama, es
caped and sought refuge at Will
King’s home. A posse went to
arrest the fugitive, and King
shot and killed Deputy Sheriff
James Chandler. He fled into
Missouri, where he was appre
hended after he is said to have
killed another white man. He
was tried and convicted and sen
tenced to hang December 10,
1913, but an appeal was granted
and the supreme court affirmed
the lower court. It is said that
King killed five white men in his
life-time. His brother is still at
large.
Death of Fletcher Beede.
The death of Fletcher Beede
| came as a shock to many friends
over the county, who held this
young man in high esteem. He
had been in poor health for some
time, but an attack of pneumonia
was the cause of his death.
Besides the three brothers,
the young man is survived by
I his wife. He was only 33 years
of age and was a man of busi
ness ability, who enjoyed the
| confidence and friendship of all
who knew him.
I He was a member of the
11 Christian church and the funer
t al services Saturday at Eight
11 Mile cemetery were conducted
jby Revs. Z. D. Barber and C. A.
i Northcutt. The sympathy of
many friends is extended the be
. jreavedin this sorrow.
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Three Classes
Of Roadway
Embraced In the Proposed Sys
tem c<f Roadways For Jack
son County.
The proposed system of per
manent macadam roadways, 193
miles in length and embracing
all of Jackson County except
Barren and Glaize Townships,
with no point in the district over
3 miles from one of these im
proved roads, appeals to every
citizen, who is not satisfied to
spend his years and life under
going the hardships of our pres
ent mud roads.
The issue of whether a special
district shall be created for this
purpose is to be voted upon
March 25 in the Democratic pri
mary and unless more interest is
manifested in the cause and the
people are better informed upon
just what is proposed and how it
is to be managed, the greatest
improvement that Jackson Coun
ty could undertake, will fail of
passage. !
The main road of this system
is 43 miles in length and the av
erage cost of its construction ac
cording to the state engineer’s
plans would be $4,500 per mile,
being constructed upon a 22 foot
of 16 feet. This road starts on |
the county line between Sections
l and 6, Township 14, North,
Range 1 West, runs South
through Swifton to a point di
rectly east of Tuckerman, thence
west through Tuckerman to a
point 2*4 miles ,-west of Tuck
erman, then South through Diaz
to a point east of Newport on
the Grubbs road, thence east IY2
miles to a point beyond Village
Creek, thence South on half sec
tion line IY2 miles, thence West
one half mile, thence South par
alel with Rock Island track to
Erwin; Auvergne, Shoffner,
Weldon, Tupelo and Simmons
Switch.
The other roads in the system
are primary roads and secondary
roads. There are to be 11 of
the former which connect the in
land towns with the main road
and there are 6 of the secondary
roads, which connect the prima
ry roads. The estimated cost of
the primary roads, which are 12
feet in width upon a 22 foot
dump is $3700 per mile, while
for the secondary roads with an
8 foot roadway upon a 22 foot
dump the cost is $3200 per mile.
H. R. Carter, the state high
way engineer has promised to
send the Independent a dupli
cate set of the blue prints show
ing the location of every road
proposed, which we invite every
citizen interested to come and
see. He has also promised us an
electroplate map of this county
road system, which will be pub
lished in this paper to acquaint
the people with the locations of
these roads and to show how all
communities would be served
and benefitted.
WHO HAS CHARGE.
The safety of the whole prop
osition lies with the people. The
letting of contracts, the sale of
lands, the construction of the
system are all to bet in the hands
of a commission, whose member
ship shall be composed of on«
representative from each of tht
twelve townships embraced in
the district and each member tc
be chosen by his own township.
No town or city or section car
I be favored oyer any othe^^l
can the syst$mbe in favom?^
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towns against the country or the
country against the towns. It
will be up to each township to
put forward one of its best men
for the responsible duties of this i
commission and the result can-!
not be other than to the credit
and advancement of our county.
J. D. Neal’s Barn Burns.
About 2 o’clock Wednesday
morning the large barn of J. D. j
Neal was discovered to be on I
fire. The alarm was turned in !
and the fire department made a
quick response, and but for the
fact that a rain had fallen during
the night a much greater dam- i
age to surrounding property'
would have occurred.
The fire seems to have caught!
in the second story of the barn, i
which can not be accounted for j
unless a tramp propably was !
sleeping in the hay.
Mr. Neal had a large amount
of hay, about two hundred bush
els of corn, harness and saddle,
with other things that were
stored in the loft. Several hun
dred pounds of home cured meat
was also hung in an adjoining
room of the barn, but this for-1
One Year For
Young Osman
Charles Mann Fined $75 In Con
vict Farm Case— Eaton
Damage Suit on Trial.
The jury after being out one
hour returned a verdict of guil
ty in circuit court late Tuesday
afternoon in the case of Edgar
Osman and fixed the penalty at
one year in the penitentiary.
The court next proceeded with
the trial of Charles Mann, one
of the convict guards in the as
sault and battery case. The at
torneys on both sides agreed to
submit the case to the jury with
out argument Wednesday morn
ing. That body soon reached a
verdict finding defendant guilty
and fixing the fine at $75.
In the case against John II.
Keel, Jewel Best and Lee Quinn,
in which convictions were secur
ed, the attorneys for defense
have filed a motion in arrest of
judgment and also for new trial.
The damage suit of L. E. Ea
Arkansas Alumni Meeting.
Special t<> Independent.
Little Rock, March l—A meet
ing of the University of .Arkan
sas Alumni Association will be
held in conjunction with the an
nual meeting of the Arkansas
State Teachers Association,
which will be held in Little Rock
April 1(5-18, inclusive. The call
for the reunion has just been is
sued by Dr. C. H. Brough, presi
dent of the Teachers, and Oscar
E. Williams, president of the
Alu mni.
“We believe,” says the call,
“that such a reunion will be ben
eficial to the Arkansas State
Teachers Association as well as
to our dear Alma Mater. The
graduates of the University
have taken their places in the
forefront of the forces battling
for educational advancement.
The University of Arkansas
points with pride to our sons
and daughters, and ,like the Ro
man mother, Cornelia, exclaims.
Those are the only jewels I can
boast of possessing.’ Our asso
ciation is not limited to gradu
ates or teachers. Any one who
has ever attended the Universi
ty may be a member with the
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ton against the Iron Mountain
was taken up Wednesday morn
ing and a jury completed before
the noon recess. It is probable
that this case will consume two
days, as there are over thirty
witnesses to be heard. The de
fense sought a continuance be
cause of the absence of John
Williamson, a witness, but the
court would not grant it.
Plaintiff in the case brought
suit against the Iron Mountain
because the dump obstructs the
outflow of water in Swan Pond
Slough and alleges that his land
is injured by reason of the im
peded drainage.
DOCKET RECORD IN BRIEF.
State of Arkansas versus An
dy and Calvin Caldwell, grand
larceny; information filed, a
gainst Randolph McBride for
contempt of court; warrant to
issue for said McBride.
Lizzie Murphy versus The
Ladies of The Maccabees of the
World, John Smith, interplead
er; continued by consent and
clerk of court directed to loan
(Continued on editorial page.)
runaieiy was savea.
Mr. Neal carried an insurance
of about $100 on the barn with
$250 on the contents, which
leaves him a heavy loser.
Reject Capitol Bids.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 4.—The
Capitol Commission rejected all
the bids that were submitted
Tuesday on the concrete con
struction and power house for
the state-house, on account of
their being higher than th? ap
propriation for the several pur
poses. The bids were re-refer
red to the contractors for revis
ion. T. T. Reddick of Fort
Smith, Pat Powers and S. M.
Apple of Little Rock, and the
Pelligreen Construction Co., of
St. Louis, were among the bid
ders for the power house, the
bids ranging from $38,000 to
$43,000. There were three bids
on the concrete construction on
the grounds, which must be kept
within the limit of $20,000.
Kirten & Donohue have sur
rendered the contract for the
grading of the capitol grounds
and it bas been re-let to Smith
& Bowman.
i |jiivnc^to cum utututo vl
this Alumni Association.
“Our work is unlimited. We
might endow some scholarships,
which would enable young men
and young ladies to obtain a
higher education at a minimum
cost.
“Let us prove equal to the op
portunity and rally to this call.
When we assemble, we hope to
meet some time around the ban
jquet board to discuss matters
that will make for the up-build
ing of the grand U. of A.”
The prospects for the attend
ance at the April meeting of the
Teachers Association are very
bright. The first registrations
have already been received by
the secretary, Superintendent
John Baumgartner ol} the Brink
ley schools, having sent the sec
! retary a check for $8 for the reg
istration of all his teachers.
Carload of Bananas.
J. B. Heard has a carload of
nice ripe bananas on the track
opposite Wolff-Goldman's. Ear
ly buyers get the best, so come
early. Prices are just right.
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