DIGESTION
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appear.
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STOMACH TROUBLE
FOR FIVE YEARS
Majority of Friends Thought Mr.
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One Helped Him to
Recovery.
Pomeroyton, Ky.—In interesting ad
vices from this place, Mr. A. J. Hughes
writes u follows: "I was down with
stomach trouble for five (5) years, and
would have sick headache so bad, at
times, fiatd thought surely I would die.
I tried different treatments, but they
lid not seem to do me any good.
I jot so bad., I could not eat or sleep,
ind sO oy friends, except one, thought I
rould die. He advised me to try
hedford’s Black-Draught, and quit
taking other medicines. I decided to
take his advice, although I did not have
any confidence in it
1 have now been taking Black-Draught
for three months, and it has cured me—
haven’t had those awful sick headaches
since I began using It
I am so thankful for what Black*
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DYNAMITE HOME
TWO ARRESTED
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Rich Land Owner Saved By Mat
tresses Upon Which He
Slept.
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Paragould. Sept- 24.— Louis1
Melton and Bud Brooks were ar
rested near Bard, a small station
on the Paragould and Southeast- \
ern railroad, this morning, I
charged with having dynamited i
the home of Joseph S. Mueller,
one of the largest land owners
in this county. Last night at
11:45 o’clock several sticks of
dynamite were placed under the
northwest corner of Mueller’s j
house, and that portion of the
building was demolished.
Mueller, who is a bachelor,1
had just moved his quarters into
(the cottage recently built. He,
! had thrown several mattresses
[in the northwest corner of the
[building and was sleeping sound
jly when the explosion came. The
dynamite was placed directly
under the floor where he was
{sleeping. Mueller and the mat
I 1.1 ^ , r i-, . , 4-/-* 4-1-*/% l’n i
; u V/MO yvvio ** ii up
ters above, Fortunately tlTe
mattresses descended with Muel
ler and formed a cushion, upon
which he landed. He was only
slightly injured, and was able to
come to Paragould this after
noon.
The building was badly dam
aged, though not destroyed.
Sheriff A1 Grooms went to the
Mueller farm this morning and
found red pepper scattered from
the gate to the house. Follow
ing a clue he went to the
home of Louis Melton and there
he says he found red pepper
scattered from Melton’s gate to
the door of his home.
Suspicion had pointed to Mel
ton and Bud Brooks. Both were
arrested promptly and brought
here. Mueller has for several
years had trouble with some of
his tenants and with squatters.
It is alleged that Melton and
Brooks entertained ill feelings
toward him, and had made re
marks indicating they would do
him violence.
To Reduce Assessments As Re
sult of Fire.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 24. —At
torney General Moose has ad
vised Prosecuting Attorney Gib
son of Hot Springs, in response
to a query, that a Board of Eq
ualization has power to make
deductions from an assessment
where the property has been
burned. This is of practical im
portance to the people of Hot
Springs, where so much prop
erty was recently destroyed. He
says:
“The Board of Equalization
has no power to assess property,
but only equalize assessments
made by the assessor, by raising
or lowering valuations, so that
all property in the county may
be made to bear the burden of
taxation as nearly as possible.
“Where the property in your
burnt district, however, has
been assessed by the assessor,
and the improvements formed a
part of the valuation, I see r<
reason why the Board of Equali
zation, in equalizing assessments
should not take into consiedra
tion the fact that the improve
ments have been destroyed on
their property. But as the tax is
for th whole of the year 1913, if
the Board sees fit to reduce the
assessments because of the
property being destroyed by
fire, it should be remembered
that the improvements remain
ed on the land for at least two
thirds of the year, and the re
duction should be made for only
that part of the year subsequent
to the fire which destroyed it.’
Results of Scientific Farming.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, September 24.—
Commissioner John H. Page is
collecting from the various coun
ties reports of results that have
been accomplished through sci
entific methods of farming. .
These reports are to be publish
ed for the information of all who
may be concerned in the new ag-'
riculture. Special Agent J. L. 1
Thomas of Pulaski county, in
submitting his report, shows the
following figures:
T. W. Steele, grew on land in
cultivation 60 years, 1323 lbs.
of seed cotton per acre on 85
acres; and 35 bushels of corn
per acre on 100 acres.
R. L. Calhoun grew on land in
cultivation 40 years 1631 lbs.
of seed cotton per acre on 18
acres.
W. E. Grimmett grew on land
that had been in cultivation 30
years, 1620 pounds of seed cot
ton per acre on 50 acres, and 10
bushels of corn per acre on 40
acres.
A. C. Cook of Little Maumelle, j
grew on land that had been cul-,
tivated 35 years, 1310 pounds of
seed cotton per acre, and 38
bushels of corn on 30 acres.
W. S. Blann, of Scott's, on 30
acres that had been cultivated
50 years, raised 1335 pounds of
seed cotton per acre, and 38 bu.
of corn on 80 acres.
W. E. Caples of Scott s, grew
on 25 acres of land in cultiva
tion 60 years, 3211 pounds of
seed cotton per acre. This boy
won a state prize, which was a
trip to Washington, D. C., also
first prize at the Pulaski county
fair.
No fertilizer was used on any
of these crops. “Pulaski farm
ers are now beginning to real
ize that they can obtain greater
results where progressive meth
ods of farming are followed,”
says Mr. Thomas. I am adopt
ing a system of farming that
will improve the soil at the same
time, via livestock raising and
growing of leguminous crops,
such as cowpeas, clovers, etc.”
Plead Previous Conviction.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 24.—Plead
ing previous conviction on the
sarnie charge, John Champion,
who was convicted at the Green
wood district court of Sebastian
county, of selling liquor with
out license and fined $100 each
in two cases, has filed an appeal
in the State supreme court. He
had been fined in the court of the
mayor of Hartford, for “boot
legging”” July 3 and 4 of this
year, and in his bill of exceptions
he makes the assertion that the
court erred in declaring the law
to be that the defendant could be
convicted of running a blind
tiger and selling liquor without
license upon the same testi
mony.”
Returns From Mexico.
Batesville, Sept. 24.—Miss Es
ther Case, a missionary to Mexi
co, returned to Batesville Tues
day, visiting the homefolks for
the first time in several years.
She says she did not return to
the states at this time because of
any fear she had for her life, but
that the work of a missionary is
rendered almost useless with the
sentiment that prevails in Mexi
co.
She says she is not advised
concerning conditions there,
but the missionaries with whom
she labored felt that a few more
months, at least, would end the
revolution and at that time it is
her purpose to return. She has
been stationed in Mexico for
more than five years.
Reduce Coet of Reading.
There are two clubs in New York
that are designed to reduoe the cost ol
Cresh reading matter. One is com
posed of women who contribute 2f
cents a month and have the use of
all the best magazines, which are
later sent to a hospital. The other
buys new books for the same price
to each member and the books are die
posed of by a lottery system, althougt
each member gets ona There art
hundreds of ways to save money.
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COURT CLEARS
LEVEE BOARD
OT St. Francis District Who
Were Recenth Indicted at
Marion.
Marion, Sept. 21.—Indict
ments, which were returned by
the Crittenden county grand jury
last week charging O. N. Kil
lough, president of the St.
Francis Levee Board of Arkan
sas, with embezzlement, and
other members of the board
with malfeasance in office, were
held to be without merit by Cir
cuit Judge W. J. Driver here to
day and the charges were dis
missed.
The action was taken when it ,
was shown by the defense that
the $1,000 which President Kil
lough was alleged to have mis
appropriated. was devoted to
the paying of the expenses of
a committee which went to
Washington in the interest of
a federal levee appropriation1
and that such expenditure had
been authorized by the board
The charges of malfeasance,
Judge Driver ruled, also were j
not sustained. The specific
charge against the members of
the board was that they had er
red in not approving the bond
of H. A. Morrison, who was
named secretary-treasurer of
the board when Eugene Wil
liams ofForrest City was depos
ed at a recent meeting. Wil
iams, whose name came into the
limelight in connection with the
closing of the Bank of Forrest
City recently, was later reinstat
e d as secretary-treasurer.
Shortly afterward the charges
were filed against the members.
The developments of today
close the most interesting part
of the case. They leave pend
ing, however, charges of mal
feasance in office preferred
against state Senator J. M. Mc
Bee, R. Scott, C. M. Bell, Frank
Lowe and M. W. Hazel, which
yesterday were continued until
the next term of court.
Charges of irregular misfea
sance also are pending against
Eugene Williams. This charge
will be called November 10. It
is not believed that any member
of the board will ever be tried.
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Appropriation Not Legal.
The opinion handed down by
Judge Gautney relative to the
suit for a ten thousand dollar ap
propriation made by the county
quorum court for the State Agri
cultural College, is' a clear and
plain statement of the law, and
shows that the quorum court had
no right to make such an appro
priation. This case is of state
wide interest, as upon the decis
ion appropriations of a similar
nature from other counties were
awaiting. It is clearly shown in
the opinion that the college is a
state institution and there is no
law whereby a county court can
set aside county funds for im
provements of any nature except
local. While the college is in a
sense a local institution by right
of its location,yet it is owned and
controlled by the state. Judge
Gautney cites some interesting
authorities on the question and
gives a careful analysis of the
case.—Jonesboro Tribune
Easier.
"Now it I can get some acquaint
ance to Indorse my note-” "Bet*
ter try some stranger."—Houston
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