JANUARY 12. 1911 NUMBER 211.
'KgHBORS
■tACKfOR TRIAL
Obtaining Money
^■alse Pretenses And
H,t^ck by Pink
■eighbors, who several
^E resided here and re
MjConran Cooperage
■of Des Arc, for whom
^■ timber and logs, has
■^,t here from Des Arc
■l upon the charge of
Bro°ney under false pre"
^Ers enjoyed the confi
■is employers and was
■ to issue checks upon
■expenses and raw ma
Ithe mill. But he is al
JEve begun drinking to
■ was jailed by the lo
JE Upon trial, he was
■ and gave Officer J. U.
■ck for $106.30, part of
Kt to pay his fine and
K. check was cashed at
|Brs’ Bank, whose mem
■ the bankers’ associa
gEd a Pinkerton detec
|E,piflced upon the case
Bjbors was finally locat
|EArc, where it is claim
|Be was paying back the
jEtaiiied by his employ
E bright here Sunday
Btjve McBride and is said
Elis identity.
E Stockholders' Meeting.
Bnual meeting the the
■ders of the Newport
Eight and Power Com
Sll be held at the compa
Ice. Newport, Arkansas,
iebruary 4th, at ;
urpose of elect
irectors for the
d the transac
ler business as
ime before said j
ker, President,
aulkner, Sec’y.
Meeting,
will meet Wed
1 at 3 o’clock at
s- Mildred Dor
rs are urged to
. Dorsey has re
;he National W.
mention and will
of interest to
’ednesday about
conference of
(ers. d2t.
unlshment.
:ransgressor is wcl)
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Legality of Petition Attacked
Fort Smith, Jan. 11.—The le
gality of the entire petition that
has been filed for saloon licenses
is attacked in a remonstrance of
the Fort Smith Anti-Saloon
League, filed in the County Court
last night. Accompanying the
remonstrance is a motion to
strike names from the petition.
The two documents indicate the
line of opposition to the granting
of licenses. The hearing of the
petitions is set for trial before
Judge Ezra Hester of Green
wood, tomorrow.
The ground upon which the
petition is attacked are that the
petitions were circulated and the
signatures secured before Janu
ary 1, and that the Going liquor
bill did not become effective un
til that date; that the petition
and signatures were not publish
ed before the filing of the peti
tion with the county judge. Ac
cording to the contention that
will be made by the remons
trants, there has been no legal
publication of the signatures on
the petition. It is contended by
the Anti-Saloon League leaders
that the publication made on
January 1 and 2 did not comply
with the law as they were made
after the filing of the petitions.
Another ground on which the
petition is attacked is that it is
not supported by the affidavit
that is required by the act.
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In Honor (M Miss Burdick.
Mrs. P. H. Van Dyke enter
tained with an afternoon tea
Saturday in honor of her cousin,
Miss Margaret Burdick of
Johnstown, New York
In the reception hall the
quests were received by Misses ,
Katherine and Rina Price and -
Elise Hirsch. The receiving line
was in the parlor and those who
stood with the hostess were Miss <
Burdick, Mrs. C. R. Hite and ‘
Mrs. R. T. Robertson. ]
In the dining room which was ■
beautiful in its decorations of •
ferns and pink carnations, a ,
three-course luncheon was serv- (
ed by Mrs. Gustave Jones, Mrs.
Jos. M- Berger, Misses Thadees
Kinman, Willie Overton Minor
and Carrie Stevens. Mrs. W. A.
Billingsley and Mrs. T. J. Gregg
poured. Punch was served by
Misses Elizabeth Irby and Hor
tense Hite. Mrs. H- O. Walker
and Miss Dove Brwin received
in the library. Little Miss Mar
garet Van Dyke received the
cards in the hall.
The afternoon event was a
most delightful one and a large
number of ladies called to meet
Miss Burdick during the receiv
iing hours.
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Notice To Public.
| For your information I will
'say that I am the person who
-signed the petition asking that
i liquor license be issued for New
Sport for 1914- I do not live on
' Malcolm avenue. I am a poor
Invm, work hard for a living and
am temperate in my belief. e
people of this county voted for
| saloons to be here for two years
i and I believe that the will of the
! people should be obeyed. I sign
ed the petition for that reason,
and for the further reason that
, I believe it better for the city
to have licensed saloons and re
ceive the revenue than not to
have them and be bothered with
blind tigers and boot-leggers, as
was the case before.
Yours very truly.
, (Adv.) W- Martin
JUDGE COFFIN
ANSWERS CALL
of Grim Reaper at Age of 71
Years—Death Occurred at
Pine Bluff Sunday Night.
Pinfe Bluff, Jan. 11.—Judge
Charles Coffin, 71 years old, and
a candidate for United States
senator, and also mayor of Bates
ville, Ark., died at the Florence
sanitarium in this city tonight
at 6:50 o’clock after several
weeks’ illness of uraemia- At
his bedside were his brother,
James P. Coffin of Batesville, and
members of the Orto family of
this city, relatives. The funer
al will be held in Pine Bluff Tues
day morning from the home of
Dr. Z. Orto, on Laurel street.
Dr. J. L. Norris, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, will
officiate.
DEATH NOT UNEXPECTED.
Judge Coffin’s death, while sud
den, was not wholly unexpected
His condition the last few days
had created alarm. Saturday he
was taken from Dr. Orto’s home
to the Florence sanitarium for
treatment. At that time it was
said his condition was grave,
and instead of responding to
careful medical aid, he grew
worse and the end came sudden
ly.
The death of Judge Coffin re
moves from Arkansas one of its
m,ost distinguished and useful
citizens. He was a gentleman
of the Southern type and his
career was one of usefulness and
honor. Two brothers survive,
James P. Coffin of Batesville and
Hector Coffin of Knoxville, Ten
nessee. His only sister, Mrs.
Orto, of this city, died ml
900- He was never married j
BORN IN TENNESSEE.
Judge Coffin was born April
>3, 1842, at Rogerville, Tennes- ,
;ee. When but five years old
ie moved with his parents to ,
Knoxville. His parents Charles
I. and Mrs. Elizabeth Park Cof
in, died some years ago. Judge
Coffin was reared in Knoxville
md attended the preparatory
schools there. He entered the
junior class at Princeton in
I860. Just before the close of
his junior year, in 1861, he re
turned to the South, with the
sther Southern boys attending
the institution, and entered Com
pany E, Third Ratallion, Tennes
see Cavalry, as a private. In
May, 1862, this company be
came Company I of the Second
Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry-1
For valiant services on the bat
tlefield, Private Coffin was ap
pointed major of the regiment ,
He served in that capacity until j
the close of the war, except 14
months, which he spent in Fed
eral prisons. He surrendered
with his colors under General J.
E. Johnston in North Carolina,
CAME TO ARKANSAS IN 1869
After the war he went to
Memphis, where he lived from
1865 to 1869, when with his
two brothers, he came to Arkan
sas They located in Lawrence
county. In 1872, Judge Coffin
took up the study of law and
was admitted to the bar at Pow
hattan, in that county, in 1874.
He was a member of, the extra
ordinary session of the General
Assembly in 1874 and aided m
calling the Constitutional Con
vention. In 1878 he was elected
prosecuting attorney of the
Bird district and served two
terms, until 1882. He was re-e
lected to the legislature, after
his retirement from the prose
cutor’s office, from Lawrence
county, and served one term- He
was appointed circuit judge at
Batesville in 1910 and tilled cred
i itably the vacancy to which
■ he had been named. He served
two years as circuit judge. In
April, 1912, he was elected may
or of Batesville, which office he
held at the time of his death.
J He was a member of the Presby
terian church.
STATE ENGINEER
CARTER HERE
Making Investigation of Condi
tions and Soils to Be Consid
ered for System of High
ways.
H. R. Carter, the state high
way engineer, is spending Mon
day and Tuesday in Jackson
county investigating the nature
of soils, drainage and other con
ditions to be considered in map
ping out a proposed system of
highways for Jackson county.
After a conference with a
number of our citizens, Who are
interested in the Subject of bet
ter roads for Jackson county,
Mr. Carter was taken out on the
Grubbs yoad beyond Village
creek by C. E. Crook and Judge
C- fe. Coe will show him over
some of the roads in Bird Town
ship and the northern half of the
county.
Mr. Carter is reputed a first
j class engineer and made an ex
cellent impression, upon those
with whom he talked, in giving
them ideas of the probable cost,
the kind of construction needed
and the experience of other
counties and road districts in or
?amzing these movements, jno 11
general plan has been conceived r •
>r adopted, but the majority of g
;hose who have expressed them- g
selves, favor if possible, a sys- g
:em of 100 to 125 miles of well g
constructed macadam roads ein- g
macing a large part of uie coun- j g
ry to be organized into an im- g
movement district by special g
ict of the legislature. S
Jackson County needs a sys- |
Lem of roads and the promoters I
[>f this movement are cohserva- I
tive men, who believe that a sys- |
Lem can be constructed at much J
less cost per mile than various I
individual road districts would I
cost in the aggregate. They I
want to keep the cost of these
improvements within reason, to
assess their cost according to the
benefits derived and not to make
the expense beyond what prop
erty valuations of the present ,
would stand.
Before any general plans are .
made for the system of roads,
the people of the various town
ships will be consulted and it is
to be hoped that the system of
roads as finally agreed upon and
the steps to be taken to secure
this improvement, will meet
with the hearty endorsement and
suppprt of all sections of the
county.
We need roads for this gener
ation, not the next and with tra
vel increasing every year, their
condition becomes wrorse under
the present system. If a bond
issue through a special road dis
trict embracing most of Jackson
county is feasible and the en
gineer’s plans and estimate will
show that it is, let Jackson coun
ty build real and permanent
: highways and instead of wast
i ing our road taxes, let that fund
jbe used to pay interest and re
tire bonds for roads we will have
; already secured.
TOWNSHIP OFFICES
NOW SOUGHT
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: ('. JV1- Ivy Announces For Consta
ble— Clarence Penix For
Overseer in Jefferson—
Dr. Watson and O.I.
Hubert For Al
dermen.
—
C. M. Ivy has announced his j
candidacy for constable of this;
township, subject to the Demo
cratic primary. He is an active
young man, who has had consid
erable experience as an officer
and is well qualified for Iho du
ties of the cons'abieship.
Clarence Penix, who made a
good race two years ago for
road overseer in Jefferson Town
ship, has announced that he will
make the contest again. He is
an energetic and successful far
mer and proposes if elected to
see that his township’s road
funds are spent to the best ad
vantage.
Dr- E. L. Watson and O, I. Hu
bert in response to a call from
j their fellow citizens, have an
nounced their willingness to
again serve the city as aldermen
from the Second Ward. During
their terms, they have given the
people of the Second Ward more
improvements than under any
previous administration. They
have in a material way evidenc
ed their public spirit and pro
gressiveness and are citizens of
character and successful busi
ness men.
Men's Meeting Sunday.
The Men’s Forward Movement,
an organization composed of
many of Newport's leading busi
ness and professional men, met
in their regular service at 3 o'
clock Sunday afternoon. It is
very gratifying to its organiz
ers to see the interest manifest
ed in the services and the large
attendance by the men upon
these meetings.
The sermon was preached by
Rev. (J. A. Hoffman, whom* sub
.iect for the afternoon was ' Tie
Cross of Christ”. The sermon
was a very helpful one to all
who heard it.
This association of men a<
planning to have speakers of
state and national fame to ad
dress these services of the
Men's Forward Movement dur
ing the coming months.
Whitley Held Without Hail
Des. Arc., Jan. 10—At the pre
liminary hearing today of Jes
sie Whitley, charged with the
killing of Westley Munn, Whit
ley waived examination and was
returned to jail without bond
He was bound over to the grand
jury, which meets in March. W.
L. Wiliford, justice, before the
hearing was held, put each
ness under $400 bond to ; r'
at the time. W. A. Leach of
Lonoke, J. G. and C. B. Thweate
of DeVall’s Bluff, and F- E.
Brown of Des Arc, represent the
defense and J. B. Wood, prose
cuting attorney, assisted by Geo.
W. Clark of Conway, the state.
It, is said that Whitley and Munn
had trouble over a girl.
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