fcreanesaay mgnt ana aamims
Bjsred a whipping to one Earl
SBompton, who married a Rich- j
Broods township girl and it is j
Blleeed refused to support his |
PPU« and children.
I Compton is alleged to have j
I beeen offered work on the dredge
Lboat and to have refused to ac
Icept work, though his children
■were crying from hunger.
K>. He lives about one and one
naif miles from Pennington and
ns s ive been warned of
nrhai ue would receive unless he
■tried to earn a living.
^ Wednesday night, his neigh
■brs waited upon him in a body.
PP|..refused to come out of the
[house, and the leader of the
party went after him. He was
dtagged from! the house and
a nearby spot, where
twelve men gave
across the back
switches.
then allowed to re
turn to. his honte and is now go
ng armed for he knows a num
ter of the citizens who admin
istered the thrashing. Whether
or not they effected a cure of;
Domipton’s alleged indisposition
;o work, is not yet known.
If the facts are reported, and 1
they were given to the Inde-,
pendent by a good citizen of that i
lection, the whipping was fully
leserved.
Compton is an ablebodied
young man of 180 pounds* weight
receiving any sympa
of his sec
i
eak.
-S. Brun
ts figured i
se politi- j
he White '
le Demo-' ,
, which
Tune. Mr.
to make
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it ion, detailing at length his
iriences in election manipula-1
ins in Arkansas. It would be ,
very appropriate time and1
£e for an address of that kind
arid Mlv Brundidge says he is
fully prepared to de justice to
the occasion.
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Car Bananas.
Mr. J. B. Heard wishes to an- j
pounce that he has a car load of j
nice ripe bananas on the track
Opposite Wolff-Goldman’s, which [
me will dispose of to the public
pt a very cheap price. I
[Moving Pictures
Atthe Opera House
THE KING’S MAN
A story of the Canadian 1
woods. Geo. Holt and Billy
W'cst) i
Drama— (VITAGRAPH)
BOMBS AND WILLIE
A good comedy—(SELIG)
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THE LOVE OF 64 |]
A good drama—TLUBIN) j]
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feet of good pictures and ]
Hi i. Vaudeville.
counties. For
valuations are the
Buren county, where
age is $2.22 per acre,
highest is in the Fort Smith dis
trict of Sebastian county, where
the average is $62.57 per acre.
This, however, is abnormal, due
to local conditions, as the high
est aside from this is an average
of $9.89 in Mississippi county,
anH Q RQ in r.nttoii/ion !
Hie highest assessment of
horses is $59 a head in Cleburne,
and the lowest is $29 in Craig
head ; the highest assessment
of mules is $73 in Chicot, and
the lowest is $41 in Fulton; the
highest assessment of cattle is
$16.08 in Randolph, and the low- ;
sst $5.88 in Garland.
There are only five watches in
Crittenden county, but they are ,
yery valuable, being assessed at
$470; in the same county there (
ire seven pianos, assessed at
$640.
In Pulaski county there are (
L915 watches, assessed at $45,- 1
•'20, and 1701 pianos assessed at (
$94,333.
There were 374,011 polls as- j
messed, as compared with 267,- .
199 for the preceding year. ]
The assessments for the whole \
date are as follows:
Land, 30,506,926 acres, $148,- ,
?21,310.
Town lots, $92,267,937. 1
Railroad real estate, $78,482,- .
>79. ;
Telephone lines, $2,893,724. ,
Telegraph and express com- ,
janies, $2,521,124. ,
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vivvuo m^iLuanuioC) tpxo,- ^
114,866. ,
Manufactured| articles, $8,- ■
(01,575.
Moneys and credits, $12,850,- ,
163.
Bonds etc. $2,780,477.
Property as banker etc., $8,- ,
106,942.
Railroad personal property,
>>8,746,947.
Horses, 270,300, $11,650,787. ‘
Mules, 277,302, $13,908,980. -
Cattle, 724,202, $7,167,933.
Sheep, 137,618, $139,067.
Hogs, 1,024,983, $1,757,838.
Wagons, etc., 227,213, $3,938,- i
714.
Watches, 46,025, $512,275. ,
Pianos, 48,419, $1,638,296.
All other personal property, .
£2,642,441. ;
Total personal property, $129,- ,
>41,234. (
Total real estate, $319,472,026.
Grand Total, $449,113,260
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Log Teams Wanted At Once. >
Have a large amount' af tim- 1
)er cut in the woods and ‘must 1
nove Will pay good price foV1
noving same. It will pay youL
o come and investigate- FoJ
>articufars^all Newport PhotBj
.608-5 or BJe Muirhead LiBBI
>er Com^^B Weldon, •■*'rBl|||
sas. .
uai Arkansas S. S. Conven
tion.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 4.—Among
pile Specialists who will be heard
anual convention of the
sas Stmipy SchodLAsso
- Aete^pril^a-30 *e:#
. C. Pearce, International
Adblt Division Superintendent,
who has enrolled 4(f,000 classes
m the adult organized class
movement. He ijyttpe of the
strongest pulpit (^Rors of i In
country.
Mrs. M.'S. Lamoreaux of Chi-j
cago, author of ‘The Unfolding !
Life,” an authorjfly onHhe ’teen
age girl, popular as a convention
speaker everywhere. —
Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts, ofWash-;
ington, D. C., head of the Inter- i
national Reform Bureau, a spec
ialist in matters pertaining to
civic life and its reforms.
Rev. Harry McKeen, who has
been a pastor in Kansas and Ok
lahoma, and has made a close
study of the Rural Church Prob
lem.
Charles E. Schenck, of Chica
go, Field Worker in Illinois for
many years, a specialist in the
Home Department Work.
Prof. E. 0. Excell, of Chicago,
known the world over as a great
leader of song. He is accompan- {
ied by Prof. Alvin Roper, a pian- j
1st of marvelous skill. j,
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Fee For Each Charge.
Special to Independent. ;
Little Ro<jk, April 4.—Under •
:he Arkansas statute, a prose-!
;uting attorney is entitled to the •
3rtscribed fee of $25 for each
:onviction on a criminal charge, j
'or each count of an indictment. ]
County Judge M. E. Vinson of j
Cleburne county, wrote that •
here were three indictments, j
?ach containing two counts, for .
orgery and for uttering, and 1
)leas of guiltv were entered to
ill. Attorn, y General Moose <
iolds| that this makes six convic- <
ions, for which the prosecuting j
ittorney would be entitled to $25 <
:ach. <
“I do not think it would be ma- <
erial,” says the attorney gener- i
d whether all the judgments
vere entered up in one order or ^
vhether six separate judgments j
vere entered. The prosecuting j
ittorney is entitled to a fee for ;
>ach conviction, and, as I con
strue it in the case you mention, ,
;here were six convictions. i
The defendant in this case is (
supposed to be serving six sen
ences for six separate felonies,
f the prosecuting attorney is
ntitled to one fee, it seems to ,
ne he is entitled to, six.
“This same opinion has been ,
riven by the Supreme Court in ,
;he case of Hempstead County
;s. McCollum. In that case the
lefendant entered a plea of
guilty to an indictment charging
lim in two separate counts with
>urglary and grand larceny. ]
Fhe court held that the plea of .
ruilty to both counts followed ^
)y sentence of the court, con- )
stituted two convictions for ]
vhich the prosecution attorney ]
vas entitled to a fee of $25
>ach.” j
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Col. Armstrong 111. ]
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 4.—Infor- j
nation has been received here 1
hat Hon. Carroll Armstrong, ,
he veteran legislator of Morril- ]
on, is quite ill at his home. Col. .
Armstrong was renominated at
KIRBY VISITS
POINSETT COUNTY
— _ ' ''3n
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Gone to Harrisburg to Examine
Returns From Recent Pri
mary—Contest Expected
Closing his headquarters in
the Ne w Capital hotel yesterday,
Judge Wm. F. Kirby, who will
contest the nomination of Sena
tor James P. Clarke for the Un
ited States Senate, went to Poin
sett county to confer with mem
bers of the Poinsett County Cen
tral Committee and others inter
ested in the election there.
Judge I^rby contends that the
returns in Poinsett county were
“juggled” to increase Senator
Clarke’s majority in that county.
The Poinsett vote will form the
cihterpiece for what is expected
to be one of the bitterest post
primary contests in Arkansas’
political history.
With whom Judge Kirby will
confer in Poinsett county or how
long He expects to remain in the
county was not divulged at his
headquarters yesterday. That
he had gone to Harrisburg to
examine the returns of that
county was ine omy announce
ment made.
CONVENTION’S ACT FINAL.
The State Central Committee
assuredly is to be called upon to
examine the returns certified in
‘or Poinsett county. It is just
as certain that the state conven
tion in June either will ratify or j
nvestigate anew the claims of
,he contestant. The action by
he convention will be final.
No notice of contest has yet
aeen filed by Judge Kirby. The
•ules of the Democratic organi
sation make it possible to file the
lotiee, however, at any time
vithin 30 days after the date of
he primary election.
The strength of Senator
Clarke and of Judge Kirby in the
State Central Committee is a
natter of conjecture, but of
hief interest in the expected
ontest is the relative strength
sf the two men in the state con
tention. /
Judge Kirby carried, according
o the official returns, a total of
!9 counties, Senator Clarke be
ng returned with a majority in
16 counties.
An interpretation of Rule No.
II of the party’s regulations and
Vip QPn + inor hv tVip pnnvpntirm nf
lelegates from counties carried
jy one candidate, but instructed
'or the other, promises some in
teresting skirmishing when the
state convention convenes in
Pine Bluff on June 3. In several
:ounties of the state the dele
gates have been instructed con
rary to the vote of that county.
Buys Arkansas River Steamer.
Captain Leslie Inman arrived
Friday from Memphis, where he
jought the “City of Muskogee,”
i beautiful new boat just, com
peted at Memphis, and was
milt for the Arkansas river, to
)e used between Little Rock and
3ine Bluff.
The “City of Muskogee” is the
pettiest and most up-to-date
)oat that has plied the White
iver in several years, carrying
00 passengers. Captain Inman
s receiving the congratula
ions of his many friends on his j
lew purchase and expects to j
eave on his first trip up White !
md Black rivers Monday.
For Sale Cheap. j
2,00 good j
sizes.
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S. D. Grumble, Pastor. I
ST. PAUL’S CHURCH.
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.
Holy Communion, 11 a. m.,
sermon subject, “If”.
Thursday evening next, Bish
op Winchester will institute the
Rev. L. W. Heaton, rector of the
Parish, and will receive into the
communion of the church by
confirmation all who desire to en
ist their service to God and en
er upon His work with Mr. Hea
ton. Good Friday service from
noon to 3 p. m. in. commemora
tion of the Crucifixion of Jesus,
TTTB'i — ~ _
the sea- ||
son will permit the outdoor per<
formance.—Brinkley Citizen*..
I. MEN
Who demand the utmost in shoe quali
ty and style wear no other shoes than \
“Edwin Clapp” j
They are the best from every point of view— |
style, quality and workmanship.
THE NEW SPRING OXFORDS 1
Are Now On Display. 1
The prices $6.50 and $7.00 may be a little more I
than some men are in the habit of paying, but, 1
considering the service and the actual satisfaction &
derived from Edwin Clapp shoes, they cost less in S
the long run than shoes you get at half those *
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