IAMPAIGN .
NOT PROBABLE
tanaghey Has Not Ac
Challenge Of At
rney General.
idependert.
lock, Nov. 6.—The
for a joint campaign
ie candidates for gov
:ot very bright at this
i Norwood addressed
his two opponents,
Donaghey and Con
Robinson, inviting
nfer with him on the
of arranging for a
aign of the state,
laghey replied that he
this time deem it ad
snter into such an ar
Congressman Rob
;d that he would dis
latter with Mr. Nor
few days. It is be
he will be willing to
a joint-campaign if
indidates participate,
his position will be
governor decline to
; known.
Davis announces that
i his campaign about
15, but whether he and Mr.
will engage in a joint
of the state is not
It is known however,
proposes to “camp on the
his opponent,” and to
every county in the
the first of December,
ght to be getting
ficit Grows Fast.
Independent.
Rock, Nov. 6.—The de
state treasury is pil
the rate of $90,000 a
officials and em
m governor to janitor
to get money on their
are selling them
advantage to any
allow the most for
is nothing in the
fund, and not
January 1,
license will
in, not enough to
a month.
Jobe estimates
revenues will
$925,000 from
uly 1, 1912,and
there will be a
drawn in un
be met, leaving
or enough
fnr nhniit two
! * Boosts Judge Humphries.
Judge G. T. Humphries called
on us while here holding court
| this week and informed us that
he was in the race for re-elec
i tion to the office of chancery
| judge of this district. Judge
I Humphries is a man of strong
mind and firm, but considerate
; in all things, and we believe will
be hard to beat for chancery
judge. He has made friends
throughout this district that will
do all in their power to retain
him in the office He now holds
and of which he seeks reelection.
All the attorneys, so far as we
' have heard, in the number of
counties where he holds court,
: have learned to like and appre
; date his kindness in all matters
brought before him. We have
no doubt but what Baxter coun
ty will pile up a good vote for
him at the coming primary; not
only Baxter county but all the
counties in the district.—Baxter
County Citizen.
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- Men’s Movement Grows.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 6.—The lo
cal campaign for the Men’s For
ward Religion Movement is as
suming large proportions, and
indications are that the mission
aries of the Uplift are not likely
to find a more enthusiastic recep
tion in any city of this size
among the 76 cities where the
meetings will be held than here.
At a meeting of the general
committee of One Hundred held
Sunday afternoon arrangements
were completed for the enter
tainment of the convention. A
rally day will be held in all the
churches of the city Sunday, No
vember 12, for the purpose of
arousing further interest in the
proposition, and the convention
itself will begin Nov. 27 and
close Dec. 3.
Draughon’s Diploma.
A diploma from any of
Draughon’s Practical Business
Colleges, a chain of 48 Business
Colleges in 18 States, represents
in business circles what a Har
vard or a Yale diploma repre
sents in literary circles. For cat
alogue, address Draughon’s
Practical Business College, Lit
tle Rock or Fort Smith or Tex
arkana or Memphis.
The BURKE-HOBBS
Union Revival
At The Big Tabernacle
Well Heated, Well Lighted Good
Singing—COME.
SUBJECTS FOR THE WEEK.
Services At 7:30.
M. What Think Ye of Christ?
T. What Is Your Life or Is Your
Life Worth Living?
T. Excuses.
F. Where Art Thou?
S. Come For All Things Are Now
Ready.
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 Evan
gelist Steve Burke will deliver his fa
mous lecture to men and boys over 12
years old at the Tabernacle. Subject
“Leaving the'Old Home.”
At 2:30 there will be a special ser
vice for women and girls at the Court
House, addressed by Evangelist
Hobbes.
Sunday night at 7 o’clock, subject:
“The Fool Hath Said in His Heart,
There is No God.”
There will be 4 day services this
week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday at 2:30 p. m.
Don’t render any verdict until all
the evidence is in.
I
UP PROSECUTION.
Of Hypnotist Charged With Ab
duction Of Young White
Girl.
"
Special to Indepeadent.
Little Rock, Nov. 6.—J. E.
Smithton, the carnival perform
er and traveling hypnotist, was
released from the custody of the
United States authorities Satur
day afternoon, the district attor
ney having nolle prossed the in
dictment alleging violation of
the White Slave act passed by
the congress. The government
decided that it could not make
out a case against him, as the of
fense he is alleged to have com
mitted had no elements of inter
state traffic in it.
Immediately after his release,
He was re-arrested by a deputy
constable upon a warrant charg
ing him with a felony under the
state law, for the enticing of a
girl under 18 years, and will be
given a preliminary hearing be
fore Judge Sanders Tuesday. In
Jue meantime he is in jail, being
unable to give bond, and proba
bly not desirous of doing so, be
cause of the fact that Robert
E. Crouch, father of the girl
whom he is alleged to have en
ticed from the city, has repeat
edly declared that He will be re
venged upon Smithton the first
opportunity he has.
It is charged that he enticed
Bertie Crouch, aged 17 years, to
leave Little Rock with him, and
that he took her to Searcy, trav
eling as man and wife, and prom
ising that he would take her to
Chicago and make an actress of
her. They were arrested at
Searcy and brought back to Lit
tle Rock on a government charge
and he was indicted by the fed
eral grand jury. No charge of
any kind was ever preferred
against the girl.
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A Former Resident
Writes of Arkansas.
That tender memories of Ar
kansas still linger with one of
her old residents and that the
songs of Her birds sound sweet
er to his ears than any others, is
shown in a letter to J. R. Vinson,
secretary of the Southern Trust
Company.
James L. Jones, former mana
ger of the Wagonstock Company,
who is now in Tuczon, Ariz. for
his health, says that although he
Has traveled through all the
Western and Southern states, he
has found no vicinity that will
compare with "Dear Old Arkan
sas.”
Mr. Jones says that the more
he sees of other states the more
he thinks of Arkansas, and the
more the opinion is fixed in his
mind that Arkansas is the best
country in the world.
“I am glad to see that Arkan
sas is being so widely adver
tised,” said Mr. Jones, and the
people of that state do not real
ize what wide-spread attention
she is receiving. I hear her
praised everywhere.” — Little
Rock Democrat.
School Boy Broke Wrist.
This morning at the East
Newport school James McLain
suffered a very painful accident
in the fracture of his left arm.
The boys had just finished a
game og Bombay, when James
started to enter the school house
and in doing so tripped and fell
on the steps, breaking his wrist
bone. Dr. Willis set the injured
member and while it is quite
painful it is hoped that he will
Paragould, Nov. 5.—The Rev.
R. 0. Rogers, formerly pastor of
the First Christian church of
this city, but more recently of
Altus, Okla., has been in Para
gould the past few days investi
gating a rumor that seriously :x
fleeted on his character. The
wife of the Rev. Mr. Rogers re
cently died at Altus, and the
body was sent to this city and in
terred here.
Shortly after the death of
Mrs. Rogers a report was circu
lated to the effect that there was
strong suspicion that the minis
ter had administered poison to
his wife, and that on the initia
tive of a sister, who resides at
Kennett, Mo., the body was to be
exhumed and an examination
made of the stomach. The Rev.
Mr. Rogers on hearing this re
port, immediately came to this
city and sought to have the body
disinterred and an analysis made
asserting that an investigation
wTould prove him the victim of
malicious rumors circulated by
his enemies. It seems that no
one cared to shoulder the respon
sibility for the charge, and it al
so developed that the rumors did
not emanate from the relatives
nf TVTvc RniroT'a
says that if it is submitted h
will vote against the liqubr t:
fic.
General Norwood has co
out as emphatically for statut?
ry state-wide pljbhibition, saying
that he believes the question
wdiild be defeated if submitted
at this time, through the action •
of the negro voters. Congress-!
man Robinson says that he'
doubts the expediency of any1
state-wide legislation by people
or legislature, at this time, but
that he will enforce any law that
may be passed if he is elected
governor.
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Lawrence Boy A Millionaire. <
News comes by letter and' ]
through newspaper accounts to1 i
Attorney Geo. G. Dent, that his 1
brother, Henry G. Dent, who left!
Lawrence county ten years ago|<
without a dollar, is now a several s
times millionaire in San Berna- 1
dino Valley, California. Mr.
Dent owns 751 acres of valuable
citrus land worth $1,000 per
acre, besides two twenty-five <
acre tracts of oranges and lem-1 s
ons from which, this season, he I'
will clear $28,000. | ■
Many boys in the western dis-1!
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near the! site of the old and is to
be a frame structure, though' the
^vision/superintendent promised
To use every influence to change
the plaps in providing a metal or
tin roof.
The council had placed the con
templated site within the fire
limits and the railroad company,
countered by proposing to erect
the building outside of the cor
porate limits. Railroad Commis
sioner Bellamy was summoned
t>y the council, but was of the
opinion that the material to be
ised in the structure could not
3e determined by the commis
sion anal all that body could re
luire of the railroad was a de
)ot of sufficient size and situated
so as to conveniently Handle the
)usiness of its patrons.
Material is already being plac
ed upon the ground and the con
struction of the station house
vill proceed^t once.
Arthur Bailey to Jonesboro.
G. N. Sparks, whjf has been
:mployed for some time as as
sistant cashier of the American
rrust Co., tendered his resigna
ion last evening to Cashier Alex
Serger. Mr. Sparks is to be
succeeded by Arthur Bailey of
''Jewnnrt who will arrive here in
trict will remember Henry as he ;
used to drive a team hitched to a
j wheat thrasher, making its
rounds over the country thresh
ing wheat for the farmers.
Mr. Dent writes his brother
that he will come to old Law
rence county for a visit before
long. He is now confined to a
hospital in Los Angeles, Califor
nia, having recently suffered
from a nervous attack. His phy
sicians say, however, that he is
in no danger.
On Oct. 18, only a few days
ago he gained a case in the su
preme court of California, which
gave him financial control of
eight big corporations. Law
rence county boys “do get
there.”—Walnut Ridge Times
Dispatch.
To Build Frame Depot.
Special to Independent.
Tuckerman, Nov. 5.—The city
council and Iron Mountain offi
cials, who locked horns on the
proposition of whether or not
Tuckerman should have a frame
or brick station house effected an
agreement Friday, whereby the
new depot is to be constructed
The Rev. Mr. Rogers has a
statement signed by the father,
step-mother, brothers and sis
ters of his wife to the effect that
they never entertained such a
suspicion against him, and had
never made any statement that
could give rise to the charges.
Th'e Rev. Mr. Rogers has a docu
ment which he says completely
vindicates his character, and de
clares that he is still willing, if
necessary, to have his wife’s
body exhumed and the stomach
examined at his own expense.
Prohibition May Be Issue.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 6.—The gu
bernatorial entries appear to be
closed, as it is unlikely there will
be any more genuine announce
ments for the democratic nomi
nation. The issue has also been
clearly defined, and it appears
that it will not be the Turner
Jacobson bill but prohibition.
The three candidates have all ex
pressed themselves definitely on
the subject. Gov. Donaghey ha?
come out for submission, and
i few days to assume the duties.
Mr. Bailey is not a stranger by
any means to Jonesboro, having
been formerly employed at the
Bank of Jonesboro, and is kncwn
as a very efficient man in this
work.
Since leaving Jonesboro, Mr.
Bailey has been connected wito
some large banking institutions
and recently was in Oklahoma,
holding an important position.—
Jonesboro Tribune. f
Two Auto Cases Settled.
Two cases of local interest
which were disposed of in cir
cuit court Friday were the cases
of Vela Jernigan vs. W. A.
Rutherford, and Sue B. Simpson
vs. Nathan Adler, both cases be
ing for damages alleged to have
been occasioned by the negligent
operation of automobiles in this
city. The Jernigan and Ruther
ford case was disposed by an
agreed judgment for th^plain
tiff for $1,000. The latter case
being settled in a like manner by
an agreed judgment for $200.t
Batesville Guard. _
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