NEWPORT, ARKANSAS THURSDAY. AUGUST 21, 19U1,- M M HER 121.
JjSlfY
■ IS BOUND OVER
I „.*« jTTfo'- }lfder of
!■»w»h r°Mla''
L wrtaTthy testimony
KP!.er of eye-witnesses to
B,i«:=8»fChinaCo"eyby
■ ,.stand, Henry Conley
■L purred Tuesday night
WsJhePod Oak church m Vil
■Lwnship. the inquest jury
fEed over by Coroner John
IKjlle, returned a verdict find
Uttat the negress came to her
Kj, by gunshot wounds at the
of Henry Conley and re
lEnended that he be held
Kout bail for murder to the
Kahdcc Conley and others
Kjied that Conley had made
Kous threats of killing his
Be,declaring she was untrue to
B’ To Beatrice Conley the
Boner had said that the load
Bived by his wife was intend
Kfor Will Davis.
Katherine Pierce and Fannie
Bnes, two negro women, who
Bmpanied China Conley and
Kittle girl en route to church
Kn the shooting occurred, de
Kd that they were within
■ yards of the church when
Ky Conley came running up
K behind. He called “China”
K his wife answered “What do
In want,” but kept on walking, j
■ley grabbed her, turning her
Lnd and aiming at her with a |
lot gun fired. The woman was !
jly pmvder burned, the load
tilting her in the face and pro
cing instant death
Ab Walton and Harold Pierson
re also witnesses, who con
med the story of the two wo
ol as to the brutal murder
ter Conley had killed his wife,
kept the negroes away from
m with threats to kill any who
preached and later surrender
to the authorities.
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(loving Pictures
( the Opera House
18 Reels Per Week.
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HE PATHWAY OF YEARS
man now 75 years of age re
Hs his life when he was young
“Jin love wnn a beautiful girl.
* marries another but he
oves himself true in later
irs. Featuring Frances X.
®hman, Ruth Stonehouse and
ith Hennesey and Whitney
rnond—4 extra good players.
(ESSANAY)
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/THE FIRED COOK
gooc comedy featuring Ruth
uland and John Brennen.
(Comedy—K a i e m.)
BE CAT AND THE BONNET
®extra good comedy, Ruth Ro
nd- John Brennen and Mar
ini Neilan playing leads.
(KALEM)
THE SPLIT NL'GGET
father cuts a nugget in half
to his son and daughter.
“€ ?irl is captured by the In
J^’fhe brother is wounded in
d-up. By the nuggets they
?a e to recognize each other.
B extra good Western story.
(LTJBIN)
y extr£ "°°d pictures and
in\HUS*c Cbe orchestra
^MISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
To Visit Barren Schools.
Dr- C. W. Garrison, State di
rector of sanitation, and J. L.
!Bond, superintendent of rural
| schools, will visit School District
| No. 37 of Barren Township, Sat
| urday, where they will address
Ian educational rally- Dr. E. L.
I Watson, the county health offi
cer, and W. M. Shaver, the coun
ty superintendent of schools,
will also be present. It is figur
ed that a large crowd will attend
‘ the rally.
Dr. Watson and Prof. Shaver
will meet the speakers from the
' state department at Bradford
early Satorday morning and
| drive out from there to the pic
nic grounds.
50,000 WORK
THE ROADS
In Missouri On Good Roads Days
—Governors of Two States
Take a Hand.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 20. —
With blistered hands and sore
muscles, 50,000 enthusiastic
good road workers quit their
work tonight in Missouri, after
a strenuous day spent in “pull
ing Missouri cut of the mud.”
Good humor was everywhere in
evidence, and nearly every man
declared he intended to return
tomorrow.
Although mud interfered with
the work of Gov. Elliott W. Ma
jor and Gov. Geo- H- Hodges of
Kansas, who had volunteered to
help the Missouri executive,
both governors declared they
would make up for lost time.
GREAT DAY, SAYS MAJOR.
“It has been one of the great
days of my life,” said Governor
Major. “As a boy I traveled
over nothing but bad roads. I
made up my mind then if I ever
got a chance I would do all I
could for better highways. The
governor of Arkansas has ad
vised me he has set aside Sep
tember 3 and 4 for road work,
and I am happy at the results.”
“I intend to set apart two
road days when I return home,”
said Governor Hodges. “It is
remarkable how many have re
sponded to Governor Major’s
proclamation.”
Reports from every county in
this part of the state told of
throngs of workers, many of
them encouraged by the pres
ence of their wives and daugn
ters, who served dinner.
GIVE MONEY FOR WORK.
In St. Louis county the re
sponse to the governor’s call
was slight, as the county is well
supplied with rock roads main
tained by a heavy tax. Business
men of St. Louis, however, con
tributed liberally to a fund with
which to buy road grading ma
chinery for the rural part of
the state.
The response to the govern
or’s call throughout the rural
region was liberal. In Cape Gir
ardeau county, 2,500 men work
ed on the roads, and every dis
trict was thoroughly organized.
About 400 men left Hanibal to
work on the highways near that
town. All city prisoners were
put on the work.
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Returns With Prisoners.
Deputy Sheriff Hasting re
turned home Thursday morning
with two of the escaped prison
ers James Parker and Vic Gol
den, who were recaptured at
Clarksdale, Miss. The two ne
groes say that two other negro
escapes accompanied them to
Clarksdale. but kept going.
50,0000
GOVERNOR RECEIVES
FARMER BOYS
Who Are Attending Two Weeks’
C ourse In Agriculture In
Capital City.
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'Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 21.—One
hundred and ten farmers’ boys,
representing practically every
county in the state, were shown
through the state capitol Wed
nesday afternoon, and every
! where were received with the
; greatest cordiality by the state
; officials. The boys, who are at
tenting the two weeks’ agricul
tural school at Little Rock Col
lege, were accompanied by Pro
jfessor \Y. J. Jernigan and J. L.
| Hewitt, and ;he Agricultural
j Commissioner and his deputy.
John H. Page and IL E. Hutchins
were their special hosts at the
' capitol.
! At five o’clock they were the
j guests of Governor Hays, who
.'received them in the big recep
tion hall and addressed them as
follows:
“I am glad to meet you. I am
| glad you have shown me the
'courtesy to call on me. I cle
jsire to offer you words of en
! couragement. While your par
;ents and those older than you
lare doing much to develop the
'state, it is my earnest wish that
’when you come to assume their
responsibilities you may dis
|charge the duties of citizenship
-intelligently and honorably.
There is no nobler pursuit than
that in which you are engaged. u
I
“You are doing a work that
| many older men never did be
cause they never had the op
portunity- I trust that all will
grow up to be useful and honor
able citizens, and do great things
ifor the state. I want to en
' courage you to carry on your
work and anything I can do as
j governor will be done cheerfully,
j I hope to be of service to you
in helping you to become honest,
upright and good citizens, stand
ing upon the highest possible
plane.”
New Firm Succeeds Old.
John W- Wallace, one of New
port’s pioneer merchants, and a
business man ^ who enjoys the
nignesi cumiuciwc
public, has sold his stock and
business to J. D. Carvell &. Com
pany, who will assume charge of
he stock and store in its present
location in the Wishon Building
on September 1.
Mr. J. D. Carvell, the head of
the new firm is a progressive
young man of splendid chaiactei
and reputation, who for several
years past has capably managed
the dry goods and clothing de
partment of Bowen’s store, and
to which firm he tendered his
resignation August 1st, asking
to be relieved by September1.
Mr. Carvell has had considei
'able experience as a manager of
■stores and enters the local field
with bright prospects for a lu
crative business," as the stand •
'one of the best in the city
We are glad to know. tha -
Wallace and family will continue
to make this city them home,
where they enjoy such a wide
circle of acquaintances and
friends. |
The Epworth League of the
Methodist government
| lawn social on the * i+e their
ilots this evening and -
(friends to patronize them. I
Testing Special Game Acts.
Special to Indepenent.
Little Rock. Aug. 21.—The va
lidity of the various local game
laws of the state is to be tested
in the supreme court. Recent
ly several prominent Little Rock
citizens were arrested while on
an outing in Grant county, for
fishing without paying a license
of $1 as provided for by a spec
ial act of the last legislature,
and were fined $10 each. The
cases were appealed to the cir
cuit court, and last Monday thv
cases against Dr E. E. Hodge.
and Dr. Graham were n hie pro -
sed at Sheridan, but the case
against City Detective George
Lewis was affirmed, and this is
to be appealed to the supreme
court as a test case. It is the
purpose of those interested to
raise the issue so that the whole
question of the validity of the
special acts may be tested.
Diggs Faces. Long Term.
San Francisco, Aog. 20.—in
eloping with Marsha Warrington
from Sacramento, California,
o Reno, Nevada, Maury I. Diggs,
former state architect of Cali
fornia, was guilty of violating
the Mann act, which makes it
a felony to transport a woman
for immoral purposes from one
state to another. This was the
verdict tonight of the f ury that
tried him.
There were six counts in the
indictment and the jury found a
verdict of guilty in the first 4.
Each count carries a maximum
of five years and a minimum of
one year in a federal penitenti
ary.
488 Hookworm Victims,
Princeton, Aug. 20.—The re
port of Dr. T. M. Fly, who is
fighting the hookworm in Dal
las county, shows that 995 mi
croscopic examinations v/ere
made in this county and 488 per
sons were found to be infected.
All sufferers have been given
free treatment. Many citizens
of Dallas county have requested
Dr. Fly to remain and extend
his itinerary indefinitely in this
county. The campaign probably
will be continued until Septem
ber 15. •
POPULAR POSTMASTER
TENDERS RESIGNATION
To Assume Management ol
Jackson County Kealt\
Company Just Organ
ized.
j Judson N. Hout, who lor
‘nearly four years has made the
most capable, efficient and ac
commodating postmaster Tuck
Jerman has ever had in the opin
| :on of h- r business men and oth
er patron of the office, has fon
|dered his resignation to the gov
ernment in order to take up at
!once the management of the
j,lacks n County Realty Com
pany.
The new company will this
week file its articles of incorpor
ation and open an office in Tuck
erman as soon as .Mr. Hout can
be relieved as postmaster
through the appointment of his
| successor.
The company is organized to
buy and sell land, write lire and
other insurance and act as a
rentaTagency. The capital stock
i- $1,050 and the officers and
incorporators are S. W. Harvey,
president; P. H. Van Dyke, vice
president and Judson N. Hout.
secretary and treasurer,
j Mr. Harvey is a man of ex
perience and executive ability,
jwho has only recently retired
.from the mercantile business, in
which he was very successful.
He has large land interests in
Bird township and has been
prominently identified with the
growth of Tuckerman and the
development of the surrounding
country.
Mr. Hout, the active head of
the company, who will have
charge of the office and manage
jits affairs, is an energetic, ca
pable and progressive young man
! of high character who enjoys
j to a marked degree the confi
dence and esteem of the people
of Bird township.
i Patronize the lawn social of
I the young people this evening on
the corner of Hazel and Second,
i The young people of the church
; have placed a number of ceiling j
fans in the church at a cost of |
more than a hundred dollars and j
are giving the ice cream social j
to help raise the money.
Real Estate Transfers.
State of Arkansas to (’. R
! Hite, ICO acres 31-10-4.
Joseph Ginet and wife to L. U.
O'Dmoell, ICO acres. 31-10-4.
[$f>00.
L. 11 O'Donnell and wife ttx
I F. ('oilman, ICO acres 31-10-4,
i $300.
Mary Shelters, guardian of
Sprigg Harrison .to Charles S
Smith. 10 acres 12-12-3, $300.
Lillian Smedley to Charles E.
Carroll, IOC 2-:: acres, 13-13.-2.
$2,200.
•lames "Mayfield and wife t<
Mrs. Lizzie Hall, 23 acres, 28-H
I. $278.
Waters Fierce Oil (’<> !-■
Fierce Oil Company, lot 7, block
31, Daugherty's Addition, New
port, $1.
Lee Carter and wife to Wit
mans Land Company, 120 acres;
20-12-2, $2000
W. N. Nance and wife to E. El.
Me Fad den, 2 acres 32-10-1, $30.
A. S. Lawrence and wife to L.
). Smith and W. M. Shaver, 330.
98 acres 30, 2,1-13-2, $8000.
W. T. Davenport and wife to
W. M. and Mary E. Shaver, 40
acres 21-13-3, $800.
L. I >. Smith and wife to K. K"
Kimberlin, one-third interest
120 acres 2-12-2, $1.
L. I>. Smith and wife to W. 3>i'
Shaver, one-third interest 12<
acr<s 2-12-2, $1.
Marriage Licenses.
George Roberts, and Rem is
Ross, both of Tuckerman.
Otis Thompson and Jennie
Doyle, both of Newport
Jessie Earls and Maudie kar
ris, buth of Balch.
George Waters and Phillip
Ben gel, both of Newport.
E. A. Davis and Mrs. Mary
Bethel, both of Saffel.
Albert Davis and Mrs. Maude*
Nicholson, both of Newport.
Albert Nichols and Mrs. Laura
Jones, both of Newport.
J. D. Ring and Mrs. Nancy C.
Blackwell, both of Tuckermar?_
Artie Adair and Lillie Combs,
both' of Newark
Mrs. Brown of Memphis, who
has been visiting Mrs- J- V.
Ridley, and other Newport
friends, returned to her home
Thursday.
Mrs. 0- W. Scarborough arriv
ed home last night from a. vim*
near Benton. _
Reductions on All Men’s I
Summer Apparel I
This is the month when most of jour “House Clean- I
ing” is done and hence the month when Valurs are at I
their height. Such merchandise as we offer is seldom 1
buyable for so little. Avail Yourself of the opportunity I
Radical Reductions On I
“CLAPP OXFORDS' “CROWN TROUSERS” I
“REGAL OXFORDS “SUMMER CLOTHING’ 1
“MANHATTAN SHIRTS” I
“FAULTLESS PAJAMAS” ‘ ONYX SILK HOSIERY” I
BergeR’S I
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