DUEL
Told By
of an old
1 and
the north
passenger
near
the im
H. Ken
of Cotton
of the Re
'ttee and
1 pistol
C. Lynch,
deceased.
60 years
several
and twice
one bullet
the heart, it is
_.V recover.
between the
old standing.
a sister of
. Lillian Spi
this city and
arose over the
the Westmore
the wives of
*£sted.
Kenne
a horse by
a Winchester
proved not
Kennedy was
This trou
employ
-and from
believed
die at
both men
armed,
first move,
from
son and
entered
his
Hoof
of this
the rear
well
a
the car
eye-wit
bullet and was emitting a
stream of water.
There were a good many pr s
sengers in the car most of whom
sought safety behind the seat
with the exception of one large
man whose size did not permit
him and who flattened himself
against the wall and shouted to
the duelists to quit,
i Some had run from the train
and were dropping off the rear
platform. One man is said to
have beaten the train into Cot
ton Plant. After the shooting,
the train was brought to a stop
and'Lynch removed to his home,
the body of Kennedy being
brought to Cotton Plant.
Woman Fell From Train.
• Mrs. Helen Brown, who re
ceived several broken ribs from
being thrown off the rear plat
form and dragged by the train,
: says she remembers being forc
j ed to her knees below the range!
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1
i saved her from being hit. She
1 crawled to the rear door on'
her hands and knees and in the '
excitement was knocked off the!
platform, a part of her apparel j
catching and dragging her a j
short distance.
Mrs. Brown was waited on by
Dr. Willis here, her relatives, Dr.
G. A. Causey and wife, Mr. Mur
phy and sister, Miss Murphy of 1
! Swifton having been notified to
I meet her at Newport.
The train did not reach this
city until about midnight, owing
to a wreck near Tupelo. Mrs.
Brown was removed to the Mc
Lain hotel for the night and had
to be carried on a cot next morn
ing to the Iron Mountain sta
tion from which she was a pas
senger on No. 24 to Swifton.
May Elect John Pipkin.
Prof. Leonard L. Vann, for
the past several years president
of the Fifth District Agricultur
al school at this place, has re
signed to accept the presidency
of the Bibb County High School
located at Centerville.
A president for the school1
here has not as yet been select- j
ed. There are a number of ap
plicants for the place, chief
among them being Prof. John G.
Pipkin at present vice pesident
of the school and a young man
i thoroughly equipped for the po
! sition. Prof. Pipkin has practi
! cally the unanimous support of
I the citizens of Wetumpka and if
he is elected will undoubtedly
have the hearty co-operation of
every citizen of the town in his
efforts to make of the Fifth Dis
trict Agricultural School the
best of its kind in the state.
Prof. Pipkin has the additional
advantage of being thoroughly
familiar with the working of
school by reason of his for
position, and consequently
lose no time in familiar
with the work,
that the Board
the selection within
— Wetump
fur
blocks
OPPOSES PURCHASE
or SECOND EARM
Clay Sloan Says Working Con
victs On Roads Will Take
C are of Pen Problem.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 21.—Should
half the counties of Arkansas
get a good roads movement on
them arid demand the convicts
they have in the state peniten
tiary for road work, the state
would have to go out and hire
free labor to successfully culti
vate the State farm at Cum
mins. This is the statement of ■
Clay Sloan, Commissioner of
Agriculture, who has just re
turned from a visit to the large
state plantation.
Commissioner Sloan will cite
the Penitentiary Board to this
fact when the time comes for ;
the consideration of the resolu
tion providing for the purchase;
of another state farm upon j
which to work the white con-1
victs and take them off the rail
ruaus. me roau anu cne con
vict problems should one solve
the other,'’ stated Commissioner
Sloan when discussing the prop- j
osition recently. “Take the con
victs off the railroads and the j
farm, where they are now prac
tically self-sustaining, and a1
tax must be levied to care for
them. The road tax could all be I
given over to their support, and'
allow them to work the roads in 1
all the counties, and there be no i
change, but that is of course a i
theory which will have to be
tried before it can be definitely
determined. We have now at
the State Farm, sufficient land
to work all the state convicts
when it is drained properly, and j
opened for cultivation.
The clearing and draining j
must go on at the same time in j
order to have the work economi
cally done. Drain and then
clear in the after years and you
lose the season’s work spent in
draining.. At the present rate
the counties are taking their
convicts to work their roads, we
will not have enough men left
• l 1 •! J _ _1. il* ^
in a siiuri wiuic
farm as it is today, so I'cannot
see the use of another farm.
“I have been all over the
State Farm and see it is subject
to drainage. Accomplish this
and there is no reason why it
should not be as healthy as any
upland farm. I was born on a
farm situated just as is the
State Farm, right" on the river
bank, and I have lived for 50
! years on such a farm. I was
j sick but one time in my life, and
; if my family has good health on
! a river farm, I see no reason
why we cannot keep the state
■ convicts in good health on such
|
a farm.”
Large Crowd Hears Brough.
Doctor Charles Hillman
! Brough, the William Jennings
Bryan of the Arkansas Univer
sity, spoke to the usual large
crowd that attends his lectures
on „The Modern Sir Launfall
and the essentials which go to
make him.” Among the essen
tials were open purity, secret
prayer and a good citizen.
Doctor Brough said that a
good Christian was essentially a
good citizen and a good citizen
was a good Christian; further
* more he gave as the reason for
h every tenth marriage resulting
in a divorce was the difference
t in the standards of morality for
man and woman.
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Amusement Field Filled.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, Aug. 21.—Arkan
sas cannot complain of a lack o 1
circuses this fall. Besides the'
tented attractions of one ring:
calibre, Barnum and Bailey,!
Ringling Bros., Hager.back and
Wallace, John Robinson, the 101
Ranch, and several other large:
aggregations of the world’s
greatest, will wander through:
the state, picking up thousand.-!
of hard earned dollars within1
the next two months.
The state is now alive with i
the posters of these great at-!
tractions, and in addition to '
them the Buffalo Bill outfit is
flooding the state with moving ;
picture reels showing that show!
in action. The theatre season;
likewise opened in Little Rock j
Monday, the vaudeville houses i
being the first to open. The j
Kempner and Capital open later.
Tax Increases Tax Dodgers.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 21.—“In
crease a tax levy and you in
crease the number of tax dodg
ers” is a statement recently
made by L. M. Burge, a member
of the State Tax Commission.
This statement was made in a
discussion of some increased le- \
vies recently made. Commis
sioner Burge believes that the
way to get increased revenues is
not by making increased levies,
but by getting all property in
counties upon the tax books.
This, he holds, will create suffi
cient revenue to meet the de
mands of the state, while every
increase drives just that much
property off the books.
Murderer Captured.
Sheriff J. D. Neal left Monday
morning for Argenta to bring
back a negro, who is wanted
here on the charge of murder.
John Williams alias Doughbel
ly, struck another negro named
Rabbit in the lake district in
1910 with an axe, the results
from which Rabbit died.
Williams skipped the country
and was not heard of until cap
tured in Argenta by the police.
Jack Rabbit flour has been
the standard for fifteen years.
We have it.—Bowen’s Cash
Store. 05b30.
To Many In September.
The marriage of MLs Roberta j
Morrison and Waller N. Davi
will take piac; on Wednesday,'
September d, at St. George’.
Chapel, and will be a large aim
fashionable affair. There will
be no reception, the immediate
relatives and the bridal party
only being invited to the wed
ding supper, which will take
place at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Mor
rison, No. 4(118 McPherson ave
nue, following the ceremony at
the church. Miss Nancy Morri-J
son, the bride’s sister, will serve!
as maid of honor and Dwight j
Curry will act as best man for,
the bridegroom. Dr. Floyd
Stewart and Ernest Edwards.'
will be the groomsmen.—St. j
Louis Republic.
Mayor’s Court.
A button cutter named Par
ker, arrested on the charge of!
being drunk, pled guilty and |
was fined $5.
Tlieo McEwin, negro barber,
was fined $2.50 for fighting, j
The fighting in the way of cut-1
-fino- (dieek with a bowl was
done on the person of one Price,,
another negro, who fell asleep
in the rear of McEwin’s barber
shop.
Mag Fields, an ebony hued
woman “guessed” she was guilty
on the charge of disturbing the
peace by “using vulgah lan
gwidge and cuss woids” and re
ceived a fine of $10 with the
costs tacked on.
Biggers Bros. Lose Barn.
Special to the Independent
Little Rock, Aug. 20.—The
big barn of Biggers Bros, about
three miles north of Tuckerman
was burned to the ground Wed
nesday night about 9 o’clock.
The barn was worth about
$500 and contained eight tons of
hay, with only $200 insurance.
The cause is not known, the.
owners managing to save a,
bunch of calves and their bug
gies, but lost considerable har
ness and farm equipment.
Auction.
One celebrated Stewart Piano
at the Palace Jewelry Store Sat
urday at 3 p m., Aug. 26.
19d6t
RESU/iS i n VT REM UN,
Are Appreciated B\ >. :-v. port
People.
Thousands who suffer i'rom
backache and kidney compla nt
have tried one remedy after an
other, finding only temporary
benefit. This is discouraging,
but there is one special kidney
medicine that cures permanent
ly and there is plenty of pro-if
right here in Newport.
Here is the testimony of one
who used Doan’s Kidney Pill '
years ago, and now Dates that
the cure was lasting.
Mrs. (). W. Blackburn, Mal
colm Ave., East Newport, Ark.,
says: 1 1 gladly confirm the tes
timonial which I gave in praise
of Doan’s Kidney Pills some
years ago. The cure this reme
dy made has been permanent,
but I still take a few doses oc
casionally as a kidney tonic. At
one time 1 was greatly annoyed
by a dull pain in the small of my
bad-: and 1 always felt tired and
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my kidneys bothered me and
other symptoms of kidney com
plaint were present. Doan’s
Kidney Fills, which I obtained
at Dutton’s Drug Store, soon
brought about a change for the
better and my experience con
vinced me of their merits.
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s v
and take no other.
Four Months Old Baby.
The infant son of Jack and
Martha Raster of Eight Mile
died August 13, aged four years
and 8 months. The little fellow
was a source of great happiness
to the home from which he has
been taken, and the parents feel
keenly this grief, but are thank
ful for and comforted in the
hope of meeting their beloved
one in a life beyond the grave,
where all is happiness.
Prof. Ernest McKenzie will ar
rive from his home at Darda
nelle Wednesday and will make
preparations to open our pub
lic schools September 4.
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