;he defendant.
uit of John Yelverton
VCloUo
sureties S. W. Harvey and Wal
ter Armstrong, the jury after
being out an hour and a half
brought in a verdict for the de
fendants.
Plaintiff had claimed damag
es for false imprisonment, alleg
ing that he was arrested for
drunkenness by the former mar
shal of Tuckerman, when duly
sober.
Stayton and Stayton were
counsel for plaintiff and Phillips,
Hillhouse and Boyce and Jones
and Campbell were representing
the defendants.
The grand jury made its first
report to court Thursday, re
turning eleven indictments and
adjourned Friday afternoon un
til Monday morning.
Civil' Docket Record. j
White River Grocer Co. versus
R. L. Conditt and Son, continued
on application of plaintiff and
set for second day of next term.
John Kerin and Will Arthurs
versus A. S. Voss, I. N. Murphy
and W. P. Bonly, replevin; con
tinued by consent and set for
second day.
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Hi, \jaiivu
mans versus F. E. Vining, debt;
for plaintiff for $140
default.
Mary Nash et al versus St.
Louis, Iron Mountain and South
ern Railway Company, damages;
judgment by consent for $1500
in favor of the plaintiff.
and Post Pipe Co.
W. J. Noble and George
, debt and attach
; offer by defendant to
udgment for' $685.06.
Horton versus T. P. Um
al, debt; motion to re
to verify com
Iron Mountain and Southern
Railway Company, damages;
continued by consent.
Hezekiah Roseley versus St.
L. I. M. & S. Ry. Co., damages
continued on application of de
fendant.
Criminal Record.
State versus Henry Golden,
ignored by grand jury.
State versus I. P. Hydrick,
murder in first degree; certi
fied copy of indictment served
at 10:25 a. m. Thursday.
St\te versus Dave Brock, pe
tition to amend bill of excep
tions granted.
Help Wanted—One Flirt.
Special to Independent.
Spokane, Wash., Sept. 15.—
Chief Doust of the Spokane po
lice department, is ready and
willing to pay a handsome sala
ry to a young woman with a
pretty face and engaging man
ners to act as official flirt. Es
corts will bfe provided. He also
had a job for a female imperson
ator, with a knock-out punch in
each hand. The purpose of at
taching these new officials to
the department is to discourage
the practice of men accosting
women and girls in the streets.
Numerous complaints have
reached the department during j
the last week that women with
out escorts have been singled
out by curb mashers and invited
to ride in. automobiles. Several
arrests were made and in each
instance it was found that the;
prisoners were recent arrivals
from Eastern cities. Chief
Doust has determined to sup
press this element and to securej
quick action he has decided to,
engage an official flirt to rout
the oglers and smirkers. The
police say that Spokane has been
singularly free from the "genus
masher" until this summer,
when scores flocked in from
Eastern and coast cities.
Bridge Club Organized.
A number of the young mar
ried ladies met at the home of
Mrs. Elbert Watson Thursday
morning and organized a young'
matron’s Bridge club, which will
begin its meetings in October
and is to meet once a week.
Mrs. John W. Stayton was
elected president and the memr
bership will probably be an even
dozen, two of the number yet to
be chosen. The members are
Mesdames Elbert Watson, Jos
eph M. Berger, W. T. Parish,
John W. Stayton, Tom Hutson,
t t 1_ T7 Cf/s
XVCA. ItICV-'1 LI IO l J’-JIl y
phens, Charles E. Carroll, H. 0.
Walker and Sprigg Foushee.
A Mounful Ditty.
The Salem Sun poet depicts
the sad state of affairs in the
following ditty:
Corn’s a mouldin’
Hay’s a rottin’
Rain is ruinin’
All the cotton.
Winter’s near
And it’ll be a snowin’
But the list of candidates
Keeps on growin’.
To Have School Exhibit.
Special to Independent.
‘ Little Rock, Sept. 15.—The
management of the State Fair at
Hot Springs have advised the
department of education that a
space has been allotted for an
educational exhibit, and the of
fer has been accepted by Supt.
Cook. This will be the first
time that the department has
had an exhibit at the fair, ard
it will be made a most interest
ing and representative one.
(
SECURE AID ^
EOR SCHOOLS
Over State By Large Contri
butions From Citi
zens.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 15. —
“Thousands of dollars has been
contributed by citizens and oth
ers during the last few. months
to bring public schools over the
state up to the requirements for
state aid,” said Prof. B. W. Tor
reyson, Supt. of Secondary Edu
cation. “Among the places that
have shown this degree of pub
lic pride in their schools are De
light, Ozark, Piggott and
Charleston. In other places,
such as Mountain View, valuable
property has been donated to
the schools.
The department is anxious to
secure a complete list of these
donations for tabulation and
publication, and asks the secre
taries of all Boards that have re
ceived such aid to report at
their earliest convenience. We
should also like to have a report
on new buildings erected during
the last six months.”
New Record In Land Values.
A new record price for Inde
pendence county land was estab
lished a few days ago when four
tracts of land near Newark sold
for §85 and $90 per acre, re
spectively.
/-i i* r ti t 1 1 T -4 r” a
v>. ivi. rjuwarus puicn&seu lizj
acres, for which he paid $15,215,
or $85 per acre. The transac
tion included 120 acres owned by
Dr. V. L. Pascoe; 40 acres own
ed by J. P. Magness and 19 acres
owned by R. T. Magness.
The land lies in a solid block
and is situated about a mile
south of Newark in the famous
Big Bottom, itfhich is noted for
its great yields of corn, cotton
and alfalfa.
Since the above mentioned
deal was consumated, Dr. A. A.
Evans purchased 63 acres from
W. R. Williamson, for which he
paid Mr. Williamson $90 per
acre.
This is the highest price ever
paid for land in this section of
the county and establishes a new
high record for land values.
The highest price ever paid for
land here previous to these deals
was $73 per acre. — Newark
Journal.
Names Committee to Help.
Special to Inaepenaeiu.
Little Rock, Sept. 15. — The
governor, who was named as the
chairman of the Arkansas Com
mittee for the erection of a mon
ument to the late Dr. S. A.
Knapp, one of the men most
prominent in the federa' devel
opment of agricultural interests
j in the South, has named the fol
lowing additional committeemen
i to act with him: John C. Small,
editor of the Arkansas Home
; stead; George A. Cole, of Fay
etteville, president of the Far
mers’ Union: Clay Sloan, Com
missioner of Agriculture; F.
W. Broadnex of Van Duzer, re
presenting the Farmers’ Union.
It is the purpose of the national
committee to erect a monument
in Washington with replicas in
each Southern state.
Choir Practice.
The choir of St. Paul’s church
will meet tonight at 7:30 for
practice. Members of the choir
are requested to meet at the
church at above named hour.
Manager R. G. Parvin has
booked a number of attractions
for the Newport theatre this
season, many of which are high
class plays and the management
deserves the appreciation of the
atre-going public for the effort
put forth to give them good at
tractions.
The first of the number will
be in October when the “Million
aire Tramp” will be seen.
Following is a partial list of
attractions booked:
| Millionaire Tramp,
i Night Riders,
j Jolly John Larkins. ’
Third Degree.
Smart Set.
Coburn’s Minstrels,
j Girl and the Tramp.
When a Woman Wills.
| The Aviator.
The Thief.
j Lion and the Mouse.
The Rosary.
Bachelor’s Honeymoon.
Peck’s Bad Boy.
Beverly.
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—
SEED SELECTION
j VERY IMPORTANT
How to Pick Seed That * Will
Bring Most Profitable
Returns Next Year.
The Sins of the Father are
visited upon the children even
unto the third and fourth gen
eration.” This is especially ap
! plicable in the case of cotton and
i corn. Get your cotton seed from
i ITip Ipnvinox at the cin and scoot)
your corn seed from the leavings
in the crib, and the Biblical ad
age will most certainly be ful
filled. For the amount of time
and labor involved, seed selec
tion is the most profitable of
the farmer’s work.
The question of cotton seed
selection is very important just
now because of the boll-weevil.
The cotton belt will suffer very
materially unless earlier and
better cotton and hardier varie
ties of cotton are quickly devel
oped.
An early fruiting and early
maturing variety should be se
lected. The plant should not
have too large leaves, should be
sturdy and stocky built. It
should be vigorous and have
plenty of fruit limbs on the low
; er half. The joints of the fruit
' i:_u,. +V10 o+ollr cVirmlrl bp
j Ulli VJ- *-■**'- ---
: short. The bolls should be large
and storm resisting and the lint
should represent at least 33 1-3
per cent of the cotton.
After the stalks have been se
lected, then during picking time
be careful to select seed cotton
from these stalks.- The choicest
bolls from near the middle of
the stalk should be selected. Do
not select from the top as 1 he
bolls there tend to mature late
Do not select from near the
ground.since those bolls absorb
too much moisture and conse
quently do not have quite as
much vitality and germinating
power.
j After you have picked your
seed cotton put it in a dry place.
By payment of a small sum in
addition to the regular ginning
price special attention in ginning
your seed cotton may be secured.
Do not forget the corn seed
selection. From the best stalks
select the best ears. Put these
away by themselves in some
dry place.
Lewis E. Hutchins,
Deputy Commissioner of Agri
culture.
J
; $1,7000,000,000
IN ARKANSAS
Is Preliminary Total Placed By
Census Upon Prop
erty.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 15.—Pre
liminary figures from the U. S.
Census Bureau show that the to
| tal amount of property found in!
| the state of Arkansas is $1,700,
i 000,000, of a character subject
to taxation. When it is taken in
i to consideration that the aggre- j
; gate assessment of property as
! shown by the assessors’ reports;
! compiled by the state auditor j
| was only $38,000,000 for last j
year, the question very naturally
: arises, “Where is- the eiscrep
| ancy?”
j
Compton Wins a Point.
Special to Independent,
j Little Rock, Sept. 15.—For-1
; mer County Judge W. A. Comp-i
I ton, of Pulaski county, who has j
: been a resident of Marianna,
! Lee county, for the last* ten
j years, has won an important
! point in the appeal of a felony
! case to the supreme court. He
j was convicted last spring of
having embezzled $100 of school
funds as a member of the Mari
anna school board, and after a
j hard-fought trial and one mis
| trial, was sentenced to one year
in the penitentiary.
An appeal was taken to the
supreme court. .Now comes the
attorney general and confesses
error, admitting that the indict
__ .1 ..J* ±.1 11
I liiClit io iClLClIIJ iii IttU
I ing to mention that the alleged
' offense was against the peace
I and dignity of the state, and
that it does not allege facts suf
ficient to give the court jurisdic
tion. These conditions being
true, the attorney general asks
that the case be reversed and
the indictment quashed. The
friends of Judge Compton, who
is a son of a former associate
justice of the supreme court,
have all the time contended that
the alleged offense was largely
technical in error.
“The Governor’s Pardon.”
The management of the New
port theatre have secured the
Whittaker Stock Company for a
week’s engagement, commenc
ing Monday night, Sept. 18th.
This company comes to Newport
with the highest recommenda
tion possible, comments from
previous engagements being
most flattering. The plays they
are presenting are entirely new
and guaranteed to be pleasing.
Pav tViPi'r initial nerformance
’they will present “The Govern
or’s Pardon,” a rural comedy
drama of unusual merit. Com
edy is the prevailing ingredient
which goes to make up this play.
' Vaudeville acts will be presented
! between each act.
! Prices for this engagement
! will be 25, 35 and 50 cents.
; 42d2t
Premiums Awarded. ....
September 14th having closed
the time of my contest, the fol
lowing awards are made as ad
vertised: Will Snetzer, first,
double diamond harrow; Mor
gan Coe, second, shoeing span of
horses; Judge M. M. Stuckey,
third, wagon doubletree and sin
gletree. Same will be given up
on application.
42d2 J- A. Malin.
Allie Huddleston and little
son came up today from Brink
ley to visit his mother.
_
“KNOX”
“STETSON
“VON
A style to pie
fancy, oi a
suit your- >uil<k
color to match .»our de
sires, at a price you
want to pay, is
awaiting your
tion.
Hats are a great hobby
oi ours, and this season
we have outdone all si
previous efforts. The H
styles and qualities we 5
show are finer than ^
ever.
Ive wont let in '1 * fjj
ccoming hat here.
>’ gf i a hat here jjyj gg
h;J v- ■!! be a walking -'W; "'S
d. io:‘ r:;.- -tore if wej|9| uj
el! it to you. .
RIGHT NOW NLli
is the time to
come and iff jjjjl
Are you coming Iraflll
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