fcisiES
I COMMITMENTS
H. In Blind Tiger Cases In
Bhich Forfeitures Were
H| Taken.
H Jackson circuit court act
HLn request of the prose
Battorney has issued com
Bnts to jail of the defend
HjD blind tiger cases, where
Kions were secured last
Kefore juries and in which
Hures on their bonds were
Hd Monday.
■e defendants are Sam Gist,
■cted in three cases and;
■ $100, $300 and $400 in
■a 30 day jail sentence add
I the last. {
Eel Best, fined $200, $200 |
Eoo with a 15 day sentence
E case and 30 days in an
Hi
I p. Sanderson, $100 and
I These commitments are
listed to the sheriff for the
:tion of the above fines and
i and the carrying out of
jail sentences.
le court also appointed
t commissioners of ac
ts, 0. D. Watson, W. W.
on and W. N. Nance, to au
he books and accounts of
county after the July settle
I' |Bie Pete Williamson case was
Bheard, being continued over
Bl the Fall term of court.
Bfter hearing testimony in
9Overcup Slough Drainage
Brict case, Stuckey & Stuck
B^ere allowed $250 as attor
1 sH5’ ^ees ^or serv^ces the or
1 iBkation °t the district.
iBighest Record of School.
^Superintendent Ernest Mc
P»zie after making up the fi
jjB reports for the past school.
states that the highest re- j
in scholarship of the entire ■
IBool was achieved by two lit
U misses of the Third Grade,
PBette Henry and Elizabeth
«gg tying with an average of
^■in their studies, though the
|Bmer has a perfect attendance
ijBord, having been neither ab
»t nor tardy during the whole
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; ■ For Sale.
[■2-carat Diamond stud for
[■75cash; cost $350. Address
■x 331, Newport. Ark. 43d3
■Woving Pictures |
fttheOpera House
I_18 Reels Per Week.
■®D SWEENEY'S MISTAKE,
■arlyle Blackwell” plays the
in this picture with Marion 1
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■ marriage of conven
I 1ENCE.
■°n»dy drama—“Edith Storey” j
ffjj “James Morrison”—Com
■”kd to marry a dope is not a
Pery haPPy lot. He dies and she
Parries the man she loves.
I (VITAGRAPH.)
I A CRY FOR HELP.
P ePlsode in the career of a
|0unS Physician.
I (BIOGRAPH.)
reMwill not have “G. M. Ander
j°n tonight.
r1.^ t)y the Orchestra.
jADMlSSlON 5 and 10 Cents.
Medicos In Convention.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 21.—The
37th annual meeting of the Ark
ansas Medical Society is in ses
sion here with an attendance of
several physicians from ail parts
of the state. The House of Del
egates met Tuesday, and the
main body met at 9 a. m. today,
with a welcome address by
Mayor Charles E. Taylor, and a
response on behalf of the Asso
ciation by Harry Thibault of
Scott’s. The annual address of
President G. A. Hobert of Hot
Springs was delivered, and then
sectional programs were taken
up for the discussion of techni
cal subjects.
The sections which met today
are those on Diseases of Chil
dren, Pathology and Bacterology
and Dormatology andSyphilogy.
The convention will last for
three days, concluding Friday
night with a banquet.
School Superintendencv Wins.
Batesville, May 20.—At the
school election held here Satur
day, the 7-mill tax for the Bates
ville school district was voted
by an almost unanimous vote.
Just a little more than 100
votes were polled out of a nor
mal votiner strength of mnrp
than 750.
Judge S. A. Hail and I. N.
Barnett were re-elected as di
rectors of the district by a un
animous vote.
The proposition to elect a
county superintendent lost in
this district, but carried in the
county by more than 100 votes.
This county will hereafter be
amlong the counties which will
elect a county superintendent.
The 7-mill tax is 2 mills larger
than any school tax ever voted
by Batesville before, and more
than would be needed for the
ordinary conduct of the schools,
but 2 mills of this tax will be
used for a building fund.
Mrs. Amanda Laird Underwood.
The sad news Reached this
city Wednesday morning of the
death of Mrs. Alvin D. Under
wood, who pased away this
morning at 9:35 at the Baptist
Sanitarium at Memphis.
She had been carried there
one week ago for an operation,
which proved fatal.
The remains will be carried to
Atlanta, Georgia, Mr. Under
wood’s old home for burial.
Tis sad news came as a shock
to the large circle of friends and
relatives in this city, where the
deceased was raised, having
made her home with her uncle
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Laird. She was a most excellent
young woman, whose death has
cast a gloorrf over her friends
who extend the deepest sympa
thy to the bereft husband and
little two year old daughter.
Kirkland Has Not Assessed.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 21.—The
continued silence of Dr. J. H.
Kirkland of Vanderbilt, as to
his acceptance of the presidency
of Arkansas University is begin
ning to worry the members ot
the Board. When elected, the
Board had every reason to be
lieve that he would accept, as
satisfactory financial arrange
ments had been made. But
more than a month has elapsed
and he is still holding the mat
ter in abeyance, and the Board
can do nothing until he gives
his answer.
WILL WIPE OUT
| STATE’S DEEIClT
Increased Assessment Will Soon 1
; Place State I’pon Sound Fi
nancial Basis.
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 21.—Tax ;
: Commissioner David A. Gates
I is optimistic toward the future
j finances of the state. He be-j
iieves that the increased reven-1
: ues to be derived from increas-!
i ed assessments and other sour
ces, will not only take care of
j the increased demands made up
, on the state, but will wipe out
the deficit in a few years, and
put the state once more upon a
sound basis the year round.
, He calls attention to the fact
j that in twelve years the assess
ments of the state have in
creased from $225,267,681 to
$427,468,099. The increase in
four years has been $47,000,000.
He estimates that the revenues
derived from the increased as
sessments, from the insurance
taxes, and from the franchise
tax for the year ending July
10, 1914, will aggregate about
$366,000 in excess of the amount
of taxes collected this year. The
present deficit is about $600,
000.
Newton Accepts His Charge.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 21.—Hon. C.
P. Newton, the newly elected su
perintendent of the Confederate
Home, is in charge of the insti
tution. No further steps have
been taken by anyone to test the
validity of his holding the posi
tion, on account of his being a
member of the Legislature at
the time of his appointment. He
says :
“I have all along been con
vinced of the correctness of my
position. I have merely per
mitted a few political knockers
to find out at some expense what
I had known all along.
“I am informed that I am the
youngest superintendent of a
Confederate Home in the South.
I know it is a hard job. I did
not enter it in total ignorance of
the nature of its problems. I am
thus far pleased. I believe I will
make good. I couldn’t do much
worse than some of my prede
cessors have done as superin
tendents. My determination is
j to succeed. The State Board of
[Charities is composed of fine
!men, all good friends ot mine.
! Mr. Newton says that he is
'trying to sell his paper, the En
i gland Courier, and adds: “I am
! determined not to let some un
desirable citizen take charge of
it. I would rather run a coun
I try paper than do anything I
ever did, except for the fact that
it is not a healthful vocation for
me. The work I have recently
taken up may be taxing but it is
widely varied in its nature, with
great opportunity for unselfish
and humanitarian service to a
class of people who merit even’
kindness in the world.”
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For Sale.
Steamer Columbia and Barge.
Both newly overhauled and in
perfect repair. Passed govern
ment inspection and ready for
immediate use. Now at Corn
ing, Arkansas. Must be sold
at once—a bargain for cash.
Western Tie and Timber Co.,
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< i\ic Improvement League.
At the meeting of the Civic
League Wednesday afternoon,
greater sanitation for Newport
was again discussed. There is
imperative need for every pre
caution being taken to prevent
the spread of typhoid fever
germs. The League recom
mends that immediate atten
tion be given to the cleaning of j
all open ditches, and that all
citizens keep up a constant war
fare against conditions that in ;
any wise tend toward the spread i
of disease.
The fly being an active agent
in the carrying of gerrnx, an ef
fort to exterminate this pest
should constantly engage the at- j
tention of every body.
Again, let us take note of the j
fact that the time for the dis-;
figuring of our town by the’
growth of unsightly weeds has |
come. The question now is, will J
the property owners and the oth-1
er people who could assist in de
stroying the weeds,let them take
their owm course, or will they
get busy, and by the exercise of
a little energy and determina
tion keep the weeds cut?
Some one has remarked good
naturedly this spring that
“Newport has gone flower mad.”
Tho PTP7P -for hpnufi-fiil Hnacnmo
is a very good “fad” to adopt.
We hope to see carefully mown
grass, or gayly blooming plants
everywhere taking the place of
the present mad riot of unsight
ly weeds.
Marked Money Held Suspect.
Little Rock, May 20.—When
public officials of Kensett, White
county, on April 26 learned that
a stranger of suspicious appear
ance had been seen in town,
they took the precaution to
mark pieces of money which
they locked up in their safes.
That night the postoffice was
broken into and robbed. A half
dollar which Postmaster Plack
ard says his daughter marked
and which Sheriff L. J. Steward
of White county says he found
in the pocket of C. S. Carter is
the strongest piece of evidence
against Carter, whom Deputy
United States Commissioner W.
S. Allen yesterday bound over to
await the action of the United
States grand jury.
At Carter’s preliminary exam -
ination yesterday afternoon,
Postmaster Plackard told of the
robbery of the Kensett postof
fice and of the new Sherlock
Holmes device*to which he and
other public officials of Kensett
resorted alter xney nau wni
told of the appearance of the
suspicious stranger. He said
that 12 or 13 pieces of silver had
thus been marked and locked up
in safes in variousplaces in Ken
sett. Officers produced the sil
ver half-dollar which Sheriff
Steward has testified he found
in Carter’s pockets when he ar
rested the nlan in Searcy a few
days after the robbery. Post
master Plackard declared it was
one of the coins his daughter
had marked and left in the post
office safe before she locked it
up the night preceeding the rob
bery.
Other witnesses, including
Postoffice Inspector W. A. Bah
ler of Newport, told of Carter s
movements on the night the
postoffice was robbed. The
prisoner was identified by em
ployes of both the Missouri and
I North Arkansas and of the Iron
Mountain railroads as having
'traveled on their trains on the
1 night of the robbery. The rail
roads cross at Kensett. A Mis-i
souri and North Arkansas rail
road man declared that Carter
had ridden from Cotton Plant in
Woodruff' county to Kensett on
the day preceeding the robbery.
An Iron Mountain employe iden
tified Carter as a man who had
ridden from Kensett to Argenta
on the morning of the robbery.
He said Carter boarded the train
at Kensett a few hours after
the postoffice robbery.
» j
Carter’s attorneys produced
numerous letters written by res
idents of Helena, in which they
wrote of Carter’s having been in
Helena on April 26 and before
and after that date.
Commissioner Allen fixed Car
ter’s bond at $2,500, in default
of which the prisoner was taken 1
to the Pulaski county jail.
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Roads Meeting Tonight.
Every citizen of Newport in-;
terested in better roads for ^
Jackson county is invited to
meet at the city hall at 8 o’clock
this evening, for the purpose of
making arrangements for the
good-roads convention to be held
in this city Saturday, May 31.
This is not a meeting to raise
money, for the money has al
ready been raised, being $100 to
pay for the address and demon
stration work of D. Ward King, j
But a program for the event j
must be mapped out, a portion .
of roadway chosen for the dem
onstration work and other ar
| rangements made. We want i
| you in the line-up for good j
| roads.
v
Coe* Ha 11 Wedding.
Mr. Charles K. Coe, the oldest,
son of our popular county judge*
and Miss Emma Hall of Salem, a.
niece of Hon. J. B. Baker of
Melbourne were married last
Wednesday, May 11, at the
home of the bride by the Metho
dist pastor of that town.
The newly wed have gone ton
housekeeping in Tuckerman, the.
groom having recently been
elected first assistant principal
of the Tuckerman High School
for the coming year. Mr. Coe
taught school the past year at
Auvergne and is well known ov
er the county.
He is a splendid young man of
pleasing address and high char
acter and the Independent joins,
with many other friends in con
gratulations and best wishes for
their long, happy and prosper
ous wedded union.
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Buy 1300 Bales of Cotton.
The last large amount of cot
ton held by any of our mer
chants and ginners was sold
Wednesday when Lesser-Gold
man Cotton Company of this
city purchased 1300 bales from
Graham Bros, of Tuckerman.
The price paid has not been giv
en out by the purchasers, but
was in the neighborhood of $75,
000. This cotton is now stored
at the upper compress in this
city.
For Sale.
Several thousand bushels of
corn and large quantity of timo
thy and alfalfa hay at Kinmair
farm. For information inquire
at T. D. Kinman’s or Arkansas
Bank & Trust Co. 32btf
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