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HARD CHOStN
arantors to Manage
U For Next
er Course.
[o call for a meeting
ieSs men, who have
a five day chautau
mder the Redpath
igement to be given
is next June in this
er of citizens re
after conference
ohde, representing
System, elected offi
executive board to
laments for the
procuring suitable
looking after the
n tickets. The fol
ehosen: W. D. Mc
Bt; S. R. Phillips,
t; p. H. Van Dyke,
L. Smith, A. T
[, E. Dowell, W. A.
G. Henry and 0.
ith-Vawter chautau
conduct chautau
leading towns and
middle west and
iquas are big year
hese cities, drawing
ftainments the peo
> surrounding terri
JJewport citizens,
uaranteed a season
f $600 expect to
autauqua here an
rill enlist the sup
leople generally and
(rill willingly sub
ckets to these high
foments, that bene
ucationally and are
in particularly to
men and women
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t Opera House. |
er Stock Com- i *
Mable Heath” ./
i house last'.
smpany is a I (
play was well ‘
jacked house, i
,t an “all-star” j'
d with a three I
any, but we !.
! said of the
1 the parts in
l last night. |
s were fair,;
onologue and j
tzler in a song
particular men-!
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fhe Democratic j
ttee of Jack
ty, Ark.
February 7th,,
he City Hall in
sas, each corn
guested to be
ieting of the I
Central Com- j
lish the names
rks to be select
ie Primary elec
arch 25th, 1914,
all other busi
jKally come be
lr hands on this,
January, 1914.
ance, Chairman,
> Secretary,
tral Committee.
Ranks.
2e—Arthur L.
:he best amateur
s section of the
)wi*h the Hous
® Texas League
'eport at Houston
Oaks On Campus Dying.
1 Fayetteville, Jan. 26.—For
mer students of the University of
Arkansas who stood on the uni
versity campus will regret to
hear that half of the trees have
died out and that the remaining
trees are fast being cut down.
In the last month two large oaks
which stood at the entrance of
University hall since it was
erected in 1871 have been cut
down and several more trees are
rotting slowly.
The faculty of the forestry
department of the university
has tried numerous remedies,
but none seems to check the dis
ease. The trees start dying at
the tips of the limbs and gradu
ally rot downward until the
trunk of the tree is affected.
A somewhat similar disease '
destroyed the famous Harvard
elnts. Tree experts who at
tempted to save them declared
that it was not a new tree dis
ease which destroyed the elms,,
but that the trees were unable
to stand civilization.
Whether this is the cause of
the dying out of the oak trees at j
the University of Arkansas, is j
not known, but it is certain that I
if more trees are not replanted =
Arkansas wil soon lose her re
putation of having one of the
most beautiful university cam- i
puses in the United States.
Cannot Ship Game From State.1
Little Rock, Jan. 27.—In an
opinion written to E. V. Visart,
United States Game Inspector
for Arkansas, Attorney General
W. L. Moose has put a stop to
| the shipment of game out of
Arkansas. Judge Moose has de
1 dared that special act No- 397
repealing certain acts affecting
specineci townsnips in ivussissip- i
pi county, is void, in that it at
tempts to discriminate in favor
of residents of certain sections ,
against other sections.
Act No. 397 approved June 1,!
1909, allows the shipment of
game from Big Lake, Hector and
Bowen townships in Mississippi
county.
This Attorney General Moose
declares, is in conflict with cer-;
tain sections of act 31 of the acts
of 1905 which prohibit the ship
ping of game from the state, al
so the sale of certain kinds of
game.
Under this special act of 1909 j
a “loophole” has been left in
the state through which all!
shipments of game could be
passed, according to local sports
men. Sportsmen further de
! dare that when any person in i
• another section of the state de- j
! sired to ship game from the j
| state, it was only necessary to j
I ship this game to friends in
i these "preferred” townships in
j Mississippi county, from where
1 it could be shipped to any point
out of the state. This right has
rendered useless the law which
previously had declared game
j could not be shipped from the
state, sportsmen Say. They fur
ther say that Mr. Moose’s opin
ion will “stop this hole through
which the effectiveness of the
game law has been leaking.
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Notice.
The public is hereby given no
tice that the Southwest Quarter
! of the Northeast Quarter of Sec
• ;tion 11, Township 11 N- Range
• 13 West, East of C., R. I. V2 Pac
! ;Ry., is posted and trespassers
• will be prosecuted.
5 Newport Land & Improve
1 ment. Co.
48d6. By C. R. Hite, Agent.
SPIRITUALIST
MUST SERVE
Term In Penitentiary Because
He Arranged Suicide Pact.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 27—J. D.
Farrell, the blind spirit-medium
formerly of Lee county, must
serve his sentence of five years
in the Arkansas penitentiary
for having been instrumental in
procuring the death of Rhoda
Carter and Mrs. M. C. Turner at
their home in Glenwood, Pike
county, September 18, 1913,
through a suicide pact, and the
attempted suicide of Thomas L
Turner, who is now in the state
insane asylum.
It is one of the most noted
criminal cases of the state in re
cent years. The two women
■were found dead and the man
almost dead in their home, and
near them was found the fol- j
lowing note:
“To whom it may concern: j
Ask no questions. The bottle |
on the dresser will tell how it all!
happened. We are simply tired ,
and our wish is that all may go
together. We have wound our'
affairs up and disposed of all of
our effects, except a few dol
lars which will be found about
the dresser that will give us all
a cheap burial. You will find
us dressed as we wish for the j
occasion- With malice toward J
none, and good wishes for all, i
we bid you goodbye.
Thomas L. Turner,
M. C. Turner,
Rhoda Carter
Previous to the suicide, the
Turners had deeded to Farrell
their real estate, valued at $3,
)(JU. rarreii nau preienuea 10 |
•eceive messages from the spirit ,
A’orld asking the Turners “to !
;ome over,” one witness testi- j
'ying that Farrell told him he j
lid not believe in spiritualism,
jut it was policy for him to pre
Lend to believe in it.
“Through Farrell, acting as a!
medium,” says the court, “it
was shown that the deceased
son of Rhoda Carter had advis
ed them to come over to the oth
er side. The jury might have
inferred that the defendant was
tlx one who acted as the medi
um in giving this advice to Rho
da Carter and the Turners and
therefore the person who gave
the advice.”
The theories of spiritualism j
ere therefore not sustained by
the decision of the court.
—
Marries Three Couples.
Rev. Brownlow Taylor offi
ciated Sunday at the marriage
of P. A. Hall and Miss Lacy
Ray, 6 miles west of Weldon and
upon the sarnie day married Mr.
Jesse Boyette and Miss Mabel
Nobel of the Weldon community.
Monday, Mr. Taylor, was the
officiating minister at the court
house in Newport for the mar
riage of James Miller of Shoff
ner to Miss Eunice Scoggins of
Auvergne.
Light Court Docket.
Walnut Ridge ,Jan. 26.—Cir
cuit court for the Western Dis
trict adjourned Saturday at
Powhattan. The court and
grand jury held six days, the pe
tit pury only three das. There
were only two jury trials. There
were 15 pleas of guilty. The
grand jury returned 17 indict
| ments. This is the lightest
term held in Lawrence county m
many years; ;
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Hammett's Body Returned
Wynne, Jan. 26.—Positive i
dentification of the body of A.
H. Hammett, who committed su
icide in San Francisco, January
17, under the name of A. B.
Wood, was made here today by
friends and relatives upon the
arrival of the body.
The body was taken to an un
dertaking establishment upon its
arrival at 2 o'clock this after
noon, where a post mortem ex
amination was made by Doctors
J. L. Hare and R. Longest to
satisfy the family as to whether
he had killed himself or had
been murdered- It was found
that only one gunshot wound
had been inflicted. This was
near the heart. Powder burns j
surrounding the wounds con
vinced the physicians that Ham
mett committed suicide.
Funeral services were con
ducted at the home of A. G. Ford
who is a son-in-law, by the Rev.
Mr. Henderson. Burial was in
Cogbill cemetery. Several hun
dred old friends from this and
and joining counties attendedthe
funeral, with the members of
the local lodge of Knights of
Pythias. The body was accom
panied from San Francisco by
Lieutenant Jones of the United
States army, who represented
the San Francisco lodge- The
body of the woman, Mrs. Sallie
Shoemake, was buried in San
Francisco.
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Is This The Single Standard?
Is the long dreamed of “single
standard’’ of morality as ap
plied to the sexes only a dream?
Are we to find that whenever
woman does not get the worst
of it man is to get decidedly the
best of it ?
a case in isergen coumv, i\. _
C. »/ 7 j 1
I., is interesting. j*
A broker accused of betraying
L
iis friend’s wife was arrested,
with the woman in the case, and
aoth were indicted. When the
:ime came for trial, however,
:,he “outraged” husband had
forgiven his spouse for whatev
er indiscretions she may have
committed, and refused to pros
ecute. He still demanded the
prosecution of his former friend,
however, and that former friend
was found guilty and sent to
prison for a period of eighteen
months.
“Jersey justice” which is pro
verbially stern, thus sets an
other precedent. What is crim
inal in man is only weak in wom
an. The male party to a liason
is worthy of the stripes and of
bonds; the female is to be for
given and re-established in the
home she is alleged to have dis
honored.
The “single standard” is con
served here in a way, but is it
the sort of single standard ad
vanced thinkers have in mind?
Are we never to see the day
when a man and a guilty woman
are to be held equally guilty ?—
Memphis News-Scimitar.
Annual Stockholders’ Meeting.
The annual meeting of the
| stockholders of the Bank of
Tuckerman will be held in the
! directors’ room of the bank
i building at Tuckerman, Arkan
sas, Monday, February 24,
1914, for the election of directors
for the coming year, and the
(transaction of such other busi
ness as may come before the
meeting.
J. W. Lindley, President.
E. V. Holt, Cashier,
i Tuckerman, Ark., Jan. 26, 1914.
Id4w.
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The Wets Will Probably Win.
Hot Springs, Jan. 2<>.— That
the petition for licensed saloons
will be granted by County Judge
Mooney tomorrow morning was
made evident from the state
ment he made when he adjourn- j
ed court tonight. All the evi
dence was presented and the pro
hibitionists rested their case.
Judge Mooney’s attention was
called to the 524 undelivered
letters offered in evidence sev
eral days ago. These had been
mailed to those whose names ap
peared on the petition and re-j
turned to headquarters of the j
Temperance League because the
mail carriers could not find the
persons to whom the letters
had been addressed. It was
then that Judge Mooney made
the statement that has in
creased the hopes of the saloon
men.
“If everyone of t^hose leters
represented an illegal signer on
the petition,” he told attorneys
for the prohibitionists, “you
still would not have enough
names.”
This practically means that
the judge believes the prohibi
tionists have not been able to re
move sufficient names from the
petition to defeat the liquor in
terests. The fight against the
saloons will not stop here, how
ever. It is more than probable
that an appeal immediately will
be taken to Circuit Court. Be
sides there is a separate remon
strance against every applicant
for a saloon license. Attorneys
for prohibitionists have asked
permission of Judge Mooney to
be heard in opposition to every
applicant. At tonight’s session
of court attorneys for the pro
hibitionists presented witnesses
who testified concerning the in
crease in the census, basing
their remarks on the increased
school enumeration, as well as
on the increase in the popula
tion. The testimony was not
expert and was based merely dn
the individual opinion of the
wit nesses.
Candidate For Second Term.
Joe Thompson, road overseer
of Jefferson township, has an
nounced his candidacy for a sec
ond term, subject to the ac
tion of the party primary. Ms.
Thompson, so far as we know,
has made a capable and satis
factory official and asks a sec
ond term as an endorsement of
his record
lie is a successful farmer and
the men who are successful
with their own affairs are as a
rule the best public officials, for
they give to their duties that di
rection and thought, which has
made them successful citizens.
Triple Wedding At Harrisburg.
Harrisburg, January 26.—A
triple wedding took place yester
day afternoon at the home of
John F. Houston, ten miles north
of here, when Thomas Houston
and Miss Mattie Teague, Wil
liamt Henry and Miss Emma
Houston, and Ralph Bray and
Miss Marie Chamness were mar
ried. All live in Greenfield
township. Thomas Houston and
Mrs. William Henry (Miss Em
ma Houston) are the son and
daughter of John F. Houston
After the ceremony supper was
served to the large crowd that
attended.____
uSiiiSiTS^
I These Trouser Values 1
Are Extraordinary |
It is near the end of the win- jg
ter, and we have more trousers®
§ than we want. jg
| Our spring stock will soon be jg
I in and to clear out winter goods |
I and make room for new arrivals, jg
I we have made these prices. jg
Celebrated Crown Trousers jg
4.00 and 4.50;Values gj
| now.$2.85 K
J 5.00 and 6.00 Values 8
j now.$3.85 p
1 7.00 and 8.00 Values jg
E EVERYPAIR ISABIG.BARQAIN I
5 alterations at cost to customer jjg
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