M'MMEK I OS.
kht inmates
■ break jaii
I Escape. Having Securer
K,,s to Liberty Through a
V' Negro Trusty.
^Bix negroes and two whitf
■ aj] 0f whom were held foi
I] on the charge of grand lar
■} broke jail Monday night
ten 10 and 12 o’clock anc
■e of them has as yet beer
■tured, though diligent search
I effort has been made by
■riff McCuistion and deputies
■e midnight Monday, when
■escape was made known,
■bile the Jackson county jail
■dmittedly one of the best
■traded in the state, the
■ on the inside, who have no
■gtodo but connive and plan
■their liberty, have always
■ able to break jail. A negro
■ty James Parker was the
■ns by which these jail birds
■red freedom in this last af
■his negro while working in
■lower jail and yard that af
■oon, had, it is believed, stol
■he key to the lock box above
passed it to an inmate above,
turned this lock allowing
cages to be opened. Then
key had been passed back to
ter who placed it in the cus
iry keeping place. The use
he corridors had been given
e inmates on account of the
weather and to enable them
ash and keep their cells
Her Grover Gardner has a
lion on the city police force
his hours were from noon
nidnight. That night Mrs.
Iner locked the prisoners
ned on the first floor, but the
to the cell of this trusty
d not work. Later Parker
ilained of his bed and asked
lission to get a blanket from
second floor- Then it was,
he furnished the prisoners
e with a key that unlocked
unaround and permitted the
)«, which was not heard by
of the other prisoners.
ie prisoners also had out
help :or -he basement doors
only oe unlocked from the
de. This key had been lost
fee ago and was evidently
purpose now dis
d.
PPing out quietly, and dis
ngnoone. the eight men
i their escape, their flight
^ing detected until Officer
ner reported at midnight.
18 Hardin, a negro charged
robbing a white man, re
™ to jai. about 5 a. rn. next
'taf. but claims he was the
to leave and knows nothing
le Ptan> - r whereabouts of
others, sheriff McCuistion
to Riverside on the Rock
^ following a clue but no
!ts oi the .ia.il birds have yet
^•sde. though it is believed
of them will be recap
e two white men to escape
, alter McCormack and
"ward, charged with bur
Dukes Bros.’ store at
tor.
e Scaped negroes are Vic
^enr.v Tucker and Cole
**’ bound over on the charge
Notarizing Newport stores;
er Jones, held for burglariz
lcar an(l stealing a pair of
51 ^°b” Epps, held for rob
°hn Smith a white man:
James Parker> who stok
and a watch from a
Auvergne.
ro ne&ro women confined on
the first floor are still in jail, al
so W. H. Carouthers, Mike Eyer.
. E. M. Hunt. Alex House, Will
I Jones and -Stewart, none of
(whom made any attempt to es
| cape.
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i How the Wager Was Decided.
] Special to Independent.
1 Little Rock, Aug. 5.—In some
communities of the state they
probably know that peace has
been declared and the Civil war
|is over, but in some they are
i still betting on the gubernato
rial election. The office of Gov
ernor Futrell has been called on
to decide a wager made in New
port. One sport wagered an
j other that Stephen Brundidge
| received more votes in the town
of Camden, the home of Judge
George W. Hays, than Judge
Hays received in Searcy, the
Home of Col. Brundidge. In or
der to decide this, the two towns
were written to, and it is discov
ered that Judge Hays received
four votes in Searcy, while Col.
Brundidge received nine in Cam
! den.
In the special election Judge
Hays received 23 votes in Sear
cy.
Notice of Meeting.
Elder J. E. Sherrell of Bald
Knob will begin a meeting at
Hickory Grove Saturday night,
August 9. Everyone invited.
Come and bring your song book
and let all work for the glory of
jGod by seeking the salvation of
| the lost.
\ Respectfully,
Brownlow Taylor, Pastor.
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Assessment Notice.
The assessment of local im
provement No. One—Bridge Im- j
jrovement No. One of the City
of Newport, Arkansas— was
filed in my office on the 14th day
of July, 1913, and the same is
now subject to inspection.
B. J. GRAHAM,
! Clerk of the City of Newport,
j Arkansas.
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| Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
'
18 Reels Per Week.
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1 Extra Good Program Tonight
THE STOLEN BRIDE
Featuring Blanche Sweet in an
'excellent drama, taken amid the
orange groves of California.
(Drama BIOGRAPH)
j BILL’S BIRTHDAY PRESENT
I Bill buys a pair of slippers for
his “gal” but his partner ex
changes them for boots, featur
ing pretty Myrtle Steadman and
Wm. Duncan and his intelligent
dog Maizie, who discovers the
fire.
(Western—SEL1G)
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THE HOUSE IN SUBURBIA
, He tries to win one girl with the
1 help of another. He gives up
the first and marries the second
The picture tells the story. Fea
turing Florence Turner, Leah
Baird. Miss Hayard and Tom
Powers.
(Drama—VTT AGRAPH)
——
The orchestra will give two spe
cial numbers. Selections from
the light opera. “Babes in Toy
land.” and selections from
Chauncey Olcott’s new play,
| “O’Neill of Derry.”
Extra rood—Don't miss it.
.ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS.
HAYS TO TAKE
OATH OF OFFICE
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Wednesday Afternoon and Spe
cial I rains Will He Run to
Capital City.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 5._At 2
o clock Wednesday afternoon
Judge George W. Hays, after re
signing hi.- office as judge of the
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of
Arkansas, will walk from the of
fice of Acting Governor J. M.
itutrell into the reception hall of
j 7 he State C apitol, and there take
the oath as Governor of Arkan
sas. It is probable that Asso
ciate Justice W. F. Kirby will
j administer the oath, as he is a
! close personal friend of the new
governor, and was one of his
warmest supporters in the re
cent campaign.
The campaign will be without
ostentation on the part of the
new governor. He will make no
speech, though it is expected
there will be a large crowd pres
ent, and as these will be enthusi
astic friends of the new execu
tive, it is probable they will
make enough noise for a whnlp
group of governors.
A special train over the Iron
Mountain will bring from El Do
rado and Camden hundreds of
friends of the incoming govern
or. It had beer: arranged to op
erate this train a week ago, but
the failure of a number of coun
ties to make official reports on
the returns of the election, caus
ed the delay. White county fded
its returns with the State Board
of Election Commissioners Mon
day afternoon, and with this
county in, all doubt concerning
the inauguration Wednesday was
removed. There were still two
counties out, Mississippi and
Montgomery, but telephone as
surance was given they would be
in the hands of the state com
missioners not later than Tues
day afternoon When they are
received the State Board will
meet and canvass the returns.
This is but a matter of form and
will last but a few minutes, after
which the new governor can take
office at any time.
Roads Make a Town.
To the Independent.
Referring to the Little Rock
Gazette of the 3d, you will see
that the towns of Batesville, Eu
reka Springs, and Jonesboro,
are determined that they will
have some good roads leading
from the country in to these
towns and each of these towns
has taken it up as a town propo
sition to see that these roads are
built by the town. Why have
these towns taken so much in
terest in roads? Because they
have found out that in order to
make a town prosperous they
must have good roads leading
into the town, the country peo
ple will go to that town to trade
and sell their produce, and if one
town has bad roads and another
town has good roads the people
will go to the town that has the
good road to transact their busi
ness, even if the town with the
good roads is twice as far.
But what has Newport done
I along these lines? Not much
(that would improve conditions
l very much. For an illustration,
jthe Town of Newport has in the
I city treasury about ten thous- i
| and dollars, and Road District
No. 6 had about four thousand
, dollars, and the city council has
! prevailed on the county judge of
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Jackson county to appropriate to
the Town of Newport to tie used
on the streets ?2"74 out of the
funds belonging to Road I >is
trict No. ('». Now-this will leave
about two thousand dollars for
this road district to repair the
roads and put in the necessary
culverts, but it leaves the Town
of Newport, the handsome sum
of about twelve thousand dol
lars to repair a few streets when
in reality the streets are in a
much better condition than the
roads leading into town, so how
can we muster courage to ask a
farmer to come to town and sell
us his produce and buy his goods
from our merchants, and not
even make any pretense to help
build the roads that bring the
farmer to town. It’s like the old
saying: Newport gets every
thing but the farmer is entitled
to nothing. Howr long are these
conditions going to exist? Not
very much longer for the far
mers are not going to stand for
it, for they have already shown
that they would go to other
towns that had better roads for
Arrest of the Suspects.
Jonesboro, August I. — Depu
ty Sheriff Kasley of Walnut
Ridge and other officials passed
through this city last night, hav
ing with them two men Will 1 )ye
and Shirley Hanks, under ar
rest charged with being the
men who recently robbed the
post office at Pocahontas, after
i wards shooting Sheriff Owens of
Walnut Ridge, when he attempt
led to ; ’’rest the fleeing men.
The two men were arrested
yesterday at Trumann by Depu
ty Sheriff Kasley and some de
tective- who have been working
up the case against the parties.
At the time the post office was
robbed and the sheriff shot it
was thought fie would die, but
he has fully recovered. The
prisoners were taken to Poca
hontas and will likely be brought
here for a hearing before IT. S.
Commissioner Markle at an ear
ly date. They will also have to
answer the charge in the State
courts for the assault to kill the
sheriff.
in which tu sleep. The college
dining room will also be used, as
well as tin* gymnasium, swim
ming pool and athletic field
placed at the disposal of the vis
i t mg hoys.
In addition to the regular lec
tures, one nr two Little Rock
business men will address the
boys daily
The ent ire expense for t he
two weeks’ school is being borne
by the fertilizer company, with
t lie exception of railroad fare,
the railroads of the state donat
ing t he l ransportat ion.
On August It! all farm dem
onstration men of the state,
well as every manufacturer :s
Arkansas and adjoining state.-,
will meet with the boys and the
discussion will be along the
lines of stimulating interest in
agricultural pursuits in Arkan
i sas.
The lectures delivered to the
boys will be by government ex
perts, farm demonstration
agents, and members of the fac
ulty of the University of Arkan
sas, as well as the agricultural
colleges of t he state.
i ne arrest was made by W. L
\ sck of Little Rock, a detective
representing the Arkansas
Bankers’ Association, Constable
James Easley and Deputy Sher
iff Will Lemay. The suspects
are now in the county jail in
Walnut Ridge.
Com Club Boys’ Trip.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 4.—The
two weeks school to be given by
the Arkansas Fertilizer Compa
ny to 150 members of the Boy’s
Com Clubs of the state which
will open next Monday, prom
ises to be the biggest event of
this kind ever pulled off in Ar-!
kansas. The boys who will at- i
tend have all been selected by
the special agents of the United
States Department of Agricul
ture.
When arrangements were
first made for this school, it was j
the intention of the company to
secure tents and have the party
camp at Forrest park, but
through the kindness of Bishop
J. B. Morris, the buildings of
the Little Rock College have
been secured. This will give
the boys fire proof dormitories
mere is nemg produce marketed
in Jonesboro and Batesville,
that is justly entitled to come to
Newport, provided the road con
dition was equal and if the Town
of Newport will only make a
very little effort they can boost
our town and hold the trade that
belongs to it. So what do you
say gentlemen? The writer has
about as little to gain in this
road proposition as any man in
the town or county but it is my
home and I feel that I would like
to do something that would
boost my home town and coun
ty and I believe that good roads
will do more in this direction
than any other one thing that
could be done.
Very respectfully,
W. D. McLain.
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Notice to Loafers.
Anyone found loitering in or
around the jail yard without
permission from the sheriff or
the jailer, will be prosecuted to
the full extent of the law for
tresspassing.
J. F. McCuistion, Sheriff
Roberson-Sneed Marriage.
Mr. W. It Roberson and Miss
Ida Sneed of near Elgin were
married Sunday afternoon at the
home of Esquire Smith of Jeffer
son Township beneath a large
hickory free which stands in his
yard. Both are of well known
families and have the good wish
es and congratulations of many
friends.
Second Attempt to Rob Rank.
Walnut Ridge, Aug. 4.—An
other attempt was made to rob
the bank of Portia last night
Entrance was effected through
a window and the building ran
sacked, but no effort was made to
blow the safe. On the night of
July 4 an attempt was made to
blow the vault door open.
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(food Roads Rally.
Conway, Aug. 4.—The good
roads rally held at the court
house tonight was attended by
a crowd estimated at more than
300 persons, most of whom were
farmers.
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