Ittonis
I ONLY SURETY
I, H s in Dealing With Sou
WL States Cotton Corpora
J tion, Says Moose.
■ial Independent.
■eRock, Aug. 11 -ihiougn
■official opinion rendered by
■ev General W. L. Moose
■rdav afternoon, at the re
■tof H S. Mobley, the presi
■ of the Arkansas Farmers’
■jon the man who sells his
■onto the Southern States
■ton Corporation, with the
■ of getting 15 cents ped
■nd for it, does so at his own
■fie Southern Cotton Corpora
■ has been doing business in
■ansas for some months, a
■ing to pay 15 cents per lb.
■otton, delivering scrip a
■nst the weight of the cotton
Cored to the company, to be
■med, with interest, -when
■ cotton is sold. One form of
■tract calls for a part pay
■n;. at market price for the
■ton, the balance being issued
■scrip to be taken up when the
■ton passes from his control,
L has nothing to fall back up
■ but his contract. He points
Hi If /wvf-f/vn ic not cinlH
II at 1JL V.I1V/ vvvv^— - /
rmer cannot expect to re
anything.
is been stated that the con
ould be prevented from do
lsiness in Arkansas under
lue Sky law, but Attorney
al Moose says this law has
ig to do with the company,
lue Sky law pertains only
estments and the sale of
. The state is without au
f to prevent the company
loing business in the state.
Assessment Netice.
assessment of local im
aent No. One—Bridge Im
lent No. One of the City
jwport, Arkansas— was
my office on the 14th day
f, 1913, and the same is
ibiect to inspection.
B. J. GRAHAM,
of the City of Newport,
Arkansas.
■loving Pictures
■theOpera House
■ 18 Reels Per Week.
■ under the make-up
■ jealous actor tries to kill his
■e on the .stage. The audience
■^ it a part of the play. Fea
■ing Florence Turner, Tom
■*ers and Rosenary Theby. A
I VITAGRAPH.
■ FOUND OUT
■ good comedy, featuring Al
V1 ike and Eleanor Blanshard.
■ essanay.
■*E L0VE THAT TURNED1
■ Mexican girl nurses a wound
i American back to health and
to love him, later her love
■®s to hate. She informs the
■eminent of his whereabouts.
■/* an exciting chase he es
y68 across the border. A thrill
f Picture.
I PATHE.
■^a Good Pictures and Good
■ usic By The Orchestra.
I ADMISSION 5c and 10c
| Campaign Against Malaria.
Camden, Aug. 9.—Dr. R. H.
Von Ezdorf of the United States
i Public Health Service, has been
here for several days making
plans for a malaria survey of
this section of the state. Dr.
j Von Ezdorf agrees with Dr. Mor
jgan Smith, president of the
■ State Board of Health, that the
proper time to make the sur
vey will be during September.
! The work will be started Septem
i ber 1.
! Blood examinations of patients
' suffering with malaria will be
made, as well as examinations of
the various mosquitos found in
this section of the state. Dr.
Von Ezdorf said that practically
every case of malaria was due to
transmission of the germ by
germ bearing mosquitoes, and
that the old idea that a miasma j
coming from swamps produced ■
malaria, has been exploded by ;
scientific tests.
The work also will include a :
number of lectures on the sub-1
ject of malaria, with instruc-'
tion in the proper method of de- i
stroying the mosquitoes and the j
consequent malaria.
PROPOSE TO
HAVE A STAFF
j Hays Will Return to Old Custom j
and Pomp of Early
Governors.
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Special to Independent.
| Little Rock, Sept. 11.—Run-;
S ning ahead of other states in !
!most things, Arkansas is now go
j ing to pull up even with her sis
i ter states in the matter of cere
jmonial display. Gov. G. W Hays
| is to have a staff—not a staff up
|on which to lean, but yet a sup
porting staff.
; Not since W. M. Fishback was
j governor, has Arkansas had a
jreal, perfectly uniformed staff.
: Governor Jeff Davis appointed a
I number of close friends on his
i “staff,” but none of those he
| honored purchased the regula
, tion uniform, of gold braid and
, broadcloth. Only once did his
I staff assemble, and it came that
time wmefully and wonderfully
attired. One or two wore the un
! iform of the Arkansas National
j Guard, and several others ap
peared in uniforms of other de
! scriptions. A photograph of the
[staff of Governor Davis snows
[ one of the uniformed officials
| wearing a derby hat.
Gov. Hays expects to have the
[real thing in the staff line. All
[ other states have a governor’s
| staff, composed of ten or twelve
[close friends of the chief execu
j tive, who accompany him upon
| state occasions, adding splendor
I to the turnout with their cocked
I hat and generous decoration
; with gold braid. This is what
i Gov. Hays believes the state
! should have, and he is now pre
paring the list of the men he
will appoint upon his staff.
The men who appear upon the
staff of Gov. Hays will all be
large in statute, and with a mili
tary bearing, as he desires a good
showing when upon dress parade.
It is probable the staff will be
asked to accompany Gov- Hays
to celebrations in nearby states, j
and he wants to create a most j
[favorable impression there.
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For Sale.
j A pair of young mares, match
: ed, one young mare, unbroken,
II milk wagon, 1 delivery wagon, j
1 separator. S. W. Taggart
j lld6t. I
HEAVY RAIN
ENDS DROUTH
Rainfall Was Heaviest Since
Spring anti Was General
Over This Section.
While most of Jackson Coun
ty has not sustained loss to
crops by reason of drouth, some
sections had missed most of the
showers and rain was not only
needed for corn, but cotton as
well. The real rain began early
Sunday morning and continued
through half the day, making a
total precipitation on the govern
ment gauge of 2.3 inches.
The rain was general not only
over Jackson County, but the
whole of North Arkansas, giv
ing the ground and even subsoil
a soaking that will insure the
corn crop and help cotton, unless
the wet season should contiue
and then great damage might
result to the crop apparently al
ready made.
A rise of 10 feet in the river
at Batesville is reported and
White rose here from 1.8 feet on
the gauge Sunday to 5.1 feet
Monday morning and at noon
had climbed about 5 feet furth
Vi •
The White River passenger
train No. 209 was first delayed
by a slide between Bransom and
Hollister and then by a bridge
washing out this side of Syla
more which may interrupt traf
fic a day or two, though a train
will in the meanwhile be run
from here to that point, where
baggage and passengers may be
transferred to another train
running west.
Died On Train Here.
A United States soldier from
New York en route to Hot
Springs for treatment, died on
No. 17 Monday morning, just as
the train pulled into the station.
The young man suffered a hern
morrhage of the lungs before
reaching here and a message
was sent ahead for a physician
to meet the train. Dr. Watson
was called but found the unfor
fortunate young man dead when
he entered the Pullman. The
body was carried on to Little
Rock to be prepared for burial
and will be shipped back to New
York on No. 18 tonight.
Big Cypress Tree Found.
Dermott, Aug. 10.—What is
said to be the second largest cy
press tree in the world has been
found on a tract in the timber in
the Mississippi bottoms owned
by the Fee-Crayton Lumber Co.
of this place. This giant of the
forest is estimated to be over
2,000 years old, is 13 feet in di
ameter, has 14,000 feet of lum
ber in the first 12 feet from the
stump, and contains approxi
mately 50,000 feet of lumber.
The company has offered $750
merely for the clearing of the
right of way, so that the tree
may be put on the bank of the
Mississippi river.
Mrs. Harry Williams Injured.
Jonesboro, Aug. 9.—Mrs. Har
ry Lee Williams, wife of Editor
Williams of the Tribune of this
city, fell this afternoon while
crossing the street with a little
child, Master John Phillips
West. Mrs. Williams was badly
bruised, the wounds being pain
ful, but not considered serious.
The little boy received a cut on
his forehead.
I
No Respite For Davidson.
Little Rock, Aug- 11.—Odu
Dnvidson must hung at Harrison
today for the murder of Miss
Ella Barham whom he killed No
vember 21. 1912, Judge E. G.
Mitchell. Davidson’s chief coun
sel, made his last appeal yester
day to Governor George VV.
Hays, who at a late hour last
night telegraphed to Harrison
that he would not interfere. In
an appeal which Judge Mitchell
is said to have sent to Governor
Hays and a copy sent to the Ga
zette by its correspondent,
Judge Mitchell stated that he
been under the impre-sion thud
Davidson would be granted a re
spite of 10 days so that his case
might be taken to Justice Van
Devanter of the United States
District Court.
Plea For The Bachelor.
In the Diggs and Cincinnati
cases the state will not have
bachelors on the jury. Neither !
does it favor married men with- i
I
out children.
The effort of the state is to '
get men of families, the mem
bers of the families being both i
PROGRESS EAST
EOST IN WEST
Drouth Has Injured Cotton Crop
In Texas, Oklahoma and
Part of Arkansas.
The cotton crop made remark
able progress east of the Missis
sippi river during the last fort
night. West of the river there
was considerable deterioration,
except in most of Arkansas and
Louisiana, on account of the ex
tremely dry, hot weather, says
the Commercial Appeal. Con
sidered as a whole the improve
ment in the one section about oil
sets the deterioration in the oth
er. so that the period may prop
erly be considered a stand-off.
East of the river there was
plenty of rain, with an abund
ance of sunshine. Under these
favorable weather conditions the
plant grew rapidly and fruited
heavily. It is strong, healthy
and vigorous, has made up all its
lack of size and is plenty large to
hold a bumper crop. Most cor
respondents compare prospects
in this section favorably with
those of 1911.
tin1 State School for the Blind,
they will never see them again,
accounts for the failure of a
number of parents of blind chil
dren to send them to that insti
tution, is the opinion of Judge
Rand Love, of the State Board
iof Charities.
Judge Love has been making
a tour of Arkansas, going into
.the remote regions in an effort
to have the 00 blind children
who are not enrolled at the blind
school, sent to the institution
jthis fall. He has visited over
150 families, and with the single
I except ion of one, which expect *
i to move out of the state, all ha.
promised t>» send the childre:
Judge Love has explained th;<v
the children will receive railroad
fare, their clothhes, and he car
ded for during the school year at
the expense of the state.
Most of the parents apparent
ly considered a trip to Little
| Rock an exertion of a lifetime ,
:and to believe that if the chit
Idren were taken that far from
i home, and out of their care, they
jwould never see them again.
There are three blind children in
jthe rural districts of Pulaski
county, less than 20 miles from
j the school, whose parents have
I never entered (hem, though an
; nually solicited to do so. The
1 parents cannot fathom the inter -
est the state has in the blind cliit
jdren, such as to do so much for
| nothing.
Swifton Horse Wins $500 Purse
“Tommie Murphy,” owned by
J. F. Rorex, won a half mile
matched race against Gatling
Gun at Harrisburg Saturday af
ternoon and a purse of $500 fell
to the Swifton owner.
Though Murphy got off to a
! bad start the judges declared
■ him the winner, but to prevent an
dispute, the race was run over
and he won the second by 40 feet
1 or more
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Another Good Pearl.
' Shelby of near town, found a
26-grain pearl last Wednesday
at some point up the river. The'
value of the pearl has been es
; timated at figures ranging from
| $100 to $250, but we understand
no sale has yet been made—Cat
! ico Rock Progress. )
wesi or me river me weauiei
has been extremely dry for a
prolonged period, and tempera
tures have been unusually high
for some time. In Central Tex
as rains of two weeks ago proved
insufficient, and that section is
gaain badly in need of rain. The
plant in Texas, Oklahoma and
Southwestern Arkansas has
stopped growing, is shedding
badly and in many localities is
blooming at the top. It is doubt
ful if perfect weather from now
on would completely overcome
the damage done.
There are still many boll weev
ils in Mississippi and Louisiana,
but they are still less numerous
than earlier in the season and a
large number of bolls have been
matured ahead of the pest. How
ever, in many sections the wee
vils have done and are doing con
siderable damage to the crop.
Fear To Send Blind Children.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 9.—Fear that
if they are parted from their
blind children, to send them to
sexes.
This fact is an indictment a-1
gainst bachelorhood. That a I
bachelor might be easier with a I
young man who had deceived a
girl or had become involved in an
affair with a girl wise to the
ways of the world, is not credit-1
able to those who are in this j
state of life. And do not believe
the inference is just. A man’s i
regard for a good woman is has- i
ed upon his character regardless !
of his being married or unmar
ried.—Commercial Appeal.
Washouts Above Batesville. j
The Batesville passenger due
here Sunday night had not ar
rived at noon today with little
prospects of it getting here to- j
day
Excessive rains above caused
big washouts and several miles
of track between Batesville and
Cotter are reported to be torn
up and that it would take some
time to repair it. The Hot Shot
is making regular trips today
and traffic is being delayed very
little.
| Clearance of “Crown Trousers"
p If you can buy a pair of ‘ Crown Trousers
8 in your size, you must consider the values we offer
1 ---at least drop m and see what we are offering.
I We never carry goods over from one season to the
1 other.
H $4.00 and $4.50 Crown Trousers now-$2.85
$5.00 and $5-50 Crown Trousers now-3.35 ggj
ffl $6.00 and $6.50 Crown Trousers now-4.35 gl
jg $7.00 and $7.50 Crown Trousers now-5.35 gj|
1 Remember, “Crown Trousers” are very high grade and 1
i extra well made. Alterations at cost to customer. j|
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