NEWPORT, ARKANSAS SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 101 I. Nl MHER
■ 'for LICENSE
mZZs 872 Names
Kation Is >,ade
Independent.
■n for license to sell
■e city of Newport
■ with George L.
■ county clerk and
■ names of 872 sign
■g to G. L. Grant.
liquor interests
■jnd the petition in
■on for license.
■ary 1, the most fre
■of conversation has
■ when this petition
Bed and both sides
■working hard, the
■ecure more signers
■se already secured
■’s" to remove names
■gning and preserve
■on was filed with the
■ at 8:30 p. m. Fri
publication of names
■ under the Going act
B day in the Daily
■t addresses are not
Ball are classified un
■nstoffice address of
Arkansas. The re
e census as taken by
seeking license and
tionists have not been
nd it is probable that
t will give out its fig
he issue comes before
shing the list of sign
lie 10th of January,
nts for license con
the matter may be
'ounty Judge Coe up
r 20th, but this is dis
iome of the prohibi
The applicants for li
that the names of
hose who signed and
d to have their names
fF the petition have
that their names be
front the petition,
natures still appear
filed papers. The op
flicense also state that
he names upon the pe
not appear in their
the city.
»rof Hookworm Com
mission.
i independent,
to, Jan. ! 9.—'The
n Commission is enter
the fourth year of its
he state, although very
n£ Pictures
jOpera House
COUNTERFEITER’S
FATE
Romain Fielding,
ellent drama—LU BIN)
FORTUNE’S FAVOR.
'lllie has one lone dollar.
68 to buy a sandwich.
ys <tbwn the bill the
ts R away, never stop
R rests in the lap of a
re riding in an auto.—
u?h in every foot oi
tonedy-PATHE)
.? We have repeater
‘b AND water
leature- A swee'
e life oi anactress
p nche Sweet, the lead
’f'6 her dance, alone i
Price of admission.
^-BIOGRAPH.)
5 and 10 CENTS
pi'llcc
Jyjfeif'
little was accomplished in 1911.
In that year the county judge
of Izard county madethe first ap
propriation in the state to aid
in the work- In the three years
it has been demonstrated that
hook-worm exists in 65 out of
the 75 counties of the state, and
there are seven counties in the
northwestern section that have
not yet been examined.
In the three years, the Com
mission’s experts have made a
total of 26,755 microscopic ex
aminations, finding 8,602 infec
tions, or 30 per cent.
Counties appropriate from
$200 to $300 to assist in the
work of the commission, and
during the year 1913, the fol
lowing counties were thorough
ly inspected, Clark. Cleveland,
Conwray, Dallas, Lee, Faulkner,
Lonoke, Miller, Ouachita, St.
Francis, Sevier and Woodruff.
The following counties have
made appropriations and are to
be worked as soon as the Com
mission can reach them: Ark
ansas, Chicot, Ashley, Drew,
Hot Springs, Jefferson, Phillips,
and Pulaski.
Liable For Costs In Midemeanor
Cases.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 10.—Attor
ney General W. L. Moose has
advised County Judge G- R. Kel
ley oi oaime county mat me
county is liable for the costs in
misdemeanor cases wherein the
defendant is convicted. He says:
The opinion of the court seems
to me to leave no doubt that in
such cases the county is liable
for the costs. If the costs shall
be collected by the sheriff, it
shall be turned into the treas
ury by him.”
Notice Of Sewer Tax.
The tax books for the collec
Ition of the Special Sewer Tax
jon real property in Sewer Dis
trict No. 1 for the Fifth Annual
• Assessment to maintain and op
erate said sewer system, have
been placed in my hands. All
owners of real property lying in
district and required to pay
! their taxes to me within thirty
j days from date. If such assess
ment is not paid action will be
j commenced at the end of that
time for the collection of said
assessment, and for the legal
penalties and cost.
Given under my hand this
29th day of December, 1913.
L. Minor, Collector
Sewer District No. 1, Newport,
Arkansas. 29d3C
! Second Warrant For Dicus.
^ A. 1 U. ~ ^wmllo/i 11
WUIJiUU IittO '
the sheriff of Woodruff county
for the arrest of W. C. Dicus,
now living at Gregory s Point
i and who is charged with obtain
| ing money under false pretenses
jin passing worthless checks upon
Tupelo merchants.
| About August 1, last, Dicus is
! alleged to have given W. S. Mor
gan a check for $6-00 on a Jud
sonia bank and B. W. Jones a
'.check for $5.50 on the Farmers
'Bank of Newport, both of which
i checks proved to be worthless
Dicus had contracted for s
! half interest in the Pope black
1 smith shop, but left the country
before the checks were repud
iated. r;
, Mr. Jones recently located »*■
1 cus at Gregory's Point and bolt
; of the Tupelo merchants,
had cashed the bad paper, wer<
here Friday to sweai out a
rant for his arrest.
POSTOFFICE ROW i
BECOMES SERIOUS
Because of Arrest, Charges
Made Against Fort Smith
Postmaster.
Fort Smith. Jan. 9.—It devel
oped tonight that the postoffice
difficulty here growing out of
the arrest of E. E. Morris, su
perintendent of the mails, is
assuming a more serious aspect
than was first supposed. Morris
was arrested yesterday on a war
rant charging a violation of pos
tal regulations, was sworn out
by W- B. Brice, postal inspec
tor, of St. Louis, He was ac
quitted at a hearing shortly af
ter his arrest. His alleged of
fense was that he had two sub
ordinate employes sign a securi
ty to his note,
As a result of his arrest, Mor
ris filed written charges against:
Postmaster Frank Bumgavdner. j
These were investigated today
by Inspector Price. The office
employes were called before h,m
for examination. Inspector
Price completed his report to
night and left for his headquar
ters at St. Louis, where he will
make his finding known to Chief
Inspector Reed, who will forward
the report to the first assistant
postmaster general at Washing
ton. I
Not only were charges filed
by Morris against Bumgardner,
whom Morris accuses of being
instrumental in causing his ar
rest, but it is said, other em- j
ployes accused the postmaster i
of infraction of the postal reg
ulations. Bumgardner ietali.it
ed by filing charges against all ;
who accused him. The charges
involve several departments of
the postoffice.
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Find Mystery At Sea.
Washington, Jan. 9.—Revenue
cutter officials started on the
trail of another mystery of the
■sea late today, when they were
notified by the hydrographic of
fice of the appearance in the
Gulf of Mexico of the wreck of
a large steamer, apparently the
Guatemala- The wreck was re
ported by the steamer El Mundo
and was declared to be danger
ous to navigation. The cutter
Miami, put out from Key West
in search of another derelict, !
and probably will be ordered to .
search for it.
The dispatch gave no details
concerning the wreck, and noth
ing has been heard from the cut
ters in the gulf concerning her.
Thaw Hearing Closes.
Concord, N- H., Jan. 9.—Hear
ings before the commission ap
pointed by the federal court to
determine whether the release
of Harry K. Thaw on bail would
endanger public safety, were
concluded today. It is expected
that the commission's findings
will be filed with federal Judge
Aldrich within a few days.
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Carload of Bananas.
Mr. J. B. Heard will be in New
port Monday with a carload of
choice bananas, which will be
sold at the lowest price ever
heard of. He will be on the Iron
i Mountain tracks, opposite Wolff
! Goldman’s, and wants to see you
■ some time next week and tell a
bout good bananas. (Adv)
The Men's Forward Movement.
The regular meeting for men
will take place tomorrow after
noon at 3 p. m. in the Methodist
church. Rev. G- A. Hoffman of
the Chrustian church, will de
liver the address.
The organization which was
completed last Sunday afternoon
with the following officers, Fred
R. Suits, president; W. D. Mc
Lain, vice president; S. M. Heat
lie, secretary ; P. S. White, treas
urer, will in the future be known
us “The Men's Forward Move
ment". This organization will
Drove a benediction to the town
Df Newport. We are vitally in
terested in every forward move
ment for the betterment of our
town- We discuss only the lat
est religious subjects. We have
for future meetings a number
>f influential men from differ
ent parts of our state, and we
Anticipate great meetings dur
ing the year 1914. If you are
interested in an organization of
this character will you favor us
with your presence tomorrow af
ternoon at 3 p. m.?
Candidate For Re-election.
Esquire IT C. Nuckolls is a
candidate for re-election subject
to the action of the March pri
mary and* authorizes the Inde
pendent to announce his candi
tlacy for justice of the peace.
Mr. Nuckolls has served as a
magistrate for several years
and is known as a conscientious
and conservative official, who ad
ministers the law impartially.
He enjoys the confidence of the
people and has given the duties
of the office close and faithful
attention.
Stone County Treasurer Is Ap
pointed.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 10,-fWm.
Brewer of Mountain View was
yesterday appointed treasurer
of Stone county, vice J H. Blan
chard, deceased.
O. H. Sumpter was appointed
justice of the peace for Hot
Springs township, Garland coun
ty, vice R. B. Sigman, who fail
ed to qualify.
Tom Fife is on the sick list to
day.
! Engineer 1 'ter I!« re Monday.
Special f > Independent.
< Little Rock, Jan- 10. If. It.
Carter, the State Highway En
gineer, will leave here Sunday
1 night for Newport, in response
jto a request made by Ceorge A.
Hillhouse and others, of the
: State Highway Commission for
assistance in laying out a coun
ty highway system for Jackson
county, and furnishing an estim
ate of the cost. This will he the
j first work of the kind to he un
jdertaken by Mr. Carter since
I his appointment as Highway en
gineer, and is in line with the
policy of the commission to pro
wide the services of an engineer
free of charge for road and
bridge work whenever requested
: by the county judges of the
various counties of the state.
j
Notice.
I
j First for the benefit of New
port and secondly for the benefit
of myself—I want the decent
citizens of Newport to know that
the J. W. Martin that appears on
the whiskey petition is not the
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VV . iVlcli Ull tllclL II vm 1i
comb avenue, East Newport.
Am having this advertised be
cause the J. W. Martin on the
petition has no street address
so if anyone says it is me please
give it the lie.
J. W. Martin,
(Adv.) East Newport.
File At Bailtv Home.
The fire department was call
ed out this morning about ten
o’clock to an alarm sent in from
the home of A. I). Bailey on
Third street. How the fire orig
inated is unknown, whether it
was from a defective Hue or
electric wires.
The fire was discovered in the
roof of the second floor and the
contents of three rooms were
badly burned and plastering on
the ceilings of three rooms fell
from being water-soaked. Mr.
Bailey carried insurance on his
home and furnishings that will
probably cover the loss.
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The condition of Mr. R. A.
Bandy continues very critical
with little change in the last
few hours.
What \ Road 'May Is Doing.
Mr. C M. Snodgrass of Rog
ers was ov< r lie, i yesterday wits,
two of his new jilt, road drags,
similar sonn wh. ! In the King
drag, t ut ••nt ir> I\ different
r ‘suits, as it does much more e;
fective work. There are two
of them made in the shape of a
V harrow, the sides being made
out of 2xf> oak studding the out
side being K feet 3 inches and
the inside piece being 7 feet b
inches, the shorter or inside
piece being shod with a steel
plate. The two being fastened
side by side and fastened to t!
new tractor engine of the B»
ton County Hardware Compa:
lakes up the full width of tl
road bed, dragging all loose di
to the center of 1 he road and
smoothing down the road bed
almost as smooth as a floor and
completes the dragging at mu
time over.
This with the tractor cat.
clean up 2o miles of road per
day. — Rentonville Sun.
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Changes Her Mind.
Pocahontas, Jan. !)—Having
all necessary preparations made
to spend a term in school at
Springfield, Mo., Mazie, the old
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.
liennuu o| mis piacu, uauo
them goodbye on last Sunday
and started for school, but chan
ged her mind when she reached
Hoxie, and was married to Ghas.
Brown, clerk in Lehman’s Phar- .
maey at that place. Mr. Brown
formerly lived here, and both
i parties are prominently known
here. They will make their
home in Hoxie.
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( ol. V. Y. < ook Is III.
Batesville, Jan- !).—(Jen. V. Y.
Cook has been ill with la grippe
since his return from Nashville,
Tennessee, where he attended
the funeral of Sumner A. Cun
ningham, former editor of the
Confederate Veteran. General
Cook is the custodian of the
dead editor’s will. This leaves
the Veteran in trust to a board,
of which General Cook is chair
man. As soon as he is able,
General Cook will go to Nash
ville to make arrangements to
continue the publication of the
, paper. ___
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Our Semi-Annual Sale of
MANHATTAN SHIRTS
Now In Effect
$1.50 Manhattan Shirts, now $1-15
$2.00 Manhattan Shirts, now $1.38 !
$2.50 Manhattan Shirts, now $1.88 j
$3.50 Manhattan Shirts. now| $2.45
NO GOODS FIRST COME
CHARGED X3-£j-IvCjAJXV k3 HRS1 SER\ED
"STAR CLOTHING MOUSE.
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