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NEWPORT, ARKANSAS SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1913. M MIJKRKl.
»lfsDEATH
■ accidental
lner^y At Tucker
■There May He Fur
I (her Probe.
I, Warren, a haid
■ nd well respected
■iving on Village creek,
Khe Littleton place, was
uBidav morning before the
Xd seated themselves
■fast and according to
■ as told by his wife, and
■tnesses. and accepted by
|^Best jury, the shooting
■dental.'occurring dur
■fUe with his wife over
■er Melville had been no
B once and proceeded to
Bs home, where the in
Bas held, resulting as ,
Bemains were laid to rest j
Bternoon in the Littleton s
Eng to the wife. Warren
Kto his stepson’s room, |
Kg with a single barrel j
■ Xhe two were scuffl-;
K the gun when it was ac-;
Bliy discharged, the f''
Briking Warren over the :
■eye and making a hole |
I which the brains oozed, j
ling death instantly,
lording to others, Warren
i|^ed nis stepson to leave
or go to work. Wheth- i
he had gone is said to j
)t. The fact that War-!
d showed no powder j
the chief circumstance
:h some rely in saying
hooting could not have
mitted in such close
as a scuffle would in
% these reasons, ac
i the officers, a further j
ion of the. shooting is j
was about 35 years of ;
laves a wife and one
11 years of age, p.lso ;
fl, who is about • 18
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^Mission 5 and 10 Cents.
Pled Guilty to Carrying Pistol.
Charley Wells of Olyphant,
who was arrested by Sheriff Mc
Cuistion on three charges: as
sault with intent to kill, carry
ing a pistol and disturbing the
peace, was allowed to plead guil
ty to the second charge before
Esquire Loftin and fined $50,
the other charges being dismiss
ed.
A dog of Wells had been kill
ed by a Roberts boy and the for
mer while enraged armed him
self with a revolver and went to
the store at Olyphant, making
many threats. The father of
the boy had warrant? issued
which resulted in the arrest and
conviction of Wells.
Gus Smith Captured.
Sheriff McCuistion Thursday
arrested Gus Smith, a well
known local negro character
who is charged with assault with
intent to kill Vic Golden and now
has him stowed away in the
county jail.
Smith was located at Searcy
and the Jackson County sheriff
proceeded to that city. In com
pany with Searcy officer.1:, he
went to the rooming house sup
posed to be occupied bv Smith.
n k r • j •
ivii. went up one
stairway, while the Searcy offi
cers ascended another. The first
room entered by the former was
occupied by Gus Smith and the
wanted negro was handcuffed
before he was hardly aware of
what was happening.
To Get Rid of Undesirables.
Little Rock, June 14.—Gov. J.
M. Futrall will join other gov
ernors of the United States in
supporting the bill introduced in
Congress by Representative Ed
monds of Pennsylvania. .This
bill declares all immigrants to
the United States, who violate
company which brought them
the state laws within three
years after their arrival on
American soil, to have been ille
gally landed, and the steamship
across the sea, must return
them to their native country.
Representative Ed/nonds has
written Gov. Futrall asking his
opinion on the bill, and Gov. Fu
trall has responded by writing
to the Arkansas members of
Congress, asking them to sup
port this bill, which he considers
to be a good one.
Not Taking Any Hand.
Ex-Governor George W. Dona
ghey, who was in the city Fri
day, stated that he was not tak
ing any part in the present cam
paign for governor and would
not. He was out of politics for
the present at least and had no
plan for the future that involv
ed his re-entrance into the po
litical arena. While he didn’t
say that he wouldn’t be a candi
date at the proper time to suc
ceed'Sen:.'tor Clarke, he also did
not ■sav that he would.
Funeral of Mr. Fenley.
The funeral of William M.
Fenley, aged 70 years, was held
at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. M. W. Burkett Saturday
morning, conducted by Rev. S. D.
Grumbles of the Baptist church.
A large number of friends
were present at the service and
followed the remains to Walnut
Grove cemetery, where the body
was laid to rest.
Winona Mills.
The Winona Mills man is in
town and wants to show you
new things in hosiery and under
wear. Phone 27. 63d.k
AUDIENCE APPLAUDS
STEPHEN BRUNDIGE
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|In His Declaration of Platform
Pledges and Scoring of the
Hays Machine.
' Hon. Stephen Brundidge, our
former congressman, addressed
;large audience of voters and a
number of ladies in attendance
at the court house Friday night
immediately upon his arrival in
this city from three previous
| speaking engagements for the
day at Newark, Sulphur Rock
and Batesville, where he also
spoke to large crowds.
Mr. Brundidge orobably made
lew converts here, for his audi
ence was plainly with him from
j the start. They were not there
to be converted, but to have
their enthusiasm aroused and
‘ intensified and to pay their re
spects to the distinguished visi
tor by. not only their presence,
but frequent and repeated out
bursts of spontaneous applause.
: In the city where 78 per cent of
I the vote was cast for the-citizen
! of Searcy last year, the cheers j
of hi.s friends upon this occasion !
! indicated an even closer unanim-1
K Jt l.
The speaker was introduced !
by Gustave Jones, who referred I
in a pleasing way to his early re
collections of Mr. Brundidge as a
young lawyer and closed in pre- i
dieting his nomination for gov- i
ernor next Saturday.
Mr. Brundidge reviewed the
history of recent state politics,
the campaign he had made
against Senator Davis, the death
of the latter, his appeal for a pri
mary, the refusal of Robinson to
allow it and the elevation of Rob
inson to the senatorship creat-j
mg a vacancy that was costing,
the state $50,000 to fill.
He advocated a change in our j
road laws and told of the abuse ■
of our present system. In White
county $30,000 was being frit-!
tered away yearly and not ten j
miles of good road in the county.
The same is true in other coun
ties. Each county through its
judge oh highway board should ■
let all road building and work by
contract under the supervision j
of an engineer. The white and ,
negro convicts should be segre- j
gated, the latter worked upon the |
state farm and the white men
used to build public highways, i
He cited the results secured in !
Cnlornrln. where under an honor I
system, the state had through
her convicts built $258,000
worth of public roads.
A better school system, liberal
appropriation for the agricultur
al schools, the university and the
common schools of the state,
with better pay for teachers was
urged as well as a more equitable
system of taxation and thc
bringing of more hidden wealth
upon the tax books. No higher .
rate was needed for it would in
jure the' state in frightening
1 away industries and capital said
■the speaker.
Mr. Brundidge “took a fall
out of Robinson on his budget
! system that convulsed his audi-j
ence in laughter and endorsed .
i the last legislature for two
things: refusal to convert $750.
1000 of the state’s debt into inter
est bearing bonds and their ad
journment sine die. “The state
, needs economy in the handling
of public moneys” was the rem
edy proposed in facing a deficit
I of $500,000 and several instanc
es of the extravagance of the
I
I Robinson administration were
cited, one being the appropria
tion of $360,000 two years ago
for the 1000 convicts and the ap
propriation this year of $425,
000 for only 600 convicts.
Mr. Brundidge said that he
wanted to be known as the
greatest veto governor of any
state and if elected he would put
a stop so far as lay in his power
to the great evil of special legis
lation and would furthermore re
commend a constitutional amend
ment providing that the legisla
ture meet every four instead of
two years.
The remainder of his address
was devoted to the kind of me
thods used by the machine to de
feat the will of the people and
the part Judge Hays was playing
in a mud-slinging campaign. He
took his opponent to task for his
refusal to discuss jointiv the is
sues of the campaign, to stand
for real issues and his policy of
harmonizing the party factions,
when but two factions exist, the
people and the machine. “When
T hang my hat up in the govern
or’s office, I want the politicians
to take to the woods” was the
speaker’s terse and caustic way
of exposing this last plea of
Judge Hays.
Mr. Brimdidge paid hi.- re
spects to the Robinson steam
.roller that had passed over him
and declared that if by a ballot
of his the present governor could
be continued in office the full
term, he would gladly cast it and
return to his home in Searcy, for
Futrall had “made good.”
He told of Robinson’s hegira
and declared that the forces
which had brought about the va
cancy in the governor’s chair
were the present managers and
supporters of Hays and that his
opponent could be convicted in
any court of being the candidate
of the previous administration.
He pointed out how Judge
Hays was holding on. to his
judgeship and drawing $10 per
day from the state while reach
ing higher for another office and
if elected governor, another elec
tion would be necessary in that
district and perhaps a whole
chain of them.
Mr. Brimdidge then referred
to the result last year in his own
county which he lost by only 134
votes against a popular idol, that
out of 600 in the town of Searcy
he had lost but 14 and that if as
his opponent said—White conn
ty had repudiated him last year,
he was to be gloriously reinstat
ed upon Saturday, June 21. He
then turned the light of figures
upon the Republican record of
Judge Hays’ county, Ouachita.
The audience was given a
brief history of the editor of the
Kensett Keynote, who has been
making such a vicious fight up
cn Mr. Brundidge, the latter
showing how this newspaper
man had been run out of Cabot
by good citizens and connected
Judges Hays with this mud
slinging campaign through the
latter’s reading of such a paper
to his audiences in this cam
paign.
In closing his address, Mr.
Brundidge stated that he was
making this race in behalf ol
the people, that he was sacrific
ing his law practice for a salary
of half that earned in his profes
sion in the laudable ambition of
being the means of ta.king the
office of governor of Arkans
from the politicians and restor
ing it to the people of the r.t
FUTRALL OFFERS
GERMAN PROTECTION
Was Run Away From His Farm
In White County By Threats
Of Mob.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 14.—After
'making an investigation of the
•complaint of Walter Klatt, a
|German citizen who claims he
was run away from his farm by
a mob in White county, and that
j he was shot in his flight, Gov.
|J. M. Futrall has reached the
conclusion that Klatt made a'
correct statement of the trouble.
Gov Futrall has talked with the
sheriff of White county about
the case, and he was too of the
opinion that Klatt had told the
truth. Gov. Futrall will now
write to the German consul, sug
gesting that if Klatt desires to
return to Arkansas, he will
guarantee him protection.
Klatt purchased a small farm
in White county, and had it al
most paid for when a mob of
seven men visited him at night,
and compelled him to leave.
Klatt was forced to walk to Bee
be, where he caught a train
j which carried him to St. Louis.
He was tired on by a member of
the mob, and injured in the arm.
The sheriff of White county
was of the opinion that the
members of the mob desired to
secure possession ofKlatt’s land.
The officer stated he had endeav
ored to secure evidence against
the men but had failed, and of
fers to assist Klatt in a prosecu
tion if he can identify any of
the men.
Funeral of Mrs. Deaderiek.
The funeral service of Mrs.
Josephine Morrison Deaderiek,
who passed away Friday after
noon at 2: la o’clock was held at
St. Paul's church Saturday af
ternoon at 5 o’clock conducted
by Rev. Henry F. Spears, rector
of the church, funeral following
at the family lot at Walnut
Grove cemetery.
The deceased was 21 years, 6
months and 27 days old and dur
ing the prolonged illness of elev
en weeks bore her suffering with
great patience and passed away
as one asleep. The bereft sister
and little* daughter have tin
deepest sympathy of a large eir
cle of friends, who b^ive known
and loved the departed since in
fancy.
The deceased was a very ten
der and affectionate mother and
the devotion of the two sisters
afforded a beautiful companion
ship. She was a member of St.
Paul’s church and held in ten
derest love bv a large circle ot
triends.
The pall bearers were Gustave
Jones, Walter Fife, M. E. New
born, George Hillhouse, Alcorn
Ferguson and 1!. 1!. Rond.
John It. Frasier, District
Grandmaster of the Ancient Or
der of the United Workmen, al
so J. H. Clark, District Secreta
ry, were here this morning en
route to Batesville from Searcy,
where they attended the District
convention. The two gentlemen
will return here Sunday and will
visit the local union.
Hickory wood for sale—Call
Handle Factory, Grant Mfg. Co
Phone No. 246 or see Wm. Ris
ner. Delivered pi omptly. 4dtf.
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