lig. Stoic went to the
Ir" unshaken and did
acknowledge his guilt
If statement with his
Ltievfd
d his
wife,
while
t last
ef moments yes
broke down, and
that his remarka
stoeism were
him. This was
last leave of
his brother,
the moment of
son laid his
’s breast and
y. One arm
his father’s
Cache River Drainage Meeting.
Jonesboro, Nov. 23.—For the
purpose of getting the people
[more familiar with the Cache
River Drainage project, there
! will be a meeting of all interest
ed property owners of the Dis
trict at the Court House in
Jonesboro, Saturday December
2nd, at 2 o’clock. We also de
1 sire to get an expression from
' those concerned with regard to
' certain questions in connection
1 with the drainage proposition.
■ The boundaries of the district,
j subject to change, are as fol
lows :
Beginning at a point on the
northern boundary of Craighead
county between sections three
I and four, T 15, R 3 running
' south on said section line to the
' township line between town
! sftiips fourteen and fifteen;
!'thence west on said township
: line to the range line between
!'ranges two and three; thence
south on said range line three
miles, east one mile, south two
miles to near Gilkerson , thence
in a southeasterly direction to
| the north quarter comer of sec
1 tion nine, T 13, R 3; thence
south two miles, west one and
one-half miles, south three miles
to the Poinsett county line;
thence west on said line which
is the township line between
townships twelve ana inirieen
' to the range line between ranges
two and three west, Jackson
county ; thence north on said
range line to the Iron Mountain
railroad; thence northeast
along said road to its intersec
tion with the Frisco at Hoxie,
Lawrence county; thence in a
1 southeasterly direction along
the Frisco railroad to its inter
section with the Craighead coun
ty line; thence along said coun
ty line to the point of beginning.
We want to urge the presence
of all interested parties on this
occasion.
Cache River Drainage Board, j
Andrew M. Ponder, Pres.
Andrew E. Lockhart, Sec.
Seventeen Would Be Assessors.
Craighead county is probably
entitled to the leather medal for
the greatest number of candi
dates for one office. Geoi’ge Mil
ler of Monette, has just an
nounced as a candidate for coun
ty assessor, making seventeen
that are now in the race, with
room for some more. Another
‘“"teresting coincidence that an
1*101* Gonvcro Milloi* nn pmnlnve
Nicholson.
Jones
Walnut
a horse
j History Commission Purchased
Lot Of Prehistoric Relics
From Hope Man.
i Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 24.—Secre
tary Dallas Herndon of the Ark
ansas History Commission is
engaged in arranging the col
lection that was purchased from
W. P. Agee, of Hope, through a
private subscription, for $600.
Mr. Agee, who is county clerk of
Hempstead county, has been en
gaged for twenty' years in the
making of this collection of pre
historic relics of Southern Ark
ansas, and made considerable
personal sacrifice that it might
be retained in the possession of
the state. It consists of ancient
pottery, some pieces of great
beauty and rarity, and a very
large, fine collection of Indian
flints.
Mr. Herndon is preparing to
enter upon a campaign for the
collection of Confederate war
rosters, of Arkansas troops, and
is having printed blanks for dis
tribution among the county as
sessors who will be requested to
assist in the work as far as pos
sible. The Legislature made an
appropriation of $500 for this
nnmnsp. and while this is not
enough to go very far, Mr. Hern
don hopes that it will enable
him to make a start. Much has
hitherto been done in the collec
tion of original rosters, and
their transcription, and it is
hoped that a systematic cam
paign will result in the restora
tion of the greater part of these
records, although some have
been undoubtedly lost' beyond
recall.
Mr. Herndon will endeavor,
among other activities of his of
fice, to secure the enactment of
a law by the next legislature to
prevent vandals and outside
searchers for archaeological
specimens from desecrating our
mines and carrying away their
contents. In this way during
recent years Arkansas has lost
some of its most valuable relics.
The secretary will also en
deavor to secure all the old
newspaper files that can be
found, and will from now on
keep files of the leading news
papers of the state. “There is
no more valuable source of con
-temporary history than the
newspaper files of the state,” de
clared Secretary Herndon.
To Mine Antimony.
Special to Independent,
Little Rock, Nov. 24.—J. A.
Dickerson, of Parsons, Kansas,
representing an Arizona corpo
ration with half a million dol
lars capital, was a caller at the
Agricultural Department Thurs
day, being accompanied by R
Verrill and D. B. Hannan,of Par
sons, who are interested in the
same project. He reports tha1
his company will proceed at once
toward the development of the
antimony mines near Gillham
which is to appear here
Wednesday evening, Nov. 29
may bring with it some conjec
ture as to the meaning of the
title.
Not all theatre-goers are fa
miliar, through one source or an
other, with conditions as they
exist in certain police circles,
nor are they acquainted with the
evils of a much-used system of
i preliminary inquiry too fre
quently employed by the police
: in questioning a suspected per
j:son. This system is known as
'“The Third Degree.” The more
/modern idea of the third degree
| constitutes a long, trying series
[of questions with or without
some form of physical torture,
'but never without some mental
shock or discomfort.
? The third degree as used in
the Sixteenth century was work
ed only by means of physical
horror and torture, and was
known as “The Spanish Inquisi
tion.” This soon gave way un
der the opposing attack of cer
tain European powers, and was
abolished. Later, in France, a
crime was enacted, as it was
supposed to have been commit
ted before the suspect, which
/necessarily called for the many
grewsome spectacles without
any real assurance of a correct
coniession. mis system oi
'playing crime was known as
“The Reconstruction,” and is
still in vogue in France, though
(in milder form.
1 The name, “The Third De
gree,” as applied in the present
'form of inquiry is a phrase giv
en to a “sweating” ordeal which
was given a newspaper review
of the event by a “police report
er. ” No one, even the reporter
himself, coufd tell just why the
'phrase was applied to the sys
tem, but it won instant favor
'among his fellow newspaper
men, until now it is a term that
has an international signifi
cance.
Mrs. Kate Steen West.
A telegram to Dr. Crawford
West at four o’clock Thursday
afternoon brought the sad news
of the death of his wife at Gar
dendale, Texas that day at noon.
No particulars were stated in
'the message but her death must
have been very sudden for a let
ter every day stated she was do
ing nicely.
Dr. West lett on No. 6 tor
Gardendale to bring the re
mains home, but will not be able
to reach there before Sunday
morning, so it is not expected
they will reach home before
next Thursday at noon.
Mrs. West has been a sufferer
for several years from lung
trouble and her death was not
unexpected. She was born and
'raised in Jackson county, and
has a host of friends and rela
tives who are grieved that the
end has come to this estimable
/Christian woman whose devo
'tion to home and friends alike
'will long be remembered by
those who have shared her hos
pitality.
The husbahd with two daugh
ters, Misses Hattie and Pearl
i also three sons, Dutch, Mark ahc
Peter, who survive the deceased
have the sympathy of many
i friends in their sorrow.
The funeral services will b€
conducted by Rev. J. F. McKen
■ zie, pastor of the deceased's
i church, upon the arrival of thf
remains.
‘Ufc . •* •
, Prohibition To Be Made Ai
Next Election Through
i Petition.
1
i -
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 24.—A
statement has been made bj
Rev. Franks Barrett, superin
tendent of the Arkansas Saloon
League, that enough of the de
nominations have through their
conferences and conventions, en
dorsed the submission of the
question of state-wide prohibi
tion to the people to warrant
them in proceeding with the
work. The petitions will be pre
pared at once and their circula
tion actively pushed. Mr. Bar
rett estimates that there are al
ready 152,000 church members
pledged to vote for state-wide
prohibition, and several thous
and yet to be heard from.
He thinks that 180,000 is not
an excessive number to depend
upon. “This gives the initiation
movement,” says he, “such a
standing that warrants the larg
est expectation of results in the
vote on the state-wide bill, and
further warrants the announce
ment that the bill will be prepar
ed together with the initiative
petition, and presented to the
people at once.”
Surveying Big Ditch.
Civil Engineer Miller, of Lit
tle Rock, is here this week mak
ing a survey for the Mud creek
drainage canal and lateral
ditches. The board of commis
sioners, composed of R. R. Rat
ton, J. P. Magness and F. M.
Brannon, hope, in a short time,
to float bonds and begin work
upon the big ditch.—Newark
Journal.
application of the attor
■ neys of Will Denson, held in-the
'j local jail for the killing of Ab
’McGowan last July, for bail on
fa writ of habeas corpus, was
continued Wednesday until Sat
urday afternoon, by Circuit
Judge Frank Smith, to allow
. time for the introduction of
more testimony.
The hearing of the writ of ha
beas corpus proceedings. was
held Wednesday afternoon in
the law office of Lamb & Carra
way and many witnesses were
here to give their version of the
killing, for which' Denson is held
without bail, for murder in the
first degree. — Jonesboro Tri
! bune.
Contest Among Republicans.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 24.—It
seems that there may be some
sort of a contest for the republi
can nomination for governor, an
empty honor that usually goes
begging. It is understood that
Representative A. J. Russell of
Carroll county, is the choice of
many of the party leaders, but
other information is that Hon.
L. H. Moore of Ozark, a well
known commercial man, is being
urged by his friends to make
the race.
Declines Joint Campaign.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 24.—The la
test development in the race for
governor is the positive declin
ation of Gov. Donaghey to enter
into a joint campaign with At
torney General Norwood. He
says that he is well pleased with
the present condition of things,
and does not see where the state
would gain anything by such a
campaign as that proposed.
5 «r M
\ * November 30
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Q high these days.
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§ - on this, Our National Thanksgiving Day. ,
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ijjl at prices you’ll not object to paying. jj
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