DECEMBER 30. 1913. NUMBER 23®.
ANIMATES j
COMING FORTH
jin Announces For Mar-,
4 Bradley Graham i
For Recorder.
Martin, a prominent
jmed citizen, has enter
sts for city marshal,
s that every violator of
^ill look alike to him
dieve he is that kind of
the kind of an officer,
of office calls for and to j
ihis oath and do his j
(no better axiom could j
’than that all offenders 1
eated alike.
irtin has been a citizen
grt for many years and
Bown to all our people,
s the reputation of be
B of his word and is in
iy capable of filling the
Jitably.
iate for SECOND
TERM.
y Graham, our present
and popular recorder, is
jte for a second term,
to the action of the pri
le has been a very faith
it j i. • i_l_•_
, aim ivcpi His Uuwna ill
er that has won the
f the council and those
Bt with his record. He
r missed a meeting of :
Council and his'work :' 1
p to the present.
(ourteous to those who j
«ss with him and has
th an exemplary official j
ihould receive the nomi- j
unanimous vote.
lets Bom At Hoxie.
t Ridge, Dec. 29.—Trip
t born yesterday morn
■.and Mrs. C. U. Wil
ho live near Hoxie. The
[hed seven pounds at
e of the girls seven
and the other five
Dr. H. R. Carroll, who
Mrs. Williams, says
mother and babes are
ell and that he believes
ebies will live,
lakes the second set of
tom in this vicinity in
f*ar. The other set was
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Town
toy are all well and
® to Succeed Lankford.
o Independent.
Mock, Dec. 30.—Judge
imble of Lonoke, who
announced his Candida
Ifltfo ib 1 nn. /■'i* _
Rock visitor Mon
iponents are J. S.
larendon and Geo.
jbnway. Now that
le has entered the
Tax Commissioner
n, who had consid
* candidate, will
Pictures
era House
OF CRIME
society drama
plot of two thieve:
robbery. Pegg;
^ In this two ree
Gives Children’s Christmas
Party.
A largely attended and hand
somely arranged social event of
Monday evening was a Christ
mas dancing party given by Mr.
Joseph M. Stayton to little
Misses Frances and Elizabeth
Gregg in honor of Misses Nina
McClesky and Laura Crease
Bunch of Little Rock.
The handsome ball room at
the Elks Home, where the party
was given, was aglow with
Christmas colors of poinsettas,
holly and mistletoe. Fruit punch
was served during the evening.
About fifty or sixty children
were present, many of whom
were accompanied by their par
ents, and who looked after the
comfort and and pleasure of the
children.
The grand march was led by
Misses Laura Crease Bunch and
Neill Phillips, Nina McClesky
and Tom Harder, Frances Gregg
and Lawrence Bevans. The
Misses Bunch and McClesky,
who are two attractive little la
dies from Little Rock, were ex
quisitely dressed in accordion
pleated pink chiffon, while the
Misses Gregg wore beautiful
blue silk frocks.
The party was one of the most
delightful in junior society cir
cles and was thoroughly en
joyed by the large number pres
ent.
State House Officials.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 30.—Gov.
Hays returned Monday from a
holiday visit to his home at
Camden. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Hays, who will remain
here several days. They expect
to establish their home
Rock in January.
Attorney General W. B.
Moose returned Monday from
Morrilton, where he attended the
funeral of his niece, Mrs. Allie
Burrow Barrett. He has fully
recovered from his recent ill
ness.
State Superintendent George
B. Cook has accepted an invita
tion to deliver an address at the
University of Arkansas on con
vocation hour, Wednesday, Feb
ruary 4. This has come to be
one of the notable features of
!the University work,
j Associate Justice W. F. Kirby,
candidate for United States
Senator, and W. B. Owen, candi
date for State Land Commis
sioner, are in their offices this
week arranging for a thorough
i canvass in their interest of their
campaigns.
Funeral Services.
} The funeral of .the late Mr
‘J. L. Bishop was held at the
ifamilv home this afternoon at
i . n •_^-F
Z:isU wnen many ^ ”■
family gathered to pay a Iasi
, sad tribute to the deceased.
| The death of the deceasec
brings sorrow, not only to hi;
, devoted wife, but many of oui
' people, who loved his genial na
’ lure and optimistic tempera
ment and who held him m es
, teem as a friend. From each o:
5 these goes to the family a me&
r sage of tender and heartfe
1 sympathy. , , .
The service was conducted b.
Rev. B. L. Wilford of the Meth
odist church, interment follow
> ing at Walnut Grove.
All Up to Date Housekeeper
use Red Cross Bal1 Blue'fl
makes the Rothes c e^Qcers
'• sweet as whei|heW- ^
S' v I
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Three Yeggs
Plead Guilty
Of Robbing Dardanelle Bank
And Each Receives Two
Year Sentence.
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I Fort Smith, Dec. 29.—George
B. Thompson, C. H. Barton and
Will Starling pleaded guilty in
the circuit court at Dardanelle
today to robbing the First State
Bank of that city of $4,200 on
the night of October 1, and each
l eceived a sentence of two years.
The trial of Richard Reynolds,
also charged with the robbery,
was continued until February.
Those pleading guilty were sen
tenced on larceny charges. Bur
glary charges were suspended.
1 Thompson is a member of a
'well known family of Tulsa, Ok
lahoma, and was released from
the federal penitentiary at Lea
'venworth, Kansas, a year after
'serving a term for robbing the
postoffice at Huntington, Sebas
tian county. Starling is a son
of a minister at Coweta, Okla
homa, and Barton lives at Mor
ris, Oklahoma. They were ar
rested in Oklahoma after a sen
sational chase.
A brother of Starlincr is held
in the penitentiary awaiting
trial on a charge of robbing the
the Bank of Fulton, at Fulton,
Arkansas, October 3. He was
arrested in Oklahoma, charged
with the Dardanelle robbery and
successfully fought extradition
in this case.
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Notice Of Sewer Tax.
The tax books for the collec
tion of the Special Sewer Tax
on 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
i 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
[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
j 29th day of December, 1913.
L. Minor, Collector
i .Sewer District No. 1, Newport,
j Arkansas. 29d30
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Stockholders’ Meeting.
The regular annual meeting
I of the stockholders of the rar
! mers Bank of Newport, Arkan
j Sas, will be held at its place of
business at ten o’clock a. m.
■ Wednesday, January 14, 1914
| for the election of a Board of
(Directors for the ensuing year,
land for the transaction of such
■ other business as may come be
fore it.
W. W. Dunaway, Cashier.
30dlw2.
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Judge Coffin 111.
Pine Bluff, Dec. 29.—Judge
■ Charles P. Coffin, of Batesville
’ J candidate for United States sen
- ator, with Senator James P
Clarke and Associate Justice
i William F. Kirby, has been il
7 at the home of Dr. Z. Orto h
- this city, for several days
- Judge Coffin has spent Christ
mas here for a number of year
with Dr. Orto and family, bu
3 became ill soon after he airivei
t this week, and has since beei
1 confined to his bed. His ailmen
. (is kidney trouble, i
Wins National Reputation.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. Dec. 30.—W. F.
Reichardt is home for the holi
days. He has been for the last
seven months consulting engin
eer for the cities of Oconomowoc,
Watertown, Jefferson, Lake
Mills and Kilbourne, Wisconsin.
He has been engaged in the con
struction of concrete streets and
sidewalks, and has gained a rep
utation as a highway engineer
that is spreading all over the
state.
One of his concrete roads at
Lake Mills has been pronounced
by experts to be one of the best
pieces of highway engineering
in the whole state of Wiscon
sin, and parties have gone from
Chicago to inspect it.
Extend Leases On Life.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 30.—Extend
ed leases of life were granted to
two condemned men Monday.
Charles Riggin, sentenced to be
hanged at Blytheville tomorrow,
Dec. 31, for murder, was grant
ed an appeal by Justice Kirby.
That there might be no mistake
about the receipt of the message
it was sent by telegraph.
A writ of error was granted
% i * -l 0 it . n__
uy tilt; Lyieriv u± tnc
Court in the case of Arthur Till
man, sentenced to be hanged in
March for the murder of his
sweetheart, in order that his at
torneys may complete the re
cord, and Chief Justice McCul
loch issued an order for the stay
of the execution.
White River Freight Wreck.
A through freight to Cotter,
on the White River road, was
wrecked at Sulphur Rock Mon
day afternoon, when two cars
went off the track and the
track for a considerable distance
was torn up.
All trains were delayed; the
first one through, the passenger
due here at 8 o’clock last even
ing, came in at ten o’clock Tues
day morning.
The Iron Mountain station was
crowded all this morning by peo
ple going up the road, many of
them having spent the night
here. _
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CONVICT AND
PAUPER CONTRACTS!
Of Jackson County Awarded l>\
Court To Present Holders
of Same.
' In the county court Monday,
bids were received as advertised
for the letting of contracts for
the keeping of the county’s
prisoners and paupers and were
awarded to the present holders,
John H. Keel, being the only and
'successful bidder for the pris-,
, oners and Homer Thompson se
curing the contract to provide!
(and care for the inmates of the ;
j countv hospital.
I
i The bid of John H. Keel was
i the same as last year, agreeing
to pay the costs in all cases,
w’here he accepted the prisoner,
except that in this last bid, he
only offered to pay the costs to
an amount equal to the fine im
posed, which some think might
have a tendency to cause jus
tices of the peace to administer
heavier fines than the offense
warrants. However it was the
best and only bid received and
contract was awarded.
for me Keeping ui me pau
pers, there were three bids and
the contract was given to Homer
Thompson upon a bid of $13 per
month for the keeping of each
inmate. While A. J. Grant and
James D. Smart were also bid
ders, the former at $12 and the
latter at $13, the court did not
believe that the present cost of
Hiving warranted a lower price
'than $13, and continued Mr.
Thompson in charge of the hos
pital, which he has most satis
factorily maintained and given
good treatment and ample pro
visions to its inmates, the unfor
tunate wards of the county.
i Quite a number of young men
of our city were disappointed last
evening on account of not being
able to go to Batesville to at
tend the Chautangua ball. The
wreck on the White River road
' prevented all train service.
Pulaski Primary Today.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 30.—The
Pulaski county primary election
is being held today. For many
of the most important offices
there is no opposition. There
are eight candidates for Repre
sentative, of whom four are to
be elected. One of them is Ex
Governor Dan W. Jones, who is
entering public life again La
the first time since he retired
from the governor’s office a doz
en years ago. Another candi
date is Ren L. Griffin, well
known over the state as Secreta
ry of the Farmers’ Union for
several years. J. 1!. Webster is
the only member of the last
house who is asking for a second
term. There are several candi
dates put forward by the Wage
Earners’ League. There is al
so an interesting contest on for
Constable of this township be
tween R. R. Allnutt, who is nov.
holding the office by appoint
ment, and “Dutch” Jones, wFi<*>
was removed after his indict
ment for misfeasance in several'
counts. There are thirty candi
dates for Justice of the Peace
Nominees for the state senate,
prosecuting attorney and Cir
cuit Judge will not be made un
til the March primaries.
Desha Postoffice Burns.
The store house and all con*
tents of Harmon & Bell, togeth
er with the postoffice at Desha
were destroyed by fire at an ear
ly hour Monday morning.
Efforts to check the flames
were unavailing, and in a short
time the building and the stoefc
were in ruins. The firm is one'
of the best known in the coun
ty, and does a large business.
The insurance carried was
[about $3,000, and the exact loss
is not known, but the stock and
'building were not worth less
than $4,000, and it is likely the
loss is considerably in excess of
that.—Batesville Guard.
Manager L. McDougald of the
Hazel hotel left Sunday for a
visit to his parents at Trenton*
Tennessee.___
You Can Take Any Suit Or I
Overcoat in the Store I
at 4 off—None are reserved I
Think what you save by buying now! The style that's wanted, fabric and I
color that's “good" now is here. You are almost sure to find exactly what you I
want if you come quick. The time has come to clear our cabinets to make way tot I
L new spring garments soon to arrive, hence th.s .mportant reductron m pnces for I
10 days only. ____ _. 1
i I $30.00 Suits and Overcoats-now *^.50
$25.00 Suits and Overcoats
$20.00 Suits and Overcoats- •
$18.00 Suits and Overcoats-- •
$15.00 Suits and Overcoats
i if you want to wear better clothes than ordinary without pay
! ing so much as is usually asked for the common kind, you want to
: attend this sale.
Berger'S