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NEWPORT, ARKANSAS THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1911. MAIMER !».
Id stage
■ NOT PROBABLE
■]1 On Upper White River
V Light And No Big
Stage of Water Is
Predicted.
—
■te River will only go 2
Hgher as the result of Wed
jj’s rains, according to the
bureau headquarters at
|| Rock. The register
■ay morning here was 22
B of a foot rise in 24 hours.
Sore feet would make the
■4 feet or nearly 2 feet
Ban Sunday, March 31.
B total rainfall here for
By and Wednesday was
Sches, while at Batesville,
■only 1.03 inches and at
■Rock even lighter. At
Ster point* a rise of 3.7 feet
■ported Thursday morning
■ Batesville 2 feet.
Srp reports from Black
State the rains were heav
■ the Upper River, but as
Be from White is light, that
Sill probably be falling be
ftack River reaches here.
Mountain Track Out.
on, April 9.— The heavy
hich began last night at
>ck, continued until noon
The Iron Mountain track
of town was washed away
ince of a thousand feet
;n here and Saline river
i far as can be seen on the
side of the river. The
rack was washed away on
st of town. The Rock Is
racks are also washed a
n each side of town. No
can come or go from Ben
any road, and traffic will
I pended until tomorrow af
n at least.
k lumber belonging to the
ILumber Company was
I away.
1 were overflowed in Sa
il’ bottom, causing many
Ids of dollars loss. Many
■ were washed away by
I creek, and the bridge
le creek was also washed
It is impossible to get to
tn the Rock Island depot,
es were lost.
HA Bad Negro Fined.
icken” or Bud Pitts, a ne
f not very savory reputa
tvho terrorized parts of the
section of town Wednes
ind threatened the life of
hal Carouthers, when the
■ arrested him, was fined
by Esquire Loftin Thurs
morning. The negro was
drunk and armed with a
gun when the arrest was
. He tried to stand off the
: for awhile and then ran
the city hall corner to
street, before Officer Ca
!*s could land him. Pitts
•ve his fine out on the
farm.
enator Keel was here
ay, but states that he has
>een able to capture or
he whereabouts of the
trusties” who made their
from the farm about a
go.
f For Sale.
v ranks dry cook wood cut
■dry lumber. $2.00 per
jftlelivered.
■rayton Hardwood Lumber
■fcmpany. 7dtf.
■awberries, lettuce, celery
■ell peppers at Bowen’s
■Store. 9d6t
Real Estate Transfers.
1 H. L. Remmel and wife to
Eliza Furnater, 40 acres 26-11-2
$1.
Eliza Furnater to Gustave
Jones and L. L. Campbell, one
third interest 40 acres 26-11-2,
$100.
i N. B. Wishon to Laura Bailey,
east half of lot 167 Walnut
Grove cemetery, $40.
E. D. Gardner and wife to L.
T. Slayden, one-half interest lot
1, block 19, Tuckerman, $500.
i R. W. Bandy et al to George
W. Bandy, 860 acres 8, 9, 16, 17
13-2, $1.
Cassius C. Russell and wife to
Albert J. August, 320 acres 11
: 14-1, $1.
i Clara E. Seefluth to W. M.
Dunham, one-third interest in
tract in 19-11-3 and one-eigh
teenth interest in tract in 19-11
3, $300.
Orville Dunham to W. M. Dun
ham, one-third and one-eigh
teenth interests in above tracts,
$160.
Minnie Jasay to W. M. Dun
ham, one-third and one-eigh
teenth interests in same tracts,
cn
G. C. Dunham et al to W. M.
Dunham, one-sixth interest in
141.46 acres 19-11-3, $47.
United States to Nodiah
Marsh, 116.04 acres 35-12-3, al
so 9 acres 35-12-3.
Dora Bell Perkins and hus
band to John Melville, 100 acres
10, 11-11-2, $125.
D. R. Renshaw and wife to W.
E. Baker, 120 acres 15-9-2, $450.
J. E. Lane and wife to J. B.
Coffin, lots 7, 8, 9 and part of 10,
block 44, Swifton, $2.
J. L. Whaley and wife to
Thomas J. Graham, 80 acres 26
13-2, $2000.
Thomas J. Graham to J. L.
Whaley, 60 acres 36-13-3, $900.
M. H. Hopkins and wife to L.
F. Stoker, lot 3, block 3, Barn
well’s Addition, Grubbs, $100.
J. B. Coffin to J. E. Lane, part
of'block 44, Swifton, $2.
George R. Hays, trustee to J.
A. Beede, 40 acres 11-9-1, $430.
Marriage License.
Sidney Hartsell and Hannah
Miller, both of Tuckerman.
Earl Lewis and Mrs. Myrtle
Spraggins, both of Bradford.
F. M. Ussery, Hoxie and Lula
Bleakley, Newport.
Willis Fraser and Leona Rout
song, both of Newport.
L. E. Bell of Bradford and
Jennie Ashley, Grand Glaize.
Remmel.
We are having some fine wea
ther. The farmers are plowing
and some have corn planted.
! F. J. Bonner, J. B. Lashlee and
i Z. D. Barber met at the church
house Saturday night and had
some good preaching,
j May Bowman returned home
; from Ravenden Saturday and we
were all glad to see her.
i Miss Fay Smith and Mr. Ben
Holt were in our midst Sunday,
j C. C. Dean returned from Cow
Lake Tuesday, leaving his
; daughter-in-law very sick. She
has been sick for some time.
I We hear that the water is
very high.
G. C. Meadows has been very
sick but is thought to be getting
better now.
Close.
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BARKER’S.
Death Of C. M. Flinn.
C. M. Flinn, one of the best cit
izens of Batesville, died at his
home in Batesville Monday night
after an illness extending over
more than a year, during which
time he had only been out of his
room twice, and then was
brought down town in an auto
mobile.
Mr. Flinn had held several im
portant offices in this county,
havingbeen sheriff fortwo terms
and assessor for two terms. He
was about 64 years of age at
the time of his death.
Mr . Flinn came to Independ
ence county from McMinn coun
ty, Tennessee, in the fall of 1856
and in 1875 he was married to
Miss Nancy L. Bumpass. To
them were born nine children,
four of whom are dead. The five
childern who survive him are
Edward and Gaines and Miss I
rene, and Mrs. Guy Adkins of
Batesville, and Mrs. C. R. Pate
of Newport. He is also survived
by his wife, brothers and sisters.
He was a Mason in McGuire
Lodge No. 248 and affiliated
with Mt. Zion lodge here in Ap
ril, 1896. He was made a Royal
Arch Chapter Mason August 30,
1897. He was made a Knight
Templar May 18, 1897. He was
, 1 i _1__ iLn
also a. cnanei menisci wx u.v
Cedar Chapter, W. 0. W. No. 15,
which was organized in 1895.
Aside from his hosts of friends
in the various lodges, he was
highly esteemed by his friends
throughout the county, and few
men who have lived in this coun
ty have had more friends than
he.
The funeral was conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 3:30, in
charge of the Masonic lodges.
Rev. C. V. Hively conducted the
services.—Batesville Cuard.
Railroad Traffic Cut.
Memphis, April 10.—All rail
road traffic entering Memphis
from the west practically went
out of business shortly before
noon Wednesday, when water
rose so high at Bridge Junction
it put out the fires in locomo
tives.
No. 46 over the Rock Island,
: due in Memphis from Hot
; Springs with a Chicago sleeper
I at 7:45 p. m., has been annulled
| until further notice.
Train No. 42, due to arrive in
Memphis at 1:05 p. m., was held
up at Little Rock Wednesday,
land train No. 102, due in Mem
phis about 2 p. m., did not come
further than Hurlburt, Ark.,
where it was turned back as
No. 106.
The Rock Island announced
that its fast passenger train,
leaving Memphis for the West
and Southwest each midnight
would not go out tonight.
The Iron Mountain railroad is
not receiving freight or selling
any passenger tickets. All its
trains have been annulled untl
further notice. The Cotton Belt
which used the Rock Islam
tracks from Brinkley, Ark., tc
Memphis, also will be put out of
business. None of its trains
from the Southwest w7ill at
i tempt to enter or leave Mem
phis.
Officials of the Frisco at firsl
said they would be able to con
tinue operations on account ol
having raised the tracks at i
point near Bridge Junction al
most to Marion, Ark., but th<
break in the levee at Wilsor
makes it probable that all th<
roads west from here will b<
cut and suffer losses like Iasi
year.
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WILSON LEVEE
LETS IN FLOOD
Partially Relieves Conditions
In Eastern Border. But Other
Points May Give Way.
Memphis, April 9.—After a
day of torrential rains and a stiff
wind, one levee gave way before
' the flood waters of the Mississip
pi early tonight and at half a
dozen other points a desperate
fight is being waged to hold the
turbulent waterway within its
bounds, with the oddsagainst the
flood fighters. Admittedly the
levees are weakening. The wat
er, already at an unprecedented
height, is pounding against the
dikes with increasing force and
whether the embankments can
longer withstand the pressure is
i problematical.
WILSON LEVEE GONE
The levee near Wilson, Arkan
sas, went out late this evening,
said to be due to the desertion of
about 150 negro laborers this
morning.
With a roar that could be
heard for a mile or more, about
100 feet of the earthen revet
ment collapsed into the stream
| and it was by a narrow margin
that the workers along the lev
ee, who kept up the fight to the
last minute, reached a place of
safety. The gap widened rapid
idlv and as the water came
through with a mighty current
frail negro cabins were tossed
about like so many playthings,
trees were swept down and car
ried away, but so far as can be
ascertained, all of the inhabi
tants of the immediate vicinity
of the break reached places of
safety.
At a late hour tonight the gap
was about 300 feet wide and wi
dening rapidly.
The gauge reading at Memphis
at 7 o’clock tonight showed a
stage of 46.4, a rise of .4 in 12
hours. At ten o’clock the river
was stationary. Cairo reported
a stage of 54.6 stationary, but
above that point the Mississippi
was rising. St. Louis reported
26.4, a rse of 1.4 feet slice 7 a.
m.
All points along the Ohio river
reported the river falling.
As a result of the break at
Wilson parts of Mississippi,
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run list; 11, uu.m ciJiv* ^
counties wil be flooded and , with
the water coming through the
crevasse at Grave’s bayou, about
40 per cent of the 600,000 acres
of the St. Francis basin will be
flooded. The greater part of
this area is timber land, and Wil
son, a settlement-of about 250
! lumber workers and families, is
the most important town that
will be swept by the first rush
of the water.
“Backwater” may reach within
two miles of Osceola on the east
and Marion on the south.
Other points of danger tonight
are Mounds City and Osceola,
j Arkansas. At both points the
1 crest of the levee is a foot or
I more above the water, but the
river is being beaten into high
waves and sweeping over the
rainsoaked embankments.
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Country Schools Do Not leach
Hygiene.
Washington, April 0—Coun
try school children generally are
less healthful than children m
the city schools, according to the
United States- bureau of educa
tion, which bases its conclusion
largely on investigation made by
Dr. E. lb Hoag into rural educa
tional conditions in Minnesota.
Failure to teach the children in
the “little red school house,” ev
en the rudiments of hygiene and
the ignorance of the average
country teacher along this line
are held to be the cause.
Poor ventilation of the coun
try school is a principal factor in
undermining the health of coun
try children. As a result the
children are afflicted with head
ache and other ailments of an
avoidable nature. Dr. Hoag
found that 80 per cent of the
from Brinkley via Newport to
the Iron Mountain, as all lines
west from Memphis are report
ed abandoned in the flood dis
| trict.
The horses were taken from
their cars while in Newport and
fed and watered in the local
yards.
The aged mother of W. B.
Grant of this city fell Wednes
day morning, fracturing her hip,
which is considered very serious,
causing her much suffering.
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Moving Pictures
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18 Reels Per Week.
Special Tonight—.‘{-Reel Feature
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children in country schools arum
tea and coffee, that 00 per cent
of them suffer almost constantly
from toothaches, anl that 19 to
,23 per cent had frequent hear -
inches.
When I ask those who drink
coffee to stand up,” saysDr.
Hoag, “nearly all the children
rise. When I ask how many
have a toothbrush, nearly all say
they have, but when I ask die
you use it this morning?’ ther
is little response.”
Dr Hoag advocated medical
inspection and the instruction of
the teachers in hygiene.
Wild West Train Detoured.
The Miller Ranch 101 Wild
West show, traveling from Little
: Rock to St. Louis, w^as detoured
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THE MILLS OF THE GODi
Reel No. 1.
; Lorenzo, a mean man, tries
win Marie but Miguel wins^f
for his wife. Lorenzo doerr#£|
erything he can against Mi|£ -'***■..
Reel No. 2. t<■
At Lake Mogul Miguel has ‘
pered. Lorenzo has all Mi# ■ -
property burned—a greats 1
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Reel No. 3.
Lorenzo not yet being saJT j,
has Rosa, Miguel’s little E* E*
ter stolen and gives her t'f 'jl* JL-41
sies. But Lorenzo is punish/
a thrilling story; an extra^4*
Feature. ,
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