M'.MIIEK
i KILLS
R. C. LYNCH
County Planter In
filled Friday Night
Saulsburg.
independent.
’lant, May 10.—R. C.
shot and instantly
■aulsburg, two miles
is place. Friday night
clock by R. C. Spivey,
27 years, the weapon
a shotgun.
vho is a married man,
he was awakened by
ntering his home, and
rriedly procured his
ired on_ the then un
uder.
•estigation, the man
to be Lynch, who it is
•e a mask over his
rried a dirk and a re
36 time he was killed,
ich’s present wife
said was seeking a
is formerly Mrs. Lil
of this city, and pro
? the Creighton hotel
>r more.
e remembered that
t killed Postmaster
tiedy of Cotton Plant
ears ago.
ist was held by the
s morning, the jury
t Spivey.
II Mrs. T. Y. Ramsey Dead.
Mrs. T. Y. Ramsey, wife of
| pastor of the Methodist
lireh at Batesville, died in that
V this morning at 7:15 from a
blonged illness of malarial fe
phe remains will be brought
rough this city Sunday morn
p at 6:30, being carried to Lit
j Rock for burial at Oak Lawn
pieterv. The funeral will be
Id at Winfield Memorial
urch Sunday afternoon at 2
lock and will be conducted by
e pastor. Rev. Philip Cone
rh'e deceased, is survived by
r husband three children,
yne and Carlyle Ramsey of
ttle Rock and Miss Sue Ram
7 oi Batesville, all of whom
J well known and esteemed by
lfty Newport friends.
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I Summer Wood
Crayton’s delivered.,
m cull lumber. Phone
e Hopper or Fisher,
ers with P. S. White.
ng Pictures
• Opera House
Reels Per Week.
Y OF THE MOUN
TAINS.
>d mountain story.
(LUBIN.)
0 BILLY’S PROMISE
lent Western drama
« “G. M. Anderson.”
(ESSANAY.)
ing something
good comedy.
(PATHE.)
msic bv the orchestra
ION 5 and 10 Cents.
starts at 7:15.
nd show starts at 8:15
Civic Improvement.
Below, we quote from the
News-Scimitar, an article on
‘Clean-up Day in Memphis.
Villages, towns and citie- else
where find it necessary to inau
gurate special celan-up brigades.
They prove, too. that where
' there is a determined effort on
the part of the citizens, satis
factory results follow. May
Newport emulate the example
of her sister towns.
“Actuated by a spirit of civic j
pride, and in accordance with an j
appeal by Mayor Crump, Mem
phis, officially arrayed in a ging- j
ham apron and armed with j
brush and rake, began a deter
mined effort on Thursday to j
rid the city of rubbish. Hun- i
dreds of school children whose
support in the clean-up move
ment was enlisted through cir
cular letters sent to each school
by Superintendent Wolfe, were
active advocates. Back yards,
alleys and out-of-the-way places
were relieved of filth by city
garbage collectors. As a re
sult the Bluff City shines be- j
neath a cloak that is practically i
spotless. j
“All day inspectors under the I
jurisdiction of the health de- j
partment, were kept on the jump I
overseeing the clean-up crusade, j
Dirt and waste material that for '
_l.„ U- J_1 iU,..'
vy ctx\o nau c'v-GjJtu tut , y\ ao ;
piled up and then removed !
to the city crematories.
“A unique method of renova-'
tion was conducted by the school1
children. When pupils arrived i
at their respective schools •
Thursday morning, each carried I
a bundle of one or more empty
cans. The receptacles had been
picked up around the pupils'
homes as an individual contribu-'
tion to a tin can gathering con-!
test had been arranged as a
feature of the crusade. Big
cans and little, old cans and
new—from every quarter of the
city the evidence of youthful
activity deposited at each school!
building soon reached enormous
proportions.
“To make the can contest spir
ited, the city agreed to give the
school collecting the largest
number of cans a certificate of
honor. As a result every school j
in the city made an early bid for
the coveted prize.
“A committee of school chil
dren, at the conclusion of the
day’s studies, was to count the
/win /i 4- ni K n Kir o/>K AaI O VY /T
turn in a report to Superintend- i
ent Wolfe. Arrangements had i
been made with Superintend
ent Pierotti, of the street clean
ing department, to gather the
cans in garbage wagons.
, “ ‘All of our wagons are busy
gathering rubbish collected by
citizens all over the city’, said
: the superintendent Thursday
; morning. ‘Indications are that
we would have our hands full
with this job. but when we get
through Memphis will be clean
er than she has been for several
months.’ ”
Deaf Mute Teachers Chosen.
'Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 10.— The
State Board of Charitable In
i stitutions Friday afternoon re
elected all the teachers at the
deaf-mute institute. Dr. J. D.
Watkins was re-elected occulist
and aurist for the deaf mute and
blind school. Drs. Anderson and
Watkins and Sterling Bond were
elected physicians for the school
for the blind. Dr. H. H. Kirby,
who had served both institu
tions, was not a candidate for
re-election.
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ORGANIZE S. I. A.
POR NEWPORT
Follows Addre— of Mi— Eva
Reichardt At Auditorium
On School Improve
ment Work.
Newport is -oon to have a
School Improvement Association
working in behalf of its schools,
for a temporary organization of
the movement was effected Fri
day evening after the address of
Miss Eva Reichardt. at which
time Mrs. W. W. Dutton was
made chairman and Mrs. E. L.
Bovce secretary. Two commit
tees were appointed by the •
chair, one upon membership to
enlist the names of all men and
women who will assist in the as
sociation work, this committee
to consist of Mesdames S. hi.
Phillips, T. P. Umsted and W. B.
Crossland. The second commit
tee on organization to consist of
Mesdames C. R. Hite, L. Hirsch
and John W. Stayton. and both
to report at a meeting of the
School Improvement Association
to be held next Tuesday evening
at the auditorium, when a per-j
manent organization will be
made.
A very small audience greeted
Miss Reichardt, but the interest ■
and enthusiasm of those present
was sufficient to partially atone ■
for the scarcity in numbers. The
program of the evening was op
ened by an orchestral selection
and between other numbers the ,
music furnished by the Newport;
Theatre orchestra was thorough-1
ly enjoyed by all. Miss Birdie !
Marion, whose voice is ever pop-1
ular in her home city, also con
tributed a solo.
Judge Boyce, president of the ]
Board of Education, was the first
speaker, rendering to the dis-;
trict an account of the steward-1
ship of the present board in the
sale of bonds, the emiployment |
of an architect, the letting of a
contract, the construction and j
furnishing of the new high
school building; also a statement:
of the financial condition of the
district from July 1907 showing
that the district is running prac
tically one year behind in its ex
penditures over its revenues,
how this condition has come
about and pointing out the ne
cessity of a seven mill tax levy
at the coming school election
Saturday, May 17th in order to
pay the interest on the out
standing bond issue of 545,000
and continue the schools.
Judge Boyce's address review
ed so capably and fully these
matters of interest to the citi
zens of Newport school district,
that the Independent will publish
his address in full within the
next few days.
Miss Reichardt, the principal
; speaker of the evening, proved
! an interesting talker, reviewing
| educational work over the South
1 and telling from personal obser
| vation what had been accom
plished in various districts of
the state by School Improve
: ment Associations and by indi
vidual workers from the ranks
of both men and women.
The first essential for proper
school work was sanitation, but
i along this line, the new building
with its modern equipment and
’ perfect ventilation afforded all
that could be desired in the main
school according to the speaker
and the work of beautifying and
equipping the play grounds for
healthy sport and finishing the
interior more artistically by
•
proper decorations and conven
iences would naturally consti
tute the greatest field for activ
ity upon the part of the local as
sociation.
M iss Reichardt boosted good
roads along with good schools,
declared that our school system
was doing little for the woman
on the farm and urged our peo
ple to missionary work in the
rural districts to help them pro
vide better sanitary conditions
for their schools and homes.
Miss Reichardt is full of her
subject and as she stated, has a
subject that inspires great
thought and patriotism. She is
thoroughly alive to the needs of
the day relating to school im
provement and as a public
speaker, she is so intense and
thoroughly enraptured with the j
cause she pleads, that the close i
attention of her audience is but ;
natural and we hope the results j
of her address and visit will
prove a permanent good in
arousing our citizens to proper I
school co-operation.
17 Convicts Got Away in April.
Little Rock, Ark., May 10 —!
Since Governor J. M. Futrell
has put an end to the wholesale 1
pardon of convicts and has thusj
dimmed the hope ot treedom
through executive clemency in :
the breasts of Arkansas con-;
victs, the prisoners apparently j
have taken the situation into!
their own hands and refuse to
pay the penalty for their crimes.
The March and April reports
of the Board of Penitentiary
Commissioners, filed yesterday
with Governor Futrell, show
that, whereas, in March 31 con
victs were pardoned and only 6
escaped, in April only 1 was par
doned and 17 escaped. These
escapes include dashes for liber
ty made at the penitentiary and j
at the state farm.
At the close of April the latest
report shows there were 692
convicts in the penitentiary. Of
this number 192 were white
males, 482 negro males and 18!
negro females.
The March report shows that j
755 convicts were received and |
47 were released. The releases
were: By death, 1. by pardon,
31, by escape, 6, by transfer to
the reform school, 4, by transfer
to the State Hospital for Ner
vous diseases, 1, and expiration
of sentence. 4.
The April report shows 47
convicts were received and 22
discharged during the month.
The releases were: By death. 2,
by escape 17. by transfer to the
Reform School, 2, and by par
don, 1.
Baccalaureate Sermon.
The public is cordially invited
to be present at the Baccalaur
eate sermon at the Methodist
church tomorrow at 11 a. m.
Besides the sermon there will be
special music by, both vocal and
instrumental, by Newport fav
orites, among the numbers be
vocal solos by Miss Birdie Ma
rion and Mrs. S. R. Phillips, a
male quartette, together with
selections by the Newport or
chestra.
For Sale.
Several thousand bushels of
corn and large quantity of timo
, thy and alfalfa hay at Kinman
farm. For information inquire
at T. D. Kinman’s or Arkansas
Bank & Trust Co. 32btf
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LOCAL BANKS
PURCHASE BOND
Issue ot >>•*>,OtiO In Overcup
Slough Drainage District—
\ward Made Friday.
The Lionels of the Overcup
Slough Drainage District em
bracing about 20.000 acre.-- of
very fine land in Jackson and
Woodruff counties were sold
Friday night to the Arkansas
Bank & Trust Company and
First National Bank of this city
upon a joint bid of the t wo banks
representing W. R. Compton
Company of St. Louis.
The bond issue of Ss-S.immi
bearing 0 per cent interest,
brought par. which is considered
an excellent bid under present
financial conditions. There were
four other bidders for the drain
age bonds, which will be retired
•
in 20 years. Only the interest
is to be paid for the first five
years, after which an equal
amount of the bonds are retired
each year.
The commissioners of this im
provement district, who made
the award are Sig Shoffner,
W. T. Sweat and S. FT Dent.
(specially ext rpt~ such ordin
ances.
"Another <jtiestion that arises
i< ‘hat the ordinance was passed
n February. and the legislative
1 ac* did not become a law until
sime time in Mnrcl . I have ta
ken the matter up with the At
torney^ leneral and he suggests
that you and Mr. Wright Prick
ett agree upon a date between
March 20 and March 27 for both
sides of the question to have a
hearing before the Attorney
■tleneral and myself, Mr. Prickett
having filed the protest. March
27 i~ the latest date upon which
the petition can he legally filed,
if the Attorney-!leneral holds
t hat 11;is can he done.”
Momentous Question Involved.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. May 10.— A mo
mentous question has been pro
pounded in the Department of
Education—a sort of a high
brow “How Old Is Ann?” propo
sition that has them all guess
ing. Supt. Cook threatens to
submit it to the Simreme Court
for final adjudicatipn, as the
Legislature does not ''happen to
he in session. It is a question of
grammatical construction, and
involves a verse from Grajrt im
mortal elegy, “And all the amLa
solemn stillness holds.” j
Every teacher and grammar
student in the state is expected
to get busy on it. The question
is, what is the subject of the
sentence? Some say it is “air”
and some say it is “stillness.” It
has been submitted to 7(5 college
professors and students of the
East, of whom .‘59 say it is "still
ness.” What’s the answer.
Hot Point Day.
At S. .J. Dent.v’s May 10. See
the El Tostovo work. They will
be sold at half price for the one
day. 33d2t
If you use ball blue, get Red \
Cross Ball Blue, the best ball
blue. Large 2 oz. package 5
cents.
Would Refer City Ordinance.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 10.—There
is a controversy at Mena over an
electric lighting ordinance pass
ed by its city council, Dec. 27,
1912. Hon. W. M. Pipkin has
sent to the Secretary of State a
numerously signed petition for a
referendum of the ordinance.
In a letter to Mr. Pipkin, Secre
tary Hodges says:
“There has been a formal pro
test filed here by parties resid
ing in your city requesting me
to refuse formally to file this pe
tition on the ground that it pro
poses to refer an ordinance
which has to do with the main
tenance of your city govern
ment, and the new law giving
cities the power of referendum
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Your athlete demands free-play boot for the
bones and muscles of his feet— The Gotham is
an athletic last
Are you one of these men who have a oretty definite
idea of what they want in a shoe ? “Hang the styles,”
say you. “Give me a good natural shape, with
plenty of toe room and a sensibly rounded toe.” If
you say that to a salesman, you are pretty sure to get
one of the handsomest shoes in the Regal line — the
Gotham. This shape was good ten years ago and
will be popular ten years hence. It comes as near
being right as any shoe that was ever built.