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■ ROAD PLANS
I f0r Jackson County
ft Estimates Cost of
ft Construction.
Ir Cart^state highway
ft addressed the citizens
ftoo County Monday af
Epon the value of good
ftd iriade his report to
ftg Coe and other citi
ftrested upon what the
Id be of a system of per
■ highways for Jackson
Kening his remarks, he
f the time opportune for
lor we had but one mile
Lved road in over 500
| county roads and ought
Mamed of the present
I upon the two fold
good roads, those
lomic and from a so
int. No community
iy other state ever
and regretted it.
i make it cost the
0 a bale to market
rhereas the average
pod roads would be
If, a saving of $15,
ipon the cotton crop
system of roads
ue our land values
r cent, but the cost
them is fixed and
to be raised through
be the same. The
ild be shown in few
schools and more
i schools, in the ex
ree mail delivery,
ills by reason of less
ore painted houses
nore fences and imr
as, only 2 per cent
are improved, while
5 8 per cent; Con
30, Florida, 10;
(issouri 5; Tennes
s 4. The value of a
rmined by its prox
ket.
item of roads, 193
proposed for the
no place in the dis
tover 3 miles from a perma
tread, Mr. Carter had plan
one cross county highway of
miles crossing the railroads
Swifton, Tuckerman, Camp
I. Erwin, Auvergne, Shoffner,
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Weldon and Tupelo. The pro
posed system calls for the re
mainder of the highways outside
of this main thoroughfare to be
8 feet wide in macadam con
struction upon a 22 foot dump,!
with permanent re-enforced con-!
crete bridges.
The total cost of construction
;was estimated at $675,000, which
with our assessed real valuation ;
of $3,800,000, a 3 per cent bet
terment tax would produce
$112,000 yearly and retire the
bonds in 7V& years.
One-third of the taxes of this
county are paid by the railroads J
and the tax per acre on land j
whose assessed valuation is $4, i
which is the average for this
county, wrnuld be 12 cents; ona
$10 valuation, the tax would be
30 cents an acre, and if the
bonds were made for a longer |
term of years, the tax would be
less.
We are now paying $20,000 a
year in road tax and getting no
thing for it, because it goes out
in dribbles over 500 miles of
road and the results are nothing.
A bond issue for a system of
roads is the solution of the road
problem for Jackson county.
These were the thoughts ad
vanced by Mr. Carter, who was
strongly applauded at the con
clusion of his address.
G. A. Hillhouse, Judge C. B.
Coe and ex-Senator John H. Keel
made splendid short talks ex
pressing their approval of the
road system proposed and ex
plaining how it was to be voted
on in the March primary ballot.
RIE DAMAGE
SUIT RETRIED
In Circuit Court Having Been
Reversed In Supreme
Court.
The case of George Allen Rie
versus the St. Louis & San Fran
cisco Railway Company for dam
ages alleged by reason of per
sonal injuries sustained when a
gun was accidentally discharged
in removing a handcar from the
track near Amagon, was heard
Monday in circuit court.
Plaintiff secured a judgment
for $1,500 in the first trial of
the case, but the supreme court
reversed the finding. Jones &
Campbell represented plaintiff
and the railroad company had
for counsel W. J. Orr of Spring
field, Missouri and Stayton and
Stayton.
COURT RECORD IN BRIEF.
State versus Walter Adams,
profanity; pled guilty and fined
*1
William Hooker versus St.
Louis & San Francisco Railway
Company, damages; judgment
by agreemlent for plaintiff for
$25, each party to pay own costs.
June Rose versus St. Louis,
1. M„ & S. Ry. Co., damages;
judgment by agreement for
plaintiff for $2,900.
C. 0. Hammond versus St. L.,
I. M. & S. Ry. Co., damages;
judgment by agreement for
plaintiff for $200.
Notice of Examination.
Tuckerman, Ark.,
Feb. 21, 1914.
Notice is hereby given that ar
examination for the purpose of
ascertaining the qualifications
of those who desire to teach ir
the public schools of Jacksor
county will be held at Newport
March 19th and 20th, 1914.
W. M. Shaver,
Superintendent of Schools of
Jackson County, Arkansas.
$150 PINES !
DAY IN JAIL
Verdict of Jury Against John'
H. Keel, Jewel Best and Lee
Quinn.
“Guilty of aggravated as
sault” was the verdict of the
jury returned against ex-Sena
tor John H. Keel, Jewel Best
and Lee Quinn in the trial for ;
assault with intent to kill and j
as accessories, heard Saturday j
in the Jackson circuit court.
In the case of Ira Best, the <
jury found a verdict of “not
guilty” upon instruction of the
court, and the penalty prescrib- j
ed against the three convicted
defendants was $150 fine and
one day in jail for each.
The hour was midnight j
when the jury reported its;
verdict to the court, after be-!
ing out one hour. The de-1
fendants state that their case
will be appealed to the supreme
court.
'T’Vio armimpnf in fVio caap was !
heard at a night session of
court, each side being allowed
one and a Half hours. Prosecut
ing Attorney Erwin opened and
closed the case with a strong plea
for conviction and able argu
ments were also delivered by G.
A. Hillhouse, G. L. Grant and
J. W. Phillips for the defense.
TESTIMONY FOR DEFENSE.
John Adams was the first wit
ness called for defense, lives on
T. S. Stephens farm, was living
on Keel farm when Slim was
shot, was at Keel home that
night to get his mail, was on
front porch when shooting oc
curred about 250 yards abovej
house. Keel first came in and
saw Jewel Best, Lee Quinn, Ar
thur Walls and Slim also came
up to the porch and went
though gate toward the river.
They had a dim lantern, but
saw no visible arms, no pick,
shovel, spade or shot gun. In
about five minutes, heard the
shooting and then they came
back in about ten minutes.
Keel came in and telephoned Dr.
Thomason to come at once.
Witness then left porch and
went home.
Lab Harmon, a negro, lives on
John Lee farm, was on Steph
ens farm last May and said that
negro called Slim came to Louis
Stewart’s the place where he
was taking his meals, that one
arm was in splints and had been
shot. This was about two miles
from the Keel place.
Allison Armond, a negro liv
ing on the Island, was on Drum
mond place last May and knew
of negro named bum coming
though there. Saw this negro,
who was holding his arm as if
it were in splints and said he
had been shot on the county
farm. On cross examination,
said he had told Jim Crump
about seeing Slim.
Louis Stewart, a negro lives
on Stephens farm, saw a negro
named Slim, who had his arm
shot and was in boards. Wit
ness had told “Slim” to move
on and he was gone when wit
ness came home, had told Ben
Foster of “Slim” being at his
house.
Esquire H. C. Nuckolls pre
sented his docket, showing thal
Edgar Robinson was arrestee
June 2, tried June 3 and founc
guilty, fined $20 and committee
to jail that day. Witness oi
cross examination admitted thal
case following upon docket, bor<
the date of May.
C. W. Wood, constable of Un
(ion Township, identified th<
committment and date issued of'
June 3, and also identified Ed
gar Robinson, the state’s wit
ness, who was brought forth
from the witness room as being
negro sent to farm on that date
Jewel S. Best was the first of
the defendants to testify. He
was present night Slim was
shot. Keel told the guards that
Slim had told him where the
jewelry was hidden and asked
witness, Lee Quinn and Arthur
Walls to go with him. This
they did, Keel carrying a lan
tern, Slim wras on left of wit
ness and all were going toward
Elm tree, the hiding place. Slim
was handcuffed and struck Lee
Quinn a side lick over forhead.
Slim tried to run and witness
grabbed him, both fell along
with Quinn, shot was fired and
witness said “Boys, you’ve shot
me.” The negro also said he
wras shot and when Quinn found
his revolver by light of the lan
tern, which had to be relighted,
one chamber had been discharg
ed. A 111 then returned to house
dressed the negro’s arm used an
antiseptic and bandages and
Keel phoned for Dr. Thomason.
Mag had told Keel that Slim
had put jewelry in another place
and both negroes were taken to
this place and each accused the
other of doing the stealing.
Witness and Keel went to Ingle
side day before the shooting
and didn’t know of the jewelry
being stolen until they landed at
Ingleside, when Mrs. Keel met
them and told them about the
theft, so could not have had
conversation alleged by man
who carried them down.
On cross examination, wit
ness stated that he went down
at this particular time on pleas
ure trip, but carried revolver
because he was and still is su
perintendent of the county
farm, had already served sen
tences in four cases for selling
liquor illegally. Witness said
he had hold of Slim’s arm night
he was taken, but became mixed
on his testimony as to how long
he held the negro’s arm in the
mix-up. Witness denied that
Keel had ever said “shoot the
negro if he tries to run,” but
said Keel had instructed them
never to shoot anyone on the
farm if the convicts did get
away. Witness said Edgar
Robinson was not a convict or
on the farm at the time of the
shooting.
Lee Quinn, another of the
defendants, testified that the j
negro “Slim” after he had
been shot, asked witness to help
him out and to say the shoot
ing was accidental. Corroborat
ed the testimony of Dr. Thoma
son, explaining his story of the
shooting in this way as being
at the negro Slim’s suggestion.
Witness said he had no inten
tion of shooting Slim and that
when the negro struck him in
the forehead, his revolver fell
from scabbard and was .acciden
tally discharged. On cross ex
amination, witness said he
worked for Jewel Best in cold
drink stand and had pled guilty
to two indictments for selling li
quor. Aside from becoming con
fused on relative positions when
the shooting occurred, witness’
testimony of the incident was
along the same lines as that of
mitted he had been convicted
of shooting a man in Crawford
county and produced a pardon
issued by Gov. Hays.
Ex-Senator John H. Keel holds
a contract to work the prison
ers, was here Tuesday, May 27
and was met at home landing
by his wife and told that her
jewels were gone. The cook
Mag told witness how suspicious
Slim was acting and negro was
taken to the corral. Keel then
went to the corral and the negro
Slim confessed and said he had
already served a three years
term in the penitentiary. The
negro was handcuffed and wit
ness led the way with a lantern
toward the big elm tree on the
river; heard the scuffle, some
one say “he’s loose,” then an
other “I’ve got him” and a pis
tol fired. His lantern went out
when he ran into a sapling, and
the negro said to him “Don’t
let them shoot me any more
Mr. Keel” to which Keel replied
that he didn’t want anyone to
shoot and demanded to know
who had shot. It was then
found, said witness, that the
shot had been accidental Ne
gro was taken back and then
to place where he said Mag
had left the jewels and Mag
was also taken there, but they
could never find jewels, which
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consisted of one ring with pearls '•
and diamond setting valued at
$500, another diamond ring,
his wedding present to his wife,
valued at $350, another ring
valued at $50 and $15 in money.
Thought the theft occurred
Sunday night, but did not know
of it upon the boat trip from
Newport and had no such con
versation as given by one of the
state’s witnesses. On cross
examination, witness after tes
tifying that he tried to locate
Arthur Gorman, a suspected
white boy through letters, but
not telegrams, admitted that he
testified to the grand jury that
he had sent telegrams.
The defense having closed, the
state called Jim Hunter in re
buttal. Was on county farm
at time of trouble and said Ed
gar Robinson was on farm at
time of shooting. Ira Best
brought him down on a white
horse.
Gibson-Inman Case Reversed.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 23.—The su
preme court reversed and re
manded Gibson vs. Inman Pack
et Company, Lawrence circuit
suit, growing out of damages to
cotton shipped from Lauratown
to Newport.
The supreme court dismissed
a mandamus petition granted a
New York publishing concern
requiring secretary of state to
lend it plates for publication of
the Arkansas Supreme Court re
ports. The court also declared
executive committee Little Rock
Confederate Reunion not liable
for value of fifteen thousand
cots purchased but returned af
ter reunion.
Many Hear Candidates.
Walnut Ridge, Feb. 22.—The
five candidates for prosecuting
attorney for the Third Judicial
Circuit—John S. Gibson of Law
rence, Hugh J. Williamson of
Stone, Earl Casey, T. A. Gray
and I. J. Matheny of Independ
ence—closed their week of
speaking dates for Lawrence
county in this city yesterday. A
large crowd was in attendance.
These candidates begin at Swif
ton Monday for a week's engage
ment in Jackson county.
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