Daily Indepen >ent.
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17,191!. NI MBER 220
SgriiER
ilY CANDIDATES
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■ gi^tion and J. *•
Kft For Coroner.
1 ca^n progresses,
■ncement column of the
Knt is lengthening and
■of the year will proba
■ out all others, who
■rations for political
Lt entries are J- F.
Ion for re-election as
■d J T. Craft of Diaz
■erof Jackson county- 1
Kcuistion is asking for j
[term, and upon a re
lice that entitles him to
■ confidence upon the j
[his constituency. He
| an efficient sheriff and
[and his administration
■r itself better than
Eg at our command
Btter acquaintance with
|]e makes him much
[politically, for as sher
Eg performed his duties
nr -favor.
party battles come up,
own as a willing and en
c worker and as a citi
laman of public spirit
ressive ideas. He is at
to his duties and those
e business in his office
a courteous and accom-:
f official.
FT FOR CORONER,
raft, who has entered ;
ary for coroner is an af-,
iaccommodating gentle
omade the race four ,
0 and was defeated by
majority. He has been i
ant at Diaz for a num-.
ars except during a res-1
ere and has the qualifi
lecessary to capably dis-,
the duties of the office to
e aspires. ,
act that he made such a ,
owing four years ago,
cefully accepted his de- ^
res him prestige in tV ,
contest and his friends
county will give him a
Pport.
ice’s bookstore you will
irge and complete stock
1 all prices, all kinds,
k. Largest stock in
09btf.
Ping Pictures
icOpera House
NO BILLY AND THE
0°LMAM’S SWEET
HEART.
fr Western Drama with
inderson
, (S. and A.)
j'GHING THE CEB
tfs Hand him a tough
N® beats them to it and
Peat story. It, makes a
N so does he. Hughie
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WOMAN’S WAY
t broker loses all his
His wife returns to
Jer. He goes West- She
vorce andmarries a rich
."f returns and she ad
8he still loves him,
. rnoney more.—A very
% drama.
(PATHE)
^ Night Specialty.
JJ1 dancing by Rather
P°rothy Camp.'
A Card Of Thanks
Editor of Independent:
Dear Sir:—Please allow me
space in you paper to thank the
good people of Tuckerman for
their cordial and generous re
ception to us on our return for
another year. No people that
we have ever served have been
more pronounced in apprecia
tion, none have been more
thoughtful and generous
Day by day, since we return
ed, have we been remembered,
but Tuesday night we were
stormed with good things, by
way of a real old fashioned
“Methodist Pounding.”
We cannot but believe “Our
lives have fallen to us in pleas
ant places.” Our hearts are
glad and happy. We begin the
new year’s work much encourag
ed and fully determined, by
God’s help, to make it our best.
To those who have thus re
membered us, we are very
grateful and upon each one we
pray the Father’s blessings.
Very sincerely,
W. P. TALKINGTON
Death Was Accidental.
Little Rock, Dec. 16—William
Foster and Oscar Doyle and H.
C- Overstreet, a pharmacist, ar
rested in connection with the
death of Mary Harris, inmate of
a resort at 8201/2 Main Street,
were released by Justice T. B.
Ivy when evidence introduced at
their hearing yesterday after
noon failed to substantiate
charges of murder on which the
three were held.
At an inquest conducted yes
terday morning by Coroner
Matin P. McNeil, it was shown
that Mary Harris’ death was due
to an overdose of heroin, a com- i
monly used drug. Foster and
Doyle were shown to have been
with the girl prior to her death,
and to have been in the resort
when she took the drug. It was
shown also that Doyle was sent
by the girl to purchase the drug
and that He procured it of Ov
erstreet at the Ellison pharmacy,
323 Washington avenue. But
the circumstances tended to
show that the trio, Foster, Doyle
and the Harris girl all were us
ing the drug and that she took
an overdose accidentally
The girl was found dying in
her room at the resort early
Monday morning. Her body
probably will be taken to Wat
son,'her home, for burial- Pend
ing definite arrangements the
body is being held at the Owens
and Ricks’ Undertaking estab
lishment.
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Fails To' Settle Trouble.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec 17.—M- J.
; McMahon, deputy labor commis
sioner, has returned from a trip
to Jonesboro, where he was
'called by the Coopers’ Union to
j use his influenre for the settle
iment of the Coopers’ strike
there. He found that 28 out
'of 33 employes of the Alfrey
Heading Company factory, had
refused to sign a card pledging
j themselves to pay no more dues
| to the union, and had been dis
charged by the managers, Ed
gings & Harley. He asked for
a conference which w*as proba
ble when he left, although no
'definite adjustment had been
I reached
\ J. S- Pate of Pleasant Plains
'was a business visitor to New
port today. ,
■ j Earl C. Casey was mingling
j with Newport friends today.
FARMERS ATTEND I
COUNTY INSTITUTE
University College rtf Agricul
ture Gives One Week
Course at Newark.
Special to Independent.
Newark, Dec- 16—The Col-!
lege of Agriculture of the Uni-;
versity of Arkansas is giving a
one week’s school for farmers
here this week. This is the se
cond school of this kind to be
given in this county and the j
registration for the first day in
dicates that it will exceed any
ever given in the state. The lec
tures Monday were attended by ,
155 people of whom more than !
one hundred were adult farm- j
ers. The fact that much inter-1
est has been aroused was indi-!
cated by the large number of !
questions asked.
The College of Agriculture I
has a corps of men on the j.
ground who readily answer all1
questions in regard to common j
farm practices- Professor Mar- j
tin Nelson, Dean of the Colleges '
of Agriculture and Director of !
the Arkansas Experiment Sta- j
tion, heads the force of six in
structors, each of whom is a
specialist in his particular line, j
Soils, general farm crops, cot
ton, horticultural crops, live
stock, live stock diseases, and !
field and orchard insect pests !
are the important subjects for j
which specialists have been pro- j
vided.
A special feature of this farm
school is the course in cotton !
grading. County Demonstra- i
tion Agent, Geo. W. Allen, who j
is cooperating with the College, j
has secured the official grades
prepared by the United States
Department of Agriculture to
gether with a number of sam
ples from local cotton buyers.
It is not expected that the far
mers can be taught to grade
cotton in such a short time but
it is hoped that this introduc
tion to the work will be suffi
cient to teach them to recog
nize those agencies which lower
the grade and thus encourage
them to attempt to prevent the
production of low grade cotton.
Prof. J- C Futrall, Acting
Tl_T nrnvc 1 f XT 11
X i column
be present fo^ an address on
Wednesday.
Mr. C. W- Watson, State
Agent in Farm Demonstration
Work will join the school on
Friday and Saturday. John H.
Page, State Commissioner of
Agriculture and Mr. C. 0. Car
penter of the Iron Mountain
Railway will be present Satur
day.
The citizens of Independence
county are congratulating
themselves on having secured
two of these schools in the coun
ty during the year- Three hun
dred and three farmers attend
ed the school held in Batesville
in August- The services of the
College of Agriculture have
been secured mainly through
the activities of County Demon
stration Agent, Geo. W. Allen,
who, recognizing the value of
such institutes to the counties
in which they are held, made
application for them very early
in the year- The registration
here the first day indicates that
the Newark school will exceed
any other ever given in the
state in point of attendance.
E. L. Fulks, deputy sheriff of
Stone county was down Wednes
day on official business.
Protecting Nation's Game.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. Dec. 17.—E. V.
Visart, government game in
spector. has just returned from
a conference of several days
with Col- Jos. A- Aeklen. chief I
warden, whom he met at Big
Lake. Mr. Visart says that for
the last two months the in- !
specters have been engaged in
warning the people against vio
lations of the law. and advising ;
them of the provisions of the
new federal statutes for the
protection of migratory birds.
Now they propose to begin the
prosecution of those who vio
late the law- The day for tern- (
porizing has passed.
W. C. T. U.
The ladies of the W. C. T. U
ire arranging to give a Christ
mas dinner to the inmates of !
the county hospital. A meeting ‘
Anil be held Thursday afternoon
it the home of Mrs. 0- E. Jones
;o perfect plans for this dinner- i
\11 members and friends of the
W. C. T. U. are urged to be pres-1
rnt at the meeting
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PINE BLUFF
WINS CONVENTION
■■■ ■ •
Democratic State Convention <
Meets At l'ine lilufl’
.Tune 3.
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 17. V
Democratic state central com- I
mittee in session here today by a ■
vote of IT to 10 sent the next 1
Democratic state convention to <
he held June third to Pine BlnlT. '
The committee also prepared a
call for the biennial primary 1
election in March and apportion
ed the delegates from the 75 J
counties to the state convention.
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Half Price Sale.
Big Bargains in China — I
am selling my entire stock !
of China this week at 1iolf price. !
Everything marked in plain fig- 1
ures. You pay just half V..e
marked price and take it along. 1
Spot cash only.
217d6 I. D- Price.
Ab Hester was down from ;
Kenyon on business Wednesday- :
I rv*Ti llr^h IP® fl <i—’fl fr—Tr—^ IPB fPIl ir—*n T
Tom Wood For Commissioner.
Marianna, Dec. Hi—T. K.
Vood. present mayor of Mari
nina, has announced as candi
late for railroad commissioner
0 succeed (!■ W. Bellamy. Mr*
Vood is one of the best known
-oung men of Eastern Arkan
sas. He is associate editor of
he Leo County Courier and is
iresident of the Arkansas Press
Vssociation. He is a member of
he P>. P. (). Elks and is presi
lent of the stat association of
hat lodge. Southeast Arkan
sas has never had a personal
•epresentative on the comiv
;ion. and this is one of the
ruments advanced by i: r
Vood's friends in asking him •*>
nake the race for the place.
Holiday Bargains.
4 lots and 4 dwellings for
54 1 50, cash.
! lots and nice home for $1750%
errns.
East Newport property, nui4
ie sold- i
1 fid6 C- R. Hite.
Fresh country eggs only 30®
i dozen at Bowen’s Cash Store...
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| Will be Most Appreciated When 1
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1 Put to Every Day Use ffi
HP If you really want to give him the thing. Ask him what he wants for Christmas 23
02 he will appreciate most, come here and nine times out of ten ne will an- SB,
us where men would buy for themselves swer: Something to Wear.
|g This list will make choosing easy and you can be sure your fiifts will be g
H! especially acceptable. gjl
Traveling Bags
Umbrellas
House Slippers
House Coats
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Pajamas
Dress Gloves
Collar Bags
Handkerchiefs
Keiser Cravats
Slip*on Rain Coats
Overcoats
Knothe Belts
Underwear
Knox Silk Hats Iro
Manhattan Shirts ^
Onyx Silk Hosiery
Bath Robes
Suit Cases
Night Robes
Walking Sticks
Leather Novelties
Silk Reefers
Sweater Coats
Soft and Stiff Hats
Suspenders
Gauntlets
I We Suggest an early selection. You may leave your purchase nere if you |S
wish and it will be delivered when and where you say. |j§
Berger'S 1
-STA.R CLOTHING HOUSE?
All the Smaller Articles APPROPRIATELY Boxed for Christmas. |ji
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