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:f TROUBLE AHEAD
itcandidate May Get
'dWican and Pr°h
dtitm Support
independent.
July 1- There is
ll'Mft ahead for the Demo
vXL. this year, accoiding
4 ■- rumors, on accoun
dissension in the ranks
idr VV. Murphy, one ol
■ leading orators on the
_ ■ the Bull Moose candi
dwiH naturally draw a
*Hfrom the ranks of the
^IHjed Democrats, but here
■U of the Bull Mooser
Hend. It is stated that
■line Republicans, who;
dg their state conven-1
■little Rock today, will j
■rom the old custom of ;
■ffflrrvH. Myers forth as ;
I cal goat of the party, (
join hands with the j
?ers bv indorsing the
of Col. Murphy. All!
dL Murphy has been a j
, yet he is not expected
the support of the Re-1
in the present race.
•ion to this the state- j
ibitionists are expect-,
ire for Col. Murphy,!
ted their fight in a re- j
sign, and to send word
line to all who oppose !
' liquor in Arkansas to
ol. Murphy. With the
of the Democratic
is expected to turn
e Democratic votes I
|] Mooser, which would ,
go to the Democratic ■
ant Futrell To Stay. 1
Independent,
ock, July 1.—Letters j
irtions of the state are
on Gov. J. M. Futrek
gratification at the
.cting chief executive
the office, and asking
•tpone the election for
, and hold the office
trell laughs at these
or it is an impossibil
i'would not hold the
r if the salary was
r he has business to"
t home. Mrs. Futrell
s io the continued
ler distinguished hus
ana has notified him that
mains in Little Rock
than the middle of Au
y which time a new gov
should qualify, there will
ihle in Greene county.
Page of all kinds handled
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Ranch law
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,ISSI0N 5 and 10 Cents.
COMMITTEE LIMITS
THE INVESTIGATION
Into Primary Returns So That
Democratic Nominee May
Be Certified.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 1.—By a
vote of 19 to 8, the Democratic
State Central Committee Mon
day afternoon decided that they
would only grant such time as
would enable them to certify to
the nomination, to Col. Stephen
Brundidge and his lawyers in
which to prove their charges of
fraud, despite the fact that the
Pulaski Chancery Caurt Monday
morning ordered the committee
to look into the charges fully
and granted Colonel Brundidge
and his supporters an injunction
to require the committee to take
up the matter.
In another vote taken on a
motion of Clyde Going asking
that the committee be instruct
eu iu oeiiu lepreseiuaLives i/j an
wards of Helena, St. Francis
township in Phillips county; St.
Francis, Union, Ouachita, Hemp
stead, Clark, Dallas, Desha, and
Prairie counties and Omaha
township in Boone county, a
substitute motion offered by W.
F. Coleman of Jefferson county
that the contestants be required
to send for the ballot boxes, tally
sheets and poll lists, was carried
by a vote of 18 to 7.
When the committee met the
canvassing committee reported
the total vote for governor as ;
follows: Hays 35,569; Brun-i
didge 34,392, making Hays' ma- j
jority 1,177. The official re
turns from Baxter, Desha, Mad
ison, Newton and Searcy were
not in the list.
Immediately on the reading
Clyde Going asked that the com
mittee adjourn until all of the
counties were officially reported.
The committee rejected the
proposition made by the Brun
didge forces that they would
drop the contest if the ballot;
boxes of four counties were
brought to Little Rock for in
spection and no evidence of
fraud was found, and instead a
dopted a resolution which gives
Mr. Brundidge only until Thurs
day night to prove his charges j
of fraud in contesting the
claims of Judge George W. Hays
to the Democratic nomination
for governor.
The Brandidge men admit it
is doubtful if they can substan
tiate their allegations of frauds
in so short a period of time. If
they fail, Judge Hays will be cer
tified Thursday night to the se
retary cf state as the Democrat
ic nominee. In that event, it is
probable the Brundidge men will
ask a court injunction to re
sthain the secretary from cer
tifying Judge Hays as the nomi
nee to the county election com
missioners.
Big Sale of Rice Land.
Jonesboro, June 30.—One oi
the largest real estate deais that
has been consummated in this
section, was closed today wh:n
0. C. Fitz sold to Charles Schaf
fer of Kansas, 1,320 acres of
rice land belonging to Charles
Thompson of Weiner. The con
sideration was $76,000, or $50
j an acre. There is in cultivation
at the preent time 250 acres oi
rice that is well advanced. Mr.
Schaffer will remove from Kan
j sas to the lands.
BARKFR cleans and blocks
hats. 3Gbtf
CONTRACTOR MAY
SECURE CASH
for Both Pine and Costs In Cas
es Where Prisoners Have
Been Delivered to Him.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. July 1.—Attorney
General W. L. Moose rendered
an opinion Monday afternoon in
which he holds that a contrac
tor who works county convicts,
is entitled to work the convict
until fine and costs have been
paid, or to the cash paid for the
fine, if it is paid after he has
taken the prisoner.
The opinion is rendered at the
instance of officials of Jackson
county, where John H. Keel has
contracted for the convicts of
the county. He pays the costs
in the case, and this entitles
him to work the convicts at 75
cents per day, until fine and
costs are worked out. In some
cases, after he has paid the
costs, friends have paid the
fines of prisoners and demanded
their release. The contractor
claimed the county waived the
fine to him when he paid the
costs, and the prisoner must
work out or pay, and the con
tention is upheld.
SPREAD EAGLE
SPEECHES HEARD
No Real Contest Can Be Devel
oped In Three Days and
Hays Will Win.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 1.—Spread
eagle speeches marked the en
tire morning session of the
Democratic state committee
here today, prior to receiving
the Ouachita ballots and poll
books, which are to canvassed
by the committee.
Sentiment here both of the
committee and outsiders, is that
Judge Hays will be declared the
Democratic nominee, for the
committee in refusing to allow
the contest'to run beyond July 3,
made it impossible for the Brun
didge forces to make a real case
in their charges of fraud.
Water Situation Now Serious.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 1.—The wa
ter situation in Little Rock be
came really serious Monday af
ternoon when the concerns sell
ing filtered water were unable to
fill their contracts, the ice wa
gons were swamped with busi
ness and left many regular cus
tomers without service,, and the
water served by the company
holding the local franchise re
taining its chocolate color and
sorghum thickness. This wa
ter has been unfit for bathing
purposes even, and Little Rock
washerwomen were put out of
business for the time being.
The soda fountains have done
a big business, water being sold
there at prices in excess of soda.
The water company has been re
pairing its settling basins, and
promises relief in a few days,
but this has been the cry for the
past week and patrons are be
ginning to believe that the on!j
relief will be in the clearing of
the water in the Arkansas river,
from which the city supply is
secured, and from which the wa
ter company is now pumping
dirt.
CULTIVATE CROPS
LONG AS POSSIBLE
Shallow Plowing For Both < ot
ton and C orn Will Pay the
Farmer.
Late cultivation of cotton and
corn will pay. Do not forget
|this. Most of the farmers like
| to get their corn laid by before
the -1th of July. It is best not to
fix a time to Lav by. Corn should
be cultivated as long as you can
get through without injury to
jit, or say tint:] the roasting ear
| stage. The last cultivation will
pay as well as any of the others.
It is not necessary to plow
deep. Shallow cultivation is
jbest. Break the capillary attrac
tion by light cultivation and you
I will retain the moisture, and the
moisture will be the means of
conveying plant food to the corn
at the most important period of
its growth, just as it is begin
ning to fruit. Then you will
leave the corn freer of weeds and
grass, and the available plant
jtooci will be there tor the corn,
and not be taken up by other
vegetation. It takes the ele
ments of plant life to sustain the
weeds, grass, briers, and thistle?
the same as cotton and corn, and
i if you keep them out you will
5 have that much more available
'plant food for your crop; be
dsides that they choke the crop.
What is said of corn is true of
■cotton, except that you can cul
; tivate the cotton for a longer pe
jriod than you can corn. Cotton
may be cultivated up to the time
it begins to open, and if properly
cultivated, good returns will fol
low. It may look a little hard to
the farmers to continue cultiva
tion so long and to set at naught
the almost traditional laying by
period, and many will not do it.
but those who do will learn at
!gathering time that they have
made good money on their labor
spent in late cultivation. If you
are inclined to doubt, suppose
you try-it on part of your crop
and notice and see if there is aPy
difference in the final yield.
Don't forget the sweet potato.
! It is a fine thing to have enough
sweet potatoes for family 'use
no more. There is plenty o:
’time to get the slips and grow
jthe crop. In fact you can cut
the vines and set out enough to
make a good showing. A few
cultivations will make the crop.
I Then prepare to keep them for
j winter use. They help out the
winter rations, , and keep down
‘ the grocer’s bill. Be careful
'about your sorghum patch.
Green sorghum is poisonous to
I cattle. Do not give the cattle
chance to run on the sorghum
patch. Not even on the second
growth after the sorghum has
been cut. The green leaves con
tain prussic acid and that is
a rank poison. Remember it is
green sorghum that is so poison
ous.
j Look out for the mad dogs.
During the hot months when
| hydrophobia breaks out among
dogs, and it will'pay to shun the
i acquaintance of all strange dogs
not with their master. A little
precaution along this line saves
lots of expense, trouble and an
guish, and sometimes a life; so
watch your dog and fight shy of
the other fellow’s. Also look
well after the family medicine
shelf and see that there is a
good supply of castor oil, turpen
tine, paregoric, ground mustard,
etc., for the watermelon, peach,
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plum and green apple have to be
reckoned with.
John H. Page,
Commissioner.
June 28, 1913.
Bail Granted Mrs. Lynch,
i Little Rock, Jure 30.—The su
jpreme court Monday morning
announced that it would hear
oral argument in the action
brought by persons interested in
the liquor business, to force
Earle W. Hodges, secretary of
state, to submit to the people the
Going liquor bill, which was
passed by the last General As
sembly on the first Monday in
October.
The court also granted bail in
the sum of $5,000 to Lillie D.
Lynch and her son, Robert Spi
vey, who are charged with mur
der in the first degree in Mon
roe county. The defendants
are charged with luring Robert
Lynch, a prominent planter, of
Monroe county, to the plantation
on which his wife was living,
and there murdering him.
Lynch and his wife were sepa
rated at the time and divorce
proceedings vcere pending.
They were recently held without
bail, and such a petition, when
filed in Circuit Court, was de
nied, whereupon an appeal was
taken to supreme court.
—
W. T. Moyer had his right
hand badly crushed last Friday
while at work in the yards of
the Iron Mountain at Diaz. He
will leave tonight on No. 6 for
St. Louis, where he will enter
the Iron Mountain hospital for
treatment. It is thought it will
be necessary to amputate two
fingers of his right hand.
UNCLE SAM
WILL NOT HELP
State Guard Because Legisla
ture Failed To l)o Its
Part.
Special to Independent.
Washington, I). C„ July 1.—
The government at Washington
has declined to assist the Arkan
sas State Guard any further,
claiming that the legislature’s
failure to appropriate for this
branch of the state service for
bids the national government in
extending further appropriation.
General B. W. Green of Little
Rock has been in Washington
conferring with the War depart
ment officials seeking the con
tinuance of national aid.
Will Not Attend Court Martial.
Jonesboro, Ark., June 30.—
Capt. L. D. Hickey of this city,
who was deposed as captain of
Jonesboro military company G.
A. N. G., by Governor Dona
ghey at Fordyce last year, and
who was granted a court-martial
trial recently by Gov. Futrell.
and afterwards withdrew his ap
plication, was shown a press dis
patch this afternoon, in which
Gov. Futrell had issued a pro
clamation setting the date of the
court-martial for July 10, said:
“They may have the court
martial, but I will not be there.”
Capt. Hickey contends that un
til he is reinstated as a member
of the guard he is not subject to
a court-martial. The outcome
of this much discussed question
is being watched with much in
terest by the friends of Capt.
Hickey in this city.
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