VOLUME m NO. 238. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS
Urges Investigation of Recent Lynch
ing also of Alleged Sale of Cigar
ettes to Minors.
The following cases had been dis
posed of up to the noon hour today:
CIVIL CASES.
R. Rayburn vs. Missouri-Pacific
Railroad Company and the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railway Com
pany; continued for the term.
Vester Stillwell vs. G. W. Willhite,
cause of action dismissed at cost of
plaintiff.
J. B. Page vs. R. G. Peal, jury
trial; judgment for defendant for
$35 or the sow in controversy.
Ansil CoDeland bv his next friend,
Monroe Jones, ex parte; disability of
minority removed.
CRIMINAL CASES.
State vs. L. M. Adler, misdemeanor,
plea of guilty; fined $100.
State vs. O. R. Crosby, et al, gam
ing; plea of guilty as to J. M. Bun
nell; fined $10.00.
The petit jury was excused until
Monday morning.
The petition of the Village Creek
Drainage District was presented to
the county court Monday.
Judge Melv-ille, desiring to look
§ carefully into the matter continued
the case until Monday, March 3rd.
Monday while giving instructions to
the grand jury Judge Coleman laid!
particular stress on the subject of
whiskey. He urged that the grand
jury investigate every violation of the
whiskey laws brought to the body’s
attention and return bills of indict
Iment where there appeared sufficient
evidence. The judge also recom- j
mended that an investigation be mad3
into the recent lynching of a negro
here. The jurymen were instructed
to investigate alleged violations of the
cigarette law to the end that the sale
of tobacco and cigarettes to minors
be stopped.
LUTHER ANDERSON PARDONED.
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Special to Independent.
Littl* Rock, Feb. 4.—Gov. Brough
has granted a pardon to Luther An
y derson, who was convicted in Arkan
sas county, in January of the crime of.
forgery, and sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary. The pardon had
been recommended by many citizens,
and by the penitentiary physician,
who stated that Anderson is suffer
ing from cancer of the nose and
mouth and is in the hospital, where
he is a menace to the'other inmates.
ROBERT LANSING GIVEN
A GREAT ASSIGNMENT.
Paris, Feb. 3.—Robert Lansing, the
American secretary of state, was
elected president of the com
J mittee on Responsibility of the War,
which held its first meeting today at
the foreign office.
In proposing Secretary Lansing s
name, Capt. Andre Tardieu, the
French member of the committee^
* said the work of the commiciee wuuiu
w -bt' first to study the facts which
would establish* the guilt of those
responsible for premeditated violation
* of treaties and international law, and
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second, to fix the penalties which
would be defined and applied.
Louis L. Klotz, French minister of
finance, was elected president of the
Peace Committee on Reparation In
the briefest speech yet delivered dur
ing the conference, M. Klotz invited
the members to get to work.
“Thank you,” said M. Klotz, “let
us get to work for justice. That is
our program.”
William M. Hughes, Australian
premier, and M. Vandenheuvel of Bel
gium were elected vice presidents.
RETURNED HERO WEARS
MANY CHEVRONS SHOW
ING DUTY WELL DONE.
Alex Bunch, one of our Company E i
boys, arrived home last Saturday j
morning from Camp Pike, where he j
was mustered out of service. He had
just arrived from France a few days
before. The young man is a nephew
of A. Z. Shipp of the East Side, who
has raised the young man, his par- j
ents being dead. He is in Oil Trough
for a few days’ visit to old friends.!
That Alex Bunch has done his full;
duty can be ascertained by observing j
his left sleeve upon which he wears'
chevrons from shoulder to cuff. He
has his gold wound star, the stripe j
denoting he was a volunteer for ser- j
vice to his country, one showing that i
he was one of the first one hundred j
and fifty thousand men sent over and
also his Triangle Division insignia.
Private Bunch sailed for France one
year ago the first of next month,
was wonded seriously by shrapnel on
the head the fifteenth of July and
now carries an ugly scar on the side
of his head. He was sent to a hos
pital and before the operation heard
the surgeon say he was done for, but
fortunately his life was spared and
he was almost well enough to return
to the fighting line when the armis
tice was signed. It is a pleasure to
give a hearty greeting to such heroes
that go out from our home town and
return to us, and while we are late
in forming this young man’s acquain
tance, we are proud of his splendid
record and welcome him home.
SHERIFF IVY HEARS FROM SON.
Sheriff and Mrs. J. M. Ivy’s hearts
were made to rejoice this morning
when they received a letter from their
son, Sim Ivy, whom they had not
heard from in three months, the long
silence naturally causing his parents
and friends much uneasiness. Sim
has been wounded twice, the first time
being June 10, at which time he
remained in a hospital two months.
After recovering he returned to the
fighting ranks and was again wound
ed, this time on October 9th, remain
ing in the hospital for treatment of
this last wound for three months. Af
ter dismissal, on January 9, he was
placed with the military police, since
which time he has traveled all over
France, seeing many beautiful things.
Sim says the country is fine and has
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beautiful scenery, out. uuuims “““
seen can compare with the same thing
in the good old United States Oa.
America, the land of the free and the
home of the brave. The Independent
rejoibes with Mr. Ivy and his family
in this long-expected news of their
soldier boy.
UNITED STATES EM
PLOYMENT BUREAU REP
RESENTATIVE HERE.
Miss Elizabeth Egli, assistant to
the United States Employment Bu
reau, with headquarters at Little
Rock, is here today the guest of the
Chamber of Commerce, and going
over the work with Mr. Mariner.
Miss Egli said it was a pleasure to
visit a town where a Chamber of
Commerce was supported, it being so
much easier to get and give informa
tion through this medium She said
that on the return of soldiers many
girls were being thrown out of em
ployment and the bureau was trying
to aid them in securing other posi
tions. She asks that all merchants as
far as possible, employ home girls,
and on the other hand she asks that
girls who must work try to secure
employment at home and not go to
strange towns, especially to the cit
ies. A great effort along this line
is being made for the benefit of work
ing girls. There is a various demand
for nouse girls, who could get better
salaries than they could after tak
ing a short business course, that gives
little experience that would fit them:
for business positions. ^ ^
Brotherly Love Manifests
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Little, Rock, Feb. 4.—(4 p. m.)—•'
The Senate defeated the Great
house Bank Guaranty Bill 27 to
4, Brown, Greathouse, McJ’arlan
and Wilson voting nay. The
house passed the senate bone
dry bill.
Little Rock, Feb. 4.—The little
thing known as brotherly love be
tween the dominant political parties
of the state manifested itself in the
senate Monday afternoon when that
body indefinitely postponed the Guinn
bill from the house, giving the town
of Magazine one-half of the road tax
es collected therein. It so happens
that Mr. Guinn is a republican, and
one of the planks in his platform was
that he would secure the enactment
of a law that would give Magazine the
road tax referred to. Through this
representation he secured the elec
tion, but he did not reckon on a demo
cratic senator in the upper house,
Senator Evans went only so far with
his argument as to state that Maga
zine is a republican town, but the
township surrounding it is democratic,
He was stopped by laughter which
continued even after the bill had been
indefinitely postponed.
Another of the clashes between the
house and senate came forward Mon
day when the house reported to the
senate that it was willing to have
joint committees appointed to visit the
state institutions, as provided for in a
| senate resolution, but that it pre
ferred to take a recess for the balance
of the week on February 5 instead of
! February 12. The senate refused to
' concur in the amendment and the
i house refused to concede, so a con
; ference committee was appointed to
; adjust the differences if possible.
Nineteen bills were passed Monday,
to say nothing of the measures which
were advanced by other methods.
The Senate on Monday afternoon
passed the thrid measure which seeks
to make theft of automobiles and ac
cessories more difficult. Several days
ago a bill was passed by the senate
making it a felony to take a car for
joy-riding, and now a bill has been
passed by the senate making it a fel
ony to obliterate the numbers on auto
mobile engines, gasoline engines and
tires.
Several bills are pending which will
tax automobiles for highway districts,
starting with $20 for a big state-wide
district and coming down to $5 in
smaller ones. There will be introduc
ed within a few days a bill giving
cities the right to tax automobiles $5
per annum for the purpose of raising
funds for work on streets. The auto
mobile dealers and the motorists of
Little Rock are declining to oppose
these measures. They declare that
taxes paid for road and streets are
saved on repair bills and they will not
attempt to cut down expenses there
The automobile dealers are also de
clining to push the requests for quar
terly payment of taxes, on automo
biles, or licenses, saying that all the
money possible will be needed foi
roads.
The senate Monday had an argu
ment on the Emory bill requiring
J court stenographers to pass ap exam
! ination and providing for the creation
of an examining board. The oppon
ents of the bill declared it was creat
ing a trust among court reporters,
but the proponents of the bill declared
it calls for such accuracy, as often the
life of a person depends upon the
notes of a stenographer, that too
much regulation could not be placed
about the practice. The bill was fi
nally passed, some of those arguing
against the measure failing to vote in
the negative.
The bill passed by the senate Mon
day afternoon prohibiting the county
judge from dealing in county war
rants, scrip or other county indebted
ness, seems to carry quite a kick with
it. The bill, introduced by Senator
Moncrief, makes it unlawful for the
county judge to in any way be con
nected with the purchase or sale of
evidences of county indebtedness.
Senator Moncrief explained that some
county judges purchased claims
against the county, then allowed the
claims and sold them at a profit.
This law has long been in force in re
gard to a sheriff, and the members
were unanimous in their belief that
it should be extended to take in the
county judge.
Senator Alexander in the senate
Monday introduced a bill making it
unlawful to deal in futures in the
state. This applies only to inter
state transactions, the general bill
prohibiting the trading in futurres
being unconstitutional.
The contest for third place on the
list of constitutional amendments is
growing more interesting with the
adoption yesterday of the Choate res
olution. This provides that the ques
tion of road tax shall be voted on “reg
ularly at every biennial election in
each political township of the state,
and that any amount may be voted
up to twelve mills.
Subscribe for the Independent.
The Old Adage
“That a Thing is Cheap or Dear by What
You Get Rather Than What You Pay”
Was Never So True As Now
Our’s is a Specialty Shop for Men where Quality more
so than Quantity is THE AIM.
Below is a list of a few of the representative lines
in Men’s Wear we take Pride in showing:
Kupperrheimer Clothes
Kno5c, Stetson and Hawes ’ Hats
Clapp, Reynolds and Regal Shoes
Manhattan Shirts
Faultless Night Robes and Pajamas
Vassar, Cooper and Wilson Bros. Unions
Knothe Belts and Suspenders
Onyx Hosiery, Superba Cravats
THE STAR CLOTHING COMPANY
••THE APPAREL STORE FOR MEN."
J liUSJKKSK
A Greater Per Centage of W. S. S. {
Was Subscribed Here Than Any jjj
Other Arkansas County. fjjl
—
Moorehead Wright of Little Rock, , |
director of sales of War Savings
Stamps in Arkansas, has written a
letter to Charles G. Henry, president 1
of the Arkansas Bank Trust Compa
ny, in which he states that Jackson
county has purchased a greater per ;;J|
centage of War Savings Stamps than ^
any other countV in Arkansas.
This is indeed a record to be proud
of, and was made possible only by the .p|
great spirit of patriotism in which .
practically every citizen of the county M
shared.
At a later date the Independent in- "jj
tends to secure complete date on war ia
work done in Jackson county, and we
are sure the information will prove
of great interest and be a source of :j||j
pride for all our people.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
TAKE BIG PART. |
Methodist Churches all over the
Southern and Western states are wak
ing up these days. April 27 to May >|
4 the M. E. church, South, will con- .,'3
duct a drive for $35,000,000 with E
view of putting the work of the i j
church on a business basis, whUe,>t.\£|f*
the same time, enabling it to snow- »|i
der its responsibility during the days' 4
when a world is to be reconstructed.
Out of the sum of $36,000,000
Sunday schools of the church
contribute a good quota, and the pliit
decided upon in this connection is in- ' Wm
teresting.
Every Sunday scho.ol will be e$r-:df|
pected to make an offering for mis- 3
sions of an average of five cents a
month per pupil enrolled. As some
young people in the Sunday schools
will not be able to given even this, V
small amount, those who can give $
more than this will do so, but five
cents per month per pupil is the reg* 'gp
ular allotment for the Sunday , “
schools, and this pledge is now being }|4
made by thousands of Sunday schools*,, M
This sum will be pledged for the |if■;
forthcoming five years, and no doubt /6
will total $3,500,000 as the Sunday ;; |
school contribution to the Centenary. ';«§
Already Sunday school superin->. ..Jj
tendents in every city and town in. |
the Southern and Western states arev ;:S
appointing committees and getting'./gg
ready to go over the top in the ’!
great drive of their church.—Ceoten- ,
ary News.
ARKANSAS’ CHILDREN’S
HOME SOCIETY. .J
Rev. L. J. Weems of Conway bsi^H
been in Newport in the interest of |
this society, which is^non-sectarian *.yj
and inter-denominational. Any white '
child under the age of 12 years, sound , i
in body and mind, needing a home will 1
be received. Any person prepared to ,
give a child a good home, if properly
endorsed, may obtain a nice little boy
or girl by writing Rev. O. P. Chris*
tian, state superintendent, 3210 West
Twelfth street, Little Rock, Ark. In
about six years this society has cared
for more than six hundred children.^ «
Governor Chas. H. Brough is the
president. He says:
“This work appeals to me as being -
the most natural, humane, and cer- j I
tainly the most economical plan of
caring for the many dependent and
homeless children of our state. I .
would urge it as the patriotic duty of
every citizen of Arkansas, to give th»v , j
society his most hearty support.’'