ifclEVEE
■ breaks bring
H Into Chicot County And
^Kefugees Appeal For
Hi to Independent.
■e Hock, April 22.- The |
■ from the lower levee |
■ on the Mississippi river
■ached Chicot county and
■st appeals for assistance j
■from Luna Landing and
■Village, Monday afternoon.
m asking for government as
■ce stated that most of the
■ is now under water be
■of the back water, and that
■nts were being forced to
■their homes and go to the
■r ground, where aid is now
I needed.
Particular appeal was made
‘He Sunny Side colony across
!H Chicot from Lake Village.
Htary Smith in the office of
Hmor Futrell, telegraphed
Hppeal to the government
Hsentatives who are now in
Hburg and was assured sup
Hwill be on the way last,
■.
Idw The Wife Forgives,
al to Independent,
tie Rock, April 22.— The
of a woman was the foun
i for a rather amusing plea
pardon before Acting Gov-1
Futrell on Monday after-;
A resident of Clark coun- i
serted his wife and four
en to journey into Texas
another woman. After
>ring about the Lone Star
for several months, the
nd decided there was no
like home, and in a time of
sickness, addressed a let
) his wife, appealing for
upon which to make the
sy home.
ire was none of the prodi
in spirit about the wi|e,
lough she was appealed to
1 the family horse if she had
t sufficient funds otherwise,
■ letter was turned over to
i sheriff. The result was a
p by the official to Bonham,
xas, where he arrested the de
nting husband and brought
n back. He was given a jail
ntence. Now his wife is re
ntant and wants the hus
nd liberated. It is needless to
y Acting Governor Futrell
ailed and permitted the law7
• take its course.
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sra House
■*er Week.
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FRIENDS.
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WRONGLY ACCUSED
Accused of murder, he is about
to be lynched, but wait and see
how his sweetheart stakes her
life on his innocence.
Western Drama.
(G. MELIES.)
Music by the Orchestra.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 Cents.
Highway Board Not Organized.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 22.—The
newly appointed State Commis
sion, of which R. G. Dye, State
Land Commissioner is chairman,
and Fillmore Rains of Jonesboro,
and W- A. Falconer of Fort
Smith are members, met in Lit
tle Rock Monday afternoon and
discussed informally the matters
which must first be attended to
by the commission. Adjourn
ment was taken until next Mon
day, which is the regular month
ly meeting day for the Commis
sion, at which time definite plans
will be made for the commence
ment of the work.
Judge Rains qualified as a
member of the Commission, but
Judge Falconer did not, and will j
not until the last of June. He is i
a member of the Civil Service j
board of the City of Fort Smith,
and as long as he holds that he j
cannot become a member of the
Highway Commission. The Fort
Smith appointment is one of hon
or alone, but the duties are very i
important and Judge Falconer j
has been requested to remain !
until the examinations are held j
and the Commission Form of j
nrvTTovn YnlOTvf crp+c wpll nruipi' WAV.
to which he has consented.
The secretary and engineer j
will not be appointed until after |
the Commission is fully organiz- j
ed.
i
I
Complaint As To Jail.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 22.—Act
ing Governor J. M- Futrell left j
Little Rock Monday afternoon !
with a ticket to Forrest City, j
leaving considerable speculation i
as to his point of destination. He j
intimated he was going to the j
flooded part of the state, but j
there is reason to believe he has ,
gone elsewhere.
Shortly before the departure of .
Acting Governor Futrell, he re- j
ceived an anonymous lettei i
from Clarendon in which the at- !
tention of the Governor is call- j
ed to the condition of the Mon
roe county jail. The writer de
clared the jail is in such a sani
tary condition it cqn be smelled :
for 100 feet. It is ihtimated that,
a pauper was recently starved to
death in the jail and there is
now a white man prisoner who
requires medical assistance, but
is not getting it.
Acting Governor Futrell read
the letter carefully, and though
he felt confident there was a
mistake in the assertions made,
he has probably gone to make a
personal investigation.
Danger Sign Out.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 22. — At
Large—One Secretary of State
and New Automobile. Great
Danger! Such might be the
heading of a newspaper article
! in Little Rock, for it states in a
I nutshell a local situation. Earle
|W. Hodges, Secretary of State,
j has purchased an automobile and
! is now taking instructions on
; How to run the “consam thing”
I on the streets of Little Rock. A
I list of fatalities, and those se
riously injured will be given at a
later date
Dry Summer Wood
at Fee-Crayton’s delivered.
I Sawed from cull lumber. Phone
294, or see Hopper or Fisher.
18dtf.
JAMES E. WILMANS
ANSWERS CALL
Of Death At Advanced Age of
83 Years Surrounded by
Family and Loved Ones.
Captain James Edward Wil
mans, aged 83 years last Novem
ber, died at his home in this
city at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday af
ternoon, surrounded by his fam
ily and beloved childern. The
end came peacefully after a day
in which his decline had been
gradual, for a several weeks’ ill
ness had so weakened his frail
body that physicians had given
up hope of staying the call that
comes to all mortals.
The funeral services will be
held Wednesday afternoon at 3
o’clock from the Methodist
church conducted bv Rev. B. L
Wilford and assisted by Rev.
Henry E. Spears, interment fol
lowing in Walnut Grove ceme
tery.
ine deceased is survived Dy
six children, Mrs. M. A. Dorsey,
Mrs. J. S. Jones, Mrs. Ignatius
Sprigg, Messrs. E. B. and R. D.
Wilmans and Mrs. Walter Har
ris. To these sorrowing fami
lies and many other near ones
through ties of kinship and
friendship who feel keenly the
loss of this beloved one. is ex
tended the sympathy of a host of
friends- Better than this senti
ment and feeling of friends, they
have an enduring comfort in the
knowledge that the departed
soul after a long and fruitful
life has been called to an heaven
ly home above, that death comes
not as a summons to a hopeless
grave, but ushers in the life im
mortal among the saints above.
The deceased was a native of
Kentucky, but came to Arkan
sas in 1859 prior to the outbreak
of the civil war. His first home
was at Jacksonport and later at
Elgin. Returning to Kentucky
in 1864, he was only there a few
years and again located in this
county in 1867.
He was almost a life-long
member of the Methodisi
church. Ever loyal in church
and Christian devotion, he was
equally zealous in every moral
uplifting movement and never
hesitated to stand boldly and
bravely in the forefront to battle
for what an active enlightened
conscience directed him.
In the sunset years of his life,
when business cares and respon
sibilities had been set aside, it
was his happy fortune to enjoy a
very sweet and unusual compan
ionship with not only his own
children, but their children and
their children’s children.
He was a member of the Ma
sonic lodge and six years ago
was the nominee of the Prohibi
tion party in this state for gov
ernor. In his later years, his
mind retained the quick percep
tion and activity that is accord
ed men in their prime. The ties
of family affection were natural
| and strong in the departed and
| his later years were indeed a
i heritage accorded to but few.
Like Paul of old, he might well
have said “I have fought a good
fight, I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith: Hence
j forth there is laid up for me a
crown of righteousness, which
: the Lord, the righteous judge
shall give me that day.”
Asks Relief From Immoral River '
Resorts. j
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 22.—A pa
thetic appeal was received from a
woman of Helena by Acting Gov
ernor Futrell Monday, asking
that he rid that city of immoral
resorts which are conducted
along the Mississippi river bank
in shanty boats, and over which
the city authorities have no con
* l
trol. The matter is now being
investigated.
The letter stated that a wo
man, Red Minnie, a desperate
character, conducted a resort up
on a house boat, and two child-1
ren, a boy and a girl, resided :
there with her. The children at- j
tend the city schools, and the j
women appeal to have them e' n-1
er stopped from associating with |
the school children or taken
from their mother.
Worse than this, the women
declare the woman is sending
other women over Helena to call
on married women and induce
them to visit her place under the
representation that the place is
now being frequented by their
husbands. These women have
been furnished with minute de
scriptions of the men, even to
narks on their bodies, in order to
convince the women of their hus
band’s unfaithfulness, and thus
(drive them, in a spirit of revenge,
to the house of shame.
In addition to this the woman
is said to have declared she
would kill any one making an ef
fort to stop her activities, and if
she does not have a chance to do
that, she would destroy their
property. The writers of the
letter seemed to be much in fear
of the woman, Red Minnie, and
requested the Acting Governor
to make an investigation with
out letting it be known from
where he secured his informa
tion.
! Arkansas Educators Return,
j Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 22—George
B. Cook, superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, and a member of
the teachers’ committee of the
Board of Trustees of the Univer
sity of Arkansas, did not return
to Little Rock Monday with the
balance of the Arkansas delega
tion to the Conference for the
Education in the South, which
has just closed its annual session
in Richmond, Va. Supt. Cook is
coming home by a devious
route, stopping in several places
to consult prominent educators
who are under consideration for
the presidency of the University.
He will make his report to the
Board at its meeting later in the
week.
Honesty.
Honesty is not a separate qual
ity apart from the fundamental
character of the individual; it
is not a peculiarly developed
plant; it is one expression of un
selfishness, and it exists in the
degree that the individual is un
selfish, and not exposed or little
exposed to temptation by reason
of not valuing too highly the ma
terial things that dishonesty
would secure. All other honesty
is only relative ,and will stand
only a given amount of tempta
tion. Honesty is that degree of
unselfishness that will allow an
other his own, and is just so
much of the quality of selfish
ness or generosity which later
would allow another more than
his own.—Memphis Nepvs-Scimi
tar. *
STREET LIGHT
SERVICE COMPLETE
Electric Eight Company Has
Completed Installation Of
Full Street Service.
Newport is again a well light
ed city, having emerged from
the “dark ages” with not only a |
snug balance in the treasury but
a complete and highly satisfac
tory street lighting service, that
is not to be a tax upon the reve
nues of the city, but is a conces-,
sion and a privilege the city en
joys in exchange for a twenty
year franchise, granted the past
year to the Co-operative Electric
Light Company.
No other city in Arkansas and
few anywhere of this size, enjoy ,
such a contract, that is at the
same time based on as reason
able and low a meter rate to in- ,
dividual consumers. The com
plete lighting system was first
turned on Monday evening and
met with compliment and praise
from the citizens generally. To
Mayor Paul, who led the way
and the present council who sup
ported the movement that has j
realized for Newport this satis
factory contract and state of af
fairs, there must be much satis
faction in this result, whereby
Newport secures for a franchise
all that could be gained through i
municipal ownership without ac
cepting any of its responsibili
ties.
The eighty street lights are
all in service with two excep
tions, one at the corner of Beech
and Front and one other in East
Newport, where there are al
ready five. These lights are 75
watt lamps and are to be main
tained by the electric light com
pany.
Mayor John 1’. Paul, Aider
men E. L. Watson and 0 M.
Bowen accompanied by Mr. W.
B. Crossland of the Co-operative
Electric Light Company visited
the various sections of the city
Monday night and express them
selves as well pleased with the
service.
To Build Annex.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 22.—A com
mittee of the State Board of
Charities met in Little Rock
Monday afternoon for the pur
pose of authorizing proposals for
the erection of a $20,000 annex
to the State Hospital for the
Treatment of Nervous Diseases.
The bids for this work are to
be opened at the next meeting
of the Board, the first Monday in
May.
The “Big Bug- ’
The “big bug” never gets too
big for Ross’ “Dead Quick”
spray.
Roaches, ants, fleas, bedbugs,
mites, lice, potato bugs and oth
er insects all die the moment it
is used on them, alsb,their eggs.
Kills and keeps away mosqui
toes. It’s a clean disinfectant.
Get the genuine insect exsLermi
nator. For saltan NewpoW^by
your druggists.
V -y
Uncivilized.
That child la a regular little saW
aga." "Tea. when he waa at oar hease
ter dinner yesterday he always said
he wanted more. Instead of politely
lying when 1 asked him II I eoold
kelp Uni ax at a ~
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