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I WHOLE TOWN
i I H<Tf In
B„Lm.J--On|y Three
Krill, twenty miles
inhere, is almost entire
1 B - of smoking ashes to
Wt result of a disastrous
&h swept the entire bus
Bction of that place early
Bdetroying a total of six
Byness houses there and
B total damage estimated
Bnooo Only three busi
Ki,ses are left in the town.
Bfre is thought to have ,
Bted in a store run by j
Bjones, a negro, and the
B spread rapidly to ad
B buildings. Only the
B fighting of the onrush
|Bies by volunteers, who
Bjnto’ bucket brigades,
Bed the entire town be
Bstroyed. Little if any
Bln is said to have been
’Bjby the owners of the de
B buildings or on the mer
Bstocks in the stores
JHt principal losses in the
Kre the stores and general
Hpdise stocks belonging
■.Hudgins, Sam Dodds, F.
B Mitchell and Lee Jenkins;
Hitcher shop, postoffice and
Buildings owned by J- F.
Hebaum, Moddy Barrett
By Ten Pardons Granted.
Hal to Independent.
Htle Rock, Dec. 10—In an
Hto published statements
Hhe had granted tvventy
Rardons during the month
Hvember, Governor Hays
Beued a statement showing
■■he has granted only ten,
H Tharp, Frank Alexander,
■Williams, Russell McNama
HE. Roper, Tom Penny, 0
■Spires, Sim Brown, Dude
Hu and David Briones. Of
Hfive were recommended by
Budge and prosecuting at
B> one by the Penitentiary
Baussion, two by the prosecu
B&ttorney and Penitentiary
Rand one by ex-Govern<?r
■ the prosecuting attorney
■many citizens.
g* the same time there
B seventeen released on the
B*tion of their sentences.
Pictures
ira House
WILES OF CUPID
society drama, beautiful
and scenery.
(LUBIN)
turns the tables
* military comedy.
(SELIG)
ONLY WAY
a young wo
way to happiness.
^ Earl Williams
McKay.
AGRAPH)
Hicks, an Indian scout
just completed a trip
e World will appear in
and give the
and will sing
and 10 CENTS
Engineers Recommend Forty
One Million.
Washington, Dec. 9.—More
than $9,000,000 for the Missis
sippi river, almost $9,000,000 for
the Ohio river, more than $2,
000,000 for the Missouri river,
almost $2,000,000 for the Col
umbia river and $1,000,000 for
the Delaware river are the a
mounts considered necessary by
the chief of engineers of the ar
my for the improvement and
maintenance of those great wat
erways during the fiscal year of
1915.
In submitting to the secretary
of war his report made public
today, the chief of engineers
makes estimates aggregating
$41,483,895 to be applied to 261
rivers and harbor projects dur
ing the year ending .June 30,
1915. This is $9,634,994 less
than the amount appropriated
by congress for river and har
bor work for the fiscal year
of 1914.
The estimates for Arkansas
are:
Red river, below Pulton,
100,000; Ouachita and Black
rivers, Arkansas and Lousiana,
$664,000; Ouachita river above
Camden to Arkadelphia, $2,
500; Saline river, $3,000; Bay
ou Bartholomew, etc. $16,000;
Yazoo river, etc-, $130,000; Ar
kansas river, $164,700; White
river, $31,800; Cache river, $3,
000; Black and Current rivers,
$33,150; St. Francis and L’An
guille rivers, $6,000
Only Four Infections.
Little Rock, Dec- 10.— The
Special to Independent.
State Board of Health reports
that last week Dr- W. P. Ja
cocks made 649 examinations in
Faulkner county and found only
four infections of hook worm.
Of these,' 38 were made on Sat
urday, the largest day’s work
yet recorded. These examina
tions were mainly among college
students, and the results show
the lightest infection of any
schools yet examined in the
South'.
In five weeks Dr. Jacocks has
made 2282 examinations in
Faulkner county, finding only
23 infections of hook-worms and
68 parasites. The hook-worm in
fection is only one per cent, a
remarkable record. Conway
'county, however, has done e
|qually well- Dr. E. A- Camp
. bell having made 1,083 examina
tions—about ten per cent.
To Finance Health Car.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, Dec. 10.—Drs. C.
W. Garrison, T- B. Bradford and
G. A. Warren have been ap
pointed a committee by the
State Board of Health to pro
vide means for financing the
proposed health car that is to
tour the state. An effort will
be made to secure one hundred
! men and women in each county
to contribute one dollar each.
It will be the first health car in
the country supported by popu
lar subscription
Kirby Returns From Trip.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec- 8.—Judge
W. F. Kirby will return Friday
night from his campaign in
Benton, Washington and Madi
son counties and will then an
nounce his plans for the furthei
prosecution of the active cam
paign he has undertaken for the
U. S. Senate. Reports from
Northwest Arkansas are that
j he has had large audiences
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STATE CHORAL
SOCIETY PROPOSED
By Members of Federation of
Women's Clubs of Ark
! ansas.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. Dec- 10.—Plans
for the organization of the pro
posed Arkansas State Choral
; Society, co-operating with the
; Little Rock Festival Associa
tion, are under way. Choral So
; cieties are being organized in
many cities and towns, and all
!
who may be interested may se
cure information by addressing
; Mrs. C. E. Whitney, state chair
man of Music of the A. F- W. C.,
at 202 East 11th street, Little
Rock, or any of the following
idistrict chairmen:
Miss Nina Black, Wynne; Miss
Margaret Bell, Hope; Miss Val
erie Cazort, Lamar; Mrs- J.
Manire, Hot Springs.
At the annual spring musical
carnival in Little Rock it is ex
pected these societies will as
semble and join with the Little
Rock chorus, under the direction
of Miss Sarah Cline, in provid
ing the entire program on Ark
ansas Night.
Each society will be expected
j to have its ow n leader and pur
chase its owm music. Miss
S Cline announces the following
[choruses to be studied:
“The Song of the Viking” and
I “Daybreak”, by Eaton Fanning
for mixed voices.
! “A Spring Song” and “In This
:Hour of Softened Splendor” by
! Pinsuti for women’s voices,
i “My Love’s in Arbutus,” by
Mathews, “The Lass With A
Delicate Air,” by Arne Fox,
I “The Land ’o The Leal”, by
I Boltwood and “A Red, Red
Rose”, by Hastings Harris, for
^women’s voices.
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An Appreciation.
i
j A pleasing and profitable lec
ture on Oriental impressions of
I America and an Adopted Amer
ican's Impressions of the Orient
J was given in the Baptist Church,
I Tuscola, III, Thursday night by
^Julius Caesar Nayphe, an Athe
nian. The speaker held his au
dience with his dramatic style
jfrom first to last. His forceful
and attractive personality lent
I additional charm to his clear, el
oquent language.
Mr. Nayphe was born in Ath
ens, reared in Palestine, and
with a rich fund of knowledge
and experience to draw from,
made the lecture one of the best
of its kind ever heard at this
place. He has been asked to
give a return engagement.
Decatur, (111.) Herald.
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An Old Scout In Town.
Captain Hicks, scout chief of
I the Comanche Indians, is a
|guest in the city today and will
!be seen this evening at the ope
j ra house in connection with the
, moving picture show. Captain
j Hicks on May 2 last completed
ja trip on horseback around the
j world. He started from Musko
gee in May, 1910, and finished
his tour in three years- He
I served the government as a
! scout during the Indian troubles
land also served under general
Custer and Reno. He is also a
! champion shot and has man”
! medals and gifts for same from
people in foreign countries.
Federal Court to Have Light
Docket.
Batesville, Dec. 1)—Federal
court convened at the federal
building this morning, and there
was very little to do. The only
criminal case on the docket was
that against Millard Warren, on
a charge of selling liquor. He
had been released on his own re
cognizance, and Deputy Marshal
Webber says he will likely come
in this afternoon or tomorrow.
The petit jury was excused un
til 1 o’clock
District Attorney Martin is at
work on other cases that have
needed attention. This is his ,
first visit to Batesville, but his
reputation as a criminal lawyer
makes it quite sure that he will
take splendid care of the inter
ests of the government in the
federal courts of this section of j
the state- Mr. Martin has long i
been recognized as one of the i
leading attorneys of the state.
Hon. S. R. Simpson, who is
here as deputy to Mr. Martin for
the first time, is another one of
. i i i i i_-i. _i_:_l I.,,,-, !
II1C ►51/ClLC o UCOt V.11UU1KU Id n
years- He was prosecuting at
torney in the Second judicial
circuit for four years and the
record is that no criminal ever
escaped. He is a tireless and re
lentless prosecutor. Mr. Simp
son has charge of the grand
jury here and he is a very busy
man.
Hon- Sid B. Redding, clerk of
the federal court for this dis
trict, is also here attending the
court and meeting his friends.
The others of the old crowd
who have been coming to Bates
ville for several years are Tom
Doyle, who was stenographer
for Col- Whipple; G. L. Mallo
ry, one of the deputies in the
marshal’s office at Little Rock;
Stenographer Crutchfield and
the genial Capt. Ackers, who
has been chief deputy in the
marshal’s office since the ap
pointment of H. L. Remmel as
United States marshal for this
district.
Judge Trieber is here to pre
side over the court, and Mr. Mc
Cabe is also here as court crier.
Walters Body Shipped.
The body of H. A- Walters,
whose death from suicide at
Kensett, was chronicled last
week, was shipped to Minneap
olis, Minnesota, Monday night,
after being disinterred from
the county burying ground.
Through the efforts of Coroner
J. A. Chandler and local mem
bers of the plumbers' union to
which organization the unfort
unate man belonged, it was
learned that Walters has a
brother residing in Minneapolis,
also a sister in Pasadena, Cali
fornia.
Hoosier Poet Helps Red Cross
Seal.
James Whitcomb Riley’s chief
contribution to the anti-tuber
culosis campaign in his native
state, Indiana, last year, was
his autograph, written with his
left hand on a card upon which
was mounted a Red Cross Seal
The seal was afterwards auc
tioned off for nearly $100. Mr.
Riley had not signed his name
to any document for months,
but he wished to help all he
could, although he could not use
his right hand at all. With
much pain and labor, however,
he made his left hand do the
work.
XMAS.
I 1 m I 1913
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