In iependent.
-■*. 1911. M'MMKR 72.
iSdcTnow
■ IN THE LEAD
J Po!n*10 His
g;l By WOO <o
•*2000 Majority.
■t0 independent. j
BtBhe missing precincts
■jlrtingand the vote of
§<y unofficially re
Kwe stock hosta-j
Krise and all indications
E to his election as gov
■ . 1000 majority at leas , >
Raining vote yet to be j
■will probably increase r
■unofficial vote reported
Re noon hour gave the fol- n
■totals: BropdidgeSl
■u,, 32,209, when Phd
Runty returned 1452
Ry for Brundidge giving
Rrcy candidate a lead of
Rich the full returns from
Rh Arkansas hill counties
Ected to increase. j
■Hays forces continue to j
■he nomination of their
Ete but the unofficial re-;
[s compiled by the news- !,
E now indicate Brun- j
E election by at least 1000
tOldidge Forces Confident.
B to Independent.
| B Rock, June 24.—The
Bdge headquarters now as
Bositively that Brundidge
S,Bn by not less than 2500
Bobablv nearer 4000 ma
Bon the complete returns.
Btically all of the South
lisas vote is in and Judge -
Bias little to expect in the (
i^Bnal returns. In fact, the.
ryB^es 'n most the South j
idBsas coun^es are dwind-1
flnd Lincoln which has all j
ID I been placed in the Hays’ i
In, now gives Brundidge 53 (
Bity in the complete vote,
'•■largest vote yet to be re
■ will come from the coun
11 Bf Faulkner, Searcy, Madi- ,
■tone and Poinsett and will
B ail show Brundidge ma
|es ar.d increase his lead.
i
■ Hays headquarters have
■inceded the defeat of Judge
■ but continue to claim his
itjority Grows.
nty, Brundidge’s ,
jes to grow slow
■eached 466 with
et to hear from. 1
ties from Grubbs
Pictures !
sra House
3tr Week.
IRL'S LOVE
modern day cou-!
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ry of the West
ISSANAY)
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he lovers are
frt—she is jea-!
ot listen to his
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he orchestra.
and 10 Cents.
south to Pennington, Balch and
Eight Mile are yet out of com
mission and no reports have
been received from these four
precincts ci Ford School House,
Balch, Eight Mile and Gourd
Neck.
Jackson County s Vote.
Brundidge Hays
First Ward_ 100 27
Second Ward- 107 21
McLain Precinct_ 33 12
Swifton- 52 8
Elgin- 6 9
Kenyon —- 35 6
ruckerman_ 145 35
Weldon- 35 4
Auvergne- 11 15
rupelo_ 42 17
Glaize Station_ 12 13
Old Glaize- 5 8
Iridge School House, 12 1
Surrounded Hill- 15 1
Lower Vilage___ 16 7
Grubbs - 14 34
lacksonport- 21 0
Strider's Store_ 14 11
fngleside- 11 4
Greenhaw school h. _ 3 0
Denton Island_ 4 4
Algoa-- 10 8.
Barren - 11 3
rotal_714 248
Give Box Party.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baimaz en
:ertained a few couples of young
aeople Monday evening with a
sox party at the Colonial theatre
n honor of their nephew, Ar
:hur Bullion, who is their guest
:his week.
After the program was over
:he crowd was invited to the
Baimaz home where delicious
meam and cake were served by
Mrs. Baimaz and Mrs. H. G.
Drummond.
Those present w-ere Misses
Edith Drummond, Katie Price,
Annie Belle Bridger, Mary Mc
Donald, Birdie Marion, Bonna
Marion, Bess Gates and Lillian
Bullion; Messrs. W. N. Duna
way, Charles Bandy, James
Johnston, Ed Doherty, Walter
Rossington, Heber Askew,
Adrien Baimaz and Arthur Bul
lion.
Showers Help Crops.
The showers of Sunday and
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.vjLoriuay vjsiitu aeutivn© ui
son county, extending from the
northern to the southern bor
ders and from the eastern to the
western boundaries in varying
degrees of rainfall.
In some places light, only a
sprinkle and in others a mile
away heavy and very beneficial
to crops, particularly to corn,
which was seriously needing
rain and continues to suffer for
want of moisture in the localities
skipped by the showers.
Some sections such as lower
Oil Trough received the first
wetting in the past two months
and some corn and cotton had
never had a shower since plant
sd.
Cotton is in splendid condi
tion. the ground clean and well
cultivated, the plant healthy and
showing good development. The
prospects for the season, so far
as cotton is concerned- have
rarely been better.
Notice.
The annual Sunday school pic
nic for the Christian church and
Sunday school will be held to
morrow. Wednesday, June 25 a
White River bridge. Wagons,
carriages and automobiles will
leave the church at < :30 a. m.
Come and bring a wrell filled bas
ket. A royal good time tor ev
erybody.
MAYOR NAMES
HEALTH OFFICERS
Increases Board of Health to
Seven Members and Ap
points Three Ladies.
_
Newport's board of health is
to have feminine representation,
three women members having
been appointed by Mayor Paul
as announced to the council
Monday evening. The board
has been increased to seven
imembers who are, as follows:
Dr. H. O. Walker, Dr. C. W.
Martin, S. M. Stuckey, C. E.
Crook, Mrs. C. P. Dunaway,
Miss Bertha Hirsch and Miss
Elizabeth Pugh, all the appoin
tees having signified their wil
lingness to serve in the interest ]
of a cleaner and more sanitary ]
city.
Dr. E. L. Watson, who is the i
member of the state board of :
health from this county and who
jhas manifested a most com-,
mendable interest and zeal in
i the promotion of public health,
iVyuc cilcn !
! health officer by Mayor Paul.
At the meeting of the coun
!cil, a revised health ordinance:
11o conform with the recent state
act, was given one reading and
I then laid over for further con
isideration. Current accounts
jwere also allowed and routine
business disposed of.
|
May Lose Two Trains.
! Batesville, June 23.—Based
on a report from St. Louis, it is
believed here that one of the
i passenger trains on this division
will be taken off, as a result of
| the retrenchment policy of the
I Iron Mountain, following the su
preme court’s decision uphold
ing the two-c-ent rate. People
on the White river division were
lalready complaining at inade- j
'quate passenger train service,
and a curtailment of that ser
! vice now will work a great hard
ship on the traveling public of
this section.
j Another report is to the effect
that the Hot Springs special,
now routed by Fort Smith, will
come from Joplin to Newport
; making only three stops between
(Newport and Joplin, and one of
• those stops will be Batesville
'This sort of an arrangement will
'be satisfactory toBatesville peo
■ pie.
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Labor Laws Published.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 24.—The
labor laws of the state, compiled
bv J. C. Clary, Commissioner of
Labor, and M. J. McMahon, De
puty Commissioner, have been
published in pamphlet form for
general distribution. The acts
! of 1913 are included in the di
gest. This is done in order that
the working people of the state
may become familiar with the
; laws now on our statute books, I
and “also be in a position to ask
for further intelligent legisla
tion.” There are 62 pages in the
publication.
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Supreme Court Denies Hearing.
In the supreme court Monday,
a rehearing of the appeal of the
Iron Mountain versus Alice Wil
liams was denied by the court.
The petition for bail of Lillie
D. Lynch and Robert Spivey was
; submitted.
The appeal of Annie B. Camp
bell versus Southwestern T. & f
Co. from the Jackson chancery
court was also sumitted.
Coffman Qualifies As Auditor.
Special to Independent.
Little Hock. June 24.—L. L.
Coffman will • :.;abfy today
State Auditor, succeeding John
M. Oathout, deceased. The ap
pointment was made Monday,
and Mr. Coffman proceeded at
once to make his bond of $100.
000.
No change whatever will be
made in the official staff the
office, except that A. J. Mc
Amis. of Booneville, brother
in-law of Col. Oathout, has been
appointed Chief Deputy in place
of Mr. Coffman, who is promot
ed. Miss Jimmie Oathout, the
daughter of the late auditor, is
to be retained as stenographer.
Mr. McAmis has been a mer
chant at Booneville for a num
ber of years and for some time
has been Justice of the Peace of
Boone township, the only office
he has ever held up to the pres
ent time.
Mr. Coffman, the newly ap
pointed auditor, originally from
Boone county, was State Land
Commissioner, 1906-1910, after
wmcn ne served as secretary ol
the Capitol Commission until he
was appointed Deputy Auditor
by Col. Oathout.
Gov. Futrell says the consti
tution clearly provides that the
appointment shall be for the un
expired term, and that no spe
cial election is necessary.
County Convention Call.
Headquarters Arkansas Repub
lican Committee, Little Rock.
June 17, 1913.
In accordance with the resolu
tions adopted by the Arkansas
Republican State Central Com
mittee at its meeting held in the
city of Little Rock, Ark., on
June 17, 1913, a State Conven
tion of delegates representative
of the Republican party of Ark
ansas will be held in the city of
Little Rock, Ark., on Tuesday,
July 1, 1913. at 2:00 p. m., for
the purpose of promulgating a
State platform and nominating
a candidate for governor.
Under authority of these same
resolutions, mass conventions of
the respective counties of the
State are called to meet in the
different counties of the state on
Saturday, June 28, 1913, at 1:30
p. m., except White, Perry and
Monroe, which will be held on
t_ rtn 1 m o x x 1__
t/UJiC tell, JJ V y
at the places named below, to
elect delegates and alternates to
the State convention.
The basis of representation of
the several counties in this state
will entitle Jackson county to 6
delegates and 6 alternates:
Because of the shortness of
time elapsing from this call and
the date set for the county and
state conventions, rules hereto
fore held to be in force by the
Republican State Committee as
to holding conventions, are here
by suspended and usual rules of
parliamentary practice will pre
vail.
Credentials of delegates and
notices of contests will be filed in
writing with the Secretary of
the Republican State Central
committee in Little Rock by ten
o’clock of the day set for State
convention.
County chairmen and secreta
ries are requested to give full
publicity to this call.
H. L. Remmel, Chairman.
U. S. Bratton, Secretary.
Joe L. Bevens left this morn
ing for Helena to spend a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Bevens.
Wy ('lost1 Eveninps at (Except Saturday.)
Special This Week
A mazing
Shirt Values
-■ —
1
| $1.00 and $1.25 Soft Shirts
[Collars Attached] at
70c
3 for $2.00
These shirts look neat, feel
good and wear better. They are
especially comfortable these warm
days. Right now is the time to
buy, while sizes are complete.
BErgeR’S
"STSKR CLOTHING HOUSE?
Dentist Takes His Life.
Marshall, June 23.—Filling a
box with excelsior saturated
with oil and wood alcohol, then
crawling into the box and set
ting fire to the excelsior, Dr. B.
S. Slater, 40 years old, of Mar
shall, ended his life here today.
Dr. Slater, who was a dentist,
left his home at an early hour
this morning and is supposed to
have gone directly to his office.
About 5 o’clock, J. C. Hensley, a
butcher, on his way to open his
market discovered smoke pour
ing from windows of the doc
tor’s office. Going into the
building and upstairs, Hensley
tried to enter the room, adjoin
ing the office, in which the fire
was burning. Failing, he gave
the fire alarm, and with assist
ance forced the door open, and
extinguished the flames.
Amid the smoke, the feet ol a
man were discovered protruding
from under the edge of the box,
and although the body was char- .
red beyond recognition, investi
gation proved that it was Dr.
Slater. It appears that Dr. Sla
ter first filled the box with pa-}
per and excelsior, and saturat-!
ing the entire box and kindling, i
buried himself in it, and set fire
to the saturated mass.
Dr. Slater is survived by his j
wife and three children, and a
half brother, who lives in Sul
phur Springs, Texas. He came ■
to Marshall about eight months f
ago from Kansas City, and has
a diploma from the Indianapolis
Dental College. The body will
be sent to Kansas City for bur
ial, and will be accompanied by
Mrs. Slater and children, who
' will make their home there.
I
Hendricks’ Majority 300.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 24.—Gov.
Futrell has called a special elec
tion for July 23, for judge of the
third division, of the Sixth Judi
cial circuit. This is the office to
which Judge G. W. Hendricks,
an appointee of Gov. Robinson,
was nominated in last Satur
day’s primary in Pulaski and
and Perry counties. He defeat
ed June P. Wooten of the Little
Rock bar by a little more than
300 votes.
there would be a possibility of
George W. Murphy, or the Re
publican nominee, who is to be
Harry H. Myers, to be nominated
July 1, being elected governor
of Arkansas. These contingen
cies may, of course, be consider
ed remote, but they have been
pointed out as the almost cer
tain result of a contest for the
Democratic nomination.
BE NEIGHBORLY
Tell your friends about Ross’
“Dead Quick’’ spray. Tell them
that it kills bedbugs, ants, fleas,
roaches, mites, lice and their
eggs; that it kills and keeps
away mosquitoes—that it is nice
and clean for household use.
Tell them it is sold in Newport
by your druggists. (Adv.)
Tit*
The Coliseum, massive M ft waa.
»u * mere toy Is comparison with
the Great Circus, which filled the vnl
ley between the Palatine and Aventln*
bills The Coliseum Is Mid to hav*
been able to eeat 60,000 people; whll*
the seating capacity of the fireat Ch
eu* was, at different period*. 160,000
260,000, and lastly WU',000 spectator*
The Great Circus was probably th*
most stupendous building ever erected
for public spectacles
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