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VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS SATURDAY. JULY 25. 1914 NUMBER 95
SERVIA ASKS
To Answer Austrian Ultimatum
But May Yield For The
Present.
United Press Dispatch.
Vienna, Austria, July 25. —
Reports that Servia asks more
time to reply to the Austrian
ultimatum were received today
from Belgrade. Neau Freie
Press printed a Belgrade dis
patch asserting that the Servian
government will agree to the de
mands, but not without such j
protest as to make further dis-,
cussion permissable
The Austro-Hungary govern
ment today semi-officially re
jected all attempts of other pow
ers to intervene in the crisis re
sulting from the demands on
p Servia. Arbitration has not
| been accepted and all arrange
ments for crossing the border
f are going forward to move a
gainst Servia unless a reply is
I in the hands of the Austrian
j| minister late today. It is re- j
ported general mobilization or
ders will go out tonight and that
an evasive reply to gain time
|f will not be accepted.
I DESTRUCTION BEFORE HU
I f MILIATIGN.
United Press Dispatch
Belgrade Servia, July 25.— !
The greatest excitement pre-!
vailed here today as ministers •
met in special conference to dis
cuss the Austrian ultimatum.
The keynote of sentiment is to
I face the perils of destruction
rather than comply with the de
fmands.
Preparations to evacuate Bel
grade have begun for military
experts regard the city untena
ble.
An extraordinary session of {
L parliament has been called for
m tomorrow.
Gives Union Labor Credit
M, United Press Dispatch.
Chicago, 111., July 25.—Union j
P labor is given credit for sweep
0 ing reforms in the working con- J
|| ditions in the United States by ;
J John Hibbard, former manufac
■ turer, before the Federal Com-,
W mission on industrial relations. }
He is frankly opposed to the ,
v closed shop, but said there was (
i no question but that the unions j
K helped the condition of the ’
H working men
Automobiles For Hire. i
When you want to make a !
I quick and easy trip, telephone
I 21. Hates, $2 per hour. Day
or night service. L- W. WAT
H SON, Ford Motor Co. 85btf.
II Moving: Pictures
the Opera House
THE FIGHTING BLOOD
IA story of army and navy life,
Iwhich stirs the spark of patriot
llsm. The hero in the play has
|a weakness for drink which he
I overcomes and captures the
Ismuggling gang after a thrill
ling fight on the ships. Featur
I ing the star actor Romaine
I Fielding and Grace Barton.
(Drama—LUBIN)
MISS MILLIE’S VALENTINE. |
! Helen Dunbar, Charles Stine j
pmd Bobby Bolder.
(Comedy—S. and A.)
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS.!
These returns are of various
kinds- First and foremost is
the reduction in the actual cost
of hauling, the plain fact that it
takes less time and labor to haul
a load over a good road than it
takes to haul it over a poor one
Less obvious is the effect of
improved roads in increasing
the total output of a community.
In the case of one county in Vir
ginia where particularly thor
ough records have been kept,
this output was more than dou
bled- The farmers found that
with a market always and read
ily accessible to them, it paid
to work the land to its maximum
production.
This explains the very re
markable rise in farm land val
ues w'hich nearly always accom
panies road improvement. The
rise is not a fictitious one, of no
benefit to the man who wishes
to farm and not to sell. The
land is more valuable because it
can profitably be made to pro
duce more. In other words, the
money that goes into the road
comes back with interest from
the land.
More About Soy Beans.
Mr. C. C. Williamson, R. F. D
No. 1, Tuckerman, has two
splendid fields of Soy Beans- 10
acres of the beans are sown
broad-cast for hay, and eighteen
acres more are planted to corn
and Sov Beans, the two beinv
mixed and drilled together in
rows three feet, six inches a
part. The entire crop is stand
ing the drouth exceptionally
well, the broad-cast field con
taining plants which average
two feet in height, while the cul
tivated beans sown with the
corn, will reach nearly to a
man’s shoulder. Mr- William
son’s corn has suffered greatly
from the drouth as has most of
the corn this season- It is there
fore a most cheering sight to
see the tall, dark green Soy
Beans assuring plenty of forage
for all of the farm animals
Soy Beans store atmospheric
nitrogen in the ground, as do
peas, clovers and all other leg
umes. It is quite evident that
our county is favorable for the
production of this valuable crop,
as specimens taken from both
Mr. Williamson and Mr. W.
Heard’s field show the healthy
nitrogen nodules upon the
roots. It seems that our soil
already contains the bacterium
necessary to grow Soy Beans.
Our farmers should make a
a part of their hay crop this
drouth resisting and productive
forage crop.
DAVID THIEBAULT
Snecial Atrent in Charge of the
Farmers’ Co-operative Demon
stration Work
Was Boalt Threatened With
Arrest.
United Press Dispatch
Washington, D. C., July 25. —
Representative Bryan in a
House resolution today demand
ed to know whether Correspond
ent Boalt was threatened with a
jail sentence during the inquiry
into his “Ley De Fuga” story at
Vera Cruz
Impatient over the slowness of
information reaching congress
men, Bryan called upon Secre
tary Daniels for information in
his possession. Bryan hoped to
have the minutes of the court
inquiry which will arrive soon,
submitted to the House.
Get A Permit To Smoke.
The Permit cigar is a long,
cool, mild, delightful smoke. It
costs five cents—worth double.
TRIAL JUDGES
MAY HAVE DUEL
Madame Caillaux Faints In
Court When Love Letters of
Husband are Read.
United Press Dispatch.
Paris, July 25.—A duel be
tween Judge Albanel, president
j of the court and one of the as
sociates is the prospect today as
the latest sensation in the trial
| of Mme. Caillaux. Albanel sent
seconds to Judge Louis Dagoury
i because of a remark the latter
made on the bench, intimating
that the presiding judge was
partial to Mme- Caillaux
Mme- Caillaux fainted in court
when two love letters from Cail
laux were read. One ended,
“Thousands and thousands of
kisses on your beloved body!”
The letters were not the ones she
feared would be published.
“My only consolation is the
thought of having you in my
arms at Ouchy. What delicious
memories!” Thus read the
letter disclosing the liason- The
friends protested against the
reading as inhuman while ene
mies insisted that all should be
known. The letters were not in
decent epistles, but throbbed
with the passionate love Cail
laux bore the woman who is
now his wife.
Commission Is Still Divided.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D- C., July 25- —
The advance freight rate de
cision was not handed down to
day by the Interstate Commerce
Commssion, despite Commission
er Harland’s statement early in
the week of every effort to have
it ready for announcement. The
Commission is conferring daily
in an unsuccessful effort to
reach a unanimous agreement,
but now it probably will be a
week before it is announced.
Walker Stallings leaves to
night on No. 6 for a two weeks’
vacation trip to St. Louis, Phil
adelphia, Toledo and Niagara
Falls. He will be accompanied
by Will Barker to Toledo, Ohio,
where he will attend the Clean
ers and Dyers and Pressers As
sociation.
Dinner For Mr. and Mrs. Young
Miss Franchelle Hooker gave
a beautifully appointed dinner
Friday evening, the guests of
honor being Mr. and Mrs. Jan B
Young, who were recently mar
riea at tsrooKnaven, Miss, a
pretty color effect of pink and
green was used as a table decor
ation, Killarney roses and ferns
being very attractively used.
An excellent dinner in five
courses was nicely served.
Mrs. Young, who is a very
charming young lady, is receiv
ing a cordial greeting into New
port’s social circles of which she
will be an attractive addition
Those present at the dinner: Mr.
and Mrs- Jan Young, Dr. and
Mrs- Elbert Watson, Miss Lutie
Mae Stephens and Eugene
Hirsch, Miss Franchelle Hooker
and Harry Stephens
Cash Register Trust Fined.
United Press Dispatch.
Lansing, Michigan, The su
preme court today found the Na
tional Cash Register Company
guilty of restraint of trade and
imposed a fine of $10,000.
Knox mends shoes cheap, 111
Walnut street. , dtf.
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ARRESTED VAUGHN
IN CACHE BOTTOMS
—
Sheriff's Deputies Trap Man
j Wanted On Serious Charge—
Adams Also Arrested.
Albert Vaughn is now in the
Jackson county jail from Glass
I township on a serious charge,
after escaping from Constable
Robert Cockrill at Swifton last
Monday- Both Vaughn and Har
dy Adams are charged with
| carnal abuse, though the latter
gave bond for $2,000, the Swif
. ton Mercantile Company becom
ing his surety.
\ Deputy Sheriff Hasting, as
sisted by Albert Parsons and
Robert Cockrill, learning that
Vaughn had been seen squirrel
hunting in the Cache river bot
toms, went to the section where
he had been seen Wednesday
night and after a survey of the
land, it was thought best to lay
for him at the two houses where
it was thought he might be get
ting his meals.
Cockrill went to one house and
Hasting and Parsons to the oth
er. Concealing themselves in
brush near the gate, they saw
their man accompanied by an
omer, carrying a vvmcnesier,
come from the woods. Parsons
went to one door and Hasting to
the other and Vaughn was tak
en off his guard and neither of
fered resistance nor made any
attempt to escape
Vaughn was brought to New
port Thursday night and placed
in the county jail.
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May Intervene In Santo Do
mingo.
j United Press Dispatch
Washington, D- C., July 25.—
Because two employes on an
American sugar estate at San
Pedro Demacaris, Santo Domin
go, were killed, the gunboat, Ma
rietta, was today ordered to pro
ceed there from Sanche. The
(employes were not Americans
The move is considered as fore
shadowing intervention.
Why Not Get A Permit?
Permit to smoke sells at five
cents. Almost any cigar stand.
It’s a long, cool, mild, delight
ful cigar. • dl
Sunday School Convention
j Jackson County Sunday
school convention opens Satur
day evening at 8:00 o’clock at
the Central Christian church,
corner of Third and Walnut St
8 to 8:30, Devotional service,
Rev. G. A. Hoffman.
8:15 to 9:00, Greetings,
“The City” A. T. Hubly; “The
Churches,” Rev. W. P. Chal
mers.
Response—Mr. E. Bowman.
Sunday morning, 9:30 to 10:
30, all Sunday schools meet at
their respective churches.
10:30—Union Service at the
Christian church.
10:30 to 11—Devotional ser
vice, Rev- W. P. Chalmers.
11—Address by H. E. Lufkin
of Little Rock.
The men of Newport are giv
en a very special invitation.
The following committees will
meet all trains to welcome visi
tors and show them to the
homes that have been assigned:
W. B- Hurley, Gus Jowers, L. B.
Harris, S- M. Beattie, A. T- Hu
bly, Walter Martin, Otto M.
Bowen, Frank Hoofman. Quite
a number of boys from the dif
ferent Sunday schools will be on
hand to help take care of the
delegates.
Inspect Crops In Oil Trough.
R. C- Davidson and David
Theibauit, government agricul
tural demonstrators, who have
been making trips over the
county the past week, inspect
ing crops, made a trip through
Oil Trough bottom Saturday
jmorning as far up as the V- Y
Cook palntation. Both gentle
men say they have never known
as complete a failure as the
crops are in that section. Corn
and cotton, alike are absolutely
burned up and beyond all help
now. They state that the con
ditions are such that the big
plantations always so productive
will be almost a total failure
this fall
Villa’s Army Starts.
United Press Dispatch.
Chihuahua, Mexico, July 25—
The movement of General Vil
la’s army toward Mexico City
began during t’ e night.
SHOT IN WOODRUFF
FELL IN JACKSON j
Shelby Cole Shot and Killed At
A Sim °r Friday Night By
Crisa Anthony.
Special to Independent.
Tupelo, July 25—Shelby Cole,
1 a negro tenant of John Gardner,
‘who lived on the Scofield farm
was shot and killed Friday night
at a supper he had given to ne
gro friends. The cause of the
trouble is not known, but is
supposed to have resulted from
a game of craps or cards.
Crisa Anthony did the shoot
ing, which occurred in the yard
where Cole lived, but the latter
ran out and across the road,
which forms the county line, and
died in Jackson county.
Anthony is said to have start
ed to Tupelo to surrender to the
authorities, but had not reached
here at noon. As the shooting
took place in Woodruff county,
he may have changed his mind
and given up to the proper offi
cers there.
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Sunday School Association.
The Jackson County Sunday
School Association will open a
three days’ session at the Chris
nan cnurcn in mis cuy mis ev
ening at 8 o’clock- The conven
tion will last through Sunday,
and Monday.
The program, which appears in
this issue is made up of
talks and papers by the best
Sunday School talent over the
county; also the state workers
from Little Rock. All the
churches in the city will give
way tomorrow and unite in this
Sunday School program. Dele
gates have been coming in to
day and several will come in on
the evening trains
Card of Thanks- /
We take this method of ex
pressing our thanks to our
friends who so kindly ministered
unto us during the recent illness
and death of our loved one
Mrs. J. P. Hearst and Children
Mrs. W. C- Hearst,
A. A. Hearst,
Willie D. Hearst.
H That old “straw" of yours is beginning
jg to show signs of hard wear about this time,
p You can purchase a fresh, clean, new
: fi Hat now at a small price. j
ant
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$4.00 Straws row ..... $2.50 jS
|| $5.00 Straws now — —.$3.00 f|S
$6.00 Panamas now...—--$3.50 S||
j£ $2,00 Panamas now.— —.-.....$4.00 g
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