ISION VITAL
TO THE STATE
•te Improvement District
get Aside Old—There May
ge No Relief Soon.
case vitally affecting the
irial interests of the state
one that concerns Newport
cularly, is coming up in
upreme court of this month,
the case affecting the va
r of the improvement dis
law, which may. through
nder,' have been rendered in
itive through the attempt
e last legislature to amend
hether or not Arkansas has
nprovement district law ok
or has had since the legis
e passed the amendment to
id whether the bonds issu
y an improvement district
ie state whose commission
iave been appointed since
aw was amended, is up to
upreme court.
e Newport Lake Bridge Im
minent district was organiz
fter the last legislature a
led the law upon this sub
and the commissioners for
district, W. u..McCain, j.
[rubbs and J. R. Cox, were
m by the council as pro
1 for under the old improve
district law. It was by
in of this legal issue rais
iat the bonds were not of
for sale, contract award
id the project begun the
summer.
ny other improvements
ighout the state have been
up to await the court’s de
i. If the decision should be
the act as amended, su
ded and rendered null the
tatute, there will be no
for improvement districts,
it those formed by special
of the legislature of which
are a considerable number,
the legislature meets again
15, or unless a remedy
d be applied at a possible
al session of which there
leen some talk.
e test case comes from the
raon Circuit Court. It is
submitted to the court on
irgument by United States
tor James P. Clarke, on
ler 20.
i last legislature passed, on j
b 3, an act to amend the
improvement district law
n the amended act through
body’s blnnder, absolutely
ovision is made for the ap
ment of commissioners to
on the work of the im
ment districts. Shortly af
irds citizens of Pine Bluff
lized Paving District No.
>d appointed commissioners
e usual way. W. N. Tru
property owner, discover
be flaw in the new law,
fbt suit against the corn
oners of the district which
d the paving work and final
*ded in the supreme court.
8 ^ted by those who keep
Ach with building and en
fing operations throughout
kte, that some localities ap
n°t to have heard of the
being called into question
?re going ahead forming
'ts the same as usual.
1 Authorities contend that
tae new law is defective,
®s not repeal that part of
>ld law regarding the ap
®ent of commissioners and
tbeir appointment under
the provisions of the former law
is legal.
Improvement districts organiz
ed prior to March 3 are, of
course, not affected.
Ladies Play Baseball.
The only real novelty that has
ever visited Newport will be
the famous and original All
American Ladies’ Baseball Club
who are now en route on their
regular annual tour. This re
markable club, which is compos
ed of the very best lady players,
will play an interesting, excit
ing and scientific game of base
ball with the Newport boys on
Wednesday, October 8th.
Marguerite Cunningham is the
foremost player with the All
American Ladies, and is the
champion lady pitcher of the
world, and is supported by a
club composed entirely of star
lady players.
This is a first-class, respecta
ble organization in every par
ticular, where you can bring
mothers, wives, sisters and
sweethearts, truthfully adver
tised and honestly conducted.
Indorsed by press, pulpit and
public. (Adv. dl)
HAYS TO BE
POSTMASTER
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Nomination of George R. Hays
For Newport Office Sent
to Senate.
George R. Hays has been nam
ed for postmaster at Newport, |
the nomination having been sent
Saturday to the Senate which
will undoubtedly confirm the ap
pointment in regular order.
Our present postmaster Mr. J.
W. Grubbs tendered his resigna
tion about ten days ago. His
term would have expired in Feb
ruary and his service has been
so eminently satisfactory to the
public and department that he
would have been allowed to com
plete his term had he so desired,
but for business reasons, pre- j
ferred to be free during the busy !
winter season of these official
duties.
Mr. Hays was a successful ap
plicant over quite a number of
other citizens, all of whom how-1
Aver hold him in esteem and con
gratulations are his from every
hand. He is in every way capa
able and fitted for these duties
and will we feel sure, conduct
the office as successfully as the
retiring incumbent who will
probably give way about No
vember 1, if Mr. Hays receives
his commission by that date.
For Rent.
First class storage room at
Bowen’s Cash Store. 39dlm
Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
THE PRICE OF SILENCE .
Drama—PATHE '
CUPID’S HIRED MAN
John Bunny and Flora Finch.
Comedy—VITAGRAPH
THE SHADOWGRAPH
Extra Good estem
S. and A.
Tuesday Night: A two - Reel
Feature “The Chains of An
Oath.”—Vitagraph.
Admission, 5c and 10c
LENGTH OF TERM
LEFT TO COURT
Mike Eyer Found Guilty of Mur
der In Second Degree
By the Jury.
The jury which heard the
Mike Eyer murder case could
not agree upon the length of
term to which they would sen
tence the defendant and after
deliberating for 25 hours upon
the case, returned into court at
12:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon
with the following verdict:
“We the jury find the defend
ant guilty of murder in the se
cond degree, leaving it to the
court to fix the punishment,”
which was signed by J. W. Ran
kin as foreman.
The defendant was present in
court with his attorneys Jones
& Campbell when the verdict
was read and the state was also
represented by G. A. Hillhouse
and C. M. Erwin. Judge Jeffery
questioned the jury as to its di
vision upon length of sentence,
wihch may be used as a guide by
the court in fixing the number
of years.
Upon first retiring, the jury
is said to have stood 8 for con
viction of murder in the first de
gree; 2 for murder in the se
cond degree and 2 for acquittal.
Judge Jeffery then adjourned
court until October 18, when he
will probably announce his de
cision in the Eyer case as well as
take up further matters in the
Overcup Slough Drainage dis
trict.
Upon that date, court will be
adjourned until December 8th,
when Hon. C. F. Greenlee of
Brinkley will preside for a week
of court in the trial of cases up
on the civil docket that were
crowded out of the regular term
by the large number of criminal
cases.
DOCKET RECORD IN BRIEF
T. J. GraKam et al versus Wil
liam Hale, cause transferred to
chancery docket.
Gustave Jones and Lon Camp
bell versus M. E. Newbem, mo
tion for new trial overruled and
appeal granted.
Aluminum Cookihg Utensil
Company versus I. W. Chastain
et al, motion for new trial over
ruled and appeal granted.
In the matter of Overcup
Slough Drainage District of
Jackson and Woodruff Counties,
oaths of commissioners W. T.
Sweat, D. L. Shoffner and S. E.
Dent filed, also bond of engineers
with nlans. mans, and SDecifica
tions attached showing the lo
cation, width and depth of the
ditches and all other work to be
done with an estimate of cost
of same.
t .
Court sentenced Elbert May
berry, convicted of involuntary
manslaughter to six months in
penitentiary from Aug. 15, 1913
and Tony Ariosti to 1 year in
penitentiary, sentence dating
from August 15, 1913.
State versus James 0. Hardin,
released on own cognizance and
case set for trial on second Tues
day of next term
Lucinda Polk, Lenora Peyton
and Gus Smith released on own
cognizance and cases set for
trial on second Tuesday of next
term.
Lunnie O’Neal, judgment set
aside and cause continued to
first day of next term.
Smith Williams, plea of guilty
and fined $50.
City of Newport versus Joe
Bratton, order dismissing ap
peal set aside and case contin
ued.
State versus Les Anthony,
failure to work the roads, mo- j
tion for new trial overruled and
appeal granted.
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Sandy Beverly Married.
Sandy Beverly, the aged jani
tor at the court house, who gave
the number of his years at 60
when applying for a marriage li
cense began matrimonial life
again Monday morning, when
he was wed by Judge C. B. Coe
to a dusky bride of 24, Rhodie
Simmons by name.
The county clerk George L. !
Robinson furnished the necessa-1
ry license, Judge Coe donated
the ceremony and County Treas- j
urer Jake Ivy was present as a j
witness to lend further dignity '
to the occasion and “Sandy” is
now receiving the congratula
tions and good wishes of other
members of the court house
crowd.
Keep The Cows i
On The farm
Commissioner Page Shows Why
It Should Be Profitable to
i Arkansas Farmer to
Keep His Cows.
Much is written and said
about the dairy cow, and to some
the term may be confusing.
The dairy cow we are interested
in most is the plain, unpreten
tious old cow on the farm that
furnishes milk and butter for
the family. She is a great
friend to the women and chil
dren of this country and her
worth must not be under-esti
mated- I have a special reason
for discussing the cow right
now. It will soon be time for
the tick quarantine to be raised
until next Spring and then cat
tle buyers will be going through
the country and buying up the
cows to ship out to the cattle
raisers in the north and west.
Remember that the old family
cow is not only the dependence
for milk and butter, but she is
the mother of the calves, and
without the cows we cannot have
cattle in the future as we have
in the past.
There are not more uwn v».^
third as many cows in circula
tion in Arkansas now as there
were five years ago; all because
shrewd cattle men of the north
and west Have been far-seeing
enough to learn that the cattle
supply was decreasing and the
price increasing. Hundreds of
our farmers have sold off their
cattle including their cows, be
cause they were offered a good
price. Now when everybody
knows the High price of cattle on
the market many of our farmers
who would raise cattle are going
to find the supply of cows so
small that they cannot get start
ed. So look out for the cows be
fore it is too late. If the cattle
raisers of other states can come
into our midst, buy our cows,
pay the top price for them, pay
the local buyer a profit, pay for
driving them to town, then the
freight on them for 500 miles,
take them to a country where
they have to be kept in bams
and pastures and fed six months
or more in the year, and use
them for breeding purposes and
make money out of the transac
tion, our own people can certain
ly well afford to keep them at
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home, and make more money by
refusing to sell.
I was on the train between
New York and Chicago one day
last week, and met a farmer who
lived 400 miles northwest of
Chicago. He told me he was
coming to North Arkansas in a
month or two to buy a few car
loads of hogs to ship to his farm i
and feed from his corn crop, and j
when fat to ship back to the ,
Chicago market. I told him 1
hoped our people would know
enough to keep their hogs. Too
often they do not. however, and
it may be that this Iowa farmer
will buy enough hogs in Arkan
sas to eat his crop of corn, and
after having been shipped over
a thousand miles and fattened,
and then back to Chicago and
butchered, and after the lard and
fat has been pressed out by hy
draulic pressure, the same hogs
may be shipped back to Arkan
sas to be sold to the farmer who
raised them and who in the
meantime has mortgaged his la
bor and is struggling to make
enough cotton to pay for it in the
Fall. Let us Hope that nothing,
like this will be true, but it is
not extravagant to say it will oc
cur if the people do not stop sell
ing off so closely their cattle and
hogs and go to making their own
meat at home. With the present
prices of meat and butter and
milk there is nothing raised on
the farm that the farmer can af
ford to give in exchange for
them without suffering a loss in
the exchange when we calculate
the cost of production. Think of
these things.
By all means keep the cows,
the calves and the hogs. You
can better afford to keep them
than the fellow from the north
:an afford to buy. You certainly
have got the cost of transporta
tion in your favor, so keep them.
John H Tage,
Commissioner.
Schools Criticised.
Marshall, Ark., Oct. 4.—Af
ter visiting 50 summer schools
in different parts of Searcy
county, J. G. Ferguson, county
examiner, reports the following
defects in the rural schools of
the county:
Terms too short.
Many poor buildings and in
sufficient light.
Desks and apparatus needed
in most schools
Attendance too light; only 50
to 60 per cent of children in
school.
A. failure to enforce the com
pulsory school attendance law.
No reference books, maps
globes, charts.
Many schools are in need of
blackboards.
Spitting on floors and walls
allowed by a few teachers.
The school grounds as a
whole are in a deplorable con
dition.
A failure on the part of pa
trons to visit the school and to
encourage the teachers and pu
pils.
Too many different kinds of
text-books.
No Sunday school in many dis
tricts.
The lack of county supervis
ion.
A few of the rural schools
could increase their efficiency
by consolidation.
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