■ALAUREATE
®rvice beautiful
PB Sermon By Reverend B.
Ailford and Excellent
Alusical Program.
A Mav 11 was baccalau
-lv forthe class of 1913 °f
At High School and the
event of commencement
Attracted a large congre
Afrom all the churches to
Aidsome auditorium of the
Aist church, where a beau
Aid impressive program
'^Kidered.
Achurch was in spring at
A a wealth of the season’s
A and the memorial win
Aold of the tender thought
Ad ones here for those gone
■ center of the church had
Aeserved for the school
|Bn, teachers and board and
Aniors entered in a body ac
fBnied by Prof. Ernest Mc
j|ft occupying the front tier
I' baccalaureate sermon
ivered by Rev. B. L. Wil
ho was in good voice and
»d a very able address
ie text, Proverbs 16:32
it ruleth his spirit is bet
t he that taketh a city,”
me being that the heroes,
rough the help of God
eir own spirits and lives
ater than the heroes of
nvocation was by Rev. J.
[enzie and the closing
by Rev. S. D. Grumbles,
musical program was the
any baccaulaureate ser
the history of our school
s under the direction of
aude Reamey. It consist
quartette “Just Beyond”
srs J. O. Powell, Arthur
1, T. P. Umsted and Wal
sington; a solo “I Heard
ce” by Mrs. S. R. Phil
solo “The Publican” by
irdie Marion; violin of
, Cavatina by Charles Sa
and an anthem “Baby
r the large choir. The
of praise was made very
itiful and impressivethrough
cultivated voices of those
ticipating.
ev. Mr. Wilford in his ser
) to the class dwelt first upon
qualities of heroism display
)y those who rule themselves
I Pictures
;ra House
5er Week.
►AY’S DAWN
EDISON
VIONIAL DE
GE.
ds up by “mail
er.”
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ECEIVED.
a mineWhitridg€
ne. His stakei
dge appropriates
:eeds to himself
w boy courts his
refused permis
on to marry her. This cov
°y is the staker’s son, then
-well, you’d best come and see
G. MELIES.
Music by the orchestra.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 Cents.
in the daily conflicts of life
against the insidious encroach
ments of sin and the soldiers of
war, where physical bravery and
endurance are required, showing
the traits of the former to be
more admirable than those of
the latter.
The speaker passed next to
the opponents of each, carrying
out the contrast and increasing
the measure of praise and glory
to the men who triumph over
habits and pleasures that are
dear to them, while the soldier
in battle has fought open ene
mies and hatred of them often
inspired as much bravery and
endurance as his devotion to his
own cause or country.
His concluding and crowning
thought to the theme of the ser
rhon lay in the rewards that
come to the two classes of he
roes, and while the victor in
battles might have the acclaim
of his people, it is better to
have fought a good fight
against the enemies of one’s
self and perhaps go to one’s
grave unheralded and unsung
by the multitude but supreme
and victorious in standing be
fore the bar of one’s conscience
exalted and approved.
Advance Guard En Route
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 13.—The ad
vance guard of the Arkansas
Press Association, in the person
of T. L. Pound of Danville, pass
ed through Little Rock Sunday
en route to Marianna to attend
the annual meeting of the Asso
ciation. All during the day edi
tors and their families from the
western portion of the state
have been going through the
city to Marianna, and the indica
tions are the meeting will be the
largest ever held by the associa
tion. Earle W. Hodges and fam
ily, accompanied by the Little
Rock delegation, will leave Lit
tle Rock this afternoon. Pres.
J. H. Hand will leave tonight
and be on hand for the opening
on Tuesday.
Most of the editors passing
through the city intend going on
the excursion from Memphis to
St. Louis by boat if it is given.
They will all go to Memphis for
the big congress meeting there,
and to partake of the hospital
I ity of the citizens of Memphis
for the day.
Governor Returns to Capitol.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 12.—Gov. J.
M. Futrell returned ito Little
Rock today after spending sev
eral'days with his family in Par
I agould. He did a bit of invest! •
j gating while at home, regarding
I the Wilson convict camp in Mis
sissippi county, and was convinc
ed all that was printed about
' the cruelty and unsanitary con
1 ditions there, was not untrue.
He found that all the county
j judges who were leasing the
'county prisoners to the Wilson
| plantation, have taken their
'prisoners away, the exposure
being so shocking that public
sentiment forced the judges to
act in a hurry. Gov. Futrell
| had advised the judges to can
! cel their contracts immediately.
■j
i For Sale.
Several thousand bushels of
corn and large quantity of timo
thy and alfalfa hay at Kinman
farm. For information inquire
at T. D. Kin man’s or Arkansas
Bank & Trust Co. 32btf
i
LUMBER COMPANIES
TO COLONIZE
•
\ ast Bodies of Cut-Over Lands
With Desirable Immi
gration.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 12.—J. N.
Anderson, immigration agent of
the Iron Mountain railroad, and
a recognized authority in this
class of work has been in Little ,
Rock for several days meeting ,
with owners of large tracts of'
cutover timber lands, which,
they desire to open for coloniza
tion purposes. He states this is j
a movement in the right direc- j
tion, as it means the bringing of j
thousands of immigrants to Ar-;
kansas, which will build the j
state more rapidly than would ,
be possible in any other manner, j
“The lumber industry of Ar
kansas is to be the means for a
most rapid growth of the popu
lation in the state within the
next few years,” stated Mr. An- j
derson. “The question of how
best to dispose of the vast acre
age owned in this state, has for
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uumcicu me iuiuwwhivh.
It would have been folly for
them to almost give the land
away, for that would not have
attracted the class of people j
who build states.
The luubermen are about to j
work out a plan now by which j
they can join and place many ;
thousands of acres on the mar-1
ket. This will be sold in tracts
of from 40 to 640 acres, and
those handling the proposition
will go right out after the kind
of people w7ho have built other
states and are willing to take
the chance of their lives in Ark
ansas.
“The lumber company with
several thousand acres of land
to dispose of, could not employ
the experts required to place
this on the market. By com
bining, it is possible for the lum
bermen, with only a small sell
ing cost to themselves, to em
ploy the greatest experts in the
real estate business, men who
have brains and use them in sell
ing lands— men who know how
to present the great truth about
Arkansas in such a manner that
the people will come with a
rush.”
Appeal Contempt Case.
Little Rock, May 11—A tran
script in the case of Senator
Clyde L. Going, L. B. Poindex
ter, J. W. Moseley and J. B.
Freer, who were sentenced to
serve five days in jail and fined
$50 upon conviction of charges
of contempt of court in the Law
rence Circuit Court, was filed
yesterday in the Supreme Court.
Senator Going and Mr. Poin
dexter were attorneys for de
fense in a murder trial at Wal
nut Ridge. It was charged that
J. W. Moseley, a juror, and J. B
Freer, the jury bailiff, visited
Going’s room during the pro
gress of the trial.
Resists His Return.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 10—T. W.
Fowler .under arrest at Bearden,
Ouachita county, is resisting hb
return to Chicago to answer a
charge of having worked a con
fidence game. A requisition for
him was presented from Gov
ernor Dunne of Illinois, by Wm
P. Gorman, agent, Friday, anc
it was set for a hearing at 1C
a. m. today.
It is alleged in the warrant
that on April 15, Fowler ob
tained $60 by means of a false
and bogus check, from tin* Nor
thern Hotel Company of Chica
go, on the Merchants and Plant
ers Bank of Camden. He then
tied from the state of Illinois
and was arrested at Bearden bv
Sheriff I). T. Henry.
Now 692 Convicts.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. May 10.—The
monthly reports of the Peniten
tiary Commissioners for the
months of March and April were
filed in the governor's office Fri
day. They show there are now
in the penitentiary a total of 692
convicts, of whom 192 are white
males, 482 black males, and 18
black females. During the
month of April there were 47
received, and 22 discharged, of
whom 17 escaped and two died,
the latter being Annabelle Mack
lin. colored, of consumption, and
F. L. King, colored, of gun shot
wound. In March there were
75 received, and 47 discharged,
of whom six escaped and 41 were
pardoned. Only one died, Eliza
Bunch, colored of consumption.
It is explained that preparation
of the blanks caused the delay.
Miss Anderson's Recital.
Miss Ella Anderson of Jack
sonport, who is a graduate in
music at Ouachita College this
year and has a beautiful sopra
no voice, gave the following pro
gram last Monday evening in the
Senior recital:
One Fine Day (Madame Butter
fly) _Puccini
My Heart to Hear Thy Voice
(Samson and Delilah)
_ Saint-Saens
Duet— (Cavalieria Rusticana)
_P. Mascagni
Miss Poppe, Second Soprano.
Burst Ye Buds_Emery
| The Star_Rogers
! Hear Ye Israel (Elijah)
_ .Mendelssohn
i -— — -
Duet (Madame Butterfly)
_Puccin:
! Miss Haralson, Mezzo Soprano
Love’s Rapture_Karthener
I Would Linger (Romeo and
Juliette)_Gounoc
BARKER cleans and blocks
hats.__ 36btl.
FLOOD RELIEF
COMMITTEE REPORT
Showing How Refugees Here
( ared for and Money Expend
ed In Lake Village District.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 12.— A re-'
port of the Lake Village Flood ;
Relief Committee, consisting of’
Mayor Wm. Verger, Judge Har-1
ry E. Cook and R. IX Chotard,
has been tiled with Governor Ku- !
trell. it is shown that at first i
requisition was made upon the I
War Department through re-!
commendation by the governor, j
for 700 rations for 1 1 days. It '
was found that the demands,
were so great for relief, that in
stead these rations were used i
for 1,100 persons for seven days J
care being exercised to distrib
ute them to the most needy.
Subsequently, a second requisi
tion was made for 2,000 rations
for two weeks, but this was re
duced to 1,500 for ten days,
which were issued to those con
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MUtlfU lilt* UC.MTI V Illg. 1 in'
icommissioners say further:
| "The waters are receding and
while there are probably as
many as 500 people who should
.receive rations for ten days or
two weeks longer, your commis
sioners have decided that it
i would be unwise to make this re
quisition on account of the fact
'that so many would lose their
| time in seeking rations and not
i being entitled to same would be
I refused and the time thus lost
{would scarcely compensate them
for the rations obtained.”
This committee had charge of
an area extending from nine to
i twelve miles north of Lake Vil
: lage, seven to twelve miles south
land 13 to 14 miles west, in some
j instances clear to the Ashley
county line.
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NAMES OF INSECTS.
Too numerous to mention
1 here, but Ross’ “Dead Quick”
spray will kill everyone of them.
No bedbugs, ants, fleas, roach
es, mites, lice, potato bugs, or
other insects where it is proper
ly used. Kills and keeps away
j mosquitoes. Nice and clean. Re
fuse substitutes. Sold in New
port by your druggist.
Newport Defeats Augusta.
In a game featured by hal'd
hitting the Newport High School
team defeated the August,i
High School team Friday, May
9th by a score of 12 to f>.
Owing to the condition of the
grounds, numerous errors were
made behind each pitcher. Ry
an the speedy little twirier, was
on the mound for the Newport
lads and pitched good ball ex
cepting in the 4th and <>th inn
ings, when Augusta bunched
four hits, and coupled with an
error, secured a half dozen
scores.
The Newport lads batted Me
l'llwee at will and little better
did ('al l Trane, t he young sout h
paw, fare.
Another fact is that two boys
of the Newport club were left
and the others wore forced to
play with eight men.
Carl Hirsch proved himself a
Tris Speaker when he covered
both center and right field, ac
cepting eight chances without
an error.
The Augusta team showed
good form in the field hut were
powerless at the bat when hits
meant runs.
The tickets sold by the New
port team will be good Wednes
day, May 14th, Tuckerman Vs.
Newport, the Augusta boys no!
being able to come on the date
mentioned. \
\
New
0 12 12 4 0 2 0—12 12 5
Augusta
0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0—6 8 6
,mnn.Batteries for Newport—Ryan
and P. Stallings; Augusta—Mc
Elwee, Trane and Campbell.
SUMMARY.
Two base hits, Trane, Stall
ings and Anderson. Home Runs
McElwee, Bevans. Struckout by
Ryan 12; McElwee 6; Trane,
^ 2. Timie of Game, 2 hours.
Umpires—Berry and Long.
Song Hits At Barker’s.
I “I Want One Like Pa Had
I Yesterday.”
“Sunshine and Roses.”
“Oh, You Cutie, You Ever
Lovin’ Child.”
36btf.At BARKER’S.
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Clothes Values 1
Will Find Full Measure Flere ||
The best models o! the season clev* gfl
erly tailored into garments exclusive in
style, perfect in fit and way beyond the ffJ
usual in quality, all priced much less gg
than you usually pay for ordinary gar* |tl
meats are here in abundance. Eg
$15.00 to $30.00 1
We' ve Got the Goods. Come and See
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