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VOLUME X. ' NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1911. NUMBER 297.
GROUP NO. 2’S
ANNUAL MEETING
Held In Ella Hone With Large
Attendance Of Members
of Association.
Representatives of a large ma
jority of the banks of Group Tw(
of the state association met in
Newport Wednesday in annual
convention and held a very en
thusiasts, entertaining and pro
fitable all day-session in the ball
of the Elks home.
The association of bankers,like
that of other business organiza
tions is for the purpose of bring
ing all members into closer touch
and better understanding with
each other, to discuss and agree
upon issues with which the busi
ness has to deal, and in their or
ganization, this co-operation is
brought closer home in groups of
counties.
Group No. 2 is the last of the
state association’s subdivisions to
hold its meeting. This group is
composed of the counties of Ma
rion, Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Stone
Iie, /White, Independence,
iff, Randolph, Sharp, Law
ind Jackson. Thirty-six
ad national hanks in this
are members of the asso
and twenty-six are not
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meeting was called to or
the chairman Mr. T. J.
i, president of the First
il Bank of Walnut Ridge
[r. Robert Neill, assistant
of the First National
f Batesville as secretary.
George A. Hillhouse re
el to, the duty of a wel
address in his .usual se
em of humor, declaring
vialry for the honor be
Messrs. G. C. .Henry and
/. Dunaway had been so
aat neither would consent
v the other to do the talk
ms he had been selected
mere figurehead to deliver
ress prepared jointly by
o. The speaker carried
s idea very ingeniously in
which portions of his talk
ithered by each of the gen
named, bringing out con
>le laughter from his audi
nd making a decided hit,
as well attested in .the ap
reeeived.
Hillhouse after expressing
r cordial hospitality upon
art of the city to her visi
not only by reason of the
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a°t feeing1^1 ^ was CT'ea^e^>
! creation of a central bank and
I the guarantee of deposits.
|i Mr. J. S. Pollock of Little
Rock was called upon to speak
“Why the National Banking Sys
tem is p ref enable for country
j hanks” Mr. E. B. Chesser of
' Newark being absent. He dwelt
upon the need of an elastic cur
rency and the use of the treas
ury reserve as the most impor
tant problems before the mone
tary commission. Mr. Pollock
stated that banks with $25,000
capital or under could besit be
run as state hanks, but thought
national banks offered most to
banks of larger capital. He ad
vocated the enactment of the
law before the legislature pro
viding for the supervision and
examination of state hanks.
Mr. John Q. Wolf made an
able talk in advocacy of a fed
eral guarantee of deposits of Na
tional hanks and argued in favor
of the parcels post. Mr. Ben
brook also made a strong argu
ment for the latter.
Elegant Lunch Served.
During the moon recess, an ele
gant lunch was served on the
firet flnnF 'TIifoo lnnc» foMta
were decorated in apple blossoms
and the guests seated to. enjoy
a bountiful spread. Messrs. Hen
ry and Dunaway had this in
charge and were assisted in wait
ing upon their guests by Messrs.
Alcorn Ferguson and Charlie
Sprigg.
The lunch consisted of veget
able salad, barbecued pork and
mutton, potato' salad, old fash
ioned eornmeal light bread, pick
les, olives, coffee and cigars.
While /the smoke of the last item
was being emitted in dense curls,
a few afterdinner talks were
made that capped the very pleas
ant social hour. Mr. George fW.
Rogers boosted Arkansas and
told a story or two that guaran
teed his ability in this line while
Mr. E. T. Reaves was also allow
ed the floor upon urgent request
and made a pleasing short talk.
Afternoon Program.
Address—The Deaton-Tumer
Banking Bill—R. D. Harris, Mel
bourne.
Address—The Arkansas Bank
ers Association—Robt. E. Wait,
Secretary.
Address—State and County De
positories Law—J. Q. Wolf, Bates
ville.
Report of committees.
Election of officers.
Group Members ,rTesem.
The following members of
Group 2 answered present to roll
call:
Batesville—N. A. Adler, D. D.
Adams, E. H. Glenn, F. C. Stuart,
John Q. Wolf, Robert Neill, Da
na Weld.
Black Rock—George A. Hen
ry
Calico Rock—E. C. Parsons, A.
M. Benbrook.
Grubbs—Mr. Williams.
Judsonia—C. M. Erganbright.
Melbourne—R, D. Harris.
Newport—C. G. Henry, Wm.
N. Dunaway.
Maynard—Mr. Talbert.
Mountain Home—R. H. Russell.
Pocahontas—Ben A. Brown.
Searcy—J. II. Deener.
Tuckerman—E. V. Holt.
Walnut Ridge—W. F. McCor
kle, C. W. White, T. J. Sharum.
Yellville—R. L. Berry.
Williford—Calvin Wilson.
The outside visitors present
were F. C. Tupper, C. L. Boye
and E. C. Stuart of St. Louis;
George W. Rogers, W. H. Garan
pho, E. T. Reaves, J. S. Pollock
- and Sobsrt_E.„ Wait o£Little
Rock, W. P. Weld of Marianna
and Mr. Lemmons of Wynne.
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APPLY RATE
ONLY TO JACKSON
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Keel Amendment Fixing Inter
est Rate At 6 Per Cent Lim
ited To Jackson.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 22.—The
House Tuesday morning passed
the general appropriation bill
carrying a total oi about $550,
000, and it will now go to the
senate. This is an increase of
about $40,000 over last year’s
appropriation.
The senate Tuesday passed the
Kersch anti-amalgamation - bill
prohibiting the relation of the
races, after about forty counties
had been exempted. There is a
question whether the House will
concur.
Representati :e Russell, minori
ty leader in the House, jnade an
ineffectual attempt to secure re
cognition of the republican par
ty on the state board of election
commissioners. The bill pending
adds the auditor and' treasurer
to the present board of three,
and Kerwin moved to place back
on second reading for amend
ment. It is the understanding
that Hurst will move to amend
by adding all the state officers
to the Board, the general opin
ion being that this is for the pur
pose of killing the bill.
Senator Jacobson introduced
in the senate a bill providing that
cities of 45,000 population and
more may adopt the commission
form of government. It will ap
ply to Little Rock alone, and is
the bill that was agreed upon a
feiw days ago at a mass meeting
held at the Marion hotel.
Senator Watson introduced a
bill providing that pawn-broker®
shall not charge more than 10
per cent per annum on loans.
Senator Keel offered a bill pro
viding that the legal interest in
the state shall not exceed 6 per
cent. It was proposed by him as
a general law, but it was amend
ed by Covington to apply to
Jackson county alone, and made
a special order for Thursday.
Mr. Newton offered a resolu
tion that the acts of the Legisla
ture be printed in two volumes,
one of general and the other of
local bills, but the resolution
was not disposed of.
Hog And Anti-Hog Battle.
Black Rock, March 21.—The
city election to be held at this
place April 4 bids fair to be a
miniature battle of ballots, to be
fought out in. the fiercest man
ner possible by two opposing fac
tions.
The issue at stake is shall hogs
continue to roam at large on the
streets and commons of the town
The ticket that stands for the
removal of the hog nuisance is
E T. Irby, for mayor; H. V.
AYayland, for recorder; Dr. G.
A. Warren, for judge; L. B.
Poindexter, W. F. Oliver, Martin
Quinn and J. R. Casper for aider
men; and E. T. Wayland for
treasurer.
The other ticket, which is
strongly in favor of hogs enjoy
ing the unlimited freedom of the
town, is: C. T. Burns, for may
or; Thurman Rice for recorder;
J, W. Matthews, E. A. Willis,
Henry Blackwell, Frank Kidder
and D. E. Caw for aldermen.
For Sale.
One 12 horse power Fairbanks
Morse Gasoline Engine. Apply
TTthe'pIia^e^ir^y Store and
at tne -w gibtf.
see it run. ;
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Subscribe to Reunion Fund.
Subscriptions are coming in to
the Reunion Fund and the Inde
pendent takes pleasure in record
ing these contributions to a wor
thy cause. The appeal is to each
of you and we hope many will re
spond. Hand in your donation
to Col. L. Minor, W. E. Bevens
or the Independent. The sub
scription collected will be credit
ed to Tom Hindman Camp.
Following are the names of sub
scriptions to date:
E:\ G. D. Clements, $25.
Norman fWolff, $10.
Ike Goldman, $10.
Charley Bateman, $5.
C. C. Campbell, $5.
W. W.'Dutton, $5.
Jos. M. Berger, $2.
P. H. Van Dyke $2.
John R. Loftin, Sr., $1.
L. Minor, $1.
W. E. Bevens, $1.
James Blackwood, $1.
John P. Paul, $1.
Mrs. F. E. Legorie, $1.
Dr. Henry Owen, $1.
J. F. McKenzie, $1.
Something New Under the Sun.
“The Climax,” manuscript by
the celebrated dramatist Ed
ward Locke and music by Joseph
Cecil Briel, is a play that is dif
ficult to describe—you might call
it the play that is different and
you’d be about right. It is a
play out of the ordinary, and
proves there is something netw un
der the sun. As one reviewer
says, “It is a human play, a play
full of love, song, poetry and af
fections. You weep, you smile,
you laugh, but never take your
eyes off the stage.”
Attended Outten Funeral
Dr. W. B. Lawrence left Mon
day night for St. Louis, where he
goes to attend the funeral of Dr.
W. B. Outten, whose death was
announced Saturday. Dr. Out
ten was for many years' chief sur
geon of the Missouri Pacific rail
ways, and for the past two years
has been consulting surgeon of
the system, had a number of
friends in this city who will re
gret to hear of his demise. Ho
was considered one of the high
est, medical authorities and writ
ers of the nation, and his death
is a distinct loss to the profes
sion.—Batesville Guard.
Died At Elmo.
Hylas Jones of this city died
aJ tlis Vimmp nf 'hia fat.hor at Elmo
Tuesday at 12:10 from pneumo
nia. The deceased worked in a
barber shop on Lower Front
street, but went out home to bis
father’s at the beginning of his
illness.
He was a splendid young man
whose friends regret to learn of
his death. The burial was at
Surrounded Hill [Wednesday af
ternoon.
Sewerage Connection Not Ready.
Parties installing sewerage sys
tems in their homes must not
make connections until notice is
given by the sewerage commis
sion, that the system has been
accepted and connections are au
thorized. Fines will he imposed
on parties violating this order of
the commission.
From the present outlook, it
will be three or four months at
least until the sewerage system
is ready to be passed upon and
accepted by the district s com
missioners.
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You’d have to be “bargain-1
proof” to read the etor* ads now-:
adays without any desii e to see
and buy. ' j
SWEET HOME
BOBS UP AGAIN
Darkytofwn Settlement Has An
other Case In Capital City
Court.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March. 22.—Sweet
Home, in spite of the pleasant
odors indicated by its name, is a
negro settlement five miles from
Little Rock. Sweet Home has a
regular Darkytown base ball
team. The “nine,” which in this
case has sixteen members, like all
other similar organizations, has a
manager who waxes fat and
wears good clothes.
The treasurer is the manager.
There is usually something in the
treasury and. on stated occasions
a committee is sent to Little Rock
and the aforesaid committee re
turns to Sweet Home with an
iron bound keg in the wagon,
containing the beverage which
made one city famous. A social
session follows.
f~V\Tvvr\l oin+n 4-V»n aano nf
United States District Attorney
Whipple and he issued a war
rant for the manager, captain,
and two other lesser officials of
the “nine.” Qua Hasker, et al,
appeared before United States
Commissioner W. S. Allen to an
swers a charge <xf violating the
liquor laws and declaring that
“nobody aint’ no nawthin.” The
assistant district attorney then
determined that the government
had made a mistake and gotten
hold of the witnesses for the de
fense, -and dismissed! the case.
Be Careful About the Finish.
Ho man la to be blamed for bis atart
In life, but every man la responsible
(or his finish.
Bedrock Not Yet Reached. ?
S Dedal to Independent.
Littde Rock, March 22.—Bed
rock has not yet been reached
by the general revenue fund of
the Arkansas State Treasury,
but $2000 will cover the pile to
day with little money being paid
in. Auditor Jobe has notified *
the Treasury department that he
will not stop issuing warrants up
on the fund when the cash runs
out, but will give the paper to
the creditors of the state as long
as they call for them, and let
them hold them until there is
cash in the Treasury to meet
ihem. With the state pay day
only a few day® off, state em
ployes are beginning to wonder
if they will have to dispose of
their warrants at a discount. The
general revenue fund would have
been depleted Monday but for
insurance taxes which have been
paid in . No collectors have ad
vanced anything to the State for
nearly a week now.
Notice As To Sower Connections.
The public is hereby notified
that any parties making sewer
age connections until so author
ized will be prosecuted. The sys
tem has not been completed nor
accepted and the public will be
notified when connections can
be made with the district's sewer.
As inspector, I can now pass
upon all house connections and
tiling, but no connections must
yet be made to the outside sewer.
D. A. Carr,
97d3 Plumbing Inspector.
Coal |5.00 Per Ton. '
Until further notice I will sell
coal for $5.00 per ton. Good
clean coal, no slack.
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