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OtUMEXin* NEWPORT, ARKANSAS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1913. NlAIDER 110.
YER AISO
first degrei
.unler Indictment Returned b;
Grand Jury Friday-Lnw
yers Win Judgment for
Fee.
The case of the state against
ike Eyer was held to be mur
T in the first degree by the
esent grand jury and so re
rned to court Friday morning
)ng with twelve other indict
ents< Eyer had been indicted
r murder in the second degree
a previous jury, but the m
itment was set aside and the
jtter referred to the next
ind jury. Eyer has been in
| since the holding of the in
Bt over the remains of the
mg man, wTho was declared to
re come to his death by blows
m Eyer.
n the suit of J. L. McGee ver
S. M. Bains Thursday after
in, the jury found for plain
awarding him judgment for
he next jury case was that of
es & Campbell, who brought
; against M- E- Newbern, for
ty manager of the Stevens
m Comnanv. but now of
Iianna for $1000 as their fee
ittomeys for defendant in a
lement with the Iron Moun
, the defendant having re
ed $2200 from the railroad
pany for personal injuries
ained while a passenger on
of their trains. Stuckey &
:key represented plaintiffs
Grant & Mack the defend
laintiffs alleged a contract
been made to represent de
lant and on the other hand
indant denied making any
jract. The jury found for
ptiffs and rendered judgment
Fket record in brief
B. Reid versus L. A. Alex
|r, continued by consent.
IP. Stout, administrator es
|of J. M. Vance, deceased,
p H. J. Hale, debt; con
id by consent.
plff-Goldman Realty Compa
Irsuc Joe Willie Dobbins, un
ll detainer; judgment by
pit for plaintiff for posses
I Heinemann versus John
pay, replevin; continued
lA. Rogers versus C. H.
I011’ judgment by agreement
Idinutt tor 31i3.44 wuth in
£t 10 per cent from March
• Massey versus W. H. Ca
ers> Marshal of Newport;
nent as agreed,
idotte Holloway versus S.
imai!r|. continued for term.
C- Sanders versus D- A.
6y aruj Dr. C. W. Boynham,
continued for term.
Sullins and C. C. Byrd
8 A. L. Lewis et al, debt;
uent by default for plaintiff
213 60 amount of note and
st.
j WILL NOT
INTERFERE WITH FAIR
Grounds and Princi
I Business District Was
rot Injured bv Con
| Bagration.
(Springs, Ark., Sept- 11—
fent disastrous fire in Hot
|® '‘HI in no wise interfere
I e holding of the Arkan
f e Fair this fall. The fire
■ Sirict is far removed
jfrom the fair grounds and not
_ | even the street car tracks and
: other communication with the
! fair grounds were damaged,
j The Progress of the plans for
' the fair on a magnificent scale
I have not been interfered with in
!the least and the officers of the
fair wish to announce to every
resident of the state that the
j fire which destroyed a consider
able section in the residence dis
j trict has not interfered or ob
j structed general business plans,
j The hotel capacity of the city is
unimpaired and Hot Springs will
be in as good shape as ever to
.care for the visitors to the state
fair.
Long before the date of the
fair the public utilities will be
running to their full capacity,
the fire debris will have been
cleared away and Hot Springs
will be ready to welcome the
state fair crowds the same as in
j the past.
Exhibitors and prospective
| visitors are asked to make no
change in their plans as the Ar
i kansas State Fair will be the
i greatest and grandest exposition
[ in all the south this year.
This information is authorized
| by the officials of the State Fair.
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Reward For Murderer.
' Special to Independent.
! Little Rock, Sept. 12.—Gov.
(Hays has offered a reward of
$100 for the arrest and convic
tion of the unknown murder of
1 an unidentified white man, 24
years of age, whose body was re
j cently found in Black river, near
1 Black Rock, Lawrence county,
(having been beaten to death a
j short time prior. The governor
says that “substantial justice
| and the proper respect of the law
' require that this crime be prose
cuted with the greatest possible
1 diligence.”
f
Wanted—Men to learn barber
: trade. An army of our gradu-(
i ates running shops depending
; upon us for barbers. Many jobs
(waiting. Few weeks qualifies.;
(Can’t be had elsewhere. Write
(today.—Moler Barber College,
[Memphis, Tenn. 40d3
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Moving Pictures ;
at the Opera House
18 Reels Per Week.
Special Feature Tonight.
INDIAN JOE WITH HIS WILD
( WEST SHOW.
_
IF WE ONLY KNEW
| A careless nurse girl allowing
(the child to wander away, made
i the mother realize the impor
! tance of the child in the home,
i featuring Blanch Sweet, Henry
! Walthall and Harry Carey.
(BIOGRAPH)
THE FORTUNE
At the county fair Bunny is told
by a fortune teller he will inher
it a fortune. Four young sports
make him think he is rich. He
comes to his senses when they
take him home. Featuring John
Bunny, Flora Finch, Wallie Van
and Harry Lambert and E. K.
! Lincoln.
(Comedy—VITAGRAPH)
2700 feet of Wild West Show, the
Pendleton, Oregon Round Up,
participated in by 1500 cow boys,
cow girls and Indians. Herds of
long horn cattle, droves of buffa
ilo, 900 bucking bronchos—An
extra good show.
| ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
NEWPORT SECURES
CHAUTAUQUA
Five Day Course of Ten Enter
tainments to Be Held In
Newport Next June.
Newport is next year to have
the five day Chautauqua course
of the Redpath-Vawter system,
whose representative. Mr. J. H.
Rohde has made a contract with
24 busine-s men of this city for
the next --easor.. The company
Plans a swing across the state,
making the prominent cities on
the Iron Mountain and back
from Texarkana over the Cotton
Belt, making * to 12 engage
ments.
The Redpath-Vawter System
is the leading bureau in this
line of work in the central states
and perhaps of the entire coun
try. The class of lectures and
musical entertainments which
they provide for afternoon and
evening in these courses, is the
best that can be secured and
has made the chautauqua
courses big popular events in the
cities, which they have visited
year after year.
The company furnish tent,
wall of canvass for the grounds,
seats, lighting plant, ushers,
irato I-nii-rvcivs ptr- rind look after
O" ‘ -i- >
all the advertising
The business men of this city
are to furnish the grounds and
guarantee the .-ale of $600 in
season tickets, the price of the
adult ticket being $1.50 and of a
child’s ticket $1.00. The liabil
ity of the guarantors however
under the contract made is not
to exceed $10 to the individual
signers and there ought not to be
any question of the sale of 400
adult tickets, for all season tick
ets sold by the Chautauqua com
pany are $2 each and the price of
individual entertainments to
those not holding season tickets
ranges from 25 cents to 50 cents.
The Chautauqua management
and representative make no ap
peal to a city on the ground of
bringing business to a city, toi
while chautauquas will bi ing
many visitors from the country
and nearby towns, the entertain
ment and educational features
they offer a city are regarded as
amply sufficient for the guaran
tee the company requires.
Mr. Rohde met a number of
the business men at the city hall
Thursday evening, expaining the
proposition and contract and as
a result the following citizens
. - i i ..M-.,
piecigeu .
the sale of season tickets with
the condition above stated:
H. E. Dowell, A. T. Hublv, R.
B. Hooker, G. L. Smith, James
H. Johnston, J. F. Hoofman, J.
D- Carvell! Henry E. Spears, Jos.
M. Berger, P. H. Van Dyke, L. B.
Harris, W. A. Billingsley, J. P
Paul, W. D. McLain. Otto M.
Bowen, A L. Best, Norman C.
Wolff', T. P. Umsted, Chas. G.
Henry. R- E. Jeffery, S. R. Phil
lips, Alcorn Ferguson, Joe Bal
imaz, Charles E. Hippolite.
The Chautauqua ought to meet
with the enthusiastic support of
| all our people, for the class of en
tertainment is certain to be
good if the company is to be
judged by the talent secured in
the past- Every family ought to
subscribe for tickets, which are
non-transferable, except to mem
i bers of that family.
$50,000 In Cash Prizes.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 11. —
Some rearrangement o f the
buildings will be made dui ing
4
the next month, so as to provide
as much room as possible.
The premium lists will call for
the expenditure of approximate
ly.*^),000 in cash prizes and pre
miums, a much larger sum than
has ever before been appropriat
ed for that purpose.
Announcement will soon be
made of the appointments of the
heads of the various depart
ments and of other features of
the coming fair.
Mr. Fuller says that since the
succes- of the last few years the
interest throughout this territo
ry has steadily grown and that
he anticipates not only a great
increase in the number of exhib
its in all departments, but that
the attendance from the terri
tory within two or three hundred
miles of Memphis will break all
previous records.
The fair will open on Monday,
Sept. 22, and continue a week.
Women of South to Meet.
Special to Independent.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 8.
The greatest gathering ever held
by women of the South will oe-1
cur October 27-29, at the fifth ;
annual meeting of the Southern
Commercial Congress to be held \
in Mobile, Ala., on that date, j
1 ,1 TTT • < •1 * P
\wjeii uit; vv uiiiau ft -muaiucuv *j±
the Southern Commercial Con
gress will hold its convention.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of
President Wilson, is the Honor
ary President-General of the
Woman’s Auxiliary, and Mrs-;
Thomas M. Owen, wife of Dr.
Thomas M. Owen, of Montgom
ery, Ala., Director of the Alaba
ma State Department of Ar
chives and History, is President- j
General. Mrs. Owen is the j
daughter of Senator Bankhead 1
of Alabama. She is a noted club (
woman, writer, and one of the (
most brilliant women in the j
South. Mrs. William E- Martin, j
of Montgomery- Ala., is Secreta- j
rv of the Auxiliary.
President Wilson will be the i
principal speaker at the Mobile 1
convention of the Southern Com-;
merc-ial Congress, and Mrs. Wil
son probably will accompany j
him and participate in the Wo
man’s Auxiliary convention.
Among the noted women who j
will speak at the Woman’s Aux-1
iliary convention are Lady Aber-1
deen of Ireland, who will talk on j
“Rural Life and Co-operation in I
Europe;” Miss Jane Addams,,
of Hull House, Chicago, whose
theme will be "The Home and I
. .. T t • T
Social weiiare; miss jumi
throp, Superintendent of the
Children’s Bureau of Washing
ton, D. C-, who will deliver an ad
dress on “Child Welfare, and
Mrs. Caroline Bartlett Crane, of
Kalamazoo, Mich-, who will ad
dress the convention on “Health
and Hygiene.” Mrs. Pennyback
er, President-General of the Fed
eration of Womans’ Clubs ot
America, will speak on The
Club Woman,” and Mrs. M. Tra
cy Thomas, President of Bryn
Mawr, will deliver an address on
“Education.” Mrs. Emmett
O’Neal, wife of Governor O’Neal
of Alabama, will deliver the ad
dress of welcome to the dele
gates to the convention, *who will
number several thousand leading
women of the South
For Rent.
First class storage room at
Bowen’s Cash Store. 39dlm
Take a dollar’s worth of stock
in the greatest thing proposed
for the children of the State—A
Health Car. 39b7t
TWO DIE IN
MINE EXPLOSION
Premature Explosion In Manga
nese .Mine Kill' Two and
Injures Third.
Batesville. Sept. 11.—- Two
men were killed raid one serious
ly injured by a premature explo
sion in the Batesville Manganese
Company's mines, two and one
half miles from Batesville, to
day. Sey i n r Lindley, 40 \ ears
old, was instantly killed and
Charles MeElfish. 28 years old,
was so badly injured that he died
within a few hours. Oscar
Smith was painfully bruised by
flying stones.
Practically every bone in Lind
ley 's body was broken. MeElfish,
while suffering intensely but
conscious, said, ”1 won’t Lie pow
der boy any more. I'm a blowed
up sucker.”
The men had just started work
for the day and MeElfish had in
structed Lindley to explode a
charge of dynamite in blasting
for ore. It is believed that the
fuse of the dynamite charge was
too short and that this caused
the explosion to take place Lie
fore Lindley and MeElfish could
reach a place of safety. The ex
plosion of the first charge set off
T2 sticks of dynamite that Lind
ley carried with him. His body
was frightfully mangled. The
sound of the explosion was heard
in Batesville.
Little is known of Lindley, al
though he had spent his entire
life in Batesville- He was a man
of quaint characteristics, had no
relatives in Batesville, nor did
he have any intimate associates.
mmm mammmmmmf/mmm. '
He had been a nrospector, but
without success I| is said (bat
he had a sister and brother in
Oklahoma, who visited him at
long irregular intervals. Their
names are not known here.
McKlfish is survived by his
wife and two small daughters,
who live in Batesville.
There were about 40 men in
the mine, besides Bindley and
MvEifish. but none else was u.i •
jured.
I!e a ('barter member of the
Arkansas Health Oar. .">!ll>7
Captain and Mrs. Leslie In
man are packing their household
goods and will leave tomorrt
for Memphis, where they wij
make their home.
Roy Anderson of Little. Rock
who has been visiting his ehil
dern at Hoxie and Jonesboro,
istopped off here this morning to
spend the day with Newport
friends.
The young men of our city wilt
give a dance at the Elks Home.
| this evening in honor of the vis
iting young ladies in our city.
H. E. Cobb left on No. 4 this
morning for a few days’ trip up
the road.
Mrs. James Carlin of Swifton
was shopping in town this morn
ing.
Mrs. J. I. Sturdivant of New
ark visited our city this morning
returning on the Batesville lo
cal.
Miss Nellie Humphrey and
Miss Durham of Bradford wen
shopping in Newport this morn
ing.
Personal Interest.
As far as the ordinary, every-day
man is concerned one pound of per
sonal interest will outweigh a to.o.< vA
public welfare.
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