1
[Jtes districts
[ NOW ABANDONED
Le Says Many Road Projects
j Have Been Given Up Be
il cause of Law.
Inecial to Independent.
I Little Rock, Oct 7.-R.G. Dye
Rommissioner of State Lands,
tils attention to the following
tad districts which had been
Carted under the new highway
L and which were later aban
doned by the promoters, be
|use they said they could not
[oceed under the act.
■ By E. P. Ladd, from Furth to
larCity.
I By W. N. Straub, from Helena
I) Eulaine.
■ By C. W. Dickson, from Var
■r to the state farm.
■in further discussing the high
|ay act Mr. Dye said: “There is
K) provision for state aid to road
Eilding under the Smith High
way Bill, and the whole proposi
En is an improvement district
■heme by which persons con
Ened can create special tax dis
Ects and build roads. The ad
Enistrative feature of the de
ttment is not affected by the
Elure of the act. Every sug
Estion and whim of Mr. Highfill
■ative to the road in Greene
Bunty has been humored, but I
B not think even that road will
■ built.
Irneiaci lliai IIU luaua caii UC
It by the plan proposed in no
le affects the demands on the
ce. The entire force of the
jhway department consists of
y a secretary, an engineer and
assistant engineer. Other
rkis to be outlined and carried
by the department for the
terment of the roads. It is
; of all reason to expect the
n in the highway department
meet the demands made on
m or to be made in the fu
|e> to say nothing of the ardu
investigation necessary to
rk out a scheme which will
|ve successful. No one re
jts more than I the failure of
I act, and I merely mention
jo put the good roads people
potice that now is the time,
pitiate a campaign which will
pe the next legislature to
I us a competent road enact
I Convicts Escape.
i, Texas, Oct. 5.—Twen
hite convicts crept out
opening sawed in the
ig grating of Sugarland
*e early this morning
of their fellows refused
ce of freedom, but let
‘s depart in safety with
ering the guards,
the escaped men surren
tuntarily soon after and
rs Have been recaptured,
[■ms ranged from one to
By Father-In-Law.
Oct. 5.—News has just
eived here that Andrew
ey of three miles north
SValdo, Friday afternoon
I killed B. E. Martin, his
w- Plumley was ar
nd now is in jail at Mag- j
letailes of the killing
emed, but it is said that
•ting was the result of a
last spring and Friday it
owed over Martin tear
he floor of an old house,
say that Martin was un
fhen killed by his father
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)
Friday s Bargains.
No phone orders or goods
charged at bargain prices.
One 60c per pound Bakers’
Cocoa, only 39c.
20 pounds granulated sugar,
$1.00.
Sugar cured hams, 17c.
Picnic hams 12V^c
12V^>c Cretonnes 9c.
35c Art Linen, only 23c.
Yard wide Bleach Domestic,
free from starch, 7c. Bowen’s
n. -1. oj_ /?-! J A
vjaou uuuxc. v/iui.
Nice fresh honey, just receiv
ed, at Bowen’s Cash Store.. d4.
Sends Bear Skins For Exhibit.
Jackson County is to furnish
at least one interesting exhibit
at the meeting of the sportsmen
of the state at Little Rock on Oc
tober 17, Dr. L. E. Willis having
shipped three large handsome
bear skins to be exhibited.
Dr. Willis nearly every year
enjoys a bear hunt in the lower
river bottoms of this state and
has always owned some very
fine bear hounds. The skins
were from black bear which he
killed upon these hunts.
Notice Base Ball Fans.
Get the dope on World’s Se
ries at Bullard’s Pool Hall- 61d3
For Rent.
First class storage room at
Bowen’s Cash Store. 99dlm
Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
/VVVVVS/VWWW /VVWVWWWV-1
THE CHAINS OF AN OATH
This two-reel feature shows an
oath imposed on a young girl to
compel her to marry a man of
her father’s choice. While it is
intensely exciting, it shows her
to be a truly brave heroine.
Edith Storey, Earl Williams and
Wm. Humphrey
(In two parts—VITAGRAPH)
THE VALUE OF
MOTHER’S-IN-'LAW
A. true life comedy, portrayed in
an unusual manner. Billy Ma
son and Dorothy Phillips as
leads.
(Comedy—S. and A.)
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Alice Joyce in “The Heart of Ar
Actress”—KALEM.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
UXORCIDE GETS
A NEW TRIAL
I _
Supreme Court Holds That Jim
j Scott Did Not Secure Fair
Inst ructions.
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| Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 7.—The Su
preme Court divided in its opin
ion reversing and remanding
; for a new trial the case of Jim
i Scott, a Craighead county wife
; murderer who pleaded guilty to
| the brutal crime charged against
; him, and pleaded insanity in de
fense. The over-ruling was
j done upon what was considered
prejudicial instructions.
“This court has held that it is
not proper for the court in its
instructions to single out the
proof of motive or the absence
of motive and tell the jury that
it may consider that as a circum
stance in favor of the guilt or
innocence of the accused. That
by doing so undue weight is
given the proof, thus invading
the jury’s province, that it is
error to single out the question
of motive for the commission of
the crime and point to it as a
proper subject of consideration
as an evidence of the defendant’s
guilt, and that it is equally er
roneous and improper to point
to the want of motive as an evi
dence of his innocence.
“The evidence shows the un
provoked and brutal murder of
deceased by her huband, who
gave no explanation of his act,
and plead as a defense to his
crime his insanity.
“The erroneous instruction
was prejudicial in declaring that
the proof relating to the pres
ence or absence of motive had
no bearing whatever upon the
| issue, and in effect, a direction
to disregard it, and the case
must be reversed on that ac
count.”
Fell Down Elevator Shaft.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 6—Halstead
Reynolds, the 14-year-old son of
i Rev. J. H. Reynolds, a Baptist
minister of Little Rock, pre
siding at 916 Wolf street, fell
down an elevator shaft in the
Arkansas Gazette office at an
early hour Sunday morning, sus
taining injuries which were con
sidered almost certain to prove
fo+ai His skull was fractured,
and his arm broken and he was
otherwise injured, having struck
his head on a concrete floor, a
distance of about twenty feet.
He was removed to St. Vincent’s
Infirmary, where there is little
hope for his recovery. His mo
ther left for Texas only a short
time ago for her health, and his
father was holding a meeting in
Saline county, and did not reach
the bedside of his injured son
until Sunday night. Young Rey
nolds was a newsboy, and had
been a candidate for page in the
legislature.
Governor Reduced Sentence.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 7.—Ed Strat
ton of Prairie county was con
victed in Hazen, Prairie county,
in a justice court, on a charge of
resisting an officer and fined $50.
It was represented to Governor
Hays that the charge should
i1 have been simple assault, and
'upon this statement, Governor
iHays reduced the sentence to a
| fine of $1
V
Argue New Liquor Act.
Little Rock, Oct. 0.—Argu
ment. on the liquor bill took the
entire morning in the Arkansas
Supreme Court- The validity of
the act. known as No. 59 was at
tacked by the lawyers represent
ing the liquor men on the ground
that the legislature failed to
place the word “immediate” in
the act, although they attach
ed the emergency clause. The
state’s lawyers contend that the
legislature had the power to pass
laws to preserve the peace, safe
ty and health of the people re
siding in the state and that the
legislature in passing Act No. 59
did this.
The case is entitled M. N.
Hanson and others vs. Earle W.
Hodges, secretary of state. It
was appealed after Judge Guy
Fulk of the Pulaski County Cir
cuit Court had decided adverse
ly to the liquor men. Through
out the summer vacation of the
supreme court the case has been
talked over and a great crowd
was gathered in the state’s high
est tribunal when the case was
called.
Gives Birthday Party.
Mrs. Tom Hutson and Miss
Lucy Bailey entertained a large
party of children Monday after
noon in honor of little Billie
Parish, Jr., whose third birthday
it was.
The home was prettily done
in color effect of pink and white,
the same color appearing in the
aaI.aa a M /I I/IAA 4- n 4~ I
IliUi V 1UUU1 Y.UIVVU W11V* VJiwv
were served by the two hos
tesses. Pretty favors were giv
en each child and Master Billie
was the recipient of many love
ly birthday gifts from his little
friends.
Those present were Billie Par
ish, Martha Walker, Mildred
Foushee, Jean Hamel, Richard
Robertson, Elizabeth Harris,
Narcissus Wilmans, Jimmie
Mack, Claire Phillips, Lady
Elizabeth Watson, Stuart Ste
phens, Lacey Jones, Katherine
Blackwood, Conrad Bach, Jr.,
and T. D. Kinman.
Gutter Ran With Liquor.
Calico Rock, Oct. 6.—More
than two hundred curious spec
tators were in Calico Rock Sat
urday when Sheriff P. A. Bill
ingsley destroyed 400 pints of
whiskey and beer that was cap
tured at this place last August
by the sheriff. The shipments
had been consigned to this place
for “bootleg” sale, and were
captured only a few moments
after it had been unloaded from
the train, and were immediately
locked in the vaults of a local
bank. At a recent term of Izard
County Circuit Court Judge
Lankford authorized the sheriff
to destroy the shipments, and
the gutter ran with liquor as
the bottles were smashed on the
curb.
Clarke To Stay At Capital.
Little Rock, Oct. 6.—United
States Senator Janies P. Clarke
of Arkansas will organize his
campaign for re-election in
March some time between the
adjournment of the present ses
sion of congress and the opening
of the short term that begins in
December, according to State
Senator Charles Jacobson. Just
when congress will adjourn and
he will be able to get his cam
paign under way is uncertain.
Judge W. F. Kirby, the only oth
er candidate, has already start
ed his campaign.
The currency measure is al
present keeping Senator Clarke'
in Washington. He was vitally ,
interested in the tariff hill sign
ed by President Woodrow Wilson !
last Friday, being tin1 author of I
the cotton future tax amend
ment. He was one of the few in
vited to attend the ceremonies
at the signing of the bill by the
president.
“Senator Clarke wants to at
tend to all his duties consistent
with the office, and for that rea
son will not leave Washington j
to organize his campaign until j
the present term of congress has !
adjourned,” said Senator Jacob
son. “He is very anxious to be
back in Arkansas, and will leave
Washington as soon as he sees
his presence there is no longer
required.”
According to Senator Jacob-;
son, Senator Clarke is well ;
thought of by the other mem
bers of the senate. He presided
in place of the vice president
when the ruling on the confer
ence report of the tariff was
made. He ruled that the confer
ence committee had a right to
make certain changes that pre
vented delay in the passage of
the bill.
I
State Candidates Speak.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 7.—Associ
ate Justice W. F. Kirby, candi
date for the U. S. Senate, Sec
retary of State Hodges, candi
date for re-election, and Rufus
G. McDaniel, candidate for
State Treasurer, are among the
speakers at the opening of the
Southeast Arkansas Fair at
Monticello, today.
Weighed <>.">() Founds When He
Died.
('.(’• Johnson, who traveled
with the Campbell Carnival
Company as fat man, weigh
ing <;r><) pounds, was found dead
in the box car in which he was
sleeping Sunday afternoon, when
the show passed through Imbo
tlen and was brought on toJones
boro, says the Sun. It, is suppos
ed that be died of heart failure.
Fhe show was traveling between
Thayer, Mo., where it showed
Saturday, and Forrest City,
where it, is showing now.
'The deceased has a father,
two brothers and three sisters.
His father, who resides at Sear
cy. came to Jonesboro Sunday
and made arrangements for the
funeral. The remains were in
terred at theJonesboro cemetery
next morning as they were too
heavy to move any distance.
The father verified the state
ment of the show company that
the deceased weighed 650
pounds.
The remains were buried in it
large shipping box as they were
too large for any coffin.
Johnson, while with the show,
had always slept in a boxcar on
a pallet, refusing to sleep on a
bed because of his immense
weight.
The father stated that one of
Johnson’s sisters was even larg
er than himself.
Johnson was 42 years of age.
One of his brothers is agent for
the Iron Mountain railroad at
Searcy. Johnson visited in this
city about two years ago and
again at another time he was
here with a carnival, which had
its headquarters at the old
eague ball park.
II
Even if Rockefeller can raise |
$10,000,000 on his check any ft
minute, he isn’t the financier 1
that the fellow is who raises a I
family on $9.00 a week. I %
But no matter whether I
you earn $9.00 or $50.00 I
you 11 find several reasons 1
why you’ll be best satisfied ft
! if you’ll get your clothes I
of Bergers’". I
The man who doesn’t I
have to care about the I
j cost of his clothes can get I
perfect satisfaction at I
many stores, but the fellow 1
who wants to spend his I
| money carefully had better I
come here. He will get I
that “something” in his I
clothes that make for a ft
better personal appearance 1
and at a price he can eas- I
ily afford, I
Honestly, we don’t believe I
there is a store anywhere I
where you can get so I g*
much style-value, wear- I
value and satisfaction-val- I
ue at ordinary prices. I
But don't take our word for it*— * I
ask some of your friends. I
Better still—-come and see for I
yourself. ft
Berger'S I
’'STAR CLOTHING HOUSE* I
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