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■500 JUDGMENT
■ EOR AL CARTER
Bjnst Iron Mountain Given By
Bury Tuesday Night In Inde
B pendence Court.
Bml to Independent.
Batesville, April 23.—After
Bog out four hours, the jury
Bhe damage suit of A1 Carter
B$wifton vs. the Iron Mountain
Krned a verdict for plaintiff,
■ng him damages in the sum
B$4 500 for personal injuries
Btained July 24, 1912, when
■tiff Was struck in the head
Ba block of ice thrown from
Bassing refrigerator car by an
B>loye of the railroad company.
Barter is now a resident of
Bestown, but at the time of
'll injury, was a section foie
Bn at Swifton and was stand
Bnear the track while a fast
■it train was passing.
■he trial of the case occupied
f days in the Independence
Bcuit Court, Grant & Mack and
ft. Richardson being attorneys
fj the plaintiff, while McCaleb
B Reeder represented the Iron
untain. The plamtilt sued
$25,000 and his principal
nesses were Dr. R. C. Dorr of
esville, Dr. A. W. Jemigan
Tuckerman, Dr- Karl Bentley
Little Rock, while Dr. Smith
Jttle Rock was a witness for
endant.
oval Reception for Editors.
cial to Independent,
little Rock, April 22.—Royal
1 be the reception of the Ar
isas State Press Association
en it meets in Marianna three
s during the middle of May,
ording to T. W. Wood, may
>f Marianna, also an editor of
queen city of Lee county,
yor Wood is first vice presi
t of the association, and will
elevated to the presidency at
s meeting. He is in Little
:k attending the Masonic
iting.
'He citizens of Marianna have
pared for 100 editors and
ir families. Receptions will
tendered to the women, fol
ed by banquets and dances
night. A moonlight excur
i will be planned later, which
probably be in the nature of
ay ride to one of the large
itations in the vicinity of
rianna, where entertainment
I be provided in genuine Eas
i Arkansas style.
loving Pictures
the Opera House
18 Reels Per Week.
THE BEST MAN WINS
(Comedy—BIOGRAPH)
the bite of a snake
(Comedy—BIOGRAPH.)
IVER OF THE DEADWOOD
COACH.
A good Western story.
(KALAM.)
aithful unto death.
;tirs things up. The elephants
P very materially especially
en they rescue the people
>m the burning building.
(VITAGRAPH.)
Music by the Orchestra.
OMISSION 5 and 10 Cents.
A.
Killed Perpetrator od' Practical
Joke.
Malvern, April 22.—As the re
! suit of a practical joke, Jack El
more, aged 18, son of a widow, is
; lying at the point of death, hav
! ing been shot last night at 10
o'clock by Constable Lee Baker.
Jack Elmore and Hunter Tay
lor were en route home Monday
night to their homes on Baker
Hill, a suburb of Malvern, when
they saw the constable approach
ing in a buggy. To “have some
fun” with their friend, the
young men concealed themselves
by the roadside, in a dark spot,
and when he drove up they com
manded him to hold up his
hands.
Instead of obeying the com
mands of what he supposed was
a party of bandits, the officer
opened fire upon them with his
automatic revolver. One of the
shots struck Elmore above the
left eye and was later extracted
form near the ear- His condition
today is serious and he has no
more than one chance in a thous
and of recovery.
m_i_ i . -i
±ayivL iiciu ci narruw escape,
one of the bullets having passed
through his coattail as he fled
from the scene of the mock hold
up.
Baker has been completely ex
onerated.
County Depository Controversy.
Batesviile, April 22.—The
most important case in the cir
cuit court here on the civil dock
et was tried today, when the
case of the Union Bank and
Trust Company was argued. It
is a case in which the bank made
a bid for the county funds, offer
ing to pay 314 Per cent, and the
Citizens’ Bank and Trust Com
pany bid one-fourth per cent
more than any other bank, with
out specifying any amount.
1 The County Court awarded
j the money to the Citizens bank
on this bid, and the Union bank
contended that this was in fact
not a bid, and appealed the case.
In recess Judge Jeffery ordered
that the county funds be deposit
ed as the County Court had di
, rected, and when the case was
tried today that order stood as
final as far as this court is con
cerned.
There has never been another
case like it in the State, and the
case will be appealed to the Su
; preme Court. The amount of
I the county money runs from
i $50,000 to $100,000.
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Died While Fighting Fire.
Batesville, April 22.—That
William C. McIntosh came to his
death through overexertion in
fighting forest fires, was the
investigated after the man s
verdict of the coroner’s jury that
body had been found lying by
the roadside near Melrose in this
county. There is still a suspic
ion that McIntosh was murdered
and there may be a further in
vestigation.
McIntosh came here from the
East about 15 years ago and es
tablished a sheep ranch- He was
well educated and prosperous.
He is said to have had trouble
iwith men whom he accused of
! having stolen sheep and this
strengthens the suspicion of foul
play.
Dry Summer Wood
at Fee-Crayton’s delivered.
Sawed from cull lumber. Phone
294, or see Hopper or Fisher^
Leave orders with P. S. Whit^
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JACKSON AGAIN
RANKS FIFTH
Among Counties of State In Cot
ton Production For Past
Year.
While Jackson County, accord
ing to the government reports
dropped from 28,755 bales pro
duced in 1911 to 20,949 bales
ginned the past year or the crop
of 1912, it continues to rank
fifth among all the counties of
Arkansas in cotton production.
The loss in number of bales
shows that our crop was practi
cally one fourth less than the
preceding year or the year be
fore that, 1910, when our total
production was 27,191 bales.
Most of the counties show a
marked decrease for 1912 from
1911, though some of the big
producers like Jefferson record
an increase over 191 l’s figures.
In Eastern Arkansas, the over
flow counties show plainly the
loss from the great flood of last
year.
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this overflow took the lead from
Mississippi County, Jefferson
having jumped from 32,745 bales
in 1911 to 38,837 bales in 1912,
while Mississippi now ranks se
cond having dropped from 54,084
bales in 1911 to 28,044 the past
year or practically half the yield
of 1911.
Lonoke comes third with 27,
621 bales, an increase of over
2000 bales over 1911; Phillips
fourth with 24,457 bales a drop
of 7000 bales from the previous
year.
Jackson ranks fifth as stated
with 20,949 bales, but has a
number of close contenders for
fifth honors, among them being
Columbia with 20,299 bales,
Crittenden with 20,051 bales,
| Faulkner 20,685 bales, Pope 20,
: 082 bales and Yell 20,694 bales,
all of these being in the 20,000
class.
Button Factory Shuts Down.
The local plant of theRockport
Button Company has been order
ed closed for two weeks to under
go repairs and the 65 cutters
now upon the pay roll are as a
consequence out of employment
for the time at least.
It is understood that the com
pany has a big supply of blanks
on nana ana mat me max net na»
not been good lately. The re
duction in the tariff upon blanks
is «lso reported to be having its
influence upon the market.
The company has over 600
tons of sbells upon hands here
and Manager John Bond of the
local plant believes that he will
receive orders to resume opera
tions at the end of two weeks.
Whether or not the other plants
of this company have been clos
ed is not known here.
Fined For Killing Deer
Arkansas City, /pril 22.—Jak€
Nash, Horace Johnson, Ivery
Manley and Lee Isham, negroes
were tried in Justice Heming
way’s court this morning on a
charge of having killed a deer
Nash was fined $100, while th<
other negroes were released.
The negroes testified that th<
deer had taken refuge in th<
i back yard of one of the negroes
! homes and that Jake Nasi
l knocked it in the head to pre
cent it from overturning theii
&at. Nash’s attorney will tak<
fii appeal to the Circuit Court.
Funeral of Captain Wilmans
The Methodist church was
filled to overflowing this after
noon by friends of Captain J. E.
Wilmans, who gathered to pay
a last tribute to the deceased
who was held in such high es
teem by our people.
The large number of floral
pieces from members of his fam
ily and close friends were bank
ed around the chancel rail and
later upon the grave at Walnut
Grove cemetery. The church
service was a very beautiful and
impressive one, conducted by the
pastor, Rev. Mr Wilford, who
was assisted by Rev. Heny E.
[Spears, rector of St. Paul’s who
read the New Testament lesson,
j Rev. A. T. Galloway read the Old
Testament lesson, which was fol
lowed with prayer by Rev. M. B.
Umsted. Short talks were also
made by those pastors who had
known and loved him as friend
and co-worker in the Methodist
church in which the deceased had
been honorary president of the
board of stewards for a number
The active pall bearers were
J. J. Blanshard, Geo. R. Hays, J.
W. Wallace, Jos- M. Stayton, S.
R. Phillips and R. C. Harder.
The honorary pall bearers
were L. Minor, James T. Hender
son, G. W. Weast, W. E. Bevens,
J. W. Phillips, T. S. Stephens, J.
R. Cox and J. O. Taylor.
The ushers at the church were
Alcorn Ferguson and O- D. Wat
son.
Thirty Days' Residence Required
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 23—Ac
cording to a decision rendered by
Attorney General W. L. Moose
Tuesday afternoon the legisla
tive act under which elections
have been held for the past de
cade is thrown in the scrap pile
as so much junk.
The legislature, in the dim and
distant past, passed an act
changing the old election re
quirements, so that the voter
must have lived in the state a
year, the town or ward for six
months. The constitution of Ar
kansas states that the elector
must have lived in the state a
year, the county six months, and
the ward or precinct for 30 days.
At the recent election held in
Womble the judges refused to
permit people to vote who had
been in the state the required
year, the county six months, and
An 1 it QH in IVia fmvn T'Vipv
argued that the state law re
quires the person to reside in the
town six months, but Attorney
General says the Constitution
cannot be changed by the act ol
a legislature, hence people whc
have lived in any part of the
county, can move to a city and
vote there within thirty days af
ter their arrival.
Under the protest, there is s
chance for the election at Worn
ble being declared illegal, and i!
one town starts, there is no tell
ing where the dissatisfied voters
will stop.
Jacksonport.
Mr. J. A.Bridger left last Wed
nesday to undergo an operatioi
in a hospital at Memphis, but a
this writing we are unable t<
: learn whether it was a successfu
i one or not. His wife, left Sun
’ day night to be with him.
i John Moore, aged 18 year?
■ youngest son of S. E. Moore
• died at their home here Satur
; day morning at 11 o’clock an
wras buried Sunday morning a
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k
the Robinson cemetery. This is
the first case of spinal meningit
is reported here since the scare
some time ago. but the family
were all vacinnated and the
disease is not expected to spread.
R. W. Anderson finished bed
ding out 200 bushels of sweet
potatoes Thursday. He made his
first shipment of 1,00 plants to
Berryville, Arkansas Thursday
and has about 50 orders to be
filled now. There are six ditfier
ent varieties in his beds, includ
ing yellow, bunch and Spanish
yams, Southern Queens, Nancy
Hall’s and Bermudas.
Newport and Jacksonport play
, ed a fast game of ball here Sun
day afternoon. The score stood
12 to 7 in the 7th inning but the
home boys tightened up and ran
in 0 scores in the last two in
nings, making the score 12 to 13.
This is getting to be a great
thing here, and there were at
least two hundred visitors in the
town Sunday from Newport and
the surrounding country. The
high school team from Newport
will play here Sunday and Swif
ton team Sunday week. The
park across the railroad is being
put in first-class shape and two
grand stands are being built.
The biggest dance of the year
will be pulled off in Anderson’s
Hall Friday night with a four
piece negro orchestra from
Batesville furnishing the music.
The floor is being put in first
class condition and both round
and square dancing will be in
dulged in- The roads are fine
now and we expect at least two
hundred people from Newport
and surrounding country. Ev
eryone cordially invited to bring
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all vour friends with you.
Mrs. (1. W. Huff is visiting in
Corning.
Mr. and Mrs. Porter and fam
ily. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Humphrey
and family, and Miss Stella St ice
left for the berry field at Jud
sonia Tuesday.
Miss Alice Cathey and Maude
Blount, Bold. Anderson and
Chas. Turner composed a fishing
party to Bergen lake Monday.
Henry Grant and Miss Allen of
Diaz attended the ball game
here Sunday.
The new hoop mill began op
erations this week with a crew
of forty men and boys.
Everyone lx* sure to come to
the big dance Friday night. A
big time for you if you only
come and make Hie crowd larg
er. We have good protection
and no drunks will be allowed in
the hall
Harper’s School House.
Everybody here has been mak
ing good use of the fine weather
we are having and much cotton
and corn is being planted.
Sunday school is progressing
| fine and everybody is invited to
come- ^
Ed Cathey wemi' tap Remmel
Sunday Miss Netties! jo<er and
Tom Mooney were at fflarper
Sunday. V.
A big box M?pper will be
at Harper school house Saturday^
night May 3rd. The money re
ceived will be spent for fixtures
of the school house.
The Dance at Davis’ Friday
night proved a failure, but there
will be another one at Bruce
Harper’s next Friday night.
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