INDEPEND NT.
NEWPORT. ARKANSAS TUESDAY’, JULY 22, 1913. * NUMBER 93.
■ Of CAMPAIGN
forces Claim E
■Bv Good. Safe Ma
22-Repre
(K of four P°^tica pal
■ fflake their final bows
■jid then the curtain will
■down on the gubernato
M, r: which began soon
■vemorJoe T. Robinson
■his office March 8 to go
Kited States Senate.
K0w the voters of the
K unravel the worst po
Egle in the history of
Eonwealth and out of
■hied meshes will come
■ governor of Arkansas.
■George W. Hays, demo
lominee for governor,
■Camden yesterday and
lain at his home today
Arrow. But in his ab
jm the stump the demo
tate Central Committee
d to work in his behalf
keep up the fight until
i close Wednesday night.
CRATS CONFIDENT,
[cratic leaders here yes-1
SBaicl it is only a question
aU great Judge Hays’ plu
|flrjj] be when the votes
fBited. His election is felt
IB but the general apathy
U IBs manifest in all parts
ifltate may reduce the usu
>• iflocratic majority.
I Bts of the state central;
I IBtee have been centered I
, Iflting out the Democratic
§!■ committee has worked
IBd night and on the eve of
^■ction the workers feel
fl their toil will bear fruit
■polls tomorrow.
■George W. Murphy, Pro
Be candidate for governor,
Bose his campaign in Ar
Btonight. He will speak in
Bty park, beginning at 8
Band an especial invitation j
Ben extended to women.
B MOOSE CLAIM VIC-:
IB TORY. i
! Bhe eve of the special elec- i
^■ameg A. Comer, campaign '
B?^ for Colonel Murphy, is
Bate in his claims for Bull
B success.
■have talked over the tele- ]
!g Pictures
•pera House
sis Per Week.
od Program Tonight
E SKULL
by the sudden ap
he skull, the thieves
asband returns and
els safely hidden in
head—Featuring
rner. Leo DeLaney,
and George Cooper
food comedy.
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tL IDENTITIES,
brothers—Earl Cal
t playing both parts, the
** which shows four men of
6 8ame likeness is a revelation
Photography.—Extra good
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® SHERIFF of YARAPAI
COUNTY
b1- excellent Western picture.
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^mission 5 ^nd 10 cents
phone today with men in forty
i counties,” Mr. Comer said last
night. “With one exception, 1
talked with Democrats who vot
ed in the primary election. In
jail of the forty counties, I did
not receive one adverse report.
; From the best information I can
j receive, I am constrained to be
,lieve Colonel Murphy will carry
jfrom forty to forty-five coun
ities and his election is assured.
i
;We will carry Pulaski county by
;an overwhelming vote.”
Harry M. Meyers of Hot
Springs, republican candidate
for governor, will leave Little
Rock today and will speak in
each town between here and Hot
Springs today. In closing his
campaign he will have covered
Arkansas in a whirlwind tour.
Mr. Meyers and H. L. Remmel,
his leading supporter, expressed
confidence last night that the Re
publican vote in the election to
morrow will be greater than any
vote ever polled by the Republi
can party in Arkansas. They
even believe Mr. Meyers will be
elected.
Emile Webber, Socialist candi
date for governor, has not made j
an active campaign, but will
probably poll the usual socialist j
vote in the state.
Elston Brewer Buried. j
Batesville, July 21.—The re
mains of Elston Brewer, who
was murdered by S. L. Johnson
near Vicksburg, Miss., last week,
reached Batesville Saturday
night at 10:30, accompanied by
his uncles.
They went immediately to
Cave City and the funeral was
conducted at that place yester
day. It is said that more than
500 people attended, attesting
the popularity of Young Brewer
at his home.
The body of Brewer had been
twice buried in Mississippi.
First, before he was identified
he was bured in the potter’s
field, and later when he was iden
tified he wras buried by the Ma
sons, and it was considerable
trouble to arrange for the third
interment, on account of the
fact that the body had not been
embalmed.
It is said that there was a
strong desire on the part of cit
izens in Mississippi to lynch
Johnson, and if the relatives of
Brewer had shown a desire to
have him lynched, it would have
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ueen uune.
It is said that Johnson now
refuses to talk after making the
confession and that it is almost
sure that the motive for the kill
ing was to secure the boat •
ed by Brewer which was said to
be worth about $1,000.
Woman Horse Thief.
Fort Smith, July 21.—In broad
daylight a woman stole a horse
and buggy at North Fourth and
H. streets from N. O. Polk, a
Crawford County farmer, to
day.
She disappeared across the
bridge leading into Oklahoma
and apparently has made good
her escape. Polk had hitched
his outfit to a telephone pole and
was visiting friends at the time
iof the theft.
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Assessment Notice.
! The assessment of local im
i provement No. One—Bridge Im
jrovement No. One of the City
of Newport, Arkansas— was
filed in my office on the 14th day
of July. 1913, and the same is
now subject to inspection.
B. J. GRAHAM,
Clerk of the City of Newport,
Arkansas.
Rabies.
When an animal suspected of
having rabie- has bitten a hum
an being the person so bitten or
his legal representative, shall
secure or cause to be secured
such animal alive and without
injury if possible. The animal
shall be confined in a safe, quiet,
roomy and comfortable place
and a report giving full partic
ulars concerning the action tak
en sent to the State Health Ofti- |
cer. This report shall include
the name of the locality in which
the biting occurred, the date
the bite was inflicted, the name,
residence and address of the
owner of the animal; the full
name or names of the person or
persons bitten, together with
their residence, age, sex, race
and information as to the loca
tion and extent of their wounds;
the names, addresses and resi
dences of all owners of dogs
which have been bitten by the
animal in question, together
witn a list and description or 1
the animals bitten and the dis-1
position made of the same. Such
supposedly rabid animals must
be kept under careful observa
tion for at least five days, when
if rabid, evidence will manifest
itself and death will shortly
ensue.
When such suspected animal
dies, the head and several inch
es of the neck must be cut off
and sent to the nearest Hygien
ic Laboratory of the State Board
of Health for miscropical exam
ination. Care must be taken
not to injure the brain or the
spinal cord.
Unless the animal is plainly
ill it SHOULD NOT BE KIL-j
ED immediately after biting its J
victim. It should be held under
observation for ten days. If the j
animal remains well during this
time it is absolutely certain that
it is not sufferng from rabies.
Do not kill the animal by a blow
or a shot in the head. This of-1
ten destroys the brain so com- j
pletely that examination is im
possible. The head only of the
animal should be sent to the
laboratory. This must be pack
ed in ice and sawdust in a water
tight container and shipped to
the laboratory with all express ,
prepaid.
All indigent persons bitten by
an animal suspected of having
rabies or declared upon miscrop
ical examination to have been so (
infected, should, with the ad
vice of the State Health Officer, L
have the Pasteur treatment ad-,
ministered for the prevention of :
hydrophobia in the human. 1
(For further information con
cerning the Pasteur treatment,
wire or write the State Health j
Officer.)
If it shall appear to the State j
Health Officer that the life and |
health of any settlement, vil-1
lage, town or city is endangered
i by the prevalence of rabies, then
the State Health Officer shall re
quire all dogs kept in such set
tlement, village, town or city to
be effectively muzzled and for
such length of time as shall be
necessary and proper.
It shall be the duty of the city,
town or county authorities when
such an order is promulgated by
the State Health Officer to en
force its provisions.
The State Board of Health is
now ready to make examination
and prompt reports upon all
specimens submitted for the de
termination of rabies.
“Love Powders’ Rather Strong.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 22.—Because
the court refused to permit the
jury to pass upon the supersti
tion of negroes as to a voodoo
doctor, an appeal has been taken
to the supreme court in the case
of Hattie Emmons of Phillips
county, who was convicted of as
sault to murder, and sentenced
to serve five years in the neni
tentiary.
The Emmons woman sent a
bottle of whiskey and several
bottles of beer from Helena to
Ellen Hill, who resided in Ela
ine. There ■was a sediment in
the liquor which caused it to
be examined, instead of being
the most attractive portion of
a banquet. The chemist stated
that in each bottle was enough
poison to kill several people.
Because the two women had
trouble over the husband of the
Emmons woman, the officers
soon placed her under arrest and
it wa$ found she had sent the
whiskey and beer to her dusky
rival!
In *the trial the attorneys for
the Emmons woman undertook
to prove that she had purchased
love powders which she expect
ed to bring her husband back to
her, and placed it in the liquor.
The court refused to permit
any testimony about voodoo doc
tors and love powders, and the
woman was convicted.
GoAd Crop On State Farm.
Specia to Independent.
I itt* Rock, July 22.— The Ar
kansap Pgaiitentiary Board he’d !
a sho® conference with Govern
or J. M. Futrell regarding par
don and paroles he expects to
issue before leaving the office,
on Monday.
The members of the Board re
ported to him that the crop on
the farm this year will be one
of the best ever raised in the
state, and cotton stalks which
have been pulled up in the field
will average 200 bolls to the
stalk. The corn has not done so
well as it might, on account of
the drouth.
me ooaro nas macie prepara
tions to purchase a new “gin
stand” for use on the farm this
year. The old ginning machin
ery was so badly worn last year
that several bales of cotton was
lost because the lint was not
closely removed from the seed.
Bids have been asked for the
gins and they will be ready for
operation by the first of Sep- '•
tember, by which time the long j
staple cotton will be ready for!
picking.
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Council Passes Two Ordinances.
The city council met in its
regular weekly meeting Monday
night and but little business was
transacted other than to pass
ordinances in conformity with
the State Board of Health which
seems to be the predominating
issue just now. One of the or
dinances passed was in regard
to the city dairies, the other one
that all fruit, vegetables and
eatables of all kinds that are
kept by our merchants on the
sidewalk and exposed to flies,
shall be covered in some way.
The City Board of Health are
very appreciative of the re
sponse the people are giving to
the cutting of weeds and grass,
not only in the yards but the
I streets and alleys. Newport has
I never had the clean, well kept
'appearance that it has had all
'the past spring and summer
i which should be a source of grat
, ification to us all.
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Bogs At Wynne To Be .Muz/led.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. July 22.— The
State Board of Health ha- is
sued its first official order, one
requiring all dogs in the city of
Wynne, Cross county, to be eith
er muzzled or killed. A rabid
animal recently bit a number of
dogs and people in Wynne, and
since then a number more dogs
have become afflicted with hy
drophobia.
It is to prevent an epidemic of
the disease that the action was
taken, and the dogs must remain
muzzled until the Board of
Health gives permission for the
muzzles to be removed.
The Board of Health will on
the first of August, issue its first
monthly bulletin, which will con
tain all the rules of the Board.
On the first of September, it
will begin the collection of vital
statistics, requiring all physi
cians to report to their county
physician, who in turn will re
port all births and deaths to the
State Board.
Cost Of (’hair Within Appropri
ation.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 22.—Within
the next month the death cham
ber at the Arkansas penitentiary
will be equipped with an up-to
date electric chair, and every
thing will be done within the ap
propriation of $1,500 made by
the last legislature for that
purpose. The state electrician,
from the University of Arkan
sas, being appealed to for as
sistance, visited the penitenti
ary and was sent to New York
to take a look at the chair there.
He discovered that he could
manufacture everything re
quired, with the exception of a
switchboard and several minor
bits of apparatus which wen
covered by patents, and these In
purchased at a cost of $800. His
expenses to New York brought
the cost up to $1,000 and tin
changes to rhe room at the peni
tentiary will not cost more than
tin balance of the appropriation
\ Step In the Right Direction
'I'he two lots on the corner of
Hazel and Second Streets, owned
by the government, and on which
the post office* building is to be
erected later on, is to be cleaned
off, the grass mowed nicely and
benches placed on the ground in
a few days, and then Newport
can boast of a little “City Park"
all her own.
ft is thought six or eight in
|candescent lights will probably
be hung under the trees and in
addition four of our enterpris
ing business men have donat ed a
nice bench each, which will cer
tainly he appreciated by our peo
ple who have the least civic
pride as to our city’s wellfare at
heart. Among those who have
donated benches are Mayor Paul,
Norman C. Wolff, S. Heinemann
;and the City Drug Co..
Newport has long needed such
a place, not only for our own
people to while ^way the hours,
but for our friends from the
country, especially the women
and children who are cordially
invited to come to our little park
and rest while in town trading.
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®r. Milan' lautlvr Tablata do a fta»
aerewtblc duty Ir an airrneabla way.
Tty thnm tinxt Mn»» r *,**H«Arnant 1
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