VOLUME X. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1911. NUMBER 282.
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CONDITT GETS
JUDGMENT FOR MULE
Jury Values Animal At $100 And
Allows Plaintiff $200 For
His Use.
In the suit of R.. L. Conditt
versus Robert and Charles Hol
den over a mule, whose owner
ship was contested, the jury ren
dered a verdict Saturday morn
in" in the Jackson circuit court
in favor of the plaintiff.
The jury gave Conditt judg
ment for $100 as the value of the
mule and for $200 for the use of
the mule. As a part of the evi
dence in the ease, the mule was
viewed by the jury and the ani
mal was sheared, disclosing a
brand which plaintiff contended
was his own “R. C.” The case
vas argued Saturday morning
by G. A. Hillhouse for the plain
tiff and Phillips & Boyce for
the defense.
The appeal case of Fred Har
mon having been continued,
Judge Jeffery then excused the
petit jury men, complimenting
them for their faithfulness in
their duties.
After a brief afternoon session,
court was adjourned until Friday
March 31, when the motion for a
new trial in the Johnson case will
De neara ana on tne aay ionow
ing or April 1, the court will
hear a similar motion in the
Brock case.
Judge Jeffery and all the court
officers have worked zealously
and faithfully in the expedition
of work for the term closed and
the docket will be' in much better
shape for the fall term than for
several years.
Docket Record In Brief.
Robert W. Sharp versus W. P.
Altman, ejectment; set for March
31.
C. E. Carroll and J. S. Wilmans
versus F. E. Vining, debt; judg
ment set aside and cause continu
ed for term.
R. L. Conditt versus John H.
| Keel, continued and set for first
Friday.
John Benson versus D. P. Dodd,
continued for term.
Andy Caldwell and Aleck Cald
j well, assault and battery, plea of
conviction of former in previous
trial sustained and case dismissed
continued as to Aleck Caldwell.
State versus Eunice Jones, per
jury; demurrer sustained and
defendant discharged.
State versus F. J, Harmon, on
appeal from justice’s court, con
tinued for term.
State versus Bud Foster, aiding
_n _• i _ I J 1 Ml
***■ iwoauii wiwi iiiircjut tu mil,
continued and set for second Fri
day. , • ■ V
State versus C. C. Pennington,
assault with intent to kill; con
tinued and set for second Friday.
Ninety Miles In Ten Hours.
“Coin” Harvey of Monte Ne is
now interesting himself in the
building of a turnpike from Mont*
Ne to a point in Oklahoma, 90
®ules distant. During the next
ttonth Mr. Harvey will go over
tj^ route of the proposed turn
^e organizing the farmers and
°ther property owners. On a
pertain day an army of about
>000 men, with teams, plows,
graders and all implements and
*Uaterials needed will begin work
°ng the 90 miles and within ten
°urs the entire road will be
c°uipleted.
wbite goods sale Monday,
March 6th at the Leader. J
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Satisfied Now With Count.
We’ll take it all back about
what we said concerning tjie cen
sus enumerator last week. A
census is being taken of the city
and we have already gotten far
enough to feel sure he gave it as
correctly as it could have been
gotten. You who have a griev
ance in the matter can put it all
on your bad judgment as to num
bers and not on the count of the
enumerator. — Eureka Springs
Times Echo. That’s the way it
goes, in a large majority of eases.
Now and then the enumerator will
miss a few names, and occasional
ly his zeal to make a good show
ing for his town will inspire him
to put on his list a few names
that should not be there. But in
about ninety-nine cases out of a
hundred he will have done his
work correctly, and his figures
may be taken as accurate. —Fort
Smith Times Record.
Cussing the Legislature.
“What’s the use in'cussin’ the
legislature? They are doing the
best they can. Did you ever
think about it, that it is quite a
job to handle a large bunch of
men, all can’t see things alike
and they simply have to do the
best they can. Quit--.cussing the
legislature and give them your
encouragement to do the best
they can.” The Danville Demo
crat takes the Times Record to
task for publishing this item and
crediting it to the Ola News, and
says: “This was from the Dan
ville Democrat and was strictly
original, blown of the bottle, and
our own make.” The Ola News
had ‘orghter quit swipin’ and go
to writin.’
Road Notice.
Notice is hereby given that ap
plication will be made to the
county court of Jackson county
at the April 1911 term thereof,
for an order creating and estab
lishing a public road in Barren
Township, as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the southeast cor
ner of Section 35, Township 10
North, Range 5 West, said coun
ty, run thence north along the
section line between Sections 35
and 36, said township, three-quar
ters of a mile to the southeast
corner of the northeast quarter
of the northeast quarter of said
Section 35; thence run due
west one-fourth of a mile line to
the one-fourth mile line to
the southwest corner of said
Northeast quarter (J/4) of North
east quarter (V*); run thence
due north one and three-fourth
miles along the one-fourth mile
line through the center of the
East half (Ms) of Sections 26 and
23, said Township 10, to the
Southwest corner of the South
east quarter (}A) of the North
east quarter (*4) of said Section
23; run thence in the northeast
wardly direction through the
East half (V2) of the Northeast
quarter (a/i) of said Section 23
to the southeast corner of Sec
tion 14, said Township 10; run
thence north one mile along the
section line between Sections 14
and 13, said Township 10, to the
Northeast corner of said Section
14; run thence west about three
i quarters of a mile along the -sec
j tion line between sections 14
jand 11, said Township 10, to the
j intersection of said road with
said Oil Trough and Bradford
| Road.
J. B. Wilkinson, et al.
For Sale.
j One 12 horse power Fairbanks
| Morse Gasoline Engine. Apply
at the Palace Jewelry Store and
t see it run. 81btf.
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TO SECURE AID
FOR STATE FAIR
Hot Springs Asks $40,000 Appro
priation For Fair Pre
miums.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 3.—A plan
has been worked out by which
the citizens of Hot Springs ex
pect to secure state aid for their
annual State Fair. George Beld
ing, Simon Cooper, and others of
Hot Springs, met with George A.
Cole, president of the State Fair,
and members of the legislature, in
the city Wednesday night and
worked out the details of a bill
which will secure this state aid if
passed.
It is planned to have the bill
provide for $40,000 appropriation
for the biennial period, placed
under the control of Commission
er of Agriculture Fred H. Phillips
and by him split up into premiums
offered for stock, agriculture
horticulture and mineral exhibits
during the coming fairs, at the
rate of $20,000 per year. Those
who are interested in the bill be
lieve it will pass in this form.
We cannot spend the money on
the fair this year that we did
last.” states President Cole, “for
we will be forced to erect a num
ber of new buildings on the
grounds, and money spent in pre
miums last year will have to go
for this now.
The fair will be much larger this
year than last for where there
were but 13 counties exhibiting
last year, we have 40 county fairs
this year, with other districts
forming, and the best from all
these will go to the State Fair.
That will take all the more
room. Fort Smith is raising $25,
000 for a district inter-state fair.
Craighead, Greene, Poinsett and
many other counties have taken
up the county fair movement this
-tmoo oqt jo saoraanj oqj, ••njoX
ties are taking the stock. In
some of the counties every mem
ber of the Farmers’ Union is a
subscriber to the county fair
stock. With things working this
way it is almost impossible to
keep the State Fair down.”
CITIZEN..WANT
SUNDAY BALL
Other Counties Ask to Be Includ
ed In Pulaski-Jackson
Act.
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 4.—The Sun
day baseball bill introduced by
Representative Faueette of Pu
laski permitting the people of Lit
tie Rock to vote on the question,
will be called up early in the com
ing week by the author for the
purpose of offering amendments.
It is now understood that sev
eral other counties where there
are large cities are desirous of be
ing includef? in the bill, among
them being Garland, Miller, Se
bastian and Jefferson, and
probably Green, Craighead and
Phillips. The bill makes it op
tional with the counties affected,
Having sevafcd our connec
tions with Mr. Moore we will
close our cafe tonight, March 3
1911, but will continue serving
oysters, sandwiches of all kind:
and lgiht lunches. Thanking
you for past favors and a eontin
uanee of same in the future, w<
are yours for business,
81d2t The Busy Bee.
TO STUDY
BOLL WEEVIL
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I President of Frisco Will Take
Farmers’ Union Head to
Texas.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 3.—For the
purpose of studying the boll wee
vil in Texas, also the methods of
the truck and fruit growers or
ganizations in handling theij;
crops, George A. Cole, president
of the Arkansas Farmers’ Union,
will tomorrow join President B.
F. Yoakum of the Frisco lines
and leave for Texas.
President Yoakum has done
much to build up that part of Ar
kansas which is traversed by his
line, and having taken a fancy
to President Cole, has benefitted
the farmers of other sections of
the state by taking him over the
country for the purpose of in
specting the way the New Eng
land and other farmers work their
crops.
President Cole gives the far
mer of Arkansas the advantage of
his learning in the institutes
which are held over the state.
President Yoakum will remain in
Texas for several weeks, and
President Uole will visit his large
ranch, as well as the truck and
fruit raising centers of the Lone
Star state before returning.
President Yoakum will have sev
eral other a0iiculturalists with
him on this trip, and will ar
range it so they will meet the
farmers in the different sections
visited.
HOUSE ADOPTS
LEVEE BILL
To Protect From Overflow Sec
tions of Woodruff And Prai
rie Counties.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 4.—The
house passed over the protest of
the White county delegation the
bill introduced by Representa
tive Roddy of Woodruff provid
ing for the extension of the
White River Levee District No. 1
along certain portions of White
and Cache rivers, to Upper Sur
rounded Hill and across Jaek
son’s Bayou in Prairie county.
It was opposed also by Repre
sentative Thweatt of Prairie
county, who said it was the same
bill as that introduced in 1905,re
• suiting in a considerable scandal
at that time, and he declared that
no one had dared touch it since
that time until now. It was pass
ed by a vote of 31 ayes to 29
noes, and a motion to reconsider
. and lay that motion on the table
prevailed by a vote of 34 to 29.
White county opposed it be
cause it would menace the low
lands of that county should the
levee be constructeed on the op
posite bank of the river. A G
. per cent bond issue not to exceed
$150,000 is authorized.
The directors named in the bill
are: Woodruff, W. T. Trice and
H. C. Argo; Prairie county, R.
D. Caldwell; Monroe county, C.
F. Greene; at large, J. D. El
dridge. Their t(Ujms shall be for
six years, and ^ffeir successors
shall be elected by the tax-pay
ers of the district. The first con
■ vention for the election of two di
i rectors shall be held in May, 191<:
Coal $6.00 Per Ton.
Until further notice I will sell
coal for $5.00 per ton. Good
clean coal, no slack.
|46dtf W. D. McLain.
Nursing As a Career,
It is said that nursing is one of
the most inviting fields of human
service and that its financial re
turn surpasses any other occupa
tion open to young women. It
develops all the native graces of
womanhood and leads the way to
positions of trust and influence.
The demand for nurses is world
wide call.
The Philadelphia School for
Nurses, located in Philadelphia,
Pa., has undertaken to meet this
demand by offering free scholar
ships to young women in all parts
of the country. Room, hoard,
laundering incidental expenses,
special financial assistance and
railroad fare home on completion
of the Course, are provided.
Length of course two years. Al
so a Special Short Course and a
home Study Course for tose who.
must quickly prepare for self-sup
port.
The Philadelphia School for
Nurses is a benevolent institution
conducted without hope of gain
or profit in the interest of ambi-1
tious young women.
Notice.
Beginning March 1st all bills
must be paid at the office of this
Company, 121 Walnut street, as
we have dispensed with the ser
vices of a collector. Service will
be discontinued on all parties de
linquent on the Tenth day of
each month.
Peoples’ Light Water & Power
Coal $5.00 Per Tool.
Until further notice I will Bell
coal for $5.00 per ton. Good
clean coal, no slack.
46dtf. W. D. McLain.
TUCKERMAN BANK’S
GOOD SHOWING
Dividend of Ten Per Cent And
Twenty Four Per Cent Add
ed to Surplus. i
The annual meeting of the
Bank of Tuckerman’s stockhold
ers and directors was held Mon
day in that city and a very flat
tering showing made for the past
year’s busines, under the popular
direction of its clever and capa
ble cashier Mr. E. V. Holt.
A dividend of 10 per cent was
declared and 24 per cent added
to the hank’s surplus. The old
hoard of directors was re-eleeted,
as follows: J. W. Lindley, L. T.
Slayden, D. C. Dowell, L. D.
Smith and R. D. Duncan and: the
same officers: J. W. Lindley,
President, L. T. Slayden, !Viee
President, E. V. Holt, cashier, D.
C.. Dowell, Jr., Assistant Cashier.
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Ship Salt Meat to Iowa.
P. M. Parson of Buxton, Iowa
purchased Saturday of Wolff
Goldman Mercantile Company
250 pounds of salt meat, which
was shipped to his home in that
that state. Iowa is a state which
contributes heavily of beef and
bogs for the big packing house*
and the fact that salt meat can
be bought cheaper here than
there with the local freight added
speaks well for the Newport mjer
ehont in showing the close margit
of profit on a line in which he
does an immense furnishing bus
iness to the farmers of this sec
tion. . jl
The world of white at the Lead
jer Monday, March 6th.
Star Clothing Co.
% * Jos. M. Berger, Jr.
The Quality Store For Men
Dear Sir:*
We should like very much to enjoy your
patronage. To secure this, we must first induce you to /
call. To hold you as a permanent customer, we must
give you full value for your money.
The policy of this store has always been:
"Each sale must either make us a new customer or draw
an old one closer." As evidence of how well this pol
icy has succeeded, we point with pride to the reputation
this store has gained as Newport's Foremost Clothing
Store.
Every article we sell is made and priced
with the one idea in mind of giving the purchaser tb$ big
gest value for the money that it is possible to produce.
Above all else, we want your good-will,
based on your satisfaction.
We should bke very much to have you favor 11
us with the opportunity oE showing you a few of the new p
garments for Spring. It behooves every man who If
would be stylishly dressed, to post himself as to what he ||
should wear, and I am pleased to say that after an ex- JJ
\ haustive study of the season’s style-tendencies, we have 1
filled this store with a most complete and comprehensive !
assortment of all that is best in gentlemen's wearing
apparel.
While quality is the hiain consideration in
ourfmerchandise, we never overlook the importance o! jj
correct style. You can depend upon this store for {
styles that are absolutely right, and qualifies that are
emphatically the best.
Assuring you that an early visit from yon
will be appreciated, I am,
Yours, very truly :