IlDEPENDSNT.
AUGUST *7. 1904. NUMBER 96.
vymf LIGHTLE
| REFUNDS MONEY.
mpf Insurance Companies Dis
used—Dr. Lightle May be
a Prosecuted by Widow
a Whose Husband’s
f Body Was .
I Burned.
I" f A settlement was reached
ffuesday by Mrs. R. G. Lightle
find the insurance companies,
fwhich brought suit against .her
f to recover the amounts paid upon
I insurance policies held by her
mj husband, Dr. R. G. Lightle, whom
ml they allege was not burned to
1/ death in his barn at Searcy, as
f' was supposed at the time, but de
| frauded the companies out of the
I insurance money by removing
[ the body of Ed Pitts from its
grave and placing it in the barn,
where it was found and identi
fied as the body of Dr. Lightle.
As the result of the agreement
with the insurance companies
Mrs. Lightle on Tuesday turned
over the money deposited in her
name in the German National
bank in this city, giving her
check for the amount in the bank,
iiraa ahrmt $14 000 Tf ie nn
derstood that this action has been
taken in regard to the money in
the People's bank at Searcy,
which was also garnished by the
insurance companies.
The parties to the fraud, it is
stated, will not be criminally
prosecuted by the insurance com
panies, whose representatives
now aver that Mrs. Lightle had
no knowledge of the alleged
fraud, Dr. Lightle is alleged to
havetbeen seen in Georgia re
„ ce^jfy, but this cannot be con
^ firmed.
A dispatch from Searcy states
that the developments in the
case have created a sensation at
that place. It states that it is
generally believed that Mrs. Ed
Pitts, the wife of the man whose
body, it is alleged, was placed in
the barn and burned and then
passed off as the body of Dr.
Lightle, will prosecute Dr.
Lightle if he is found alive, as
well as several others who it is
alleged were implicated in the
case.
Mrs. Pitts declined to state
what course she would pursue in
regard to the matter. It is
stated that the general belief at
Searcy is that the body found in
the ruins of the barn was that j
of Pitts instead of Lightle.
ON THE HEIGHTS
OF MAGAZINE.
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Mount Magazine, Aug. 15.
To the Independent:
Above the clouds or in them,
above the heat and dust and ma
laria, far from the confusion of
■p tongues, the conflict, competition
and cares of everyday life, just
a few people gather here year
after year to enjoy the exhilerat
ing air and the inspiring com
panionship of woods and cliffs
I clouds, of splendid sunset
, ravishing views of moun
ind valley, and through it
closeness to the great heart
ture that seems to attune
,n hearts to higher ideals and
purposes.
gazine mountain is one of
lahy good things of Arkan
lat the people do not seem
preciate to the extent of
ipriating and enjoying.
i thermometer today, which
i of the warmest, registers
30 degrees at noon and the
so dry there is such a good
e that this seems nothing
o warm as the same tem
ure in the valley,
the inn there have been but i
| few guests. At present Mrs.
Huston and children from Ben
ton, Mrs. Gratz Jones and little
son from Magazine and Mrs.
Adams of Havana, with the hus
bands of these ladies coming up
to stay over Sunday. Yesterday
Miss Sue Oldham of Magazine
and Mr. J. Malden of Little Rock
were pleasant guests on the
mountain and assisted materially
in the Sunday school service that
is held every Lord’s day at the
pavilion, under the leadership of
Mrs. M. A. Dorsey of Newport.
There were twenty-one present,
who followed with much interest
the lesson for the day.
There are always a great num
ber of children on the mountain.
There is quite a little colony of
campers, chiefly from the town
of Magazine, among them the
Leftwich family, Dr. Hooper
and family, two families of John
sons and others. The George
family of Magazine occupy their
cottage and the Wilmans family
of Newport are enjoying their
encampment at “The Roost.”
Among their guests this season
are Mrs. G. P. Horner of Balti
more and Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Webster of Nashville, Tenn.
Members of the large family
__3__i.:_
wine cum ^um/muanly , ou
is always a crowd at “The
Roost.” Father Wilmans pre
sides over his household in pa
triarchal fashon and spends his
time playing with his youngest
grandson, J. E. Wilmans, Jr.,
and talking prohibition to the
mountaineers, among whom he
finds many strong sympathizers.
Many express much satisfaction
at the opportunity his candidacy
affords them to save their citi
zenship and yet not vote for a
certain obnoxious candidate.
The family of Mr. Harris, mer
chant of Belleville occupy their
cottage, and Mr. Brown, the
hearty octogenarian and Boa
nerges of the mountain, still en
tertains with his songs and rem
iniscences and speaks with un
abated enthusiasm of Hon. James
K. Jones, who with his wife
spent some days in Mr. Brown’s
home two years ago.
So much for our grand old
mountain and its inhabitants,
and a kindly remembrance for
all who have been with us in
past seasons.
DECLARES ALFALFA
MORE PROFITABLE.
Lafayette Kaneaster has sup
plied the Batesville market this
season with a lot of fine alfafa
hay, says the Batesville Bee.
Mr. Kaneaster has about 50 acres
of land now set in alfalfa. He
has cut it the third time and has
secured each time about one and
one fourth tons of baled hay. He
will get two more crops that will
turn out equally as well as the
others. Mr. Kaneaster gets $12
per ton for all the hay he deliv
ers.
Mr. Kaneaster used to be a
cotton grower and cultivated the
best land on White river, and he
was successful too, but he thinks
growing alfalfa hay is far more
pleasant and profitable than
growing cotton.
CHARLEY COLE
ATTACKS DAVIS.
Mammoth Spring, Aug. 16.—
Charles F. Cole, representing
Harry Myers’ candidacy for gov
ernor, spoke last night to a fair
ly good-sized audience.
Mr. Cole touched lightly on
national issues, confining himself
principally to state issues. He
attacked Gov. Davis on the ques
tion of public schools and said
that the governor was not friend
ly to them.
BENEDICTS BEAT
BACHELORS AT BALL.
Game Tuesday Won by Married
Men, Though Called in
Sixth Inning.
The much talked of ball game
between the benedicts and bache
lors of our little city was pulled
i off Tuesday afternoon in Chas
tain's addition, as announced,
and resulted in the discomfiture
of those who have not yet found
better halves.
The score at the end of the
sixth inning, when the game was
called, not on account of dark
ness or rain, but for the better
reason that the benedicts were
winded and exhausted, was 29
to 21, but as fifteen points of the
latter score had been made in
the last three innings, it is only
reasonable to suppose that the
singles would have come out
ahead had the full nine innings
been played.
But perhaps the umpire, Mr.
0. S. Lawrence, was afraid the
printer would run out of figures
if the score was allowed to pile
up at the pace set in the first
half of the game.
Reamey occupied the box for
me Deneaicts, ana, witn ms ouus
and down shoots, kept the boys
at the bat guessing. He soon
had a glass arm and Arthur Um
stead took his place. For the
bachelors, Owen and Buford
were in the box, but their twists
were easily located by the older
crowd.
C. W. True was doing some
clever work behind the bat. tak
ing in Reamey’s curves without
a mask, when he was badly
; struck by a foul ball over one
eye, causing a painful injury.
W. B. Robinson is another mar
ried man who had quite a mishap
and was put out of the game
thereby. He was making a
backward run to put a man out
between bases and skilled as he
is in dodging switch engines and
freights in the railroad yards,
took too many chances, fell
backward, struck terra firma
with a dull, sickening thud and
saw more stars than shine on a
moonless night.
As to the features of the game,
they were many and varied, but
chiefly errors. The water wagon
was there and received many
hurry-up calls from the in and
out-field. The line-up of the
fnomo 1170 0 qc ■fnllmirc*
Bachelors vs. Benedicts
McDonald c f Hillhouse
Owen r f Bailey
Dillard 2 b Herring
I Brasch s s Kinman f
! C Erwin 3 b Umsted
^ Sprigg 1 f Cobb
I Erwin 1 b Beard
| Jones c O’Neal
j Buford p Reamey
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