Newport Daily independent.
<4 VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1914. NUMBER 177
COURT SUPPORTS !
BOTH PROPOSALS
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Appropriates $1,000 For Farm j
Demonstration Agent And
$500 For Canning Club i
Demonstration.
f The annual quorum court man- ^
ifested its progressive spirit, as j
well as paid recognition to the
results of farm demonstration j
work, when an appropriation of '
$1000 was voted Thursday morn-1
„ ing for a government demonstra-!
) tion agent for this county and j
$500 for an agent among the
girls of Jackson county to show |
what profits may be made
through canning and the organ-'
ization of such clubs.
Four other members of the
court reached Newport for the
afternoon session Wednesday.
They were, W. N. Nance, R. C.
Roy and E- A. Gilmore. W. M.
Whitlow was present the second
day. The reports of the county
clerk, county judges, treasurer
and sheriff were all received au
dited and approved and the re
cords of the court completed
Thursday afternoon.
The appropriations made were
as follows:
Circuit Court_$9,500 '
County Court__$7,500 j
Justice Peace__$750 j
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Assessment and Tax
Books__$1,000 j
□ Jail_$2,500
County Hospital _$1,500
Court House and Heating, $600
Roads and Bridges_$2,000
r State Tuberculosis Sanita
rium __$500
County Clerk Typewriter, $300
Newport-Jacksonport
Bridge-- $400
Cache River Bridge, Breck- I
enridge ford_$800 ,
Bee Tree Slough (Bryan
, township) _$250
Village Creek (Glass I
/ township) —-$400
v Swan Pond (Dowell
Place)_- $200
9 Locust Creek (2 bridges
in Cache)--$300
Repair Mink Hill i
with rock_$300
Farm Demonstration —$1,000
Demonstration Canning <
Club_$500
Hauling clay Battle-Axe
Centerville--$200 i
The following tax levies were
made: i
State general, 2 1-4 mills.
Shite school, 3 mills. 1
State pension, 11-2 mills.
State capitol, 1-8 mill.
County general. 5 mills.
Road tax, 3 mills.
Poll tax, $1.
The five mill corporation tax
was levied for Newport, Tucker
man. Swifton, Jacksonport and
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iiruuus umi & iimirs iux 1cnun^
District No. 1. I
The tax levied in the various
school districts is as follows:
Seven mills in all the special
districts, except Denmark, and
-tall the other districts except as
named below:
Districts 5, 8, 20, 23, 25, 26,
and 41, five mills and no tax
in Denmark Special
’ British Seize American Copper.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 29.—
Seizure at Gibraltar of two Ital
ian vessels carrying American
^copper has been reported to
the State Department.
The State Department has ca
bled the consul at Gibraltar ask
tv ing for an explanation. It is
V ejected that the United States
will make representations be
fore the British against a con
fiscation of the copper.
It is believed that the British
feared the copper now consign
‘ ed to Italy, would be reconsign
i ^ ed overland to the Germans.
r Bananas!
I have a car of nice, ripe ba
nanas that I am selling cheap,
by the bunch or by the dozen—
J Car now on the Iron Mountain
\ tracks, opposite Wolff-Gold
V man’s. ,
1 J. B. Heard.
Marriage License.
Theodore Tyre and Mrs. Mary
Paragin, both of Russell.
Claude Ray and Myrtle Ladd,
both of Magness.
Willie Odum and Trudy Craw
ford, colored, both of Auvergne.
H. N. Davenport and Rosa O
wens, both of Newport.
B. C. Huckabee and Clara Hal
broks, both of Beedeville.
Jerry Armstrong and Emma
Simpson, colored both of Tupelo.
Walter Baughman, Newport,
and Edith Maxfield, Batesville.
Henry Bice and Maggie Us
sery, both of Newport.
A. J. Turner and Emma Brown
both of Newport.
L. W. Williams and Millie
Merrill, colored, both of New
port.
Zeb O’Bannon and Ollie
Vaughn, both of Swifton.
EMDEN ADDS
TWO VICTIMS
German Cruiser Torpedoes And
Sinks Russian Cruiser And
French Destroyer.
United Press Dispatch.
London. Oct. 29.—Advices
here from Tokio say that the
British ambassador there has
learned that the German cruis
er Emden, flying the Japanese
flag, slipped into Port Penang,
of the Straights Settlements and
torpedoed the Russian cruiser
Jemtchug, and a French de
stroyer in the harbor with con
siderable loss of life.
It is reported that another
steamer has been destroyed on
the coast of Ireland, striking a
mine.
ALLIES CAPTURE -
GERMAN TRENCHES
But End is Not Yet For Ger
mans are Bringing Up Large
Reinforcements.
United Press Dispatch.
Paris, Oct. 29.—The Allies
are continuing their progress a
gainst the Germans, especially
in the region of Ypres and Ar
ras, where they took the Ger
man trenches according to an
official statement of the war of
fice.
It is also stated that the Al
lies are advancing in the Argon
ne region and in the Apremont
forest. Conditions are unchang
ed elsewhere.
Physical exhaustion is learn
ed to be the reason for the
troops slackening their opera
tions in the north. The Ger
man losses far outnumber the
Allies, but their second lines are
intact and there is a desultory
artillery fire today. The Ger
mnm? ova lu'inmntr t Vwyiicci nrlc nf
reserves to reinforce their line
south through Belgium, and it
is believed that preparations are
being made for an attempt to
advance on the Nieuport-Dir
mude-Lille-Arras lines.
Nine More Bodies Found.
United Press Dispatch.
Herrin, 111., Oct. 29.— Nine
additional bodies victims from
Tuesday’s explosion and fire
were found this morning in a
pocket of the Franklin mine at
Royalton, bringing the total
number of dead to fifty-nine.
This discovery gives rise tc
the reports that more are miss
ing and the search continues.
Riots Start In Arkansas Mine
United Press Dispatch.
Fort Smith, Oct. 29.—There is
rioting again in the Prairk
Creek coal camp, thirteen miles
northwest of here, according t(
reports to the federal marshal.
The miners and deputies bat
tied throughout the night anc
all wires to Prairie Creek havf
been cut. These miners strucl
last April.
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Hot drinks at Bevens’ store.
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NEGRO HELD
! WITHOUT BAIL
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John VAoodard Charged Jointly
: With Negro Hung By Mob
' ! As Guilty Of Murder Of
Officer Payne.
—
i The inquest over the remains
of Night Officer James Payne
| was concluded Wednesday by
Coroner Melville and the verdict
of the jury was that the officer
l“came to his death at the hands
of Joe Davis and John Woodard
by gunshot wounds, and recom
■mended that they be held with
out bail.” The jury apparently
refused to take coznizance of the
fact that Davis has already paid
j the penalty for his crime at the
hands of the mob.
■ The Payne inquest begun Sun
day was resumed Wednesday
morning, when the following
.witnesses were heard: G. C.
Martin, Ab Lawrence, D. L
Proctor, B. G. Graham, Dr. G. K.
'Stephens, Joseph Lewis and
John Woodard. The negro last
named, who was taken to Little
Rock Sunday evening and held
in the Pulaski county jail for
safe keeping was brought here
to testify and his evidence is
the only testimony which bears
directly on the killing.
The negro testified that Joe
Davis came by his house about
2 o’clock Sunday morning and
that they went up town after a
bowl of soup. When returning,
and in front of Hafner Grocer
Company, Payne came up and
said to the two negroes, “Con
sider yourself under arrest.”
The negro Joe had his hands in
:his pocket and the officer said
| “Take your hands out of your
I pocket.” As the negro Joe pull
ed his hands out, he brought out
a gun and began shooting. The
witness claimed that this scared
him and that he ran home and
didn’t know until the next morn
ing that Officer Payne was shot,
i Marshal Gus Martin related
the story of the finding of
Payne’s body and the arrest of
the two negroes- When Davis
had been arrested he told the
’marshal that the Woodard negro
had a shooting match with Mr.
’Pavne and that he (Davis) was
hit by a stray bullet. On the
other hand, Woodard when ar
rested. had told the marshal
that Davis did the shooting.
Ab Lawrence told of the find
ing of the emptv shells from a
.38 calibre S. & W. where the ne
gro Davis had lain the remain
der of the night after the shoot
ing.
D. L. Proctor, night watch
iman at the handle factory, test
ified that in the shooting Sunday
j morning one shot was fired and
ithat after an interval of . a few
| seconds four successive shots
'were fired.
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Lj. VJ. VjI cl 11 cli11 ucaiu i/iiv.
'shooting and testified that it
looked as though two parties
'were shooting at each other
about ten or fifteen feet apart.
After No. 5 had gone south, wit
ness went to the scene of the
shooting and found the body of
Officer Payne
Dr. Stephens testified as to
ithe bullet having entered the
back in the region of the tenth
i rib four inches to the right of
the spinal column, ranging a
little upward and coming out at
the right breast. The bullet, a
,! 38 calibre, probably penetrated
the heart or some of the large
vessels in the neighborhood.
Joseph Lewis, a negro, testi
fied that he found Joe Davis
wrounded Sunday morning in the
weeds near his house and that
he assisted the negro to Bob
Griffin’s house. He asked Davis
' who shot him and the latter an
swered “a police.” He also saw
that Davis had a pearl handled
revolver. When Lewis came
’ down he heard of the mur
der of Officer Payne and went to
Marshal Martin and Sheriff Mc
Cuistion and told them the
house where he had carried Da
vis.
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Relief Fund Nearly $300.
A generous public continues to
'send in liberal subscriptions to
the Payne relief fund, which is
: now close to the $300 mark and
! still growing rapidly.
Mr. A. N- Walker of the New
port Water, Light & Power Co.,
I makes the following kind re
i sponse to the appeal for aid:
Newport, Oct. 28, 1914.
IDear Mr. Van Dyke:
Find herewith check for $5.00
as my contribution to the Payne
relief fund. The company has
sent Mrs. Payne a receipted bill
for this quarter’s water rent,
and if she remains in the city,
will see that her water bills are
receipted each quarter during
1915.
Verv sincerely,
A. N. WALKER.
Previously acknowl
edged _$239-50
A. N. Walker_ $5.00
J. A. Baird_ 5.00
W. A. Billingsley_ 5.00
Mrs. R. B. Hocking_ $5.00
Johnson-Avera Hardware
Company_ 500
R. J. Huguley_ 2.50
Lucien Daugherty_ 2.50
!T. J. Gregg_ 2.50
O. R. Dunham_ 1.50
Graveling Men__ 1.00
Bowen’s Studio_ 1.00
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B- J. Best_ 1.00
Mrs. E. Merrell_ 1,0.0
C. P. Bandy_ 1.00
W. T. Parish_ 1.00
M. Gorman_ 1.00
Mrs. Jas. Sheets_ 1-00
W. R. Whitten_ 1.00
Leo Saenger_ 1.00
Total_$284.50
Real Estate Transfers.
C. J. Sharkey to C. J. Pen
ock, 20 acres 15-9-1, $150.
C. J. Penock to J. B. Taylor,
40 acres 15-9-1, $144.50.
Carrie A- McNeil to W. H.
Murphy, one-fourth interest in
120 acres 27-14-1, $600, to E. B.
Campbell 200 acres 36, Douglas
Dunsworth and wife to E. B.
Campbell, 200 acdes 36, 3519-1
$1.
S. Heinemann and C. J. Saen
ger to Charley Spence, block 10,
range 5 E., Jacksonport, $60.
For Rent—5 room house. Ap
ply to 201 Ash St.
Moving Pictures
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j The third feature ol the Alice
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Two reel feature
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THE BANK BURGLAR’S
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A strong, two reel detective
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BOER REVOLI
WELL IN HAND
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Botha Routs Rebels Under Bey
ers and No Serious Rebellion
Is Expected.
United Press Dispatch.
London, Oct. 29.—South Afri
can reports indicate that the re
volt is now well in hand. Pre
mier Botha, prepared for the
revolution, proceeded immediate
ly, routing the rebels under
Beyers of the West Transvaal
Colony and a general advance a
! gainst the rebels has begun ev
| erywhere. The rebellion is not
;a serious menace to the govern
ment.
ENTIRE RUSSIAN
i ARMY ADVANCES
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j Fall of Przemysl Predicted Soon
i And Austrians Are Retreat
ing Before the Left Wing
(United Press Dispatch.
Petrograd, Oct. 29.—The en
tire Russian army is advancing
against the Austro-Germans,
Galician advices stating that the
Russian left is enveloping the
Austrians there, while the Rus
sians’ center and right are forc
ing the Germans back on the
East Prussian frontier.
The Austrians are now re
treating from the southern sec
tion as a result of the week’s
fighting, and the Przemysl re
sistance is the only barrier to
a uniform advance of the en
tire Russian left. Holes in the
walls of the forts have been
torn by the Russian shells and
the statement that prisoners
were captured in sorties indi
cates that Przemysl is totering
and will soon fall.
The Germans in east Prussia
are covering their retreat with
artillery. Many prisoners have
been abandoned and guns taken.
REPORTS GERMAN GENER
ALS SHOT.
United Press Dispatch.
London, Oct. 29.—A Petro-<
grad report says that a captur
ed German officer said that three
generals responsible for the
German disaster at Augustotf,
had been court martialled and
shot by order of the Kaiser. The
Kaiser ordered the position re
captured under the death pen
alty.
GERMANS ADMIT RETREAT.
United Press Dispatch.
Berlin, Oct. 29. —The war of
fice has admitted that the Ger
mans in Russian Poland were
forced to retreat, but said th y
were again assuming the offen
sive in a statement this after
noon.
It is understood that addition
al reinforcements will be sent
to the front. * A
Married Wednesday Morning.
Mr. A. J. Turner and Miss
Emma Brown of near Ingleside
were married Wednesday morn
ing at 11:30 in this city at the
home of the bride’s uncle, Mr.
T- S. Stephens. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. B. L.
Wilford of the Methodist church
and was witnessed only by the
immediate family.
The bride is the only daugh
ter of Mrs. Fannie Brown, and
of an estimable family.
The newly wed returned to
their home on the farm soon af
ter the ceremony, taking with
them the best wishes from their
large number of friends.
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