fiDRY
fOR TEN DAYS
pending Publication
tltions And Action
lSame by County
Courts.
lidnight tonight every
the state, including 6
71 in 'Little Rock,
enta, and all those in
j, Hot Springs, Helena
Bluff and other wet cit
! state, will be closed,
he next ten days at
ill not be possible to !
legally any intoxicants
ite of Arkansas. For
in its history abso
>wide prohibition will
t .
meantime petition for
ice of liquor licenses
iblished in the various
re the figlit for license
ide, and the saloon and
j forces will carry the
he county judges who
tested arbiters under
y General Moose rules
petitions, to be legal,
ublished as required by
fter the act becomes
. - ' i j_i_ _ A-_li:
dan. Lf anu uiat ^uwu
ior to that time as
at Fort Smith, are not
ace with the law. He
that if it can be
t any persons whose
ear on the petition,
idents of the commun
anuary 1, their signa
not valid, and should
d. It is within the
e petitions to be circu
1 to January 1, for
at become a valid in
iintil they are properly
the county court.
(port, Deputy Sheriff
mons has been spend
st day of the year in
and serving the peti
ihout 30 inhnb tants
d the petition for li
ing that their names
id.
he petition for license
iblished is not known,
t contains a majority
■a and will be left for
' court to determine.
v January term of
•rt will convene Mon
t what date Judge C.
| adjourn court to
*Wlications for li
not been announced.
es that the matter
ore court after a
£ Pictures
Opera House
BILLY and
Navajo maid
ie ordinary Western
• M. Anderosn.
(S. and A.)
lluck
comedy featuring
n> Juanita Sponsler,
an<^ Virginia Myers.
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® UNCLE ASA
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SCULPTOR
PATHE)
5 *** 1ft CENTS.
Real Estate Transfers.
C. E. Smith, commissioner to
Ad B. Jones, trustee, lot 1, block
9 and lot 3, block 10, Barnwell’s
Addition, Grubbs, $758.
P. N. Massey and wife to C.
F. Dean, 73.87 acres 32-12-3,
$10.
Mary A. Jowers to J. M. Ju
lian and wife, lot 2, block 30,
Lawrence Addition, Tuckerman,
$600.
R. V. Blanton and wife to U.
L. Hickmon, 80 acres 5-11-3,
$2,000.
N. E. Goodman to Frank
Thompson, 80 acres 11-12-3,$50.
Ernest Thompson to Frank
Thompson, one-eighth interest
80 acres 11-12-3, $40.
Henry Thompson to Frank
Thompson, interest in same
tract, $75.
Homer Thompson and wife to
J. F. Thompson, interest in same
tract, $75.
Joe Thompson and wife to
Frank Thompson, interest in
same tract, $300.
Otis Thompson and wife to
Frank Thompson, interest in
same tract, $175.
J. I. Hasting to F. M. Thorn
ton, lot 4, block 8, Tupelo,
$442.50.
L. A. Jackson to Wm. N. Dun
away, 1-7 interest in 368.53
acres 7-11-3, $1,200.
J. W. Nicholson and wife to
■Mkinnlonn Hill rintlnn Gnmnanv.
580 acres 12, 13-14-2, $22,500.
Viola Matthews to G. M. Dud
ley, 120 acres 20-14-1, $4,900.
Henry Esmeyer to Burt Wil
liams, 80 acres 31-10-4, $1,200.
Notice Of Sewer Tax.
The tax books for the collec
tion of the Special Sewer Tax
on real property in Sewer Dis
trict No. 1 for the Fifth Annual
Assessment to maintain and op
erate said sewer system, have
been placed in my hands. All
owners of real property lying in
district and required to pay
their taxes to me within thirty
days from date. If such assess
ment is not paid action will be
commenced at the end of that
time for the collection of said
assessment, and for the legal
penalties and cost.
Given under my hand this
29th day of December, 1913.
L. Minor, Collector
Sewer District No. 1, Newport,
Arkansas. 29d30
Mnnn T.ifw Rack To Paris.
Milan, Dec. 30.—Leonardo Da
Vinci’s masterpiece “Mona Lisa”
is on its journey back to Paris.
The director and curator of the
Louvre and several Italian offi
cials kept guard over it when it
left Milan this afternoon. Great
crowds visited the picture at the
Brera Gallery. The crowds pro
tested against its removal, ask
ing that it remain a little longer
An escort of police and Carbin
eers will accompany the picture
to the frontier, where it finally
will be delivered to France.
First Annual Banquet.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 31.— The
first annual New Year’s banquel
| of the Little Rock Press Clut
; will be held this evening at si>
i o’clock at the Hotel Marion,
i will be complimentary to the
wives of the members. Governoi
Hays, Judge W. M. Kananaugl
and Horace G. Mitchell, w <
thereby become honorary mem
, bers of the club. The club nov
| has a membership of abou
DAN JONES
| WINS NOMINATION
For Representative And Alnutt
Defeats Dutch Jones For
! Constable.
1 Little Rock, Dec. 31.—The re
turns from Little Rock and Ar
genta and from 10 of the 22
country townships from the Pu
; laski county Democratic primary
i make it certain that former gov
ernor, Dan W. Jones, will be a
j member of the Pulaski county
[delegation in the 1915 legislature
and indicate that Mr. Shoffner,
j Mr. Griffin and Mr. Riegler will
be his colleagues. While J. B.
! Webster is not so far behind the
I last named three, the vote from
the missing townships is so
j light that there is little likeli
ihood that he will overtake any
I of the leaders.
ALLNUTT DEFEATS JONES,
j Richard R. Allnutt, for consta
ible of Big Rock township, was
elected over former Constable W.
A. (Dutch) Jones by a vote of
more than three to one, the for
mer receiving 1949 votes in Lit
tle Rock and the three outlying
precincts to 639 cast for Jones.
Of the 2,385 votes cast for this
office in the city of Little Rock,
Allnutt received 1,767.
In Argenta Tom Warnell was
elected constable of Hill town
ship, on the complete returns re
ported last night, over his oppo
nent, L. W. Roberts, by a bare
majority of seven votes; War
nell getting 211 to 204 for Rob
erts. This vote includes that of
Hill township at Levy.
It was impossible, owing to the
large number of candidates for
justice of the peace in Big Rock
township to get the vote for this
office. There were 30 candidates
for the 23 offices to be elected.
Five of this number desire one
of the four active offices.
In Argenta the five candidates
for justice of the peace who
sought active offices were elect
' ed; all four announcing for the
nonactive places losing.
This situation, it is said, is not
viewed with favor by the Argen
ta city administration. It has
been learned from experience
that with five justices hunting
for business, the number of ar
rests made in the city is likely
to show an alarming increase,
which does neither the reputa
tion of the city nor its finances
any good.
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Hill May Be Candidate.
Little Rock, Dec. 31.—Judge
J. M. Hill of Fort Smith, former
chief justice of the Arkansas su
preme court and leading council
for the state in the long railroad
rate litigation, told Little Rock
friends yesterday he will an
nounce definitely within the week
whether he will become a candi
date for United States senator in
opposition to the three aspirants
now in the field.
> During his stay in Little Rock
! yesterday Judge Hill conferred
; with many local politicians and
! friends relative to the advisabil
I ity of entering the race for the
j toga now worn by Senator James
; P. Clarke, who is a candidate for
1 re-election.
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■ ‘ Mrs. J. D. Weaver has return
ed from a visit to her husband
* at Grubbs, Ark., who has the cor
tract for the erection of severa
residences in that prosperous
[and fast growing little town.
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Marriage License.
London Toles and Artie Antho
ny, colored, both of Auvergne.
Quency Stuart and Carrie
West, colored, both of Olyphant.
S. N. Gawf, Newport and
Mary Brabzson, Tuckerman.
P. A. Mays and Mrs. Sarah
Jane Hopkins, both of Swifton.
L. A. Johnson, Cotter and
Whizzie Engles, Salado.
Henry McDonald, Weldon and
Bessie Mallory, colored, Shoff
ner.
Mose Dupin and Irene Drakes,
colored, both of Newport.
Willie Johnson and Julia Ster
ling, both of Batesville.
T. Moody Stith and Ellen
Sloan, colored, both of Tucker
man.
George Pace and Jessie Mead,
both of Eight Mile.
W. F. Nash, Newport and Mag
nolia Ballentine, Auvergne.
Willie Thomas and Bell Whit
low7, both of Tuckerman.
Arthur Lax and Leona Taylor,
*both of Tupelo.
' J. E. Koehler and Mollie K.
Alexander, both of Denmark.
' Dan Wilson and Charity
Wheeler, both of Tuckerman,
Dolta Burgess and Winona
O’Brien, both of Bradford.
W. H. Vandaveer and Edna
Rigg, both of Pleasant Plains.
Sim Robertson and Mrs. Liz
zie Coleman, both of Swiftton.
E. R. Miller and Ivy D. Bible,
both of Pennington.
Joe Miller and Mrs. Gertrude
Uzzell, both of Weldon.
John W. Morgan and Allis
Mudd, colored, both of Auvergne.
Joe Maise and Bertie Barber,
both of Swiftton.
Tom Chastain and Ethel Gow
er, both of Oil Trough.
Auto Tax Will Be $1,000.
Batesville, Dec. 30.—The au
tomobile tax in Independence
county will amount to nearly
$1,000 this year, as there are
about 200 machines in Independ
ence county. Batesville has
about 126, Newark 25 and there
are about 25 in other parts of the
county. Collector Burton Ar
nold is arranging to collect the
automobile tax before he starts
on his other collections.
TICKERMAN NEWS.
Miss Laura Nuckolls, who is J
attending school at Jonesboro,
spent several days with her pa-1
rents in this city.
Penn Davis’ parents of Harri
son spent several days with him 1
last week.
Will Hurst will move to town
one day this week.
When in need of Fire Insur
ance see Jackson County Realty j
Co. at Tuckerman—office on t he ,
second floor of the Smith brick, j
James Graham spent Satur-1
day in Little Rock on business.
Miss Willie Penix and Miss
Ida Dowell went shopping at Lit
tle Rock last week.
That farm you have been try
ing to sell list it with Jackson j
County Realty Co. They will j
find you a buyer. wit >
Will Sigler, a former citizen of .
this place, died near Pine Bluff ;
and his remains were brought to
this place for burial. He leaves
a wife and several children. The
remains were laid to rest Satur
day at Elgin by the W. 0. W. of
which he was a member.
S. W. Harvey and family will
leave Sunday for their home at
Nashville after spending several
days at their old home in this
city.
Col. M. M. Stuckey and Geo.
A. Hillhouse of Newport had
business in our city Tuesday.
J. E. Graham and wife have
had the pleasure of the visit of
three of their sons, who live in
different parts of the country,
during the holidays.
Mrs. Iva Lamb spent the holi
days with her husband, return
ing Sunday for her school work.
Uncle Deaf Stevens, the name
he was known by, died at his
home a few miles east of Tuck
erman Monday. He was an hon
est, hard working man. He
leaves a wife and several child
ren.
J. W. Lindley of Kenyon was
in town Tuesday on business.
James Bailey spent the holi
days with relatives and old
friends in Mississippi.
Mrs. George W. McCluen of
Little Rock visited a few days in
this town the first of the week.
George Churchman and fam
ily came in home from Oklahoma
Tuesday after visiting relatives
for several days.
Contractor A. R. Anderson
and E. C. Julian spent Monday in
Little Rock on business.
At a meeting of the stock
holders of the Rank of Tucker
man on last Tuesday they pur-;
chased a new safe. The safe
they have bought is the most
modern make and will be second
in size in the county.
Hookworm Inspectors Confer.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. lU.— A con
ference of the inspectors at
work in the state for the Rocke
feller Hookworm Commission,
was held Monday at the State
Board of Health for the purpose
of planning the 1914 campaign
Those present were T. B. Brad
ford, W. P. Jacocks, E. A. Camp
bell, T. M. Ply and C. W. Gar
rison. They have been covering
six counties every three months
hut are working much more
rapidly now than at first, and
Hope to complete the survey of
the state in three years.
This campaign for the exter
mination of the hookworm is be
ing conducted in eleven states
of the South. It is a tropical
and semi-tropical disease, and is
not found in the North. John
D. Rockefeller originally set a
part one million dollars for the
work, but this has been aug
mented, and is now under the
Rockefeller Foundation, of
which Wickliffe Rose is execu
tive secretary.
Candidate For Treasurer.
The Independent has been au
thorized to announce the candi
dacy of Perry Clark for the of
fice of city treasurer, subject to
the action of the city primary.
He is a very capable and wor
thy young business man who
possesses the confidence of the
public, is affable and courteous
and enjoys a wide circle of
friends.
He^is a young man of strong
character and is well fitted to
creditably discharge the duties
of the responsible office to which
he aspires. _
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j Overcoat in the Store
t at 4 off—None are reserved
Think what you save by buying now! The style that’s wanted fabric and
color that’s “good” now is here. You are almost sure to find exactly what you
want if you come quick. The time has come to clear our cabinets to make way tor
the new spring garments soon to arrive, hence this important reduction m prices tor
10 days only.
$30.00 Suits and Overcoats..now *J2.50
$25.00 Suits and Overcoats—...-BOW J®**®
$20.00 Suits and Overcoats--now
$18.00 Suits and Overcoats--B0W J”“®
$15.00 Suits and Overcoats-B0W 11,z*
If you want to wear better clothes than ordinary without pay
ing so much as is usually asked for the common kind, you want to
attend this sale.
Berger'S
"j?TA* CLOTHING HOUSE.