NTENCES
fanuel Wal
One Year
ms.
of the Jack
:ourt, which
rial of cases ;
[ocket open- ;
. Judge Jo
chosen spe
ertain cases
3. Jeffery is
his former
y attorney,
nder indict
ffered pleas
ted peniten
were Albert
riven three
fizing Con
store and Manuel Wal
j^ear for robbing the
Iboy of $30 in money
irst case called Monday
•n was that of Virgil
legro, charged with per
f * Record in Brief.
| National Bank versus
I Barry E. Jennings, debt; judg
f ment £or plaintiff.
A. V^. versus rimux
k Terry and Sherman Miller, jury
^ trial Saturday and verdict for
plaintiff for value of horse $150
and damages $25. Motion for .
. dndgq^^lyagainst sureties on ;
I bond filed by plaintiff sustained, i
J. H. Elfrank versus Sam Gist,
IL debt; verdict for defendant.
I State versus Billie Hendricks,
B gaming; forfeiture on bond
!?■ set aside, defendant to pay costs
| of attachment. Plea of guilty,
f fined $10.
State versus Annie' Scott, con
tinued for Mat Reed and Nat
Pittmann as witnesses for state.
| State versus Leo Walden, as
Iand battery, plea of guilty ;
ine of $f>.
te versus T. E. Mantooth,
ing a pistol; continued
et for second Monday.
,te versus Robert J. Meade,
g liquor; pled guilty and
$50 in one case, other two
prossed.
-te versus John Redus, eer
copy of indictment for
er in first degree for kill
f George Gould, delivered
fendant in open court Sat
• morning at 8:50 o’clock.
Balf^Iillion Increase.
g equalization board for
on county, composed of H.
mmons, John N. Gardner
). R. Hite reconvened Mon
fternoon in the office of the
clerk and is going over
essments for 1911.
ssessment figures on
county real and person
;y this year will show
a million dollar in
^that of last year
_jry _^4ditable re
it' assessor,'
. arid will con
toward bring
i scrip to par.
I
Spend $30,000 On Light Plant.
Paragould, Sept. 16.—By the
first of December Paragould
will have a modern electric light
plant. The company that owns
the combined light and ice plant
has decided to spend $30,000 in
improving the lighting system.
!Mow that the company has in
stalled all-day current, it pro
poses to add equipments to the
Diant that will properly care for
:he increasing business. With
this end in view a deal has just
Deen closed for a 150-horsepower
Dorliss engine and a 350 K. W.
lynamo at an expense of $15,000
rhese machines will arrive in a
short time.
I0HN RUDDELL
KILLS NUB DUNN
Viet In Public Road Near Dunn’s
Home Where Dispute End
ed In Shooting.
special to Independent.
Tuckerman, Sept. 18.—About
L0 o’clock this Monday morning,
Tub Dunn and John Ruddell
net in the public road near
Dunn’s home and after a few
words over a disputed telephone
Dili, Ruddell shot Dunn through
:he left breast. The men were
tot more than eight or ten feet
ipaxM and the load from Rud
lell’s gun tore a gaping wour. ?
n the body of Dunn, who fell
nost instantly. His only words
vere “O Lordie” as the shot tore
nto his breast and neighbors
,vho came up, carried him to his
lome.
Ruddell went at once to Bat
:le Axe to surrender to Consta
ble Ritchie, who expected to
:ake him to jail at Newport
Monday afternoon. There is
iot much public feeling aroused
Tom the killing, for Some say
hat Dunn was armed, though
his is denied by others.
Both men were respected in
:he communities in which they
ived and enjoyed good reputa
;ions. Dunn was about 45 years
bf age and leaves a widow and
'ive children, while Ruddell was
about 30 years of age and has a
.vife and two children.
The story of the tragedy is
ibout as follows: Not long ago
Ruddell sold Dunn some peach
es, which the latter claimed
tvere all rotten and this brought
about bad feeling between the
:wo men. Dunn had a telephone
and this line was used by Rud
lell lately to call a doctor. Dunn
insisted on Rudctell paying for
four messages, while the latter
Maimed it was only three.
7\ T vi Ax r y-v-i rx v»v» i n ri* 111111 Id 1 Ss
ivife and two children had been
hauling a load of corn in their
ivagon and were about 150 yards
2ast of their home when they
met Ruddell in his buggy com
ing from Tuckerman.
The telephone account was at
mce brought up and when Rud
dell got out of his buggy with a
shot gun, Mrs. Dunn and chil
dren jumped off the wagon and
ran. Whether Dunn was armed
jr made a move to draw a gun
is not known.
Look! .Look!
A very desirable large cottage
5 rooms and bath, on two well
?illed lots, together with good
sefvants house and barns, for
sale at a very low price. See
fames T. Henderson at once at
McLain hotel. 43d6t
MOST Of CROP ”
IS NOW OPEN
Reports Shows Crop Not Gener
ally As Good As Last
Year.
i
—
The Commercial Appeal’s
weekly cotton crop report, recog
, nized as one, of the most accur
ate says:
| "The most triking feature oi
the cotton crop is the large
' amount of cotton that is ’open,
In all states east of the Missis
sippi river from 65 to 85 pei
cent of the bolls are open. This
■ appears to be a record for any
! recent year. Rains in the
western districts have retarder
; opening to some extent ano
parts of Texas are making a top
crop. Elsewhere the late
growth is not important and it
i appears that any likely frost will
I do small damage.
| "Temperatures were very
; high during the week and pick
ing was retarded. With season
able weather and no rain, great
advancement will be made this
I
week. As ymt no withholding
from market is noted and the
ginning has been heavy, but the
temper of the farmers is to ex
| pect higher prices and later the
I crop may not be so freely sole
unless prices improve.
In this, the last weekly re
port of the present growing sea
son, correspondents’ opinion
summarize about as follows:
“North and South Carolina—
Crop no better and possibly
slightly less than last year.
“Georgia—A large out-turn in
i southern and central counties,
with possibly a little smallei
crop than last year in the north
“Alabama—Owing to a gooc
crop in the southern districts
the yield may exceed last year,
but only moderately. Very
j heavy damage by worms.
“Mississippi — Indications
'point to a smaller ciop than last
year.
I “Tennessee and Missouri—Ex
pectations are for a good crop
but not the record -breaker once
predicted.
“Louisiana — Estimates rur
30 to 50 per cent over 1910.
“Arkansas—Much confusion
exists as to the likely outcome,
“Oklahoma — Indie ations
point to a smaller crop than last
year.
Texas—The crop will be larg
er than last season, where ideas
are expressed they run 10 to 25
per cent greater.’’
Inman-Bettis Wedding.
j Special to Independent.
Swifton, Sept. 18.—A surprise
| wedding- occurred here Sunday
afternoon about 3 o’clock, wher
! A. M. Inman, one of our clever
est merchants, was married t<
! Mi’s. O. C. Bettis on the latter’s
place 1 y~2 miles southeast oi
| Swifton.
The couple have the gooc
wishes and congratulations oi
many friends here. Esquire W,
i T. Atway performed the rite
■and refreshments were served
j to visitors during the evening.
i Just received new sweet, sour,
j school girl, and dill pickles, sour
kraut and new mackerel at
j. Snetzer’s. 44dtf.
Received Daily
Sweet Potatoes, Pears, Celery,
Grapes, Cocoanuts, Apples, Lem
ons anch Bananas.—Snetzer’s
. Grocery. 44dtf.
Anthrax Killing Stock.
I Jonesboro, Sept. 16.—An
j thrax, a deadly stock disease,
■ has alarmed the northwestern
part of Craighead county. This
morning Ed Reeves reported the
| loss of a mule and a few rrtinutes
later Lee Colter reported the
loss of two valuable animals,
! and others are dying off in
alarming manner from the mal
ady. Veterinarians are rushing
to that neighborhood, and Drs.
Sharp and Martin left before!
noon for Prospect to vaccinate
all stock there. j
Lightning Kills Mules.
Lightning killed a fine team
of mules belonging to Louis ,!
Ballard of Magness township
last Saturday. They were out in!
a pasture when they were j
struck, and Mr. Ballard knew
nothing of the loss until he dis- j
covered their dead bodies Sun-!
day. This was one of the best j
teams in this part of the coun
try. Mr. Ballard bought the ani
mals last spring, paying for
them*$500, and the loss falls
! heavily upon him.—Newark
. Journal.
LAWYERS EIGHT
IN REEVES CASE
>
i
Jury Hangs In Famous Case In
Which Reeves Is Charged
With Forgery.
Jonesboro, Sept. 17.—The ju
ry in the case of the state vs.
J. R. Reeves, charged with for
gery, was discharged yesterday
afternoon by Judge Driver, and
a mistrial entered. A poll show
ed the jury equally divided, six
in favor of conviction, six for ac
quittal. The case attracted
more attention than any case
ever tried in this county, owing
to the prominence of the parties.
J. C. Hawthorne and Clyde Go-j
ing represented the defense, the j
state being represented by Pros
ecuting Attorney Caraway.
A fewT moments after the pros
ecuting attorney opened his ar
gument Saturday morning,
w’ords were passed replete with
insinuations, and a moment later
J. C. Hawthorne and Mr. Cara
way engaged in combat. Sheriff
Nash intervened, and trouble
jwas averted. Later, however,
I the belligerents met in the rest
Colonial Misses’' Party.
“Mrs. Fay Temple” enter
tained a number of her friends
Saturday afternoon at her home
on Hazel street. The hostes«L
was assisted in receiving her'^'N.
guests by her sisters, “Mrs.
Townsend” and Mrs. Shively.”
The afternoon was very pleas
antly spent in various gamfes
and guessing contests, at the
close of which a delicious lunch
of fruit sherbet and. cake was
served by the hostess, assisted jg**
by her mother, Mrs. A. T. Htf
bly, and Mrs. C. R. Pate, Miss
Clara Pate and Miss Mildred
Johnson.
Those present were Mesdames
Geo. Pepper, Guy Coates, Marie
Cox, K. B. Highpockets, J. 0.
Powell, C. T. Burns, A. C. Crab
tree, D. B. Morris, J. L. Oakford,
Rex McCuistion, J. A. Hill, S. T.
Hindman, M. H. Fly, M. E.
rie, D. A. Gregg, Helen Pope,
Guy Gray, May Brown, E. P./•
Bowen, E. L. Watson and MisS
Dove Erwin.
n
All were attired in beautiful;
and elaborate costumes and in
taking leave of their hostess
vowed that the day would long
remain in their memories as a
most pleasant and enjoyable oc
casion.
_—S'-*■*'
INSURGENT LEADER
DIES SUDDENLY
I _
Congressman Madison of Kansas
Victim of Apoplectic
Stroke.
Special to Independent.
St. Louis, Sept. 188.—E. H.
Madison, congressional repre
sentative from the Seventh
Kansas district, died suddenly!
today of apoplexy at his home
in Dodge City, Kansas. He was
46 years old and served in the
Sixtieth and Sixty-first con
gresses and was a leader in the
insurgent movement.
Installs New Fountain.
i The City Drug Company is
(having placed in their store a
j handsome new “Tungsten Car
' bonated Air” soda fountain,
which will be one of the most up
to-date fountains in the city. It
is of the mission style, with an
immense bevel plate mirror.
Mr. Virtue intends keeping all
kinds of the popular drinks for
both winter and summer and
will no doubt receive a liberal
patronage of the people.
i room, and the sheriff again was
I compelled to intervene. Judge
! Driver placed both of the offend
ers under a $1,000 bond for ap
pearance next Monday,
Young Man Suicides.
Hoxie, Sept. 17.—Claude Lo
max, son of a well-known local
attorney, secured a pistol be
longing to Night Baggageman
Whaley at the Union depot
about 1 o’clock this morning,
and before he could be prevented
placed it against his head and
fired. Death was instantaneous.
Whaley at once called up a lo
cal physician. He was after- j
ward placed under arrest, as he
and Lomax were alone at the
time the latter met his death.
After an investigation, however,
he was turned loose, as there
was no evidence to disprove his
story that Lomax took his own
life.
Lomax was of a melancholy
disposition and is thought to
have committed the act on a sud
den impulse. He was 25 years
of age.
cimuicii cum »? • n. UMUVUI). SS*! I :
Mr, Crook and ^
E.
Dri
mo
Sat
enj
bil<
ing home about 10 o’clock. S
I Dr. J. S. Graham of Tucker
[ man spent this morning in our
If We Want You To See The •
j New Fall Goods
Come in and look around, see what the newest styles aie
and learn what really good goods can be sold tor little dBIlM
money.
We cordially invite you to come and acquaint yourself
with the new fashions, even though you have no intention
of buying.
We’re ready with everything that is new and correct this
season in apparel for men.
The new Suits and Overcoats are handsome this season,
and we are exhibiting the choicest ones to be found. All
are made according to this stores high standards of qual
ity and workmanship and priced at our usual fair prices.
jtQT nothing Co Bonin'ClotHes
/os. M. Berger. Ji