RUDDELL RELEASED
ON $3,500 BOND
Pending Motion For New Trial
—Defendant Returns To
His Home.
John Ruddell has made an ac
I ceptable bond for $3,500, the
amount fixed by Judge R. E. Jef
fery, and is again enjoying his
personal liberty, having return
ed to his home five miles north
of Tuckerman to join his family
and look after the picking of his
cotton on the George Goer farm.
The bond of the defendant,
who was convicted of murder in
the second degree for the killing
of Hub Dunn and given five
years in the penitentiary, is
signed by Tom E. Jones, Gus
tave Jones, C. C. Ruddell, G. A.
[Mitts and W. R. Holt. The first
named alone qualified for $6000.
The motion for a new trial in
*
this" case will probably be heard
by the court at the adjourned
term early in December and in
|he event this is refused, an ap
Plal will probably be taken.
Elects Another Teacher.
At a meeting of the school
board Tuesday evening. Miss
Corinne Smith, a capable young
lady and daughter of Mr. and
« m T • I 1 f* ju t_i_i
R IVira. VV. J-i. U-L LI1C loianu,
was elected an additional teacher
for the East Side school.
The board also authorized the
first payment to the achitect of
the proposed school building,
t George R. Mann, of Little Rock.
I The phns and specifications for
I the building Jj^ve been accepted
I trA it is estimated that the cost
f| will be $41,000. The warrant in
|| favor of Mr. Mann was for 1 per
R- cent of this amount.
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mLp Nathan Adler Sued.
B; Mrs. Sue B. Simpson, wife of
■Brom Simpson, on Monday filed
HE' suit in circuit court against
■Hlathan Adler, in which damages
the sum of $2,600 are asked.
igR^The complaint alleges that on
evening of September 30th
|||Rie was driving on the street
jg|B>ut 8 o’clock p. m. and that the
iiPI|[endant negligently ran his
fifl^Rmobile into her buggy, dam
SjfiBte the buggy, harness and
causing severe injuries to
BHKif. She alleges that the au
HHBrIc carried no lights, and
^^^Bnnning. on the wrong side
[|ig3H| street. She asks $10
for the harness, $25
Sgi§8§s to the buggy, $75 for
.the horse, and $2,500
^^^^^^Rnjuries.
will probably be
coming term* of
.•'.v'i,-''!'-?;;'.,"?■ ■ Rfni'n01.1 ('of
resent the,plain
Judge Asher, and some evidence
taken with reference to names
that the opposition seek to have
removed for various causes.
There are 8,713 names of this
character, according to repre
sentations made by A. C. Wilson
and C. H. Whittemore, represen
ting th'e executive committee of
the liquor men.
There are less than 20,000
names on the petition. The li
quor men, by Col. W. L. Terry,
their counsel, contended that the
petition was not properly before
the court, and Judge Asher an
nounced that he would take all
the petitions, counter-petitions,
and remonstrances, with the ci
tation of law by both sides, un
der consideration until Nov. 2,
when he would take it up again.
Oidfield-Campbell Debate.
Walnut Ridge, Oct. 10.—The
candidates for congress, Tom
Campbell of Pocahontas and W.
A. Oldfield of Batesville, spoke
here yesterday, the first day of
circuit court. Mr. Campbell
made his usual charge against
Mr. Oldfield, that he introduced
a bill in congress in reference to
the sunken lands question. Mr.
Oldfield in reply stated he intro
duced said bill at the request of
Senator Davis, a matter of court
esy due one body to the other.
Mr. Oldfield read a letter from
Champ Clark, endorsing Mr.
Oldfield’s course. Campbell also
attacked Oldfield on the third
term proposition. Oldfield re
plied that the third term propo
sition had never beer, used
against a congressman in any
part of the country. The candi
dates went from here to DeVail’s
Bluff.
Houpt Case Next Monday.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 11.—r-The ap
peal case of Sid Houpt vs. State,
from Garland county, will be
submitted next Monday. This
is the case in which Sid Houpt,
then sheriff, was charged with
permitting the technical escape
from custody of Ben Murray,
on the 15th of February, 1911.
After indictment, the accused
was removed from office, and
subsequently tried, and con
victed, and fined one dollar and
costs and sentenced to one hour
imprisonment. Muray was be
ing held on a charge of killing
Oscar Chitwood, a prisoner, and
the evidence shows that Murray
was in jail a very small part of
the time, being out chiefly under
guard, and “often-times beyond
the physical control of the sher
iff or any of his guards.”
To Take State Exhibits.
Special to Independent. ,
Little Rock, Oct. 11.—George
E. Mockmon, a Little Rock real
estate dealer, is arranging to
take a quantity of the exhibits
from the Department of Mines,
Manufactures and Agriculture,
with the Arkansas on Wheels ex
position. x Neither Commissioner
Sloan nor his deputy will be able
to make the trip because of the
press of other business.
5,000 Claims Filed.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 11.—Up to
to the present time, there have
been about 5,000 claims filed
against the Night and Day JSlnk
which went into the hands of W.
W. M. Lewis as receiver Septem
ber 26. These claims run from
$1 to $700, and average about
$50 each. Depositors have 90
days to file their claims.
MISS TREADWAY
TO SING SONG)
—
Written By Her. And Will Ac-i
company “Arkansas On i
Wheels” Train.
Miss Martha E. Treadway, of
Ozark, a friend of Miss Ruth
Wallace of this city and a very
bright and charming young
lady, a graduate of Galloway
College, of three years ago, has
written an original song, “She’s
a Grand Old Arkansas,” which
she will sing during the trip of
“Arkansas on Wheels.” She
has sent a copy of it to Gov. Don
aghey. One stanza and the re
frain follow:
You may travel round thru’ ev
ery land and clime,
View the sights of all the world
sublime,
But best of all you will recall
Old Arkansas, for no grander
state this U. S. A. can claim,
Full every grace bedecks her
precious name,
Then praises sing.
0, let ’em ring!
She’s a grand old Arkansas.
Others nothing like this glorious
state supernal,
Our Arkansas, let her fame ring
wide.
Our praises be eternal,
For Arkansas.
Some may roam afar in quest of
wealth and joy,
But every time they come turn
ing back in a beaten track
To Arkansas! blessed clime.”
SEVERAL INJURED
BY TRAIN JOLT
Draw Head Pulled Out And Cars
Crashed Into Train At
Campbell.
As the South local was pulling
into Campbell about 9 o’clock
Wednesday morning, the draw
head of the second car forward
of the caboose was pulled out
and as the engineer was signal
ed to stop the train by passen
gers at Campbell thd\ rear end
cars crashed into those forward.
A Mr. Owens of Swifton and
John Whaley of Tuckerman were
standing upon the rear platform
and were thrown to the ground,
both receiving severe bruises
and the former internal injuries.
Brakeman Powers was in the
cupola of the caboose trying to
signal the engineer and received
a broken rib and dislocated leg,
while Conductor John Rolle was
also injured. Owens and Powers
were taken to the office of Dr. L.
E. Willis to have their wounds
cared for.
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Crap Shooters Caught.
Lige Watson $10 and cost,
Lige Brown $10 and costs, Luth
er Body $10 and costs, Jesse
Klais and Harry Freeman $15
and costs were entries upon May
or Boyce's docket Wednesday
afternoon.
All the defendants were negro
crapshooters and found guilty,
having been arrested the pre
vious night by Marshal A. M.
j Ballew assisted by Officer Eaton,
| while a game was in progress on
i Pickett street near the ferry,
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Winona Mills.
A am here for 3 days to deliv
er goods. Will take other or
ders ta be delivered November
6th. Phone 226.
63d3t C. T. Willson.
Attempts To Snatch Purse.
Mrs. R. B. Hooker and Miss
Hortense Hite had quite a se
rious encounter with a negro
thief Tuesday evening , but for
tunately nothing but a badi
fright was the result.
Mrs. Hooker and Miss Hite
came up town about 7 o’clock
and when coming out of the
Busy Bee and just at the foot of
the steps leading up over the
First National Bank, Mrs. Hook
er dropped her purse. In pick
ing it up she remarked that she
didn’t want to lose it as she had
some one else’s money in her
purse. From Front street the
two ladies walked down to Mrs.
J. Brandenburg’s and when in
that neighborhood noticed a ne
gro boy wearing a slouch cap
and knee pants, approaching
them, but paid no attention to
him or that he resembled one of
the boys they had passed on the
steps near the bank. When, just
in front of them the boy struck
Mrs. Hooker in the chest and
with such force that she fell to
the walk. The boy grabbed at
her purse but instead of getting
it got a box of candy. Seeing
His mistake he turnd and made
another effort at the purse,
which Mrs. Hooker had presence
ntrl rt-nnnfirli <2P_
cond time, and knocked the boy I
off.
The case was not reported to
the police who have no idea who
the boy was, but it-evidnetly was
one of the two who heard Mrs.
Hooker speak of her purse con
taining money.
Majority of Votes Cast.
Special to Independent.
Littlt Rock,Oct. 11.—From all
reports that have been received
by the Department of Education,
a number of counties of the state
voted on the question of county
superintendency at the last elec
tion, in May. The question has
been asked the department re
peatedly just what vote was ne
cessary to carry the proposition (
as there seemed to be different
opinions regarding it. The ques
tion was propounded to the at
torney general, and His ruling
was clear on the subject that it
requires only a majority of those
voting on the question to carry
it, and not a majority of the
votes cast on the subject.
SENATOR DAVIS
TO BE MARRIED
Latest Story On Junior Senator
Is That He Is To Wed
Thursday.
Little Rock, Oct. 11.—Unitedr
States Senator Jeff Davis of Lit
tle Rock and Miss Leila Carter
of Ozark will be married at the
residence of the bride’s parents,
Dr. and Mrs. Wallace Carter, at
one o’clock next Thursday after
noon.
Senator Davis admitted yes
day that he would be married at
that time and said immediately
after the ceremony they will
leave for the West on an extend
ed trip during which they will
visit San Francisco and other
Pacific coast cities. They will
return to this city about Novem
ber 1, where they will reside.
Miss Carter is a young woman
of exceptional talents and ac
complishments. She is a sister
in-law of Judge J. B. Bourland
of Fort Smith, chancellor of that
district, and also of W. C. Cor
nish of this city.
The announcement made yes
terday that the wedding would
take place on Thursday created
considerable surprise as no inti
mation of the approaching nup
tials had been had here.
Notice.
Commencing October the
first, I will start closing out my
entire grocery stock. I will
run no delivery wagon and will
have no bookkeeper employed,
of any credit business whatever,
not be in a position to take care
This will be an opportunity to
stock up on groceries as the en
tire stock must be sold if possi
ble, in thirty days at actual cost.
We wish to thank those who
have been our customers and
friends so long for their kind
consideration, and assure you
one and all, that we feel grateful
to you.
56btf. H. P. Martin.
Received Daily
Sweet Potatoes, Pears, Celery,
Grapes, Cocoanuts, Apples, Lem
ons and Bananas. —Snetzer’s
Grocery. 44dtf.
Belk Trial This Term.
Walnut Ridge, Oct. 10.—Cir
cuit court for the Eastern dis
trict of Lawrence county met
yesterday with Judge R. E. Jef
fery presiding. There are 44
criminal cases and 59 civil case*
on the docket. Maj. Gen. W. K.
Surridge was chosen foreman of
the grand jury. The prisoners
were transferred from the old
jail at Powhatan to the new jail
in this city, and are pleased with
the change.
Self defense it is understood,
will be the plea of Stella Belk, a
pretty young wom,an, who will
face trial this week for the mur
der of Norah Owens. The kill- I
ing occurred eighteen months
ago at Alicia, eighteen miles
from here. The Belk woman, it
is said, chided Miss Owens for
having tried to alienate the^gf
fections of her fiance. A difl^'*
I culty arose, during which Miss
Belk almost hacked her rival to
pieces, death resulting in a short
time.
Another murder case, that of
John Ward, for the killing of
John Carter, will be tried at the .
term of circuit court which con
vened here today.
Purity In Oysters. -
Yes, we are handling now for
the season the only SEALSHIPT
OYSTER. You must remember
there is but one—all others are
imitators. We pay a royalty
each year for the agency and
have the exclusive agency for
Newport.
These oysters are solid meats
not water soaked oysters, ant
just the samp in flavor, size and
purity as ;f ^ ust from the she!!.
Yours for Purity and Oyster
Business,
64b7 Busy Bee.
Company Files Certificate.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, October ll.^-X—
V. McGlone, president of the
[Royal Typewriter Company, fil
ed a certificate with the Secreta
ry of State to the effect that the
capital stock of the company
amounts to only $2,000, of whicK 5
$500, proportionately, is in use
in Arkansas, $500 in Kansas '
and $1000 in Missouri* The ■
company has $47,655.18
assets in Arkansas. F. K. Heiftyt
vey of Little Rock was certified fj
as state agent._
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|\/| ANY a man is well dressed, not because he
■*“ ^ ^pays fancy prices for his clothes but rather be
cause he does his thinking before he buys and not
afterwards. Before you purchase your Fall and
Winter Suit, Overcoat, Hat, doggery or any other
Outfitting Sir, you owe it to yourself to investigate
the merits of our “Better Clothes.”
We feel sure that the excellence of our outfitting
and our moderate prices will make a strong appeal to
your good judgment and, in the end, secure your trade.
Suits, $15.00, $20 to $30
Overcoats, $15, $20 to $30.
. Trousers, $3.50, $5 to $8.50.
Clapps Shoes, Manhattan Shirts, Knox Hats.