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I Texas, Jan. 20. -The
lican Federal soldiers,
En generals and 1,369
C children who sought
|the United States af
[were driven out to
■ Mexico, by General
■ Villa’s rebel forces,
I El Paso today. They
id at the Fort Bliss
■ in ten trains from
Kas, the refugees were
■once to Fort Bliss,
By were put in a camp
■ a barbed wire fence
■t hy United States
Ehe refugees had
■ miles overland from
H'exas, to Marfa.
■ of the refugees to
■e train was General
Bmpletely dumfounded
■usual position we are
■neral Mercado. It is
■ unprecedented to
Bole army division in
Bforeign soil. We are
■the United States for
B afforded us and for
Bon shown by soldiers.
■the world will under
B our flight was on
|B humanity, to save
3 women and children,
Sof soldiers, who ran
Bunion. The rebels
B killed us. What is
Bf us, I don’t know.
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NEW INDUSTRY TO
LOCATE IN NEWPORT
Sip Bottling Corporation To
Establish Branch Plant
In This City.
The Sip Bottling Corporation,
with parent offices in Memphis
and branch plants in 15 other
towns in Tennessee, Mississippi,
and Arkansas, is to establish an
up-to-date plant for the bottling
Gf soft drinks and for the manu
facture of ice cream
Messrs. C. McMahon, James J.
Kerwin and Ira P. Good, repre
senting the corporation, have,
through J. W. Grubbs, presi
dent of the Arkansas Bank &
Trust Company, leased the build
ing owned by the Farmers Uni
on Warehouse Company for a pe
riod of five years, and will begin
operating as soon as the ma
chinery can be installed. It is
estimated that $10,000 will be
spent in improvements.
A number of local people are
already interested as stockhold
ers in the enterprise. It is the
policy of the company to place
a limited amount of stock in
each town where a plant is lo
cated, in order to secure the co
operation of dealers and con
sumers. Newport is to be con
gratulated upon being selected
for this new industry, which
will afford employment for
quite a number of people.
Negro Hurt At Station.
The colored baggageman,
named Ewing, at the Ii'on
Mountain station wsa pretty
badly hurt about 6:30 this morn
ing while unloading baggage off
the Hot Shot that had just pull
ed in from Batesville.
While standing by the coach |
.inloading, the switch engine
jacked up against the passen- .
?er knocking trunks and other
jaggage from the trucks. Ew-,
ng was knocked down and was i
"or a time thought to have been
tilled by the baggage falling on
Him. |
1
Argenta Mayor Dead.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 21.—W. C. i
Faucette, former mayor of Ar
genta, at one time a member of
the Little Rock city council, and (
one of the Pulaski county repre
sentatives in the legislature of
1911, died at 3 p. m- Monday at (
Battle Creek, Michigan. Mr. |
Faucette left here last Thurs
day for Battle Creek, hoping to
be benefitted by treatment. He
was accompanied by his broth
er, Mayor J. P. Faucette, and
his sister, Miss Maggie Fauc
cette, a teacher in the Little
Rock schools, who was with him
when the end came.
Mr. Faucette was the first
mayor of Argenta after its sep
aration from Little Rock, and
served several terms, and was
quite wealthy.
Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Drama—Lubin
TO LOVE AND CHERISH
Comedy—Selig
—
AN INDIAN’S LOYALTY
An excellent drama. Lillian
Gish and Edward Dillon.
biograph
—
ADMISSION, 5c and 10c
I
SCENE FROM “SAPIIO”
Palace Theater. Thursday. January 22—Prices 10 and 20c.
I ‘
Blue Sky Law Sustained.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 20.—The su
! preme court has again affirmed
| a decree of the lower court sus
taining the application of the
iBlue Sky statute to the business
of building and loan associations.
The chancellor having sustained
the state’s demurrer and dismiss
ed the bill of the Mechanics
Building and Loan against the
state auditor, the supreme court
has sustained the decree.
Judges McCulloch and Smith,
however, dissented from that
'part of the opinion which holds
that the act was passed in ac
! cordance with the mandates of'
| the constitution with reference
! to the proper recording of the
| legislative procedure in the Sen
late journal.
The court’s opinion concludes:
'“Thus it will be seen, the busi
ness of building and loan asso
in .''UUJCtl LVJ icgumuun
under the police power of the i
state, as well as the business of j
tanking and insurance. Our con
clusion is that the statute under
consideration is not unconstitu-:
tional as conferring judicial pow-,
er on the insurance commission- j
er. The classification made by ‘
the Legislature is not unreason
able and arbitrary, and we hold
that the legislature had the
right to make the classification ,
provided for by the act.”
Halliday May Have Been Mur
dered.
Jonesboro, Jan. 20.—Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Daniel C.
Joslin, employed as special coun
sel to represent the interests of
the father at Powhatan today is
taking depositions and conduct
ing examinations to probe the
cause of death of young John j
Halliday of this city, whose
body was found floating in
Black River recently.
Foul play is suspected, but no
one has as yet been implicated,
owing to lack of conclusive
proof. The examination is ex
pected to last two days.
Lumber Rate Must Stand.
Washington, Jan. 20.—In
creased rates on lumber from
points in Arkansas, Lousiana,
Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas
and also from Memphis, Tenn.,
to Illinois, Indiana and other
north central states, except as
to rates on hardwood and yellow
pine to Sioux City, were sustain
ed today by the Interstate Com
merce Commission
Mr. and Mrs. J. W- Inman,
east of town, who moved to
Paragould a few weeks ago,
were here today moving back to
I old Jackson.
I
Wire Worm Is Peskiest Pest.
Many pests have been recent
ly discovered damaging the
crops of Arkansas, according to
John H. Page, State commis
sioner of mines, manufactures
and agriculture. Commissioner
Page has taken the matter up
with the United States govern
ment and inspectors are on the
field studying the conditions
with the view of remedying
them.
The United States bureau of
entomology in the department
of agriculture has the matter
under advisement. Deputy Kel
ley of the Arkansas district
went to work and is now study
ing the situation. A second in
spector is expected to be sent
here to assist in the work.
The principal pest complained
of is the wire worm. Many far
mers claim that it is ruining
their crops. It has also been
havoc with some of the crops.
It was also learned that in Jack
son county the cucumber beetles
were attacking the corn. In Lo
gan county the well-known corn
leaf beetle has destroyed many
crops.
Joins Husband Here
John McLain went to Hoxie
last night to meet his wife, who
was returning from, Kentucky
where her parents recently mov
ed from Batesville. Mrs. Mc
Lain was, before her marriage,
Miss Mary Taylor, oldest daugh
ter of Rev. and Mrs. Giles Tay
lor of Batesville, who moved re
cently to Kentucky. When the
family passed through Newport
en route to Kentucky, the two
young people were married at
the court house, and kept the
wedding a secret until Mrs. Mc
Lain returned from Kentucky to
join her husband here this morn
ing.
Cox Takes Appeal.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 21—W. R.
Cox of Jonesboro, alleged to be
an illicit liquor dealer, filed an
appeal in Supreme Court in four
cases Monday. He had been
convicted in police court, the
judgments had been sustained
in circuit court, and aggregate
fines of $650 had been reduced
to $550. He was convicted of
two counts on Oct 16, being fin
ed $200 in the first and $50 in
the second- On appeal to cir
cuit court, the first was reduced
by a jury to $50 and second in
creased to $50. On October 17
he was fined $200, which was re
duced to $150. October 18 he
was fined $200, which was not
changed by the jury.
GfRMaN ISA I ION Al
HAS “RUN”
Street Humor < :ium*> Mi»b» of
Depositors to Swamp Dating
Tellers— Inst it ut ion Sound
Special to Independent
Little Hock, .Ian. 21. \ ru
started on the Germ./ N ,t; eal
Hank, the strong*1 • 1/ n
institution in Arkansas, Mon
day just he fore no. in, and ! i
hours passed the crowd ■ < . g. '
depositors grew until a lit.* • v
tended into the si reet. The ;< i. •
of tellers was increased fro
two to six before the haul . ■ >
ed it.' doors at midr igl t. 1\
ment was resumed t5 .. ig
and will continue a L’g ;i.
positors demand their money. It
was estimated that -S-">0,00<i had i
been paid out during the first
day’s run.
How the run started is a mys- i
tery, but the rumor that it
started in Argenta is given most
credence. The bank officials are
making an effort to locate the
guilty party, and if found, he
will be punished as severely as
the state laws will permit. Ac
cording to report, a boilermaker
in the Iron Mountain shops ap
plied to the bank for a loan,
and was declined, the customary
reason, “all funds being required
to carry regular customers,”
being given. The offended me
chanic is alleged to have gone
to the Argenta shops and re
marked that he had been to the
German National Bank for mon
ey and it was unable to pay him.
Argenta has had two ban!; fail
ures recently, and th? remark
of the boilermaker was passed
n r=3 n r=s n m n r=j n m n r=a n n=» n rm n rra r rr=J r
r > i lip to lip nut il in a short
• a I re:;in of humanity was
i.l-.l for the hauls
V om ,i it was evident that
i n we oi>. the hank officials
,!- .1 t- the clerical force, and
’ > . *•}o nor - in to get their
n e They stated that there.
plenty of rash on hand to
[> > ill who dt ired it. and hun
dred of r*'d faced women, who
! > i-li d for Nooks to reach
tin banking in titution, shop
■’ I , iooMlaeks. mechanics and
lied other -mall depositors, *
. il t!'. in -elves of the upper
• units .
W hile t!.o bank was in no way
« mbaras e(| h>. the run of the
mall dep ter every other
bark m tin (it1 tendered assis
f a nee. : nd 'h*> bunkers mingled
with lit'' crowd to assure *b(
frenzied depositors that there
was no chance for them to lose
their money.
I. I). (loldman, the St. Ijoui*
cotton financier, who is the
president of the inst itution, was
communicated with, and stated
that, he would immediately start
$1,000,000 in cash from St.
Louis banks, to assure all de
positors their money if they
wanted it. He stated that $5,
000,000 would he forthcoming if
needed The first shipment ar
rived Tuesday morning.
At the same time the fright
ened ‘-mall depositors were cla
im,ring for their savings, many
merchants of the city were pa
tronizing the receiving window,
depositing thousands of dollars,
<h:i- showing their faith in the
institution. Several times as
much was deposited as was paid
out, though there was little fus*
about it.
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Good News |
■I^MB ifi
HFor men who like (c
stylish, high qual
ity shoes, and who S
Iiketomahe ^
$1.00 d o t h e ip
work Of tWO. y.
| Edwin Clapp* 6.50 & 7.00 H
* PATENT LEATHER only 1
* There are about one hundred pairs ^
^ of shoes in this lot—only a few pairs of
3i each style, but there are all sizes in the
* lot. *
» s
S To clear them out quickly, we have
made the price so rediculously low that ^
^ it’s only those who come soon who will
^ be able to get a pair of these ^
| Clapp’ 6.50 & 7.00 |
i^i Patent Leather Shoes while they last ^
I H45 !
J Don’t delay seeing them—Yes, they’ie ^
jUEj going fast—Come in today. ^
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