INDEPENDENT.
, SEPTEMBER 20, 1913. NUMBER 117.
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* (uCTS VERDICT
!l OF ACQUITTAL
ftuje Barnes and Wilbur
Xngton Also Secures
j Herdict of Acquittal.
■nail the evidence had
yleard Friday in the mur
^Be against Mollie Barnes,
Kress charged with killing
Kband William Barnes, the
jKnstructed a verdict of ac
K for a strong case of self
I^B had been established.
^Hur Pennington was next
Kon trial, charged with as
Kvith intent to kill Officer
^Brd, but was acquitted by
Kfy in this case. G. L.
■jBwas counsel for the de
^Ber O’Neal has taken an
■■from the verdict of the
SB finding him guilty of
|K in the second degree and
IBence of five years in the
SKtiary. His bond was
|Bt $3000, which was at
Kiven and he is out of jail
Kg the appeal to the su
K indictment against J. H.
K charged with obtaining
KB ...Hi__
IiipUIl a wui liucds
o W- N. Nance of Eight
is been nullified by reason
feet in same and the mat
erred to the next grand
H. L. Ponder and Will
of Walnut Ridge repre
the defendant,
case against J. A- McCall,
1 with grand larceny has
mtinued until the fourth
sday of this term.
r Caldwell, charged with
l stock in Village town
as placed on trial Satur
>ming. He was repre
in court by Phillips, Hill
k Boyce, and was acquit
the jury.
jrand jury adjourned Fri
emoon until next Wed
when their final report
made.
er From Gov. Sulzer.
to Independent
i Rock, Sept. 20.—Attor
car H. Winn of Little
as received a letter from
llzer of New York, re
: his impeachment, in
ie says:
re was only one way to
me from sending these
to the penitentiary, and
is to impeach me and get
of office. So the boss in
tion employed a band of
trers to brimr baseless
ges against me upon which
as thought that I could be
oaded out of office with the
ent of the recreant legisla
owned and controlled by
Murphy, and the powerful
ests behind him. Much of
plot has been revealed. The
of it will be laid bare before
grand juries, and the politi
•onspiracy to destroy me will
j Vining-Hale.
rinkley, Sept. 19—Miss Ag
Hale and Fred E. Vining
a marr,ied yesterday mom
at the home of the bride’s
ants. Mr. and Mrs. J. W,
a. the Kev. Danna Terry offi
ng- The bride and groom
soon after the ceremony for
idal tour in the North. They
return here in October and
ce this city their home. The
holds a position with
*ry Wolf & Co. of this city
! Bradford Gets State Aid.
(Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 20.—When
I the State Board of Education ap
I portioned the $50,000 state aid
to High schools, there was a |
surplus unapportioned which is!
being used for bonuses. There
will be a few schools that will
Jmeet the’requirements for aid
j after the general allotment, and
| these will be provided for. Brad
| ford, White county, is one of the
| recent beneficiaries.
| Then a bonus is being offered
to the schools already receiving
1 state aid, of about $3 each for I
pupils enrolled in the schools j
; outside the district. This will
be a direct stimulus to the
schools to bring in the children i
from the country, as the act con-!
templates free tuition in the
state aided high schools for any
pupil anywhere in the county.
Brundidge in Bank Cases.
Little Rock, Sept. 19.—Steph- j
en Brundidge of Searcy was in !
Little Rock yesterday, en route j
to Forrest City to appear in the j
case instituted by the State ofj
Aritansas lur ou rraiicis ^uuiiiy
against the Bank of Palestine, j
stockholders and bondsmen, as
depository for the county funds
of St. Francis county, amount
ing to about $110,000; also in
the case against the Bank of
Forrest City for its county
funds, amounting to about $10,
000. Mr. Brundidge is employed
to assist the prosecuting attor
ney in presenting the cases
which are scheduled for trial to
morrow.
—
Western Methodist Incorporated j
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 20.—The
Western Methodist Publishing
Co., of Little Rock has filed its
articles of incorporation with j
the secretary of state. The cap
ital stock is $25,000, of which
$18,000 has been paid up. The
officers are L. F. Blankenship
president A. C. Millar, vice pres
ident, Frank Barrett, secretary,
and W. B. Haysj treasurer. This
is the company that succeeds i
Anderson, Millar & Co. in the
publication of the Western
Methodist.
Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
18 Reels Per Week.
THE REWARD OF SERVICE
A proud son drives his father
from home because he is not up
to-date. Later the son loses his
money, then the father returns
with his pension check and pays
his debt. —An excellent drama.
(LUBIN)
THE KING AND THE COOPER
Beautiful scenery, featuring
Lillian Gish and the Biograph
Hoboes.
(Comedy—BIOGRAPH)
A RAINY DAY
[A screaming comedy.
(BIOGRAPH)
—
THE OUTLAW
i A good Western picture, William
Kavanaugh as lead.
(PATHE)
Four good pictures and good mu
sic by the orchestra.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
Martin Witness In Rate Cases
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 20.—Henry
G. Martin has returned from Chi
cago. where he was summoned as
an expert witness in the lumber
zone rate cases before the Inter
state Commerce Commission. He
had devoted a great deal of time
to studying the various phases
of the question and was well
equipped for the examination to
which he was subjected by the
Commission.
The question at issue was the
adoption of a more equitable sys
tem of rates for the lumber man
ufacturers of the South. Under
the system which now exists,
there are two zones, one South
of the Arkansas river, and the
other North- The rate for the
Southern zone to Chicago, for in
stance is 16 cents, whether it be
from Little Rock, Ark., or from
Lake Charles, La. The rate for
the Northern zone is 12 cents,
and in consequence Argenta, just
across the river from Little
Rock, can ship 4 cents a hundred
cheaper, and Little Rock pays
the same rate as that paid by
Lake Charles, 500 miles South of
here.
There are other inequalities
which it is souerht to remedy.
and the matter was threshed out
for several days among the mem
bers of the Commission, railroad
traffic men, and representatives
of the lumber interests.
The suggestion was made that
a mileage rate might be estab
lished, with Little Rock as a bas
is at 16 cents per hundred, f. o. b.
increased Southward and de
creased Northward by 50 mile
zones- It is believed that this is
the plan which will be adopted
by the Commission as a solution
of the whole difficulty. It may be
several months, however, before
the order is made.
To Lessen Fire Risks.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 20—John
L. Husman, of Chicago, repre
senting the American District
Telegraph Co., is in the city at
the request of the Arkansas Ac
tuarial Bureau for the purpose
of interesting the merchants of
the city in the installation of its
protective system. The system
is in use in all the large cities,
and is said to work admirably.
. It provides a constant auto
matic check on sprinkler sys
tems, burglar alarms, watch
men, etc-, and is a supplemental
fire alarm system as well. It is
operated from a central offioe,
which would be the Western Un
ion Telegraph Office here, with
an operator in charge day and
night. With this in use, it
would be impossible for any one
to tamper with a sprinkler sys
tem, or for it to go wrong, with
out automatically recording it at
the central office.
The insurance companies al
low credits on the rates where
the system is installed.
Gentry Brothers Cancel Engage
ment for Newport.
The Gentry Brothers Show ar
rived on time this morning from
Paragould, where they showed
Friday, but after spending the
morning here decided to move on
to their next exhibiting place. A
great deal of trouble was had in
locating a place to pitch their
tents, for Sportsman’s Park,
which was cut up by the circus
of Wednesday with a rain every
twenty-four hours since then,
was out of thd question and the
l
condition of the lake bridge was (
such that it was not considered (
safe for the wagons. Remmel's
pasture across the Rock Island
was decided upon but later aban
doned because the price asked
for the grounds was considered
by Mr. Gentry to have been out
of all reason and the show for
Newport was abandoned entire
ly.
Gentry Brothers are at the
head of the dog and pony shows
on the road and the people of
Newport as well as a fair sized
crowd from the country were
disappointed at not having them
show here today.
—
Young Man Drops Dead.
C. W. Mansfield, aged 39 years
and known by his friends as
“Shorty” died in this city Friday
evening at 7:30 from apoplexy.
The young man had been in the
employ of R. L. Robinson for
several months in the dairy bus
iness as a driver of the milk wa
gon. The deceased was appar
ently in good health and had
finished his delivery for the af
ternoon- Before going out home
Mr. Mansfield went into Bailey’s
saloon and had hardly gotten in- j
to the room when he fell to the i
floor, having died instantly. Dr. I
Watson was summoned and pro
nounced his death due to heart \
trouble.
A message was sent to the de
ceased’s father at Macon, Geor-!
gia by John R. Loftin, -Jr., who
received a message this morn
ing from the parents to have the
body prepared for burial and
shipped to Macon, which was
done, the remains leaving here
over the Rock Island this after
noon.
The young man had lived in
Newport for several years and
was well liked by all who knew
him. He was jovial and court
eous to a fault, a typical south
erner, whose sudden death is
deeply regretted by his friends
Mrs. Maria White Dead.
Mrs- Maria White, aged 83
years, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Belle Ingram, at
Leavenworth, Kansas Friday
morning, and the remains will
be brought to this city for bur
ial.
The remains will reach New
port Sunday morning on No. 18,
and will be carried to the home
of P. S. White, and later to Hick
ory Grove, where the funeral
1 1 1 I -4-4 > -1_1. O _ — ,ln<T
win oe neiu at wuuu«j
morning. *
Mrs. White is the widow of the
of late John C. White and lived
in the Hickory Grove neighbor
hood for a number of years. She
was an estimable lady, a true
Christian character and a mem
ber of the*Methodist church for
a long number of years. She is
survived by four children, two
sons and two daughters, who are
P. S. White of our city, Dan
White of Fort Smith, Mrs. Belle
Ingram of Kansas and Mrs. An
nie Bestwetherick, who lives
east of town.
The sympathy of many
friends is extended to the bereft
family in the loss of their mo
ther.
To Begin Rice Cutting.
Tuckerman, Sept. 19.—A J.
Goetz, a prosperous farmer of
this place, will start cutting his
rice Monday. Mr. Goetz has 600
acres in rice this year. Mr.
Goetz is the first man to grow
| rice in this county.
Pickpocket Aged 82.
New York, Sept. 19.—“Old
George" Thompson, 82, decrepit
and ragged, who since 1876 lias
figured in the annals of the po
lice departments of nearly every
large city in the United States
as a pickpocket of the first order,
is again in the toils of the law.
He was arrested by a policeman
who said he had his hand in a
citizen’s pocket. The intended
victim refused to make any com
plaint because of Thompson’s
age, but the old man was held
for trial on a charge of attempt
ed grand larceny.
According to records at head
quarters, Thompson, or Samuel
McDonald, as he is better known
to the police, was first arrested
in May, 1876, in Philadelphia.
He served a term in prison for
picking pockets- Since that
time he has served 14 terms in
prison for a similar offense in
various cities.
Rice Farmers Are Happy.
Stuttgart, Sept. 19.—Rain fell
the extent of eight and one-half
inches in the last 36 hours and
farmers are wearing the smile
that won’t come off. Rice and
rice straw will find a ready mar
ket at a good price. One firm, J.
I. Porter & Co., has one single or
der of 20 carloads of rice straw
to be shipped to Illinois. A- D.
Camel, a big hay merchant of
Illinois, has placed an order for
200 cars of rice straw with dif
ferent farmers in this neighbor
hood, shipment to be made as
soon as possible. Oats and cow
peas will also yield plentifully.
For Rent.
First ciass storage room at
Bowen’s Cash Store. 39dlm
Prof. Russell Honored.
Special to Indpeendent.
Little Rock, Sept. 20.— Prof.
M. J- Russell ,of the Hendrix
College faculty, has just return
ed from St. Louis, where he
was elected Vice-President of
the Western Division of the A
merican Athletic Union, and also
made a mamber of the govern
ing board. This is considered a
very great distinction for Prof.
Russell, as he was the first and
only representative Arkansas
has ever had at the Union. He
was a delegate from the Arkan
sas Athletic Associantion.
Theodore R. Bland, son of
Richard Bland, the famous free
silver member of Congress from
Missouri, was elected president
of the Union. He is a practic
ing attorney in St. Louis, but
takes an active interest in am
ateur athletics. The action of
the Union in making Prof. Rus
sell a member of the governing
board will give Arkansas an in
fluential position in determining
the policy cf the organization.
Accepts Little Rock Pastorate.
Little Rock, Sept. 20.— Rev
Frank Nickerson arrived Friday
from Texas, accompanied by his
wife, to assume the pastorate
: of the Wright Avenue Christian
j Church. He will succeed Rev.
j E. C. Browning, who retires
from the ministry because of
! his age, and will probably locate
! in California, where his son re
i sides. Rev. Nickerson was for
a time assistant pastor of the
First Christian Church here,
and left two years ago, since
which time he has been at Au
burn, Indiana, Houston and
Rockport, Texas.
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