INDEPENDENT.
, APRIL L 191.:. M M MLR 1
Irking to
* SAVE CAIRO
:rs Are Creeping Up Levee
But Citizens Are Con
fident.
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•f ^iro, 111., April 3.—Rain fall
a steady downpour and
iter washing against the
sand piled on the con
|;e wall, changed condi
terially here tonight.:
the weather change'
would carry with it a
outlook for the welfare
y a confidence seems to
ing up among the citi
have worked hardest
t Cairo’s destruction
ared to offset it.
ter day the residents
ched the flood water
the gauge until tonight
lightly above 54.6. The
i was 54.05. There is
v inches of space be
i surface of the water
sp of the concrete wall.
Melvin, in charge of
tch boat service be
iro and Mound City,
■ reported tonight that the le
ft is still holding at the latter ■
■ce, but .hat the Ohio waters
H backed into Cache river to
■ alarming height and that the
Wee back of town appeared
Igak. Six hundred persons
Jfcre are now encamped in the
iourt house, including two com
Mtnies of guardsmen.
'1| Must Care for 10,000.
‘ All reports received by the :
l||ernor within the last 24 j
Mrs increase the total of the j
/.diineless residents of southern !
Arams who have been driven |
Itttby the floods and the certain
ty that the state will be called j
jgjjbn to care for at least 10,000
flkgees. Governor Dunne to- ]
right made a public statement i
jjjftfgesting that people of Illinois
tarn their attention to their own |
PWith the work of preventing !
flirt her damage now unnecessa
ftpSl. wneetown today turned
itself toward seeking relief for,:
the thousand refugees camped in j
teats or scattered among coun-:
try friends in the hills. Provis
ions have been running short,
and today the situation became
«r/MnT /vv>vnv»nl l /vf
from state and other sources had
not arrived. Unless provisions ;
are received tonight or tomor
row, many refugees will suffer '■
extremely.
The river continued to rise to
day and by nightfall was near
59.6 mark, three feet one inch !
OV«r the high water mark of the !
1884 flood, when 30 persons were
drowned. Hardly a frame struc-!
in the town has escaped i
Ige.
Needed at Columbus, Ky.;
cry for bread and meat j
tone out from the 1,500
sufferers at Columbus, Ky. j
sionsjjave out there Thurs-!
tay morning. The government •
‘n charge of the situation, but |
is there is- no train service into i
the town and as river traffic is ;
■ Tl crippled, help is slow in ar-.
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”ng distance telephone com
lication told of much suffer
. Many women and children
, shelterless. One hundred
fpts were promised Thursday/
they had to be shipped in a 1
ouhdabout way.
jve Drowned at Caruthersville.
L "sons, a man, woman
children, are reported
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to have been drowned at Ca
ruthersville this morning, ac
cording to information received
by telephone from that city late
this afternoon. The man was an
unidentified farmer living in bot
tom lands below the city. He
had loaded some things in a skiff
and started across the river. A
sudden gale arose and the boat
was capsized.
A telephone message to the
authorities of the city say an
empty boat was caught below
the town on the Arkansas side.
Under Martial Law.
Carouthersville was placed un
der martial law today on the ar
rival of two companies of Mis
souri State Guards. Every busi
ness house in the city is closed.
Men and boys are working to
Hold the levee. While the water
lacks about three feet of being
as high as in 1912, the citizens
are working to raise the main
levee and build protections to
prevent washing.
Bridge Luncheon.
Mrs. 0. D. Watson was a pop-1
ular hostess Thursday to a j
bridge-luncheon in honor of j
Mrs. John W. Stayton and Mrs. |
W. A. Billingsley, which was a |
beautiful affair of the spring
season.
Covers were laid for eight
guests on a prettily appointed |
table, which was adorned with !
spring flowers, violets, narcissus !
and feathery ferns, and with
hand painted place cards in
spring designs made the setting
an exquisite one.
A five course spring luncheon
was served, after which bridge
was enjoyed the remainder of
the afternoon.
Those at the table were, be
sides the hostess, Mesdames
John W. Stayton, W. A. Billings
ley, E. L. Maris, E. B. Wilmans,
Gus Martin, B. W. Stainback
and T. J. Gregg.
Organize Sons Of Veterans.
A movement is on foot among
the sons of our Confederate vet
erans in this city to organize a
club or association composed on
ly of the sons of the fathers who
wore the gray during our civil
war. Such an organization cer
tainly in this city would no
doubt have a big membership
iur mere are suns a-piemy wnu
would rally to the cause and do
credit any time to the valiant
father before him.
The cause of the old South
will never down as long as they
take up the work to perpetuate
the memory of our fathers and
forefathers.
Dr. L. E. Willis is prominent
ly mentioned as commander if
an organization should be per
fected, and with such sons as
Judge Scarborough, Judge
Boyce, Robinson Topp and scores
of others to help, some fine pro
grams could be arranged and
meetings made interesting to all.
' Choir Practice.
There will be choir practice at
St. Paul’s church tonight at
seven o’clock. All members of
the choir are requested to be
present at that hour.
Elks Contribute $25,000.
Chicago, April 3.—The Board
of Governors of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks to
day gave $25,000 for the flood
sufferers of Ohio, Indiana and
and Illinois and the sufferers of;'
the tornado at Omaha. Anothf
$25,000 will be given if^pe<
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GOVERNOR GOES
TO RIVER FRONT
Futrell Will Be Prepared to Han
dle Any Situation Arising
From Break in Levees.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 4.—Acting
Governor Futrell left Little
Rock Thursday afternoon for
his home in Paragould where he
will spend a few days with his
family. It is the intention of
Acting Governor Futrell to go
to the weak points in the Mis
sissippi river levees, which are
only a short distance from Para
gould, and assist in the work at
the front. In case of a break he
will be on the scene to direct the
relief work in conjunction with
the Army department.
A. V. Smith, private secretary
to Acting Goveror Futrell, is in
touch with Acting Governor ev
ery few hours, and is prepared
to look after the flood situation
from this end.
Realizing that the situation
must be cared for in a systemat
ic man: ir, if a flood occurs, Act
irwr Cnueninr Ti'ntrpll tins an
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pointed a leading citizen in ev
ery town of any size in the dis
trict liable to be affected by the
breaking of the levees, upon
whom he will depend for reports.
He has asked them, in case of a
break in the levee to make a
careful, but speedy estimate of
the supplies needed,and commun
icate with the office of the gov
ernor by long distance telephone
at once. When such reports are
received Acting Governor Fu
trell will have requisition made
upon the government for what
assistance is needed. The Act
ing Governor requests the citi
zens to allow matters to be han
dled in this manner, and thus
prevent a large number of inac
curate and deceptive messages
being sent to the War depart- (
ment by well meaning, but med
dling and unauthorized persons.
The following are the persons
appointed by Acting Governor
Futrell to look after the situa
tion in their vicinity: Marion
Hazel, Marked Tree; William
Craddock, Lake City; W. T.
Lane, Jonesboi'o; J. G. Sud
berry, Blytheville; W. J. Lamb,
Osceola; J. W. Spann, Luxora;
R. E. Lee Wilson, Wilson;
T .miic Rnvtnn. Marion: F. W.
DeRossitt, Forrest City; J. T.
Robertson, Marianna; John Ike
Moore, Helena.
Associate Justice Smith of the
Supreme court, a native of Crit
enden county, who has large
property interests in East Ark
ansas, is assisting Private Secre
tary Smith holding down the
flood situation in Little Rock.
Favor Tick Eradication.
Batesville, April 3.—W. T.
Stewart, who has been employed
bv the government in the work
of tick eradication in this coun
ty for several months, has left to
continue the work in St. Francis
county. He says that opposi
tion to the work is dying out in
this county and that some of
those who most bitterly opposed
it at first are now enthusiastic
over the work.
River Continues Falling.
WMte River continued falling
Friday, though the local rainfall
amounted to 1.05 inches for
Thursday. The gauge reading
jp the river Friday morning was
Moose Reminds State Attorney.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 3.—Attor
ney General W. L. Moose Tues
day wrote to the prosecuting at
torney in whose district Union
county is located, that he had
been advised that representa
tives of a Lousiana liquor house
had been soliciting orders for
liquor in that county which is
prohibition territory. He ad
vised that under Section 5133
of Kirby’s Digest, act of 1901,
this is clearly a violation of the
law, which rea< as follows:
“It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm, partnership or cor
poration engaged in the sale of
alcohol or any spirituous, ardent
vinous, malt or fermented liq
uors where the same may be
lawful, to solicit orders, either
by agent or otherwise, for the
sale of alcohol or any spirituous,
ardent, vinuous, malt or fer
mented liquors in any place or
places in tihs state where same
is prohibited by law.” A fine of
not less than $50 nor more than
$200 is provided for violation.
Badly Bitten By Dog.
Paragould, April 3.—The 11
year-old daughter of H. R. King,
residing in North Paragould,was
terribly bitten by a large Shep
herd dog belonging to a man
named French. The girl and
other children were playing with
a ball, the dog was taking part in
the play. The girl ran and got
the ball and the dog sprang at
her throat. The girl threw the
dog off and it then seized her by
the fight arm, sinking its teeth
into her flesh above the elbow
and also biting her on the hand
and wrist. The child was rest
ing easily last night, and physi
cians say she will recover if no
complications arise.
Poundmaster Ferguson imme
diately killed the vicious dog, and
says that he will no longer tem
porize with the strict enforce
ment of the dogordinance, which
forbids canines running at large
unless muzzled.
Married On Stage.
Danville, April 3.—Billy Ter
rell of Sedalia, Mo., and Miss
Barney Clark of Little Rock,
traveling actors, were married
on this stage of the Chrystal
theatre at Danville Wednesday
afternoon. They were at Dan
ville with a company, and some
of their fellow-actors dared
them to get married. Leslie
Gray, manager of the theatre,
wrho is also a justice of the peace
offered to marry them free.
They accepted his offer.
Groom Is 60; Bride 30.
Batesville, April 3.—Dr. T. J.
Davis, w;ho is past 60, and Miss
Mattie Hailey, who is less than
30, both of Charlotte, were mar
ried in Batesville Monday. Jus
tice A. Holmes officiate/]. The
marriage was a surprise ’at the
friends of the bride and jforom
in Charlotte, who did not Otnow
that they contemplated matri
mony until they returned hoA^e.
Council Hears Capitalists.
Special to nldependent.
Little Rock, April 4.— The
City Council of Little Rock met
Thursday night to hear the ar
guments of St. Louis capitalists
who are behind the Little Rock
Pine Bluff interurban electric
Hne. While no official action was
taken at the meeting, it is un
derstood the franchise will be
granted at a later meeting.
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$7,000 Fire At Wynne.
Wynne, Arkansas, April 3.—
About $7,000 loss was caused by
a fire in the building occupied by
M. O. Burton, dealer in hardware
and groceries, here la
The flames enveloped the side of
the building occupied by Mr.
Burton’s grocery stock and this
is almost a total loss. A barber
shop in the main building was
destroyed. But for the excel
lent work of the voluntter fire
department, the building would
have been totally destroyed and
other buildings endangered.
The building is owned by I.
Block. Both his loss and tha1
of Mr. Burton are covered by in
surance.
To Help On Levee Work.
Jonesboro, April 3.—Secreta
ry C. B. Gregg of the Business
Men’s Club today tendered as
sistance to O. N. Killough, presi
dent of the St. Francis Levee
Board, and Major Markh'
United States army engird
the way of men to x
strengthening the lev VA
der to protect the pres”' ‘'jP | ^
ers in the eastern ,* s‘ a
county in the eve:' 8 i
should break. " j I
The officer-'^ ^
in taj?!! u , ^>oung 1
and aF
...d const
cases from the Jackson County
Circuit Court, asking that the
decisions of the* lower court be
affirmed because defendants
failed to perfect appeal within
the time granted.
The seven <
three men, coi
liquor. Sam T. Gist,
on three counts, was sen
to pay tines
and serve 30 days in j
Sanderson, convicted
charges, was sentenced
fines of $100 on each,
convicted in three ca
pay $900 in fines and
days in jail, if theS
affirms the Circuit court
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