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NEWPORT, ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2. DD L Nl.’MHKU 2
|B VACANCY
& fliiuBarjr Through An
BIM. »nt That Other
|IK May Put Forth
Candidate.
F's??»^Bjlndependent.
Ttnrk. March 31.—The
W^tainty that has prevailed |
BrArkansas politics since the j
Bath of Senator Jeff Davis last |
Kmuary is beginning to be clear
fBl up. Preliminaries are being j
jEranged to provide for the fifth ;
En who shall bear the title of
Bernor of Arkansas in 1913— j
* «Bcky year for governors, nu-1
" juBcally, at least.
Be Supreme Court having de
l§B the governorship contro
just as most people
■Kught it would be decided, the
jpBjessful claimant was left
fBt° act as the people had
S X demanding. Governor Fu
BBcalled a special election for ,
Mm 23, and Chairman A. J.
XBls of the State Central Com
Vfee, has called a meeting of j
glElody for 10 a. m., Tuesday, j
H 8, for the purpose of call- j
BBthe primary election Tor the
IWgetion of a candidate for gov- j
rumors that the i
r Progressive par- j
attempting to gain |
he state as the mi- \
may nominate a
governor to test,
i. The rumor has
Comer, of Little (
nominated. He is
ginal and most en
jgressives of the i
tirman of the State
emocratic aspirant
I aenmicxy *wxd positively an
nounced is Hon. S. Brundidge of ,
as been twice so
ited for the U. S.!
by Jeff Davis f<jr ;
l, and once by Joe |
ifore the Legisla
i
ge says that he
; at great person
he will be forced
aw practice,which ■
i a handsome re
there has ever a
the race for gov
)tives and princi
” said he. “Never-.
21 has a proposition
so much room for
No one can imagine
of messages that
in on me since there
a possibility of an elec
fill the vacancy. The de-j
have been so insistent, I
closest friends have urg
strongly, that I have de-'
make the personal |
3 become a candidate,
age I have received
a the people who no j
{ the state has been
a the official actions
few months.”
'■ of fact there are
candidates
today as
two months ago.
m wore themselves
ly publicity, which,
all that some ever
get opt of it. It
8 quite certain at this time
Tudge G. W. Hays of Cam
js, one of the early mention
ones who wall stick, and it is
redicted that he will have a
trong following, especially in
outh Arkansas.
Rroucrh. of the State
University, is also believed to be
still in the race, although there
has been no statement from him
recently. Secretary of State
Earle W. Hodges, more conscien
tious than some other politicians
of the state, has announced that
he will not be a candidate for
governor at this time. He ad
mits that he has the laudable
ambition to be governor, but
says that he has just entered up
on a contract with the people to
serve them for another two
years as Secretary of State, and
he considers that obligation par
amount to personal ambition.
Associate Justice W. F. Kirby
continues to be an unknown fac
tor in the situation, although it
is known that he is very serious
ly considering the advisability
of entering the race. Should he
do so, he will be a strong man.
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All Depends On Weather.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 2.—“If we!
are successful in fighting the
water this year,” reports Sena
tor John Ike Moore of Helena,
who was in the city Tuesday to
attend the meeting of the State
Capitol Commission, of which
he is chairman, “it will be
thrnmrh tho assistance of erood
weather. If it turns off stormy
and the wind rises to lash the
waves against the levees on the
Mississippi, then we are gone.
If the weather remains pleasant,
we can keep right on building
the levees as fast as the water
can rise. Even if it does turn
stormy we are not going to give
up, and we will give the river
the best fight it has ever had.
“We anticipate danger through
the continued rise, for it will
take some days for the water to
pass, but we figure the levees
are strong enough to hold, even
at that, unless rain and wind
come.”
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Sunday School Convention
The St^te Sunday School Con
ventip&^will meet at Batesville
two weeks from today or the
lbtn ana i /in oi mis monui.
The convention will be attend
ed by the most noted Sunday
school workers of the United
States, besides almost a thous
and delegates from the different
Sunday schools in the state.
Batesville proposes to give
free entertalnrHCPt to all dele
gates and will no d()abt do it in a
most hospitable manful—
The different Sunday school^
of this city expect to elect their’
delegates next’Sunday and be
sides these big crowds expect to
go from here to attend the day
sessions, returning that evening.
The railroads are to give a one
and one third fare and a special
passenger train will be run from
here at noon the first day in or-:
der'to make connection with No. j
7, 24 and 4.
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Contributions Come Slowly.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 2.—Contri
butions for the flood sufferers
of the Ohio valley are coming
slowly into the hands of State
Auditor J. M. Oathout. designat
ed by Acting Governor Futrell
to receive them when the appeal
was made to the charitably in
clined people of the state.
For Sale.
A large black horse 5 years
old this spring. Inquire
Grant Mfg. Co., or W. B. Gra^h
Newport, Ark. v^Seed<
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TWEEDY SWAMPED I
IN LITTLE ROCK
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Municipal Elections Held in Five j
Towns of Jackson
County.
Interest in the municipal elec
tions of Tuesday centered in the
race of Freg Isgrig against the
notorious brothel reveler W. M.
Tweedy for the office of police
judge in Little Rock and to the
credit of the capital city, the lat
ter was buried by the decent
citizenship in every ward of the
city.
In Fort Smith, Henry Reid i
defeated the present mayor Fa- j
gan Bourland. In Hot Springs
Dr. J. W. McClendon defeated
the Democratic nominee W. W.
Waters for re-election as mayor
and in Ozark, the Progressive
ticket won over the Democratic.
Municipal elections were held
in five towns in Jackson county:
Tuckerman, Swifton, Grubbs,
Jacksonport and Tupelo.
At Tuckerman, W. S. Law
rence was re-elected mayor over
F. J. Harrison; Preston Cook, i
recorder; hi. v. tioit, treasurer;
James Graham, L. 1). Smith, J.
B. Smith and W. S. Phillips al
Jermen with a tie for the fifth al
derman in the vote received by
Henry Hunter and Dan Dowell.
Swifton re-elected Dr. Ray
Toler as mayor over Ferdinand
Tonney, the vote being very
close. The other officers chosen
were N. D. Moon, Jr., recorder;
Wm. Crain, marshal; R. P.
Sharp, treasurer; George Dud
ley, J. G. Smith, Alex Driver, Ed
Dukes and W. R. Harvey, Jr., al
dermen.
At Grubbs, J. N. Nance was
elected mayor over R. W. Mc
Murray; recorder J. L. Stoker;
marshal, J. W. Ivy; treasurer,
D. D. Camp; aldermen, D. J.
Browning, J. T. Malone, Joe Mc
Elrath, Roy Clark and Charley
Grizzle.
At Jacksonport, D. D. Burkett
was re-elected mayor, J. L. An
derson, recorder and E. S. Dyke,
Fred Mason, W. A. Wickham, J.
J. Massey and Joe Sawyer aider
men.
Tents Tor me tteiugees.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 2.— A blan
ket request for tents has been
made to the War Department by
United States Senator James P.
Clarke and Acting Governor
Futrell, for use by the refugees
J^gJ'Sthe flooded country of East
en^Hfeansas. Thousands are
flocking inti City, Ma
rianna, Helena anil* ^ast
Arkansas towns, fearing tn.0^*
ees will break, and they have
place of refuge. The War De
partment has been requested to
rush every spare tent it has to
Arkansas, and it is hoped that
at least 1,000 tents will be re
ceived by the end of the week.
Ludwig Draws a Plum.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 2.—O. C.
Ludwig, former Secretary of
State, and now Representative
of Pulaski county, Tuesday af
ternoon received a telegram
from Senator Joe T. Robinson,
announcing the appointment of
Jdr. Ludwig as proof reader to
the enrolling clerk of the United
States Senate. ThisjTposition
fjjA j lf><t with ;t a salarw of $2500
and Mr. Jdwig left
of'l/^Rock_M°nda' F*^ning for
J lfiington to- 1 hent%on hb
f ^J^es. ,anized. J
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Fire Prevention Day.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 2.—A proc
lamation will probably be issued
W ednesday by Acting Governor
Futrell, designating Friday, A
prii 18, as Fire Prevention Day,
and urging the people all over
the state to make it a general
clean up day. Acting Governor
Futrell is an advocate of the Fire
Prevention theory, and sees
only reduced insurance rates a
head for the property owners,
if they will exercise more care,
and thus prevent the great num
ber of fires which are caused by
carelessness and permitting rub
bish to collect in places where
fire easily occurs. The proclam
ation will be issued at the insti
gation of the Trans-Mississippi
Commercial congress, which has j
taken interest enough in the
matter to write every governor
in the United States, asking for
such action.
Mississippi to Go
Higher Than Last Year
Memphis, Tenn., April 1.—S.
C. Emery, local forecaster of the
Weather Bureau, issued a bulle
tin tonight predicting that the
Mississippi River at Memphis will |
reach a stage of 45 feet, possi
bly 46. The high water mark of
last year, when several levees
collapsed along the central
stretches of the river, was 45.3
feet.
Previously Mr. Emery had es
timated that the high stage here
would be 44.5.
Tonight’s estimate was made
after dispatches had been receiv
ed reporting the river rising rap
idly at Cairo, a fall of two-tent i
of a foot at St. Louis, less than
had been expected and telling of
a great volume of water coming
out of the Wabash river.
The Big Four levee north of
Cairo broke at 6 o’clock last
'night, flopding the big mill sec
tion of that city and entailing a
loss of $1,000,000. The levee
about the city proper is in a very
precarious condition.
■ Lewis Freed In Murder I rial.
Walnut Ridge, April 1.—The
.. „r 1 T> f ahmo with
cant vi v. »
killing D. P. Wright, went to the
jury in the circuit court this af
ternoon and at 4 p. m. the jui>
brought in a verdict of not guil
ty. Lewis’ plea was self-defense.
There were no eye-witnesses to
the killing other than Lewis’
three children, aged 9, 12 and 14.
Immediately after the killing
Lewis fled from this vicinity but
was later captured and brought
to Walnut Ridge and placed in
jail. He was never with his chil
Hr^from that day until they
his trial. The testi
appeare^childre^ it is be
mony of
lieved, resulted irTTfc^ acquu
John Easly, accused^V^1^
murder of C. G. Pinnell wfi
given a hearing tomorrow, ’jidg
case will complete the mui ^ ^
trials on the docket for this se«>q
son.
Kirby and Hays Silent.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 2.—Although
the woods has been full of ru
mors about candidates for th
gubernatorial honors, Stephen
Brundidge of Searcy is the only
candidate yet definitely in the
race. Judge G. W. Hays of Cam
den is holding court in El Dorar
do, and Judge W. F. Kirby h£n
_ nothing to say. ^
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fjjj A big selection in a variety of the* newest ^ *
g|i models and fabrics make buyinglhere easy
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$12.50 ack 5 JT.„s OId and i
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H and!'up to $30re buying. 1
Come and see these before you TON
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$10,000 For Some Road.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 2.—Acting
Governor Futrell has $10,000 to
expend on a 50-mile stretch of
good roads in some county or in
adjoining counties. The Acting
Governor has been notified from
Washington that Arkansas has
been allotted this sum as an in
centive to good road work in the
state, and all that is necessary
to procure it, for the people re
siding along the road to be per
manently improved, is to raise
$20,000 for the same purpose.
The selection of the road is up
to the Acting Governor, and he
is now waiting to see which roac
will be first to get busy and de
mand the bonus. Acting Gov
ernor Futrell hopes to see a
road district in every county
competing for the prize.
1 ■■ --/O a. m.
'0 a. m.
issued and settlement made w* a. m. I
the State Treasurer before th*1*
checks came back, Secretary or m‘
j State Hodges is out the
this,is the only branch
| Secretary’s work in
checks have
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THE RED MAN’S
Reel No. 1.
The brave Indian
stoic
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two
Ali Auto Ownen^Qgg;' which^
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[ T There was a marriage of .two
' noDular young people P*
‘vday evening, Mr. Ed
e, respected young manxf
’ Lucy Stoner, a charm
3’ ter of Mrs. Mose St^rg ,
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