Newport Daily Iniepen y nt.
CjjU, NEWPORT, ARKANSAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1913 MM HEIM'S.
MEYER
MURDER TRIAl
In Circuit Court Friday
Jury Commissioners
Name Next Venires.
iury in the case of Mike
is completed late Thurs
'ternoon after an examina
f 54 citizens summoned
red with 69 in the Ca
rs case. The state pre
part of its testimony that
oon and rested Friday
ig, indicating that the
rould be concluded that
or Saturday morning,
lips, Hillhouse & Boyce
listing Prosecuting Attor
'win, while Jones & Camp
e counsel for the defend
■ was first indicted by the
y grand jury for murder
second degree but this
is set aside by the court
rgument made by the
attorney and evidence in
se. When the case was
sd to the last grand jury,
ictment for murder in the
egree was returned,
indictment alleges and
ite has sought to show
ver assaulted Noel O’Hare,
18 years of age upon a
oat near Ingleside Sun
ovember 3, 1912, striking
p over the head several
frith an axe handle and
ig his skull, death result
m the wounds the follow
ming.
e R. E. Jeffery has ap
E.V. Holt of Tucker
. W. Wallace and P. S.
of Newport as jury corn
ers, who reported Friday
g and were in session
f the day selecting the
Snd petit jury venires for
iter term of court.
ST RECORD IN BRIEF.
Fanners Bank versus
ros., judgment by consent
intiff for $275 with inter
n Dec. 1,1911.
• Robifison versus Con
t Fire Insurance Compa
eal dismissed.
lans Mercantile Co. ver
n R. Robinson, Connecti
e Insurance Company of
‘d, garnishee; judgment
ed.
*r Mfg. Company versus
tfker, doing business un
i name of Palace Jewelry
damages; judgment by
entfor plaintiff for $400.
Ive Away Triplets
ldependent.
k, Oct. 3.—Gov. G.
d callers Thursday
hree of them,
allers were accom
ie mother and two
s of color, each to
f the callers. The
illers were negro
nonths of age. The
and a boy were
; upon the governor,
•re from a sense of
ian otherwise. It
ed to the mother
governor a present
trio, but she vehe
lined, saying she
,n fun, but she “sho
nt in writin.”
Pierson and chil
r- and Mrs. J. W.
leave tomorrow for
» Alabama, to make
Women Ball Players Coming.
C. E. Baker of the All Ameri
can Ladies’ Baseball Club, was in
the city Thursday, making ar
rangements for the first ap
pearance of the ALL AMERI
CAN LADIES’ Baseball Club in
Newport, which will be on Wed
nesday, October 18th.
General Agent Baker states
that in introducing this club of
high class lady players to the
| public in general he wishes to
jbe understood that they do not
travel with the intention of draw
ing crowds, just through the
novelty of ladies playing ball,
but really draw the people
through their ability to play a
wonderfully interesting, excit
ing and scientific game of ball,
and when taken in consideration
that the ALL AMERICAN LA
DIES’ are composed of young la-1
dies, the games they play are all j
the more remarkable. Marguer-;
ite Cunningham is the star lady J
pitcher of the world, and is sup
ported by a team composed of
the very best players that mon
ey can hire, who in themselves
are each a star player, making
the strongest organization of its j
kind ever organized. There have j
been other lady baseball clubs,
but they have come and they
have gone. Their life upon the
green diamond was one of short i
duration. They came and tried j
to out rival all other competitors, j
j but like the present slang!
i phrase, they had to “go away j
| back and sit down,” leaving the
| original ALL AMERICAN LA
DIES to stand in all their great
ness in the very front jank,
where they will stand season
after season as the only real
champion ladies’ baseball club
of the world. This wonderful
*
club of lady baseball players
are now en route on their regu
lar annual tour. (Adv.) dl.
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Next Year’s License Tags. '!
Little Rock, Oct. 2-—Five j
thousand automobile tags for
1914 have been received by Reu
ben G. Dye, commissioner of
lands and highways. The new
tags are an improvement over
the present ones. They are
placed on a larger piece of met
al, with black letters on a white
background. This makes them
easy to read at a distance. The
numbers are also larger than on
the old tags.
Galvanized Garbage Cans,
tight tops, at Johnson-Avera
Hardware Co- 57btf.
Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
THE SUWANEE RIVER
Beautiful scenery in a true
Southern melody.
(SELIG)
BUNNY TAKES A DIP IN SO
CIETY
He poses as an Irish count and
a multimillionaire. He causes
lots of trouble and makes lots of
fun. Featuring John Bunny.
(Comedy—VITAGRAPH)
DANCE OF THE AGES
A remarkable review of various
I dances from 1200 B. C. to the
'present time.
(Edison)
3 good pictures and music
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
Don’t forget the matinee Satur
day afternoon at 2 o’clock.
BANKERS COME
TO STATE’S AID
Conference At Capital Appeals
to A>l Banks to Cariy Part
of State Warrants.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 3.—Arkan
sas bankers will carry the out
standing warrants of the State
at a reasonable per centage, is
the probable outcome of the
conference held between Gov.
George W. Hays and a number
of state bankers. This confer
ence was held in the reception
room of Gov. Hays’ officeThurs
day afternoon and was attended
by a number of outside bankers
besides a committee from the
Little Rock Clearing House.
Gov. Hays in his effort to
maintain the credit of the state,
explained to the bankers that
he hoped to have them take up
the warrants and keep them
from being speculated and the
price placed at a figure much
lower than the circumstances
warranted.
W. H. Garanflo, president of
me state rsauonai r>anK, mxue
Rock, acted as the chairman of
the meeting, and Clay E. Smith,
of the Citizens’ Investment
Company, Little Rock as secre
tary.
After quite a little discussion
it was proposed that the banks
of Arkansas be requested to
carry a certain amount of the
warrants in proportion to their
capital stock. It was suggested
that the bank with a $10,000
capital, which is the smallest
amount any bank is capitalized
for, carry $350 worth of the
warrants, and the larger banks
in the same proportion. The
per centage to be discounted on
the warrants based upon the
number of months they have to
run. Interest at the rate of ten
per cent was the basis of the ar
guments, but it is hoped to have
this reduced to eight per cent,
and a special committee consist
ing of C. G. Henry of Newport
and J. K. Browning of Piggott
was named to work out the de
tails of such an arrangement.
This committee was in con
ference with Governor Hays
for several hours and pursuant
to a resolution previously adop
ted, a circular letter was pre
pared appealing to all of the
banks of the state to accept
their prorata part of warrants
on a basis of 8 per cent interest
discount.
There are 43Y state oanKs
and trust companies in Arkan
sas and 52 National banks.
There will be about $500,000 in
warrants more than cash with
which to meet them, and this is
the amount the banks will be
asked to* carry until taxes are
paid into the treasury in 1914,
and then in 1914 there will be
almost as much of a balance to
be carried over then until 1915,
by which time the increased
revenues should take care of all
indebtedness. The banks of
Arkansas have undivided pro
fits and capital stock amounting
to about $25,000,000
Among the bankers attending
the meeting were: J. K.
Browning, Piggott: Charles G.
Henry, Newport; Robert Fer
guson, Russellville; T. C. Mon
roe and R. S. Warnock, Magno
lia; C. D. Metcalf, Batesville;
T. E. Brown, De Queen; and
^W, H. Garanflo, Clay E. Smith,
Sidney Kahn, R. D. Duncan, W.
L. Hemingway, E- C. Cornish,
C. A. Pratt, ,J. E. England, Jr.,
and J. R. Vinson, Little Rock.
Second Report on State Guard.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 3.—The re
port of Capt. A. B. Sloan, U. S.
A., assigned to the Arkansas
National Guard, relative to his
second inspection of Guard prop
erty, was sent to Washington
this week. While Captain
Sloan will not speak of the con
tents of this report, he was ac
companied by Major C. A- Brad
ford in the inspection, and the
state officer is authority for the
statement that the report will
show the Guard more than even
on the amount charged against
it in Washington.
The War Department declined
to issue supplies to the Arkansas
Guard because, after the first in
spection, the Guard was short
about $50,000 in supplies. By
applying the allowance of $15,
000 allotted to Arkansas last
year and not used, this was re
duced to $14,000, and at the re
quest of the Guard officials an
other inspection ordered. All
over the state the companies
brought out all of the supplies
isatipH -fnr wdaro Haplj- ctnrl prerlit
was secured to such an extent
that the report will show enough
to more than wipe out the $14,
000. This will give a credit on
the $15,000, so that a portion of
that will revert to the Guard.
Notice of the reinstatement of
the Guard is ’ expected at any
day now^ter which the officials
may draw upon the government
as in the past, and the state en
campment can be held in Little
Rock some time about the first
of November.
Purchased 1000 Bales of Cotton
F. H. Watson, the well known
cotton buyer for Alexandria
Eccles & Company of Liverpool,
England, who is located in this
city, effected one of the largest
cotton deals ever transacted in
this section Thursday. This
deal involved about $75,000,
there being one thousand bales
bought.
Mr. Watson has been buying
for this company some time and
is meeting with much success.
—Jonesboro Tribune
FOUR KILLED
THREE INJURED
And 21 Cars Piled Into The
Wreck On Colton Belt, Near
Stephens.
Stephens, Oct. 2.—Four men
were killed and 21 cars piled
into a twisted mass of wreckage
when a Cotton Belt freight train
and a work train crashed head
| on about a quarter of a mile
- from the station at Stephens,
but within the city limits, at
' 7:33 o’clock tonight.
Three other men are so badly
I
'injured that they may die.
The dead:
Charles Cheek, bridge worker.
Luther Davis, engineer of the
work train, Elmo, Mo.
Arthur Young, fireman of the
freight train, Pine Bluff.
Aubrey Fields, student fire
man of the freight train, Thorn
ton, Ark.
The injured:
John McCabe, Pine Bluff, en
gineer of the freight train. Col
lar bone and arm broken and in
ternal injuries. May.
Clifford Barnes, Pine Bluff,
conductor of the work train.
Badly injured, condition seri
ous.
j Head brakeman of the work
train, name unknown, serious
ly injured. Condition serious.
One of the freight cars was
filled with whiskey. The li
quor spilled out and saturated
| the wreckage, which then
! caught fire, endangering the
lives of the injured men pinned
beneath. It was only with great
difficulty that townspeople who
had hurried to the scene, extin
guished the flames.
It is said that the freight
train had been ordered to pass
the work train at Stephens sta
tion. It is said tha! the engin
eer of the freight misread his
orders and hurried on. His
train was going at the rate of
15 miles an hour and the work
train at about the same rate
when the trains crashed on a
sharp curve and in a deep cut
Wanted—2 furnished rooms
for light housekeeping! Address
A. care Independent.58d3t
Waters Free of Germs.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 3.—From
chemical analysis made of the
water supplied to citizens of
Hot Springs by E. C- Mangles
dort, the Little Rock chemist,
t here need be no fear of con
tamination in the Valley of Va
pors at any time. Chemist
Manglesdorf has been making
daily analysis of the water ta
ken from the reservoirs near
Hot. Springs, while the filtering
plant was out of commission
and the water from the reser
voirs had to be turned direct in
to the mains. At no time pend
ing the repairs to the filtration
plant, did Dr. Manglesdorf find
“bugs” in the water, and he
says it can be safely used with
out filtration.
The Hot Springs supply
comes from natural reservoirs
in the mountains, a dam being
erected across the face of a
[valley, and they contain a half
; billion gallons of water at all
i times.
i *'
j Dr. Manglesdorf makes reg
ular analysis for the govern
ment on all water used in mak
ing ice which is placed upon in
terstate trains for use of the
passengers, and the Hot
Springs water he commends
highly. That made into ice is
filtered, but he has stated that
| this is an unnecessary precau
| tion.
The most pure water in the
state yet found by Dr. Mangles
dorf comes from the deep wells
of the Iron Mountain shops in
Argenta. This water is used by
the railroad ice plant, as well
as in the shops, and every spec
imen secured has registered an
absolute blank, so far as the
presence of bacteria is concern
ed.
'
Looks Like Old Times.
The streets of the city were
crowded with cotton wagons
Friday, the receipts running
over 100 bales and being the
heaviest of the season this far.
The price paid for the staple
ran all the way from 13 1-4 to
113 3-4 cents, depending upon
1 the grade.•
V
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IS _ M.k«M mC
Benjamin Clothes
The Well Dressed Feeling
that comes from being j
dressed in a becoming
suit of the right model,
the proper cloth and
made according to the
latest dictates of style
Is a Part of the Pleasure in Get
ting Clothed Here
The low prices you pay
but adds to this pleas
ure because you are
sure to dress within
your means.
$15.00 to $30.00
BergeR’S