■ COUNTY
■ ORGANIZATION
Wlows of Jackson County
,.'|HFirst Meeting of Asso
iHtion and Elect Offi
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IBuant to an invitation ex
n by Newport Lodge, No.
ILe Independent Order of
flKllows, of Newport, Ark.,
^■rs of various Odd Fellow
^■of Jackson County, Ark.,
Bled in the hall of New
IBxlge, No. 71 in the after
Wm Monday, April 28, 1913
|Banized the Jackson Coun
MBFellows Association.
■ L. McElrath of Grubbs
ttosen president of the as
|B)n by acclamation, John
|Bnp of Martin Lodge as
fBesident, Grover C. Gates
SBport Lodge as secretary
H. G. See of Tuckerman
B' treasurer.
Hmeeting was first called
Hr by Grover C. Gates, who
Hade the temporary chair
Bv-ith J. F. Parish as tem
Br secretary- A committee
Ie consisting ot j. ivi. uid
hn H. Camp and John P.
is appointed by the chair
are a draft of a constitu
hich was submitted and
I, as follows:
i a long experience we,
mbers here assemble"
ed of the necessity of or
ion of the subordinate
to perpetuate a union
us and to preserve and
n a correspondence with
her; do ordain this Con
ti for our better govem
m 1. This association
t composed of members
by the different subor
lodges of Jackson Coun
d shall hold its meetings
m 2. The officers shall
ssident, vice president,
*y, treasurer, warden,
i and guardian. The
it, vice president, secre
d treasurer shall be elect
ally. The president shall
the warden, chaplain and
n at each meeting,
esident McElrath announc
ie appointment of the fol
ng officers; Brother W. A.
c, of Newport Lodge, as
ilain; Brother Walter Ball,
BalcK Lodge, as warden;
Brother Pearl Stegall, of
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Martin Lodge, as Guardian.
Motion was adopted that a
member of each lodge in the
county be appointed as a com
mittee to draft by-laws for the
Association and report to the
Association at the next meeting.
The president thereupon ap
pointed the following named
brothers as members of said
committee:
i John S. Pennington of Grubbs
Lodge, No- 254.
| Walter Ball, of Balch Lodge,
No. 399.
John H. Camp of Martin
Lodge, No. 392.
M. G. See of Tuckerman
Lodge, No. 304.
L. B. Harris of Newport
Lodge, No. 71.
W. N. Pierce of Tupelo
Lodge, No. 597.
G. A. Causey of Swifton
Lodge, No. 288.
F. M. Vaughn of Weldon
Lodge.
W. W. Beede of Eight Mile
Lodge.
W. C. Eaton of Denmark
Lodge.
Services were held at the
Methodist church during the
day in celebration of the 94th
anniversary of the order. The
address of welcome was made
by Mayor John P. Paul, grand
secretary of the order in this
state and responded to by Es
quire McElrath of Grubbs.
Judge M. M. Stuckey delivered
an address on the the good of
the order and the opening and
closing prayers were by the
chapain, W. A. Mink.
At the night session at the
lodge room, Newport Lodge put
on the initiatory work and be
sides many good talks that
were enjoyed, refreshments al
so contributed to the complete
success of the first meeting of
the county association.
Upon roll call the following
answered present:
Grubbs Lodge, No. 254—J. M.
Gibson, John S. Pennington, |
John L. McElrath and J. M. Ivy.
Balch Lodge, No- 399—Walter
Ball.
Martin Lodge, No. 392—J. F.
Howard, John Sutherland, John
H. Camp, B. F. Carter, C. A.
Graham, W. H. Nolan and Pearl
Stegall.
Tuckerman Lodge, No. 304—
M. G. See.
Newport Lodge, No. 71—J- F.
Parish, S. M. Stuckey, M. M.
Stuckey, T. A. Cooksie, Charles
Sumner, S. J. Blackburn, D. A.
Carr. A. C. Bradley, Perry Hoop
er, A. Lawson, J. F. McCuistion,
L. B- Harris, J. M. Nickens, P.
S. White, G. C. Gates, G. C.
Gardner. Other members of
Newport Lodge came in after
organization.
Tupelo Lodge, No. 597—W. N.
Pierce, W. W. Robinett and N.
i W. Robinett. The members
! from Tupelo came in after or
ganization.
Father of Fifty Children.
Walnut, Newton, Co., Ark.,
April 28.—A table of “Uncle
Tom” Ellison’s progeny, recast
today after the birth of a child
to one of his granddaughters,
is a surprising record. Ellison,
93 years old, has been married
three times. The table showed:
That he is the father of 50
children.
| Grandfather of 125 children.
Great-grandfather of 27 chil
dren. •
I The range of ages of eldest
i son’s own children is remark
able. The youngest is 11 years
old. born 12 years after the bib
| lical life limit of “three-score
[and ten” and the eldest is 65.
HAYS FLAYS
LEASE SYSTEM
Of State Convicts In Opening
Speech at Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville, April 28- — The I
opening gun of the gubernatori
al campaign was tired at Fay
etteville today when Judge Geo.
W. Hays of Camden spoke to a !
thousand citizens of Washington I
county at the courthouse this
morning.
Judge Maples delayed the o
pening of the court this morn
ing in order for Judge Hays to
speak. The address, was well
received. The remainder of the
day Judge Hays spent on the
streets of the city, meeting per
sonally the business men of Fay
etteville and farmers who are
here attending court. !
In opening his address, Judge
Hays stated that he wanted it
distinctly understood that this
is not going to be a fight for the
governor’s chair, but that it was
going to be a race betwen two
candidates who hold allegiance
to the same political party. In
replying to Brundidge’s chal
lenge to meet him in joint de
bate, Judge Hays said that he
cna nor iavor oeoating in the
race for governor because it re
suited in personalities.
He stated that he will not be
a candidate for the office of
United States Senator while he
was serving as governor of the
state.
Judge Hays declared himself
against increased taxation, but
favored the enactment and en
forcement of such laws as will
equalize taxes, throwing the bur
den upon those who are most
able to bear it.
In regard to leasing the state
convicts, he said that he is
opposed to this inhuman prac
tice. He termed it as being a
gainst the dictates of advanced
civilization.
In speaking of the state uni
versity, the candidate said that
he would use his power to get
the university out of politics and 1
to put it upon a firm financial
basis.
He spoke of the state agricul
tural schools as being of vital
importance to the state. He j
heartily indorsed the action of
the last General Assembly in
creating a special state depart
ment in the interest of labor.
The other essential points in
his address were in favor of
good roads and continuance of
the old soldiers’ pensions.
Highway Commission Organizes
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 29.—The
Ark ansas Highway Commission
organized Monday afternoon, R.
G. Dye, as State Land Commis
sioner, made chairman by the
bill creating the Commission,
presiding. A. V. Smith, mem-,
ber of the legislature, and au
thor of the bill, now acting as
private secretary to Gov. J. M.
Futrell, was appointed secretary.
He will not take charge until the
term of Gov. Futrell ends.
The matter of a state rock
crusher to be manned by con
victs, was left with J. Filmore
Rains, one of the Commission
ers, who will communicate with
J. J. Knoch, head of the engi
neering department at Fayette-1
ville, who is consulting engineer j
of the commission, relative to
the best location for a crusher,
and where the best rock is to be
found.
The secretary is also advised
to enter into negotiations with
the commissioners of the Little
Rock-Memphis highway and see
what can be done to assist them
Rueben G. Dye Monday after
noon took the oath as head of
the department. He failed to
take the oath as land comrrus
sioner some time ago, and his of
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took no chances on the highway
commission, deeming the addi
tional oath a precaution.
State Has No Protection to Offer
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. April 29.—At
torney’General W. L. Moose has
received from Conway a notice
that agents of the Spalding Bug
gy Company are preparing to
reopen their headquarters there,
and relief is asked. The Attor
ney General has replied there
can nothing be done by the
State, under the recent reversal
of the Arkansas Supreme Court
by the Supreme Court of the
United States.
The Arkansas legislature
passed an act prohibiting the
peddling of lightning rods,
stoves, pumps, buggies and vehi
cles, which was fought out by
the Spalding Buggy company
and a wrought iron range con
cern. They send agents into the
counties who sell | he merchan- i
dise, which is si ipped in to j
them as agents of the manufac- j
turer, and then delivered- The i
legislature attempted to tax,
them $200 per county, but the!
highest court declared it a re
straint of commerce and that
ends it.
PATHENC APPEAL
EOR MINISTER
Marion Capps, Who Was Con
victed On Testimony of
Daughter Now Repud
iated.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 120.—An
aunt of Marion Capps, an aged
Methodist minister who is under
sentence of death for the mur
der of three children, has writ
ten a pathetic appeal to (Jov. -J.
M. Futrell, asking executive
clemency. The woman, writing
from Alabama, states she knows
Capps is not guilty, and if the
governor will properly investi
gate, he will reach such a deter
mination.
Capps was arrested after his
home near Bonanza, in Sebas
tian county, was destroyed by
fire, and two children so badly
burned they died, a few days
later another child dying from
its burns. A daughter and son
who escaped told that the father
had saturated the beds with coal
oil, tied them in bed and applied
a match to the building.
The daughter, after the fa
ther had been convicted, repud
iated her story, and stated that
both she and her brother had
sworn falsely. She intimated
that the story had been suggest
ed to her by a youth in the com-v
munity to whom she was soon to
be married, and whose atten
tions were objected to by the fa
ther. The matter is now under
advisement by the circuit judge
who presided over the trial, and
if he does not grant Capps a
new trial, it is probable the gov
ernor will look fully into the
case.
W. M- Sharp Dies From Injuries
W. M. Sharp, the car repairer,
who lost a leg in the local Iron
Mountain yards Monday morn
ing when a switch engine backed
over him, died Tuesday morning
at the Hospital in Little Rock to
which he had been removed.
Mrs. Sharp Had gone to Cot
ter to see her mother when the
accident occurred and was here
Monday night en route to Little
Rock. Her mother died at Cot
ter during the night and her
husband this morning. The re
mains will probably be taken to
Cotter in the morning for burial.
Mr. Sharp was until recently
a citizen of that town and his
wife Has the sympathy of our
people in this double loss. i
Five Years For “Urass Kid.”
Hot Springs, April 28. —Five
years at hard labor in the state
penitentiary was the punish
ment fixed by a trial jury for
Herbert Coons, alias .1 H. Ward,
alias the “Urass Kid” in a ver
dict handed into circuit court
this afternoon at (5 o’clock.' He
was the second man ied in
connection with the swV.dle cas
es here.
The jury had been out since
3:15 o’clock in the afternoon.
A prompt verdict had been an
ticipated. and after the first
hour was spent in the jury room
without any indication as to
what was being done there, mis
givings followed. The jury,
however, was only divided, it
was learned, on tin* question of
the punishment. The punish
ment that could hav6 been fixed
ranged from one to five years.
The limit was finally agreed up
on in the verdict. In a closing
argument of masterful force,
Attorney W. H. Martin, for the
state, had called the attention of
the jury to the in^fequacy of
the larceny laws in state,
and to the fact that graKJ lar
ceny is the theft of anj^t sum
over the value of $10.
tinction is made beyond that^p
rni_:.i l.i. „ i__
i 11vt juity, ai auuunt CIO
a unit, seemed to feel the force
of this argument and refused to
join a small minority in the mat
ter of leniency to the “ Brass
Kid,” sticking out solidly for
the full punishment that could
be fixed under the law.
Foreman M. J. Henderson read
the verdict:
“We, the jury, find the defend
ant guilty and fix his punish
ment at five years’ imprison
ment in the state penitentiary.”
There was a nod, a slight nod,
from the “Brass Kid” as the
word “guilty” fell from the lips
of the foreman, then a further
assenting nod when the Denalty
was read. It was apparent that
the “Brass Kid” was not sur
prised at the verdict.
Previously in the proceedings
it seems there had been some
talk of his entering a plea of
guilty, and when that was sug
gested the Brass Kid” had said:
“I would rather get five years
on a verdict than five hours on
a plea of guilty.”
The customary notice of ap
peal was given and the “Brass
Kid” was led away to his cell
in the county jail.
C. J. Saenger and S. R. Phil
lips went to Hoxie on business
this morning.
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