sGRANTS !
THRttPARDONS
„**««, Murder And |
Js&ry Casts 0U‘
Ordinary.
j to Independent.
1Bock, Dec 2. Gov.
panted three pardons
,T afternoon in cases that
jjpewhat out of the ordin
nnhus Carleton convicted
ton county in July, 1913,
Laughter, and sentenced
.years imprisonment, was
i his liberty. This was
k'the request of the trial
a W. Reed, and several
| petitioners. Carleton
unstable of Low Gap
ip a school director, and
tendent of a Sunday
ind is the first Carleton
a large family in the coun
it has ever been in trouble.
December, 1912, he shot
jlled a drunken man nam
rr, who was raising a dis
Ke at a box supper at a
House to raise money for
tmas presents for the chil
It was shown that he had
ii a pistol to protect him
md preserve peace, and it
accidentally discharged,.
gBarr- The petition fur
«dds: »
is a man who never touch
uor, and upon the occasion
(shooting he was in pos
snof the first pistol that he
wr carried in his life, and
id it at that time in the dis
pof his official duty.”
IfMs, a negro, convicted
ittenden county of murder
(second degree for killing a
y negro, in the fall of 1911,
sentenced to fiften years’
isonment, was pardoned up
ie recommendation of all
ty officers, many citizens,
Associate Justice Smith,
sentenced him while Cir
Judge. There was no evi
Lto convict him, and he
(d guilty when it appeared
the officials would be una
to discover the identity of
»n who did the killing,
e wife of Aaron Foster of
font irovorl V»no_
the pardon issued by Gov
rHays. Foster was convict
1 Greenwood last July of
i larceny, and sentenced to
*ar in the penitentiary. A
had been broken open and
P the stolen goods were
iinhis house, although an
®an was convicted of the
■ The pardon was recom
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and Hanv Myers as
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CENTS
mended by Prosecuting Attor
ney Little and several hundred
petitioners.
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Could Not Identify Man.
The party, composed of Sher
iff J- E. Owens, Deputy Sheriff
James Easley and D. A. Lind
sey, who went to Muskogee, Ok
lahoma, to identify the man held
there for the Pocahontas postof
fice robbery and the shooting of i
Mr. Owens last summer, return
ed Wednesday without their i
man
They all say they are quite j
sure it was the man wanted
here, in fact, they say in their
own mind they know it was the
right party, but none of them j
were willing to be placed on oath
and say positively that he was j
the man that shot Mr. Owens, j
and for this reason the Oklaho- j
ma officials said that the evi-1
dence against him was not suf
ficient to warrant their turn
ing him over to oqr officials.
He was released, but was im
mediately arrested on other
charges.—Hoxie Enterprise.
$10,000 Capital For Banks.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 2.—State
Bank Commissioner Davis Mon
day issued a statement to the
effect that after Jan. 1, 1914,
when the Banking act becomes
effective,, no bank shall be per
mitted to reduce its capital to
less than $10,000; but in the
event its capital invested is less
than $10,000, it will not be re
quired to increase its capital and
will only be required to have its j
capital actually paid in repre
sented by fully paid certificates
After that date no bank will be.
chartered with less than $10,000
capital, paid up, nor shall any
bank be permitted to advertise
any greater amount of capital
than it actually has.
j Both Suspects Under Arrest.
Special to Independent.
Swifton, Dec. 2—For a long
time, the merchants of Swifton
have undergone numerous bur
glaries and small thefts from
their places of business. A
close watch has been kept for
some time past and as a result,
two men living south of We in
the country are under arrest.
One man named named f oster
was arrested last week and held
in jail at Newport being brought
here today for a preliminary
Hearing before Esquire Atway.
A second man named Fox was
arrested yesterday and part of
the goods stolen from several
mercantile houses including a
shot gun stolen from1 the store
of James Carlin, have been re
covered
Cotton Prices Better.
Receipts have been very light
thus far this week and prices
are higher. Most of the cotton
sold here Tuesday brought lV/>
cents, but some bales brought
as much as 12 cents per pound.
The government ginners’ re
port on December 8 and particu
larly the first government crop
estimate on December 12 are ex
pected to govern the tendency
of the market.
Liquor Petitioners.
(Advertisement.)
Your name must be publish
' ed in twro issues of the county
paper. When the petition v.
presented, look for blood- Stud?
5 the character of the one cairy
ing the petition.
Studv the law.
[07d2 ' B. L- Wilford.
LAW DID NOT
CALL FOR CRIFR
At Railroad Junctions Where
Trains Do Not Make Close
Connections.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 2.—The Su
preme Court delivered an inter
esting opinion Monday on the
act of 1907 providing for train
criers at certain stations. The,
Rock Island railroad had been,
indicted in the White county cir
cuit court on a charge of having
violated the law by failing to
provide a crier at the station at
Fligginson. The lower court sus
tained a demurrer by the rail
road on the ground that the law
does not require a crier at Hig
ginson, and in sustainingthis ac
tion, the Supreme Court says:
“The act does not provide that
all railroad companies operating
railroads in this state shall at
all junctions where it connects
with one or more lines of any
railroad, provide and have on
t n 4- n4* t VI Au A
ItUbJ uv * vtJ oviuivij IV Vi i Vi niivkjv
duty it shall be to call out the
departure of all passenger
trains; but it provides for a
crier at all junctions where two
or more trains connect. The
object and purpose of the statute
is for the protection of passen
gers and to prevent confusion
in embarking on trains- We
think the words, “at all junc-t
tions where two or more trains
connect” mean a junction where
the trains of two or more rail
roads, when on schedule time,
arrive and depart at or near the
same time.” j
Appealed With Babe In Arms.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 2.—Mrs
George Russell of Pocahontas,
with a little babe in arms, made
a personal appeal to Gov. Hays
Monday for the pardon of her
husband, who was convicted of
having obtained possession of
some cattle under false pre
tenses and sentenced to a year
in the prison- She made a pit
eous plea for his liberty that he
might return to his family, and
the governor took the case under
advisement.
It is one of the kind of cases
that are presented almost daily
for clemency, and one that the
governor finds most difficult to
refuse.
Mrs. Russell has lived in Ran-1
dolph county practically all her!
life, and comesfrom a good fam- •
ily. Her husband came from
| Greene county several years ago.!
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Court Affirms Act.
Special to Independent. .
Little Rock, Dec. 2.—The Ar
kansas Supreme Court has af
! firmed in all particulars the pan
1 dering act passed by the L£gis
! lature of 1913 for the portection
; of the women of the state. The
'case at issue, however, that of
Jack Boyle, who was convicted
i at Hot Springs and sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary,
was reversed because of an er
; ror of the court in having ex
cluded certain testimony which
the defense sought to introduce
Policemen’s Ball Receipts.
•' Special to Independent.
■; Little Rock, Dec- 2.—After
; I paying all expenses, the receipts
r. 0f the policemen’s ball last week
. j were sufficient to give each
' member of the force $33.75, tc
be applied toward tl# purchase
' of their winter uniforms.
Starling Must Face Trial.
Hope, Dec. 1.—Sheriff R. A.
Boyd returned from Tulsa, Okla
homa, today with J. J. Starling,
wanted in Arkansas on a charge
,of postoffice and bank robbery.
jAt his own expense, the sheriff
took five witnesses to Tulsa who
| identified Starling. The prison
er was placed in jail at Wash
ington tonight. It is thought
that his preliminary hearing
will be held this week. Deputy
Sheriff Thomas J. Logan was
one of the witnesses taken to
Tulsa.
Starling is wanted in this
state on charges of robbing the
Pocahontas postoffice July 7.
the First State Bank of Dar
danelle October 1 and the Bank
of Fulton October 3- Starling
successfully fought extradition
at McAlester for the Dardanelle
robbery and later at Muskogee
'he prevented his removal to Po
cahontas on the charge of rob
bing the postoffice there.
’. He was arrested imediately,
charged with the Fulton rob
hprv Stprlino’ filprl n hnhp:)s
corpus suit to prevent his ex
tradition to Arkansas, but Judge
R. P. Degraffenreid decided that
he should be returned to Fulton.
Starling declared at the con
clusion of his hearing that when
he arrived in Arkansas he would
plead guilty to another crime
which he said he had committed
at a time when the officers think
he was robbing a bank. He
I swore that he was no^in Ark
ansas between October 1 and
^'October 5, and that he had nev
;er been in Pocahontas.
State Agent Willard of Fulton
'identified Starling as the man
; he*saw at Fulton October 2, the
-day before the bank robbery. K.
! S. Freeman, marshal of Fulton,
'also identified Starling. A ne
;gro swore he had sold Starling
land two others three dozen ta
j males at Fulton after the rob
I bery and that Starling paid him
i in pennies. A large quantity of
I pennies were stolen from the
bank- He also identified Star-1
ling’s photograph out of a col
lection of 150 photographs of
criminals.
Form Men s Association.
Revs. Harry Chalmers of the
Presbyterian church and B. L.
Wilford of the Methodist church
have organized a Men’s Associa
tion for church work in this
city.
The meetings are to be con
ducted entirely by the men of the
different churches in town, ap
pointing their own speakers
Rev. Mr. Chalmers has conduct
ed the two previous meetings,
but the laymen are to have
charge hereafter. The meetings
are to be held every Sunday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock at the Meth
odist church. Prof. Edgar Wil
' liams is to be the leader for next
Sunday and' will have for his
i subject the “Unlimited Life.’’
I Every business man in town
! whether church member or not
iis invited to attend these meet
ings.
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State Committee to Meet.
Spcial to Independent.
I Little Rock, Dec. 2—A meefini
of the Democratic State Centra
Committee has been called fo
Little Rock Dec. 17, to make ar
rangements for the March pri
maries. The call is issued b;
Chairman A- J. Walls and Secrt
tary W. G. Hutton.
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PRISONER SHOOTS
BEEBE MARSHAL
Recalls Murder Of Marshal
Mercing By Choate Who Is
Soon to Be Tried.
Beebe, Dec 1.—Harry Brown,
marshal, was shot and seriously
wounded early Sunday morning.
There were no witnesses, but 1
Brown says that George Mcl Tall
ies, 25 years old, whom he had
arrested for disturbing the
peace, did the shooting. He says
that he was taking his prison
er to jail when McDaniels knock
ed him down and shot him
twice. One bullet lodged in the
spinal column and his right side
is paralyzed. Brown is about GO
years old. McDaniels is said to
have a court record.
McDaniels was arrested soon
after the shooting and was tak- j
en to the Searcy jail. He de-1
nies the shooting.
If Brown dies, he will be the
fourth marshal who has been
killed in Beebe- Christmas eve,
1890, Clarke Martin was shot
and instantly killed by Jim Flip
pin. Flippin escaped, but was
captured five years later. He
was convicted of manslaughter
and sentenced to two yeairs \p
the penitentiary.
In June, 1899, Jim Drewr Car
adine stabbed Joe Hastings when
the latter tried to arrest him
Hastings died of his wounds.
Caradine \neis sent to the peni
tentiary for 10 years, but was
pardoned later by Dan W. Jones, i
then governor.
Two and a half years aigo A.
V. Mercing was killed by Thom
as Choate. Choate is now un
der indictment for murder, and
his trial will be held in January.
Cook Hook For Sale.
The cook book compiled by
Mrs. O. E. Jones has just been
completed and is for sale by Mrs
Jones, Mrs. Scarborough and
Miss Mabel Stayton. The cook
book is made up from receipts
for desserts and fancy dishes
given by the best cooks of New
port and will be a treasure in
any kitchen. The proceeds of
the sale of the book will go to
the Woman’s Missionary Socie
ty of the Methodist church.
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Jury Acquits Hunters.
Hope, Dec. 1—Talbot Field,
president of the Hope Lumber
Company, and Luther Hinton, a
local automobile dealer, who
were arraigned before Justice of
the Peace C. A. Carmon at Mc
Nab, Arkansas Saturday charg
ed with violating the state game
law, were acquitted at a jury
trial. They were accused of
shooting ducks on the Grassy
Lake after sundown on Thanks
giving day, 1912.
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Does advertising pay? The
Spearmint gum people recently
paid $11,000 for a double page
ad in the Saturday Evening
Post. It took the profits from
the sale of 22,000,000 sticks of
gum to pay for the ad. Do you
suppose the Spearmint people
are in business for their health?
—Rogers Press.
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