■West
|on In Court
Egst Establish Cen
Ejority AndRe
E Must Show
■ Signatures.
I. for the licensed
Ein this city was
Eynty court before
Eoe Monday mora
ine of the county
■too small to accom
Ewd in attendance,
En adjourned to
Elock in the lodge
■Board building.
■was crowded to its
Eg the afternoon,
E of ladies consti
Et half of those
E court was open
Bones for the remon
Bked the signatures
Eupon the petitions
B grounds, alleging
E non-residents, 22
■signing twice, 224
Eor transients, 34
E 39 insufficient
Eyt allowing 469
Id unchallenged up
oof 841 names,
ament by the at
i both sides Judge
It the burden of
Wishing the census
Is'and the majority
ioners lay upon the
•bile the burden, of
oving illegal signa
ls petition, lay upon
ants.
nous was the first
testified that there
mes upon the peti
ry as census super
ie Second Congres
tt testifying from
government census
in 1910 the total
tion of the city was
fh 1305 was white;
JVernment estimate
l)11914 gave New
WtS, of which 1395
adults over 21 years
government figures
It* over 21 years
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y lu quesuons i
^ for* remonstrants .
®ber of white girls i
'from 18 to 21 at
“son, county clerk,
“d a* a witness to
a vote of the county
"12 as being for li
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called upon to testify to the pub
lication of the names of the peti
tioners for license.
After the testimony, petition
ers rested and considerable argu
ment by counsel occurred, before
! remonstrants began to present
evidence attacking the legality
of various signatures to the peti
tion, the first move being
against 27 names appearing up
on the petition and published,
which remonstrants allege had
been ordered withdrawn by this
number of petitioners, before
the petitions were filed of re
cord.
Now that court has reached
the merits of the petition, the
fight promises to be long and te
dious. How long none can pre
dict with surety and the gen
eral estimate runs from 2 days
to 2 weeks, when the reuslt of
the contest will be known.
Candidates Looking Ahead.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 9.—In spite
of the fact that the 1914 prima
ry is not yet out of the way,
lines are being cast in the 1916
political pool, especially in the
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ly believed that Gov. G. W. Hays
will at that time contest for a
seat on the Supreme Court, leav
ing his place to be fought for by
any number that desire to make
the race.
Among those who are proba
ble candidates are, David A
Gates, now a member of the
State Tax Commission; John
H. Page, now Commissioner of
MineH Manufactures and Agri
culture ; Earle W. Hodges, now
Secretary of State; and Dr. C.
H. Brough, a member of the fac
ulty of the University of Arkan
sas. Dr. Brough has definitely
announced as a candidate, and is
expected to rjesign his position at
the end of the present school
year, to begin touring the state.
He expects to visit every voter
in Arkansas. As he has been
connected with the University
for many years, he will be ex
tremely popular with those who
have attended that institution.
Mr. J. M. Bel] Accepts Call.
To J. M. Stayton,, W. B. Chas
tain, J. D Neal, and other citi
zens of Union township, Jackson
county:
Gentlemen:
In the Independent of the 5th,
mst., I read your request that I
become a candidate for justice
of the peace for Union township
at the Democratic primary elec
tion, March 25th, 1914.
I am greatly complimented at
a solicitation of so many of m\
bar associates, old time friends
and fellow citizens, and will pro
pose my name at the primary e
lection, and if nominated and e
lecte'd, I will perform the duties
of that office to the best of my a
bility.
* * * *
No citizen of Newport is bet
iter qualified to serve the town
ship than Mr. Bell. His reputa
tion as a lawyer guarantees his
fitness and his standing in the
community vouchsafes the as
. surance that he has all the other
qualities necessary for a good
administration of this office.
A petition asking for his candi
dacy met with practically unan
imous approval and we are sure
his nomination will be an o\ er
' whelming vote of confidence up
on the part of the people with
[whom he has lived.
TO HARNESS
WHITE RIVER
To Generate Electricity for Cit
ies of North Arkansas and
Little Rock.
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 9.— A fran
chise has been grant d by the
Arkansas Railroad Commission
jto Charles A. Barton of Chicago,
;to use the waters of the Buffalo
ifork of White river and White
! river itself, at Buffalo Shoals,
I for the purpose of generating,
| electricity. According to the J
holder of the franchise, he will
supply Little Rock, as well as
jBatesville, Newport, Searcy,
Conwav, and many other towns
j
of the state, with electricity at;
about one-third the rate they are !
now paying.
A recent act of the legislature
gave the Railroad Commission
the right to grant franchises to
water power companies, and this
j is the first application filed be
jfore the Board. Mr. Barton
i came without the usual flare of
trumpets, and after he had
| spent several months looking ov
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sas- He declares he will be ready
to supply Little Rock within six
months.
Instead of the usual system of
dams, Mr. Barton will place
boats at the places where he
has franchises to operate, and
to them will be fastened ma
chinery Which will force a con
siderable amount of water
through a sluice beside the boat.
This will furnish power to turn
the machinery which will gener
ate the electricity. According |
to the promoter, the greatest j
cost will be in the wires to car-;
ry the power to Little Rock.]
This will require an outlay of i
j $1,000,000. The three boats j
will cost about one half that j
sum.
i I
j The holder of the state fran
chise has made no effort to se
cure a franchise from any city
of the state, but states he will
be prepared to supply them with
electricity when his lines are all
reuuy.
Under the scale filed by the
franchise holder with the Rail
road Commission, electricity
will be sold in Little Rock at a
bout one-third the usual rate.
He will sell electricity in Little
Rock for three cents per kilo
watt, where ten cents is now
! being paid. He will sell electric
I jty to large consumers at one
| half that price
After securing his franchise,
; Mr. Barton as quietly left the
I city, going to his home in Oak
iPark, a suburb of Chicago,
'where he will prepare his plans
for building the boats.
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Find Fish Plentiful.
Mountain View, Feb- 8—Resi
dents on Tomahawk and Beech
Fork creeks, this county report
that fish in those streams are
| more plentiful this year than for
! several years. Two years ago
! the United States Fish Hatch
ery at Mammoth Spring sent
' several hundred thousand rain
bow trout and black bass to lo
cal sportsmen and they were
placed in the two streams.
Yellow Clothes Are Unsightly
Keep them white with Red Cross
Ball Blue. All grocers sell large
2 oz. package, 5 cents.
Rabies of Virulent Form.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, F'eb. ‘J.—John
Leifer of Carlisle, and his sister,
Mrs- Moore, are now taking the
Pasteur treatment to prevent
rabies, after being bitten by a
cat which suffered with the dis
ease. The head of the cat, as
well as that of the dog which
bit the cat, were examined by
Dr. W. F. Manglesdorf, a Little
Rock chemist, who pronounced
the disease as rabies of the most
virulent form.
A dog on the place was bitten
by a wolf which is thought to
have suffered with hydrophobia.
The dog bit the cat. The cat
got into the house and when
Mrs. Moore went to put it out, it
bit her. The cat then escaped,
but the next day was howling so
under a tank, that Mr. Leifer
went to pull it out, when it bit
him in the hand. He shot the
cat and sent its head, with that
of the dog, which died a few
days previous, to the state chem
ist for examination
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Pupils Versus School Authorities
Patterson, Jil. j?, Feb. 7.—
When Mrs.' Florence Bryant,,
principal of a public school in
West Park, a suburb, found that
her sjxty pupils were spoiling
the appearance of the front en
trance to th'e school by tracking
mud up the broad cement side
walk, she Ordered them to use a
side entrance. The children ob
jected and today fifty of the six
ty attending the school are on a
strike. They are supported by
their parents, who declare that
| 1
the front entrance must be o
'pened, even if neatness in the
| appearance of the school has to
i be sacrificed
j The board of education last
'night voted to support the
I teacher's orders, as if for no
Mother purpose, than to impress
[upon the children the value of
tidiness, and it was agreed to
invoke the truancy law to
break the strike. If the pupils
refuse to come to school on Mon
day and enter by the side doors
warrants will be issued for the
arrest of all parents fostering
the movement.
Storage room for rent at Bow
en’s Cash Store. 35d36t
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Benjamin-Washington Tango Twcec1
Shot Negro
In Self Defense
Walter Ussery Shot ,\ml Killed
Lee Kandy Saturday After
noon and Surrendered.
_
Walter Ussery, a young far
mer of good reputation of Vil
lage township, shot and killed
Lee Bandy, a negro farmer of
that township, late Saturday af
ternoon and about midnight,
reached Newport and surrender-!
ed to Sheriff McCuistion.
Ussery claims that he shot in
self defense and the physical
facts as well as the testimony
of an eye witness, go to substan
tiate his story of the tragedy.
Coroner Melville was summon
ed to the scene, but as the grand
jury was still in session, he did
not regard an inquest necessary
and the investigation will be
taken up by that body, when it
reconvenes at 1:30 o’clock Mon
day afternoon.
The story of the killing, as
learned by the Independent, was
that Ussery in company with
his brother-in-law, Tommie
SjStultz, was driving a yearling
down a lane in the Holden
neighborhood, when they met
Lee Bandy, standing beside the
road. The negro began cursing
and abusing Ussery about a hog
that ran with Ussery’s hogs and
threatened Ussery’s life. Us
sery went on however, but ob
tained a shot gun as he had to
return over the same road.
Upon this return, he met Ban
dy in the road, who stopped him
and again began abusing him
Ussery said to him: “Nigger, I
don’t want you to bother me any
more.” This seemed to enrage
j Bandy and he replied “You’re no
nigger, but a-low life white
- — -” and pulled an
automatic revolver from his hip
.pocket. Ussery threw up his
I gun and fired, the whole load of
| shot, wads and all entering the
negro’s chest. He continued to
advance and Ussery turned and
ran. Bandy fell a few steps
from where he was shot and
died in a very short while. When
found, he had the automatic pis
tol in his left hand and had a
glove on his right hand. He is
said to_hav(^been left-handed.
To Represent Arkansas.
Governor George W. Hayes,
anxious to have Arkansas repre
sented creditably in tlie Pan
Pacific Exposition next year, has
addressed the following letter to
friends and public spirited citi
zens over the state:
Little Rock. Ark., Eel). 3, 1914.
My Dear Friend:
As you are no doubt aware, we
have no appropriation that would
enable the state of Arkansas to
participate in the Panama-Pacif
ic Exposition to he held in San \
Francisco in the year 1915
I feel that our state should not
be behind our sister states in
such matters and the object of
tin's letter is to ask that you have
as many of the citizens of your
county as can possibly do so, to
meet with the writer and the cit
izens from every other county in
the state on the 12th day of Feb
ruary, 1914, at the Marion hotel.,
in the city of Little Rock, and,
join with us in devising ways and
means whereby we may be prop
erly represented at this exposi
tion, and at the same time be*
given an opportunity to show the
world our unlimited mineral re
sources and great agricultural
possibilities which can only re
sult in bringing to Arkansas o|!
desirable citizens.
In order that we may be repre
sented as above set forth, it vrii\
be necessry for our patriotic cit
izens to raise such an amount as
will enable us to take part in this
great fair.
Please confer with as many of
the citizens of your county as
you can get in communication
with and ask that they join you
in using evey possible effort to
bring a big delegation to Little
Rock on the 12th of this month.
JI would be glad to have a letter
from you advising me that you
will come and bring with you a
.big delegation. Please give this
matter as much publicity as is
possible and ask your local pap
ers to publish this letter. Don't
| forget the date, February 12th,
; 19i4. ■
Very sincerely yours,
geo. w. Hays,
Governor.
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Carload of regular country
! wood for heating or cooking, $2
! per load. W. G- Compton, phone
98. 48dtf. ,
TANGO TO
Berger'S
"SrAA? CLOTH I KG HOUSE?
Final Clean Up Of AH
Winter Clothes. Last Call
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AH Beniamin Suits and Overcoats now $13.50
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All Majestic Suits and Overcoats now $10.50
Crown $4.00 and $4.50 Trousers now. $ 2.85
Crown $5.00 and $6.00 Trousers now .$ 3.85
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Remember:
The highest type of Clothes making.
Priced for a quick clean up.
Shrewd buyers now get busy.