VOLUME in
A LIVELY CHASE.
Irate Father In Pursuit of Runa
way Daughter, Who Had
Eloped With Objection
able Sweetheart.
Pine Bluff, Dec. 7.—An irate
father, armed with a shotgun, is
|. in the city like Shylock, looking
for the young man who ran away
with his daughter. Cupid and
Esq. Needham of Double Wells,
were responsible forthe old man’s
trip across the county. The man
was Mr. J. N. Falls, who lives
near Double Wells and he was
trying to find Mr. George Taylor:
and wife, the latter who was |
until Friday, Miss Addie F alls.
The story goes that the young:
folks had been sweethearts for
some time, but parental consent
to their marriage was withheld, j
because of the tender age of the
young lady. Like the fair Jes
sica of old, however, the young!
lady concluded that she knew her,
own heart, and together the
young folks .went to the home of
Esq. Needham, where they were
made husband and wife.
A friend of the young lady’s j
father saw them together and
suspecting the truth, informed
the parent, who started in per
suit. The young folks had a fair
start, however, and when last
seen were well on their way to
ward Reufield, with the father
several hours behind.
WILL CURTAIL PASSES.
The pass agreement for the
|year 1904, adopted by seventy
1 restern railroads, which goes
into effect the 1st of January,
■raws the line governing the is
JHBuance of free transportation
^■tighter than they have ever been
apPdrawn heretofore.
Its intent is to prohibit not
(■r^onfy and time passes, but
also trip p<is>i?es, trip tickets,
■ mileage tickets, special trains
^B and all forms of free or reduced
transportation, state or inter
fll State, intended to influence or
mt secure freight or passenger busi
■B Specific account is made of
■B companies or individual vo whom
free or reduced transportation
may not be issued.
Under the new agreement the
Chairman of the general body is
to appoint nine executive officers
of different lines, parties to the
agreement, who will have au
thority to pass on all points aris
ing from an interpretation of the
agreement.
The pass agreement of the
trunk lines will be strictly main
tained during the coming year,
d the hauling of private cars
ree will be restricted as much as
, as was done this year.
MISSION BOAT CAPSIZED.
Npws has been received by the
Mission board of the
Presbyterian church of
capsizing of the mission
oat, “The Lapsley,”
after the great African
•V,and constructed a
years ago through moneys
ined from the Sunday schools
this country. It has been doing
great mission service on the
go in transporting supplies
the interior stations.
Twenty-four natives, including
H. C. Slay maker, were
ed, though Captain L. C.
, a North Carolina mission
, was saved.
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PLEROAD %
IMPROVEMENT.
ard King, a plain Missouri
er, is responsible for a sifg
ion which has met the appro
of some of the good roads
ates. Mr. King had a bad
of road in front of his farm
not beiiig a statesman he de
s'
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jided to try to improve it with- i
Dut any elaborate theory, but i
just using a little common sense, j
a tree top and a team of mules, j
He furnished a report of the re-!
suits of his experiments in the i,
September number of the Muni
cipal Journal and Engineer. He
began work on a half mile of i
prairie road in 1896, the soil
being partly black loam and
partly yellow clay. He con
structed a drag, such as have
been used by farmers for years
for years in breaking lumps of
rough ground, and began using
it by going over the road after
every rainstorm.
He found that by his persis
tent use of the simple device the
ruts of the road were filled, the
surface rounded and packed so it
shed water, and that after a
year’s work, the road was in
comparatively good condition,
and the result of his work began
attracting the attention of his
neighbors. His example was fol
lowed and now miles of the roads
in his county have been thus im
proved, without cost other than
the time of the farmers who de-!
rive the benefit of the improved
conditions.
It is not argued that the drag
will do as a substitute for the
rock crusher and the road ma
chine, but it is contended, with
proof to support it, that it greatly i
improves the roads pending the j
systematic work that is being |
undertaken by the county gov-:
ernments in the different states. ;
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NEGRO SHOT AT
WALNUT RIDGE.!
Hoxie, Ark., Dec. 7.—Asbury
Hoskins, colored, was shot and
instantly killed by Will Jones,
another negro, at Walnut Ridge
Saturday night. The negroes
were in a crap game and Hoskins
applied some epithet to Jones
which offended him, and he left
the room, and, securing a double
barreled shotgun, returned and
emptied the contents into Hos
i kins’ chest, killing him instantly.
| Jones fled and attempted to make
! good his escape, but was captured
. . •_ 1_ _1*^1
y U.cxy 11111ft iucu ouai
ICroak. Hoskins was a “white
folks nigger” and was well
thought of.
POLICE COURT NOTES.
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This week thus far has been a
busy as well as profitable one for
! the local magistrates. The prev
i alent offense is drunkenness, for
! which there were five convic
! tions Tuesday morning.
1 Ben Tucker, L. Hartwick.
Booker Shobe and Chas. Bell
pled guilty to drunkenness and
were each fined $5 and costs,
while Ed Deeming stood trial ke
if ore Acting Mayor J. R. 'llijr.r
and met the same fne.
Jno. Agnew, arrested for
drunkenness, ?.• discharged
after trial and A vV. Lane was
j fined $20 fo disturbing the peace
of the district north of the Iron
| Mountain tracks.
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j CONVICT FARM
COTTON YIELD.
The state will soon have about
j 1,200 bales of cotton to dispose
of, in addition to the quantities
j also sold by Financial Agent Jos.
C. Moore of the penitentiary.
The cotton is being rapidly
picked and ginned on the state
convict farm in Lincoln county,
land the good prices prevalent
make it reasonably certain that
: between $80,000 and $90,000 will
1 be received for the cotton yield,
! independent of the 12,000 bushels
! of corn and other products of the
farm.
GENTS’ SMOKING JACKETS.
An elegant line just received
at Chas. Meyers’ Great Bargain
Store. 185btf
4k
SHALL TOWNSEND
HOLD TWO OFFICES? <
The supreme court, upon mo- j
;ion of the attorney general, has <
idvanced the case of State vs. !
Henry TovfSsend, as a cause of j i
yublic interest. Townsend is at i
present the county judge of ;
Desha county and has since his
Section to that office been elected
as town recorder of Arkansas
3ity, and'is also exercising the
: ■
The attorney general brought
:juo warranto proceedings in the ;
Desha circuit court to oust Town- i
send from the office of county
judge on the ground that he had^
accepted an inconsistent office
and thereby vacated said judge
ship.
The circuit court dismissed the
information, holding that the at
torney general had no power to
institute the proceedings and
that information in the nature of
quo warranto would not lie in
such a case. These are the
questions involved in the appeal
and the cause is one of some in
terest.
COUNCIL CONVENES.
At a meeting of the city coun
cil Monday evening, presided;
over by Recorder Mayhan in the ;
absence of the mayor, little of
interest was accomplished.
Aldermen Wishon, Wilmans
and Bailey were present, the last
named serving as recorder. The i
minutes of the previous meeting
were approved, and the regular
accounts allowed, after which the !
council adjourned.
ONLY KNOWN DEMOCRATS.1
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Mammoth Spring, Dec. 7.—At
a meeting of the Democratic
county central committee it was
ordered that a legalized primary
election be held on the 26th day
of March, 1904, for all officers
from governor to constable. A
resolution was unanimously pass
ed that none but known Demo
crats be allowed to vote at said
primary.
SWIPED TROUSERS.
A stranger who was walking
down Front street Monday even
ing about dark tried to get away
with a pair of pants which were
hanging on display in the front
S. Brasch’s store, but was de
tected and captured.
He was placed in jail to await
trial before the acting mayor
Tuesday afternoon.
The Independent extends greet
ing to a newlv-born exchange,
the Cotter Courier, which cor/, os
' our table this week in a vey
beautiful dress. Cotter is said
. a booming town, but will
have to be a hummer to keep
! pace with the Courier, as Editor
Copeland is an old newspaper
man and a good one, too, whom
we wish the highest measure of
a deserved success.
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