[NOW
MOST ASSURED
ting Of Stockholders
Strong Support Of
je Over White.
1, 1912, a big $40,000
nsion bridge should i
1 travel across White}
the city of Newport}
and fertile tributary i
)il Trough and a vast'}
r to the west and
if this city, inviting
encouraging better!
lations with a wide
tributary territory.;
Ige is now assured,!
our citizens- rally to |
hit started by Solj
and formally launch- i
fat a mask meeting of repre-!
•tative citizens at the city hall
iirsday evening,
ffr. Heinemann reported $25,
| to $28,000 in pledges of
Ik subscription and to get
proposition on a business ba
a regularly drawn subscrip
it for stock was presented and
aed by a goodly number of
stockholders present. With
$ as a nucleus, a committee
.seven progressive citizens
fee of concrete for the suspen
sion part of the bridge, other
piers to be of steel re-enforced
with concrete. * The flooring to
be of 2 1-2 inch oak and also
wood joice, the former having to
be renewed every five or six
years at a cost of $800 and the
latter every 10 or 12 years.
The suspension pier wopld sus
tain a load of 180 tons and the
speaker advised wooden floors
for the span, though concrete
could be easily ■ substituted for
the wood in all- the stationary;
part of. the bridge for about
$1000.
Minutes of Meeting. ...
Upon nomination by Gustave'
Jones, Colonel John P. Paul was |
chosen chairman an*d Norman C.
Wolff, secretary, both by ac
clamation.
F. J. Kersting, representing
the Missouri Valley Bridge Com- j
pany was called upon and told of
the steps to be taken in securingj
a bridge, that his company under j
the plans submitted would build;
an 18 foot roadway bridge, 720
feet long? wooden flooring and 5
piers for. $40,000 upon the site
designated,
Sol Heinemann reported $25,-;
300, to $28,000 in subscriptions j
for the bridge and turned his list1
)ver to the organization. He I
further presented a legally j
Irawn subscription list for;
stockholders and asked those!
j
present who had made pledges to j
come forward and sign up for
cheir stock, which was done.
Upon motion of Gus Jones, the
chairman was first authorized to j
ippoint a committee of five for ;
canvassing subscriptions and la- i
er amended io committee of ,
even. This committee, after
he chair had received sugges- ,
ions was named, as follows:;,
j. T. Bateman of Oil Trough, C.! <
J. Brown of Olyphant, C. A. j;
Pucker of Grand Glaize, Sol!!
Jeinemann chairman, Norman ,
Yolff, 0. M Bowen and C. E
Prook, _J,. - j;
•Mr. Kersting informed the',
•lock subscribers that bridge*
companies preferred to have half j'
he money when the material |
vas on the ground and the other j
lalf when the bridge was com
peted. He told of the present
ow price of steel, showing that!
it market price now, the saving'
n steel on the bridge would run!
?2100 over six montjhs ago. j,
Upon motion of W. B. Chas-'
.r'i,. i i i. i 1 1 •..• i
:am aciopieu me tnau wao mi-,
jtructed to appoint a committee
>f three tc confer with the own-,
ms of the land where bridge site
proposed to find what will be
;he>cost of the landings. C. R.
Site, Gus Jones and W. B. Chas
:ain were named as members of
his committee.
Mass meeting adjourned sub
ject to call of Sol Heinemann,
jhairman of committee to com
plete stock subscriptions.
Room For Rent
at reasonable rate, near the busi
ness part of town; comfortable,
and'well lighted. Apply to Mrs. j
Johnson at Independent office, j
***Spaifish mackerel, red snap-;
per §unfish, crappie, oysters and
celery received every Thursday,
and Friday at Snetzer’s Grocery, i
$0dtf.
Wiring, supplies and fixtures, j
all w ork guaranteed.—Sam Den-;
ty. Phone 173. 74dtf. |
Knox mends shoes c'neap. Ill j
Walnut street.
Wallace Byler of St. Louis was
here yesterday morning early en
route to Batesville.
Little Rock Secures Services Of
Noted Work.er In Chari
ties.
Special to Independent. <
Little Rock, Nov. 10.—The
city has secured the services of
John L. Greene, of Fort Worth, ■
Texas, for the purpose of' organ- i
izing .the charities of the city,
systematically. Hp has been as
signed to the work upon the re
commendation of the National
Association of Societies for Or
ganizing Charities. This is the
organisation that was endowed
by the Russell Sage Foundation
for the purpose of systemizingj
the charities of the cities, in-;
stead of conducting them in a
haphazard and often ineffective
manner. Mr. Greene will arrive
next Monday, at which time a
meeting will be held with the lo
cal committee for the purpose of
devising ways and means for
ftie purpose of devising ways
and mea%s for the proposed con
solidation.
It is argued that associated
charities will be a great deal
cheaper for the public which
puts up tne money tor tne work
after all, and will prevent much
af the petty graft that is often
found in the administration of
unorganized charities.
The movement for a co-opera
tive charity system was inaugur
ited by Mayor Taylor, who called ,
i meeting of those interested.
[t was well attended, and clergy -
md laity were alike interested
n the success of the project. •
bounty Judge Asher even de- ■
dared that in his opinion it -
should cover the whole county,
it will be the purpose to protect
die public against impostors all
iver the county, and provide a
neans for the proper assistance i
:o be rendered the worthy poor j'
aid permanently indigent.
Fund to Locate Industries.
Special to Independent
Little Pock, Nov. 10.—An .
amendment has been submitted
:o the members of the Chamber
if Commerce providing for the
iperation of an industrial Devel
>pment Committee, and the same
will be voted on at the next
meeting of the organization
fuesdav night, Nov. 21. The
amendment is submitted by ten
members of the Chamber, Frank
F Longley, W. F. Bigger. L. 0.
Yout, J. G. Blass, O. W. Field,
M. T. Welch, Leo Pfeifer, J.
Blass and H. H. Watson. The
purpose of the committee is set
forth in the following para
graph :
An industrial and Develop
ment Committee of the Chamber
af Commerce is hereby created.
3aid committee shall have exclu
sive control of the disposition of
the industrial and development
fund raised by the Chamber of
Commerce, and the fund shall be
paid out only upon drafts or war
rants of said committee. The j
committee shall have the right !
to make investments of said
funds, to mala? donations and to
grant aids or subsidies, and use
it in any manner which a major
ity may determine upon for pub
lic, purposes.”
This is for the purpose of tak
ing care of the Million Dollar j
Fund that is being raised.
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There is just one an(j it is
Uwanta flour at Bowen’s Cash
Store. 87d6t
He ~ expressed but little hope'
for the negative characters, the !
sissy men who know the right
but will not try, then the fellow
who says There’s time enough”
—the devils easiest subjects.
These three were classed as the;
hardest of all excuses to manage.'
All other excuses the “big
preacher” knocked into splin-j
ters with but little trouble. He!
closed with a splendid view of ■
the positive character who was j
big enough to rise above the de-:
vil and all excuses and take his j
stand for Christ like Gladstone, i
McKinley, Bryan, Wesley, Knox,;
and other great men.' At the'
close of the service more than 501
hands went up for prayers. That
was a grand sight to see 50 peo
ple beckoning for help. May the
Lord save them!
HraiWr^
IS UNSOLVED
Mrs. Mary Bagwell Has Been Re
leased By Independence
Grand Jury.
Mrs. Mary Bagwell, who was
under bond charged with tlfe
murder ■ of Tommy Baker, was
released by the grand jury of In
dependence county, after that
body had devoted several days to
an investigation of'*the case and
had examined thirty-five wit
nesses. As the case appears at
present, it promises to -remain
an unsolved and unsolvable mys-1
tery. |
Tommy Baker, a mere lad, was j
found dead in White river near
the McHenry farm last spring, |
and Mrs. Bagwell and her small
son were arrested, charged with
the crime. Mrs. Bagwell, a wi
dow, about forty-five years of
age, and her three boys were
living in a tent pn the bank of
the river at the time the crime!
was committed. She and her;
youngest son were the last per-i
might he meted out to the party
or parties guilty of so foully
murdering a defenseless boy.
Evidence shows unmistakably
that the boy was killed and his
body thrown into the river. But
whoever committed the crime
followed out a well-laid scheme
so perfectly that all efFoi ts to .lo *■
cate the criminal have proven
futile, and it sterns very proba
ble that the guilty party will go
unwhipped of justice.—Newark
Journal.
Brundidge Has Headquarters
Little Rock, Nov. 9.—Former
Congressman Stephen Brundidge
of Searcy has arranged for his
Little Rock headquarters and is
reported to have secured a suite
of three rooms in the Moore &
Turner building for this pur- ,
pose.
It is stated further tliat,Jb(e ;;|
will open headquarters here hext vsj
week, and from that time on will
conduct a lively campaign from
the office here. It is not an
nounced as to who will be in |
charge of the headquarters.
As there remains only a com
paratively short time until the
primary election friends of both
Senator Davis and Congressman
Brundidge, who is opposing him <
for re-election, .believe the con
test will be fast and furious un
til the finish next March.
N
A great meeting is now on in
Newport and happy is the man I
who attends it and gets benefit i
from it. j
Rev. Hobbes and the choir are j
doing fine. The greatest power'
for good is a consecrated choir)
lined up with a gospel preacher. |
Come and see the work go. j
Better still, come and help to
nake it go. The subject for this
ivening’s discourse will be' <
‘Where Art Thou ?” and the':
oreacher will locate you whether, l
mu are at the tent or not, and; 1
vhen a man talks about me, I i
yant to hear him dc it, don’t :1
mu ? , <
Come out and hear him. a
Reporter. '
h
Lon Rutherford of Greenville,1,
rexas passed through Newport V
:his morning en route to Bates-1,
/ille, where he was called by the
critical illness of Mrs, M. M.;,
Rutherford of that city. Mrs. “•
lennie Cook and is a daughter of)
Rutherford was formerly Miss',
Bol. V. Y. Cook.
For Rent—Four room cottage j
in Chastan’s Addition. Phone 129
or call at 208 Main street. 86d7
sons with whom the murdered
boy was seen and circumstances
indicated that they were respon
sible for the boy’s dej^li. They
were arrested immediately fol
lowing the finding of the dead
boy and just as they were pre
paring to move away from the
community.
Owing to the extreme youth
)f her son the charge was dis-j
nissed against him, and Mrs.!
Vlary Bagwell was given a p're
iminary hearing before Justice 1
3. M. Wilson of Newark, the j
rial of the case attracting more j
ittention perhaps than any case;
;ver tried in the local counts.
Some thirty witnesses were e.\
imined and the case was stub-;
)ornly fought on both sides. All
;he evidence was purely circum-'
Jantial, and Mrs. Bagwell wasj
iccordingly committed to jail j
vithout bail, but was laterI
granted bail by Circuit Judge R. j
3. Jeffery.
.When the grand jury conven-;
id, the people anxiously awaited
ievelor nents, hoping that that
body would be able to bring to
light more evidence bearing upon
the case, to th'e end that justice
!
Building New High School.
Special to Independent. fi-MM
Little Rock, Nov. 10.—State
Superintendent George B. Cook
left last night for Texarkana,
where he will today deliver the
principal address at the laying of •
(he corner stone of a new $100,
000 high school building, it is
to be one of thd finest school ■-/
buildings in the state. George
W. Reid is superintendent of the
schools and reports (hat the edu
cational interest? of the city are >
at a high l id</ P
t i
Howard C. Taylor of St. Lour
was here Thursday en route j«» , }
Grand Glaize to visit his wix| *
and baby who are at her parents,^
Mr. and Mrs. A. Weatherford. /
Miss Willie Howell retu’#
Thursday from a visit to ^
Maude Drummond at Lite
Rock.
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BETTER THINGS TO WE
Better Suits!
Better Overcoats!
Better Headwear! ><,
Better Toggery!
We say “Better” because we
spare neither money nor brains
in secjjwing for our trade the
good things—the best things.
Our prices are not one whit
higher than most stores ask for
“Just Clothes.’ *
Will you not come to see our
“Better” Outfitting, Sir!
Suits $15.00 up VO $30.00.
Overcoats $13J)0 up to $30.00.
^enjart\in Qlo(t\C(t
Pstar Clothing Company |
JOS. M. BERGER, Jr. aBSBsmsaammmmfl