f WALSH SECURES
FEDERAL PAROLE
Is Now Serving Five Year Sen
tence in Federal Prison—
Case to Similar to That
Of Morse.
Special to Independent.
St. Louis, Mo. Oct. 10.—John
R. Walsh, the former Chicago
millionaire banker and railroad
builder, was today granted a pa
... role. He will be releaed from
the federal prison at Leaven
wort]^ Kansas, where he was
sentenced in 1903 to serve five
y_ears following his conviction
in Chicago.
The Walsh case in many re
spects is similar to that of
Charles W: Morse, the New York
banker serving a term m the
federal prison at Atlanta,
though Morse recently gave up
his fight for a pardon.
I RECKLESS AUTOISTS
f ARE ANSWERABLE
To The Law Says Supreme Court
In Affirming Bowen
Sentence.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 10.—The su
preme court of Arkansas has de
cided that automobile drivers
must exercise due care and that
when they run over and kill peo
ple they are answerable to the
i law. The court has just affirm
" ed the Pulaski circuit court in
the case of Otto Bowen, a young
white chauffeur, who ran over
*r*d killed Ethel Sherrill, a young
white girl, last winter, in Litt'o
Rock, and was convicted of in
voluntary manslaughter and
sentenced to ten months’ impris
® onment.
It is charged that he was
■ driving the automobile in an
J “unlawful, wilful, careless, reck
f f less, wanton and negligent man
fner.” The supreme court found
that the charge of the trial
court to the jury “was exception
ly free from error, and that
e law covering every phase of
I the evidence was fully and cor
R* rectly stated.” c
j| ~ Find Insect Boll Weevil.
H Helena, Oct. 9.—State Dem
wk: onstrator L. E. Howard has re
turned from a trip of investiga
WtL tion over the county, during
pIRwhich he located evidences of the
RjHdreaded boll weevil in a few
|||||Hffile& west of Helena. .
9HR| Irma statement Saturday Mr.
HRHlowurd stated that he had
HHKpund 'infestation on what is
■HHhpwn as the Wesch place locat
HHHbat * Belsher station, a few
IRSIHbs west of this city. The de
■HRHrtrat or also found traces
vermin in other sections
HHRRHjk county.
Kelly is aide to -it up
'flthe time.
Tuckerman High School.
All the State High schools are
offering special advantages to
qualify high school pupils for
teachers. Tuckerman has the
only State High School in Jack
son county and tuition to all
high School pupils and licensed
teachers in the county is free.
This advantage is offered in the
hope of reaching the boys and
girls of the rural districts, and
we propose to give them, if they
comfe to our town, high school
training equal to that received
in any other high school, within
or without the coukty.
We are doing three full high
school years’ work. A copy of
our course will be furnished on
I application to the principal and
other information given. Board
! can be secured in the best fam
ilies.
E. R. Williamson, Prjn.
L. D. Smith, Sec. Board.
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Man Mysteriously Disappears.
j A report reached Jonesboro
; Monday that a young man by the
1 name of John Bush has disap
peared near Fisher and no trace
of him can be found, except his
hat and a bloody shirt. He was
working for two men who lived
three miles from Fisher and had
had some falling out with his
employers about them not pay
ing his wages, and it is said he
began to tell that he knew a
good deal of unlawful things
they had done, and he started
home from Fisher in the night
and has never been seen since.
Several parties are out now
dragging the bayou trying to
find the body, and the two men
have left the country, and a
posse is also out trying to locate
them. Bush was a young man
about 20 years old and had no
felatives in this section of the
country, but is said to have had
an aunt in Missouri.
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Don’t Want The Aid.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 10.—The on
ly four counties in the state that
have not yet received the state
high school aid are Desha, Lee,
Newton and Nevada. The State
Boafd has set aside $350 each
for these counties, but up to the
present time no places have
qualified for state aid.
Prof. B. W. Torreyson, who is
in charge of secondary educa
tion interests, is this week visit
ing these counties, and will make
an effort to get some of the
schools in line to secure the ben
fit of the money appropriated by
the last legislature for the aid
of high schools.
Winona Mills.
I am here for 3 days to deliv
er goods. Will take other or
ders to be delivered November
6th. Phone 226.
i 63d3t C. T. Willson.
SAMPLE CURED OLD
PERSON’S BOWEL TROUBLE
most remarkable proofs ol
laxative merit contained in
Byrup Pepsin is that It is
In people in the prime
S extremes of ages. As
received from mothers
es of children, as from
of sixty, seventy and
It must be truly u
nstlpr.tion and bowel
le It lias no equal. It
tion, d.spels the head
gas, drowsiness after
advancing in years
their bowels move
not to take Dr.
You can pro
bowel action.
Women
period cannot
Pepsin several
times a week until the system has set
tled to its future condition.
Among the strongest supporters of Dr.
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin are Mr. W. G.
Zorn of New Decatur, Ala. and Mr. George
S. Spaulding of the National Soldiers’
Home, Kansas, both elderly men. The
regular size bottles can be bought of any
i ; ;gi ■; i.c fifty cents and one dollar, but
a uv s...np!e bottle can be had by send
uig your address to the doctor.
Pi'. Caldwell does not feel that the
purchase of his remedy ends his obli
gation. He has specialized in stomach
l'.' er and bowel diseases for over forty
years and will be pleased to give the
reader any advice on the su’d ct fr< ■
of charge. All aro welcome to wrHo I
him. Whether for the medical advi o
or the free sample address him Dr.
W. B. Caldwell, 541 Caldwell building.
Monticello, 111,
NARK(Jw MW!
IN RUNAWAY
I -^—
Mrs. Charles Teter Thrown
From Carriage When
Horse Ran Away.
A most miraculous escape
from death was experienced by
Mrs. Chas. Teter Saturday af
ternoon in a runaway accident
at Batesville, says the Guard of
I that city.
j Mrs. Teter and the children
were in the family surrey driv
ing to their home at Lock One
and near the Meyers property on
Lawrence street the horse be
came frightened at the shooting
in the Wild West show, and just
as they were passing the con
I crete house occupied by Mr.
; Jones and family, a wagon with
several parties who were appar
ently intoxicated and shouting
drove past, causing Mrs. Teters
to pull out to one side of the
road.The horse just at this time
became frightened at a large
pasteboard whiskey carton
which had been thrown in the
road, and whirled and started
back toward the city.
The road just at this place is
very rough and the baby was
thrown from the ^.rriage, but
was not injured with the excep
tion of a few minor scratches.
The other children were scream
ing, which frightened the horse
more and as he r across a cut
in the road Mrs. Teter was
thrown over the dashboard, her
feet being caught under the seat.
She was enabled to hold partial
ly on the front springs and the
buggy shafts, while the horse
ran some fifty or more yards.
Mrs. L. D. Schryver, who hap
pened to be passing, stopped the
animal and Mrs. Teter was car
ried to the residence of Morgan
Barnwell, where she has been
since the accident under medi
cal treatment.
While her injuries are pain
ful in the extreme, they are not
necessarily dangerous. A num
ber of bruises about the body,
face and head were sustained,
and it seems almost miraculous
that no bones were broken or
that a fatal injury was not re
ceived.
Mrs. Schryver is certainly to
be commended for her bravery
and prompt action in stopping
the horse, and it is to her no
doubt that Mrs. Teters owes her
life or at least her escape from
a most serious injury.
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GOVERNOR HAS
NOTHING TO SAY
Supreme Court Has Little Sym
pathy For Negro “Babe”
Murderer.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 10.—The
sympathetic North will have an
other opportunity to beseige the
governor with appeals for clem
ency in the case of Earl Gil
christ “the kinky-haired babe”
who recently aroused such a fu
rore in the North.
The supreme court has just af
firmed the decision of the lower
court and finds that there was
no reversible error in the case,
and that the accused must hang
for the murder, unless the gov
ernor intervenes.
Gilchrist, a full-grown -and
well matured negro weighing
146 pounds, killed Will Longley.
a negro about 25 years old, June
4, 1911. The trouble began wit}
a rock throwing among some ne
' gro boys, a/d ended in a fight
! Longley was a peacemaker, anc
took away- from Gilchrist a pis
tol with which he was attempt
ing to shoot other boys. He was
i taking the weapon to Gilchrist’s
I mother, and was making no ef
fort to use it, when Gilchrist,
who ran ahead of him, secured a
shotgun, and fired upon Longley.
He fell and died soon after. Gil
christ rolled the body over and
I took away the gun and pistol.
The mother and father of Gil
christ testified that he was born
June 21, 1896. The court says
that Gilchrist admitted pulling
the gun and aiming it at Long
ley, art unlawful act that, con
sidered in the most favorable
I light, made him guilty of man
slaughter.
“According to the testimony
adduced by the defendant he was
15 years of age and according to
the testimony of the state he
was 18 years of age. Under the
law, from the age of 14 years, an
infant is presumed to be capable
of committing crime, and of be
mg responsioie xnereior, m im
same manner as in the case o:
an adult.
“If the testimony of th<
state’s witnesses is to be be
lieved, the deceased gave the de
fendant no provocation whatev
er, either by words or acts, tc
kill or injure him. According tc
their testimony, the circum
stances accompanying th'e kill
ing show a deliberate and pre
meditated design on the part of
the defendant to kill Longley.
The instructions were full and
fair to the defendant, he was
convicted by the jury upon evi
dence which we have held war
ranted the verdict.”
The opinion was delivered by
Justice Hart, Chief Justice Mc
Cullough and Justice Kirby sus
taining him, and Justices Frau
enthal and Wood dissenting.
Governor Donaghey says that
the case has not yet reached him
and he has nothing to say about
it at this time.
Received Daily
Sweet Potatoes, Pears, Celery,
Grapes, Cocoanuts, Apples, Lem
ons and Bananas.—Snetzer’s
Grocery. 44dtf.
Ed Grant is able to be out af
ter a long illness of typhoid fe
ver.
COUNCIL CALLS
FOR FIVE MILLS
■ To Be Levied By Quorum Court
i And Makes New Street
Regulations.
j A meeting of the -council was
1 held Monday evening, primarily
j for the purpose of authorizing
the coming quorum court to le
vy a municipal tax of 5 mills.
This being done, the members
turned their attention to com
plaints of blockaded streets, cor
ner Front and Walnut street.
By resolution, dray wagons
were prohibited from congregat
ing on this corner. The council
also authorized the construction
of hitching racks along the Iron
Mountain park property for the
I benefit of the farmers who come
to the city and when these con
I veniences are provided, an ordin
| ance will be adopted prohibiting
(the hitching of horses and
mules to the park fence and al
so to posts and poles in front of
. the stores.
Current accounts were also
allowed at this session.
Notice.
Commencing October the
first, I will start closing out my
entire grocery stock. I will
run no delivery wagon and will
have no bookkeeper employed,
of any credit business whatever,
not be in a position to take care
This will be an opportunity tc
stock up on groceries as the en
tire stock must be sold if possi
ble, in thirty days at actual cost.
We wish to thank those who
have beer, our customers and
friends so long for their kind
consideration, and assure you
one and all, that we feel grateful
to you.
56btf. H. P. Martin.
New Postoffice Plans.
Jonesboro, Oct. 9.—The plans
and specifications of the new
postoffice building arrived here
today. Contractors are already
here to figure on the building.
The sum of $85,000 has been ap
propriated for the structure.
Sterling silver for wedding
presents at Palace Jewelry
Store. 58b7
Rice Harvesting Hampered
Special to the Independent
Little Rock, Oct. 10.—Rice
growers who live in Little Rock
but raise their crop on the prai
rie, state that the rain of the
past two weeks has seriously af
fected the crop in^Arkansas on 5
account of the diffimilty of Hand
ling the reapers in^the heavy
soil. Rice cutting and threshing
is now general in all parts of the
rice district. The harvesting of
the rice is being done along the
railroads which traverse the rice .
district, and the state is getting
much advertising from tourists
who pass through on the trains
and are thus enabled to witness |
the interesting work, the dis
tance traveled through the rice
i fields being sufficient for the
tourist, on one farm or another, ,
! to see all stages of the work, -J
| from draining the fields to the
threshing.
College Men Appointed.
Special to Independent. '
Little Rock, Oct. 10. — The
governor yesterday afternoon
announced the appointment
the following delegates to repre
sent Arkansas at the Nationaf
Conference of the . Anti-Saloon
League, which meets in Wash
ington, D. C. December 12 to 14: ,/<
George Thornburg and Frank i
Barrett, Little Rock; J. W.
Conger, Conway; R. G. Bowers, -
Arkadelphia; E. R. Long, ;
Batesville; J. N. Tillman,
etteville; George H. Crowell,
Arkadelphia; J. W. Williams,
Searcy; A. C. Millar, Conway;
J. J. Doyne, Conway. All sav*
the first two are among
most prominent educators of $|M|
state, being presidents <<4
leges and universities. --s
With the best of instruments,
the best of material and a life** J
experience, Van Hendrix Of j
Hendrix Studio is prepared « j
meet all wants in the Iftni*'f|P I
photographs. Call and see HPafl
work and receive courteOIMtfr .
treatment. Telephone 358. •jj
Trainmaster D. OrOuHItfThn
| the Iron Mountain' is having. | j
1 some splendid work going on *t 1
1 the station here by filling in *11 > 1
j low places around station and J
tracks with crushed stone an£|9
j\/|ANY a man is well dres* d, not because he
* ^pays fancy prices for his clothes but rather be
cause he does his thinking before he buys and not
afterwards. Before you purchase your Fall and
Winter Suit, Overcoat, Hat, Toggery or any other
Outfitting Sir, you owe it to yourself to investigato
the merits of our “Better Clothes.
We feel sure that the excellence of our outfitting
and our moderate prices will make a strong appeal to
your good judgment and, in the end, secure your trade.
Suits, $15.00, $20 to $30
Overcoats, $15, $20 to $30.
Trousers, $3.50, $5 to $8.50.
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| HI j»l Clapps Shoes, Manhattan Shirts, Knox Hats. ■■
Star Clothing Co
I Jos. M. Berger* Jr.
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