pays
Mate Kirby
|lp""swept All Before
Khe First Engage
mAt Morrilton.
■broken by his first
■leech, delivered Sat
■ Morrilton, Senator
■ke is this week tour
|K Washington, Madi
■^11 counties in the
^Kis candidacy tor re
■d before him the
^Cumulated by his op
■vaporizing—and like
■is it is—is rising and
■ in the clouds.
■ argument, presented
■orceful manner as is
■atorClarke, with the
■prove his every as
■only win for him the
■andconfidence of the
■lation. The charges
Kition, being proven
■nidation, adds to the
■ Senator Clarke, and
■ impossible to sway
■ from him again,
■uld watch the audi
■ greeted Senator
■the Conwav countv
i at Morrilton Satur
nn, and doubt for an
t this great states
orator would receive
unanimous support of
in the March prima
rilton audience was
)f about 90 per cent
It seemed before the
saking, that few far
in the town, but
fd to come in all di
and when Senator
the hall was filled,
intil he was through,
ntinued to come until
as filled and farmers
deep about the rear
ch delivered by Sena
tes not that of a
It was a master
itatesman—the mas
se of a clean record
been assailed. The
*eived it as such, and
lathe interest, and so
*ere the listeners in
•f the orator, that the
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CALL
?th St°ry —Don’t
|®® train wreck
applause was stifled before it
was even started, and convincing
grunts from grizzly headed sons
' of toil told time after time when
the thrusts went home.
! There was lacking that bois
terous shouting, tossing of hats
and stamping of feet. The audi
ence was not “packed,” and it
showed as such from the start
| “Packed” audiences are easily
distinguished, for in them there
are a few leaders who start all
applause, and who lead in the
yelling. The audience was too
interested to make any great
demonstration, for to do so
would mean the loss of some
pointed truth being uttered by
the speaker.
j To an experienced campaigner,
and one who has attended hun
dreds of political speakings in
different parts of the state, it
j would appear as though Senator
I Clarke left with every man who
j heard him a Clarke voter. The
j handshaking and words of c-om
jpliment at his close would cer
tainly indicate such.
Another point, which clearly
indicates the changing charac
teristic of the Arkansas political
audience, was in the nature of
the applause. Senator Clarke
was most liberally applauded
when he spoke of the accom
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party under the leadership of
President Woodrow Wilson, and
particularly when he told of the
part he had taken in it. He was
applauded when he turned the ;
aspersions cast upon him by his I
opponent, into accomplishments !
of which a statesman would be
proud, and of wrhich his consti
tuents were even more so. At all
times the applause was sponta- j
neous, evidently coming from all
parts of the house at the same !
time. There were no leaders— j
none are required when the en
thusiasm of the audience is gen
uine. When Senator Clarke be-:
i
gan to bear down on his oppon- j
ent the applause was more in the i
form of nods of approval—the
crowd evidently having the feel
ing that Senator Clarke was
burying a political adversary,
and they had no desire to inter
rupt the job being done thor
oughly or deep.
_
Senator Clarke is a man so tar
above the ordinary in oratory,
as well as in ability, that one
would expect to see an audience
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m awe oi nun, uui nui nu <u
rilton- Those farmers appreciat
ed his fairness, and seemed to
appreciate the frankness ot a
man who would come before
them and declare they were not
i “common peepul,” as is the stock
in trade of the political bigot.
' Senator Clarke did not refer to
them as the “honest yoemanry
of the soil,” and that too they
appreciated. His very bearing
convinced the farmers that he is
their friend, and would be whe
ther he received their votes or
I not, and thereby the voters so
I attached themselves to Jas. P.
Clarke that all the political thun
jder of his opponent will be una
jble to jar them loose.
Delivering such a speech as
Senator Clarke did Saturday,
and is continuing to do this
week, is a physical exertion and
! a mental strain. Senator Clarke
works with his audience, and the
more it is pleased, the greater is
, his effort. Such exertion must
tell upon a candidate, but to this
strain, Senator Clarke has an
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CIRCUIT COURT
UNDER HEADWAY
Both Grand and Petit Juries
Made I p And Charged the
First Morning of Court.
; The February term of the
Jackson circuit court opened
Monday morning, with Judge It.
E- Jeffery presiding, Prosecuting
Attorney C. M. Erwin, Sheriff
McCuistion and Circuit Clerk C.
E. Smith all present to discharge
their court duties.
Judge Jeffery had both jur
ies completed and ready for bus
iness before the noon recess. He
has the repuation of expediting
court business and the start upon
: this term was made in even less
Time than usual, which makes
the opening auspicious for dis
posing of a large part of the
heavy docket.
His charge to the grand jury
was brief and decisive and was
listened to attentively by not
only its members, but many spec
tators and the local bar. J. M.
Gibson of Grubbs was named as
foreman by the court, and C. E.
Penix of Tuckerman was chos
en clerk by the members of the
jury at its first session.
Two full panels of the petit
jux,y wat iiutue up and which
the law docket was called in
which to enter motions and file
papers.
Only one member of the petit
jury was excused, Major Moore,
but from the petit venire the fol
lowing were excused: Garland
Hurt, Ferdinand Tonney, J. W.
Nicholson, Z. T. Calhoun, Jr., J.
T. Malone and C. S. Oliver.
In the cause of J. T. Craft
versus the Iron Mountain, plain
tiff suing as administrator of
the estate of Tom Craft, a non
suit was taken.
In the Overcup Slough Ditch
ing district, an order was grant
ed for the levying of taxes.
J- H. Murphy filed a report as
justice of the peace in Breckin
ridge township, explaining that
his report for the last term had
been filed with the county clerk
through mistake.
The grand jury as made up,
consists of:
J. M. Gibson, foreman; C. E.
Penix, clerk; R. H. Hunter, G.
A. Pilquist, Andrew Johnston,
R. D. Dennis, W- F. Smith, D. L.
Shoffner, Elmer Hodges, J. M.
Jackson, R. H. McDonald, W. R.
Harvey, Jr-, A. R. James, E. D.
Gardner, J. D. Carvell, John S.
refilling tun.
The petit jury consists of two
full panels as follows: J. M.
Witt, Walter Heard, J. M. Sel
lars, Frank Cathey, Charles S.
Smith, W. F- Hunter, N. W. Ben
gel, O. O. Hammond, J. M. Coe,
R. C- Deaton, G. A. Mitts, C. D.
Johnson, Albert Parsons, H4 C.
Nicholson, Jeff Sutherland, A. C.
Cummins, F. W. Beede, Jerome
Runyan, E. S. Dykes, O. H. Hur
ley, George W. Gore, Walter Mc
Daniel, John Cloud, Edgar Jones.
Lon Mercing Shoots Self.
Beebe, Feb. 1.—Lon Mercing,
22 years old, shot himself to
night at th'e home of his step
mother, inflicting a flesh wound.
The bullet entered the abdomen
and passed out his left side. He
is said to have been despondent
at times since the death of his
father, Marshal A. V. Mercing,
who was killed about two and a
'half years ago. Tom Choate,
charged with the killing, was
sentenced to 15 years in the pen
itentiary by a jury at Searcy
Friday.
Negro Strangled to Death.
Den Golden, a negro about 30
years of age with a penitentiary
record, who was subject to epi
leptic fits was found dead at the
corner of Fifth and Walnut
streets early Monday morning by
passers-by, and a large crowd
was soon gathered at the scene.
Golden is said to have suffered
a fit Sunday morning at thehome
of his sister 404 Bridge Avenue
and that night started to his
home in the lower end of town.
When he was, overcome by an
other attack, he doubtless fell
into the curb-ditch and there
strangled and drowned in 2 or 3
inches of water.
His body showed that he had
been dead for several hours and
there were no marks of violence
to warrant an inquest. He leaves
a wife and one child. The re
mains were taken to Drum
monds undertaking rooms and
arrangements made for his bur
ial Tuesday.
Caught By Ex-Comrade.
Little Rock, Jan. 31,—Recog
nizing Joe Tillmjan ,a negro, as
a fugitive from the county
farm, when He saw him at a ne
gro restaurant at West Capitol
avenue and Spring street, yes
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I. V* 1 VV* HVVJlf I v 111 V V llllllliw^
also a negro, and an ex-convict,
captured Tillman and turned
him over to the officers at the
penitentiary, thereby securing
the $25 reward wffiich the state
offers for the arrest and return
of all escaped convicts. Wil
liams is said to formerly have
worked with Tillman on the
county farm.
Williams is said to have known
of the presence of Tillman in
the city for some time, but did
not mention the fact to the au
thorities until yesterday, when
he is said to have gotten out of
funds.
Knowing w here Tillman got
his meals, he called Luther Cas
tling, an electrician at the pen
itentiary, and asked him to come
to the restaurant. When Cast
ling arrived, Williams, who had
borrowed a revolver, entered
the restaurant and effected the
other convict’s capture, and
turned him over to Castling
Tillman was given a sentence
of six months in the penitentiary
in 1908 on a charge of invol
untary manslaughter. He es
caped January 4, 1909.
“Shore Saw His Shadow.”
“Brer” Groundhog didn’t
hardly get a “look in” on Mon
day, February 2, if there’s any
thing scarry about that shadow
of “his’n,” because Old Sol was
out early with all his beams,
casting shadows to the fore and
aft of him.
These folks who want an early
Spring and can’t have it as a re
sult of this superstition and the
day’s sunshine now bet up that
February 14 is ground hog day.
But they’re not up on the laws
of their state. This doubt as to
dates was forever settled two or
three years ago, when Repre
sentative Grant put a special bill
through the legislature forever
fixing the date and settling the
controversy in favor of February
2d.
Yellow Clothes Are Unsightly
Keep them white with Red Cross
Ball Blue. All grocers sell large
2 oz. package, 5 cents.
REVERSES JUDGMENT
AGAINST RAILROAD
In Appeal Of Rock Island Versus
Felix Brown From $1,000
Damage Judgment.
—
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 2.—The su
preme court today reversed and
dismissed the appeal of the Rock
Island ailroad Company versus
Felix Brown from the Jackson
circuit court, where appellee se
cured judgment for $1,000 dam
ages against the railroad by
reason of injuries sustained
when appellee was pushed off
the rear end of the Rock Island
train near Cotton Plant at the
time of the Lynch-Kennedy duel.
Manning and Emerson of Clar
endon and Stuckey and Stuckey
of Newport were counsel for ap
pellee in the trial of the suit.
Attorneys for Homer O’Neal
filed a petition in the supreme
court this morning for a rehear
ing of their appeal and were giv
en two weeks in which to file
briefs.
Claridge Hotel Opens.
The new Claridge Hotel was
opened to the public Sunday and
entertained about one hundred
people with a very elaborate din
ner. The hotel which is on Wal
nut street, has been newly paper
ed, painted and furnished and is
as neat ’ and clean as can be.
Mrs. Estelle Claridge has leased
the building and is a very capa
ble business woman, who thor
oughly understands th'e work and
will at all times run an up-to
date and first-class hotel for her
friends and the traveling public.
Found Danger Signal.
Fort Smith, .Jan- .'>1.—At the
same point where an attempt
I was made on Thursday night to
| wreck the Kansas City -Hot
| Springs Special of the Missouri
j Pacific-Iron Mountain system
near McKey, Oklahoma, by
' placing a large pile of obstruc
tions on the tracks a red lan
tern was found between the rails
by the crew of a freight train
last night. What connection
the lantern had with the at
tempt to wreck the special near
tlie same point last November,
the officials of the road are
unable to explain.
Railway detectives investigai
j ing the matter said today they
| believe boys are responsible.
California Politics.
California has a distinct va
1 iety of politics. A most origin
al state in many ways, Califor
nia never does anything in a
half-hearted way. The native
sons are quick to quarrel and
quick to act. Since the days of
“49” the state has been a source
; of much trouble to t he national
administration
President McKinley had his
troubles with California, so did
President Roosevelt. President
Taft found the state a continu
ous source of worry, and now
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan have their hands full in
trying to prevent an open rup
ture with Japan because of the
drastic alien land law recently
enacted.—Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
G. W. Looney and Hugh Blair
of Mountain View were here to
day on business.__
Final Clean Up I
Of Overcoats I
' * 'i ' * . L—i—i ■
We have only 10 “Benja- I
min” Overcoats in thehouse I
$22.50 and $25.00 Values I
FOR QUICK CLEARANCE I
Extra Special I
$13.50
First Come—First Served I
The Weather man says that I
it will be ‘‘cold all this I
month.” I