FAIL TO FILE
I EXCEPTIONS IN TIME
Tom O’Neal Must Serve Out
Three Year Term In State
Penitentiary,
The murder case of the State
vs. Tom O’Neal, which was tried
at Batesville on a change of ve
nue from Newport, was before
the supreme court Monday
where the appeal was dismissed
for the reason that the bill of ex
ceptions was not signed in the
time prescribed, the court hold
ing that there was nothing before
the court.
O’Neal’s trial in the circuit
court in this city resulted in a
verdict of manslaughter and he
was sentenced to three years’ im
prisonment. Many who heard
the trial were of the opinion that
mo appeal would fee taken, as the
punishment was considered light.
0 Neal’s mgelect in perfecting
his appeal will be the indirect,if
not direct cause of hisj feeing com
pelled to serve his termi in the
penitentiary, as there is always
a possibility of a reversal where
am appeal is. lodged. — Batesville
Guard.
Jones and Campbell represent
ed the defendant in his appeal as
well as in the trial of the case.
Phillips, Hillhonse and Boyce and
0. !W. Scarborough assisted G. L.
Grant at the Batesville trial hut
the state was represented before
the supreme court by the attor
ney-general.
Heinemann’s Special.
For Tuesday and Wednesday,
j special sale of No-NAME hats.
500 sample ats $3.00 and $3.50
yalue, sale price ,$1.98. The
quality store — yonr money’s
worth or your money back.—The
Header. ^ 01d2t
Church Benefit Day.
Mr. B. G. Parrin, the popular
manager of the Busy Bee, has de
eded to set aside Wednesday of
ICwh week m “church benefit
Iqy” by letting a soamnittee of
two ladies front each church
•ftrre all customers at his parlors
Provide Suitable Boxes.
By direction of the Post Office
Department, the attention of pa
irons of this office is invited tc
the advantages of providing fa
cilities for the receipt of theii
mail by erecting conveniently ac
eessible boxes or cutting suitable
slots in their doors. Such aetior
would enable the postmaster tc
give a prompter, and better de
livery servic^ with the means al
his disposal, since the carriers
can cover much more territory ir
less time if not compelled to wail
for an answer to their ring.
Private receptacles for mail
: are also a great convenience to
the householder, obviating the
necessity of responding to the
carrier’seal! at inconvenient mo
ments and permitting the safe
delivery of mail in the absence
of members of the household.
They also prevent the occasional
necessity of a carrier’s proceed
ing on his route without deliver
ing mail because of failure to an
swer his ring within a reason
able time, and enable him to
make deliveries to patrons living
on or near the end of the route
aJ an early hour.
It has been shown by actual
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V vx & VIUJVV 1/ IVUV w v**va.* w V». w
rived by patrons of city delivery
from the use of such receptacles
far outweigh the small expense
involved. As this office is inter
ested in furnishing the best pos
sible service at the least expense,
your compliance with the forego
ing suggestions will he much ap
preciated.
Respectfully,
J. W. Grubbs,
Postmaster.
PUTS HOME UNDER
NEW MANAGEMENT
Senators Declare Conditions In
Confederate Home Hare
Been Intolerable.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 28.—Should
theH owe take the same stand
as the senate has, the Confeder
ate Home in the future frill be
managed by the State Board of
Charitable Institutions, instead
of by a special board of veterans
appointed by the governor, as it
has been since its establishment.
The bill «w»A*ng this change
was introduced by Senator "Wil
liams of Garland, member of a
committee that made a thorough
investigation of the home and its
management. President Toney op
posed the bill, declaring: that tne
homo is for the old soldiers* and
I should be managed by them.
Among those who spoke for it
were Senators Holland, Rodgers
of Benton, and Logan, who de
clared that if reports be true,
conditions at the home are intol
erable. They did not begrudge
the veteransume dollar, hut they
wanted them to get! the benefit of
every dollar appropriated and
the statement had been made
that the inmates could be board
| ed in private homes more cheap
ly and satisfactorily than they
are kept in the home. The bill
passed by a vote of 20 to 6.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that I
hare rented whait is known as th<
Remmel pasture for the year isl
and all persons turning stock in
said pasture without my permis
sion will he prosecuted for tres
pass. Amy person desiring to
pasture stock may obtain rate*
by applying to me.
This March 23, 1911.
m99d6t iW. D. Sprigg.
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MOTHER WINS
SUIT AGAINST SON
! Supreme Court Settles Title To
Home In Mother Affirming
Lower Court.
A case which was appealed frorr
the chancery court of Independ
j ence county and in which there
j was quite a lot of local interest
j was that of Charles E. Maxwell
j vs. Mrs. Mary E. Maxwell, which
j was decided in the supreme coqrt
j Monday.
The case originated in Bates
j ville when Mrs. Maxwell, who is
j'one of the city’s most- highly re
jspected and elderly ladies, filed
a bill in the Independence chan
cery court, seeking to have a
certain deed which she had exe
cuted to her son, Charley Max
well, annulled and held of no ef
fect, alleging in her petition that
the deed was obtained through
false representation and deceit,
and the exercise of undue in
fluence upbn her.
The property conveyed by the
deed was the home of Mrs. Max
well in West Batesvilie, and the
ease was rather stubbornly con
tested in the chancery court, one
of the surprising and interesting
features being the fact that it
was the first case on the records
of the county, and perhaps the
state, in which a mother and son
were in litigation over; the moth
er’s home. The ease was heard
by Chancellor Humphries, and he
decreed that the deed be set
aside and the title to the home he
quieted in Mrs. Maxwell. From
this decsiion the son, Chas. E.
Maxwell, appealed to the supreme
court, where the judgment of
Chancellor Humphries was in all
things affirmed.
S. M. Casey represented! Mrs.
Maxwell in the litigation, while
McOaleb & Reeder were Mr. Max
well’s attorneys. — Batesville
Guard.
Tennessee Party.
Mrs. C. E. Grook entertained a
few friends Monday evening in
compliment to her father, Ool.
Tom Neal of Dyensburg, Term.*
who is making his annual visit to
his daughter in this city.
In. Grook had as her guests
farmer Tennesseeans who enjoyed
meeting one of the state's ablest
and most widely known newspa
per men the evening spent
in the hospitable home with Ool.
Neal as the guest of honor was
a pleasant one indeed.
Am elegant lunch, with coffee
and cigars, was served on the
beautifully decorated table.
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of honor were Messrs James T,
Henderson, Geo. R. Hays, H. G.
Drummond, J. E. McElwee, J. "W.
Martin, C. E. Crook, C. B. Crook
and Rev. Bedford L. Harris.
Purchase Fine Jacks.
John R. Loftin, Jr., sold two
very fine Tennessee Jacks this
week, one to Henry Allen, one of
Bird Township’s best stock rais
ers and the other to L. H. Hall
of Newark. Mr. Loftin purchas
' ed six of these well bred animals
from Floyd, Jones & Company of
Columbia, Tennessee and has
four on hand for sale.
New Map Of County.
The Independent acknowledges
with .thanks the receipt of an ac
curate and well printed wall map
of Jackson County from Mr. C.
R. Hite, who made the drawing
and compiled the data. This
map will be very useful to busi
ness men and land owners and
will doubtless meet a ready sale.
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May Build Through Arkansas.
Fort Smith, March 27.—That
the Southern Pacific Railway and
the Union Pacific Railway are
considering the feasibility of
joining these routes with the con
necting link in Fort Smith be
came known today, when engin
eers representing both companies
arrived in this city to study con
ditions. Although the present
plans are merely preliminary and
for the most part undecided, it is
intended to enter the city from
the northeast. The tentative
plan is to build a great connect
ing link from St. Louis to some
point in Texas, thus bringing to
gether the Union Pacific lines in
the East and the allied Southern
Pacific lines in the South.
Tom Hutchinson Dead.
Thomas H. Hutchinson, one of
the best known cotton buyers of
this state and formerly of this
city, where he had many friends,
died in the Presbyterian hospit
al at Memphis Sunday.
Mr. Hutchinson was about 35
years of age, and is survived
his mother, several brothers and
sisters. The funeral will he held
at Oxford, Miss.
RETAIL DEALERS
IN HARDWARE
Hold Convention In Capital City
With 600 Delegates
Present.
Special to Independent.
Little R-ock, March 28.—The
Arkansas Retail Hardware Asso
ciation is evidently a very fast
growing institution from the in
crease in attendance this year,for
there are about 600 delegates in
attendance iand the association
convened Monday afternoon with
Pres. J. B. Hurley of Warren
presiding. An invocation was
rendered by Rev. O. J. fWade of
Little Rock, after which the ad
dress of welcome was delivered
by Hon. Charles E. Taylor, in be
half of the Chamber of Commerce
and the city, as Mr. Taylor will
soon be mayor of Little Rock. 1
The response for the active <
members was made by Judge J. 1
M. BUtman of Prescott, and Jas. 1
K. Lewis of New Haven, Conn. <
responded for the associate mem- 1
here. Ai night the standing com
mittees were appointed and the 1
annual address of Pres. Hurley,
asiid the reports of Walter
Borland, secretary-treasurer; and
A. B. Banks of the insurance de
uraro I oTirl flTYTYIWV
ed. Both showed a remarkable
growth in the organization.
Be Progressive.
Have your new spring suit
made to measure by us. Better
results, greater satisfaction. We
press it free of teharge six months
This brings the cost down, even,
lower than the Hand-me-downs,
made for nobody, in particular.
Don’t forget to have your suit
made in time for Easter, April
ICth. Porter Martin,
512 Erant St.
Eambeart’s old stand.
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Plan Auto Tour In County.
Special to Independent ]
Helena, March 28.—Thei Helena ^
Automobile Association has set (
apart April 29 as the day for the
initial tour to points around Hel
ena. The first tour as outlined
covers about 50 miles, and will in
Jude Trenton, Marvell, Barton
and Poplar Grove. These tours 1
will be continued through the <
season and will later be extended
to Little Rock and Memphis. 1
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“The Quality Store.”
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/0enjarT^in Clothes
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MEN WHO SEE THESE
ew Spring Benjamin” Clothes
are sure to want to buy. Never have you seen more hand
some styles. They are different yet dignified, plain but rich,
conservative but distinctive. They are. sure to please you
when you see them and they are so tailored that when ypu
have worn them, your opinion of them will be strengthened
still more.
Star Clothing Co.
JOS. M. BERGER, Jr!
Subscribe to Reunion Fund.
Subscriptions are coming in to
the Reunion Fund and the Rider
pendent takes pleasure in record
ing these contributions to a wor
thy cause. The appeal is to each
of yon and we hope many will re
spond. Hand id your donation
to ColvL. Minor, W. B. Boren*
or the Independent. The sub
scription collected will be credit
ed to Tom Hindman Camp.
Following are the osmas ei sub
ecriptiona to date:
Dr. Q. D. Clementa, $96.
Norman Wolff, $10.
Ike Qoldman, $10.
Charley Bateman, $6.
a C. Campbell, $6.
W. W. Dutton, $5. * ♦
Jos. M. Berger, $2.
P. H. Van Dyke $2.
John R. Loftin, 9r., $1.
T. Uinnr Sfc1
W. E. Bevens, $1.
James Blackwood, $1.
John P. Paul, $1.
Mrs. F. E. Legorie, $1.
Dr. Henry Owen, $1. 4
J. F. McKenzie, $1. *
M. B. Umsted, $1.
R. M. Laird, $1.
J. L. Ford, $1.
John Guynn, $1.
For Sale.
One 12 horse power Fairbanks
Morse Gasoline Engine. Apply
at the Palace Jewelry Store and
see it run. 81btf.
Winona Mills.
Iam I am here for a few day
to deliver Bpringgoods and take
other spring orders.
Phone 22G. C. T. Wilson.
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ELECTROCUTION
TOR HANGING
Jacobson Would Hare All Exec*
tions At Penitentiary And
AbottsU Callow*.
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Lottie Rook, hbveh K.—San*
tor Charles Jacobson today intro
duced a bill in the senate, whiioh
seems to meet the approval of
the senators, providing for the
abolition of hanging in ArVaisi*
and substituting therefor eleotr*
cation.
The bill makes no changes ha
the criminal lairs of the state ex
cept to substitute electrocution
for hanging. Capital offenses
ore to remain the same.
It provides that all executions
io the state be carried out am the
penitentiary, and by the superior
a _ e_< f it___i *-ftv..
UUUVUIt VI 1*11*7 jpcuiitcuiMUjr w
somme assistant to bo named by
him.
It provides that when a man. is
(to be electrocuted he shall bo car
ried to the penitentiary, and that
within a certain week ho shall be
electrocuted. He must be kept
in solitary confinement until the
day of his execution, to be visit
ed only by the doctor, preacher,
officer or members of his family.
The bill provides that if l'o1*
any reason the execution docs
not take place within the week,
as fixed by the court, the gov
ernor shall fix the date for the
execution. It was read second
time and referred to committc o*
judiciary.
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Coal |6.00 F« Ten.
Until .further notice I will s*v
coal for $5.00 per ton. Go* .
clean coal, no alack.
46dtf W. IX McLain,