FIail for
II TWO PHILLIPS
Aire Nuckolls Holds Slayers
Sweatt to Grand Jury
9 % Without Bail.
Ames H. Phillips and son,
■r Phillips, jointly charged
pi ^murder in the first degree
■he killing of Milton Sweatt,
■t await in jail the action of
H next grand jury, according
■he finding of Esquire H. C.
pkolls, before whom a prelim
py examination was held
■day afternoon.
■pr the state, Prosecuting At
■ey C. M. Erwin and O. W.
ptoorough were present and
ilfips, Hillhouse & Boyce re
pent the father and son de
plants. It is probable that
pr attorneys will later sub
■further testimony in'an ef
pf^or tsedure bail for the Phil
Bix witnesses were heard in
I preliminary trial: Sam Ju
J>r, the hired hand, who saw
I shooting, Karl Deitz, John
| keel, J. F. McCuistion, Bud
e Mustin and John Roberts.
ansas Farm For Sale,
eal farm of 200 acres, 75
res in cultivation, 3 houses
ed in West Mississippi Val
adopted to corn, cotton, all
of vegetables, adjoining
wn of Grid)bs, where there
churcn, lodges, cotton
Ifcf and railroad. Price
half cash, bal
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Grubbs, Ark.
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1 loving gentlemen,
Wednesday morning
k’s camp on the St.
and while they
all sorts of
it from splen
Fergu
taking along
vision and fresh
! Cheap Cotton.
j Cotton at this writing is lower
than it was a year ago by over
41/2 cents a pound. The decline
amounts to 37 per cent—which,
of course, makes a vast differ
ence to the cotton-grower,
j For a good while there has
been a dispute between cotton
| growers and buyers as to the
jsize of this year’s crop. Grow
jers have maintained that there
j was, in fact, no such' abundance
! of outturn as would Warrant the
! steady fall in price. The gov
' ernment’s first report on ginning
from the new crop was publish
ed recently. It showed the
amount ginned to have been ov
. er three and a half million bales,
against only a little over two'.and
a quarter million bales in the
same periol last year, and afcout
two and a half million bales
each in 1909 and 1908. And in
the first month of the new crop
year the marketing of cotton
was larger than in 1910 by 25
per cent.
Arguments on the size of the
crop have small effect on the
market when the article is com
ing forward so liberally; and in
stead of the 15 cents that an or
ganization of growers urged far
mers to hold for, the cotton ac
fnollir crilrl nnrlpT* 10 PPTlfs
A Birmingham banker, ad
dressing the Cotton Growers’
convention at Montgomery in
September, said: “It is certain
ly false economy to rush your
product pellmell to market, to be
placed upon the bargain counter
and bought at whatever price a
buyer chooses to dictate. Some
thing is wrong when the boll
weevil and the worms are called
a blessing because they reduce
the size ofithe crop. Something
has gone awry when a crop of
11,000,000 bales will sell for
more money than a crop of 14,
000,000 bales!”—Saturday Even
ing Post.
The movement of cotton into
market would necessarily have
weight in determining the world
of buyers of the size of the crop,
and this should be remembered
by the producers of cotton anid
should inspire them to some
practical prograih for market
ing the product slowly, and the
most practical and efficient pro
gram is the natural one, rather
than an artificial and temporary
one. The natural program each
farmer can operate for himself,
independent of anybody else. If
his place is self-sustaining, he
can do like any other dealer—
hold so staple a product as cot
ton until he is offered a remuner
ative price. The man who has
to sell, and allows himself to be
in the position where he has to
sell, is always at an unfair dis
advantage. Any self-denial and
any laborious study of intelli
gent methods is a cheap price to
pk.y for emancipation from this
bondage. A reason why the
! movement of cotton into market,
whatever the cause, affects the
price is because it is the only ac
tual known factor indicating the
crop’s size. The gathering of
statistics in advance is not an
exact science, and the world con
sciously or unconsciously knows
this, but exact figures of the
movement can be had, or very
much more nearly e' .ct than
statistics in advance.—Memphis
News-Scimitar.
Card Of Thanks.
I wish to thank my many
friends for the many kindnesses
.shown me during my recent ill
ness. Erma Sanders.
WANT GOVERNOR
To Hear Their Pleas For Reduc*
tions Of Court’s .Death'
Sentence.
Special to Independent,
j Little Rock, Nov. 7.—Three
| white men of Mississippi county,
! who are facing the gallows,have
! sent a request to Gov. Donaghey
! that he come to the state peni
I tentiary, where they are impris
oned for safe-keeping, and talk
j with them. They are Henry
Coats, J. R. McElvaine, and J. F.
Walker, whose convictions of
j
| murder in the first degree have
been affirmed by the supreme
court, and whose only hope now
to escape execution is the mercy j
of the governor. The governor
has received the mandate only
in the Walker case, in which he
j has also petitions for a commuta
tion of sentence.
Walker is a man only a little
past 30 years old, and since his
incarceration in the penitentiary
a child has been born to his wife, |
| whom he did not see until the 1
infant was several months old,,
when it was brought to him by
his sorrowing wife. The three
men, even now when the judicial
; machinery of the state has all de
dared against them, are confi
dent t hey will escape the gallows.
Young Detective Pinched.
Corning, Ark, November 6. —
: “How to Be a Sleuth by Mail, or
the Science of Tracking an Ele
| phant Through Snow,” accompa
nied by a feeling of resentment
at having “dropped” $3.35 in a
poker game, caused the arrest
; about 1 o’clock this morning of a
| white man who gave his name as
i Andy Brodwa^.
Deputy Sheriff Sam Sims was
aroused by Brodway, who declar
ed he was a Pinkerton detective
and had just been “did” in a pok
, er game to the extent of $3.35.
He requested that Sheriff Sims
i “pinch” the game. Sheriff Sims,
[accompanied by Constable L. V.
'Ruff, went to the place named
by Brodway. The game was
found and arrests made. While
putting Brodway through a
1 course of questions as to how he
1 worked his-way up to being a de
tective, Sheriff Sims and Consta
ble Ruff arrived at the conclu
! sion that Brodway was wearing
\ a “mail order” star, guns and
j other tools of the ferret, and
placed him under arrest. Where
| upon Brodway protested violent
ly against the absence of frater
| nal spirit among his fellow offi
cers. He will be given a hearing
tomorrow.
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I
Mrs. Lucia Boyce Hobgood.
| After a lingering illness of
several months, Mrs. Lucia B.
Hobgood, aged 42 years, passed
| away at the family home on Elm
street Monday afternoon at 4
from a complication of diseases.
| Mrs. Hobgood was born at
| Hannibal, Mo., but came to Ar
kansas with her parents when
| quite young, and since that time
has lived at Tuckerman, Jackson
port and Newport, having been a
resident of this city a greater
part of the time.
The deceased was a life long
member of the Methodist church
and was held in love and esteem
by a large circle of friends.
The deceased is survived by
her mother, Mrs. Margaret
Boyce and one brother, Judge
Edwin L. Boyce and other near
relatives to whom the sympathy
of many friends is extended ir
A
V.
Thq funeral service wa# con
ducted at the family home at 2
o’clock by Rev. B. L. Harris of
the Methodist church, assisted
by Rev. J. F. McKenzie of the
Presbyterian church, burial fol
lowing at Walnut Grove.
A quartet composed of Mrs. G.
A. Hillhouse, Mrs. V. E. Fierson,
Messrs.- Tom and Arthur Um
sted sang several hyfftns very
sweetly and‘a comforting duet
was rendered by Mesdames Hilf
house and Pierson.
The passing of the beloved de
ceased brings sorrow to many
hearts. Her broad sympathy
was ever active in contributing
to the happiness of others and
though called ‘higher, the in
fluence of her memory will be
felt in the lives of all who knew
her best.
Fell Down Stairway.
J. C. Diceton, a traveling
tombstone worker for Parks &
Fry of Pocahontas, fell down the
wsszi-—*—*-7
NORWOOD ARGUES
FOR PROHIBITION
Prohibition Does Not Ruin Town
Nor Whiskey Make
It.
.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 7.—Attor
ney General Norwood, who has
come out strongly in favor of
statutory state-wide prohibition,
has been making an investiga
tion of the U. S. Census, and has
come to the conclusion that pro
hibition does not ruin a commu
nity, and that whiskey does not
make it. He uses these figures
as proof that it is not best for
business interests to have sa
! loons, and cites the following as
;Voof:
I
j “The census reports show that
| Little Rock, and Argenta, situ
ated in the center of the state,
! with more railroad facilities
than any other city of the state,
| and otherwise favorably situated
to make them good commercial
creased 57 per cent.
“I do net argue that the fact
that the towns and cities of Ar
kansas that have increased most
J in population during the last ten
years have done so because they
were prohibition towns, but a '
camparison of the census report
certainly shows that prohibition
does not ruin a town, and on the
other hand that the saloons are
no commercial advantage to the
place. If the people want pro
hibition, they certainly can se
cure a majority of the General
Assembly, since we already have
67 dry counties and 27 dry Sena
torial districts. If you want
statutory state-wide prohibition
send men to the general assem
bly who will carry out your
wishes.
Button Factory Resumed Work.
Manager Louis Igert of the lo
cal button factory has been in
the city, for a day or two, and to
a reporter of the Independent,
stated this morning that the
Newport button factory had re
sumed work again after having
been closed down for several
weeks by the employes, who hkd
gone out on a strike some time
i ago. . . «
stairway irom the hallway over
Drummond’s undertaking rooms
about 7 o’clock Monday evening
and was rendered unconscious
by blows upon the head.
He was removed to one of the
up-stairs rooms and rallied dur
ing the night. He seems to be
about recovered and when seen
by an Independent reporter,
stated that he did not know how
he game to fall or what he was
doing up the stairway. While
the hall is lighted, the com
mencement of the steps is hard
to see and he evidently walked
into the stairway.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Dawson of
Hot Springs, were guests at the
Hazel hotel last night
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Moore of
Newark were trading in town
today.
W. W. Moore and F. A. Simp
son of Batesville were guests at
the McLain today.
Agricultural Demonstrator R.
C. Davidson of Jonesboro is in
our city.
George F. Fulkerson of Mam
moth Spring was here today en
route to Batesville.
J. S. Dickinson of Memphis
«
spent Monday here. _
centers, had, during the last ten
years increased in population on
ly 49 per cent, while Batesville, a
dry town, increased 99 per cent.
Camden until last year had sa
loons for years, and it increased
in population only 40 per cent,
while ElDorado, a dry town, in
creased 93 per cent. Helena, sit
uated upon the Great Mississippi
j river, with plenty of water for
| shipping purposes and plenty of
I whiskey for drinking purposes,
! increased 58 per cent, while
Hope, with nothing but water,
increased 121 per cent. Hot
Springs, the greatest health re
sort in the world, with saloons,
increased 46 per cent, while
Jonesboro, a dry town, increased
58 per cent. Newport, which un
til recently had been the whis
key metropolis of Northeastern
Arkansas for years, the capital
of Jackson county, one of the
1 most fertile in the state, with ali
I
its advantages increased 24 pei
1 per cent, while its neighbor, Ma
| rianna, without saloons, in
creased 181 per cent. Pine
Bluff, where whiskey has beer
'sold since the Pullens caused il
\ to be laid out in 1832, splendidlj
I located, surrounded by fertile
territory, increased 41 per cent
while Paragould, a dry town, in
ivir. igeri saiu uiwc wwc
twenty or more men at work
drawing good salaries and more
would be added soon. He also
said that the factory at Newport
was not the only one in the state 1
that had been closed down, but J
just one of the many, that busi- m
iness however, seemed to be get- /fe
ting better and as it did the/
wishes of the strikers would be
gratified as nearly as possible.
if you should hear, incident
ally, that your favorite stone
had held an unadvertised spe
cial sale of something you’ve
been wanting to buy, you’d feel
that it had not protected YOUR
INTERESTS—wouldn’t you?
" For Sale—One new glass front
safe or china closet, cheap for
. cash. Apply at Independent of
fice.
Norwegian Industries.
Notwithstanding the greet re put*
latlon ot Norway for fishing, only
Shout (Vi per cent. ot the population
»f that country live by the fleherle*.
Nearly one-half are supported by ag’
((culture and the forests.
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spare neither money nor brains
in securing 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 to $30.00.
Overcoats $15.00 up to $30.00.
Copyright 1911 #
The House c f Kuppcnhfimrt
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' Star Clothing' Company
JOS. M. BERGER, Jr.