. JULY 31. 1913. NUMIJER 13.
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iWINS SUIT
Court Reverses Mar
, Hodges Certifies
domination.
Independent.
lock, July 11. 3 P
erne Court this after
ersed the decree of
r Martineau, enjoining
g of Judge Hays’name
ite ticket as the Demo
te for governor. !
lision dismisses the in-1
•hich has restrained
„f State Earle W.
from certifying out
the Democratic nomi
McCullough concurred
era! finding but dis
the question of juris
le held, however, that
ipetent allegations of
chancery court would
diction.
Smith concurred mj
it not in all the find
• or not the name of
s will be placed on the
eft to the discretion
•y Hodges.
nr,nfM.T CERTIFY NOMINA-!
cakefi TION.
!. W B a conversation over the tel
TieBne, Mr. Hodges stated to a
'olviBrter for the Independent
iver-fi he was this afternoon certi
lillieBg the name of Hays to the j
iohn ^Bion commissioners of the |
‘ ffious counties. I
Bowever, it is a question as to i
~Bther the name of Hays will
||Bn the ballot, as the law re
ifies that the nomination shall
jpBertified eighteen days before
^■election. The secretary of
^Be several days ago sent out
SB names of the accredited can
jjjBtes, and now that the time
gBithas expired, some question
mBright of the election commis
j"B«rs to add any other candi
sfies to the ticket, even if eer
SV to by th’e secretary of
p(Jack Johnson Jumps Bail.
iBlavre, France, July 10.—Ar
»ng on the Corinthian, Jack
|fijnson, who recently fled from
j Bcago to Canada, where he
,Bk Passage for Europe, jump
heavy bond for white slav
lB’ chmes, announced that he
|Bdno intention of ever return
B t° America. He said he
B^bvein Paris hereafter.
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and 10 CENTS
TEN THOUSAND
ELKS MARCH
Arkansans Are Generously Ap
plauded in Big Parade At
Rochester.
Rochester, N. Y., July 10.—
Ten thousand Elks, it is esti
mated, participated in a parade
today in connection with the
forty-ninth reunion of the grand
lodge. They came from every
city in this country, from Alas
ka and from Honolulu. Even
Manila had a representative who
rode in an automobile. The pa
rade was led by Grand Esquire
W. S. McCormick. The mother
lodge from New York carried a
banner inscribed “Organized
February, 16, 1868.”
Fort Wayne made a burlesque
of its part in the procession. A
banner reading, “Hold Your
Girls, Fort Wayne Is Coming,”
was displayed in the front rank
and following marched Roman
centurions, Greek slaves, sultans
and pashas. The parade and a
water carnival that attracted
about 150.000 persons to Gene
see Valley park tonight, were
feautures of the fourth day of
the convention.
The uniformed patrols of
many lodges this afternoon com
peted for prizes in a drill at the
park.
At the afternoon business ses
sion some changes were made
in the "constitution and by
laws of the order. They were
not made public. At the conclu
sion of the night session the offi
cers elected Tuesday were in
stalled.
The Arkansas exhibit in the
Elks’ parade of July 10 received
a big ovation all along the line
of march. The exhibit consisted
of two touring cars handsomely
decorated with flowers and the
new flag of Arkansas.
Both cars were filled with the
representatives of the grand
lodge of Arkansas. District De
puty George D. Locke of Rogers
was second in the race for grand
treasurer,, retiring after the se
cond ballot. o
Farmer Kills His Wife.
Anadarko. Qkla., July 9.—En
raged because another farmer
was disputing his right to a
six-foot patch of beans, D. A.
Dodington today pulled a gun
and shot at S. J. Jones. The bul
let missed Jones, struck and in
stantly killed Dodington’s wife,
who was standing about 30 feet
from Dodington.
Unaware of the result of his
first shot, Eddington fired again
at Jones and this time wounded
Ben Robinson, one bullet strik
ing him in the breast and anoth
er in the arm.
A posse of farmers gathered,
but Dodington had placed his
wife and child in a buggy and
taken them to the home of a
farmer five miles away. He
has surrendered to the sheriff at
Anadarko and is now in the
county jail.
Mrs. J. C. Kimberlin was down
from Tuckerman this morning
! for a short visit to her daughter.
I Charles Meyer of the “Ladies'
! Shop’’ of Jonesboro, stopped off
in our city Thursday and spent
the day with friends en route
home from Little Rock.
Charles Smith and Geo. L.
Robinson were among the court
j House officials, who attended the
i Odd Fellows picnic at Balch to
j day.
J. H. HARROD
KILLED BY AUTO
Prominent Little Rock Attorney
and Prominent Politician
Loses Life.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 11.—As he
stepped from a street car at the
corner of 15th street and Broad
way just at noon today, Jas. H.
Harrod. one of the best known
lawyers and politicians in the
state, was run down and instant
ly killed by a touring car said to
be driven by F. E. Madding of
Pine Bluff. James Coates, a ten
year old boy, was also struck
and probably fatally wounded.
It is stated that Madding had
just purchased the car and was
trying it out when he lost con
trol in making a crossing, with
the above fatal result.
Judge Harrod is well known
all over the state, and was a can
didate for U. S. District Attor
ney for the Eastern District of
Arkansas.
May Move Reform School.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 11.—Unless
some plan for making the pres
ent reform school self sustain
ing, the next legislature will
probably be asked to abandon
the present site and purchase
one where the boys can be work
ed at a profit.
The present institution locat
ed seven miles south of Little
Rock, is located on 200 acres,
most of which is on a slate ridge,
which is absolutely untillable.
There are a few acres which
produce fairly well, but they will
not raise a sufficient quantity of
anything to operate the canning
factory placed on the farm last
year. The heating plant, the
lighting and pumping stations,
use wood for fuel, and the boys
have about denuded the place,
now digging up the stumps in
order to supply fuel. Supt. Dea
ton has been given the slabs
from a small mill a short dis
tance away, and these are being
used to conserve the state’s tim
ber.
The handle factory which was
placed on the farm last year can
not be operated for lack of tim
ber. If logs are purchased, the
receipts from the sale of the
finished product must go into
th'e General Revenue fund. The
money to pay for the logs
must come from the maintain
ance fund for the institution.
Under this arrangement, the
more logs purchased, the poorer
becomes the institution, and the
more money goes into the treas
ury. The annual appropriation,
is now only $15,500, against
$21,000 for last year, conse
quently Supt. Deason does not
favor the purchase of logs.
If the institution was located
upon tillable land, the boys in
carcerated there- could soon
make it self-sustaining. The
buildings and land now in use
are valued at about $25,000, but
the boys would make this back
in a few years, if the location
was changed.
Drummond Sells Restaurant.
Albert Drummond on Thurs
day sold his restaurant and cole
drink stand on Front street t<
J. A. Evins of Pennington, whe
has taken charge and asks a con
tiuance of the patronage whicl
has hitherto been given th<
place.
Open Bids For Searcy Post office
Building.
Bids were opened Thursday at
the office of the supervising ar
chitect yf the treasury depart
ment for the erection of the fed-1
era! building at Searcy, Ark.1
Six bids by three bidders were 1
! submitted, the Newport News1
Construction Company of New
port News. Va., bidding $45,500 |
j for a building of limestone con- j
| struct ion ; and $40,500 for sand-;
stone. The Jones-HarringtonCo.
' of Fort Smith, Ark., was the
lowest bidder on sandstone con
struction, its bid being $40,000
jfor both sandstone and lime
; stone. The third bid, which was
extremely high, was submitted
j by George HinchlifTe of Chicago.
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: Hendrix to Care For Female
Students.
I Special to Independent.
| Conway, July 11—Special
j provisions are now being made
to care for young women stu
! dents at Hendrix College,
! through the remodeling of the
home of former President A.. C.
Millar. This will be a woman's
hall under the charge of Prof. !
W. O. Wilson, who has the chair
jof mathematics, and Mrs. Wil
r.\>ii. juj jvj ^ cai o uiv j uwjjg,
women attending Hendrix had
difficulty in securing boarding
places, and as Hendrix was
looked upon much as a
school for males, the attendance
on the part of women was not
which it otherwise might have
been. It is to overcome this that
,\he_ spacious residence is being
remodeled.
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| Oddi F'ellows At Bakin.
The Jackson County Associa
tion of Odd Fellows met atBalch
| today with a reunion and picnic,
which was largely attended by
people from all over the county.
Among the prominent speak
ers on the program were M. M.
I Stuckey, John P. Paul, J. F. Mc
Cuistion, 0. W. Scarborough,
Grover Gates and a number of
others.
Besides the above who drove
out this morning were D. A.
Carr. Lucien Harris, J.. E. I>o
I herty, Gee-. M. Sink, James H.
’ Johnston, J. M. Nickens, W. D.
McLain and Judge R. E. Jeffery.
STANDRIDGE DON'T
LIKE PRISON
Left In McAlester Prison He Al
most Made a New Door
In Wall.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. July 11.— Fifteen
minutes more and Yates Stan
dridge, the 52 year convict re
turned to the Little Rock peni
tentiary Thursday morning,
would again have been a free
man, but the timely arrival of
Capt. Lem Smith at the .McAles
ter jail prevented.
Standridge, one of the most
desperate men ever incarcerated
in the Arkansas penitentiary,
was arrested near Eufala, and
Capt. Smith was sent by the pen
itentiary authorities after him.
The escape was turned over to
the messenger and having sev
eral hours to wait between
trains at McAlester. Capt. Smith
thought it would be safer to put
Standridge in iail until train
time.
Capt. Smith was advised by
the McAlester jailer that his
building was too strong for any
man to break out of, so he left
Standridge and -went out to take
a look at the town. He returned
just in time to get his man. for
only one course of brick in the
exterior wall of the jail remain
ed between the convict and lib
erty.
After being placed in the jail
Standridge tore out a drain pipe
and dimed up through the ceil
ing. He found himself still in
jail there, with little chances to
break out. He then returned to
the ground floor and discovered
an ice pick with which he set to
work on the wall. He had re
moved brick sufficient to make a
hole through which his body
would pass, all except the outer
course. Fifteen minutes later in
the return of Captain Smith, and
Standridge would still be at
large instead of back on the
State Farm, where he was taken
Friday with a bunch of convicts
recently received from Sebastian
county.
The penitentiary officials are
now trying a new system on des
perate men of Standridge’s class.
There are twelve men in a squad,
all of the kind who will make a
break for liberty at the slightest,
opportunity. They are under
guard of the best free guards,
with a rifle man in addition, and
will not again be worked with
the larger squads, for the offi
cials do not intend to let them es
cape again.
Newark to Have Electric Light
Plant.
L. P. and W. -1. Caldwell have
submitted a proposition to the
people of Newark to install an
electric light plant here, and it is
very probable that work on the
plant, will begin within a feu
days, says the Journal.
The proposition is to install a
small but thoroughly modern
plant. They will use tire lastest
type 100 h. p. Deitzel oil engine
using crude petroleum for fuel.
The alternating current system
will be used, the same system
used by large plants in a$ the
best cities of the country.
The Messrs. Caldwell are prac
tical electrical men and have
been connected with some of the
largest and best plants in the
i.uumiy. ij. i . v aiuwtJii was j or
a number of years electrician at
Batesville and his son, although
a young man, has been connect
ed with various plants in many
parts of the country and ha*
spent almost his entire life in
this work and in the study of
electricity.
Old Settlers’ Picnic.
Newark will have its annual
picnic for the old settlers at that
j place August the 14, 15 and 16.
These are great times each year
when a regular home coming of
old settlers is enjoyed.
E. H. Williamson, one of the
progressive citizens of the town,
has the affair in charge and a
, number of good speakers are on
I the program for the three days’
: entertainment.
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Buy Big Timber Tract
Geo. L. Green and J. W. Wil
liamson of Newark recently clos
ed a deal for the purchase of a
large tract of timber land along
Black river between Strawberry
' and Clover Bend. The deal in
, volves what is said to be one of
the finest tracts of timbered
land in Lawrence county, and
represents an expenditure of
about $12,000.
I Radical Reduction on Men s Oxfords 1
The Celebrated Regal and Clapp Qxfords I
In Calfs, Russets, Vicis and Patents—Buttons, Lace and blu- jjj
cherette. Broken sizes in broken lots, enough, though to in- gj
sure a perfect fit by coming in early. As long as they last: gjj
|^ega^To^anc^T250xfords at... $2.90 1
1 Regal $5.00 and $4.50 Oxfords at .. $3.45
1 1 Clapp $6.50 and $7.00 Oxfords at... $4.95 |j
11 Regal $3.50 — Discontinued lasts — at. . ..$2.10 | gf
Sucb shoes as these are seldom buyable for so little. Avail 1
yourself of the opportunity. §g
Berger'S 1
"STAR CLOTHING HOUXT 62
We Close Evenings at 6:30 (Except Saturday.)