flJERRY GETS
SHORT SENTENCE
Withdrawn From Jury and
fendant Pleads Guilty to
voluntary Manslaughter
,en the state and defense
ested in the presentation of
nee in the case of Elbert
erry indicted for murder
ie killing of Frank Vance
ivember 7, 1912, the case
withdrawn from the jury
.night session of court Fri
nd defendant entered plea
lty to involuntary man
iter, receiving a six
is’ prison sentence,
state then dismissed the
against Grover Parrott, W
ompson and William Bal
ndicted as accessories be
ie fact, as there was insuf
evidence to warrant a
iirday morning, Lynch
is was placed on trial,
>d with assault with intent
committed last July 4.
OTHERS JURY STILL
flTTT
t the jury in the Carouth
se is hopelessly divided
iems almost certain, but
irt is still hopeful of a ver
sing reached and has not
imated how long the jury
i kept together in this
ite to Departed Woman
le death of Mrs. Gus Neu
; one of Jonesboro’s most
lie ladies, has gone to her
. The sad tragedy which
ar life at the time when
s perhaps the happiest, is
ing with the old proverb,
Tn the midst of life, we
leath.”
^Neustadter celebrated
d birthday on the day be
e accident happened. She
ppy, why should she not
ien, with her husband and
Jdren, who are just budl
to womanhood, out with
for an auto drive and at
e least though of, was
9 that reward that awaits
lan and woman. There
iy sad hearts in Jones
9day, because of the
; that a mother, a wife, a
of strong character and
every heartbeat was for
ily, her friends, has been
to respond to the deadly
ts so often caused, by mo
er. Who is to blame?
an be no blame on any
; was an accident purely
•Pie, the driver of the
the entire nnrtv were
and the accident is only j
mon to life.
all the horrors of auto
ccidents, before us yet
11 the most beautiful
is that sweet world be
ieh is only populated
se who love, for only the
o are possessed with
t can live there. Mrs
3r Possessed that kind
v^hich was known to
ew her. Some one has
all, it may be best,
Via sunniest happiest
the voyage, while ea
are kissing every sail,
ainst the unseen rock,
.hear the hil
sunken ship,
or among
further
Almost Caught Big Fish.
Heber Springs, Sept. 26.—
Chas B. Snowden of 1377 McLe
more avenue, Memphis, who has
been spending the summer here
with his wife, yesterday while
fishing near town in Little Red
River came near being pulled
out of his boat by a monster cat
fish which he had caught on a
trot line and was endeavoring to
get into the boat. After a strug
gle lasting several minutes, Mr.
Snowden, unassisted, managed
to get the fish under control,
landing it on the bank of the
river. It weighed 56i/(» pounds
and measured 54 inches in
length and 34*/> inches around
the body. It is the biggest
“catch” of the season. He kept
a large portion for his own use
and sold the rest, which netted
him nearly $6. The fish was
caught at Weddings Ford, about
prie mile from Heber Springs.
This fish was the largest caught
by any of the sportsmen from
Memphis and Little Rock this
season.
Kirby to Speat at Monticello.
Special to Independent.
kittle Kock, Sept. 27.—It is
probable that the first speech to
be made by Associate Justice W.
F. Kirby since his announcement
for the United States Senate,
will be made at the opening of
the Southeast Arkansas Fair at
Monticello, October 7. But he
will discuss politics, he will tell
all about the glories of Arkan
sas and the wonderful possibili
ties of the farmer.
Others who are expected to be
heard during the fair are Gov.
Hays, Secretary of State Earle
Hodges, and ex-Governor
George W- Donaghey.
School Opens Monday
All patrons and friends of the
city schools are invited and re
quested to be present at the op-'
ening of the schools Monday!
morning at 8 :40.
A short impromptu program
will be given. ^The teachers are
desirous of having the support
and good will of all patrons. En
courage them and also the pu
pils by being present for a short
time Monday morning.
“ ~ v * : ' I
Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
<VWWWWVW-«
“THE FUGITIVE.
A man protects a young girl, he
disappears and in later years
she finds him in an Indian tribe.
Extra good Indian picture
(PATHE)
CAPTAIN MARY BROWN
She saves her father and her
lover from disgrace. She acts
quickly and after many thrilling
adventures arrests the spies.
Featuring Edith Storey and Har
ry Morey.
(Drama—VITAGRAPH)
CINDERELLA AN©
THE BOOB
A new version of the old fairy
tale.
(Comedy—BIOGRAPH)
1|HE hicksville epicure.
But for the Purity league the
constable might have kept his
chef. The hobos.
(Comedy—BIOGRAPH)
i Four good pictures and good mu
sic by the orchestra.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
Advertising—The Only Kind.
Advertising” was the prin
cipal subject discussed at the
meeting of the Duo-State Laun
derers’ Association at Little
Rock yesterday. Several dele
gates spoke upon this subject,
all agreeing that the best meth
od of advertising was through
the newspapers.
“I have found by experience,”
said E. W. Smith of New Or
leans, president of the associa
tion, “the use of the columns of
the daily newspaper is best. By
that means you keep your busi
ness constantly before the pub
lic. You reach the greatest num
ber and secure the best results.
During the past three years I
have spent about $3,000 in ad
vertising the Troy Laundry
Company of New Orleans, and
we have secured an increase of
business which well repaid us
for the amount expended.”
B. C. McClellan of New Or
leans, secretary of the associa
tion of the Chalmette laundry,
one of the largest in the South,
said that he had spent within the
last few years $12,000 in adver
tising in the daily newspapers.
"I do not regret the expenditure
aP Ann /innf Pay* 4-Vy 1 Cl YY11V»YYACIA ^
he said. “It proved to be a prof
itable expenditure. It brought
the returns expected. Before I
inaugurated this system of ad
vertising I was surprised to find
so few in New Orleans who knew
the location of the Chalmette
laundry. Now everybody knows
where it is, the character of its
work, and the resultant effect
has been a great increase in de
sirable business.—News Item.
Filed Report With County Clerk.
In the grand jury’s report J.
R. Loftin, Sr., was mentioned as
not having filed his report with
the circuit clerk.
The report had been filed by
Mr. Loftin with the county clerk
instead of the circuit clerk, and
for this reason was not included
in the circuit cork’s report. It
is the duty of the justices to file
a quarterly report with the
county clerk and also to make a
semi-annual report to the circuit
court. Mr. Loftin merely got
the two reports confused and fil
ed his semi-annual report in the
wrong place, but when the mat
ter was called to his attention,
promptly corrected his mistake.
Rice Growers Want Dry Weather
T am nnV»At«A Q/arvf _HTho ripp
U Vllvuuv* ~ f' - — — - —
growers of Craighead county are
very much interested now in a
few weeks’ of dry weather.
They have all turned the water
off the rice crop and some of
them have started to harvesting.
Ellis and Peters, started to cut
ting rice and had harvested
about thirty acres when the rain
set in last evening.
The rice crop in Craighead
county was increased about 1,000
acres this year. The prospects
are that it will increase at least
that much next year and that
eventually the entire farming
belt in the south anh west part
! of the county will be planted in
| rice.
The crop prospect this year
i has never been better and with
! anything like favorable weather
1 will produce the greatest yield
| this county has ever known.
Captain Jack Horne, one of
i the, best known Arkansans in
1—
DEPUTY SHERIFF
SLAYS ANOTHER
Officer Makes Mistake That
Costs Deputy His Life.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 2(1.—
James Bonner, deputy sheriff
from Birmingham, was shot and
killed this morning at 7 o’clock
near Cottondale by a Montgom
ery deputy sheriff who mistook
the Birmingham deputy for a
train robber of the Queen and
Crescent holdup during the
night. Bonner’s Body is being
brought here on a Queen and
Crescent train, arriving here at
12 o’clock.
Sheriff McAdory, with six dep-!
uties, chief of police of Birming
ham, and several deputies, as
well as a posse of deputies from
Montgomery and Tuscaloosa and
Bibb counties, are at work on
the case in Northern Bibb coun
ty and Tuscaloosa county hunt
ing for the men who robbed the
Alabama Great Southern train
No- 7 last night, shortly before
midnight. The robbers are be
lieved to have left the engine
and the express and mail cars,
, —_uu:_xi__i?_* xi_l „ x
C/A tv/i xouuiug uxt/ cjuivo in 1-11^ xat"
ter, and then to have let the en
gine run wild down the track.
When it passed through Tusca
loosa about 1:30 o’clock, going
at a rapid rate, nobody could be
seen aboard.
A special train is carrying
blood-hounds from Montgomery
to Tuscaloosa, while Birming
ham -dogs are already on the
scene. A report here is that a
registered mail pouch was ob
tained by the robbers, as well as
smaller amounts of money from
mail and express cars.
According to a dispatch from
the Journal special staff corres
pondent at Cottondale, Ala., the,
bandits who freld up the Ala
bama Great Southern express
train near Bibbtown last night
escaped with approximately
$50,000. The robbers were two
mere boys. After routing the
express messenger and mail
clerks, the bandits stole the
front section of the train, and
after a wild run of thirty miles,
blew open the safe and made
their escape.
The report says:
“Within twenty minutes after
the daring robbery the unique
.spectacle was presented of two
__ _ * _ 1 Inn Jn s-v-f /lnr\nf ino
fipcuai u cwn vta v.^r — *
in hot pursuit of the runaway
engine with baggage and mail
car attached which passed
through Tuscaloosa at a rate of
sixty miles an hour. Sheriff
Palmer, who had been notified
from Woodstock of the robbery,
was stationed at the depot plat
orm. He opened fire on the ban
dits as he sat at the throttle, and
a fusilade of bullets was return
ed.
“A general warning has been
sent out, and this morning finds
a posse pf 100 deputies and far
mers armed to the teeth, scour
ing the swamps on both sides of
the road.
“At the time of the robbery
one negro porter engage# in a
hand-to-hand encounter with the
bandits, but was overpowered.
“The train was stopped by
means of a danger block system*
which had been tied so that the
red signal faced the train as it
was hurling through space. As
soon as Engineer Daniels saw
the signal he reversed the pow
er and stopped the train, only
to be confronted with a brace of
revolvers in the hands of an
eighteen year old boy. He was
made to leave the train with his
fireman.
“L- Pool, the messenger, was
eating his lunch at the time the
two figures entered his car. Al
though they were masked the
messenger coolly said, “Co away i
from here or 1 will thrown this
hot coffee on you.’
“As he made a motion to carry
out his threat a bullet fanned
his cheek so closely that he fell
to the floor under the impression
that he had been shot. Six mail
clerks were made to leave their
coach and stand on the right of
way with their hands up. Then
the bandits forced the porter to
cut the two front coaches and j
engine from the sleepers. The I
train pulled away from the other
section with the bandit chief
tain at the throttle. Conductor
Cook had already gone through
the sleepers, arousing the pas
sengers, locking doors and ad
vising them to hide their valu
ables. With the throttle wide
open the runaway train passed
station after station until it
was located at Englewood with
the machinery dead.
“L. Pool, the messenger, who
is also the mayor of Cuba, Ala.,
gave out an interview that he
had not considered the possibili
ty of the tw'o Ivys being ban
dits.”
Choir Practice
There will be choir practice at
St. Paul’s church tonight at 7
o’clock.
For Rent.
First ciass storage room at |
Bowen’s Cash Store. 39dlm
Turf Oafs Besl.
Special to Independent.
Little Iiock, Sept. 27.—Com
missioner John II. Page has ad
vised R. E. Bodine, of Memphis,
in response to a question as to
the best kind of winter oats to
be sown upon his farm in Desha
county, that Winter Turf oats
are the best, and that the best
time to plant is from September
15 to November 1.
“The ground should be broken
about one inch deeper t han you
have been accustomed to plow
the same land and the oats
broadcasted and harrowed in,"
writes the commissioner. “Two
bushels per acre is sufficient to
to sow. If 1 had both buckshot
and sandy land, I would prefer
buckshot; either will do. 1
most certainly would advise you
to sow' winter oats. The care of
the land, as well as the feed is
either sufficient reason for the
crop. I would also advise that
you sowr one bushel of lespedeza
per acre, broadcast, in the oat
field in February. Do not at
tempt to harrow in the lespede
za, the first rain will cover it
sufficiently. When you harvest
the oats, pay no attention to the
lespedeza, and next September
you can harvest a fine hay crop.
Get the lespedeza seed now
while it is cheap. If your land
L in need of drainage, I would
suggest that you throw up a wa
ter furrow about every twenty
feet."
Special Music.
There will be special music at
St. Paul’s church tomorrow
morning. The regular choir will
be ably assisted by members of
other choirs. Come and take
your part in the services.
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