Newport Daily Indep ndent.
VOLUME XVIII. NO. 246. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS ...
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WESLEY SHAVER IS
GALLED BY DEATH
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Tuckerman Citizen, Well Known In
This Section, Succumbs to Pneu
monia and Appendicitis.
Death claimed one of Jackson coun
ty’s best known and well liked citizens
WJednesaay night at 7 o’clock when
Wesley M. Shaver, aged 43 years,
passed away at his home in Tucker
man. Mr. Shaver’s death was due to
pneumonia and appendicitis, which
followed an attack of influenza from
which he suffered greatly a few
months ago, Mr. Shaver never re
gaining his normal strength.
Funeral services will be held at the
family residence Friday morning at
ten o’clock, burial following at Hick
ory Grove.
Mr. Shaver is survived by his wife
and two children, Edwin, aged 13, and
Charles, aged 8. His father and mo
ther, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shaver,
reside at Evening Shade, Sharp
county, but because of their advanced
years, they were unable to be at their
son’s bedside. O. C. Shaver, a broth
er, resides at Evening Shade, and a
sister, Mrs. A. W. Jemigan, resides
at Little Rock. The deceased was a
brother of the late Eugene Shaver,
•who resided in Newport. Mrs. Shaver
is a sister of G. L. Smith of Newport.
Mr. Shaver was bom and reared at
Evening Shade, where he grew to
manhood under the tender care of
loving Christian parents. He left
home and came to Tuckerman several
years ago, and by reason of his
strength of character, unfailing in
tegrity and intelligence at once
gained a place in the affairs of the
town and county. He was first prin
cipal of the schools of Tuckerman,
where he established a splendid re
cord as an instructor. Later he
served two terms as county superin
tendent, giving much -time and
thought to that department of work,
greatly to the lasting benefit of the
county. Serving one term, that of
1915, in the state legislature as rep
resentative from Jackson county,
Mr. Shaver acquitted himself greatly
to the satisfation of the county in
general as a law-maker, though he
■dlidi not offer for a second term.
Mr. Shaver was a recognized leader
in the Methodist church, into which
he put a full share of his religious
principles and untiring efforts for
Christianity. As a member of the
Woodmen of the World he filled the
most importqlnt offices vlithin the
gift of the order, and was recognized
throughout the state as a leader in
Woodcraft.
At the time of his death Mr. Sha
ver was secretary of the Citizens
Light & Power Company of Tucker
man. Lately he had been assisting in
securing the extension of a line from
Newport to Tuckerman, which now
furnlishes electricity for that place.
He assisted in personally supervis
ing the building of this line, and his
failing health it is said resulted
from physical exertion which he
spent during the time of the line’s
erection.
Mr. Shaver for several years was
correspondent for the Newport Inde
pendent at Tuckerman, resigning the
place a few months ago when he en
tered other work which required his
time and attention. As a corres
pondent Mr. Shaver served both the
Independent and his community in a
faithful and capable manner, and his
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death is a shock to the Independent’s
office force, especially to the editor,
who had known Mr. Shaver and ad
mired him and held him in close
friendship and esteem as far back as
he can remember. He will be greatly
missed in his county and commun
ity, and to the bereaved wife and
stricken children the sympathy of a
host of sorrowing friends is ex
tended.
AUVERGNE EXCEEDS QUOTA.
Mr. D. H. Burton, chairman for
Auvergne, reports a collection of $97
against a quota of $90 for Armenian
and Syrian Relief. The good people
of Auvergne are to be praised and
congratulated on their hearty re
sponse to this urgent appeal for
charity to the suffering peoples of
the Near East. Below we publish a
list of subscribers at Auvergne:
Anthony, Mat -$ .50
Bleakley, F. L.-10.00
Burton, D. H.-— - 2.00
Beard, G. T._ 1.00
Ball, Bud __- 1.00
Black, Henry-.- 2.00
Brown, Carey - 1.00
Ballew, Lottie - 1.00
Burt, J. L. - -50
Bridges, Ottis - -50
Bridges, Tom- -50
Boyd, Forrest -.- .25
Bennett, Wess- -25
Cannon, Morris- 1-00
Curry, Levi - 1-00
Davis, J. R.- 2.50
Davis, James - -***~*
Davis, Ed - .50
Edds. Geo. - 1-00
Ellison, Marguerite - 1.00
Elston, B. J. - 1-00
Evans, Young - 1.00
Foushee, Arthur -- -50
Foushee, Brice —-- 1-00
Ferguson, Ed - .50
Foushee, R. J.- -50
Gamble, Chas. O.- 100
Gipson, J. F.--— 2.00
Hare, M. B.-—--25.00
Henderson, J. C.- 1-00
Holmes, L. H.- 1-00
Hinton, Tom--— -- l-00
Hare, D. J.---- 100
Holden, Dan - 1-00
Huff, Dave -*- -25
Holmes, Nat - -2^
Handel, Murray - 1,00
Johnston, Joe --
Johnston, E. L.- I-®®
Johnson, Griff -
Johnson, Tobe- 1-0°
Johnston, Florence - l-00
Johnston, A. - 2 00
May, G. W.- 100
May, D. A. r- LJJ
May, W. L- 2-00
Murphy, W. B- 1-°^
Mayers, Alonzo- ,2°
Murphy, J. E
McEntire, Will
McHatton, W. A. -. -25
Neldon, W. J. -. 50
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xwacmcvn., xvm -
Reed, Richard - 1,00
Shelby, S. S.- L0°
Stephenson, R. L
Scales, Allen - -50
Sutton, Dock -
Savelis, S. J.
Taylor, Robt..-. L00
Taylor, Fred - i-00
Thompson, Ham- 1-00
Tolar, Mrs. H. A.- l-50
Teague, Tom - -50
Wilhite, Isom..— i-00
W,alker, Will..— -50
Wilson, W. C. C- - l-00
IN CIRCUIT COURT.
A case that is attracting a great
deal of interest in circuit court is
that of the state versus Paul Gardner,
a young man of Tupelo, who is
charged with criminal assault. Mrs.
Ida Jones, a young woman of the
Tupelo section, is the prosecuting wit
ness. L. L. Campbell represents
Gardner and Earl Casey is conduct
ing the prosecution.
The jury in the case of Clay Hillis,
charged with perjury, returned a ver
dict yesterday afternoon of not
guilty. *''•?. * '
LITCHFIELD.
Health is good at present.
Mrs. Hogan and Mr Churchwell
have been called to Pangbum on ac
count of illness of relatives.
John Singleton has returned home
from Newport, Oregon
The snow made it bad for rabbits,
for Henry Tracey and Lelmar Wat
son caught seven Monday.
Miss Cleo Wolf of Batesville was
here last night going to St. Louis. (
Already Large Membership Of Order
Is Increased Last Night By Thir
teen—Good Program.
The Elks Lodge of Newport has
taken on considerable life, as is at
tested by the fact that thirteen new
members were initiated in that or
der at a meeting last night, which
was one of the most enthusiastic and
enjoyable in the history of the or
ganization here. Following are those
who were introduced to Elkdom:
F. L. Bleakley, Ralph Shipp, Rex
Brown, Harry Grimes, Carl Belling
rath, W. P. Mitchell, Robert Amstedd,
Wylie McMinn, Roy Umsted, C. L.
Mariner, C. B. Ford, Sprigg Foushee,
J. 0. Goff.
All the offices were filled by past
exalted rulers, and the initiatory
work was carried out in a most splen
did, attractive and inspiring manner.
Following the work a social hour
was enjoyed.
Many local Elks have entered into
a new enthusiasm and many new so
cial events are to be planned by the
order during the coming year, this
having been made possible by the re
turn of peace and normal conditions.
AUTOMOBILE fAA.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 13.—Senator
Owens' bill giving cities of the first
class the right to levy a $5 automo
bile tax for the use of the street
fund, passed the senate yesterday
without opposition.
Keep your dollars at nome. Trade
in Newport.
REPORT Of EMI
JURY MADE TODAY
Thirty-Seven Bills of Indictment Are
Returned— Adverse Report On
Jail and Hospital.
The grand jury for the February
term of Jackson circuit court was
discharged today, after returning 37
true bills of indictments and examin
ing 99 witnesses, being in session 9
days. During the session of the
grand jury an investigation into the
lynching of a negro here a few weeks
ago was made, but no indictments
were returned, no evidence being ob
tainable, we are told.
Following is the report of the body:
To the Honorable Dene H. Coleman,
Judge:
Wje, the Grand Jury, beg leave to
report as follows:
We have investigated all violations
of the law of which we have had
knowledge or received information,
and in all cases where the evidence
warranted it, we have returned true
bills of indictment.
We have been in session nine days,
examined 99 witnesses and returned
into the court 37 true bills of indict
ment.
We have, by Committee, visited the
County Hospital and find therein
eight inmates. We found conditions
there" deplorable. The building in
very bad repair, several lvTI’49^
lights out, roof leaky, condition of
interior of same very unsanitary,
bedding filthy, no adequate heating
facilities, inmates very poorly
clothed and poorly fed. We are in
formed by the parties keeping the
house that within the past year one
inmate has died of tuberculosis. The
room which this inmate inhabited is
in same condition as when party died,
excepting removal of bedding, the
room never having been cleansed or
fumigated. The privies on premises
are in very unsanitary condition.
We have visited the county jail and
did not find it in a sanitary condition.
Several windows are out, there is a
large hole in the roof, and the heat
ing plant is out of commission, and
the stoves used for heating building
are inadequate, the prisoners hover
ing around small oil heaters. We
would recommend that the heating
plant be repaired and put back in
commission. We found bedding in
the jail very filthy and inadequate.
The toilets, wash basins, and bath
tubs are in a very filthy condition
and we urgently recommend that this
be attended to at once.
Several windows in the Court
House building are broken out and
same parts of the building are not
kept as cleanly as they should be.
Reports have been received froom
all Justices of the Peace within the
County and same examined.
In conclusion we desire to extend
our thanks to the Court House Offi
cials for courtesies shown us during
our deliberations, and having finished
our labors, we respectfully asked to
be discharged.
Wm. Hooker, Foreman,
S. L. Bailey, Clerk.
Newport, Ark., Feb. 13, 1919.
TO CREATE FUND.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 13.—Recom
mendation that Senator Evans’ meas
-nrft for the creation of a State De
fense F^d"iS?^ite support of the
National Guard, through a ^ax ^
per annum on all males between tuf
age of 18 and 45 "do pass’’ was sent
to the senate yesterday by the com
mittee on Militia which had it under
consideration. The measure will be
brought up for passage at an early
date, it was said.
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Clapp, Reynolds and Regal Shoes
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SEARCH FOR OIL
Dr. C. M. Capps of Tennessee Will
Sink Well Near Newport, Begin
ning in May.
Drilling for oil In Jackson county,
one mile north of the Black river •
bridge, will begin in May, according
to information which has come to the
Independent. The well will be sunk
by Dr. C. M. Capps of Knoxville,
Tenn., who owns 1,100 acres of land
in the section near the Black river
bridge, and we are told that he has
already practically closed all prelim- |
inary arrangements for the work of
drilling. Dr. Capps was here a short J
time ago looking after the matter.
We are told that Dr. Capps will §g
form a stock company and attempt to ;i
interest Jackson county capital in the
project. He has already raised $14v
000 for the work, and, according to I
the reported plan, will offer his 1,100 . '
acres to stockholdeers at about $90 2|
per acre, each stockholder in this
manner sharing in the product of the Jjj||
well. He proposes to sink about four jjSu
wells, but we have not learned the
greatest depth he intends to drill be- ;.|S
oKon/lnninfr n Simple Wftll. The ;iH
248, under wtncti a J
of selection of county superintend- •
ents of schools, through
boards of five memberes elected WM .
the people would be created.
measure was prepared under the
rection of the Committee on Ed®c**g|||
tion and was signed by Senator Wih M j
son and 15 others. Senator Moncrie|J||
of Arkansas county led the fight ;
against the bill in a movement flap
have it amended exempting hi* COM*
ty, and was joined by Senator* Ww| |
Brown, CoTlins and others, who adde« | v
Lee, Drew, Hempstead, Phillips, Pf|g %
sha, Cleveland, Monroe, Izard, Fultoj| ;| |
and Baxter counties to the amend-$| j
After an entire afternoon of argu» 3
ment over the possibilities offered bjrjgf
the proposed measure for the A
tion of a state-wide political 1
chine, the contention of the |
ents of the measure, the amendmMf||
was lost by a vote of 18 to eight,
bill was sent to the engrossing eoswig - j
mittee, and probably will be
up for final action today or MondaF*|gg %
NOTICE.
$15 Reward for any informatiap;| jj
leading to recovery of one dark b*yJmm
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Jake Grossman made a
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