hounds
fO THE SCENE
ps Store and Post Of
ped By Incendiaries
Monday Morning.
Jledthis city early
aim of the total
(of John Camp s store
office at Johnstown
piles east of Newport,
.believes that incen
rted the blaze and
: blood hounds be
the scene.
IcCuistion telephoned
ock for blood hounds
ppere sent up on No. 4,
{taken to the scene by
The fire originated
clock and further in
could not be secured
phone line was down,
p had $200 insurance
jingand $1000 on the
jods. The amount of
not known.
bo Soon, They Say.
Sth, Jan. 4.—Among
Is for attacking the
petitions filed under
nti-liquor law for li
ons, will be one charg
gnatures to liquor pe
st be made after the
es effective, and not
ording to an announc
counsel for the Fort
ti-Saloon League, to
petitions filed here
dated and signed be
aw became effective,
admitted today that
ig fight of the drys
d consist solely of at
prevent the petition
ng accepted by the
lother method will be
over the dates the affi
the petitions bear.
570 petitioners, to
lulators made affidavit
date of January 1.
fits show that af pre
i was partly olniterat
anuary 1” substituted,
ster county judge, has
himself as in favor
ting the hearing as
possible. The great
tty, it became known
the deciding the num
lite adult inhabitants
y eligible to sign the
The drys are compil
es based upon the
sus of 1913. and com
with the government
1910. These compar
te there are 13,000
in the city.
Pictures
Opera House
Carter Succeeds Kingsley.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 5.— H. R.
Carter, highway engineer for
Pulaski county has been ap
pointed state highway engineer
by State Land Commissioner R.
G. Dye, and assumes the duties
of his office today. He succeeds
E. A. Kingsley, who resigns to
devote his time to his own bus
iness.
Mr. Carter is a young man, who
was reared in the city of Fay
etteville, finished his public
school course there, and gradu
ated from the University of Ar
kansas as a civil engineer with
the class of 1907. Immediate
ly thereafter he accepted a po
sition in the office of the city
engineer of Little Rock, during
the administration of Mayor
Lennon, which position he val
untarily resigned in May, 1906,
to serve as engineer of an exten
sive paving district in Pine
Bluff.
In the latter part of 1908 he
was appointed city engineer of
Texarkana, and was reappoint
ed in 1909. He resigned to ac
cept the position of county en
gineer of Bowie county, Texas,
which position was discontinu
ed by the county in 1911. He
then returned to the office of the
city engineer of Little Rock, and
in April, 1913, was appointed by
County Judge Joe Asher as
highway engineer tor rulaski
county, and was reappointed
January 1.
He has done much bridge and
highway work in all the counties
where he has worked, and has
the reputation of being a most
thorough and capable man.
Improvement District Contracts.
Monday was an important day
in the proceedings of several of
the county’s most important re
clamation projects and the city
was full of 'representatives of
engineering and contractting
firms.
The Village Creek and White
River Levee District, embracing
over 18,000 acres of land receiv
ed nine bids for the construction
of the proposed levee. These
were under consideration by the
commissioners and their attor
neys and no contract has been
let. Bids for the bond issue in
1 this district are to be opened to
morrow,
HTko Vrnnds in the Ovei'CUB
Slough Drainage District are tc
be sold tomorrow morning and
in the afternoon, the bids ol
about 10 contractors for the
work are to be opened.
In the Mayberry Slough dis
trict, the commission composec
of Forrest Bleakley, Jake Phil
lips and W. L. Heard has been ir
session, settling for the im
provement work that has beer
completed.
Good Record For 1914.
There has not been a singl<
case this year (1914) in the jus
tice or mayor’s courts of thi:
city and Mr. Drummond, our lo
cal undertaker, reports that n<
coffins have been sold as yet dur
ing this good year, which fact,
constitute a miost favorable op
ening for 1914.
The fire department was call
i ed out about 9:30 this momim
J to the home of Joe Younger
'which suffered a small damage
1 probably about fifteen do ar.
j which was covered by insurance
. | The fire originated from a de
fective flue but the blaze wa
>. soon extinguished.
WOUNDED SENT
! ACROSS BORDER
_
Both Federal and Rebel Armies
Send Injured Soldiers to
Red Cross Quarters.
i . . -
! Presidio, Texas, Jan. 4.—The
sixth day of the siege of Ojin
,aga by General Artega’s rebel
army, although attended by in
cessant cannonading from day
flight until late tonight, ended
| without result except to in
crease the dead and wounded on
i
both sides.
All the wounded were sent by
both rebels and federate to the
I
American side of the river to be
j cared for by the Red Cross. As
neither of the contending armies
maintains a hospital service, 150
; more wounded were carried to
j United States territory to be
(crowded into a small school
house and church which were
converted into hospitals.
While shrapnel and volley af
ter volley of rifle fire were pour
ed into the little village, on
which the whole northern divis
ion of the Federal army, with its
11 generate, is making a stand
against rebels, the relative posi
tions of the two armies at night
fall wpi’p nnrhancrprl
{ General Ortega’s troops,
| which had taken entrenchments
jon all sides of Ojinaga except
; that which faces the Texas bor
i der were withdrawn and concen
trated about two miles west on
| the banks of the Conchos river.
\ Just previously General Salazar,
who, with 800 Federal volun
teers, succeeded for the first
j time since the siege in going out
of the fortifications in an at
tempt to attack General Ortega’s
j rear, was driven back by the re
bels, not however, until he had
killed a dozen or more rebels. So
! far the casualties have been dis
proportionate to the number of
shots fired.
| About 120,000 rounds of am
| munition have been expended by
both armies. On the basis of
I that 6,000 rebels and 4,000 fed
i erals are engaged, this would in
dicate that 12 shots were fired
'for each soldier, while the total
dead and wounded do not exceed
1,000.
Petition Hearing January 20./
County Court was in session
Monday adjourning to Monday,
i January 19 and thus no hearing
of the petitions for liquor li
cense in this city can be heard
before that date,
j The petitions have not as yet
been either filed or published,
' but it is understood they will be
both filed and published within
j the next few days, for G. L.
Grant, representing the appli
cants for license has asked Phil
| lips, Hillhouse & Boyce repre
senting the prohibitionists if
they will be prepared for a hear
; ing upon January 20th, at which
- {time it is expected the hearing
i will be held.
) Notice.
Lots 5 and 6 of Lyon’s Seconc
5 Addition to the City of New
- {port, will be sold to the highesi
bidder on January 8,1914, at th<
court house, in Newport, Ark
C. M. Erwin,
r J. E. Mann,
Executors of Estate o
| F. G. Smith, deceased
, d6.
-; Herbert Bunn has been quit
3 sick for several days, which hi
|many friends regret to learn.
I
Candidates Before State.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 5.—Hon M.
H. Patterson, who represented
Woodruff county in the last
House, and has also served in
the state senate, has announced
as a candidate for sheriff of the
county of Woodruff, which posi
tion he held from 1890 to 1896
and from 1902 to 1906.
Judge R. F. Milwee. speaker of
the house of 1911, and one of
the gest known political leaders
of the state, has just won the
nomination for sheriff of Mon
roe county, which office he held
from 1900 to 1904, and 1908 to j
1910, serving two terms as j
county judge from 1904 to 1908. i
J. D. Doyle of Lawrence coun
ty, is among the members of the
last house who have recently an
nounced for re-election.
There are three former mem
bers of the state legislature run
ning for juge of the 16th Judi
cial Circuit, J. B. Baker of Iz
ard county; David L. King, of
Sharp county and J. A. Watson
of Fulton county. A fourth
candidate is S. A. Deaton, law
partner of Representative Jack
son of Randolph county.
Saturday Afternoon Tea.
Miss Bessie Watson entertain
ed with a largely attended tea
Saturday afternoon in honor of
Mrs. Rov Hinkle, one of the sea
son’s brides. The reception
rooms wei’e beautifully done in
crimson and green.
The line of reception stood in
the parlor and were Miss Wat
j son, Mrs. Hinkle, Mrs. George K.
| Stephens and Miss Elizabeth Ir- i
by.
The guests were received in
the reception hall by Mrs. T. J.
Watson. At a beautifully ar
ranged tea table the tea and
and coffee urns were presided
over by Mrs. E. L. Boyce and
Mrs. W. T. Parish. A salad
course was served by Misses
Franchelle Hooker, Hortense
Hite, Kate Harder and Lucy
Bailey. Mrs. Richard E. Riter
and Miss Lucy Brandenburg as
sisted in receiving the guests,
about one hundred calling dur
ing the hours of receiving.
Men’s Association. Organized.
At the meeting of the men at
the Methodist church Sunday af
ternoon, at the close of the ser
vice an organization was form
ed and officers elected who were
Fred R. Suits, president; W. D.
McLain, vice president; S. M.
Beattie, secretary and P. S.
White, treasurer.
The ministers of the city com
pose a program committee.
The meeting Sunday afternoon
was the most encouraging of
all that has been held, about 75
men being present. Rev. W.
Palmer Chalmers of the Presby
terian church, preached a very
strong and helpful sermon on
“The Secret of Power”, that
was enjoyed by his hearers.
This association is composed
of men of all denominations,
and no denomination at all, who
come together every Sunday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock to disouss
everyday religious problems.
S. M. Beattie, Sec.
Miss Helen Beard left Sundaj
morning on No. 4 for her horn*
J in St. Louis, after spending th<
. holidays here. She was accom
panied as far as Hoxie by Missei
| Emma Beard and Thadese Kin
j man, also Wylie McMinn, Alber
siBevans and Charles Minor, al
I of whom returned on No. 3.
Brundidge’s Caustic Comment.
Little Rock, Jan. 3.—The 1
Democratic state central com
mittee, at a meetting held in
this city recently, adopted a res
olution prohibiting anyone from
participating in the coming
March state primary who refus
ed to vote for Gov. Hays in the
July special gubernatorial elec
tion. Former Congressman
Brundidge of Searcy, who op
posed Gov. Hays in the prima
ries and afterwards instituted
contest proceedings before the
state committee, when asked tto
dav what he thought of the com
mittee’s action, said:
“In reply to your question as
to what I think of the recent ac
tion of the state central commit
tee, I desire to say that I am
glad you have asked me. I have
always been a Democrat, and
have been one of that type who
has never scratched a name on
the ticket, but this action on the
committee is the limit ot ennui -
ance, and if carried out in this
and other states would mean the
utter undoing of the party in the
government. The policy hereto
fore has been to get as many as
we could to join our ranks in a
common fight against the oppo
sition, and all that has ever been
required of one offering to vote
in a Democratic primary was a
pledge that he would support the
nominees of the party, but un
der this new order of things the
rule is reversed, and before one
can vote in the Democratic pri
mary he must be sworn by and
at the request of any keeper of
a dive that he supported the last
so-called nominees. The effect
of enforcing such a rule would
be to disfranchise more than
two-thirds of the Democratic
voters of the state and drive out
of the Democratic party men
who today pay more than two
thirds of the taxes to the sup
port of the state government.
Such an action would put to
shame the acts of the days of
reconstruction and would prove
a disaster not only to the party
but to the state.
“I must think that the com
mittee, or a majority thereof,
was mad when they made the
rule, but I think it will be the
means of arousing to action the
men who have made Arkans.
what it is, and the sooner the
better, for we are nearing a cri
sis, one way or the other, and I
am glad of it.”
Notice Of Sewer Tax.
The tax books for the collec
tion of the Special Sewer Tax
on real property in Sewer Dis
trict No. 1 for the Fifth Annual
Assessment to maintain and op
* • i i_ 1_
eiate oaiu suwci d^oiciu,
been placed in my hands. All
owners of real property lying in
district and required to pay
their taxes to me within thirty
days from date. If such assess
ment is not paid action will bt
commenced at the end of that
time for the collection of said
assessment, and for the lega
penalties and cost.
Given under my hand this
29th day of December, 1913.
L. Minor, Collector
Sewer District No. 1, Newport,
Arkansas. 29d30
_
All Up to Date Housekeepers
use Red Cross Ball Blue. It
makes the clothes clean and
| sweet as when new. All Grocers.
Today
Is The
Day
You should go to |
Berger’S I
’’STAR CLOTHING HOUSE? g
Where prices are |
now down to the |
lowest limit. 1
5*njan\in Clothes g
I You can buy a thoroughly up-to- ;i
date Suit, Overcoat or Crown Trous- ij
ers now at a price a great deal less ;
than the real worth of garments. ! :
It’s closing out time here now— :
profits are overlooked.
Prices One-Fourth Off On All :j
Suits—Overcoats—-Trousers |
< i
■■ None Reserved ———— <
Come Nowand See What Big Values You Can Get j;
For Little Money. £
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