ROUTINE
Bridge Dis
, Assessors
Steps.
Monday even
ision took up
1 Bridge Inl
and began
gal steps ne
create the
iich Newport
;d.
matter to de
majority of
owners have
will be held
cember 15.
oust then go
of renaming
and taking
once made.
; will proba
without any
ards of com
ssors will in
2 same as be
' Notice.
s been filed with the
ilofthe City of New
isas, a petition pur
:ontain the signatures
ity in value of the
•eal property situated
mprovement District
e of the City of New
i«a-. and a hearing of
0 determine whether
ms who have signed
n constitute a major
o? the owners of real
tuated in said Dis
e held bv said City
the Council Room on
e 15th day of Decem
17:30 o’clock p. m.
B. G. Graham,
der of the City of
rt, Arkansas.
Dec. 2.
ig On Auto License.
ndependent.
ick, Nov. 25.—Attor
d Moose has ruled
wner of an automo
allowed any rebate
e license of $10 an
ie law provides that
ust be taken out with
s after purchase. It
erefore that an auto
ght prior to Decem
ny year, requires a li
ie full fear. Purchas
at date, however, the
r wait until January
1 secure a license for
l year.
nds of the family of
Ruffner are glad to
his little son, who has
housiy ill, is thought
oving slowly.
ng Pictures
Opera House
hld of the sea
f the light house and
0 reel feature.
(LUBIN.)
<0 SWEETS
people try to reduce
1 hy eating no sweets,
H«ghie Mack, Kate
Flora Finch,
ly—V1TAGRAPH)
Pictures and music
0N 5 and 10 CENTS
Tiner Gets Another Chance.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 25.—Dee Ti
ner, of Randolph county, is to
have another chance for feedom.
| the Supreme court having re
versed his case and remanded it
'to the circuit court for a new
(trial. Sept. 24, 1912, John R.
I Davis was shot and killed in
I Randolph county. Thomas L.
Tiner and his son, To, were in
dicted for the murder. The el
ider man was convicted of mur
der in the second degree and
sentenced to the penitentiary.
! His son was then placed on trial
and also convicted of second de
gree murder. He is granted a
new trial on the ground that the
lower court refused to grant
him a continuance when the re
cord shows that he was properly
entitled to more time for his de
fense.
Notice of Letting Of Contract
to Keep County Paupers.
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned as County
Judge of Jackson County, Ark
ansas. will receive' sealed bids
up to noon ofMondav, the 29th
day of December, 1913, to keep
the paupers of Jackson County
for the term beginning January
1st, 1914 and ending January
1st, 1915. The person to whom
the contract is awarded will be
required to receive, comfortably
house, clothe, feed and furnish
medicine and medical attention
to all paupers and give bond
in the sum of Two Thousand
Dollars for the faithful per
formance of the contract. All
bids should be to take care of
each pauper at so much per
month while under the care and
supervision of the contractor. I
'hereby reserve the right to re
ject any and all bids.
! This November 25, 1913.
C. B. Coe,
[County Judge Jackson County,
‘ Arkansas. 35w4t.
i Notice of Jetting Of Contract
For Keeping of County
Prisoners.
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned as County Judge
of Jackson County, Arkansas,
will receive sealed bids up to 12
o’clock noon of Monday, Decem
ber 29, 1913, to keep the prison
jers of said county for the term
1 beginning January 1st, 1914 and
ending January 1, 1915. The
person to whom said contract
may be awarded will be required
to give bond as required by law
T rPCPi*VP the riffht to F6*
I ject any and all bids. This No
vember 25, 1913.
C. B. Coe,
35w4t. County Judge.
Costs To Be Divided.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 24.—Thos<
who profited by the ruling of th<
United State Supreme Court ii
the rate cases, must bear the ex
penses of the Special Master
Judge J. G. Wallace, appointee
by Federal Judge Trieber to ex
amine the claims and pass upoi
them. Judge Trieber has enter
ed an order in his court direct
jing the raliroads to pay half o
Jthe cost of the special master’
; office, and the holder of th'
I claim against the railroad mus
I pay the other half. The railroai
| has had the use of the money fo
J several years, and this is one o
the reasons they are included i:
j the expense order.
Celery, cranberries, new nut?
raisins, figs and fresh fruits a
' .Bowen’s Cash Stole. ^3d
l
WANT SALOONS
AT JACKSONPORT
Petitions In Circulation Are
Said to Contain Names of
Three Fourths etf White
Inhabitants.
That Newport will be dry in
1914 under the recent prohibi
tion act is generally accepted,
but whether Jacksonport will be
wet or dry seems not half so
certain. The advocates of li
cense in that town headed by
their mayor P. P. Burkett and
members of the council, began
an active campaign Monday in
the circulation of petitions for
license.
! These petitioners employed G.
|L. Grant of Little Rock to draw
i up the forms and they were de
’ livered in person Monday. The
i mayor and council state that
|four-fifths of the white inhabi
tants of the town will sign the
petitions, which are in charge of
Ti n TT* C
j JL/. liVVl) A-J.t >•_ » l-'J HVj U VUii
! Anderson and Will Verdell.
j The number of white inhabi
tants of Jaeksonport is said to
I run between 150 and 200 and the
[council is said to be working on
| the proposition with the pros
| pect of two saloons. They claim
that the town will offer as good
police protection as Newport has
jin the past.
While Jaeksonport voted wet
iin the last election, the county
| judge has never granted license
jin any of the small towns and
1 the court has discretionary pow
ers in granting license to sell li
quor.
Allen's Carelessness Responsible
: Special to Independent.
Tuckerman, Nov. 24.—Coro
ner Melville conducted the in
i quest here today over the re
j mains of John Allen, whom the
jjury found came to his death as
j a* result of his own carelessness
jin going to sleep upon the track
of the Iron Mountain one-half
mile north of Tuckerman early
Sunday morning, where he was
struck by a north bound freight
train.
Tommie Williamson, a boy,
was with Allen at the time, and
awakened only in time to save
his own life.
Captured Alleged Bootlegger.
dhoriflF .T T. Hastiner
received a message from Sheriff
L. J. Stewart of Searcy Monday
night just in time to reach the
Iron Mountain depot, while No.
28 was passing through and ar
! rested Sam Fuller who had
| boarded the train at Russell and
is tvanted in White county for
: bootlegging.
Fuller denied his name, but
; the description was too plain
1 and later, he admitted his iden
' tity.
' Office of The Chicago, Rock Island and
. Pacific Railway Company.
I Chicago, 111., Nov. 15th, 1913.
To All Stockholders of The Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railway
, Company: ,, .,
A special meeting of the stockhold
' ! ers of the company will be held at the
- office of the company in the City of
r Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday the
131st day of January, 1914, at ten
5 o’clock a. m, for the purpose*°f
, ! ing upon the acceptance by the com
J Inanv of a lease of the line of railway
t of the Rock Island, Stuttgart and
ii Southern Railway Company, extend
II ing from Mesa, Prairie County, Ark
r Lnsas in a southerly direction through
f | the counties of Prairie and Arkansas
[ I to Stuttgart, Arkansas County, Ark
1 1 nnsas a distance of approximately 22
miles; said lease to extend for a
term of 999 years from February 1,
1914, upon such terms and conditions
. as may be abbpresjdent.
^Gae. H. Crosby, Secretary^ 2C
May Secure Carnegie Medal.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. Nov. 25.— State
Superintendent George R. Cook
has been advised by F. M. Wil
met, manager of the Carnegie
Hero Fund Commission, that as
soon as possible a special a
gent of the Commission will be
sent to Russellville to escure
complete information concern
ing the heroic efforts of Supt.
W. A. Crawford and Miss Ruth
Van Landingham of the Russell
ville schools to rescue Miss
Crawford and Miss Meade from
drowning, last spring.
This tragedy in which three
estimable young ladies and one
of the leading educators of the
state were drowned in the Illi
nois river, is still fresh in the
minds of the public. For some
time Superintendent Cook has
been personally active in having
the Carnegie Commission take
up the matter of giving recogni
tJVll J VI I. 11V JIVl V/iHllI 'I ■* » •
Crawford and Miss Van Land
ingham. It is th'e unanimous o
pinion of those with whom this
matter has been discussed that
this tragic occurrence should be
reviewed bv the Hero Commis
sion.
All contestants for the $45
doll to be given away Thanks
giving day by the Famous Cash
Store must bring their cash re
ceipts not later than 10 a. m.
Thursday, November 27, when
the winner will be announced
and the award made.
03d2 Famous Cash Store.
Turkeys, chickens, eggs and
Meadow Gold butter at Bowen’s
Cash Store. 03d6
Cotton was down a few points
Tuesday and prices locally are
running lower owing to decline
in grades. The price on the
street Tuesday ranged from 91/>
to 11 5-8 cents and receipts have
been light this week, probably
due to many farmers holding for
better prices.
' Thomberry Gray of Inde
pendence county wTas a court vis
itor Tuesday. Mr. Gray is a
candidate for prosecuting attor
ney and will make his announce
ment later.
COURT UPHOLDS
BLUE SKY LAW
Constitutionality Was Attacked
By Manner Of Its Passage—
Court Divided.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 25.—"Three
members of the Arkansas Su
preme Court, Associate Justices
Wood, Kirby and Hart, have de
clared that the* so-called t’.lue
Sky Law passed by the last Leg
islature was constitutionally
passed and is therefore valid.
Two members of the court,
Chief .Just ice McCulloch and Jus
tice Smith, dissent, contending
that it was not constitutionally
enacted. Rut the majority rules,
and the act is therefore valid
and in full effect.
The test case was brought in
Pulaski Chancery Court by the
Mechanics’ Building and Loan
Association of Little Rock, to
enjoin the State Auditor from
enforcing the act against that
company. The lower court up
held the validity of the act, and
the Supreme Court sustains its
findings.
The Association sought to
prevent the Auditor from requir
ing a bond as prerequisite to do
ing business in the state, insist
ing that the act was not legally
passed because the Senate had
failed to comply with the pro
visions of the constitution pro
viding that on final passage of
all bills, the votes shall be taken
by yeas and nays and entered on
the journal. The Court finds
that the records are sufficiently
clear on this point to show that
the bill was properly passed.
It is further held by the Court
that “The Business of Building
and Loan Associations is sub
ject to regulation under the po
lice power of the state, as well
as the business of banking and
insurance,” and that the act is
not unconstitutional; further,
that it does not repeal Act 301
of 1913, which only provides for
the assessment for taxation and
the filing of individual state
ments by the building and loan
associations.
I’robe Lynch killing.
Clarendon, Nov. 2 1. In a lew
days Mrs. Lillie Lynch and ln*r
son, Robert Spivey, of SauC
burg, Monroe county, will know
I whether they will have to stand
trial for the killing of Robert
Lynch, wealthy planter, hus
band of Mrs. Lynch and stepfa
ther of young Spivey.
Mrs. Lynch and her son were
bound over to the Crawl Jury af
ter a preliminary examination
iat Rrinkley last August in which
sensational testimony was intro
duced. The Crawl Jury which
; will investigate the case was
empaneled here today at the op
ening of the Monroe county ci
cuit court.
In his charge to the jury.
Judge Pal gene Lankford made
no special reference to the Spi
vey case. He impressed upon
the jurors the necessity of their
l.-iumintr tim nalll ttlPV lllld lllk
en. He told them Unit they are
officers of the court and that it
is their duty to see that willful
violators of the law are brought
into court to answer for their
crimes.
He advised the members of
the jury to hold night sessions
in order that the business of the
court may be hastened as rapid
ly as possible.
Judge Lankford laid special
emphasis upon his admonition to
*the jurors to investigate “boot
legging.” This crime, he said,
had cost the county more money
than any other sort.
i
There is a heavy docket, both
civil and criminal, before the
| court, and it probably will con
tinue in session for two weeks.
It will be impossible for the
i court to continue longer because
of the fact that court must con
vene at Stuttgart two weeks
hence. This in all likelihood will
prevent the trying of Mrs.
Lynch and Spivey at this term
of court, even should they be in
dicted.
Notice.
Choir practice for Thanksgiv
ing day services at St. Paul’s
church tonight at 7:30. The
choir is urged to be on hand
promptly.
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