Newport Daily independent.
LlUMEXIII. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1913. NUMBER M3
IRL CLAIMS
married HERE
. That Ceremony Was Illegal
Now In Trouble By Reason
,f Passing Worthless Check.
jt Louis, Mo., Sept. 15—Miss
iyre or Mayre Burton, 18,
•k-haired and brown-eyed of
me Arkansas, who says
,was a student at Blackstone
male Institute, near Rich
md, Va., was arrested this
emoon at the home of E. P.
nmer in St. Louis, charged
h having passed a worthless
I draft on the Illinois State
ist Company bank of East;
Louis. Miss Burton is said j
have admitted having eash
the draft. She then told a
mge story of being drugged
a man to whom she had been
rried by a mock ceremony
formed by a bogus minister,
he name signed to the unhon
d draft was, “Mrs. W. G.
ms.” Miss Burton said Ad- j
s was the man who had a
:k ceremony performed at ,
yport, Arkansas, in an atuo- ]
lile, to deceive her into be- j
ing that she was his lawful j
Irding to her account she j
senior at Blackstone in- j
and was to have graduat- !
i year. In April, she
he school was closed be-1
of smallpox there, and :
turned to her home at!
, where her father has a
ire store- Later she said j
nt to visit a married sis- j
Paragould, Ark., where j
it Adams, a soda foun-!
r two months courtship,
d Adams proposed mar
They went in an auto-;
to Newport. There she
lams left her in the auto-1
at the comer of one of 1
incipal streets and when i
irned he had with him a ;
man who wore a black j
id tie, and whom he in- j
id as the Rev. Mr. Doug
he clerical looking young
informed a ceremony on
eet corner and pronounc
and Adams man and wife, i
id. Adams asked her to ^
le marriage a secret and (
d that if she couldn’t tell J
rents about it she would j
e with him, she declared.
r CREDITED HERE. •
Ie siory ot this woman in |
>le, May re Burton or Mrs. j
• Adams, who has been ar- j
d in St- Louis for cashing i
rthless check, is not credit
r the police in this city. No
iage license to either of the
es named has been issued
county clerk within the i
year and no minister or offi- ]
Palified to officiate at a mar
is known here by the
of Douglass. Nor can any
be found in the recollec
I of local people of any such
page as related by her to
[occurred upon the streets
ps city in an automobile.
F whole story is discredited
K r *
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p reward for recovery of I
I mouse colored mare mule,
l^ane and tail; estrayed
^ J. W. McCartney, Rem
I <f
Failed to Work Road.
The first jury case to be
heard in circuit court Tuesday
was that of a negro, named An
thony who was charged with re
fusing to work the roads. He is ,
a resident of Bowen’s Ridge and |
was defended by L. L. Campbell,
while Prosecuting Attorney C.
M. Erwin represented the state
The grand jury returned 22
additional indictments Tuesday i
morning. Two of its members
W. P- Mauldin and Will Murphy
were then excused from further
service.
Two cases on call for trial
Tuesday are those of Luther Al
ton, an Oil Trough boy charged
with uttering a forged instru
ment and Alex Caldwell, indict
ed for grand larceny.
DOCKET RECORD IN BRIEF.
State versus C. L- McWil
liams, selling liquor, nolle pross
ed.
State versus Luther Alton,
forgery; attachment to issue
for Mrs. Laura Hawkins and
Charlie Hawkins.
State versus Jim Young, sell
ing liquor; dropped from dock
et.
State versus Alonzo Moseley,
selling liquor; case nolle
prossed.
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“Coin” Harvey In the Race.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 16—The
entrance of W- H. “Coin” Har
vey into the race for Congress
in the Third District has made
the contest in that district an in
teresting one. Claude A. Fuller
of Eureka Springs, and J. N.
Tillman of Fayetteville, were al
ready in the field, and Judge E.
G. Mitchell of Harrison is a pos
sibility. Col. Harvey enters as
the Disciple of the Common
Good, and sets forth his views J
at length in a printed speech!
which is being freely circulated |
in the district. !
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Clear, white clothes are a sign
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HAYS SAYS NO
EXTRA SESSION
Will Be Called But Has Other
Plans For Relief of The
State.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 16.—“I have
said from the first time the
subject was proposed, that I
have no intention whatever of
calling an extra session of the
legislature. This is still my in
tention. Under the circumstanc
es I cannot see that any good can
come from it, whereas much
harm might result. I have other
plans in view that I hope can be
worked out to take care of the
expenses of the state charitable
institutions and the necessary
expenses of the state govern
ment.”
This is the statement made by
Governor Hays Monday even
ing in answer to a question as
to whether he would call an ex
tra session of the legislature for
the purpose of providing a
means for taking care of the
expenses of the state govern
ment.
For several days, ever sslnce
State Auditor Coffman offered
the suggestion that the legisla
ture should be called in extra
session to borrow a quarter of a
million dollars from the state
capitol fund, Governor Hays
has been the recipient of num
erous messages from all parts
of the state for and against the
proposition, some urging him to
call the session, and others be
ing as urgent that he should not
do so.
Attorney General Moose ad
vised Auditor Coffman Mon
day, informally, that in his o
pinion, Mr. Coffman’s plan
would be unconstitutional, cit
ing the following:
“Article XVI, Sec- 11—No tax
shall be levied except in pursu
ance of law, and every law im
posing a tax shall state dis
tinctly the object of the same;
and no moneys arising from a
tax levied for one purpose shall
be used for any other purpose.”
“This makes it clear to my
mind,” said Judge Moose, “that
the legislature would have no
power whatever to borrow any
money from the state capitol
tax to be used for any other pur
pose than that for which it was
specifically levied. It follows
that if the legislature in the
past / has diverted any specific
levy for another purpose it has
acted unlawfully.”
Thus it appears that all pros
pects ofi a special session of the
legislature have passed, and
that the administration will en
deavor to make arrangements
with the banking institutions
of the state to carry its credit
for whatever may be needed un
til the revenue is «available
next year.
$25,000,000 For Roads.
Washington, September 15.—
A bill to appropriate $25,000,000
for the construction of roads in
conjunction with the states and
under the direction of a Nation
al Bureau of Public Highways,
was introduced in the Senate to
day by Senators Thornton and
Bankhead. The bill proposes
that the states provide an equal
amount
Mitchell Wrote Davidson Fare
well.
Little Rock, Sept. 16.—That
E. G. Mitchell, attorney for Odus
Davidson, wrote the farewell
letter which had Davidson’s
name signed to it, and that Da
vidson never saw the letter, was
the statement of Prosecuting
Attorney Seawell, who was in
Littie Rock yesterday and who
conferred with Governor Hays
about the matter.
After Davidson's execution at
Harrison for the brutal murder
of 18-year-old Ella Barham, a
letter was produced purported to
be signed by Davidson. In it the
doomed man said that he realiz
ed that he must hang, that there
was no hope for him, but that
he wished to declare his inno
cence before he died.
“In defense of Governor
Hays,” said Mr. Seawell last
night, “I might say that I
strongly protested against a re
prieve. When Mr. Mitchell filed
his petition for a rehearing, he
asked the Supreme Court to
pass it until this fall. That is
known. The record shows that
at the time the supreme court
denied his petition for the re
hearing, it also denied his mo
tion for delay. These are facts
that cannot be denied, and show
that despite charges Mr. Mitch
ell has made against the govern
or and others, myself included,
he was resorting to trickery
throughout the whole proceed
ing, attempting to stay the exe
cution of a man who was found
guilty and who was guilty, and
who, I have heard, was told by
his attorney that he was guilty
“The governor was actuated
by the purest motives of right in
refusing to interfere.
“If anyone desires to know
the full history of the case, I am
willing to furnish data from the
record. It is m;y opinion that a
man who not only defiled one of
the purest girls that ever lived
in North Arkansas, but cruelly
mutilated her body and laid it on
a lonesome hillside for hogs to
feed upon, was convicted of the
crime and paid the penalty of
death”
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Candidate For Treasurer.
| Jesse W. Shuford of this city
| is a second entry in the contest
'for the Democratic nomination
| for county treasurer and His an
j nouncement appears in this is
I sue. He is a well-known and
'popular citizen and having been
born and raised here, also en
voys a wid^ acquaintance over
I the county.
He is a man of character and
affable disposition, capable and a
staunch Democrat, who has ever
i been loyal and zealous in sup
port of the party’s nominees,
jand we .bespeak for him the
careful consideration of the vot
ers.
> Candidate For Treasurer.
| To the Democratic Voters of
Jackson county:
i At the solicitation of a num
ber of friends, I have decided to
j offer myself as a candidate for
i the nomination for the office of
Treasurer of Jackson county. I
was born and raised in Jackson
county and you know every act
of my life. I believe I am quali
: fied to fill the office, and if you
will give me the opportunity, I
will show you that I am. Your
support is respectfully solicited.
JESSE W. SHUFORD.
(Adv. dl wl )
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BEAUTIFUL DARING
WESTERN GIRLS
As Much At Hume On a Horse
As a City Girl In a Trol
ley Car.
Jn no part of the habitable
globe are there better lady riders
than can be found in the west.
A girl must be able to ride if she
wants to visit her neighbors of
ten. And how some of these
young creatures can manage a
horse! What pictures of beauty,
daring and health they are as
they come dashing along at full
speed, playing games, chasing
each other or racing just for fun
Indeed, horseback riding is a
common and easy pastime to a
“wild western girl** just as trol
ley riding is to a city girl.
The Western girl goes every
where on horseback. She can
join a set of equine quadrilles or
Virginia reel and gallop twenty
miles on an errand without feel
ing the slightest fatigue. She
keeps “company,” goes to school,
visits her “next door neighbor”
(maybe fifteen miles away) all
on the back of her favorite pony.
Yes, the Western girl can cer
tainly ride, as you will readily
perceive when you witness the
performance of the bevy of
Western Beauties with Kit Car
son’s Buffalo Ranch Big Three
Ring Wild West Circus. Watch
them in the Hippodrome Races;
note their skill and fearlessness,
be enchanted by their beauty,
spellbound by their achieve
ments, and awakened to the S
pleasures and enjoyment of the ^
competition by their silvery |
ringing laughter.
There are many things worth
seeing with this splendid attrac
t ion, but not one prettier or more
likely to be a gratifying after
thought in your memory than
tlie lovely wild Western girl with
sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks
who flashed by you on the back
of a plunging steed.
Will exhibit in Newport after
noon and night, on Wednesday,
September 17. (Adv)
Will Mudj Agriculture.
Special to Independent.
kittle Rock, Sept. 1(5.—Agri
cultural Commissioner John t-J.
Rage left Monday afternoon »r
a two weeks’ trip to the East in
the interest of the farming in
terests of Arkansas. He will go
first to Washington for a con
ference with Hon. 1). F. Hous
ton, Secretary of Agriculture,
with a view to a development of
plans for the advancement of
the agricultural interests of Ar
kansas, with especial referemne
to live stock industry.
From Washington he will go
to New York for a conference
with immigration officials, and
representatives from other
Southern states interested in
the proposition of making New
Orleans a port, of entry for the
desirable immigrants of the Old
World.
He will then go to Plano, 111.,
to attend and deliver an address
at the Farmers National Con
gress, for which he is vice presi
dent for Arkansas. About 500
farmers from all parts of the
state are today being appointed
delegates to that convention,
and it is hoped that there will be
a large attendance from this
state.
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