N lEPEN )ENT.
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS MONDAY. SEPTEMBER S. Dtl.'J. NTMFSER i:«».
Ill term Of
CIRCUIT COURT
eIted Mond^Morning When
2 Grand and Pet.t
juries Were Completed.
Phe Fall term of the Jackson
1 Circuit court was opened
X morning, Judge R. E.
ery presiding and with all
other court officers present.
he docket has been arranged
published for a four weeks’
h'e first order of business
i the empaneling of a grand
„ a number of those subpoe
d being excused. Judge Jef
. then proceeded to charge
t body as to their duties and
licularly regarding felonies in
taking of human life. J. M.
ss 0f Swifton was appointed
man of the jury, which re
j under the charge of Bailiff
gan Coe to take up its work
be petit jury was next sworn
charged, being divided into
panels of twelve members
L When court reconvened
r the noon recess, the dock
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orineua,y was vanvu.
iminaries having been ac
plished, the court was ready
the business of the term.
IIBERS OF GRAND JURY.
ie grand jury is composed of
following members:
M. Glass, foreman, C. E
>k, R. C. Harder. J. D. Neal,
I. Murphy, Henderson John
W. R. Littleton, W. P. Maul
T. E- Jones, Joe Greenhaw,
i E. Williams, I. P. Phillips,
. Howard, A- McDonald, W.
verstreet, B. F. Hartwick.
ie petit jury is composed of:
tnelNo. 1—Homer Nuckolls,
.Rodgers, Chock Burgess,
is Inman, J. B. Heard, C. R.
ey, David Hare, E. H- Tor
ilbert Hite, J. R. Carter, W.
uin, N. J. Gass.
nel No. 2.—W. S. Arm
ig, D. C. Dowell, P. P. Ste
J. C. Hogan, H. G. Man
1, Ben Foster, George L
, J. H. Walker, J. A. Lind
. M. Fortenberry, A. J.
len, B. 0. Craige.
oving Pictures
the Opera House
18 Reels Per Week.
J' MANLEY’S
AWAKENING
red by the girl he loves, he
i feminine society. Later
comes, a vn. •• or.vl’c: ov_
c cj
i new love awakens.
Phillips and Bessie
leads.
ama—EDISON.)
GHT1NG CAPTAIN
drama, showing two
tiles. Guy Combs and
e Courtot, the 16 year
a as leads,
ama—KALEM.)
> A GUESS COMING
Joinedy— BIOGRAPH)
ORSE ON BILL.
of the show the horse
ind staggers, featuring
Lee and the Hobos,
comedy—BIOGRAPH
iood Pictures and Good
- by the orchestra.
SION 5 and 10 CENTS
Emergency Hospital at Argenta
The Board of Managers of the
Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain
employes hospital association
has authorized the erection of
an emergency hospital at Argen
ta, Ark., across the river from
Littlg Rock. It will he used
jfor the treatment of emergency
.cases of sick and injured em
| ployes of the shops and employ
I es in yard and road service,
j The building will he of brick
j construction and will have every
; modern convenience in hospital
equipment.
[ The plans include an operat
ing room, dressing rooms, dis
pensary, waiting rooms and offi
|ces. These plans are now being
jinade and when completed and
j approved by the board of mana
gers construction of the build
jing will begin at once,
j Th'e entire hospital service on
the Missouri Pacific-Iron Moun
tain is conducted by the employ
es of the road through a board
of managers elected annually.
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Negro Woman Kills Husband.
[ Billy Barnes, a negro who was
; known here for the watermelons
j he raised, was shot and killed
j Sunday morning at his home be
! low the Island near Anvero-ne.
His wife Mollie Barnes is now in
jail, having been held without
| bail in a preliminary trial before
[Esquire Nuckolls Monday morn
| ing.
The negress came here Sun
day afternoon and surrendered
, to the sheriff, claiming that she
had killed her husband in self
' defense. She says that a man
’came to their hdllfe to pay
[Barnes some money, but the lat
i ter was drunk and she asked the
[man not to pay him. This en
gaged Barnes and he attacked
her. She seized a gun and shot
: him as he was making toward
her.
On th'e other hand, witnesses
to the killing, testified before
'Esquire Nuckolls that Barnes
Shad two watermelons in his
.arms when shot and that his
[wife was the aggressor in the
whole trouble.
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General Rains Break Drouth
General rains over Jackson
1 County Sunday morning brought
relief from the long drouth, but
came too late to do cotton any
material good except in filling
out the partially grown bolls.
\ While the precipitation meas
ured 2.1 inches on the govern
[ ment gauge, the river has shown
no disposition to rise. The soil
:was so dry, tnai me muismie
. did not last long on the surface.
The rain will greatly help hay,
meadows, pasturage, turnips
and brings much relief from the
heavy dust.
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i $3,365 In Pension Checks.
j County Clerk George L. Rob
inson has mailed out the Confed
erate pension checks for this
county, amounting in all to $3,
365, though Jackson County
paid into this state fund $9,499.
j Jackson County, by the way,
also pays more into the school
,fund than it receives- This year
the general school fund taxes
from this county totaled $19,439,
whereas the county received
from the state $15,537.
Mrs. J- I. Hasting and children
returned home Saturday night
from a month’s visit to friend.^
and relatives in Washington and
Boone counties.
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TO RAISE $10,000
EOR SUFFERERS
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From Hot Springs Fire From,
' 'Hong Business Men of
Capital City.
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Spec,a1 to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 8.—At a ,
1 nias> meeting of Little Rock j
| citizens held at the City Hall
Sunday afternoon, for the pur
pose of taking action toward the
relief of the fire fufferers in Hot
Springs, there were about To (
oi the representative business;
men of the city present.
Mayor Charles E. Taylor, who j
had spent two days in the strick-;
en city, and is familiar with the j
situation, was made chairman of ,
the meeting, Fletcher Chenault j
secretary and George Thornburg |
chairman.
Reports were made of the
needs of the people, and it was
agreed as the sense of those as
sembled that Little Rock
should contribute $10,000 to
ward the relief of the victims.
This is to be raised as speedily •
as possible, as the demands for |
for aid are urgent. Committees j
wpt’p annointed t.n canvass the !
city at once, so that as much as
possible of the $10,000 may be
in hand by this evening, to be
forwarded at once to the Relief
Committee. Specific commit- j
tees take care of the down town j
district, and the respective al- j
dermen were designated to ap-1
point sub-committees to canvass j
the outlying wards. \
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Umsteds Buy $700 Pearl.
Pocahontas, Sept. 7.—The
pearl fishing was given another
boost yesterday when Melvin j
Giles, a farmer, living east of
town, found a 26-grain pearl
while trying his luck dragging
for mussels along the bank of
Black river- The pearl was sold
to Umsted Brothers for $700. A •
$150 pearl was found yesterday, j
This makes more than $2,000 j
worth of pearls found bv peo-;
pie wading and dragging along j
| banks, during the past month, all |
'found near Pocahontas,
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Equalization Board Meets. (
The Jackson County board of
Equalization, composed this
year of C. R. Hite, J. M. Glass
and H. S. Simmons began its j
work Monday of reviewing the j
assessments.
The rate of taxation will be
creased 1-8 mill in the next tax- j
es paid, for while the capitol tax !
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is reduced rrom one-nan mm m
one-eighth mill, the state genei
al is increased one-half mill to j
two and one-fourth mills, p p-.
viding a net increase in the;
state rate of one-eighth mill,
which in Jackson County will j
raise about $800.
American Patriotism.
There is something thrilling
and inspiring in the spectacle of
Chas- Warren Fairbanks, ex
vice president of the United
States, and a loyal Republican,
coming out in a public speech
and eloquently defending the
administration of Democratic
President Woodrow Wilson, in
the Mexican affair, and calling
upon his fellow citizens to _ sup
port the president. There is pa
triotism in this which rises a
bove partisan rancor and self
seeking. 'tnd demonstrates to
the worlcf that Americans, no
matter what their political poli
tics, are lQyal to their govern
ment in time of stress.—Mem
phis News-Scimitar.
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GENTRY BROTHERS BRING
NEW FEATURES
Many European Artists of Unu
sual Note Are On Roster of
Favorite Shows.
While Gentry Brothers shows
which will visit this city next
Saturday, September 20. are not
new to this community, they
bring with them many things
that are new to America this
season. Among these features
are many trained animals, but.
first of ail is the list of Europe
an novelty acts.
During the winter the agents
of the Gentry Brothers made a
very careful and thorough can
vass of Europe, gathering to
gether the most novel features
possible for America’s most
closely censored shows. In
France the agents secured Bou
chard and Blanchard, the great
est gymnasts that ever claimed
the home of Napoleon as their
own.
For many seasons this troupe
of performers remained in the
old country, persistently refus
ing to come to America. When
a man has something to sell and
the other fellow wants it, then
tne sener is sooner or later tem
pted by the fancy price offered
for his ware. This was the case
with these performers- They
put, as they thought, a prohib
itive price on their services, but
when the figure was agreed to
by Gentry Brothers the French
men decided they would acept
the alternative and come to A*
merica, for one season at least.,
When the contract for an A
merican tour was closed Marc-ell
and Lennett, another French
company, decided to visit Amer
ica. In this way Gentry Broth
ers Shows annexed the services
of the “International Coiques”,
a clever set of tumblers, who also
have long hesitated to leave their;
native land.
In Germany at the time these
contracts were closed, was Mad
ame Heloise, whose act was the
talk of Continental Europe. She
is the world’s greatest woman
horse trainer. The horses she
used before royalty are said to
be the finest in the world. Mad
ame Heloise, through the offorts
of an American consul acepted
a contract to appear in America.
This season she is one of the es
pecial features with Gentry
Brothers Shows.
Through Madame Heloise the
Cevene Trio, who, three years
ago startled the medical and
dental worlds by acts of daring,
were engaged. This company of
performers are accustomed to
dandling in the air while sus
pended by their teetH. Time was
when no medical man would ad
mit that the human being could
accomplish such a thing, but
the Cevene trio have disproven
the theories of the scientific
world.
Another feature with Gentry
Brothers shows is Don Boucha
ro- This man, a Spaniard, has
subdued ^nd trained a ferocious
family of leopards and lions, and
with animals of the domesticat
ed kind, he presents a perform
ance of unusual merit. In ad
dition to these new features
Gentry Brothers All Feature
Shows will present many others,
the product of years of study on
the part of animal trainers. The
Gentry show’s are this year twice
as large as ever before. (Adv)
Dr. Miles’ 'Laxative Tab'ets do »
^s-'fceible duty in an agree* Me
oext tt'n* rAdv»rt<»<"ient
SENATE RACE
WILL NARROW
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To Contest Between Clarke and1
Kirby And Lines Are Al
ready Drawn.
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Special to Independent- I
Little Rock. Sept, b.— The
formal entry of .Judge W. K. i
Kirby in the race for the Lniied ,
States Senate, and the with-|
drawal of ex-Gov. George W. i
Donaghey are bringing about a
definite line-up for rhat impor- i
tant office.
Senator James Clarke- while* j
he has not definitely announced ,
his candidacy for another term,
will be in the race, and with two j
hard campaigners such as Kirby |
and Clarke in the field, it will j
not lack for interest. While J
others have been mentioned as
receptive, it is generally believ
ed that the final issue will be
drawn between these two.
More Money For the Roads.
The city now appears thor
oughly aroused to the cause of
better roads and contributions
continue to reach the Independ
ent, which acknowledges in be
half of the committee with
thanks, the receipt of the follow
ing donations:
Stevens Grocer Co_$5.00
C. E. Hipolite_1.50
Woman's Auxiliary Meeting.
The St- Paul’s Branch of the
Woman’s Auxiliary to the Board
of Missions will hold its regular
monthly meeting tomorrow af
ternoon at 4 o’clock with Mrs. L.
Hirsch.
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Carriages Collide On Street.
Arkadelphia, Sept. 5.—A seri
ous accident happened here when
the carriages of Richard Locke
and I5en K. Meadows, Sr.,collided'
on Fourth street, throwing the
occupants of both to the ground
and slightl}*1 injuring Mr. Locke.
Meadow was training a pacing
horse to a light cart and was go
ing at a rapid rate- As he ap
proachcd Locke, who was coming
from another direction, his hors*-;
became hard to guide, the collis
ion resulting. The shaft of the
cart pent Baited the side of Locke
and made a dangerous worn
while his back was sever y
wrenched and bruised, so tha b
is feared that paralysis will i
suit. Meadow was thrown on !
shoulder and head and rendered
unconscious. Both are more than
fifty.
Gentry's Billing the Town
Advertising Car No. 1 of Gen
try Bros, show is plastering the
boards of the city today with at
tractive paper, heralding the
coming of the many feature
show, which never fails to inter
est the boys and the girls.
F- G. Barker of Paragould h.wb
charge of the bill posting and C.
L. Fisher of the banners and ev
erywhere you look, you see
something about the coming ot
Gentry.
Sheriff W. G. Hutton, James
Brizzolari, Roy G. Anderson,
Guy Fulk, Julius Norris and
Frank Ginocchio, all prominent
citizens of Little Rock were •
guests at the Hazel hotel last;
night, leaving this morning far
a fishing trip up White river.
Now is The Time
Here is the Place
To Get Your New Hat
You don’t want to attract undue at
tention to yourself by appearing in an
old hat. [
Come here, pick from our big assort
ment of the newest styles, a hat that will
just suit your face—your figure and your
fancy.
It won’t cost much and will improve
your appearance a mighty big lot.
$3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $5.00
BergeR'S
"STAR CLOTHING HOUSE.
We Close Evenings at 6:30 (Except Saturday.)