v BLACK RIVER
( AGAIN RISING.
Another Overflow May Be Expe
rienced on Upper Black—
Threatens Railroad
Communication.
The recent heavy rains have
flooded Black river to a stage al
most equal to that of last-month,
says the Poplar Bluff Citizen
l r Democrat, and it will not be sur
prising should a new high water
mark be made. As it is, the water
is within three and one-half feet
of the mark of March 27, on
which day the crest of the flood
passed Poplar Bluff. At Hen
drickson the present stage is but
two feet below the mark of that
date, according to a report re
ceived here today, -with more
water to come from above. The
only thing to keep the watei
down here is the absence of £
number of small levees which
recently washed away. This wil
allow the water to cover more
territory above and do more dam
age than a high river were the
latter confined.
Already a number of cattle,
horses, sheep and hogs have beer
drowned. At the Ed Wrighl
place the water' is said to be flow
ing over the land.
Much planting, especially gar
den work, has been done anc
should the water get much high
er this would be destroyed.
The Iron Mountain embank
ments were intact this afternoon
but there is no surety of avoiding
a washout on this line, while the
zi Frisco, having the water from
St. Francis as well- as from Black
river to fight, is almost sure tc
lose some of its roadbed today.
The St. Francis river at pres
ent is higher than Black river
and reports indicate a heavy
stage of high water up.
THIEF CAUGHT
IN BATESVIPLE.
Marshal Fike arrested C. A.
Tranger Sunday morning. For
sometime there have been a num
ber of thefts in the city. The
postoffice had been robbed of
several dollars worth of stamps
and a pistol. The express office
was also broken into. Some
articles had been taken from S.
A. Hail Co. ’s store, and perhaps
several other business houses
had been gone into. Tranger was
finally suspected. For sometime
he had been engaged in building
a small house boat. This boat
was in the bayou just above the
bridge. ' He had arranged to
. make his departure Saturday,
but after loading his craft it
capsized, which delayed his exit.
All the while, however, he was
being watched by the officers,
and Sunday morning they took
, . him in charge. Several dollars
worth of postage stamps were
found, also a pistol which was
taken from the postoffice, a caddy
of tobacco, several articles of
clothing and a lamp taken from
the Baptist church. —Batesville
Bee.
^ GRAND GLAIZE.
Being a reader of last week’s
Independent, I noticed where Mr.
A. 0. Dood had advertised for a
housekeeper. I would advise him
to keep on going just across
the street from where he lives.
He will come out all 0. K.; and
she is just what he advertised
for.
Mr. T. F. Shaw and three lit
tle brothers of Thackery, Illinois,
and their aunt, Miss Ellen Shaw
of Carmi, 111., arrived here Wed
nesday morning, and will make
j their home here. They are stay
ing at L. Graves' while they pre
pare for housekeeping.
Tne farmers are very much
pleased with the heavy rain fall
we had here last night.
Mr. Tom Humphreys was on j
the Ridge Thursday.
Mr. P. H. Humphreys made a
business trip to Newport last j
! week.
The young people of this place
will meet at Mr. Tom Hale’s to
night for singing.
Mrs. L. Graves has a cancer
and will soon leave for St.
Louis. We hope she will have
good success and be cured.
You May Know Who.
GRAND GLAIZE’S
CLOSING EXERCISES.
Grand Glaize, April 25— [Spe
! cial to Independent.] —The pub
lic school at this place, under the
management of Mrs. Jean Diaz,
closed on last Friday with ap
propriate exercises. The school
! has been ably conducted and
. reasonably well attended. Mrs.
Diaz during her stay with us has
won the esteem and hearts of all
j who knew her and carries with
her the best wishes of a host of
friends and admirers.
The exercises given at night
were well attended and the
pupils acquitted themselves in a
. I manner that reflected credit to
themselves and honor to their
■ teacher.
j Nancy Humphreys of Brad
ford attended the closing exer
cises of the school and partici
pated in the same. \ While here j
she was the guest of Miss
Frankie Humphreys.
E. C. Waterman and G. L.
Grant of Newport spent Friday
night as the guests of Miss Lena
j Weatherford.
S. S. Fraser has been on the
; sick list for the past two weeks,
but we are glad to see him out
again.
Grandma Vick was buried at
I Union Hill cemetery last week.
;The deceased was 86 years of;
age and had lived a conscien
cious Christian for many years,
being a member of the Baptist
church and well beloved by all
who knew her. She leaves one
son, the Rev. Stephen Vick of
Bradford, to mourn her loss. The j
j bereaved family have the sym-1
pathy of the entire community.\|
Mrs. Wm. Lampton is lying at
I the point of death with pneumo-;
nia.
The many friends of Mrs. John |
Garner are glad to know that she ■
has been fully exonorated from
j the suspicion cast on her as be
ing implicated in the theft of
money from Miss Bertha Graves j
a short time ago. It has now de- j
veloped that one of the family j
took the money to pay some little j
debts outstanding against him. j
We will refrain from giving any |
names, but think that justice
to Mrs. Garner demands this
much of an explanation.
The Iron Mountain railroad
has a crew at Glaize station to
begin work on a water tank £t
that place. C. A. Point, i
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PARTY SUCCESS
Congressman Brundidge Says
Democrats Can Win With a
Conservative Platform
Washington, April 25.—With a
safe, conservative man on a con
servative platform built on Dem
ocratic principles we ought to win
and I believe we will win and
carry the country with us next
November, said Representative
Stephen Brundige Jr., of Arkan
sas to the Democrat correspond
ent.
Mr. Brundidge is regarded as
one of the most careful and con
servative members of the bouse
and his opinions on all matters
carry weight with fellow mem
bers. He is now serving his four
th term, and during his congress
ional career he has steadily forg
ed to the front as one of the
working members of the house.
Representative Williams of Mis
sissippi, the minority leader,
selected him from among a large
number of the older members on
the Democratic side for appoint
ment on the appropriation com
mittee, which is by long odds the
most important and influential
committee of the house.
COUNCIL CONVENES
At a regular meeting of the
city council Monday evening with
all the members present, the
city printing contract for the en
suing year was awarded the In
dependent by unanimous vote,
the motion being made by Hob
good seconded by Wilmans. Only j
the News and Independent sub-1
mitted bids.
Action on the election of a
night watchman was postponed
till the next meeting. Scrip to
the value of $5543. was burned
in the presence of J. S. Wilmans
W. C. Wharton and J. A. Baird
as witnesses.
The approving of the previous
minutes and allowance of accounts
constituted the only other item of
business.
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LIST OF COMMITTEES.
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Following is the list of commit-!
tees appointed to look after the
Arkansas Travelers’ Association
on May 5, 6 and 7:
Decoration Committee — C R
Hite, chairman: 0 S Lawence, R
C Cox, H Bernstein, W A Bill
ingsley, Chas. Meyer.
Arrangements Committee— C!
G Henry, chairman; A Fels, J M j
Stay ton, 0 M Bowen, G C Mar-1
tin, E L Boyce.
Finance Committee — L N j
, -r It T~\ T~\ ut.m_ i
i\ouss, ciiauxnaii, n u tuuuauo,
R C Harder, S M Stuckey.
Reception Committee — C E
Erwin, chairman; H 0 Walker,
Arthur Bailey, Ernest McDon
ald, H P Martin, Chas. Wilmans,
H Bernstein, Ike Goldman, T T
Ward, E C Waterman, Percy H
Van Dyke, M A Stevens,.
Entertainment Committee-Ike
Bottenstein, chairman; Joe Ber
ger, W T Dunn, C E Carroll, G
K Stephens, John Stayton, Gus
tave Jones, 0 S Lawrence, R C
Cox, Ed McElwee, Chas Meyer,
Geo A Hillhouse, M M Stuckey, j
J E Doherty, L L Bowen, J S
Sanders, A C Huddleston, W P
McDermott, R H Kirkpatrick, M
E Newbern, G II Brown, George’
Anderson,-J W Grubbs, L Minor,
Alcorn Ferguson, 0 W Scarbo-;
rough, G M Sink.
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