M M HER i:5S.
•indicted
I FOR murder
•(D«gr« Including W. H.
Litem. 0Neal
V and Will Jones.
I indictments for murder
ftjjr3+ degree one for as
ft^b intent to kill and sev
ftr indictments were re
ft to court Wednesday af
ftn by the grand jury,
ft has made quick work of
■ felony cases
■ indictments for murder m
ftst. degree are against the
ft/carouthers, marshal of
■ort for the killing of Noah
Er O’Neal for the killing
K Jones for the killing of
■Jones near Jacksonport.
■nry Conley, a negro for the
Bjng of his wife in Village
■Dip Barnes, a negress, for
Billing of her husband below
Eland last Sunday.
Kon the return of these in
dents, the circuit clerk was
Ected to make copies at,
I which will be served upon
Iefendants .at once, as all are
Kr present in court or in jail,:
te they can readily be I
■ht into court.
Webster was also indicted ,
ssault with intent to kill,
lictments for first degree
ler will place the defendants
out on bond in the county ;
ind to secure bail, their ap- [
tions would again have to ’
sard by the court,
e grand jury was enabled j
ver so many cases in such a *
; time through the preser- J
in of the testimony of the
esses taken down by Prose-!
ig Attorney Erwin in the in
ts and other proceedings tc
re bail. As the same wit
es were called before the
d jury, their typewritten
mony was read to them and
any corrections offered
J their evidence before the
d jury.
B. Best arrived home this
ling from Judsonia, where
'as called to the bedside of
ged brother, who is very
oving Pictures
theOpera House
18 Reels Per Week.
the long ago.
i extra good Indian story
! (SELIG)
o much parcel post
ustrnan because of his years
aithful service, is promoted
’arcel Post Branch. He has
arry eggs, dynamite, stoves
s- Pigs and babies. The dy
ite explodes and he has
y funny scenes.
(Comedy—PATHE.)
* FIGHTING chance.
ty woman has a chance t(
a man and teach him a les
This shows how two worn
^ it. An excellent societj
®a, featuring Ned Finley
‘a ®bewart and Roseman
by.
(VITAGRAPH.)
good pictures and goo<
®usic by the orchestra.
Mission 5 and 10 cents
j Touring In Covered Wagon.
Spokane, Washington, Sept
10.—Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Hartzell
[owners of a 500-acre alfalft
! ranch 150 miles southwest oi
jSpokane, in a horse-drawn gipsy
i wagon are enjoying a trip
i across the Cascade range and
[through Rainier National Park,
i The wagon is patterned after
j the vans of England and con
tains complete living quarters.
! It is built for comfort and not
[for speed. It has a five inch
tread on wheels and is long
. enough for a bed, a large supply
of food and a refrigerator. It is
roofed over. “My wife and I
want to see more of the country
land we want to see it right,”
[said Mr. Hartzell before start
ing. “'We have our automobile,
but for trips of the sort we like
that won’t do. We want to fol
low our own inclinations, take it
easy and live like nomads for a
time. I think we’re both going
to like it.”
Will Attend University.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, Sept. 10.—Little
Rock will be well represented at
the University of Arkansas this
year. Among those who will go
are the following:
Misses Burnelle Bradley, Re
ba Alexander, Florence Porter,
Lentes Carmichael, Mildred
Moss and Effie McHair.
Messrs. Harper Harb, Will
Stanton, Webster Jones, Louis
Cherry, Charlie Taylor, Taps
cott Gill, Robert Dortch, Joe
Murrey, Alfred Craig, Russell
Many, Clack Martin, Frauk Nor
wood. Lowell Moss, Leland Stu
art, Elbert English and George
Leisper.
The people of Helena have
shown their interest in the U
niversity in a way that other
communities may follow. They
; have established scholarships
. enabling two young ladies who
j graduated at the Helena High
'School last June to attend the
! University. Some of the Helena
' club women wrote to the Univer
sity, asking for a scholarship
for Miss Nellie Langford, and
upon finding that none was
available, raised the amount
necessary. The other scholar
ship was given Miss Bessie
Thompson by Rev- W. H. Sledge
and Joseph Solomon,
i
j
(Banking Commission Gets Quar
ters.
! Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 10.—At a
meeting of the State Capitol
; Commission Tuesday forenoon,
the State Banking Commission
was assigned the two rooms and
vault now occupied by the State
jLand Office, which is to be given
! quarters in the basement, which
1 is really the first floor, under the
j supreme court clerk. The chan
I ges may not be made until next
!January or February. In the
; meantime the Bank Commission
jer will have temporary quarters
in the office of the President of
the Senate.
| Once again the commission
11 was disappointed in the plans
for the completion of the capi
jtol not having arrived- They
!were sent from New York by
Architect Cass Gilbert last Sat
urday afternoon. The comm; ■
j sion will meet again Sept. 29 to
award the contracts for complet
ing the buiding.
I -
George J. Terry of Batesville
was here last night en loute
| home from Little Rock.
(STATE’S CASH
ALL DEPARTED
Governor Hays Will Hardly ( alt
Legislature To Transfer
Revenue From Capitol
Fund.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. Sept. Hi.—Once
more, after a few months on a
cash basis, the general revenue
fund of the State Treasure,v is
exhausted- there has been no
money in it since a week ago
Saturday, and the prospects for
: there being any for several
(months are very remote.
There are already several
thousand dollars out in unpaid
warrants, and current expenses
of the state and its institutions !
are amounting to nearly $100,
000 a month. Many of the banks
are disposed to look askance up
on the carrying of the warrants, (
even at a heavy discount, and !
the charitable institutions are
especially in desperate straits,
or soon will be.
The first revenue of conse
quence will be the insurance (
taxes amounting to about $100,
000, due March 1. but by that i
time the state will be in debt i
fully half a million dollar.', j
Aside from these, the Secretary ;
of State pays in fees amounting'
to about $2,500 a month. Or
dinarily, liquor licenses begin to
come in soon after January 1,;
but this is a very uncertain j
quantity for 1914, as no one {
knows whether there will be any
saloons in the state next year, i
There will be an increase in the j
taxes derived from the general
levy next year, as the legisla
ture increased the levy half a
mill, and the assesments will be
rnnsidernblv heavier. Under the
new law, the Auditor may call
upon collectors for advance pay
ments previous to settlement,
and +hat will tide the treasury
over next spring.
In the meantime, however,
conditions are serious. There
has even beer, some discussion
of calling an extra session of
the legislature to handle the fi
nancial problem, but Governor
Hays is not disposed to look
upon it with favor.
“I feel that possibly the mon
ey could be borrowed from the
state capitol fund, about $450,
000,” said Governor Hays, “there
by saving the necessity of pur
chasing supplies for the institu
tions on credit and paying ex
orbitant prices for them, and
discounting warrants for the
salaries of officers and employes,
it would be a great saving to
the state and in the meantime
the capitol would not deterior
ate. That money would carry
us over until next year’s reven
ues come in, and we could start
on a cash basis once more, and
in three years’ time I feel cer
tain we could pay back the mon
ey to the capitol fund and pro
ceed with the completion of the
building.
“However, on account of the
different complications that
might arise in the calling of a
special session of the legislature,
I don’t think it would be expedi
ent to call such a session. I am
going to see if I cannot in some
wav make outside arrangemeni
for the charitable institutions of
the state to get sufficient monej
to pay the cash for such sup
plies as may be necessary tc
run them.”
AGREED V ERDICT
SUIT WITHDRAWN
In < au'e of Myrtle Hightower
' ersus Goodwin—Dunahay
Secures Judgment
Against Paris.
- the cause of Myrtle High
tower by her next friend- A.
Hightower versus Sallie Good
win e* al, which wa- originally
brought by J. D. Neal as guard
ian of plaintiff, the matter was
taken out of the ’u.rv's hands
while the trial was in progress
Tuesday afternoon in the Jack
son circuit court and an agreed
verdict entered, which allows j
plaintiff $100 for her part of
Past rents of homestead and
one-sixth hereafter until of age,
and upon expiration of life es-1
tale to one-third interest, the re
maining two-thirds to go to1
Robert and Fannie Goodwin.
The costs of the case were equal-;
ly divided between plaintiff and
defendants.
In the trial of a suit of J. 8.
Dunahay vs. Lon Paris, which I
was won by the latter in a jus-;
tice court, the plaintiff was1
given judgment by default for ;
$70 the value of a horse in dis- j
pute.
The next jury case was that
of the Aluminum Cooking Uten
sil Company versus I. W. Chas- j
tain and Chastain Bros, as his
endorsers. A car of aluminum
ware had been sold defendant,
and about $444 was involved.
Grant & Mack represented
plaintiff and Jones & Campbell
the defendant. At noon the
plaintiff had concluded the pre
sentation of evidence.
John T. Hicks of Little Rock,
counsel for the Rock Island, was
in attendance upon court Thurs
rlnir
In the case of Sam Gist ver
sus J. H. Elfrank, debt, a conu
i'ance for the term on application
j of plaintiff was granted and set
for hearing upon the second day.
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To Leave For Minneapolis.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, Sept. 10.—The
i Odd Fellows of Arkansas will
i have at least six representatives
1 at the 89th Sovereign Grand
! Lodge which meets at Minneap
olis Sept. 15-20. The party will
! leave Friday night. They are
jPast Grand Master G. W. Par
dee and wife, W. S. Grove and
I wife of Little Rock, M. M.
I Stuckey and wife of Newport,
iw. E. Bayles of St. Paul. The
I Grand Representatives are Mes
srs. Groves, Stuckey and Bayles.
|Mr. Pardee is a member of the
Judiciary Committee.
■
Real Estate Transfers.
i Helen Alexander to W. E. Al
exander, 40 acres 4-10-5, $80.
W. E- Alexander to T. W. Al
ander, 40 acres 4-10-5, $80.
State of Arkansas to T. W.
Alexander, 160 acres 5-10-5,
C. E. Akers and wife to Wil
imans Land Company, 360 acres
2-10-4; 220 acres 1-10-4, tract
t in 6-10-3 and tract in 1-10-4, $5.
J. L- Cleveland .and wife to E.1
H. Halfacre and E. T. Fife, one
fourth interest in 40 acres 6-14
I. $300.
John Schneider and wife to J.
R. Cox, lots 1 and 2, block B..
1 Diaz, $435.18.
John W- Wallace, trustee to
J. D. Neal and C. J. Saenger, 520
acres 14. 15, 23-13-1, $2834.
—. —.. "
>li>- Minnie Johnson.
Miss Minnie Johnson, aged 2 1
years, died at her home at Camp
bell, Mo.. Sunday night from
lung trouble and was brought to
this city for burial, the funeral
being held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Compton, old
friends of the family, this morn
ing at 9:20. conducted by Rev.
B. L. Wilford of the Methodist
church, burial at Walnut drive.
The young lady's family for
merly lived near Swifton. where
they were held in high esteem.
Five brothers survive the de
ceased.
Ice Cream Social.
On the government lot, corner
of Second and Hazel, the ladies
of the Christian church will
serve ice cream and cake h >'i
dav evening- There will be sev
eral varieties of the best possi
ble homemade cream and cake.
Everybody come. J.SdJt.
Want Five More Poll Taxes.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 10.—No
quietus has yet been issued the
collectors of Jackson, Lawrence,
Monroe and St- Francis counties,
although their settlements have
been made with the state. Jack
son county is yet to account for
five poll-tax receipts, Lawrence
for two. while the court orders
of approvals have not yet been
filed for St. Francis and Monroe
Waterman's Ideal Foun
tain Pens at Price’s
Bookstore. Every pen
guaranteed.
McCulloch Speaks of Haldane.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 10.—Chief
Justice McCulloch has just re
turned from Montreal, where he
attended the meeting of the A
merican Bar Association. He
said that the feature of the ses
sion was the address of Lord
Chancellor Haldane of Fy ind.
who was given special permis
sion h\ King Ceorge to leave En
gland, being the second who
has ever done so in tin* history
of Croat Brit inn, and the first in
four hundred years. The other
one was Wolsey, who only
crossed the channel to France.
Judge McCulloch says that
Lord Haldane’s address created
a profound sensation on both
sides of the Atlantic. He spoke
I enthusiastically, and in the man
iner and directness that seemed
inspired of the great desire of
England for a closer union with
the United States.
St. Francis Collector Settles.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 10—'The
colector of St. Francis county
finally made his settlement wdth
the state Tuesday afternoon,
paying into the state treasury,
i by Cordon N. Feay, his local
banker, the sum of $42,322.87 in
full of all claims against the
county. The portion of this pay
able to the general revenue-,
however, $8,509.95, was paid in
warrants against the treasury,
so that there was nothing left
for other warrant holders. The
balance of $33,812.92, payable
to other funds, was paid in cash
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