_Independent.
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1914. M MBER 2(50.
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ciation.
3RD IN BRIEF.
John Goodrich,
c road; plea of
1 $10; also pled
h of peace, fined
icd; nolle prosse
cases.
Joe King, dis
ce; plea of guil
Arthur Camp
or; plea of guil
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^J^ing This Great
teature.
“SSI0N. 5c and 10c
ly, judgment suspended
James Bradford versus Griz
zle & Sons, dismissed, each side
to pay half of costs.
G. A. Chapman versus West
ern Union Telegraph Company,
damages; motion, petition and
bond for removal to federal
court.
! William R. Reed, exparte, pe
tition to remove disabilities,
granted.
Reduction of Express Rates.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 3.—While he !
does not claim credit, a great
part of the responsibility for the
reduction of inter-state express
rates rests with former Attor
ney General Hal L. Norwood,
now practicing law in Little
Rock. Attorney Norwood
started the action which, with j
the aid of the parcel post, re-*
suited in the reduction of rates. j
After working six months
getting up his data, Attorney i
General Norwood, on July 13,
filed before the Interstate Com-!
rem(ce Commission a petition
asking for a reduction of rates
on small parcels handled be
tween Arkansas and other!
points. He alleged that there
was a discrimination against
the smaller packages, in favor
of the larger ones, and submit
ted a table which required
months of preparation to sus
tain his contention. This action
was brought against every ex
press company which has an of
fice in the state, or which for
warded shipments into the
state.
In the final decree the Inter
state Commjerce Commission
followed the reasoning of for
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It reduced materially the rates
on small packages, while the de
crease was either small on the
large packages, or none was
made at all. There are some in
stances where an increase is
shown on large packages be
tween Little Rock and St. Louis,
and Little Rock and Memphis.
After Attorney General Nor
wood had filed his petition, simi
lar petitions were filed by other
states, all presenting the same
question. The new rates from
Little Rock to St. Louis show a
reduction on small packages
from 40 to 60 per cent. A five
pound package formerly requir
ed the payment of 55 cents, now
30 cents will send the parcel. A
six pound package cost 60 cents,
while now it is 32. A ten pound
package may be sent for 40
cents now, where it formerly
cost 70 cents.
This is another instance of
where Arkansas led the proces
sion in securing concessions for
the public.
Same Board of Assessors.
In the Bridge Improvement
distict, the council recently elec
ted the same board of assessors
composed of C- J. Saenger, W.
A. Billingsley and O. D. Watson.
Acting under the suggestion
of Mr. Parks, the engineer in
charge, it is probable that cer
tain changes will be made in the
plans for the improvement.
Case of Diphtheria.
A little girl of the Vessel fam
ily, living corner of Fourth and
Vine streets is sick with diph
theria- The case has been re
ported by Dr. Willis to Dr. Wat
son, county health officer and
the home is quarantined.
One Killed
Three injured
In One Family As Result of
Accident With “Unloaded”
Shotgun.
Hope. Feb. 2.—One boy, 13
years old. is dead, his two young
er sisters and a third little girl
seriously wounded, near Patmos
in this (Hempstead) county, as
the tragic result of the younger
brother of the dead boy firing
a shotgun, which he thought
was unloaded, into a group of
children.
The accident occurred last
night, but Patmos being 10
miles south of here, the news did
not reach here till this morning.
The dead boy, his wounded sis
ters and the boy who fired the
gun, are the children of Dr. W.
H- Barham, in the yard of
whose house the tragedy occur
red. The other wounded girl
is the eight-year-old daughter of
the Barhams.
The four Barham children, the
Murphy girl and other children
of the neighborhood were at
childish play in the yard when
the 12 year old son of Dr. Bar
ham called one of his playmates
and asked him to go to the
house with him to look at a new
shotgun.
The two boys were at the door
examining the gun. The Bar
ham boy was not aware that a
loaded shell had been placed in
it. It was pointed toward the
group of children when the boy
pulled the trigger to show his
little friend how it worked.
There was a loud report fol-1
lowed immediately by the;
shrieks of the wounded children I
and of those who escaped injury, j
but who were affrighted at the
four of their number, laughing
in childish glee a moment be
fore, lying bleeding on the
ground.
The report of the gun and the
screams of the children brought
their parents quickly to the
scene.
To their horror the older of
the boys wras found to be dead
Surgical attention was at once
given the three wounded girls,
and at last reports the physi
cians called in to assist the grief
stricken father, were hopeful ot
their recovery.
The parents of the dead and
wounded children are prostrated
with grief
Mountain Brakeman Injured.
| Knobel, Feb. 2.—Pete Hick
man, a brakeman on the Iron
i Mountain, was seriously injured
when freight train extra No.
i 135 was derailed at Peach Or
chard, four miles south of here,
this evening. Hickman is 30
years old and married and lives
at Hoxie. He was brought to
this place tonight for surgical
i attention and will be sent to
the hospital at Little Rock early
in the morning. The wreck oc
cured on a sidetrack. Train ser
vice was not interrupted.
! Had No Penitenitary Record.
The Independent in reporting
| the death of Ben Goldman, stat
ed that he had a penitentiary re
,cord. The paper was mistaken
land miisinfqrmed. Golden had
a brother or brothers, who had
such a record, but the deceased
was an industrious negro of
good reputation, who had a posi
tion with the veneer factory.
\
Saloon License
Almost Certain
Say Leaders In Fight At Little
Hock—Contest Practically
Closed In Court.
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Little Rock, Feb. 3.—It is
probable that Little Rock’s sa
loons will be reopened today—
at least not later than tomorrow.
The matter is likely to be put
up to County Judge Asher to
day and no one—least of all the !
prohibitionists seriously doubts j
that Judge Asher’s decision will
be that the saloonists’ petition
bears the signatures of a ma.jori- 1
ty of the white adult residents.
Prohibition leaders, while j
they would not allow their,
names to be used, admitted con- j
fidentially last night that they |
expect the decision to be against
them- It is said that they have
already turned their attention j
to the appeal which they intend :
to make to the circuit court at j
cnce. |
TILT ENLIVENS PROCEED
INGS.
Yesterday’s hearing was en
livened but once, and that when
Judge Fred Isgrig and County
Clerk H. S. Turner exchanged a j
few sarcastic remarks.
The prohibitionists rested
their case with an amended re
monstrance challenging all
names appearing on the petition
for saloons and praying the
court to require the petitioners
to substantiate each signature.
It had been supposed proceedure
like that in the Argenta hearing j
when the prohibitionists took up !
in detail their several challeng- <
es, would be followed in the j
Little Rock hearing. Only one (
witness was offered yesterday
by the prohibitionists, this one
being for the purpose of getting
his name removed on ground
that the witness had neither
signed it nor authorized it be
ing placed on the petition.
The near clash between Jud^
Isgrig and Clerk Turner was a
wordy conflict beginning just as
court adjourned for the day, and
being ended a mHoment later.
“That’s peculiar,’ remarked
Judge Isgrig, when Secretary
J. E. Mons of the Arkan
sas Saloon Men’s Association,
told Judge Asher that certain
names challenged by the prohi
bitionists had been scratched
off the petition and not counted
before the papers were filed.
“Well, it wasn’t done in my
office,” was the rejoinder of
Clerk Turner, after he had
charged that Judge Isgrig s
comment carried vrith it an in
sinuation against his office.
A few more words passed be
tween the two, who were stand
ing facing each other across a
table in front of the court’s
desk, but the affair quickly end
ed.
The prohibitionists rested their
case at 10 o’clock yesterday
morning—scarcely an hour af
ter court had convened.
This so surprised the saloon
men who had anticipated a len
gthy defense as was offered a
gainst the Argenta petition,
when witnesses were placed on
the stand to testify to the man
ner of investigating each signa
ture challenged, that a short re
cess was necessary while the sa
loon forces assembled their in
formation for rebuttal.
SALOONISTS REST CASE.
The trial was halted at 3:30
O’clock when Attorney W. L.
Terry for the saloon men, told
Judge Asher his side had noth
ing further to offer at the time,
although they would resume the
introduction of evidence to sup
port the authenticity of chal
lenged signatures, again this
morning.
A total of 1,479 signatures
were challenged by the prohibi
tionists in remonstrances filed
Saturday morning, and it has
been impossible to have each one
investigated by saloon workers
Where Kirby Came In.
Claims being made by Judge
W. F. Kirby that he is entitled
to credit for the outcome of the
state rate cases, look very small
when exposed to the rays of
light cast upon them by Senator
Clarke.
Senator Clarke has gone en
tirely through the 2,700 pages
of the record in this case, and
found only six questions asked
in all the examination of wit
nesses- These questions were
rambling and irrelevant.
“I suppose Kirby ‘butted in'
when Judge Hill went out after
a drink of water”, is the only
way Senator Clarke can find
for explaining it.
Lincoln County Porgressive.
Special to Independent.
Little’Rock, Feb. 3.— Hugh R
Carter, State Highway Engin
eer, is at Starr City today, where
the bids are to be opened for 2.7
miles of improved highway. The
people of Lincoln county are
deeply interested in the proposi
tion for the building of good
roads, and are making extensive
plans for practical demonstra
tion.
Carter Judgment A thinned.
Little Rock, Fob. 2.—The case
of Iron Mountain Railroad a
gainst A1 Carter, appealed from
Independence circuit court, was
affirmed tin’s morning by the su
preme court
Carter brought suit for dam
ages for injuries sustained by
being struck with a piece of
ice, thrown from a train, and
the jury gave him a verdict for
$4,500.
V. C. Richardson and Grant &
Mack were the attorneys for the
defndant.
White County Wants Roads.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 3— C. II.
Ray, representative of White
cc.unty, now residing in Little
Rock, reports I he organization
of the White County Good Road
Association at Searcy last Fri
day night. There were 3LS
charter members, and C. A.
I
| Kelley of Searcy was elected as
.president of the association. It
is the purpose of the Association
to conduct an educational cam
paign in the county and secure
the passage of a special act in
the next legislature for a com
prehensive county system of
b if. hways.
Motor Car Victim.
Batesville, Feb- 3.—Robert
Treadway, a section hand, who
was injured at, Sulphur Rock,
| January 7, by being thrown
| from a motor car, died Friday.
He is survived by his wife and
three children.
Drayage of ail kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10. —
j Chester Robinson. 18dtf.
Final Clean Up]
Of Overcoats I
We have only 10 “Benja- I
min” Overcoats in the house I
■
$22.50 and $25.00 Values I
FOR QUICK CLEARANCE I
Extra Special I
$13.50
First Come—First Served I
The Weather man says that I
it will be “cold all this I
month.” I
Berger'S I
"STAR CLOTHING HOUSE. 1