m
^CONVICTED
Iyear sentence
Lr of Marshal Mercing,
■former Citien of
■ Newport.
I jan. 30.—Guilty of
R the second degree and
Rof fifteen years in the
E was the verdict of
Returned in the White
Lrt this afternoon at
E jn the case of State
ygt Tom Choate,
Rththe murder of A. V.
(a marshal of Beebe.
B3,1911, after a delib
R more than twenty
E was polled by the
■ verdict accepted, a
■5,000 under which the
■has been at liberty for |
■nths was approved
Ktion for a new trial
■probably be presented
Re, which is the most
■one to be tried at the
Bgmof court has at
■despread interest and
■owd was present when
■was returned this af
■cluding the mother,
■er and children of
■10 have constantly re
■his side throughout
■which occupied three
■ecourt this week. The 1
■is received by them \
■ness and no signs of
■ere evinced by the de
■ho has maintained a
■a-ved attitude through
■«eedings in which his
state that the jury
jBng their chamber to
IRce in the case stood
1H inree metayers 101 i
Be murder, three for
Bpee murder with pen
Bf 14 years and six for
Bpee murder and 15
^■tentiary sentence.
^■■Informal Dance.
JBh Jones was an at
jB^tess Friday evening
IB Home, when she
§■* informal dancing
of her dancing
^B a large number of
BjH who enjoyed the
IBMully. The music
IB and every feature
■(was charmingly ar
lytty particular and
fBthe week’s pretty so
■anuary 31st, will be
JB^xes due Levee Dis
|Btan be paid without
^BWdell, Collector.
■g Pictures
■jPcraHouse
■*® HIS SELF
drama, Kathlyn
^BtSELJ^88’ aS ^ead‘
WOMEN’S
■jpe CosteiiV) and
K5c and i0c
Only An Imitator.
Hans Schmidt, who is on trial
tor murder, claims to have made
poison to help people out of the
world who did not desire to re
main here. The law will call
| him a criminal for this, but there
i are not wanting people who be
j lieve that he is, in his crude way,
a philanthropist.
Savage tribes, rather than
surrender their aged or wounded
to the enemy, were in the habit
of putting them to death. The
Romans threw their unfit physi
cally into the Yellow Tiber, and
made an end of them in that
way. The Spartans threw the
dumb and the blind and all such
as were not ready to do battle,
over a precipice and if they were
not killed by falling on the
rocks beneath, there was no way
of escape, and they starved to
death. The Greeks had no use for
the unfit, but put them to death
in an easy and humane way,
from which process we get the
modern word “euthanasia.”
When politics was a science in
Italy there were accommodating
people who prepared subtle poi
sons that were used for getting
political enemies or obstruction
ists out of the way and many
a husband and many a wife who
were unhappy in their marriage
alliances, took advantage of the
Hans Schmidt is merely an imi
tator.—Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
Friends Shower Mrs- Claridge.
Mrs. Estelle Claridge, who has
taken charge of the Claridge Ho
tel, which will open to the pub
lic Sunday at noon, was the re
cipient of one of the surprises of
her life Friday evening when
her friends “swooped” down up
on her with a “shower” that was
i • 1 . .n . •
ccitrtiiny iiiiftLciiaiicuuft in no
nature, for everything imagin
able that could be used in a ho
tel and for the honoree’s own
personal use was sent her by
her large number of friends.
Mrs. Claridge had been invit
ed out for supper, returned to
the hotel about 8:30 when her
Sunday school class of small
boys met her at the door upon
her return, and this in itself
was a surprise that led to a
greater one in finding the lobby
and dining room full of people.
After going through numer
ous packages, which composed
the gifts, including a check for
$75, from the business men to
buy an electric sign, the guests
were invited into the dining
room where a luncheon was
served by Misses Katie and Rina
Price, Lelia Beattie, Jennie
Stuckey, Dove Erwin, Mrs. Ben
White and Mrs. George K. Ste
phens. Tea and coffee was
poured by Mrs. I. D. Price, Mrs.
T. J. Gregg, Mrs. McHugh and
Mrs. Fannie Robinson, Mrs.
George Hays received in the lob
by.
Lumber Company Helps School
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 31.—Drs
Garrison, Gradford and Warren
of the State. Board of Health,
were in conference Fiday for the
purpose of arranging plans for
the proposed state health car. A
campaign will be inaugurated to
secure one hundred persons in
each county who will contribute
one dollar each year for five
years to finance the proposed en
terprise.
Miss Mary Lesmeister will go
| to Pocahontas Sunday lor a two
, or three days’ visit to relatives.
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CHURCHES.
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METHODIST CHURCH.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. by the pastor.
Men's meeting at 3 p. m
Epworth League at 6:30 p. m.
If you are a member it is your
duty to be on hand. If you are
not a member you have a cordial
invitation from the pastor and
members to attend the services
of the church. A glad welcome
awaits all alike.
B. L. Wilford, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Bible school meets promptly |
at 9:45 .a. m. You are most cor-:
dially invited to attend the Bible .
school.
Communion service at 10:45 j
a. m.
Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p. :
m. |
A most cordial welcome to i
each service
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m., i
R. T. Robertson, Superintendent, j
Morning service at 11 a. m., \
“The Garden of Gethsemane.” ;
Christian Endeavor 6:30 p. m. I
Evening service 7:30 p- m.,!
“The Mystic Hand.”
You are most cordially invited :
to worship with us.
“The Church With a Welcome.” ;
W. Palmer Chalmers, Pastor.]
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BAPTIST CHURCH.
Sunday School at 9:45.
Preaching at both hours- by j
the pastor. Morning subject,
“Religion and Money;” evening
subject, “Fruit of the Spirit”.
Sunbeam Band at 2 p. m.
ki- i. r. u. at b :3U.
Business meeting of church af
ter morning service.
Men’s Meeting at Methodist ,
church at 3 p. m.
A cordial welcome will be given !
you at all these services.
S. D. Grumbles, Pastor
Trainer Attacked By Lion.
Texarkana, Jan. 30—Gerald
Irvin, a trainer employed by a
wild animal show in winter quar
ters here, was attacked by a vi
cious lion Friday. His leg was
badly mangled, his body scratch
ed and bitten in many places be
fore other trainers could club the
beast away. Irvin will recover.
New View of Automobile.
Ten years ago, farmers and
people who did not own them,
cherished a positive hatreds of
the automobiles and automobile
owners.
The farmers of Iowa have got
ten so far beyond the old frame
of mind that they demand that
anyone who Steals an automobile
be treated just as a horse thief.
The automobile has become the
Iowa farmer’s runabout, surre\
and delivery wagon.
Progress in the use of the au
tomobile is also being made in
Oklahoma. Last week a mob
stormed a jail, took out a pris
oner and escorted him to a near
by tree in a modem high power
automobile.
The automobile has its uses in
the city and the country as far
up as the pole- As a machine
for locomotion it will hold its
supremacy until the aeroplane
builders and operators succeed
in eliminating the danger in
driving this vehicle.-—Memphis
Commercial Appeal.
«
Woman Killed In All Night Wat
tle.
Mountain Home, Jan. 30.—Bar
ricaded ail night in a henhouse
on her father-in-law’s farm, re
peatedly firing at the house in
which were her father-in-law
and three brothers, Mrs. Gill
Siler was killed as she emerged
from her improvised fort this
morning. Her brother-in-law,
Will Siler, is under arrest
charged with having killed her.
The affair happened in Grove
township in Baxter county, 8
miles north of here. Mrs. Siler
claimed an interest in the farm
on which her husband’s father
and brothers lived. She believed
that she could establish title if
she could occupy the place, it is
said. According to information
received here, she went to her
father-m-iew’s home last night
carrying a shotgun and announc
ed her determination to drive
the elder Siler and his sons from
the place. From her fort, she is
said to have fired five shots at
the farmhouse. It is said that j
as she left the henhouse this
morning, Will Siler, from the ,
shelter of the farmhouse shot j
her down.
Will Siler, his two brothers j
and his father. Hays Siler, all j
are under arrest.
Mrs. Siler was married about i
a year ago. Her huband deeded
to her his interest in the farm
upon which his father and three
brothers were living. This was
in exchange for her deeding to
him land which she owned.
Mrs. Siler sought to obtain a
division of the Siler homestead
in order to obtain the interest
her husband had deeded her.
She brought suit in the courts, j
The suit was fought by Hays Si- j
ler and his three sons, who had |
remained at home, and bitter
feeling resulted. Mrs- Siler,
dissatisfied at the slowness in
which the matter was being han
dled by the courts, yesterday |
came to Mountain Home and ask- j
ed her attorney if it would |
strengthen her claim if she went |
out and lived on the disputed j
farm. The lawyer advised her |
against this, telling her that her |
father-in-law felt bitterly toward |
her and that trouble would be ]
certain to follow such action.
Disregarding the lawyer’s ad
vice, Mrs. Siler went to the Si
'er homestead after dark, carry
ing a shotgun, and barricaded
herself in the henhouse. The
arrested men say she fired at
them every time they emerged
from their home.
This morning a message was
re ceived here that Will Siler had
shot and killed her- Deputy
Sheriff Will Lenon hastened to
the scene and placed all four of
the Silers under arrest.
The woman’s body lay all day
in the snow where it had fallen,
awaiting the arrival of the cor
oner. Owing to the extreme
cold, the coroner did go out.
Justice of the Peace Robert Ay
i ler took charge tonight and or
dered the body removed. He
will attempt to hold an inquest
i tonight.
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Pulmotor Saves Girl.
| Fort Smith, Jan. 30—A pul
motor today saved, the life of Vi
olet Stanley, 19 years old, when
she was overcome in the kitchen
of her home by leaking gas. She
was found unconscious and was
revived within half an hour.
She is the fifth person saved by
the pulmotor in Fort Smith.
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Spent All Seeking Child
Little Rock, Jan. 30.—With
his hopes of ever finding his long
lost daughter again shattered,
and with grief that has worn
him from a strong man to an in
valid, and search that has re
duced his circumstances from
those of a rich man to a poor
one, Dr. W. A. Winters, an emi-j
nent New Castle, Ind., physician, j
Friday, on his way home from
Perry, Ark. Reports that his'
daughter was in Perry were
found to be false.
Catherine Winters disappear
ed from New Castle while on lief
way home on the afternoon of
March 20, DM3, and was suppos
ed to have been kidnaped by (
gypsies. Since then 1 )r. Winters
and the city of New Castle have :
spent many thousands of dollars j
trying to find the girl.
A few days ago Dr. Winters
received word that a girl resem
bling his daughter had been left
with a Perry, Ark., family by an
unidentified man, and the man
disappeared immediately after
ward. Dr. Winters hurried to
Perry, only to find that though
the girl resembled his daughter,
it was not she.
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Carden Seed Cood StulT.
Bill Oldfield makes us an ex
cellent congressman. Ouly a
few days ago he sent us a copi
ous package of garden seeds, and
we have every reason to expect ;
that another one will come our
way before planting time. Our
experience with the seeds sent
out by our worthy congressman
is that they come up and pro
duce good stuff abundantly
Therefore we are constrained to ,
i
. rr-m r=an mn r=a n r=an rjtl rr^TT rra f! fr-^i fP’P
lemark that Mr. Oldfield’s rec
ord in congress is high and dry
above criticism or reproach. —
Sharp County Record.
Had $800, Wanted Tree Rath
Hot Springs, Jan. -30— The
first case in the history of the
free bath house wherein a man
must answer perjury charges is
row in Commissioner's Leslie's
court. It grows out of the fact
that John Orogovitch is alleged
to have $800 in a local hank
when he took the indigent oath
at tin' hath house so as lo se
cure free baths. He is alleged to
have stated that he had on y
$40.
Negro \griculfural flubs.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan- 31.—Leo. M,
I'avrot, who is organizing agri
cultural clubs among the negro
school children of the state, re
ports a total of 99 boys and
131 girls enrolled in six coun
ties, as follows: Pulaski, 12
boys, 20 girls; Arkansas, 18
boys, 24 girls; Monroe, 8 boys,
9 girls; Chicot, 39 boys, 49
girls; Desha, 2 boys, 17 girls;
Ouachita, 9 boys, 12 girls.
He is assisted by Prof. A. B.
Crump, state organizer of color
ed agricultural clubs. They will
go into three other counties dur
ing the next two weeks.
E. C. Waterman, for 19 years
a Newport newspaper man, but
later of Piedmont, Mo., was a
pleasant caller at the Blade of
fice Wednesday while en route
to Russellville, Alabama, where
he has bought a paper.—Walnut
Ridge Blade.
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1 ter, and we have more trousers®
Ithan we want. j|
Our spring stock will soon be j|
in and to clear out winter goods B
and make room for new arrivals, B
■-] we have made these prices. «
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k now. $2.85 B
gj 5.00 and 6.00 Values jl
| now.. $3.85 |
j§ 7.00 and 8.00 Values g
3 now. $4.85 B
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