11 WINS
tUITTAl VERDICT
’or Murder Of Brother
w, John Carter, In
’romised Land.
Independent.
Ridge, Oct. 22.—The
of the present term of
ence circuit court was
Saturday afternoon
0 o’clock, when the ju
John Ward not gfcilty
• in the first degree as
ind turned hint out a
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t was his wife’s elation
shouting brought upon
eprimand of the court
seriff was instructed to
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hot and killed John
t June 19 in the Prom
The two men had
Teling for some time,
ered a long illness agd
e time was rather m
by Carter. They met
d one day and the
!ollowed, Ward using
e loads from a pump
i of the wounds being
rhfle Carter was being
iy his team. There
se eye-witness and this
oo far away to hear
isation between the
preceded the killing.
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tertained
ing of the
Club Sat
a full at
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meeting
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Sunday Revival Services.
The Sunday services at the
court house conducted by Rev.
| H. H. Hunt of Little Rock, were
the best yet held, the large court
room being taxed to hold the
people, especially at the evening
service.
Rev. Mr. Hunt preached an ex
cellent sermon Sunday morning,
and another to mtn only at 3 p.
m., which was largely attended.
Mr. Hunt’s subject for the even
ing sermon was “Almost thou
persuadest me to be a Chris
tian.” His talk on the text was
a fine one during which time he
used a number of strong illustra
tions that made plainer and very
effective this great theme. At
the close Of the service a number
asked for prayers, many staying
for the after service.
The large choir is adding
much to the services, directed by
Mr. Russell of Lonoke, whose
solos are also much enjoyed by
his hearers.
Services every evening at 7
o’clock, also at 3 in the after
noon.
Going Out For Keeps.
Is there any one who will not,
when he may,save a few dollars ?
Yott know we are going out of
business. All our stock is being
sold at cost—not over and not
below, and there is a good deal
left—things that everyone who
eats, and lives, needs every day
in every month.
We are anxious to close it out
and you are going to buy it from
some. The others will be here
after we leave, and we ask that
you will let us have your orders.
Come up and see what we
hare.
Your for awhile.
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Additional Local.
Miss Fay Williamson of Elmo
was shopping in town today.
Mrs. W. S Sprigg will enter
tain the Wednesday afternoon
bridge club.
David L. King of Hardy was a
guest at the McLain Sunday on
his return home from Little
Rock.
Mrs. R. S. Kirkpatrick, who
has been visiting her mother at
Beebe arrived home this morn
ing.
Postoffice Inspector Grant B.
Miller spent a few hours in the
city Sunday evening with
friends.
Cotton iook another tumble
Monday, futures dropping 25
points. The local|parket price
was around 9 1-4 cents, with the
offerings very light.
Will Campbell returned to his
work at Walnut Ridge this
morning after an illness of sev
eral days at his parents’ home in
this city.
Mrs. Alf Joblin and little
daughter of St. Louis were
guests at the McLain hotel Sun
day night en route to Batesville
to join Mr. Joblin who met them
here.
Mrs. O. E. Jones and two lit
tle sons, O. E., Jr., and Lacey, al-!
so Charles Brandenburg, re
turned Sunday evening from a
short visit to Mrs. Lacey Tilgh
man at Little Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Wallace en
joyed Sunday very much with
their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. A.
W. Crawford at Tuckerman.
Miss Mary Chastain of Bates- 1
ville spent Sunday with' her sis- <
ter, Mrs. T. W. Hopkins, at the j
[sweatt has
GOOD CHANCE
For Recovery And Attorneys
For His Assailants Will
Ask Hearing.
Milton Sweatt, with two shot
gun wounds and three 22 Win
Chester rifle balls in his Jrody,
stands a good chance of recov
ery. He was brought to New
port Saturday, after his wounds
had been dressed by Dr O. E.
Jones and now occupies a re > j
in the Planters House, where he
is being attended by Doctors
Jones and Walker.
When visited by a reporter of
the Independent Monday after
noon, he talked freely of his con
dition ana the circumstances
leading up to the shooting. He
said he- had only one degree of
fever and while his lower limbs
and bowels seem paralyzed, he
had every confidence in his re
covery and was feeling well.
The gun wounds were in the
shoulder and arm and not se
rious. while the three rifle bul
lets entered the left side toward
the back and one of them was;
thought to have entered the
bowels. For awhile an examina
tion under an X-ray was contem
plated, but Sweatt has thus far
been getting along so well, thatj
this has not been done. He isi
waited upon by his wife and her
father and mother, Mr .and Mrs.
Rufus Johnson of Swifton.
Hearing For Three Men.
James H. Phillips, who was
brought to Newport and jailed
early Saturday morning by
Sheriff Neal, now has the com
pany of two other men implicat
ed in the shooting. One of them
is Roy Phillips, the seventeen
year old son of James Phillips,
and the other a hired hand from
Oklahoma, whom they call Sam,
but whose last name the Phil
lips did hot know. He has only
been here a week and did not
take a hand in the shooting,
though he was standing at the
bam whn the shots were fired
and ran out to where the trouble
occurred according to the wound
ed man. The hired man made no
attempt to stop the shooting
says Sweatt, but did come and
assist his wife in caring for him
and getting him into a comfort
able position from the fence cor
ner, where he (Sv/eatt) fell.
Roy Phillips is charged with
firing the shots from the rifle,
while his father n«ed the shot
gun. They have employed Pril
lips, Hillhouse & Boyce to de
fend them and a hearing will be)
asked Tuesday before one of
the local justices of the peace to
secure bail for their clients.
John Wesley Etheridge.
John Wesley Etheridge, aged
64 years, died at his home in Lit
tle Rock Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock and the funeral services
were held Monday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. Ben Cox.
The deceased was a victim of
Bright’s disease and leaves three
sons, one of whom is Don J. Eth
er: ige of thi% city, to whom the
sympathy of many friends is ex
tended.
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Oscar L. Roberts returned
Sunday from Hot Springs,
where he had been attending
the state fair the past week.
Tom Craft, who has been very
sick at the St. Vincent Infirmary
at Little Rock, was here Friday
eri route to Cotter.
Bud Stanley came down
Thursday from Cotter and is ex
periencing some regular “Ark
ansaw” chills.
Joe Baker of Newport was
here Wednesday on business (?)
for a few hours.
Little Junius West has been
very sick the past week with ty
phoid fever but is some better at
this write-up.
Thurman West left Monday
for Memphis, where he has ac
cepted a position with the Illi
nois Central Railway.
Miss Roberta Hurley has been
very sick the past week but is
better at this writing.
“Happy” Owen Kendrick, the
pupuiar wnite xuver engineer,
who has been working on the
Ball & Peters Construction train
the past four months, was re
lieved Monday by Engineer Mc
Nabb and after spending a few
days in this city the guest of
friends, left Friday for Cotter.
“Happy” has made many friends
by his visits here and it is with
regret that we see him leave.
From a recent interview with
the farmers who have given the
government demonstration plan
a trial this year on cotton, we
learn that it is successful in ev
ery respect. The method used is
quite different from the old style
of raising the staple and while
the acreage is not so large a bet
ter yield can be obtained on the
same amount of ground than
that which is worked on the old
plan. R. D. Wilmans, Cromwell
West and J. R. Stanley, who gave
it a trial this year are old exper
ienced cotton “raisers” and they
informed the writer that the
[ yield from the “Government
crop” was much better than
from cotton which was tended in
the old way. This has been a
very poor year on the cotton
crop, and the yield is far below
the average. Mr. W. T. Guin,
who has superintended the work
in this county the past year, has
accepted the position for another
year and will use every effort to
induce the progressive farmers
of the county to give the method
a trial next season. Mr. Guin
has been one of our most suc
cessful farmers and we think the
government has made no mis
take in selecting him to superin
tend their work in -this county.
Cromwell West has been tak
ing the “ginners report''* in the
eastern part of the county this
week.
R. D. Wilmans returned to
Transylvania, La. Friday, after
a visit to his family here.
O. L. Roberts is quite ill with
malarial fever at this write-up.
Miss Lula Vaulner left Fri
day for a visit to relatives at
Batesville.
G. L. Dameron, who has been
confined to his room with an at
tack of malaria the past week,
was able to return to his work
Friday.
R. 0. Rawlings has been very
ill the past week with typhoid
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W. T. Moyer has been enter
taining several of those “Arkan -
sas chills" the past week and ex
pects to leave Monday for a
health seeking trip to Ilor
Springs.
L, H. Davenport who has been
very ill with malaria, left Wed
nesday for St. Louis for treat
ment in the Missouri Pacific hos
pital in that city.
L. E. Phant.
Robbed Of $40 and Watch.
Asa Pelley of Dunnington was
robbed of about $40 in money
and a gold watch and chain val
ued at $50, while attending the
State Fair att Hot Springs last
week.
The thief entered his room at
the hotel, climbing in through a
window, while Mr, Pelley was
asleep, and the robbery was not
discovered until morning.—New
ark Journal.
. Mrs. Etta Kelly suffered a
very badly sprained ankle Satur
day evening from stepping off
the sidewalk in the dark.
Miss Maude Shearer is visit*'
ing Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Knox for
a few days.
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W. B. Worthen Dead.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 23.—W. B.
Worthed, one of Little Rock's
most prominent and wealthy cit
izens and head of the W. B. Wor
then & Company Runic, dfari jti.
4 o’clock this morning fron»
heart failure.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Remmel
and Miss Bertha Hirsch landed
in New York Sunday afternoon
from a visit to the old continent
and after a few days’ stay in
Washington and New York azte
expected Jiome next Sunday, 1
' Hon. G: A. Hillhouse has re
turned from a business trip
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