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VOLUME 30-NUMBER 39
SPRINGDALE,
WASHINGTON COUNTY. ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26,1917
^IGHT pages
(.’has. Redman Attemnpfs to Break
Jai! at Huntsville—Sheriff Hurley
Handies f. .1 n v\ ith Precision and
Red man Desists.
f I!untsville Democrat)
C'na . Redman, charged with the
murder < Mat Phillips, and who is
confined -n the county jaii awnmnp
the in.'' i f the grand jury, attempt
ed to escape yesterday evening when
Sheriff Guriev i supn- r to him and
the orhe; nr mers. i‘h- pri men
were all in the large cell and as Sher
iff Gurley opened td ■ up- door to
hand in dr ■ pi- .’o ‘h : . Reiman
grabbed the sheriff's arm with th<
e\. .< it id- .• . -n i i dr.i. ■ • g him in
side . i•11 ivh n, . ivas i. » doalit
under-1 >od ai ionr them, hi -v uhi
have ui' r a.* el l a:.*-, 1.. * a 1
woui • hav- i ! i o.' . a y
Sheri : Gurley had one'; d the deer
just • • 1 • ' - . . !e buc
ket ceatainin;: the suppe; and h* suc
ceed'it; •• in br<n. mg hints -if against the
door until he could get hold of h;> rev
olver a id make Redman und r . i he
would shoot if he did not turn him
loose. The rcvovler, tin automatic,
was placed firmly aua.nst Redman's
breast and he realized that the sheriff
was pressing the triggt r before he re
leas his grip e , Mr. Guriev', arm and
stepped farther . nek it d* vei;. Toe
other prisoners made no aten.pt to
assist Redman, they seeming to real
ize more than he that the sheriff had
the advantage of the situation and ful
ly in tended to use it.
The other prisoners in jail besides
lieiit’! are 1 il Yt diet s whi. partic
ipated in the holdup and robbery ment
ioned eh 'where in this issue, and doe
Johit'i u, the \ out. ■ n: who re "uly
burg ; r: *-d the store at Witter and al
so stole a horse from d .hn Simmons
the sane ,igh». When .Mullens and
Johnson met in the Monday they
readily i cognize 1 each other as for
mer t* low convicts in th Oklahoma
penitent ary. Reference has already
been nade. in th mo ant of the rob
bery for wiii'di he ■ held, to Mullins
statement eon. <-rr..ng hints -if, ivhieli
is now believed to it true. Sheriff
Guri-.v ' os of ;d 1 ■ rrm o- t
Johnson, vvhi th is that tv* was sent
enced to the Oklahoma tu* ;tent ary for
burglary in October, lt'lo, and -scap
ed from then Sept. 7, Tdl*'>.
WILL KLM H LOSES HOME
Wn'i. L. Bunch’s dwelling house at
Kingston, together with practically its
entire contents, was totally destroyed
by fire Wednesday e! las', week, and
one of Mr. Bunch’s children came near
being a victim of the flames. The
child was rescued by the heoric efforts
of its mother. The tire started from
a defective flue and had gained head
way beyond control when discovered
by Mrs Bunch, who was attending to
some work in the yard. Her first
thoughts were of her two children
she knew exactly wile re to tmd the
baby, for before leaving the house she
had placed it asleep on a bed, but the
older child was playing: about the
rooms and she hail to search for it
through stifling smoke that had tilled
the house. She sop sueeedded in lo
cating' the child and so narrowly es
caped with it that her hair and cloth
ing were singed by the tlames that
had broken through the ceiling. There
was insurance of about It500 on the
building and the goods, but the loss
far exceeded the insurance. The resi
dence was one of the best in Kings
ton and among the other valuable con
tents burned was a fine piano. Hunts
ville Democrat.
Mrs. Bunch is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Smith, of this place,
and is well known here, as well as her
husband.
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CONFESS TO HOI IM F
Rogers, Jan. 22. Joe Creek more
postmaster at Heath, was held up and
robbed of $i8 Friday morning, it is al
leged, by Sam Salyer of Hind -villo and
Bill Mullens, a Choctaw Indian, wh<
were arrested at Combs Saturday
morning and pleaded guilty at theii
preliminary hearing. The men have
been held to the Grand Jury. W bet
arrested, the Indian, who says he h
an escaped convict from the Okla
homa penitentiary, >. a revolvor
He v/. ; disarmed by <' m-daMc \ . ■
Combs and I'ey ,ty -I M Wilsvn.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Smith, and sis
ter, made a trip to Fayetteville Wed
nesday.
Bone-dry” Liquor Measures- Is Now
Effective and All Shipements Into
State Have ('eased—Was Introdu
ced by Senator Greathouse of This
County—Local Shipements Refused.
Little Rod:, Ark., Jan. 21 — Gover
nor ' "harl'os II. Brough tonight sigiu- 1
the ‘ bone-dry” bill, passed this .week
by in ■ senate and house a *d Arkansas
was added t > the list of states in which
liquor important ion for beverage pur
poses is absolutely prohibited. Ar the
governor affixed his signature to the
locument at 7:30 o’clock tonight. HOG
a.. ; arose an i sang. '.b. v Dry I Am.”
They gathered around the banquet
si fur th" annual dinner of the
Lit tie i' irk Board of ( of mm; r» ■ vn
include representatives, and '•rators
• •• I . V •, • • ,!S !,US OIOSS men I . ; h .
in.: •- In ••iis.w-- -:ti. : .•• measure
prevented the singing of the b^l at
r.tdo o'clock, as had been planned.
The governor used eight pens in . dgn
ihj and gave them to friends.
Local expn ss companies were rush
ed to the limit throughout the day
Wednesday delivering liquor ship
on nts. One cdegraph company hand
led 800 telegrams Tuesday from
Lit* i Rock citizens ordering liquor
shipements.
Several who opposed the house mea
sure wrote explanations to the speak
ing stating that they bowed to the
will of the majority.
"1 want to go home after tin legis
lature adjourns, therefore 1 vote "aye”
wrote Representative J. B. llarr -on
* Madison.
The hone dry bill applies to any
aiehoiie, vinous, malt, spirituous or
ferme.itcd liquors or any compound or
i i at is if then f tomm.inly ■ .died
t*i!o.■, i.itt r- or medicated donors
from any other state,” or "from any
fn '■•me eeuntry.” Such liquors the iiill
:>!■ hihts any common carrier, or any
other person from bringing into the
state. It is also made unlawful for
any bank or individual to present,
t oiieet, or handle in any ■ ay, any
drafts, cheeks money orders, or other
paper of like nature, attached to a bill
of lading, order, or receipt for liquor
Any person, firm, corporation, fruit
statu!, restaurant, store, drug .-tore,
club or club room of any social or fra
ternal organization or any other or
ganization or association of persons is
prohibite 1 from having liquor in its
possession except alcohol in drug
stores as permitted by law, or wine for
sacramental purposes.
.\(> property rights now exist n any
liquor, except the alcohol permitted in
drug stores for medical purposes,
and the wine for sacraments. Neither
are property rights recognized in any
liquor container, of whatever form or
description, used with intent t > • :<dat<
the law.
Anyone bringing medicinal alcohol
or sacrornental wines into the state
must notify the railroad or express
company of the nature of the ship
ment; the latter must be plainly
marked, so that as character s ap
parent. The railroad and express com
panies shall file records of all ship
ments with the circuit court clerk
where the liquor is delivered, within
ten days after the delivery is made.
The inll contains a provision that
if any part of it is declared unconsti
tutional, the remainder shall -till be
in force.
Violation of the act s mad* punish
able by a fine of from $100 to $1,000
for each offonsse, and jail sentence
of from 30 to 90 days. The harters
| of any clubs or other incorporated
bodies, and any place or room main
tained in violation of the act may be
enjoined.
The effectiveness of the “bon* dry”
bill, and the rapidity with which it
became effective, may be realized
when it is known that some local par
ties cashed returned money orders at
the local post-office Thursday mom
'iny early, that had been returned to
them with at statement that liquor
could no lonsrer be shipped t . Ark
ansas.
iis 1>S Kl< H ( OiM’KK OK,I
Royers, Jan. 22.—Rich specimens of
copper ore have been found by James
Town-end on his farm on the V’ivt •
river, 12 miles east of here. Experts,
to whom samples \v« re submitted, said
that the ore contains a la rye propor
• 1 non of meta'. There appears to be
• much o! the on no ti •• -cupik
| w . re found.
Springdale Parties Visit Local * ;im
pany at Camp Denting and Find
All Hoys in Good Shape—Hand
Ownbey Nice Bognets.
Cognizant of the fact that many
r,i i .moi: have beet spread v.
ir.n. dale with reference to the cmidi
t »n of the members of Company A.
and Ark., A. X. G., the local company
j now on duty at Doming X. M., The
News takes pleasure jn publishing the
following* unsolicited letter ifom
Miss Norn Hunt, of this place, who, in
company with hbr mother, Mrs. Chat*. •
if i re< ... r • i i 11 • : >■ >ys
!)t . > . ; .fn.. i.r home Tuesday
i of this week. The loiter is written
ihy Miss Nora Hunt and follows:
“! know some >f the people • i!j 1
mle: t s.( d in reading what we hav *
so; ah? ut tiie so! her boys
"They are all in good health anti en
joying life. What you have heard
about loom ir: Arkansas is not so.
Chau. Odell still has his right mind.
"When we arrived in Denting Tues
day morning, of last week at ten <>’
11 tek they were at school. We ail
ed for Sergt. James t). Hunt. (Sgt.
i Hunt is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Hunt of this place. I Sgt. Dixon ans
wered the call. Nt x long afterward
, when e arrived at the camp, school
was over, and we enjoyed ourselves.
All the boys, even' Captain Ownbey.
v is glad to w v.'. While in camp
j we were treated so nice by Captain
j Ownbey, and all the boys. \\ htle
tit-* ,ve visited the base hospital, .md
tl*. Y M. C. A. 1 found everything
in camp to be m first class ,-hape.
While in camp we site with the boys
j and cleaned up Sgt. Hunt's tent ; and
1 we said to the boys that wnat they
needed most in camp was a broom.
1 Sat. Hough said wba they needed
most in camp was m- .< ?o usi
! the broom.
I “The camp is located m a nice place,
i and is kept nice by all the boys,
“'While we were there we took tnr
irreals with the boys. they had plenty
to eat, such as potatoes, beans, corn
! },e f, sausage, cabbage, s >up. pork and
| beaus, bread and coffee and tea Fhe
boys are not starving by a ay meat'.
‘1We don’t s * h\ people ai
l Sj linjtlale are at outs with t aptain
1 iv.rbey. lie treat d ns >u nice, and
treats the boy the same way. When
they e:o to take their meals they w :!
laugh and tell the Captain how the;,
‘slipped one over on him." and his
answer is a smile, and if some of you
people would go to Camp Doming you
would change your minds about what
you hear about hov the ( apt a n is
! treating the boy's. He is cry ne e t<»
| them, and especially so while we were
■ there, and the boys said ho was the
same way all the time.
“If the orders are not ■ hanged,
they will he home soon, and all they
talk about is chicken. Why not give
j them a bit; dinner at the Armory Hail
when they come home?”
If it happens its in The
Home Protective Association Pur
chases Building in Old Opera Block
\«« Occupied by Fredrick Bea'tj
t o—Will Move into N. ' Quarters
February 1--:.
A deal v.a- eke,.! a —y few days
ay . and the Herne Pc >tc-ctsve Associa
tion becomes the owner of a new
T1 is is S >rlngdale*s fastest
growing- institut on, and fur the past
two years has been Spying office
quarters with the Ih-.l-on-Renner In
surance Agen: y. The rapid growth of
the concern demands mure and larger
quarters, and the dirt—tors purchased
the : ■ >-story hri'-k business budding.
• >(-.. !tc the \rondo Hotel, in the old
t )nen Block. Fredrick Rcukv
>.vid o<cupy office rooms up-stairs in
tin building-.
S me minor changes in the int< ’nor
of the tuum will he made at present,
bi.it • c.rly in the spring it is anticipat
ed to give the building? a complete re
m-.deii.m One feature in connection
with the new home is the fact that a
large anil commodious vault is already
arranged in the building, it being for
merly occupied by the Farmers and
Merchants Bank.
The Home Protective Asociation
wa.-- organized in Springdale two years
ago. and since that time has been
steadily growing, until now they
number on their rolls eleven thousand
members. The ompany is officered
and financed by local men, and is re
garded as one of the best business in
terests of Springdale. Two years ago
two were employed to look after the
corn -pondenee, the mailing and rec
< iving of assessments, and today in
addition to the work of the different
off: • *r , eight stenographers are em
ployed daily. The new home will be
ready Febr >ary 1st.
M. E. Church. South
Tito r vival services at the M. E.
Church, S-utli. continue with inertas
. mg interest. The crowds an prow
in.tr, the interest is growing, and some
are being vonverte i and reclaimed, and
the church is being revived. The
sendees will continue through the
i week and possibly longer.
Friday evening at 7:1a, Brother
\eal will hold a special service for
the children T the (.1 rammer School.
A!! the teachers of the faculty are
requested to he present, and all par
ents are urged to come with their
children.
Cottage prayer meetings are being
held every afternoon. If you want
i us in your home let us know.
The services for Sunday are as
follows:
Preaching at 11 a. m. Subject
“The Church.”
Sermon at 2 :•'!< p. m. To Women
only.
Serfnon at 7:1a p. m.
You are cordially invited to ail these
services.
\. H. Dulaney, Pastor.
“BONE DRY” RALLY
AT M. E. CHURCH,
SOUTH T0-NI6HT
(THURSDAY)
A rally over the passage and signing of the (treat
house “bone dry’* bill will be held at the M. E. Church,
South, to-night, Thursday. All Springdale is invi
ted to attend. Celebrate the passage of the “bone
dry” bill at the M. E. Church, South, to-night. The
bill has been signed by Governor Brough and the im
portation of liquor is strictly barred from Arkansas.
Speakers for the evening—Re\s. \V. I. Biledge, Y\
A. Piper, W. 11. Neal, and others. A big union tally
to wiheh ail are invited. COME! COMBI
\rt Kxhibit to Be Held at the High
School \uditor iim 1 obruary 7. *
and 9 Program By School < hdd
i i n ;e < mint- ■ t n.
An exhibition of pi< rv s will b
given at the High School Audit >riuni,
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday.
February 7, Hand 9. that > f more
than ordinary inter; -t. A s;u ml pro ;
gram will be given by the school child
ren each evening of the exhibition ;
The exhibition v iil be displayed in n
A id i tori tint at vne H . h 87 he • at c* r .
tain hours < .u h afternoon of the thre !
day •• here, and from -e' en <■' 1 cl
! tin ev> big. The purpose t th>
liiliit is t • a -• funds with '.fa to |
ipu vhase pictures f*>r the v.;.i •• >f 'fa -.
1; rns in -he s h ol buildings.
i .... exhibition oi.so.ris of carboi ‘
pineo . : iinhs and . : . ’ .r n; s loaned
1 by the El<on Art Publishing Co., of
Belmont, Mass. The collection is a
| larg? one, and contains only the very
; best reproductions of the masterpieces
I of art of different countries and per
iods. Nearly every gallery and
country in the world would have to be
••i-ited to see the orginal pictures
which are here brought together in on.
I ,,
; collection.
The collection comprises two hun
| dred subjects representing all the
principal schools of art and includ
j ing many reproductions of sculpture,
architecture and important views
from nature Few collectons liaVe
ever been brought together which so
completely ever the history of art of
times as this. A catalog will be on
sale at the exhibition hall. These cat
alogues will give complete data and
detail regarding each picture ex
hibited.
; The wholesome and refined in
{ fl ill nee of pictures of the right kind
;oi: the school walls is now generally
: recognized as one of the most valuable
| means securing culture and refine -
meat, among the pupils. The funds
j for purchasing such pictures, as well
I as an opportunity to make a selec
tion from a very large number, is se
cured by means of the exhibition.
The larger the attendance, the great
er the number of pictures that may
be secured for our schools, so* it is
1 mainly up to the people of Springdale
as to the number of pictures secured
for the various rooms. It is perhaps
logic to state here that there is not
a picture of any consequence in any
room in either the two buildings, ex
! cept the large picture of Prof. Bantu
I at the High School, which was put
there by private means. All other
rooms have pra, • rally no pietur«*s.;.
except those possibly clipped from out
of-date calendars, almanacs, newspa
pers, etc. This is a regrettable state
of affairs, and one that can be reme
died by the co-operation of the people
of Springdale in attending the exhi
bition here February 7, 8 and 9th.
Full particulars regarding the pro
grams to be given by the school chil
dren each evening, as well as the ad
mission will he given next issue. The
, programs are under the direction of
the S. 1. A.
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* HINDSYILLE. +
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W B. Simpson, of Fayetteville was
over here looking after business Fri
1 day.
Mrs. Geo. Culwell is very sick, but
reports are that she is better at this
writing.
Sam Salyer has returned to hi
home after being absent several
months.
John R. Johnson and Fay M. Smith
transacted business in Huntsville
Saturday.
Miss Imogur, who has been con
tined to her home with a sore foot is
able to attend school again.
There are several cases of measles
in the town and neighborhood. It
is a very severe type and it is feared
that school may have to be suspended.
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Quite a number of local business
men were at the local Frisco station
Tuesday afternoon to meet the Rotary
Club, of Fort Smith, who passed
through here en route to Rogers,
wh re they organized a Rotary < Mub
Tuesday evening. * The Fort Sm th
Club was traveling in a special coach.
Miss Irma Petrosa has for her guest
for : few days. Miss Mildred Fee oi
! Spri’i : field, Mo., who arrived lhui>
? d-*y even in,;.
' arm i it- Hero in mi ( iom mission
'.rants Medal an<l Pension to Mrs.
! t'hife \rtcr.fion of Cont
1 ii- : >n » aiUti t. i‘rant'd) Through
1.1 torts .i 1 in- News.
1*1 tt 'sire. , .Ian. 21 -Twenty
*• 'tr. < a t- iif } n .sin wore recognized
by the • a ■ Hero Fund Commiss
ion Fit5 .ieiual meeting'here to
day.
In • -;..t a. silver medals were
ii- e . eases hronge moti
le i veti i the heros lost their
ii' . . 1 : -.!!• dependents of seven
. i *11 aggregating $4,680
re granted; to the depend
• tie- and of three oth
no r iii‘ii Jives, sums totaling
. t' be ; .1. ••". hject to the
duvet ion of ;: Commission, in va
i us \. a.. . •.. r< granted. In addi
tion to the.-v niom-y grant.; in one
ease $1,000 was apprupialed for edu
cational purposes, payments to be
madi as needed and approved; and it;
ten eases award- aggregating $5,2b0
were made for other worthy purposes.
Payments in those eases will not be
madi a til the henef eiaries' plans for
the use of the awards have been ap
proved by the commission.
Among the awards of tmmz medals
were:
Franklin D White, deceased, died
attemj i •>'lara M. Holland,
from drowning at Springdale, Ark.,
duly 2. l'.Mi'i. Medal to widow, at
Springdale, with pension..
Springdale people arc familiar with
lin- circumstance surrounding the ter
rible tragedy that oecured in Spring
dale last summer, and which cost the
life of Frank D. White, his daughter
Mildred, arid her friend, Clara M. Hol
land, of Monett, Mo. The attention ot
the Carnegie ll-r > Fund Commission
was called t > the act of bravery of
Mr. White by 1 in sews, and tvo rep
reseuiatiw of the ■ '(..amission visit
i>| y, :ngd 4 el .for the t ingot.' .
1 one of :-.e- v.. Ted the scene of
the drowning.
All data concerning the affair was
secured by the Commission, and veri
fied by affida\its and statements
from local people as well as th. ir own
representatives hefoi. the Commission
took any action.
The amount grantei to Mrss. White
as a pension has not been made pub
lic, and will not be until further state
ments are made with reference to the
disposition of the fund granted.
Many Springdale people will be
pleased wdh the announcement of the
Carnegie Commission, and will he gra
tified that Mrs. White will receive a
pension. Readers of The News are
too familar with the facts of the
drowning to call them again to their
attention, and the award was very
deserving.
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| Rev. Carter, of Kim Springs Hik'd
! Ins regular appointment here Sunday
at
Will Haddock, of near Goshen
spent Safurda\ with his mother, Mrs.
R. Brown.
Joe Gregj ai.d family of near Stony
Point visited with Joe’s father at this
place Saturday :i ht and Sunday.
Mrs. Haywood Thompson, Mrs. J.
1. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. John Franklin
and Mr R. Brown all have the la
grippe at this writing.
Brother Carter of Elm Springs at
tended Christian Endeavor at Harman
Sunday night and spent the night
visitinv at the home of R. Brown.
Mr- Koh Brown and little daugh
11 r, Ko . are ri ht s ck at this writ
I jng. Polly Ann.
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NOTICE
N lice is hereby given that at the
, pi .nt session of the General Ass*
emb!\ there will be introduced a bill
I entitled “An act to grant to the city
•,f Springdale, and incorporated towns
if Prairie Grove, Lincoln, Winslow,
tnd Greenland, Washington county,
;,r use on the streets of said city
: : (1 incorporated towns, 50 per cent of
he Road Tax collected on property
; within the incorporated limits of said
cities, and for other purposes.”
WILSON CARDWELL
Representative from Washington
j County.
(This January 19, 1917.