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VOLUME 30-NUMBER 4
SPRINGDALE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 9,1917
EIGHT PAGES
COUNCIL MEETS
Council Held Regular Ses
sion Tuesday Night—Ac
counts Allowed and New
Auto Ordinance RIaocd on
First Reading—Some of
the Provisions.
The regular meeting of the City
Council was held Tuesday evening
with the following members present:
Mayor L. A. Smith, Aldermen Jones,
Seeley, Higgs, Hewitt, Johnston anti
Graves. Recorder Banks, who has
been ill for some time was unable to
be present, and Alderman Dyes was
out of the city.
Accounts amounting to $228.90 were
read, approved and allowed.
.Ordinance No. 107, which will be
known as the automobile law was in
troduced, read th< first time and pass
ed.
This ordinance provides that all
motor vehicles shall be driven through
the streets in a careful manner, and
shall not be driven by persons incom
petent to handle same, anti net by
persons under the age of sixteen (10),
unless they are accompanied by a com
petent driver.
It rtgulates the speed of autos
through the business part ol town at
15 miles per hour, and on the roads
inside the coropratiun limits at 20
miles.
Provides for two lights in th> front,
throwing a light 200 feet, anti for the
red light in the rear. Provides that
ail motor vehicles shall be equiped
with registration numbers displayed
both in front and rear. Provides that
no person snail back their motor vehi
cles without giving ample warning,
an*! care shall be exerc.sed not to in
jure those in the rear. Provides that
all persons with motor vehicles, riding
or driving horses, shall pull to the
right, when signaled by a motor vehi
cle in the rear desiring to pass.
Provides a penalty for leaving any
motor vehicle on the street ur^ public
highway, without an attendant', with
out shutting off entirely the motor
< ngin s or eng ines.
it provides a penalty of a fine of
not less than One dollar n*>r more than
Twenty-five dollars, for each ofense.
Street Committee was notified to
instruct parties residing on east Km
ma avenue that the city would spread
the gravel and roll the street, provid
ing parties residing there, or owning
prop* rty along the highwa;. would
gravel same.
The Council adjourned subject t" th
call >f the mayor.
C \NK HI LI.
H. R. I'yeatt anu daughter M --
Ruth, made a business trip to Lincoln
the f rst of the week.
.lames Irwin came up from Ydan.
Okla'n -ma last week and spent several
days here and at < lyde with relatives.
Mes LUen M oi >. c na~ ecceptcd a
position with her brother Dr. (’has.
Moore of Bentonvilie and left last
week lor that place.
The people of the White ' hereh
commurdty wave Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Fyeait ;. shov.tr a few nights ago
which was very much approbated.
Lawrence Hrewsttr left Sun.lay u i
Fayeuevilh' where he has cone to
ent'-r the University for th. res’ ol he
term. He has taught up to the pres
ent time,’this year.
Dr. VY. B. Welch and others are
build'..1: an iron fence . round thi Mi
Clellan Cemetery. It has recently
been clean* d up anl all the old trees
and other rubbish taken out and now
the yard presents a nice appearance.
Misses Ora Harris and Laura Ed
miston went to Fayetteville Saturday ,
and attended the Teachers Institute
returning Sunday. These institutes
are a great benefit to teachers and th"
teachers through the county should
take advantage of them as much as
possible.
Hube Yates and John Lewis took a
trip last week visiting many points of
interest being gone from home some
4 or 5 days. Just what points were
reached by (hem is not definitely
known but they were known to be in
Cincinnati, Sulphur Springs and Cra
vett.
Mrs. Amada Hodges of near Fly
Creek died at 7 p. m. Monday Feb. 5,
1917 of pneumonia fever. She had
been sick only a short time. The
funeral was conducted at the residence
by Rev. S. B. Reed. I'he interment
was made in the Reese Cemetery by
the "d > tif her husband who preced
ed to her to the grave some years ago.
She was a good woman and will be
gre..Fy missed by all her many friends
and r iatives t>uf more especially by
her s"n and family with whom she ha
miidc her home for the most part « f
the time since her husband died.
A. F. Cox some two miles south of
town had the misfortune of getting,
his house destroyed by fire Sunday
night about G:30 together with prac
tically all the contents. It was thought
awhile that he would lose the barn
also, but as barn was almost new it
did not catch so easly as it would if
it had been older. We are certainly
sorry for them. The neighbors we
understand are helping them some and
we are glad they are for this is right.
He had no insurance. The fire start
ed from a defective flew and as the
wind was blowing a gale it was im
possible to do any thing towards stop
ping it.
--
If it happens it is in The News.
FROM COMPANY k
Local Hoys at Demin# Are
Having Good Time—Ex
pect to See Further Ser
vnce on Holder or Coast
Duty—Reserves Will Pro
bably He Called In.
(Syt. Harry Hough.J
The weather down here the past
week ha- been simply idea!. The ('ays
are warm enough to go around in a
sweater or shirt sleeves, and the
nights are not too cold. “If" we wore
'nt in the army and “if” it were’nt for
the disagreeable dust storms, we
might learn to like this country..
First ' lass Private Clarence Beely
was appointed Corporal during the
week, taking the place vacated by
Corp. Clifton Murphy furloughed to
the reserve.
Th<- whole company appreciated the
letter written to The News by Miss
Nora Hunt, after her visit here. A
great many unkind things hate been
“aid about the guards, and we fee!
that after being down her*., and set > <
how we live, that she will be able to
refute many of them. Her last sen
tence in the letter, the reference to
the chicken supper, made the biggest
hit with the crowd Since we 'ot be
yond the range of boxes from home, 1
don’t believe that there are many of us
that have any idua of how a ••hiciC'W.
tastes
v t-aro anxiously watching tne pap
ers for developments in the situation
with Germany. With the day of our
leparture not far off. anything ihat
might have something to do with our
remaining here is a source of much
interest. The papers say thai troop
movements are goirg dead as plan
ned. but in the event that war is ac
tually declared, it isn’t probably that
any more guard men will be sent
heme. What would be done with this
regiment in such a case is hard to tell.
Many of the officers with whom I have
talked or. the subject believe that we
would either be retained here or som •
where else on tilt* bolder, to prevent
th ■ Mexicans from taking advantage
of the opportunity t > resume raiding;
or sent to the western coast, to aid in
coast defense. In either case, we w ould
be away from home some time, for it
is hardly probably that tin govern
ment would send us home, if war were
declared. So it now looks a though
we would either be homi in a short
time, or "we’re a long time gone."
The day the papers announce that wai
has h "ii declared. I believe that f‘hur
ley Atwood. "Butch" Miles and the
rest ' f tr.e old Company “A” boys can
begin packing up to cone back, for
the reserves will i-u biles- l,e called.
Walter Goree, a former member of
tlu company came in lust night to
enlist. He was a* El Paso, to .Tu h
place Cant Oxvnbey wired him trans
portation. For some reason, h v as
delayed in delivery, but Jack didn't
wait for it- he hopped a "side door
Pullman' and “came rich into camp."
It s, rnicil mighty god to see .Jack in
the O 1). uniform agam. If war
breaks nit, we :ire expecting Mad.
Trowbridge, ' IP d” Graham and the
rest of them to do likewise.
Some time ago we got a v ' id re
minder of Arkansas and Springdale,
when the cook served us some dried
apples from Kimmon and Walker’s
plant. In fact the impression was so
vnid, that after dinner, some >f the
boys went to the rear door of th”
krch'.n and tried to talk the cook out
of thi cid* r that they felt sure was
th' rt.
1 have written *•( > ral time admit
the* difficulty our boys “say” thev ! no
in getting dates with I)« ming girls.
Prehaps the following will account
for it—whi *h should be labeled "Paid
Advt rtisoment”- Paul Towm s say< h<*
is so tough that he can’t get any of
the girls in town to go with him ex
cept thi sheriff’s daughter—the rest
are too mild.
The ehaplin of the 2nd. Arkansas
made a remark recently in one of his
talks, which 1 think is worth while
passing on. He said, in speaking of
our experience here on the border,
“It is certain that when we go home
we will have more grit than when we
came,” and in view oi our notorious
sandstorms, his remarks was true in
more wavs than one.
Ray and Dewey Stokes, for some
time past, have been going with the
same girl, which situation, in ordinary
1 ft would provocati e of a fight, hut
down here, because of the shortage
of girle. is nothing unusual. One day
a crowd of us, including Ray, \n-re
uptown when we saw Dew* y approach
ing with the girl At oi.ee Ray hur
ra'd us around tin corner \s we
knew now Ray felt t n the subject we
asked for an explanation. 11.* re
plied. "I don’t care about his being
with her. but if he had seen me he
would have wanted to bzorm \ mon
ey to take her to thit* show, and i'll
ho darned if she will go to the show
with him on my nv ney."
Capt. Ownbey today received the
following letter from two boys 'ho
* orrnerly lived at Springdale: Mar
shfield, Ore., Jan 25( 17.—('apt. Own
bey, Co. “A”.—Dear sir: “My brother
and 1 want to’join tin* Spring .ale
guards, as we are from there, and
gousins of the Tillman boys, Joe and
Henry. 1 am 2d and my brother is
18. If you will send us the papers we
will sign up and come to the border
at once. Write particulars at once.
Yours truly, Clarence and Ed Smith.”
In case developments in the next three
or four days indicate that we are to
remain in the service, transportation
will probably be sent them.
THE LEGISLATURE
Legislators Grow Enthused
Over Break With Ger
many—Unamiously En
dorse President Wilson—
I
Other Legislative Gist.
Now tnat t *<* restraint el .re last j
three years has been removed, the}
genuine-feelings of the people are;
coming to the surface in Arkansas, j
The severance of diplomatic rela
tions with Germany has developed a i
; fact that has long been recognized, but
not openly expressed, that the pro
ally sentiment is much greater than
; any sentiment that has favored the j
cause of the central powers.
Tnere was an outburst of applause i
in the House when an official message j
was read announcing the action of the :
; Government at Washington. A few 1
minutes later a resolution was intro
duced by Representative Josephs ex- |
pressing confidence in President »
Wilson and Congress in the crisis now
. confronting the country. This was j
! followed by a resolution by Represen-1
tative Doyle that the House “raise ,
the Stars and Stripes in honor of our !
Bn ddei.l and that gr-at me ve.’ Im- j
mediately thereafter Parke* Cravens, j
• an assistant janitor appeared in the
' gallery ami draped a flap over the |
railing above the Speaker’s stand, j
j which v.as the signal for further ap- j
clause When the members returned
to tin- House for the afternoon sess
ion. their .-‘yes were greeted by the .
largest flag t ver seen in Little Rock,
; tie um that was carried in the Pre
pan im-- Parade last July 4th. It s
.if) by 24 fees' in dimensions, and !
I covers a large area of the wall at the i
rear of the speaker’s stand. The!
latest information was eagerly sought
by the members, and there was a
latent military atmosphere that for a i
irm threatened to become sufficiently
strong to induce the members to re
consider the vote by which they had
th* <]ay before killed a bill to approp
riate j-HtOo, to buy medals for the j
members of the Arkansas National 1
; Guard from the Border.
l he .neutrality which nas oeen
' maintained since the beginning of the i
war, in difference to the wishes of the
President, .chose efforts to preserve
peace hav. had the hearty support of
tin people of Arkansas, was suddenly
sundered, and general relief was ex
pressed on all sidt s. The presisent
refusal of Germany to yield to the
| just demand-- of ’he United States had
| be cun to irritate the people beyond j
| enduraru'e. and they heard with a •
| sense of relief that the c risis had been
reached and that there is to be no ]
more ci-plomatie dallying with a eon
<1*1 ion that demands definite, decisive
action.
There wi.~ -till a feel.ng. burn ot
: th- peaceiip attitude of our people,
that actual xar-fare might be avert
ed. But where statecraft had failed,
; it was hoped that more rigorous
measuv- - might succeed in forcing
; war-mad (iermany to h- r knees.
Unite! States Senator W. F. Kir
by. wht had been in the City for sev
j eral days on private business before
the Le^olat.ire, left for Washington
! Saturday night to be present in the
i deliberat -’..s >f Congress in this
I mcnv-iiMU-' emergency. He declared
' that he d ■ -.t consider the situation
i critical, ai d that the severance of
diplomatic relations should be con
!-.trued a. nothing more serious than
i an emphat;*- protest against German
i militarism lie said that he is oppos
ed to \v;.r a i believes that it cai. yet
is a'.\ rted.
Tilt sentiment favoring a new ( on
i st i tut ion continues to grow, and it is
j believed that another week or ten days
I will witnes- the passage of the bill
providing for the calling of a con
vention to .draft it. The bill has al
ready passed the Senate, where it >
failed two years ago, and is making
progress n the House. Gov. Brough
■ is back of the movement, and is urging ,
' his friends to support the movement.
The only difference that exist at this
, time are as to the representation, and
. that is a matter of detail rather than
principle
The plan is to have an election of
jdelgates on June 2*5, and for the hold
i mg of the convention during the win
tre months, beginning Nov. 19. The
'convention would last two or three
; months, because its work would be for
i generations, and must necessarily be
i made as m arly amendment-proof as
! fallible man can make it. The con
: stitution as finally adopted, would be
: submitted to the people for their rat
ification at c special election, whe re
it would be the only subpect voted on,
'and ratific:*' on would require only a
majority v t<
Ji is an administration measar.
G v Brough said in his inaugral mess
age.'’ "After a careful study of our
m- <i> o d ihe conditions prevalent in
the star. , 1 am firmly convinced that
\rkatisas as new government gar
ments and that the patch work of the
initiative and referendum will no lon
ger suffice to make some c.f our
threadbare political necessities pre
sentable.
"The keynote of the present is ex- j
nans-em, rather than contraction, pro
gress rather than limitations; on- \
fide nee in our lawmakers and public
servants rather that supicion of
them.”
The governor estimates that a three
months session would cost not more
than $70,000 which is $7,707 less- than
publishing the 1 & R Amendments in
1013.
If it happens it is in The News.
1ST M. HELD UP
First Arkansas Now at Fort
Lo^an—Mustering Out
Delayed bv_ Order From
Funston—Brough Ad
dresses Troops.
Bronzed by ihe sun and wind of the
Mexican border, deep chested and
straight, 650 officers and men of the
First Regiment, .Arkansas Infantry,
stood in hollow square about Govern
or Charles H Brough, Adjutant Gen
era! Lloyd England and members of
the legislature, on the parade ground
at F'irt Roots yesterday afternoon and
listened to their official “welcome
home.”
Automobile loads of visitors began
rolling into tin army post early in the
morning, almost before the soldiers
had disembarked from the trains, and j
the post was thronged all day. Wives,!
mothers, sweetherats and girl friends ;
mingled their bright-hued dresses with
the olive drab of army uniforrhs, and
for the time the feminine influence
overrode all military caste.
The girls reduced the officers to the
ranks or elevated the nu n to commis
sions. A blue hatcord and canvas leg
gins successfully competed with gold
curds ant’ shoulder straps for the smile
of the fair sex, and favors were distri
buted without reference to rank, h is
estimated that 500 persons visited the
soldiers throughout the day.
wrurr iM*ia\s wui.
The length of the regiment’s stay at '
the post is unknown, ( apt. .J Watson ;
R1 ynolds, regimental adjuant. said ;
that with the physical examinations
and other necessary details, it would I
bo impossible to demobilize in less ;
than three weeks, even if the muster- .
ing out were begun at once. However '
orders were received yesterday after
noon -rom the Southern Department a
San Antonio, Tex., not to begin mus
tering out at once. There was no fur
ther information and officers of the
regiment unable to estimate the len
gth of their stay at the post. Without
exception, however, they have express
ed their willingness to remain in the
service as long as they are needed.
Shortly after noon, the regiment
marched onto the parade ground and
formed in hollow squar. From the
center of the square, with Colonel j
Janu s, commanding officer, acting a.;!
master of ceremonies, addresses of |
welcome were made by Governor!
Brough, General England, Senators
Ruff, Roges, Ponder, Carter, Cald
well, Representatives Morris Moors i
and Bishop Winchester.
Governor Welcomes Troops.
Governor Brough’s address follows:
"Colonel James and Gentlemen of
the f irst Arkansas Regiment: On be
half of the people of our impe rial com
monwealth . hose patriotism and hop
in' you have so nobly represented on
the Mexican border during the past
i\ months, 1 welcome you back to the j
oil uf yoUr native state. The people of |
Arkansas will ever hold in grateful re
nte mbranee vour patriotism and ser
vice and the fact that you he <• volun
teered to place your bodies as living
walls between our country and tin.se
who invaded and pillaged our homes
along the border.
' The history of Arkansas is a his
tory >f the chivalry ol character and
tlm chiv dry of arms and the men who
have represented her on the battle
field have proven themselves v rthy
of the days 'When Knighthood Was in
Fuovver.’ Your swords are the swords
t f justice, your armors arc the ar
um-s of truth, and your arms have
r he i ansneuthe i in the cause of
American patriotism and the protec
tion of the oppressed.
Art* Keady tor Service.
By your splendid conduct on the
border, your rigid military di<ipline
end your efficiency in service, you have
measured up to the highest traditions
of Arkansas manhood. And now.
when war clouds are attain hovering
over our national horizion, and when
the tocsin of national defense need be
sounded at any mement, we feel that
the brave boys of the First and Sec
ond Arkansas will ever stand ready to
defend “Old Glory.’’
"Flag of our free hearts and home,
By angles’ hands to valor given.
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,
And all thy hues were born in
heaven.”
“ 1 only regret that your noble band
of 650 has been broken by the death
of 12 of your comrades, but their lives
and patriotic s< rviees will be like
“alabaster boxes of ointment, to their
fathers and mothers left behind and
will be treasured as heroic sacrifices:
by a grateful people.”
“(a lore! lames, L‘iv.et mult ' ('lone!
Fllis, oflicers and men of vour eom
oanu, ! assure you that the latch
-tring i.' on the outside of our hearts1
and our homes.”
Hoire-( ooked I'inner Served.
Following: the speeches the men ■ ii>
ne ’sed to the mess halls, where home
cooked dinners had been prepared by j
Little Rock and Argenta women, and 1
were served in the officers’ mess,
whore Governor and Mrs. Brough were
guests, and in the* three barrack mess
es and the hospital. Th* halls were
beautifully d< corated with fbnve by
local florists.
With the exception of a post guard,
all the men were given liberty yester
day until reveille this morning. Many
spent the night in the city with
friends.
Several brought back mascots, pup
pies, chipmunks and other fauna
which brightened camp life on the bor
der. A fairly brisk breeze was blow
ing across the post yesterday and the
high wind of the border was not so
THE ART EXHIBIT
\rt Exhibit at High School
Attracting Attention—
Splendid Exhibition—Wlil
Be Here Thursday and
Friday Nights—Program
By Children.
The Art exhibit at the High School
is attracting a great deal of attention,
and a nice crowd viewed the exhibit
Wednesday night, and also heard the
program given by the students. The
exhibit is exceptionally fine, and of a
high grade order, and should be seen
by every citizen of Springdale. The
pictures, some two hundred in num
ber will remain on exhibition here un
til after Friday night, when they go to
Fayetteville to the University, and
from there to Fort Smith. The exhibi
tion is open from 3 until five during
the afternoon, and in the evening from |
7:30, in connection with a program by
th»‘ students.
Following is the program for the!
exercises of Thursday and Friday I
night:
Thursday Evening at 7:30
Piano Solo-—Zelpha House.
Song—Velma Phillips and Donna
Waldron.
Dramitization—“Red Riding Hood" I
Red Riding Hood—Grace Marlow j
Her mother—Ruth Gallagher.
The Wolf Paul Elledge. • I
Wood cutters—Eugene Lindley, i
Paul Searcy, Jus. Holt.
Song — Harriett Ewalt.
Madeline Accom pa intent
Leila Christian.
Reading—-Lillian House.
Song—“The Funny' Little Fellow"
l’J boys and girls of the 5th grade.
Reading- Rebamay ('rutcher.
High School Girls Double Quar
tette.
Recitation—Buel Rose.
Rcitation— “Making Reuben Pro
pose”- Edna Buseler.
Violin Solo- Bernice Hough.
I'ridav Evening at 7 :30
Piano Duet—Mildred Thimpson,
Verna Masoner.
Reading “I Wish 1 was at Grig
gsby’s Station”—Lenor Williams.
Violin Solo—Loraine Petross.
Recitation—Marion Stafford.
Song—“Now 1 Lay Me Down to
SI -ep"—Elizabeth Harrison.
Dialogue—Maurice Wilson, Irene
Freeman.
High School Girls Quarteete.
Recitation—Virginia Ownbey.
Dialogue—“Great Men’s Secrets”—
Mary Mills, Kellum Woodruff.
Dramitization—"Lit|le Red Hen.”
Little Red Hen—Hildren .Jac
ques.
The Pig Harry White.
The Cat—Joseph Bragg.
The Rat—Robert McKinney.
Recitation—Victor Bevers.
Song—Julia Graves.
SONOK \
Troy Breedwell is housed-up with
the grip.
Mrs. Smith on the T. J. (Ton- farm
is very . ick o*' append citis.
Several from Sonora attended the
A. Sanders sale near Spring Valley
last y,t Fjday.
Bro. Ditteriine will make his reg
ular :.i pointmort her* next Sunday
and we hope will have a .rood congre
gation.
Sonora and vicinity hope to be mat
erially affected and benefited by the
expected change iia the Star Route
to Huntsville
Uncle Bill Donaldson and wife have
been on the sick list for the past week.
Aunt Ann is improving but Uncle Bill
is yet very weak.
Ulmer Johnson is suffering of
pneumonia at present and is being
nursed by Mrs. l.ichlvter of Spring
dale, his condition is not serious how
ever.
Gay-Nelson Canning Co. have con
cluded to locate their canning plant
at Hewitt’s Spring instead of on the
Nelson farm as first planned. This
will be more convenient to most of
iheir acreage. The men expect to put
out from seven to ten "nrs of canned
goods this fall
H. L. Donaldson, our prosperous
store keeper, has concluded to do a
mercantile business on a larger scale
and accordingly has traded for the
store and home of Dan Scott at Hewitt
Springs In the trade Mr. Scott be
comes the owner of Mr. Donaldson’s
breeding stock, we are not informe 1 as
to what Mr. Scott expects to do with
the stock but we tire sure the store tit
tin Spring will succeed under the new
mam■ cement. Murrel Johnson, son
in-law of Mr. Donaldson will make n s
home and be in active charge at the
store.
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SOUTHERN GROVE
Mr .F. W. Morse has. been real .-ick
but is better now.
1 L. Linebarger had a nice
horse to die Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Austin spent
Sunday afternoon with her mother
Mrs. J. W. Haughey.
Miss Pearl Plummer of Springdale
spent last week with her cousin Ora
and Gussie Haughey.
greatly missed, but many of the men
say that the hills and trees are a wel
come sight after the flat monotony of
New Mexico.—Arkansas Gazette,
Wednesday.
‘MESS’ FUND OUT
( ompany “A" Mess Fund is
Exhausted and More Is
Needed—Length of Fu
ture Service on Border
Unknown—Will You Do
nate to Fund?
Advices have been received from
; Captain Ownbey. commanding Com
pany A, the local company of Ark
ansas Guards, at Doming N. M., to
the effect that the “mess fund” of the
company is now exhausted. This
menus that the boys will not have any
added delicacies to their menu, but
must fare on regulation feed.
Captain Ownbey calls attention to
the fact that it is anticipated that the
2nd Arkansas would bo re-called with
in the next thirty days, and that a
“Tnes.-. fund" should be provided fo”
the boys before their return trip, and
also after they reached Fort Roots.
■lust what position the present
crisis with German} will place on the
2nd Regiment of Arkansas is not
known, although Governor Brough has
tendered the services of the entire
Arkansas troops to the use of the War
Department in case of eventualities.
A “mess fund” for the local com
pany will probably have to he raised
by popular subscription, on the same
order as tin fund provided before the
company left for the Mexican border
service.
rhe advantage of a “mess fund” to
a company is better shown by the re
marks of some of the local boys who
have returned fr >m service. They state
that in making the trip to Pemirg
from Fort Roots, that the “mess fund”
enabled them to have something to
eat. while the regular fare offered
would have been .ery light.
The News will be glad to publish
the names of all those v ho desire to
contribute to a “mess fund" for Com
pany \. and will see that the fund is
turni i over to Captain Ownbey for
proper use, as fast as received
SLICK SWINDLER
Attempts to Swindle Home Protec
tive \ssociation with Fake Policies
The following article from th<• Para
gouid Pres.;, publshed at Paragould.
this state, will in- read with interest
by many readers of The News, and
is of special interest to the people of
this section in view of the fact that the
home office of the Home Protective
Association is located here:
A. Henderson, life insurance agent
representing tie Home Protective
Association a mutual company with
home office in Springdale, Ark., was
arrested yiesterday afternoon on a
| charge of forgery. In default of a
i bond of $1,000 he was placed in the
county jail to await preliminary trial
i before Esq. A. B. Hays Monday morn
' ing :;i 10 o’clock. Henderson forged
j wife reside at 122 West Poplar street.
It is ; live ■!. in the information
filed by Jeff Bratton, deputy prosecut
1 ing attorney, that Henderson forged
the name of (). O. Fisher, druggist on
North Pruet street, to an application
, for an insurance policy for $1,000,
. and that under the terms of an agree
| tnent between Henderson and J. F.
Riddle of Jonesboro, district agent for
the company, Hendersun was paid
twenty-five cents for the fradulent
! application. The state claims to have
, discovered more than two hundred
; fradulent applications Henderson has
sent to the company’s office in Spring
dale during the past few months.
Henderson came to Paragould about
| a year ago and accepted employment
as a salesman in J. B. Nime’s store*
Several months ago he resigned his
j position with Nime and accepted work
in Solomon’s store. He remained with
the latter firm only a short time and
upon severing his connection with
Solomon he was appointed local repre
sentative for the Home Protective
Association, workinc undt r Mr. Riddle
of Jonesboro.
Henderson immediatdly began to
send in applications for policies and
v as paid for his service on the basis
of twenty-five cents for each applica
tion. the payments being made by
Kiddle who divided his commissions
with Henderson. In addition Hender
so' w; to r* . ive the initation fees
of the applicant^. The company issu
ed p> in cs on lb applicatons and
mailed th< m to the parties in Para.
gould and vicinity, at Halliday, Mar
maduke and other points in the county.
Within a short time the parties to
whom the policies were mailed began
returning them with letters to the ef
fect that they had never signed appli
cation.- asking for insurance with the
order. Officers of the company refer
red the matter to Mr. Riddle, the dis
trict manager, and asked him to in
vestigate. He did so with the result
he found the applications were for
geries. He filed information against
Henderson and caused hie arrest yes
terday.
Chas. F. Renner of Springdale,
secretary of the company, will be
here Monday to appear as a witness
against Henderson at Qhe examin
ing trial.
The measles are raging through
this neighborhood.