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ifclEVEE ■ breaks bring H Into Chicot County And ^Kefugees Appeal For Hi to Independent. ■e Hock, April 22.- The | ■ from the lower levee | ■ on the Mississippi river ■ached Chicot county and ■st appeals for assistance j ■from Luna Landing and ■Village, Monday afternoon. m asking for government as ■ce stated that most of the ■ is now under water be ■of the back water, and that ■nts were being forced to ■their homes and go to the ■r ground, where aid is now I needed. Particular appeal was made ‘He Sunny Side colony across !H Chicot from Lake Village. Htary Smith in the office of Hmor Futrell, telegraphed Hppeal to the government Hsentatives who are now in Hburg and was assured sup Hwill be on the way last, ■. Idw The Wife Forgives, al to Independent, tie Rock, April 22.— The of a woman was the foun i for a rather amusing plea pardon before Acting Gov-1 Futrell on Monday after-; A resident of Clark coun- i serted his wife and four en to journey into Texas another woman. After >ring about the Lone Star for several months, the nd decided there was no like home, and in a time of sickness, addressed a let ) his wife, appealing for upon which to make the sy home. ire was none of the prodi in spirit about the wi|e, lough she was appealed to 1 the family horse if she had t sufficient funds otherwise, ■ letter was turned over to i sheriff. The result was a p by the official to Bonham, xas, where he arrested the de nting husband and brought n back. He was given a jail ntence. Now his wife is re ntant and wants the hus nd liberated. It is needless to y Acting Governor Futrell ailed and permitted the law7 • take its course. g Pictures sra House ■*er Week. [RISTMAS s Santa Claus ITAGRAPH) 3 OUT IN THE SH. ITAGRAPH) FRIENDS. IOGRAPH) WRONGLY ACCUSED Accused of murder, he is about to be lynched, but wait and see how his sweetheart stakes her life on his innocence. Western Drama. (G. MELIES.) Music by the Orchestra. ADMISSION 5 and 10 Cents. Highway Board Not Organized. Special to Independent. Little Rock, April 22.—The newly appointed State Commis sion, of which R. G. Dye, State Land Commissioner is chairman, and Fillmore Rains of Jonesboro, and W- A. Falconer of Fort Smith are members, met in Lit tle Rock Monday afternoon and discussed informally the matters which must first be attended to by the commission. Adjourn ment was taken until next Mon day, which is the regular month ly meeting day for the Commis sion, at which time definite plans will be made for the commence ment of the work. Judge Rains qualified as a member of the Commission, but Judge Falconer did not, and will j not until the last of June. He is i a member of the Civil Service j board of the City of Fort Smith, and as long as he holds that he j cannot become a member of the Highway Commission. The Fort Smith appointment is one of hon or alone, but the duties are very i important and Judge Falconer j has been requested to remain ! until the examinations are held j and the Commission Form of j nrvTTovn YnlOTvf crp+c wpll nruipi' WAV. to which he has consented. The secretary and engineer j will not be appointed until after | the Commission is fully organiz- j ed. i I Complaint As To Jail. Special to Independent. Little Rock, April 22.—Act ing Governor J. M- Futrell left j Little Rock Monday afternoon ! with a ticket to Forrest City, j leaving considerable speculation i as to his point of destination. He j intimated he was going to the j flooded part of the state, but j there is reason to believe he has , gone elsewhere. Shortly before the departure of . Acting Governor Futrell, he re- j ceived an anonymous lettei i from Clarendon in which the at- ! tention of the Governor is call- j ed to the condition of the Mon roe county jail. The writer de clared the jail is in such a sani tary condition it cqn be smelled : for 100 feet. It is ihtimated that, a pauper was recently starved to death in the jail and there is now a white man prisoner who requires medical assistance, but is not getting it. Acting Governor Futrell read the letter carefully, and though he felt confident there was a mistake in the assertions made, he has probably gone to make a personal investigation. Danger Sign Out. Special to Independent. Little Rock, April 22. — At Large—One Secretary of State and New Automobile. Great Danger! Such might be the heading of a newspaper article ! in Little Rock, for it states in a I nutshell a local situation. Earle |W. Hodges, Secretary of State, j has purchased an automobile and ! is now taking instructions on ; How to run the “consam thing” I on the streets of Little Rock. A I list of fatalities, and those se riously injured will be given at a later date Dry Summer Wood at Fee-Crayton’s delivered. I Sawed from cull lumber. Phone 294, or see Hopper or Fisher. 18dtf. JAMES E. WILMANS ANSWERS CALL Of Death At Advanced Age of 83 Years Surrounded by Family and Loved Ones. Captain James Edward Wil mans, aged 83 years last Novem ber, died at his home in this city at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday af ternoon, surrounded by his fam ily and beloved childern. The end came peacefully after a day in which his decline had been gradual, for a several weeks’ ill ness had so weakened his frail body that physicians had given up hope of staying the call that comes to all mortals. The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the Methodist church conducted bv Rev. B. L Wilford and assisted by Rev. Henry E. Spears, interment fol lowing in Walnut Grove ceme tery. ine deceased is survived Dy six children, Mrs. M. A. Dorsey, Mrs. J. S. Jones, Mrs. Ignatius Sprigg, Messrs. E. B. and R. D. Wilmans and Mrs. Walter Har ris. To these sorrowing fami lies and many other near ones through ties of kinship and friendship who feel keenly the loss of this beloved one. is ex tended the sympathy of a host of friends- Better than this senti ment and feeling of friends, they have an enduring comfort in the knowledge that the departed soul after a long and fruitful life has been called to an heaven ly home above, that death comes not as a summons to a hopeless grave, but ushers in the life im mortal among the saints above. The deceased was a native of Kentucky, but came to Arkan sas in 1859 prior to the outbreak of the civil war. His first home was at Jacksonport and later at Elgin. Returning to Kentucky in 1864, he was only there a few years and again located in this county in 1867. He was almost a life-long member of the Methodisi church. Ever loyal in church and Christian devotion, he was equally zealous in every moral uplifting movement and never hesitated to stand boldly and bravely in the forefront to battle for what an active enlightened conscience directed him. In the sunset years of his life, when business cares and respon sibilities had been set aside, it was his happy fortune to enjoy a very sweet and unusual compan ionship with not only his own children, but their children and their children’s children. He was a member of the Ma sonic lodge and six years ago was the nominee of the Prohibi tion party in this state for gov ernor. In his later years, his mind retained the quick percep tion and activity that is accord ed men in their prime. The ties of family affection were natural | and strong in the departed and | his later years were indeed a i heritage accorded to but few. Like Paul of old, he might well have said “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Hence j forth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which : the Lord, the righteous judge shall give me that day.” Asks Relief From Immoral River ' Resorts. j Special to Independent. Little Rock, April 22.—A pa thetic appeal was received from a woman of Helena by Acting Gov ernor Futrell Monday, asking that he rid that city of immoral resorts which are conducted along the Mississippi river bank in shanty boats, and over which the city authorities have no con * l trol. The matter is now being investigated. The letter stated that a wo man, Red Minnie, a desperate character, conducted a resort up on a house boat, and two child-1 ren, a boy and a girl, resided : there with her. The children at- j tend the city schools, and the j women appeal to have them e' n-1 er stopped from associating with | the school children or taken from their mother. Worse than this, the women declare the woman is sending other women over Helena to call on married women and induce them to visit her place under the representation that the place is now being frequented by their husbands. These women have been furnished with minute de scriptions of the men, even to narks on their bodies, in order to convince the women of their hus band’s unfaithfulness, and thus (drive them, in a spirit of revenge, to the house of shame. In addition to this the woman is said to have declared she would kill any one making an ef fort to stop her activities, and if she does not have a chance to do that, she would destroy their property. The writers of the letter seemed to be much in fear of the woman, Red Minnie, and requested the Acting Governor to make an investigation with out letting it be known from where he secured his informa tion. ! Arkansas Educators Return, j Special to Independent. Little Rock, April 22—George B. Cook, superintendent of Pub lic Instruction, and a member of the teachers’ committee of the Board of Trustees of the Univer sity of Arkansas, did not return to Little Rock Monday with the balance of the Arkansas delega tion to the Conference for the Education in the South, which has just closed its annual session in Richmond, Va. Supt. Cook is coming home by a devious route, stopping in several places to consult prominent educators who are under consideration for the presidency of the University. He will make his report to the Board at its meeting later in the week. Honesty. Honesty is not a separate qual ity apart from the fundamental character of the individual; it is not a peculiarly developed plant; it is one expression of un selfishness, and it exists in the degree that the individual is un selfish, and not exposed or little exposed to temptation by reason of not valuing too highly the ma terial things that dishonesty would secure. All other honesty is only relative ,and will stand only a given amount of tempta tion. Honesty is that degree of unselfishness that will allow an other his own, and is just so much of the quality of selfish ness or generosity which later would allow another more than his own.—Memphis Nepvs-Scimi tar. * STREET LIGHT SERVICE COMPLETE Electric Eight Company Has Completed Installation Of Full Street Service. Newport is again a well light ed city, having emerged from the “dark ages” with not only a | snug balance in the treasury but a complete and highly satisfac tory street lighting service, that is not to be a tax upon the reve nues of the city, but is a conces-, sion and a privilege the city en joys in exchange for a twenty year franchise, granted the past year to the Co-operative Electric Light Company. No other city in Arkansas and few anywhere of this size, enjoy , such a contract, that is at the same time based on as reason able and low a meter rate to in- , dividual consumers. The com plete lighting system was first turned on Monday evening and met with compliment and praise from the citizens generally. To Mayor Paul, who led the way and the present council who sup ported the movement that has j realized for Newport this satis factory contract and state of af fairs, there must be much satis faction in this result, whereby Newport secures for a franchise all that could be gained through i municipal ownership without ac cepting any of its responsibili ties. The eighty street lights are all in service with two excep tions, one at the corner of Beech and Front and one other in East Newport, where there are al ready five. These lights are 75 watt lamps and are to be main tained by the electric light com pany. Mayor John 1’. Paul, Aider men E. L. Watson and 0 M. Bowen accompanied by Mr. W. B. Crossland of the Co-operative Electric Light Company visited the various sections of the city Monday night and express them selves as well pleased with the service. To Build Annex. Special to Independent. Little Rock, April 22.—A com mittee of the State Board of Charities met in Little Rock Monday afternoon for the pur pose of authorizing proposals for the erection of a $20,000 annex to the State Hospital for the Treatment of Nervous Diseases. The bids for this work are to be opened at the next meeting of the Board, the first Monday in May. The “Big Bug- ’ The “big bug” never gets too big for Ross’ “Dead Quick” spray. Roaches, ants, fleas, bedbugs, mites, lice, potato bugs and oth er insects all die the moment it is used on them, alsb,their eggs. Kills and keeps away mosqui toes. It’s a clean disinfectant. Get the genuine insect exsLermi nator. For saltan NewpoW^by your druggists. V -y Uncivilized. That child la a regular little saW aga." "Tea. when he waa at oar hease ter dinner yesterday he always said he wanted more. Instead of politely lying when 1 asked him II I eoold kelp Uni ax at a ~ gfo . -"- | — i Underwear g ^ We’re often called and justly so—“The || Underwear Headquarters.” ry=j ^ We certainly show the best and most iHHi S worthy Underwear in the many different ^ ! fabrics. _ _ | ^ The kind that have proved their worth. iy=j-- _ S3 ATHLETIC UNION SUIT ^ ^ Klosed Krotch Patents. iHHi ^ The perfection of Summer Underwear Comfort. Crotch jucj J j=|j is closed as in a pair of drawers. Can't gap in the seat. !sni '[ycj Made of Best Materials, Light, Airy, Roomy. $1.00 UP. ^ ^ NEW SHIRTS, HOSIERY, NECKWEAR, BELTS, SUSPENDERS, ETC. i Berger’S “ij ^ ”STXKR CLOTHING HOUSE*