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V0L' 49_ MARIANNA, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1917. NO. 4fl
LEE CIRCUIT COURT
IS NOW IN SESSION
GARLAND brickey wins suit
for $6,250 AGAINST SAM ASH
WORTH—GRAND JURY FINISH
ES WORK AND MAKES REPORT
The October term of the Lee
circuit court convened Monday morn
ing with Judge J. M. Jackson of
Helena, presiding, and with Prosecut
ing Attorney P. R. Andrews of Hel
ena, and his deputy, D. S. Plummer
of this city, looking after the inter
' ests of the state. The grand jury
immediately began Its work and
completed its labors on Thursday
morning, returning twenty-eight bills
of indictment.
The first part of the week was
devoted to the trial of civil cases,
thp most important of whTch was a
suit by Garland Brickey against
Sam Ashworth for $6,250 in commis
sions alleged to have been due
Brickey for selling a farm belonging
to Ashworth. The case had been
decided at a former term of court,
the judge giving a directed virdict for
Brickey during the absence of the
defendant. The supreme court re
versed the case for error on the part
of the court in giving the verdict in
the absence of Ashworth. This time
the case was submitted to the jury
on its merits, and a verdict was re
turned for the full amount sued for
by Brickey. It is understood the
case will again be appealed to the
supreme court.
The report of the grand jury made
to the court Thursday morning, is as
follows:
IN THE LEE CIRCUIT COURT
FALL TERM, 1917
To Hon. J. M. Jackson,
Circuit Judge:
REPORT OF GRAND JURY
The grand jury duly empaneled
and charged by your honor begs
leave to report that it has. in com
pliance with your instructions, in
vestigated all felonies, misdemeanors
and breaches of the peace brought to
the Jury’s attention or of which any
member had cognizance, and have
duly returned true bills of indictment
where the facts led us to believe con
victions could be sustained. In cer
tain other, cases proceedings have
been dismissed, it appearing that
due cause did not exist for indict
ments being returned.
We have examined fifty-one wit
nesses and have returned twenty
eight indictments, twenty-six for fel
onies and two for misdemeanors, and
have dismissed six cases.
We have examined the report of
the Commissioners of Accounts laid
before us, and Delieve the only mat
ter therein calling for the Grand
, urv’s attention was that which re
lated to the conduct of the office of
magistrate of Hampton Township.
Esq. Price, the incumbent of that
office, was before us in response to
our subponea. with his docket. He
and his docket were examined. We
found he had, through ignorance,
perhaps, or because of being misin
formed, held up the payment of
certain fines in his court pending
good behavior or for other reasons.
We do not understand that he has a
legal right to do so, and we recom
mend that Your Honor instruct the
'County Court to hold him for the
payment of such fines, or that such
other action may be taken as ^ our
Honor may think proper.
We have examined the County
Farm and jail and have found the
former in fairly good condition. The
* jail, as has been often said bv
Grand Juries heretofore, is wholly
inadequate and should be greatly im-1
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sanitary measures, separation of in-1
mates because of sex or race and a
larger and more comfortable cell
space capable of accommodating the
number of persons sometimes con
fined therein, makes this Grand
Jury once again renew the recommen
dation with the hope that the County
Court may proceed with the erection
at an early date.
The Grand Jury finds one other
matter which, perhaps, is not strictly
within Ur jurisdiction, and yet which
might be referred to. We make the
recommendation as citizens, feeling
that the County’s welfare will he
promoted by the County Court and
other road and bridge officials, adopt
ing the view which we hild.
We predicate our action as a Grand
Jury upon the ground that it is not
desirable for one section of the
County to he cut off from the
<4o,unty Seat during certain months
jV. the year by high water, thus inter
'-erring with the service of process
from this Court and its Grand Juries
and attendance by the people in the
region affected upon its sessions.
With this explanation we wish to
rall attention to the fact that a
levee having been built, a sufficient
bridge should also be built across
L’AnguiUe River at Hughes Ferry,
thus connecting Union Township and
Haynes with the balance of the
County and with the County Seat.
We trust this recommendation may
be acted upon by the proper authori
ses, believing that the whole
County’s future, as wel! as present,
welfare will lie furthered by such
action.
And having finished our labors,
with thanks to the Court, its officers,
attendants, and our baliff, for courte
aies and assistance rendered us, we
new respectfully request to be dis
charged.
Respectfully submitted.
F. N. BURKE, Foreman,
D. S. CLARK, Clerk.
ROBBERS BLOW SAFE
IN WEBB’S GROCERY
TIMELY ARRIVAL OF DAVE SHEA.
NIGHT OFFICER, PREVENTS
THEFT OF $700—FRONT OF
BUILDING WRECKED.
A wild and wooly genuine Okla
homa robbery was staged In Marian
na at three o’clock last Monday
morning when safe blowers wrecked
the small iron safe in D. E. Webb's
grocery store, formerly owned by
W. W. Chisum. The timely arrival
of Dave Shea, night policeman,
flushed the robbers in their work and
thwarted the theft of approximately
j $700 currency and checks which
| Mr, Webb had in the safe.
The robbers first tried to enter
the large safe in the Missouri Pacific
freight depot. However, they bungl
ed this job and failed to gain en
trance into the safe. In trying to
twist the combination so as to make
an opening for a charge of powder
they broke the lock off smooth.
They had no drill, hence had to
abandon this job. They then went
to th,e rear door of Webb’s grocery,
broke the glass, reached in and un
fastened the spring lock and went
to work on the safe. They piled
sacks of flour and sali on top of the
safe, twisted the combination to
make an opening, put in a charge
of hlack powder, used a paper fuse
and touched it off. Several parties
residing in the neighborhood heard
the explosion. Mr. Shea was at once
notified. He rushed to the store in
his auto and as he alighted from
the car he heard the robbers run
out of the back door. Mr. Shea did
not know how many men were en
ing with Judge J. M. Jackson of
minutes he kept a close watch on
the front and side entrances. Finally
he concluded the men were gone,
and then he fired his gun several
times to bring help. Several parties
responded to his alarm. They went
in the store and found the outer
door of the safe blown off. The rob
bers were at work on the inner door
and had almost, prized it open when
they were flushed. The officers
nnpnpH thp innor Hnnr cppnrpil thp
money and kept it for Mr. Webb.
The explosion wrecked the front
of the building, blowing out botli
large plate glass windows and scat
tering breakfast food and other ar/
tides all over the street. Flour was
'blown to the ceiling and over the
store.
The damage to the building is
estimated at approximately $250, and
Mr. Webb says the damage to his
stock is about $100. Of course, the
safe is a wreck.
The officers have been working i
on several clues, but so far have |
made no arrests.
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ARKANSAS FIGURES
IN TWO BIG SUITS
IS SUEING AND BEING SUED BY
TENNESSEE IN UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT—BOUNDARY
LINE INVOLVED.
Washington. Oct. 9.—Two actions
of great importance in the state of
Arkansas were before the 1 nited ^
States Supreme Court today. One |
was the arguing of the suit of the
State of Arkansas vs. the State of.
Tennessee to determine the boundary
line between the two states. The
action resulted from the shifting of
the course of the Mississippi ri\er
several years ago.
Also the Supreme Court gave the
state of Tennessee permission to
bring suit against the State of Ark
ansas and the Hoard of Directors of
the St. Francis Levee District of
Arkansas for damages alleged to
have been sustained by Tennessee
in a Mississippi river flood of sev
eral years ago.
It Is alleged that the* building ot
. _ iVw* ArifuncsiH side of the
river has caused the river in times
of floods to overflow on lands of
Tennessee, causing great damage.
Most of this damage is alleged to
have been suffered by the City of
Memphis The court is asked to en
join Arkansas and the ht. I rancis
Levee Board from building the levees
higher. It is also asked that the
court appoint a commission to ascer
tain the extent of the damage that
Tennessee has suffered from the
overflow.
\ttornevs representing Tennessee
appeared ' before the supreme court
today to secure permission to file j
the suit. The bringing of the suit
was authorized by a joint resolution
adopted by the last Tennessee legis
lature empowering the attorney gen
eral of the state to institute the suit
and to prosecute it under the nant
of the state.
SOMETHING OF INTEREST j
"Dad, is there a love story tn that t
magazine?" . . .
•‘No. daughter; this is a tiad.
j°U-Oh.1 dear. I wish I had a love
St"Well maybe this would interest
you. Read the proposals."
Willows are mentioned in Leviti
cus. Job. Isaiah and the Psalms The
tree on which the captive Israelites
hung their harps was the weeping
I willow.
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HE’S SEEN A LOT OF ACTION DESPITE HIS YOUTH
A Yankee seargeant is seen greeting eleven year old Charles Meux,
who has seen two years service at the front, and has twice been wounded,
and is at present a patient of the hospital at St. Cloud.
W. T. BARNES, WELL KNOWN
CITIZEN, ANSWERS LAST CALL
W. T. Barnes, aged 78 years, one
of the best known and most promi
nent citizens of Marianna, died on
Friday morning of last week at his
residence in this city, following a
stroke of paralysis sustained on Mon
day of last week. Funeral services
over his remains were held in St.
Andrews Episcopal Church on Sun
day afternoon, by the Rev. C. C.
Burke, rector of the church. Inter
ment follow'ed in Cedar Heights cem
etery.
Mr. Barnes was born in Jackson
port, near Newport in this state. He
grew to young manhood in Jackson
county, and when the civil war broke
out he volunteered his services to
the Confederacy. He served with
distinction throughout the war. He
served under General Fagan and par
ticipated in the battle of Shiloh and
other important engagements in
Tennessee. Later he was transfer
red to Gen. D. C. Govan’s command.
Mr. Barnes came to Marianna more
than twenty-five years ago as tele
grapher for the Iron Mountain rail
road and followed this work until
about four years ago when his hear,
ing failed him to such an extent
that he had to retire from the active
affairs of life.
He is survived by his aged wife,
by one daughter, Mrs. Annie Burgess,
and by one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Patterson of Guthrie, Okla. His
grandmother, Mrs. Teinpie Taylor,
was a sister of Gen. Zachary Taylor
of Mexican war fame.
The high esteem in which Mr
Barnes was held here by all classes
of citizens was attested by the large
crowd that assembled at his bier to
pay a last tribute to him and by the
OFFICERS ARE NAMED FOR
SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
Forrest City. Oct. 8. At a meet
ing of the Mid-Fast Arkansas Asso
ciation. composed of school men from
eight or ten of the leading cities
comprising the association's territory
held here Friday, Jack McCulloch,
superintendent of the Forrest City
schools, was elected president; C.
H. Tucker of the Helena schools vice
president, and Fred MacChesney of
the Marianna schools, secretary
treasurer. Plans for a field day, in
which all the schools of the associa
tion will participate in literary, mu
sical and declamation contests, were
discussed.
It was decided that each school in
the association should organize foot
ball and basketball teams and that
schedules should be arranged at
once.
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WHERE WOMAN FAILED
At a military tribunal in the border
district the other day. one member
asked the applicant, a snepnern. n
he know of any reason why his work
should not be undertaken by a
woman.
“A woman once tried it.” replied
the applicant, "and she made a mess
of it.”
“Who was she,” inquired the chair
man.
‘‘ ‘Bo-Peep.’ ” answered the shep
herd.—Tit-Bits.
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A swarm of grasshoppers .was en
countered some time ago by a Nor
wegian vessel about 1.200 miles from
the African coast, the nearest land.
many beautiful floral designs that
banked the casket containing his
remains.
The Second Liberty Loan
The second liberty loan authorized by Congress will ;
;;;! be subscribed by the patriotic and loyal citizens of this ;
i;!; great democratic government during the month of Octo- j;
her. The bonds will bear four per cent interest and will
: be free from all city, state, county and federal taxes, ;
except what is known as the surtax, or tax on very large :
; incomes.
The apportionment for Lee Countv is $127,000.00.
! It is believed that the county will easily subscribe for j;
this amount, probably much more. On the first liberty
\ loan, subscribed for in June, this county subscribed for
$100,000.00, and the people are in a much better position
to take this patriotic loan of government bonds in Octo- :
her than they were in June.
Should the government issue bonds during the war ;!
;jl; for a higher rate of interest these four per cent bonds
!; \ may be changed into bonds bearing the higher rate of
11 ,' < i
II ■ I II I l al,
SV. H. Mann is chairman of the subscription com
mittee and Chns. McKee is chairman of the Speakers'
Committee.
Already three patriotic citizens of Leo countv have
voluntarily, without solicitation' subscribed lor $5,.>50.00
of these bonds.
Our soldiers volunteered to go to France and tight
the clientv—-can you, who enjoy all the privileges of this
great, free and democratic government, fail to lend your
monev at four per cent for the purpose of furnishing the :
supplies to those splendid young men who are fighting
your battles for you? It should he the high privilege :
and patriotic duty of every citizen to volunteer his sub- j;
scription in a liberal amount. Anything less than this
will not be measuring up to the patriotism of our splen
did army of young men.
NEW MOTOR COMPANY
HAS BEEN ORGANIZEC
LOVE D. BANKS. HENRY BANK!
AND J. O. EWART PURCHASE
LOT AND WILL ERECT HAND
SOME TWO STORY BUILDING.
I
The Marianna Motor Company, i
i new organization just launched b;
! taive 1). Banks. Henry Banks anr
J. O. Ewart, the latter now managei
, of the Marianna plant of the St
Francis Motor Company, has purchas
ed from W J. Shorten a corner lo
| on Main and Church streets, fiftj
| feet facing on Main street and run
ning hack 125 feet on Church street
and will at once erect a modern two
story brick building, facing on Malt
street, the structure to be 50 by lOt
feet Estes W. Mann is now a
| work on the plans for the building
I In addition to the designing he wil
I have supervision of the constructior
work. The ground floor will be usee
for auto display rooms, rest roonu
for ladies and gentlemen, department
for keeping auto accessories and
tires. The main entrace will be or
Main street, and the entrance foi
cars will be on Church street. A
large freight elevator will oonvej
; cars to the second story where th«
machine shop will be located and
where all repair work will be done
The building will be finished it
pressed brick.
Mr. Ewart has tendered his resig
na >n as manager of the Marianna
i pla t of the St Francis Motor Com
pany, and will take active manage
, inent of the Marianna Motor Com
pany's plant. He will have assoclat
Cfl with him I,nve IV Banks
j In addition to the purchase price
j of the lot, which has not been made
1 public, the new company plans to
| invest approximately $15,000 in the
I building and about $10,000 in machin
j ery and equipment. The company
will deal in the Briscoe, Oakland
and Columbia cars and will have the
selling agency for the Haynes car.
Mr. Shorten is now having the
dwelling on the corner lot moved
to the extreme rear portion of the
lot. It will face Church street
Work on the new building will be
started at once and it is expected
the plant will be ready for business
at least by January l.
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NOW MAY EXPORT
COTTON TO ALLIES
Washington. Oct. 9.—Stoppage of
cotton shipments to northern Euro
pean neutrals nas rj su'*ed in such a
surplus ot the at-tp'.e in this country
that the Exports Administrative
Board today determined to permit
for an indefinite pcrb ;1 the exporta
tion of raw cotton to the allies with
out license.
When me licensing of exports be
came effective September 7, last, the
board permitted the exportation of
cotton to the allies without permits
until October 31 next
There now is ample cotton in the
United States to supply the nation’s
needs, Including the increased amount
of cotton needed in the army and
navy, and still leave a great amount
for shipment to the United King
dom. France, Italy, Japan and Russia
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FIFTY TWO BERLINS IN
THE UNITED STATES
U'hat will the kaiser and von
Hindenburg say when they are con
fronted hr United States soldiers who
hail from Berlin. Leipsic, Kiel. Krupp
and other towns similarly named?
Perhaps they will hiss “Treason!”
but they wiil get no comfort from
that, for the boys from these towns
, are all good Americans
The fact is there are fifty-two
! Berlins in the United States, and
each of them is sending its sons
! to the front. Furthermore, there are
five Leipsigs over which Uncle Sam
rules, whereas the kaiser has only
one. As for Hamburgs and Bre
mens, why the kaiser can’t touch us
He’s got one of each. We have ten
Bremens and no less than “S Ham
burgs Only 11 states in the union
haven’t a town named Berlin, but
others make up for the deficiency
by having two. Pennsylvania has
four and Virginia three
When the war brokp out there was
a rush on the part of all belligerents
to change the name of towns, streets,
hotels and restaurants which bore
enemy names. Berlin. Ontario, was
changed to Kitchener; Russia re
named St. Petersburg Petrograd;
j London renamed all its German
i cafes, and Berlin retaliated in kind.
I j No one has brought up the subject
so far of changing the titles of the
numerous Berlins. Hamburgs and
1 other American towns with German
j names.
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SHOCKING DISSIPATION
I j “My dear, you musn’t let anybody
read that letter from Cousin George
;j at the front. I’m surprised that he'd
write such things ’’
: “What’s the matter with his letter?
; It’s mighty Interesting.”
“Some parts of it are. but his con
fessions of his disgraceful conduct
are dreadful. I wouldn’t for tfte world
have anyone know of his doings.”
I ‘ l don’t get you at ali."
"Didn't you read that part of his
letter where lie says he was out with
a British tank last night, and they
rolled ail over the place?’’—Detroit
Free Press.
FREEMANS PURCHASE
I THE LEARY GROCERY
i WILL AT ONCE DISPOSE OF TH*
STOCK TO GET POSSESSION O*
BUILDING FOR ENLARGED NOV*
ELTY BUSINESS.
l If plans now being worked out by
I the owners of the Freeman storat
1 mature, Marianna will soon have odt
■ 1 of the largest and most modern flvt,
ten and twenty-five cent stores In any
small city in the state. The Free
I mans have closed a contract with
| Mrs. W. S. Atkins for a long-tern
. lease on the large brick store build
ing on the corner of Main and Poy
lar streets, now occupied by Leary’d
grocery store. In order to get ioa
mediate possession of the building
the Freemans have purchased thd
Leary stock of groceries and in tbit
issue of the Courier-Index they an.
nounce the stock will he sold at
wholesale prices, the hig sale to staff
i at nine o’clock Tuesday morning,
. October 15. As soon as the grocery
stock is disposed of the work of re
modeling the building win be started.
■ The interior will be completely over
hauled and arranged to accommodate
the Freeman stock along the motf
modern lines of displaying novelty
goods. A new plate glass front will
be installed, giving ample room fof
handsome window displays. The
Freemans expect to expend approxi
mately 13.000 on improvements ni
the building, and hope to have th*
new quarters ready for occupancy by
December 1. at which time they will
move their large stock from th*
present quarters on South Poplar
street to the Atkins building
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MARIANNA CITY SCHOOLS
ROLL OF HONOR BY GRADES
HIGH SCHOOL
Senior Class: Frances Moor*,
Ruth Freeman. Hater Oliver, Jatnl*
Brown, Ralph Harris, Pearl Man*,
Irvin Dupuy.
Junior Class: Edith Burgess, Dor
othy Mulky
Sophomore Class: Virginia Blair,
Nellie Reed Smith, Blanche Wilson,
Helen Clarkson. J. P. Hampto*,
William Willis, Claude New.
Freshman Class: Ruth Felton. 121
la Tribble Love, Eva Dupm Mary
Maynard.
GRADES
Eighth: Jewell Church. Gladys
Horne. Willie Marable, Mary Hank*.
Seventh: Ranks Newbern, Marri*
Newbern. Adlson Wall, Carlos Wo
mack, Irene Coche. Josephine Vaden,
Imogene Dupuy. Margaret Hampto*.
Virginia Newbern, Martha Thornton,
Martha Turner, Edith Willis.
Sixth: Frances Bradley, Loul**
Bowden, Mildred Horne, Louis*
Greenhaw. Christine Vail. Dudley
Clark, Herbert Beauchamp. Johft
Horne. Quentin Wilson. Herbert
Jackson.
Fifth: Madge Jarratt, Dorothy
Brickey. Ruth Selby. Inez Allen,
Mary Virginia Norment, Mary Emm*
Leake. Ethel Robertson. Mildred Mill
er. Mayno Britt. Thelma Goldeft,
Lorene Cowsert. Mary Hunt.
Fourth: Maurice Bowden. Ev**
Cahoon. Jeff Davis, Raphail Shu
macker, Walter Barker, Dorothy
Blount. Martha Bradley. Margarett
Daggett. Motile Dickey. Pauline Hil
ton, Mary Jackson. Frances Man*,
Hoi lie Newbern. Lillian Shields. Jan*
Turner. Mildred Burke, Mary France*
FtUhugh
I ihfrd: Velva Chambers. Norm*
Whitenton. Huldah Greenhaw. Eunio*
! Parker. Krelsie Wilson. France*
| Love. Mary Talbert, Ollle Golden.
1 Lamar Clark. John Mitchell, William
Daggett, Tom Hilton. Charles Grif
fin. Marshall Apple, Frank Burke,
James Banks. Early Goodwin.
Second: Evelyn Brown. Louis*
('lark. Virginia Mason llnnm- li.oiu
Ledbetter, Brown Pilkington. Gar
land Brickey, Robert Forte Jarratt.
Robert Bickerstaff.
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REAL PATRIOTISM
Patriotism does not consist entirely
in public speeches, braving banda,
flag decked parades and vo
ciferous asseverations of love of
country, but genuine patriotism coa
sists in being a thorough going Amer
ican citizen, discharging all the vari
ous duties of citizenship every day of
the 365, thereby showing forth tha
blessings and glories of our fre*
and beneficient institutions to all
the world.—Speaker Champ Clark la
Leslie’s.
The Western New York Conserva
tion Association regards the sevea
principal enemies if birds as follows:
L crow-; 2. fox; 3, coyote; 4 snap
ping turtle; 5, hawk; 6, biacksnake;
7. skunk
THE LOCAL COTTON
MARKET
The highest price paid for
long staple cotton in Marianna
' ! yesterday was 40 cents Short
staple cotton sold for an av
erage of 30 cents a pound yes
terday. Seed sold for $65 a
| ton ;
Receipts of cotton the past ;
week were 1,369 bales. Re
! ceipts so far this season, 2,296
; bales. Receipts for the cor- \
responding week last year were
2,534 bales. Total receipts last
vear up to October 12 were
9,622.
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