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_ _ MARIANNA, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1917. __ no. 43
TABLES TURNED UN
ALLEGED DETECTIVE
STRANGER WHO FERRETTED OUT*
“MURDER” MYSTERY LANDED
IN JAIL ON CHARGE OF SLAN
DER—HELD TO GRAND JURY.
j. M. Carter, who claims to be a
representative oi the Progressive
Farmer, practicing the Sherlock
Holmes art as a side line to give his
keenly developed talents a legitimate
outlet, is occupying a cell in the
. , county jail meditating over the trials
and vicissitudes of life in general
and the ingratitude of Lee county
people in particular. At least, he
doubtless has come to the conclusion
that playing the detective in a
i strange community isn’t any soft
snap.
Carter’s dilemma is the result of
his activity in ferretting out an al
leged murder mystery and his sub
sequent action in having George,
John and Chas. Roenhild and Henry
Mayes landed in jail on the charge
of having killed an old man named
Gilbert who died more than three
weeks ago.
Gilbert was living on a shanty
boat on the L'Anguille river near
Canaan. He is supposed to have
been a pearl fisher. He came up the
river about six weeks ago and tied
his boat up for a rest. He became
acquainted with John Roenhild, a
sturdy, inoffensive farmer living at
Canaan, and upon invitation of Roen
hild spent a portion of his spare
time at the latter’s home. More than
three weeks ago he became ill. A
negro told Roenhild he had better
go to the river and look after the
old man, as he believed his condition
was serious. Roenhild did go and
, found the old man unconscious. He
1 went to Haynes and got a doctor.
The latter said the man was in a
dying condition and suggested Roen-l
hild had better take him to his home. I
Roenhild said he had only three I
rooms to his house, and that his
family was large; that he would be
glad to give him shelter but could
not take him home. The nhvsiHan
i suggested he take the man to hts
barn and look after him there. This j
was done. That night about eight
o’clock the old man died.
Ronehild immediately notified Esq.
G. B. Brittain at Haynes and wanted
to know what disposition to make
of the body, The magistrate told
Roenhild the county had no burying
ground and thit Roenhild had better
bury him on his awn land. Roenhild
sat up with the corpse all that night
and early next morning came to Ma-!
'rianna to get a coffin. The undertak- j
ing establishment was not open, so
he went to Roane & Atkins barn. ;
the only place he found open, to
ascertain where the undertaker lived.
Here he met Mr. Carter, alleged de
tective. The innocent farmer told
t arter about the old man, some of
the stories the latter had related
about having found valuable pearls,
about his illness and death. Carter
immediately came to the conclusion
Roenhild and his sons had murdered
the old man. He took the trail,
made numerous visits to the scene
of the “crime,” induced Constable'
j Jones to go with him and disinter |
ne remains upon which some marks j
resembling bruises were found. The
local officers, after learning the facts, '
refused to have anything to do with
he case. Carter continued his activ-!
ties finally going before Esq. Hays
n this city and sweariqg out war
ants for all the parties whom he
—VDU v^ouniaoie Jones would
not make the arrests, but told Carter
i / ae "’anted to get the men he could
garter went to Canaan, ar
raated the four men. brought them
o Marianna, lodged them In jail and
imt i iu m kept there three days
“mil the preliminary trial on Fridav
rti.T10OnJof ,ast week- when all were
In,pi arge<* because there was abso
a_0 y . P° Incriminating evidence
against them.
Roenhilds, immediately upon
fnr nrelease- bad a warrant issued
in»i re: charging him with crim
hnnr an<ler- and within less than
thfi . afte.r1 th« conclusion of the trial
ne detective was behind the bars at
„jVo_county Jaib Tuesday he was
siven a preihuinary trlal before Esq
thp °dgers and was bound over to
tn <iffan.rt ^ury and renanded to jail
ln default of a bond of $500.
central tube of a new
a (v f telephone mouth-piece is
elvp ”1? ?er for disinfectants that
kpi -n* fnnies in such a way as to
i serins that enter the device.
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THE open seasons for i|
GAME
J be open season for killing
neks and geese began on No
"ember 1, and will continue un
fil February 1. ]'
1 he open season for killing
bear and turkey begins
oveniber K) and continues un
January 10. Turkey gob- '
ers may be killed from March !
15 until April 30. ; ,
n J]e. 0Pen season for killing ;
, March'*! fr°m November 20 to ]
must be procured to !
K1|i deer and bear. ’
nJr **cense fee of $1.10 is re- ; ,
u r®a °n every dog used in
hunting quail. ] .
MAJORITY DELEGATES
1 FAVOR ADJOURNMENT
CHANCES ARE WHEN CONSTITU
TIONAL CONVENTION MEETS
NOV. 19 BODY WILL ORGANIZE
AND ADJOURN UNTIL 1918.
Although the Constitutional Con
! vention is scheduled to meet in Little
Rock on November 19, it is now al
most a certainty no new constitution
| wl!1 he made at this time. It is ex
pected the convention will meet and
organize, then adjourn until some
time in the year 1918.
The Arkansas Gazette recently can
vassed the delegates to the conven
tion for an expression on the situa
tion. The paper heard from 81 of
the 112 delegates. The letter sent
out by the Gazette was as follows:
‘‘The proposal has been made that
the constitutional convention, instead
of proceeding at once to draft a new
constitution when it meets on No
vember 19, shall organize, receive
propositions for constitutional chang
es, and, after referring these propo
sitions to appropriate committees for
investigation, adjourn until next year.
“The Gazette is asking each dele
gate to say whether he is in favor of
the convention proceeding at once to
draft a new constitution, or is in
favor of the body adjourning to meet
in 1918, after appointing committees
and assigning to each committee its
work.”
W. S. McClintock and C. E. Dag
gett, delegates from this county, ex
pressed themselves in favor of an
adjournment.
The replies received have been
classified under four heads. First,
those who favor organizing the con
vention, appointing committees and
adjourning to a later day; second,
those who favor organizing the con
vention and immediately adjourning
sine die; third, those who favor or
ganizing and proceeding to draft a
new contsitution; and fourth, those
who are noncommittal.
R. J. Wilson of Russellville must
ho nil# in a aIaaa k.. k a_i «• a
-- ••• «• v»uuo j iiiimiv/U mao
much as he favors proceeding with
the drafting of a new constitution
and adjourning after it is drafted un
til some time in July, 1918, the peo
ple to be given an opportunity to
study the new constitution in the
meantime. At the meeting in 1918
the suggestions of the people would
be considered and the constitution
corrected and redrafted.
The largest proportion of the 50
delegates who favor organization, ap
pointment of committees and ad
journment, favor reference of the
matters to be considered to the com
mittees before adjournment, the com
mittees to do their work between
the adjournment and the time of re
convening in 1918, though some make
the point that no work should be as
signed to committees. Many urge
the widest publicity for the amend
ments proposed, their idea being that
the people should be thoroughly con
versant with what the members of
the convention intend to put into the
new constitution or will attempt to
put into it.
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HALLOWE’EN LUNCHEON
One of the most interesting and
novel entertainments of the season
was a Hallowe’en luncheon tendered
the members of the Country Club
by Mrs. H. J. Denning, at the home of
her daughter. Mrs. J. B. Hood of
Gassett, on Friday afternoon.
A most interesting meeting was
held. Details of the Hallowe’en en
tertainment to be given at the home
of Mr and Mrs. G. S. Kausler on i
Wednesday evening. October 81, for!
the benefit of the Red Cross, were >
completed After the business of the
club was attended to the guests were
graciously shown to the dining room
where the Hallowe’en idea was car
ried out. Black cats and witches
were everywhere over the tables.
Witch sandwitches, Jack-o-lantern
salad and magfc tea (thocolate) were !
served, while the afterdinner mints
were cunningly hid in the favors,,
which w ere little brooms and Jaek-o-'
lanterns.
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UfcrllVIAINY a WAR LOSS AG
GREGATES 6,000,000 MEN
Washington, Oct. 30.—Germany lost
6,000,000 men In three years of war,
according to the declaration made in
the Reichstag by the Independent
Socialist, Ledbour. A report of his
speecii reaching Washington through
Switzerland states that, contemplat
ing the prospects of a fourth winter
campaign, the Socialist leader said:
“You have not evidently, gentle
men, an exact conception of what
war means. We have had 1,500.000
lead. 3,000,000 or 4,000.00 wounded,
jf whom 500.000 are crippled for life
ind 2,000,000 absolutely invalided.
It makes it altogether 6.000,000 men
ost during three years.”
It is stated that official information
confirmatory of these figures have
jeen in possession of American of
’icials for some time.
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR TO
NAME “BEERLESS DAY"
Milwaukee, Oct. 30.—The Wiscon
sin Anti Saloon League today adopt
'd a resolution petitioning Governor
Philipp to call upon “all drinkers
hat they consume one less glass of i
>eer per day. and that one day each
veek be observed as ’beerless day.’ ”
The governor Is asked to nominate
is such “beerless day” Sunday, ort
vhich day the sale of all forms of
ntoxlcants is a misdemeanor by
itatute.
UNCLE SAM'S NEW GUN
Putting the finishing touches on one of the giant coast defense guns at Watertown arsenal. These guns
are capable of sending a shell over 20 miles.
NEW POSTAL RATES
ARE NOW EFFECTIVE
ALL LETTERS SENT OUT OF
TOWN MUST BEAR THREE
CENT POSTAGE—TWO CENTS
ON DROP LETTERS.
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Today should be as carefully re
membered by letter writers as the
coming of a new year. Just as many
letter writers will continue to date
their letters 1917 for a time after
1918 arrives, so will many writers
forget to put three cent stamps on
letters mailed to points outside the
city and two cent stamps on all
postcards, whether mailed to points
within or outside the city, beginning
November 2.
Letters mailed in Marianna to city
addresses must bear two cents post
age. These are known as drop let
ters. Letters mailed here for deliv
ery on the rural routes running out
of Marianna are not subject to in
creased postage. It has in the past
been necessary to put two cents on
them, and under the new ruling they
will still be handled for two cents.
All postal cards must bear two
cent postage in the future, whether
the card is mailed to local addresses
or to out-of-town destinations. The
stamp on the card is good for one
penny, and it will be necessary to
put another one-cent stamp on the
cards.
All mail not bearing sufficient post
age will be held here. The post
master will notify the writer if re
turn card is on the envelope. Other
wise he will notify the party to whom
letter is addressed. If sufficient
postage is not sent to carry the let
ter to the point of destination it
will be sent to the dead letter office.
Revenue stamps will not be neces
j iui paivci pwni pauivaKcs uuiil
December 1. Beginning with that
date all packages for which the
charge is 25 cents or more must
have a one cent revenue stamp at
tached for each 25 cents or fraction
thereof. No package will be trans
ported unless the stamp is attached.
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DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR
TO BE HEBE NEXT SUNDAY
Dr. John Hugh Reynolds, president
of Hendrix College, Conway, one of
the most distinguished educators in
the south, will be in Marianna on
Sunday for the purpose of talking to
the people here about the Y. M. C.
A. work in the army. Dr. Reynolds
will preach at the Methodist church
here at the morning hour. In the
afternoon at three o’clock he will
address a mass meeting of citizens
at the Elks Home. Every man, wo
man and child in Lee county who is
interested in the welfare of the sol
diers is urged to attend the meeting
at the Elks Home in the afternoon.
Dr. Reynolds is a most pleasing
speaker and he will without question
present the Y. M. C. A. work in a
highly instructive and most convinc
ing manner.
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WILL NEED EVERY MAN
WHO IS PHYSICALLY FIT
Topeka. Kan.. Oct.#30.—“We have ’
the greatest government the world |
has ever known, and we must defend
it, not with hot air and oratory, but
with the men who live under it and
the men who make it—defend it with
our very bodies,” said Major General
Leonard Wood, commander of Camp
Funston, in an address here today.
General Wood characterized the
conflict as a war of slaughter He
declared that it would last until the
drain on human life could no longer
be borne by the warring nations.
He said th» United States had hardly
entered the struggle and that there
would be another draft and another
and another until every able bodied
man in the country will he carrying
a gun.
A heavy wind, rain and hail storm
last week. The storm came up about
dusk and caught about 25 automo
biles in the road between Washing
ton and Hope. The automobile part
ies were returning from the Hope
fair and some of the spent the night
LEE COUNTY BOARD
SERVES WITHOUT PAY
BAXTER BOARD ALSO DONATEC
SERVICES—DRAFT EXPENSE If
‘ OTHER COUNTIES VARIES FROM
$500 TO $5,000.
Little Rock, Nov. 1.—Raxter anc
Lee counties conducted their registra
tion under the draft law and sen
nearly their full quota without a ceni
of expense to the government. Thif
announcement was made yesterday a
the adjutant general’s office. Expen
ses of other counties have variec
from $500 to $5,000.
Members of the Baxter Count;
j Registration and Local Exemptior
Board, who served without pay, are:
R S. Hurst, H. B. Aylor and J. T
Tipton. Members of the Lee Count)
Registration Board are: E. W. King
Arthur Cotter and O. L. Williamson
| The Lee County Exemption Board i<
I the same, except that J. E. Steven
j son succeeds E. W. King.
| The quota of Baxter county is 8'
i men and of Lee county 267.
While Messrs. King, Cotter, Will
iamson and Stevenson were the re
sponsible heads of the Lee Count)
Military Board, others who were con
stantly associated with them in th«
discharge of the arduous duties in
cident to conducting examinations
hearing exemptions, classifying the
drafted men and making up the
records were D. S. Plummer and C
E. Daggett. In addition to thesf
gentlemen a score or more of young
men here worked day and night witt
the board, assisting in making the
complicated records for the war de
partment. In no instance was any
claim made for compensation.
It is also stated by the military au
thorities in Little Rock that no set
oi ret'orus auuuiiiieu uy any uuum in
the state was as accurate and com
plete as were those sent from Lee
county.
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PRISON FARMS PRODUCTIVE
Little Rock, Oct. 31.—At the regu
lar monthly meeting of the state
penitentiary board today Governor
Brough recommended that the com
mission build silos on prison farms
at Cummins and Tucker.
The commission report to the gov
ernor concerning the crop on the two
farms showed that 500 bales of cot
ton had already been sold at 30 cents
per pound and that the crop this
year would be between 2,100 and
2,200 bales. The commissioners sold
their cottonseed at *32.50 per ton.
This year 3,600 acres have been
planted in food crops, which yielded
50,000 bushels of corn, 400 tons of
hay, 5,000 gallons of sorghum molas
ses and 18.000 three pound cans of
vegetables, all of which has been
stored. The commission also report
ed that the health of the convicts at
Cummins and Tucker has been un
usually good.
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BODY OF MAN FOUND
Helena. Oct. 31.—The body of a
white man, who had probably been
dead about 36 hours, was found on
the east bank of the government
levee, two miles south of Helena,
yesterday morning by a negress. His
clothes were torn to shreds. The
only marks of violence were a long
blue streak extending from the neck
downward about 12 inches, and a
wound on the bottom of the foot, in
dicating that the man probably was
killed by lightning. The only mark
of identification was a memorandum
book, with a Fort Smith advertise
ment on the back, in which was in
scribed Geo Moody. B 1898, July 7,
Home Meridian. Kan."
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When a carload of cotton which
was on a side track at Corning
caught fire last week, it was hauled
to the lake near town, and the cot
ton was dumped Into the water. The
cotton was badly damaged, but will
not be a total loss.
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One of the purchasers of Liberty
Bonds in St. Francis county was
Mrs. Nanck Ott, who celebrated her
eighty-seventh birthday by buying a
bond.
ADMINISTRATOR FOR
FUE IS APPOINTED
1 H. C. COUCH, PRESIDENT ARKAN
I SAS LIGHT AND POWER CO. IS
NAMED TO HANDLE ARKANSAS
SITUATION.
Little Rock, Nov. 1.—Governor
Brough was advised yesterday that,
- following his recommendation, H. C.
Couch of Arkadelphis has been ap
pointed fuel administrator for Ark
ansas by Dr. H. A. Garfield and will
begin at once on his new duties. Mr.
Couch is pre ident of the Arkansas
Light ot Power Company, the Pine
Bluff Light & Power Company and
several other public utilities coinpan
' | ies that handle a large amount of
i fuel.
Mr. Couch has not located head
quarters. He says that he will begin
at once to make sure that coal prices
fixed by the government are not ex
1 ceeded. He will also confer with the
, governor immediately upon the ques
tion of shortage of fuel in Little Rock
and other Arkansas cities and will
| make recommendations in a day or
two.
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COL. J. R. TAYLOR IS
i DEAD AT PARAGOULD
ONE OF STATE’S OLDEST AND
MOST BRILLIANT NEWSPAPER
MEN SUCCUMBS AFTER A LONG
ILLNESS.
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Paragould. Nov. 1.—Col. J. R. Tay
I lor, veteran newspaper man, died at
his home in this city last night after
I an illness extending over three years.
! He was born in Humphreys county.
lennessee, in 18&4, and received his
early education at Big Bottom. 14
miles from Wavert>. He learned the
newspaper business at Jackson,
Tenn., working on the Whig there, j
He also did repetorial work on the
Memphis Appeal tn his early man-]
hood. He came to Arkansas about:
35 years ago, working in a newspaper 1
office in Jonesboro a short time.'
Later he came to Paragould and has
since lived here. He practiced law
here with S. R. Simpson and W. W.
Bandy. He was editor of the Week
ly Sollphone for 20 years, establish
I ing a daily paper here in 1898, which
he conducted until six years ago,
when he sold the daily to Griffin
I Smith.
Declining in health, he later sold
the Weekly Soliphone to the Daily
{ Press, retaining an ihterest in the
latter paper. Mr. Taylor was one of
the best known editors in the state,
and for several years was prominent
in the politics of northeast Arkansas.
He is survived by hts wife and two
children. R. P. Taylor, a local attor
ney. and Miss Irene Taylor.
Funeral services were conducted
this afternoon, the Rev. T. Y. Ram
sey officiating. The pallbearers w'ere
S. R Simpson. W. W Bandy, Griffin
Smith. Rupert C. Wright. R W.
Meriwether and J. D. Block
HALLOWE’EN PARTY
] Misses Mary Belle and Ava Lee
Janies entertained on Wednesday ■
evening with a Hallowe'en lawn
I party. Quite a number of young
| people attended. The lawn was deco
rated with pumpkin lanterns and the
old witch met the guests and all the
i ghosts had a delightful time playing
games around a big log fire Miss
Helen Moore and Miss Rivers King !
won first prize and Miss Mary Belle
James consolation prize.
At 10:80 dainty refreshments were
served.
In model form an English inventor;!
has succeeded in operating a railroad ;
car that is raised above the track I
by repelling force of electricity and
drawn forward by magnets above it. ]
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Using an artificial eye featured by ]
selenium cells, a New York electric
ian is developing a typewriter which !
he expects to copy automatically any
reading matter placed in front of it. *
PINE BLUFF PLEASED
WITH APPROPRIATION
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COM
MENDS LEE COUNTY FOR MAK
ING APPROPRIATION TO INDUS
TRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
When the quorum court met in tkla
city on Wednesday of last week
Judge Plummer strongly recommend
ed th^ appropriation of $200 to tka
new industrial school for delinquent
boys to be established on a farm
near Pine Bluff. Judge Plummer e*
plained that Arkansas now has no
place for the proper correction of
the boys who go astray, that hereto
fore they have been placed wttk
hardened criminals and that instead
of reforming them, their incarceration
usually resulted in making them mora
determined to become lawbreakers.
The last legislature made a small
appropriation for the erection of an
industrial school to be located out
side of Pulaski county. Recently a
prominent citizen of Pine Bluff do
nated a fine piece of land for tka
iiiuubu mi tM'iiuui, ttiiu ine quoruBB
courts in tlie state were asked $•
make appropriations to a fund to bS
used in supplementing the state ap
propriation for the erection of tbb
buildings and for providing the nec
essary equipment.
Acting upon the recommendation of
Judge Plutner the Lee quorum couft
appropriated $200 for the school.
Copies of the daily bulletin Issued
by the Pine Bluff Chamber of Cooh
merce have been received here com
mending the I,ee quorum court fof
its progressive spirit. The comment
follows:
"We pull our hats off to Lea
county, the only one in the states
thus for heard from, for appropriating
$200 for the Boys Industrial School.
Pulaski was too poor to do anything,
or too busy asking the balance of
the state to help it.”
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FIREBUG MENACE
IS A REAL DANGER
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PEOPLE WHO POOH-POOH THC
WARNING MAY THEM8ELVIS
BE THE NEXT VICTIMS OF EM
EMY INCENDIARIES. ty
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Warning after warning has bees
sounded by the press of Arkansas
which is using the fire prevention
press service of the Southern Con
struction News against the more im
minent menace of incendiary firoa
now that the United States is a lead
ing figure in the greatest world war
ever experienced.
The latest startling news at this
writing concerns dynamite and fir*
plots in the heart of the oil fields at
Tulsa, Okla., Arkansas’ next door
neighbor, so to speak. The Industrial
Workers of the World are blamed by,
the authorities and charged with har
ing prematurely set off a plot, which
was to have precipitated on Nov. 1
a widespread program of dynamiting
and Incendiarism. The United Statoa
harbors at least some violent enemy
aliens who would not stop at mem
destruction of property or human 11th
to help the cause of the kaiser afid
spread that particular brand of Kul*
tur that bears the "Made in Ger
many” stamp.
“Is there anything unreasonable
therefore,” Inquires J. Smith Speed,
chairman of the fire prevention com
mittee of the State Council of De
fense. “in anticipating the activity of
war incendiaries who are probably
planning right now to destroy in Ark
ansas food or supplies that they may
consider of value to the allies, in
cluding our own soldiers.”
Don't get the idea that them
things may not happen in your town
—but only in the other fellow’s town.
And remember that a fire started by
a careless American by accident will
burn just as fiercely and destroy
lust as much property as one set by
a criminal alien by design.
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COLD WEATHER QUERIES
Are your flues safe?
Are your stoves a safe distance
’roni the woodwork?
Are there any flue holes covered
t»y wall paper In your house?
Do you fear gasoline?
Do you fill lamps at night ?
Do your youngsters play with
Hatches.
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MARIANNA COTTON
MARKET
Total receipts for this season
7.195 bales. Total receipts
past week 1.272. Total re
ceipts last season up to No
vember 2, 15,235. Total re
ceipts corresponding week last
year 2,233 \
Joe Clarkson, manager of the
Marianna Compress, estimates
that the total receipts from this
year's crop will not exceed
15.000 bales, against more than
30.000 last year Others esti
mate this year's receipts will
not exceed 14,000.
Prices yesterday ranged from
31 1-2 cents to 50 cents. Seed
sold yesterday at $80 a ton.
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