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BATESVILLE DAILY GUARD. VO' IX. MANY KILLED BY STORM IN HOT SPRINGS SECTION Thirteen Bodies of Victims Brought to Vapor City—More Than Fifty Reported Injured and Com munication Cut Off. Special to the Daily Guard. Little Rock, Nov. 26.—Trains reach iDg this city and meagre wire reports indicate the worst storm in the history of that section visited points near Hot Springs Thursday evening. At this time wire communication to Hot Springs is unsatisfactory, and the full details of the storm damage t»nn<> the ascertained. Reports received state the bodies of thirteen victims of the storm's fan- have arrived at Hot SSprings, tnd the number of injured is said to >e large, perhaps more than fifty. The city of Hot Springs suffered no hmage or fatalities, the havoc of the rind spending its force south of that city. Figures are unavailing, but the (ro p, rty loss in the wake of the wind r reported to be heavy. The only names of the victims re lorted killed are members of the Tan »r and Crowden families. The storm began to gather about 3 Mock in the afternoon, and by 6 Mock the vicinity of Hot Springs r*s the scene of one of i he worst [ties known to that section. The extent of the storm damage Bay not be known for several days, is communication to interior points i eut off. and wires arc in a deplova >lr condition between Little Rock and lot Springs. While the force of the wind was trong at Little Rock, no damage to paperty or loss of life is reported in his vicinity. South of Hot Springs is a sparsely titled country, but it is known that nuch damage has resulted to timber ind lines of communication. A conference of health officers of he state was held in Little Rock this reek. An effort is being made to cor elate the work of the various state. SILKS AND LACES For Your FALL DRESS at EDWARDS county and municipal authorities, so 1 that a maximum of good may lie ac- ' complished with the resources at hand, i One of the features of the meeting i was the illustrated lecture given by Alexander Johnson, who is conducting a campaign throughout the state on "The Menace of the Feeble Minded,” I under the auspices of the Arkansas Commission for the Feeble Minded, i Forty-five cars of cattle have been shipped from Marion county this fall, i Report on City Water. Since the last notice, the water' mains and stand pipe have been emptied and cleaned and the city i water examined again. It was found ! to be free from contaminating organ isms and sewage. So now it need not be boiled before use. M. S. Craig. City Health Officer, i EARL BEST GETS PREMIUM Fourteen Year Old Lad of Dota Town- ship Is Winner of Prize in School of Farm Instruction. Earl Best, aged I I. who resides in Dota township. Independence county, attended the school of instruction given for the benefit of members of the corn and canning clubs through out the state in Little Rock this week, was one of the prize winners. Young Best raised 117 bushels of. corn on one acre in the last season, his fourth in the corn club work. It was his best year. Here's the labor that 117 bushels of corn meant: Two plowings, eight inches deep. 11 harrowings, one drag ging and the hauling of twenty tons of manure. Earl was one of the most enthusias tic young farmers who attended the convention of boys’ and girls' corn ind canning club membership nt Lit tle Rock, and a splendid photograph of the boy. along with the seven other prize winners, appeared on the front page of the Gazette Thursday. — Alex Tates, negro, was shot and killed by another negro, n bartender., in Little Hock Wednesday during a joking argument over a glass of gin. It is said the bartender playfully in troduced a pistol into the argument,' the weapon accidentally being dis charged. BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1915. ; STATEMENT OF CONDITION ; of ► FOR CLOSE OF BUSINESS NOVEMBER 13. 1915. E RESOURCES. k LOANS AND DISCOUNTS $218,964 86 t OVERDRAFTS . 70 47 ► SCRIP AND WARRANTS 10,892 40 ► FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 5,719 07 ► CASH AND EXCHANGE 94,843 22 » TOTAL $330,490 02 » » » LIABILITIES. > ► , CAPITAL STOCK FULLY PAID $ 50,000 00 J SURPLUS AND PROFITS (ALL EARNED) 20,027 30 J BILLS PAYABLE AND REDISCOUNTS None » DEPOSITS 260.462 72 > t TOTAL $330,490 02 Y | The above statement is correct. ► Attest: C. D- METCALF, Cashier. » J. C. Hail. k C. C. Fitzhugh. r M. C. Weaver. I Directors. ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦***********' DECISIONS ARE REVERSED ‘Smoky" Dunn and Hom> r Heard \^ay Have New Trials for Conspiracy to Rob. “Smoky" Dunn, formerly a con ductor on the White River railroad, and well known in Batesville, and Homer Heard of Little Rock, k-i tenced to five years each in the fed eral prison at Atlanta for allege*; conspiracy to rob an express car, have won their appeals to the United States circuit court of appeal- 1 , ana may be retried. Attorneys for Dunn and H"ard in Little Rock have received notices stat ing the eases have been remanded a.u. that.no costs were assessed again" the defendants. Retrials in the 1 'n ited Slates court at Little Rock now rests will the government. Heard’s father is a well known pol itician and attorney of Little Pcik- Dunn and Heard were convicted for conspiring with William Ahring, an express messenger, to rob an express car on a Rock Island tram in May -1914. Dunn and Heard were con victed. Each was sentenced to the Atlanta prison. Both appealed. Heard furnished an appeal bond and was re leased. Dunn was unable to furnish the bond and was taken to Atlanta last November. The federal court also granted an appeal to Ed Spear of Hot Springs, convicted of using the federal mails to defraud in connection with cash ing checks given by victims of gamb ling crooks at Hot Springs. Spear is well known as a politician and former gambling house proprietor of Hot Springs, and it is claimed made quite a fortune acting as a go between for crooks who victimised men of means visiting the Vapor City. RUSSIA PREFARES FOR MOVE. BerMa War OMee Claim Man Than Seventeen TUonanml SerHana Rave Been Captwred. Copenhagen, Nov. 25 — A telegram from Bertin says that great consign ments of heavy Japanese guns are ar riving daily at Odessa, on the Black sea coast of Russia. It is inferred co operation of Russian forces in the Bal kan campaign is to begin shortly. Bertin, Nov. 25.—Large numbers of Serbians were captured by the Aus tro-German forces at Mitrovitza and Pristina. The war office announeee the capture of 10,000 Serbians at Ml travitea and 7.400 at PristtM. AanaaneaMent to aade the Bnsafaa town es Birs—anda to to the hands ERECT NEW CHURCH HOUSE Plans Now Matured By St. Paul’s, Episcopal Church Congregation to Begin Handsome Edifice. (In the night of November 23rd supper was held for the men of St. ’ Paul’s narish at the home of Mr. and i Mrs. V. V. Bates on Boswell street, I where the ladies of the church serv- । ing on the various committees had prepared and made ready a feast to which every man did ample justice. It had been planned to have the Bishop of the Diocese present at this meeting, but at the last moment a telegram cnme from him announcing his inabil ity to come to Batesville, owing to the death of one of his clergy at Mena, After supper the men adjourned to the living rooms, when the real busi ness of the evening, the question of erecting a new Episcopal church in Batesville, was presented by the rec tor. after which a general discussion was entered into by every man pres ent. So great was the enthusiasm and encouragement from the various speeches made, that upon motion a building and finance committee of five was appointed to begin work immedi ately on the raising of funds and ob taining of plans and specifications. The following are the members of this committee: The Rev. M. W. Lockhart, rector, Mr. J. C. Fitzhugh, senior warden; and Vestrymen D. D. Adairs, J. W. Ferrill and J. E. Rosebrough. After passing a standing resolution of thanks to the host and hostess of the evening, and the ladies who had prepared and served the excellent sup per, the meeting adjourned subject to a call for a general parish meeting, when the plans of the building and finance committee should take more definite shape. This committee re mained for a few minutes for the pur pose of organizing and electing of ficers, and held a subsequent meeting the following day to adopt a form of pledge which was then taken around and signed by various members of the organisation, about 75 per cent of the sum necessary being raised, assuring the committee of the success of their undertaking. It is the hope and desire of every member of the congregation that the entire sum will be promised so that the new church can be consecrated to God’s service immediately upon its completion. Blank pledges can be secured from any member of the building and finance committee, and if any one to ready and deeiroes of help ing the good week dtoy ask yea Mt to wait until called upon before sig jnoop i^iteatie^i, aa we are all anxieua to ted eat exactly where we stand and what remains to be done. The actual work of removing the old buildings now standing upon the prop erty will begin just as soon as plans for the nwe church are accepted and bids are made, which, it is presumed, will be not later than March 1, 1916, the church to be completed as soon as possible. Every member of the con gregation spent a happy Thanksgiv ing in contemplation of the early realization of the long talked of erec tion to the glory and service of God. of a new Saint Paul’s Episcopal church in the city of Batesville. Member of Committee. Munitions of war are not the only commodity that is being supplied the warring nations of Europe. Those at the front ai well as the non-combat ants must eat, and the bulk of the foodstuffs must come from America. This has just been emphasized in Lit tle Hock, where D. C. Lunceford of Little Rock has closed a deal for the sale of 30,000 barrels of Arkansas flour, for export to France. It will lie shipped byway of New Orleans and will require 200 car loads to move it. It is one of the largest deals in food stuffs for Europe that has been made in this territory. HEAVY WIND DOES DAMAGE Electric Light Plant Out of Com mis- ' 1 sion for Night and One Resi dence Slightly Damaged. The heaviest wind in many years to | visit Batesville reigned for almost an | hour last evening, accompanied by | rain and considerable hail. A portion of the roof at the electric light and water plant was torn away, the rain finding its way into th ■ building and doing some damage t the machinery. As a result the light ing service was discontinued through the night, but this morning the cur- I rent was resumed. I The chimney at the residence of i Mr. .1. L. W. Grover was partially • blown down, but aside from tUis th' I home sustained no serious damage. No serious damage has been re j ported in the adjoining communities 'though the wind and hail and rain I i were heavy. I Every stock raiser in the state will I be benefited by attending the annua’ meeting of the Arkansas Stock Grow i ers’ Association, which is to lie held in Little Rock January 11 13. There i will be a series of addresses by the . I best authorities on live stock in the i United States, covering al! phases of . a subject that is liecoming one of the i most important in Arkansas. GET READY FOR CHRISTMAS We have Fancy Work, all kinds of Embroidery, and Cro chet Thread. Also many beau tiful and useful articles that will make nice gifts— Fancy Hand Bags, Umbrellas, Gloves, Silk Hosiery and Handkerchiefs. • It Win Be a neanre to Show Yrl Weaver Dowdy Co. “Th. Home TUt WM Teach Yow Delian la Have Moro Ceate* NUMBER 298. NAN KILLED AT POUGHKEEPSIE Constable Luther Norris Says Victim, Will Abe. Was Menacing Him With Knife. In a difficulty on the streets of Poughkeepsie on the 24th, growing out of a lawsuit, Constable Luke Nor ris shot and killed W. T. Abe, a far mer. Two bullets entered Abe’s head and a third pierced his abdomen. He died instantly. The constable claims Abe was crowding him with a knife and that he shot to save himself. The killing took place at 3 o'clock in the after noon. Abe had signed a note, it is said, and the matter had gone into the court. Constable Norris had been en trusted with execeution of the papers. The slain man leaves a wife and | four daughters. — i GREAT OFFERING AT GEM. On account of the storm, disabling ! the power plant last evening, the i Gem will give the program that ! should have been shown last night, in ! addition to the regular program for | tonight without any extra charge. Owing to the long program the show i will start promptly at 7:30, running i one show only. "A Natrual Man” will be the first picture to run, "Gold Dust and the j Squaw” will be second, then a eomdey. "Neal of the Navy” will run in i fifth and sixth place. The show will i be concluded with two farce comedies. I ('an you afford to miss this great of fering for the small sum of 5 and 10 I cents. Think it over. T. J. Kissire of Morrilton shot and killed his daughter in his home Wed nesday when he fired at Eugene F. Rhoden, county judge, the husband of Mr. Kissire’s daughter. Kissire then 1 shot Rhoden in the arm and the in ■ jured man is confined in a hospital at ’ Little Rock. - Judge and Mrs. Rhoden ; had been estranged for several days, I : and it is said he went to the home of ’ his father to perfect a reconciliation with his wife and upon arrival at the I residence was fired upon by the irate ■ I father, and that he knocked the gun ’ aside in time to save his life. It is ■ claimed the wife of Rhoden jumped f between the two men just as the shot s was fired from a shotgun, and her head was blown from her body.