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Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-06-25
VOL HAMER
MADE ESCAPE
From Penitentiary April 10th
But Warden Does Not Be-
lleve He Was Shot BY
Negroes.

Vol Hamer, convicted in this
county Of attempted rape and
sentenced to ten years in the
penitentiary is now known to
have escaped April 20 from the
guards at the state farm. Ha-
mer was a "trusty" and accord
ing to Warden McCook left the
camp in company with two 9TH
er TRUSTEES between 3 and 4
o'clock one Sunday afternoon.
They went to bayou about one
and one-half miles from the
camp to hunt frogs, as they had
done many times before. but
they did not return. This was
the last seen of the men by camp
authorities, although W. r. Kir-
by Of Staples reported having
passed the trio on the road, while
motoring near Staples late in
the evening of the day they es-
capped. At that time, according
to Mr.. Kirby, the convicts were
about one and one-half miles
from the end of the farm, or
about four miles from the
camp"
A story had reached the wife
of Hamer who is living at Wei
don, that her husband had been
shot and killed by two negroes.
Jones & Campbelfy of this city
who defended Hamer in his trial
took the matter up with the gov
ernor. In a letter to Governor
F'utrell, Mr.. Jones stated that he
had been told by Mr.. L. C. Bax-
ter, citizen of Jackson county,
that he (Baxter) was about ~
miles from the state farm load
ing machinery on some railroad
cars when two negroes arrested
a white man. Mr.. Jones states
in the letter that Baxter says he
made inquiry as to the identity
|of the man and that he was told
it was man from Jackson coun-
ty charged with the same Of
Tense of which Hamer had been
convicted. That Baxter believes
from the description given him
of Hamer that the white man
was Hamer and that the negroes
shot him.
T. P. Murray of the penitenti-
airy board says:
"The allegation that Hamer
was killed by two negro guards
IS absolutely without foundation
ton. This is not possible.
There are no negro guards over
white men. The white and ne
gro convicts are more than one
and one-half miles apart and are
segregated at the farm. If Ha-
mer was killed, as alleged, it was
bv negroes outside the penlten-
tiarv who arrested him and kill
! ed him in doing so, for the $50
standing reward the state pays
for the arrest Of escaped con-
victs.
at is a pitiful case, and | hope
can be unraveled immediately"
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-06-25
THE UNKNOWN

ADMISSION 5 and 10 Cents.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-06-25
Nominate Murphy For Governor

Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 25. = Inc
state convention of the Progress
sive party Tuesday afternoon
nominated Col. George ". Muir
DIV for governor and he accept
ed. Colonel Murphy was Tor
wears a Democratic party lead
er and served two terms as Al
torney General.
over seventy-fve delegates
from over the state were pres
ent.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-06-25
FAITH IN FULL RE-
TURNS.

Brundidge, to a reporter
be Independent, stated over
elephone:: while | am dis
nted over the majority re-
d by Phillips county, I
not lost hope or confidence,
|eleve the full returns will
me the nomination. In my
against Governor Davis, l
I'd Phillips county by such a
majority over Davis, that
furally expected a larger
(rlty this year, than 3Os,
has just been returned.
Judge Hays upon the returns
implied by the newspapers
now has a lead of about 600
and this | expect to over
when the full vote is in"
ARP CUTS LEAD TO SAP.
lenff NIcCuistion Wednes-
AFTERNOON secured the COM
returns from Sharp coun-
'nlch gave Brundidge 12O
''ily ana thus further re-
5 the Hays lead to SAP.
ne complete vote in Sharp
ny was Brundidge 800, HAYS
IN BALLOTS IN PHIL
LIPS COUNTY.
iasef message from the
, ,alase headquarters at Lit
'ock states that after the
N Phillips county was can
% and a majority of only
reported ? for Brundidge, that
'ailots We're burned. That a
Ivy ol 1852 for Brundidge
Oeen polled in Phillips coun-
as tolerably well known in
= ana the burning of the
7 L true, will be credited
: people of the state as the
u Inc notorious machine
: county to make an inves-
wi and recount impossible.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-06-25
." LEAD OF 662
o..r Brundidge With
- County Vote Re-
T., Final Count
Nav Be Necessary

to Independent
] Rock, June 25.-2 p M
limo delayed returns
phillips county were e: re-
today, giving Brundldge
brity Of 3os, much below
bnerally expected, for a
bn6rmed report had been
,sly given out that the
ANS majority was 1852.
undidge had received a
majority in that county
Senator Davis and it
bought that ne could rely
practically the same mar
1.-THE last race.
returns from a number
|th Arkansas counties in
h the Hays lead that had
winding for two days and
linden jurist now has a
|ty Of 662 with Phillips
reported, sst''
tp, Newton and Madison
es have not reported and
are missing precincts in
of the other counties.
is relied upon to give
idge a good majority but
Ter two are not so certain.
Brundidge forces are nat
depressed over the failure
ire a larger majority in
), but are still claiming
mination of Mr.. Brun-
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10

must build up trade, especially for
eign trade. We need the outlet and
the enlarged field of energy more
than we ever did before. We must
build UP industry as well and must
adopt freedom in the place of arti-
fetal stimulation only so far as it will
build, not pull down. In dealing with
the tariff the method by which this
may be done will be matter of judg-
ment, exercised item by item.
To some not accustomed to the ex-
elements and responsibilities of
greater freedom our methods may in
some respects and at some points
seem heroic, but remedies may be
heroic and yet be remedies 1t is our
business to make sure that they are
genuine remedies. Our object is clear
1t our motive Is above just challenge
and only an occasional error OF iudg-
ment Is chargeable against us, we
shall be fortunate.
We are called upon to render the
country a great service in more mat
tiers than one. Our responsibility
should be met and our methods should
be thorough, as thorough as moderate
and we'll considered, based upon the
facts as they are, and not worked out
as II we were beginners. We are to
deal with the facts Of our own day,
with the facts of no other, and to
make laws which square with those
facts. It is best, indeed 1t 10 neces-
sary, to begin with the tariff. l will
urge nothing upon you now at the
opening of your session which can OBJ
scure that first object or divert our
energies from that clearly defined
duty. At later time may take the
liberty Of calling your attention to re-
forms which should press close upon
the heels of the tariff changes, If not
accompany them, Of which the chief
Is the reform Of our banking and cur.
rency laws; but just now I refrain.
For the present, put these matters
on one side and think only Of this one
thing-of the changes in our fiscal
system which may best serve to open
once more the free channels of pros
perity to a great people whom we
would serve to the utmost and
throughout both rank and f1le
WOODROW WILSON.
The White House, April 8, 1913.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
FAMILY NAMES OF ROYALTY
Royal Personaees Descended Mostly
From Counts, Existing Long Be-
fore Surnames Came Into Use.

The royal families of Europe have
mostly (unlike the English houses of
Stuart and Tudor, which were the re-
spective surnames of the first king of
each house before he asoended the
throne) they are descended in the
male line from some territorial
counts existing long previous to the
period in which the somewhat mod
King George v derives in the male
line from the ancients counts Of Wet
tin (hourishing in the tenth century,.
afterwards electors of Saxony. dukes
of SAKE Coburg, Gotha. etc. His an.
cestors In the male line were of the
house of Este, one Of whom, Azo OF
Este, married early in the tenth CEN
fury the daughter and heiress of
Guelph, duke of Bavaria, from which
match sprang in the male line the
dukes Of Brunswick Lunenburg, after.
wards electors of Hanover, and kings
Of Great Britain. The members of
the royal family are described by
their princely titles in proceedings
in the house Of lords, and no allusion
is made to any surname-for in
stance, they sign the test roll merely
and we know nothing of any surname
which appertained by right or by
usage, to her late majesty, Queen Vic
toria, or to his majesty King
George v.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
"soft" Job for Constable.

Pension are not the only things com.
manded and forgotten. An inquisitive
member of the British house Of COM
mons was struck one day by the pres.
ence Of a policeman in one of the lob
bies He wondered why this particu-
lar lobby should always have a guar
dian strolling up and down, and made
inquiries. The records of the house
were searched and it was found that
so years previously, when the lobby
was being decorated, policeman had
been stationed there to keep members
from soiling their clothes. The order
never having been countermanded, the
constable had kept his beat for half
a century.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Bermuda Fish,

At the market during a recent week
many handsome fish were to be seen,
several of them taken by American
tourists, and afterward presented to
the fisherman who took them out"
Large amber-jacks and bonitoes, splen-
did game fish and clubs, as plucky
and Eighty" fish as ever took bait,
were we'll represented.
Among the others seen on the mar
ket hooks and elsewhere were blue
fish, yellowtails, red snappers, gray
snappers, butterf1sh, gags, hamlets,
hines" salmon and black rockf1sh,
porgies and red rockfish. "Nigger
fish," the long ago despised f1nny
midget, has been metamorphosed to
the now much sought after choicest
Of the choice" of sea delicacies, the
butter fish. '-Bermuda Colonists.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
THE -HOOKW0RM CAMPAIGN
Makes Much Progression Three
Months Ending March 81, 25,472
Persons Were Treated.

Raleigh.-The quarterly report for
the state campaign against hookworm
diseases shows that for the three
months ending March 81, state and
county dispensaries for the free exam
ination and free treatment of hook
worm disease were conducted in u
counties; that 35,472 persons were
microscopically examined for hook
worm disease; and that 1924 persons
received free treatment for the disease.
Counting the work previously reported
there have been examined to date, in
the state 216,616 persons, and 1885
persons treated. Work was conducted
during the past three months in the
following counties: Pam1ico, Tyrrell,
Washington, Union, Montgomery,
Hoke, Moore. Henderson, Camden and
Currituck
Sixty-five counties have now had
the dispensary work, and six addition
al counties have provided for it, max
ing total of II counties. Five coun-
ties have provided for a second round
OF dispensary work. Campaigns are
now opening in Beaufort (second
round), Mecklenburg, Perquimans and
Forsyth counties.
DR.. H. L. Sloan, native of Samp-
son County, an A. B. graduate of the
University of North Carolina and a
medical graduate of the University of
Pennsylvania, has entered the services
of the State Board of Health as as
sistant directors of the hookworm
campaign to succeed DR.. c. F. Strosni-
der, resigned.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Income Tax Amendment Bill.

Washington.-Qncome taxi includ-
cd in the Democratic tariff revision bill
introduced in congress, is an income
tax section which would require every
resident of the United States who
earns more than $4,000 a year to pay
a tax of one per cent on his earnings
in excess of the exemption. This
would not require the man who earns
$4,000 to pay a tax but it would de-
mand that the individual who earned
$4,10O for example, pay into the gov
eminent treasury an annual tax Of
per cent on 500 or 81.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
CONGRESS OPENS
EXTRA SESSION
DEMOCRATS IN COMPLETE CON.
TRoL OF THE GOVERNMENT
MACHINERY.
MUCH WORK WILL BE DONE
Senate Debated For Nearly an Hour
on Propriety Of President Wilson's
Visit to Capital to Deliver Message
BY Word of Mouth.

Observation-Disclosures, opening in
extraordinary session under Demo-
cratic domination, was enlivened by
the activities of a healthy youth, the
Progressive organization in the
House, and the invasion of petition
bearing suffragettes. But even these
novelties were overshadowed by prep
arations for the event when President
Wilson will deliver his tariff message
by word of mouth to the Nations law
makers.
Victor Murdoch, leader of the new
Progressive party in the lower branch,
aided by his small band of followers,
attracted unusual interest and at the
very outset stirred up fight over the
seating of Representative H. Olin
Young of Michigan.
The heralding of the coming of the
President of the United States, how
ever, was the principal subject of Of
fetal and unofficial discussion. The
Senate hesitated when a resolution,
adopted previously by the House pro-
viding for a joint session to listen to
TTGS1u0uL w llSOu, was pI0S0utSu AOl
it's consideration. It was a stunning
proposal. Not in the life time of any
veteran statesman present had such a
thing even been considered. History:
they supposed, had closed on that
custom a century or more ago. First
an effort was made to have the resolu-
ton lie over under the rule but Vice
President Marshall ruled it was res
olution of the highest privilege.
Before it was adopted Senator Will
liams of Mississippi, deprecated the
Presidents decision to enter the halls
of Congress and speak his mind to
'the peoples representatives. He
expressed the hope that such an event
never would occur again in the Ad-
ministration. He doubted the wisdom
of the move, averring that it could
not aid in bringing about the legisla-
ton for which the people were clam
oring.
In the House the resolution was
adopted without debate as soon as
Majority Leader Underwood introduce
ed it. There, plans for the Presidents
welcome took on gala aspect.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Members of Parliament Sentenced

Budapest.-Severa1 members of the
lower house of the Hungarian parlia.
ment were sentenced to terms of i'm.
prisonment and fines for causing dis.
turbances during the session. Deputy
Zacharias was condemned to 80 days
in Jail and 500 fine for bombarding
the premier and the minister of agri
culture with ink stands during riot
in the house some months ago. Depu
ties Hoffman and Beck were sen.
fenced to IA days in jail and a fine OF
$50 each for a similar offenss. Four
other deputies were acquitted.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Governor Issues Commission.

Governor Craig issued a commits
sion to Lieut.. Gov. E. l.. Daughtridge
as a member on the part Of North
Carolina of the American commission
for the investigation of the co-opera-
tive system of agricultural produc-
ton and distribution In European
countries, the rural credits system
of Europe. Mr.. Daughtridge will sail
with the other members of the Amerf
can commission. The governor COM
missioned John Sprunt Hill of Durham
az, member of this commission. Both
will bear their own expenses.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10

oporto is the only city in Portugal
mat can boast of having a feminine
ueaith inspector, woman having
oeen appointed by the government to
q suD1nspectorship in the department
u public health. Another striking ap-
polntment by the government comes
with the selection of a well-known
woman scholar to a professorship in
otolnary at the Universities Of COIN
uta and Lisbon. The lady professor
~. question has been appointed to I'LL
'Ns chair in Gsrmanic philosophy.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
.,ohH C.. stanard Convicted.

The state department of insurance
has procured the conviction of John
c. Stanard for soliciting business for
the Empire Security Co., of Birming-
ham and Richmond without North
Carolina license and after the com
missioner of insurance in this state
had refused to license the company.
He was arrested and convicted at
High Point, sentence of six months in
Jail being imposed.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Small pamaoe Done By Frost.

Reports received by The Carolina
Fruit & Truckers Journal of Whining
ton from large number of truck
shipping points in this section of the
state indicate that the frost and the
cold wave several days ago did not
do more than five Fer cent damage
at any point to STRAWBERRIES. AS a
mater of fact the damage was so slight
as to practically amount to nothing.
A few beans were nipped, and such
other vegetables as were up were
hurt more or less, but upon the whole
the damage was insignificant
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Eiohteen Men Crowned.

Bay City, Ore.-Eighteen men were
drowned by the capsizing of the Ger
man bark Mimi, which had just been
hauled off the beach at North Spit,
Nehalem bay, where she had been
since February 14th, when she went
ashore.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Road Building in Lenoir

The road-building campaign In Le-
noir county will be started about
April goth, and in twelve months this
county promises to have the best sys-
tenn Of sand-clay highways in the
east. About 1875 miles of the nearly
800 miles of roadways in Lenoir will
be improved during the first year, at
a cost of about $4,000. The $37,25O
recently realized from the sales of
the county's holdings in the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroad to e. C..
Duncan will be utilized for this pur.
pose.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Son of Speaker Clark Appointed.

Washington, D. C.-Bennett Clark,
son of Speaker Clark, has been ap-
pointed parliamentary clerk Of the
house, to succeed Charles R. Crisp,
of Georgia, who is now a representa-
tive. Clark is % years old, a gradu-
ate of the University of Missouri, and
the youngest man ever to serve as
clerk at the speakers table.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Many Corporations Need Not Pay

Many Corporations Need Not Fay.
Washington, D. C.-Hundreds of cor
porations will be relieved from paying
the federal corporation tax by a de-
cision of the supreme court to the eff
feet that corporations leasing all their
property and having no income except
tht yielded by the lease are not "do-
ing business" and therefore are not
subject to the tax.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Keeping Mind In Condition.

No mind is first class that Is not
continually reading books and con-
versing with men that require an eff
fort to be understood. The novel.
soaked intellect, gormandizing upon
easy reading. grows habby.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Merchants and Vice. Commission.

Chicago, Ill.-Thirty-e Of Chi
ago's biggest retail merchants met in
executive session here with members
of the Illinois senate vice commission.
Lietu.-Gov. O'Hara said that as re-
suit of the conference he hoped the
merchants would be able to voluntar-
lily announce standard minimum
wage for female employees.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
STOPPED Sale of Lawn Seed.

The state department OF agricul-
ture sent an inspector to the Five and
Ten Cent Store at Raleigh to stop the
sale of STANDARD Lawn Seed" On
sale. Not only had the seed company
not paid it's annual license tax for
the sale of seeds in the state, but the
quality of the seed, according to the
department botanist, Miss I. O. Till
man, is very much below the stand
ard fixed by the North Carolina pure
seed law.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Durham To Coast Railroad Project.

OUTHdNI Q OOdSI neIITOdu FIOJSSIs
Traversing the state, entering at a
point north of Durham and using the
Norfolk and Western branch line be-
tween Lynchburg and Durham, it IS
expected that within the coming eigh-
teen months North Carolina will see
the greatest activity in railroad build
ing in many years, when that COM
pany will build from Durham through
to a coast terminal, probably at Cape
Lookout or Swansboro, though IT
Is thought from the direction that
the company is purchasing right OF
way that the road will probably ter
inmate at Swansboro.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
CHARGED With Box Car Breaking.

Charged with breaking into a boy
car Of the Southern Railway at Spen-
Ger Easter Monday night. John NJ
Freeman was given hearing before
Justice C. E. Fesperman and w. L..
Ray of Spencer. He was bound over
to court, and In default of bond was
held by Sheriff Mckenzie. Four bar
rels Of whiskey taken from the car
were recovered near the home of
Freeman. John Kerns, colored, in
whose barn two of the barrels were
found, was bound over on a charge
IF concealing the goods.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
OF the "Racchae" Of EurlpIdes.

OF the "Bacchde OF EuT1P1ueT,
A thing never to be done again,
scarcely to be understood. recognized
as the last witness to beauty OF
which the secret was lost and the an
Gent mold broken.-Gubert Murray.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
COLONEL HoRNE.s GIFT TO THE
CONFEDERATE WOMEN OF
NORTH CAROLINA.
TO COST MORE THAN $4,000
The Committee and the Donor Agree
on Design Which Is Something New
X
in Art.-is the Work of a Great
Artist.

Raleigh.-The design for the monu-
ment to the Confederate women, CIV
en- by Colonel Ashley Horne, at a
cost of more than $4,000 has been
accepted.
This was done recently when the
monument committee met with Cole
mel Horne, the designer. j. A story of
this meeting was written that night
but an accident befell it in the tube
transit.
The design is known as the one
third size and is the work of Augustus
Lukeman, the famous New York
sculptor. It represents a woman of
the Confederacy, whom Colonel Horne
regards the bravest of all who were
touched by war, sitting with a book
In. her lap and reading to her grand
son the heroic story of that tragic
four years. Its story will be com
plete. as reliefs will show the sol
diers leaving for battle and their
return in starved condition, garments
torn, government gone and hope al
most dead
1t is to be the work of a great ar
fist. Mr.. Lukeman is one of the most
noted of sculptors. And the story of
the heroism of Confederate women
appeals greatly to his artistic mind.
He will write in stone the inspiration
that the children will find in the re-
telling of the history of Confederate
days.
Colonel Horne's personal gift is the
first monument to the women of the
Confederacy. If everything goes we'll
it will be placed on the capital lawn
within another year. 1t will be stu
ated near the main entrance Of the
new state house, and Will adorn the
southwest section of the square. On
the committee attending the meeting
here were Maj. H. A. London, Pitts
boro, Senator J. A. Long, of Roxboro,
chairman of the committee; Col. J
Bryan Grimes and r. D. w. Connor,
of Raleigh. Mrs. F. M. Williams, OF
Newton, president of the u. D. c., OF
North Carolina, is on the committee
but could not be here.