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Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
CANNON CASE is SETTLED
IN THE SEWER COURT

De Queen, April l7,-The Baxter
Cannon will case involving $4,000
which has been In litigation Riac,
January, 1924, was settled ! Q by
contestants and executors Thu. sday
under which agreement the beaefic
aries under the will will receive a.
set forth, except that charities bene.
ficiaries have agreed to reduce then
bequests approximately $4,000 From
.he amount set forth in the will.
Cannon died in California in Dec
1928, a bachelor, and left his star,
divided as follows: $21 900 TO variou.
relatives, $4,000 TO the up1eep 10 tho
graveyard at Union church, Lookes.
burg; $4,000 to Union church Lock.
esburg; $25,000 to Arkansas Child.
ren's society; $4,000 to Henderson.
Brown college; $4,000 to Arkansas
College; $4,000 to Arkansas state
missions, Missionary Baptist church
$4,000 to foreign mission board of
aid church; $4,000 to Baptist or
phans home, Monticello: and the re-
mainder of his estate TO his living
brothers and sisters.
Shortly after filing of The wili in
California for probate, executors of
the estate filed objection, citing that
will should be probated in Arkansas,
claiming that Cannon was citi-
zen of this state. The heirs objected
to probating the will in Arkansas and
lsked chat il be probated in Cali
fornia which has law limiting be
quests to charity of one-third of net
listributiable assets 10 the state
When the case came to trial in Los
Angles on Nov. IA, 1924. a com
promise was made by The charity ben
aficiaries reducing their gifts $40,-
900.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
HORATIO STARTS
SHIPPING BERRIES

Up to Tuesday evening s cars cf
trawberries had been shipped from
Horatio. A car carries an average IF
800 pint crates, "a pints to the crat.,
making 1000 crates shipped up 10
Tuesday night.
The crippled condition of the rail
roads has handicapped the shippers,
greatly, and shipments have been de-
layed. But trains are now getting
back to schedule time, all tracks ha,-
ing been repaired, and if no :urthcr
washouts occur, by Thursday night,
the agent says, trains will be running
on regular schedule time.
No. 4 has been turning back at
Spiro, while No. 2 has been turning
back at De Queen. All X. C. S.
trains north of Spiro has been de-
toured by Ft. Smith over the Frisco,
and for the past week trains have
been running from one hour to <
hours late.
Both gravel pits were put to work
here Sunday morning loading gravel
TO be shipped to the wash-outs on the
X. c. S.
On account of the rainy weather,
very little picking and packing Of
berries have been done during the
past week. The berries, It was sai1
at the depot this morning, are bring
ing about $3.50 per crate.
There is time yet for berries, bus
we cannot say what they will be
worth. Last year up to Thursday
April 30, only 1920 24-pint crates
had been shipped, mostly by express,
The first full car of berries rolled
from here on Friday, April 30, 1926.
The first ear was loaded from here,
this season, Tuesday, April IL, ana
since that date fou~ more cars have
been loaded and shipped, three Of
which were shipped Monday and
Tuesday. On April 20, last year, Ho-
ratio berries were quoted at s3.50
per crate.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
FULTON FERRY
HALTED BY RED
RIVERS Rise
Garland City Ferry to Operate Until
New Stage Reached.

Texarkana, April 19.-Conditionl
along Red River are being closely
watched following reports of weather
bureau of Shreveport of a possible
stage Of "a feet at Fulton, which
however, officials Of the Miller evcc
District state would give them little
concern as their levees hre construc
ted to withstand much higher stage
than "a feet.
Officially reported Monday morning
the gauge stood at 80 feet Mt Fulton
and was over the highway outside the
levee, thereby making it necessary TO
discontinue ferriage Mt that point.
At virtually all points along The
river Monday morning The water was
at varying heights on the levee en-
bankment but with nine feet o. more
of the embankment above water.
Bridge conditions were reported as
satisfactory as can be expected ut
Index, where the river gauge showed
height of 27.5 a rise of 1.8.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
THOUSANDS ARE
HOMELESS, Loss
IS IN MILLIONS
Mississippi, Tributaries Spreading
Sulforin. and Destruction

Texar&ana, April 19.-Rich fam
lands along the Mississippi and its
tributaries and in many cases dwell.
ings and farm buildings continue to
yield today to the mighty sweep Of
The flooded streams.
! lnundation of land within a 25-
mile radius of Pine Bluff, Ark, alone
was estimated at around 100000
acres and along the 12000-.nile
stretch of the Mississippi between
Carlo, ILL.,, and New Orleans, as well
as its almost countless miles Of flood
cd tributaries, it appeared that the
acreage flooded might he estimated
In millions.
The Red Cross ut st. Louis esti-
mated that at least $4,000 persons
have been driven from 5heif homes.
but The estimate was regarded n
conservative when compared with
many press reports.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
Robinson Given Freedom Pending
Decision, with Bond Fixed
at $500.

Hope, Ark, April 19,-Counsel for
Oscar G. Robinson sentenced Sun
lay to serve five years on manslaugh-
ter, for Staying last November Of
Deputy Marshall win Golf, Monday
filed a motion for n new trial be-
fore judge j. II. McCoum in Hemp
stead county circuit court near here.
Robinson was permitted liberty un-
der bond of $500 pending decision
in the appeal. .ss-.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
Chronology of a College Diploma

lst Year-Prominently hung Ia The
library, over the bic table.
2nd Year-Shifted 20 a hall when
owner discovers he cannot deciphcT a
word.
3rd Year--Upstair 10 bedroom, ov
er dressl.
4th Year-0usted by new girls
picture. Hung behind door.
9th Year-Relegated to spare room
third floor.
9th Year-Quietly removed 10 the
attic by wife.
7th Year-Mahogany frame ruth
lessly removed, for other uses.
9Th Year-Falls behind old trdnE
unmourned.
9th Year-Curls up and oics OF
humiliation.
Stanley Jones.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Memphis, April 2O.-persistent
pressure of the Mississippi, floods
broke through two more levcos today
and all floods was seen in the wealth
er bureau forecast for rain or show
ers generally In the states affected.
Near North Little Rock, 4 break
in the Arkansas river flooded the
town Of Levy and let loose flood
Of water sweeping down on North
Little Rock.
At Claredon, another Arkansas
town, the White River leyee gave
way suddenly and reports were that
numbers of persons had been caught
In their homes.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
Youth Sentenced

Jack Huckabee, Is, was sentenced
to serve one year in Arkansas state
reformatory Monday on charges Of
ossession of still, and his brotho, Il,
Jick 81, charged jointly with him,
was given one year in the peniten-
tiary.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
Strengthen Leyecs

From Hickman southward, govern
ment engineers were working every
lvailable laborer in their drive TO
bring the huge embankmcnCs to 2
stronger state of defense.
Meanwhile, eastern Arkansas lay
under the swirling overflow waters of
the Arkansas, the White. the Little
Red, the st. Francis, and of smaller
streams which have climbed over ma
tural banks and burst man-madc re-
straints to cover an lmmeasurable
area,
Highway was virtually suspended
and train services spasmodic and un-
certain or entirely paraly1ed be-
cause Of washouts and inundated
tracks.
An unofficial estimate for Arkansas
alone placed the number of persons
driven from homes by the hostile
waters at exceeding 10000, and acres
overflowed at 100000. Property
losses have reached a staggering fl
ure which no one now dares calculate
Refugees and relief camps al
Hickman, KY, under direction OF
Red Cross and state authorities ,erC
sheltering two thousand homeless II
churches, barns, railroad cars and
tents. Public kitchens are serving
the needy with food. Organized wo'
men are sewing and collecting ant
distributing clothing to relieve the
unfortunate.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
Fear Many Killed

Water roared through Claredon
town Of $500 inhabitants, with 4
roar that could be heard above the
screams of women and children and
early reports said river craft were
literally smashed to pieces against
buildings, Fears were expressed that
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
10000 Are Homeless

The Red Cross estimated at least
10000 were homeless IN ihe seven
Mississippi valley states affected by
he flood. More than 10000 were e
ported in Arkansas alone.
st. Johns Bayou lcvce. which broke
4 few miles north of New Madrid.
No. ', gtcrday and inundated that
county scat to depth of from ono
- five feet, was rcported 10 have
broken AGAIN TODAY. The area OK
oected 70 be affected would be several
niles wide and about 100 miles long
urninc TO the vicinity Of Helena
Ark. at the mouth of he st. Francis
More than seventy five towns and
1ilIiagcs Of Missouri and Arkansas
arc in ,he threatened district, which i'
estimated variously to cover 1000
900 to 100000 acres.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Tsxarkans, April 2l.-Flood refu-
gees and inundated areas were in
creased Wednesday morning as the
rising Red River ovsrflowed in north
east Texas and waters rushed through
a second break in Hampstead county
leves near Lewisville, rs miles east
of Tsxarkana.
Thousands Of acres were reported
submerged in Lamar, Red River and
Bowie counties in Texas when the
Red River went out of hanks in it's
invasion of the soil.
Approximately 10000 acres, about
ons-third under cultivation, We're ad-
ded tc the flooded area near Lewis
vile when the north end Of Hemp
stead county levee gave way, permit
ting waters TO pour through a break
about 1000 feet wide. The break
followed efforts of workmen for seve-
raj dsys to reinforce the levee at the
point where It caved in.
SIX FEET DEEP
Waters stood about six feet on
farm lands within a radius of so
miles of Texarkana this morning
and continued spreading inland.
The Odgen levee district at Index
was reported giving practically no
protection as the river rose aoovo
the dikes at this place.
Red river continues TO rise at In
dex and Fulton this morning, in
creases of nearly a foot being report
ed at Index and more than half foot
at the latter point. Stages This morn
ing were Denison. IL, Arthur City
26, Index 29.7, Fulton "a, Spring
Bank, 33, White Cliffs on Little
River 26.4.
NtdIly EOO luHillit0t th' hih''i ~
negroes, were driven from their nom
es near Lewsville following ;he le.
wee break.
Negroes in Flight
More than 500 negro farm hands
and their families are refug'es in the
hill country lear Rosboroug1 section
which is inundated by back waters
of the Red river. Richmond road
leading to the farm section IS sub
merged under three feet of water at
lanyard bridge and the east end of
Rosborough farm.
Highw,B conditions remained I'M
paired in the vicinity Of Texarkana,
which isolated from north Arkansas
and points in northeast Texas.
The southern part ofsLittle River
county from Oklahoma line TO The
forks of Little and Red rivers vas
reported inundated this morning rs
q result of the last levee east of Og
den district giving way late last
night under pressure of Bear Creek
waters.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Memphis, April 18.-Levees OF
The Mississippi today We're being in
creased in height along the lower ba
iin as a record tide of waters MOVING
3outhward pressed with immeasmahle
weight against the earthcn walls.
Refugees numbering perhaps 1G,-
900 persons, driven from their homes
by backwaters or overflow from
many tributaries of the great stream,
Here under the care of national state
and community agencies Of rclief.
other thousands were moving THEN
properties from valley lands, where
he floods might break through at
any hour.
Hope was renewed today foc re-
lief from the destructive waters IN
The upper reaches of the Arkansas
and White rivers, tributaries Of the
Mississippi and in the mothes stream
itself around Carlo, ILL.,, and Hickman
KY, where the height Of lac current
has menaced the dikes for weeks.
Slight declines in the stages were re
ported from these upstream points.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
Why John Jones Shot Himself on
Independence Day.

Don't Walk on the Grass.
Keep Out-This Means You.
No Smoking Allowed.
Private Park-Keep Out.
No Children Allowed.
This Place Padlocked for Violation
of the National Prohibition Law.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Roy Barnes was fined S25 and
costs on charges of simple assault in
connection with an attack on Cons
table Jack Walton,
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

MS W. D bdteo anu MIS-. Jam
Hulsey attended the burial of Nh
Ros Shields at De Queen Monday.
Mrs. B. A. Hartsfield Of Ashdow
is visiting her mother Mrs. A. Il
Holt.
DIR. J. C. Williams and Mr.. ]. "
Butler attended Presbytery at Men
last week from Monday until Thurs
day.
Mr. Chas. S. Holt. Salesman 80
Mauny Cole Co.. Of Memphis, Tenn.
was in town Tuesday.
Mr.. +. ID. Shields, known to nj
friends as Ros. died suddenly Uf hear
trouble Sunday night April II, u
FL Dorado, Ark. His burial tool
place in the family burial ground a
De Queen, Ark, Monday afternoon.
He is survived by his wife, tive
sons, Sam and Hasland Of FL Dorad,
and one daughter, Mrs. Brire Philips
of Texarkana, and several brother
and sisters and other relatives.
Mrs. |. X. Holt and Mrs. Lee A
Holt returned Monday afternoon
from visit Of week with Mrs. B
A. Mansfield at Ashdown.
Mrs. +. M. May and rnildren D.
Hope spent Tuesday afternoon il
town the guests of Mrs Fannie Old
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Cough hav'
returned 20 Washington and ar
living in The Black cottage recent.
vacated by Mr.. and Mrs. j f.. Jester.
Mr.. G. ]. Cough has been III,
guest of his son C. C. Couch Tho
oast week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. Jester have re
turned to Waco. Tex. Mr.. Jeste
having sold out his interest IN tn
Ford Motor Co., at this place.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
j u DGE
FOr-YOurself

Contents o this column copyright
by Judge, "The World's Wittisst
Weekly" and reprinted by special
permission.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Twenty-Five additional jurors were
summoned to appear Tuesday morn
ing .JJr the selection of jury to
try Harvey Belts indicted on charges
Of giving away intoxicating liquors,
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
EPIL.AUGHS

All dicks take heed F
From Dick Duff's fate r.
And sell the stuff
You confiscate, ID.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
PERSONAL AND LOCAL

Mrs. M. S. Bates and Mrs. Janc
Hulsey attended the burial of MI
Ros Shields at De Queen Monday.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
DIZZY LABELS

They call her Debe-cause she
suffers.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
Life Loss Light

Loss Of life has been light hardly
4 dozen deaths having been reported
despite sudden breaks in the lcvees
and The fact that many families have
been rescued in boats in towns like
Columbus, Mo-, and Hickman. Ky.
towns suddenly overflowed, and from
other places along the flooded
streams.
No definite estimate as to property
loss has yet been attempted.
It would add an to a stupendou.
,oial if damage and loss TO building
fafm tools, livestock and other equip
nent were totalled up. as aside from
destruction of spring crops and delay
% planting of later crops.
Two more breaks in levees we're re-
ported today, one going out East
Cape, Girardeau, Ill.,, and another
near Pastoria, Ark, Each added
thousands of acres to the flooded mr..
ca, Rains in Arkansas last night were
described in press reports rs "torren.
lial" and the weather bureau NJ
Washington announced that an early
Improvement in the general flood SIT
nation was unlikely because of rairs
throughout the valley.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

"Ah, good-morning," Mrs. Murphy,
and how is everythin"?
"Sure, an I'm havin grand time
NV it between me husband aud the
fire. If | keep me oye on the wan
the other is sure to go out"
Answers
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Mrs. b. A. Hartsfield Of Ashdow
is visiting her mother Mrs. A. Il
Holt.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
River Is Rising


From above where the anxious eyes
have been turned for the past few
days, the bureau reported a stage Of
II feet in Red River at Denisou, u
rise of 5 feet in the past "a hours,
but against this is a reported fall
Of 90 feet at Arthur City, and the
length Of time that is required for n
headrise to reach Index and Fultcn.
il is believed will have permitted uf
ficient water TO have passed out TO
absorb the greater portion of this
reported rise.
Weather indications from above
are for additional rainfall Monday
and Tuesday, but whether this will be
of sufficient volume to materially
swell the already flooded streams en-
plying into Red River can only he
told in the future. Mondays reports
indicated scattering rains over south
ern Oklahoma, which area is now =
matter of chief concern to those in
terested in the situation around Tex
arkana.
At Whiteclifrs, a stationary stage
was held throughout Sunday, with
the Monday morning report showing
a gauge of 2S.4 feet and 6 fall.
Garland Ferry Operates
From Garland City, reports were
to the effect that The ferry would
still be operated until the river at
tains a foot or two more stage be-
fore necessary to discontinue at that
point, after which arrangements will
probably be made to continue eer-
riage operations at another point.
All levees on Miller county side
of Red River are declared to be in
excellent condition to withstand \
vast volum of water on top of that
already in sight, and taht there is
no danger of these being broken by
the flood now prevailing.
Highway conditions are almost i'd
cntical with conditions throughout
Sunday with the addition of Che cut
ting Off of traffic Mt the Fulton ferry
further isolating Texarkana from the
north.
Little Missouri river conditions
have not been alleviated and traffic
over the Bankhead highway north of
Prescott and Arkadelphia is not pos
sible at this time.
Over the southern routes traffic is
fairly good, to Dallas by way Of Paris
but highways in the vicinity Of Com
merce cannot be traversed.
Rail Conditions Bad
Railroad conditions continue rs Sc
rious as ever, with the Missouri Pa
cific still detouring its trains by way
of Oklahoma and Fort Smith out of
st. Louis. Cotton Belt service Is now
cut off between Rob Rov and Pine
Bluff, but this is met by detouring
Cotton Belt trains from Stuttgart by
way of England into Little Rock, ov-
err the Missouri Pacific thence TO Pine
Bluff over the Cotton Belt and on in
to Texarkana. This Is occassioning
few hours delay in train service.
Kansas City Southern conditions
are reported somewhat better than
Saturday, however, trains are still de-
touring by way of Frisco from poteau
Oklahoma to Neosho, Missouri,
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
KRAZY KRACKS

"Give a sentence with the word
PANTHEON"
go easy, Big Boy, keep your
Pantheon.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
FUNNY BONES

Why they need around Chicago is
1 good detour.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
Pine Bluff Flooded

The greatest damage was said ID
lie at Warner where the levee already
has been weakened. A break there
would flood most Of Lincoln and De
sha counties. At least thi~d Of
Pine Bluff was under water today
and five schools were closed.
Mir Rosa Gibson, telephone oper-
ator at Claredon, told the Association
Press over the telephone today that
the water rushed through the town nt
rate of forty miles nm hour durine
The fi-st few hours after The break
and chat if anv persons were in 1u-
merous houses IN the poorer sections
If the citv, The force Of waters would
make rescue impossible From win
low in the telenhone office she rav
houses. animals and river craft be
me washed down the main business
section of the town she said.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
Hampstead LEVEE
BREAKS, FLOODS
THOUSANDS ACRES
MANY ARE BELIEVED
TO HAVE BEEN LOST
Clarendon Reported AS Being From
Ten To Fifteen Feet i'm Water.

lives had been lost due to the sud
denness Of the break. The water
was said to be 10 to Ia feet deep in
parts of Claredon.
The wall of water chat started TO-
wards North Little Rock was de-
scribed as eight feet high and rs it
swept over Levy roseuers got to work
in boats getting out Inhabitants who
failed 10 heed the warning 5hIick Of
locomotive whistles.
More than four inches of rain FELL
at Little Rock in four hou-s this
morning and there was another
heavy rain at Pine Bluff. Fears were
expressed the levees in that part Of
,he state would 90 out and n citi-
zen's committee began telephoning
warnings to residents as FAR south as
Dumas to evacuate their homes.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Marguricte-Was it n case of love
It first SIGHT?
Marian-Absolute The first time
| saw him in his Rolls Royce
don Opinion.
"Your wife is very broad-minde 1,
sn't she?'
-cioeOffg.n) waw =. W arwailynn
"Oh, wonderfully! She believes
there are always two sides TO II
question-her own and her moth
er's."-Sunday Bulletin.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

1st Art Student-How did your
intelligence test come out? suppose
hey found your mental age about
twelve.
End Art Student-They claimed
hadn't even been born.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

A Canadian barber recently drank
Sc cups of coffee in 6 hours and
wound up by drinking a pint of beer.
Americans who visit that country will
probably shatter this record, but they
will do it the other way round.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

He-I've had tins car for years
and never had a wreck.
She-You mean you've had this
wreck for years and never had a car.
-Everybody's Weekly.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

DIR. j. C. Williams and Mr.. ]. "
Butler attended Presbytery at Men
last week from Monday until Thurs
lnN
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

A species of rat found In New
Guinea bangles its tail in the sea
as a bait for fish. y In this country
the angler bangles his tale in the club
as a bait for listeners.-Humorist.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Mr.. Chas. S. Holt. Salesman so
Mauny Cole Co.. Of Memphis, Tenn.
was in town Tuesday.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

He is survived by his wife, TIVE
sons, Sam and Hasland Of FL Dorad,
and one daughter, Mrs. Brire Philips
Of Texarkana, and several brother
and sisters and other relatives.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Mrs. |. X. Holt and Mrs. Lee A
Holt returned Monday Afternoon
from visit of a week with Mrs. B
A. Mansfield at Ashdown.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-28
EXPECT 1000
WILL CONFER
ON CORN PEST
AttiCa Citizens Prepare for
Meeting Friday.

BIZ Times Special
ATTICA, Ind, Dec. 28.-Citizens
here are planning to welcome 1000
persons Friday when a Midwest
conference on make the corn belt
safe from the corn borer" will be
held. A meeting preliminary to the
conference was held here last
Friday.
Fred S. Purnell, Indiana rep
resentative in Congress, will address
the conference. He will be urged to
again ask Congress for $4,000, 900
appropriation, which sum he OBJ
tanned at the last session for use in
the campaign against the corn crop
nenace.
The conference will open at 10 a.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-28
PLAN TO BUILD
GRAND STAND AT
PLAYGROUND
Eight Directors Named
by Agriculture Board,
Jan. q.

Two important problems will be
up for discussion at the annual con-
ference Of the Indiana Board of
Agriculture, Jan. 4, in the House of
Representatives, it was intimated
today by E. j. Barker, secretary
teasurer of the organization.
One will be the election of eight
members Of the board and the other
is the erection of a new grand stand
and Indiana University building.
These it is hoped to build in 1929.
discuss the installation of a COM
plete new lighting system, and new
entrances off Thirty Eighth st. and
Fall Greek Blvd.
Year Of Progress
Barker's report Of activities for the
year which will be read at the con-
ference will, he says, show that the
year just closing has been one of
progress and success for the State
Agriculture Board and the State
fair.
With the aid Of $4,000 appropri-
ated by Legislature and $4,000 from
its own treasury the board erected
poultry, Red Cross, and baby con-
test buildings. An administration
building, valued at $4,000, two horse
training stables, two new entrances
on the north side of the grounds
were added at a cost of 100000 taken
from the fair boards own funds.
In addition the Indiana fair paid
the largest amount Of money for
premiums Of any State.