ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Short Items of General Interest
Gathered Fresh From Our
Local Exchanges.
The cotton boll weevil lias nnule
its appearance in Hempstead coun
ty.
The total indebtedness of Hot
Spring- county July 1 was $15,
684.77.
C. (). Lee had a linger broken
in a ball game at Siloam Springs
{Saturday.
Work will be started shortly on
1<he new court house at 1\ ynne,
Cross count.\.
In a pie-eating contest at Eureka
{springs the winner devoured ten
and a half pies.
The Sharp county grand jury
which adjourned a few days ago,
returned only nine indictments.
J. 11. Fines, who runs a livery
stable at Van Huron, was kicked
by a horse and seriously injured.
The Benton county horticultur
al society will hold a fruit fair at
Uentonville October 19, 20 and 21.
A daylight robbery at Wynne,
in which a cash drawer was touch
f ed for $25. was committed recent
I
Ul.vses Jackson, in an attempt
| to hoard a fast train at Wynne,fell
underneath the wheels and lost a
I leg.
The postofliee at War Eagle,
was broken into Friday night and
robbed of $20 in money and about
b $-0' in stamps.
The ton-year-old son of Houston
llenjnman. who lives near Fort
Smith, was thrown from a mule
Monday and killed.
*; There was hut one conviction
-i for a felony in the Howard circuit
<•0101, which closed last Saturday.
The cost for the term was $2,500.
...... dame*, Creusliul and a woman
named Sued!, wore accidentally
killed at lkuve l),v a Kansas City
V Southern passenger train Thurs
day night.
By in ordinance of the .[ones' >o
. .'To city council, the American Han
dle Company, who lmve a plant at
that plmv. is exempt from taxes
for ten years.
C. L. Stephens of Memphis has
brought suit against the Majestic
hotel at Hot Springs for $‘2,500.
It is alleged that he was ejected
from the hotel without cause.
,Jesse Collins, a farmer near Sa
lem, who was 70 years old met
a horrible death last week. His
team ran away, and he was crush
ed between tin* front end of his
wagon and a tree.
(iov. 1 htvis lms paid the judg
ment rendered against him in Pu
laski circuit court some time ago,
for $25 and ft5 costs, in favor of
AY. N. Lucey of the Hartford 1 >e
voJoper, for a printing bill of the
10<>2 campaign.
The brick work on the new
wing of the Monticello cotton mills
will soon be completed, 'l l it* ca
pacity of the mill has been increas
ed In the addition of 2,5.MtKs]»imi
les and 15o looms, and an electric
light equipment will also soon be
' installed.
V The wife of Ben Tanner, a young
farmer, living about live miles
northeast of Springfield recently
gave birth to twins, neither of
whom had any eyes. One of the
babes was living at last reports
and seems to be a healthy child
and all right in every way save
that of eyes.
The track on the White Kivcr
road has been laid to (ieorge’s
Creek. The great trestle there of
almost a half mile in length will
not be completed for some time
yet. This trestle is more than t>0
feet high in some places and it is
estimated that a million feet of
lumber will 1h> used in the erection
of this immense trestle.
MORE MYSTERY
IN LIGHTLE CASE
Interest Shifts to Stories Implicating
Two Searcy Men, and Town is
Full Cf Humors.
Searcy, Aug. ID. Interest in the
Lightle case has suddenly shifted.
At present, it is not so much a
i question of Dr. Lightle's life or
i death (the public is pretty gener
j ally satisfied in its own mind on
J that score) that is causing com
’ incut, but sjM'culfilion as to his be
I ing brought back and its etfect on
two well-known men of Searcy
j whose names are being prominent
ly mentioned in connection with
! the desecration of the Pitts grave,
j the burning of the body, the spir
iting away of Lightle and the ef
fort to defraud the insurance com
panies.
Rumor connecting these two
men with the affair has been rife
for a week. No open charge has
been made, but at the same time
the rumors have been open and
above board. There have been no
i whisperings about the affair. The
j matter has been discussed and is
discussed in ear-shot of the men
under suspicion.
Roth of them have held up won
derfully well under the lire of pub
lic comment. They pass and re
pass the city officials daily: they
come in daily contact with the son
.of Pitts, the dead man whose body
is said to have been mutilated and
burned and palmed off as Lightle\s
body, and there is absolutely noth
, ing in their bearing to indicate
that they know or care anything
! about, the case. They mix am!
mingle freely with their friends
and associates, the same as usual,
and white the tongue of gossip
wags so glibly there is no effort
at social ostracism.
Tiiis is only urn- notable phase
of a mystery which is remarkable
in its every aspect. Il only adds
more mystery to a story which has
no parallel in the state of Arkan
sas. In addition it gives rise to
speculation of ail kinds some of
the wildest and most unreasonable
nature, and others of theories that
seem sane and sensible. For ex
ample. it is argued that Dr.Light
le, if lie is really alive, is so far
from the scene of the alleged crim
inal act that the possibility of bis
apprehension is remote. On the
other hand, some few, while be
lieving that he was not burned to
death, think that, he has since died
and that his confederates in Sear
cy art' aware of the fact. Few,
very few, hold to the opinion that
Lightle met death as at first sup
posed. and these few entertain the
belief more as a hope, in the face
of the most convincing circumstan
tial evidence to the contrary, than
anything else.
I.mim.l'.s AUK KKTICENT.
Aside from the interest felt in
the two men whom gossip and ru
mor have singled out. the greatest
interests is possibly felt in Mrs.
Pitts and her family and the rela
tives of Dr. Lightle. Sympathy
is felt for all of them.
John Lightle, an uncle of Dr.
Lightle and one of the most high
ly., esteemed men in White county,
is taking the matter very much to
heart. He knows little of the af
fair- possibly less than several
others, lie is naturally loath to
discuss it. Either contingency
the death or life of his nephew —
is a tragedy to him. The one he
had borne. Now, added to bis
fresh grief over the supj>osed trag
ic death of his relative, he is con
fronted with tin' uncertainty of
that death an uncertainty which
involves the question of a physical
life and a moral death, or a physi
cal death and an unsullied reputa
tion. The thought of his nephew
1 dead is a bitter one. The thought
of him alive and a party to the |
charges that have been brought is :
unbearable.
To a newspaper representative ■
he made the following statement: |
‘"1 can tell you nothing about !
the matter, for I know nothing. It j
is an awful thing awful if he died,,;
as we thought he did, and awful if ;
he i* alive under the circumstances |
which rumor pictures. 1 can only
say that if the stories are true the
guilty parties ought to be punish
ed.”
MONKY 1'OW IMS EMI VMS.
A question which is being asked
ion all sides, but which has never
.been satisfactorily answered, is,
j Where did l>r. Lightlc get the
money to take out $21,000 of in
surance. lie was a young man
with a small practice and a family
to support. He laid not been able
to save anything, and yet he sud
denly came into possession of ap
proximately $7,'>0 with which to
pay premiums, liumors in this
I connection are equally as varied as
in the case of the many other points
widen yet remain to be explained.
'Phils far, however, there is noth
ing tangible to connect any one
with the matter.
Each day is adding mystery to
the original mystery, and while
the people of Searcy are getting,
used to the notoriety which lias
suddenly been given the town it
will be days 1 efore the interest
dies out.
It is not thought that Sheriff
Wood, who went away several
days ago on a seemingly mysteri
ous journey, will return very
shortly, and it is thought he may
return with Lightle. it is known
that tin* sheriff left the city pre
pared to make a long trip, and
that he was advised to take suili
cient funds for ti e purpose.
The Death Penalty.
A litt ie thing-ometime result -
in death. Thu* a mere scratch,
insignificant cuts or puny boil*
have pai 1 the. death penally. !l is
wise to have liueklon’s Arnica
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salve on easa h and .ill prevent!
fatalitya when num*, sores, ulcers
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from over tax'*«i organs. Dizzi-j
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A SCOTCH SUPERSTITION.
One Who Stops Ringing of Glasswan
Saves a Human Life.
‘•In a recent visit 1 paid to friends
abroad I came across a superstitior
that was new to me, and 1 haven t
found anyone who ever heard ol it
in America, ’ ?aid Howard I>. lem
pie, of St. Louis, to a Chicago report
er. “One day at dinner somebody
! hit a glass which began the ringing,
jingling noise that is familiar when
glassware is struck, and immediately
another guest covered the piece with
! his hands so as to inuflle the sound.
; Evervone present said: ‘That’s right,
stop "the ringing.’ I found out on in
quiring that when one causes this
ringing of a glass piece to cease il
saves a human life from drowning
How the notion originated I can'l
explain, but these people I speak ol
were intelligent and not generally
given to cherishing absurd notions
It id said to be a Scotch superstition,
but none of my friends could throw
light on its origin."
Buy your mortgages, deeds and
legal blanks at The Journal office.
O. F. Craig,
Craig & Henderson, 3
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