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fthe start of the NEW YEARS business. Isn’t right
fof g00d time to take stock of YOUR financial con
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S 1914 out with a bank account at this bank and a
firm resolve to make every cent count.
Jye welcome your account.
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7f NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
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Victim of Poison Needle.
Fort Smith. Dec. 30.—What
the police believe to have been
an attempt by white slave
agents to spirit away Marie Da
ves, aged 8, of Cartersville, Mo.,
came to light last night, when
the girl was found asleep in a lo
cal passenger station. On her
cheek was a small wound from
which flowed a tiny stream of
blood. The girl was taken in '
charge by the authorities over
night. She was able to resume
her journey to Conway, Ark., to- 1
day.
Miss Daves said that after.
she boarded the train at Carters
ville she discovered she was fol
lowed by a man. On one occas
ion he collided with her. Short-1
ly afterward she became drowsy.
When she reached this city she
was no longer able to shake off
her sleepiness. She was found
in the custody of a strange wo-'
man by an officer and the depot
matron who took her in charge. 1
The police believe the girl was a
victim of a poison needle.
Fail To Crack Safe.
Fayetteville, Dec. 30.—An at
tempt was made here early this
morning to blow the safe in the
Goddard Wholesale Grocery
Company. A hole had been drill
ed in the safe door and filled with
nitroglycerin. Most of it ran
down on the floor and the explo- i
sion was not strong enough to
blow the safe. It is supposed
that after the explosion the j
would-be-robbers became fright
ened and ran away. I ne mana
ger says nothing was missing |
from the store. At present no
clew has been discovered by the ,
officers.
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Russian Atrocities.
When George Kennan some i
years ago wrote a book describ-,
ing the atrocities of the prison j
system of Russia, and especial-1
ly of the treatment of political;
prisoners in Siberia, he was set
upon by the harpies of the
statu quo, who denounced him as
an alarmist and a liar of the
first magnitude. Those who
knew Kennan personally knew
that he was a careful and an in
dustrious newspaper man who
took pains to verify his state
ments before giving them pub
licity. But the big journalistic
guns having pronounced against
him, every lesser Tray, Branche
and Sweetheart took up the cry
and echoed it far and wide. But
the voice that he raised, while
it was alone and crying in the
wilderness, would not be hush
ed, and now others are taking up
the matter.
1 Recently an appeal on behalf
of the Russian political prison
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ously in all the countries of Eu
rope, and it has been signed by
about 500 people, any name of
which bears weight, and will car
ry more or less conviction. A
mong these may be mentioned
Lord Lytton, Ramsey McDonald,
M. P., Sir A. Conan Doyle, H.
G. Wells and Professor Bury,
for Great Britian; Claud De
bussey, Anatole France and M.
Juarez, for France; Professor
Bretano, Professor Haeckel and
Herr Gerhart Hauptmann, for
Germany; Dr. Athur Schnitzler,
for Austria, and Madame Selma
Lagerlof for Sweden.
It is pitiable to read of the
figures in this appeal. Since the
czar’s manifesto, issued in 1905,
promising liberty to the people
of Russia, over 40,000 persons
have been sentenced for political
offenses. Of these more than
3,000 were executed, and more
than 10,000 were thrown into
hard labor prisons, which practi
cally means a lingering death by
torture. The prisons are over
crowded to such an extent that
it is impossible for prisoners to
find rest even on the bare floor.
Two pence halfpenny is the dai
ly allowance for a prisoner’s
food, and inasmuch as the va
rious officials pocket a large part
of this a state of half-starvation
is practically the rule, and this
is accompanied by the most bar
barous treatment. Most tragic,
the appeal continues, is the fate I
of those tens of thousands of po
litical exiles, w ho have been sent
to Siberia without any trial
whatever, but simply by the ar
bitrary action of the administra
tion. Most of them are sent to
the hungry uplands, where they j
can find neither food nor cloth-]
ing nor houses, and consequently '
perish. The conscience of the J
world has been awakened, and a
protest that will cause Russia to I
take notice is being made. It is
a sin against the civilization of j
the twentieth century to permit
conditions in Russia to continue
any longer as they are.—Mem
phis News-Scimitar.
Each Bank Assigned Number.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 31.—-The J
Merchants and Planters Bank of j
Pine Bluff will be No. 1 under]
the new banking act. There are
about 450 banks in the state
that will be subject to the regu
lations of the new banking com
mission, which becomes fully ef
fective tomorrow. Each one will
be assigned a seriel number in
accordance with the date of in
corporation.
Bank Commissioner Davis has
secured from the Secretary of
State all the articles of incorpo
ation of banks in the state. The
first charter was issued October
12, 1875 to the German Sav
ings Bank, which is now the
German National Bank, and
therefore not under state super
vision. C. T. Walker of Little
Rock and J. K. Bi'odie, cashier
of the Bank of England, at Eng
land, are the only two surviving
directors. The Merchants and
Planters Bank of Pine Bluff was
chartered Nov. 25, 1876, by Se
cretary of State B. B. Beavers.
Annual Stockholders’ Meeting.
The regular annual meeting
of the shareholders of the First
National Bank of Newport, Ar
kansas, will be held at the office
of said bank on the 13th day of
January, 1914 for the purpose
of electing a Board of Directors
to serve for the ensuing year
and for the transaction of such
other business as may come be
fore said meeting.
18tf. W. T. Parish, Cashier.
Office of The Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railway Company.
Chicago, 111., Nov. 15th, 1913.
To All Stockholders of The Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Company:
A special meeting of the stockhold
ers of the company will be neia at tne
office of the company in the City of
Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday the
31st day of January, 1914, at ten
o’clock a. m., for the purpose of vot
ing upon the acceptance by the com
pany of a lease of the line of railway
of the Rock Island, Stuttgart and
Southern Railway Company, extend
ing from Mesa, Prairie County, Ark
ansas, in a southerly direction through
the counties of Prairie and Arkansas
to Stuttgart, Arkansas County, Ark
ansas, a distance of approximately 22
miles; said lease to extend for a
term of 999 years from February 1,
1914, upon such terms and conditions
as may be agreed upon.
H. U. Mudge, President.
Geo. H. Crosby, Secretary.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
IRON MOUNTAIN
SOUTH BOUND
No. 3 leaves.5:20 p. m.
No. 29 (arrives 6:28) departs
at.6:38 a. m.
No. 5 leaves.5:10 a. m.
No. 17 leaves.4:43 a. m.
No. 7 leaves.9:06 a. m.
No. 23 (arrives 7:20) leaves 7:45 p. m
No. 91 (local freight) leaves 8:25 a. m.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 24 leaves...9:20 a. m.
No. 4 leaves.10:20 a. m.
No. 28 leaves.8:35 p. m.
No. 18 leaves.10:16 p. m.
: No. 6 leaves.10:45 p. m.
Na. 92 (local freight) leaves 2:10 p. m.
! WHITE RIVER DIVISION.
WEST BOUND.
| No. 210 leaves.7:00 a. m.
| No. 232 leaves...9:00 p. m.
! No. 246 (local freight) leaves
.11:30 a. m.
EAST BOUND.
; No. 209 arrives......6:18 a. m.
No. 231 arrives.6:18 a. m.
No. 245 (local freight) arrives
.9:40 a. m.
No. 607 arrives 12:35 p. m.
No. 608 departs 1:50 p. m.
Local freight arrives Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday; departs Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. *
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1 Big Closing Out
SALE
Of all fall and winter stock.
Our annual stock taking is January
1 st and for the next 20 days our big
stock of goods will be placed on sale at a
great reduction in prices and now is the
time to get your holiday and othei goods
very cheap.
Dolls, toys, holiday chi
na, nuts, fruits, candies,
dry goods, shoes and
clothing. Just what you
are sure to need
Boys’ Sweaters_39c
Men’s Sweaters_44c
Men’s overcoats from
$4. 49 and up.
Men’s $12.00 serge suits
(while they last)__$6-89
Ladies cloaks (short)
f rom 49c and up.
Ladies long cloalo from
$1-98 and up.
Ladies $3.00 sweaters
only__$1.89
Blankets for 25c each
and up.
Comforts from $1.19
and up.
Ladies’ 40c underwear
only- -25c
EXTRA SPECIAL
We have just received
from a hosiery mill 200
dozen ladies’ hose that
retail from 15c to 20c a
pair, which we bought
at a bargain. _You can
have them, per pair
for only-8c
100 pairs ladies’ $3-50
and $4.00 shoes, our reg
ular stock but broken
sizes, while they last
for only_$2.49
I Friday December 19th only
You can buy guaranteed patent flour in wood for $4.35
per barrel. Let us save you money.
BOWEN’S CASH
STORE
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NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
C. R. GRAY
PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
EARL BUILDING
OFFICE HOURS:
t a. m. to 11 a. m.
2 p. m. to 6 p. m.
Office Telephone 207
10.1. Hubert!
SASH, LUMBER.
SHINGLES.
DOORS. BRICK.
NEW LUMBER YARD
Lower End Front Street
jj ESTIMATES FURNISHED
| Telephone 272.
IDEAL LAUNDRY
C. B. WALTON
Proprietor.
Washing called for and delivered
to all parts of the city.
Phone 159.
Agents Wanted in Every Town.
TAKE A TRIP
TO
CALIFORNIA
THIS WINTER
You have long wished to visit tht
“Golden State.” Make up
your mind this year and
go.
LOW FARES and
BEST SERVICE!
Through Tourist Car Daily
Via »
California Short Line
Via
EL PASO
THE ROUTE OF THE
“Golden State Limited”
the Best Train To
CALIFORNIA
Write to
CHAS. B. SLOA
Assistant General Pasi
Agent, Little
or consult Local Age
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