Newport Daily
VOLUME V. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1906._NUMBER 252.
INCREASES NEWPORT DISTRICT.
Contiguous Territory Made a Part of
Newport School District Will
Provide More Funds for
^ Better Schools.
O-Tunty Judge E. L. Boyce in
response to a petition circulated
by W. D. McLain and others and
signed by a majority of voters
/ living within the territory de
ftf scribed below, recently enter
ic ed an order, annexing to the
Newport Special School Dis
* trict, all that part of Section 9
East of White River, the re
mainder of Section 10 not al
ready embraced in this district,
all of Section 16 east of White
River, all of Section 15, all of
Sections 13 and 14 lying west of
Village Creek and all of Sections
12, 1 and 2 not now embraced in
this special district.
The addition includes 2 1-2
miles more of Iron Mountain
, track, assessed at $22,500 per
mile or $56,250, two miles of!
Rock Island track, assessed aL
$6000 or $12,000 and land valued
at $59,470 according to the tax
books.
This would make a total of
$127,720 increased assessment
upon wmcn tne scnooi tax levy
of 5 mills, would put $638.60 into
the school funds of this dis-,
trict annually. It will mean a ]
bigger enrollment and perhaps
soon necessitate another school
building. But with more funds, j
better schools and higher depart
ments of work are also assured.
The step has been a pet prud
ject of Mr. Gustave Jones and
his zeal in its behalf during long
b years of service as a member of
' the Newport school board has
been crowned at last with suc
cess, and to him will always be
ascribed the ^redit and honor of
the initial move toward estab
lishing a higher graded school.
Mr. W. D. McLain has gener
ously offered the school board a
block in the new addition to be
laid out in East Newport and if
instead of the preparatory de
partment of the state university,
the state shall choose to estab
lish and support a high school in
each county, this district being
centrally located ought to be
able to land this school and build
upon the East Newport tract.
Such an enactment is forecasted
for passage by th? next legisla
ture.
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Charles Penzel Dead.
Little Rock, Feb. 16—Charles
F. Penzel, one of Little Rock’s
most prominent and wealthy citi
zens, dropped dead at his home
at 9 o’clock this morning.
There was no premonition of
^“^y^roaching dissolution. Ht
1 hadnot"in\£n ill, and was look'
k i<„g after his affairs this morn
I ing. His wife and daughter art
^ in Florida.
LOOKS BAD FOR COVINGTON.
Damaging Evidence of Cox Promises to
Prove Serious In Boodling Trials
— Lobbyist Has Letters
From Legislators.
Little Rock, February 17.—
That Thomas L. Cox has fur
nished new evidence of a dam
aging nature against Senator
Webb Covington, who is soon to
undergo another trial on a charge
of bribery, was the gist of the
gossip yesterday over the en
counter between the two men
which took place Thursday at
the Merchants hotel.
Neither Cox nor Covington
had anything to add this morn
ing to the statements they made
a short time after the trouble.
Cox is now on his way to Chica
go. Covington has gone to his
home.
One of the significant features
of the affair is that Cox furnished
damaging evidence at the trial
of Senator F. 0. Butt at Perry
ville. At the trial Prosecutor
Rhoton submitted two letters
written by Butt to Cox. One of
them asked him for transporta
tion and in the other a loan of
$300 was requested. Cox, it is
thought, has a whole lot more
letters which were written to
him by legislators and, which
are decidedly compromising m
their nature.
Cox, it is believed, will be the
star witness for the state at the j
next trial of Covington.
Revival Meeting.
Another large crowd greeted
the evangelist at the Methodist
church on last evening. Mr.
McIntosh’s sermon was more on
the doctrinal line than any of
his former discourses. His hear
ers seemed to appreciate this
change of discourse and many
say it was the clearest and
strongest on the necessity of the
new birth they had ever heard.
No one could listen to the
preacher on this subject and not
realize an absolute necessity of
a change of heart and life. The
preacher said that so far as get
ting to heaven is concerned he
would as soon die a murderer as
; the best moral man in town.
A moral person is a “foolish
: virgin,” with no oil in his lamp,
j a Christian is a “wise virgin”
I with oil in his lamp.
The preacher said he did not
know how God converts the soul
i but the conditions of salvation
• are very simple and the evidences
' of conversion are unmistakable.
Services again today at 3 p.m.
j and 7:30 p. m.
! A special sermon to men only
| Sunday afternoon dt 3:30. X.
Midget Colored Cook.
I One passenger who attracted
: more than the usual attention
: and interest at the depot one
: morning recently, satys the Bates
| ville Guard, was Clarice McIn
tyre, who alighted from the col
! ored coach, when the passenger
train arrived from Newport.
I The woman’s size was what at
tracted the attention of the peo
pie on the platform. Sh« is bui
four feet tall, and does not seen
to be even that tall on account o:
her size, her weight being 101
pounds.
Clarice, who stated that sh<
came to this city from August*
I to cook for the family of Johr
W. Glenn, states that she is
thirty years of age, and unmar
ried. The woman has the repu
tation of being a good cook.
Candies made in New Orleans
one day, and on sale the next
i Where? At Jacocks’ of course
DIVIDE MAIL CONTRACTS.
Government Gives Frisco and Iron
Mountain a Division of Mai!
Contracts.
The Frisco has succeeded in
dividing the mail contracts for
merly held by the Iron Moun
tain from St. Louis to Dallas,
Forth Worth, Northern Texas
and the Southwest, and the
speed contests are now at an end.
The Frisco secures the govern
ment contract for carrying the
mails to Fort Worth and sur
rounding territory, together with
Northern Texas.
The Iron Mountain retains the
contract for the mails to Dallas
and Eastern Texas. Both roads
succeeded in getting their trains
to their destinations to about the
same time. Officials of the
Frisco, however, feel that they
are ahead of the game, as they
started out to divide the con
tracts and succeeded.
The quadrennial weighing of
mails on railroads embraced with
in the territory west of the Mis
sissippi river, except Missouri,
Iowa and Minnesota, will com
mence February 20. This weigh
ing is for the purpose of secur
ing data on which to base the
compensation for railway mail
transportation for four years.
horrin ninoc .Tnlv 1 TlPXt. The
weighing will continue for the.
next ninety days.
Patton Always Pieascs.
W. B. Patton, the brilliant
young actor, who knows so well |
how to interpret droll humor and
whose voice and magnetism are
capable of all the fine points in j
the portrayal of feeling, wa !
greeted by a good house Friday
evening. He established staunch
admirers here years ago in “The
Minister’s Son,” a play much
superior, we think, to the “Last
Rose of Summer,” presented last
night. And it did them all good
to see and hear him once more,
i for he is great in anything that
' has sentiment and humor about
; it.
! As Dexter Hurley, a most
i unique and original character,
the plot, which told of his visit
to the family of an old friend of
j his father, made him the con
i spicuous figure. He loved, but
wisely and philosopically and
1 had much fun in his love-making.
> His big heart was most often
I disguised and he seemed oftimes
I a pampered and spoiled son of a
irich indulgent father, but nis
; goodness shone through it all
i and won his way.
j The very simplicity of his
! manner, the magic of his per
I sonality as Dexter Hurley imbue
i his audience with generous im
; pulses and his mellow sympa
thetic voice touch the heart
: strings with irresistable for. e
and the better part of man seerm
I strengthened under the arousa'
j of his appeals.
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Vining & 1’a> Offerings.
Friday, Feb. 16, 06
The Peculiar Comedian
W. B. PATTON
— JN
U.he Last Rose
jg? of Summer.
A Bright Up-to-date Comedy.
With a nicely woven plot,
a beautiful scenic pro
duction and an excellent
supporting company.
THE PITTSBURG, PA.. TIMES says:
The character taken by W. P.. PATTON,
while entirely different in many ways was
! similar to those matte familiar to ulay-goers
[ by SOL SMITH RUSSELL. It was notan
1 imitation, however, hut characterization as
distinct as Russell’s, possessing a quaint
[ chartn of its own.
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I
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designs—and gather the
best of them for our own
use and yours.
| If we lived in the biggest city}
! in the land, we wouldn’t be
in any closer touch with the
manufacturers than we
are now.
I
When they get up something,
new we are sure to hear of
it—and what’s worthy finds
I a place in our show cases.
Among some recent arrivals
are attractive effects in
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about the daintiest showing
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| beautiful. It’s impossible to
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us immensely to have the
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newest creations in Men’s
apparel tor Spring and Sum
mer.
OUR STOCK IS
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No old goods to be found
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Clothes.
1 Edwin Clapp & Son Shoes and
f Oxfords. i
Manhattan Shirts. {
Crown Trousers. ^
Lord & Taylor Hosiery. i
Waterhouse Cravats. J
Adler Gloves. ,
Hawes Hats.
Also Linen and Silk Handkerchiefs
—the new things now in vogue.
Knox and Stetson Hats are in
transit.
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