DAILY INDEPENDENT
PERCY 11. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS
RAILROAD TIME CARD.
ST. L. I. M. & S. RAILWAY.
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NORTH BOUND.
No. 72, i/ocal Freight. 11:46 a. m.
No. 2. 3:20 a. rn.
No. 4. 2:00 p.m.
No. 12...*•. 8:43 p.m.
No. 6. 10:60 p. m.
No. 8. 10:26 a. m.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 78, Local Freight. 7:30 a. m.
No. 7. 11:25 a.m.
No. 5. 5:00a.m.
■s No. 11. 6:37 a. rn.
No. 3. 4:47 p. m.
"‘NTo. 1.... 10:50 p.m.
BATESYTLLE BRANCH.
Passenger 1 .eaves. 7:00 a. m
Mined " ...\. 11:45 a.m.
Passenger Arrives... 8:30 p. nr.
Mixed '* . 10:15 a. m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
We ar« authorized to announce T. T. Ward as a
candidate for the office of representative of Jack
son county, subject to the Democratic primary
election.
FOR SHERIFF.
To the voters of Jackson county.
I am a candidate for re-election to the office of
sheriff of Jackson county, subject to a Demo
cratic primary, if one js held. Feeling that I
have discharged the duties of that office in such
a manner as to merit your confidence, and thank
ing you for your support in the past and asking
your help in the future. If elected I will do my
duty. Your fellow citizen, R. W. BANDY.
We are authorized to announce Snell Simmons
as a candidate for election to the office of Sheriff
of Jackson county, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK.
We are authorized to announce John D. Neal as
a candidate for the office of circuit clerk of Jack
son'county, subject to the Democratic primary
election* —
We are authorized to announce James S. Jones
as a candidate for re-election to the office of cir
cuit clerk of Jackson county, subject to the Dem
ocratic primary election.
FOR TREASURER.
We are authorized to announce Dr. F. G. Smith
as a candidate for the office of treasurer of Jack
son county, subject to the Democaatic primary
election.
^Here and There |
I. D. Price for sheet music.
I. D. Price for holiday goods.
Ed Neal returned from Searcy
Monday.
C. W. Wood of Batesville is in
the city. ^
Huffman’s rolls are delicious;
try them. Oodtf
Fine fresh stock of cigars at
Huffman’s. 05dtf
Ed Arndt went to Batesville
Wednesday morning.
Shelby Pearson returned from
Pleasant Plains Tuesday.
Ralph Richardson returned
from Batesville Tuesday.
A full line of ladies’ rubbers
for high shoes and any kind of a
heel. Bailey Merc. Co. 87btf
I. D. Price handles the Mc
Kinley 10c music and carries in
stock at all times a full line of
this popular and fast selling mu
sic. 87btf.
We have been fortunate enough
to secure the agency for Huyler’s
candy. You all know its stand
ard of excellence. Bracy Con
fectionery Company. 88dtf
LAND COMPANY
INCORPORATED.
A new land company of local
stockholders has been incorpo
rated under the name of the
“Arkansas Land Company.” W.
A. Joyce is president, H. S. Sim
inons vice president, L. J. Tayloi
secretary and W. A. Billingslej
treasurer. The capital stock i:
$10,000, all subscribed.
Another recent incorporatioi
is that of the Searcy Power Com
pany with a capital stock o
$150,000, of which $35,000 ha
been subscribed. The purpos
of the company is to furnis
light, heat and power and buil
waterworks, ice plant, etc. 1
F. Miller is president, T. I'
Powers vice president, L. IN
Burns secretary and A. B. Ca
roll treasurer.
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j. B. DICE DEAD.
Just before going to press \
learn of the death of Mr. J.
Dice, who has been sick for sc
oral months with pneumonia,
the relatives we extend syna
thy. More complete notice
morrow.
MASQUERADE PARTY.
That Newport delights in the
novelties of the masquerade is
being well proven this season,
when they intersperse so fre
quently the more formal events
of society. To be some ancient
or foreign personage, to repre
! sent some abstract idea, will soon
have become a matter of such
every day practice that coming
into one’s own self will have the
thrill and charm of rarity and
| masquerades will have become
| staid.
This future is too remote, how
ever, to be long considered, es
pecially when the pleasures of the
masque party given by Miss No
reene Kinman upon Tuesday
evening are so fresh in the mem
ory of a large crowd of young
ladies and gentlemen in attend
ance. The apparent weirdness
and discordance of such scenes
might be accepted by the strang
er, but in our little city the char
acteristics and individualities of
the neighbor are too well known
to make any disguise impenetra
ble and the careful observer soon
prys into the secret of the masked
figure. This unmasking of iden
tities provoked an almost un
: limited amount of amusement
and was made hard indeed in
many eases where the costumes
had not only been the subject of
much work, but were as cleverly
imitated as conceived.
The Kinman home was beau -
tifully decorated in holly and mis
tletoe and two morning hours had
passed before one of the most en
joyable dances of the closing:
i year was ended and the company |
t irned homeward.
The refreshments of sand
wiches, pickles, chicken salad
' and coffee were very delicious
and nicely served and the guests
were appreciative of the success
of the hostess in planning pleas
ant affairs, as was proven in the
evident sincerity of their expres
sions of how thoroughly the even
ing was enjoyed.
FIGURES IN MASQUE.
The following characters were
represented by the young ladies:
I Spanish girls, Misses Mary Mc
Kinnon, Amanda Laird; Puritan
maids, Ladye Fagan, Mae Whit
| taker; queen of cards, Ruby
Fowlkes, Lucy Taylor; queen of
hearts, Noreene Kinman, Katie
Price; Red Cross nurses, Bessie
E. L. Watson, Susie Jones; old
ladies, Lucy Brandenburg, Lou
Minor; “Two little girls in blue, ”
Josie Phillips and Katie Bishop,
Hilda Bailey and Irma Hooker;
“Heavenly twins,” Bennie Hum
ble and Emma Beard; Daughter
of Confederacy, Tillie Sprigg;
Dolly Varden, Roberta Morrison;
Turkish woman, Della Bern
stein; clover, Lula Wolf; nurse,
Fannie Wolf; sunshine, Jennie
Mcuauiey; nun, Jessie ^ain; xur
tune teller, Dovie Erwin; Gre
cian goddess, Nellie Terry;
night. Janie Stephens; fencing
girl, Neill Bandy; Janice Mere
dith, Imogene Bandy; Dina Jones,
Marille Dillard; Indian girl, Lula
Empie; Mary, the school girl,
Carrie Stevens; colonial dame,
Aubrey Arnold.
The young men in masque, to
gether with the idea or character
represented, were as follows:
Hugh Parish. Arkansas Univer
sity; Tom Dillard and H. 0.
Walker, dominoes; Eugene Hirsch
1 and Sam Meyer, Siamese twins;
] Ed Sprigg, policeman; W. T.
\ Parish, golf girl; Charley Terry,
h Simple Simon; Allie Huddleston,
? clown; W. B. Egan, Prof. Maca
, roni, inventor of pipeless gas
? Sprigg Foushee, William Penn
'* Dr. C. E. Carroll, Turk; Ernes
r* McDonald, Hollander; Charle
Holmes, clown; Claude Erwin
r' Spaniard; Thos. Maris, farmer
Among the others present no
in masque were; Misses Ma
Ward, Hester Phillips, Elis
,e Hooker; Mr. and Mrs. D. Terr}
B. Mesdames A. D. Bailey, J. Brar
v- denburg, R. B. Hooker, L. I
Ik) Young, Forrest Dillard, I
,a- Hirsch, R. C. Harder; Messrs. I
;o- P. Skipwith, Henry Owen, Ma
Gregg, J. M. Stayton, G. V
Wadleigh, R. T. Rev burn, T. E.
Tappan, Revs. G. B.. Norton, R.
W. Riiii.iies u.ivi x -rcy J. Ro
bottom.
Ladies’, misses’ and children’s |
storm coats, extra Rne qualities'
at reduced prices. Bailey Merc.
Company. 87btf
SPECIAL RATES
Account Christmas and New
Years’ Holidays Via the Iron
Mountain Route.
An open rate of fare and one
third for the round trip, with
minimum selling rate of 50 cents,
and maximum selling rate of
$3.50 between points within a
distance limit of 100 miles. Rate
one fare plus 50 cents for the
round trip between points out
side of 100 miles radius and with
in 200 mile radius. Tickets on
sale Dec. 24th, 25th and 31st
and Jan. 1, good to return up to
and including Jan. 4, 1904. All
tickets to be limited to continu
ous passage in each direction.
98btd T. H. Reamey, Agt.
SHANGHAIING OYSTERMEN.
'1'rlckH by Which Sailors lor the
Dredges ou Chesapeake Bay
Are Obtained.
This is the time of the year when
tales of the shanghaiing of men for
the oyster dredging vessels on the
Chesapeake bay reach the ears of the
Baltimore police.- Formerly the sliang
haiiug was done with violence. Now
it is a kind of confidence game, says
a recent account from Baltimore.
“This is the way it is done,” said
Police Captain League. ""A runner for
one of the shipping firms strolls along
the water front and finally sees a man
who seems to be looking for employ
ment. He approaches him in a tact
ful manner and inquires if he wants to
make a little money. The answer is
generally ‘yes,’ spoken about as quick
ly as a man can get the words out of
his mouth.
“ ‘Well,’ says the shipping agent’s
runner, becoming confidential, ‘I know
of a way we can turn a couple of dol
lars. I’m looking for men to ship tn
the oyster beds. We’ll get two dollars
for each man, a dollar for me and a
dollar for you, if you’ll help me. All
we have to do is to find a man who's
looking for work, take him down to
the office and get him shipped aboard
the vessel. Then we go back to shore
and collect the money.”
“Just about this time along comes
the runner’s confederate, sauntering
around the wharves with the manner
of an idle man. The ruuner calls the
attention of the stranger to the second
actor and intimates that he is possibly
a candidate for a berth on an oyster
dredger.
“Together the runner and the man
he has picked up approach the confed
erate. After a little conversation the
proposition is made and the confed
erate accepts it. The trio have several
rounds of drinks, paid for by the rtnv
ner, and then they go> t®> She shipping
office.
"There the prospective victim is told
that he must sign for' the man he has.
shipped. He does so. If hw cannot
read or write he makes Mb mark on
the agreement.. He is: told; fihait a sec*
ond paper must be signed aboard the:
oyster boat.
"Then the runner and tlte1 man when
is really the victim, but who thinks he
Kno nncnarn/l QnAthnr m9TT: RFP FftWiMl
out to the oyster dredger. After they
get aboard the victim is dbcoyed into
the cabiu by the captain, the runner
and his confederate jump into their
boat and row ashore, ami after they
are once away the real victim is told
that he has shipped for a certain
period,
“If he kicks, as he always does, h«
is shown the shipping agreement,
which he has signed or marked under
the impression that he signed for an
other man. When a man gets shrang
! haiied in such a manner he is not en
titled to sympathy, and as a rule
doesn’t get any more than is coming
to him.
“Frequently men are decoyed upon
oyster vessels by hiring told that they
are wanted for one trip down the bay
and are promised targe wage*. Aftei
they get down, on the oyster beds they
are transferred tnmn one vessel to i*n>
other, and the trip, instead^ of lasting
ten days or two weeks, continues uakti.
the close of the season.
I “The work is, of course, hard tit th
wintertime; but, then, it is not »
hard or so dangerous as a sailor’s Uf
aboard a coasting vessel' at tie sana
, season of the year. For a man in goo
' physical condition, oyster dredging i
-1 not terrible labor.
5 Qf course, there are brutal captaini
unfit food and filthy sleeping quartet
’ on many boats, hut there are als
• many boats on which entirely differei
t conditions prevail.”
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e FOR SALE CHEAP.
9 '
i- One good full-top, doubl
>. seated carriage. Inquire at tl
j. 5 and 10c store, 115 Walnut St.
x For the news read the JL>ai
J. Independent.
IE To the many Friends and Patrons of Oar Store, we
g extend greetings for the New Year which we would
!| hope may be a happy one to each. The year rust - J| ■
I closing has been a very satisfactory one to us in the
I increased volume of our business and to the friends re
1 sponsible for this good showing, we would offer our
I thanks. We hope that our methods of doing business
| I may continue in effect these pleasant relations. -
I j Newport Builders'
J i S0^ Hardware Co.
FOR RENT!
“ H o t e I
Creighton"
On Walnut street Newport,
Ark. This is the best hotel town
in the state and is centrally
located, being one full block
from St. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern Depot and opposite the
Jackson county court house.
Will be Finished About
January 15th, 1904
And will contain twenty-eight
sleeping rooms, office 25x30 feet,
dining room 20x45 feet, one par
lor on first Floor and one on
second floor, three bath rooms,
large kitchen, pan Cry and store
room, will be equipped with —
electric return annunciator to
each room, long distance and |
ocal' telephone.
Electric and Gas Lights
Laundry and servants' apart
ments in yard adjoining. When I
completed will be very eonven
ent for the commercial trade.
Apply to,
J. H. McMsigh.
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I‘ BOB’S IN T<MN’’
1 He buys cotton seed and |
1 don't forget it. Witte no- ill
I will to any company, he
■ buys for himself and pays |
I for the same.
I R, L. JOHNSON
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‘ $350 FOR LETTERS TO
ENCOURAGE EMIGRATION. \
The Rock Island system offers
t wenty prizes of tfte aggregate
. value of $390 for tatters relative
to the territory along its lines in
. Arkansas, Indian. Territory. Kan
t sas, Oklahoma,, Ubxas and New
L Mexico. Letters should deal 1
with the writers’- experiences
l since he settled in the Southwest.
, They should: tail how much money
» he had where he arrived, what
i measure o£ success has attended
8 his efforts and what he thinks of
that portion of the country in
'■ which he is located. Letters
8 should not be less than ,100 nor
° more than 1500 words in length,
1 and will be used for the purpose
! of advertising the Southwest.
litters are desired not only
| from farmers and farmers’ wives,
! but also from merchants, school
». teachers, clergymen, from every
' j one, in brief, who has a story to
ie tell and who knows how to tell it.
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y Traffic Manager, Rock Island
| System, Chicago,
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