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Is hereby given that the under
, as assessor of Jackson county,
sas, will meet the people of the j
lips at the following times and j
urpose Jof listing the Personal
Per Capita Tax for the
lip, McDougal’s residence, Mon
y, June 2, and 3.
lip, Grand Glaize, Wednesday
.me 4 and 5.
township, Auvergne, Friday
A township, Weldon, Saturday
.township, Tupelo, Monday
1!1^ip, Nance’s Store Tuesday
ne 10 and 11.
hip, Martin’s Old Residence,
iy, June 12 and 13.
Burton’s Store, Saturday
llartin’s Schoo 1 House, Mon
me 16, and 17.
Robmson’s Chapel, Wednes
une 18 and 19.
p, Barnes’ Mill, Friday
p, Jacksonport, Monday and
id 24.
gin, Wednesday June 25.
nterville, Thursday, June 26.
ickernian, Friday and Sat
Swifon, Monday June 30
sday, July 1 and 2.
ourt House, Newport, from
A g your deeds or last tax
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IRBY-TAYLOR.
Mr. George R. Irby Married To Mi8E
Lucy A. Taylor Wednesday Morn
ing At Home of Bride’s Brother—
Take Noon Train For Trip
To Hot Springs.
A very pretty home wedding was
that of Mr. George R. Irby and Miss
Lucy A. Taylor at the home of the
bride’s brother, Mr. J. O. Taylor at
the corner of Elm and Second streets.
Wednesday morning. The popularity
enjoyed by the contracting parties
among Newport’s best people has
made the event one of interest to so
ciety, but the solemnizing of the rite
was witnessed by only the immediate
relatives and a few invited friends.
The parlor was tastily decorated in
roses, lillies and sweet peas. At ten
o’clock to the sweet rendering of
Mendlessohn’s march by Miss Clara
Johnson, the bride entered the parlor
from the hallway upon the arm of
her brother Mr. J. O. Taylor, meeting
the groom accompanied by Miss Leila
Moore of Memphis. Rev. J. W. Smith
said the ceremony, which wras very
impressive.
After the bride and groom had re
ceived the congratulations and good
wishes of all present, the party re
paired to the dining room, where a
dainty and elegant eleven o’clock
lunch was enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. Irby left on the noon
train for Hot Springs, where they
will spend a week before returning to
Newport, which they will continue to
make their home. A number of
friends were at the depot to bid them
goodbye and incidentally to see that
they were well showered with rice
and that an old shoe attached to their
trunks might bear with them good
luck and pleasure.
The friends of the contracting par
ties remembered them with a num
ber of beautiful presents and all join
in best wishes for their future happi
ness.
The .bride worea-v.ands.Qme travel
ing suit of blue entemine trimmed
with white medallions, while the
groom was dressed in conventional
black.
Those present at the wedding were
Messrs, and Mesdames J. W. Smith,
J. S. Wilmans, J. M. Hobgood, Mes
dames O. W. Scarborough, W. A.
Billingsley, L. C. Doswell, Misses
Leila Moore, Clara Johnson, Mary
Laird and Messrs. J. E. Wilmans, J.
W. Coffman, R. M. Laird and E. L.
Boyce.
A RED LETTER NIGHT.
Weldon, Ark., June 16, 1902.
Mr. Editor:—
The most delightful social function
ever gotten up in Jackson county,
was the ice cream lawn supper Friday
evening June 13, an entertainment
given by Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Her
ring at their ideal home on the Fer
rill farm near Pickett Lake.
For the occasion the night was per
fect. The gentle breeze was silky and
balmy. The friendly moon from her
meridian height shown brightly down
upon a soft rich carpet of grass be
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like protecting sentinels.
This scene will be a life remem
brance with everyone present. It
was on historic ground, what has long
been known as “the old Picket farm,”
a long deep narrow body of water
fringed with tangled undergrowth,
and overshadowed by giant cypress
trees. Recalling the lakes of Swit
zerland, curved and slender as the
new moon and made familiar to us by
tourists among the Alps, so often de
scribed by German, English, Italian
and French poets, and recently re
ferred to in gems of expression and
enthusiasm by Alice De Vilbiss, the
literary enchantress of Harrison, and
painter of the future of Arkansas.
It was an up-to-date ice cream sup
per, representative of the intelligence,
refinement and wealth of Weldon and
vicinity.
There were present to mention the
young ladies first, for in all lands they
are first. For without them there is
no church, no ball, no party, no so
sciety—they are society—from Wel
don: The Misses Kellie, Ethyl and Hal
lie Tankersley, Bertha Jennings, Mae
Glover, Lula Gilliam, Laura Johnson, !
and Eva ShufTord.
Looking on their fair young faces,
I could easily imagine the young men
with them would drink in the spirit
of the poet, who wrote
"Woman, the brightest star that shines
along our way,
Where e’re our footsteps roam,
The only sovereign we obey,
The angel of our home.”
The young gentlemen of Weldon
who were present were:
Messrs. Oscar Drain, Syd Dameron,
Tim Dean, J. 0. Tankersley, J. C.
Griffin, Archie Boyles, Ed and Sig
Shoft'ner, Link McDonald, Dr. E. W.
Johnson, John Starnes and Robt. Mc
Donald. From Tupelo: Messrs. Bry
ant Jones Jr. and Felix Simmons.
Those among us have already
learned that when duty commands
They're not to make reply,
They're not to reason why,
They’re to do or die.
To me the most amusing part of the
entertainment was the game which
they call “snapp” which I never be
fore witnessed. I was told it was a
“play,” but I Lave a strong suspicion
that that same play was a prelude to
the serious business of life.
But it is time we were going to sup
per out on the lawn under the grand
old trees. The tables were beauti
fully decorated with—what would
you guess? With elder blooms, em
blem of compassion cunningly appro
priate on this occasion. It grows
anywhere on that great plantation.
It was really elegant. I suppose Mr.
Editor you have heard Patti sing
“Home Sweet Home,” and you have
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is no place like home. I don’t know
what you will think of it but allow me
to say there is no home like the farm
home and no farm like these large
plantation homes.
Our host and hostess, Mr. Harry
Herring and his lady Mrs. Floe S.
Herring, together with her friends,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Drain, Mrs. Ona
Sneatt, Mrs. A. T. McDonald and Mr.
F. M. Robertson, won all our hearts
by their grace and dignity and cor
diality of welcome diffusing gladness
among their guests and. maidng eaen
feel a more important personage than
he thought himself before he came.
Mrs. Herring assisted by her mother
Mrs. M. Johnson showed herself well
skilled in the difficult and delicate art
of receiving and entertaining her
guests, making all feel at home and
dismissing them with the feeling that
they were leaving their welcome.
Mr. Editor, I do not assume to be a
critic or censor of society doings,
but I was so well pleased with the
conduct, spirit and dramatis personae
of this “play,” and as I may not visit
you again this June, I propose a sen
timent. The young men and young
women of Mrs. Herring’s moonlight
lawn party—they are an ornament of
Jackson county and belong to her
400. Au revoir. Wm. S. Speer.
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CONVENTION DEADLOCK
CONTINUES.
Wynne, June 17.—The deadlock in
the congressional convention contin
ues with no immediate prospects of
being broken. A fraction of the del
egates of Woodruff county went to
Parrish this morning making the vote
stand: Macon, 32 2-5; Parrish, 23 3-5;
Taylor 16. Later in the day three
fifths of one vote of Woodruff went
back to Macon. The convention took
a recess tonight until 9 o’clock to
morrow morning after the 525th bal
lot. An effort will be made tomor
row to move the convention to Jones
boro or Paragould. The convention
is goodhumored but determined and
the friends of each candidate are
standing firm. At present the final
outcome is no nearer intelligent
prophecy than when the first ballot
was taken.
TWO PLEAD GUILTY.
The trial of the fifteen negro crap
shooters arrested by Sheriff Bandy
Monday night began before Justice
J. J. Martin Wednesday morning.
George Willis and J. S. White entered
a plea of guilty to gaming and were
fined $10 each and costs.
A third negro was given a trial by
jury but a conviction could not be se
cured and be was released. The
court then took a recess until two
o’clock in the afternoon.
CROP REPORT BULLETIN.
Very high temperatures, with an
almost entire absence of precipitation
prevailed during the week ending
June 16. While crops apparently
have not been seriously injured they
are beginning to feel the effects of the
droughty conditions and rain is badly
needed in some localities, especially
throughout the northwest section,
where wells are drying up and stock
water is becoming scarce. Cotton is
clean, well cultivated and continues
to make good growth; it is beginning
to bloom in some few localities. Corn
has suffered to some extent from the
hot dry weather which hf\s caused it
to wilt and turn yellow; the late
planted is being laid by. Wheat har
vesting has progressed rapidly during
the week; the yield is not uniform,
some sections reporting an average
crop, while in others the yield is from
poor to fair. Oat harvesting contin
ues with a generally light yield. Gar
den truck is suffering from a lack of
moisture. The prospects for fruit are
not uniformly good; peaches are dry
ing up and dropping in some lo
calities; apples continue to drop and
Che prospects for a full crop are not
promising.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
F. G. Smith et al, trustees of Mis
sionary Baptist Church to W. B.
Chastain, lots 5 and 6, block “H”
Chastain’s addition to Newport, $1.00.
State of Arkansas to William D.
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Jos. M. Stayton, trustee to Nathan
Graham, trustee, 40 acres 22-13-2,
$575.
Junius R. Co.\ and wife to Wm. C.
McLain, lots 1 a; i 2. block B, town of
Diaz, $84.84.
Laura C. Ewing to l nion Compress
Company, lots l. 2, 3, I and 5, block 31
Daugherty’s addition to Newport,
$1000.
' Isaac N. Greenhaw and wife to John
Greenhaw, 1-4 interest in 160 acres
21-12-2, $300.
Pond S tJecker Kfig. Uo. to Z." rip
penger 89.94 acres 31-11-1, $130.
m adriageTicenses.
R. Dorsey Wilmans, Newport and
Cornelia Phillips, Newport.
Floyd Thomas, Rufus and Eva Gray,
Rufus.
G. W. Clark, Newport and Nettie
Moody, Newport.
George Dodson, Elmo and Florence
Fletcher, Elmo.
George L. Dameron, Newport and
Novella Vaulner, Newport.
M. C. Bedlock, Bradford and Mattie
Ritter, Bradford.
William Clingham, Newport and
Jennie Wiggs, Newport.
Alford J. Cheatham, Potosi, Mo.
and Loula C. Christian, Little Rock.
Geo. R. Irby, Newport and Lucy A.
Taylor, Newport.
SURVEYS FOREXTENSION.
Speaking of the Missouri Pacific ex
tensions, the Springfield Record says:
About six hundred men are now at
work on the new road and the sur
veyors are in Taney county pushing
their part of the work with all speed
to keep ahead of the construction
gangs.
What the route of the line from
Taney county will be cannot be known
for the red line on the map referred
to is a direct line to Carthage from
Batesville; and it is not likely that it
was intended as an accurate descrip
tion of the course for the reason that
it does not accurately describe that
part of the road which is already com
pleted in Arkansas and on which
trains are now running.
The map seems to indicate that the
new road will probably hit Aurora on
it’s way to Carthage and from the
former point pass between the hrisco
and the old Memphis lines.
STAVE FACTORY BURNED.
Camden, Ark., June 17.—The Ezell
stave factory located one mile south
of this place, caught fire Monday af
ternoon about 5:30 o’clock and at this
hour, 6:45, is almost consumed. The
fire caught in the dry kiln and
afterward the mill caught. The loss
will amount to at least $15,000 or
$20,000 and was not insured.