NEWPORT, ARKANSAS FRIDAY. MAIMER 117.
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t^Tof»Pi'ivate’'
E made its appearance in
KuLjng been published m ,
the author. W. E,
one of our most es-.
E citizens, who was a
Kr 0f Company G. First
IUu Regiment Infantry in
■Confederate army through
ly war between the states,
le author is not publishing
work in the hope of finan
ced, but to arouse inter
ning the veterans of the ;
, ^eir sons and daughters j
,’e laudable work of building
nument here in Newport to !
own departed heroes, who
led for the “Lost Cause.”
ie author gives a splendid
Stive of his four years’ ex
»nce, that would be interest
ed instructive to those who ]
not and to those who j
i added interest is felt for
ent reference is made to
others, who enlisted in the
mport company.
1 aside from many thrill- j
tperiences, hardships en- j
battles waged and i
on against superior num-;
trategic retreats, amusing
its and bits of humor for
old, the author deals vvith
ate's views of what con- j
id to the downfall of the j
leracy in placing General
n command of the West-1
ny to succeed the beloved j
1 Joseph E. Johnston,
even to those who have j
f stories and incidents of j
r, we commend the story :
fellow townsman as well i
reading.
of the cities and towns j
South have paid tribute j
soldiers who gave their
i the cause and Newport;
awake to its duty in!
a monument to these j
s. It need not be so1
te and costly and the !
hould be raised by popu- j
scription willingly given.
IMilwee Quits Politics.
hal to Independent,
ittle Rock Aug. 14.—Judge
- Milwee of Clarendon, late
paign manager for Stephen
ndidge, is again in Little
b but this time he is attend
to private business. He has
returned from a vacation
t in Heber Springs, where
tates all politics was boiled
of his system. Judge Mil
states he knows when he
had enough, and hence
i he and politics will trod
rent paths.
Mrs, Suizer Model W ife.
iw York, Aug. 14.— Mrs.
am Suizer, who has project
ed herself into the case of im
peachment of Governor Suizer
J confessing” that she specu
fed with her husband’s cam
P^pi funds, became more con
spicuous because of her nervous
breakdown. Dr. Robert A
rams, a nervous specialist, who
,as ireatod Mrs. Suizer be
kit New York at mid
% t for Albany in response to
* Suininons, with the under
standing that Mrs. Suizer was in
a 'crious condition.
, i? known among
er friends as a model home
er, and the statements at
tributed to her regarding her
speculation with campaign
funds to help meet household
expenditures surprised those
who know her. Before her mar
riage she was Miss Clara Rod
elheim of Philadelphia. After
a high school education there
she became a trained nurse in
the Presbyterian hospital in
Chicago and afterwards served
at institutions in this city.
While Governor Suker was a
member of congress the couple
lived in an unpretentious apart
ment in East Capitol street in
Washington, where Mrs. Sulzer
delighted in playing the role of
both cook and hostess when
friends were being entertained.
Sixteen Inch Rainfall.
Moutain View, Aug. 13.—
Nearly a four months’ drouth
was broken here Sunday by an
unprecedented rainfall, varying
from two inches in some parts
of the county to sixteen inches
in other parts. The main bulk
of the rain falling at the head
of Sylamore creek brought de
struction in its wake. The creek
rose to about thirty feet in the
narrow places within the space
of a very few minutes, carrying
fences, crops, live stock, poul
try and an immense amount of
debris before it- The house on
the Jack Brewer place was wash
ed away, as was also the Art
Haney residence. The widow
Sexton’s barn went down with
the flood, as did the barns on
the Andy Pitts place, the fam
ilies escaping from the houses
before they were swept away
by fleeing to the high bluffs
near by.
Wires are down in all direc
tions and details are meager, but
the people report seeing a new
wagon and buggy going down
with the tide, and it it is feared
that human lives have been lost
During the downpour, which
lasted from 9 a. m. to 3:30 p.
m., one of Walter Looney’s sons
went to the barn to feed his
horse, and as he took his pitch
fork to gather hay a bolt of
lightning struck him and he is
in a very precarious condition.
Physicians say he will recover,
however. There was no wind
or hail accompanying the rain
and late crops not wrasHed away
will be greatly benefitted.
Negro Forger Has Good Haul.
Stuttgart. Aug. 14.—As a re
sult of more or less clever for
geries two well known firms of
Stuttgart are short several dol
lars and a quantity of goods. A
negro about 6 feet, 2 inches in
height, of heavy build, carrying
an axe and a dinner pail, walked
into one of the stores and com
menced spending money like he
was buying for a railroad, camp,
and at another store did the
same. In settling for the pui -
chases he produced a check
signed by a well known farmer
for $70 and at the other store
one for $50, and received con
siderable real money in ex
change.
At the third place the proprie
tor noticed the name misspelled
and did not fall for the forgery,
but let the negro get away.
Both checks were on the Ger
man-American Bank of this city
and were turned down there,
i but paid by the Bank of Com
merce and Trust Company,
where they were first deposited.
The negro disappeared immedi
ately and cannot be located.
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Wanted—Clean cotton rags,
j —Independent office. dtf
TWO ITALIANS
ARL BOUND OVER
Under Charge of Stealing a
Mule Belonging to Louis
Novock, a Bulgarian.
In the neighborhood of Oly
phant in Jackson County, there
is quite a settlement of foreign
ers. who do not speak English
very fluently- This neighbor
hood had its day in court Friday
before Esquire Nuckolls, two of
the residents Tony Sabino and
Tony Aristos. both Italians be
ing charged by their Bulgarian
neighbor Louis Novock with the
theft of a valuable mule.
The whole section was very
much wrought up over the case
and many were the witnesses.
G. A. Hillhouse represented the
prosecution and S. M. Stuckey
the defendant.
After hearing the evidence
against the accused, both were
bound over to the grand jury
and the bond of each fixed at
$1000.
Boy Scout Visits City.
Lloyd Tunnell, an enthusiastic
Boy Scout from Brownwood,
Texas, is in the city for a day or
two and is anxious to meet some
of’the Boy Scouts recently or
ganized in our city.
Lloyd is fifteen years old and
a very bright and interesting
young fellow, who with his fa
ther, C. A. Tunnell, is making a
trip through Arkansas.
He is always ready to talk of
the benefits derived from being
a Boy Scout and is glad the rules
of membership are as strict as
they are, which bring out all
that is good and manly in a boy.
Lloyd has his membership in
Black Panther. Patrol No. 3,
Troupe One at Brownwood, Tex
as-.
•For Sale.
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A pair of young mares, match
|ed, one young mare, unbroken,
! 1 milk wagon. 1 delivery wagon,
! 1 separator. S. W. Taggart
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Moving Pictures
; at the Opera House
18 Reels Per Week.
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A GIRL’S STRATEGEM.
A good story showing how’ she
saved her sweetheart from mor
jal disaster.
i (BIOGRAPH.)
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SHIPPING A CLOCK.
(A good comedy—LUBIX)
THE FAKE SOLDIERS
(An excellent comedy—LUBIX)
A STREAK OF YELLOW
: a society gir] gives a party to
(announce her engagement, the
chafing dish explodes, the Dr.
announces she will be disfigtued
| for life. Her lover breaks the
|engagement- She raises her Neil
'and her face is unblemished.
1 She accepts her second choice,
(featuring Alice Joyce, Tom
i Moore and Stephen Purdee. An
excellent picture.
(KALEM.)
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i Four good pictures and excellent
music.
'Saturday Night—Miss Dees, a
rare reader of ability, will give a
-few humorous and Dramath
j readings.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
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Wins An Original Bet .
An illustration of American
hustle in manufacturing ami
railroading was illustrator re
cently by the head of one of our
local industries.
Oscar E- Jacobs, President of
the American Veneer £: Special
ty Company and Lon L. Camp
bell. the company’s attorney,
took a motor boat trip up White
River 25 miles above Newport,
on Sunday, July 20 and stopped
at a logging camp. While walk
ing through the woods they were
looking at some particularly
fine trees. Campbell asked how
many years before the trees
would be made into furniture.
Jacobs replied that he could put
those trees into finished furni
ture stock and have them in a
city 200 miles away in one week.
Campbell, with a professional
conception of the slow process
of the law. offered to wager one
hundred dollars it could not be
done, which was promptly ac
cepted.
Arrangements were made xo
have the particular trees cut on
Monday and put on the river
bank. The company’s boat was
ordered to the place and the
logs were delivered at the com
pany's plant, at 2:30. Tuesdav:
were in the boiling vats at six
o’clock, cut into furniture ve
neer on Wednesday and put into
the dry kilns. On Thursday the
stock was loaded bone dry into a
car which left Newport via St.
L. I. M. & S. fast freight Friday
morning at 4 o’clock and was
reported in St. Louis, Saturday
noon, July 26th.
1 From growing red gum trees
in practically a wilderness to
finished veneer ready for furni
ture manufacture in a me
tropolis in less than one week is
moving faster than a Mexican
revolution and a creditable ex
ploit of what American industry
can do.
t W. C. T. U. Worker Coming
Miss Dixie Dees, a prominent
W. C. T. U. worker and a gradu
ate of the Boston School of Ex
pression whose voice and talent
give her a power with any audi
ence will speak at the opera
house Saturday night after the
picture show and also at a union
service at the Methodist church
Sunday night.
i fpn n=n n=n rPiuauHLEnJErUEILGU5nJ3U9
I Murder l ish With !)>namiU\
'Special to Independent.
Little Hock, Aug. 14—The loss
to the state in game fish, due to
the legislature failing to pass a
game warden act, is now being
keenly felt over Arkansas, ac
cording to report' which are
coming from the good fishing
i sections.
i Pvnamite is being used in
large uantities on ( ache and
other rivers of Eastern Arkan
sas. where people fish—or mur
der the fish—for market. Com
missioner of Agriculture John
H. Page recently returned from
a fishing trip on Cache and
states that he could hear the
explosions of dynamite all about
his camp, but was not able to
see anyone using the explosive
The argument was used in the
last legislature that a game
warden was unnecessary for the
peace officers are sufficiently
numerous to enforce the laws
j for the protection of game, but
this is not borne out by reports
' from Eastern Arkansas.
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A Good Special Act.
Paragould. Aug. 14—Among
the acts of the recent General
Assembly, which have just been
published in book form, is one of
I especial interest to the citizens
of Greene county. It is act No.
| 173, and applies only to Greene,
|Hot Spring and Lonoke counties,
and provides that each road over
seer in the counties named must
file an affidavit on Nov. 1 of each
year, stating that he has work
ed all hands four days on the
public roads or has collected $3
in lieu thereof; and upon fail
ure to work or collect from each
hand the overseer shall be fin
ed $25 for each offense.
Any person who fails to work
the roads or pay his dues within
three days after having been
j warned by the overseer shall be
required to pay the overseer $1
jfor each extra trip made to col
li ect the dues. It has been the
[prevailing custom in this and
j other counties for the overseers
j to work the roads as long as
! there was any money in the
| treasury to the credit of the
| district, but practically no at
tention has been paid to the law
! requiring free labor to be work
! ed upon the roads or to pay in
'lieu thereof the sum of $4. The
new law makes the cash pay
jmiauauayausyg;
merit $f> and penalizes those who
fail to comply with it.
The act was originally intend
ed to apply to Hot Springs and
Lonoke counties, hut when it
came up in the senate. Senator
Futrell had (Ireene county in
cluded.
|{> Auto To New York
Hot Springs, Aug. 1 1.—Frank
Walker. Hr. DeCosta Walker,
I)r. I!eehe and a chaufeur left
'I'uesday in Frank Walker’s big
Packard car for New York
City. l)r. Heebe will go only
to Memphis from which city
the others will continue their
.journey. The car is literall.
covered with Hot Springs pen
nants. Large quantities of Hot
Springs literature will be picked
up on the route at designated
points. The excursion is pure
ly one of pleasure and as the
j party is composed of Hof.
I Springs boosters, they are do
ling the advertising for the love
| of the cause.
Donaghey A Candidate.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 14.— What
doubt there was as to George W.
Donaghey being a candidate for
United States Senator, in oppo
sition to James P. Clarke, that
has accumulated in the past few
weeks, was dispelled Wednesday
afternoon when he stated posi
tively that he would be in the
race.
Gov. Donaghey did not go any
further with his statement, or
attempt to discuss public issues,
saying it was too early to start
j the fight, but he would be right
out on the hustings at the prop
er time, shelling the woods as
I of yore.
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Sanitary Notice.
Notice is hereby given that an
inspection of sanitary condi
tions will be made Monday, the
18th day of August. All pre
mises must be clean on that day.
It is unlawful to allow filth of
any kind to collect—for filth
breeds flies. No empty cans,
buckets or anything that will
hold water in which mosquitoes
can breed should be allowed on
any premises.
E L. Watson,
Health Officer.
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I Clearance of “Crown Trousers" I
If you can buy a pair of ‘'Crown Trousers” |
in your size, you must consider the values we offer |
—at least drop in and see what we are offering. |
We never carry goods over from one season to the 1
other. 1
$4.00 and $4.50 Crown Trousers now-$2.85 ^
^ $5.00 and $5-50 Crown Trousers now...--3.35 jjgj
H $6.00 and $6.50 Crown Trousers now.-.4.35 p
H $7.00 and $7.50 Crown Trousers now-5.35 ||
1 Remember, “Crown Trousers” are very high grade and jg
H extra’well made. Alterations at cost to customer. j§ 1
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|fe ’’STAR CLOTHING HOUSE.
We Close Evenings at 6:30 (Except Saturday.) K’-i