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VOLUME III. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1908 NUMBER 52
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50 1TW© DAYS ONLY | 50
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Thursday and Friday, June 25 and 28
We will sell our B. & B. and Opera
High Grade $1.00 Shirts for 50c.
Not more than four to each customer. I
Remember, first come, first served. These are
the best one dollar shirts on the market, and ev
ery one who wears shirts should avail themselves
of this opportunity.
| TW© DAYS ONLY |
CENTS | _| CENTS
Alfred Benjamin & Manhattan Shirts
Co. Correct Clothing Edwin Clapp Shoes_
Knox and Hawes • Stacy-Adams Shoes
Hats Crown Trousers
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J. W. Lindley Pres. L. T. Slayden Vice Pres. E. V. Holt Cashier.
BANK OF TUCKERMAN,
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CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.00
We are open to the public for all business which constitutes safe and re
liable Banning.
COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY.
Your Patronage Is Solicited.
TUCKERHAN = - ARKANSAS.
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The Doctor’s
Best Efforts
will come to naught unless his prescription is
accurately compounded from'drugs of known
purity and strength. A prescription often means
too much for any chance to be taken in the filling.
A Physician’s Dilemma
A doctor may dislike to tell you where to take
your prescription, because his motive may be
misunderstood, but he will be satisfic'd, it you
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bring it her.-. Our drugs fall short in nothing;
our compounding is accuracy itself, and our
prices are always as low as they can be.
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SELLS’ DRUG STORE
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS.
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5 All papers executed'proniptly. C
J Write Deeds, Mortgages, Acknowledge- (
V nients, and Bills of Sale. S
t All cases decided according to law and t
C evidence, irrespective of persons. /
/ A specialty of the blending of hearts, \
J causing two to beat as one. Ceremony C
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r Office at Grocery Store, 209 Walnut S
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PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AN*
OCULISJ.
urn RAIIEV BROS' CRT GOODS ATOM
JACK JONES,
The Crack Barber, keeps a neat
and busy little shop. Upper end
of Front street. Expert tonso
rialists. Easy shaves and the best
haircuts. Our work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.”
PEARLS.
We pay the highest prices for
Pearls, Slugs, Points or Baroques.
Send your pearls to us, if our offer is
not accepted, we will return them at
our expense.
Try us on a small lot.
Wm. Barthwian,
174 BROADWAY. CORNER MAI DC ft
LANE. NEW YORK, N. Y.
DEALER IN DIAMONDS, WATCHES
AND,JEWELRY.
Ravenden = Springs, = Ark.
SOUTHERN HOTEL.
Is open for guests. 110 miles west of
Memphis, Tenn. Ozark Mountains.
On Frisco Ry. Rates $7.00 per week.
Lithia Waters.
R. D. WELCH,
Owner and Proprietor.
LIVERYMEN,
FARMERS,
DRAYHEN
And all users of axle grease
that want the best grease on
the market and that recognize
a good thing when shown its
merits, we recommend our Gold
en and Castor Oil brands of
Axle Grease. It is put up in 1
pound tin boxes and 3 pound
tin buckets. For sale by all
up-to-date merchants. Ask for
it and take no substitute. It is
guaranteed to have no equal
for quality on the market.
WATERS=PIERCE
OIL COHPANY.
SUMMER SCHOOL,
Knoxville, Tennessee, June 23 to July
31, 1903.
For the occasion of the Summei
School, Knoxville, Tenn., June 23 tc
July 31, 1903, the Southern Railway
will sell tickets from all points on its
line to Knoxville and return June 21
22, 23, 28, 29, July 5, 6, 13 and 20, 190J
with limit for return passage fifteer
days from date of sale at a rate of one
fare plus 25 cents for the round trip
An extension of final limit may be
obtained until September 30, 1903 by
depositing ticket with special agent a;
Knoxville not earlier than June 21
1903 nor later than fifteen days fron
purchase, and upon payment of fee o
50 cents per ticket at time of deposit
For further information, call on any
ticket agent of the Southern Rail
way. 37 t July 20.
! ELEGANT RECEPTION IN
MRS. REMMEL’S HONOR.
Mrs. L. Hirsch Tenders Society An
Enjoyable and Notable Event in
Honor of Mrs. H. L. Remmel
Thursday Afternoon.
“Forsake not an old friend, for the
new is not comparable unto him; a
new friend is as new wine; when it is
old, thou Shalt drink it withpleasure.”
The inspired author of Ecclesiastes
has simply yet beautifully paid tribute
to that love for old friendships, which
makes happy reunion hours, when
past acquaintances are rejuvenated
and old associations are recall
ed to bind with closer ties
those friendships of years gone
by. Events of such character are
thus naturally endeared and when at
tended by those numerous pleasures
of a brilliant social function, become
doubly rich in the enjoyment they
contribute. With such a purpose in
view, the beautiful reception tendered
Mrs. Harmon L. Remmel of Little
Rock by her sister Mrs. L. Hirsch was
a very timely and thoughtful compli
ment, for a chance was thus afforded
to meet her old Newport friends be
fore her early departure on a pleasure
trip to the Continent.
The Hirsch home had been beauti
fully arrayed in floral decorations and
in all its appointments the receptior
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graced by that informality which sc
preeminently contributes to the suc
cess of a social function.
The hours, were from three to six it
the afternoon and over a hundred in
vitations had been issued. Upon arri
val the guests were first greeted it
the hallway by Mesdames O. W. Scar
borough and W. A. Billingsley. The
interior had been darkened and the
light of candles upon a hallway oi
nasturtiums and yellow cannas dis
played with neat effect amidst the
greenery of vines gave inkling of the
pleasure and beauty within.
The hostess and guest of honor Mrs
Remmel, who possess equally thai
family trait of gracious affability, re
ceived in the parlor, assisted by Misi
Lula Empie. The softened light o
red candles fell upon pretty bowls o
roses also red, and upon the mantle
piece and walls hung here and there <
i bunch of long-stemmed roses.
From the parlor, through the open
doorway, the guests passed into th<
library, rich in a profuse and elabo
rate decoration of magnolias. Ove
the punch bowl in one corner, pre
sided over by Misses Lula Wolf am
Mabel Stay ton, ran an arch of magno
lia blossoms which with trailing'vinei
about the walls made this room om
of the most attractive. Mesdame
Wm. Bailey, Jus Jones, O. D. Watsoi
and Miss Carrie Stevens received ii
the library.
The dining hall was resplendent ii
the sweet simplicity of oxeyed daisies
From the chandelier to the four cor
ners of the table with a white laci
trimmed cover over pink, ran stream
ers of pink and green, which color
were also carried out in the candle
and candelabra. The mantle-pieci
and china closet were banked wit!
fern and other greenery, the whol
effect being quite charming. Colore<
waiters served the refreshments o
ice cream, cake and olives.
I T^nninr* thn o f fnni»/\ATl TVT iacrnu Mo
Whittaker and Gene Bandy upon th
piano and violin contributed music t
the complete success of this wel
planned and beautifully executed re
ception.
COSTUMES OP RECEPTION PARTY.
Mrs. Remmel was handsomely at
tired in a white crepe de chine, trim
med in lace, and wore diamonds.
Mrs. L. Hirsch wore a pretty whit
mull and American Beauty roses.
Miss Lula Empie wore a blue or
gandie with escurial lace trimming.
Mrs. W. A. Billingsley was gowue
in a white tucked organdie.
Miss Carrie Stevens wore whit
china silk, trimmed with lace.
Mrs. Gustave Jones wore whit
china silk, trimmed in lace.
Mrs. Wm. Bailey wore white sil
tissue trimmed with Valencienne
lace.
Mrs. O. D. Watson wore a beautifi
dotted white grenadine, trimme
with lace and ribbon.
Miss Lula Wolf wore a pink organ
die over taffeta.
Miss Mabel Stayton wore a whit
organdie over taffeta.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A tenant by the name of Barne
who with his family were hoeing col
ton in the field of Dan Dowell tw
i miles east of Tuckerman last Frida;
was struck by lightning and instantl
, killed.
The wife and son were knocke
down, but have completely recovere
from the shock.
NEGRO LYNCHED
BY CLARENDON MOB.
Sheriff Thought Ho Had Outwitted
Mob but a Second Division Found
Negro Who Was Forthwith
Lynched.
Clarendon, June 25.- Shortly after
midnight last night a mob of about
fifty men called at the residence of
Deputy Sheriff John Black and de
manded the keys to the jail. The
men are supposed to have been the
friends and neighbors of John Coburn,
the white man who sustained serious
injuries at the hands of a negro
named Jack Harris.
Sheriff Milwee readily agreed to let
them into the jail and led the way,
requesti g them to choose a com
mittee who should search the jail for
the negro.
Mr. Milwee congratulated himself
that he had outwitted the mob; for,
fearing that something like a lynching
would be attempted, he had given the
negro into the custody of William
Swift. Mr. Swift had conducted the
prisoner to a barn that Sheriff Milwee
had just had built and there they
were, in fancied security, while the
mob were going through the jail. But
it is now known that while the larger
part of the mob were making this ad
vance on the jail, another part were
hot on the trail of the negro and his
guard. It i3 not known how they
knew the whereabouts of the men,
but about the time the larger body of
men were cursing their luck and de
parting from the jail, apparently con
vinced that they could not secure
their man, that night at least, the
other party had found Mr. Swift anti
his prisoner, had furnished good prool
that it would be useless to try to save
the negro, and were leading him
away to find a convenient place to
string him up.
Mr. Swift, whom the mob kept with
them till after the job was finished,
says that the crowd was orderly, there
being no one under the influence of
drink. The negro was allowed to
pray, but was stopped when he got
; too loud.
The first trial at hanging was a fail
ure, as the rope seems to have given
way when the buggy in which the ne
1 gro was standing vvas driven from un
der him. The next time he was drawn
1 up by hand, and died from straugula
1 tion, his neck not being broken.
Probably such severe measures
' would not have been adopted witl
Harris had the mob not failed in its
1 attempt to lynch the negro, Rilej
Park, who killed a white man namec
1 Fowler in the same neighborhood ir
* which Mr. Coburn lives. This killing
> occurred a short time ago, and Sheril;
1 Milwee was forced to send Park to tht
1 penitentiary for safekeeping. Sine*
then the negroes are said to havt
1 grown very insolent in the Cobun
• neighborhood. The affair is deplores
by many citizens here.
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HOME PAPER’S COMMENT.
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\ Expectod but nevertheless a sur
^ prise was the news that reached this
city Thursady morning, says the Pop
I lar Bluff Citizen, that Miss Maym<
f Goss and Will J. Fort were marrie<
in Newport, Ark., Wednesday after
3 noon.
" Mrs. Fort is one of the most popu
lar of Poplar Bluff’s young ladies
j Her vivacity and amiable dispositioi
made friends of all her acquaintances
She is the daughter of Mrs. Etti
Goss. Mr. Fort is the handsome cour
stenographer of this judicial district
of which his father is presiding judge
Mr. and Mrs. Fort are spending i
few days in St. Louis, but their wed
ding trip will be taken after thi
Dunklin county term of court nex
week. They will reside in Dexter
, where Mr. Fort will build a fine resi
dence near that of his father’s.
ENTERTAINS AT FLINCH.
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Miss Mary Sprigg entertained a
£ flinch Thursday afternoon, twelve o
s her girl friends at her home on As!
Street.
1 The crowd was a very congenia
J and jolly one and was well enter
tained.
CANADA AND THE LAKES.
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Special rates via the Iron Mountai
Route to points in Canada, Michigan
Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Ohi
and Wisconsin. Tickets on sale t
September 30th, return limit Oct. 31
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Q A TERRIBLE TALE.
ry
y The story is going the rounds th£
you can get everything nice to eat £
d “The Little Bakery on the Corner
d and that every thing is fresh and cleai
I too. 48 dtf
AGENTS TO BE BREAKFASTED.
Immigration Agents of Gould RoadB
Will Be Taken for Drive Over
City and Breakfasted Sunday.
At a meeting of the business men at
the city hall Thursday afternoon it
was decided that Newport should
prepare for and entertain the immi
gration agents of the Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain system Sunday morn
ing.
The meeting was called to order by
Mayor J. W. Grubbs and the purpose
stated by reading a letter from II. C.
Townsend. Farley Price was elected
chairman and J. L. Sells secretary of
the meeting.
Upon motion of J. W. Grubbs the
chair was authorized to appoint three
committees, which were made as fol
lows: Arrangements—W. A. Bil
lingsley, J. L. Sells and C. W. Beard.
Carriages—J. J. Wilmans, George R.
Hays and F. S. Hess. Entertainment
—L. Minor, G. W. Decker, H. Bern
stein, Gustave Jones, A. Ferguson, M.
M. Stuckey, J. W. Grubbs, O. R. Hite,
T. T. Ward, P. H. Van Dyke and E.
C. Waterman.
All business men are requested to
come forward and assist the enter
tainment committee. The committee
on carriages ask that any of our citi
zens, who have conveyances they are
willing to furnish to please notify
them, as the livery stables have not a
sufficient number.
The party of railroad men will
reach here on No. 6 Saturday night in
charge of E. E. Barclay ana ivir.
Townsend has notified Mayor Grubbs
that the branch train will be held un
til 8 a. m. Sunday to allow for a drive
over the city from 6 to 7:15 a. m. and
then a substantial breakfast.
The committee on arrangements
called on the business men Friday
afternoon for subscriptions.
COURT RULES AGAINST
DAVIS OMNIBUS VETO.
Judge Winfield Holds Bills Were
Legally Presented and Mandamus
Order Issued for Honoring
of Warrants.
Judge Winfield Thursday ordered
that a writ of mandamus issue against
Auditor T. O. Monroe to honor war
rants drawn by the historical commit
tee of the United Confederate Vet
erans against the appropriation made
by the last legislature to pay the ex
pense of preparing a roster of Arkan
sas Confederate troops, the bill mak
ing this appropriation being one of
those vetoed in the omnibus procla
mation of Gov. Davis. The case will
be appealed to the supreme court as
1 soon as a transcript of appeal can be
1 made.
1 Representative W. D. Rodman of
1 Franklin county, chairman of the
house committee on enrolled bills,
testified in regard to the allegations
made by Representative Ferguson re
garding the enrolling committee. The
affidavit of Mr. Ferguson and his tes
; timony in the mandamus case was to
the effect that Mr. Rodman had told
j him the committee was withholding
I the bills until after the expiration of
the twenty-day limit in order that
the governor might not “get a whack
at mem. lur, nuumau ucuicu tuat
he had at any time had a conversation
i that could be construed into the ex
pressions contained in the affidavit.
t Mr. Rodman denied that there was
> any plan on the part of the committee
and denied that he had ever made a
statement to Mr. Ferguson or anyone
l else that the bills were Deing with
. held.
j Representative Jno. H. Keel of
t JackBon county, testified that he had
j had a conversation with Mr. Rodman
about nine days after the adjourn
ment of the legislature. In reply to
his question as to how the enrollment
of bills was getting along, Mr. Keel
said Mr. Rodman told him that the
work was progressing slowly, and it
1 looked like an all-summer job. There
* was little more than that to the don
3 versation. Mr. Keel stated positively
that Mr. Rodman did not say that the
1 committee was withholding the bills
from the governor. Ho said he had
seen the Ferguson affidavit and ad
mitted that raillery was common
among the members of the legisla
ture after adjournment about drawing
3 money longer when on one of the
’ hold-over committees.
WEST BOUND RATES.
Special west bound tourist rates via
the Iron Mountain Route—One fare
plus 50 cents to Denver, Colorado
t Springs, Pueblo and Glenwood
.t Springs. Tickets on sale June 15th to
” September 30th, with final limit of
i, October 31st for return.
I 47btf T. H. Reamey, Agt.