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tation to view our Spring line, which
we will soon have on display, as they
are now in transit.
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Hats, Faultless Nightrobes and Pajamas, Edwin Clapp, Stacy**Adams Shoes,
Waterhouse Cravats, Lord & Taylor Hosiery, American Hosiery Co. and
Wilson Bros’. Underwear.
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THE DRILY INDEPENDENT
HAS DOUBLE THE CIRCULATION OF ANY
OTHER NEWPORT DAILY.
THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT
v CLAIMS ALREADY TO LEAD IN POINT OF CIRCULATION, AND
IS ENJOYING A RAPID GROWTH THAT WILL SOON MAKE ITS
POSITION INCONTESTIBLE. YOU GET RESULTS WHEN YOU
Advertise in Jackson County’s Best Mediums,
, The Daily and Weekly Independent.
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PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AH»
OCULIST.
OVER BAILEY BROS'. DRY GOODS STORE
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.”
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Back again in Newport and
3repared to do all kinds of
Brick Work.
Repair Work Promptly
Attended To.
COUNTY COURT
GRANTS LICENSES.
Judge Jones Revokes Prohibition
Order And Grants Five Applica
tions for License—Prohis
Take An Appeal And File
Supercedeas Bonds.
County court has revoked the pro
hibition order of January 11, 1901, and
granted five applications for dram
shop license in the city of New
port. Following are the firms which
have been granted permission to sell
liquor the remainder of the year 1903,
in the order in which they were acted
upon by the court:
Henry Bordwell.
L. L. Bowen & Company.
J. E. Doherty.
W. R. &N. B. O’Neal.
Peter Anderson & Company.
PROCEEDINGS IN COURT.
When court convened a few min
utes after ten o’clock Saturday morn
ing, the little room set apart for the
proceedings of that body, were crowd
ed to its capacity, in anticipation oi
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judge of his dicision upon the peti
tions of Henry Bordwell et al from the
Newport district and J. P. Bach et al
from the Jacksonport district, pray
ing the revocation of the order of Jan,
11, 1901, prohibiting the sale ol
liquors within said districts.
Immediately upon the calling tc
order of court, Judge J. M. Jones an
nounced his finding upon the Newport
district petition, which was as fol
lows:—Upon the petition, the courl
found 1782 unrepeated names, of
these 67 had been struck off as disqual
ified, leaving a balance of 1726, whicl
was a majority of 189 upon the ac
cepted census of 2072. The courl
whereupon granted the petition oi
Henry Bordwell et al revoking the
prohibition order.
At this juncture, Attorney S. D
Campbell for the prohis offered a mo
tion for an appeal together with bone
for costs in the sum of $10,000, signet
by Mrs. M. A. Dorsey, J. E. Wilmani
and J. S. Wilmans.
The court continued however anc
passed upon the petition of J. P. Bad
et al from the Jacksonport district foi
a similar order to tLat of theNewpori
district, which was also granted, the
court, having found in this district t
majority of 67 for license. The peti
tion had contained 723 names or witt
103 stricken off a balance of 620, whict
left a majority of 67 as stated accord
ing to the accepted census of 1106.
Events followed thick and fast,
Attorneys for each side sought recog
nition from the court. Judge M. M
Stuckey asked that dr ishop licensee
be issued to Henry Bordwell, L. L
Bowen & Co., and J. E. Doherty, pre
senting the proper papers for same
together with bonds and receipts frotr
the sheriff showing the payment ol
county license fee.
S. D. Campbell secured the flooi
and offered a motion for an appea:
from the court’s decision upon the
Jacksonport district petition, alsc
filing bond for costs in the sum of $2,
000, signed by Robt. Anderson, Lowerj
Grant, J. M. Grubbs and M. B. Will
iams et al.
Court proceeded, however, to past
upon the applications before him
which were granted in one, two, three
order. The application of W. R. <S
N. B. O’Neal was also favorably actec
upon, though the prohi attorneyf
offered a remonstrance in each in
stance and the lawyers upon eithei
side charged the others with rushing
proceedings too fast.
The next applications offered were
for Peter Anderson & Co., and Thac
Arrington, the former being grantee
and the latter set aside for the con
sideration of the motions for appeal
The bonds offered upon both motioni
were approved and appeals granted tc
the circuit court.
The attorneys for the prohis alsc
introduced supercedeas bonds, tnal
were likewise approved by Judge
Jones, which holdB in arrest the for
mer orders of the court in the grant
ing of licenses, until action by the
higher court is taken. If these be
disregarded and the licenses are latei
determined to be illegal, the parties
engaged in the business become liable
Court then adjourned to 2 o’clock
p. m.
NAMES OF SURETIES.
Following are the names of the
sureties, upon the several applications
for license, together with amount of
property each has sworn to:
Henry Bordwell—T. S. Stephens
and T. J. Watson, @2000 jointly.
L. L. Bowen & Co., comprised of
Lon Bowen and M. E. Simmons—Ben
Simmons, @2000 and Chas Wilmans.
J. E. Doherty—A. Bailey and Henry
Bordwell, @2000 jointly.
W. R. and N. B. O’Neal—C. B. Coe,
@2000; B. W. Stainback, @2000; W. W.
Dutton, @500; W. B. Chastain, @2000;
J. A. Harlan, @2000.
Peter Anderson & Co. comprised of
Peter Anderson and E. Ellenbogen—
Harry Lasker, @2000, Abe Heiligers.
CONSIDERATION POSTPONED.
The remonstrance of the prohi at
torneys, to the granting of licenses,
on the ground that no legal vote was
taken in the last election, because this
being a city of the second class, the
residents of the township outside the
city limits should have voted at a sep
arate precinct, was discussed and at
the request of Judge M. M. Stuckey,
adjournment was taken until next
Friday.
The application of Thad Arrington
was withdrawn. S. C. Webber has not
yet filed application.
The license of Peter Anderson & Co.
is held up, not having been issued by
the clerk when the supercedeas bonds
were filed.
SUICIDE AT BATESVILLE.
James G. Ryan, a bridge mechanic
of the Pfeifer railroad spur, shot him
self in the right temple, in his room
at Matheny’s Central Hotel, at Bates
ville Tuesday evening, says the Bee.
The shot was not heard and nothing
was known of his act until Mr. Engle,
, bridge foreman, who occupied the
> same room, entered the room soon
, after nine o’clock. Ryan was in a
stooping, half sitting posture on his
trunk, the pistol on the floor
at his feet. Mr. Engles immediately ,
[ called others to the room and the
[ body was found to be cold, indicating
i that the act had been committed sev
eral hours.
[ Ryan left no writing explanatory of
! his rash act. He had been drinking
. heavily for two months, and remark
; ed to a companion that day that he
i would be sober at 9:30 o’clock that
night. This and several other like
remarks were recalled by persons
who had been with him during the
day, indicating that he had premedi
tated the step. .
WOODRUFF COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT.
Augusta, Feb. 20.—Woodruff circuit
court has been in session since Mon
day, Judge H. N. Hutton presiding, all
for misdemeanors but two, which are
against the Lane brothers pearl hunt
ers, who are indicted for murdering
their father. They live in Texas and
have employed able attorneys.
On account of snow and bad weath
er only a little business has been dis
posed of.
Charley Darling, Ben Simmons,
Robb Winters and Henry Harris sub
mitted for small breaches of the law
and were fined $5.00 each.
1 Visiting attorneys attending the
court axe H. F. Roleson of Marianna,
Mr. Adkinson of DeVall’s Bluff, Mr.
Cleveland of Judsonia, Hon. Gray
i Carroll of Little Rock, Gua Jones of
Newport, Harry Mann of Memphis.
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