[BE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
front St., NEWPORT, ARK.
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'DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.
For Congress— _
W A. OLDFIELD
For Circuit Judge—
K. £. JEFFERY
For Prosecuting Attorney—
HUGH WILLIAMSON
For Representative—
W. M. SHAVER
For County Judge—
W. D. McLAIN
For Sheriff—
J. F. McCUISTION
For Circuit Clerk— ..
C. E. SMITH
For County Cleric—
G. L. ROBINSON
For Treasurer—
, J. H. CAMP
For Assessor—
W. M. TIMS
For Surveyor—
J. H. AITKENS
For Coroner—
W. H. NOLEN
For School Superintendent—
E. H. BOWMAN
For Justices of Peace—
J. M. BELL
L. B. HARRIS
For Constable—
TERRY GUIN
For Road Overseer—
W. F. HURLEY
St LOUIS BUSINESS
, MEN TO VISIT US
On Wednesday afternoon at 1
p. m., over 100 representative
business men of St. Louis who
are touring the southwest
to get better acquainted with
our people, will arrive in New
port and spend an hour here,
meeting our merchants and
business men.
We wish to ask that on to
morrow a special effort be made
to particularly clean up Front
street and intersecting business
streets of trash and paper, and
have everything orderly and
in ship shape for the occasion.
The business men of Newport
are urged to be present at the
Iron Mountain depot promptly
at the hour of 12:45, sharp, to
greet the distinguished visitors.
Their train is running on a
close schedule and will be here j
on time, so be on hand at that !
hour. Every business man of j
the city is on this reception com
mittee.
No speeches; no lunches, but
just plain business will be the j
program of the hour.
Mrs. Ida May Muirhead.
, Mrs. Ida May Muirhead, aged
forty years, wife of W. D. Muir
head, passed away Monday
morning at7:15 at the Dr. Wil
lis Sanitarium, in this city. Mrs. I
Muirhead had been in very ill
health for two years and had j
just recovered from a severe ill
ness of pneumonia. She was
brought to Newport for treat
ment for other complications,
and an operation, but in her
weakened and feeble condition,
was unable to survive, but for
j
a few days.
The body was carried to the j
lome at Auvergne Monday after
ioon for burial, a funeral service
3eing held by Rev. E. N. Bick- i
ey of the Methodist church at
Weldon- Rev. W. P. Chalmers
with a number of friends fol
owed the casket to the Rock
Island train this afternoon.
To the grief stricken husband
s extended the sympathy of
uir people in his bereavement,
and loss of a devoted wife.
Sisson Opens Pool Room.
The new pool room of James
Sisson in the Bailey bilding,
which has been remodeled and
repainted inside was opened for
business Saturday night and bids
fair to be a very popular
house.
The genial pi*oprietor is a
good business man and has many
friends. He has five pool and one
billiard tables, of the latest de
sign, very massive and showy
and the hall is well furnished for
the business.
Telephone Service For Visitors.
Manager Bennett of the South
western Telephone and Tele
graph Company, to assist the
visitors from St. Louis in com
municating with the local bus
iness men and their friends of
Newport has extended lines from
the local exchange to reach the
train. The train is equipped
with a switchboard that allows
the occupants of several cars to
communicate with each other
while en route without having to
pass from car to car.
The lines extended by Manager
Bennett attached to this switch
board in addition to assisting the
visitors in reaching residents of
I Newport, also affords an oppor
tunity for them to keep in touch
with their offices and homes.
Manager Bennett has arrang
ed that immediate) service is giv
en to each of the visitors on his
I
placing a call..
The train is scheduled to ar
rive Wednesday, May 13th, at
1:10 p- m., over the Iron Moun
tan railroad.
The Southwestern Telephone
and Telegraph Company is rep
resented on the trip by W. C.
Barry, General Commercial Su
perintendent of the Company.
T. J. Gregg left Sunday even
ing for St. Louis on business.
Miss Lucile Taylor of Mem
phis is in the city with her bro
ther Edwin, having come down
from their farm at Elgin.
I Sensational Prices 1
On Seasonable Merchandise §§
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Summer Underwear.
Men’s 40c shirts and
drawers this week, per ^
garment_25c H
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Men’s 75c Athletic un- ^
ion suits only, a suit_50c ^
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Men’s extra good work ra
shirts, a trade win
ner- 44c £
H
75c dress shirts, guar
anteed fast colors, this
week /_59c
Extra value $1.00 shirts
latest patterns, all
sizes_89c
Boys union suits 25c and
up.
$1.25 and $1.50 Munsing
union suits, ladies this
week only_$1.00
Ladies 40c union suits
for only_29c
Just received big line
mens, boys and child
ren’s straw hats.
ANNUAL TOUR
PRESS ASSOCIATION
Will Come To Newport For Noon
Hour May 21.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 11.—The i
tinerary for the annual excur
sion of the Arkansas Press As
sociation, May 21, 22 and 23
has been completed by F. E
Schroeder, Assistant General
Passenger Agent of the Iron
Mountain and the editors are j
expected to arrange their af-;
fairs to run on time the whole j
way through, making one ex- j
cursion that has gone through as
arranged. - — — —
The excursion train will leave
Little Rock Thursday morning
at 7 o’clock, arriving at Beebe,
at 7:50 for a minute stop. Ten
minutes will be spent at Ken
sett and the train will arrive in
Searcy, over the M. & N. A., at
9:07. An hour will be spent in
Searcy. The train will again
stop ten minutes in Kensett on
the return trip, leaving for
Judsonia at 10:30 and arriving
six minutes later. Twenty min
utes will be devoted to sight see
ing in Judsonia, after which the
party will visit Bald Knob, ar
riving there at 11:15 and stop
ping there 20 minutes. Newport
will be reached at 12:20 and the
editors will not leave until z:OU.
No more stops will be made until
Mammoth Spring is reached at
4:30
The second day, May 22, will
have the party leaving Mam
moth Spring at 8 o’clock, with
twenty minute stops at Hardy
and Hoxie, an hour at Walnut
Ridge, an hour for lunch at Cor
ning, an hour at Paragould, ar
l iving at 2:30, and then to Jones
boro, arriving at 4:15.
Saturday the excursionists
will go from Jonesboro to
Marked Tree and Turrell on the
Frisco, then to Osceola, arriving
there at 9:40 for an hour’s vis
it. P.lytheville will be reached
at 11:15 and the party will re
main until 1 o’clock before leav
ing for Nettleton, where the
Iron Mountain line will again be
taken and Harrisburg reach
ed at 4:40. Twenty minutes only
will be spent there, so no effort
will be made to look into the
Poinsett election results. Wynne
will be reached at 5:50 and the
party will remain there until 7
o’clock before starting for
home- The train arrives in Lit
tle Rock at 10:15, which is be
fore the Saturday night bath
houses close. ^
Great preparations are being
made along the route for the en
tertainment of the editors, for a
section of the state is to be vis
ited that was never gone over
by the editors before. The
newspaper men will be accom
panied by a number of high
railroad officials, as well as the
official family of the Southwes
tern Telegraph and Telephone
Company.
NOT AN ISOLATED CASE.
Many Similar Cases In Newport
And Vicinity.
This Newport man’s story,
given here, is not an isolated case
by any menas; week after week,
rear after year, our neighbors
ire telling similar good news.
Joseph F- Brown, farmer, R.
F. D. No. 2, Box 61 A, Newport,
Arkansas, says:
‘‘I suffered off and on for sev
eral years from kidney com
plaint. The kidney .secretions
passed irregularly, the flow usu
illy being too frequent and oblig
ng me to get up at night. Dull,
peavy pains seated themselves in
the small of my back and when
[ stooped, sharp twinges dart
ed through me. I went from
jad to worse until I got Doan’s
Kidney Pills at Dutton’s Drug
store (Now Walker’s Pharma
cy.) A few boxes cured me.” ,
Price, 50c, at all dealers. Don’t !
simply ask for a kidney remedy
—get Doan’s Kidney Pills —the
same Mr. Brown had Foster
Milbum Co., props., Buffalo,
New York. (Adv.)
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Miss Erwin Entertains
Miss Dove Erwin entertained
a congenial number of friends
Saturday afternoon in honor of
Mrs. C. M. Harwell of Osceola
and Miss Annie Stedman of Par
agould. The afternoon was most
pleasantly spent with the two
charming guests of honor for the
afternoon. Miss Stedman sang
several pretty songs, which
were very much appreciated, i
Those present were Mesdames i
C. M- Harwell of Osceola, E. L.
Boyce, C. E. Carroll, Jos. W.
Phillips, Edgar Williams, John
W. Wallace, Roy Hinkle, Etta
Kelly, George R Hays, Bert E.
Snetser, Henry M. Owen, Fred
Suits, George K. Stephens; Miss
es Katie Price and Willie Mash
burn. * * m
Dansant Enjoyable Affair.
The tea dansant given by the
ladies of St. Paul’s church Sat
urday afternoon was a very
pleasing innovation of the week
end in social circles and not only
was an afternoon of pleasure but
in a financial way was quite a
success, $35 being realized for
improvements to be made on the
j j. ui. iuu
Several special feature dances
were enjoyed and Miss Stedman
of Paragould sang a number of
songs, making the whole affair a
very delightful one.
Refreshments of different
kinds wei’e served during the re
ceiving hours by the ladies of
the church.
Little Rock-Fort Smith High
way.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 9.—W. B.
Owen, secretary of the State
Highway Commission, will spend
the next two weeks going over
the route of the proposed Lit
tle Rock-Fort Smith highway.
He will visit the county seats of
Faulkner, Pope, Johnson, Frank
lin, Crawfford and Sebastian, and
compile from the tax books data
showing the realty values for
three miles on each side of the
route for the entire distance.
The latter part of June a log
ging trip will be made over the
route by Commissioner Dye,
State Engineer Carter, and the
several county judges. All the
data will be put into shape for
the passage of a special act by
the next legislature creating the
district. «,
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Miss Mary Frances Hays, who
has been quite sick for the past
few days, is some better this
morning.
In the Majority.
Any man more right than his neigh
bor constitutes a majority of one al
ready.—Thoreau.
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Will Siler Makes Escape.
Mountain Home, May 10. —
Will Siler, convicted for the
murder of Mrs. McFadden Siler
and sentenced to 21 years in the
state penitentiary, broke jail
early this morning. He was to
have gone to the penitentiary to
day. The entire contry was no
tified by phone, and riders and
posses are scouring the hills,
searching for the fugitive. A re
ward of $100 was made up by
the citizens of this town and
county and offered for his cap
ture. Deputy Sheriffs today left
Cotter for Efoxie and other
points on the Frisco to watch
that route. — \
Will Siler, with Hays Siler,
his father, and two brothers, Hi
ram and Gill, were placed in jail
immediately after the trial to
await his deportation to the pen
itentiary and the others to a
wait the next term of court or
until they could procure $5,000
bond each.
TORE OUT BRICK CHIMNEY.
The escape was made by tear
ing out bricks at the bottom of
a flue. The flue was suspended
in an iron basket in the ceiling.
After the bricks were removed
the chimney collapsed, opening
a large hole running through into
the loft.
Siler entered the loft through
•this hole, pried off a sheet of iron
'oofing and lowered himself to
the ground by means of a rope
made of a blanket. A piece of
iron bar supposed to have been
pried fro mthe wall, was used to
do the work.
Two horses werp stolen from !
farmers near town today, and
are thought to have aided in the
escape. One horse was found by
the roadside after having been
ridden hard, but the other has
never been found. 'v
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. Road Notice. i
Notice is hereby given that ]
the undersigned will, on the 6th j
day of June, 1914, present to the
county court a petition for an 1
order altering the course and lo- ]
cation of a certain portion of the ! I
county road as now located and t
running between Newport and
Jacksonport, by the vacation of a ?
part of said road and the estab
lishing of a new road in the 1
stead of the part to be so vacat- *
?d- , ,
Said portion of said road to be
so vacated, being described as
follows: From the (point f of
the public road crossing across
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cific Railway just north of the
Fee-Crayton Lumber Company
mill plant in the East half of ^
the Northwest quarter of Sec
tion- 2, Township 11 North,
Range 3 West, and thence
northerly along the west side
of the right-of-way of said rail
way to the Grant crossing a
cross said railway’s right-of-^^
way in Section 35, Township I^HHB
North, Range 3 West.
me location oi tne new roau
to be established in the place of
the old road so vacated, beintf
described as follows:
From the point of the publip
road crossing across the said^y
Choctaw, Rock Island and Pacify
ic Railway just north of the Fee
Crayton Lumber Co mill plant
in the east half of the north
west quarter of Section 2, Towm^
ship 11 North, Range 3 West,
on the west side of railway com-1
pany roadbed and right of way*
to the east side of said roadbed
and thence northerly along the
east side of said roadbed andv**i'
right of way to the said Grant
Crossing, in Section 35, ToWn
ship 12 North, Range 3 West, as ^
shown on plat attached.
This, the 7th day of May,
1914.
■ v W. F. Turner, et al.
Mr. and Mrs. Newt Nance En
tertains. 'Y
Special to Independent
Grubbs, May 9.—;Mr and Mrs
Newt Nance entertained in their
lome Saturday evening, May ^
?th. They served midnight •% •
chicken supper, which was car
ded out very nicely. Their
quests were:
Miss Ethel Byrd, Mr. Al
>ert Nance, Miss Maude Hale, ^
dr. Henry Castlebury, Miss
lessie Sllison, Mr. James Hen- f
on, Miss Rosa Davis, Mr. Fay- *
tte Harder, Miss Sudie Nance,
'Ir. Tillman Hale.
All reported a delightful time.
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