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B VOLUME III NEWPORT. ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY. SEPTE'SfBE-* : ?|j
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. Good News for Boys!
Perhaps we ought to say great news for the mothers
of hoys—for they are the ones who COUNT THE CASH
And mothers of Newport boys will be glad of this news
of the Smartest and Best Fall and Winter OUTFITTINGS
FOR YOUNGSTERS at prices hardly covering the cost of
the materials.
Star Clothing House Clothing
Has become a household word with every mother a
synonym for Clothing that “Stands the Racket’' and looks
well while it is doing it. And no wonder. If you take
all-wool materials, put them together firmly and well, stay
and reinforce the suits wherever the wear and tear on
them is the hardest, you are bound to get Clothing that
will make a boy work hard to wear out. Tnat’s our Bovs’
Clothing.- And it’s as notable for style and price as for
wear. School days are here and our Boys’ Clothing brings
good cheer. Let us fit out the “Chap” and make him
happy. ‘GET THE HABIT.” GO TO
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Specialists in
Men’s and Boys’
Apparel.
Specialists in
Men”s and Boys'
Apparel.
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'first national bank"
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS.
Under the supervision of the United States Government.
..... ' PAID IN CAPITAL, $50,000.00.
Deposits in sums of one dollar and upwards will be re
ceived—the same careful attention is extended both small
and large depositors.
> OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
T. J. GRAHAM W. A. JOYCE T. J. WATSON
II SIGMUND WOLFF, J. O. TAYLOR G. W. HURLEY,
President. ( Vice-Pres.
W. A. BILLINGSLEY, * F. A. JONES,
Cashier. Ass’t Cashier.
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I WANT ADS.
5>§HSS^8SffiOS®e«
forwent;
For Rent -Three rooms for light
housekeeping, furnished or unfurn
ished. Inquire of Mrs.jA. B. Smith, tf
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
I Wanted—Several persons of charac
ter and good reputation in each state
(one in this county required) to rep
resent and advertise old established
weatby business house of solid finan
j cial standing. Salary $21 weekly with
! expenses additional, all payable in
i cash direct each Wednesday from
head offices. Horse and carriage fur
nished when necessary. References.
Enclose self-addressed envelope. Col
! onial, Caxton Building, Chicago,
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" SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
One fare for the round trip via the
ron Mountain Route. Tickets on
sale October 8 to 17, return limit Nov
30. T. H. Reamky, Agt.
Buying for Cash.
Selling for Cash.
Energy, Truth and Capacity are the living
> principles responsible tor the marvelous
j> growth of business at this genuine, dyed
\ in-the-wool “CASH STORE.
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We Feed and Clothe You
At the Lowest Possible
LIVING PRICES....
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j Our stock is new, and we ask you to
inspect same BEFORE PURCHASING.
swr Bowen’s Cash Store
Remember we carry everything in the Grocery and Feed line.
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DENIED WIFE A KISS.
Forthwith Mrs. Sarah Bostip Slew Her
Husband at Caruthersville, Mo.—
Held for Murder.
Caruthersville, Mo., 3ept. 15.—Mrs.
Sarah Elizabeth Bostic shot and killed
her husband, Thomas A. Bostic, last
night about 12 o’clock.
The tragedy occurred at their resi
dence in this city. Immediately after
the shooting Mrs. Bostic sent for a
physician and the police. Dr. Crowe
and Policeman Kelley responded. The
officer and physician found the woman
standing over her husband bathing
his head. She said, “Doctor, do all
you can for him; save his life if pos
sible.”
Bostic was lying on a cot. He wras
shot with a 38-calibre pistol, the ball
entering the back of his head and
coming out over the right eye. Pow
der burns were around the wound, in
the back of bis head. He could not
have moved after being shot, although
it was three hours later when he
ceased to breathe.
“This looks like a bad case,” said
Policeman Kelley.
“Yes,” responded the woman, “but
I had to do it. My husband came
home mad tonight. I got up and
opened the door for him. He un
dressed and lay down on the cot. I
asked him if he would make up and
kiss me good-night. He said that he
wanted none of my kisses and that he
would end it all. He then started to
get up. I thought he intended to kill
me, as he often said he would. I was
standing near the head •„ of^ my, bed,
about six feet from where my husband
lay. I reached under my pillow and
got the pistol and shot him before he
could rise. He was not drinking.”
Mrs. Bostic and her two sons, Auria
and Joseph Yarbrough, 14 and 16
years of age, were arrested and locked
in the county jail.
INDICATIONS POINT
TO COTTON SHORTAGE.
Following is the weather bureau’s
weekly bulletin on crops in Arkansas
for the week ending September 14:
The temperature was nearly sea
sonal with copious and fairly well dis
tributed showers on the 10th; rain is
still needed, however, over the state
for fall plowing. Cdtton has made
no improvement, and in some sections
has lost ground and indications point
to a short crop. However, rain and a
late fall would improve the general
prospects. There is still some com
plaint of shedding and rust, and boll
worms and sharp-shooters are injur
ing it in some sections; it is beginning
to open and picking has begun, but it
is not general.
Late corn is suffering from lack of
moisture and does not promise to
make a fuU crop; early corn is made
and is an average crop. Haying and
fodder-pulling are nearly completed;
good yields of excellent quality were
secured. Late potatoes and turnips
are coming up, but are not doing very
well, owing to continued dry weather.
Sweet potatoes, field peas, sorghum
and cane are good crops, and sweet
potatoes are being harvested. As a
rule pastures continue good. The late
apple crop will be short, and the
quality inferior; peaches are almost a
failure and pears are scarce.
TEXARKANA WELCOMES
VICTORIOUS COMPANY.
Texarkana, Sept. 15.—The return of
Texarkana’s military company, the
victorious Company Q, from the state
encampment last night was attended
by every mark of esteem and pride
by our citizens. A large concourse of
enthusiastic citizens were at union
station when the Iron Mountain train
bearing the soldier boys pulled in. A
brass band played “Dixie,” and there
were shouts and hurrahs as the train
slowly steamed in. Addresses of an
appropriate character were delivered
by Hon. B. M. Foreman, president ol
the board of trade, Mayor Winham
Hon. J. M. Carter and others. A
grand ball and banquet will be ten
dered the company Wednesday nighl
at Foreman hall.
WILL INCORPORATE COTTER.
Mr. Howard Brown of Cotter, Ark.
(the new Baxter county city) was it
Little Rock last week, and placed ox
file with the proper state officials th<
plot of Cotter, with a view to obtain
ing the rights of incorporation. Cot
ter is a thriving little city on a nev
line of railroad recently projectex
througl.i Baxter county that has sprun)
up as at by magic. Mr. Brown is en
thusiastic in its praise. He went to
St. Louiet to confer with parties on
f $20/00 mining deal.
TORSE THIEVES FLUSHED.
Beev -
trmrs Arrested One Man, But F(
,t»r Broke Away
-caped.
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Beebe, Sept. 15.—'a*
Doss arrested oneMilsaps *Mon8t,abie
afternoqn and attempted to *r,n(jay cr:
partner, one Dalton, who took v. ^ on
tage of a gun play on the part of i, Tt
saps to break away. The arrest warn
the result of a suspicion on the part |
of the officer that two fine mules and 1
saddles, which the parties were at
tempting to dispose of at a very low
figure, were stolen property. A brand
on one of the saddles caused the
officer to communicate by telephone
with the Morrilton authorities, when
he ascertained that an important cap- j
ture had been effected. An early |
morning train brought Deputy Sheriff ,
Horton and Constable Reed from At- j
kins, Pope county, wh6 identified the i
prisoner, and will take him back as j
soon as a further search is made for j
his pal. The mules and saddles
proved to be stolen property, and the
culprits are also charged with burning
the store of W. B. Sutton at Diamond,
Pope county, on the night of the 10th.
Milsaps, the man in custody, is an ex
convict, having served a term in the
state penitentiary for robbery in Van
Buren county. Dalton left town on
foot, and it is believed he will be ar
rested. Both men were armed with
Colt’s revolvers, and the Pope county
officers say they are desperate char
acters.
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BRIDGE WORK AT COTTFR.
Work on the bridge at Cotter is pro
gressing satisfactorily. Th$ coffer
dams have been completed. Hand
ford & Joblin will furnish 1000 yards of
crushed stone for the construction of
the piers. This bridge will be one of
the finest and most substantial of the
system. All the bridges on the White
River extension are put in by the
Phoenix Bridge Co. The representa
tive of this company is Herman H.
Cochran, who will make his head
quarters at Cotter in the future.—
Batesville Bee.
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TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 16 AND 10.
Mr. F. L. Grierson of the J. W.
Losse Progressive Tailoring Com
pany, with a great line of samples for
custom-made clothing, will be at
Charles Meyers’ Great Bargain Store.
A stylish, snappy suit, made up-to
date in every c pect at moderate
prices.
We take your measure and deliver
the garment whenever you wish. 3t
ARRESTED AT BALD KNOB.
Ray Adkins was arrested Tuesday
night at Bald Knob charged with
stealing a gun and $10 from a section
boy at Olyphant.
Deputy Sheriff R. L. Bandy brought
the prisoner to Newport Wednesday
on No. 4 and he now rests in jail. He
claims his home is in Memphis and he
only stole the gun to realize enough
to reach home.
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HEAD-ON COLLISION.
»rty People Injured Tuesday Night
in Collision of Passenger Trains
at Hoxie.
’assenger trains Nos. 1 and 12
ished together in head-on collision
e quarter of a mile above Hoxie
esday night about 10 o’clock. No.
had received clearance orderp at
!e and had not reached full head
'ng v«n No. 1 was discovered round
°t, ,! 'ye just ahead at the rate of
Both e-. ,
, \ hour.
gines and ju. _ , ,, .
reversed their en
as did also then .
to sare their lives,
was given on . ’
, . . , T'Jtp* The alarm
almost reached a starts^ ^ train
many of the passengerer*^^ .
Thirty-nine people are ri||Vvin^
have been injured, but only
riously. The fireman on aB
sprained his ankles in jumping, bu7en *
is almost miraculous that no one we?v*81
killed. The engine of No. 12 was*^
completely demolished and the win- e
dows in several coaches broken, but
not a car left the track.
The injured were taken care of at
Hoxie and Walnut Ridge, No. 1 no
reaching here till 7 o’clock next
morning.
The responsibility for the wreck has
not been determined, but seems to lie
either with the engineer on No. 1 or
the operator at Walnut Ridge.
DR. J. C. MINOR
SUCCEEDS COL. TAYLOR. ^
Hot Springs, Sept. 15.—It is again
asserted that the new regulations,
promulgated some time since by the
interior department for thp^governing
of the reservation, will soon
operative. The announcement was
made Monday that Dr. J. C. Minor
had been appointed president of the
United States medical board, vice Col.
Taylor, whose resignation was pub
lished.
Now that the board has been reor
ganized, it is claimed, the local M.
D.’s will soon be listed in the bath
houses, and only those whose names
appear on the roster will be accred
ited the privileges of prescribing the
baths, and that only so long as they
observe the rules of the department.
BARRY CONTINUES CHAMPION.
The local sports are somewhat sore
over what they are convinced was a
fake.flght at the opera house Tuesday
night. No one lost any money, as
none was offered, for all were a bit
leary to tackle what they did not know
to be straight.
In the first place, it was generally
understood that V. G. Richardson was
to be matched against Barry in a ten
round glo,Te contest, and the crowd of
over a hundred were not slow about
expressing their disappointment when
it was found that a picked-up boxer
named Nelson was to be Barry’s oppo
nent in the ring.
Then the fight only lasted four
rounds, and the knockout blow was
delivered by the champion bantum
weight, who is a very clever boxer.
T. J. Malone of Hale was here Wed
nesday.
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BREAKER
ONE THAT IS GUARANTEED
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to produce A Chill Tonic that we could offer to
the public with this guarantee, your money
back if it does not break the chill.
Our efforts have been rewarded and we are
now able to offer to those suffering with chills
and fever a remedy that is pleasant to take and
one that is effective.
Ask foi and take only Sells’ Laxative Chill
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