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NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. SATURDAY JULY 19. 1902. NUMBER 76
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|| J; Flowers at half price.
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11 Men’s Straw Hats Reduced 20 <’erGent I
j J All Trunks at Cost--no room for them j
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IGH GRADE GOODS
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PEARLS.
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ELECTION COMMISSIONERS.
Selected Friday By The State Board,
For All But Three Counties In
The State—Gov. Davis
On Hand.
The state board of election com
missioners met at the state house in
Little Rock Friday and selected elec
tion commissioners for all but three
counties, selections in the latter being
deferred to await recommendations.
Gov. Davis, Attorney General Mur
phy and Secretary of State Crockett
compose the state.board and all were
present at the meeting.
The feature of the selections made
by the board is the recognition acy
corded the insurgent wing of the re
publican party as to minority repre
sentation on the county boards. In
each county two democrats were ap
pointed and the third commissioner
following the law, was named from
the minority party. In nearly every
instance it happens that the minority
commissioners named by the state
board are insurgent commissioners.
There was some doubt as to whether
Gov. Davis would attend the meeting
Friday. He had set July 25 as the
day for the board to meet. Gen.
Murphy was anxious to meet before
that time in order that he might be
free to meet H. H. Myers, regular re
publican nominee for governor, on
the stump. Gen. Murphy and Mr.
Crockett, constituting a majority of
the board, agreed to meet Friday and
go ahead with the work of selecting
the commissioners.
When the board met Gov. Davis ap
peared on the scene and announced
that he would go ahead with his col
leagues under protest. As chairman
he had designated July 25, as the day
of meeting, believing that date would
be satisfactory to all. Recommen
dations had been sent in from the
counties for appointment and in a
great majority of cases these recom
mendations had been made by chair
men and secretaries and not by the
committees. He had been writing to
the various counties to ascertain
whether the recommendations sent
in were satisfactory. In reply to a
suggestion from Gen. Murphy that
appointments could be made where
there are no contests, Gov. Davis
said Senator J. K. Jones has had the
democratic organization the last two
years and some of tho extreme Jones
men had said that they would not
vote for him (Davis). He felt in
terested and wanted to know where
the commissioners stand.
Gen. Murphy favored harmony, but
he could see no reason for not pro
ceeding now with appointment of
commissioners.
Gov. Davis declared he was not
ready to go ahead at this time, but
that he would do so under protest.
Chairman H. L. Remmel and Sec
retary W. S. Holt, of the republican
state Central committee, appeared be
fore the board in behalf of recognition
for the “regular” republicans for mi
nority representation as against the
“insurgents.” They reccommended
George McLean as minority com
missioner from Pulaski county, but
the board appointed Scipio A. Jones,
colored, who is an “insurgent.”
Mr. Remmel wanted to know if the
republican state committee was to
get nothing.
Gov. Davis replied that they could
have the privilege of reading the list
of appointments by the board.
Messrs. Remmel and Holt then filed
a protest against the action of the
board.
The following were the commis
sioners chosen for this, Jackson
county: Walter Davis, Chas. Wil
mans, Milt Russell.
CHILD’S H£ND CRUSHED.
Last Friday little Donald, Geo. W.
Anderson’s two-year-old son, came
to the printing office tvith his older
brother, and enjoyed a few moments’
■ play with a small dog that was in the
office, and as he raised up put his
hand on the side of a job press to
steady himself, and the moving cogs
caught it and crushed it very badly.
The press was stopped before the
hand was drawn entirely through,
however two of the fingers were torn
, off and the hand badly crushed. Dr.
Townsend dressed it, and at present
writing the little fellow is doing
nicely and has established a record
for nerve and fortitude not excelled
by older ones.—Black Rock Tel
ephone.
STATE SCRAPS
Scissored from Our Exchanges—Ac
counts ot Things In General.
An Arkansas man saw a sign on a
grocer’s window which read: “Fam
ilies supplied,” and went in and asked
for a wife and two babies.
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At Monticello the cotton mill is
turning out about four or five thou
sand yards of cloth daily, and that
with but half of the looms running.
A large consignment of these goods
went to Boston this week.
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Jim Sparks, a prominent farmer
who lives 8 miles north of Jonesboro,
has a daughter only 14 years old who
weighs 245 pounds and she gains one
pound each week, which is very re
markable indeed. She is the largest
of her age in the world.
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A negro boy named Will Merritt, 14
years of age, met with a painful and
serious accident Thursday at Forrest
City, which may result in the loss of
his leg. He was “catching behind” a
log wagon, and fell, becoming en
tangled in a chain, tearing the calf of
his leg completely away from his
limb, and it is feared amputation will
be necessary.
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The national government is ap
pointing men in Arkansas to look
after statistics by visiting regularly
each gin and secure from them an
authentic statement of the number
of bales ginned. The government ex
perts will take these reports and
publish weekly or monthly bulletins,
by which they hope to keep down
false reports that influence the price
in favor of speculators.
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Saturday night about 8:30 o’clock a
very peculiar explosive noise was
heard in the business part of the city.
It was found to be caused by an over
charge of electricity from the electric
light plant power house, which,
reaching a large transformer, per
meated a ground wire connected near
A. Meyer & Co’s, store. Mr. Meyer
was badly shocked. The overcharge
burned out the lights at the Hotel
Imperial and set fire to Meyer’s store,
but did no serious damage.—Forrest
City Times.
BRACY FAMILY.
Holding Reunion This Week at
Woodward Lake.
Camden, Ark., July 18.—This week
has been set apart for the annual re
union of the Bracy family, who have
been residents of this city for more
than fifty years. They selected
Woodward lake as tne place for this
year’s reunion, and all the children
and grandchildren of Mrs. W. F.
Bracy, Sr., left Wednesday for the
lake, where they will spend the most
of the week fishing. Names of the
sons and daughters of Mrs. Bracy
are: W. F. Bracy, S. V. Brac^, of
Little Rock; J. T. Bracy, of Batesville;
B. D. Bracy, of Newport; Mrs. S. A.
Buekhannon, of Hot Springs; Mrs.
Harvey Hudson, of Pine Bluff; Mrs.
C. R. Benson and Mrs. M. L. Cross, of
this city. There will be present
eighteen grandchildren.
SUBSTITUTE FOR RUBBER.
A series of practical tests covering
a period of several months conducted
at Austin, Texas, have demonstrated
that a high grade of rubber is obtained
from Beaumont oil when put through
the refining process. This discovery
is to be placed in practical operation
by the Gum-Carbo company, with a
capital stock of $1,000,000, which filed
its charter in the secretary of state’s
office in Austin Friday. Cotton seed
oil is combined with the Beaumont
oil in the manufacture of this rubber
substitute. It is asserted that the
discovery will revolutionize the rub
ber trade of the country. The refin
ing and manufacturing plant will be
located at Beaumont.
CUNNINGHAM SHOT.
Said To Be the Notorious Harry, Who
Used To Be Here.
A special to the Paragould Sol
iphone, dated July 18, from Malden,
Mo., gives the following account of
the shooting of Harry Cunningham,
at one time a notorious character in
these parts:
“Last night about 10 o’clock a man
by the name of Cunningham was
fatally shot by Sam Blanton, who is
night watchman for the railroad com
pany at this place.
Cunningham and a pal were looting
a freight car. Cunningham was
watching the car from the outside
while his partner was on the inside.
The car.was under the transfer shed.
Blanton caught onto the job and or
dered Cunningham to throw up his
hands. Instead he reached for his
gun, when Blanton fired, shooting
him in the breast. Cunningham was
alive at noon today, but his wound is
considered fatal. He was shot through
the body.
After shooting Cunningham Blanton
closed the car door and prevented the
escape of the other burglar until help
arrived, when the man was placed
under arrest and taken to the city
prison where he is awaiting trial on a
charge of burglary and larceny.
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SUNDAY SERVICES.
At the Methodist Church—Sunday
school at 9:30 a. m. No preaching
morning or evening, as the pastor, J.
W. Smith, will be absent from the
city.
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At the Presbyterian Church—Sun
day school at 8:30 a. m. Morning
service at 10 o’clock, subject,'’ “The
Good Fight of Faith.” Evening ser
vice at 8 o’clock, subject, “The Con
version of Zaccheus.”
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Preaching at the Baptist church to
morrow by the pastor, H. E. Gabby. »
Subject for morning sermon, “God’s
Controversy,” and evening subject,
“Jesus the Way, the Truth and the
Life.” Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
WILL SPEAK TOGETHER.
An understanding has been reached
between Governor Davis and the
Democratic state executive com
mittee, and arrangements effected
whereby the governor will take the
stump with H. H. Myers, regular Re
publican nominee for governor, at
Stuttgart, July 23.
Attorney Gen. Geo. W. Murphy
consented and all is peace and har
mony in Democratic circles. Gen.
Murphy will not be present at the
Davis-Myers meetings except in
places where the governor is unable
to attend.
NEW WASH GOODS.
15 and 20c dimity, lawn and baptiste
all go for 10c a yard at Chas. Meyer’s
Great Bargain Store. 67dtf.
Huffman’s cream broad takes the
lead.
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