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On Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR STATE SENATOR.
We are authorized to announce W. F. Harrison
of Osceola as a candidate for the State Senate
from the Twenty-ninth senatorial district, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic primary
election.
FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
We are authorized to announce the candidacy of
W. A. Oldfield for re-election to the office of
prosecuting attorney, subject to the Democratic
primary election.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE. I
We are authorized to unnounoo T. T. Ward as a
candidate for the office of representative of J»ck
aon county, subject to the Democratic primary
election.
We are authorized to announce J. U. Ard as a
candidate for the office of representative of Jack
Bon c-ounty, subject to the Democratic primary
election.
FOR SHERIFF.
To the voters of Jackson county.
I am a candidate for re-election to the office of
sheriff of Jackson county, subject to a Demo
cratic primary, if one is held. Feeling that 1
have discharged the duties of that office in such
a manner as to merit your confidence, and thank
ing you for your support in the past and asking
your help in the future. If elected I will do m.v
duty. Your fellow citizen, R. W. BANDY.
We are authorized to announce Snell Simmons
as a candidate for election to the office of Sheriff
of Jackson county, subject to the nction“of the
Democratic party.
FOR COUNTY AND PROBATE JUDGE.
We are authorized to announce E. L. Boyce as a
candidate for the office of county and probate
judge of Jackson county, subject to the Demo
cratic primary election.
We are authorized to announce Otis W. Scar
borough as a candidate for the office of county
and probate judge of Jackson county, subject to
the Democratic primary election.
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK.
We are authorized to announce John D. Neal as
a candidate for the office of circuit clerk of Jack
son county, subject to the Democratic primary
election. —
We are authorized to announce James S. Jones
as a candidate for re-election to the office of cir
cuit clerk of Jackson county, subject to the Dem
ocratic primary election.
FOR TREASURER.
We are authorized to unnounce Dr. F. G. Smith
ns a candidate for the office of treasurer of Jack
son county, subject to the Democaatic primary
election.
We are authorized to announce Capt. W. A.
Joyce as a candidate for re-election to the office
of treasurer of Jackson county, subject to the
Democratic primary election.
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
We are authorized to announce E. C. Water
man as a candidate for the office of County
Clerk, subject to the action of the Democratic
primary election.
We are authorized to announce G. A. Lockard
as a candidate for the office of county clerk, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic primary
election.
FOR ASSESSOR.
We are authorized to announce Passmore
. White as a candidate for re-election to the office
of assessor of Jackson county, subject to the
Democratic primary election.
FOR CITY MARSHAL.
We are authorized to announce Abe Ballew as a
candidate for Marshal of the city of Newport,
at the ensuing April election.
Jefferson township leads with
the first Wood club. Now let
others follow.
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It is a landslide for Wood from
present indications. The people
have at last found out the trick
ery and deception of Jeffie old
boy.
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In organization there is
strength. Let the advocates of
Carroll D. Wood bear this in
mind and start a club in every
township of Jackson county.
Kerwin’s election as county
judge in Jefferson county, where
the lines were closely drawn be
tween the Wood and Davis forces,
the latter being represented by
Phillips, shows only too plainly
the strong turn of the tide of
public sentiment against the par
don governor. The primaries of
March will put the finishing
touches upon the political future
of Jeff Davis and relegate him to
the obscurity of private life, a
fate he most richly deserves in
that it has been well earned.
Davis had a majority in the
last primary of 402 over Rector
and it will take an active and
thorough organization of the
l Wood forces in every township
| to overcome this lead. But the
| Democrats of Jackson county,
who are threatened with a cor
rupt primary through the intro
duction of a large purchasable
| negro vote, are awake to this
danger. They are not made of
such flimsy stuff that they will
stand idly by and see their will
overridden by a lot of negro
voters to whom this privilege is
for the first time extended in the
hope of saving the county for
one Jeff Davis.
“THE MINISTER’S SON.”
“The Minister’s Son” is an
exceptionally clever and remark
able play. Its four acts are
filled with comedy, realism and
sentiment, mixed by a master
; hand. There is no flagging of
1 heart interest throughout, and it
tempts the ear to fall upon the
lip of laughter. As a vehicle
I for the display of the peculiar
I talent of W. B. Patton it could
1 not be excelled. Quaint and
j original in his methods, realistic
and exceedingly magnetic as
Simon Ray the minister’s son, a
character full of comedy and
pathos—he holds the interest of
the audience from start to finish.
At Newport Thursday, February
11. _ __
Don’t forget that I. D. Price
has on hand at all times a full
supply of the famous “Water
man Ideal” fountain pens. This
pen is sold under an aDsoiute
guarantee and is without doubt
the most practical fountain pen
on the market. 29btf
TICKET-OF-LEAVE MEN.
Ex-Convlcta in EiiKlanil Who Can Af
ford to Hide in Carriages to Re
port Their VVhereabouta.
A Stratford (England) magistrate
says he knows ticket-of-leave men who
drive up to the police station In car
riages to report themselves, leaving the
offices with smiling faces. The police,
who should know, say they would like
to see them.
‘‘Most of these ex-convicts reporting
their whereabouts to us come to the
station wearing odd boots," said a city
police officer. ‘‘They scarcely have the
money to pay for a drink, much less
a cab, while a carriage is out of the
question."
While such cases may be uncommon,
however, the fact remains that there are
men who, feaving a penal establish
ment, return to enjoy ill-gotten wealth
and to partake of the pleasures of idle
ness, says the London Mail. Three
years ago a business man who had suf
fered imprisonment for serious charges
of fraud drove up to a police station
to report himself, leaving in a smart
brougham outside his two well
dressed daughters, and wearing the tall
hat and frock coat of respectability. He
asked for the superintendent In the
airiest of manners, saying he had to see
him on ‘‘a matter of private business.'*
Only the severe and gruff manager of
the station sergeant, who recognized
him, brought him to realize his position.
The man whom the Stratford magis
trate sent to Jail for his failure to re
port himself ev£ry month said that he
had been turned away from his work
and lodgings on two occasions when It
was discovered that he had to call at
the police station periodically. He
could scarcely have known that with
the home secretary’s permission ex
convicts are allowed to report them
selves by letter.
AN ODD CASE.
Thin Man Learned to Spell Three
Times and Can't Spell Now
—Ills Curious Story.
“Think of a man learning how to spell
three times and then not being able to
spell correctly,” said an observant man
who takes an Interest in subjects of this
sort, according to the New Orleans
Times-Demoerat, “and you will have my
case summed up exactly. I am not what
you would call a bad speller by any
manner of means. But I stumble now
and then, and stumble badly. Why Is
It? It is the simplest thing in the world.
I grew up in the country, attended a
country school, and my first spelling
was under the rules of the old-time
6chool teacher. 1 learned how to spell
on my feet. It Is a curious fact that for
a long time I could notspell the simplest
words unless I stood up. Standing I
could spell anything, and, In fact, was
always the winner In the spelling bee.
No one could ‘turn me down,’ as we
used to say In the country. Well, after
this I learned how to spell with my pen
cil. All my spelling talent went Into the
pencil. My tongue forgot the art, and
whether standing or sitting, I could not
spell a word unless It belonged to the
simpler kind without using my pencil.
Now I began to use the typewriter, and
consequently I had to learn how to spell
again. Ask me how to spell a word now
and I will have to go to the typewriter
unless the word is a very simple one. !
My tongue won’t spell it and my pen
cil will refuse to write It: So I have
learned to spell three times, and as I
laid before l am not a good speller yet”
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