■ old negro
I0 aver home in
■ early Sunday
o died fifteen
H fter being car
arm home, “came
H y freezing.” Such
Brdict of Coroner Mel
Pfuest jury, the finding
lade''Monday morning,
(fitnesses were heard,
Elvis, Ben and Clark
Hr Bowen and Prof,
pnon. Anthony Jones
■t 60 years old and had
ihe place of Bob Robin
le old negro had been
rand was found leaning
fence. There was no
indicate foul play and
found that he came to
h as a result of his own
pons.
%y held its inquest at
I
The Muscatine
which has been
difficulties growing out
button workers’ strike, late last
night returned a batch of near
ly thirty indictments. None of
the names of those indicted was
made public, but it is believed
the list includes several labor
officials. A large force of dep
uties has been sworn in to
serve the warrants.
Wives Are Invited.
0 The men who attend the Y. M.
C. A. banquet at the Hotel Ha
zel this evening are invited to
bring their wives and any men
who have not signified their ac
ceptance by card are also invit
ed to be present.
UNCERTAIN WHICH
TO DEBATE WITH
Governor Donaghey Intimates
One Of Opposition Candi
dates Will Retire,
Little Rock, Dec. 31.—Gov.
Donaghey ;yesterday gave out a
statement :4n reply to the letter
addressed -by Congressman Joe
T. Robinson* in which Mr. Rob
inson asked the governor to
meet him in joint debate at Con
'way, the governor’s home town,
on January 8. The governor, in
his statement, intimated that he
believed one of his oponents will
withdraw from the race and de
clared that for this reason he
does not wish to enter into a
joint debate at this time.
Governor’s Donaghey’s state
ment follows:
“While I have not received
the letter which it has been stat
ed in the press was sent to me
by Mr. Robinson, I will say that
I want to know, before consider
ing a joint campaign with either
the candidates now oposing
one is going to make
The gang is now con
one of them out
order to center the
one candidate, and
which one they
do not
with
then have
then have to
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Invited.
1 ^
Pest
The New
city with a fire in
section, that comes as
ularly severe loss to
lette and family, whose home at
the corner of Laurel and Fifth
streets was completely destroy
ed in the blaze which originated
from a defective Hue about 7
o’clock Monday morning.
The morning being unusually
cold Mr. Gullette had shaken
down the base burner and start
ed a hot fire in a wood stove,
both of which were given
draught from the same chimney.
In a very few minutes, the pa
per about the flue was noticed to
be ablaze and while buckets of
water were used upon the
flames, they had soon gained
such headway that it became a
question of saving what few
things they could and escaping
from the doomed house.
Little or no damage was done
to the surrounding houses, due
to the work of the fire depart
ment and what could be res
cued from the Gullette home
was carried into the yards of
their neighbors.
Mr. Gullette’s loss is estimat
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The house was the property of
W. A. Rutherford of Batesvibe
and was valued at $1000 io
$1200, insurance $800. The
Gullette family have the sym
pathy of many friends in this
misfortune with which they en
ter the New Year.
New Year Minstrel
Program at Opera House
Alexander’s Ragtime Band,
leader of the band—Cecil Ma
rion.
“Prof. Geo. Robinson Grewso”
—Cecil Loyd Finley.
“Prof Geo. Robinson Screwso”
—Virgil Umsted.
“Prof. Tom Barker Cornet i
cus”—Tom Reamey.
“Prof. Clarionette Crook” —
Lyons Drum
Reamey.
Saxaphone
McMinn.
Paytie”—Ellis
^CXmld If He
| District of the City of Newport
Arkansas, said bonds to bear in
terest at the rate of 5(4 per cent
per annum until paid, interest
payable semi-annually, the
bonds to be paid as follows:
Beginning at five years from
the date of sale of bonds pay
Two Thousand Dollars ($2000)
each year for five years, pay
Three Thousand Dollars ($3
000) each year for the next
^succeeding five years, pay Four
Thousand Dollars ($1000) each
i year thereafter until the whole
of said indebtedness is paid.
The bonds to be issued in de
nominations to suit purchaser.
The bidder is requested to
furnish his bid in writing in a
sealed envelope, together with a
certified check in the sum of
One Thousand Dollars to assure
i the faithful performance of his
bid in the event that the con
tract for the sale of said bonds
should be awarded to him.
Bonds are sold subject to the
| opinion of Rose, Hemingway,
Cantrell and Loughborough, bid
der to pay for same. Bidder
shall furnish free engraved
bonds ready for official sig
nature and the successful bid
der shall pay all trustee’s
charges.
The Board of School Direct
ors reserve the right to refuse
any and all bids.
All bids to be directed to H.
O. Walker, Secretary of School
Board, Newport, Arkansas.
Bids will be opened and ex
amined by the Board on the 5th
day of January, 1912 at the of
fice of the Secretary of the
Board of Directors in the City
of Newport.
Dr. H. 0. Walker,
Secretary Newport Special
School District. 17dlG
Mistletoe on Water Elms.
Contrary to general belief, mistletoe
Is rf-rely found on oak trees, and In
Oklahoma Is nearly always found on
swamp or water elms, which are gen
erally seen growing In lowlands and
along river banks. Here It thrives
luxuriantly, and does not seem to af
fect Injuriously the trees to which It
Is attached.—Country Life.
Wages In Massachusetts.
MMtachuseta last year disbursed
in wages In all industries $278,191,113.
the three principal Industries being
boot and shoe manufacture, cotton
goods and machinery.
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Many Disguises.
A polios sergeant stated at tbs Lon
Little Rock, Dec. 31.—If pres-!
ent plans are carried out, there;
will be at least five measures to
be submitted to the people at
the next general election, under I
the initiative and referendum.
This will include two constitu
tional amendments and three!
proposed laws; or, rather, iwoi
proposed laws coming from the I
people and the third a legisla
j tive act referred,
j Of these measures, one is al
ready settled, that of the refer-!
once of the Turner-Jacobson re-i
venue measure, the required j
number of signatures demand ;
ing that it be submitted at the!
next election having been fded!
with the secretary of state sev-I
eral months ago. This act was
passed by the legislature during
its extra session.
All the other measures are to
be initiated by the people, ac-‘
cording to present plans and
submitted to a vote in Septem
ber. One of these, the proposal
for an amendment to the state
constitution limiting the session
of the Arkansas legislature to!
(>0 days, where pay is received
| tor service, now has about 3500 j
! petition signers, out of the re
quired 12,000. Another, the
bill proposed by those who favor
a general game law, has been re-,
ceiving signatures for the past)
three months, and it is under
stood that a good number have
signed for this measure.
The fourth measure is for a'
first of t he year. There appears
little doubt that this matter will
be submitted.
The fifth measure proposed is
that of a constitutional amend
ment giving cities of a certain
class the right to issue bonds
for improvement purposes. This
has not taken definite shape yet,
but will be taken up by the may
ors at the meeting to be held
here in .January, as proposed by
Mayor Taylor.
These are the only matters
which, so lar, have been definite
ly agitated for consideration at
the next election under the ini
tiative and referendum, al
though others may develop.
However, such is not likely to be
t he case.
Wanted—a bright intelligent
lady, and one gentleman to re
present large house on the road.
Good salary and expenses week
ly to qualified persons. Relia
ble persons please call at Hazel
hotel and ask for Mr. Murphy.
32d31
We are very sorry to have
disappointed our patrons in the
matinee this afternoon, owing to
sickness of the leading lady, but
be with us tonight and we will
make up for the loss. Will start J?
first show promptly at 8 o’clock
p. m. and the second will i>b!•
low immediately. / It
y "
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At Opera House Tonight*.
Alexander’s Ragtime Hand at
Opera /House tonight with pic
k .;c(±sff —the best yet. First
8 o’clock. Admission
cents.
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from the proper name Benjamin] 1
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formerly worn by men. /
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