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VOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY
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CHANGE OF VENUE
FOR COMPRESS CASES.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Railway Company Secures Change
of Venue In Congress Dam
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age Suits to Independence
County—Choctaw Rail
road Defendant In
Another Case.
On December 21, 1901, it will be re
membered that the Wolff-Goldman
Mercantile Company won their suit
for $124,738.01, against the St. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern Railway.
The plaintiffs were supported in this
proceeding by the fire insurance com
panies, which sought to recover the
losses sustained in the Union Com
press fire of April, 1900.
There were several other like suits
brought by the parties who sustained
losses in this fire, but after the rail
road company had been beaten in the
the one case, none of the others were
ever brought to trial, and now a
change of venue has been secured for
these cases to Independence county.
The motion upon the part of the de
fendant’s attorneys for a change of
venue filed Monday, came up for hear
ing Tuesday morning. Ashley Cock
rill and Francis Johnson represented
the railroad and were successful in
taking the cases from this docket.
The plaintiffs in these suits are R.
T. Topp, et al., Union Compress Co.,
H. P. Murdock et al., Jerome Hill
Cotton company, D. E. Huger & Co.
etal., R. E. Morris & Company.
SUIT AGAINST CHOCTAW.
The first case tried after swearing
in a petit jury was that of Kitty F.
Bains, for damages against the Choc
taw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway. The
plaintiff in her petition alleges that
while making a trip from Weldon to
Memphis, her trunk was broken into
at Brinkley and cer/<pn articles stolen
for which she asks damages.
Her attorneys were Stuckey &
Stuckey and E. B. Pierce of Little
Rock, represented the railroad com
pany.
PETIT JURY EMPANELED.
On Tuesday morning the following
petit jury was empaneled and sworn
in: W. D. McLain, J. E. Bridges, J.
T. Landrum, Mack Sexton, Wm.
Smith, C. D. Johnson, F. M. Parsons,
Mike Denton, M. S. Littleton, G. V.
Foushee, George Sconyers, Henry
Perry, Asa Sinquefield, Frank Bridges,
H. G. Drummond, J. E. Dunn, John
Greenhaw, W. B. Verdell and Walter
Hurley.
HOXIE SECURES DIVISION.
There are no longer any doubts
about the matter. For some time the
Iron Mountain officials have been
casting about for a suitable place to
plant a round house and a new di
vision. Their eyes first fell upon
Walnut Ridge. The space between
Hoxie and Walnut Ridge was too
short, the ground north of Walnut
Ridge was too short a distance from
their other terminal, Piedmont. Hoxie
had the advantage in location, the
distance being just right and she
captured the plum.
For two weeks, Messrs. Abraham
and Chase, surveyors, have been lo
cating tracks and so on. The tract of
land selected sets in one quarter of a
mile south of Hoxie and runs two
miles south, containing 91 acres. Of
this amount Mrs. M. A. Boas donates
61 acres. The right of way was also
donated by W. E. Beloate, A. G. and
W. F. Richardson, James and Lizzie
Ringle, C. S. Choinski and Mack
Ragan. The crops and other lands
to be used were bought by Mrs. M. A.
Boas and donated, proving her great
generosity and public spiritedness.
Besides the 61 acres donated outright
by Mrs. Boas, she will be at an ex
pense of fully §2,200 in the deal.—
Walnut Ridge Blade.
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 kisses are the best, d.tf
WILL REQUIRE FLAG MAN.
City Council To Compel Choctaw To
Station Flagman At Bridge Ave
nue Crossing. Warrant Issued
For Hydrant Rent.
At the meeting of the city council
Monday evening, with mayor and all
members present, an ordinance intro
duced by Alderman Bailey, requiring
the stationing of a flagman by the
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad,
where said railroad crosses Bridge
Avenue, was passed by unanimous
vote. The act was considered nec
essary for the protection of the public,
as the recent runaway accidents have
been generally attributed to the dan
gers of this crossing and to avoid their
repetition, the railroad must furnish a
flagman.
Upon motion of Wishon, seconded
by Walker, a warrant was ordered
drawn in favor of Newport Water
Company for hydrant rentals to July
1, 1902 in sum of $1401.35 and that
same be delivered to the treasurer
with instructions to forward by regis
tered mail to Farmers Loan and Trust
Company of New York.
Upon motion of Wilmans, seconded
by Walker, the Street and Alley com
mittee was authorized to repair side
walk on Plum Street from East First
to railroad.
After the above business had been
completed and usual bills allowed, the
council adiourned.
BASEBALL SCORES.
BEEBE 6, HOT SPRINGS 3.
Hot Springs, July 14.—A spirited
and contested game of ball was
played this afternoon at Whittington
park between the Hot Springs and
Beebe, (Ark.) clubs, resulting in the
defeat of the home team by the score
of 6 to 3. The game today was the
beginning of a series of three games.
About 500 persons were in attendance.
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BRINKLEY 8, CLARENDON 6.
Brinkley, Ark., July 13.—In a hotly
contested game yesterday Brinkley
defeated Clarendon. Score 8 to 6.
Batteries: Hawkins .and Keith for
Brinkley; Womack, Young and Davis
for Clarendon.
PLEASURE PARTY TRAGEDY.
Hot Springs, July 14.—The festiv
ities at Riverside Park picnic and
barbecue, fifteen miles from this city,
were interrupted Sunday by an acci
dent in which John A. Scott of Ke
wanee, 111., lost his life and three
other persons narrowly escaped. The
party of four, including Scott, Harry
Moore and Miss Otta Beatty, the lat
ter two of this city, and Mdss Wilma
Longbotham of Birmingham, went
boat riding in the Ouachita river.
When in midstream they began to
rock the boat, which capsized, throw
ing them all out. Harry Moore by
heroic effort saved both of the ladies.
Scott’s body was recovered a tew
minutes after the accident.
Miss Emily Handford arrived Mon
day afternoon from Batesville on a
visit to Mrs. E. D. Bracy.
C. J. Tucker, who is with the Max
fields in Batesville, spent Monday
night here, returning home the next
morning.
MesdameB E. L. Maris and J. W.
Phillips and daughter Miss Josie
Phillips expect to leave Thursday for
Ravenden Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Bond, Mrs. A. H.
McDonald and Miss Bessie Watson
will leave the latter part of the week
for a trip to resorts on the Great
Lakes in the region of Detroit and
Put-in Bay.
C. W. True resumed his work at
the Wolff-Goldman Mercantile Com
pany’s Tuesday, after being off duty
two weeks, which time he spent in
company with his wife at Horse Shoe
Lake and at points on the Batesville
extension.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Nancy
Hudson was held from the home at 9
a. m. Tuesday morning, the services
being conducted by the deceased’s
pastor, Rev. J. W. Smith. Burial
followed at Shiloh graveyard, where
her husband’s ashes had been laid to
rest.
SHERIFF KITTRE LL SHOT.
Woodruff County’s Sheriff Wounded
By Crowd of Negroes Saturday
Night at Gregory.
Augusta, July 14.—About twelve
o’clock Saturday night, as Sheriff J.
B. Kittrell was returning from Cotton
Plant with a couple of friends, oh the
outskirts of Gregory they met a large
crowd of negroes yelling and firing
pistols. He demanded of them to
stop, when they fired upon him. Sher
iff Kittrell jumped from his buggy,
ran to the fence and returned the fire
and thinks he wounded one of tl e
marauders, as they heard groans.
Sheriff Kittrell was hit in the foot
with a “forty-one” ball, but while
painful, no serious results are ex
pected. Every effort will be made to
apprehend the negroes.
MURPHY WILL MEET MYERS.
After a lengthy conference of the
officers of the democratic and re
publican state central committees, an
agreement has at last been reached
for a joint discussion between Harry
Myers and Geo. W. Murphy.
One important feature settled was
that Gov. Davis would not enter a
joint canvass unless Mr. Greaves, the
insurgent candidate for governor,
was given recognition. This was set
tled by the production of the follow
ing letter, written by Gov. Davis to
Mr. Greaves:
“My dear sir—Noticing that there
is a disposition on the part of the so
called regular republicans of this state
to ignore you in the joint discussion
heretofore agreed upon by the demo
cratic and republican state central
committees, I take this means of in
viting you to participate in said cam
paign if you so desire, and I, for my
self, agree to extend to you an equal
and fair division of time.
“Yours respectfully,
“Jeff Davts.”
By invitation of the democratic
state central committee, Attorney -
General Geo. W. Murphy will stump
the state with Hon. H. H. Myers,
regular republican nominee for gov
ernor. A list of appointments open
ing at Stuttgart July' 23 and closing
at Little Rock August 29, was agreed
upon by the two comittees Monday
for Messrs. Murphy and Myers, and
according to this schedule, the two
gentlemen named will speak at Bates
ville and Newport on Saturday, Au
gust 23 at 11 a. m. and 8 p. in., re
spectively.
The list of appointments heretofore
announced for Gov. Davis and Mr.
Myers has been cancelled. It has
not yet been determined whether
Gov. Davis and Charles D. Greaves,
the insurgent republican candidate
for governor, will follow the Davis
Myers list of appointments, or
whether a new list will be made out.
Gov. Davis will return to the Little
Rock Tuesday and his views in the
premises will be ascertained.
Dr. J. M. Jones is having the frame
building on Front Street, adjoining
the Drummond grocery store on the
west, torn down, preparatory to the
erection of a single story brick build-*
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