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VOLUME IV. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 4. 1905. NUMBER 213.
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GOVERNOR REMEDIES
ALLEGED OVERSIGHT.
I By Agreement of State’s Attor
ney, Court and Defendant,
Governor Relieves Bax
Watson of Twenty
Fines.
vernor Davis, upon the rec
mendation of the prosecuting
attorney, has remitted fines of
$50 e^ch in twenty cases in
which'Baxter Watson of New
ort was fined for the illegal sale
f liquor. Watson has paid the
amounting to $863. The
roclamation recites the follow
, ing conditions:
s, It was mutually
tween the contending
lat if the various vio
he liquor law at New
make affidavit that
itUd never again engage
Ilegal sale of liquor in the
Arkansas and give bond
able'^0 the state of Arkansas
the use and benefit of Jack
county in the sum of $2,000
to faithfully keep said oath so
made, then in that event it would
be recommended that the gov
I ernor pardon said fines; and
[ “Whereas, Under said agree
[ment all the other violators of
[said liquor law convicted at that
[time have been by the governor
[pardoned, save and except the
r,ase of said Baxter Watson,
Ivhich was by oversight over
looked; and
t “Whereas, The pardon of said
--rrHH by the
|JK>secuting attorney of said dis
trict, assented thereto by the
lircuit judge, together with a
lirge number of reputable people
If said county, and it being
Shown to his satisfaction that
said Baxter Watson has faithful
ly kept the conditions of his said
A, adidavit and bond, and in order
that he may have the same con
sideration shown him as in other
cases; and,
“Whereas, The said judgment
of said court has been by the
circuit judge there p continued
from time to tim without se
curity for said fine, and the de
Ifendant permitted to go at large,
which, in effect, amounts to re
lease from said fine.”
| a hand mirror and a cup and
j saucer. The gentlemen’s prize
jwas awarded Judge G. T. Hum
phries.
I A delightful luncheon of three
i courses was served by the host
I ess, assisted by Mrs. W. A.
O’Neal, and consisted of: first,
chicken salad, crackers, pickles;
second, turkey, cranberry sauce,
asparagus on toast, hot rolls, cof
j fee; third, charlotte russe and
i cake.
The guests present were;
j Messrs, and Mesdames W. W.
McMinn, 0. D. Watson, E. L.
Maris, B. B. Bond, W. W. Dut
ton, J. L. Jones, C. W. Beard,
A. G. Anderson, Claude Erwin,
B. W. Stainback, T. D. Kinman,
Jr., R. M. Johnson, Juclge Geo.
T. Humphries, Mrs. W. A.
O’Neal, Miss Hester Phillips,
Dr. Charles E. Carroll.
LYNCHINGS DECREASE,
SO SAY STATISTICS.
Fewer Lynchings Disturbed 1904
Than for a Long Time—Legal
Hangings Also Sh >w
a Decrease.
Chicago, Jan. 3. —One of the
most interesting features in a re
view of the year is the fact that
there were fewer lynchings than
in any previous year since 1885.
There was a marked falling off
in the aggregate of donations
for educational, philanthropic
and religious purposes. There
was a decrease in the number of
legal hangings in the total of
defalcations, forgeries and bank
wreckings, and in the number of
homicides.
Fire losses show a small in
crease. In a general business,
manufacturing and commercial
way the latter half of the year
was a decided improvement over
the first six months.
Lynchings for the year num
ber 87, as compared with 104 the
previous year, 96 in 1902 and 135
in 1901. November was the one
month in twenty years during
which no lynching was reported,
north or south.
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR
CATARRH THAT CONTAIN
MERCURY
As mercury will surely destroy
the sense of smell and completely
derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on pre
scriptions from reputable physi
cians, as the damage they will
do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly deriye from them.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufact
ured by F. J. Cheney & Co., To
ledo, 0., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, . acting
directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. In
buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine. It is
taken internally and made in To
ledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c.
per bottle.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for
constipation. r
A SPLENDID COMPLIMENT.
Mrs. C. E. Crook was the re
cipient of an exquisite piece of
cut glass New Year’s day. When
she arrived at church she found
the surprise on the organ, the
card bearing ‘ ‘From your friends
who appreciate good music,” for
which she returns thanks to
those unknown and kind friends.
Read the Daily and Weekly
Independent.
PARKER IDENTIFIES
STOLEN JEWELRY.
Part of the Stolen Goods Recov
ered Which Had Been Given
Away to Other Negroes.
S. G. Parker, proprietor of the
; Palace Jewelry Store at New
i port, which was burglarized
Christmas eve, arrived in Jones
boro Tuesday morning, says the j
Sun, and identified the jewelry
captured with the negroes Floyd |
and Blanche Carr and Luther
Jones yesterday as that stolen.
He had with him a photograph of
the window taken before it
was br.ken. It showed the
watches, brooches, etc., display
ed in the window. The value of
the goods stolen he said was
$350.
The search for the jewelry was
continued today and some other
pieces found. It appears that
the negroes gave away some of
it, appearing to have no idea
of its value. Mr. Parker says
that probably $50 worth of it
has been recovered.
Luther Crabtree, one of the
negroes charged with having se
creted the stolen property, was
bound over by Justice Hatcher
today. The woman, Blanche
Carr, was taken before Justice
Barnett on a change of venue
asked by John Hawthorne, her j
attorney, and is being tried this
afternoon. Floyd Carr, the
principal, will be taken to New
port.
CARR BOUND OVER
TO GRAND JURY.
_ *
The negro Frank Carr, arrested
in Jonesboro and brought to New
port Tuesday afternoon, charged
with burglary and grand larceny
in the robbery of the Palace Jew
elry store, most of the ; tolen
goods being found upon his per
son, was given a hearing before
Esquire Guy Smith Wednesday
morning and bound over to the
next grand jury. In default of
$1,000 bond he will await trial in
jail.
Constable W. B. Carouthers
left Wednesday afternoon for
Black Rock to bring back Julia
Hay wood,the negress upon whose
person the remainerof the stolen
property was found.
WILLIAMS WANTED
FOR CAR BREAKING.
Constable W. B. Carouthers
Tuesday night arrested John
Williams, who was found on the
houseboat with Harry Cunning
ham at the time of the latter’s
arrest.
The prisoner was taken, to
Jonesboro that night by Detect
ive Broadway, where he is
wanted for breaking into Cotton
Belt cars.
DEMANDS PAPERS
OF REQUISITION.
—
The negro Gene Parker, under |
arrest in Poplar Bluff for the
shooting of two other negroes
here, refuses to be brought back
without requisition papers.
Sheriff Simmons has written
Governor Davis for this demand
upon the governor of Missouri;
and Parker will only succeed in
staving off his home-coming a
few days.
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