Newport Daily Independent.^
VOLUME iv! NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. TUESDAY. DECEMBER t3. 1904.' NUMBER >96.
BOYLE BELIEVES
WORST IS OVER.
Optimistic on Cotton Outlook,
But Says Planters Have Been
Taught Good Lesson.
Little Rock, Dec. 12.—John F.
Boyle, a close student of the
jrtock and cotton situation, re
T?Yned yesterday from a twoi
weeks’ stay on the New York
cotton exchange. Concerning
tile present flurry he says:
‘ ‘The big bear interests think
they can force a further decline
M cotton, as the banks will force
whe merchants and other holders
to sell their cotton and liquidate
their indebtedness. My person
al opinion is that they rather un
_ der-estimate the strength of the
holders and the sympathy and
assistance given them by the
banking interests. I believe that
the banks will co-operate with
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Kjlirz liUlUCl o ajiu no
era! accommodations, enabling
them to carry over a sufficient
volume of cotton to prevent a
further serious break. The pres
ent price of cotton is below the
price of production, and neces
sarily such a condition can not
exist for any great length of
time. It is a good lesson, how
ever, as the farmers increase
their acreage too much and it
will teach them not to plant' too
much ,in future and to de
vote a good portion of their
lands to corn, hav, etc.
“The break in the stock mar
ket was occasioned wholly from
the fact that it had become con
gested with long stocks held by
the public, and the liquidation is
merely to wipe out this interest.
^5*ie same thing occurs at regular
intervals year after year. It is
simply a question of the / lambs
being fleeced again.”
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
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Rev. Dr. Browne, district su
perintendent of Sabbath school
work of the general assembly,U.
• S. ,of the Presbyterian church, will
speak in the Presbyterian church
of Newport tomorroW (Tuesday)
evening at 7:15 o’clock.
This brings to us a rare oppor
tunity, and I am glad to extend a
cordial invitation to every one to
be present. Those 'interested m
aggressive Sabbath school work
should not fail to be present.
R. B. Willis, Pastor. ,
LITTLE ROCK CONFERENCE.
^ The Little Rock conference in
session at Texarkana has ad
journed, after Bishop Key made
his appointments for the ensuing
year. Dr. John H. Dye has
been made presiding elder of the
_ Ljjtle Rock district. W. F. An
#Srevvs of Alabama succeeds Rev*
^ Walker .Lewis at the First
church and Rev. T. Y. Ramsey
fis returned to Winfield Memorial.
BOOTH BADLY HURT.
Hoxie, Dec. 12. —Walter D.
Bo >th, a night switch engineer
in the Iron Mountain yards, fell
j from the running bohrd last
I night, striking a rail on a nearby
[1 track. He has been insensible
’everal hours, but the extent of
his injury is not known. His
home is in Little Rock.
i, CRITTENTON STIRS
HOT SPRINGS PEOPLE.
Hoii Springs, Dec. 12.—All the
Protestant churches of the city
were dark last night and a big
union hieeting held at the audi
torium] The lower floor, balcony
and boxes of the immense build
ing were crowded to the utmost
capacity. Fully 3,000 people
were present to hear the
voice of Chas. N. Crittenton,
the impressive evangelist and
millionaire philanthropist, who
conducted the big union meeting.
The stage was filled with the
ministers of the city and a great (
chorus selected from the various
churches.
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{ IN SOCIETY. \
SURPRISE PARTY.
Miss Lettie McLain, to her
complete surprise, was the hos
tes to a merry party of friends
Monday evening at her home in
East Newport. Panic, pitch and
flinch were indulged in to the en
joyment of all, and refreshments
of cream and cake rounded out
the evening of pleasure.
Those present were Misses;
Perla Best, Allie Adams, Lillie j
Bandy, Lura Hawk, Ollie Holder, <
Elza McLain, Allie Hicks, j
Messrs. Minor Denty, Will Chan
celor, Tom McNeese, Hylas
Styles, Floyd and George Fittler,
Chester and Robt. Robinson, Joe
Younger.
BIRTHDAY EVENT.
Miss Bessie Richardson enter-;
tained a small party of friends
Monday night, it being a birth
day event, and she was hand- j
somely remembered by her
guests with a pretty toilet set.
Refreshments of cream and cake
were served.
Those present were Misses
Bertha and Bessie Richardson, |
Sadie Boswell, Messrs. Walter i
Sneed, Will Bengel and Chas. •
Emmond.
BABY CONTEST VOTE.
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Edwin Johnson . 1455
Ernest Theodore Phillips 1101
Dorothy Stephens. 1029
Jas. Edward Wilmans 1015
Wm. Wallace Dutton. 873
•Charles Jones Brandenburg 783
Jeannette Henry. 522
Thelma Smart. 00
Another day has passed that |
brings the home stretch nearer!
and nearer home, and several of
the little candidates have made a
good showing in increased totals,
though holding their relative po
sitions. Edwin Johnson, Wallace
Dutton and Jeannette Henry all
had friends who boosted them
along in the big race for little
folks only. Just eleven voting
days and the contest is over.
The good feeling of Christmas
time, when business cares are
suspended to a certain degree
and the world ‘stops to consider
its relations to others, is certain
to bring the babies more atten
tion and help in their efforts to
win laurels for beauty and sweet
ness- and prizes to mark these
distinctions and honors.
TOYS, TO^S.
Iron toys, wooden toys, tin
toys, rubber toys, big toys, little
toys, and all kincte4>f toys at I.
D. Price’s toy bazar. 89btf
Wanted — Hickory logs and
poles delivered f. o. b. tracks
Choctaw Railway. Write for
prices and particulars.
James Colbert & Co.,
92btf Tupelo, Ark.
The Ladies of the Maccabees
will meet tomorrow afternoon at
3 o’clock at the lodge hall. As
important business will come up,
all members are urged to attend.
APPEAL FOR SHORTER
WORKING HOURS
Made By Rev. R. B. Willis to the
Business Men and Store
Keepers of Newport.
Newport, Ark., Dec. 12.
Editor Independent:
I wish to say some things to
every business man in the town
of Newport, and I specially re
quest that every one of you will
be kind enough to allow yourself
time to read and think about
what I shall try to write here.
Your employes, most of whom
are young men, so far as I know,
are faithful and worthy of the
places they hold. They are uni
formly courteaus and attentive
to friends and purchasers. They
are busy at their posts of duty
each day of the week from be- j
fore or the beginning of day un-;
til 9 or 10 o’clock in the evening.
When this tour of work is over
they are fit only for a good bed. j
But no time has been allowed
out of say 12 to 16 hours of ser-,
vice—no time has been allowed
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social fellowship, for reading,
for writing, for attention to i
their mental or spiritual exist-:
ence or interests.
Now it is simply impossible To i
make men in the true sense- of
that term by feeding on work,
work, work, all the day long and |
for a good part of the night,
making no provision for anything j
else. Quail is a good and savory j
article of food, but thirty days!
of constant feeding on quail will
weary and sicken the hardiest
stomach. The human system
demands some variety in its'
menu. This is doubly true of
man. "Man shall not live by
bread alone. ’ ’
He needs something besides
work if he is to fill his place as
a well furnished, well rounded
man. He needs time for fresh
air, for reading, for praying, for
communing with God. Such a
man or boy will render better
service, will be less liable to fall
under the stress of temptation,
will be worth more money in
your business. What is my sug
gestion or request? Briefly it is
this: Close places of business at
6 or 6:30 o’clock, p. m. If all of
you do this you will lose no
money by it. You will still get
all the trade.
Your employes will gain im
mensely—not from this life, but
from the life to come; ,at least
you will give them a chance. A
poor v/retch whose infant life
was nourished upon a bosom of
sin, whose boyhood was spent in
learning the ways of vice, was
asked in a court room what he
had to say why sentence of death
should not be passed upon him.
His answer was: “I never had
no show no how.”
If we give time for it, the way
will be open for the organization
of a well equipped Y. M. C. A.,
with hall, reading room, gymnas
ium, night schools, bible classes,
etc., etc.
Now, gentlemen, will you not
help us to do this work? Let us
give the young men a chance.
Most sincerely yours,
R. B. Willis.
/ (The above has been written
without the knowledge of any
other.) •
ANNOUNCEMENT.
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now open for ill holiday buyers.
You are cordially invited to give
our stock a loojfc before buying
holiday presen*. Palace Jewelry
Store._1 96btc
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham, 7V\-Pres.
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell, S. D. Campbell,
G. D. Clements, R. F. Drummond, W. D. McLain,
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