VOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1908. NUMBER 300
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$15.00 to $30.00
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THE POOLE SACK
captains the summer legions. A
suit to combat hot and oppressive
days. Made up in light woolens
and “feather-heavy” serges and
cool homespuns and flannels.
This three-button single-breasted
x coat is only half lined. It has long
rqll collar and narrow lapels.
Back sets close and flares out at
bottom, 'l l e five-button collar
less vest is cut very low. Pegged
pants, 19 1-2 inches at knee and
and 16 1-2 inches at bottom, with
wide turn-up cuff.
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men—young and old. Not too
extreme in any way. The shoul
ders are moderately broad—the
back fits fairly close. A three
button coat with rounded cut
! away corners. The vest is six
buttons long A'ith notched collar.
Trousers are 18 1-2 inches at knee
and 16 3-4 inches at bottom. This
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as well as extreme effects and
neat strip 3S,ch9ckanl mixtares.
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BANK OF TUCKERMAN,
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.00
We are open to the public for all business which constitutes safe and re
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TUCKERHAN - - ARKANSAS.
THE BAILEY MERCANTILE COMPANY
... OPENING ...
Thursday, April 9, 1903.
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Thursday, April 9, 1903.
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MAKES PINE OR PAINTED FLOORS
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For Sale
By NEWPORT BUILDERS
SUPPLY & HARDWARE CO.
JACK JONES,
The Crack Barber, keeps a neat
and busy little shop. Upper end
of Front street. Expert tonso
rialists. Easy shaves and the best
haircuts. Our work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.”
ONE-WAY RATES.
Every day from February 16 to
April 30, 1903, the Union Pacific will
sell One-way Colonist Tickets at the
following rates from Missouri river:
$20.00 to Ogden and Salt Lake City.
$20.00 to Butte, Anaconda and
Helena.
$22.60 to Spokane and Wanatchee,
Wash.
$25.00 to Everett, Fairhaven and
New Whatcom, via Huntington and
Spokane.
$25.00 to Portland, Tacoma and Se
attle.
$26.00 to Ashland, Roseburg, Eugene
Albany and Salem, via Portland.
$25.00 to San Francisco, Los Angeles
and many other California points.
From Chicago and St. Louis propor
tionately low rates are in effect by
lines connecting with the Union Pa
cific to all above points.
For full information call on or ad
dress J. H. LOTHROP, Gen’l. Ag’t., t
St. Louis, Mo.
SUBSCRIBE FOR
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CONSOLIDATED WHOLE
SALE COMPANY
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Newport Grocer Company Succeeds
Anderson Grocer Company
Through Agreement Reached
Monday By Stockholders
of Concern.
The wholesale grocery house, in
corporated the first of the year as
the Anderson Grocer Company is to
be succeeded in the near future by
the Newport Grocer Company. Such
an agreement was entered into by the
stockholders of the new corporation
at a meeting held in this city Monday
afternoon.
For some time, it has been known
that the organization and establish
ment of a third wholesale house for
Newport was underway, but the in
tentions of the promoters of this en
terprise were turned aside from their
original course and the res ilt isacon
s didation of the interests of the pro
posed company with those of one of
the old companies, the Anderson
Grocer Company.
The purchase price of the stock and
business of the latter firm has been
agreed upon. The transfer will be
made to the Newport Grtcer Company
as soon as incorporated, probably about
the fifteenth of this month.
The consolidated company will have
a capital stock of §100,000, 80 per cent
of which is to be paid up. The stock
holders about fifty in number, whose
names are not yet to be given publici
ftr tiTYi K*«nna n lriitrvo mini Knu ri f untnil
merchants within what may be termed
Newport’s distributing territory.
The officers elected are: A. G. An
derson, president; B. B. Bond, vice
president; O. S. Lawrence, secretary;
Jas. \V. Grubbs, treasurer, all of whom
are members of the directorate, to
gether with Nathan Graham of Tuck
erman; J. F. Gardner'of Snapp; R. R.
James of Cotton Plant; R. K. Fitzhugh
of Fitzhugh; M. D. Campbell of Tupe
lo; C. M. Edwards of Newark and
J. W. Lindley of Tuckerman.
A second meeting of the directors
will be held next Wednesday, at which
time definite plans will be outlined
for the management of the company.
Several additional men will probably
be placed upon the road and Messrs.
A. G. Anderson and O. S. Lawrence
will have charge of the office and
business here.
The names of the gentlemen inter
ested in and managing the new cor
poration are a sufficient guarantee of
a bright and successful future.
MONITOR AT HELENA.
Whistles Shrieked and Bells Tolled
When the Little Fighting Vessel
Dropped Anchor.
Helena,Ark.,April 6.—The shrieking
of steamboat whistles and the tolling
of the city’s bell at 5 o’clock Satur
day afternoon announced the arrival
off this port of the monitor Arkansas,
under command of Commodore
Vreeland. The monitor will lie at
anchor off. Helena until Tuesday
morning. There will be no demon
stration tomorrow, but a banquet w 11
be tendered the officers Monday night.
At a special meeting of the Bo. r I oi
Trade Saturday afternoon a commit
tee of city officials and prominent
members of the fraternity of Elks
was appointed to entertain the moni
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CIRCUIT JUDGE REVOKES
LOWER COURT ORDER.
Judge Hutton Of Marianna Reverses
Ruling Of County Judge Who Re
fused To Grant License.
Marianna, Arlt., April 6.—In the
Circuit Court Saturday Judge H. N.
Hutton revoked the order of County
uudge Derrick, who refused to grant
liquor license to petitioners. Judge
Hutton ruled that the petition con
tained a majority and remanded the
matter back to the County Court. The
general opinion now is that Judge
Derrick will grant license to the
whisky men when his court opens to
morrow morning.
MRS. MATTIE WEARE
RELEASED ON BAIL.
Little Rock, April 6.—Mrs. Mattie
Weare, who shot and killed her hus
band, was released on SI,000 bond by
Judge Meisner. The preliminary
hearing will take place Tuesday morn
ing before Judge Meisner. The tes
timony showed that Weare had been
accustomed to mistreat his wife and
had struck her with bis fist before he
was shot. Public sentiment seems to
be with the woman.
“White Silk” flour—the best made—
at Bowen’s Cash Store. 80 btf
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UNIVERSITY APPROPRIATION
CUT DOWN BY HOUSE.
Proceedings Of Arkansas Legislature
—Congress May Be Memorialized
To Make Mississippi River A
Ship Canal.
Little Rock, April 7.—The Universi
ty of Arkansas appropriation bill,
carrying $257,636 76 for the next two
years, as reported, was considered by i
the house in committee of the whole
yesterday afternoon and in the ten
items that were touched there was a
total reduction of $93,900. An item of
$50,000 for a dormitory for young la
dies was stricken from the bill and an
item of $50,000 for a mechanical hall
was reduced to $25,000. The follow
ing items were stricken out: $5,000
for a dairy building; $5,000 for a vet
erinary building; farmers’ institutes,
$3,000; additional land, $2,500; state
etomologist, $2,100; traveling ex- j
penses, $1,000. Further progress was j
not made and the committee of the j
whole asked leave to sit again.
A bill was presented to the senate 1
redistricting the state into ten chan
c ry districts.
Representative Cook of Chicot in
troduced and the house adopted a
concurrent resolution memorializing
congress to declare the Mississippi
river a ship canal and drainage water
way and urging all necessary approp
riations for the consumption of that
end.
Representative Pir.dall introduced
a bill appropriating $500 for a silver
service for the monitor Arkansas and
the expenses of a committee of two
senators and three representatives in
presenting the token at Arkansas City
on or about May 15. I
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JUMPED THROUGH FLAMES.
Cotton Plant Merchant Narrowly Es
capes From His Burning Store At
Becton.
Cotton Plant, Ark., April 6.—News
over the long-distance phone reached
here from Becton that R. D. Bowen, a
prominent Cotton Plant merchant,
lost his store and everything in it by
fire Saturday night about 1 o’clock^
The loss was $2,000, with no insur
ance. This is the second timo this
year that Mr. Bowen was burned out.
Last September he lost his store at
Cotton Plant and then he bought a
frame house at Becton and went into
the grocery and dry goods business
again. Mr. Bowen roomed over his
store and when he discovered the fire
it was in the room. He at once ran
to his room door to escape and und
it to be fastened from the outsit. He
was forced to jump through the frame
of a window in his night clothing.
After he jumped he found himself
with a sprained knee, but managed to
get around to the front door, and
there he saw his front door open. It
is thought the stot»« was robbed and
then set on fire.
CORNER STONE LAYING.
Notable Event In Young Men’s Chris
tian Association Work Held, at
Little Rock—A Number of
Distinguished Visitors.
Little Rock, April 6.—The corner
done of the new $50,000 Y.M. C. A.
auilding was laid Sunday with impos
ng ceremonies. A number of im
portant visitors were in the city to take
lart in the exercises. The corner
itone was laid at 2:30 p. m., by George
l\ Coxshead, who organized the Lit
;le Rock a3S0ciatia;i''in i8'&&»- Ajneet
ng for men at the Capital Theater at
1:30 p. m. was presided over by the
president, Robert E. Waite, and an
iddress was delivered by Judge Sel
:lon B. Spencer of St. Louis. A meet
ng for women was held at the First
Presbyterian church at the same hour,
presided over by Mrs. Jennie Beauch
imp, president of the woman’s aux
liary, and George T. Coxshead of St.
Louis delivered an address. Elabor
ate musical programs were also ren
dered at these meetings. Traffic Man
iger J. F. Holden of the Rock Island
it Chicago, arrived in the city Satur
day to be present at these exercises.
Mr. Holden formerly lived in Little
Rock and took a deep interest in the
Y. M. C. A.
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OF BRANCH TRAINS.
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lie rumor of a change in the run
ning of the branch trains is current,
nut inquiries at the local office of the
Iron Mountain as to the accuracy of
the report, developed that nothing
official is known. The branch passen
ger will be run out from Cushman to
Newport in the morning, returning in
the afternoon, a great advantage to
Newport trade interests.
A local freight will be run each way
every day, one from Newport to Dev
Bro, the other from Devero to New
port. Devero is nearly 30 miles be
yond Mount Olive and it is rumored
this piece of track will be opened up
Sunday, when the change is to be
made.
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