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VOLUME III NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 19 3.
REASONS FOR REQUEST.
Statement of Attorney Stayton
Before State Board of Rail
way Incorporators In
Asking Charter
Extensions.
The application for an exten
sion of the charter of the Morn
ing Star Railway, which was
favorably acted upon by the State
Board of Railway Incorporators
was * presented by Hon. J. M.
Stayton of this city, who gave
* the following grounds for his re
quest:
“The company has had under
way the negotiation for a sale of
its bonds for some time and had
about completed the same wThen
the depression in the market
caused it to temporarily abandon
an effort to finance its railway.
It has every reason to believe
that it will be able to build one
tenth of its road before the ex- j
piration of the six months forj
which it asks an extension."
The charter was granted June
5, 1901, and one extension of
twelve months had already been
granted, which expired today.
The company is capitalized at
$3,000,000, and it proposes to
■ build a line of railway from New
port to Yellville, a distance of
125 miles. The statute provides
| that one-tenth of the proposed
road must be built within one
l year from the granting of the
\ charter and that an extension of
l eighteen months may be al
\ lowed upon a proper showing.
\ Mr. Stayton also made an ap
plication for an extension of the
icharter of the Newport Bridge,
pelt & Terminal Company, but
.. '.v^deferred by the board
Lf un>?r$ater'xlate. The petition
askted that the charter be extend
■ ed for eighteen months from Oc
tober 28, 1903, for the following
i reasons:
“The company has been un
able to finance its road, owing to
, the recent depression in the mar
Iket. It believes it will be able to
sell its bonds and complete its
road within the time stated.”
COURT HAD DOG CASE.
Judgment Against Railroad Com
r pany for $200 for Killing
I Bloodhound.
In St. Louis, Iron Mountain &
I i Southern Railroad Company vs.
Bt -Rhilpot the Arkansas supreme
H court affirmed a judgment of the
■ Jefferson circuit court forv $200
■ for the killing of a bloodhound
I by one of the appellant compa
■ ny’s trains.
Ill I he evidence showed that the
■ dog was a very well trained and
■ valuable bloodhound and that
13 * while she was trailing a man she
plfran onto the track of the com
A pany and therealong for some
W distance; that the engineer and
ill fireman could have seen her by
H Ifafe'gKfitcisg of reasonable care
IK) time to have*avoided' striking
- ~*ier; that the animal was so in
I Bent upon following the trail that
Bhe did not appear to notice the
•rain at all.
I The railroad company sought a
■reversal of the judgment upon
■the theory that the owner of the
I (dog was guilty of contributory
| I negligence in allowing the dog
[to trail along the tracks of the
1 company and in such places of
I danger, but the court held that
withere was no evidence tending to
I ffj establish this defense and affirm -
I Bed the judgment.
Baf REVERSED AND REMANDED
B The supreme court of this state
gl handed down a number of decis
■ y»ns, Saturday of interest to the
j» J pie of this county. The Teu
pK k Insurance Company versus
Bkorei* J°^nson on aPPea^ fi'om
the Woodruff chancery court was
reversed and remanded, the find
ing of the court being written by
Chief Justice Bunn.
L. B. Boon in his appeal from
the Jackson circuit court was
given sixty days by consent.
NORTH AND SOUTH
ARKANSAS RAILWAY.
Captain Welch and Other Par
ties Granted Charter for
Randolph County Road to
Ravenden Springs.
The state board of railway in
corporators Saturday granted a
charter to the North & South Ar
kansas Railroad Company for the
purpose of constructing a line
from or near Ravenden, Law
rence county, to the north line of
Randolph county, Arkansas, at
or near Elm Store, a distance of
twenty miles.
The capital stock of the corpo
ration is $100,000, the estimated
actual cost of constructing and
equipping the road. The direct
ors are: R. D. Welch, Ravenden
Springs; H. F. Sloan, Imboden;
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Stanley, Koshkonong, Mo.; A.
N. Wylie, Ravenden Springs; M.
H. Long, Imboden.
The commissioners to open the
subscription books are M. F.
Blackwell, J. B. Duvall, H. B.
Hull, R. T. Fry and B. E. Pickett
of Ravenden Springs. The capi
tal stock is $100,000, of which
$20,000 has been subscribed and
$1,000 paid in.
Mr. Dent says the road is an
assured fact. A contract has
been let for grading the first ten
miles, to begin January 1. He
says it is the intention to build
north to St. Louis, crossing the
Frisco at Salem, and south to
Little Rock before he stops.
A meeting of the board was
held this forenoon and the char
ter granted.
The proposed road will go to
Ravenden Springs and enable the
promoters of that resort to de
velop it to an equality with Eure
ka Springs. Capt. R. D. Welch
is the owner of the springs, and
has done much toward develop
ing the resort. Its only draw
back has been the lack of railway
facilities.
CONDEMNS DAVIS’
PARDON RECORD.
The White River Conference
of the M. E. church, South, on
Saturday while in session at
Walnut Ridge adopted by unani
mous vote the following resolu
tion condemnatory of the gov
ernor’s abuse of the pardoning
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“We have noticed with deep
est humiliation what we regard
as an abuse oi\ the executive
power of our state in the par
| dons granted for the violation of
j temperance laws. ”
j The consolidation of the con
ferences of this state, proposed
in resolution by Rev. M. M.
Smith of Searcy was defeated by
a vote of 43 to 28.
Augusta, Beeba and Searcy
were placed in nomination for
conference honors, but Augusta
won the next meeting.
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This is a country boy’s account
of his father’s entrance into poli
tics: “Dad has took the stump.
I dunna who run him up it, but
he’s on it just the same. Dad is
after an offis. One newspaper
says he is a born liar; ’nother
one says he stole a hoss, an’
’nother one says he run off with
a widder. When ma heard all
them things she says she thought
she knowed him before, but.she’?
^ glad she’s done found him out/,
i last, and jest wait till she ketcF ft
j him again.” —Ex. J
Henry Schott went to Bsf bk
ville Monday morning.
DOCTOR POPE TO NEWPORT.
Methodist Conference at Wdnm
Ridge Adjourns After An
nouncement of Appoint
ments By Bishop Hoss.
Bishop E. E. Hoss announced j
the appointments for the coining
year at Walnut Ridge Sunday
night, after which the White i
River conference adjourned. A
complete list of the appointments
will be published tomorrow, but
today we gave the stations of
those in whom Newport people
take most interest. -
Rev. Cadesman Pope, D. D.,
of Arkadelphia, who was for four
years president of the Methodist
college at Arkadelphia, is sta
tioned at Newport; W. F. Walker,
North Jonesboro; A. E. Hollo
way, Corning; S. H. Babcock,
Forrest City; N. 0. Henderson,
Helena; J. H. Griffin, Cotton
Plant and Howell; C. W. Listor,
Brinkley: W. S. Davidson, Jones-j
boro; R. C. Morehead, Paragould; i
H. R, Hunt, Tuckerman; Frank j
Barrett, Searcy; J. F. Jernigar J
Auvergne and Weldon; C. E.
Connedv, Augusta; Z. T. Ben
nett, Batesville; C. H. Newman, j
Sulphur Rock; J. E. Thomas,
Jacksonport circuit.
The presiding elders are M. M.
Smith, Jonesboro district; M. B.
Umsted, Paragould district; J.
D. Sibert, Searcy district; W. B.1
Hays, Batesville district.
TWO LITTLE WAIFS.
One of the best attractions at
the opera house this season and
; probably the very best was ‘ ‘The
Two Little Waifs,” another of
! Lincoln J. Carter’s stirring pro
! ductions. Only a fair house was
out, but Saturday night stands
are ever and everywhere below
: the average.
Two little ones, aged 6 and 9
'years, played prominent parts
j with an ease, grace and stage
I presence which bespeaks for
! them brilliant careers before the
j footlights. They were prodigies,
| not childish as children natu
■ rally are, nor old people as they
j often unnaturally are upon the
j stage and in their sweet and
catchy singing of “Tell Me Pret
ty Maiden” brought down the
house, to which encore they re
! sponded with “Under the Bam
| boo Tree. ” The youngest, aptly
! named “Sunshine,” could rival
| old Sol himself in the radiance of
her countenance. Her percep
; tion must have been keen, for in
| her face was mirrored a nature
; capable of deep feeling and
quickly responsive to its sur
roundings. *
The cast included too many
good actors to play favorites;
there were no weaklings and the
I house which witnessed their pre
1 sentation went away highly de
: lighted. The stage settings were
not of the usual order, but rather
elaborate for Newport, and the
scene in the first act, a lawn
party at a beautiful home on the
| Hudson, in which the lights of
the city are seen in the back
ground and the moon rises above
the Eastern hills, is quite en
trancing.
Such melodramas are often
| ridiculed as playing straight at
' the gallery gods, but being rural,
i we rather like them occasionally,
J when presented capably. Of
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! villain and stamps his approval
of every heroic act, but in this
matter of fact age when every
thing sentimental is being “cut
;Out” for business, emotional
! scenes such as abound in ‘ ‘Two
i.Little Waifs” better man and
i the world.
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, mous Waterhouse cravats, the
! new Ascot scarfs. 75c in black
and black and white.
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I FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newport, Arkansas.
Under the supervision of the United States Government.
PAID IN CAPITAL $50,000.
I Deposits in sums of one dollar and upwards will be re
ceived—the same careful attention is extended both small
and large depositors.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: l
T. J. Graham W. A. Joyce T. J. Watson
Sigmond Wolff, J. 0. Taylor G. W. Hurley,
• President. Vice-Pres.
W. A. Billingsley, F. A. Jones,
Cashier. Ass’t Cashier.