I NEW ADMINISTRATION.
I City Officials Take Oath of Office
S' at Session of Council Mon
rH day Evening—Mayor Ap
points Committees.
new administration was
ijg ushered in Monday evening at
S the regular meeting of the city
1 council, the recently elected offici
als taking oath and presenting
bonds, which were in each in
I stance duly approved.
The old council wound up the
j unfinished business of their
■ terms, in approving the minutes
previous meeting, allowing all
accounts due and accepting the
the auditing committee,
ch approved the books of the
officers, whose terms were
of Thompson,
City Treas
and his bonds
to make final
then ad
ned,
ans,
pson
was presided
J. W. Grubbs,
oath of office had
been administered to all the
officers and aldermen-elect, the
mayor proceeded to name the
committees, which will serve the
next two years, which are as
follows:
Street and Alley-Wilmans and
Hobgood.
Finance-Thompson
mans.
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Ordinance—Brasch ana rnomp
son.
I Printing—Brasch and Thomp
son.
Auditing—Brasch and Thomp
son.
The applications of George L.
Robinson and H. C. Huffman for
night watchman were read and
upon motion of Wilmans, sec
conded by Hobgood, the matter
was passed over until the next
meeting.
The new administration will
have the cordial support of the
citizens of Newport the coming
two years in their efforts to up
build the city. The new officials
and aldermen are good citizens
and promise a progressive ad
ministration in the further pav
ing of our streets and other
works of public enterprise and
ior the common welfare. The
'property owners on Front street
will be encouraged to take up
the paving of that thoroughfare,
and the special tax of last year,
we understand, will again be
levied to continue the macada
mizing of the residence streets.
OVERSEER KILLED,
v_
Z. Rice of Cut-Off Plantation
Shot by J. H. Hobson
Hobson Arrested
mm Texarkana, Ark., April 11.
During the progress of a difti
^Bulty on the Cut-Off plantation on
river, twenty miles west of
Bhere, yesterday afternoon S. Z.
■Rice, overseer of the plantation,
■ was shot and instantly killed by
■ J. H. Hobson, one of the hired
I hands. The parties had been close
■ friends up to the time of the trou
ble, which grew out of some very
trival matter. Hobson is in cus
We are the exclusive agents
a?1' F. K. clothing. Ohas.
Meyer’s Great Bargain Store. 92
■ SHERIFF WHITE’S REWARD.
—
Earned $400 by Capturing Bad
Negro Who Was Wanted
in Missouri.
Morrilton, April 11.—Sheriff
B. G. White has just returned
from Warrensburg, Mo., where
he delivered Will Martin, alias
Henry McNeely, who was cap
! tured a few weeks ago by him
i at Helena.
Sheriff White was a witness in
the case and says the negro was
convicted and given ninety-nine
years in the state prison.
The negro killed a woman, his
sister-in-law, several years ago
and has been a fugitive ever
since.
The negro worked for Mr.
White ten or fifteen years ago,
and when he saw the printed
description of the negro he knew
it was the same one who worked
for him.
The offer of a $400 reward
stimulated the Conway county
sheriff to go to looking for the
fugitive. He got a negro woman
here to act as a detective for him
and found out through some
other negroes where the fugi
tive was and found out he was
near Helena.
The sheriff paid the negro’s
; way to Helena and she remained
there some time and got ac
quainted with the “right man,”
and then wired the sheriff that
he was the one wanted.
Sheriff White and Sheriff
Kitchens of Phillips county made
i the capture.
| LITERARY CLUB ORGANIZED
| Mrs. R. B. Willis of Searcy
! met with a number of Newport’s
representative ladies in the par
lors of the Hotel Hazel Monday
afternoon and organized a club
for the purpose of literary study.
The following ladies are the
charter members: Mesdames B.
M. Crow, L. E. Willis, Chas. H.
Wilmans, S. M. Beattie, 0. ' D.
Watson, T. J. Gregg, Geo. M.
Sink, S. R. Phillips, R. M. John
son and Miss Pearl Martin.
The election resulted in the
following officers: President,
Mrs. Chas. Wilmans; vice presi
dent, Mrs. L. E. Willis; secretary
and treasurer, Mrs. R. M. John
son.
The membership will be limited
to fifteen and the first meeting
of the club will be held at Mrs.
S. M. Beattie’s on Friday, April
29th. The subjects for study
will be “The Crown of Wild
| Olives,” by Ruskin.
The leaders will be Mrs. B. M.
Crow and the hostess.
| ACQUITED ELECTION JUDGE
Hot Springs, April 11.—A. C.
Shendal was acquited today in
the Circuit court of the charge of
giving whisky away at the polls
in the city election of 1903. Shen
dal, together with the several
election judges of four wards of
the city, was indicted by the grand
! jury last fall. All were acquitted
with the exception of Shendal,
who had his case continued until
this term of court. The jury was
out only long enough to write the
! verdict.
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Let it not be said that our hos
j pitality is half hearted, that our
1 enterprise sleeps and our public
spirit is dead, but let us rather
I by united effort put new and
I vigorous life into our little city.
> Attend the meeting of all the
| local committees this evening at
the Hazel and manifest a willing
ness and desire to do your part
toward hewing out of the many
opportunities and natural advan
tages which surround our city, a
bigger Newport.
COMMITTEEMEN CONSULT.
Enthusiastic Gathering of Local
Committees in Charge of En
tertainment of Arkan
sas Travelers.
One of the best attended and
most enthusiastic public meetings
that Newport citizens have held
for some time was that of Mon
day evening in the parlors of the
Hazel in response to a call for
the committees in charge of the
entertainment of the Arkansas
Travelers here May 5, 6 and 7,
L. N. Nouss was made chair
man of the gathering and P. H.
VanDyke secretary. The sub
ject of discussion was the duties
of the several local committees,
which were taken up in order
and expressions of opinion called
for from those present.
Upon motion of Alcorn Fergu
son, seconded by Col. L. Minor,
an advisory board consisting of
Mayor J. W. Grubbs, A. G. An
iderson and C. G. Henry was
| chosen, who should constitute a
j head to the organization and
j share with the arrangements
| committee the direction of the
work.
The colors to be used in deco
rating were discussed, but no
| final action taken. Charles Meyer
thought that it would be advisa
ble to make the outside decora
tions in patriotic colors, owing
to the fact that it would be a
hard matter to secure the proper
amount of old gold bunting to go
with the white and blue, for
these three constitute the colors
of the A. T. A’s. There was a
difference of opinion here.
The travelers have offered a
prize to the best decorated busi
ness house and the decision of
the decorations committee upon
this point of colors will be an
nounced later.
The mayor was requested to
issue a proclamation making Fri
day afternoon, May 6, a holiday,
and the city papers were asked
to publish a list of the locatl com
mittees till the date of conven
tion.
The finance committee expect
to raise $1,000, the amount
needed to properly handle the
convention and will begin can
vassing at once.
To the arrangements commit
tee was left the management of
the whole affair and the defining
! of the duties of the other com
mittees.
Every lady with a horse and
b’ rgy was invited to assist the
reception committee in locating
the visiting ladies, who are to be
cared for in the private homes
of the city.
The selection of speakers for |
the occasion to respond at the
banquet was brought up. Among
those suggested were Judge Rose
and Hon. H. L. Remmel of Little
Rock, Hon. A. F. Vandeventer
of Morrilton and Hon. Edgar
Bryant of Ft. Smith. This mat
ter was left with the advisory
board or executive committee.
It was agreed that all bills
should be approved by this com
mittee before paid.
Charles Meyer read some cor
respondence from the manager
! of the traveling men’s base ball
i team relative to the class of men
to be played, and suggesting
that we hire some jockeys to
chase the long drives they ex
pected to make. Only merchants
and clerks are eligible to the
home team.
Adjournment was taken about
8:50 p. m.
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W. A. Billingsley spent Mon
day in St. Louis on business.
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Step into oar store and examine the new
Spring arrivals—the neatest and nobbiest
ready-to-wear apparel ever seen in this sec
tion. For sale by as only. $15 to $30.
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and board. Day boarders so
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Lee. 79dtf
DR. F. ANDREWS,
Physician - & - Surgeon.
Office and Residence . .
. . Fitzgerald, Ark.
Arkansas Bank and Trust Co.
; While You Are AWe
to earn money prepare*for a
rainy day. Place your money
in a sale, reliable Bank, and
when sickness, trouble or
old age overtakes you, you
will be prepared.
Capital, $100,000.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham, V.-Pres.
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
P>. B. Bond, R. F. Drummond, C. J. Saenger,
M. D. Campbell, F. D. Fulkerson, 0. D. Watson.
S. D. Campbell, Abe Heiligers, L. E. Willis,
G. D. Clements, W. D. McLain, J. S. Wilmans,
L. Minor.
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can apply it.
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fading, brilliant and durable. Superior In points of merit to
anything on the market.
Ask for Color Card and instructive booklet
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Parties desiring good
wood of all kinds should
call on
J. D. CALVIN. !
Lower end of Laurel St.
All orders are promptly
filled. 404 Leona Ave.
; B. H. Lumpkin has purchased
me Hotel Brownell at Bald Knob
and will assume the management
1 on Saturday, April 9. 91d2w
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