NEWPORT. ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY. JULY 16. 1918. M MISER Hi).
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■^Vicksburg.
Bo independent.
Erg. Miss., July l6~
Epson, a photographer
■nd over without bail
Barged with the murder
K Brewer, who with
■ arrived in this city
■the body was taken
■ water it was found to
[ted with a large stone,
[had been badly beaten,
j with an axe, which
irward found on one of
U houseboats in which
ie to Vicksburg,
m was arrested but de
guilt. He declares his
Brewer, left for Mem- j
iday and that the body
Eat of Brewer.
Eemphis papers say that
[is not in Memphis,
jrewer’s father resides at
ity and states that he
| a telegram from Vicks
ted July 15, signed by
, asking that he wire ;
he latter at Vicksburg in j
lat he might consum-!
■rade for another house- j
I> had just wired the
the Merchants Na
Bank at Vicksburg,!
received the news of
hewer was well known 1
rt, having been con-!
th the Herald for sev- j
hs and later with the j
He left here a few S
for a jaunt down the ,
a companion and his j
le as a shock to his !
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essment Notice.
lessment of local im
No. One—Bridge Im
No. One of the City j
)rt, Arkansas— was :
office on the 14th day
813, and the same is'!
st to inspection.
B. J. GRAHAM,
he City of Newport,
iNTE OF BUGS
)orhoods where Ross’
k” spray is used few
i seen.
insects of all kinds,
and breaks up the
ills germs; is a de
lear. household disin
ring no equal. Death
es. Sold in Newport
Jggists. . (Adv.)
ig Pictures
3pera House
Per Week.
NEK’S JUSTICE
A good Western.
SEL1G
JINKS BUYS A DRESS.
Comedy—LUBIN
JIM' THE BURGLAR
Comedy—LUBIN
SWAG OF DESTINY
Drama—ESSANAY
l^cial music by the orchestra
^mission 5 and 10 cents
Why Is Not the Law Enforced?
Some days ago one of our city
officers acknowledged to me that
he didn’t attempt to enforce the
law against swearing in public,
and also said that he had not
(been instructed to enforce said
daw by the mayor and council.
I When I wrote a short article
about this confession, he replie.'
by intimating that I asked him
to arrest an aged man for swear
ing in public. This is absolutely
untrue. I did not ask him to ar
rest anyone. The man I referr
ed to must not have been over
thirty-five years of age. 1 was
not referring to anyone particu
lar case, but to the fact that
there is no effort made to en
force the said law. This is ac
cording to his own statement.
The blame for the failure to en
force the law in Newport rests
upon someone. He says that he
was not instructed by the mayor
and council to enforce the law
against swearing in public. I
suppose that is the reason he
does not enforce the law7 against
bawdy houses in our city. A re
liable citizen said to me yester
day that comparatively every
ten year old girl in the town
knew7 wrbere they were. It is a
ui»giai:e lu me luwii. vvno is 10
blame? It is time the decent
people of this town were finding
where the fault lies. It is a
challenge to every pure man and
woman. Are we going to sneak
around like cowards?
The writer of the article be
fore mentioned asks why I do
not enforce the rules of the
church against swearing. I
have no more power in a Baptist
church than a ten year old child,
who is a member. I am trying
to enforce it. But that is not a
parallel case to the violations of
the laws of the state and city.
I refuse to enter into a scrip
ture quoting contest with such
parties. I don’t know what he
had in view in his quotation. I
am sure if a man “keeps himself
unspotted from the world” he
will try to enforce the law.
Yours for law and enforce
ment ,
S. D. Grumbles.
Unique Method of Representing
Wholesale Tailoring Co.
W. A. Cox, the son of W. D.
Cox, a well known man who used
to represent the American Type
Foundry, but who now travels
for the Intertyjpe Company of
New Orleans, was in Newport
today, Wednesday, jij me imp
est of Lamm &.Company, whole
sale tailors of Chicago. He had
with him a partner, and the
two young men are making the
territory which they are suppos
ed to cover in a Chalmers tour
ing car, carrying tents, cots, pro
vision, medicine, in fact every
thing except liquid refresh
ments and firearms, which they
declare he would be of no help to
them or the clothing company
which they represent. Mr. Cox
has the appearance and the bear
ing of a perfect gentleman and
will undoubtedly have a success
ful trip.
Would Be U. S. Attorney.
Russellville, July 14.—U. L.
Meade, a well-known attorney of
this city, has announced that he
will be an applicant for appoint
ment as United States attorney
for the eastern district of Ark
ansas, . . !
It had been generally conceded
that this plum would go to the
l late James H. Harrod of Little
Rock, but his untimely death
j last week leaves the field open.
A DELIGHTFUL
4UT0M0 TRIP
From Newport, Arkansas to Ft.
Louis and Marshall, Mis
souri in an Automobile.
Our first day"-' start looked ra
ther discouraging: the cloud.
hung low and threatening arc
“the Dubious One'" who wasn't
going on this trip, looked very
anxious a- the engine started
and we rolled out oi the garage
and away. Just across the
bridge we discovered that Joe.
the extra chauffeur, had ior
ten his coat, but true to his in*
•stinct he refused to “double
cross us” by turning back. Be
fore we reached the limits of
East Newport the rain began
and the top was put up. What a
downpour! At the approach of
Murphy’s bridge “The Man Who
Is Taking' LTs” hesitated and
murmured something about
“waiting a little to see what it
was going to do”—silence in the
back seat— “Beside-',” he went
on. “if we get to Grubbs; and it
keeps up and we can't cross
Cache then we can’t get back.”
‘'We]],” Joe optimistically advis
ed“we might go a little further”
visible signs of animation in the
rear). The clay was very slick
and as we west on it looked as
though the clouds preeeeded us
and the sign of heavy rainfall
grew more apparent. At Mike
Denton’s we made a stop and put
on the chains and 3 tried to call
up “THe Doubtful One” on the
phone to report progress. Cache,
presented no special difficulties.
The road, which at three o’clock
that morning had been dry, was
full of water, but we had no
trouble getting through the
mud. The Bayou DeView Levee
was pretty much the same as
that from Newport to Grubbs.
We reached Jonesboro at 11
o’clock feeling in fine spirits, and
while “The man who is taking
us” replenished gasoline and oil,
we refreshed ourselves with a
limeade and “hoped he wouldn’t
have anything discouraging be
tween Jonesboro and Paragould.’
He didn’t—the rain had stopped
and the roads for a few miles
out. were in pretty good condi
tion. We stopped at noon and
had our lunch. The breeze was
fresh and cool and although the
sun did not shine, it looked like
the rain was over.
To Brookland the road was
poor and if Jonesboro would only
work the road, as Paragould has.
the traveling would be easier to
strangers.
From Brookland we made a
few miles over bad roads and af
terwards found that we should
have followed the marked road.
We went between two railroads,
which held the water. Some of
it looked pretty doubtful, but
like Cache, it probably hadn’t
had time to “soak in”. Para
gould was reached at 3 o’clock.
We had spent and hour at Jones
boro, an hour at lunch and some
time finding the right roads.
From Paragould we found the
road showing the same signs of
heavy rainfall. Corn was blown
over; the ditches were full of
water and we had occasional mud
patches. It was mostly water
and never bad enough to cause
any delay. We bad taken off the
chains before we stopped tor
lunch, coming out of Jonesboro.
Most of .the time we ran on
high speed. We passed through
Marmaduke and Hector, a nice
looking little town—Piggott anc
I from there to St. Louis the road
was very good, indeed.
The hills looked lovely tc the
the “Little One”, who was de
lighted with the blackberries
'and wanted to stop ar.d pick
j some. “The Lady Who is Never
| Willing to Stop” ’would not hear
' of it, of course, and the “One
j Who Is Going Along'"’ was willing
j to trust the blackberry picker
1 for her support.
From St. Francis to Campbell
there were a few pools' of water,
but we went at very good speed
and reached Campbell, Mo., at
tight o’clock, crossing the elate
line at sunset.
Campbell has a very good ho
tel, dean and new. We found
the Southeast Missouri and
Northeast Arkansas Good Roads
Convention in session and “The
One Who Is Going Along” want
ed to stay right there and help
Arkansas to a better state of
travel—not for "people who
own automobiles”.- but for ev
erybody who wants to go any
where. with a little better ex
penditure of the money we have
and a little more intelligent
planning Arkansas could have
loatis [U<i. wuuju u.atif me peo
ple more comfortable, save
them time, money and put it in
a class with the progressive
movement.
The people are quite willing to
do this—they only need a little
concerted action to make some
very necessary repairs. The
I time to do it is now.
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j ORDINANCE NO. 219.
1 AN ORDINANCE FOR THE
j BETTER PROTECTION OF
I THE SEWER MAINS OF SEW
|ER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
j NUMBER QNE OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT. ARKANSAS.
j Be It Ordained by the City
Council of the City of Newport :
Section 3. That all connec
tions that shall hereafter be
laid, connecting any premises or
any water closet located on an
alley within the corporate limits
of the City of Newport with th'e
sewer mains of Sewer Improve
ment District Number One of
the City of Newport, shall be
laid, and the connection thereof
with said sewer mains be made,
j under the supervision of the
| Board of Improvement of said
i Improvement District.
I Section 2. Before ary person,
firm or corporation shall begin
the work of laying any connec
tion mentioned in Section One of
this Ordinance, he or it shall
first give notice to said Board of
Improvement of the nature of
the work to be done, and shall at
I all times thereafter, during the
1 progress of said work, and be
jfore the same shall be covered
j said Board, or its agent, oppor
; tunity to supervise the laying of
' such connection or connections.
Section 3. That it shall be the
| duty of said Board to supervise,
i either personally or through its
'duly appointed agent, the work
1 of laying all of such connections,
and it is hereby authorized and
directed to require that the line
i of such connections shall have a
' proper fall towards said sewer
1 mains, and that all joints of such
connections shall be permanent
| ly and effectively sealed with ce
ment so as to prevent the infil
tration of water into such con
nections at the said joints, as
jwell as to designate and require
| the kind of pipe that shalj be
• used in makingsuch connections.
They are hereby directed to re
quire such material and work
manship, in making such con
nections. as will pro. (k the
same at the lowest cost practica
ble with the efficient operation
of the sewer mains of -.aid im
provement District.
Section 4. All sue!' connec
tions shall be laid in accordance
with the requirements of said
Board of Improvement, and for
its services m -upervisinp said
work the said Board shall char go
a fee of $2 00 for each cm i ec
tion, to be paid by the per-or,
having such connection laic.
Section 5. Any person, firm
or corporation who shall fail,
neglect or refuse to give notice
to said Board of Improvement of
such connections to be laid, as
provided for in Section Tw< of
this Ordinance, or to permit the
supervision of the laying of such
connections as provided for in
Section Three of this Ordinance,
or who shall fail, neglect or re
refuse to conform to the require
ments of said Board of Improve
ment in making such connec
tions, shall be guilty of a misde
meanor and. upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by fine
of not less than $- nor more
than $-.
Section 6. Ail Ordinances and
parts of Ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed
and that this Ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from
and after its publication.
Approved this, the 14th day of
July, 1918.
JNO. P. PAUL., Mayor.
Attest:
B. 0. GRAHAM. Recorder.
"Floating Down the River'* at
Barkers. 84d6t
Bid*- For Concrete Walks.
Notice is hereby given that the
Hoard of Directors of the School
District of Newport will re
ceive -ealed bids up to S o’
clock p. m. Saturday, July 19th.
1913, for the building of con
crete curb and walks on the new
high «chool lots.
Each bid must be accompanied
by a certified check in the sum
of $50.00, payable to T. P. L'm
sted. secretary of the Board, to
guarantee that the successful
bidder will enter into contract
and bond to do the work. Plans
and specifications for the work
may be seen at the office of S. P.
Phillips, chairman of the Build
ing Committee.
The Board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids. Bids
should he addressed to T. P.
ITmsted. secretary of the Board
of Directors.
E. L. BOYCE, President,
T. P. ITMSTED, Sec’y.
Board of Directors of School Dis
trict of Newport. 87d5t
The Arkansas Girl.
Anyone who has seen the girls
of that state will not think it
strange that husky young New
Yorker should prefer a job in
Arkansas to a million and a quar
ter dollars’ fortune in his home
state. Compared to the smiles
of the Arkansas girl, money is
as dumb as an oyster.— Mem
phis News Scimitar.
If you want your money to
bring you the biggest value and
you need summer merchandise,
then you ought to attend Heine
mann’s Semi-Annual Clearing
Sale.79b7t
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T [ ] I S J
| Any “Benjamin” Suit In This Store
valued up to $30 at.$16.50
Any “Majestic” Suit In This Store
valued up to $20.00 at.$10.50
AND THIS
Regal 4.00 Oxfords at.2.90
Regal 5.00 Oxfords at.3.45
Clapp 6.50 Oxfords at.4.95
Regal 3.50 Discontinued Lasts at 2.10
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