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| Newt’Ort Daily Indepemmt.
iljvOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903 NUMBER 255
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A a Behold! congenial Spring comes with
AflfllTlllfSAA IT! AHT# its i nf i n i te variety of garb that f adeth
rilllll/LlllVVllIvll U not, but blooms in thee.
We desire to assure our customers of
our continued devotion to their inter
ests, and to others^we extend an invi
tation to view our Spring line, which
we will soon have on display, as they
are now in transit.
tOUR STOCK WILL COMPRISE THESE FAMOUS BRANDS
Stein, Bloch & Co., Alfred Benjamin & Co., Strouse & Bros’. Insured Cloth=
ing, Hanhattan Shirts, E. & W. Collars, Knox, Hawes and J. B. Stetson
Hats, Faultless Nightrobes and Pajamas, Edwin Clapp, Stacy=Adams Shoes,
Waterhouse Cravats, Lord & Taylor Hosiery, American Hosiery Co. and
Wilson Bros’. Underwear.
Specialists Specialists
in Men’s and in Men’s and
Boys’ Boys’
Apparel. Apparel.
I IN THE HOOD OLD SUMMERS. ]
^ YOU WANT GOOD PRINTING.
■j THE KIND WE DO-AND IT COSTS YOU NO MORE
I _THAN POOR WORK._
HI So much has it come to be realized that the only place for
II really good, up=to=the=times printing is at the Tetwiler Print
ery, that to keep up with the demands of our customers, and to
supply their wants promptly, we have been running our presses
to their fullest capacity during the busy season. We are bound
to get our work out on time; if we can’t get through in daytime
we’ll stay by night to finish.
YOURS FOR GOOD PRINTING AT FAIR PRICES
I TETWILER PRINTING COMPANY. [
f THE DAILY INDEPENDENT
HAS DOUBLE THE CIRCULATION OF ANY
OTHER NEWPORT DAILY.
' THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT
CLAIMS ALREADY TO LEAD IN POINT OF CIRCULATION, AND
IS ENJOYING A RAPID GROWTH THAT WILL SOON MAKE ITS
POSITION INCONTESTIBLE. YOU GET RESULTS WHEN YOU
Advertise in Jackson County’s Best Mediums,
The Daily and Weekly Independent.
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Henry ©wen
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AN»
OCULIST.
**VKR BAILEY BROS'.,DRY GOODS STORK
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.”
JACK HERRON.
Back again in Newport and
Prepared to do all kinds of
Brick Work.
Repair Work Promptly
Attended To.
FOUR YEARS SENTENCE.
Judge Moose Sentences Defendant,
Rufus Johnson, To Four Years In
Penitentiary—Prisenor Releas
ed On Bail Pending Ap
peal.
At 9 o’clock Friday morning, Rufus
Johnson, \yho had been found guilty
of manslaughter in the killing of Jas.
Cole, by a jury of his peers, was sen
tenced by Judge Wm. L. Moose, to
four years in the penitentiary.
The motion of his attorneys for a
new trial was refused, whereupon an
appeal was taken to the state supreme
court. Pending a decision in that
court, the defendant’s bail was fixed
at $2,500, which he had no trouble in
making and now enjoys personal
liberty.
ARKANSAS TRACTION
COMPANY INCORPORATED.
The charter of the Arkansas Trac
tion Company of Harrison, was filed
today with the secretary of state!
The purpose of the corporation is to
construct an interurban electric road
between Harrison, Boone county,
Keener, Boone county, and Dodd City,
Marion county, by the way of Lead
Hill or otherwise, and other towns or
villages. The charter is under the
act of the legislature, approved April
8, 1901. The incorporators are Thos.
Helm, of Harrison, president; R. M.
Fellows, of Harrison, secretary and
treasurer, and C. Irving Page, of
Rochester, N. Y., vice-president.
The capital stock is $500,000, all of
of which has been issued. The pro
posed road will connect Harrison with
the White River extension of the
Missouri Pacific, and will plice it in
close touch with a rich mineral coun
try.
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PROCEEDINGS OF LEGISLATURE.
Little Rock, Feb. 12. Senator
Price’s bill appropriating 377,123.10
additional for an Arkansas exhibit at
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
making 3100,000 in all, passed the sen
ate Thursday by a vote of 24 to 7.
Senator Price made a magnificent
speech in favor of the bill and was the
recipient of many congratulations both
on his remarks and the vote upon the
measure.
By a vote of 48 ayes to 43 noes the
Louse failed to pass house joint reso
lution No. 1 (Campbell, of Randolph,)
proposing an amendment to the con
stitution, increasing the limit of the
state school tax from two mills to four
mills. Fifty-one votes are required.
Mr. Campbell, of Randolph, gave
notice of a motion to reconsider and
the matter will come up again. Pend
ing discussion a lively tilt occurred
between Mr. Campbell, of Randolph,
and Mr. Campbell, of Pulaski.
Representative Arnold introduced a
bill for the regulation of banking in
stitutions.
The senate unanimously passed the
Killough bill applying to the St. Fran
cis levee district and increasing the
levee tax from four cents an acre to
six cents an acre.
Chairman Cate of the committee on
charitable institutions submitted a
report on Senator Norwood’s bill ap
propriating 3140,000 for an insane
asylum annex, recommending that it
be increased to 3180,000. The oill was
made a special order for next Tuesday
morning in the house.
NEWS OF THE RIVERS.
Black and White rivers are falling
slowly but there is a fine stage of
water in both rivers for steamboats.
The Current View, the pet of the
shippers, has gone to Augusta this
week with 100 cords of ash bolts for
the Cooperage Company. She will
return Saturday with 4 cars of lumber
for Houston & Curtis, Chicago and
will then go up Black river Monday
for a load of lumber for Taylor &
Gibson and Houston & Curtis.
The Krata of the Inman Decker
Packet Company sunk a barge loaded
with cotton on her way down Current
River, loss not ob a ued.
We hear they are trying to fix the
old A. R. Bragg again; the tricker
| contemplates flying between Newport
and Johnson landing on Current
river.
The Riddell Barge line will place a
nice big boat and two more barges in
White and Black rivers when the
season opens up.
The merchants will be overjoyed to
hear the old Captain will once more
land his boat at the Newport wharf.
For he is one of the most obliging and
accomodating steamboat masters we
ever had.
The George Pope is boating logs
into Augusta and DeValls Bluff.
The Peoria City came to DeValls
Bluff and returned to Memphis. Why
don’t Captain Billy Joyce induce her
to come to Newport. If that Orlando
trade don’t do something soon, we
will wake up some morning and hear
a big steamboat of the Riddell Barge
line whistle below for our landing
loaded from Memphis. Cap Stan Bar.
BRACY CONFECTIONERY
COMPANY.
Articles of incorporation have been
prepared and made ready for filing by
the Bracy Confectionery Company of
Newport, with a paid up capital stock
of $3000. The officers of the new
company are E. D. Bracy, president;
A.T. Hubly, vice-president and man
ager; Alcorn Ferguson, secretary and
treasurer. These officers together
with ParlrlOearleri<»lr >i.nd W A . O’Neal
comprise the directorate. The other
incorporators are Ernest McDonald
John W. Stayton and S R. Phillips,
all being prominent young business
men of this city.
A contract has been signed with H.
L. Remmel for a building on the old
site, which is to be 22 feet wide by 80
feet long, not including the kitchen
and bakery, and the new quarters,
which are to be very handsomely
appointed will be ready for occupancy
by May 1, 1903.
The articles of incorporation will
probably be filed with the secretary
of state to-day or to-morrow.
DOES NOT REFLECT
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
A resolution has been sent the rep
resentatives of this county and sena
torial district, adopted at a meeting of
the Newport Business Men’s League
February 11th, urging the passage of
Dr. Myers, mussel bill and protesting
“against the efforts being made prin
cipally by foreign interest to defeat
this bill.”
Just how many business men of
Newport were present at this meet
ing, is not known. Neither is it
known where and when the call for
such a meeting was made. Do not
the constitution and by laws of this
league call for the publication of some
notice prior to a meeting?
So long as the Businbss Men’s
League confines itself to resolutions
that meet with the unquestioned ap
proval of the public, no remonstrance
to such methods would be offered,
but when public sentiment is over
ridden by snap assemblies then the
will of the people must be otherwise
expressed.
Any one who will take the trouble to
investigate will find that nine tenths
of the laborers, who find a livelihood
by pearling, that practically all of the
home pearl buyers and a majority of
the business men of Newport are op
posed to the enactment of the Myers
bill and the resolution, purporting to
have been adopted at a meeting of
the Business Men’s League, does not
reflect public sentiment.
There will be a meeting of the
Knights and Ladies of Honor to night
at 8 o’clock. Business of importance
will be transacted and all members
are requested to attend.
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