(PROCEEDINGS OF THE
COMMITTEE MEETING.
Democratic County Central Com
mittee Met at Court House
Saturday Afternoon.
At the meeting of the Demo
cratic central committee held at
the court house in Newport on
Saturday, Jan. 23, every town
ship in said county except Glaize
wasis represented by accredited
members or proxies. The object
of the meeting was stated by the
chairman. Hon. M. M. Stuckey,
after which the following resolu
tion was introduced by Hon. Gus
tave Jones:
Resolved, That a white Demo
cratic primary election at which
all known Democrats shall be
permitted to vote be and is here
by directed to be held in the va- j
rious voting precincts in Jackson
county, Ark., on Saturday,
March 26, 1904, for the purpose
t* i j • * i 1 • n i l
ui selecting cue iiummws lur tut;
various state, district, county
and township officers to be voted
for at the next September elec
tion.
Resolved, That township con-;
ventions to select delegates to
the county convention be and are
hereby called for 1 o’clock p. m.,
March 26, 1904.
Resolved further, That the
I Democratic convention to select
■ delegates to the state, congres
■ sional and judicial conventions
be and is hereby called to meet
in the Jackson county court room
at 1 p. m., April 2, 1904.
L Resolved, That the basis of
*' representation from each of the!
Jcwnships to said county conven
;ion be and is hereby fixed at one
elegate for each fifty votes or I
major portion thereof cast for
I governor on the Democratic ticket
I at the last general election, pro
f vided that each township shall
f have at least one delegate.
Upon motion or Hon. John H.
Keel the resolution so offered was
amended by striking out the
word “white” and on the amend
ment the following vote was cast:
| Nays—Union, Jefferson, Bird,
iGlass, Barren.
Ayes—Breckinridge, Grubbs,
ache, Richwoods, Village, Cow
iake.
Ii ne resolution as amenaea was
adopted.
It is also ordered that the com
mitteeman from each township
pf the county select the judges
and clerks of the election and
Bend a list of their names to the
chairman and secretary of this
pommittee within fifteen days
from this date and in the event
^ny township committee fails to
appoint them, the chairman and
Secretary shall appoint judges
for such township, and that all
fetate, judicial, district and coun
ty candidates shall pay the fol
lowing fee in order to get their
hames on ticket:
State officers, 50 cents; con
gress, $10; judicial, $5; county
officers, $10; coroner, $2.50; sur
veyor, $2.50; justice of peace and
constable, $1.
T. T. Ward tendered his resig
nation as secretary, which was
accepted and J. R. Mayhan was
elected to fill the vacancy.
The following resolution was!
adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of
the committee be and are hereby
extended to Capt. T. T. Ward
for his faithful and efficient dis
ff charge of the duties of secretary.
M. M. Stuckey, Chairman.
T. T. Ward, Secretary.
MAN TO MAN.
A splendid melodrama “Man
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mended to the opera house next
Monday night. This play is now
in its third season and last year
played the largest cities only,
scoring an immediate success on
account of the intensely interest
ing story and the exceptionally
high class manner in which it
was staged, as regards costumes
and scenery and the exception
ally strong company of players
that gave the performance. The
story is on new and novel lines,
intensely interesting from start
to finish, and while thrilling
enough to be melo-dramatic, it
still has a double comedy vein
running through it and hence it
really should be called a “melo
comedy-drama.” The entire
production will be offered here
in a most elaborate manner and
is sure of success.
INCLINED TO
ACCIDENT THEORY.
The people of Tuckerman and
Bird township generally, who are
acquainted with the facts so far
as they are known, of the find
ing of the body of the late Geo.
A. Pulley, are inclined to accept
the theory that the deceased was
riding vestibuled train No. 4 by
clinging to the rods and standing
on the car steps, when he be
came exhausted and was thrown
to the ground so violently as to
cause death.
His body was found on the
east side of the track, the same
side he sought to board the train
as it was pulling out of Newport
and the fact that he had a pass,
goes to show that he had never
reached the interior of the coach.
On the other hand, it remains
unexplainable why an experi
enced railroad man should take
such chances of ever attracting
attention and thus gaining ad
mittance by clinging to the door
of a vestibuled coach, why it was
not possible for him to let him
self down without sustaining
fatal injuries, why he did not let
loose his suit case to save his
life and how the purse was found
open and empty, when it should
have contained $140. These are
points which indicate foul play
and the cuts upon the head and
arm of the deceased go to con
firm the theory of murder.
SUNDAY WORK
HELD NECESSARY.
Little Rock, Jan. 4.—In State
vs. Collett the supreme court
held yesterday that the necessity
which will justify working on
Sunday is not always a physical
necessity, but rather an eco
nomic and moral necessity. In
this case the agreed statement of
facts showed that certain repairs
were necessary on the belting of
a large saw mill before it could
be operated. Every effort was
made to secure the materials and
do the work on Saturday; but it
could not be done. The neces
sary materials were procured
and the work done on Sunday.
The parties were indicted. It
was further agreed in evidence
that the work was such that it
had to be done for a day before
the machinery could be used;
and that if done Monday it would
have been impossible for the mill
to run on that day and that over
200 men would have thereby
been out of work. The supreme
court, applying the above in
dicated rule, held that the circuit
court was correct in pronouncing
judgment for the parties indicted.
The “Waterman Ideal” is the
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CANDIDATES MUST
COMMIT THEMSELVES.
Club to Be Formed in Pine
Bluff to Boost Judge Car
roll D. Wood.
Pine Bluff, Jan. 24. —Petitions
circulated yesterday calling for a
mass meeting to organize a club
to boost Judge Carroll D. Wood
for gubernatorial honors were
signed by over 300 people. An
enthusiastic mass meeting will
be held Thusday evening at the
court house and the club will be
organized.
All candidates in the county
will be required by the club to
commit themselves on the guber
natorial question.
SECTION HAND
STANFORD KILLED.
Run Over By Engine of White
River Branch Passenger
Friday Near Mt.
Olive.
As the south bound passenger
train neared Mt. Olive Friday
evening, says the Batesville Bee,
the section gang was discovered
on the track only a short distance
ahead and before the train could
be brought to a stop it struck
the hand car. All the hands es
caped except Stanford, who fell
on the track and was run over
by the engine. The deceased
was between 50 and 60 years of
age. He had a family and lived
at Mt. Olive.
foiTsale!
240 acres of land, 140 in culti
vation, with four houses, raised
50 bales of cotton the past season,
six miles from Newport, 3 miles
from Jacksonport. Eighty acre
pasture at Jacksonport, frame j
store house of two good rooms
at Jacksonport.
29blmo. J. M. Grubbs.
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DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
The firm of Martin & Com
pany, comprising H. P. Aubrey,
G. C. Martin and Wm. Hooker,
is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. Wm. Hooker.
G. C. Martin.
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