NUMBER 53.
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MENA AROUSED
BY PROHIBITIONISTS.
Prosecution of Blind Tigers
Brings on Bitter Feeling in
Arkansas Town and End
is Not in Sight.
Mena, June 26.—There have
been disturbances, fist fights, ex
cited talk and police and justice
court trials here all the last week
over the attempt, of James Earl,
backed by the prohibitionists of
♦the city, to break up the alleged
blind tigers by detective work.
Earl is a brother-in-law of Rev.
H. S. Lumley of : his city and
came here a few days ago. He
' is a carpenter and has been
working at his trade here. The
prohibitionists have been active
since the meeting held some
weeks ago by a temperance agi
tator, J. G. Adams.
Earl, acting for the temperance
people, is alleged to have under
taken to get evidence against the
tigers by buying whisky from
them and then informing the
. officers and having the offenders
• arrested. Then it is claimed he
wrnnld tc-s* ifv apaInst them.
„ _JT.be, first defendant, Joe Low,
was foundguiky and fined $100;
the next, Joe Camden, was ac
quitted, as the prosecuting wit
ness failed to identify him.
Before the third case could
come up the tiger people went
after Earl hot-footed. Earl went
home, secured a revolver and
sallied forth. He was then ar
rested for carrying deadly weap
ons. '
Several of the tiger people
were arraigned before Justipe
Smith and a peace bond required.
Two or three fist fights occurred
at this trial. Another trial was
held yesterday and the cases all
postponed to Monday.
The county voted dry at the
last election and there is strong
feeling on both sides. It is al
leged that there are fourteen
places selling intoxicants here
under government license.
Most of the preachers and half
of the church people of the city
are on the temperance battle
line. The large majority of the
business men are not taking
either side. The police force is
taking every precaution to avert
the threatened clash of the fac
tions.
LITTLE SAMUEL PHILLIPS.
Word was received here Sun
day evening, announcing the
death of little Samuel Robinson
Phillips, at 6:30 that evening,
aged 17 months and three days,
at the home of his grandfather,
Col. Robert Neill, in Batesville,
thither his parents had taken
j him about a month ago.
The little fellow rad been sick
f\r for eleven weeks and his life had
been despaired of several times.
The remains will be brought to
Newport tonight and funeral
services will be held at the resi
dence at 9:30 o’clock tomorrow
U ‘morning, conducted by Rev. C.
Pope. Burial at Walnut Grove
cemetery.
Taken in his childish innocence
and purity, if there be degrees in
heaven, surely to him will come
a place preferred. In babyhood
sweetness, the summons finds
him untainted by knowledge of or
communion with the world; and
though the ways of Providence
are inscrutable in chopping the
thread of so young a life, is not
a passport to His mansions in the
skies without a taste of the bit
terness of sin, more than recom
pense for the mingled joys and
. sorrows, pleasures and tr ials here
p * '^how, which separate us for an
interval from eternity?
To the parents and loved ones;
who feel most this loss, we ex
tend the sympathy of our people. |
ROPE TREATMENT
FOR RAPE HABIT, I
Elisha Davis Flanged at Pine
| Bluff Saturday in Presence
of Five Thousand Cu
rious Spectators.
Pine Bluff, June 26.—Elisha
Davis, the negro who was con
victed of criminal assault upon
little Katie Pvoss near Kearney
on May 9, paid the extreme pen
alty for his crime by forfeiting
his life on the gallows at 2
o’clock Saturday afternoon.
Sheriff James Gould sprang the
trap at exactly 2 o’clock and the
attending physicians pronounced
the negro dead at 2:10. The ne
gro met death with the same
stoicism that has characterized
his actions since he was appre
hended and placed in jail. He
walked up the steps of the gal
lows with a firm step and even
went so far as to assist the offi
! cers in adjusting the straps.
Although he was given an op- j
port unity to say a few words be
! fore he was hung, he refused
and never uttered a sound on the
| gallows.
The execution took place in the
j poor house yard about three miles
i from the city; and was witnessedj
by about 5,000 people, most of j
whom were white.
MAY COME TO ARKANSAS.
Missouri farmers are being
worked by one of the meanest
tricks now on the pike. As this
shrewd plan is likely to work its
way over into Arkansas the aw
ful details are worth printing.
In the first act of the tragedy
a stranger appears on the road
near the farm house, diligently
searching for a lost diamond
ring. As he does not find it, he
offers $100 for its recovery. Hs
| goes away without finding the
Iring and shortly after a tramp j
picks up a ring. The farmer,
j who, is to be the victim, offers j
! the tramp $25 for the ring, ex- j
I peeting to get $100 reward. Thej
' tramp hesitates, but finally ac
cepts it and leaves, When the'
■ ft-rrner cannot find the stranger,
[be grows suspicious and has a
jeweler examine the ring, and as [
may be guessed it is not a dia-1
mond at all, but a cheap article :
worth about 15 cents. —Harrison!
a :iuvu<
MRS. BROWN’S BABY.
Jeffie, the little six months old
babe of Mrs. Mattie Brown, liv
ing on Walnut street, died Sun
day morning at 10 o’clock, after
a very short illness, and was
buried Monday morning at Wal
nut Grove, beside the grave of
his father, who died about three
months ago. The funeral servi
ces were conducted by Dr. C.
Pope.
LOW ROUND TRIP RATES.
St. Louis to Denver and
return . $25.80
St. Louis to Salt Lake City
and ro urn. 38.00
Low rate to other western
points, via Union Pacific. Quick-,
est time. Ticket office, 903 Olive j
street, St. Louis. w8-2t
ARKANSAS SUNDAY j
SCHOOL CONVENTION [
--
Camden, A: 1:., June 28 to 30.!
Rate of ore and ore-third fare!
on the certificate plan to this
mi 11 ing \ ia t he 1 ron Mountain
route. T. H. Reamey, Agt.
VISIT TO AN OLD
SOUTHERN HOME
Recalls to Memory Many Pleas
ant Recollections of the Good
Old Sunny Southland of
the Long Ago.
My visit last week to an old
Southern home at Auvergne will
ever be one of the greenest spots
in my memory. I say old South
ern home because in this day and
time they have become sadly
fewer, and what a pity.
I would that our land were
dotted over with just such re
minders of paradise. There the
mother was not only queen, but
the almost spoiled and petted
child of the house and of loving
daughters. Her advice and coun- j
sel stood for something in that
happy home, and the old vet
eran’s (God bless him) command 1
was law. There were no ‘ ‘smart
alecs” in this home to look wise
and question his judgment or
doubt his ability of ruling, for
they well knew and appreciated
this man of worth, whose every
action was worthy of imitation.
The noblest work of God is
man. I accept that, but v/ill in
sist that the nearest assimilation
to an angel is a loving daughter,
of which this dear old veteran,
Ur. Clements, has tnree, or dia
have until, as in the garden of
Eden, three lonely Adam’s under |
the names of Conner, Hare and
Bleakley roamed in discontent
and uneasiness all around until
the oldest, beautiful Lois, yielded j
and confessed to the father that
she was “cornered.”, The next,
the pet and pride of the home,
came in thoughtful anxiety, say
ing, “dear father,, my life is
hanging on a Hare.” What
could the father do or say? The
next and last was Annie, the
stay of. the home, the prop of ail,
the last hope, became sick of
home cares, saying, “father I do
not want my part of the estate;
keep and use your honest made
money for mother’s enjoyment
and benefit. I am going to re
tire, and Indian girl like, sit in
contentment and listen tr the
sweet music and murmurings of
my own Forrest. ’ ’
My visit to this home has
awakened love for its inmat s
that has existed for years, and
those dea^ young ladies I met, I
will always love and cherish their
names and memory.
M. J. Lucas.
DEMENTED MURDERER
STILL AT LARGE.
De Queen, June 16. — John
Price, tne demented man who
shot and killed his uncle, Jeff
Price, Saturday morning, is still
at large. Last night he shot W.
T. Yancey, one of his pursuers,
in the arm, inflicting a slight in
jury. He also shot into the house1
of the negro with whom he quar-1
reled previous to killing his!
uncle.
About one hundred men ave:
searching for him. It is thought
he is now located in a dense
thicket, four miles east of Cos-i
satot river.
Price has a belt fail of cart
ridges and a breech-loading shot
gun.
IN COURT OF JUSTICE.
The following cases were tried
before Justice Guy Smith:
State of Arkansas against Le- i
na Anderson, distnrbine the;
peace, fined $1 and costs.
Mary Lewis, assault aud bat
tery, fin-. u $1 and oust.
Ci..:* Lawrence, fined $25 and
costs fo>. manuer.
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I Alfred Bejam in & Co.’s 1
I Correct Clothing I
I Knox and Hawes Hats Faultless Niqhtrobes I
I EDWIN CLAPP SHOES
Crown Trousers, Bamberger Bro. Juvenile Clothing
■"Rneipp Linen Mesh.r
The I. M. Depot is Opposite.
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| The House that We will sell for 30 Days only The House that
Saves You Money. our entire Saves You Money
LINE OF FURNITURE
And other seasonable goods to make room for Fall Stock,
commencing JUNE 1st, 1904,
At the Regular Spot Cash Prices,
With the following Discounts:
jj 15 Per Cent on
ill Refrigerators,
Ice Cream Freezers, !
I
Water Coolers,
Rotter Top Desks.
20 Per Cent on
Iron Beefs, Rocking Chairs,
i Dining Chairs, Folding Beds,
Bed Room Suits, Dining Tables, |
Center Tables, Bed Lounges.
Turkish Leather Chairs.
25 Per Cent on
Book Cases,
Combination Book Cases,
Buffets,
Sideboards,
China Closets,
Leather Couches, Bed Couches,
Dressing Tabf s,
Hafi Racks,
Hanging Mirrors,
Children's Go-Carts and Buggies.
Wolff-Goldman Merc. Co.
NEWPORT, ARK,
1
EIG LINE OF
New Goods Arriving.
Crown, Schiller & Shaeffer
—PIANOS
AND
Crown Organs.
Patronize a Home Man.
Z. B. REID.
TO THE FAIR.
Tickets on sale to St. Louis
daily via the Iren Mountain route.
$a.r,5 for the round trip; return
1 ; fit n d from dat <'
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TRAVELING MEN OF ARKANSAS, 5
WELCOME!
! We extend a cordiai invitation to ase oar Direc
tors' Room whenever convenient and your
pleasure so to do- Hotels are crowded. Oar
ofEices and stationery are at yoar command.
THE BANK OF NEWPORT
, OFFICERS and DIRECTORS.
Geo. W. Decker President, R. M. Johnson, Ca".C
! A. D. Efdiey. V-President. T. D. Kinman, Asst. Lash, ^
Thor. T r-;,1 t Vr " ::'>.•?**. J. T. Henderson,' ||i
Jos t: fit yi hi Dr. J. M. Jones, 1. ;i, : . s.
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