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VOLUME m NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. THURSDAY, MARCH 3t, 1904. NUMBER 2tt~
I CONTESTS PROMISED.
I Wood Men are Only Begin nil
I t0 Fight for Victory Says tfr'
4 Little Rock Democrat
I the face of the dr S V&~
£ ceived, Jeff Davis ha#T ^ a
# est number of the JFfqnat
I claims a delegate#0* 308 out
r Of 422. Judge s manaSers>
however, are c#mg the nomi'
, nation on the#egation of fraud
H in a numbpr counties where
the majorjPs are c^ose’ and ^ *s
claimed Pa^ when the returns
are puif^d ^ave enou&h
votes ' insure his nomination.
^ Little Rock Democrat says
tiyt contests are inevitable in so
j/any counties that the nomina
tion is by no means assured to
Davis, and will not be until after
the state convention is held in
Hot Springs in June, if it is then.
The Wood men propose to fight
to the last ditch and are conced
ing nothing. The feeling is run
nmg high, and the appearances
are that, like John Paul Jones,
they “have only commenced
fighting.” Gross frauds are al
leged, and the Wood managers
say they will be proven, and this
makes the outcome still a matter
of grave conjecture. Warm times
are in prospect. County conven
tions will be held Saturday.
Outside of governor the state
ticket appears to be as follows:
Auditor, A. E. Moore of Faulk
ner county; associate justice,
probably W. L. Moose; chief jus
tice, Joe M. Hill leading, will be
settled in convention; attorney
general, Robert L. Rogers of
Crawford county.
The legislature, both senate
and house, is coming in largely
anti-Davis.
BRUNDIDGE FOR SENATE.
The most significant feature of
Saturday’s Democratic primaries
in the state was the vote for gov
ernor in Benton county, the
home of United States Senator
James H. Berry. Before enter
ing upon the campaign for a
third term Gov. Davis announced
publicly that he was also a can
didate to succeed Senator Berry,
whose fourth term expires two
years hence. For that reason
the governor made desperate
efforts to carry Benton county,
making three series of speeches
in the county and sending several
other speakers to help him.
Now that his efforts were
crowned with success it is con
ceded by well-informed politicians
that Northwest Arkansas for the
first time in thirty years will
14" C! ronrpspntfltive in the
United States senate.
It is freely admitted that other
sections of the state will place
candidates in the field to oppose
Senator Berry and Gov. Davis
when the senatorial campaign
opens next year. The man most
prominently mentioned to oppose
Gov. Davis for senator is Con
gressman S. Brundidge of Searcy.
Gov. Davis carried Benton
county by 245 majority.
MISS MOSHER’S LECTURE.
Miss Rena Mosher delivered
an interesting lecture at the
Methodist church Wednesday
evening. She was presented to
the audience by Mrs. M. A.
Dorsey, who said the distinguish
ed speaker needed no introduc
tion to our people, as we all knew
so much of her great work we
almost felt we knew her person
ally.
Miss Mosher said she was not
going to preach a sermon on the
dark side of life, but rather on
the bright side. She empha
sized the thought that the wealth
)
jipfation lies not in the rich
j^Hls of the earth nor in its in
i$fs tries, but in its young men
yand women.
She said the saloon was only
one of the five great evils that
I beset our nation, and referred to
| the many temptations that meet
i the young men on every hand.
Miss Mosher is certainly a
I graceful and forceful speaker
and her lecture was listened to
| with keen interest by her audi
; ence, and at its close she received
many words of congratulation.
BRADFORD MARSHAL
HAS TROUBLE.
Bradford, March 30. — There
has been some trouble here in
regard to cleaning the streets.
The marshal ordered hands out
to do some ditching by Higdon
Whitley’s house. He objected to
it being done and so they had a
little confusion. He and his
j daughter, Edna Whitley, both
‘ came out on the marshal, so he
i had them arrested. They had
' their trial and were found guilty.
Business is improving here.
Wm. Mason will begin to build
his new business house soon.
Mr. and Mrs. James Good left
Friday for Missouri to live.
Miss Willie Calhoun and Miss
Katie Vinson, who have been
very ill, are able to be out.
Zack Calhoun, who has had the
measles, is sbme better.
Little Fannie Calhoun, who
had the measles and got out o. k.
has taken a backset and is quite
! sick.
Sickness in general is now sub
siding.
Our town is having a lot of
street work done.
You See Who.
IRON MOUNTAIN WASHOUTS
The Iron Mountain is making
every effort to repair the wash
outs on the Missouri division.
I The greatest difficulty lies be
tween Bismarck and Williams
ville, a distance of about fifty
| miles, the most serious washout
being at Piedmont. There are
numerous small streams in that
I locality.
At present the Iron Mountain
! is % detouring its trains by the
j Bald Knob branch to Fair Oaks,
| thence over the Cotton Belt to
Delta, Mo., from which some
; trains go by the Belmont branch
to Riverside, and others cross at
Thebes and go to St. Louis by
the Illinois division.
It is probable that the main
line will not be opened for four
or five days. All trains are now
running about ten hours late. —
Little Rock Democrat.
CLARKE RETURNS HUME.
Senator Clarke is to return
home from Washington this week
and it is probable that he will be
selected a delegate to the state
convention from Pulaski county.
If custom is adhered to he will
also be a delegate-at-large to the
national convention in St. Louis.
His successor as committeeman
from this state will be elected at
Hot Springs on the second Tues
day in June.
MAGISTRATES IN BIRD.
There were six candidates for
justice of the peace in Bird town
ship: Bogle, Batton, Robinson,
; Cullum, Dowell and Klais. The
two last named were elected,
Dowell defeating Bogle by one
vote.
Roberts, Churchman and Payne
were candidates for constable,
and Payne won out, securing 191
votes at the precinct of Tucker
man.
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DAMAGE AT
POCAHONTAS.
Railroads Crippled, No Trains!
Having Gone North For
Two Days.
| Pocahontas, Ark., March 30.—
I Current river, about eight miles
north of here, is very high. All
bottom farms are overflowed and
a great deal of damage done to
tenant houses and fencing. Quite
: a number of hogs and cattle have
been drowned, and all people!
living in the bottoms have de
serted their homes and moved to
the high lands. More than 100
feet of the dump on the St. Louis,
Memphis & Southeastern rail
road north of the river is washed
out, and about a mile of the track
between Current and Pourche
rivers is covered with water from
6 to 12 inches deep.
No trains have gone north from
here for two days, and it w ill be
several days before the damage
can be repaired, even after the
water subsides.
Black river here is rising rap
idly. It is already over the bot
toms on the east side, and the
low lands in the southern part of
town, where the mills are located,
Ib UVW llUVVtJU.
All the mills are shut down
and the hands are busy keeping
the logs from the river. Speice
Bros, had over 100,000 hoops on
the yard at their mill, and the
switch being covered with water
j the railroad company would not
| furnish them with cars, and they
were forced to haul them to
I higher grounds with teams. The
river will rise here for two more
days, if no more rain falls.
GRUBBS GATHERINGS.
The election is over and some
of the boys are looking down the
nose.
Our town is still on the boom.
Albert .Nance is putting up a
large building and will soon have
it filled with dry goods and gro
ceries.
Ramsey Applewhite has gone
to Pine Bluff to be absent several
months.
W. S. Ellison is going to em
bark in the map business.
Our school is progressing nice
ly under the management of Pro
fessor Hickman.
The Woodmen have completed !
their hall and being a beauty, it
will be a joy forever.
Two of our champions met in a j
three round contest the other day, i
but as neither got the belt, they:
have decided to quit the ring.
J. W. Robinson has moved into
his new residence.
Mrs. Sallie Edwards has lost
one child with the measles and
has another dangerously sick.
Now that the election is over,
let’s pay more attention to Sal
lie and the children.
The bridge across Cache river
has been fixed and the trains are
coming in on time.
Capt. Chronicle.
HEAVY LOSSES REPORTED.
Our esteemed exchange, the
Poplar Bluff Citizen - Democrat,
which is making a valiant fight
for Joseph Folk, comes to our
table in yellow garb. Freight
and express shipments over the
Iron Mountain have been so de
layed by reason of washouts, ;
that print paper could not be se- j
cured.
Henry Magill in Butler county
lost 100 head of mules, cattle and
horses. At Carpenter’s Bend, a
few miles above Poplar Bluff on
White river, John Chenault lost i
four fine mules and forty head of
! cattle. At Smith’s bend, 19
i head of cattle were drowned.
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