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VOLUME IY NEWPORT, ARKANS AS. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 5. *904. NUMBER *65.
ANOTHER LEADER
COMES TO THE FRONT, j
William Wallace Dutton Takes (
the Lead in Exciting Baby
Contest—A New Entry
, Made.
Wm. Wallace Dutton. 183
i Jas. Edward Wilmans. 161
J Dorothy Stephens . 129
^ Ernest Theodore Phillips. 128
^ $Edwin Johnson. 103
Jeannette Henry. 72
Charles Jones Brandenburg 17
The talk: of the town seems to
be the Independent baby contest,
and all are wonder ng to whom
will fall the handsome locket as
the prettiest and sweetest baby.
Each day brings some lagging
candidate jumping to the front,
and today Willliam Wallace Dut
ton heads the list. The boys
still have the best of it, but Miss
Dorothy Stephens and Miss Jean
nette Henw have many admir
ers who don't intend to see them
dron behind
Little Claries Brandenburg
enters the lilts today with a neat
complimentaty vote, and one
gentleman is'said to have in his
pocket quite a, bunch of coupons
with which to talp him along.
Edwin Johns^i made a remark
able showing jie first day, and
there’s no telliifr which one of
the sweet little babies is going
to win out. The^parents, fami
lies and friends o| them all, are
justly proud of tlijar candidates.
To show the inter^t that is be
ing taken, it mightye stated that
votes are being sell in by mail,
* and from St. Louis vame a bal
lot Saturday noonyor William
Wallace Dutton. Tfy> sender did
not give his or her ntrne.
SAFE-BLOWERS AGAIN
ATTEMPT BOL1 WORK.
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Postoffice Safe Wrecked by Ni
tro-Glycerine—Kelly’s Store
Also Visited at Coring.
Corning, Nov. 4.—Saft-blow
ers made two bold attempts to
enrich themselves in Cornttg in
the early hours this moving.
With nitro-glycerine they blew
open the postoffice safe and re
ceived for their trouble a quanti
ty of stamps, comprising the sole
contents. The job was neatly
done, showing that it was the
VV01K oi experts.
The second explosion occurred
in the store of E. A. Kelly & Co.,
where the rohbers were again
unsuccessful in their quest for
money. The safe in the store is
of large proportions. The ex
plosive used by the robbers dis
lodged the huge mass of iron and
steel and caused it to fall face
downward. There was no money
inside, and the efforts of the in
truders were without the reward
they evidently sought.
. Both attempts were njade
f about one o’clock this morn
ing, and occurred in the heart of
the city, close to the court house.
The robbers left no trace of
their movements and the officers
are as much at sea in seeking a
clew as they were ten months
ago when the postoffice was
blown open and about $1,00C
stolen. Although, every effort
was made to find the burglars,
failure was the result.
Postmaster J. A. Dudgeor
profited by the experience earlj
in the year and had no funds ir
the new safe which was blowr
open last night. The postal au
thorities have been notified oi
last night’s attempt and federa
officers will probably work or
the case and seek to put a stop
to safe-Jblowing in the Corning
postoffiee.
WALNUT RIDGE GIN
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Loss of Ten Thousand Dollars
Sustained in Cotton Fire at
Walnut Ridge.
Hoxie, Nov. 4.—At 5 o’clock
this evening a large, modern gin
at Walnut Ridge, belonging to
Mrs. Gussie Less and the Walnut
Ridge Mercantile Company,
while in operation took fire and
was totally destroyed. Square
and round bales were put up at
this gin.
The loss is $10,000; no insur
ance. This gin was operated by
the Phoenix Cotton Oil Company.
Only a small quantity of cotton
was lost.
JTHE CHURCHES)
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
There will be no services at
the Catholic church tomorrow.
JEWISH.
The Jewish congregation will
hold services at the Methodist
church Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock, Rabbi Wolsey will lec
ture on the “Spirit of Judaism.”
ST. PAUL’S CHURCH.
The twenty-third Sunday after
Trinity. Divine service at 11 a.
m. at the lodge room. The holy
communion and “Pastoral Ad
dress.” Sunday school at 9:45.
METHODIST CHURCH.
Corner of Second and Laurel.
Preaching at 11 a. m. by the pas
tor. At 7:15 p. m. the Sunday
school rally day exercises will be
held, at which an interesting and
varied program will be rendered.
Sabbath school at 9:30 a. m. The
public cordially invited to every
service.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Corner of Walnut and Third.
9:30 a. m., Bible school and les
son review. 11 a. m., sermon,
second in series on “The Chris
tian Race,” (Heb. 12:1-2.) Com
munion service and oifering. 7
p. m., sermon, “Christ’s Draw
ing Power,” (John 12:32.) Duet
at morning service and solo at
night. A cordial invitation to
everybody. T. F. Richardson,
pastor.
5 IN SOCIETY, j
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CREIGHTON DANCE.
The Hotel Creighton was the
scene of a merry party of young
people Friday night who enjoyed
a delightful dance given by the
i popular proprietor of this hotel.
! The dining room is large and well
| suited for entertainments of this
| kind.
Those present were Mrs. 0. S.
' Lawrence, Misses Janie Stephens,
Louise Irby, Sue Armstrong,
Jennie McCauley, Hester Phil
lips, Josephine Phillips, Tillk
,Sprigg, Noreene Kinman, Messrs
Tom Dillard, Ben White, Wil
| Sprigg, Claude Irwin, Ira Erwin
! C. E. Carroll, George Stephens
Sprigg Foushee, W. T. Parish
J. 0. Powell, Sam Meyer.
i The young people were chap^
■ enned on this delightful occa
sio'i by J. H. Abrams and wif(
‘ an . J. Wise and wife, th<
[; aff being in compliment to th<
i i lat couple.
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PROBING SHORTAGE
AT POCAHONTAS.
New County Judge Discharges
Appointee of Predecessor and
Orders the County Funds '
Counted in Court.
Pocahontas, Nov. 4.—For some
time it has been stated than an
alleged shortage of about $1,000
existed in the county treasury.
The present incumbent charges j
that he gave the ex-treasurer a
receipt for more money than
was turned over to him, and one
of the last official acts of County
Judge Black before retiring
from office was to appoint a spe
cial commissioner to examine into
the affairs of ex-County Treas
urer Gossett and ascertain the
amounts paid over to I. N. Sor
rell, the present incumbent, on
October 31, 1902.
One of the first official acts Qf
County Judge Brown in coming
into office was to discharge the
special commissioner and order
the present treasurer to file a
complete settlement and bring
all funds into court on November
! 15 to be counted, in order to see
1 whether an actual shortage does
! exist.
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I PLAN A HUNT
FOR ELECTION DAY.
On Tuesday, Nov. 1, a big
hunting party formed at Walnut
Ridge for a month’s sport hunt
ing the festive deer on Hood
lake. The party was composed
of T. J. Sharum of Walnut Ridge,,
Capt. Charles Busick, Pat Cren- j
shaw, Si Anderson and J. H.
Little of Pocahontas, Mike Reed,
Dad Lindsay, Guy Latham and a
Mr. Laster of Corning and Dick
Prater and Bob Hutson of Cotter.
Wash Matthews drove the com
missary wagon, which was loaded
with flour, meat, meal, beans,
potatoes and all kinds of reme
dies for snake bite. It seems a
bit strange that T. J. Sharum
would go off and miss voting in
a presidential election, but as he
was probably paired with a dozen
Democrats he is willing to call it
even.—Walnut Ridge Blade.
DATE FIXED FOR
CONFEDERATE REUNION.
The twentieth annual reunion
of the United Confederate Vet
j erans, will be held in Louisville
j on June 6, 7 and 8. The General
Committee of the local veterans j
! says the Louisville Courier-Jour-1
nal decided this matter.
n „ 1 DU VAiinn* I
nounced that it would be impos- •
! sible for him to remain as presi- j
; dent as he was during the for-'
; mer. reunion, and Major Leathers j
I was chosen. He took the mat
| ter under advisement and as it is j
probable that a director general:
to undertake the detail work will ;
be elected Major Leathers’ ac
ceptance is regarded as practi-j
cally settled.
ENGINEER’S METHOD
OF HUNTING DEER, j
Engineer Harry Young of the
; Frisco, says the Fort Smith
I Times, who is a great sportsman
and who never goes fishing or
hunting that he does not bring
back a string of fish or crates of
game (if there is any on the mar
jket), came in on No. 2 with the
carcass of a fine large buck.
I Young ran into the deer near
Tushkahoma on Wednesday and
knocked it silly. Then he slowed
up, got the carcass, placed it in
the baggage caf and Thursday
was presenting his friends with
venison.
Mammoth Sacrifice Sale
~ Mon’s Suits I
One of the Greatest Money-Saving
Events Ever Known.
(Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4 and 5. ...
TWO DAYS ONLY, jg
I and S20.oo Suits at $10.00
CONDITIONS.—No goods charged; no goods exchanged; no alterations, (except at cost of
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100,000 DOLLARS
OF NEW BUSINESS IN TEN DAYS IN NEWPORT.
THIS IS THE RECORD OF
S. M. POWELL,
STATE MANAGER FOR THE
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
The Policies are plain and guarantees absolute. Jfl
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Arkansas Bank and Trust
Capital $100,000.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham, V.-Pres^j
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier. fl^HR
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell, S. D. Campbell^ 3&MKS
G. D. Clements, R. F. Drummond, W. D. McLainJ/C«
F. D. Fulkerson, C. J. Saenger, Abe Ileilegers^^^^^H
0. D. Watson, L. Minor. L. E. Willis, JMBB
J. S. Wilmans.