' THE INDEPENDENT
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PERCY H. VANDV KE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS.
COURT SETS ASIDE VERDICT '
Returned By Jury in Case of
Lamb & Copeland Against
Ake & Brown.
The suit of N. F. Lamb and L.
W. Copeland against V. M. Ake j
and M. A. Brown for $12,000 al
leged by plaintiffs to be due
them upon a contract last winter j
to deliver cotton at the market j
price, came up in Jonesboro Sat- j
urday. The plaintiffs alleged
that their profits on the advance
in cotton would have netted them
this sum when the firm quit busi
ness.
The defendants claimed that
they were acting merely1 as
agents for the commission firm ,
which failed and therefore noti
liable, and were represented by |
S. D. Campbell and M. M.
Stuckey, while J. H. Hawthorne
was opposing counsel.
# The jury returned a verdict for
$10,000 damages against the de
fendants, which was thereupon
get aside by Judge Allen Hughes.
At the last term of court the
Case was called and a judgment
by default given for $11,000, but
it developed that the defendant
had not been notified and the
judgment was set aside.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, / _
Lucas County i
Frank J. Cheney makes oath
that he is senior partner of the
firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., do
ing business in the City of Tole
do, County and State aforesaid,
•nd that said firm will pay the
sum of One Hundred Dollars
for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the
Use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and sub
scribed in my presence, this 6th
day of December, A. D. 1886.
[Seal.] A. W. Gleason,
Notary Public.
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OPEN TO BRANSON
FIRST OF YEAR.
Work on White River Route
From Joplin End Progress
ing Rapidly.
A message from Joplin, Mo.,
states that the rail and bridge
gangs on the White River exten
sion of the Iron Mountain are
making rapid progress and that
the line will be completed to
Phanson, Taney county, on or
before Jan. 1, 1905. Branson is
30 miles southeast of Galena, to
which place trains are running'
on schedule time from Aurora.
It is stated that there remains
but one tunnel to be l*ored and
that the work on it is progress
ing fast.
STARNS GIVES BOND.
The preliminary hearing of
Henry Starns for the killing of
Bernard Pate Saturday afternoon
before Justice F. W. Dillard re
sulted in the defendant being
held for the next grand jury.
By agreement of the attorneys
his bond was fixed at $1,000,
which he gave and was released
from custody.
I. O. O. F. NOTICE.
v Every member of Newport
lodge No. 71, I. O. O. F. is ear
nestly requested to be present at
the lodge hall on December 5th,
1904, for election of officers for
ensuing term.
Oliver Dodson. N. G.
Otis Wr. Scarborough, Sec’y.
L.ETTER TO MR. G. LOVELY
GRANT, NEWPORT, ARK.
Dear Sir; As your business
s to get people into and out of
trouble, suppose you consider
;heir paint; it makes ’em almost
is much trouble as money, ex
cept of course matrimony.
They buy poor paint a good1
deal; they don’t mean to; they
don’t know any better; they buy:
without thinking. Bad paint
isn’t good. It looks good enough
for a year; then begins to get
rusty, but changes so slowly one
don’t notice it.
Looking isn’t all. The busi
ness of paint is to keep a house
dry inside, the wood and iron of
it; keep it from rotting and rust
ing. Takes good paint to do it.
Good and bad paint are sold at
one price or about that. One
can’t go by the price at all; as
with lawyers, the price has noth
ing to do with goodness and bad
ness; and costs are worse yet;
the painter and sheriff come in
for their share.
But the probability is that a
man who paints Devoe will come
out on top. Yours truly
F. W. Devoe & Co.,
New York and Chicago.
INDEPENDENT’S
BABY CONTEST.
Here is the proposition and the
rules governing the contest:
There is a handsome $25.00
solid gold locket with diamond
setting and solid gold chain, on
display at the Palace Jewelry
store, to be given away Decem
ber 24th, 1904, to the baby boy
or girl under two years of age,
who wins the highest number of
votes as the prettiest and sweet
est baby. Now the baby that is
not pretty is surely sweet, and
if the wee tot be a little cross at
times, beauty must offset this
badness. Fond parents at least
are expected to think their ba
bies are both sweet and beauti
ful, and so they do. But to set
tle once for all the claims of the
under two, and put at rest this
rivalry of mothers and fathers,
the Independent has inaugurated
a contest that is to be determined
by that cherished right, popular
ballot, and in accordance with
the following rules:
BABY PRIZE CONTEST RULES.
First—No baby that has reach
ed the age of two years Nov. 1,
1904, is eligible to this contest,
nor shall any employe or party
connected with this paper be eli
gible to vote.
Second—Every issue of the!
Daily and Weekly Independent
from November 1 to December
24, will contain a ballot entitling
the holder to one vote in this j
rontpst For pverv dollar’s worth
of job, work, advertising and I
subscription paid for between |
these dates a coupon good for ten j
votes will be issued, but no cou-'
pons will be issued for sums less!
than $1.00. Coupons will not be!
sold, and will only be issued for
job, ad and subscrpition busi
ness, but extra copies of the In
dependent at 2 cents per copy, !
each containing one ballot, will i
be sold at this office.
Third—All votes must be sent
to this office and will be de
posited in a lock box, to be opened
at 8 o’clock each publication day j
and counted. The daily issue of
that afternoon will contain the
total of the several candidates
and the public will thus be kept
informed of the voting each day.
Fourth—A committee of three
good business men will be select
ed to canvass the ballots the
morning of Dec. 24 and announce
the winner. All ballots must be
deposited at this office by 11 a.
m., Dec. 24, 1904.
Read the rules carefully.
When buying wedding presents
don’t forget the Palace Jewelry
Store, leader in quality and price.
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See those fine imported hand
painted pitchers at Bowen’s
Cash Store. 84btf
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FAST FORGING FORWARD.
Idaho is one of the best watered
states in America. People are
moving there because hot winds
and destructive storms are un
known and because its matchless
climate generates physical and
mental vigor and guarantees
good health.
Idaho has rapidly grown in
popularity during the past five
years and settlers in its irrigated
valleys have met with more than
ordinary success. This fact has
induced a large influx of eastern
capital in the state, with the re
sult that its growth has been
rapid.
If you have in mind a change
for the general improvement of
your condition in life, or if you
are seeking a climate beneficial
to health Idaho will meet these
requirements.
The easiest—in fact the only
direct route to Idaho points is via
the Union Pacific. This road
runs two daily trains from Oma
ha and two trains daily from
Chicago and Kansas City to all
points in Idaho, Montana and
the great Northwest.
For full particulars and de
scriptive information inquire of
J. H. Lothrop, G. A.,
903 Olive Strert,
St. Louis, Mo.
NOTICE^ TO
FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS.
After December 1, 1904, the
Independent wiil be sent outside
of Jackson county only on sub
scriptions paid in advance, and
will bejstopped upon the expira
tion of the time for which they
are paid.
Subscribers will be notified two
weeks prior to the expiration of
tneir subscription, and prompt!
renewals will cause no skips in.
receiving the paper.
Our outside mailing list has;
reached those proportions which ;
make this step necessary to pro
tect ourselves, and we feel that
the change will not be objection
able, but rather], in accordance
with the wishes of our outside
readers,
The Independent! has'only one
ubscription 'price, $1.00],a year
for the Weekly, and 40 cents per
month for the Daily, but the
postal charge for papers to out
side addresses, warrants us in
requiring these subscriptions to
be paid in advance.
This does not apply to any
postoffice in Jackson county, or
such towns as Bradford, Alicia,
Minturn, Newark, in closely con
tiguous territory.
The White River road bed is
in fine shape from Cotter to
Newport, having been ballasted
all the way, and trains make as
fast time as those on the Iron
Mountain and Frisco.—Cotter
Courier.
Read the Daily and Weekly
Independent
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