MARVELOUS GROWTH
OF THE I. 0. O. F.
Membership Has More Than
Doubled in Arkansas in the
Past Five Years.
The I. O. O. F. of Arkansas
has made a phenomenal growth
\ in the last five years. Grand
^ Secretary John P. Paul of Gra
vette reports that during the
period mentioned the member/
bership in the state has grown
from 4,000 to 13,000, a gain of
9,000.
There are now 319 subordinate
lodges and 34 encampments bf
the militant rank in the state.
Since the recent session of the
grand lodge subordinate lodges
have been established at Hiram,
Blue Mountain, Ola, Wolverton,
Dutch Mills, Sulphur City, Moun
tain View, near Rogers, Oak
Bower, Summers, Rover, lone,
Richmond and Belleville, and
five encampments have been in
stituted at Foreman, Lockesburg,
Grannis, Casa and Walnut
Ridge.
The order is in excellent finan
cial condition. The site of the
orphans’ home at Batesville is
paid for, there is $9,000 in the
treasury for that purpose and 46
orphans and five widows are
being taken care of. The next
.undertaking will be the erection
of an Odd Fellows’ temple in
Little Rock commensurate with
the growth and importance of
the order.
- PARAGOULD DEPOT
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
^ Paragouldi, Dec. 15.—Fire wTas
discovered in the passenger sta
tion here last night shortly after
11:30, and although everything
possible was done to save the
building, it was a total loss. The
coupon ticket case, together with
a large amount of tickets was
burned. The telegraph instru
ments, a large amount of mail,
baggage and express were in the
Tv,, station, and all is a total loss.
'The local ticket case was saved.
No cause is given for the fire,
and it is supposed that tramps or
a spark from a passing locomo
tive started it.
REQUISITION ISSUED.
Little Rock, Dee. 15.—A requi
sition was issued by Gov. Davis
today on the governor of Louisi
ana for Frank Kelly, a white
who is charged with bur
and larceny in Clark coun
He is under arrest at
irt, and will be brought
Deputy Constable Geo.
of Little Rock. He has
fugitive since Nov. 23.
a car of clothing, and
eventy-two pairs of pants were
png the property recovered
m him.
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3ME BURNED.
Plant, Dec. 16.—The
ce of 0. A. Hogan, a
timber man of near
destroyed by fire
He lost everything
family barely escaped in
ht clothes. There was
nee.
LOSING
OURS ADVOCATED.
\
issue of the Inde
ev. R. B. Willis con
article advocating
ng hours by the mer
is city, which has
considerable discus
question. This pa
been a supporter of
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this policy, for the reason that
every clerk or employe is due the
leisure and rest of his evenings,
but Doctor Willis does well in go
ing further to show that a man
needs the physical, mental and
moral development which earlier
closing hours make it possible
for him to cultivate.
That the trading public would
readily accustom themselves to
1 the new order has been proven
the past two summers, when
1 such an agreement was in effect.
That no trade' is lost by shorter
hours was likewise proven; so the
whole question sifts as to wheth
er or not the merchants are willing
, to be considerate of the pleasure
and development pf their ability
to get together on such an agree
ment.
In Paragould several meetings
have been held by the merchants,
; who propose to close their stores
i at 6:30 in the evening during the
year 1905 excepting the 5th and
; 20th of each month, factory pay
days and Saturday nights. Why
not start the new year off in
Newport in the same manner.
In the North very few towns
’ have failed to adopt such an
agreement, and in the South the
| innovation is fast becoming gen
eral.
tth V, rtl /Milrn n v»/~l AVV*
ployes by reason of these hoifcrs
of evening rest, pleasure and im
provement and the same amount
of business to handle, which can
easily be done in shorter hours,
expenses curtailed in the way of
lights, etc., there is nothing to
be lost by the merchants of any
city in following the good exam
ple so successfully established by
other towns in all parts of the
country under varying trade
conditions. _
NEWPORT CLUB’S
[ - ANNUAL ELECTION.
4
Popular Organization Selects a
Board of Governors Thurs
day Evening.
The Newport club held its an
nual business meeting Thursday
evening and selected a board of
governors to preside over the de
liberations of the organization
during the yehr 1905.
The new board of governors is
made up of Messrs. Ike Botten
stein, W. T. Parish and John W.
Stayton, while the officers named
[are W. T. Dunn, president; L^r.
j G. K. Stephens, vice president,
and W. T. Parish as secretary.
The new as well as the out
going officers of the club are un
tiring workers and much of the
success it has enjoyed in the
past has been largely due to
their efforts, although every
member is entitled to a part of
i the credit.
The club has elegantly fitted
quarters above the First Na
tional bank, which furnish its
large membership a very pleas
ant place to while away many an
hour that would otherwise be
less profitably or pleasantly spent.
MURDERED BY TRAMP.
! Augusta, Dec. 15.—Lon Bre
ton, the colored porter who has
been at the Iron Mountain depot
in this place for twelve years,
was found dead in the white
waiting room this morning, shot
in the head. Two tramps at Mc
Crory and one at Martin Junc
tion and two negroes have been
arrested. It is surmised that the
tramps shot him because they
were refused occupation of the
waiting room.
A full line of Schrafft’s can
dies in fancy boxes for Christ
mas at Bracy’s. 97btc
BLACKMAIL CHARGE
AGAINST THREE. |
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Tried to Bunko Man and Your
Uncle Samuel Took a Hand
in the Little Game.
Jonesboro, Dec. 16.—IraSaffel,
E. D. Martin and a man named
Smith are in jail charged with
blackmail.
It is alleged that they wrote a
letter, signing the name of J. A.
Hayden, to George Webber, who
is operating a spindle wheel here, j
claiming that his brother had
been robbed of $50 in his place,
and demanding that he Send a
registered letter to him in sums
of $25 each, and if not done that
he would be advertised in all
the papers.
Mr. Webber wrote the letter to
Hayden as instructed, in order j
to catch the party. Yesterday,
Martin calk I at the posioffice
and asked for the letter, saying
that Hayden was sick in bed.
Postmaster Houghton inform
ed him he could not give it to
him. After this .Saffel arranged
for the man Smith to imperson
ate Hayden, so he went and the i
letter was given to him, but it!
Was simply a decoy to catch the
! guilty parties.
Last night Saffel, Martin ahd
! Smith were arrested at different
places. Smith was the first ar
rested and soon gave the thing
away, and all are now behind i
| the bars and will have a hearing j
at once. d
5 IN SOCIETY. |!
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CLOVER CLUB.
1 The home of Mrs. Ed Wilmans
j was thrown open to the members
i of the Clover club Thursday aft
ernoon and a delightful social
meeting of this club was the re
j suit.
A large number of members
j were present with several guests
| added to the delightful affair.
The hostess served a delight
; ful luncheon of chicken salad, ,
! escalloped oysters, pickles,, wa-!
fers, coffee and salted almonds, j
which concluded the pleasant j
j event.
j , Those present were Mesdames
! Geo. R. Hays, Wm. Bailey. W.
W. Dutton, L. Hirsch, Sam Tag
gart, B. B. Bond, Wm. Hooker,
A. Vacaro, Guy Brown, B. W.
| Stainback, Miss Mary Laird.
BABY CONTEST VOTE.
| Edwin Johnson. 1565
Wm. Wallace Dutton 1363
Ernest Theodore Phillips 1242
Jas. Edward Wilmans. 1064
Dorothy Stephens. 1046
Charles Jones Brandenburg 803
Jeannette Henry. 522
Thelma Smart. * 60
A total of 323 votes was cast
in the baby contest today, but no
change is made in the relative
positions of the various coqtest
jants. .
’ This, however, is not an indi
j cation of the manner in which
: the little ones will finish in the
home stretch. The leading con
i testants are so close that one
| good spurt might easily place any
j one of them in the lead, while
none are beyond the possibility
of evading the distance flag on
the last quarter. It is anybody’s
race and will begin to warm up
from this time on.
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We have 500 overcoats, a few
more than we need. They are
being sold at a sacrifice. Chas.
I Meyer’s Great Bargain Store.
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