Newport ■ Daily Indepen;
VOLUME rv NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. TUESDAY. JANUARY 3. J905. * NUMBER
■ BALL USHERED IN
I YEAR’S FESTIVITIES.
■ Annual New Year Dance of the
I Newport Club Proves An Ex- |
■ ceptionally Notable So
I cial Success.
The leap year gone and the
I new launched, the reign of the
I charming belles ended and the
I restoration of chivalrous men
I accomplished,such are the tidings
I of the hour, and though the day
1 is made memorable in the fall of
the Russian gibraltar of the east,
^ Port Arthur, before the coura
i geous armies of the little island
ers, the news does not appeal to
many young hearts in our peace
ful land with half the signifi
cance that attends the dropping
of old 1904, and the ushering in
of the new, the hope-inspiring
1905, with such social successes
as the New Year ball given by
the Newport club.
The event has been an annual
one, being early found to be a
good custom, and conducive to a
higher enjoyment of the holiday
season, and this sufficient reason
for its existence was further
strenthened this year to mark
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like all other dethroned kings
and governments, the period of
overthrow will not be officially
recognized in their chronicles.
Never had the club rooms been
draped to prettier effect, and
the graceful folds of purple and
■» white, set to pretty advantage
by an exuberance of holly and
mistletoe from every nook and
crook, with here and there a
mm sn handsome picture, placed for the
occasion, made the the scene
quite entrancing, and when to
the delights of the eye were
added music’s soul-stirring ap
peals, the promise of the New
Year seemed realized in an intox
ication of pleasure that banished
worry and the outside world.
How could one wonder that the
the hour was late or the night
far gone, that several extras
should be added to the program,
before the participants in such
revelry might be content to turn
homeward, lest a rising sun
should rudely interrupt and call
them forth for the work of an
other day.
Saxby’s popular orchestra of
Memph’s, containing five pieces,
violin, bass violin, harp, cornet
and trap drums, furnished most
pvopllpnt music for two-steD and
waltz, the grand march being
omitted owing to the large num
ber of people present.
Half way down the pretty pro- \
grams called for an intermission,
when the company repaired to
Bracy’s parlors in two crowds
^ and there enjoyed a dainty
~ spread, which reflected much
credit upon Mr. Ike Bottenstein.
The delicacies were nicely served
and consisted of turkey, cfticken
salad, lettuce, olives, pickles,
/brick cream, cake and coffee.
One table reached the entire
length of the parlors and an-!
other shorter one contributed to :
the seating capacity of the room, j
tastily decorated in holly.
The town clock, now rather old
i but nevertheless always spry
I enough to run ahead, had never
1 tolled the hours fora New Year
■ ^ dance and didn’t know the hours '
M they kept, so perhaps looked
l\ down with a frown upon these
I \ merry-makers as the old bell
W \ sounded four vigorous strokes.
■ \ At least, the number of the hour
■ \ and not the tired spirit of the
j§ \ dancers brought this delightful
I \ New Year event to an end.
I \ PEOPLE PRESENT.
I \ Following are the out of town
guests present: Misses Jessie
Cravens, Marie Wilsey, Poplar
Bluff; Susie Ponder, Minnie and
Agnes Dowell, Stella and Claudia
Williams, Walnut Ridge; Robert
Thornton, Jonesboro, Alex Bev
ens, Batesville.
The home folks present were:
Messrs, and Mesdames T. D.
Kinman, B. W. Stainback, R. J.
Wise, Gus Graham, C. M. Erwin,
0. S. Lawrence; Mrs. W. W.
Dutton; Misses Hal, Hester and
Josie Phillips, Mabel Stayton,
Dovie Erwin, Louise and Jamie
Irby, Sue Armstrong, Lucy
Brandenburg, Lou Minor, No
reene Kinman, Mary Bailey,
Jennie McCauley, Gene Bandy,
Della Bernstein, Kathryn Price,
Bessie Buford, Janie Stephens,
Aubrey Arnold, Tillie Sprigg,
Lucile Taylor, Mary Laird;
Messrs. E. L. Boyce, Alcorn
Ferguson, W. T and Frank
Dunn, J. M. Berger, Charles
Holmes, Ernest McDonald, Joe
Bevens, Ben White, Ira Erwin,
Robert Laird, John Stayton,
Tom Dillard, C. E. Carroll, Adam
Lockard, Sam Meyer, Frank
Gullette, W. T. Parish, G. K.
Stephens, I. Bottenstein, F. P.
Skipwith, Sprigg Foushee, Ed
Sprigg, E. C. Waterman, S. M.
Stuckey and J. 0. Taylor.
NOTABLE ARRESTS
OF WANTED CROOKS.
Sheriff H. S. Simmons had
reason to believe the time of har
vest was close at hand Tuesday
morning in the arrest of three
badly wanted parties. S. G.
Parker telephoned him from
Jonesboro that he had secured
the arrest of a negro who had
in his possession some of the
watches stolen from his store on
Christmas eve and that the sher
iff of Craighead county would
bring him to Newport Tuesday
evening.
Mr. Parker goes from there to
Black Rock, where a negro wom
an accomplice in the burglary is
also under arrest. She is badly
carved up as the result of a scrap,
and may not be in a condition to
bring here at once.
GENE PARKER CAPTURED.
Gene Parker, who recently
shot the negro flagman in a crap
dive on Lower Front street, has
also been captured in Poplar
Bluff, so wires Sheriff Hogg,
and will be brought to Newport
at once.
NECROLOGICAL.
ROBERT HOLDEN’S INFANT.
The sympathy of our people is
extended to Robert Holden in his
grief over the loss of an infant,
not quite one year old, Sunday
night. The burial took place
Monday afternoon at Walnut
Grove, the child being laid to rest
by the side of the mother’s
grave.
MRS. DEE DAVIS.
Mrs. Davis, the wife of Dee
Davis, living on the Stafford
farm five miles north of Newport
an the Elgin road, died Monday
morning.
MRS. ROBERT MANLEY.
Mrs. Robert Manley, who lived
with her son Rufus Manley at
the corner of Second and Laurel
3treets, died Saturday morning,
aged sixty odd years.
The funeral was held at the
borne Sunday morning, conduct
ad by Rev. M. B. Urnsted, burial
following at Hickory Grove.
The deceased was a very de
vout and conscientious member
af the Baptist church and loved
by all who knew her intimately,
ro the son the sympathy of many
friends goes out.
5 IN SOCIETY. \
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A nice little party was given
by Miss Hazel Jones Saturday,
afternoon in honor of Miss Re
genia Bear of Little Rock. No
comments are needed as Miss
Hazel never half does a thing
when it comes to entertaining
her friends.
Those present were Misses
Beatrice McHugh, Hortense Hite, [
Mary Kelley, Hester Meyer, Lu
tie Stephens, Laura Mosby, Miss ;
Gregfe of Arkadelphia, Lilly'
Stallings, Regina Bear, Hazel
Jones.
A delightful lunch was served
by the charming little hostess
which had been prepared by her
own hands without advice or as
sistance, consisting of cheese
straws, sandwiches, fruit, salad,
pickles, wafers and chocolate in
cups.
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EUCHRE PARTY.
The handsome home of Mr. j
and Mrs. T. D. Kinman, on
Third street, was the scene of a
pretty social function Monday
afternoon, when their daughter, i
Miss Noreene, entertained in her i
naturally gracious manner, the
members and friends of the Sat
nrdflv Hnr*.hrfi Club.
The house was beautfiul in its j
holiday attire of Christmas holly |
and mistletoe.
Five tables were filled with
enthusiastic players of this pop-:
ular game. At the conclusion of i
the afternoon it was found that
Miss Lucile Taylor had made the
highest score and was awarded a
bea tiful hand-painted cup and
saucer.
The guest’s prize was won by
Miss Tillie Sprigg, which was a
gold candlestick.
Delightful brick cream, deli
cious home-made cake and olives
were served at 5 o’clock.
The guests present were: Misses
Marie Wilsey, Jessie Cravens,
Susie Ponder, Hester Phillips,
Kathryn Price, Mae Whittaker,
Mary Bailey, Della Bernstein,
Aubrey Arnold, Mabel Stayton,
Lula Wolf, Lucile Taylor, Jennie
McCauley, Tillie and Mary Sprigg
and Janie Stephens. Mesdames
A. D. Bailey, Claude Erwin, T.
D. Kinman, Jr., Owen Walker,
Will Sprigg and Narcie Minor.
TELL-TALE VEST
WORN BY FATHER. I
Sheriff Simmons has recovered
the vest worn by Loui Allwhite
Christmas morning and this gar
ment shows blood stains unmis
takably. It had been washed
but the lining underneath the
front showed plainly how the
blood stains had been washed
through.
Sunday afternoon late those
dredging for the body of Mrs.
Kinkannon are reported to have
brought to the surface with their
drags particles of the dead wo
man’s flesh and clothes. The j
body is thought to be beneath a ^
drift and may require a diver to j
bring it up. These circumstances
go to further prove the mob hung
a guilty man in Loui Allwhite.
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