CONSOLATION PRIZES
FOR OTHER BABIES.
Two Prizes Offered for Boy and
Girl Receiving Highest Vote
Outside of the Winner bf
the Gold Locket.
Edwin Johnson. 1355
rnest Theodore Phillips. 1101
Jas. Edward Wilmans. 1015
Dorothy Stephens . 836
vmkvm. Wallace Dutton. 765
■ ^Charles Jones Brandenburg 656
Jeannette Henry. 457
Thelma Smart . 60
Of all the babies entered in
the Independent contest, there is
not one but who deserves a prize,
yet we can hardly make the
honors so general without rob
bing the leaders of their rightful
distinction and the foremost of
his or her just reward.
But like all races, there are to
be other ribbons than blue, and
the highest boy and highest girl
outside of the winner of the
locket will also receive appro
priate awards.
The wee maiden who has the
highest total of the girls outside
the winner, should that prove to
be a girl, will be awarded a hand
some solid gold bracelet, and the
mnnrr mietor nnrlfir twn who haw
•/-o
the highest total of the boys and
yet is not the winner of the
sweepstake prize, will be given
ft pretty set of substantial solid
;old baby pins.
This makes three prizes for an
\centive to the little ones to dc
dir fleetest running ai d tallest
climbing during the closing
! weeks of the contest.
Our issue of December 24th will,
as previously stated, contain pic
tures of all the contestants, and
I will be printed on a good grade of
/ /enamel paper. The Christmas
/ /prize awards will be made that
/ / day.
/ POWELL PROMISES
I SPRINGFIELD EXTENSION.
Missouri Pacific System Will
Connect Queen City of the
Ozarks With the White
River Route.
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Right-of-Way Agent W. V.
Powell of the Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain, with headquar
ters at St. Louis, has returned tc
Springfield, where he was several
days last week on business con
nected with the building of the
road from that place to some
point on the Whit* River road.
He is quoted as saying that if
Kfg absolutely certain tnat rne
road will be built. “The officers
whonf^ have just left in St.
» Louis are expecting it and are
* planning for it,” said he.
“I have already told the peo
j)le that it may take two or three
y^nonths for the actual work tc
* get started, for the surveyors
will have to run their lines first.
They may run half a dozen ol
these before one is finally deci
ded on, for so many different
things enter into the making of
a choice.
“Not only the comparative
feasibility of the various routes
i and their construction, but alsc
I the cost of operation will have tc
\ be taken into consideration. But
1 all that will be decided before
1 long. Of course it will not be
1 definitely known just where the
I Springfield line will tap the other
■ until the surveyors have finished
ltheir work and the route south
selected.
1 “There seems to be some un
r~
the White River road it will
strike; but from the conversation
of certain officials who have been
in Little Rock recently, Aurora
seems to have the best of the ar
gument at this time.”
HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE.
j The manager of the opera
house assures the public that the
• vaudeville production tonight by
Dolly Varden’s maidens is a
clean, moral and refined enter
tainment, and your money will
be refunded if you are not satis
fied.
Miss Dolly Varden has a school
of acting and her company in
! eludes good talent.
l IN SOCIETY, j
1 The Musical Coterie met at the
home of Mrs. G. A. Hillhouse
! Thursday afternoon with a full
! attendance, each member giving
; a quotation from some favorite
composer.
The program was necessarily
brief on account of unfinished
business carried over from the
previous meeting.
Several honorary members
W’ere added to the list, the ac
! \\momKovcliln liQUino* Vidon PY_
j tended from 15 to 30. The honor
ary list includes gentlemen.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. T. E. Kelley, Dec. 22. Von
Weber is the composer for the
afternoon, for which time a most
complete program has been made
out.
WHIST CLUB.
The hospitality of the L. Minor
home on Third street was ex
tended to the members of the
Whist club Wednesday afternoon.
Whist was the form of entertain
ment, the tables being placed in
the pretty parlors.
Mrs. Minor is a gracious hos
tess and the hospitality of her
home is always enjoyed by her
! large circle of admiring friends.
At the conclusion of the games
a delicious lunch was served on
the tables and keenly relished
i by all present.
The members present were
i Mesdames E. L. Maris, 0. D.
Watson, R. B. Hooker, Narcie
Minor, R. M. Johnson, Gustave
! Jones, R. T. Robertson, B. B.
Bond, W. A. Billingsley.
STORY OF THE"
SEARCY TRAGEDY.
Searcy, Dec. 8.—Miss Addie
Norwood, aged 16, burned her
self today by setting fire to her
father’s barn. It is said that
she wished to marry, which was
oppo,ed by her father, and in a
; fit of desperation she took this
means to end her life.
speciaiTrates
Account of Christmas and New
Year’s holidays via the Iron
Mountain route. Dates of sale
Dec. 24, 25 and 31, and Jan 1.
Tickets will be sold to all points
! on the Iron Mountain and will be
good for return up to and in
cluding January 4. Rate will be
one fare plus 50 cents, one fare
and one-third to apply where
latter basis makes less, adding
sufficient to make rate end in 0
or 5. Minimum selling rate of
50 cents will be observed,
btd Thos. H. Reamey, Agt.
TOYS, TOYS.
Iron toys, wooden toys, tin
toys, rubber toys, big toys, little
toys, and all kinds of toys at I.
D. Price’s toy bazar. 89btf
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ACKLEN JUDGMENT
TO BE APPEALED.
Mississippi County Citizens Fight
ing for Right to Hunt on
Big Lake.
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The defendants in the suit of;
the Big Lake Hunting club to re-;
strain other than club members
from hunting and fishing on Big
Lake in Mississippi county will.
carry the case to the court of
appeals.
The club, of which Col. J. H. j
Acklen of Nashville, Tenn., is
president, owns a tract of about
52,000 acres, an irregular area of
fifteen miles long and eight miles
wide, about four-fifths of which
is covered with the waters of
Big Lake, which empties into the
St. Francis near Marked Tree.
It is stated that the club first
secured a title by purchasing a
a strip of land around the lake
ten feet wide, about nineteen
acres in all, upon which it bases
its claim on the grounds of ripar
ian ownership to about 52,000
acres.
In the spring this lake is navi
gable as far as Hornersville,
Mo. Judge Trieber holds, how
' ever, that the lake is navigable
' only along the old water courses
that traverse it, and this being
true, the lake itself can be closed
by private ownership from pub
lic trespass.
THE BIG TREES.
, A Wondrous and Awe-Inspiring
j Product of Nature, Found
Only in California.
|
California’s attraction are
mostly of its own kind, peculiar
to its kind and of none is this so
emphatically true as that unique
product, the big trees. The age
of these colossi is from 1,500 to
i 2,000 years.
The Mariposa grove, which
i can be visited while en route
J to the Yosemite, contains some
of the largest. In the Calaveras
grove are from ninety to one
hundred of huge size. Near
Santa Cruz is a beautiful grove
: of redwood big trees, which will
well employ a day’s pleasant visit.
These can be best reached by the
Union Pacific, whose fast trains
from Missouri river reach Cali
fornia 16 hours ahead of all com
petitors.
Pamphlets and maps describ
ing the wonders of California,
and full information about the
most comfortable and direct
| route to the Pacific Coast, can be
i nKfainorl rvF
J. H. Lothrop. G. A.,
903 Olive &L,
St. Louis, Mo.
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES
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i
To the north via the Iron Moun
tain Route. Rate one first-class
standard fare plus $2 for the
round trip. Dates of sale Dec.
21, 22 and 26, with final return
limit of 30 days from date of
sale. Territory to which tickets
will be sold is to points in Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota,
| South Dakota and Wisconsin,
western portion of Illinois, west
| ern portion of Colorado and the
j northern portion of Missouri.
| Parties desiring to take adVan
i tage of the above rates will
| please notify me about three days
before they intend starting, so I
| can arrange to have tickets on
I hand. Thos. H. Reamey,
btd Agent.
We have 500 overcoats, a few
more than we need. They are
being sold at a sacrifice. Chas.
Meyer’s Great Bargain Store.
STAR CLOTHING HOUSE.
“A pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation. It is )
certainly an agreeable forerunner of merit, and smoothes the wpy for it.
Gifts of Quality and Fashion.
Very Sure to Please Particular Men.
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# At Clyistmas-tide the open hand I
| Scatters its bounty o’er sea and land; |
I And none are left to grieve alone, 1
| For Love is Heaven, and claims its own. 1
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Fashionable Gloves.$1.50 to $3.00
Luxurious Neckwear.50c to $2.00
Street Mufflers.$1.00 to $1.50
Matinee and Opera Mufflers $2.00 to $5.00
Silk Suspenders. 50c to $3.50
Full Dress Shirts.$1.00 to $2.00
Madras and Percale Shirts..—$1.00 to $3.50
Cotton and Lisle Hose. 50c to $1.00
Scarf Pins and Link Buttons . 50c to $2.50
Pajamas.$ 1.50 to $2.00
Night Robes.$ 1-00 to $3.50
Suit Cases.$5.00 to $25.00
Traveling Bags.$5.00 to $15.00
White and Fancy Waistcoats,$ 1.50 to $5.00
Overcoats and Suits.$15.00 to $30.00
Linen and Silk H’d’k’chfs.25c to $1.50
Stiff, Tuxedo and Opera Hats$3.00 to $10.00
Plain and Patent Shoes.$3.50 to $7.00
I* Get Get
the tbe
j Habit. Habit.
GOVERNOR GRANTS
RIGHTEOUS PARDON.)
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Among- the pardons granted by
Gov. Davis this week was one to
John W. Patrick, of Franklin
county, who had been convicted
of and fined for violation of the
native wine law, says the Little
Rock Gazette. Under the law it
is not illegal to sell native
wine made from grapes grown
on the premises of the seller.
In this case, it appears, the
grapevines did not grow on the
soil owned by the defendant, but
on adjoining land, and the vines
clung to his fence, enabling him
to gather in his own yard the
grapes from which he made the
wine claimed to have been sold
illegally. As Gov. Davis sees it
a conviction under the circum
stances was hair-splitting with a
vengeance, hence the pardon. In
a letter to the beneficiary the
governor expressed the opinion
that the growing of grapes and
the making of wine therefrom in
Arkansas should be encouraged,
and he believes that it would
have the effect of decreasing
drunkenness.
MAKING BIDS FOR
Craighead prisoners.
Mr. Billings, a large land
owner of Deckerville, was in
Jonesboro Wednesday, says the
Times - Enterprise, apd gave
Judge Rains his bid for the coun
ty prisoners of this county for
the year 1905.
Stuckey and Stevens of Jack
son county have had the prison
ers for several years and worked
them on their farms in Jackson
county at $8 for each prisoner
who is fined ten days or over.
Mr. Billings is now working
the prisoners of Poinsett county
and will make a strong bid for
those of this county.
I. D. Price is headquarters for
Christmas presents of all kinds.
Holiday shoppers always find
what they want at reasonable
prices. 89btf
I. D. Price for albu ms. SCLti
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Will Be
Your Money
In this Bank. Save
your money and
time fey having an
account with a good
reliable bank.
Arkansas Bank and Trust Co.
Capital $100,000.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.v *
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham,'V.-Pres.
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell, S. D. Campbell,
G. D. Clements, R. F. Drummond, W. D. McLain,
F. D. Fulkerson, C. J. Saenger, Abe Heilegers,
0. D. Watson, L. Minor. L. E. Willis,
J. S. Wilmans.
IS THE. MOST E
COMFORTABLE I
MADE,
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It is an Ideal Christmas
Gift — its rest inviting
attractions continuing
day by day through
out the years.
The ROYAL MORRIS CHAIR is operated by a simple touch of the
button, and is the only chair fitted with this device. These chairs are
absolutely guaranteed and parts of the action breaking for any reason
are furnished FREE OF CHARGE.
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