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VOLUME IV. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. THURSDAY. APRIL 20. 1905. NUMBER 304. 1
NEGROES LYNCH
ONE OF THEIR RACI
Who Had Shot a Negro fo:
Trivial Reason—Body Left
Hanging Two Days.
Marianna, April 19.—Enragec
« at the action of John Barnett, i
negro, in killing Albert Walse
field, another negro, last Sundaj
because the latter circulated the
* report that Barnett was a dan
gerous man, twenty other ne
groes employed in a levee camp
near Askew took Barnett out or
Monday night and hung him anc
the body remained hanging twe
days before it was buried.
Barnett came to the camp early
last week and secured work.
Walsefield had known Barnett
before and told the boss of the
camp that he was a dangerous
man. Barnett heard of this and
the shooting followed.
# TWT7 TEriTCT ATTTOFT #
The house on Wednesday morn
i ing by a vote of 58 to 26 passed
1 the Rowland bill providing that
I after the expiration of ninety
I days after the opening of the fu
B ture general assemblies of the
B state of Arkansas the members
B thereof shall receive two dollars
B per day for their services, the
H regular per diem as now estab
^ lished by law to be allowed until
| | the ninety-day limit. The pro
visions of the bill are not to ap
^B ply to special sessions of the leg
islature.
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The senate passed the McCol
lum reform school bill by a vote
of 20 to 7. The great majority
of those voting for the bill did so
reluctantly and only because the
people were demanding legisla
tion along this line. When each
one explained his vote it was
given out that the Moore bill,
which was sleeping in the lower
body, could not pass, and rather
than be without any bill of this
nature the McCollum one would
be passed. The appropriation
carried is $30,000 and every con
vict in the penitentiary under the
age of 18 is to be released and
placed in the school.
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The Chapline pure-food bill,
which passed the house and is
said to be almost a duplicate of
the Missouri bill, in which boodle
fie-ured so materially that manv
of our sister state’s politicians
are yet tasting alum, was defeat
ed by the senate. The trust
baking powders would have had
a monopoly had the measure
passed and the price would have
thus been raised from 10 cents
to 50 cents. The senate is to be
commended for its decisive vote
of 22 to 5 in killing this bill,
^ which ought to have been worth
thousands of dollars to the trust
baking powders. That they paid
well for such legislation in Mis
souri has been proven in the
trials of the boodlers.
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The senate has passed the
house bill to make circuses show
every feat, trick, animal, etc.,
advertised. The bill should have
been amended to require the
grafters to show the method of
their tricks.
CLOTHING
For men and be^^t for a king
to wear. Se'**1'3818 a la carte.) - -^yles
at Chas. Me^ New book laain
Store. .> may ^
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,.vNER, G. P. A., betetr{
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J| CORRESPONDENCE.
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EIGHT MILE.
! W. N. lance, justice of peace
[ is the onlAjusy man in town.
; Dr. T. ftjloway, has been or
• the puny %t for the past fev
days.
Mrs. R. bjphenson left Iasi
j week for * month’s visit t(
friends and rjatives in Texas.
Owing to tig recent rains the
farmers in ou section are verj
badly behind vth their planting.
A nice crowds our young peo
’ pie enjoyed an apron party Iasi
| Tuesday evening at the home ol
Mr. and Mrs. J. 5. Smith.
We did not nofte that “Need
more” hitched 1* his private
hitching post Sunday afternoon.
Frank, what is the^atter ?
Mr. Sears, a nice young man
of Richwoods, male a flying
trip to Esquire Rojl Sunday
afternoon. Perhaps you can
come next Sunday, Van.
0. J. Gould, one of our prom
ment middle aged men, was all
j smiles Sunday afternoon. If
R. C. Roy intends to make a habit
of leading his horse, we want to
| be next.
We are reliably informed that
| the right of way is being cut
for the railroad that was re
cently surveyed through our sec
j tion of the country, and we hope
to see the cars in a short timer
Prof. Geo. 0. Ray, who re
cently organized a singing class
1 at this place, was assisted Sun
day afternoon by “Shorty”
, Thomas, who sings tenor and
; “Nat” Evans, the noted bass1
singer.
Several of our boys, wearing
“Rough and Ready” badges
were escorted by Deputy P. H
Beede to Esquire Nance’s offic
Monday afternoon. “Only fiv
and the trimmings,” said th
’Squire.
Some of the members of th
W. 0. W. had a call meeting a
the school house on the night o
the 15th, for the purpose of or
ganizing a lodge in the vicinity
but owing to the small attend
ance this was postponed unti
May 20.
Some of the boys have bee:
wondering what Miss Effie sal
when Mr. B. F. Carter, one o
Cow Lake’s leading young men
asked: “Is that right,” when h
led her horse up to the stil
block for her to mount on th<
wrong side.
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MViliv- vx U1V vuo Ui uu
prominent mill men, Peacocl
and Newson, requested us t
state that they would grind oi
the first and third Saturdays o
each month, and that then
would be no use of our good peo
pie going hungry twenty-sevei
days in a month.
A short time ago some of ou
leading young men organized ;
society known as the “Buffah
Boys,” and we are informed b?
Qne of the members that th<
membership of the society has
been doubled within the past tw<
weeks. We’re still betting or
the esquire’s nerve and think th<
“Buffalo Boys” will be a thing
of the past in the near future.
Some of the men who work or
the river while returning frorr
McCrory Saturday morning im
bibed most too freely and as
usual their tongues became un
controllable. However, Mondaj
morning found some of them look
ing for Esquire Nance, while our
worthy constables, A. J._Meac
and F. W. Beede, were looking
for the remainder of the crew.
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^ Some of our worthy young mei
should take a law course, as w
are without an attorney sine
W. W. Beede has moved to Texas
► Ground Hog.
swifton.
' C. C. Nicholson is in Littk
Rock this week.
I John Gillim of Newport spem
Sunday night in town.
There will be an Odd Fellows
' celebration here the 26th.
II An Easter program will be ren
i dered at the church Sunday even
I in£
Prof. John Wilks of Cushman
j was in town a few minutes Sun
day.
Prof. Alcorn has just closed a
most successful term of school
J at ’Possum Trot,
j Joe Smith and family went to
! Walnut Ridge Sunday, returning
on No. 11 Monday.
Mrs. Ava Bran, Miss Eula
Crain and Mrs. Doolin went to
| Newport Wednesday.
James Moon, who has been
quite sick for the past two or
three weeks, is slowly improv
ing.
Dock Rorex has been employed
| by the Swifton Mercantile Com
| pany to fill the place vacated by
j James Carlin.
In the last contest M. F. Davis
had only three rounds accredited
to him in the thirteen-round
checker bout.
A young Mr. Eatman of Moun
tain Home has been employed
as bookkeeper for the Swifton
Mercantile Company.
E. B. Banister, who has been
here for quite a time looking
after the interest of the Williams
'Cooperage Company, has re
signed and returned to his home
|at Crawfordsville, Ind.
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! DIAZ.
" | R. L. Pierce spent a few hours
' in Newport Thursday night.
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Miss Myrtle Holden of Village
; township was in the city Mon
t day'
^ Wonder where Swifton was at
last week? Must have been
asleep.
’ Miss Nora Hunter left Satur-j
] day for a few da^p’ visit to Tuck
i erman.
1 The farmers are behind with
j their work on account of the re
e I cent rains.
Weary Willie, we know there
3 are no flies on W. B., because it
3! is not fly time.
?: A few young men of this city
took a moonlight walk to Fitz
r geram luesaay mgnt.
c i 0. L. Roberts, C. A. Kidd and
5 j Newt Patterson went to New
1 port Wednesday night.
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We see Weldon has a new cor-:
? respondent. Come again; Don
chuno, you are all right.
Miss Belle Phillips, our popular
school teacher, left Saturday for
a two days’visit to her home at
1 Calico Rock.
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r A few farmers are planting
i cotton this week. The next thing
': they will he fighting General1
Green.
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L Horace Climer of Batesville
, was here Thursday on his way
. home after a two weeks’ treat
ment in the Missouri Pacific hos
pital in St. Louis.
Uncle Josh.
j TEACHER RIDING 1
A STOLEN MULE, j
Little Rock, April 19.~J. C. J
Wanslee, a white man about 20 ‘
years old, was arrested yester-!
day morning by Captain Hawk- i
i ins and Detective Newland on 11
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FRECKLES AND PIMPLES
IN 10 DAYS USE
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The Complexion Beautifier.
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and money refunded if it fails to removf
the worst case of Freckles, Pimples, Tan, Sal
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Thousands testify to fhe merits of Satinola.
Miss Alace Lirette writes:—Thibodeaux, La.,
Oct. 15, ’04. “For four years my face was com
pletely covered with freckles and pimples. All
remedies failed until 1 used two packages of
Satinola, which completely removed the freckles
and pimples. My complexion is now perfect, and
hope every lady having freckles or pimples will
try Satinola.”
Price 50c and $1.00, by leading druggists or mail.
NATIONAL TOILET CO. PARfNN.
Sold in Newport by W. W.
Dutton, W. A. Joyce and all
leading druggists.
NOTICE OF SALE
OF IMPOUNDED STOCK.
Notice is hereby given that I, as Marshal of
the city of Newport, have impounded the follow
ing described hogs:
One black sow with underslope and under half
crop in left ear.
Also one black barrow, overbit in left ear and
crop and underbit in right ear.
And unless the owner appear within ten days
and prove his ownership of said hogs and pay the
costs incident to said impoundment, said stock
or hogs will be sold by me at public outcry in
front of the city hall in the city of Newport,
Arkansas, to the highest bidder, for cash, at 10
o’clock a. m. on the 1st day of May, 1905.
T. S. Stephens, Marshal.
April 20, 1905. dtd
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Bids will be received by the city council of the
city of Newport, Arkansas, until 12 o’clock noon
on the 24th day of April, 1905, for the scraping off
of the old paint and painting the iron work of the
bridge across Newport Lake in the city of New
port. Bids to be addressed to J. R. Mayhan, Re
torder. The successful bidder will-lx- required to
give bond for the faithful performance of the
contract. The council reserves the right to reject
any and all bids. J. R. MAYHAN,
Recorder.
This notice given this April 9th, 1905. 95dtf
WARNING ORDER.
T. D. Martin, Plaintiff,
vs.
Minnie M. Martin,
alias Minnie Wesner, Defendant.
In the Jackson Chancery Court.
The defendant, Minnie M. Martin, alias Minnie
Wesner, is warned to appear in this court within
thirty days and answer the complaint of the
plaintiff, T. D. Martin. J. D. Neal. Clerk. |
April 20th, 1905.
WARNING ORDER.
Joseph Sheppard, Plaintiff, f In the
vs. r Jackson Chancery
I.aura Sheppard, Defendant. ‘ Court.
The defendant, Laura Sheppard, is warned to
appear in this court within thirty days and an
swer the complaint of the plaintiff, Joseph
Sheppard. J. D. Neal, Clerk.
April 20, 1905.
suspicion of having stolen a
mule, which he was endeavor
ing to sell. Wanslee later con
fessed that he stole the animal
at Vilonia, Faulkner county, and
drove it to this city. A teach
er’s license and a number of
Sunday school papers were;
found in Wanslee’s possession.
Sheriff Harrell of Faulkner coun-;
ty was notified and he arrived
last night to take charge of the
prisoner.
TRAIN INJURES
BRINKLEY CITIZEN.
Brinkley, April 19.—W. D.
Wade, Jr., member of the:
Brinkley Ice and Bottling Com
jany, was severely injured yes-;
;erday afternoon at DeVall’s
Bluff while attempting to board
t moving freight train. He
sustained internal injuries and
lUmerous flesh wounds.
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Anent the Easter
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^)ressin£
Eastertide is a panicky time for
clothes.
No time tests them so severely. How
will you appear when every man is on
parade?
t_1 * _n_ill. _ _ n a i •
! viau in un^uuiicn tauic, puuii.y
“old seady-made, ” or will you, without
greater cost, don a superb CUSTOM
TAILORED READY TO WEAR SUIT
of “Correct Clothes for Men.”
BUSINESS SUITS - Single and
Double-breasted Serges, Cheviots, Cas
simeres, Worsteds.
BLUE and BLACK SACK SUITS
What’s better for all-’round service?
These handsome Single and Double
breasted unfinished Worsteds, Thibets
and Serges.
Here’s their warrant for claiming
your dollars: ALFRED BENJAMIN &
CO. Five minutes will prove to you the
folly of buying any other.
$15.00 to $30.00.
To All Lovers of Elegant Foot
wear: We beg to announce the arrival
of the famous Edwin Clapp Shoes for
spring and summer, and we invite you
to call and see them.
“Get the Habit.”
I Knox Manhattan
L^Hats^ Shirts.
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DON’T
HOARD
Your money in unsafe places. The
safest place for your money is in
a good bank. Start a bank ac
count with us and
YOU CAN SLEEP BETTER
AT NIGHT.
Arkansas Bank and Trust Co.
NEWPORT, ARK.
Capital $100,000.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham, V.-Pres.
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
Jos. M. Berger, Jr. R. F. Drummond, C. J. Saenger,
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell, S. D. Campbell,
G. D. Clements, J. P. Duck, W. W. Dutton,
0. D. Watson, L. E. Willis, F. D. Fulkerson,
R. K. Fitzhugh.
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$6,000.2® STOCK
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Eastern Bankrupt Shoes
Now on Sale.
FOR EASTER SUNDAY
No attire is altogether com
plete unless footwear ac
cords with fit and style of
garments. Shoes selected
at this sales store assuredly I
will match the best in j
clothing. Shoes made over i
latest lasts will greet your
eyes here, and our Easter fisi
prices will not prevent lib
eral contributions to the I
collection plate. See our
shoer for.Easler.
St. Louis Shoe Store V
?10 East Front Street HH