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VOLUME II. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS, SATURDAY JUNE 7, 1902. NUMBER 41
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ASSESSOR’S NOTICE.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the under- |
signed, as assessor of Jackson county, 1
Arkansas, will meet the people of the
different townships at the following times and |
places, for the purpose Jof listing the Personal
Property and Per Capita Tax for the j
year 1902:
Barren township, McDougal’s residence, Mon
day and Tuesday, June 2, and 3.
Glaize township, Grand Glaize, Wednesday
and Thursday June 4 and 5,
Breckinridge township, Auvergne, Friday
June 6.
mA Breckinridge township, Weldon, Saturday
June 7.
Breckinridge township, Tupelo, Monday
June 9.
Cow Eake township, Nance’s Store Tuesday
and Wednesday, June 10 and 11.
Richwoods township, Martin’s Old Residence,
Thursday and Friday, June 12 and 13.
Cache township, Burton’s Store, Saturday
June 14.
Cache township, Martin’s School House, Mon
day and Tuesday June 16, and 17.
Grubbs township, Robinson’s Chapel, Wednes
day and Thursday June 18 and 19.
Village township, Barnes’ Mill, Friday
June 20.
Jefferson township, Jacksouport, Monday and
Tuesday, June 23 and 24.
Bird township, Elgin, Wednesday June 25.
Bird township, Centerville, Thursday, June 26.
Bird township, Tuekerman, Friday and Sat
urday, June 27 and 28.
Glass township, Swifon, Monday June 30
Tuesday and Wednesday, July 1 and 2.
Union township, Court House, Newport, from ,
July 7 to August 20.
Please bring along your deeds or last tax j
receipts.
Given under my hand this 6th day of
May 1902.
B. F. SIMMONS
Assessor of Jackson County.
Hirst published May 6 Daily Independent 6t.
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SERMON ON BAPTISM
BY REV. L. H. RICHARDSON.
Reviewed by Rev. C. C. Cline.
(CONTINUED FROM JUNE 6.)
II. WHAT EPISCOPALIANS SAY ON THE
“MODE OF BAPTISM.”
It is doubtless understood by the
readers of my review of Mr. R. that
my purpose is to permit those who
are advocates of “sprinkling” to re
ply to his arguments. I have also the
desire to furnish those who care to
know the overwhelming evidence
from those who now favor sprinkling
that “sprinkling” is a substitute for
baptism and not a definition. That
the church has the right to change
the “form” of an ordinance is the
contention of Catholics and Episco
palians, and that, having the right to
change, the Catholic church has done
so in substituting “sprinkling” and
“pouring” for baptism. For this
reason the Catholic church has
changed the Lord’s Supper. The af
terthought of trying to show that
“sprinkling” and “pouring” are
meanings of the word baptize, is the
only recourse of those Pedobaptists
who are unwilling to give the Cath
olic church the credit for changing
the “form” of baptism. Both hon
esty and scholarship compel all who
have been “sprinkled” for baptism to
admit that the “substitute” for bap
tism introduced by the Catholic
church has been practiced upon them
in babyhood when they were unable
to chose or later when the choice was
made in choosing a church. To prove
that “sprinkling” is of popish origin
I submit the following from two great
Episcopalians.
1. Dr. Wall says, “Sprinkling, for
the common use of baptizing, was
really introduced (in France first, and
then in the other popish countries)
in times of popery; and'that accor
dingly all those countries in which the
usurped power of the Pope is or has
been owned, have left olf dipping of
children in the font; but all other
countries in the world which have
regarded his authority do still use it;
and that basins, except that in case of
necessity, were never used by papist
or any other Christians whatsoever
till by themselves.”—Wall’s History
of Baptism p. 583.
2. Dean Stanley, on Baptism,
says, “We now pass to the changes in
the form itself. For the first thirteen
centuries the almost universal prac
tice of baptism was that of which we
read in the New Testament, and
which is the very meaning of the
word baptize; that those who were
baptized wrere plunged, submerged,
immersed into the water. That prac
tice is still, as wre have seen, con
tinued in Eastern Churches.”
I pause in this quotation to ask how
it is, that Mr. B sees nothing but
“sprinkling” in the New Testament
when Dean Stanley sees immersion
only? Is it not because Mr. It. is one
ot ine parties rererrea to in tne text,
“They that are unlearned and un
stable wrest as they do also the other
scriptures unto their own destruction.”
Mr. Stanley continues, “Since the
beginning of the 17th century the
practice of immersion has become ex
ceedingly rare. With the few excep
tions just mentioned, the whole of the
Western Churches have now substi
tuted for the ancient bath the cere
mony of letting fall a few drops of
water on the face.”—Institutes pp. 18
19.
3. Bloomfield on Baptism of Jesus
says, “He underwent the rite of bap
tism by being plunged into the water”
—Notes Vol. 1, p. 158.
On Rom. 6:3, he says, “We have
been thus buried in the waters of bap
tism. This is a plain allusion to the
ancient custom of baptism by immer
sion.
4. CONYBEARE AND HOWSON on
Rom 6:3 say, “This passage cannot be
understood unless it be borne in mind
that the primitive form of baptism
was by immersion.”—Vol. 2, p. 169.
5. Bishop Colenso on the same
says, “Holy baptism is the outward,
visible sign of water in which in those
days, one was immersed, or as it were
buried; the sign indeed, of our dying
and rising again.”
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.
Entrance to the residence of J. J.
Martin on the corner of Walnut and
Fourth streets was effected Friday
night about twelve o’clock by two un
known men, who were discovered and
frightened away before anything had
been secured.
Owing to the extreme heat of the
evening Miss Pearl Martin and Mrs.
M. K. Upshaw had not retired and
were sitting in the parlor when noises
were heard as of a door opening.
They Avere not frightened however
and paid little attention to the sounds. -
But when a few moments later they j
entered the hallway, Miss Martin 1
could see two men standing betweon :
her and the rear door only a few feet
away. i
Both ladies screamed and the two
burglars tumbled over each other in
getting to the back porch. The gen
tlemen of the house ,were alarmed at
the same time and as the rear rooms
overlook the back premises, it gave
them a fine chance to see the intru
ders making their escape. Chas.
Martin and Jay Sprigg had each man
aged to secure their revolvers and
opened fire upon the retreating
forms as they scrambled over the
back fence. The former fired four
shots and the latter five, though none i
tViorvi cmnnnapH f.r\ talrfin
effect.
The whole neighborhood was a- '
roused but the two men whose color
is not known, made good their escape
and as they left no clue as to their
identity, it is hardly probable that
they will ever be caught.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Sunday school at the Christian 1
church beginning at 9:30 a. m. Com- 1
munion service at 10:30 a. m. All the 1
members urged to be present. i
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Though the pastor of the Baptist .
church is absent, he requestd the In
dependent to state that his pulpit
would be supplied and the regular or
der of services observed at the usual
hours.
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Rev. L. H. Richardson, pastor, will (
conduct the regular services at the
Presbyterian church, both morning
and evening at 11:00 and 8:00 o’clock.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Subject ■
for morning, “Christ’s Treatment of a
Doubter.” Subject for evening,
“Overcoming.”
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The Methodist Church—Sunday 1
school at 9:30 a. m. and Junior Ep- .
worth League at 2:30 p. m. Preaching
at il a. m. and 8 p. m. by the pastor,
J. W. Smith. “The World’s Greatest ,
Need” is the subject of his morning ,
sermon and he’ll speak on “Sowing (
and Reaping” at the evening hour.
Mesdames Hillhouse and Bandy will ^
sing a duet at the evening service.
ACQUITTED OF CHARGE.
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About 9 o’clock Friday evening, the
peace of the Kelley Row was broken
by a cutting 6crape, which ended quite
seriously for one, John Duncan, whom
it seems assaulted Will Knight, in a
dispute arising over a debt.
Knight defended himself with a ^
knife and gave Duncan several slashes
across the face that he will not soon
forget. The former was arrested and
on Saturday morning tried before
Justice L. B. Harris, charged with as
sault with intent to kill. He was de
fended by Judge M. M. Stuckey and |
was acquitted.
NEW I,UMBER COMPANY. (
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Articles of incorporation of the
Ward Lumber Company of Newport
were filed Friday with the secretary
of state. The capital stock is 8250
300, of which 8170,000 has been paid
in. The home offices of the corpora
tion are in Wayne county, Michigan,
and Mississippi county, Missouri. ,
They have 87,500 invested in Inde
pendence county, Arkansas. Charles
A. Ward is president and Justin R.
Whiting, secretary.—Arkansas Ga
zette.
FOR RENT—Two nicely furnished
rooms. Apply 313 Main Street, dot
KITTRELL-SfACY WEDDING.
Notwithstanding the rain and
threatening storm Tuesday evening,
the Methodist church was crowded by
the friends of the contracting parties
to witness the marriage of Miss Cora
Bonner Stacy to Mr. Earl Lenwood
Kittreil which took place at eight
thirty. A more beautiful wedding has
never taken place in Augusta. The
lecorations at the church, were
lovely. The bridal party stood in
three arches, made of white carna
tions. From the center of tbe middle
irch, under which the bride and
;room stood, hung an immense bur h
)f magnolias from which hung long
streamers of white satin ribbon.
While Mrs. Blanche Mason, with her
sweet touch, so impressively played
he wedding march, the bridal party
jntered in the following manner:
Messrs. W. C. Berry, Jr., Wade Sale,
Dlyde Airheart and Arthur Rushing,
.ishers, then the bridesmaid, Miss
Beatrice Roddy and Mr. John W.
tlouse followed by the maid-of-hon
5r, Miss Bessie McCurdy, and as the
beautiful bride came down the center
lisle, the groom and his best man, his
arother John O. Kittreil came down
the right aisle, meeting the bride at
the altar, where Rev. Fred Little most
solemnly read the marriage ceremony,
mraediately after which the bridal
>arty entered carriages and were
iriven to the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. T. E. Bonner where a reception
,vas given them.—Augusta Vidette.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Hon. Charles D. Greaves is home
igain, having visited the president at
he latter’s invitation to discuss the
situation in this state. Mr. Greaves
innounces that the fight of the. insur
gents will continue without interrup
tion, and this leads to the conclusion
hat the president failed to harmonize
;he opposing factions, provided of
course, that was his purpose in send
ing for Mr. Greaves.—Arkansas Dem
ocrat.
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Blackberries have been selling for
S3.00 per crate. The expense of gath
ering them is less than strawberries.
Vlen growing blackberries make good
noney every season. One grower
deared more than one thousand dol
ars on one crop. Every grower
ihould have a few acres of blackber
•ies in addition to his strawberries.
.25 crates of blackberries and 25
irates of raspberries were shipped
rom this station Monday.—Judsonia
Advance.
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Paragould will have a handsome
mion station built of brick or stone,
vhere the old passenger depot now
itands. The railroad campanies are
low negotiating for the removal of
he old building to the opposite side
>f the street from where it now
itands, and work on the new structure
viJl begin in the near future. The
lew station is to be a modern struct
ire with every facility for the ac
sommodation of the public. The
Cotton Belt will erect a substantial
lew freight depot, built of brick or
itone. Work will begin in the near
uture and contracts are already being
et.
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