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VOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. SATURDAY AUGUST 23. 1902. NUMBER 10 *
BOOKS CLOSED AUG. 1.
A SALE THAT SAVES.
ALL GOODS REDUCED
NO GOODS CHARGED
NO GOODS EXCHANGED
> Sale Commences August 1.
Men’s Straw Hats..
Ladies’ Trimmed and llntrimmed Hats
Flowers, Veilings, Etc..
All Parasols., Hall.
All Books..J
All Laces and Embroideries. 1=5 off
All Colored Dress floods. 1=3 off
All Plain Dress floods. 1=5 off
All Shoes and Slippers.MO off
All Men’s Furnishing floods.1=5 off
All Clothing. 1=4 off
All Men’s and Boys’ Hats. 1=5 off
ALL GOODS IN THE STORE*..MO off
*See Exceptions.
EXCEPTIONS.
New Fall Skirts, E. & W. Collars, Sargent Gloves,
Carliartt Overalls, American Lady Corsets, Silk and
Cotton Threads and Flosses.
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WILL EXHIBIT AT
Newport, Friday, Aug. 29
TWO PERFORMANCES, Afternoon and Night. TWO RINGS, ELEVAT
ED STAGE, MUSEUM and MENAGERIE. Monster, Majestic, Spectacular
♦4FREE STREET PRRRDE^
Unapproachable . in . Wealth . and . Grandeur.
LARGER, GREATER, GRANDER THAN EVER BEFORE,
with an entirely new show—new, elegantly finished costumes and wardrobes
throughout.
" MUSEUM, MENAGERIE AND EXHIBITION OF TRAINED ANIMALS.
Positively and Emphatically the Only All-Feature
Show Coming this Season.
Modest in its promises, honest in its announcements, lavish in its per
formances, presenting at all times twice as much as advertised—producing
performances that can not be duplicated by any other show, no matter how
great. _
Th«(f‘ The Only Behemoth of Holy Writ K£"
AS LARGE AS AN ELEPHANT.
Grand Free Street Parade at io a. .m.
Two Performances Daily, doors open i and 7 p. m.
The Southern Hotel, of Ravenden
Springs, Ark., is now open for guests.
Lithia water for kidneys, liver and
stomach troubles. 112 miles west of
Memphis on the Frisco System.
Write for rates. Address, Manager,
Southern Hotel. 59b3m.
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DR. H. O. WALKER,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Redman’s Drug Store.
Newport, ... Arkansas.
TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE
ADJOURNS.
Resolutions Adopted Favoring Pas
sage of Law Creating Office of
County School Superinten
dent and Thanking Exam
iner Neal For His Con
duct of Institute.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
The first work of the afternoon
session was United States History, re
sulting in an interesting discussion,
which became spirited upon the
question, “How many dates should
the child be required to memorize?”
Prof. D. L. Paisley being present
was invited to address the teachers,
whom he entertained with a talk on
educational matters in general.
FRIDAY’S SESSION.
The character of the work upon the
last day, relating more to the method
of teaching, rather than the subject
matter taught, proved a source of
greater interest than the two pre
ceding days’ discussions. Mesdames
J. T. Box and B. F. Whittaker and
Mr. W. B. Knight led in the treat
ment of the subject, “How to teach
reading.” Many good ideas were ad
vanced and the discourse as a whole
was thought provoking. '
After recess “Professional Cour
tesy” was discussed at length, nearly
everyone present engaging.
The afternoon was taken up in the
discussion of general topics pertain
ing to education.
The following resolution was offered
by Prof. Hodges and unanimously
adopted:
“Resolved: By the Jackson County
Institute in convention assembled,
That we hereby urgently request
Hon. J. H. Keel, our representative in
the legislature, to urge the passage
of an amendment to our present
school law so as to give to each
county a Superintendent of School in
lieu of the Examiner, as at present
and make him elective by poplular
vote as other county officers are
now elected.”
Prof. J. R. Hodges was instructed by
fVifl inafifnfo f.r\ nroaonf tVna rpanllifinn
to the Hon. J. H. Keel and to bespeak
his earnest support of the same.
The following resolution was un
animously adopted.
Resolved: That we tender our
thanks to Prof. J. D. Neal for the
courteous and impartial manner in
which he has presided over the stated
meetings of this institute and that we
tender him our cordial co-operation
in carrying on the schools of Jackson
county. ”
The Institute unanimously con
curred with Prof. Neal that it would
be just to revoke the license of those
teachers, who without sufficient cause
absented themselves from the insti
tute.
After a reading by Prof. Hodges,
the institute adjourned.
David Bowen, Secretary.
CLOPTON’S NEW LAUNCH.
H. W. Clopton, the shell buyer, who
came to Newport from Black Rock,
on Thursday made a trial trip with bis
new boat, which contains a twenty
horse power gasoline engine. The
boat has a stern wheel that stirs up
waves the size of those which follow
the Quickstep.
Mr. Clopton has also had a barge
constructed and will now be prepared
to engage in the purchase of shells at
all river points.
PLATFORM TO BE CLEARED.
Wm. Ballard, the detective of the
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Sou
thern Railway while waiting for No.
3 at this station Saturday morning,
gave the hotel porters a few pointers
which they should paste in their hats
for future reference.
Mr. Ballard informed them that the
days in which they were to be allowed
upon the depot platform drumming
trade were numbered, for as soon as
the new edifice was completed and
the new platform constructed, he in
tended putting a stop to the present
order. An ordinance of this city com’
pels the hotel porters to get permis
sion from the railroad company to
“drum” on the platforms, but the
railloads have never exercised their
right here. Mr. Ballard also said he
intended to clear the platform of
professional bums who often crowd
those quarters. He will have the
support and hearty encouragement of
the people of Newport in these needed
reforms.
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STATE NEWS NOTES.
The marshal of Imboden has been
notified that “Red” Williams, form
erly of that place, who enlisted in the
army in Jonesboro and was stationed
at Fort Baker, California, deserted
after only a month’s service. The
government offers a reward of $30
for his arrest.
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Those who are circulating the pe
tition against liquor license are not
through with the canvass but enough
of the three mile radius has been
visited to make it morally certain
that the petition will contain the
names of a good large majority of the
citizens in the specified territory.
So you may be sure that there will be
no saloons in Jonesboro whatever
may be the result of the coming elec
tion.—Jonesboro Times.
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The heat has claimed another vic
tim in the person of J. W. Canfield,
who died suddenly at Alma at 6 o’clock
yesterday afternoon. It appears
that the deceased had been working
about his farm halfway between Van
Buren and Alma yesterday when he
was overcome with the heat and
went to Alma, to consult Dr. Neal, but
died a short time after reaching there
Attorneys Berkely and W. H. Neal,
of this city, were notified, as were
other relatives living in Van Buren,
and they left this morning for Alma
to attend the funeral, which will
probably be held at a late hour this
afternoon.—Van Buren Argus.
TWO YOUNG MEN DROWNED.
Allen Denison and Ernest Gray, two
young men residing at Cushman,
were drowned in the river at Bell’s
Ferry Wednesday afternoon. It ap
pears that they were either bathing
or seining, when young Gray, who
could not swim, got beyond his depth.
Denison went to his rescue, and, as so
often happens in such cases, both
were drowned. Denison was twenty
six years old and Gray twenty-one,
and both were young men of line
character and much promise. Gray’s
body was recovered and buried Thurs
day afternoon at Pleasant Valley.
The other bo/Iy was found Thursday
and brought here on the train and in
terred late that afternoon.--Batesville
Guard.
STUTTGART POST OFFICE
ROBBED.
Stuttgart, Aug. 22.—Deputy Post
master Soekland of this place was
held up, bound and gagged by rob
bers about 7:30 o’clock last evening,
as he was about to close the office.
The robbers then took $600 in money
and about $800 worth of stamps and
made their escape. Soekland’s groans
attacked the attention of passers-by
an hour later and he was released.
The robbers had taken his watch.
No clew so far.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Rev. Percy J. Robottom of Little
Rock, will conduct regular services
at St. Paul’s Episcopal church Sunday
morning and evening.
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At the Methodist church—Sunday
school at 9:30 a. m. Preaching at 11
a. m. and 8 p. m., by the pastor, J. W.
Smith. “Soul Passivity” is the sub
ject of his morning sermon, and he
will speak on “Paul’s Effective De
fense Before Agrippa” at the evening
hour.
HIGHEST PRICES PAID.
For this reason you should send
your Fine Pearls, Baroques and slugs
to our firm, as we sell to European
markets exclusively. J. M. O’Hara
& Co., 34 Madison St. Memphis, Tenn.
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A BIG HIT.
Campbell Bros. Shows Made a De
cided Hit at Wahpeton—Thor
oughly Endorsed—Tribute
To The Dead.
Wahpeton, N. D., June 11, 1902.
Special to the Forum, Fargo, N. D.
This was an ideal summer’s day, and
4,500 people crowded the Campbell
Bros, shows in this city. The large
menagerie was a grand lesson in
natural history. The museum and
side shows were replete with the best
specimens in that line.
One of the grandest entertainments
ever given here took place in the
large tent this afternoon and was re
peated this evening. The perform
ance was simply wonderful. The
show is one of the cleanest ever ap
pearing here and won the plaudits of
the multitude.
In the afternoon 250 employes of
the circus led by the magnificent
band, and accompanied by the Camp
bell family visited the graves of
Charles Smith, of Rock Island, 111.,
and Chas. Walters, of Alma, Wash.,
who were killed in this city by light
ning June 10, 1897, when engaged in
work for Ringling Bros., and to whose
memory the Messrs. Ringling have
erected a granite column. Rev. W,
Edwards of Abercrombie, offered
prayer and delivered an address in
which he said that the true religion
of humanity embodied the fatherhood
of God and brotherhood of man.
The band played “Nearer My God to
Thee.” The graves were then dec
orated with beautiful plants in bloom
—the gifts and tokens of a company
of human hearts touched by the in
spiration of friendship, love and
truth. After the closing prayer by
Rev. Edwards, the procession re
turned to the city. At Newport, Au
gust 29.
GAMBLER COMMITS SUICIDE.
Little Rock, Aug. 22.—Joseph C.
Ogden, a well known gambler, com
mitted suicide Thursday morning be
tween 5 and 6:25 o’clock, in the State
house yard, by shooting himself
through the right temple.
This makes the fourth man who has
adopted this means of self-destruction
in Little Rock in the last two months.
The body was found on the east side
of the east wing of the State house at
6:25 o’clock by Ed G. Oury, State
house day watchman and gardener.
He was lying on his face, his pistol
under his body. Oury at once notified
the authorities and the body was
turned over to Deputy Coroner J. S.
Adamson, who caused it to be re
moved to an undertaking establish
ment, where the inquest was held at
10 o’clock. The jury returned a vei
dict that death was due to a pistol
shot self-inflicted with suicidal in
tent.
TO COAL CONSUMERS.
The undersigned will leave in a few
days for the coal fields and upon his
return will be in position to offer
Domestic and Steam coal at reason
able prices. See him before placing
your order. M. K. Upshaw.
For Rent: Residence 916 Fourth
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hot and cold water; good garden and
out houses. Apply tp Mrs. L. G. Mc
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