JEFFERSON SELECTS
YOUTHFUL SOLONS.
Will Furnish Youngest Members
In Both Houses of Arkan
sas Legislature.
Pine Bluff, April 19.—Jeffer
son county has the distinction of
furnishing perhaps the youngest
- members in both branches of the
next general assembly of the
state. In the senate Hon. Kemp
Toney, who has received the
nomination at the hands of the
mh Democratic party, is only 27
years of age and will be the
youngest member in that branch.
Mr. Toney during his first term
in the lower house was elected at
the age of 21, being just old
enough to hold office. He has
served his county for three terms
in the lower house, and though
quite a young man, was recog
nized as one of the leaders in
that body on the floor of the
house. He was defeated for the
speakership, but received a very
complimentary vote. Mr. Toney
goes to the senate without oppo
sition.
Hon. Alec H. Rowell, who is
one of Jefferson’s three repre
sentatives in the lower house
this term, is 23 years of age and
will serve for the first time in the
legislature. He was formerly
circuit clerk under W. L. Good
win and is a rising young lawye
of this city. He had the honor
of leading the ticket in the
Democratic primaries and is a
universal favorite.
WORKED WONDERS
WITH ONE ACRE.
^ At Orland, California, Samuel
C. Cleek farmed for twenty
seven years on only one acre of
irrigated land. He supported a
wife, just before dying bought
three other acres, and left to his
wife $4,000 in bank. It is claimed
that Mr. Cleek grew upon his
farm a greater variety of crops
than were produced from 3 single
other acre in America. The re
markable fact that stands out
clearly in the life of this man
who lived in a land grabbing
age is the complete success
achieved upon this tiny farm by
the aid of irrigation water. In
Japan an acre is considered a
large farm, but in this western
country we are prone to value
the land by leagues and sections.
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BAXTER JAIL BROKEN.
Sometime during Saturday
night the two prisoners eonfined
in the county jail sawed through
one of the bars of the window
and got away. Jailor Wilson
Hudson made his usual round
about 9 o’clock Saturday night
and found them playing cards
< and everything seemed alright,
but Sunday morning the birds
had flown. They evidently had
£. outside help as they received
no visitors during their confine
ment. Nearby towns were no
tified Sunday morning by tele
phone, but as yet no trace of
them has been found. — Baxter
Bulletin.
APPEAL FOR ARBOR DAY.
/ To the town we look for help.
Who will refuse to assist us? Not
one, I know, as our undertaking
is a worthy one. We are going
• to observe Arbor Day just as the
other big cities do. So Friday
all are invited to come to the
school yard and help us out by
bringing some kind of a shrub or
flower to plant alongside of that
old lonely dilapidated fence back
of the building. Let’s try and
! hide it by a covering with vines
and shrubs of some sort.
We cannot afford to allow the
Arkansas Travelers to assemble j
here May 4th without covering
up some of the shabby places
! here and there in our town. Re
j member, they have eyes. Sharp
and observing ones, not to be
J closed on any occasion, and might
notice and report some lack of;
enterprise, which would be un-1
pardonable.
Come and help us hide the |
chool house fence. Come next!
Friday, April 22, Arbor Day.
Mrs. M. J. Lucas,
Chairman of Committee.
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PROGRESSIVE LITERARY.
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Mrs. T. B. Stewart entertained1
a large number of her friends
Tuesday afternoon with a pro
gressive literary which was one
of the most unique entertain
ments ever given in the city, but j
the pleasure was doubled by the!
novelty.
The guests were seated at ta
bles upon which v are objects
representing illustrated old and
| new books, hidden authors and
modern fiction.
ine color scneme, reu, wane
and pink, was well carried out in
everything.^The dainty program
cards, which were so much ad
mired by all for their neatness
and style, were tied with the
same pretty colored ribbons, and j
; the decorations throughout the
: house were of the same beauti
; ful colors.
Mrs. Stewart is noted for her
hospitality and was untiring in
her efforts to make the after
; noon one of pleasure and enter
I tainment to her friends.
The score prize was won by
! Miss Belle Throope, who received
for her intelligent answers a
beautiful pearl paper knife.
Delicious refreshments added
to this pleasant affair when the
! hostess, assisted by Mesdames
Will Stewart and S. M. Beattie,
served cake and brick ice cream,
where the colors of red, white
' and pink were again carrried out.
The ladies present were: Mes
j dames W. W. McMinn, J. H. Mc
; Hugh, Oscar Jones, C. W. True, j
I Sigmund Adler, S. D. Campbell,
Sam Taggart, Wm. Bailey, Wills
McMullen, Wm. Hooker, W. R. j
Thompson, R. T. Robertson, C.
W. Beard, R. M. Johnson, 0. D. |
Watson, Will Stewart, S. M.
Beattie, Joe Volkmer, L. E. Wil
1 lis, E. L. Maris, Chas. Wilmans, I
Mrs. Orff of St. Louis, Misses:
; Baile Throope, Mabel Stayton and
; Elizabeth Gullette.
| “SUMMERTIME IN
DIXIE LAND.”
This is at present the biggest
song hit in this country, and was
written by Edwin Kendall and
is being sung nightly in all the | <
principal theatres of the country
from Maine to California. This |
song has made such a tremen- j
dous hit in New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, Chicago and San I *
Francisco that the publishersj
predict a sale of over one million
copies during 1904. j 1
Any of our readers can obtain 1*
a copy by sending 25 cents in (
postage stamps to the Theatrical •
Music Supply Co., 46 West 28th
street, New York. It ic
CAPTAIN REINHARDT.
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Beebe, April 19. —Capt. A. M.
Reinhardt, an old resident of
Hickory Plain, died this morning
two miles east of here. It was
from him that the place was j
named. He is an uncle of
Sheriff Reinhardt of Des Arc and
brother-in-law of J. R. Harshaw
of Beebe.
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PROTRACTED MEETING
AT AUGUSTA
Augusta, April 19—Special t<
the Independent.—There ha;
been a meeting in progress a
the Methodist church here foi
the past three weeks, conductec
by the pastor, Rev. W. M. Wil
son, assisted by Rev. Frank Bar
rett of Searcy and Rev. J. F
Jernigan of Tupelo. The meet
ing resulted in a general advanc*
of the interests of the churcl
and twenty accessions to it!
membership. Rev. J. D. Sibert
presiding elder of the Searcy dis
trict, was in the meeting severa
days. J. A. Holmes of Batesvilk
also came to the assistance of th<
singers last week. The help o:
all these was greatly appreciate*
and the opinion of the member!
of the church is that much goi •
has been done.
George Robertson and the tw<
Mr. Umsteds of Newport wer*
in the city last Friday night an*
left Saturday morning in thei:
little gasoline boat for home.
Fred Parish and Sprigg Fou
shee of Newport and H. S. Sim
mons of Tupelo were in the cit:
Monday.
M. E. Newbern of Newpor
was in the city Tuesday on hi
usual business trip.
Shem Key, formerly of Wei
don, who is now traveling for J
A. Lamey Clothing Company o:
Springfield, Mo., paid us a pleas
ant business call Tuesday; hop<
he will do a nice business whil<
here.
Mrs. Annie Taylor and Waite:
Ferguson of Tupelo were in th<
city Tuesday visiting relatives.
We now have an interstatf
brokers office in the town, witl
W. A. Owen manager, who gav(
a grand opening Monday, anc
speaks of a favorable prospect af
to his future business in this
city.
R. K. Fitzhugh of Fitzhugt
was in the city Tuesday after
noon. _
SUES RAILROAD
FOR FLOOD DAMAGE
L. F. Nickey, a prominem
farmer in the Cane Creek neigh
borhood, says the Poplar Blufl
Citizen-Democrat, has filed a suii
against the Frisco for damages
sustained by him during the re
cent flood. Mr. Nickey alleges
that in building the railroac
across his farm the companj
filled up a natural drain so that
the water could not be shed frorr
his farm into the creek, but was
held dammed up by the railroac
evee.
OPERA HOUSE.
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Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
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Patties desiring good
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Lower end of Laurel St.
All orders are promptly
filled. 404 Leona Ave.
B. H. Lumpkin has purchased
the Hotel Brownell at Bald Knob
and will assume the management
on Saturday, April 1 99' d2w
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