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VOLUME V. r«gu NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1905. NUMBER 193
CLAIMS PERSECUTION.
Suspended Minister Denies Senatorial
Aspirations and Claims Ulti
mate Victory.
Camden, Dec. 7.—In an inter
view with the Rev. J. S. Haw
kins, of the Little Rock confer- j
fence, by long distance phone, j
this morning, in regard to the
report of his being a candidate
-for the United States senate, Mr.
Hawkins said:
“No; there is nothing in it. I
go to Eldorado, Ark., from here,
if I can get away.”
Mr. Hawkins was at Arkadel
phia when he made this state
ment. _
Little Rock, Dec. 7.-In the
ministry of the M. E. church,
South, out without a charge, the
Rev. J. S. Hawkins, late pastor
of a Pine Bluff church, was in
Little Rock yesterday. He has
been for the last three years one
of the principals jn one of the
most sensational church scandals
in the history of Arkansas Meth
odism, and now stands suspended
for a period of six months for
the position he assumed, backed,
as he confidently declares, by
ample evidence.
Mr. Hawkins was in JLittie
Rock en route to Arkadelphia,
whither he had been summoned
as a witness in a law suit pend
ing in the civil courts there be
tween Dr. G. C. Jones, former
president of the Methodist col
lege, and the board of trustees.
When asked for a statement as
to his treatment at the confer
ence, the minister said:
HAWKINS TALKS.
“Yes, I was tried, convicted
and sentenced just as published;
but there are several things
which have not been published.
Nor shall 1 at this time endeav
or to give out all the facts con
cerning this case.
“As to what I shall do in the
six months of rest period allotted
me I am not as yet ready to say.
However. I shall make some kind
of a hustle to get bread and
meat for my wife and babies.
“I learn of'a great number of
reports concerning my future
plans. Some have said I was
going to quit the ministry at
once and follow something else.
This report is without founda
tion, and as I am by the result
of the conference trial silenced
for six months I shall let that
rest at least for that time. I am
a member of the Little Rock
conference, and shall endeavor
in the future as in the. past to
bring no reproach upon this great
body of our Lord's workers.
“Several months ago quite a
number of the strongest men of j
the state insisted that I should j
run for the senate against Berry i
and Davis, and as a matter of
fact I endeavored at that time
to get a release from my duties
as pastor of the First church at
Pine Bluff ta make this race.
But both my presiding elder and
bishop insisted that I remain at
my post of duty, which I did.”
Wife Commits Suicide.
Hoxie, Dec. 8.—Savannah Rob
bins, wife of Thomas Robbins, a,
prominent farmer residing near j
here, committed suicide by tak
ing laudanum.
Domestic trouble was the
cause of the tragedy. She leaves
two small children.
Harrisburg Plant Burns.
Harrisburg, Dec. 7.-The plant
of Bott Brothers Manufacturing
company was destroyed by fire
yesterday. The origin of the fire
is unknown. Loss $3,000, with
no insurance.
BURNED BABY’S EYES OUT.
Awful Accident at Arkadelphia In Which
Child Loses Its Life.
Arkadelphia, Dec. 7.—The in
fant child of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Meadors was fatally burned last
Monday morning. The child lived
until Tuesday afternoon, when it
died. The mother was sitting
before an open fireplace with the
child tied in a chair beside her.
She was sewing on a machine
when the chair the baby was sit
ting in turned over, throwing the
child into the fire on its face.
Its eyes were burned out before
the mother could get it out.
When she had gotten the child
out of the fire she carried it about
a mile to a neighbor’s house,
where all that could be done to
save the child’s life was done.
Mrs. Meadors lives about two
and a half miles northwest of
this place. The child was about
3 months old.
Court Meets Attorneys.
Judge F. D. Fulkerson went
to Newport Tuesday night to
meet the lawyers in the Meyers
murder case from Lawrence
county, in which the appellant
has been given ninety days by
the supreme court in which to
file the bill of exceptions. The
meeting of the court and attor
neys at .Newport luesaay mgnt
was for the purpose of agreeing
upon the bill of exceptions.
Judge Fulkerson has consent
ed to try the election contest
cases in the Mississippi county
circuit court for Judge Allen
Hughes, and will leave for Os
ceola Sunday. These cases have
been before the courts and the
public for a number of years,
and the one to be tried by Judge
Fulkerson was recently remand
ed to the circuit court for a re
trial.—Bates ville Guard.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas county.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath
that he is senior partner of the
firm of F. J. Cheney &Co., do
ing business in the city of Tole
do, county and state aforesaid,
and said firm will paylthe sum of
one hundred dollars for each
and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of
Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and sub
scribed in my presence, this 6th
day of December, A. D. 1886.
A. W. XJleason,
[Seal] Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, and acts directly on
the blood and mueous surfaces
of the system. Send for testi
monials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all drilggists, 75c.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for
constipation.
Missionary Meeting.
The Woman’s Foreign Mis
sionary Society was entertained
Thursday afternoon by Mrs. C.
E. Crook. In connection with
the regular business program a
social meeting followed which
was interspersed with* a few
musical numbers and a paper on
missionary work, which was
read by Mrs. T. E. Kelley, and
was f\ill of good suggestions that
would be very profitable if car
ried out by the members.
These social meetings are very
necessary to the life of any so
ciety, and it is to be hoped many
more as pleasant as the one given
on Thursday afternoon will fol
low.
Haviland French China, Ger
man and English imported porce
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FAREWELL MULE CAR.
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Railroad Line to Use Mule Car Tracks
From Hoxie to Walnut Ridge—
Hotel Changes Hands.
Walnut Ridge, Dec. 7.—An or- j
dinance was passed Monday by!
the town council granting to the
Cache Valley Railroad company ;
the privilege to run over certain;
streets of the town, and in a
short while a motor car will be j
running over the mule car linej
from Hoxie to Walnut Ridge,
making connections with the
trains run on the Cache Valley j
railroad over the line of the j
Frisco from Sedgewick to Hoxie. j
In about thirty days work will |
be betrun laying new rail on the j
present mule car line. This line!
will open up a fine territory and |
will have a tendency to build up!
the towns along the line and the
country close to the line. ^
HOTEL RHEA LEASED.
Mrs. Nimmo, of Osceola, has
closed a contract with Mrs. W. C. j
Burel for a lease on the Hotel.
Rhea and assumed control. Mrs.
Burel expects to make her home
in Southern Texas. Mrs. Nimmo
is experienced in the hotel busi
ness, having had control of the
hotel at Osceola for several years.
This is a good town for a hotel
and bids fair to be a profitable
investment.
Dew Gets Respite.
Associate Justice E. A. Mc
Culloch Wednesday granted an
appeal in the case of John Dow,
who was convicted in Independ
ence county circuit court at the
October term of the murder of
his wife, Ella Dow, April 4,
19o5. He was sentenced to be j
hanged December 15, and thej
appeal acts as a supersedeas j
until the court can act upon the j
case.
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VY } W11V lino WVVI* w*i***»vv»
in the Independence cqunty jail
since the commission of the
crime, and who under the sen-1
tence of the court had but a few!
more days to live, has been con-!
fident since his conviction of a
reversal of the sentence, and;
this stay of execution will no ;
doubt make him more sanguine!
of escaping the gallows.—Bates- j
ville Guard.
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Herald Square Company Returning.
The Herald Square Opera Com
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here November 24, in “A Trip to
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