TOCK
TAKES TUMBLE
Of Senator Admit That
Fight Of His Life
On Hands.
0 the Independent
1 Rock, Dec. 6.—The Da
jfididge debate closes to
fort Smith, a city which
ays been anti-Davis, and
iterest is therefore felt
Outcome of the meeting,
le friends of Senator "Da
lit that he is up against
lie hardest proposition
tackled yet.
;or Davis has announced
of independent speeches
Beast Arkansas, and says
Bwill not divide time any
■with his opponent,while
Bndidge says the only
Be will have to see Sena
jis ai^er today, is to
Be woods so hot for him
Bwill have to show up to
Rf Glad To Quit.
Hfee Independent
fen,
I
people in Russel' vdlie to attend
the speaking than attended any
previous debate. There were
about 700 in attendance, and
|
many wore Jeff Davis
I badges that had been sent up
'from Little Rock in order to la
. bel the friends of the senator.
Some of the badges were worn
1 upon the. back of the koats.
When Senator Davis reached
Russellville, the usual band was
I
there to greet him. Likewise
'about fifty of the Old Guard.
It was by no means the cordial
reception a returning political
conquerer might expect. Brun
didge had arrived on a night
train, was received by no com
mittee and paid for no band.
He remained the . most of the
day in his room at the hotei,and
received a few visitors there.
He made his appearance at the
opera house, and left a decidedly
good impression, while Senator
Davis was admitted on all sides
to have been up somewhat of a
buzzsaw, and it was quite evi
dent he Had lost ground.
In his opening, Senator Davis
took his usual grounds of rail
ed, anticipating what Brun
didge would say in touching up
his record, as well as giving the
people his regular arraignment
of the monied powers.
Then Brundidge came back
with such Strong argument
from senatorial records, that he
began to thaw out the audience.
He received round after round
of applause and convinced
many of the farmers that the
Jeff Davis they knew was not
without flaw^ His manner of
putting the records up to Sena
tor Davis brought down the
house and he capped the climax j
when he stated he would get a
good postoffice building for Rus
sellville if elected senator. He
replied to the statement of Sen
ator Davis that he was going1
back to Washington Christmas,!
as there was nothing to the op-1
position, by saying Senator Da-!
vis should be there doing some
thing for the state for the first
time. He also said Davis was
not going for he was^scared,and
Scared bad.
JVhen it came time for his re- j
joinder, Senator Davis began by
abusing the press representa- ^
tives and the papers themselves,
rhich brought considerable ap
ise, and a regular Jeff Da
iech followed which was
'cheered by the men
from the country,
le speaking it was no
' »r to hear genuine,
Ipurprise at the
itionj and
the central part of North Affean
J'sas for a series of dates, and
Brundidge to fill others in"differ
ent territory. He will make an
effort to arrange other engage
ments with Senator Davis, but
has little hope that his offer of
continued joint debate will be
heeded.
Here Senator Davis is under
the real test. He is in the terri
tory of his opponent, and in a
town which has always been
'against him. His efforts to
pack the house with Davis men
| will prove unavailing because
there will not be enough Davis
men in town to create any im
pression.
j Senator Davis declined to
permit the hour for speaking to
be postponed until night, saying
the farmers would not then
have a chance to hear him, con
sequently the speaking is to
fake place in the afternoon. The
senator though has little encour
agement here and he will have
to tackle even a more frigid
crowd that Brundidge was forc
ed to go against in Davis’ terri
tory, arid there is little hope for
a thaw, as he has tried it many
times before, with a less able
opponent, and signally failed.
Brundidge today intimated
that he was going to camp on
Davis’ trail, if further joint de
bate was denied him, and speak
the same day with Davis, in as
many towns as possible.
\
Church Dedication Sunday.
The Christian church of New
port has been built for several
years but has never been dedi
cated. BeSore the Union meet
ing in the tent began the board
of officers decided to dedicate
their house of worship early in
December.
The time was set for the
third day of the month, but was
deferred to the tenth or next
Sunday. Rev. F. M. Hoffmann
of DesMoines, Iowa will preach
the dedicatory sermon. He is a
brother to the pastor of the
church and a very able and elo
quent minister.
The citizens of the town and
the members of the different
churches are most cordially in
vited to attend this service. A
church has but one dedication
service in a life time and the
Christian church will be glad to
have all of its friends to visit
them on this happy occasion.
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Don’t Be Deceived.
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brand of White Rose /or our
flour. The flour put up under
brand of Olathe White Rose
lately the very highest
^pur manufactured by
in the United States,
advertised under this
" r merchants have got
for a cheap
the mill quota
which is $3.60
REVIVAL REAPS
! RICHER HARVEST
—
Nine Came Forward Tuesday
+ Night To Lead Better
j Lives.
j Tuesday night at the taber
nacle was one of the greatest
nights yet and Newport will
feel the effects of it in years to
come. Every night sees the in
terest deeper and men and wo
men deciding for Christ. Nine
[more last night accepted Christ
| as their Saviour and are going
to help fight against sin.
Text was found in Roman 6,
:23: “For the wages of sin is
death; but the gift of God is
[eternal life through Jesus
I Christ our Lord.”
t
Evangelist Burke was at his
best last night. He plead for
Newport and for the boys and
girls. Every father and mother
should get in line now and help
save their child and their neigh
bor’s children. Business men
should line up and help save
Newport.
The devil always pays wages,
you needn’t be uneasy about the
wages. You surely shall re
ceive them, but it is death. No
thing is said here of joy, peace,
happiness, but all summed up it
means life. I don’t care how
strong your boy or girl may be
I tell you if you plant that boy
where there is sin and despair
it will ruin the boy.
Death to what?
It means death to wealth and
prosperity. Valuation does not
cdme from degradation. The
churches in this town had be
come a joke to many.
If you want to kill a church,
let its members neglect their
duty and it will soon be ready
to nail up the doors.
Sin is death to pride and vis
ion. You say our town is not
so very bad. The reason is. sin
I has blinded you until you can’t
see.
Sin kills refinement. Many
would rather go to a theatre
than to church or prayermeet
inging. Many church members
will go to card parties and to
dances instead of coming out to
this meeting.
Sin is death to love. Don’t
love each other, care only for
self. It is death to conscience.
We get to a place where we do
not care. Our conscience is
killed and seared.
Sin is death to honor—no re
pect or honor for God.
There are people in this town
that never expect to be saved
and they are fighting the church
and Sunday school. They are
against every movement for
righteousness. They defy the
law and laugh at your efforts.
Satan is not going to give up
this town without a strong fight.
The thing that must be done
here to save Newport is to
make Jesus Christ and the
church popular. The Bible
says those in sin speak evil of
those things that they know not
iof. You can’t reason with them,
they won’t listen to the Gospel.
It takes a calamity to reach
some people.
Some of the lawyers follow
after Balaam for gain. They
want to fill their pocket with
gain.
The only way to save New
port is by the old time religion.
Stand against the ungodly andj
those that violate the law and
defy the church.
separate ourselves
»_>’orld and hold up our!
Jesus. It is a matter of honor.
It is a matter of business. It is a
matter of business. It is a
matter of right.
Men, tonight accept Christ
and line up against sin.
Meeting tonight at the tent at
7:30.
Come for it will be another
great meeting.
Reporter.
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L. H. Davenport returned Fri
day from Batesville where he
has been very ill the past two
weeks, and has resumed his du
ties as operator.
Miss Vertie Hurley spent Sun
day at Tuckerman with home
folks.
Miss Hattie West of Newport
visited relatives here Sunday.
J. R. McMurray, foreman at
the Diaz Gin Co. plant, is spend
ing the week at Memphis.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thurman West is reported quite
ill at this write-up.
R. D. Wilmans returned to
Twn«c«irlT7nnio To I? vi'rlmr
a few days’ visit to his family.
E. A. Chenery, superintendent
of Telegraph. of the Missouri
Pacific-Iron Mountain System
and a force of electricians were
here last week installing the tel
ephones for the Manual Block
system, which will soon be put
in operation on this road. The
work is being done under the
personal supervision of Mr.
Chenery and is the same sys
tem which has been in operation
on eastern roads for a number
of years. Two intermediate
stations has been installed be
tween this place and Tucker
man, where there are passing
tracks and the blocking by the
conductors of trains which pass
at these points.
The work here will be done
by the telegraph operators who
will also act as signalmen. Mr.
Danley, chief dispatcher of Lit
tle Rock, was here Sunday hold
ing an examination of the local
force and the boys are reported
to have passed a creditable ex
amination.
W. T. Moyer and George
Young have been spending a
KEISER CRAVATS
A National Standard
7&ake appropriate
HOLIDAY GIFTS
for the discriminating
well dressed man
Novelty Oriental Silks
and other fancy effects
$1.00 to $3.00
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Three qualities, $1.50, $1.00 and 50e.
REMEMBER THIS
OCTAGON
Grand Prize, St. Louis
World’s Fair,
For Quality,
Workmanship and Style,
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few days in Little Rock.
George Hackney and Claude
Vaulner are spending a few
days at Fisher.
The Thanksgiving day exer-(
cises at the High school last t
Thursday night proved ohe of
the best entertainments that has
been given here in some time. . "
A large crowd was present
much to the delight of the chil
dren who did their parts well.
The program while rather short
was very interesting and the ex-y''>|jj§
ercise “Who Shall Be Queen
played by a number of the small * '
children was an interesting? • ,
feature of the entertainment. >
Let’s get* a voting precinct
here. What do you say?
Mrs. J. G. Armstrong of the
Island visited relatives here
Monday.
Penn Davis and Bud Stanley
were visitors to the Campfe^]!
Station neighborhood Sunday?"
Thurlo Bc£on is reported
quite ill with malaria fever. •
Dr. A. L. Best of Newport
made a professional call to the
city Sunday.
Mrs. M. T. Campbell spent JUl
Sunday at Tuckerman the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. Albert
Lawrence.
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will ring in our neighborhood
e’er Christmas. At least a re
port to that effect has rea
us and rumor says that it tm4-*t:mm
be a double wedding. If rumor,
be correct, a prosperous young
merchant and an ex-brakeman
are the grooms-to-be. Here’s
wishing them health, happiness
and prosperity and that "ye j
scribe’.’ will live long and die ap § X
old bachelor.
On account of the telegra
phers’ examination held * here
Sunday, Robert 0. Rawlings,the f|||
popular third trick man, did not *||g
get to make his regular visit Jm
(?) to Newport Sunday after
noon. You have our sympathy
"Rs.’’
Cromwell West and Bud Stan
ley left Tuesday morning to
take up the semi-monthly? gwW |
report.
J. W. Bryan, who has been
working as telegrapher here in
the absence of L. H. Davenport, ,
left Saturday for Little Rook.
L. E. Phant.