I VOLUME III NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. FRIDAY, APRIL 8. 1904. __NUMBER 295.
program of events.
B Merchants of Newport Urged to
B Attend Meeting Friday Night
|b Prepare for Entertain
■ ment of Travelers.
M tess than a month, May 5. 6
■land?, the Arkansas Travelers’
Association meets in Newport in
■lanniial convention. There will
B be at least four hundred visitors
B ||n attendance, as many of the
■ r members will bring their wives.
MB||powever, they are not all mar
tf ^e(f and the affair need not lose
interest to the Newport maidens
II f°r fear a wife will accompany
every knight of the grip.
The Travelers’ Association has
secured the best band in -St.
Louis, the one made famous with
Sigsbee in the Spanish-American
war, and a program of amuse
ments has been mapped out,
which promises Newport such.&
festivity of pleasure as has never
been enjoyed before.
The men upon the road are
recognized the country over as
among our best and most pro
gressive citizenship and it will do
us good to rub up against the
spirit of advancement they repre
sent and preach 365 clays out of
the year.
They honored Newport in se
lecting this city for their annual
gathering and the town should
respond in an appreciative wel
come. From a purely selfish
standpoint, the convention is a
good thing for Newport, as the
drummers will not only spend
probably $10,000 during their
three days’ stay here, but
_-.. aTferwards toward
advertising our little city. But
more than this, we owe it to our
visitors to show them that we
are hospitable and genial, and to
make their stay pleasant, the
merchants and citizens in general
propose to get together and lay
plans for their entertainment.
A meeting of all interested in
upholding the reputation of our
city, is called for tonight at 7:30
in the parlors of the Kazel Hotel,
to make the arrangements re
ferred to. Turn out and give
your encouragement to the pub
lic-spirited citizens, who are
leading in this work and don’t
lay down on such an opportune
to manifest your loyalty to and
interest in Newport.
Following i3 the program of
the meeting, though the prizes
in the different contests have not
yet been announced. They are
to be costly, and as the traveling
men are to furnish them, no
doubt can be felt that they will
be equal to the events contested :
OFFICIAL PROGRAM.
THURSDAY, MAY 5 r P.M.
Gun Club Shoot; blue rocks—
free for all. First, second and
third prizes.
EVENING. I
£rand reception; band concert;
address of welcome, Hon. J. W.
.Grubbs, mayor of Newport; ,.re^
sponse, W. tL. Barnes, president
Arkansas Travelers Association;
Banquet.
FRIDAY, MAY 6, 10:30 A.M.
Mardi Gras parade; informal
reception and grand reunion, H.
S. Spivey, marshal.
1:00 p.m.—Grand dress parade
to grounds and beginning of out
door amusements, Lee Omohun
dro, grand marshal,
2:30' p.m. — Baseball game—
Drummers vs. Merchants. Maj.
G. W. Bellamy, umpire, from
whose decisionthere is no appeal.
Event 1.—Fat Men’s race (200
pounds or over). First, second
I and third prizes.
| Event 2.—Egg and Spoon race
I for ladies. First, second, third,
fourth and fifth prizes.
Event 3.—Hat Trimming con
test for men. (The personal
beauty of the? trimmers will not
be considered in awarding of
prizes.) First, second and third
prizes.
Event 4.—Throwing contest
for ladies. First, second, third,
fourth and fifth.
Event. — A Shoe Scramble—free
for all. First, second and third
prizes.
Event 6.—Hen race—free for
all. First, second and third priz
es.
SPECIAL PRIZES.
Friday, May 6, 7:30 p.m.
Band concert, by Band; Enter
tertainment, Grand Ball.
SATURDAY, MAY 7.
Business session at the Opers
House.
BLACK ROCK BURGLARY.
Upon opening their store Mon
day morning, the Krone Bros,
found that several hundred dol
lars worth of silks and other cost
ly goods had been taken out. Ar
investigation developed the faci
that four certain women knew
something of the parties tha1
broke open the store, so thej
! were arrested and put in jaiL, anc
I in about an hour told who the
! parties were. In the meantime
j the thieves, who were strangers
here, had gone to Newport anc
' offered the goods for sale, anc
! as Krone’s mark was on the goods
s the Newport people became sus
picious and turned the rascals
over to the officers who wired t<
i Krone’s to find out if they knew
j that they had a peddler on the
j road. An officer went after then
j and they will serve the state £
I while.—Black Rock Telephone.
PINE BLUFF’S
NEW STATION,
Pine Bluff, April 7.—W. H,
' Langford of this city has return
j ed from St. Louis, where he has
| been in consultation with Russel
Harding of the Missouri Pacific
road regarding the building of e
new Iron Mountain depot in Pine
Bluff. Mr. Langford says the
officials of the Iron Mountain road
stand ready to fulfill their prom
ise and build a $50,000 depot as
soon as the city council will furn
ish them the title to a suitable lo
cation.
The matter has not been pre
sented to the council and no offi
cial action has been taken, but
the board of trade is at work on
the proposition and the hew
building is assured. The plan to
unite the two depots of the Iron
Mountain and to# Dot r on Beit
ancf make a union station has not
met wfith favor. At the meeting
of the city council next Monday
night, April 11, the matter will
be presented by a committee from
the board of trade and the pro
position discussed.
RIVER PASSES
~~ DANG hK~Li.NL.
Luxora, Ark., April 7.—The
great Mississippi river has pass
ed the danger line at this point
and is still rising. It is about to
the top of the little town levee
and in a day or two the water
will be over about all the busi
ness part of town and in several
of the store houses. But the peo
ple are not expecting it to reach
the top of the government levee.
The farmers in front of the levee
will be very late planting, but
those behind the levee are pro
gressing nicely with their work.
Mrs. T. W. Collier of Tupelo is
visiting her sister, Miss Odie
Mustin.
JUDGE BOYCE
’TWILL SOON BE.
Merited Promotion Comes to
Clerk of Jackson County.
Hon. E. L. Boyce of Newport
i was in the city yesterday. He
lhas been county clerk of his
! county for the last eight years
and in the recent primaries was
nominated for county judge, a
1 promotion which all who know
him know to be merited. Judge
j Boyce reports that politics is be
coming quiet sincd the primaries.
There was very little excitement
in the city election on Tuesday.
No primaries were held, and
there was no regular ticket in the
field. J. W. Grubbs, the present
mayor, defeated C. R. Hite by 89
votes. T. S. Stephens was re
elected marshal, and J. R. May
han recorder.
Speaking about county affairs
Judge Boyce says that the pres
ent county judge, J. M. Jones,
has followed closely the policy of
ihis predecessor with reference
to the building of roads and
bridges. The people are well
pleased with the road law, and
| the tax will be voted again,
i Judge Boyce says that the liquor
question is not so great a dis
turber now as it has been, as the
saloons are confined to one ward
'! of the city, and there are several
cases pending on appeal in the
. | supreme court. — Little Rock
’ | Democrat.
A GOOD RULE.
The Iron Mountain Railroad
| has issued an order to the effect
, that drunken men are not to be
permitted to ride on its passen
ger trains unless accompanied by
some one who will be responsi
I LU +-!■»O P TMCrVvf
; MiV- J.WJL — 'O' ’
has a drunken man to make him
self a nuisance to the general
I public anyway? Any railroad is
' j justified in refusing such persons
a seat and the right to make
others miserable through rough
manners and disgusting actions.
The Iron Mountain Railroad de
serves the thanks of the travel
ing public for the issuance of
this order.—Little Rock Demo
crat. __
MAY RUN THROUGH
TO BLACK.
All mills have closed down on
the Black river, says the Black
Rock Telephone, and are waiting
for the water to go down, which
may be some time as the Missis
sippi is at a high stage and still
‘ alci^S“'Lbejow.rofSir ''liuft Imt
; flow over the low lands into
i Black river and keep it up.
Mrs. S. Leon, after a visit to
: her brother, Joe Weishprg, re
! turned to her home in uSt. Louis
Friday morning.
Tim ~ Tcils
The Story.
There is a big difference be
tween the cost of making a first
I class sewing machine, embodying
| the b^st materials and workman
1 ship, and one which is made in the
| cheapest manner. The buyer of
! the cheap machine soon pays the
1 difference of price in the constant
I cost for repairs, to say nothing of
its annoying inefficiency.
Singer Sewing Machines do
good work during a lifetime.
Sold on Installments.
Old Machines taken in exchange
Liberal Discount for Cash.
Oils, Needles, Attachments and
! Repairs for all makes of machines.
The Singer Manufacturing Co.
“'The Sewing Machine Makers of the Wa%hi.”
FRANK W. LYNN. M'g’r.
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