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Edwin Clapp
Shoes and
Oxfords,
complete line
to be found
here,
$5.00 to $7.00.
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Manhattan Shirts
best known,
known as
the best,
$1.50 to $3-50.
rYES, THE BIG REDUCTION SALE ON ALL SUMMER GOODS^
is now going on at the
BAILEY MERCANTILE C©.’S
o< TEN SPECIAL BARGAINS FOR TEN DgYS >»
Beginning July 15, lowest of low prices on Laces, Embroideries
and all Wash Goods.
1. Hope Domestic J?!* 7c a Yard
You know what it is worth.
3. A few pieces of Embroidery, worth 10c and 15c
a yard, now 5c a yard.
4. One line of Foulards, worth 25c a yard, now
13 l-2c a yard.
5. All wool Crepe <le Chene, worth 81.25 yard,
now 75c a yard.,
6. One line of Ladies’ flippers, worth 81.25 and
81.50 a pair, now Ty. a pajr
2.30 pieces Scotch Lawn, now 4c
a Yard, worth 7 1-2.
7. A few pieces of very fine white stripe and
check Dimity, was 36c yard, now 22 l-2c yd.
8. One line of Valenciennes Laces, worth 16c a
yard, now 5c a yard.
9. A few pieces of White Table Linen, 68 in. wide,
worth $1.00 yard, now 60c a yard.
10. This one is REMNANTS. Be sure to see
them.
INCOME EARLY AINU GET THE FIRST PICK OF THESE FINE BARGAINS J
SPORTING GOO S
Baseball Bats, Masks, Gloves, Mitts,
Fishing Tackle, Hooks, Lines,
^ Trolls, Trot Lines—in fact
u EVERYTHING needed
\F0r outdoor sports
A Complete Line of fioofo and Stationery
< Glassware, China,
Fancy Goods, Toys, Not
" Papers, Musical 1 nstrume
Croquet Sets, Hammoc
Late Books, Magazines, Pape
Covered Novels, School Books,
School Supplies, Pens and
Pencils, Inks, Tablets and
Box Papers.
Agent lor St.Louis
Republic
and
Globe ■ Democrat, j
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JUDGE THOMAS MARTIN
■ HOLDS SALE LEGAL
Mrs. Sallie Spott Rankin Found to Be
Child and Legal Heir of Spott Gib
son, But Sale of Lands Made Bj
Her Guardian Sustained By Wood
ruff Chancery Court—Collatera
Heirs May Be Liable for Their Pari
of Sale Proceeds.
In the chancery court of Woodrufl
county Thursday, Judge Thomas B
Martin of Little Rock presiding, an
nounced his finding upon the answei
and cross complaint of Sallie Spott
Rankin versus B. B. Boud et al., dis
missing the cross complaint for want
of equity, but construing the cause as
between Sallie Rankin and Octavia
Scofield et al with leave to file
amended or new pleadings, issue pro
cesses, file answers and take prooi
upon accounting as to the purchase
money of lands in controversy re
ceived by original plaintiffs in the
suit. The cause was continued to the
next term of court and the costs thus
far assessed against the plaintiffs.
The attorneys for Mrs. Sallie Rankin
claimed to have entered a motion for
the restitution of the lands alleged to
have been illegally sold by the guar
dian of their client, but the court
overruled same as a cross complaint.
About seventy thousand dollars, the
estimated value of the lands in con
troversy together with accrued ren
tals, was involved in the decision
upon this point in the case.
Judge Martin consumed over an
hour in rendering his opinion, re
viewing the case from the inception
of its collateral branches in the Wood
| ruff county chancery court in 1881
| and the probate court of 1886, and the
present case between original parties
1 Mitchell et al versus Snapp, adminis
trator et al determined in 1889 by the
Woodruff chancery court, a subse
quent action of the supreme court on
i appeal in this case and amended
pleadings and new parties, returnable
to the present term of court.
The court found that Mrs. Rankin
under the presumption of law and
facts as adduced was the child of
Spott Gibson and as such the sole
heir at law of said Gibson and entitled
to his estate, but that she was a party
by legal guardian to the present suit,
answered in full and the court ren
dered a decree upon her answer and
the answer of other defendants, ap
pointed a commissioner, ordered a
sale of tne lands in controversy, which
were judicially sold and purchased by
L. B. McDonald at such sale and his
title was protected by law, wherefore
the cross complaint of Sallie Rankin
was dismissed.
The collateral heirs against whom
Mrs. Rankin under this finding of the
court, may now ask judgment for
their portion of the purchase money,
received §7,025, which was divided
equally among E. S. McDonald of
Batesville, the only son of a deceased
sister of Spott Gibson, Mrs. Octavia
Scofield of Newport, Mrs. Mary An
thony and Mrs. Griffin of Texas.
The two last named are not liv
ing and the suit will be
directed against their heirs. Parties
in fiduciary positions may be held for
compound interest, and it is a ques
tion as to whether or not if judgment
be secured against the collateral
heirs, the interett will be computed
for the whole time or compounded an
nually at the legal rate, six per cent
from 1880.
An appeal was granted to the su
preme court on the ruling to dismiss
the Rankin cross complaint.
The attorneys for the McDonald
estate were Jno. M. Moore of Little
Rock and O. W. Scarborough of New
port; for Mrs. Rankin, Gustave Jones
of Newport, Andrews & Eldridge of
Augusta, H. F. Roleson of Marianna,
and Rose, Hemingway & Rose of Lit
tle Rock.
HUBBARD HEAD
TO BE TRIED HERE.
Batesville, July 23.—Circuit court
convened here in special session to
day for the purpose of trying Hub
bard Head, who is charged with
criminally assaulting a white woman
near the town of Newark. The ac
cused’s lawyer secured a change of
venue and took the case to the Jack
son county court, and it will not come
up until September. The crime with
which the man is charged was a hein
ous one.
NEW RAILROAD ROUTE.
Surveyors are at work here now
running a line for the Iron Mountain
J Railroad down White river to connect
j with the White river road at Newark.
The road, if built, will open up a rich !
agricultural section and will also do!
away with the sharp uphill grades be- j
tween here and Newark, but if built j
it will cut off the towns of Moorefleld
and Sulphur Rock from railroad
facilities.
“THE DEFENSE OF THE FLAG.”
Monument for Little Rock, Ark., in
Memory of Those Who Died for
the Confederacy.
Through the efforts of Mrs. RufuE
J. Polk, secretary of the Confederate
Monument Committee; Major General
B. W. Green, chairman of the execu
tive committee of the United Confed
erate Moument Association; Adjutant
General Frank T. Vaughan and other
prominent people of Arkansas, a
memorial to the Confederate dead is
to be erected next summer in Little
Rock, which will be a notable addition
to the growing list of memorials in the
South.
The monument, which is over thirty
feet high, will stand on a base of
Arkansas granite 11 feet deep and 8
feet 0 inches wide, and will have a
pedestal of French stone modeled
after the Rocliainbeau monument at
Washington.
The globe and figures are of bronze,
and a peculiar point regarding the fig
ure of Fame, which stands on the
globe, is that the point of the big toe
of the right foot, on which her weight
is supported, touches the exact spot
in the outline of the North American
continent occupied by the city of Lit
tle Rock.
On the front of the pedestal is the
inscription “To the Soldiers of Arkan
sas,” and the design of the whole is
entitled “The Defense of the Flag.”
The monument and figures are the
work of F. Wellington Ruckstuhl, the
New York sculptor who designed the
massive memorial recently unveiled
at Baltimore, and J. & R. Lamb of
New York, and as the site is an ele
vated mound in a commanding posi
tion in the Arkansas capital, it will be
a prominent feature in the city’s
adornment.
Exhibition of the work In the Paris
salon of 1904 is provided for in a
clause of the contract, and it is ex
pected that it will attract much atten
tion.
COTTON PLANT COUPLE
UNITED AT THE ALTAR.
Cotton Plant, July 23.—James Vol
entine of Canton, Texas, and Mrs.
Carrie Bostwict of this city were mar
ried here yesterday evening. There
is a tinge of romance connected with
this marriage. The couple were
sweethearts in childhood, having been
reared and educated together at
Searcy. Each married and drifted
apart and each have grown children,
but Cupid worked them together, and
they left amid showers of old shoes
and rice.
ANNOUNCEMENT TO CLASS.
Mrs. Edytho Johnson’s school of
music will open September 1st, 1903,
and all pupils wishing to enter will
please make arrangements at the
music room the last week in August.
The pupils awarded prizes for the
last term were Minnie Minor, first
prize; Lutie May Stephens, second
prize. The members of the class upon
the honor roll were Misses Mary
Younger, Leah Jones, Hazel Jones,
Elva McLain, and Masters Elwood
Neal and Leslie O’Neal.
ENTERTAINING RECITAL.
Those present at the Baptist Ladi
recital Thursday evening were pleasei
with the program rendered and
pecially with the musical features. The
singing of Miss Neill Bandy is de
serving of special mention.
About fifteen dollars was taken in as
door receipts.
PROGRAM.
Violin and organ duet.Selected
Mrs. W. A. O’Neal, Miss G. Bandy.
Reading—
1. The Dukite Snake.
2. Milking Time.
3. The Black Horse and His Rider.
4. The Ghost.
Vocal solo.“Face to Face,” Johnson
Mrs. G. A. Hillhouse.
Reading—
1. Over the Hill From the Poorhouse
2. Jim Bludsoe.
3. Death Doomed.
4. Barnie and His Frog.
Vocal duet.Selected
Mrs. Bandy and Hillhouse.
Reading—
1. Betsy and I Are Out.
2. How Betsy and I Made Up.
Vocal solo.“O, Dry Your Tears”
Miss Neill Bandy.
Reading—
1. The Raven.
2. Uncle Dan’l and the Steamboat.
Violin and organ duet.
.“Caroline” by Schmidt
Mrs. R. M. Johnson and Miss Jen
nie McCauley.
PROVISION MADE
FOR NEWPORT EXTENSION.
I Official announcement was made in
Wall street recently regarding the
projected consolidation of the Chica
go and Eastern Illinois Railroad Com
pany, the St. Louis, Memphis and
Southeastern, and other lines con
trolled by the St. Louis and San Fran
cisco road. All of these lines are now
in operation with the exception of
150 miles between Thebes and St.
Louis, which are now under construc
tion. These lines are to be consoli
dated into the Chicago, St. Louis,
Memphis and New Orleans Railroad
Company, a new corporation which,
including the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois and the line now being con
structed into St. Louis, will own a
total mileage of about 1,850 miles.^..
There have been various reports re-\^ ■
garding the financing of this combina
tion. It has been stated there will be
a bond issue of $140,000. The only
cash requirements during the next
few years in connection with this
transaction will be $3,000,000 for fin
ishing the line between Thebes and
St. Louis, and the bonds for this pur
pose were underwritten some time
ago. This $3,000,000 also will cover
the construction of about forty miles
between Pocahontas and Newport,
Ark., where the newly organized sys
tem will form an important connec
tion with the Rock Island system.
A TERRIBLE TALE.
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The story is going the rounds that
you can get everything nice to eat at
! “The Little Bakery on the Corner”
and that everything is fresh and clean,
too. 48 dtf
“In the good old Summer time”
you will always find ice cream and
cooling drinks at Huffman’s. 15 dtf