NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY MAY 16, 1902. NUMBER22
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ASSESSOR’S NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that' the under-1
signed, as assessor of JacksotA county,
Arkansas, will meet the people of the
different townships at the following times and
places, for the purpose of listing the Personal
Property and Per Capita Tax for the
year 1902:
Barren township, McDougal’s residence, Mon
day and Tuesday, June 2, and S.
Glaize township, Grand Glaize, Wednesday
. * and Thursday June 4 and 6.
f Breckinridge township, Auvergne, Friday
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tkinridge township, Weldon, Saturday
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Breckinridge township, Tupelo, Monday
June 9.
Cow Eake township, Nance’s Store Tuesday
and Wednesday, June 10 and 11.
Kichwoods township, Martin’s Old Residence,
Thursday and Friday, June 12 and 13.
Cache township, Burton’s Store, Saturday
June 14.
Cache township, Martin’s School House, Mon
day and Tuesday June 16, and 17.
Grubbs township, Robinson’s Chapel, Wednes
day and Thursday June 18 and 19.
Village township, Barnes’ Mill, Friday
June 20.
Jefferson township, Jacksonport, Monday and
Tuesday, June 23 and 24.
Bird township, Elgin, Wednesday June 26.
Bird township, Centerville, Thursday, June 26.
Bird township, Tuckerman, Friday and Sat
urday, June 27 and 28.
Glass township, Swifon, Monday June 30
Tuesday and Wednesday, July 1 and 2.
Union township, Court House, Newport, from
July 7 to August 20.
Please bring along your deeds or last t c
receipts.
Given under my hand this 6th day of
May 1902.
B. F. SIMMONS
Assessor of Jackson County.
First published May 6 Daily Indepeudant 6t.
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SELF DEFENSE PLEA ADVANCED
Hearing of Rufus Johnson Before
Judge Fulkerson Proceeds—An
other Eye Witness Bobs Up
Whose Story Substantiates
Self Defense Theory.
The preliminary examination of
Rufus Johnson, charged with the
murder of James Cole upon May 10,
tvas begun before Judge F. D. Ful
kerson Friday morning. Upon this
:eviewal of the case will depend
whether or not the defendant is ad
mitted to bail, for should the facts
srought forth in this examination
prove reasonable grounds for holding
:he defendant guilty of murder in the
irst degree, the offense becomes not
jailable and the defendant must
iwait the action of the next grand
ury in the custody of the sheriff.
The examination of witnesses for
;he defense occupied the morning
session of court, and of this time, the
lefendant Rufus Johnson occupied
ibout half an hour in telling his story.
He claims that he did not wait in am
jush for James Cole, but had his gun
md was going out to his farm when
le saw Cole with Constable Ball, leav
ng Ben Thomas’ gate. He said he
jtepped into the brush to let them
pass, when Cole saw him and made
m effort to get his gun from Ball,
rhen he (Johnson) shot in self de
:ense with the well known result,
Dole’s death.
To corroborate this testimony of the
iefendant, another eye-witness to the
tragedy was put forward by the de
fense, Floyd Thomas, who claims to
aave seen Cole make an attempt to
^et his gun, just before he was shot
io\yn by Johnson. This evidence in
support of the self defense theory,
aontradicts directly with that of
witnesses for the state as brought out
in both examinations. Floyd Thomas
is the party, whom Ball testified that
Johnson said had told him (Johnson)
that Jim Cole’s wife was at Ben
Thomas’ and that that would be the
place to find him (Cole).
The defendant listened attentively
bo the evidence of witnesses on both
sides, but gave no indication by rest
lessness that he was the most inter
ested party of all. He wore a blue
working shirt in court, is rather tall,
perhaps 6 feet in stature, but rather
Blender and has keen, piercing eyes.
His attorneys are Gustave Jones and
Stayton & Stayton, while the pros
ecuting attorney, S. D. Campbell, is
assisted by Judge M. M. Stuckey.
Later—Judge Fulkerson after
hearing the case, refused the defend
ant Rufus Johnson, bail, and he will
remain in the custody of the Bheriff to
await the action of the grand jury for
the July term of court.
WILLIAMS HELD AT VAN BUREN.
Van Buren, May 15.—John Wil
liams, the negro burglar who stabbed
P. R. Davis, a wholesale merchant at
Fort Smith, was captured here last
night and is being held for safe keep
ing. It is believed he would be
mobbed if taken to Fort Smith before
the excitement subsides. The pris
oner is 58 years old and a professional
gambler. He admits the burglary but
says he did not stab Davis. He claims
he has run gambling houses in Mem
phis and Little Rock.
MASONIC BANQUET
AT BRINKLEY.
Brinkley, May 15.—The Masonic
banquet given here tonight was at
tended by a large crowd. Prominent
Masons from all over the district are
in attendance, and the meeting will
adjourn Friday evening. Several
prominent Masons are here from
Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Newport,
Forrest City, Clarendon and other
points. They are being royally en
tertained by the Masons and citizens
of Brinkley.
TO ATTEND INAUDURATION.
Washington, May 15.—Senator Mon
ey and his secretary, Senator Mason.
Senator Jones of Arkansas, ex-Sena
tor Thurston and Representative Dt
Armond left here yesterday for Hav
ana to attend the inauguration ol
President-elect Estrada Palma.
CHILDREN’S DAY EXERCISES.
The Children’s Day Exercises at the
Presbyterian church will be held Sun
day morning at eleven o’clock instead
of at night on account of the Bac
calaureate sermon at the Methodist
church.
The following program has been ar
ranged and the young people drilled
for the exercises in which they have
parts:
Opening Prayer.
Hymn—Scatter Sunshine.
Responsive Reading. I
Hymn—Stand Up For Jesus.
Responsive Reading. II
Recitation, Gifts For the King—
Lawrence Bailey, Roy Dutton, Elwood
Neal, Woodruff Richardson.
Children’s Exercise—By Twenty
Children.
Recitation—Rina Wallace.
Hymn—Count Your Blessings.
Responsive Reading. Ill
Recitation, Is It Nothing To You—
Ida Parish, Rina Price, Annie Dutton
Hymn—Rescue The Perishing.
Address—By the Pastor.
Collection.
Prayer.
Hymn—Joy To The World.
Benediction.
HELENA SEWER SYSTEM.
Little Rock, Ark., May 15.—Col.
Theodore Hartman of this city, has
been employed by the Sewer Com
mission of Helena, to superintend the
rebuilding of the sewers in that city.
Mr. Hartman is now at home here,
and will return to Helena in the
course of the next week or so. He
says tnat me enure system must De
uncovered and a large part of it re
built, as it is defective in many re
spects. It was built by Guild & Co.
of Chattanooga the contract price
being §51,000, and a bond being given
for §103,000 to insure the character of
the work.
There are 13 miles of sewers, rang
ing from 8 to 20-inch pipes, and an
examination made by Mr. Hartman,
he states, has shown that in many in
stances, the pipes are found half filled
with mud. One of the principal de
fects, it is said, is the excessive
ground leakage, there being some
thing like half a million gallons daily
whereas the contract calls for a max
imum of only 65,000. The people of
Helena are very much wrought up
over the matter, and there is a
promise of long and complicated
litigation.
NEWPORT CLUB FUNCTION.
The members of the Newport Club,
who have by past successes, estab
lished a most enviable reputation as
entertainers, threw open the club
rooms Thursday evening to their
wives and young lady friends.
Dancing and card playing were the
features of the entertainment, both
being very heartily enjoyed. The
music furnished by the negro quar
tette contributed to the pleasure of
nil
Refreshments of ice cream and
cake, strawberries and whipped cream,
coffee and almonds, proved a very
dainty repast and was nicely served.
Those present were Messrs, and
Mesdames F. Price, Gus Martin, C. R.
Hite, J. L. Sells, T. D. Kinman, Jr., S.
E. Phillips, W. M. Gregg; Mrs. W. A.
Billingsley; Misses Lou Minor, Mary
Laird, Gertie Billingsley, Marille Dil
lard, Mary Bailey, Noreene Kinman,
Della Bernstein; Messrs. E. L. Boyce,
F. P. Skipwith, Alcorn Ferguson, 0.
J. Saenger and Win, Parrish.
REVIVAL AT THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
The discourse on “The Two Laws
of Pardon” last night at the Christian
church was one of the clearest and
most convincing of the very able
series being delivered by Mr. Cline. It
is simply unanswerable. Men listened
to this sermon, who no doubt never
knew before that the Lord has one
law of pardon for one who is in cove
nant relation to Him, and another law
for one not in covenant relation.
Mr. Cline’s method is simply to pre
sent Bible truth, and urge it upon
men to accept that truth. His ser
mon tonight, no doubt will be heard
by a large number of truth lovers.
DIRECTORS VS CONTRACTORS.
J. M. Malang Confers With Directors
Of Newport Oil Prospecting Co.,
Relative to Proceeding With
Work—If Drill Cannot Be
Extracted Work Will
Cease.
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J. M. Malang of the firm of Malang
& Cowan, who hold the contract with
the Newport Oil Prospecting Com
pany for boring the well in Chas
tain’s Addition, conferred with the
directors of that company Thursday
afternoon, relative to proceeding
with the work.
Much dissatisfaction has been ex
pressed over the dilatory manner in
which the boring has been done for
several months past and this feeling
found expression at this meeting in
some very plain language. According
to the contract, this work was to be
pushed along as rapidly as possible,
and this could not be done in the
opinion of the directors, by the men
employed by the contractors and
sent down here to do the work.
Malang and Cowan had reached a
depth of 1010 feet, for which digging
they had been paid in full by the New
port Oil Prospecting Company, when
the rope broke and left the drill
fastened in the hole.
Mr. Malang stated that while a
former effort to remove this drill had
been unsuccessful, he intended to
make another attempt and should he
be successful, the work of boring the
two thousand feet would be complet
ed. On the other hand, should he be
unable to remove the drill, he held
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contract, as it would be an impossi
bility to proceed further. Many of
the directors on the other hand hold
that this would not fulfill his obliga
tion under the contract, for this con
dition has come about through his
own negligence in employing incapa
ble workmen and that another hole
should be drilled.
However, no action was taken upon
this point, as such a necessity may be
removed in the event the drill is ex
tracted from the hole and work pro
ceeds. Should the contractors fail to
dislodge the drill, work will cease and
it will then be up to the company to
consider action in the court, compell
ing the contractors to continue the
work.
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS. ;
The Monte Ne Railway Company
was Thursday granted a charter by
the state board of railway incorpo
rators, and filed its articles of incor
poration with the secretary of state.
The capital stock is #25,000, all of
which has been subscribed. The cor
porators are: W. H. (“Coin”) Har
vey, Carl A. Starck, John E. Felker,
Joseph W. Kimmons, F. F. Freeman,
Robert H. Harvey and Thos. W. Har
vey, directors; B. F. Davidson, A. L.
Williams, J. H. Mellroy. It proposes
to build a line of railway from Monte
Ne to Lowell, on the ’Frisco, a distance
of four miles.
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The fight between the Cape Girar
deau and Thebes Bridge Terminal
Railroad Company and the Southern
Illinois and Missouri Bridge Company
for the approach and terminals on the
Missouri side of the Thebes bridge has
broken out again with more vigor
than evqr, since the Illinois company
presented its application to the pro
bate judge at Cape Girardeau for a
temporary injunction against the Cape
Girardeau Company.
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Ed L. Westbrooke will start to Bos
ton, in a tew days to complete the
arrangements for the money to build
the Jonesboro and Newport railroad
with which he is identified. Mr.
Westbrooke says the road will cer
tainly be built.—Jonesboro Times.
The steamer Liberty, is to be re
sold, the court having granted such a
decree, though the date has net yet
been set. The stockholders of the
Memphis Newport Packet Company
asked for such a decree on the
grounds that the boat did not bring
its value at the sale under the ham
mer.