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THE INDEPENDENT 1
PERCY H, VANDYKE,
Publisher fandjKditor.
(EWPORT, - - ARKANSAS.
f SMALLPOX RAGING
IN VIRULENT FORM.
Man Dies From Dread Disease
and Body is Found in Field
-Twenty-Five Cases
Reported.
jp . Ward, Nov. 3.—In the terri
'WmjL tory between this point and But
F D lerville, which is about live miles
j| A east of the Iron Mountain rail
^ road in the western part of
Lonoke county, smallpox in its
most malignant form is prevail
ing and the people are prostra
ted through fear of the dread
| .disease. From twenty-five to
thirty cases have been reported.
A Mr. Geifiry, having the dis
ease, wandered off from his home
and was found dead in his field.
A woman and child have since
died from the disease for want of
attention.
Nothing is seemingly being
done in a well defined manner to
prevent the spread of the disease
./fci _ or aid in the recovery of those
affected. The matter should be
brought to the attention of the
board of health and immediate
action taken to isolate existing
cases and prevent the spread of
smallpox to communities not now
Winter is coming on and unless
these steps are taken at once the
entire territory is likely to be
come infected and a scourge of
smallpox result, the like of
which this section has never seen,
for the disease now affecting the
people is not the light type, but
smallpox in its most malignant
form.
NOTICE TO
f 'FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS.
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After December 1, 1904, the
Independent will be sent outside
of Jackson county only on sub
scriptions paid in advance, and
,/ ' will be stopped upon the expira
tion of the time for which they J
are paid.
Subscribers will be notified two |
weeks prior to the expiration of
their subscription, and prompt
renewals will cause no skips in
receiving the paper.
Our outside mailing list has
reached those proper ions which
make this step necessary to pro
tect ourselves, and we feel that
the change will not be objection
able, but rather in accordance
W" with the wishes of our outside
The Independent has only one
subscription price, $1.00 a year
lor the Weekly, and 40 cents per
month for the Daily, but the
postal charge for papers to out
t ide addresses, warrants us in
requiring these subscriptions to
be paid in advance.
This does not apply to any
postoffice in Jackson county, or
such towns as Bradford, Alicia,
ftlinturn, Newark, in closely con
tiguous territory.
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DR. LIGHTLE
TRAVELING SALESMAN.
Searcy Nov. 3.— Informatior
was received here today that Dr
K. G. Lightle was at Shreveport
La., and will travel on the roa(
for a well known firm for th<
next few months. The repor
that he has left the country i:
therefore untrue.
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Ed Six and Jack Hanford, th<
two Nimrods of the firm of Theo
Maxfield, went forth with a par
ty Monday night to demonstrati
tl.eir prowess in capturing d<
p >ssum. Those joining in th<
s ort were Theo. Maxfield, Mr
a ;d Mrs. Harry Maxfield, J. W
a id E. H. Glenn, Mrs. C. D
Metcalf, and Hardy Fike anc
Walter Hicks. The number cap
t':red was not reported to oui
sporting editor. — Batesville Bee.
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KICKED TO DEATH
BY SHOW HORSE.
James Collum Met Tragic Death
Near Austin in Runaway.
Austin. Nov. 3.—James Col
lum of Illinois, 52 years of age,
was killed the first of the week
east of town by his team running
away and throwing him from
the vehicle. The horse kicked
him to death. He was the night
watchman ^ld driver for the
Colorado Grant show, which has
been in the state for seven weeks
making overland engagements
and was en route to Stuttgart,
where, it is said, Collum had
relatives.
The unfortunate man died 24
hours after the accident. The
show people gave Collum a de
cent burial in Old Austin ceme
tery and held religious services.
L. A. M’KINNON
VERY MUCH ALIVE.
It is seldom a person enjoys
the peculiar pleasure of reading
his own obituary, but our fellow
townsman, L. A. McKinnon, is
told in the Newport (Ark.) Inde
pendent that his old friends at
that place are grieving over his
rlonn rlurp
if the editor of the Independ
ent had seen the genial “Mr.
Me" as he wandered into the
office this morning, carrying a
pair of rosy cheeks and an avoir
dupois of perhaps 250, he would
have thought him a pretty active
dead man.
It is all a mistake. Mr. Mc
Kinnon is well, happy and good
looking as ever and does not pro
pose to surrender until Gabriel
trumpets.—Crowley (La.) Sig
nal.
This is one on us and we take
pleasure in noting the correction.
Our pleasure in this matter is
doubtless exceeded by Mr. Mc
Kinnon’s, but nevertheless our’s
is just as genuine. A friend of
the alleged deceased in Crowley
wrote to a Newport friend that
“Mr. Me" was dead and the lat
ter, supposing that Mr. McKin
non was referred to, gave out the
information upon which our arti
cle was based. Mr. McKinnon
is fond of a joke and has doubt
less enjoyed this novel experi
ence of living to read his own
obituary.
COTTER MERCHANT
INJURED BY FALL.
Cottet, Nov. 3.—While work
ing on his new residence today a
scaffolding broke under Robert
H. Case, a prominent merchant
| of Cotter, and he fell to the
ground about twenty feet below,
j breaking a leg just above the an
: kle. The fracture is a bad one,
as the bone was driven nearly
through the flesh. The ankle
I was also dislocated.
$100 REWARD, $100.
The readers of this paper wil
; be pleased to learn that there it
’ at least one dreaded disease that
I science has been able to cure ir
\ all its stages, and that is Catarrh
I Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the onh
positive cure now known to th<
medical fraternity. Catarrh be
; ing a constitutional disease, re
quires a constitutional treatment
i Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon th<
blood and mucous surfaces o
l the system, thereby destroying
! the foundation of the disease
: and giving the patient strengtl
5; by building up the constitute
and assisting nature in doing it
^ ‘ work. The proprietors have s<
' j much faith in its curative pow
'; ers that they offer One Hundre<
Dollars for any case that it fail
to cure. Send for list of testi
monials.
Address,
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall’s Family Pills fo:
; constipation.
Read the Independent for al
, the news.
COPELAND SECURES
JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT.
The suit of L. W. Copeland
! and others vs. V. M. Ake & Co.
came up for trial Thursday morn
ing, says the Jonesboro Times
: Enterprise, and a judgment was
' given in behalf of Copeland and
| others for something like $10,
; 000, the exact amount we could
not learn.
This suit grew out of a specu
1 lation in which Copeland was in
' terested, and the allegation is
I that Ake & Co. did not’ sell the
cotton when ordered to sell, and
thereby damaged the plaintiffs
the amount for which they con
tended.
Ake & Co. did not appear to
day to defend the suit, though
they have been in Jonesboio sev
eral times on account of it.
Great suit sale at the Star Fri
day and Saturday. See ad in
this issue. 62d3t
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EDITOR WOODS SICK.
Beebe, Nov. 3.—T. M. Woods,
editor of the White County News,
is very sick with typhoid fever.
He has been sick for the past
two weeks.
A BARGAIN IN LUMBER.
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The Kelley Lumber Company
are closing out their stock at
very low prices. 2 inch rough
plank, gum and oak, at 50 cents
per load. Good 2x4 and 2x6
gum at 75 cents per 100 feet, 1
inch cull oak 75 cents per load.
Also a lot of short stock for board
and picket fences at 50 cents per
100 feet. ■ T. J. Hawk,
60dlw Salesman.
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ONE-WAY RATES.
Every day from September
15th to October 15th, 1904, inclu
sive, the Union Pacific will sell
one-way tickets from Missouri
River Terminals ( Council Bluffs
to Kansas City, inclusive) as
follows :
$20.00 to Ogden and Salt Lake
City.
$20.00 to Helena and Butte,
Montana.
$22.50 to Spokane and Wen
atchee, Washington.
$22.50 to Huntington and
Nampa, Idaho.
$25.00 to Portland, Tacoma and
Seattle.
$25.01) to Vancouver and Vic
toria.
$25.00 to Ashland and Astoria,
Oregon, via Portland.
$25.00 to San Francisco, Los
Angeles and San Diego.
Correspondingly low rates t(
many other California, Oregon
I Washington, Montana, Utah, anc
| Idaho points.
Through Tourist cars run everj
I day on Union Pacific betweer
: Missouri River and Pacific Coast
i double berth $5.75. For full in
i formation call on or address,
J. H. Lothrop,
903 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo
1 IStilOct. 10.
Made Soup of Congressman’s Beans
Representative Mahon, of Pennsyl
vania, is laughing over a letter just re
ceived from a nice old lady residing i
his congressional district. He sent
package of beans secured from hi
quota at the agricultural department t
i this lady, thinking she would like t
plant them in her garden.
In replying, the lady addressed th
Pennsylvanian, whose name was writ
' ten indistinctly on the frank, as “‘Mi
. i Mackin.” She said: “Those were spier
i did beans you sent me. I cooked thei
for dinner and they made the fines
. soup I ever tasted. Thank you ever s
. much.”—Washington Post.
3 Consoling.
j?) George—Ethel, dear, I’m going to ii
terview your father to-night.
Ethel—All right, George. And if an3
, thing happens I’ll come to the hospiti
j twice a day until you are able to be 01
again.—Chicago Daily News,
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3, THROUGH TOURIST CAR SER
>: VICE TO CALIFONIA.
Commencing Saturday Septem
1 ber 17th, the Iron Mountaii
5 Route will inaugurate througj
■ car service to Los Angeles, Cali
fornia. This is the “True South
ern Route” via Texarkana am
El Paso. Special low rate cole
' j nists’ tickets to California point
j will be on sale September 15th t
' October 15th, via Iron Mountaii
Route. For tickets and Ireserva
tion apply to local agent
l i H. C. Townse sd,
1 G. P. &7r. A.
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We have almost any prind of a stove
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Person in Four Has
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One of the purest signs of a weak
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Tour heart is not able to pump the
! blood fast enough to your lungs.
1 1 Some of the other symptoms of Heart
| Trouble are: Pains in the Side, Back
1 and Shoulder; Fainting or Weak Spells?
1 | Dry Cough; Swelling of Feet and Ankles;
i Cold Feet or Hands.
No one can afford to allow a weak
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. ' weak heart means poor circulation, and
‘ j poor circulation means weak lungs,
' | stomach, liver, kidneys, etc.
If. therefore, you suspect heart trouble,
i begin taking Dr. Miles’ New Heart Cure.
The Heart Cure will do you good, as it is
a splendid tonic for the blood and nerves,
and will revitalize your entire system.
Finally, remember, Dr. Miles’ New
Heart Cure Is sold under a guarantee
that the first bottle will do you good.
• If it doesn't—your money back.
‘‘I was afflicted with heart trouble for
three years. I would be apparently all
" right, and without a moment's warning
3 would fall as though shot. The attacks
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g where, nor under what conditions I
would be attacked, and whether I would
i survive them. I consulted and was
3 treated by some of the most eminent
physicians of the state. Not finding re
lief from this source, I began taking
- Dr. Miles’ New Heart Cure, and began
to improve at once. I used ten bottles,
- which entirely cured me, as I have not
. had an attack for five years.”—MRS.
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| LABORATORIES, ELKHART, IND.
- DR. HARRY E. DOWELL,
! DENTIST,
PRACTICING IN
Tucker man, Arkansas.
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We are open to the public for all business araglr
which constitutes safe & reliable banking
DIRECTORS:
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Low Rates from Iis.
ROUND TRIP, $15.00.
To Amarillo, Quanah, Vernon, Fort Worth, Dallas,
San Angelo, San Antonio, Colorado, Galveston,
Houston and other Texas points. Also to all
| points in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, except
! where one fare plus $2.00 makes less.
Tickets on sale Sept. 13th and 27th.
ROUND TRIP, ONE FARE PLUS $2.00.
I To all points in Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory. Tickets on sale First and Third Tuesday of i
each month. '
$6.00 one way to all points in Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
$8.50 one way to many Texas points, including Amarillo, Dal*
hart, Colorado, San Angelo, Kerrville, San Antonio,
| Galveston, Beaumont and points east
$11.00 one way to many points in New Mexico, tickets on sale,
Sept 20 and Oct. 4th and 18th.
mooto CALIFORNIA
j Other Pacific Coast points in proportion,
j Tickets on sale at Memphis Sept. 15th to Oct. 15th, inclusive.
For full information write
J. N. CORNATZAR,
^ General Agent, Memphis, Tenn.
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j VISIT YOUR OLft HOME
For a week or so this fall. See you old friends; talk
over old times with them; tell then what you are do
ing in the Great Southwest, andff possible ^induce
them to come back with you and lok the ground over. |
LOW RATE -
| On September 20, 27 and Ocfeber t \ Ropnd Trip
1 Tickets will be fold at |
j ONE FARE PLUS $2.00|
To nearly all Indiana and ffliio points and certain |
destinations in Kentucky, ^ckets good returning
30 days from dae of sale.
* Full details Tom your nearest Rock 1
Island agent.
GEO. H. LEE, JAS. HARRIS, I'
Gen. Pass. Ag\ Dist. Pass. Agt. B.
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