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III. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1903 NUMBER 60
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^Summer Suits
that are cool, correct and com
fortable bear this famous mark
Note the individuality of fit
and style; the broad shoulders,
close-fitting collar and shapeli
ness of coat and trousers. But
, no picture, however perfect,
can do BENJAMIN Clothes full
justice; you must see and wear
them to really appreciate them.
The price is right. Your
money back if anything
goes wrong. BENJA
MIN Summer Suits at
this store $15 to $30.
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iKf SPECIAL RATES.
Summer tourist rates Searcy, Ark.,
§2.00; Ravenden Springs, §2.65. Tick
ets on sale to September 30, final re
turn limit October 31st on all trains.
47btf T. H. Reamey, Agt.
JACK JONES, I
The Crack Barber, keeps a neat j
and busy little shop. Upper end
of Front street. Expert tonso
nalists. Easy shaves and the best
haircuts. Our work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.”
PEARLS.
We pay the highest prices tor
3earls, Slugs, Points or Baroques.
Send your pearls to us, if our oiler is
lot accepted, we will return them at
>ur expense.
Try us on a small lot.
Wm. Barthman,
74 BROADWAY, CORNER MA|D£N
LANE, NEW YORK, N. Y.
DEALER IN DIAMONDS, WATCHES
IND .JEWELRY.
Kavenden = Springs, = Ark.
SOUTHERN HOTEL.
's open for guests. 110 miles west of
Memphis, Tenn. Ozark Mountains.
Jn Frisco Ry. Rates §7.00 per week,
lathia Waters.
R. D. WELCH,
Owner and Proprietor.
Baseball Bats, Masks, Gloves, Mitts,
Fishing Tackle, Hooks, Lines,
Trolls, Trot Lines—in tact
EVERYTHING NEEDED
FOR OUTDOOR SPORTS -
A Complete Line o' Books and Stationery
Glassware, China, Lamps,
Fancy Goods, Toys, Notions,
Papers, Musical Instruments,
Croquet Sets, Hammocks,
Late Books, Magazines, Paper
Covered Novels, School Books,
School Supplies, Pens and
Pencils, Inks, Tablets and
Box Papers.
GIVE US CALL WHEN YOU WANT ANYTHING IN OUR LINE. _\JL
Agent for St. Louis Will take sub*
Republic scriptionsfor any
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ASSASSINATION RESULTS
FROM ARKANSAS FEUD.
Prominent Citizen of Union County
Shot by Unknown Man—Blood
hounds Sent For—Reward to
be Offered.
El Dorado, July 6.—The news
reached here this morning about 9:30
of the assassination of W. H. Lee by
an unknown party, at his home near
Lisbon, twelve miles west of here,
about sunrise. Mr. Holbert, his near
neighbor, heard the report of a rifle
' and then the screams of Mrs. Lee, and
rushed to the scene at once. He
found Lee where he had fallen on his
hands and knees, dead. He immedi
ately started for El Dorado and noti
fied the sheriff of the assassination.
As soon as the news reached here
the sheriff got in communication with
the sheriff of Jefferson county, at
Pine Bluff, and a special train was se
cured, leaving Pine Bluff at 12 o’clock,
bearing the sheriff and his posse, in
charge of bloodhounds.
It is thought that a large reward
will be offered by the citizens of the
county, and the governor will be
asked to offer a reward for the cap
ture of the assassin who committed
the deed.
Mr. Lee leaves a wife and several
children, as well as a large circle of
relatives and friends, to mourn his
untimely end. He was a good man,
and by his death Union county loses
one of her best citizens, one who has
always been identified with the best
interests of the county.
It is believed the assassination was
caused by the feud which has existed
in this county for years and which has
caused the death of many people.
ARKANSAS RAILROADS
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
“It is just twenty years since I last
set foot in Arkansas,” said Winstead
Armitage of Cleveland to a Little
Rock reporter the other day. “I
came down on the Iron Mountain and
had a nice trip, which reminded me of
some of my railroad experiences a
quarter of a century ago—they were
so different.
“The Batesville and Brinkley road
then ran only from Brinkley to Cot
ton Plant. It was a peach. It was
built only for a lumber road and was
owned by Gunn & Black, lumber and
general merchants of Brinkley. They
used to run a caboose for passengers
to Cotton Plant. Just one train a day.
It was nothing unusual for the caboose
to leave the track and turn over, but
no one was ever hurt, as it never ran
fast enough to cause much of a wreck.
They just used to up-end it and con
tinue the trip. Rough? Well it was
rough enough to make applicable the
old joke of the train on a rough track,
which, all at once running smoothly,
caused a passenger to ask if the train
was on the track again. ‘No,’ said
the conductor, ‘we were on the track
before; we are running on the ties
now.’
“One very cold day, going from
Cotton Plant to Brinkley, the stove
wood gave out and we nearly froze.
We got off, ran alongside gathering
chunks of wood and throwing them
in the caboose door. Then we got
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did not slacken speed while we did
this stunt. This is not a joke nor an
exaggeration. I think Capt. Day of
Memphis was with me on that trip.
“From Kensett to Searcy—four
miles—the only way of travel was by
a street car drawn by a sorry mule.
It was a queer sight to see a street
car in the thick woods.”
DANCE AT SPRIGG HOME.
The young people enjoyed a well
attended dance at the home of I.
Sprigg Monday evening, good music
being furnished by a colored string
band.
Those present were Misses Noreene
Kinman, Mary Bailey, Lucile Taylor,
Hilda Bailey, Aubrey Hill, Janie
Stephens, Susie Jones, Tillie Sprigg,
Claire Johnson, Amanda Laird, Jen
nie McCauley, Louise and Jamie Irby,
Blanch Stallings, May Tillman and
Lou Lawrence, Batesville, Laura Ran
dolph, Austin, Texas and Messrs.
Adam Lockard, George Stuckey, W.
B. Egan, Roy Dutton, Homer Buford,
Eugene Hirsch, Chas. Holmes, Sprigg
Foushee, Ed Sprigg, Ralph Richard
son and Walter Heard, Arkansas City,
Kansas.
WYNNE DEFEATS HELENA.
Helena, July 6.—Wynne defeated
Helena today.
Score— R H E
1 Wynne. 01012010 0—6 9 7
Helena. 11000020 0—4 6 7
Batteries—McNeely and Herman;
Myers and Reeder.
COUNCIL DIVIDED
ON PAYMENT OF DEBT.
At the regular meeting of the coun
cil Monday evening, at which all the
members were present, quite a lively
discussion resulted upon a motion of- '
fered by C. H. Wilmans and seconded
by A. D. Bailey, proposing to accept i
the offer of compromise made by the j1
Newport Water Company for back j ■
hydrant rentals, and appropriating '
the scrip necessary to liquidate this
debt.
The offer of the water company, j
which was set forth in our issue of
June 30, was for a settlement of the l
hydrant rentals due from January 15,
1900 to January 15, 1903, amounting to
§8,394.45. Ordinance No. 66, in which
the company’s franchise is given,
provides for the payment of §50 cash
per annum for fifty hydrants and fixes
the rate to be charged for additional
hydrants at §35 each per annum to be
paid in cash.
For the two years preceding Janu
ary, 1903, scrip worth but 50 cents on
the dollar, was tendered in payment
of these debts, but was refused by the
water company, which now offers to
compromise its right of cash pay
ments for the total back rentals and
interest on same, amounting to §806.
93, or a sum total of §9,201.38 in scrip,
which is now selling at 75 cents on the
dollar.
Aldermen Wilmans, Bailey and
Wishon are understood to be in favor
of the compromise settlement and
Alderman Thompson and Mayor
Grubbs to the contrary. No vote was
taken upon the matter, which was
made a special order for an adjourned
session Tuesday afternoon at four
o’clock.
No other business was transacted
aside from the approval of the min
utes of the preceding meeting.
APPEAL TO BUSINESS MEN.
Newport, Ark., July 7, 1903.
To the Business Men of Newport:
Owing to a misunderstanding some
of the stores closed while others kept
open on the night of July 3rd, when
it was the intention that all should
keep open, it being the eve of July
4tb. We hope that in view of the
fact that the hottest season of the
year is now upon us and more than
ever employer and employe need
rest and to enjoy the evening hours
at home with their families, the busi
ness men will look at the matter in
the right light and beginning with
tonight again close at 7 p. m. as
originally agreed on. We thank you
for your kind consideration.
Clerks’ Protective Association.
ARGUMENT HEARD
IN LITTLE ROCK.
The case of Octavia Scofield vs.
Sallie Spott Rankin, from Woodruff
county, came up Monday before Judge
T. B. Martin as special chancellor in
the supreme court room at Little
Rock. H. F. Rofeson of Forrest City,
P. R. Andrews of Augusta, Gustave
Jones of Newport, and Judge U. M.
Rose of Little Rock, represent the de
fendant, and Moore & Smith of Little
Rock and Judge O. W. Scarborough
the plaintiff. It has been in the
courts since 1886.
INVITE GOVERNOR DAVIS.
A petition to Governor Davis is
peing circulated for signatures asking
pis excellency to visit Newport in the
^ery near future and deliver an ad
Iress to the voters.
The petition recites that the news
papers of the state have given but
pne side of the legislative proceed
ngs and that the signers have noted
;he way in which the dear governor
pas been dealt with by the legislature,
is well as by the attorney general and
lewspaper delegation.
It is a reflection upon the intelli
gence of the people to assert that but
pne side of the controversy has been
printed and tends to create an unjust
prejudice upon the part of the people
oward the newspapers. The papers
pf the state have a right to the ex
pression of their views just as the in
lividual does and the acts of any
public official are very properly the
subject of either adverse or favorable
oriticism.
Seldom, however, does it fall to the
province of a newspaper to publish
the facts of an investigation which
shows up the character of one who
lias been honored with the governor’s
ehair of a great state. And because
such a duty calls for the making pub
lic of facts under which this high
official winces, his lieutenants, not
being able to throttle a free press,
seek to make it appear that the pa
pers are one-sided.
It is the truth which has hurt and
because the facts as published cannot
be controverted, the friends of Jeff
seek to discredit the means through
which the facts have been transmit
ted to the people.
RED RIVER ON A RAMPAGE.
Texarkana, July 6.—Red river at
points near here is on a big rampage
ind it is feared that great damage
nay result to the growing crops, as
veil as heavy loss of cattle and horses
;hat are running at large iu the bot
:oms.
The rise came in the early hours of
Sunday morning in the form of a
luge wall of water several feet high
md with the sound of a cataract. It
s thought there was a cloudburst,
,vhieh caused the sudden and phe
nomenal rise.
Portions of several plantations are
ilready under water and the river is
•eported as still rising.
I. D. Price for jelly glasses. 36 btf
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