Newim >rt Daily Independent.
VOLUME IY NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 29. *904. NUMBER *59.
FATHEE AND SON
CHARGED WITH CRIME.
Rest in Same Jail at Jonesboro
Awaiting Trial for Murder
of a Kinsman.
Harrisburg, Oct. 28. —Sheriff
Bradsher has taken Jos. Wright
.and son, John, to jail at Jones
boro, where they will await the
% action of the Poinsett county
' grand jury on a charge of assas
sinating Wm. Durham near here
last Monday.
The two Wrights, father and
son. waived examination here
and were committed to jail with
out bond. Young Wright is only
17 years old.
When the coroner's inquest
was held here a verdict was ren
dered to Hie effect that Durham
came to his death from gunshot
wounds inflicted by an unknown
person.
Suspicion later pointed to Jos.
Wright, the dead man’s father
in-law, and John Wright, his
brother-in-law, as the probable
perpetrators of the crime, as it
was said that there had been ill
feeling for some time between
t the Wrights on one side and Dur
ham on the other. The arrest of
the Wrights followed.
Durham was assassinatea on
the highway, alongside the field
belonging to Jos. Wright, and it
is claimed that a cartridge shell
was found inside the field, the
supposition being that the assas
sin dropped the shell there.
Wright and his son are charged
with murder in the first degree,
which is not a bailable offense.
Poinsett <Mnty is without a jail
--atpresent/hence the prisoners
were taken to Jonesboro.
ARMED GUARDS
STILL ON DUTY.
Railroad Incorporation Board Re
fuses Charter to Fourche
River Company.
Little Rock, Oct. 28.-The ac
tion of the state board of rail
road incorporation in refusing to
extend the charter of the Four
che River & Southern Railway
Company, as asked by the Bry
ant Lumber Company, places
that company upon precisely the
same basis as the Fourche River
Lumber Company with refer
ence to the construction of a rail
road.
Neither company has a charter
ofofo -fnr fViA hiii'ldine’
of a railroad. The Fourche com
pany, however, has built a log
ging road six miles in length, to
be extended another three miles,
a portion of it over the land of
the Bryant company. Now it is
likely the Bryant company will
< proceed to build a logging road
to its own timber.
The question of trespass and
the various other questions in
volved in the controversy remain
* to be settled, and in the mean
time armed guards are said to be
numerous on the right of way.
OLD RAILROAD MAN DEAD.
Little Rock, Oct. 28.-Eugene
Callahan, one of the best known
and most popular conductors on
the Valley route, running from
Little Rock to Alexandria, La.,
died this afternoon at his home
here, after an illness of ten days
from pneumonia.
Callahan was a veteran em
ploye of the Iron Mountain and £
number of years ago was train
master at Texarkana.
SUES FOR DAMAGES.
Little Rock, October 28, -Chas
A Peyton has brought suit it
Pulaski .circuit court Against the
Arkansas Cotton Oil Company,
$7,000 damages sustained or
May 12, in the plant of the de
fendant company in Argenta.
His right hand, wrist and am
were crushed and broken by £
belt in adjusting it on a pulley,
the platform upon which he
stood having tipped in such a
way that his arm was caught.
CABLEMAN KILLED
BENEATH CAR WHEELS
Another Fatal Accident in Rail
road Work on White River *
Line.
Cotter, Oct. 28. -H. H. Robin
son, a cableman on a work trair
at Wideman,was run over and in
stantly killed today. In attempt
ing to board the train he missec
his hold and fell under the
•wheels. No fault attaches to the
train crew. After an inquest the
remains were brought to Cotter,
his home, in charge of his broth
er, Ed Robinson, who had gone
after him. His father, J. P,
Robinson, and family, reside neai
here on a farm. The fUnera
will be held at his fathers home
tomorrow, and the interment wil
be at Gassville.
LETTER TO MR. T. B. STEW
ART, NEWPORT, ARK.
Dear Sir: Let’s have a little
private talk by ourselves on bus
iness; nobody else, please, read.
You want to know how to do a
cheap job of painting, and have
it look good. Here it is: The
cheapest there is in the way of a
good-looking job—say nothing
about its being good—is Devoe;
the regular thing is Devoe.
The reason is: Devoe goes fur
ther than anything else. Lead
and-oil is good-looking; don’t gc
so far and costs nothing more.
The other paints are more or less
short in one way or another;
don’t go so far and costs mort
than Devoe.
Devoe costs least of all; yoi
don’t mind its lasting longer, dc
you? We can’t help it; a painl
that goes further, lasts longer
we can’t help it.
Yours truly
F W Devoe & Co
New York and Chicagc
DEATH OF LYNN
DES ARC CITIZEN.
Des Arc, Oct. 28.—Postmastei
H. M. Lynn died at his home ir
this city this morning about i.
o’clock, after an illness of sever
al weeks. Mr. Lynn had beer
postmaster for a number oi
years, and was a most prominent
■ and respected citizen of th<
town. He was a pioneer of th(
county and was prominent in th<
Presbyterian church.
The funeral takes place tomor
row at 10 o’clock, and will b<
conducted by the Knights o:
Honor, of which he was a distin
guished member.
DOCTOR MINOR
MARRIED IN ST. LOUIS
St. Louis, Oct. 28.—Dr. J. C
Minor of Hot Springs and Mis;
Florence E. Grey of Montpelier
Vt., were married in this city to
day. Dr. Minor is a prominen
physician of Hot Springs and a
the outbreak of the Spanish
American war was appoints
surgeon of the First Arkansa
regiment, with the rank of ma
jor. Afterward he was appoint
ed surgeon in the United State
volunteers, with the rank of ma
jor, and served about four year
in the Philippines.
. HOOKES EXAMINED
, , CONDUCTOR'S GRIP
Found That Atwood Was N01
Armed Before Assaultiag
Him—Officers Vigilant to
Prevent Mob Violence*
Little Rock, Oct. 29. —Houston
Hooker, the negro porter wh<
killed Conductor P. D. Atwooc
on the Pine Bluff accommodatior
train Tuesday morning near Far
rell station, is still in jail at Ben
ton, according to all reports. II
is said, however, that Sherifl
George R. Kelly takes the pris
oner out of town each night and
hides him in the woods near by,
. as the talk of lynching has not
entirely subsided.
Deputy Sheriff Brown, whc
captured Hooker, was in the citj
yesterday. He said that while ir
the baggage car with Hookei
, riding to Little Rock, he asked
the negro if he had not feared
that the conductor would kill him
when he (Hooker) pulled his pis
: tol, to which Hooker replied thal
he was not, as he had looked
■ through Mr. Atwood's grip al
Redfield, the station below Far
; rell, and found his pistol there,
thus making certain that the
murdered man was unarmed. It
is also said that Hooker was read
ing a paper when Redfield was
reached and neglected to call the
name of the station, for which
he was reprimanded by the con
ductor. The shooting followed
j about fifteen minutes afterward.
THE HUNTING SEASONS.
Hunters may shoot quails after
Nov. 1. The deer season opens
Sept. 1 and ends Feb. 1, the wild
turkey season opens Sept. 1 and
closes May 1. Bear, rabbit and
squirrel are the only game that
can be killed the year round and
is also the only game that can
be sold. The sale of deer, wild
turkey, quail or grouse is strict
ly prohibited and it is also un
lawful for railroads to carry this
game out of the state, or for
, non-residents to enter the state
for the purpose of hunting, fish
ing or trapping, but Judge Allen
Hughes has rendered a decision
that non-residents may enter the
state and hunt upon their own
, lands.
KNOBEL AROUSED
BY BIG REVIVAL.
“The town of Knobel has just
been shaken from center to cir
; cumference by a religious re
vival," said Harry Beck, a well
known traveling man, to a Little
' Rock reporter recently. “ ‘Wild
; Bill Evans, the evangelist, did
: the preaching, and his big tent,
: with a capacity of seating 3,000,
: was crowded at the service.
When the revival was brought to
■ a close it was found that nearly
; 100 persons had been converted,
■ half that number joining the
■ church. There were, in addition,
a number of baptisms."
MAYOR REMOVED
FOR DRUNKENNESS.
Biggers, Oct. 28. —At a regu
5 lar meeting of the town counci
, last night Mayor P. J. Robinson’;
• office was declared vacant oi
t account of alleged drunkennesi
t on the mayor’s part. Berr:
- Wright was elected mayor to fil
1 the unexpired term.
3 Recorder B. S. Tipton will ac
- as mayor until Mr. Wright get
- his commission.
s ‘ -—•
- i Fresh oysters just received a
s i the Bracy Confectioney Com
i pany. 52-d6t
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THAN A SAFE.
THIS BANK IS
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And absolutely reliable. We
give especial attention to
each customer.
Arkansas Bank and Trust Co.
- Capital $100,000.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham, V.-Pres.
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
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G. D. Clements, R. F. Drummond, W. D. McLain,
F. D. Fulkerson, C. J. Saenger, Abe Heilegers,'
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THE BANK OF NEWPORT
Solicits the acccounts of depositors who desire
. the accommodations of a first-class, well
equipped and reliable banking house.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
Geo. W. Decker, President. R. M. Johnson, Cashier.
A. D. Bailey, Vice Pres’t. T. D. Kinman, Ass’t Cashier.
Thos. J. Graham. Ed. P. Shoffner. J. T. Henderson.
Jos. M. Stayton. Dr. J. M. Jones. T. S. Stephens.
jack Herron
For Granitoid and Stone Walks,
Curbing, all kinds of Brick Work.
Don’t fail to get my figures
before contracting.
My Work Talks For Itself
' Parties wanting crushed Lime
I Stone Walks apply to me.
Jack Jones
!
The Crack Barber, keeps
a neat and busy little
shop. Upper end of Front
street. Expert tonsorial
ists. Easy shaves and
the best haircuts. Our
work pleases.
j “Come on, ye stubby beards.”