THE INDEPENDENT j
PERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEW TORT, - - ARKANSAS.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
For Representative,
S JOHN H. KEEL.
County Judge,
E. L. BOYCE.
CircuitSClerk,
J. D. NEAL.
County Clerk.
GEO. A. LOCKARD.
Sheriff,
H. S. SIMMONS,
Treasurer.
J DR. F. G. SMITH.
f Assessor.
\ R. L. CONDITT.
jt 4 Surveyor,
W. A. BOWMAN.
Coroner,
F. J. HARRISON.
Constable—Union Township,
W. II. CAROUTHERS.
Justice"if the Peace,
GUY SMITH.
FOREST DILLARD.
ARKANSAS’ FINE
FRUIT DISPLAY.
Excels Exhibit of Any Other State
at World’s Fair—A Revela
tion to Other States.
jSt.. Louis, May 9.—Arkansas
a great showing in her
departments at the
world’s fair. Her frnit display
is simply a revelation to the bal
ance of the states. It is the talk
of all those in charge of' the ex
hibit from other states, and is
the center of attraction in the
Horticultural palace.
The beauty of the Arkansas
fruit is being Remarked, and vis
itors, on entering the hall, in
quire for |he Arkansas exhibit.
In fact, tnere is nothing to com
pare wAh it in the building.
California has an elaborate dis
pW of jar fruits and Missouri
jjjC§F have an extensive display
Apao of jar fruits and a good dis
«pay of fresh fruits, and is spend
Ijpg a large amount of mone^ on
? her fruit dUntav-^h? appropria
*Hn©tt4toikthe Missouri fruit ex
hibit being $75,000.
Yet with all this Arkansas won
the first blood, carrying off the
prize over all competitors for
having the greatest number of
; ^ plates of fresh fruit and the best
db fresh fruit on opening
^v.Tj. Ft ofltiu the scoring of the
S I? judges pronounced
v^tEhem the best they had ever seen
on exhibition.
STRAWBERRY SHIPMENTS.
Berry Section’s Red Letter Day
■ A in the Exportation of This
A Season’s Berries.
Kittle Rock, May fO.—Yester
was red-letter day with the
wberry growers of North
ansas along the Iron Moun
system. About 12,000 crates
_4 boxes each were shipped to
St. Louis and other northern
points during the 24 hours end
ing at last midnight. This is
about ten cars and represents a
sale price of about $18,000 for
the lot.
This was the largest shipment
yet of berries from the Judsonia
district and was due to the rains
of Saturday. No berries could
be picked that day. Then came
i Sunday and Monday, making two
ay 4ays’ picking shipped last night.
“Hate berries are handled to St. i
or its riis principally on No. 12,
ley an(jh leaves Little Rock at 5:10
, pnia took the lead in yes-!
„jtv3 shipments. At 4 p. m.
‘ nt there reported that
^ S1 been loaded on his
H uPr immediate shipment
time, t. refrigerator cars j
3ady. r>acjfic express refrig
In addition to this
tq £re loaded into the |
eii No. 12. A car is
itfld about 1,200
• A. R. T. cars
, , , ;n the fast
Mackey, Fr express
jnot No. 12.
IT^nent of)
j m_^—,i‘vinr^
»iw> tt.mr >n rt^rma n.i v«* ^wr •i-Hwiript Si.t
by No. 12 at the stations named
below:
Cabot 100, Austin 600, Ward
100, McRae 350, Higginson 350,
Kensett 200, Bald Knob 300, Rui?
sell 150, Bradford 100. There
was also a full ordinary express
car loaded at Beebe.
The berries are bringing from
$1.50 to $2.50 per crate in Sf.
Louis and will re&ch there this
morning. Several of the cars
are billed through to Chicago.
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A VALUABLE REPUTATION.
(fe find Hern L; Iiir for Twenty Ye*»»
■mil Hull Mmle u Same fur
Himself.
“A business matter took me out
west last fall," said the well-known at
torney, who w as in a reminiscent mood,
relates the Detroit Free Press, “and
l took advantage of the opportunity
to make a trip into the mountains for a
week’s hunting. I hired an old man
to act as u guide and do the cooking,
and I enjoyed myself to the utmost.
The mountains were full of big game,
but the state had lately passed a law
prohibiting the killing of deer, which
was particularly aggravating, as we
were continually running across them.
Now I am a respecter of the law—un
less I am retained on the other side’—
and I found it hard work to refrain
from shooting at the deer that present
ed themselves as if they knew that they
were free from danger. But along to
ward the last our meat ran out, and I
told the old man that we would have j
to have some fresh meat even if wTe had
to kill a deer. He agreed with me, and j
IT/ wasn i ten iJiiiiULro later mat a ucn
f prang up ahead of us. I wasn’t pre
pared for him, but the guide was, and
he made a clean miss, much to his dis
gust. That was the last deer that we
saw, and we returned without having
broken the law. But no sooner had we
arrived at the point where we had
started from than the old man was ar
rested for killing a deer. end I took it
vipon myself to defend him, ns I knew
him to be innocent. I took the stand
in his behalf. and thinking It
best to make a clean breast of the mat
ter, I admitted that he had shot at
a deer, but missed him. Then I put
the old man on the stand to cor
roborate my testimony.
“ ‘You admit having shot at the
deer?’ said I, when the old man took
the stand.
“ ‘Th’et's what!’ he answered.
" ‘And you missed him?’ I contin
ued.
“ ‘No, siree!* he shouted. 'I killed
him, b'gee!’
“That took the wind out of my sails
and. I collapsed, the result being that
the old man was fined $25.
“After the trial I took him aside
and asked him what he meant by
swearing to a lie and convicting him
self.
“ ‘See hyar,” he answered, *Tve bln
lyin’ fer 20 years about never havin'
missed a deer thet I shot at, an’ ye
don’t think thet I would ruin my rep
utation fer $25 do ye?”
n* Strenuous Itlflueatlim.
The women of Kansas here won
their campaign for reform In the
schools, the principal feature of which
was that courtship may be carried on
In school hours. The claaees In higher
education In that state hereafter, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer, will bis ■»>
dor the direction of Prof. Cupid.
GAVE HIM A PRIGHT.
Sat When the Explanation Came
Hear jr Found Out Thing! Were
■et So Bad.
He was a constant visitor. He favor*
ably impressed ber sisters and mother
by his dignified behavior and sensible
conversation. He would probably bave
had the same gratifying effect upon her
father, but as the latter was completely
immersed in Irtsinesa he was at home
very little of the time. The young man
had a dim recollection of being intro
duced to him once and speaking a word
or so, but since that time had not seen
him at all. However, this didn’t bother
him much, and his love affair came to a
focus rapidly, says London Tit-Bits.
When he asked the young lady to be
come bis wife she referred him to her
father.
“I’ll see him to-morrow, dear,” he re
plied.
“No, I don’t think you can," she an- i
swered; "he’s going out of town on a
long business trip to-morrow evening,
and so will not be here when you come.”
"By Jove, then,” responded the young
man, “I’ll drop in on him at the office.”
The next day be turned up at the place i
of business of bis idol’s father. He |
knew he was head of the concern. He j
made his way into the office and ther«
confronted a very busy gentleman in
deed. Asking for a moment of the lat-,
tei’s time he said:
“I have come to ask you for your
daughter’s hand.”
The man addressed stopped, turned ]
round and looked at him a moment, and |
then said:
“I’m sorry to tell you, young man, but
my daughter Is to be married to-mor
row."
Without waiting for an explanation
the horror-stricken suitor rushed from
the building. He hailed a cab and drove
madly to the young lady’s home.
“What—what does lT all mean?” he
gasped, as soon as he saw her. “Speak!
What does it mean? I have just seen1
your father at his office, and he says that
you are to be married to-morrow.”
“Why, Henry,” she ejaculated, in a
tone of astonishment, “my father? !
Why, he left for the north last night’
A little further conversation revealed ;
the fact that Henry had been speaking
to frer father's partner.
- bu■am' r -r-~w~ - ■ m >i ■ if—renr nrr~—■
WORLD’S FAIR RATES.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
St. Louis, April 30th to Decem
ber 1, 1904. Rate for ten day
excursion ticket will be one fare
and one-fifth for the round trip.
Tickets on sale daily April 27th
to November 30, 1904. Rate for
sixty day excursion ticket one
fare and one-third for the round
trip. Tickets on sale April 25th
to Nov. 20th. Rate for season
EXCURSION TICKETS eighty
per cent, of double the standard
one way fare for the round trip.
Tickets on sale daily April 15th
to Nov. 15th, Final return limit
Dec 15, 1904.
Tkos. H. Reamey, Agt.
BIG LINE OF
New Goods Arriving.
j
Crown, Schiller & Shaeffer
-PIANOS
AND
Patronize a Home Man.
Z. B. REID. ,
JAS. V. RIDLEY,
TRAIfEUNG MACHINIST,
REPAIRS ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY.
-TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE.-“
TelEme your Engine Trouble
Phone No. 51—Three Rings.
NEWPORT, .... ARKANSAS.
LETTER TO POND-DECKER
MFG. CO., NEWPORT, ARK.
Gentlemen:—Mr.-,
president of a cotton mill at
Union, S. C.,—he don’t want to
see his name in print—had two
offers of 500 galloi of paint;
$1.30 and $1.25. Took the $1.25
and got skinned. He'd have got
three-quarters skinned if he’d
taken the other.
The $1.30 was full gallon; the
$1.25 was 18 per cent short. The
full measure paint was adultera
ted 40 per cent; the short meas
ure paint was adulterated 45
per cent, besides benzine in the
oil, don’t know how much.
Devoe lead-and-zinc wasn’t
sold in the town then.
It don’t pay to monkey with |
paint.
Devoe costs less than any of
’em; not by the gallon, of course,
by the house and year. That’s
how to reckon it. Go by the,
name. Yours truly,
F. W. Devoe & Co.,
93 New York and Chicago.
ROAD NOTICE.
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Notice is hereby given that the undersigned j
will apply to the county court, at the July term.
1904. thereof, for an order establishing a new road j
in Village township, to run as follows, to-wit: j
Beginning at the Newport and Jonesboro road
at or near the northeast corner of the southeast
luarter of the southwest quarter of Section 84.
township 12. north range 2 west, thence run south !
in the half mile section line to the center of sec- I
tion 10, township 11. north range 2 west, thence '■
n a southwesterly direction, diagonally across the
aortheast quarter of the southwest quarter of i *
said section 10 to the southwest corner of the | J
northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of 1
said section 10. thence south on the quarter 9ec- >
ion line until it intersects the Memphis and ‘
Newport road at or near the northwest comer of I *
:he northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of : 1
section 15. township 11. north range 2 west.
JOHN MELVILLE. i <
M. S. LITTLETON Et Al. I ;
This May 7. 1904. j*
Read the Independent for the
news. \
Time Tells
\ The Story.
There is a big difference be
tween the cost of making a first
class sewing machine, embodying
the best materials and workman
ship, and one which is made in the
cheapest manner. The buyer of
the cheap machine soon pays the
difference of price in the constant
cost for repairs, to say nothing of
its annoying inefficiency.
Singer Sewing Machines do
good work during a lifetime.
Sold on Installments.
Old Machines ta’sen in exchange
Liberal Discount for Cash.
Oils, Needles, Attachments and
Repairs for all makes of machines.
The Singer Manufacturing Co.
“The Sewing Machine Mikera of the World.”
FRANK W. LYNN. M'g'r.
121 Hazel St., Newport, Ark.
FOR SA1E.
Residence corner Sixth and
Hazel streets. Eight rooms, re- '
jeption hall electric lighted,
3ath room, hot and cdd water. (
inquire of (
>5d20 J. /olkner. ,
ROAD NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the uitersigned will ]
pply to the County Court, at th July term,
904, thereof, for an order establishiig a new road
n Class township, to run as followaito-wit:
Beginning at the quarter seotiortine running ,
ast and west through section S3, town
hip 14 N., range 1 west, where said tuarter sec- 1
ion line crosses Village creek, ruining thence 1
>est on said quarter section line though sec- ]
ions 33 andj S2 to the southwest cener of the
JW 1-4 of section 32, said township nd range,
hence north on ecstion lines 1 mile, Uihe north- ,
■ est corner of the SW 1-4 of section 21 there in- ,
ersecting the public road. '
This April the 24th, 1904. <
F. M. FAISONS. i
W. H. CRAfE,
and others. '
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