VOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20. 1902. NUMBER 103
BOOKS CLOSED AUG. 1.
A SALE THAT SAVES.
ALL GOODS REDUCED
NO GOODS CHARGED
NO GOODS EXCHANGED
, Sale Commences August 1.
Men’s Straw Hats.1
Ladies’ Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats ^
Flowers, Veilings, Etc..L u
AH Parasols. Mali.
All Books ...J
All Laces and Embroideries. 1=5 off
All Colored Dress floods. . . . . . 1=3 off
All Plain Dress floods. 1=5 off
All Shoes and Slippers.1=10 off
All Men’s Furnishing floods.1=5 off
All Clothing. 1=4 off
All Men’s and Boys’ Hats. 1=5 off
ALL GOODS IN THE STORE*.1=10 off
*See Exceptions.
EXCEPTIONS.
New Fall Skirts, E. & W. Collars, Sargent Gloves,
Carhartt Overalls, American Lady Corsets, Silk and :
Cotton Threads and Flosses.
WILL EXHIBIT AT
Newport, Friday, Aug. 29
TWO PERFORMANCES, Afternoon and Night. TWO RINGS, ELEVAT
ED STAGE, MUSEUM and MENAGERIE. Monster, Majestic, Spectacular
<*tFREE STREET PARADED
Unapproachable . in . Wealth . and . Grandeur.
Targemreater, grander than ever before,
with an entirely new show—new, elegantly finished costumes and wardrobes
throughout.
MUSEUM, MENAGERIE AND EXHIBITION OF TRAINED ANIMALS.
Positively and Emphatically the Only AlPFeature
Show Coming this Season.
Modest in its promises, honest in its announcements, lavish in its per
formances, presenting at all times twice as much as advertised—producing
performances that can not be duplicated by any other show, no matter how
great. __
The Only Behemoth of Holy Writ K£”n
AS LARGE AS AN ELEPHANT.
Grand Free Street Parade at io a. .m.
Two Performances Daily, doors open i and 7 p. m.
The Southern Hotel, of Ravenden
Springs, Ark., is now open for guests.
Lithia water for kidneys, liver and
stomach troubles. 112 miles west of
Memphis on the Frisco System.
Write for rates. Address, Manager,
Southern Hotel. 59b3m.
DR. H. O. WALKER,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Redman’s Drug Store.
Newport, - Arkansas.
INSTITUTE IN SESSION.
The Jackson County Teachers’ In
stitute convened Wednesday morn
ing at the public school building in
this city, with an opening attendance
of thirty-seven.
County Superintendent Neal is con
ducting the institute and on Wednes
day morning after an organization
had been effected, led discussions on
Geography and writing, while Prof.
W. B. Knight discussed Mental Arith
metic.
Following are the names of those
enrolled: Misses Eleanor Bush,
Susie Frizzell, Bettie Steward, Flor*
ence Wooley, Bettie Higgs, Lovis
Mustin, Lena Kimberlin, Stella Lipp
mann,- Coffman; Mesdames L.
F. Kimberlin, J. D. Neal, B. F. Whit
taker^. T. Box, A. W. Jernigan;
Messrs. Henry Grant, A. W. Jernigan,
L. L. Campbell, Andy Phillips, W. A.
Bowman, C. E. Bryant, Watson
Hawk, W. M. Shaver, J. C. Alexander,
W. B. Knight, A. E. Porter, J. W.
Nickelson, N. E. Frazer, C. M. Friz
zell, H. C. Nickelson, J. W. Fife,
Geo. Wright, W. A. Ford, W. L.
Nickelson, J. L. Hodges, W. N.
Beede, David Bowen, 1. J. Mack.
SHARP COUNTY ^CIRCUITJOURT.
Evening Shade, Aug. 18.—The
second week of the Sharp circuit
court for the southern district began
this morning. There are yet several
cases to be disposed of and the court
will be in session a greater part of the
week. Last Saturday Calvin Curtis, a
young man about 22 years old, was
given a year in the state penitentiary
for assault with intent to kill.
The most important case tried at
this term of the court was that of the
State vs. Geo. Johnson, who was in
dicted for murder in the first degree.
Johnson is a merchant at Poughkeep
sie and was alleged to have shot and
killed Sam Medlock, another mer
chant at Poughkeepsie, last Novem
ber. Johnson was acquitted. The
case attracted large crowds during
the progress of the trial.
Senator D. L. King of Hardy is at
tending circuit court. In all orob
ability he will be a candidate for
president of the next senate.
TILLMAN SPEAKS AT MONTE NE.
Rogers, Aug. 19.—Senator Ben
Tillman of South Carolina arrived
here on yesterday and was the guest
of Hon. W. H. (Coin) Harvey of
Monte Ne at his summer resort near
this place. Every courtesy was ex
tended the distinguished gentleman,
this being his first visit to Arkansas.
He spoke today to over 4,000 people
at Monte Ne and was well received
by the crowd. The Frisco gave an
excursion from Fort Smith, Van Bu
ren, Springfield, Mo., and many other
points. The Frisco will run special
trains to Monte Ne every Sunday for
the next month and the springs are
becoming very noted in north Ark
ansas, Missouri and Indian Territory.
GOVERNOR REFUSES
PARDON APPLICATIONS.
Yesterday marked the announce
ment from the governor’s office at the
capitol of the wholesale refusal of
pardons to men from all over the
state and for nearly every crime in
the calendar. Only one reduction of
a fine of $50 to $10 was granted as
the result of petitions, which, if un
folded, would easily have filled a
bushel basket. During the time,
when out of the joint debates, Gov.
Davis has been engaged in examining
into the piles of evidence submitted
in every case.
COTTON PLANT’S
PROPOSED RETALIATION.
Cotton Plant, Aug. 18.—Miss Gracie
Sheldon, a model Christian and a very
popular young lady, died here yester
day and was buried this afternoon.
The taking off of the mail and
passenger train by the new officials
has made more enemies for the Choc
taw than anything that ever occurred
here. A committee of business men
will leave here soon for St. Louis to
pledge the entire traffic of the town
to the Cotton Belt if they will build
an eight mile branch to this town.
PANTHER SEEN NEAR BENTON
Hon. W. C. Whitthorne, of Benton
was in Little Rock Tuesday and told e
story to a Gazette reporter about a
panther which was seen a few dayf
ago by a farmer only a short distance
from his town. The farmer was driv
ing several cows home from the pas
ture when the creature jumped into
the middle of the road in front of the
stock in a crouching position. He
seemed as much surprised as the
farmer, when the latter seized a stick
and frightened him away by demon
stration all too warlike for his notions
of bravery. The cattle which the far
mer was driving were very much
frightened and immediately stam
peded. According to the current
story in Benton, there is no doubt
that the creature was really a pan
ther, the man who claims to have seen
it having had experience with its
kind before. The negroes and many
of the whites near the town are much
excited over the incident, and erratic
efforts have been made to hunt the
animal down with dogs. It is prob
able that a regularly organized hunt
will be started in a few days and the
country for miles, thoroughly beaten.
No loss of stock has been reported
yet.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
J. S. Jones, commissioner, to John
W. Ferrill, assignee of F. M. Robin
son, 160 acres 11-10-3, $160.
J. H. McHugh and wife to school
district No. 2, 1 acre 6-10-3, $1.00.
Frank Owens to Wolff-Goldman
Realty Co., 1-2 lot 8 block 6, Remmel’s
addition to Newport, $100.
C. A. Tucker and wife to trustees of
school district No. 2, lots 9 and 10,
block 6, Grand Glaize, $6.
Mrs. A. C. McCrosky, to J. A. Mc
Croskey, lot 6, block 8, Remmel’s
addition to Newport, $1.00.
J. S. Jones, commissioner, to
Equitable Securities Co., 1080 acres
6-10-3; 1, 2, 11, 12-10-4, $7,720.97.
State of Arkansas to Charles A.
Smith, 65.73 acres 6-10-3.
Solcman Carr to Wolff-Goldman
Realty Co., 1-2 interest 80 acres 27-11
2, $20.
WEDDING ANNOUNCED.
The first fall wedding to be an
nounced is that of Miss Katherine
Harrison Morrison to Mr. James La
vator JoneSj to which invitations
have been issued, the marriage to be
solemnized Wednesday evening, Sep
tember the third, at eight o’clock at
St. Paul’s Episcopal church. The
contracting parties are well known
and popular in Newport, where the
prospective gooom has been raised
and the bride-to-be has long made
her home. Madame Rumor goes fur
ther than the handsomely engraved
invitations and assures society of a
very pretty church wedding.
PLAYMATE STABBED TO DEATH.
Ozark, August. 10.—Last night at
Sandy creek church house in Ivey
township, this county, twelve miles
west of Ozark, Theodore Wade, aged
15 years, and another boy about the
same age, were fighting when another
boy named C arge Campbell ran up
to where the two boys were fighting
and stab be a young Wade in the arm.
Wade immediately pulled his knife
out of his pocket, cutting Campbell’s
throat, from which he died in a few
minutes.
Wade is under arrest and will have
his preliminary trial tomorrow.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
J. A. Elliott and Miss Carrie B.
Terrell, both of Newport.
D. C. Allen and Dovie Barnes, both
of Remmel.
A. J. Hartsell and Mrs. Malinda
Dean, both of Tuckerman.
Haven Thomas and Lucy Thomas,
both of Auvergne.
HIGHEST PRICES PAID.
For this reason you should send
your Fine Pearls, Baroques and slugs
to our firm, as we sell to European
markets exclusively. J. M. O’Hara
& Co., 34 Madison St. Memphis, Tenn.
A BIG HIT.
Campbell Bros. Shows Made a De
cided Hit at Wahpeton—Thor
oughly Endorsed—Tribute
To The Dead.
Wahpeton, N. D., June 11, 1902.
Special to the Forum, Fargo, N. D.
This was an ideal summer’s day, and
4,500 people crowded the Campbell
Bros, shows in this city. The large
menagerie was a grand lesson in
natural history. The museum and
side shows were replete with the best
specimens in that line.
One of the grandest entertainments
ever given here took place in the
large tent this afternoon and was re
peated this evening. The perform
ance w&s simply wonderful. The
show is one of the cleanest ever ap
ptearing here and won the plaudits of
the multitude.
In the afternoon 250 employes of
the circus led by the magnificent
band, and accompanied by the Camp
bell family visited the graves of
Charles Smith, of Rock Island^ 111.,
and Chas. Walters, of Alma, Wash.,
who were killed in this city by light
ning June 10, 1897, when engaged in
work for Ringling Bros., and to whose
memory the Messrs. Ringling have
erected a granite column. Rev. W.
Edwards of Abercrombie, offered
prayer and delivered an address in
which he said that the true religion
of humanity embodied the fatherhood
of God and brotherhood of man.
The band played “Nearer My God to
Thee.” The graves were then dec
orated with beautiful plants in bloom
—the gifts and tokens of a company
of human hearts touched by the in
spiration of friendship, love and
truth. After the closing prayer by
Rev. Edwards, the procession re
turned to the city. At Newport, Au
gust 29.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
A party was given Tuesday after
noon which extended into the even
ing, at the home of Rev. James H.
Brooks on Third Street, in honor of
the fourth birthday of little Miss
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Misses Janie Stephens and Myrla
Gravitt and Mrs. W. J. Knox assisted
in the entertainment of the little ones
and in the serving of delicate refresh
ments of cream and cake.
Those present were Misses Bertha
Hirsch, Nora Bandy, Corinne and
Aleen Mosby, Ruby Abernathy, Jewel
Martin Daniel, Lutie May Stephens,
Geraldine Gravitt, Clara and Emma
Brooks; Masters Dickson Bandy,
Mell, Terrell and Walton Brooks,
Ralph, Karl and Paul Hirsch and
Raymond Bowen.
INSPECT WORK AT HOX1E.
General Superintendent Cotter,
Division Superintendent Tyler of the
Missouri division, and J. W. Luttrell,
superintendent motive power of the
Iron Mountain were in Hoxie Mon
day and remained over night to make
a general inspection of their terminal
grounds and of the progress of the
work. Mr. Cotter is anxious to get
the work finished by October next if
it be possible.
TO COAL CONSUMERS.
The undersigned will leave in a few
days for the coal fields and upon his
return will be in position to offer
Domestic and Steam coal at reason
able prices. See him before placing
your order. M. K. Upshaw.
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