FALSE REPORTS.
Davis Henchmen Would Create
False Impression in Lonoke
County—Davis Losing
Very Fast.
Newport, Ark., January 20.
Editor Arkansas Democrat:
A report was being curculated
at Beebe today that Judge Wood
had written to Butlerville, Lonoke
county, to know how much
money it would require to “buy”
up the judges. Woods at Beebe
is making a leader of same and
informed me that he would pub
lish Wood’s letter. Of course I
understand that Wood has writ
ten no such letter, but I take the
liberty of mentioning same to
show what desperate measures
are being resorted to by Davis’
UV11V11JIUVU*
When Davis pardoned Bob.
Simmons, the celebrated blind
tiger artist at Newport, he stated
that he had pardoned him be
cause he had lost an arm while
wearing a Confederate uniform.
I was reliably informed today
that Simmons really lost his arm
while dynamiting fish and was
less than 40 years of age at the
present time, so presume he went
fishing in the uniform.
Davis is rapidly losing strength
for the past two wreeks in the
different sections I have visited.
Jas. Holt.
$390 FOR LETTERS TO
ENCOURAGE EMIGRATION.
The Rock Island system offers
twenty prizes of the aggregate
value of $390 for letters relative
to the territory along its lines in
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Texas and New
Mexico. Letters should deal
with the writers’ experiences
since he settled in the Southwest.
They should tell how much money
he had when he arrived, what
measure of success has attended
his efforts and what he thinks of
that portion of the country in
which he is located. Letters
should not be less than 300 nor
more than 1500 words in length,
and will be used for the purpose
of advertising the Southwest.
Letters are desired not only
from farmers and farmers’ wives,j
but also from merchants, school
teachers, clergymen, from every
one, in brief, who has a story to
tell and who knows how to tell it.
For circular giving details write
to John Sebastian, Passenger
Traffic Manager, Rock Island
System, Chicago.
NOTHING LIKE IT.
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Col. Wm. H. fearnes, the Ar
kansas colonel who enjoys the
distinction of being the first
president of the Arkansas Trav
elers’ Association, is in the city
today seeing his many customers,
and between drinks—we meant
to say Tcustomers—is talking up
r the first annual meeting of the
i Arkansas travelers, to be held at
i Newport, May 6 and 7. Colonel
j Barnes says all other drummer
| meetings will look like a fried
[ onion in a kidney' stew compared
to the one over which he will
preside next May.—Poplar Bluff
Citizen.
LOOKING FOB PEARLS.
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Newport, as the leading mar
ket of the White and Black river
| pearls, which streams contribute
valuably to the world’s supply of
precious gen is attracting the
attention of \ ny Northern and
Eastern buyek »
H. W. Sowarde of New York
c;G* has charge of the New
vork office of Bunde & Upmyer,
\
also Charles W. Hufschmidt oi
i Milwaukee, another buyer for
this firm, P. F. Heide of Prairie
du Chien, Wisconsin, W. 0. New
house of Janesville, Wisconsin,
H. N. Stabeck of Renville, Min
nesota, and T. T. Ristiegen oi
Christiana, Norway, have been
here several days the past week
and purchased quite a lot of
pearls and baropues from C. A.
Windau and other local buyers.
The visitors should have post
poned their trip here four or five
months until the pearling season
is opened and they would then
find offerings on this market
worthy of their attsntion.
The buyers are all very pleas
ant gentlemen and Mr. Sowarde
of New York is one of the lead
ing buyers of the great metropo
lis.
EUCHRE CLUB
ENTERTAINED.
The Thursday Evening Euchre
club was entertained in a de
lightful manner Thursday even
ing by Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Johnson at their pretty home on
Vine street.
Military Euchre was played,
there being eight tables. Mrs.
T. D. Kinman, Jr., was the win
ner of the first prize, a beautiful
vase. Mrs. E. L. Maris won a
china plate, T. E. Allen a stein
and E. D. Bracy a cigar case.
Delicious refreshments of
chicken salad, escalloped oysters,
peas, crackers, pickles, olives
and coffee were daintily served
by Mesdames Narcie Minor, 0.
D. Watson, L. G. McCauley and
Miss Jennie McCauely.
The club members present
were: Messrs, and Mesdames
T. D. Kinman, Jr., J. L. Jones,
A. Fels, George Anderson, 0. D.
Watson, T. E. Allen, C. Simpson,
W. W. McMinn, G. A. Hillhouse,
E. L. Maris, W. A. O’Neal.
A limited number of guests
were present. They were: Mrs.
Narcie Minor, Misses Roberta
Morrison, Lucy Brandenburg,
Lou Minor, Lula Wolf, Jennie
McCauley, Messrs. J. B. Dag
gett, T. E. Tappan, Ernest Mc
Donald, F. P. Skipwith.
MAN TO MAN.
A splendid melodrama “Man
to Man” comes highly recom
mended to the opera house next
Monday night. This play is now
in its third season and last year
played the largest cities only,
scoring an immediate success on
account of the intensely interest
ing story and the exceptionally
high class manner in which it
was staged, as regards costumes
and scenery and the exception
ally strong company of players
that gave the performance. The
story is on new and novel lines,
intensely interesting from start
to finish, and while thrilling
enough to be melo-dramatic, it
still has a double comedy vein
running through it and hence it
really should be called a “melo
comedy-drama. ’ ’ The entire
production will be offered here
in a most elaborate manner and
is sure of success.
FORSALE!
240 acres of land, 140 in culti
vation, with four houses, raised
50 bales of cotton the past season,
six miles from Newport, 3 miles
from Jacksonport. Eighty acre
pasture at Jacksonport, frame
store house of two good rooms
at Jacksonport.
29blmo. J. M. Grubbs.
' I. D. Price handles the Mc
Kinley 10c music and carries in
stock at alj, times a full line of
this popular and fast selling mu
sic. ' 87btf.
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i MAJOR NEWMAN’S CHANGE.
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I Has Been Friendly to Governor
Davis* But is Now for
Judge Wood.
| Pine Bluff, Jan. 21.—Major
I Charles Gordon Newman, editor
i
of the Pine Bluff Commercial,
which heretofore in the present
i campaign has been quite friendly
to Governor Davis, announces a
' change of front.
Major Newman states to his
j friends that he has been a sup
porter of Davis for the reason
that he thought until recently
that Davis was a persecuted man.
Governor Davis’ reference to
the immorality ot men m a
i speech at Ozark, his subsequent
denial of the incident and his
treatment of Judge Wood at
: Hope are factors which served
| to turn Major Newman toward
Judge Wood.
When Davis denied the state
ment accredited to him at Ozark,
and Editor Claude C. Colburn of
the Ozark Democrat insisted
Davis had made the remark, the
Commercial undertook to sustain
Colburn’s paper. Newman and
Colburn are warm personal
friends, were comrades in boy
hood and throughout the war,
and the position in which Col
burn was placed was the strong
est factor in turning Major New
man.
INTERESTING MARRIAGE.
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Married, by the Rev. C. Pope
at the Newport Hotel at 8 o’clock
Thursday evening, Mr. F. H.
Wayland, a good citizen of Dev
|ero, Baxter county, Ark., and
Mrs. L. W. Burtis, an excellent
woman of Augusta, Ga.
The bride arrived at Newport
over the Choctaw at 2 o’clock
and by previous arrangement
was met by the groom.
A singular feature of this mar
riage is seen in the fact that the
officiating minister was the
bride’s pastor in Augusta, Ga.,
twenty years ago.
The Independent extends con
gratulations and best wishes.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
The firm of Martin & Com
pany, comprising H. P. Aubrey,
G. C. Martin and Wm. Hooker,
is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. Wm. Hooker.
G. C. Martin.
January 18, 1904. 29d3t
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FARMERS
DRAYMEN
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that want the best grease on the
market and that recognize a good
thing when shown its merits, we
recommend our Golden and Cas
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! It is put up in 1 pound tin boxes
and 3 pound tin buckets. For
sale by all up-to-date merchants.
Ask for it and take no substitute.
It is guaranteed to have no equal
for quality on the market.
WATERS-PIERCE
OIL COMPANY.
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
| Stone Walks apply to me.
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Local Agents.
DR. CHAS. E. CARROLlJ
Dentist
Successor to Black Bros.
Office: Watson Building
Rooms 1, i and 3.
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