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VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1904. NUMBER 201.
TRIPLE TRAGEDY
RESULT OF FEUD.
• Farmers Near Luxora Engage in
Shooting Affair, Resulting
Fatally for Three.
Luxora, Dec. 18.—An old feud
S between two farmers and two
merchants at Rosa, five miles
from here, terminated yester
day in a tripple killing. J. J. War
ren, with his son, H. H. Warren,
both farmers, and Ed Bickerson,
a merchant, lost their liyes, and
John Bickerson, brother of Ed
Bickerson, is held on a charge of
murder.
The Warrens, it is said, had a
dispute some time ago with Ed
Bickerson over a settlement of
an account, the sum of 25 cents
being the amount involved.
As the Warrens entered Rosa
yesterday Ed Bickerson came out
of his store and the quarrel was
resumed. H. H. Warren drew a
revolver and shot Bickerson
dead, a brother of the deceased,
hearing the shot, came out of the
store door, revolver in hand, and
began shooting at the Warrens,
killing both of them before they
could return the fire.
NEW CORPORATION
' TO BE LAUNCHED.
The enterprising town of
Tuckerman has been the scene
of much building and improve
ment the past year since the
\ opening of Brown’s addition to
the city, where a number of
neat and pretty residences have
m already been erected.
Commencing with the new year
a new mercantile company, to be
incorporated this week as the
Harvey - Greenhaw Mercantile
Company, with a capital stock
of $40,000, one-half of which is
paid up, will further contribute
to the upbuilding of the town.
The stockholders in the new
company are S. W. Harvey, J.
A. Greenhaw, A. Greenhaw, J.
B. Slayden, L. T. Slayden and
John Greenhaw, and the stocks
and business of Sam Harvey and
A. Greenhaw & Company are to
be merged. They will occupy the
present store house of A. Green
haw & Co. and are having con
structed by J. C. Herron a large
brick warehouse.
•The new company will do a
(general mercantile business and
with its capital and the confi
dence the public has in the capa
bility and honesty of its directors,
will no doubt prove a successful
corporation.
SLUMP IN COTTON
-v CAUSED FAILURE.
Moore & Sons of Beebe Carried
Vnder By Cotton Holdings—
Liabilities May Reach
\ ^ to $40,000.
Little R0(?k, Dec. 18. - A Beebe
mercantile firm has just failed
on account of the slump in the
cotton market, due to the gov
ernment estimate.
The liabilities are about $40,
000 and the assets, including a
large amount 0f cotton held by
commission merchants, will be
very nearly thafc amount.
Edwin Moore! Chas. Moore, R.
P. Moore and J.»L. Moore, com
posing the firm JLf Edwin Moore
& Sons, have fiiJn jn the federal
court here their petition of vol
untary bankrupt®
J. H. Harrod & Little Rock
and Sam J. Crab^e of Beebe
are their attorneyg*
They are merchaAs and have
a stock valued at and 753
'
bales of cotton in the hands of
Memphis and St. Louis compan
ies, also as a part of their assets
a large number of notes and open
accounts, mostly at Beebe,
amounting to several thousand
dollars, besides the personal prop
erty of the members of the late
firm.
The liabilities aggregate about
$40,000, the largest amounts
being with Little Rock creditors.
CLOSING WEEK
OF PRIZE CONTEST.
—;
Home Stretch is Being Run by
Little Folks — With Edwin
Johnson Still in the
Lead
Edwin Johnson. 1565
Wm. Wallace Dutton. 1369
Dorothy Stephens. 1244
Ernest Theodore Phillips. 1242
Jas. Edward Wilmans. 1099
Charles Jones Brandenburg 857
Jeannette Henry. 543
Thelma Smart. 60
The race in the baby contest
has at last reached the home
stretch, little Edwin Johnson
still showing the way to his
competitors for popularity hon
ors of sweetness and beauty.
Wm. Wallace Dutton comes
second, Dorothy Stephens shows
up third, Ernest Theodore Phil
lips a close fourth, James Ed
ward Wilmans in fifth rank,
Charles Jones Brandenburg
sixth, Jeannette Henry seventh
and Thelma Smart brings up the
rear.
Monday is ever a light voting
day, but Tuesday, as a rule,
makes up for the former’s de- J
ficiency, and tomorrow’s totals
are awaited with interest. It is
either now or never that gains
must be made and prizes won,
for just a few more days and all
is over.
| IN SOCIETY. \
SATURDAY CARD CLUB.
An unusually pleasant card
party was enjoyed by a large
number of the society young la
' dies of the city Saturday after
' noon at the hospitable home of
Miss Louise Irby.
It was the regular meeting ot
; the Saturday Card club and was
; well attended by the club mem
! bers, with a number of invited
guests, which added pleasure to
the occasion.
The prize, a handsome bon bon
dish, was awarded Miss Mary
Sprigg, who made the highest
! score. An elegant* lunch was
j served by the young hostess, as
I sisted by her cousin, Miss Sue
Armstrong.
Those present were Mesdames
A. G. Anderson, Ed Wilmans, R.
J. Wise, Misses Noreene Kin
man, Alma Futrall, Sallie Foster,
Della Bernstein, Hester Phillips,
Lula Wolf, Mary Laird, Mary
Sprigg, Lizzie Irby, Mae Whitta
j ker, Mabel Stayton.
i AYER & LORD OUT
FOR FACTORY SITE.
The Ayer-Lord Tie Company
is contemplating a removal of
j one of their tie treating plants,
employing 100 men and calling
for an investment of $100,000, to
some one of the towns on the
; lower White.
They now have plants at Car
bondale. 111., and Grenada,
Miss. They ask no bonus and
will locate where a suitable site
! can be secured.
POSTOFFICE FIGHT
* WAXING WARM.
Texarkana Plum Soon to be
Awarded by Republican
State Committee.
Little Rock, Dec. 18. —The se
lection of a postmaster at Texar
kana promises to cause the Re
publican state committee consid
erable trouble when it meets in
Little Rock this month to settle
the contest. Mr. Bickley, the
present incumbent, is making a
hard fight for reappointment. If
reports from Texarkana are to.
be believed, the following well
known Republicans will also ask
the committee for its indorse
ment: Col. Frank Thompson, E.
A. Schicker, the present reg
ister of the land office at Cam
den; T. 0. Kyle and Tom Daly
of Texarkana. Mr. Daly is a
resident of the Texas side, and is
making strenuous efforts to land
the plum. He is circulating a
a petition on the Arkansas side,
and it is said Has secured many
signers. The Texarkanian is re
sponsible for the statement that
Mr. Kyle recently made a flying
trip to the City of Mexico to so
licit the aid of Gen. Powell Clay
ton, but the result of his mission
is not known. Knowing ones
say the flight may result in the
selection of Hon. B. M. Foreman.
BURNED TO DEATH
TO COVER CRIME.
Two Women and One Man Suffer
Horrible Fate Near Mon
ticello, Ark.
Monticello, Dec. 18. — W. M.
Stevenson and wife and Mrs.
Willie Barrett, a visitor, were
burned to death in the Steven
son home twelve miles south of
Monticello Friday night.
Mrs. Barrett’s husband had
left her at Stevenson’s, he hav
ing been asked to escort Steven
son’s daughter to a dance at
Selma.
When neighbors reached the
house they found the bodies of
the inmates burned beyond rec
ognition.
Sheriff Wilson went to investi
gate and sent to Pine Bluff for
blood hounds. Stevenson was
known to keep considerable
money in the house and it is be
lieved the house was attacked
for the purpose of robbery and
was set on fire to cover up the
crime.
PROCEEDINGS OF
SUPREME COURT.
In the case of Wilmans et al
versus Henry Bordwell et al, on
appeal from the Jackson circuit
court, oral argument was heard
and the cause submitted in the
supreme court Saturday.
In the divorce case of Mrs.
Shirey of Minturn the motion to
advance and affirm for alimony
was submitted.
W. F. EVERETT.
W. F. Everett, a farmer who
was held in high esteem by his
neighbors and acquaintances,
died Monday, Dec. 12, at his
home in Bird township, from
pneumonia, and was buried at
Prysock graveyard Wednesday.
He leaves a wife and a num
ber of children, who have the
sympathy of friends in their
bereavement.
Wolff-Goldman Mercantile
Co. are closing out their
Christmas articles at actual
cost in the hardware de
partment. 0 \ d6t
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