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VOLUME V. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. FRIDAY. JULY 23. 1903. NUMBER 60.
STATE SHOOT HELD.
Tine Records Made in Annual Tourna
ment at Pine Stuff This Week.
Pine Bluff, July 27.—Some ex
cellent records were made by the
members of the Arkansas State
Sportsmen’s Association on the
first day of the tournament
which began Wednesday morn
ing in this city. ..Messrs, Lloyd
S and Clements of Pine Bluff Gun
Club wrested the two-team
- championship from Messrs. A.
L. Morgan and J. P. Wright of
Camden, their record being 46
out of a possible 50. The three
team championship was won by
E. C. Arnold, Ed Howell and J.
E. Wells of Pine Bluff, their rec
ord being 65 birds out of a pos
sible 75.
The highest scere of the day’s
shoot was made by W. H. Joyner
of Memphis, who missed 29 out
of 250; E. C. Arnold of Pine
Bluff, who missed 30 out of 250,
and John E. Wells of Pine Bluff,
who missed 31 out of 250.
The individual championship
will be decided today, and a fine
repeating shotgun will be given
the winner. A large number ol
prominent sportsmen from all
over the state are taking part in
the tournament, w7hich will close
this afternoon,
Arkansans at Portland.
Those who have been keeping
an eye on the exposition travel
to Portland from Arkansas esti
mate that at present fully 500
citizens of this state have already
gone to that far away city to see
the exposition and the country.
A number of parties of half a
dozen or more persons have gone
from numbers of cities and towns
in the state, taking advantage of
tne low rates of fare offered by
the railroads with opportunities
to stop at various points of in
terest in the great west. Ar
kansas has no exhibit of pro
ducts other than a good repre
sentation of her citizenship.
There is a Dixie society in Port
land, composed of former South
erners who are now citizens of
the Oregon metropolis. The or
ganization will doubtless make it
pleasant for every Southerner
that journeys to Portland during
the exposition.—Little Rock Ga
zette,
Preparing to Doable Track.'
trary to reports published
there is no surveying progress
ing on the main line cf the Iron
Mountain with reference to the
<trmhlp-tT’5ir*Uin<r of certain nor
tions of the line. General Su
perintendent Tyler was seen to
day and stated that the en
gineering department was at
this time preparing reports
showing the yardage necessary
to be removed to take care for
the double tracks, incident to the
advertising for bids for the
Same. There is at this time no
plan on foot to double-track
more of the road. There is no
‘ sort of doubt that in the very
near future the entire main line
will be double-tracked to care for
the ever-increasing business of
the system.
Upper Rivers flooded.
Pocahontas, July 27.—As a re
sult of a cloudburst on upper Cur
rent and Black river last Satur
day a general overflow is antici
pated. The water came down
Current river so sudden and with
such force that large numbers of
cattle and horses were drowned
in the Cherokee bay before they
could be rescued. The washout
on the Frisco railroad near Delta,
Mo., caused considerable delay
in trains, and for two days Poca
honta; had no trains from the
north. It is reported that the
water stood ten inches deep on
the rails near Delta, Mo. Trains,
however, are now running on
time.
MORRILLTON GETS ENCANPMENT.
Second Regiment Will Bivouac a! Morrill
ton Equipment Being Repaired.
Little Rock, July 27.—Gover
nor Davis and Major-General
Haynes, commander-in-chief of
the Arkansas State Guard, after
consulting with the officers of the
regiment, have decided on Mor
rillton as the place for holding
the Second Regiment (infantry)
encampment. The encampment
will begin Monday, August 28.
and will be for one week, closing
Saturday, September 2. Gov.
Davis and his staff will review
the troops on Tuesday, August
29. Next Sunday a party of
officers will visit Morrillton for
the purpose of staking off and
laying out the encampment
grounds.
The encampment of the First
Regiment will immediately fol
low that of the Second Regiment,
beginning on Monday, Septem
ber 4, and closing Saturday, Sep
tember 9. It will be held at
Jonesboro.
Col. W. K. Surridge of Black
nocK anu ^vjajur u. x^. uram ux
Jonesboro, both of the Second
Regiment, Arkansas State Guard,
were in Little Rock yesterday en
route home from Hot Springs,
where they had been for several
days gathering up the tents and
stoves belonging to the State;
Guard, but which were some1
time ago loaned to the residents
of Hot Springs, who had been
rendered homeless by the big
fire in that city. This equip
ment has been in Hot Springs
since the State Guard encamp
ment which was held there in
1903. Altogether there will be
two carloads of tents and stoves,
which will be shipped to Little
Rock, so that the necessary re
pairs can be made on the tents,
which are to be used at the en
campments of the first and sec
ond regiments.
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Tony Curry Dead.
Little Rock, July 27.—News
was received at the headquarters
of the Iron Mountain here of the
death of A. L. Curry at Deming.
New Mexico, one of the best
known conductors on the Iron
Maintain avatom Mr Clirrv
was 44 years of age and had
been in the employ of the Iron
Mountain since 1885. His run
was on the Arkansas division
from Poplar Bluff to Texarkana,
and made his home in Texar
kana.
Business Course Scholarship.
One of the best business coi
I leges in the South is the Mem
phis Commercial College. The
: famous Byrne Simplified Short
hand is taught there; also prac
tical bookkeeping and other
studies of a thorough business
course. The graduates of this
school never fail to attain good
positions. The Independent owns
a $40 scholarship in this school,
which will be sold for $25 to the
first applicant. tf
Thrown Under Hay Rake.
Carlisle, July 27.—Cleo Scree
ton, who lives five miles east of
this town, was seriously injured
while at work driving a team
hitched to a hayrake. The
; horses ran away and he was
! thrown directly under the teeth
j of| the machine rake. He was
| badly bruised and lacerated, but
| is resting easily and will recover.
PENITENTIARY SENTENCE
Segal Carrens Convicted of Seduction in
Court at Pocahontas Weather
ford Receives Sentence.
Pocahontas, -July 27. — Ore nt
court continues in session at tins
place and many important casos
are being disp -mi ■>'. . he case
of the state vs. S gal Carrens Pa
seduction, which has been pend
ing in court for the last two
years, was finally disposed of
yesterday.
It was one of the most stub
born cases that was ever known
in a Randolph countv court and
not a few are proud to see it. dis
posed of.
The jury was out only thirty
minutes and returned a verdict
of guilty, assessing the penalty
at one year in the penitentiary
and a tine of $40. This makes
two men that have received pen
itentiary sentences at this term
of court, Jake Weatherford being
sentenced Saturday for a term of
one year for the killing of Joe
Williams last winter.
J. W. McCollum.
In the death of J. W. McCol
lum at Cascoe, July 20, 1905,
many people who were friends
of the late lamented are touched
in sorrow and sympathy for the
loved ones whose grief is deep
est by closer ties.
The deceased was born in
Lenawee county, Michigan, Feb
ruary 20, 1850, but moved to Illi
noisjwben very young, where he
was married March 17, 1870, in
Franklin county of that state to j
Miss Lydia L. Roundtree.
Moving to Arkansas in 1895, j
he was for several years a resi-1
dent of this city, his remains!
being brought here and laid to
rest at Walnut Grove cemetery,
under the auspices of Pecan
Camp No. 3 W. 0. W., Rev. M.
B. Umstead officiating.
Of Scotch parentage, his
sturdy integrity and observance
of religious duties were in ac
cordance with the ideas of his
ancestry. Kind in his relations
as father and husband, he was
beloved in his home, and the
grief of those to whom the loss
is greatest is supported in the
remembrance of his Christian
life and the consolation of sym
pathy from friends.
The deceased is survived by
his wife and five children, Har
vey E. L. McCollum, Newport;
J. Leonard and Harry E. McCol
lum, Clarendon, and Miss Effie
M. McCollum of Cotton Plant.
Children Marry- at England.
England, July 27.-Ed Ford,
aged 19, and Miss Mabel Bron
son, aged 14, were married last
night at the home of Ben Smith,
Justice of the Peace C. P. New
ton performing the ceremony.
The announcement of the wed
ding this morning was quite a
surprise, owing to the extreme
youth of the couple.
Both White and Black rivers
are again rising and may reach
the recent high stage of water
and overflow the lower bottoms.
At Newport the gauge register
Friday was 13 feet and the rain
fall of the previous night was .44
of an inch.
SPECIAL SALE ON LA
DIES' HOSE.
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All 65c to$l.50 lace and
lisle hose, while they last lot
50c. Also fancy colors
worth from 50c to 75c, foi
35c. Wolff-Goldman Merc.
Co. 783t
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YEL LOW FEVER
There is No Occasion For Alarm
Remember The Lessons cl The
Epidemic of 1S°S.
As we are now t L toned with
another visitation of the dreaded
yellow fever it is wT! to remem
ber the experiences >f the last
occasion* In ail secX"U.~ where
yellow fever made its appear
ance it will be recalled that per
sons who kept their stomach,
liver and bowels strong and
active were not affected by the
disease; while others apparently
healthy were stricken down.
These latter were all more or less
habitually constipated, bilious or
victim's of bad digestion; as a re
sult the blood became impure and
the vital organs were unable to
resist the deadly fever germs.
Now is the time to prepare for
what is to follow. Get your fam
ily and yourself in shape to re
sist the disease. You don’t know
when you are exposed to it;
every man you meet may be
affected, and if you put your
preparations off from day to day
you may be too late. The sensi
ble course is to begin at once
taking Prickly Ash Bitters, that
marvelous system regulator and
blood purifier. Use it regularly
everv dav. Half a wine-glassful
each morning after breakfast
will keep your bowels open and
healthy; it will also strengthen
the stomach and digestion, purify
the blood and by stimulating the
liver and kidneys all bile and
uric acid impurities will be
driver out of the body. In short,!
it puts the system in perfect]
order. Remember 1898. That
was a record year for Prickly
Ash Bitters. In the sections
where it was used the most there
were fewest cases of fever. You
connot do better in this hour of
danger than to make use of the
means which experience has
proven to be the best for fight
ing off this terrible scourge. 78
DR. CHAS. E. CARROLL
Dentist
Gives special attention to
Crown and Bridge Work,
And correction of Irregularities
of the Teeth.
Offick Watson Blds. Phonf., 63.
Newport, - Arkansas.
HENRY OWEN.M. D. HENRY M. OWEN.M.D.
Drs. OWEN & OWEN,
Physicians and Surgeons
Will practice medicine and sur
gery in Newport and sur
rounding country.
NEWPORT, ARK.
OFFICE: Bevens' Drug Store.
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.
! “Come on, ye stubby beards.”
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THERE IS NO USE
To wait for a foreign sales
man when you have one at
| home who sells
EVERYTHING IN THE
MUSICAL LINE.
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1 gans direct from the factory.
Pianos on short order.
Z. B. REID, Managet.
B. W. Hafinet, salesman.
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