__ ... .IS
SHOT ASSAULTER
OF HIS DAUGHTER.
T. N. Ross Wounds Guilty Negro
Who Confessed to Fiendish
Act—Spirited Away to
.
State Capital.
Pine Bluff, May 10.— Robert
Davis, the negro who brutally
l> assaulted Katie, the. 12-year-old
daughter of T. N. Ross, at Kear
ney yesterday, was brought to
j this city about 3:30 o’clock this
\J morning and lodged in the coun
k ty jail. The presence of the ne
" gro in the city caused much ex
citement, and when the announce
ment was made this afternoon
that he had confessed to the
crime, the. feeling ran high.
1 Crowds of angry men stood about
j the street corners and talked of
the crime, but no demonstration
was made during the day.
Previous to being brought here
from Kearney, Davis had been
identified by the little girl as her
assailant. Just as the sheriff
i and his posse started to the train
i with Davis, who had been hand
I cuffed to another negro, T. N.
■ Ross recognized him and, draw
■ ing his pistol, fired three shots
A at the negro. Two of the shots
took effect in the negro’s back
|Band inflicted painful, but not se
. vious wounds. The other shot
|||nrent wild and hit Deputy T. F.
|^Karr in the leg. Mr. Ross was
HBrested and brought to this
where he was released on
^^^Pp/hen first lodged in jail Davis
\tly denied that he was the
^jrijty person. Later on he was
HHHpd-by Jailer Holland, an at
and ''a newspaper man,
and to them he confessed. He
isaid he was drunk at the time he
committed the act.
According to Davis’ statement
he was fishing on the banks of a
pond and saw two little girls,
sisters, on the other side. He
% left his wife, and, telling her to
J carry home the fish, he cut
through the woods to meet the
children. He alleges that he
: walked some distance with the
little s girls and that they were
not: Tightened.
In some way he enticed Katie
\ into the woods and left the
\ your ger girl standing in the
\roadway. Then he began to
k e her and she had no chance
to scream.
Thie smaller girl, when she
heaiti her sister’s screams, ran
jward her home, which was
bout three-quarters of a mile.
The lather started at
to the assistance of his
, but arrived too late to
for the brute had as
and fled. Little Ka
in an unconscious condi
found. She was taken
and tenderly cared
issued a state
ment this afternoon that no
lynching would be allowed and
that he would deal summarily
with any one who talked about it
or spread the report. The city
was in a state of excitement dur
ing the day.
Tonight the negro Davis was
f taken to Little Rock on the 6:20
+his has caused local
to subside.
Prisoners escape
PENITENTIARY. !
O.-j
sred
d at
lay,
~ way
into I
has |
been heard of them. The escapes,
who are all negroes, are Charles
Baskin, sent up from St. Francis
county several years ago for mur
der, in for life; John Long, sent
up from Pulaski county for five
>cars, and George Sandfur of
Craighead county, in for eight
years. The men were at work
in the brickyard and Moffit was
guarding them when one of them
slipped up from the rear and
struck Moffit with a scantling,
knocking him down. The three
men then grabbed his gun and
made their escape.
JACKSONPORT JOTTINGS.
Well, well, well. So some of
our dear correspondents want to
hear from Sunny Jim. Well,
friends, owing to rushing busi
ness we could not appear last
week, but we are here this time.
Now all the Independent’s allies
will kindly keep in line and help
to make it the best paper in
North Arkansas. Will we? Let’s
all join hands and say yes and
then do it.
The principal population of our
village was in Newport last week
helping to make the A. T. A. a
big success, which we note it
proved.:'
The merchants report trade
rather dull.
J. M. Gibson is now installed
as mayor of Jacksonport. May
it be h^ped that he will cause a
greater improvement in the
affairs in general. Mr. Gibson
is an energetic, wide awake busi
ness man and a self-made man,
the kind that does things, and
there is no doubt but that the
affairs of this place under his
supervision will show a decided
improvement.
The steamer Welcome arrived
Friday from Black river with a
trip for Taylor & Gibson, and de
parted Tuesday for points on
Black river. Elmo Riddell is
master, Geo. T. Wilkins mate
and B. A. Boling engineer.
Mrs. J. M. Gibson returned
from St. Louis Monday.
Mrs. E. G. Riddell and daugh
ter, Miss Mamie, were in New
port Tuesday.
R. W. Anderson is shipping a
great many sweet potato plants.
He has a very fine lot of them.
Let us hear from Rattle Box
and all others and we will give
our mite toward making the In
dependent “The Best.”
Sunny Jim.
STATE DIOCESAN COUNCIL.
Reception in Honor of Bishop
Brown in Pine Bluff Tues
day Night.
Pine Bluff, May 10.—Many
delegates arrived this afternoon
to attend the meeting of the
thirty-second annual council of
the Episcopal diocese of Arkan
sas, which will convene at the
Trinity Episcopal church in this
city tomorrow.
At 3 o’clock this afternoon a
meeting of the committee was
held and much preliminary busi
ness transacted preparatory to
the opening of the council tomor
row.
Tonight at 8 o’clock a recep
tion in honor of Bishop Brown!
was given at the residence of
Rev. W. B. Buckner, rector of
Trinity church. Many delegates
arrived in time to enjoy this re
ception. The council will be
called to order tomorro w morn
ing by Bishop Brown.
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If you want to look neat have j
your suit cleaned and pressed by
A. Mortensen. In new quarters
apposite city jail. 86d
SECOND APPEAL
FOR VOWELL
Will Be Made Through Confed
erate Camps Over the State
—Resistance Probable.
Little Rock, May 11. — Although
the governor has fixed June 9 as
the day for the execution of Mart
Vowell at Paragould, it is stated
that all hopes of saving Vowell’s
life have not been abandoned.
The latest movement in behalf
! of the condemned man is said to
! be based upon his record as a
Confederate soldier, and it is re
| ported that an effort will be
‘ made to secure a commutation of
the death sentence to life im
i
prisonment.
j The plan appears to be to en
; list the co-operation of as many
Confederate camps as possible,
and for them to make an appeal
to the governor to commute the
sentence.
Little time remains in which to
make the effort, however, and if
it is done those who are inter
ested in Vowell’s behalf will
nave to act promptly.
. The condemned man remains
in the penitentiary in this city
for safekeeping. He is allowed
to read the daily papers, and thus
he learned of the governor’s de
cision last Saturday not to inter
fere in the case.
If the appeal be made through
any of the Confederate camps for
Vo well it seems certain that the
relatives and friends of William
Lovejoy, the man slain by Vow
ell in Clay county, will be as ac
tive in furnishing remonstrances
against Vowell’s previous appli
cation for clemency.
LETTER TO PHILLIPS & FER
GUSON, NEWPORT, ARK.
-*
Dear Sirs: Your business is,
when a house burns down, to
give the owner some money to
build a new one. It is a good
business. Queer that the world
got on so long without it.
We paint the one that burnt
down and the new one too. What
is better, we paint the houses
that don’t burn down.
You insure the houses that
burn; we insure the houses that
don’t. You have the ashes‘and
smoke; all the houses are ours.
We paint lead-and-zinc; Devoe.
We sell the paint to painters; we
don’t paint.
Lead-and-oil is the old fashion
paint. Devoe is zinc ground in
wan jeaa ana nnseea on; tne
best paint in the world, and the
cheapest, because it takes fewer
gallons than mixed paints and it
wears tvt'ice as long as lead-and
oil. Nobody wants poor paint:
there’s lots of it, though, in the
world.
A. M. Griffin, Plainfield, N. J.,
writes
“Mr. Aaron Higgins, of Plain
field’ always used 15 gallons of
mixed paint for his house. Last
spring he bought 15 gallons of
Devoe and had four gallons left. ’’
Yours truly,
F. W. Devoe & Co.,
94 New York and Chicago.
ORGANIZE CHAPTER
AT FORREST CITY.
Forrest City, Ark., May 10.—
Mrs. Hall of Dardanelle, state
regent, visited the city a few
days since and organized a chap
ter of the Daughters of Confed
eracy, the meeting being held
at the residence of Mayor Gor
man. Mrs. John Gutling was
chosen president; Mrs. 0. B.
Rail wage, vice-president; Miss
Maggie Eldridge, recording and
corresponding secretary. Ap
plication for a charter has been
made, and in connection it is
stated a Confederate monument
fund will be started.
Correct Dress Demands Perfect Fit.
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Even the lining, stays and
inside materials are hand-cut
!
from patterns. If your fig
ure is irregular, ample out- j
lets in all garments make
them easy to alter and to fit
you. Therefore this label
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until now they are pretty
near perfection. Yet the prices
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Look for this label
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Within the last throe years we have introduced
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and to-day they are the most popular on the mar
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Our Line t]
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PISTOLS, from . 2.50 to 50.00
SHOTGUNS, from 7.50 to 30.00
Insist upon the “STEVENS” and if yon cannot
secure them wo will ship (express prepaid) ou
receipt of price. Send for catalog.
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To the Distressed.
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cluding Sore Joints, Sore Muscles, and
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ment for Rheumatic or Neuralgio.troubles.
Medicines taken internally rarely ever ef
fect a cure without upsetting the stomach.
As a rule, they injure the digestive organs,
shatter the nerves, and in many instances
the patient contracts a drug habit which
leads eventually to a decline of the pnj ur
eal and mental forces.
Paracamph is the new remedy and it is
a departure from the antiquated methods.
Paracamph enters into the system through
the natural channels, namely, the pores
of the skin. When applied it opens the
pores and allow i healing, soothing oils
to penetrate the sore, inflamed mebranes
and muscles, removes the congestion and
draws out the fever and inflammation, by
inducing sweating. This is the only treat
ment that can be indorsed by science, and
is guaranteed to cure even the most obsti
nate cases of Rheumatic Swellings if used
as directed. Paracamph can be procured
at drug stores in 25 cent, and 50 cent, and
|i.oo bottles. Write for book of testimo
nials, sent free. The Paracamph Company
Louisville, Ky-, U. S. A.
DR. F. ANDREWS,
Physician - & - ^Surgeon.
Office and Residence . .
. . .y''7iUgerald, Ark.
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WARNING ORDER
_ J
B. S. Blackledge, Plaintiff,
vs.
Luella Blackledge, Defendant.
In the Jackson Chancery
The defendant, Luella Black!
appear in this court within th'
awer the complaint of the pi a
April 21st, 1904.
SEAL.