—-THE NEW STORE-*—-;
We have just opened in the Wishon Building, next door to the Bank of Newport, with
an exclusive line of .
Gents’, Youth’s and Boys’ Apparel.
We have spent six weeks in the Eastern markets, where we have purchased the best values obtainable, buying direct from
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the manufacturers, and knowing that Newport is the best town in Arkansas, we have located with you to make it our
home and to promote its interests; therefore, we earnestly solicit a part of your patronage and assure you a saving in values and
courteous treatment. Among the famous brands we handle are
Strouse & Bros’. High Art Clothing
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Manhattan Shirts, Stacy=Adams Shoes
Hawes’ Hats, Brotherhood Overalls
- - and E. & W. Collars
STAR * CLOTHING
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JOSEPH M. BERGER, Jr., Manager. Next door to Bank of Newport. I
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INTERESTING INTERVIEW.
Hon. John H. Keel Discusses Arkan
sas Politics To a Reporter For Col
orado Springs Labor News and
Boosts His Home State.
While strolling in Manitou one day
last week a reporter for the Colorado
Labor News came across Hon. John
H. Keel, a member of the Arkansas
legislature for the past six years. Mr.
Keel is a characteristic southerner
and is posessed of that genial hos
pitality that so marks the southern
. people. In the course of the conver
sation Mr. Keel was asked what he
thought of the chances of Gov. Davis
of Arkansas, succeeding Senator Jas.
H. Berry in the United States Senate.
“Governor Davis is the idol of the
working class of Arkansas and a
staunch and true friend to the mem
bers of organized labor,” said Mr.
Keel, “and he will without a doubt be
the choice of the legislature as well.”
□“What do you think of cool Colo
do?” queried the reporter.
“Well, from what I have seen of it,
like it fine,” said Mr. Keel. “Its
climate is delightful and its people are
courteous and hospitable. From a
health standpoint it is certainly an
ideal country, but from a standpoint
of agriculture, Arkansas leads this or
nearly evory other state, for tbai mat
ter.”
“What part of Arkansas do you hail
from Mr. Keel, and what are the
chief products of your section?”
“I live at Newport, in the north
eastern part of Arkansas on the White
river. Cotton and corn are the chief
products but the soil will produce al
most any plant common to the tem
perate zone. The production of from
fifty to one hundred bushels of corn
per acre, and from half a bale to a
bale and a half of cotton per acre, is
not an uncommon occurrrence in ray
county., Besides these products,
wheat, oats, rye, barley and Irish
potatoes are grown in abundance.
Wood and water are plentiful, and
are absolutely free to the renter. We
have a free school of from three to
ten months annually in every com
munity.”
“But what about your governor?
He is said to be a demagogue of the
most radical type.”
“Well right there is where the peo
ple abroad are misinformed. When
a chief executive of any state is striv
ing to have fair and free compe
tition in the sale of all articles of com
merce for the people of his common
wealth, as Gov. Davis has been doing
for years, it is an easy matter for
some of our modern trusts to have
the newspapers which they control
slander said executive, and this is ex
actly what they have done in the case
of Gov. Davis. No public official was
ever more malignantly slandered
than this youthful govei'nor of Arkan
sas, and yet he has gone steadily on
fighting sin, Satan and the devil,
backed up at all times by the great
producing classes of his state, irre
spective of party or politics.
“He reformed the state charitable
institutions and defeated United States
Senator Jas. K. Jones, the chief or
ganizer of the Round Bale Cotton
Trust, for his fourth term in the
United States Senate. He is now
using his best efforts towards secur
ing the passage of a just and equitable
anti-trust law, and we are certain to
secure this law, at the next session of
our legislature.”
“Would not the driving out of the
Standard Oil Company and other
great trusts that are furnishing the
necessaries of life, work a hardship on
your people?” asked the reporter.
“Yes, that is true. It would for a
while. But we propose to put men
above money, and we are willing to
go back to the old tallow candle and
home made breeches regime rather
than let an insolent trust have us at
its mercy.
“We welcome capital into our state,
and we are going to see that it has
proper protection, that is, that the
big corporations shall not freeze out
the little ones. We want a law that
will stimulate competition, and that
law we shall strive to attain.
“I see from the papers.” said the
1 newspaper man, “that Gov. Davis is
! himself a candidate to succeed United
1 States Senator Jas. H. Berry. How
will that race terminate?”
“Well you know, it is said that no
; one can foretell the result of an elec- |
! tion. Senator Berry is a just and!
: honorable man, but he’s getting old
| and hasn’t nearly the working ability
of Gov. Davis. He has held office al
most continually since he ittained
i his majority, and it is thought by
many that he is about ready to retire.
Judging from the present public sen
timent, were the election to take
place tomorrow to decide about that
office, Davis would surely get about
three votes to Berx-y’s one. But in
my judgement Senator Berry will
profit by Senator Jones’ recent ex
perience and stay out of the race.
“Davis has an organization that is
invincible. He will surely go to the
United States senate and when there,
will take rank among the illustrious
men of this nation.”
PARADE WAS FAIR.
Campbell Bros, show arrived from
Batesville early Friday morning and
by eleven o’clock everything was in
readinesB for the parade, which
marched up Third street to Beach and !
returned down Front street to the
grounds west of Chastain’B addition.
The parade was quite a lengthy
procession, with three bands, camels,
elephants and the usual cages of wild
animals.
Though Campbell Bros.’ flhow can
hardly be classed among the large
shows of the country, the parade was
a very creditable exhibit and made a
favorable impression with Newport,
people.
TO COAL CONSUMERS.
The undersigned will leave in a few
days for the coal fields and upon his J
return will be in position to offer j
Domestic and Steam coal at reason
able prices. See him before placing
your order. M. K. Upshaw.
CULVER LUMBER
COMPANY FAILS.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 28.—On the
application of H. A. Culver, manager,
and Mary C. Culver, who represent
that they own $270,000 of the $300,000
of the capital stock of the Culver
Lumber Company, a Missouri corpo
ration, and successor to the Kansas
City Southern Lumber Company, re
ceivers were appointed last night in
Arkansas and in Kansas City, Mo.,
and Kansas City, Kansas
The company owns extensive tim
ber forests in Craighead county, Ark.,
and has lumber yards in Kansas City,
including a sash and door and box
factory on Shawnee avenue in Kan
sas City, Kansas.
The assets are estimated at $650,
000 and the liabilities at one quarter
million dollars.
Mr. Culver said the company’s as
sets included 27,000 acres of fine tim
ber lands in Arkansas, which would
run 5,000 feet to the acre. At the
lowest estimate these lands were
worth $10 an acre. The company, he
said, had $35,000 worth of lumber in
Arkansas, besides $10,000 worth of
merchandise. It owns the township
of Sedgwick, where its Arkansas plant
is located. Besides these assets the
company owns the timber on 15,000
acres of leased lands. In addition,
the company also owns two saw mills
with a capacity of 60,000 feet a day,
and 20 miles of logging railroad, well
equipped.
NASHVILLE’S SUSPEN
SION REVOKED.
Charles Frank of Memphis, repu
diated the agreement of his counsel,
Caruthers Ewing, at Nashville Wed
nesday by offering to play James St.
Vrain, the pitcher, and was backed up
by his Tennessee injunction which re
strains opposing clubs from refusing
to play St. Vrain in the game. He
had a lawyer with him and the in
junction was read to Newt Fisher of
the Nashville club who was powerless
in the face of it, and the game had to
proceed. Fisher, however, got Frank
to agree that it was to be but an ex
' hibition game, and it will not figure
! in the percentage column,
i Judge W. M. Kavanaugh of Little
Rock, president of the league, on
being notified that St. Vrain played,
immediately suspended the Nashville
club. On receipt of a telegram, how
ever, from Fisher Thursday morning
explaining the proceeding, and also
one from Umpire Cline verifying the
the message, the suspension was
raised and the Fishermen are in good
| standing again.
| TILLMAN’S COURSENESS
COMPELLED RETIREMENT.
Senator Ben R. Tillman of South
Carolina, delivered one of his lectures
on the race problem at Eureka
Springs Saturday night, and the Com
mercial-Appeal correspondent says:
“For two ,hours he discussed the ne
gro in relation to the civil war. He
used the roughest language ever
heard in that city from a public
! speaker, according to a local corres
pondent’s report. His entire address
was thickly interspersed with such
i expressions as ‘liars’, ‘thieves’ ‘cut
throats,’ ‘infernal carpet-baggers,’
| ‘northern hypocrites,’ ‘damnable re
publicans,’ ‘blood-sucking scoundrels’
and ‘negro smugglers’. At one time
his language was so vulgar as to
I cause a number of ladies to retire
from the building.”
PLEAS PITZER CAPTURED.
Brinkley, Aug. 28.—The alleged ne
gro murderer Pleas Pitzer, who shot
his father-in-law, Bob Brooks, and
four other members of the family,
killing one of his sisters-in-law on
! August 2, a few miles north of this
city, has been captured. Shi. iff
Milwee passed through the city this
morning with the prisoner and placed
him in jail at Clarendon. The negro
was arested at New Lewisville by
the constable of that place upon ad
vices of Deputy Marshal Box, of this
city.