I GOVERNOR LEAVES
AFTER SPEAKING.
■ Pomp Brown Song Becomes a
Feature of Campaign—Davis
at His Old Trick of Try
ing to Take Away
the Crowd.
Stephens, Jan. 5.—The candi
9 dates for governor spoke here to
day to a large crowd. Gov. Davis
led off in a speech of an hour
and a half, in which he criticised
the supreme court for its decis
9 Ion in the anti-trust cases, and
excoriated the legislature. He
defended himslf against the so
called impeachment charges, and
begged the old guard to stand by
him. He scarcely referred to
his pardon record, and was very
tame on all other questions that
he has heretofore laid great stress
upon. After he had finished he
left the hall, taking a few of the
I crowd with him.
Judge Wood defended the su
preme court to the apparent
satisfaction of all, and severely
critizised the governor for the
part he played in the convict
farm purchase. He took up the
pardon record of the governor,
■ and sang a song with reference
to the pardon of the negro, Pomp
Brown, that brought down the
house.
Many ladies were present, and
everything moved off smoothly.
HIGH BRIDGE ON
WHITE RIVER LINE.
Contractor J. H. Reynolds, in
company with Supt. C. F. Chan
I non and Engineer W. R. Smith,
left yesterday for a trip -Jver the
K entire uncompleted portion of
Mr. Reynolds’ contract. This
includes forty miles of the line
ending at Bear creek in Boone
county. Near the upper end of
this contract there is a bridge to
be built which will require 1,000,
000 feet of lumber in its construc
tion. It will be 125 feet high and
1,000 feet long. The bridge will
be built by Ben Reynolds. —
! Courier.
NEW CLUB ORGANIZED.
Twelve society ladies met at
the home of Mrs. C. W. Beard on
Walnut street Tuesday afternoon
for the puryose of organizing a
social club, to be styled the R. D.
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member will entertain in turn on
Wednesday afternoon.
The members are as follows:
Mesdames Will Stewart, Frank
*Hess, Wm. Mosby, T. B. Stewart,
J. H. McHugh, S. M. Beattie,
John Wallace, L. E. Willis, I. D.
Price, Rina Wishon, Wesley
Beard, C. E. Maynard.
Mrs. S. M. Beattie will enter
tain the club next Wednesday
afternoon at her home on Main
street.
FAUST MINSTRELS COMING.
Castle & Collins are styled
“The Boys With the Educated
| Feet.” Their vaudeville act,
famous for its comic songs,
whirlwind dancing and witty
talk has been presented in all of
fhe principle vaudeville houses.
They have been engaged as a
special feature for the olio of the
Ted E. Faust Superb Minstrels,
who'are to appear in this city at
the opera house on Wednesday,
January 6th.
Messrs. Castle & Collins will
take part in the big first part of
the minstrels as end men. As
such they have no superiors.
Their work is clean, wholesome
k and very artistic. For the pres
s' ent season they have a bunch of
bran new songs, written ex
pressly for them by the compos
ers of the greatest music pub
lishing houses. Their jokes will
be fresh and local. Castle &
Collins were offered a princely
salary to go abroad, but Mr.
Faust, knowing their value and
popularity with Americans, lost
no time in making them a better
offer and securing their services.
In the olio, in addition to them,
will be the celebrated Faust
family, of ten Australian acro
bats; the seven DeArvilles; Pop
Carr in monologue; Gov. Bowen’s
big dancing act, and the famous
Herald Square quartette.
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BLANK TOY PISTOLS
Resulted in the Deaths of Mrs.
Frank Walker and Frank
Schwab at Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff, Jan. 5.—Within the
past 48 hours two deaths from
lockjaw, the direct result of in
juries received from blank toy
pistols, have occurred in this
county.
Mrs. Frank Walker of Sulphur
Springs was slightly injured the
day following Christmas by a
blank accidentally discharging in
her hand. The wadding caused
a slight abrasion of the skin, re
sulting in lockjaw, from which
she died.
Frank Schwab, an 8-year-old
boy, died this morning from
lockjaw, caused by a similar ac
cident the day before Christmas.
WOODRUFF COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
_
Democratic County Committee
Fixes March 26 as the Time.
Augusta, Jan. 5.—The Wood
ruff county Democratic central
committee met here today. Wm.
Penrose, chairman, and E. C. J
Kramer, secretary, resigned, and
Dr. B. A. Fletcher and R. T.
Hardell were elected, respective
ly, to fill the vacancies. A legal
ized primary was ordered and set
for Saturday, March 26, for all
state, district and county officers.
Hon. J. D. Eldridge and E. C.
Kramer, editor of the McCrory
News, announced as candidates
for the legislature, William
Mooreman and J. W. Angelo for
county judge, M. H. Patterson
and L. B. Winfree for sheriff,
Ed S. Carl Lee and T. Eck Simp
son for county arid probate clerk,
Pail Martin for circuit clerk,
Charles Buchanan and William
C in for assessor and Hon. C. B.
Mills for treasurer.
$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 I
he had when he arrived, what;
measure of success has attended
his efforts and what he thinks of1
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,
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.
STATE BUILDING
NEARS COMPLETION.
Carpenter Work on the Arkansas
Building at St. Louis Fair
Will Be Completed Soon.
Architect F. W. Gibb has re
ceived a letter from the Morrison
Construction Company; contract
ors of the Arkansas building at
the World’s Fair, announcing
that the carpenter work on the
building is about completed. The
painters are following imme
diately after them and will com
plete their work in a few days.
It is probable that the board,
which is in session, will award
the furniture contract and then
the furnishing will proceed with
out delay. The rooms to be occu
pied by Manager T. W. Milan
and staff were completed Satur
day and Mr. Milan will probably
move his headquarters there in a
short time.
DIAZ SCHOOL REPORT.
Three months of our school
term ended Friday, December 25.
A general test covering the work
we had gone over in that period
was given by our teacher. The
average made by each pupil was
Mittie Douglass 92, Thurman
West 91, Eva Weaver 84, Ethel
Pearce 88, Fannie West 77, Came
Vaulner 97, Lula Vaulner91, Bob
Sconyers 91, Oscar Sconyers 89,
John McLain 93, Emma Pearce
84, Myrtle Armstrong 97, Linnie
Pearce 93, Jim McLain 90, Alfred
Leland 90, Austin Dameron 91,
Till Campbell 92, Jessie Kidd 90.
Our honor roll requirements are
an average of 95 in review, spell
ing, not to be absent over two
days in a month and not to re
ceive over five demerits. Those
that by meeting these require
ments deserved their names on
the last month’s honor roll were
Fannie West, Eva Weaver, Ethel
Pearce, Bob and Oscar Sconyers,
Till Campbell, Myrtle Armstrong
and Linnie Pearce.
The prize pencil that is given
each month in the C spelling
class was gained by Callie Vaul
ner. Eva Weaver, Sec’y.
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MISS NORA GLENN
TO BE MARRIED.
On Saturday afternoon from 3
to 5 Miss Nora Glenn gave an
elegant luncheon on which occa-!
sion, says the Batesville Bee, she
announced ner approaenmg mar
riage to Mr. C. D. Metcalf, which
will take place January 21. The
house was beautifully decorated
with holly, smilax and mistletoe.
The dining room was done in
pink, four long streamers of rib
bon coming from the chandelier
ending in immense bows at the
corners of the table. Most ele- j
gant delicacies were served. The
young ladies present are to be
Miss Glenn’s bridesmaids.
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
CHOCTAW MAY EXTEND TO HEBER
In the St. Louis Republic of
yesterday appears this item,
which, if true, is of vast impor
tance to that section of the state:
“The Choctaw, Oklahoma and
Gulf railroad will extend its
Searcy & Des Arc branch from
Searcy to Heber, Ark., 42 miles,
also from Des Arc to Arkansas
Ci y, Ark., 108 miles.”
The item is apparently taken
from some other paper, along
with a score of other railroad
items, and is probably from the
Manufacturers’ Record. and
therefore true, as the Record
does not use “will” unless they
have information from head
GET THE HABIT
SARTORIAL SORROWS, m
Any man may be merry, though lacking in wealth, LflJ
And fear not the frowning of Fate, {Tl
If he has a clear conscience, exuberant health, fcfei
And can have his goods charged on the slate. Qj
But he can’t face the world with a smile quite serene J^h
And an air like a Spanish grandee, Csl
If the back of his coat has a mirror-like sheen, LU
And his pantaloons bag at the knee. |
New York Times. KS
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Moral:—Wear Benjamin “Correct Clothes for CO
Men."
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SPECIALIZING ^B=,“ U
. foct because of the 2m
Benjamin System of Specializing. Their 3,000 (V
tailors are divided into little groups, each of whom
produces but one portion of the garment. Day in 2m
and day out the year round each artisan does but Q,
one thing, and that expertly. Therefore, when
the parts are assembled and the finished garment
given a final pressing, it is manifestly superior to
that of the average custom tailor who must make
the whole garment, and all kinds of garments.
If you could visit New York and go through
the three great Benjamin factories, it would be a
revelation to you and a revolution of all your
former ideas about ready-to-wear clothes.
GET THE
quarters. This announcement is
of importance fn connection with
the future of the St. Louis and
North Arkansas Railroad, which
is now in operation from Selig
man, Mo., to Leslie, Searcy
county. Leslie is just about fifty
miles from Heber. It has been
rumored that the St. Louis and
North Arkansas road would be
extended from Leslie to Searcy
instead of to Little Rock, but if
the former should be decided
it will probably go no further
than Heber, where a connection
would be made with the Choc
taw. That would give the Fris
co-Choctaw a line through the
big mining region of the state to
the Mississippi river.
The extension from Des Arc as
far south as DeVall’s Bluff, the
Choctaw crossing, was surveyed
two years ago, but work was
suddenly suspended on the grad
ing eight months ago and the
steel brought to Little Rock.
Should the Choctaw build south
to Arkansas City it would give
the Rock Island and Frisco a
short cut to New Orleans, trains
crossing the Mississippi river at
Arkansas City and taking the
Illinois Central tracks down the
east bank. A contract for the
use of these tracks has been
signed.
PROJECTEDjCONNECTION.
A rumor of an extension which
would change the Arkansas rail
road map is that the Arkansas
Central will be extended from
Paris to Bald Knob, a distance of
133 miles. Such an extension
would run almost due east and
would give Dardanelle a railroad.
The proposed - road would cross
the river at Dardanelle and run
from Russellville on the Fort
Smith road east to Heber, thence
to Bald Knob. It would give the
Goulds a new line from east to
west. The road could not be
built by the Goulds in the name
of any of their recognized road's,
as the Arkansas Central is a
parallel line to the Fort Smith
road.—Little Rock Gazette.
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Independent.
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