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Newport Daily Independent.
VOLUME IY. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. MONDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1904. - NUMBER 136.
new jail for
JACKSON COUNTY.
Quorum Court Appropriates $12,
000 for a New County Jail
and $1,000 for Poor House
Building.
Jackson county will have a
jail building of her own within
another year, quorum court hav
ing appropriated $12,000 Monday
morning for this purpose. The
building is to be erected east of
' ‘ the court house and will be built
under the direction of E. L. Boyce,
the incoming county judge.
The unanimous vote of the court
upon the measure manifests the
confidence the people have in the
integrity of Mr. Boyce, that he
will wisely and honestly admin
ister the work of this appropria
tion, and is an evidence of the
broad-minded progressiveness of
the good people of Jackson coun
ty, and an expression of their
good will toward and pride in
their county seat.
The court also appropriated
$1,000 for a new poor house
building, another pressing need,
. and $900 for a bridge across Vil
lage creek, east of Swifton.
Other appropriations were
made, including $5,000 each for
the county and circuit courts,
but this may be changed before
adjournment.
The justices of the peace pres
ent were: S. A. Driver, John
Gale, John F. Smith, M. S. Lit
tleton, A. C. Cummings, J. J.
k Grant, J. T. McElrath, L. Man
~ ning, W. N. Nance, A. B. Col
lier, A. W. Kelley, J. M. Mardis,
J. Taylor, Guy Smith, L. B.
Harris, L. P. Huey, T. J. Burton,
Andrew Johnson. Those absent
were W. G. Hogan, F. M. Wolf,
W. P. Robinson, I. P. Phillips,
W. H. Edens, W. M. Whitlow.
GREGORY AT WORK .
IN LITTLE ROCK.
Walter Gregory, the young
man from Searcy who has played
such a prominent part in the fa
mous Lightle case, and whose
testimony that he was in compa
ny with Dr. Lightle and John
Roberts at the time the grave of
Ed. Pitts was robbed, convicted
• both Lightle and Roberts up
on charges of violating the
grave, will work in Little Rock,
says the Democrat. He has se
cured a'clerical position with the
Furth-Gordy Carriage Company I
on East Markham street and be
gan his duties today.
Gregory arrived in the city
Friday afternoon, where he had
been since the trial of John Rob
erts at Judsonia. He will work
here until the appealed cases of
P Dr. Lightle and John Roberts are
heard in the circuit court, when
he will go there to testify against
them.
COURT GIVES
t BOWEN JUDGMENT.
In the cause of Henry J. Bow
en versus E. P. Shoffner, as ad
ministrator of the estate of A.
E. Shoffner, deceased, a jury
was waived, and the case being
heard, Judge Fulkerson gave the
plaintiff judgment for sawmill
boiler and governor in dispute
and back rental in the sum of
$84. The value of the engine
was fixed at $300 and the govern
or at $25. The defendant took
an appeal to the supreme court.
Valley Button Co. vs. Fair
banks, Morse & Co., writ of gar
nishment of defendant quashed, j
Arkansas Land Company ver
sus McKay and Wilson, byfagree
ment of parties, previous judg
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ment and appeal set aside, and
sheriff ordered to sell attached
sawlogs and lumber and m^e
report to court at next term. ^
DEATH OF T. E. ALLEN.
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With sorrow it becomes our
mission to chronicle the death of
Mr. T. E. Allen in Colorado
Springs Sunday morning, whith
er he had been taken by his wife
in the hope of staying death’s
hand. For several months his
condition had been serious, but
the Colorado climate had ap
parently greatly improved his
health, . when a hemorrhage
caused a sudden relapse and cut
short the thread of life.
He was a young man of exem
plary habits and high standing,
with many friends in Newport,
who found him, upon intimate
acquaintance, to be a man of
high principles.
Besides a wife, brothers and
other near ones are left to mourn,
and to them we extend the sym
pathy of our people.
John Grubbs left Sunday night
for St. Louis, to meet his sister
and bring the remains here,
probably Tuesday afternoon.
Whether the burial will be at
Batesville or Mr. Allen’s old
home, Beebe, has not yet been
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BOLD BURGLARY
IN OPEN DAYLIGHT.
The home of 0. W. Scarbor
ough was entered Saturday aft
ernoon by a nervy robber, fairly
well dressed and of medium size,
who carried a small grip, as
though he were selling some
thing.
No one was at home and the
man either used the key , which
was hidden behind the screen
door or a skeleton carried by him
to secure entrance. He stole
two sets of silver teaspoons, a
little change, and walked out the
front door.
He was seen by Mrs. R. C.
Harder, a next door neighbor,
but nothing happened to excite
her suspicions at that time.
No arrests have been made,
but several suspicious characters
are being shadowed, and it is to
be hoped this rascal may be
caught and given a term of
years.
COTTER’S SUCCESSOR.
Vice President C. S. Clarke,
\Vho succeeds Russell Harding,
of the Missouri Pacific-Iron
Mountain, has announced the
appointment of A. W. Sullivan
a§ general manager, vice Wm.
Cotter, resigned.
Cotter, whose career has been
meteoric, starting in railroad
work as an operator for the C.
& A., goes to the Pere Marquette
with Harding.
Cotter was trainmaster at Tex
arkana and dispatcher at Little
Rock a few years ago, and it has
been under his supervision that
the automatic block system of
signals is being installed on the
Iron Mountain.
THROUGH TOURIST CAR SER
VICE TO CALIFONIA.
Commencing Saturday Septem
ber 17th, the Iron Mountain
Route will inaugurate through
car service to Los Angeles, Cali
fornia. This is the “True South
ern Route” via Texarkana and
El Paso. Special low rate colo
nists’ tickets to California points
will be on sale September 15th to
October 15th, via Iron Mountain
Route. For tickets and reserva
tion apply to local agent.
H. C. Townsend,
G. P. & T. A.
LAWYERS COMMEND
WORTHY OFFICIALS.
Jackson County Bar Association
Compliments Retiring Offi
cers Bandy and Jones in
Fitting Resolutions.
At a meeting of the local bar
association Saturday afternoon
just prior to the adjournment of
circuit court, resolutions were
framed and adopted compliment
ing in the highest terms Sheriff
R. W. Bandy and Circuit Clerk
J. S. Jones, whose terms of of
fice expire next month.
The friendly Reeling of the lo
cal bar in appreciation of the
courteous treatment of these of
ficials and in recognition of their
valued and efficient administra
tion of the duties of their offices
were also the subject of short
responses’ from each member of
the bar. In this Judge Fulker
son joined, giving it as his opin
ion that Mr. Bandy was the best
sheriff in this judicial district,
and that Mr. Jones was one of
the two best circuit -clerks in the
district, surpassing his running
mate, Mr. Wycough, of Inde
pendence county, in the neatness
oi nis records.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Whereas, R. W. Bandy is about
to retire from the office of Sher
iff, and J.' S. Jones is about to
retire from the office of Circuit
Clerk, and this is the last term
of this court at which they will
serve, and
Whereas, They have each
served the county in their re
spective offices for the past four
years, and the members of the
bar have had opportunity to ob
serve their work and character;
therefore be it
Resolved, That we commend
the said R. W. Bandy and the
said J. S. Jones as capable, cour
teous, faithful and efficient offi
cers, genial, companionable and
upright gentlemen and worthy
citizens.
Resolved, That we regret to
sever the relations heretofore
existing between us, and hope
that their paths may be cast in
pleasant places and their further
work crowned with success.
Besolved further, That these
resolutions be presented to the
court and entered upon the
records thereof and published in
tne city press.
J. W. Phillips,
M. M. Stuckey,
J. M. Bell,
G. A. Hillhouse,
Committee on Resolutions.
F. D. Fulkerson, Chairman.
Gustave Jones, Secretary.
NEGRO SHOOTING SCRAPE.
Texarkana, Oct. 1.—In a diffi
culty which occurred in a saloon
on Rose Hill last night Boas Gra
ham shot and dangerously
wounded Dink Jeter, using a
single barrel shotgun, the charge,
consisting of birdshot, entering
Jeter’s back at close range and
making a ghastly wound. The
injured man is in a serious condi
tion, but it is thought he will re
cover. Both are negroes. The
shooter escaped and is still at
large.
~NOTICE.
On account of S. G. Parker,
the leading jeweler, being away
from town, the Palace Jewelry
Store will be closed till Thursday
morning, Oct. 6, 1904.
Respectfully,
36d3t S. G. Parker.
New Hazel dray to all parts of
city. Telephone your orders to
the Hazel. 22d4w
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ROCK ISLAND GAINS
CONTROL OF ALTON.
New York, Oct. 2.—The Chica
go and Alton stock deposited
with Kuhn, Loeb & Co., it was
announced, in Wall street yester
day, has been sold to the Rock
Island interests, which now con
trol the Alton road. The price
paid was $84 per share.
Just what disposition will be
made of the Alton by the Rock
Island people cannot be stated at
the present time. Whether it
will be fully incorporated with
the Rock Island company or op
erated as an independent compa
ny remains to be determined.
Read the Independent.
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