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PERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS
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ST. L. 1. M. & S. RAILWAY.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 72, Local Freisrht. 11:45 a. m.
No. 2. 3:20 a. m.
No. 4.,. 2:00 p. m.
No. 12. 8:48 p. m.
No. 6. 10:50 p. m.
No. 8... 10:25 a.m.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 78, Local FreiKht. 7:30 a. m.
No. 7. 11:25 a.m.
No. 5. 5:00 a. m.
No. 11. 6:37 a.m.
No. 8. 4:47 p. m.
No. 1. 10:50 p. m.
BATESVILLE BRANCH.
PnHsenKor Leaves. 7:00 a. m.
Mixed “ . 11:45 a.m.
PassenKer Arrives. 8:30 p. m.
Mixed " . 10:15 a. m.
ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM.
PassenKer Arrives. 2:20 p. m.
PassenKer Departs. 3:20 p. m.
Local FreiKht Departs. 6:30 a. m.
On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
We are authorized to announce T. T. Ward as a
candidate for the office of representative of Jack
son county, subject to the Democratic primary
election.
FOR SHERIFF.
To the voters of Jackson county.
I am a candidate for re-election to the office of
sheriff of Jackson county, subject to a Demo
cratic primary, if one is held. Feeling that I
have discharged the duties of that office in such
a manner as to merit your confidence, and thank
ing you for your support in the past and asking
your help in the future. If elected 1 will do my
duty. Your fellow citizen, R. W. BANDY.
We are authorized to announce Snell Simmons
as a candidate for election to the office of Sheriff
of Jackson county, subject to the action 7of the
Democratic party.
FOR COUNTY AND PROBATE JUDGE.
Wo are authorized to announce E. L. Boyce as a
candidate for the office of county and probate
judge of Jackson county, subject to the Demo- i
cratic primary election.
We are authorized to announce Otis W. Scar
borough as a candidate for the office of county
and probale judge of Jackson county, subject to j
the Democratic primary election.
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK.
We are authorized to announce John D. Neal as
a candidate for the office of circuit clerk of Jack- j
son county, subject to the Democratic primary
election. —
We are authorized to announce James S. Jones
as a candidate for re-election to the office of cir
cuit clerk of Jackson county, subject to the Dem
ocratic primary election.
FOR TREASURER.
We are authorized to announce Dr. F. G. Smith
as a candidate for the office of treasurer of Jack
son county, subject to the Demoeaatic primary
election.
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
We are authorized to announce E. C. Water- 1
man as a candidate for the office of County
Clerk, subject to the action of the Democratic
primary election.
We are authorized to announce G. A. Lockard ;
ns a candidate for the office of county clerk, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic primary
election.
FOR CITY MARSHAL.
We are authorized to announce Abe Ballew as a
candidate for Marshal of the city of Newport,
at the ensuing: April election.
In this issue of the Independent
will be found the announcement
of Abe Ballew as a candidate for
city marshal. Mr. Ballew is a
very genial and popular gentle
man and would make an efficient
officer, zealous in his duties of
enforcing and thus upholding the
law.
The foundation of the new!:
state capitol will be completed'
next week and will then be
turned over to the contractors, !
i i l j _ • l _ 1_f
wuu iiavc 1UUU1 maicnai
on the ground for pushing the j'
work of the superstructure. Ar- 1
kansas has a right to rejoice, but
it is no fault of the present gov- 1
ernor.
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Jeff has written a circular let- i
ter to his friends and many oth- i
ers who do not even profess good '
will toward his excellency, that;
he must have their active sup-!
port in order to win the coming
battle. If his election is de- ,
pendent upon the votes of these,
supposed-to-be friends, March 26 i
will certainly be a Waterloo for,
“Jeffie old boy.”
The Helena World says the
chairman of the Democratic na- j
tional committee is no longer a
representative Democrat and
therefore Clarke is right in ob
jecting to Jones’ appointment as
a canal commissioner. But by
what right is a country newspa
per made a judge of a man’s
Democracy when he has been
honored with the national chair
manship of that party?
.... #* 1.
Davis thought to gain the sup
port of James K. Jones' old home
friends when he said at Hope
that he had fought the ex-sena
,/ ..*
j tor openly, while Wood was clan
destine in his efforts to ai(
Clarke. But now ex-Senato:
Jones comes forward with a let
j ter in which he says Wood re
sorted to no trickery nor deceptioi
in that campaign, whereas Jeff’i
campaign was “dishonorable
disreputable and a tissue of wilfu
falsehooods. “ Now will the gov
ernor be good on this score.
1 The Independent has beer
• asked repeatedly to begin a eru
sade towaad keeping the Iror
Mountain depot waiting rooms ir
better condition. With the class
of Greeks and Dagos who art
constantly passing through hert
on their way up the extension.
and who lay over here for tht
night, cleanliness is hard to se
cure and we appreciate the diffi
j culties. The railroad company
should provide cars for these la
| borers to sleep in and stop the
| present order before their depot
I property is ruined.
An article appeared in the Chi
| cago Journal recently, relative to
I the pearling industry, which was
i badly overdrawn. As an in
stance of this glaring extrava
gance upon the part of the writer,
the statement was made that a
| buyer purchased a lot of pearls
j here in Newport that hadn’t been
,out of the water fifteen minutes
| for less than $10,000 and sold
j them in Paris for $25,000. The
! writer’s argument was to show
I that these same pearls were re
i i... _ 1 j. . \t. i _ _
tuiiicu Lu j.'ncw luuv aa aaii
water pearls and brought $50,000
wholesale. Just think of it.
$10,000 hauls at one time and
sold in fifteen minutes. Such a
statement would scare a North
ern emigrant. He would hardly
dare to think he could keep up,
much less get ahead, in a town
where business was done with
j such a rush. There’s nothing
i clammy about a pearl buyer
when he gets the ear of a city
I reporter away from home, but
| the product of the latter’s pencil
j is very, very fishy.
MAGNOLIAS AND PALxMS.
Now is your chance to get a;
fine magnolia and have it planted
by an experienced florist. Call
at O. M. Bowen’s Cash Grocery.
Specimens of both palms and
magnolias. Three days only. d3t
$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
he had when he arrived, what
measure of success has attended
his efforts and what he thinks of
that portion of the country in j
which he is located. Letters
should not be less than 300 nor j
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 to1
tell and who knows how to tell it.
For circular giving details write
to John Sebastian, Passenger
Traffic Manager, Rock Island
System, Chicago.
TERMS OF COURT.
Circuit Court—Second Monday
after third Monday in January,
and second Monday after fourth
Monday in August.
Chancery Court—Fourth Mon
days in May and November.
W. C. McDougal is spending
; the month in Hot Spring's and
; will wait over for the races in
that city.
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For the news read the Duil>
Independent.
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-! BIT OF ITALIAN FARMING.
^ J .-.—•
Scene In Connecticut Which Added
Flavor to Hail I h he* for the
Beholder.
“These radishes,” said the speaker,
1 picking up one from a dish of the little
5 pink bulbs that stood on the table be
fore him, “remind me of some that 1
1 saw on a very different table, and in
l the midst of very different surround
- ings, on a canoe trip that a friend ol
mine and myself made in vacation
time last summer.
“Striking in from Long Island sound,
i up a little river that comes in on the
Connecticut shore, we found it to be a
picturesque stream enough. In somfl
1 places along it there were little bluffs,
i ten or 12 feet high, and at some places
, trees, and along some stretches of it
there were grassy slopes coming down
; to the water’s edge.
: “It was a pretty stream, running
through a pleasant country. And
paddling on we came, at half a dozen
miles or so above its mouth, to more of
those little ten or 12 foot bluffs, quite
appropriate to the size of the river, and
i over back of these bluffs we saw two
or three farmhouses.
“It. was noon then, and the day was
hot and we wanted a drink. So we tied
! up the canoe and climbed the bank,
coming out at the top upon a little ele
vated plateau laid out as a truck gar
; den.
“Every inch of it was cultivated, but
the ground had not been plowed
throughout in uniform straight fur
, rows, as in one great field. It was laid
out in patches, in which the furrows
j ran in various ways, giving variety to
the appearance of the whole; but in
every patch every inch was cultivated.
| And over at the other side of this con
siderable garden farm were the houses,
! with barns and trees and the well.
"While everything about the place
gave evidence of constant care, there
was, when we started across for that
well, nobody in sight anywhere; but
when we had come to an old-fashioned
grape arbor that stood near one of the
houses, and had looked into that, the
absence of people from the fields was
instantly accounted for. For sitting
under this arbor there were 20 or more
persons, men, women and children,
! evidently all the people on the placd,
eating their dinner comfortably in its
shade.
"This was apparently their regular
custom. Running down the middle un
der this arbor there was a long fixed
table upon which the food was placed,
the people sitting along the arbor
benches on each side, and the dinner
that they were eating here in this cool
and leafy dining room, which the com
pany pretty nearly filled, consisted
wholly of bread and radishes—black
bread and radishes.
"There were quantities of the rad
ishes, which were contained in two!
or three big wooden bowls, like chop- |
ping bowls, placed at intervals along
the table, and there was plenty of
black bread; and of this simple but
abundant meal they were all eating
with every indication of wholesome!
and hearty enjoyment.
“They were Italians, and good-look- !
ing and healthy looking people, all; ■
two or three families of them, appar
ently, that had joined forces and set
tled down here in this rather out of the
way place to make their fortunes, and
living here in their accustomed man
ner.
“And to come upon them thus, and
all so unexpectedly, was running
across, in Connecticut, a little bit of
Italy; and,” the speaker, relates the
New York Sun, concluded, as he helped
himself to another from the dish,
"radishes have always had an add I
flavor for me since."
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97 Ogden Ave.,
Chicago, 111.
W. H. SNETZER,
Contractor
& Builder
Plans and Specifications
furnished on short notice
All Work is Guaranteed
Henry Owen,
Physician, Surgeon
■V n d Oculist.
Office - - Sells’ Drug Store.
Sweeping
Reductions
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They can better be
sold cheap than car
ried ver t i the r
season and during the
month of January
prices will be made
such as to make the
goods move*
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On Many Lines of Win
ter Goods in Both the
Furniture
and
Hardware
Departments.
I t I
Newport Builders" 8uapnp]y Hardware Co.
Newport's Leading Home Furn is hers
usiness
Houses
Having widely distributed
interests will find an able
assistant in the Long Dis
tance Telephone.
TRY IT.
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and Telephone Co.
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I “BOB’S IN TOWN1’
3 He buys cotton seed and
1 don’t forget it. With no ill
I will to any company, he
1 buys for himself and pays
1 for the same.
IR. L. JOHNSON
CH AS. R. HITE
Farm, City and Timber
Lands Bought and Sold.
Farm Insurance
Notary Public.
Will Pay Your Taxes.
Call or write, No. 107 Hazel
street, Newport, Ark.
mammmmaammmm \ mi—ntr|
| Low- ^ Colonist |
I Rates
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j ..— TO THE ■ —
■ WEST and
I SOUTHWEST
I This is a good route to the
I new and fertile fields of
j I Oklahoma, the Indian Terri
1 tory and Texas. Low rates
—both single and round
;l trip—in effect on the first
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t month. For detailed in
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Division Passenger Agt.
j MEMPHIS, TENN.
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NEW ORLEANS
L OUISIANA
FEBRUARY 16, 1904
VERY LOW ROUND - TRIP RATES
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BANK OF TUCKERMAN
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.00.
We are open to the public for all business
which constitutes safe & reliable banking
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DIRECTORS:
J. W. LINDLEY, L. T. SLAYDEN, D. C. DOWELL,
GEO. L. SMITH, W. E. TALLEY.
COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY.
Your Patronage is Solicited.
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Pimples, boils, muddy complexion, headache, backache and
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1 j
Rhematism, gout, eczema, catarrh, anemia, scurvy, scrofula, etc.,
result from impurities forced into the blood with food or drink, or fron
the lack of certain necessary food substances.
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DR. KERMOTT’S LIVER REGULATOR Positively Cures Pimples and Dyspepsia.
_ „ Sheoden, May X), 1801. u . ,H|
Gentlemen:—One year ago now my face presented a horrible appearance from pimples and wB
blotches, 1 also was much troubled with dyspepsia and constipation; had tried physicians and patent ■
medicines, hut received little good. A friend recommended Dr. Keriuott’s Liver Regulator,,! found 1
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