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VOLUME V. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. MONDAY.
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MAYOR WILMANS SUICIDES.
Tragic End of Prominent Citizen am
Successf ul Business Man by
Pistol Shot At Oly
phant.
-The city of Newport Was
greatly stirred and her peopk
grieved Sunday morning t(
awake to learn the sad news o]
the death of Mayor Charles H
Wilmans from a pistol shoi
wound administered by his owr
r hand at Olyphant Saturday night
Mr. Wilmans was one of the
party of gentlemen who went tc
Little Rock Wednesday after
noon when Mr. Ben Simmons
was . accidentally shot, but re
turned Saturday evening with
Mr. George Hays. He got off
the train at Olyphant, where he
has saw mill and lumber inter
ests, to spend the night anc
Sunday. When leaving the trair
he borrowed a revolver from his
nephew Mr. Will Sprigg, stating
that he expected to remain over
there Sunday.
He repaired at once to the
lodging house owned by the lum
ber company and his nerves be
ing unstrung, he sent for Dr.
J. R. Bentley who gave him a
potion to enable him to sleep.
While the doctor was still in
the house, but in another room,
Mr. Wilmans who was lying in
bed was seen to draw a revolver
and fire one shot through his
body. The bullet, which was
from a 38-calibre Smith & Wes
son, missed the heart, penetrat
ing the left chest and a mattress
^ upon wnich he was lying, and
^^^11 upon the floor.
The brothers of the wounded
man were at once notified and
went down on No. 1 at 10:45,
bringing him home on No. 2,
which reaches Newport at 12:2E
a. m. Though conscious only for
a short time, life lingered unti;
5 a. m.
FUNERAL SERVICES.
The funeral services were hell
at 2 o’clock Monday afternoor
from the home, being conductec
by Rev. R. B. Willis of Searcj
and Rev. M. B. Umsted and th<
burial followed at Walnut Grove
Many handsome floral offering!
graced the casket of the deceasec
and in further honor of his mem
ory, Acting Mayor Mayhan is
sued a proclamation requestinj
the closing of all business house;
during the hour of service, whicl
was generally observed.
Lif t; Of UtiULASHJ.
Charles H. W’mans was bon
in Kentucky, but ad lived mos
of his life in this county, wher
he was a very popular citizei
ahd prominent in the business lif
and development of the tow:
and county. He enjoyed an inti
mate friendship with Governo
Davis and his political irfluenc
made him a prominent factor i
r county and state politics. H
was honored with election as a
alderman from the Second War
and was only recently chose
mayor to fill the vacancy create
bv the resignation of Mr. J. W
Grubbs.
He was a member of the Wil
mans Mercantile Company an
Wilmans Land Company and wa
Regarded a very successful bus:
ness man. Big hearted and ger
erous to a fault, he could eve
be relied upon as true to hi
friends, and they were legio
who now mourn his sad demis€
The relatives of the decease
have the sympathy of all in thi
^ hour of grief.
Inlawing is the mayor’s prc
fnation:
i ^OCLAMATION.
Whereas, Hon.C. H. Wilmans
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j Mayor of the City of Newport,
has departed this life, it is re
I quested that all business Bouses
be closed and that all business
be suspended in said city between
the hours of 2 and 3 o’clock p.
m., this day, out of respect to
his memory.
J. R. Mayhan,
Recorder and Acting Mayor.
I Newport, Ark., Feb. 19, 1906.
\ IN SOCIETY. j
, I BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY.
j The past week culminated in
a most delightful social event,
the pleasant occasion being given
by Mrs. M. F. Huddleston, when
on a most elaborate line she cel
ebrated her 71st birthday, Satur
day afternoon.
In honor of this milestone in
her life, Mrs. Huddleston had
invited a number of her intimate
and lifelong friends, whom she
ihad known since girlhood, also a
j number of younger friends to
j enjoy an afternoon of a pleasant
i social nature.
The hostess was the recipient
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| resides numerous other presents
from friends, who were glad of
an opportunity to bestow some j
gift of a loving nature upon one
whom they had so long loved.
Mrs. Huddleston was assisted in ;
! receiving her guests by her
! daughters, Mrs. ft. C. Harder
I and Mrs. Fred Jones.
A delightful lunch was served
by Misses Kate Harder and No
reene Kinman, and consisted of
ham sandwiches, chicken salad,
j hot rolls, pickles, wafers, Sara
toga chips, French peas and
coffee after which the guests de
parted, wishing that Father
Time might be kind enough to
spare the honored one for many
more years, that her splendid
life might continue to be an ex
ample to those of her home and
friends. .
The guest list included Mes
dames Josephine Brandenburg,
Laura Doswell, C. D. Campbell,
Susan Lester, Hattie Johnson,
W. E. Bevens, E. M. McDonald,
L. Young, T. D. Kinman, A. B.
1 Smith, E. H. Yeager, D. W.
- Anderson, B. M. Crow, M. A.
. Dorsey, Lucia Hobgood, Narcia
r Minor, T. J. Gregg, A. C. Hud
3 dleston, R. C. Harder, F. A.
i Jones and Miss Fannie Huddle
! ston.
New Schedule Effective.
t Time Table No. 8 was effective
3 Sunday on the Iron Mountain.
3 which again gives No. 7 a regular
3 schedule, leaving St. Louis at
3 2:20 a.m. and passing Newport
. jat 8:30a.m.
r! No. 24, the northbound accom
g modation passenger is due to
3! take the siding at Newport for
e the fast mail at this hour.
3 Nos. 4 and 30 are each moved
\ up five minutes and the local on
3 the south division is now due to
j leave Newport at 7:20 a.m.
Married in Poplar Bluff.
Ed Davenport and Miss Nita
^ Woodel, both of this city hied
s j themselves away to Poplar Blufi
‘ | Saturday night, roused a magis
trate who might perform the
r 1 wedding ceremony and at 2 a.m.
s plighted their troth.
1 The young couple have the
• congratulations and best wishes
^ of their Newport friends,
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Ladies’ Slippers! Ladies’ Slippers!
For Spring and sum er 1906.
i New line just received at Chas.
Meyer’s Great Bargain Store.
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PRESIDENT BATTEN RESIGNS.
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President Retires Owing to III health
and his Successor is Chosen —Re- 1
solve Against Negro Unions.
Little Rock, Feb. 18.— J. T. i
Batten of Tuckerman yesterday ,
.tendered his resignation as pres
ident of the Farmers’ Education
al and Co-Operative Union oi |
Arkansas, and L>. P. Tunstell of
Salem was elected to succeed
him. H. B. Walker of Mixon,
vice president of the organiza
tion, also tendered his resigna
tion, and J. C. Grisswood of
Conway county was chosen in
his stead. The resignations
were tendered at a meeting of
the State Executive Committee
of the union in this city Satur
day, which body also elected the
new officers. Mr. Batten re
signed on account of ill health,
which prevented him giving the
necessary time to the duties of
the office. Mr. Walker is a can
didate for representative of
Logan county in the next legis
lature and resigned in order to ;
devote his time to the canvass j
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OPPOSED TO NEGRO UNIONS.
In addition to the change in
officers, the executive committee
placed itself on record as being .
opposed to farmers’ unions com
posed of negroes by unanimously
adopting the following resolution:
“Whereas, There are certain
prominent state and county i
officers of the Farmer’s Union in
this state who have been and are
connected with various organiza- j
tions in Arkansas for the pur
pose of organizing the negroes-;
into farmers’ unions; therefore;
be it
“Resolved That we, the com- j
mittee, deem it a reflection upon
the good name of the union to j
tolerate such associations of our
members with the negro organi
zations, and therefore recom
mend that all those connected
with the negro organizations, be
requested to either withdraw'
from the white Farmers’ Union j
of Arkansas or renounce the!
1 negro organizations, as we are
in no way responsible for such ;
negro organizations and are not j
connected in any way with them, j
j GOVERNORTaLIED DOWN.
Called on First Statement Made After
Refusal to Divide Time With Senator
Wood.
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Marianna, Feb. 18.-Yesterday
when Gov. Davis arrived here to
fill his appointment, ex-Senator
S Wood, who had been requested
| on the part of some of the Berry
| element to reply to him, sent
! mutual friends askin^iim to re
i main in the house aftpr he fin
I ished, with the proviso that he
j would not be interrupted during
i his speech, otherwise he would
! be called down on every erron
! eous statement he might make
I by Senator Wood. This Gov.
■ Davis would not do, and the con
sequence was that the first
statement he made was disputed
by Senator Wood, which brought
on a wrangle and Davis left the
j stand. He left here this even
jing for Lagrange, followed by
; Senator Wood.
! About 200 people were in at
tendance, only about half a doz
en being ladies.
For quick delivery, telephone
! your orders for all kinds of
groceries to R. D. Dennis’, Cor.
Lake and Beech. ’Phone No.
1167. ^_lTd-tf
j Candies made in New Orleans
i one day, and on sale the next,
i Where? At Jacocks’ of course.
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