VOLUME V. SATURDAY. APRIL 7. IW4. NUMBER 294.
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■■■'■'V KIRBY HAS A CHANCE.
uaims That Me Mas Tbfrty-Etghi Coun
IwScs and That Gaiitnev Has Votes
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* Enough Sw Throw Contest
(into Convention.
■ Texarkana. April 6.—Hon. W.
W j F. Kirby, candidate for attorney
1} general in the recent Democratic
primary, returned today from
I Little.Rock, where he was called
by a message saying there was
still hope that be might win out
for the nomination. Mr. Kirby
I has unofficial figures showing he
has carried 38 counties with 251
delegates. He has not received
returns from Hempstead, Craw
ford, Saline and Washington
counties. He says Mr. Gautney
has carried 16 delegate votes,
and if his figures are right this
would throw th3 matter'of the
nomination into the state con
vention. If he has carried
either of the four counties' not
heard from he thinks he will be
nominated without having to
fight for it in the convention.
286 CLAIMED FOR PINDALL.
The friends of Hon. X. 0.
Pindall have claimed a minimum
of 286 delegates in the state
convention, the number re
quired to nominate being 257.
nni~ ~ nniTAxo\ rtnnnf idc iw
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which the official count has not
yet Deen made, but in most oi'
the lists kept by those who
watch the political situation, Mr.
Pindall leads with enough in
structions to give him the nomi
nation on the first ballot.
The matter will be settled to
morrow, when the counties hold
conventions for the election of
delegates to the state convehtion .
His Platform Will Wta.
1 f Hon. Sam Q. Sevier, sheriff of
Ouachita.county, and one of the
candidates for governor at the
recent primary, publishes a card
thanking his friends tor their
support, Mr. Sevier says that
he is neither disappointed nor
chagrined at the result, and
adds:
“My defeat was a foregone
conclusion from the day Logan
and King withdrew and Davis’
strength combined on Little and
the anti-Davis vote was driven
to Rogers. 1 was actively in the
campaign but little over sixty;
days, had virtually no organiza- i
tion, and simply remained in the ;
race to test the soundness and
possibilities of my platform. I
feel satisfied now some one will
win on the lines laid down in my
platform at no distant day."
Mr. Sevier in his platform ad
vocated stricter regulation of
the liquor traffic and favored the
closing at night of all saloons m
Arkansas.
<Vw Bank for Jonesboro.
Railroa-booro, April 6—It is re
Louis fi that the banking business
witho»nesboro, already increased
Igto»e last year by the change of
I ’jtyr institution to a national bank
v .Jfa increase of stock in this and
oMe others, is to be further aug
mented by the establishment of
tWnew institution, to be arrex-'
Musive savings bank. The capi
tal, it is said, is to be $25,000, of •
Ryhich $20,000 is subscribed.
Says tie Was Robbed.
Friday morning’s passenger
rWht in C. K. Sharkey from
lewport, (in Conscious. E. C.
.Vurmbach" who had been to
Newport, knew Sharkey and
. jook charge of him when he
'found him in a bad condition and.
^brought him in. Sharkey said
he had about $40.00 with him
when he got t > Newport, but
>*i onljTbad ‘35 cents..thi- morning.
He seemed to think he had been
drugged and robbed, but has
some money deposited in a bank
here. He evidently had been
roughly handled. Dr. H. G.
Campbell was in attendance on
him and said he thought there
was nothing serious the matter.
. Sharkey is well known here,
having worked here several
' years, at different times. — Bates
: ville Guard.
Notice to Subscribers.
A number of complaints have
been received lately of subscrib
: ers failing to get their papers.
This office will appreciate a
, prompt report of any such esses
and see that the trouble is lo
cated.
Next week, we will institute
complaint slip books for every
route and the carrier boys will be
required to see party complain
ing and give assurance of the
delivery of his paper. When
you don’t get your daily, ring up
No. 40 and give us a chance to
correct the trouble.
Bums Prove Fatal.
Mrs. Mary Warren ofBates
ville died Monday night at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Eli
Owens, from injuries caused by
her clothing catcmng nre. sne
was standing with her back to
the fire when her dress caught
fire and before help could reach
her she was so badly burned that
death resulted. Deceased was
about 58 years of age and a mem
ber of the Methodist church, a
woman with many friends. She
leaves eight children.
Searcy Railroad Project.
Articles of incorporation were
filed with the secretary of - state
Thursday by the Doniphan,
Kensett and Searcy Railroad, a
branch of the Iron Mountain
system. The Board of Railroad
Incorporation held a special
meeting to consider the. applica
tion and a charter was granted
to the company. The company
proposes to build a road from
Doniphan to connect with the
Iron Mountain at Kensett and
from Kensett a spur will be built
to Searcy. The road will be op
erated, when completed, as* a
separate line, but it is stated it
is really an Iron Mountain
branch. The capital stock is
given as $45,000. The incorpor
ators are: W. H. Horten, H. R.
Hilpatrick. E. C. Horten, J. S.
Clark, and W. H. Lightle.
A “big sale week,” partici
pated in by all the merchants
and business men, is a good sug
gestion oixerea oy one oi our
enterprising young men, Mr. A.
F. Bailey, to Dring to Newport
trade that usually goes to some
other perhaps nearby store or
shopping point. To make such
a week successful and draw the
crowds, it should be advertised
extensively and there should be
a number of free attractions
during a part of the day. To
make Newport prosperous and
to make her grow, there must be
some kind .of an awakening.
We must go after business and
keep something going on that
will bring trade this way and
keep the public's eye upon the
county sea* This whole section
of Arkansas is annually becom
ing more prosperous and New
port ought to set the pace in
stead of being content to follow
in the wake.
Join Barker s pressing club.
All your work • this line done
for $1 per .moirpi. Ring up
phone .No. 190. • {KtdOt.
j ead the Independent.
COAL FAMINE IMPENDING.
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Railroads in Arkansas H Cos! Supply
to Withstand Strife Eft Pub
lic Will Suf
Little Hock. rAp A coal
I famine in ArkmKa- s mpendjng
and will reach a -erioa? <tag€
unless there is an early adjust
ment of the differences aetv.’eer
the mine operators and workers
in the coal fields .»£ this state.
The strike has been in effect four
days,- and mere is little coal tc
be secured in Little Rock at any
'price. There is no steam pro
1 ducing coal in the hands o? any
of the dealers and there is- but s
small quantity of hard com neid
over from last year, together
with a few cars of Kentucky
lump on hand.
Officials of the Iron Mountain
state that they have beer nusy
ever since the first rumors of a
, strike laying in a supply of coal
and have a sufficient amount to
carry them over any reasonable
period which the singe may
cover. The coal in use on the
Iron Mountain from Bald Knob
to Alexandria, La., is largely, if
not entirely, the Arkansas- pro
duct, mined along the central
division, where many of the
mines are practically owned by
the company. By caretuhy
guarding the supply lor some
,some time past .sufficient coal is
now on hand to meet an tneir
demands. A prominent official
of the Iron Mountain says that
in his opinion the strike will be
adjusted within two weens ay
joint concessions of the operators
and miners.
- The coai supply ; for the Rock
Island lines is secured largely
from the mines controlled by the
company in Illinois, and little is
known at the local offices regard
ing the situation over the system.
It was stated yesterday at the
offices of the Rock Island that all
the coal reserve stations on the
Choctaw lines are well supplied
with coal and that there is no
apparent shortage.
There is more Catarrh in this
section of the country than all
other diseases put together, and
until tne last few years was sup
posed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pro
nounced it a local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional
disease and therefore requires
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney &. Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market. It is taken
internally in doses from 30 drops
to a teaspoonfu!. It acts direct
ly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure. Send for circu
lars and testimonials.
Address: F. J. Cheney & Co..
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for
constipation.
Alicia City Ticket.
The following ticket was suc
cessful at Alicia Tuesday:
Mayor—J. C. LoMar.
Recorder—C. C. Campbell.
Treasur.er—J.. A. Moseley.
Aldermen - J. W. Moseley, J.
M. Green, C., Vandiver, W; R.
Allen, Louis i ’ \ 1 • ;
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We / v;t* y,,u here to «t* the *1 > • arations we’ve j&j
.-..ade for spring, to inspect e' rtment of styles U/
and colors, and to carefu’b - ' »rr •*». values. m
wv shy* *r*>'--d hats at $2.00. :'=■** X
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•fa also th*’ celebrai-• no. ■
B. Slthson hats at hhhO . j Jvt
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•;he fan unto ' ‘Edwin Clay);,
thavorcte. Now iy the t ir».
a;ft yeivj tit ami selection
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1 velops th.it Miss Youngblood,
reported accidentally killed near
Denver, this county. Monday,
; was shot by her friend. Miss
j S'e&ls. daughter of Dr. Seals, re
; siding ’in that, coin reunify. Miss
Seals had called to spend the
afternoon with Mi.-? Young
blood. and. after taking of? her
wraps, she espied ar old, rusty
pistol on a table., and. being ac
customed to seeing it there be
fore, picked it up and pointed it
at her hostess and to her con
sternation the weapon fired,
taking effect in the breast of
, Miss Youngblood, killing her al
most instantly.
Good Prospects tor rrur? Prop.
Van Buren, April G. —The
prospect for a big crop of straw
berries and peaches were never
more promising in the vicinity
of Van Buren than at present.
The berry crop never fails and
owners of strawberry fields do
not feel in the least doubtful re
gardin':'., this year's crop unless
they should encounter cloudy,
rainy weather during the ship
ping season. The peach - rop
promise: to be the largest in the
history f the industry in Craw
ford county.
County Contois Today.
At the Democratic state con
vention of 1904 provision vv.as
made for the holding of county
conventions on the first Saturday
April for the election of dele
gates. to the state convention,
which is to meet jin Hot Springs
on June 6. Prairie and Jackson
counties have already held their
convent:'••ns an •.} selected dele
gates. The ; other counties will
follow'the.' juufvr;r. day. as pre
scribed' 5,1 ‘the b<v- made G>• the
last 'TiehVnm' !
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t «ry ■ hoige. j|||k jaiur grocer
•for it. Large 3 ov? package only
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More especially is this true when
the insurance is erhall-^or there is
none at all.
But-, you; should suffer ■ if you
would assume a risk without, insur
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A small payment ip >ur corn panics
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