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VOLUME III NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, MONDAY,
FATHER AND SON
DROWNED TOGETHER.
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E. W. and John Clark Drowned
While Fording a Swollen
Stream Above Jack
sonport.
E. W. and John Clark, two i
well-to-do raftsmen, who have j
been engaged in getting out logs |
above the Black River bridge,
were drowned Sunday noon while j
returning home from Newport, ;
where they had spent Saturday
buying provisions.
^ In returning they took a differ
ent road from that by which they
came, going by way of what is
known as the Stafford farm.
When crossing a swollen creek,
the bed of the wagon was floated
away, but the three inmates of
the wagon managed to hold on
for a while. John Clark, one of
the sons, was first swept away
and drowned and then the father
lost his hold. The remaining
son managed to reach the bank
by clinging to the wagon and im
mediately set about to rescue his
kinsman.
The elder Clark was still alive;
when recovered an hour later, i
but only survived about thirty
minutes, and the son was found
dead. The recovered bodies
wefe buried Monday.
DAUGHTERS OF
THE CONFEDERACY.
A regular meeting of Lucien
C. Gause Chapter, U. D. C., was
held at the residence of Mrs. R.
M. Johnson on Saturday after
noon, which was well attended.
The meeting was called to order
Jby the president, Mrs. S. R.
* Phillips, after which Mrs. M. J.
Lucus read the Lord’s Prayer.
The minutes were read by the
secretary, Mrs. C. R. Hite, and
the treasurer, Miss Lou Minor,
read her report as follows :
Apples to veterans, $5.
State dues, $6.60.
National dues, $6.60.
Postage, 25 cents.
Funeral expenses, C. W. Phil
lips, $12.
Arkansas room in Confederate
Museum at Richmond, Va., $10.
Total, $40.45.
Balance on hand, $57.87.
Mrs. (J. A. mllhouse enter
tained the members with two
vocal solos, accompanied on the
piano by Mrs. Will O’Neal. Mrs.
M. J. Lucas gave a short talk on
the life of Robert E. Lee, and
Mrs. E. B. Williams gave a piano
solo.
The meeting then adjourned
to meet again on the last Wed
nesday in February at the resi
v dence of Mrs. 0. D. Watson.
A Mrs. P. V. Ferguson,
NECROLOGICAL.
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MRS. CORDELIA ROBINSON.
Mrs. Cordelia Robinson, the
Wife of our fellow-townsman
g^inert L. Robinson, died Sunday
I afternoon at 12:45 o’clock at her
I home on Laurel street, after a
1 week’s sickness with pneumonia,
I which involved both lungs.
The funeral services were held
Monday morning at 10 o’clock
from the home, conducted by
Rev. C. Pope, pastor of the
I church of the deceased. The re
mains were laid to rest in Wad
del graveyard.
The deceased’s maiden name
was Cordelia Jennings and her j
birthplace was twelve miles from
Augusta, her natal day being
February 19, 1877. She was
narried to Mr. R. L. Robinson
m May 23, 1894, at Augusta.
Jntil within a few years ago they
ived on a farm below here on j
White river.
The deceased leaves four chil
dren without the tender love and
training of a mother, w*hose
names are Mary, aged 7 years;
Ellen, 6 years; John, 3 years, and
infant Joe, aged 5 months.
Mrs. Robinson was ever faith
ful in those duties of wife and
mother and the loss of those
v. ho survive her can hardly be
overestimated by the loved ones
from whom she has been taken,
and to whom the. sympathy of
our people is extended.
MRS. A. NARAMORE.
Mrs. A. Naramore of near
Auvergne died Sunday morning
and was buried Monday.
KIRKLAND LIQUORS
TO BE DESTROYED.
Prohibited Articles May Be Seiz
ed and Burned Under Order
Of Court Without
Jury Trial.
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 31.—
The supreme court yesterday de
cided an interesting point in the
liquor laws of the state in the
case of Kirkland versus state,
from Jackson county. Certain
liquors and fixtures belonging to
Kirkland & Co. were seized in a
store in Newport. Newport is
what was technically termed a
“dry town,” and the seizure of
the liquors, etc., was made by
the sheriff under a warrant
charging that the liquors were
kept for sale in a prohibited dis
trict contrary to law.
The circuit court, on the hear
ing of the matter, ordered the
sheriff to publicly destroy the
articles seized, and the owners
appealed to the supreme court.
They contend that, under a clause
of the statute under which the
warrant was issued, providing
that the person claiming such
liquors, etc., so seized should
have a day in court before their
destruction should be ordered,
they were entitled not only to a
hearing upon the question of
their intent in keeping the liquor
and other questions of fact aris
ing in the case,v but to a jury
trial thereon.
The court drew a very clear
distinction between the meaning
of the clause giving the parties a
day in court and the constitu
tional guaranty of trial by jury,
holding that in the abatement of
public nuisances the legislature
may dispense with the trial by
jury and still not be denying the
parties “the due process of
law’’ guaranteed by the consti
tution. *i
Another interesting question
raised by counsel for the appli
cants was that the proceeding,
being criminal in its nature, the
evidence of the unlawful intent
must be such as to convince be
yond all reasonable doubt. The
court held, however, that the
proceeding was one in rem, not
involving the possibility of fine
or imprisionment to the violators
of the law, and hence not crimi
nal.
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CIRCUIT COURT CONVENES.
February Term of Jackson Coun
ty Circuit Court Opened
Monday—Grand Jury is
Charged—List of
Jurors.
The February term of the
Jackson circuit court opened
Monday morning with a large
attendance of farmers from over
the county. All the court offi
cers, Judge F. D. Fulkerson,
Prosecuting Attorney W. A. Old
field and Stenographer J. F. Mar
tin of Batesville were present.
Judge Fulkerson’s charge to
the grand jury wras a forcible
deliverance of the court’s views
upon the demagogic attempts
that are often made by un
scrupulous politicians to reflect
upon the integrity of courts and
was listened to with marked at
tention by the members of that
body.
A rather remarkable occurrence
is to be noted in the making up
oi me grana jury iroin me origi
nal venire selected by the com
missioners. This term of court
promises to be a short one.
GRAND AND PETIT JURORS.
The grand jury is composed
of Alcorn Ferguson, foreman; R.
M. Johnson, clerk; George Dam
eron, I. D. Price, G. A. Pilquist,
Joe Davis, J. F. Rorex, J. F.
Bengel, W. N. Nance, Jno.
Smith, W. H. Edens, Wiley Over
street, L. J. Taylor, Will Church
man, Oscar Massey, Jimmie
Runyan. Ike Harris and Will
Galloway were excused by the
court from that body.
The petit jurymen are B. 0.
Craige, Joe Pennington, Charles
Greenhaw, C. T. Cook, Walter
Hurley, Jas. Strider, R. P. Wil
liams, Jno. Melville, J. M. Sel
lars, J. C. Hogan, T. W. Collier,
D. A. Kimbrough, R. J. Wise,
W. C. Allen, Wm. Slayden, Jas.
Brown, Chas. Bailey, Wm. Wil
kerson, T. J. Klais.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
State of Arkansas versus R. L.
Gaither, John Bacon and Dave
Malone, Sabbath breaking; dis
missed as to Bacon at his cost.
State versus Jack Whiter and
John Dunahay, Marion Tarry
and Bob Young, Sabbath break
ing; nolle prossed.
State versus above named par
ties, gaming; pleas of guilty en
tered and fines of $10 imposed in
each.
State versus Jack Whiter, Jno.
Dunahay, Boss Ray and Jno.
Samson, gaming; pleas of guilty
and fines of $10 each.
State versus Sherman Stout
and Whit McMillen, gaming;
pleas of guilty, fined $10 each.
State versus Rufe Hightower,
selling liquor without license;
plea of guilty, fined $50.
For the news read the Daily
Independent.
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