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U3li^ ^IT? NEWPORT, ARKANSAS WEDNF
Emiluon
■ COUNTY’S INCREASE
■Asse^ment Over East Year
■.Total Will Now Exceed
■ $7,000,000.
■?hile definite totals have not
■ made for the total assessed
■tion of property in Jack
■county, since the Board of
ftalization’s work has been
■ved by the court, the coun
■]erk states that the total val
■on will now be slightly in
■s of $7,000,000 or an in
■e of $500,000 from that of
■vear, when the total was
■o6,578 of which $4,878,631
■ upon real property and $1,
■947 upon personal.
■e increase came almost en
■- from farm lands, which
■ generally raised by the
■d of equalization. The half
■on increase will yield $2,
I additional revenue to the
■tv and will probably wipe
■all outstanding scrip.
ft Newport School district,
■total assessment will show
■ or no increase and perhaps
■s, as many personal assess
«s were reduced and the in
fted values placed upon
■ within the district will
■ably not more than offset
■e personal property reduc
■ .
ML BUILDING
ONTRACT TO BE LET
ember 2. Specifications Call
gFor One Story and Mez
zanine Building.
j
he Treasury Department of
national government, an
lees in this issue of the In
indent that sealed bids will
eceived and opened at 3 p.
December 2 in Washington
the construction of the post
e building at Newport,
he building is to be one story
nezzanine style front of 4,
square feet ground area,
proof construction and ex
or facing of brick and stone,
i tin roofing.
(Blocked Passen
rain.
; derailment of
he local freight
ick Island near
mger train was
1 Newport and
r Tuesday was
te was hurt in
.ilment.
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Ducks Invade City.
“Quack! Quack! Quack!"
| was the music to which a num
ber of our sportsmen friends
were sung to sleep Tuesday
night, when a large bunch of
mallards became confused by
the glare and glitter of our me
tropolitan city and whisked
about over the tree-tops for sev
eral hours, calling for each oth
er and unable to get their bear
ings.
The old boys with green heads
and their sisters of gray, who do
the most and the loudest talk
ing doubtless knew that New
port had an ordinance prohibit
ing shooting within the corpor
ate limits and that Uncle Sam
too protected the migratory
birds after sundown, at least in
the cities if not on the marshes
and sloughs, so this bunch in
their fright, chattered and
quacked to their heart’s delight,
disturbing greatly the even-1
ing repose of all hunters, until
the Sandman took them off to
dreams of great sport in the
wilds, where the rasping quack
'and gutteral tones of the drakes ;
were as the notes of a thousand i
harps.
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Notable Wedding In Capitol.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 29.—A no
table wedding occurred at 1
p. in. today at the home of the
bride, in this city, when Chan
cery Clerk J. S. Maloney and
Miss Eloise Lenew were mar
ried. The bride is the daugh
ter of Dr- .J. H. Lenew, one of
the state’s leading physicians,;
and the groom has been in coun
ty politics for a number of
years. The officiating clergy- •
man was Rev. Father Tobin of .
St. Andrew’s Cathedral.
Mr. and Mrs. Maloney will
leave on the evening train for a
wedding tour, visiting Chicago.
New York and other Eastern
points, and returning about No
vember 15, will be at home at
the Pines, 1623 Arch street.
May Postpone Electrocution
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 29.—It is
not probable that Arthur Hod- >
gins, the young Clark county I
man in the penitentiary await-:
ing electrocution on November
12, will be executed on that1
date . Counsel have made an i
application in the Clark Circuit:
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then pray an appeal to the su
preme court, which will act as
a supersedeas. Officials who
have observed him, consider
that he is ndt mentally respon
sible.
New Schedule For Trains.
A new schedule for the Iron
Mountain has been issued, ef
fective Sunday. The only
change of importance is for lo
cal passenger No. 24, that is
scheduled to arrive at 9:20, in
stead of 10:05. No. 7 will ar
rive at 9:06, instead of 9:10.
No. 4, fast train, will arrive at
10:20, instead of 10:22. All
other trains run on the same
schedule as before.
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A Bazaar.
The ladies of the Christian
church will give a bazaar on
Wednesday, December 17th.
'Many beautiful hand made arti
'cles, which will be suitable as
elegant Christmas gifts, will be
on display.
FINDS FOUR
YEAR OLD BOY
W ho Disappeared From Home
Five Months Ago And Has
Deen With Father.
'Special to Independent.
Little Rock. Oct. 29.—Archie
Fleming, aged four years, is
again in the arms of his mother,
Mrs. Oetavia Fleming, after an
absence ot seven months. April
5 he disappeared from the. fami
ly home in Little Rock- with
his father, A. A. Fleming, who
had had some trouble with his
wife. For a time she was very
ill, grieving for her child, and
a while was near collapse.
Fleming was located a few
days ago in Denver, Colorado,
having been indicted here for
wife desertion. A requisition
was issued for him by Governor
Hays, but Fleming resisted the
"Tit, and attempted to restrain
the Little Rock official from
bringing him. He lost his fight.
nnd TACL IX' 7 T T * 1
*-***'-* unci in ell -
rived at Little Rock at 4 p. m.
Tuesday with his man.
The deserted wife was at the
station to meet the prodigal
spouse, and the words that pass
ed between them were not par
ticularly affectionate. At the:
sheriff’s office the child was de- ■
livered into the custody of his
mother, and Fleming was releas- !
ed on $500 bond.
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Mow Rice Like Hay.
Jonesboro, Oct. 28.—The rice
planters in the vicinity of Wein- j
er are arranging to cut the crop j
with mowing machines, like hay
and have it threshed. Orders;
were received by Culberhouse & '
Salmons for three mowing ma- j
chines yesterday to be used in
cutting rice.
The recent rains have about
ruined the crop and it has fall
en on the ground so bad that
it will be impossible to get a
binder into it and the only way j
to save it is to mow it down
and then thresh it out, getting
the most rice as will be possible j
from it.
It is claimed by those who
have late rice that it is not so
badly damaged and should the
weather be fair for a few days
that they will be able to harvest
it in good condition.
Returns From State Fair.
Dr. E. P. Yager returned
from Hot Springs Tuesday
night where he has been attend
ing the Arkansas State Fair.
Dr. Yager reports the fair to
be the most creditable one the
state has ever had and that it
would do justice to many of the
older and more experienced
states. He spoke very highly
of the farm products, and was
looking forward to the near fu
ture, when Arkansas would be
among the leading states in
her stock and cattle exhibits.
Dr. Yager also stated the work
;with the cattle in Jackson
I county had about been com
pleted and the quarantine would
’ be raised in a very short while.
While at Hot Springs Dr.
I Yager met the Agricultural
Demonstrator that has been
i selected for Jackson county,
{and who is to begin his work in
about two weeks. It is then that
interest in the State Fair will
‘begin, for our farmers are ex
pected to be encouraged to
I send a sample of their products
for ^exhibition.
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Services \t Christian Church.
Air. I aylor took tor hi- ’t \r
last evening God - quo-lion in
Adam after the .-in n;' the lir-t
Pair io Eden. "Whciv art thou?"
1 lu‘ speaker called attention
*o the fact that the lir.-t thing
Cod did after Adam and Eve
had sinned, wa- to come down
from the court.- of heaven and
seek the guilty ones to offer
them hope of salvation.
So through all the ages since
Cod has put the question to ev
ery person who has reached the
age of accountability, "Where
art thou?"
W hat stand have you taken
regarding your relation to God
and the Christ who died to save
you ? i- a question ever appli-'
cable to the human soul.
Air. Taylor reminded the
Christian that God's question to
Adam, "Where art thou?"
should be heeded by those in j,
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to the Cross of Christ might
never waver. To him who has \
been in the church and is wand-I
ering from the paths of right-!
eousness, the same question is
whispered that he may halt and
turn back to God. Likewise, he ;
who has never confessed the j
name of Christ should heed when
he hears the Father’s words,
“Where art thou?”, and should,
come into the fold of Him who is
the Good Shepherd; Him who
knoweth His own sheep and is |
known to them
These are but a few of the
thoughts of Mr. Taylor, deliv
ered in the eloquent and force
ful way which is a part of all
his discourses.
The sermon last evening was !
throughout an earnest appeal to:
all to hear the voice of the Fath
er in heaven and the call of the
loving Savior to come unto Him |
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Femce-. again 1 his evening at
i a>o. ( rare ,ind bring others
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( nncrete Machine \,-rives.
Ft;!":-' oV.worable weather
eont ii; i '. I. • 1:i - |!rns . to win>n;
was aw.e 1 e11 !!•■• ciait rae' fli
the p.ovhig of Front street,
hr on Main to Vine street, ex
pect to complete the work with
in three weeks The concri te
mixing machim lias arrived and
is about ready Cor the import
ant par of the work.
The three blocks to F p wed '
are to cost the city $2 100. or at
tin rate ofpfl cents per square
yard, the concrete paving to he
20 feet in width, starting 10
feet from tin curb.. It i to lx
uniform in thicknos.-. f>i ineh
es. but will have a 2-inch crown.
This is the first concrete pav
ing undertaken in this citv and
some of the property owners on
Front street will probably con
tinue the concrete work to their
own curbing, thus making not
only a much wider paved street,
but making a more lasting job
for the edge of the paving will
be protected by the curb.
Miscellaneous Eazaar.
i
The young ladies oftheEp-j
worth League of the Methodist
church will give a bazaar on Fri.,
day and Saturday, November'
the 7-8, which is not quite two
weeks off. The young ladies are '
working hard to make a success,,
and have solicited from the I
members of the church who
promised many beautiful things:
in the way of handwork. On the j
Saturday of the bazaar home- ■
made bread and cakes will be
sold for your Sunday dinner.
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I- \m i: cu \y houses
111.- line- 1 Horse.-- On Earth
Carried With The Yankee
Kokin .on Circus.
Without ■ piest ion ill,- horses
' I t he 'i ankec Itohiii on circus
and Texa Kill Wild West un
tile lines! ever carried with a
traveling concern. These hom
es are all young and of the very
highest class. I'ln y have sever
al blooded animals, all of which
are displayed in the horse tents
free of charge. If you come to
town b>r nothing else than the
parade, do not fail to go to tl
horse tents and view I hose beau
'ifnl animals. Attendants are
on hand to conduct you through
the stables and no charge is
made for this service. At New
port Sat unlay, ()ctobor S.
I’rovcs A Hood Ram tiler.
Little .James Arthur Howie,
aged 2 years, wandered away
from home Tuesday morning
about 10 o’clock, while his mo
ther did not happen to be look
ing after him, for he sometimes
visited in the neighborhood, and
covered the whole city fairly
well l)ofore he was found on the
lake bridge by L. W. Sharp
about. 2 o’clock in the afternoon
and carried home.
The parents were naturally al
most distracted when they could
not find him and the whole
neighborhood started in search
of the little fellow. He had
crossed the railroad yards to the
ferry and after tiring of watch
ing the river had gone across the
city, over the lake bridge to the
Taggart property at the eastern
limits and had returned to the
bridge and was climbing upon
the bridge railing when found.
I A DISPLAY OF MEN’S
Clothing and Furnishings
That will please you with the beauty and desirability of patterns
and models, attract you by the completeness, and delight you by
the bigness of the values offered.
WEJINVITE AN EARLY
INSPECTION BY YOU
We are especially anxious
to show you our Over
coats. We have a very at
tractive range of colors and
patterns and the models I
are very pleasing. Come 1
and try them on. You sure- I
ly want to see “what’s 1
what” in overcoats now. I
You will here.
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The correct Fall models
are unusually attractive.
I Ours are so expertly cut
! and tailored that a perfect
fit is assured- Our present . 1 |
; line is very extensive, em
b/acing a wide range ol
ftcnjarpm (loU|e& colors and patterns. Come
and see some of them on j
yourself.
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We have made an extra effort to make our Men’s Clothes
better values this season than ever. We ask you to cal! and
judge for yourself how well we have succeeded.
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