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f VOLUME m NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1904. \ NUMBER'^^H
OPENING GUNS OF
COUNTY CAMPAIGN.
Candidates ShellWoods and Shake
the Bushes of Glass Town
ship—No Absence of Per
sonalities.
The sturdy yeomanry of Glass
township manifested their de
votion to the principles of Demo
cracy and interest in the welfare
of the party by the representa
tive assembly, which gathered
upon Saturday at Swif ton to hear
the opening guns drone campaign,
- participated injby the several can
didates for county office. During
the morning, it seemed that the
people had refused to lend their
ears to the pleas for office, but
any such fears upon the part of
the candidates were dispelled' in
the early afternoon when a crowd
of voters packed the school house.
That the campaign is to wax
warm no one doubts who listened
to the outpourings at Swifton.
The gubernatorial campaign has
been a bitter one and the county
candidates with a few exceptions
are taking their cues from Jeff
and Wood and lambast each other
in a way that makes the hearer
wonder if they are not going to
come together. Personalities are
indulged in with a vengeance and
the records of present and past
officials are the subject of viru
lent attacks.
Committeeman Frank Parsons
acted as chairman of the gather
ing and introduced the speakers
in turn. The candidates for all
offices except county judge and
representative were limited to
ten minutes, and these were ac
corded longer periods.
r Coroner Harrison enjoyed the
privilege of opening the affray,
but as he has no opposition his re
marks were confined to the ordi
nary announcement of his candi
dacy.
The candidates for assessor
were then given the floor, Pass
more White and Rufus Conditt,
who made formal talks. The
candidacy of Wm. Alexander of
Denmark for this office was also
announced, though this gentle
man was unable to be present.
Dr. F. G. Smith and Capt. W.
A. Joyce followed, the former
contending that Capt. Joyce had
enjoyed long enough the emolu
ments of the treasurer’s office,
and the latter asking it again on
the efficiency of his record in
office. There was some sparring
here, but it was only a foretaste
of what was yet in store.
The candidates for county
clerk, G. A. Lockard, E. C. Wat
erman, George L. Robinson and
George W. Weast, and for circuit
clerk J. S. Jones and J. D. Neal,
asked the support of the voters
of Glass township in short ad
dresses.
The heat of the campaign, in
so far as the speaking goes, lies
in the race for sheriff, county
judge and representative. In
l thdWd named R. W. Bandy and
% ' Snell Simmons are opponents; in
y the second Judge 0. W. Scarbo
rough and E. L. Boyce, and in
the last Jno. H. Keel, T. T.
j Ward, J. U. Ard and George A.
H Hillhouse.
■ Feeling that an accurate report
of the individual talks could
hardly be made at this time that
would be fair and just toward
all the candidates, we refrain
from an extended account of
these speeches which involves
so much personal crit until
a later date.
THE TWO GOVERNORS. \
What a contrast has been re
cently presented between Gov.
Vardemanof Mississippi and Jeff
Davis, the miserable misfit of
Arkansas, in upholding the law
; as regards the lynching and burn
I ing of negro murderer^
Gov. Vardeman, who was
elected to his present position on
1 the platform of disfranchisement
and non-education of the negro
at the expense of the white man,
! yet, when the negro murderer
; is in danger of being lynched or
burned, with commendable zeal
j he takes a company of state
i guards and goes many miles to
prevent it; thus upholding the
dignity of the law and the good
| name of the state.
Now, on the other hand, con
trast the action of the moon
faced misfit, who so sadly dis
| graces the gubernatorial seat of
I Arkansas, in the matter of burn
ing the negro in Ashley county
about two weeks ago; not an
effort made to prevent it, not
even a word of protest against
the barberous procedure. And
yet that “thing” is catering in
other ways for the support of the
negro vote in the primaries, much
to the disgust of all decent Demo
crats.—Marianna Courier.
BETTING AT PINE BLUFF.
Odds Offered on Wood Carrying
State and Jefferson County
Without Takers.
Wood and Davis enthusiasts
who are willing to risk their money
on the result of the primary tried
hard to bargain with each other
says the Pine Bluff Graphic. There
were a number Wood men in the
lobby of the Trulock who flash
ed their rolls and sought bets at j
even money in favor of Wood, i
but the Davis men refused to ac
cept the offer. Some insisted they
1 should be given odds of two to
one while others demanded three
I to one. One Wood man secured
I a bet of $40 even money that
Wood would carry fifty-four
| of the seventy-five counties. It;
was regarded as a foolish wager j
and after being convinced of his i
error the Wood man announced
that he would bet $100 to $25
that Wood would carry Jefferson
county and $200 to $100 that he
would carry the state. Up to 1
p. m. no one had accepted the
wager, l he otter ot nets at any
odds that Wood would carry a
majority in Jefferson went beg
ging. Many Jeff Davis adherents
wanted to secure wagers that
Wood’s vote in Jefferson county
would not exceed that of Davis
by three to one, but Wood’s
friends were willing to bet that
their candidate would get two
votes to Davis’ one, but there were
few betters. There were Ao bets
of any consequence upon the re
sult in Jefferson. A few hat and
cigar bets constituted the limit of
the betting on the Jefferson
county result.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
AT COTTER TUNNEL, j
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Two negroes, Jas. Overstreet j
: and Geo. Pickens, were seriously |
injured at the tunnel Tuesday.!
They were drilling on the floor, |
one seated and the other stand-1
ing, when a loose stone fell from:
the ropf, crushing the skull of
one./from which a quantity of
brains oozed, and crushing one
leg of the other so badly that
amputation above the knee was
necessary.
Pickens died Wednesday and
the other man was sent to the St.
Louis hospital the same day. —
Cotter Courier.
Another lot of lace. 13500
yards more lace, 6 to 25c value; |
all go at 5c. Will be on sale
Monday. Bowen’s Cash Store. 65 i
REVERSES JUDGMENT
FOR HELENA COMPRESS
Suit In Which Compress Com
pany Came Out Victors Over
Plaintiff Sent Back For
Another Trial.
Little Rock, March 6.—In the!
supreme court of Arkansas yes-I
terday, in the case of the Hooks j
Smelting Company of Philadel
phia vs. the Planters’ Compress!
Company of Helena, Mr. Justice
Riddick did not hand down the
written opinion of the court,
which he will do later, but an
anounced the finding of thgxourt.
The Hooks Smelting Company
made a brass worm casting for
the compress company, but were
delayed in getting it to Helena
until after the cotton season had
opened. After it was received
it did not fit, and the compress
was compelled to lie idle for a
month or more. The compress
company then had one made in
St. Louis and refused to pay for
the one received from the Hooks
Smelting Company. The latter
company then brought suit for
$525, the cost of the casting,
which the company had refused
to pay. The compress company
put in a counter claim for dam-j
ages, and on the trial of the case
was awarded $500 damages be
cause of the enforced idleness of
the compress while the casting
was being made in St. Louis.
The whole matter was largely
a question of fact as to the man
ner of contract entered into by
the two companies, the time
when the casting was to be de
livered and a question of exces- j
sive damages. The court held
that the damages were so grossly
excessive that the judgment must
be set aside and reversed for a
new trial. In fact, it is very
doubtful if the compress com
pany is entitled to anything un
der the facts in the case, as the
court views it.
The case is interesting ill that
the company suing had a judg
ment rendered against it for ten
times more than it sued for.
HAS NOT WITHDRAWN.
Notice is hereby given that the
report that I have withdrawn
from the race for representative
is a willful and malicious false
hood, and that I have no inten
tion of withdrawing from the
race for that office.
Respectfully,
T. T. Ward.
Read the Daily and Weekly In
dependent.
. . VOTE FOR . .
J. U. ARD
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
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