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VOLUME V. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2*. *905._NUMBER *27.
CHANGE OE VENUE GRANTED.
Damage Suit of lames M. Vance versus
Officers Stephens and Beard Sent
To Lawrence County.
James M. Vance, formerly a
citizen of Sharp co mty, but now
living in Grubbs township was
given a change of venue to Law
rence county Thursday morn
ing by Judge Allen Hughes, in
his damage suit against Marshal
T. S. Stephens and Officer Wal
ter Beard, for alleged false im
prisonment. The plaintiff is
represented by Wright & Reeder
of Batesville.
GRANT GETS JUDGMENT.
The damage suit of Lowery
Grant versus W. D. Williams
was heard by a jury Wednesday
and the plaintiff awarded $125
damages. He alleged that the
defendant allowed a vicious
horse to use the range and that
this animal kicked and killed a
horse belonging to him.
T. T. Ward, H. E. James, W.
J. Lambkins, R. F. Skinner, C.
B. Best and J. N. Churchman
were sworn in as petit jurors.
Luther McNeal was discharged
by the grand jury.
The bail bonds of Bud Dunni
van against J. E. Hobbs, W. R.
Wellmuth and Gustave Jones
were set aside.
C. C. Colum, administrator of
the estate of George Wilson,
versus St. L., I. M. & S. Ry.
Co.; plaintiff elects to take non
suit without prejudice.
John T. Carr vs. Augusta
Cooperage Co., defendant; dis
missed at cost of plaintiff with"
out prejudice.
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EIGHT MILE.
There are several reported on
the sick list this week.
Dr. T. Holloway visited Rich
woods Sunday.
Will Bowman, our county sur
veyor, was down below Eight
Mile on business on the 15th.
Guy Glover of Howell station
is visiting friends and looking
sweet towards some of the fair
Isex of Eight Mile this week.
Protracted meeting is going on
at Eight Mile, conducted by Rev.
Mr. Douglass. We hope it will
be a grand success.
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r>ro. oim ixjwiiumi went tv
| Gourdneck last Saturday even
• mg to fulfill his appointment
Saturday night and Sunday,
f F. H. Beede is expected home
I this week from Hot Springs
j where he has been for a couple
of months.
k Prof. W. W. Beede’s school at
Gourdneck will close next Fri
I day. Then he can have lots of
, sport with the finny tribe.
I Some of the farmers in this
I neighborhood are losing some of
I their cattle. We don’t know
ig what the trouble is.
i With best wishes to the Inde
| pendent I will close.
I A Reader.
1 Marriage Licenses.
H S. H. Brunson and Sallie Mc
I Kinney, both colored of Weldon.
Phil Exson and Gertrude Ray,
■ both colored of Newport.
1 R. P. Algood and Mary M.
9 Van Winkle, both of Denmark.
If Rattle Snale Bit Boy.
Walnut Ridge, Sept. 20.—Mr.
Jones’ little boy while playing
around the yard Monday night
was bitten by a rattlesnake or
the ankle. Dr. Ponder was im
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mediately called in to attend him.
The snake was about three feet
in length, and held on for some
seconds, being dragged ten feet
or more as the boy ran to the
house. Although the boy is still
quite sick no serious result is
looked for.
PROPOSES CANNING FACTORY.
Thinks Newport Would Be Good Location
And Wants to Know if Such a
Factory Would Be Supported.
Newbern, Tenn., September 18, 1905.
Mr. Gustave Jones, Newport, Ark.
Dear Sir—Have received one
of the special editions of the New
port paper. Strikes me you have
quite an enterprising town, and
all you need to perfect your town
now is an up-to-date canning
plant. Have you a factory that
will give employment to the
women and children of the town
who want work and need some
thing to do? If not, a canning
plant would be a great addition
to your town. First to consider,
have you a good farming section?
Do your farmers work to make
money or just to be farming?
I find this the case in some sec
tions, but never advise putting
in a plant where the farmers are
not interested, rne next con
sideration is help. It would re
quire from 50 to 75 women and
children to operate a plant pack
ing from eight to ten thousand
cans of tomatoes per day. This
amount would require about 450
bushels tomatoes per day, and
require about from 60 to 75 acres
well worked and carefully han
dled, which as a rule nets the
the farmer from $50 to $75 per
j acre. If you are interested in
an enterprise of this kind I shall
be pleased to figure with you on
putting in a plant and securing
a good, honest, practical man to
| operate same for you. Any in
formation will be cheerfully
given. Yours truly,
i C. F. Howard.
WRECK AT KNOBEL.
■ Memphis Special Ran Into Local freight
Train and Hurt the Engi
neer of the Freight.
Knoble, Sept. 20.—One of the
worst wrecks known to this sec
tion occurred here Monday, when
a special out of Memphis headed
! into the local freight, which was
! standing at the depot waiting
| for orders. Engineer Smith was
asleep and failed to see the flag
man or hear the whistle of the
freight.
The small engine of the special
was completely telescoped into
the larger one of the freight.
Engineer Smith was thrown
from his cab and sustained a
number of injuries about the
head and body, while his fire
man jumped off, with a broken
arm.
None of the passengers were
| injured.
Real Estate Transfers.
i
F. M. Parsons and W. H.
Crane to Zindel & Miller, 120
I acres 8-13-1, $1,000.
J. U. Ard and wife to W. S.
; Morgan and wife, one-half lot
• 2, block 1, Tupelo and tract in
■ 20-9-2, $1,000.
Samuel Brasch and wife to
Mrs. L. C. Wadkins, 10 feet off
of lot 2, block 26, Daugherty’s
addition, Newport, $35.
White river is rising, being 6
feet on the local gauge Thurs
day. Fayetteville reports a rain
fall of 1.6 inches, Eureka Springs
1.20, Oregon 1.24. Black river
is reported booming at Poplar
| Bluff and Pocahontas.
PASSED THE LIE FREELY.
Rogers Charges Governor With Soliciting
And Accepting Campaign Money
From Hot Springs Gamblers.
Ozark, Sept. 20.-The climax
of the political battle between
Gov. Davis and A ttorney Generai
Rogers was reached yesterday,
when the two candidates en
gaged here in the most bittei
and personal debate that has
marked the campaign up to the
present time.
Charges and counter-chargee
were hurled back and forth, each
man addressing himself directly
to the other and daring him tc
deny the accusations.
Gov. Davis devoted more tnan
half an hour to an arraignment
of the attorney general, then
announced that he would nol
refer to the latter again during
the campaign.
Mr. Rogers declined to be dis
posed of in that manner, how
ever, and announced that, while
he had been forced-into the fight
to protect himself, he had only
started and intended to put prooi
of his charges against Governoi
Davis.
CROWD HOOTS THE GOVERNOR.
The most remarkable demon
stration occurred during Mr.
Rogers’ speech when Gov. Davis
tried to interrupt him with a
question. The crowd hooted the
governoa down and only per
mitted him to proceed at Mr.
Rogers’ request.
Gov. Davis apparently had a
large part of the crowd with him
while he was speaking, but the
Rogers men came to the fronl
later, and when the attroney
general had spoken for a shorl
time he had aroused the crowc
to a high pitch of enthusiasm.
EXHIBITS ROGERS’ NOTE.
The governor exhibited a not<
showing that General Rogers had
borrowed $450, and that one oi
the indorsers was M. D. L. Cook.
The governor endeavored tc
make much capital out of the
note, and said he had ordered th«
note lithographed and would dis
tribute 50,000 copies of it ovei
the state.
“I have no dark chapter in my
life such as to force me to threat
en to kill a man who tells it,”
declared Gov. Davis.
“Rogers came to my office and
jumped on my private secretary,
a cowardly act. He knew that
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il l naa Deen mere i wuuiu iwve
whipped him like a dog. I want
to tell him that he had better
not come to my office. Now 1
dismiss Mr. Rogers.”
The crowd yelled its apprecia
tion when the governor faced
the attorney general in a dramat
ic manner on several occasions.
ROGERS’ CHARGES.
When the governor concluded
there were calls for Rogers and
he was loudly cheered when he
was introduced. Mr. Rogers
spoke in a more quiet manner
than his opponent, but at times
defied him to deny his accusa
tions. He read a letter from
j Dave Young, a Hot Springs sa
loon keeper, who declares thal
Gov. Davis promised to pardor
him of fines amounting to $1,60(
and costs, but that the governor
: told him to keep the matter of
' until after the election.
Young claims that he after
wards gave $150 to a party fo:
Davis to pay life insurance with
This was eighteen months ago
Since then, a few weeks ago, tb
money was repaid to him.
Referring to the charges Gov
Davis made against him Genera
Rogers said:
| “These charges are false, a
false as false can be, and the ac
cuser knows it from the bottom
of his heart.
“What does Gov. Davis know
about the penitentiary? He
never attends the board meet
ings. I charge him with violat
ing his oath of office when he
fails to attend the meetings. ’ ’
Gen. Rogers repeated his For
rest City explanation of the Cook
note. He declared that he had
never accepted “a gift or dona
tion to conduct [his campaign.”
GOVERNOR SAYS “IT’S A LIE.”
The most sensational incident
was when Mr. Rogers said he
was going to chaige the govern
or with soliciting and accepting
money from gamblers and others
in Hot Springs to make his cam
paign.
“The charge is a lie,” retorted
the governor.
“I charge him openly,” con
tinued Mr. Rogers, “and if I
don’t prove it I will make public
apology.”
Mr. Rogers here read the letter
from Dave Young of Hot Springs.
“Dave Young is a liar,” declared
Gov. Davis. “I never borrowed
a cent from Young and anyone
that says it is a liar.”
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toes,” Rogers retorted.
The governor attempted to ask
a question, but the crowd would J
not hear him and finally quiet I
was restored and the governor
entered a denial of the charge
made by Mr. Rogers.
Swifton’s New Bank.
Glass township has added an
other to Jackson county’s list of
blanks, now six in number, in the
Bank of Swifton, incorporated
Wednesday.
A well constructed brick build
ing. just completed oy T. B.
Stewart, awaits their occupancy.
The officers are prominent and
conservative business men of
1 Swifton, being as follows: R.
C. Jones, president; E. B. Gil
lim, vice president; J. D. Ashley,
secretary; J. G. Smith, treasurer.
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Reports Yellow Fever in State.
Little Rock, Sept. 20.—R. E.
L. Lindsey, a conductor on the
Valley route, received a message
yesterday from his brother, who
is railroad agent at McGee, to
the effect that the little child
of the latter had just been
stricken with yellow fever.
Read the Daily and Weekly
Independent.
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ELMO R1DDELL,
CO-OPERATIVE REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Jacksonport, Arkansas.
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