I Newport Daily Independent.
E VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. TUESDAY. JANUARY 31. 1905. NUMBER 236.
TUPELO CONTEST
BEFORE COUNTY COURT.
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The issue of licensed saloons in
Tupelo is to be heard in the
county court this week, a peti
tion embracing 390 names of
qualified signers living within
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, the Tupelo three-mile district be
ing filed Monday.
The old petition against license
at that point was also revived
and contains 620 names, accord
ing to report. The prohibition
ists of Breckinridge township
! have asked for four days’ time
i to circulate a new petition, claim
ing that they still have a ma
jority.
Meanwhile town officers will
be elected in Tupelo Wednesday
and it is understood that two
applications for license will be
made. The town license will be
fixed at $1,000 if saloons are se
cured and the little city on the
Rock Island expects to flourish.
jj STATE SIFTINGS.
“Peaches are still safe” is
being heralded among the lovers
of this luscious fruit, from the or
chards of northwestern Arkan-j
sas, a big factor in the supply of
the peach market. The very j
fact that we have suffered such
extremely cold weather for this
southern clime has made the
buds unusually backward and
with the ground filled with frost
it will require much warm
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j weauier tu suut tnc uuua iv
swelling and thus lay them open
to the dangers of late frosts and
freezes.
Discussing the cotton situation
the other day a well known Lit
tle Rock banker stated that there
would be no need of the Arkan
sas farmer sending his cotton
outside of the state in order to
| receive advances on it. His own
I bank, he said, would be glad to
J loan $25 per bale on cotton and
I see that the cotton is stored and
taken care of in first class style.
The anti-trust law of this state
is receiving much attention from
outside sources as to its effect
upon the old-line fire insurance
companies and what their with
drawal would mean to the busi
ness interests of the state. But
they have not withdrawn and it
now seems uncertain whether or
not they will until the recent
enactment has been tested in
the courts. Very few of .the
non-union companies can qualify
under the Logan law, as most of
these have general agents who
are members of boards in some
state or other. The Hartford,
one of the biggest of the old
companies, denies that it has
concluded to stay, and on the
other hand the North British
ana mercantile aeny tnat tney
| have pulled out. A number of
plans for meeting the bill are un
der consideration, but there
I seems to be no unity of action so
far. The suggestion is made at
Chicago to fight its enforcement
by securing an injunction until it
can be tested in the higher]
courts. The attorney general
will be asked to suspend the pen
] alties. Another plan is to organ
j ize local companies to write the
; business and divide the risks as
reinsurance. If no agreement is
reached to withdraw entirely as
an object lesson to the public,1
i the companies may write in the
: state from St. Louis and Mem
i
! phis on an underground arrange
jment. The most generally fa
i vored plan is to withdraw and
! bring the business men of Ar
kansas to a realization of their
mistake and a consequent repeal
of the law.
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Col. V.Y.Cook and two daugh
ters, Misses Mae and Jennie, of
! Elmo, were guests cf friends in
the city Monday night, and at
; tended the Betsy Hamilton enter
tainment at the opera house.
CLAYTON BOND
MEETS REJECTION.
Both Branches of Legislature
Open Week’s Work by Get
* ting Busy—Senate to
Enjoy Apples.
Little Rock, Jan. 30.—Both
branches of the general assembly
convened this morning and im
mediately got down to hard work.
In the senate several bills
were introduced while in the
house a few were offered and
many measures considered. In
the senate the feature of the
morning session was the rejec
tion of a bill, introduced by re
quest, to authorize the payment
of a $1,000 bond of the state,
dated 1870.
The question was raised that
the bond was signed by Powell
Clayton and that it did not have
the recommendation of the debt
board of the state. After being
read for the first time it was re
jected upon a good majority.
Senator Logan of Benton pre
sented the upper branch of the
legislature with four bushels of
Jonathan apples this morning,
and a recess was taken in order
that the members might better
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clie nuiu
In the house the bill of Sena
tor Toney to provide for an as
sistant journal clerk and also a
clerk for the judiciary committee
was called up, but after much
discussion placed back on its sec
ond reading for the purpose of
amendment. Several members
of the lower body opposed the
employment of a clerk for the
judiciary committee, but admit
ted that an assistant journal
clerk was necessary.
NEW DRUG STORE.
John T. Jacocks of Little Rock
has recently opened a very nicely
furnished and well stocked drug
store in the E. L. Watson build
ing on Front street and together
with his family has made New
port his home for the future.
He is a very pleasant and
clever gentleman and a progress
ive merchant who believes in
pleasing his trade and thus win
ning their confidence and busi
ness.
He has associated with him
Mr. S. R. Hudson, for fnany
years a popular druggist of this
city and a man of broad ac
quaintance and fine reputation
as a pharmacist. Both Messrs.
Hudson and Jacocks are regis
tered pharmacists, and all pre
scriptions will have their careful
attention. The new firm, we
feel sure, will enjoy their part of
the business of our growing city
and its fine tributary territory.
FURTHER SUITS
FOR WRECK DAMAGES.
Graves & Martin of Hot
Springs Saturday brought two
more suits for damages resulting
from the wreck on the Iron
Mountain at Swifton November
21, last. The first was filed in
federal court for Mrs. Betsey
Frank, who was on the train
traveling from St. Louis to Ben
ton, and who files with her com
plaint an inventory of ladies’
wearing apparel and jewelry
amounting to $4,067, which was in
her trunk and ..hich was never
delivered, having been destroyed
in the wreck. The other suit was
for her husband, Marks L.
Frank, who sues for the recov
ery of $1,771, the amount of
goods claimed to have been in
his trunk. There are a number
of suits of a similar character
pending in court.
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a Journey.
I With its attendant risks, and
which involves absence from
your home and neglect of your
business? In nine cases out of
1 ten the necessity for this can be
obviated by the use of the
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and Telephone Co.
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tee best results.
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I CHASTAIN BUILDING.
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Dentist
Gives special attention to
Crown and Bridge Work,
And correction of Irregularities
of the Teeth.
Office Watson Bldg. Phone, 63.
Newport, - Arkansas•
PARKS MISTAKEN
ABOUT THE DATE
Cause of Delay of Arkansas
Elector in Reaching Nation
al Capital—Had Gone
Back Home.
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“Have Tillman Parks come or
immediately with returns” * was
the second telegram received by
I Secretary of State 0. C. Ludwig
1 from Senator Fry, president oi
' the United States senate, Satur
day, says the Little Rock Demo
crat.
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x a.i fto is uie messenger eieeteu
on January 9 by the Democratic
electors of Arkansas for the pur
pose of carrying the vote of the
state to Washington, and the
law required that he should have
delivered it by January 23.
Some one without fear of lese
majeste suggested that it was
probably a scheme of Gov. Jeff
Davis to make the election void
so that he could appoint a suc
1 cessor to Roosevelt.
Mr. Parks was located at his
! home in Lewisville, Lafayette
1 county, Saturday evening and
; explained that the delay was
due to the fact that he under
stood that February 8 was the
day for the counting of the vote,
and it was not necessary for him
to reach Washington with it be
fore that time. Advised other
wise, he left Saturday night for
Washington ar 1 will deliver the
vote t > President Frye immediate
ly upon his arrival. It is not be
lieved any further complications
will result.
Read the Daily and Weekly
SIndependent
Our Semi-Annual
SOCK SALE
TaRes Place
FRIDAY, FEB. 3D, 1905.
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All of oar 35c, 50c and 75c valaes for
25 Cents
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For one day only, and not more
than six pairs to the customer.
v You know the hosiery we handle,
Lord Sc Taylor and Wilson Bros. ’Tis
’nough said.
Rememberl Q DAY ONLY IC«Sh
the
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YOU CAN SLEEP BETTER
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NEWPORT, ARK.
Capital $100,000.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham, V.-Pres.
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
Jos. M. Berger, Jr. R. F. Drummond, C. J. Saenger,
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell, S. D. Campbell,
G. D. Clements, J. P.|Duck, W. W. Dutton,
0. D. Watson, L. E. Willis, , F. D. Fulkerson,
R.|K. Fitzhugh.
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Will you follow her example and be a
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