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FERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS.
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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
For Representative.
JOHN H. keel.
.County Judge.
E. L. BOYCE.
Circuit Clerk.
J. D. NEAL.
County Clerk.
GEO. A. LOCKARD.
Sheriff.
H. S. SIMMONS.
Treasurer.
DR. F. G. SMITH.
Assessor,
R. L. CONDITT.
Surveyor,
W. A. BOWMAN.
Coroner,
F. J. HARRISON.
Constable—Union Township.
W. H. CAROUTHERS.
Justice of the Peace,
GUY SMITH.
FOREST DILLARD.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
We are authorized to announce tho candidacy
of H. M. Woodard of Elgin for Justice of the
Peace of Bird township.
NECROLOGICAL.
ED WALLACE.
The sad news reached this city
Saturday morning of the death
of Ed Wallace of Walnut Ridge,
which occurred at his home in
that city Friday night. Mr.
Wallace had been in bad health
for about a year, traveling most
of the time, hoping to regain his
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to be in immediate danger, and
his death came unexpectedly to
his friends.
Mr. Wallace had many old
friends in Newport, who will
regret to learn of his death, and
will long remember him for his
jovial disposition.
He was for a number of years
one of Newport’s leading young
business men, locating here when
this city was in its infancy.
He leaves a wife and one brother,
R. C. Wallace, of this city, who
mourn his death, and who have
the sympathy of the entire com
munity in their sorrow. The
remains were to be taken to Rock
port, Ind., Saturday night for
burial.
WILL C. MENDENHALL.
Will C. Mendenhall died at his
home in Newark Thursday after
noon, from consumption, which
he contracted several months ago,
and which ended in his death |
Thursday.
He had been in wretched health i
for some time. Everything was I
done for his restoration to health
that could be done. He had just
returned about ten days ago from
New Mexico, where he had
gone hoping to be benefitted,
but was compelled to return |
home, as he realized his case was1
hopeless.
Will had a host of friends in \
this city who loved him for his1
honest, straightforward ways. *
He was a consistent member of
the Christian church, and was al
ways interested in anything per
taining to the upbuilding of hu
manity.
His funeral was conduct
ed at his mother’s home in
Newark Saturday afternoon, the
services being conducted under
the auspices of the Knights of
Pythias lodge.
STRUCK BY TRAIN.
Charles Mason, who has been
working at a sawmill near New
port, took the local Friday for
Batesville, but became so noisy
and obstreperous by reason of
too many drinks that he wa* put
off the train at Diaz.
He tried traveling on foot and
was on the track when struck by
the branch passenger. His head
was badly injured and he was
brought to Newport for medical
and surgical repairs.
New Hazel dray to all parts of
city. Telephone your orders to
the Hazel. _22d4w
R ead the Independent.
THE 0
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ef A Dirricnn nu«scfr**« \
K>on But Little. V
Coal Is so common a necessity thatlfa
do not take the trouble to know any
thing about It. The other day, says a
New York Press writer, I asked a house
holder who ourns 25 tons a season:
“Which do you prefer, red ash or white
ash?” After a little hesitation he re
plied: “I really don’t know what you
mean. I didn’t know that coal is made
from ash, and I don’t think I ever heard
•f a red ash." “Oh, that has nothing to
do with it. Of course coal is a vegetable
product but the red ash or white ash re
ferred to is not a tree, but the refuse of ,
burnt coal—the ashea Some of these
ashes are red; some are white.” He was
much surprised, and promised to find out
from his dealer whether he had always
used red or white.
A second householder, being asked tbs
same question, replied: “I always use
the white ash coal, for the reason that
It is so much cleaner, both before and
after using. It makes a hotter fire, and
never burns out the grate-bari. It lasts
longer than the red ash and is cheaper
in the long run. You couldn't hire me
to use red ash coal. I don’t like thu
stuff.”
A merchant who ought to know what
be Is talking about said: “Buy red ash
coal ever time. It makes things very
comfortable about the house. You can
start a fire with it in half the time you
can with white ash; the Are is twice as
hot; there is less dust; there are fever
ashea Stoves using red ash seldom burn
out, and they give out more heat than
when using white ash. Of course, the
red ash costs more than the white, but
is cheaper in the end."
A coal agent booking orders was told
by a new resident: “I shall want six
tons of coal for the winter. I insist on
having white ash coal. Can you supply
It at once before the price goes up?”
“To-morrow early enongh?" "Yies.”
“All right; it will be there.” It came
and was dumped into the cellar. At the
first cleaning out of the ash pit under
the furnace our friend found only red
ashes. He was wroth. The coal man
happened to drop in. "Coal all right?”
"AH right? You know It isn’t all right,
elr! You have cheated me. I insisted on
having white ash coal, and you have
Bent red ash. What are you going to do
about it?” “I’m awfully sorry. I cer
tainly put In tbe order for white ash.
But you’ve got the best of the bargain,
sir. We’ve billed this coal to you at the
price of white ash; and you know it if
worth a dollar a ton more. Still. I al
ways believe in giving a gentleman what
he orders, and we’ll take this coal back
If you say so.”
“If I wanted to be mean I’d make you
take back every bushel of it, and then
I'd buy my white ash alsewhere. Didn’t
you know it was red ash?” “Lord bless
you, no. No man living can tell the dif
ference between the two kinds until he
Bees the ashes. I’ve been In the business
80 years, and I can’t tell. But I do know
one thing—red ash coal is as far ahead
of white ash coal as sunshine Is ahead
of moonshine.” "Well, I’ll overlook It
this time; but hereafter I get what I or
der, or there’ll be trouble. I’ve ^ legal
right to make you take this coal back."
"You have only to give the order, and
I’ll obey.” “I’ll see how It turns out.”
That night the merchant called, and the
transaction was mentioned. “Lucky dog,”
he said. “Red ash every time! And you
get it as cheap as dirt.” So the matter
Was dropped.
The anthracite trade began with an
output of 1,965 tons In 12 months. It has
grown to 70,000,000 tons annually. In
1803 the city of Philadelphia bought
100 tons of anthracite for use In the
pumping works, but the engineers, not
knowing how to burn it, broke it up to
gravel the walk in the yards. In 1814
two ark loads were sold at the falls of the
8chuylkill for $21 a ton. A morning
was wasted in futile attempts to burn
this coal, and at noon the employer and
his workmen, discouraged at their ill- j
luck, shut up the furnace and went to
dinner. On their return they were aston
ished to find a roaring fire, the furnace
doors red hot and the furnace itself ii. ,
danger of melting. From that day datee
the successful use of anthracite in Amer
Inn
Personally, I have yet to learn the dif
ference between red ash and white ash
coal as regards merit. But I never had
the happy experience of the furnacemec
above. Here is my luck: First, a few
newspapers crumpled up and lighted;
aecondly, a bushel of kindling wood; '
thirdly, a shovelful of coal; fourthly, a
wait for half an hour for the coal to
atart; fifthly, more coal; sixthly, my
morning ablutions In blissful conscious
ness of duty well done; seventhly, a ra
lurn to the cellar to find—a roaring
chilliness, the furnace doors frigid to
the hinges and the furnace itself In dan
ger of collapsing In liquefied air. I then
(rop a small word or two In the cold
quiet of my subterraneanlsm and calmly
proceed to shake out that “roaring fire
(expected) Into the bottomless ash pit.
The dust gets Into my five senses and
my hair, all over my shoes, up my
breeches, down my collar. I am hot
enough by that time to look at a firs
and make it burn. _
Precocious.
“Oh, yes, we were a very young cou
ple—mere children, In fact. I was but
n simpering schoolgirl In short skirts,
and George was Just a boy in jacket*.
I remember how pleased he was when
be cast hia first vote.”
“But he didn't vote until he was 21.’
“George was very precocious. He
▼oted much earlier than they usually
go.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Too Much Cor His Jfurves.
Manager—Doctor, come into the
itore, quick.
M. D.—Is It a serious case?
“Extremely so. A woman bought ten
dollars’ worth and didn’t ask for a sin
gle sample, and the clerk Is now a gib
baring Idlat"—BjJUb Iatar-M©«tat*ta.
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BLUE
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DIRECTIONS FOR USE:
Wiggle-Stick around in the water.
DETECTIVE IN TROUBLE.
Jim Wilson, a detective for the
Iron Mountain, covered the porter
at the Planters House with a gun
Friday evening and took posses
sion of the second floor.
Officer G. L. Robinson was
called in, and when he attempt
ed to take the detective was
struck over the head. He used
his billy with good effect, how
ever, and soon brought Wilson to
time.
WORLD’S FAIR RATES.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
St. Louis, April 30th to Decem
ber 1, 1904. Rate for ten day
excursion ticket will be one fare
and one-fifth for the round trip.
Tickets on sale daily April 27th
to November 30, 1904. Rate for
sixty day .excursion ticket one
fare and one-third for the round
trip. Tickets on sale April 25th
to Nov. 20th. Rate for season
EXCURSION TICKETS eighty
per cent, of double the standard
one way fare for the round trip.
Tickets on sale daily April 15th
to Nov. 15th, Final return limit
Dec 15, 1904.
Tfos. H. Reamey. Agt.
The popular belief, dating back for Jb
years, that the slopes of the Rockies and
the Intervening valleys were fit for noth
ing but mining enterprises and would
never be of agricultural value would be
severely Bhaken if the old-time pessi
mists could travel for a week through
this portion of the San Juan country,
says a Durango (Col.) dispatch. For
many miles in all directions flourishing
fields are literally blossoming like the
summer rose. All of the cereals do wel)
In the neighborhood and the root crops
are of the finest quality. Irrigation,
which has done so much for other sec
tions of the formerly unproductive west,
has worked wonders in this part of Col
orado and the possibilities of irrigating
ditches, fed,by the inexhaustible snow*
of the mountains, are just beginning to
be fully understood. Considerable,cap
ital will be Invested in irrigating works
in this country daring the next two
yean,
TM Stmn«*i ISvMtlM.
The women of Kansas have won
their campaign for reform In the
schools, the principal feature of which
was that courtship may be carried on
hi school hours. The classes In higher
education In that state hereafter, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer, will he ■»>
dar the direction of Pro! CupM.
TO THE FAIR.
Tickets on sale to St. Louis
daily via the Iron Mountain route.
$9.55 for the round trip; return
limit fifteen days from date of
sale. T. H. Reamey, Agt.
Read the Independent for all
the news.
NEW YORK
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IS THE SREATEST
THEATRICAL M SHOW PAPER
IN THE WORLD.
$4.00 Per Year. Single Copy, 10 Cts.
ISSUED WEEKLY.
Sample Cory Free.
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4T W.K!!n«TcU.
OPENING
OF A NEW AND THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED LINE BETWEEN
ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO.
SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1904.
Thoroughly equipped trains leave St. Louis and Chicago nightly
(after the arrival of incoming trains), arriving either city the
following morning. / , . , . ,
Evuipment entirely new; lavish in design, elaborate in lurmsn
ings. Ask vour ticket agent or address
PASSENGER TRAFFIC DEPT., ST. LOUIS, MO.
f BREAKFAST ROOMS. K
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Appropriately furnished prove a con
tinual source of pleasure. If your N
breakfast is served among cheerful, har
monious surroundings it gives you a
good s', art for the day.
DINING ROOM SUITES.
We have a nice line of Dining Chairs,
Sideboards, China Closets, Dining
Tables—in fact, anything in the Furni
ture line. Come and see us. We are
are ready to show you what we have.
(I Newport Builders’ SaS Hardware CoJ
I SINGER
SEWING MACHINES
At Bargain Prices.
We Suit Payments
to Your Income
You may test our machines
before purchase and they will
be delivered to your home.
Guaranteed to be a simpler,
stronger and more durable
machine than any other.
The Singer Manufacturing Co.
FRANK W. LYNN, Mgr.
M. A. UMSTED. Ass’t. Mgr.
121 Hazel Street, Newport Ark
-THE
LONG
DISTANCE
TELEPHONE
places you in direct and
instant communica
tion with all important
towns in Texas and
Arkansas and many
other states. Its use
will often save you a
fatiguing journey.
TRY ROUND TRIP TALK.
The SouthwesternTelegraph
and Telephone Co.
LIVERYMEN
FARMERS
DRAYMEN
And all users of axle grease
that want the best grease on the
market and that recognize a good
thing when shown its merits, we
recommend our Golden and Cas
tor Oil brands of Axle Grease.
It is put up in 1 pound tin boxes
and 3 pound tin buckets. For
sale by all up-to-date merchants.
Ask for it and take no substitute.
It is guaranteed to have no equal
for quality on the market.
WATERS-PIERCE
OIL COMPANY.
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J. W. Lindley, Pres. L. T. Slayden, V-Pres. E. V. Holt, Cashier
BANK OF TUCKERMAN
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.00.
We are open to the public for all business
which constitutes safe & reliable banking
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DIRECTORS:
J. W. LINDLEY, L. T. SLAYDEN, D. C. DOWELL,
GEO. L. SMITH, W. E. TALLEY,
J. A. GREENHAW, L. D. SMITH.
COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY.
Your Patronage is Solicited. ><
Tuckerman, - - Arkansas
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Low Rates from Memphis.
ROUND TRIP, $15.00.
To Amarillo, Quanah, Vernon, Fort Worth, Dallas,
San Angelo, San Antonio, Colorado, Galveston,
Houston and other Texas points. Also to all
points in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, except
where one fare plus $2.00 makes less.
Tickets on sale Aug. 23d, Sept. 13th and 27th.
ROUND TRIP, ONE FARE PLUS $2.00.
To all points ,in Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory. Tickets on sale First and Third Tuesday of
each month.
K CALIFORNIA
Other Pacific Coast points in proportion.
Tickets on sale at Memphis Sept. 15th to Oct. 15th, inclusive.
For full information write
J. N. CORNATZAR,
General Agent, Memphis, Tenn.
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OUT IN ALIFORNIA
The Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar will be
held in the early fall. Thousands are going. It's a
good time. There is no doubt but that all good Amer
icans desire to see the Golden State some time. Here's ]
\ an opportunity. Is there anything to prevent your
taking advantage of the exceptionally low rates an- v
nounced for this occasion.
TICKETS ON SALE AUG. 15 TO SEPT. <j
Rates from your home town on request. •
GEO. H. LEE, JAS. HARRIS, he
a Gen. Pass. Agt. Dist. Pass. ,
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