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I VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. FRIDAY.
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT
BY NEGRO BRUTE
Made Upon Mrs. Minnie Clark
Early Thursday Evening on
Her Way Down Town.
An attempted assault was
made Thursday evening about
| 7:45 o’clock on Mrs. Minnie
I Clark, the sister of Mrs. Farmer,
■ who both live on Vine street,
ft between Second and Third. As
PI was her habit after supper, she
f had started to town, though the
streets were dark, as the electric
lights had not been turned on,
and had reached the alley back
of J. B. Finley's, when a negro
about six feet tall rushed upon
her. Screaming for help, this
i brave woman fought off the
k (brute until help arrived from
\ .people living nearby.
A \ The negro then ran west and
was traced by means of the blood
i\ bounds to the Warren hotel, run
} by negroes on Front street. Here
he seemed to disappear, but late
at night upon a second search it
was found where he had run
through a room and jumped from
a window There the same
elevin-inch track was evident.
Orle negro was taken before
Mrs.Hfiark, but she stated that
it would be impossible for her to
identify the fiend. Such out
rages are a menace to the safety
of our homes and to the peace of
the section. ' The worthy ne
groes owe it to themselves to as
sist in the capture of such
brutes. *
There are too many idlers and
vagrants in this town; this is not
%ne man’s!, idea, but the concen
sus of opinion, which you hear
wherever you go. Such a class
of people, white or black, are
v worth nothing to a community
and they should feel the hand of
the law.
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CAMPBELL’S NAME
. PLACED ON ROSTER.
Little Rock, Nov. 4.—Secre
tary of State Crockett and Dep
uty Ludwig have completed the
roster of state and county officers
and it will be placed in the hands
of the printer immediately for
publication. The name of W. D.
Campbell appears as judge of
Little River county, his election
having been certified by the
board of election commissioners,
although a commission was issued
to r. a. Arnett, in .Luncoin
county a blank space has been
left for circuit clerk, there being
two claimants to the position, H.
D. Palmer, the incumbent, who
is holding the office on the advice
of Attorney General Murphy,
and Capt. R. B. Rice, who was
appointed by the governor.
SCHOOL DISTRICT SUED.
I I, A jury in the court of Justice
Guy Smith Thursday gave Abe
^ Ballew and Jesse Shuford judg
/ ment for about $25 against the
' Newport school district, alleged
to be due for work at the school
house.
The defense asked fora change
of venue, but too late in the
opinion of the court, as the jury
had been made up and they with
drew from the jourt.
PASSENGER DERAILED
AT POPLAR BLU5F.
Passenger train No. 6 goii g
north was wrecked at an earty
hour Thursday morning, says the
Poplar Bluff Citizen. It cam* in
ov? the main line at 1:30 and left
[Die track at a switch a shor4 dis
MflKoce be'nw the Fourth street
crossing. The exact cause oi
the wreck could not be learned,
though it seems to have beer
caused by the switch failing tc
work.
The track is strewn with the
debris for quite a distance and
the rails were torn and twisted
for fifty or sixty yards. The chaii
ear and Pullman were badly
damaged and the wonder is that
no one was hurt beyond a few
scratches. The Pullman was set
out here, as it was not in a safe
condition to be taken further.
The railroad people put an ex
tra force of men at work repair
ing the track and cleaning up the
rubbish. The track was in as
safe condition as ever by noon.
JUSTICE OF PEACE
CALLS COLLECTOR GREER.
Mixup Between Esquire Browr
and Lawyer Who Used Pro
fane Language.
Little Rock, Nov. 3.—Justice
of the Peace Andy A. Brown and
W. L. Greer, proprietor of a col
lecting agency in this city, be
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| culty shortly after 12o’clock yes
: terday. Mr. Greer’s left shoul
j der was dislocated, while Justice
j Brown received several cute
across the face from a pair oi
scissors. The trouble grew out
of an old agreement between
Justice Blackwood, whom Justice
Brown succeeded, and Mr. Greer.
According to Mr. Brown- the
trouble started on Wednesday,
rie said that he issued a dismis
sal of a garnishment against a
negro and that Greer got mad
and assaulted him.
“I was standing in the hall,
just outside of my door, when
Greer came along,” said Mr.
Brown. ‘ ‘My daughter was here
in the office, and Greer cursed
several times. I told him that 1
wouldn’t make any agreemenl
with him, and that if he didn’1
like my style of business he hac
a remedy. Several words passec
between us and he struck at me,
I struck him several times anc
had him down on the floor wher
his stenographer came in. She
pulled me backwards and placec
me at such a disadvantage that j
would probably have been in
jured but for the interference oj
I others. Greer got hold of a pail
of scissors I had in my vest pock'
, et and scratched me across the
jface several times.”
PIERCE LOSES CONTROL
OF WESTERN INTERESTS.
Business men and a large per
centage of the public in Arkan
sas will be interested in the re
port which comes from St. Louis
that H. Clay Pierce has lost con
trol of the Waters-Pierce Oii
Company, a branch of the Stand
ard Oil Company in the soutf
and west.
Mr. Pierce has had control ol
the western interests of this com
pany for many years. The Wat
| ers-Pierce company was the agenl
and western branch of the Stand
ard Oil Company in the soutl
and west.
Many financial battles have
been fought for the control ol
these interests, but the million
aire St. Louisan always managet
to hold a majority of the stock ir
the Waters-Pierce branch, there
by running the oil business of the
west and south at will.
One report declares that Pierce
! has been losing heavily in stocks
: lately, and that in his skirmishes
j in the New York stock exchange
he received a “squeezing. ’’
I. D. Price for alarm clocks
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THREE BOYS LEAp
IN BABY CONTEST, i
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James Edward Wilmans Now
Sets Pace in Sweet and Pretty
Baby Race.
Jas. Edward Wilmans. 161
Ernest Theodore Phillips. 128 j
Edwin Johnson. 103 j
Dorothy Stephens. 85
| Wm. Wallace Dutton. 30j
i Jeannette Henry. 22
Another leap to the front, sig
nals the third day’s voting in the j
baby contest, and little James
Edward Wilmans now occupies i
first place at the head of the col-'
umn, and the leader of yester-:
day drops back into second place.
Edwin Johnson, in a bound,
jumps into third place.
The candidates not yet nomi- |
nated should be given a start, |
that the people may know be- |
tween whom the contest lies as
prettiest and sweetest baby, j
The vote today shows the boys
to be good runners, and if a
^oung Miss wins the prize it will;
| not be by courtesy of her rivals.i
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j Here is the proposition and the 11
| rules governing the contest:
There is a handsome $25.00 |
solid gold locket with diamond j
setting and solid gold chain, on
display at the Palace Jewelry
store, to be given away Decem
ber 24th, 1904, to the baby boy
or girl under two years of age, =
j who wins the highest number of
| votes as the prettiest and sweet
S est baby. Now the baby that is
! not pretty is surely sweet, and
if the wee tot be a little cross at
times, beauty must offset this
badness. Fond parents at least
are expected to think their ba- j
bies are both sweet and beauti- *
ful, and so they do. But to set
| tie once for all the claims of the
under two, and put at rest this
rivalry of mothers and fathers,
the Independent has inaugurated
a contest that is to be determined
by that cherished right, popular
ballot, and in accordance with
| the following rules:
BABY PRIZE CONTEST RULES.
First—No baby that has reach
1 ed the age of two years Nov. 1,
1904, is eligible to this contest,
nor shall any employe or party
connected with this paper be eli
gible to vote.
Second—Every issue of the!
Daily and Weekly Independent!
from November 1 to December j
24, will contain a ballot entitling i (
the holder to one vote in this;
contest. For every dollar’s worth j
j of job, work, advertising and;
! subscription paid for between;
these dates a coupon good for ten j
votes will be issued, but no cou
pons will be issued for sums less
than $1.00. Coupons will not be
sold, and will only be issued for |
-job, ad and subscrpition busi-i
ness, but extra copies of the In
dependent at 2 cents per copy,
each containing one ballot, will
be sold at this office.
Third—All votes must be sent
to this office and will be de
! posited in a lock box, to be opened
at 8 o’clock each publication day i
I and counted. The daily issue of ]
! that afternoon will contain the \
: total of the several candidates \
• and the public will thus be kept 1
i informed of the voting each day.
i; Fourth—A committee of three <
. good business men will be select- !
y ed to canvass the ballots the ;
morning of Dec. 24 and announce !
i the winner. All ballots must be
' deposited at this office by 11 a.
i! m., Dec. 24, 1904.
i Read the rules carefully.
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