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VOLUME V. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. MONDAY. MARCH 12, 1906. NUMBER 271.
y WIFE-MURDERER TO HANG.
Governor Sets Date for Hangsng
James Ince Twice Convicted
Murderer.
Little Rock, March 'ft—Cov.
Qavis yesterday issued/'pr cla
mation to the sheri/ of Yell
county in which Ap/ 4, 1906, is
fixed as the date or/which James
W. Ince, twice convicted of mur
dering his wife ind three chil
dren, is to be banged. The ex
ecution is to /ike place in the
jail yard at Danville. The proc
lamation w^s issued on receipt
of the n/idate from the Su
preme C/irt showing the final
decree / this court in the case.
Inc/has twice before faced
date/for his execution. At the
firsfr trial in Yell county last
A/dl he was sentenced to death
/ahd May 4 was the date set for
him to die. On appeal to the
Supreme Court the case was re
versed and Ince was again con
victed and was sentenced to die
October 20. The second appeal
was taken and the case was not
decided until this date had
passed, so when the mandate of
the Supreme Court was issued
it became necessary to set an
other date for the execution.
Another Petition.
We the undersigned electors
of the First Ward of the City of
Newport very respectfully ask
that Isaac Goldman and W. A.
Billingsley offer as candidates
for Aldermen from the First
Ward of Newport, Ark., at the
white primary to be held March
'15, 1906:
W. B. Hurley, W. A. Joyce,
J. T. Malone, M. M. Erwin, G.
C. Robinson, J. 0. Turner, H. G.
Drummond, Geo. Foushee, C. R.
Hite, L. W. Sharpe, S. Brasch,
Chas. Meyer, Gustave Jones,
Wm. Mosby, J. W. Jackson,
Jno. T. Umsted, Otto M. Bowen,
John W. Wallace, Mark Cohn,
W. L. Wallace, Hugh P. Martin,
I. D. Price.
Call for Precinct Conventions.
To the Democratic voters of
Jackson county:
Precinct conventions will be
held in each precinct of said
county at 1 o’clock p. m. on the
28th day of March, 1906 for the
purpose of selecting delegates to
the county convention which
will be held in Newport on the
4th day of April, 1906. The
basis 6f representation is one
delegate for every 25 votes or
fraction thereof cast for Gov
ernor Davis at the general elec
tion in 1904 at said precinct.
Under this apportionment pre
cincts are entitled to representa
tion as follows:
-> ‘ 1st Ward, Newport, 4delgates;
2nd Ward, Newport. 3; Experi
mental Station, 2;Tuckerman, 6;
Kenyon, 2; Elgin, 2; Auvergne,
1; Weldon, 2; Tupelo, 3;Swifton,
v 3; Jacksonport, 3; Grubbs, 4;
Richwoods. 3; Martin’s, 2; Bur
ton’s, 1; Eight Mile, 2; Gourd
y Neck, 1; Village, 2; Grand Glaize,
2; Barren, 1; Horse Shoe, 1;
k Stephens’ Residence, 1.
J G. W. Yelverton,
Jm Ch’m’n Dem. Cent. Com.
ft Attest: M. M. Stuckey, Sec.
W Baptist Church.
' At 7:30 every evening this
week, there will be a prayer ser
vice at the Baptist Church. Ev
I’ ery body cordially invited.
E. P. J. Garrott,
^ Pastor.
An Arkansas Boy Honored.
The many friends who Andy
E. Phillips made while visiting
Calico Rock last summer will be
pleased to hear that he has been
chosen to represent or:e of the
societies of the Peabody College,
;Nashville, Tenn., in an oratori
cal contest. This is an honor
!
that only one boy from each
society may obtain. Andy is an
other one of Izard county’s boys
who, starting at the bottom with
pick and shovel, is climbling the
steep hill of fame by. digging
steps in the sides to have a foot
! hold along the way. —Calico Rock
Progress.
Blow Farmers’ Union Safe.
Springfield, March 11.—The;
safe of the Farmers’ Co-operat-i
i ive Union was blown open and
the contents were taken by some
unknown persons Thursday
night. They used gunpowder
with which to blow open the
safe, taking a common brace and
bit from S. D. Dancer’s black
smith shop. The robbers bored
through the top of the safe six
inches from the edge. After
| filling the safe as full of powder
as they thought it would take,
: they put a sack of potatoes
against the door and took a yard
stick, split the end and touched
it off. The robbers did not get
; much over $100. They also took
away the cash drawer. No one
! has any idea who the robbers
i were, as there had been no sus
| picious characters here for a few
days. ,
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What Are You Going To Do About It?
Yes you’ve lived off your fath
er about as long as you ought;
it’s about time for you to think
about earning your own board
and clothes. Will you do it at
law? ’Twill take two years j
study and ten years starving, j
At medicine? Four years study j
and years of charity practice and
waiting; for, like law, that pro
fession is overcrowded. At
teaching? It’s overcrowded, too, |
and salaries are small and last
only a few months. At business?
It is never overcrowded. A
few weeks in the Memphis Com
mercial College will prepare you
for one of the thousand positions
always seeking those prepared.
Success is speedy—it is certain
to those who get ready.
The Memphis Commercial Col
lege teaches eight hours a day,
requires regular attendance, good
| lessons, good conduct, teaches
! the famous Byrne systems. Do
'you know another college that
I can say as much. Haven’t you
I heard boys say they could do
j just as they pleased if they only
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pain LiitTii tuiuvii ; uavcn l juu
known them to fail, and to waste
many a hard earned dollar,
simply because the college didn’t
1 require them to attend and
(study? Honestly, haven’t you?
j And is it right or honest to take
!your mo ey and pull off the
bridle and say “come when you
please, go when you get ready?”
That’s not the idea. That
doesn’t teach promptness, duty,
self-control, business, bookkeep
ing, shorthand, telegraphy, any
Ithing but idleness or worse.
! Even the Byrne systems, the
' simplest, require study. Get in
j to a college that requires some
thing—that guarantees results,
; that gms an honest day’s work,
that teaches the only face-to
face business bookkeeping
course, and the only shorthand
system with a speed of 150 words
per minute guaranteed. Write
for large free catalogue. Ad
dress Memphis Commercial Col
lege, 46 N. Second St., Memphis,
Tenn.
Adam Was a Methodist.
Fayetteville, March H). — When
the Baptist proudly asserts that
his church was founded on John
the Baptist, the Methodist broth
er need no longer envy him, for
the Rev. P. C. Fletcher, pastor
of the Central Methodist church
of this place, has discovered the
fact that Adam was a Methodist.
The Rev. Mr. Fletcher says:
“Our Catholic friends trace them
selves back to St. Peter; the.
Baptist, to John the Baptist; the
Presbyterians, to John Calvin;)
the Lutherans to Luther, and
the Cumberland Presbyterians to
the great revival in the Cumber
land valley, but we can go back
further than that even to Adam,
for Adam was a Methodist since
he fell from grace.”
Petition 0. 1. Hubert.
We, the undersigned citizens
and voters of the second ward of
Newport, Arkansas, respectfully
request that you permit your
name to be submitted to the city
primary for alderman from our
wrard.
C. L. Shoffner, W. S. Hinkle,
B. W. Jamison, W. H. Snetzer,
Jack Davis, A. Kellett, H. A.
Stiles, J. B. Finley, W. B. Chas
tain, J. T. Hall, S. M. Beattie,
J. G. Parmer, C. F. Davidson.
Dangerously Wounded.
Hoxie, March 11—At Walnut'
Ridge, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, j
Middleton Carouthers, known as ;
“Dad,” shot Frank Carpenter]
through the hand and thigh. The
cause of the trouble is not known.
Carouthers’ surrendered. Car
penter will probably die.
[scaped With Cuffs On.
Hoxie, March 11—Joe Shaver ] ■
special officer from Greenville, \
Ky., with requisition papers, ar-1
rested Lee Craig yesterday, ]
charged with burglary in that 1
state. That night while waiting;
for the Frisco train, Craig es
caped'with handcuffs on.
Accept the Call.
To Messrs. J. S. Wilmans, et al:
We thank you for the confi
dence expressed in us, as evi
denced by the request in Satur
day’s Independent that we sub-;
mit our names for aldermen for ■
the Second Ward in primary of!
March 15th.
We will accept the call and
hereby announce our candidacy
for the position.
Yours very respectfully,
S. R. Phillips,
0. D. Watson, j
Suspect Was Not Dunn.
Sheriff Joe M. King of John- j
son county returned Saturday
from Mankato, Minn., where he
failed to identify the prisoner
said to be John P. Dunn, charged
with the murder of John H.
Powers, former sheriff of John- j
son county, on the morning of
January 5, 1902, on the occasion
of the bank robbery at Clarks
ville. The party arrested had no
connection with the crime and
was released from custody.
Thorp Nominated for Mayor.
Walnut Ridge, March 11—A
! citizen’s mass meeting was held
last night and nominated a mu
nicipal ticket in opposition to
the ticket nominated recently, as
follows:
For Mayor, Attorney E. H.
Thorp: recorder, Dad Bassett;
treasurer, Sam Ellis; aldermen,
J. A. Pope, J. G. Richardson,
Dr. W. A. Smith, Dr. J. C. Land
and Charles Bloom.
Read the Daily and Weekly
Independent.
Si. Paul's Church.
Lenten services laiij at. 4:30
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ter and yet better
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i paigns—
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Notice to Contractors.
Notice is hereby given that the city council of
the City of Newport. Arkansas, will on Monday,
March 12. 1906, let a contract to the lowest res
ponsible bidder, to construct a concrete side
walk, according to the specifications of Ordin
ance No. 134, in front of the city hall and jail
property on Walnut and Second streets, the side
walk to tmhrace at least 1300 square feet and in
clude a driveway from the hose house. Bids i
must be made per square loot and may be de- j
posited with the recorder of said city and will he
received by him until 6 o’clock p. rn. of said day
The council reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
Dated this 1st day of March, 1906.
J. R. MAYHAN.
62 d 10 t City Recorder.
Tuesday at 2:30 Grace Chapter
Daughters of the King will meet
in the Sacristy. At 3:30 the
Woman’s Auxiliary will meet in
the church. An address will be
given by Rev. A. M. Treschow..
There will be rvices at 7:30
o. m. when the preacher will be
the Rev. non Treschow.
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Tor sale or trade fer .owr
proper mj residence n Eas. j
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values from some dealer ?
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Agencv Carhartt’s Overalls.
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Bailey Mercantile
Company
Has purchased the entire stock of
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Millinery
of Mrs. ETTA MERRILL, and it is
now on sale at their dry goods store.
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