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VOLUME V. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY JO, <906. NUMBER 2<9. I
ANNAUL BANK MEETINGS.
Very fine Showing Made By Three New
port Financial Institutions—One
Directorate Change and
Same Officers.
Tuesday, January 9th, this
year, happened to be the date of
all three Newport banks’ annual
meeting of stockholders and the
showing made by each of them
in business for the past year,
was highly satisfactory and cred
itable to their respective man
agements.
ARKANSAS BANK AND TRUST CO.
The stockholders of the Arkan
sas Bank and Trust Company
met at Kko’clock in the morning
and elected Mr. F. P. Skipwith
a director in that insiitution.
The old directors and officers
were re-elected.
The net profits for the year
were found to be 19 per cent.
An 8 per cent dividend was de
clared and the remaining 11 per
cent added to the surplus, making
its total $10,000. The year’s
good showing was naturally well
received by the stockholders.
BANK OF NEWPORT.
The Bank of Newport’s an
nual meeting of stockholders
was an harmonious gathering
and the year’s record was most
satisfactory. All the old board
of directors and present officers
were re-elected.
The net profits were nearly
$9,000 and were added to the
surplus fund, it being unani
mously resolved that the profits
be held in bank until the paid
in-capital and surplus combined
shall equal $75,000 and thus fu*
ther entrench this banking in
stitution whose deposits have
now reached $300,000.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
The stockholders of the First
National Bank met Tuesday af
ternoon and were highly satisfied
with the condition of the bank.
The earnings were placed to the
credit of the surplus and undi
vided profits, which are now
$35,000.
The former directorate and
officers were all reelected having
served to the complete satisfact
ion of the stockholders.
| IN SOCIETY. ||
CREIGHTON DANCE.
The dance given at the Creigh
ton hotel Tuesday night was
well attended by the usual com
pany of society young people
with a fair representation of
matrons and benedicts. The j
music was fine and the dance!
continued until 1 o’clock this!
morning.
The following were present:
Misses Lucy Board, Lena Cart
wright, Louise Van Dyke* Im
ogene Bandy, Josephine Phil
lips, Mary Bailey, Hester Phil
lips, Annie Cox, Lucile Taylor, ,
- Jenny McCauley, Janie Stephens, j
. Lotta Campbell and Mary Sprigg. !
Messrs, Joe Bevens, F. L.
v Dunn, Adam Lockard, Norman
^ Wolffs Ed Sirigg, Charles Car
roll, John Stayton, Will Magoffin, <
Ira Erwin/ Ben White, Arthur!;
Bailey. j:
Stage A. Arndt. Walter Er-j
win, Tom Hutson, W/ B. Moss, j
W. B, Egan and J. A. Heffemen. j
Sauers Milling Co. of Evans-!
ville, 111,, manufacture a special
patent in addition to their high- <
est patent flour. This extremely 11
high grade flour is known as 1
“Invincible,” and is for sale by ,
The Standard Grocer Co. 16dtf!
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COURT WITHHOLDS DECISION
Clerkship of Lincoln County Still in Dis
pute as Well as Constitutional
Amendments.
Little Rock, Jan. 8. —The case
of R. R. Rice vs. H. D. Palmer,
involving the question as to who
is entitled to the office of clerk of
Lincoln county, and carryng with
it the fate of several important
amendments to the state con
stitution, will not be decided by
the supreme court until the re
turn of Chief Justice Hill from
Arizona, which will be some'
time during the coming spring.
The judges of the court feel that
a full bench should pass upon a
case involving so much to the
state.
R. R. Rice was appointed clerk
of Lincoln county by Gov. Davis
after the death ofB. A. Meroney.
As incumbent Palmer claimed
that the office reverted to him
until an election was held for
his successor, and denied the
right of the governor to make
the appointment. Meroney
died after his election, but be
fore Palmer’s time had expired.
ALLEN MUST SERVE TIME.
Transcript Was Not filed And Convict
ed Man Was forgotten But Court
Orders Him to Penitentiary.
Little Rock, Jan 9. — Dave Al
len, who was convicted of man-j
slaughter in Jackson county in
1902 and sentence1 to three
years in the penitentiary, took
an appeal under the act of 1899
and was released on bond. The
transcript, however, was not
filed, and the case was forgotten
by all except the accused, and
he did not know what disposi
tion had been made of it. It
was discovered when the re
cords of fees were searched,
and the attorney-general several
weeks ago filed a motion to dis
miss the appeal, which was to- i
day granted, and the accused J
ordered to the penitentiary. Al- j
len lives near Newport and killed j
Mat Griffin, a white man, in Oil I
Trough Bottom, in February,!
1902.
Forrest City fire.
Forrest City, Jan. 7.—At 5
o’clock this morning fire gutted
the front of Fogg’s saloon, the
damage to bar and fixtures and
building being $1,000; insurance
on fixtures $500. The origin is
unknown. The fire department
kept the flames confined to the
building, thereby averting a dis
aster.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
Of the Arkansas Bank and Trust Com
pany at the Close of Business Jan
uary 8th, 1906, At the End
of the Third fiscal Year.
RESOURCES.
U>„se and Discounts-.$112,104.50
Demand Loans—Cotton. 132,756.23
Bounty Scrip....- _ 1,296.01
Furniture and Fixtures. 1,401.36
Bash in banks. 40,686-91
Bash in vaults.—y..'.. 12,473.71
$300,*6.72
LIABILITIES.
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Bapital paid in... . -. y.■ $KkO0M!0
Surplus . it, f*.. 04J00.60
Individed profits For 1906. 9,618.90
Deposits.T. . 181,602,82
{ills'payable.f.56,000.90^
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CHAS. (i jdEJSfY, Cashier.
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Hoo Hoo Attention. -
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All cats are urged to be pres
;nt at the prellhinary meeting
;o be held at the opera house
odge room Saturday evening,
ranuary 13th at 7:30 o’clock.
B. P. T. O. T. G. S. B. C.
4 The International Sabbath $
J School Lessons. 1906. J
Subject —“The Wise Men Find
Jesus.”
Golden Text—My Son, Give
Me Thine Heart, Prov. 23:26.
Mat. 2:1-12. Now when Jesus
was born in Bethlehem of Judea ;
in the days of Herod the king,;
behold wise men from the ease
came to Jerusalem, saying,
Where is he that was born1
king of the Jews, for we saw his ;
star in the east and are come to |
worship him. And when Herod
the king heard it he was troubled
and all Jerusalem with him. A
gathering together the chief
priests and scribes of the people,
he enquired of them where Christ
should be born. And they said
unto him, in Bethlehem of Judea
for thus it is written through
the prophet: “And thou Beth-;
leham, land of Judah, art in no
wise least among the princes of
Judah; for out of thee shall come
a governor that shall rule my
people Israel.”
Then Herod when he had
privily called the wise men, in-1
quired of them diligently what
time the star appeared. And he |
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sent mem to Deuueiiein anu
said, “Go and search diligently
for the young child, and when
ye have found him, bring me
word again, that I may come
and worship him also.” When
they heard the king they de-|
parted, and lo the star, which '
they saw in the east, went be- >
fore them till it came and stood i
over where the young child was. j'
When they saw the star, they i
rejoiced with exceeding great (
joy. And when they came into!
the house they saw the young 1
child with Mary, his mother,,'
and fell down and worshipped
him, and when they had opened 1
their treasures they presented
unto him gifts; gold, frank
incense and myrrh.
Arfd being warned of God in
a dream that they should not re- 1
turn to Herod, they departed
into their own country another •
way.”
Notes.—The Jewish shepherds 1
near Bethlehem were the first 1
witnesses of the child of Mary. 1
Eight days after his birth he 1
was circumcised and the name 1
Jesus was given him. Forty
days after his birth Joseph and
Mary went up to Jerusalem anu
presented, him in the Temple, ;
where he was received by Sim-1
eon and Anna. After this Jos
eph and Mary returned to Beth
lehem with the evident purpose,
of making it their home. Jos
eph probably secured work at
his carpenter’s trade, so as to
rent a home for his family and
secure a competent support. Itj:
would appear from a harmony of
the narratives of Matthew and 1
Luke that Joseph and Mary and j
Jesus lived a quiet life without! •
special incident in Bethlehem for i,
nearly two years. Meantime, if j 1
the accounts of Tacitus, Sueton- i
ius and Josephus are to be cred- (
ited,-the gentile nations of the
east had entertained a growing ,
expectancy that a king of world- ]
wide prestige and power would 1
be born somewhere, at about i
this time, and' their magi and j
astrologers were scanning the)
heavens to ascertain whether!
any constellation, star or heav- j 1
eply sigpal should appear there.; -
Tbe sign did appear in the 1
form of a. star. - All the features^1
of this appearance of the star' 1
are ^uch as to leave no reason- '
able doubt but that God prepared j
it and sent it on its splendid!
heavenly mission; that to those;
who in the gentile world were j
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using such light as they had and j
were watching for new light, it
3id serve as a guide to lead the
wise men to the presence of;
Jesus, the Saviour of the world.
Herod, the Great, an appointee
if Caesar Augustus, was very
restless at any thought of the;
lirth of another king of the:
Jewish race. Having learned j
From the wise men that the star j
ippeared about two years before;
shat time and from the students j
if the prophets that this king i
was to be born in Bethlehem and
laving failed in his cunning
jffort to locate the child de
initely through the wise men he
slaughtered all the children in
3ethlehem under two years of
ige, so as to make sure of des
sroying this possible rival of his. j
If there was space here to:
nention in detail one half ofi
derod’s previous bloody deeds j
shis wanton and unprovoked
slaughter of the little children
n Bethlehem would occasion no
surprise. It was just what
night have been expected of
derod, the Great.
Conclusion: 1. Those who
ire looking lor and desire to
ind the King of righteousness,
;he Saviour of the world, can
ind will find Him. God will
furnish some message or mes
lenger of light for every one
vho is looking^upward and long-1
ng for the way of light and sal
tation.
2. God’s purposes shall stand!
ind His will shall be wrought
nut. Caesar Augustus, Herod,
Hyrenius, the magi, the shep- ■
lerds, the lawyers, Simeon,
\.nna, Nazareth, Bethlehem, Jer
lsalem, Egypt, etc., all enter in
is incidents, but the Messiah en
ers upon his work in the fullness
if time exactly as predicted in
ivefy particular.
3, * Reader, is He your King?
ifod heed not journey to the east
lor west. He is here with you
low. ’ Will you'*' get upon your
cnt& now and worship Him?
, „ R. B. Willis.
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Card of Thanks.
We; your committee on reso- i
utionfe, say it is the sense of the ’
^heks^n county F. E. C. U. of A.
;hat they tender their hearty
hanka to the county officials for
he Use of the court house Jan
lary 9th and 10th.
Respecttully submitted,
S. F. Davis,
L. M. Conditt,
S. C. Crawford, j
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Our buyer has just purchased these goods at a bankrupt
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Also in this sale will be all 50c and 75c Carter & Holmes,
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| All 50c, 75c and $1.00 Vogue, Auerbach and Colonial 1
makes of Men’s Neckwear at 4-Oc each.
All $3.00 and $3.50 R. & W., Geo. W. Cane and Her
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$1.25 each. j
Our buyer attended this bankrupt sale in person and
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: bargains.
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