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VOLUME III NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, *904. NUMBER 2*8.
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MRS. MARTHA FAGAN DEA1
Lived Only Two Days Afte
Being Attacked by Con
gestion.
Mrs. Martha Fagan, mother o:
Kinch and Worth Bottorff am
Mrs. Minnie Thompson, die(
Thursday of congestion, after i
brief illness of two days, at th<
residence of her son, Kinch Bot
torff, Twelfth and Johnsor
'streets.
Mrs. Fagan, before coming tc
this city to reside, was for e
number of years a resident of
Newport, this state. She was
born in Henry county, Kentucky,
sixty-four years ago and came tc
Arkansas in 1867. She was a
most estimable woman and a lov
ing and affectionate mother.
I The day for the funeral has
not been fixed, as the family is
awaiting the arrival of Worth
j Bottorff. —Little Rock Gazette.
DIXON LOOKING
FOR MATERIAL.
News has been received in Lit
tle Rock that Rev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., author of “The
Leopard Spots” and “The One
Woman,” who is now touring the
south, will probably visit Arkan
sas next week, says the Gazette,
on his mission of gathering ma
terial for a new book, the second
number of “The Leopard Spots”
series. His new book will be
j called “The Clansman,” and is
j to be a historical romance of the
jfi ku-K fuxf Rin • It v/ill give \h(
W southern side of the Ku-Klu>
" movement, in answer to the car
pet-baggers’ view in Judge Tour
gee’s “The Fool’s Errand.” 11
is said that Dr. Dixon will show
from a historical view-point rea
sons wrhy the organization wras
necessary. Dr. Dixon has en
gagements for a lecture tour ir
Texas and his visit to Arkansas
will be made on his way to the
Lone Star state. He is now ir
Tennessee trying to secure a copj
of the rital of the Ku Klux Klan,
w'hich is said to be on file in the
archives of that state. Orders
were issued to the klan all over
the south, ]t is said, from Nash
ville, Dr. Dixon is quoted as
saying he has no ill feeling to
ward the negro, but he doffi not
believe it possible to reconcile the
white man’s civilization with the
negro’s.
GOV. DAVIS CARTOONED.
Gov. Davis and his misdeeds,
after calling forth the mosl
scathing criticism from the press
and the public, has also called
forth the cunning of the cartoon
ist, whose efforts have proved
more effective in showing clearly
to the public mind the true char
acter of our chief executive thar
\ all of the denunciatory speeches
that have been made against him.
The cartoon is a double one
showing Pomp Brown, the negrc
brute, trying to carry Miss Mc
Culloch, a 16-year-old white girl,
whom he had grabbed from hei
horse, into the woods where he
might assault her; a crime foi
which the jury gave him fifteer
years in the penitentiary. The
lower half of the cartoon shows
the negro brute in the garb of £
convict, and a few months aftei
his incarceration reaching out foi
a pardon that Gov. Davis, seated
in his official chair, was extend
ing at arm’s length toward the
negro.
The cartoon portrays two facts
that have long ago been estab
lished beyond the question of £
**»**^We was no questior
%‘».md he hac
) 10 narrow escape from the stake. |
|{js pardon by Gov. Davis is as
r1 |nuch a matter of record as the.
• negro’s conviction and incarcera
tion. The matter has many
blaeksides to it, but none half so
; black and damnable as the part
I pavis has taken, and if this car
I boon, which is being so widely dis
tributed throughout the state,
does not make him hang his
head in shame he is utterly de
void of conscience. With the
Johnson incest case and the Pomp
Brown assault case continually
; before him, to say nothing of the
hundreds of other disreputable,
shameful acts with which he has
i disgraced the state, her people
and his own family, how he can
appear before an audience com
posed of intelligent, self-respect
I ing people must forever remain;
I a mystery.
It is to be hoped that this car
toon will find its way into every
home in the state where the
honor of mothers, wives and
daughters is held sacred. Scat
i ter the cartoons as thickly over
: the state as the leaves ot the
forest and if they do not defeat
! him, then God pity Arkansas. —
Van Buren Argus.
The cartoon in question carries
more weight than a two hours’
speech. It presents the picture
of two events just as they oc
curred and to which no success
ful denial can be made.—Fort
S^nith Elevator.
IfUNG TO A TRESTLE.
Vicious Negro Lynched at Buena
Vista.
j& mden, Jan. 8.-A negro was
m >ed at Buena Vista, a small
st >n on the Cotton Belt rail
re nine miles south of Camden
% nesday night. Several days j
a? ;he brute made an attempt
Spt sault a young white girl, but
ttfi- driven off by a relative.
T search for him has been
g> g on, and yesterday some
ci::i 2ns arrested two negroes at
Skips, Ark. He was identi
fl by the little girl, and was
fgiven away” by the other
fero. A crowd of 100 took him
to a trestle a short distance this
side of Buena Vista and hung
hi? up, where he remained until
tjie coroner arrived today.
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INS
H PRISONER.
has returned
do.; says the
.vhere he got
was convicted
1 line Independence county cir
c nil court for an assault with in
t bt to kiil. Before the defend
s st was sentenced he broke jail
ittl made his escape. Several
<!&s ago he was captured by the
olSeials at Norwood and Mr.
Mrgan was notified. He left at
qj <>, but before he got there
Senders made his escape again
ad laid out in his shirt sleeves
Ml barefooted last Saturday
ftht. Mr. Morgan was com
fctlled to return without his man.
lit about twenty minutes after he
Inched home Monday a telegram
5 received stating that Sanders
: been recaptured. Mr. Mor
i left on the next train and
ught him in, as stated above,
iders suffered greatly from
exposure Saturday night.
feet are badly frost bitten.
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SPRING 1904.
I
I few and elegant embroideries
at Chas. Meyer’s
n Store. 16btf
>ws read the Daily
HALF MILLION BOLLS
Shipped to Chicago in Effort to
Solve the Boll Weevil
Problem.
Fort Smith, Jan. 8.—Harper
& Wilson of this city have
shipped to Chicago 500,000 bolls
of cotton, which are only par
tially opened, for the purpose of
using them in experiments in
search of a remedy for the boll
weevil pest. An effort will be
made to secure the large prize
offered for the destruction of the
pest without injury to cotton.
Mr. Wilson is owner of several
large farms, which he has rent
ed, his tenants being unable to
pay their rents because of the
failure of the cotton crops. He
bought the partially opened
bolls for 10 cents a hundred and
has shipped the first 500,000 to a
gentleman in Chicago, who be
lieves he can solve the boll
weevil problem.
THE JEW PREACHER.
Rev. A. Lichtenstein of St.
Louis, superintendent of the
Jewish Christian Mission, is in
the city and will preach three
times on Sunday, morning at
11 a. m. at the Baptist church.
Subject, “From Judaism to
Christianity.” At 3 o’clock a
union meeting of the churches
will be held at the Methodist
church. His subject will be
very interesting, as he will
preach on “Past, Present and
Future of Israel, ” in connection
with the second coming of Christ.
At night he will preach at the
Presbyterian church, subject,
“My Life, How the Jews Re
ceive Christ. ’ ’
PASSENGER WRECKED.
Jacksonville, Jan. 8.—Iron
Mountain passenger train No. 4,
north bound, was wrecked near
here today at noon. The train
was going forty miles an.hour
and ran into a switch. One Pull
man car was derailed and carried
some distance before the trouble
was discovered by the engineer.
The Pullman porter was the only
person hurt.
, The rear trucks and steps of
the sleeper were torn off and
much damage done to the track.
The train was delayed three
hours.
$390 FOR LETTERS TO
ENCOURAGE EMIGRATION.
The Rock Island system offers
twenty prizes of the aggregate
value of $390 for letters relative
to the territory along its lines in
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Texas and New
Mexico. Letters should deal
with the writers’ experiences
since he settled in the Southwest.
They should tell how much money
he had when he arrived, what
measure of success has attended
his efforts and what he thinks of
that portion of the country ir
which he is located. Letters
should not be less than 300 noi
more than 1500 words in length,
and will be used for the purpose
of advertising the Southwest.
Letters are desired not only
j from farmers and farmers’ wives;
I but also from merchants, schoo
teachers, clergymen, from every
i one, in brief, who has a story t<
j tell and who knows how to tell it
For circular giving details write
to John Sebastian, Passengei
Traffic Manager, Rock Islanc
i System, Chicago.
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and day Out the year round each artisan does
one thing, and that expertly. Therefore,
the parts are assembled and the finished garmen
given a final pressing, it is manifestly superior to
that of the average custom tailor who must make
the whole garment, and all kinds of garments.
If you could visit New York and go through
the three great Benjamin factories, it would be
revelation to you and a revolution of all
former ideas about ready-to-wear clothes.
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Junior Senator Will Uphold Presi
dent’s Policy — Senator
Berry on Other
Side.
Little Rock, Jan. 8.—Senator
James P. Clarke of this state will
vote for t: e ratification of the
Panama treaty, and will probably
; make a speech in favor of the
! treaty. This news reached Lit
’ tie Rock from Washington today
! and is unquestionably reliable.
Senator James H. Berry, his col
league, is opposed to the treaty.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
At the Baptist Church—Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m. At 11 a. m.
Rev. A. Lichtenstein, a convert
ed Jew, will occupy the pulpit.
No service at night, as our peo
ple will desire to hear him again
at tjjie Presbyterian church.
St. Paul’s Church—Divine ser-j
vices for the first Sunday after
the Epiphahy. Morning prayer,
the litany and sermon at 11.
Evening prayer and sermon at1
7. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, corner Second and Laurel
street, Rev. C. Pope, pastor.
Sabbath school at 9:30 a. m., R.
i F. Drummond, superintendent.
Preaching at 11 a. m. by the pas-1
j tor, subject, “Christianity in
! Education. ” At 7 p. m. by Rev.
J. D. Sibert, presiding elder,
; with sacrament of our Lord’s j
; Supper following the sermon. At
13 p. m. Rev. Mr. Lichtenstein, a
Christian Hebrew, will preach.
All are invited.
Presbyterian Church—Regular
I services. Rev. R. B. Willis will ■
’ occupy the pulpit at the morning j
j hour.
Christian Church—The regular
services will be held morning and
evening, L. A. Strawn, pastor.
Morning subject, “Examining
Yourselves.” Evening subject,
, “The Christ Power in Saving
r Souls.” Those of all faiths and
| no faith invited. «
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