VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. FRIDAY. MAY 27. 1904. NUMBER 27.
REPORT OF PRIMARY
GRADES OF SCHOOL
Submitted by Committee Named
for That Purpose—Find Ex
Icellent Work Has Been
Done By School.
The committee appointed to
visit the primary department of
r!fche public school during the last
^ week of the session met Wednes
day evening to prepare their re
port.
The members were unanimous
in appreciation of the excellent
work done by teachers and pupils.
They thought the spirit manifes
ted throughout the school was
most admirable.
The enthusiasm of the little
ones in Mrs. Whittaker’s room
and their devotion to their
teacher spoke volumes for her in
fluence.
The writing and number work
seemed especially good for be
ginners and we were especially
glad to see that they had taken
up drawing in these grades.
The exercises in the third and
fourth grades were very inter
esting, the papers giving spell
ing from dictations and the re
productions of short stories were
excellent, and it was evident
that all the lessons were not
^gl^ajied from the text-books.
Although beyond the limit of
Eour appointed task, the commit
tee cannot withhold a word of
praise for the fifth grade. The
4 work of the year had evidently
P been so thorough that it was a
delight to see how the children
t*. responded to the examinations.
In all the grades there was evi
dence of real talent among the
\ specimens of drawing and the
souvenirs presented in the differ
t ■ cut 1UU1UO VY V KsJL J
I We cannot close this report
without making some suggestions
that occurred to us:
First, that the parents
i strengthen the hands of the
Iteachers by more frequent visits
■to the school. A clear under
standing on the part of the pa
rents of the purposes and plans
■f the teachers and a hearty co
Jroeration would be a wonderful
jKNext, we would urge that more
iBjcient janitor service be re
f®ired by the board; that the
M»ms, halls and stairways be
I jwre frequently and more thor
1 pwhly cleaned and that the
gLnds, walks and outpremises
Kept in better repair.
We would ask that some place
IlSprovided for the hats and
■Urs ^tle c^i^ren> as
■■Keel it must be injurious to
■ vH' them, especially in damp
PlKiier, in the room where the
Iphildren sit.
T We would also suggest that
|he janitor be instructed to re
tort to the proper authorities any
Ijnall repairs that may from
|nie to time be needed. It
lesn’t seem right that the prin
Ipal should be burdened with
lese matters. For [instance,
tl-> latch of the door in
ol of the rooms had been
blken for some time, and one of
tM pupils had to leave his seat to
op»i the door every time one
erlred or left the room.
■e hope some steps will be
tallp towards keeping the
grcihds or improving them dur
1 ingmie summer, and that both
\ buifi|ng and grounds will present
la nifcre attractive appearance
■vhoLj school opens in the fall.
B Ajjpn expressing our apprecia
Kon off the efforts made by the
jBorthgt- principal, Professor Hop
Ins, ™>r his efforts to establish
and thanking him and all the
teachers for the privilege ac
corded us and the courtesy ex
tended, Respectfully,
Mrs. Robt. Dorsey, Ch’m.
Mrs. I. Goldman,
Mrs. A. G. Anderson,
Miss Pearl Martin,
Mrs. A. T. Cummins,
Committee.
ARKANSAS MILITIA
IN BAD CONDITION.
So Says the War Department at
Washington — To Modify
Regulations for Their
Benefit.
Washington, May 26. —The con
dition of the militia in Arkansas
and in Alabama is giving the of
ficials of the war department no
small amount of uneasiness. Re
ports from these states indicate
that the militia is in anything
but a fit condition to go into
camp, and that the rules and reg
ulations which recently went into
effect in connection with the
militia in the various states will
have to be either temporarily
suspended or modified in order to
harmonize with the condition in
both of these states. In the
matter of clothing and equip
ments it is said that the militia
of the states mentioned is far
behind those of other southern
and northern states.
A reporter of the war depart
ment is now in Arkansas investi
gating conditions there among
the various militia regiments.
The officials of the war depart
ment are unwilling to discuss the
matter, but they do not hesitate
to state that certain of the new
regulations will have to be either
modified or dispensed with this
year in order to enable the
militia of both states to take the
field at coming maneuvers.
CHIEF JUSTICE BUNN
DANGEROUSLY ILL.
Little Rock, May 27.—Judge
Henry Gaston Bunn, chief jus
tice of the supreme court of Ar
kansas, is dangerously ill at his
home in this city. The Arkan
sas Bar Association yesterday
decided on account of Judge
Bunn’s illness to cancel the an
nual banquet set for last night.
Judge Bunn has been ill for
six weeks and for two weeks has
been in a serious condition, and
at times delirious, though only
at short intervals. He is suffer
ing from a complication of
afflictions. He was attacked by
diabetes and a nervous collapse
followed.
BAD MAN KILLED.
Natchez, Miss., May 26. —R.
W. Johnson, a section foreman
on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
railroad, was shot and killed at
Harriston, twenty - five miles
northeast of this place, today at
5 o’clock by J. Shively, proprietor
of a lunch counter at that place.
The men had some words over a
trivial matter when Johnson drew
a revolver. His weapon failed
to work, when Shively opened
fire, firing three shots. Two took
effect and Johnson fell to the
floor dead.
Johnson is reported as having
killed a man near Memphis about
three years ago and one in Ar
kansas ten days ago.
ATTENTION, K. P’S.
There will be a meeting of K.
P. Lodge No. 26 tonight. Busi
ness of special importance. Every
member is requested to be pres
ent. J. M. Hobgood, C. C.
JUNE 25 IS
THE DAY SET.
Judge Grace at Pine Bluff Sen
tences Rapist and Deals Out
Some Scathing Remarks
to Black Race.
Pine Bluff, May 26.—Elisha
Davis, a negro, will be publicly
hanged near the court house in
this city Saturday, June 25,1904,
for criminally assaulting little
Katie Ross, aged 14, at Kearney,
this county, May 10. He was
convicted in the Jefferson circuit
court Monday, and sentence
passed today by Judge Grace,
who fixed the date as stated. The
hanging will be public, under a
special act of the legislature of
1901, and the hour will be fixed
later by Sheriff Gould.
In passing sentence upon Davis,
Judge Grace said:
I ‘ ‘I do not suppose there is any
thing I could say that would be
of any effect on you, for the
crime you have committed shows
that you are lost to all sense of
honor and decency.
“I wish it were possible to
reach all of the members of your
; race and teach them the lesson
I that has been taught you that
such crimes are to be punished
| by swift, sure death. There is
no nation under the sun, be it
civilized or savage, that does not
punish such crimes with death.
There never has been a nation so
base and savage that it did not
so punish such crimes. It is
looked upon with horror any
where.
“It is you, and brutes like you,
who do more damage in the United
States than any others. You
keep down your people, for, while
the crime cannot be charged to
your race, the feeling against the
race must exist in the breasts of
all white men until the crimes
cease.
“The character of a few ne
groes like you causes the feeling
between the races in the South
and causes the sectional feeling
that exists between North and
South. I am glad to say that
there are only a few of your race
who would do such a thing, but
this few affects the whole mate
rial prosperity of the negro race.
“I think the people of Jeffer
son county have given an exhibi
tion of strength of character in
dealing with your case which is
truly commendable. It is not
always that a rapist is allowed to
go to trial, and your living to be
tried is because you have been in
the care of men of the highest
type of manhood and Christian
character.”
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REMAINS ARE
LAID TO REST.
Batesville May 26.—The re
mains of Rev. J. M. Hawley were
brought here from Pine Bluff to
day and interred in Oaklawn
cemetery at 3 o’clock this after
noon. Rev. Mr. Hawley was
pastor of the First Methodist
church here from 1892 to 1894,
and was well beloved by his con
gregation and the entire com
munity. While here he was mar
ried to Miss Grace Maxfield,
daughter of Theo Maxfield, of
this city. His brother, Frank
Hawley, lives in this city.
$2,000 FIRE NEAR ENGLAND.
England, May 26. — Yesterday a
new barn on the plantation of
i Joe Coleman, about one mile west
of Keo, was destroyed by fire.
A great deal of grain, which was
stored in the barn, was destroyed,
and seven mules were burned to
death. The entire loss amounts
to nearly $2,000.
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DIFFERENT PHASE
TO THE STORY.
Now Thought Woman Burned at
Poplar Bluff Was Foully Dealt
With —Was Arkan
sas Girl.
_
Nancy Simpson, the woman
i who was burned in “Chicken”
Jefferson’s resort Tuesday night
| is dead and Jefferson’s wife is
jlocked up in the county jail, ac
■ cused of her murder, says the
Poplar Bluff Citizen-Democrat.
The Simpson woman died last
night. It was known that her
1 recovery was impossible and that
her death was only a question cj$
time. Her entire body had been
singed, and her last hours were
filled with untold agony.
Since the first report of her
: burning there has been ugly sus
picion afloat as to her taking off,
; some hinting that there was foul
play at the bottom of the catas
I trophe.
The Simpson woman had not
been here a great while. Six
months ago she was brought here
from Jonesboro, Ark., by Jeff
j Ross, whose “girl” she was. She
I and Ross soon tired of each oth
er’s company and agreed to disa
gree, she taking up with other
rivals. She was prominently iden
i tified with the Whiteside^ shoot
; ing scrape here some w’eeks ago.
INSPECTING THE
RURAL ROUTES.
Texarkana, May 26. —Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General J.
L. Bristow spent yesterday here,
the guest of Postmaster Bickley.
He is en route home from a short
visit at his home at Ottawa, Kan.,
and stopped over here to look
over certain matters connected
with the local rural free delivery,
of which branch of the postoffice
department he is the head. He
went out over one of the routes
yesterday morning, and while
here made a general inspection
of the rural free delivery service
operating out from Texarkana.
He left over the Iron Mountain
for Washington at 4 o’clock this
afternoon.
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