THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Mrs. James Ridley left Sunday
night for a week’s visit to the
fair.
L. E. Whitlow and wife of
Bradford were shopping in the
city Monday.
W. H. Hines of the Independ
ent left Sunday morning for a
visit to the fair.
Mrs. J. E. Roseborough of
Batesville passed through New
port Sunday, going to St. Louis.
Dr. and Mrs. Ed Ponder of
Walnut Ridge passed through
Newport Sunday, going to Bates
ville to visit Mrs. Ponder’s
father.
Mrs. M. M. O’Neal left Mon
day afternoon for her home at
Augusta, after a two weeks vis
it to her sisters, Mesdames
L. Minor and J. P. House.
James A. Martin and sisters,
Mipses Carrie and Jennie, were
gufests of the Creighton Sunday
night, leaving Monday morning
a * . * • 1 _ X. A
JOr uieir iiuine at wvw
N. Boyer has been appoint
ed general freight and passenger
agent of the Jonesboro, Lake
Citjy and Eastern railroad, with
offices at Jonesboro, vice F. C.
Bryant, resigned.
The drouth is causing the rail
road company quite a serious in
convenience; the well which
furnishes water for the tank at
Bald Knob has gone completely
dry, and the Higginson well is
vety low.—Searcy Citizen.
Jeff Davis and the Paragould
.1 cornet band were both blowing
, hot air at the Missourians last
week, the governor speaking at
Malden Saturday, the band boys
playing at the Stoddard countj
fair,—Paragould Soliphone.
haffey« Lewis nas mssuxvcu
says the Little Rock Democrat
Tom M. Mehaffey will retain hi;
office in the Fulk building an<
the other members of the firm
Geo. W. Murphy, present attor
ney general, and Wm. M. Lewis
will have an office in the People’;
building.
FELL FROM TRAIN.
Ola, Oct. 90.—Lawyer Johi
Bullock of Ola fell this mornini
from a train, breaking his am
below the elbow and bruising hi
side considerably. Mr. Bullocl
has many friends in Yell county
who will be sorry to learn of hi
accident. He is a brother o
Judge Bullock of Dardanelle.
NECROLOGICAL.
BENJAMIN DUNHAM.
Benjamin Dunham, for mani
years a resident of this city ant
estimable citizen, died Monday
morning about 12:15 o’clock a
his home in Chastain’s addition
His last illness was a very brie:
x one, as he had been engaged a
his trade, carpentering, the firs;
of last week, when upon Wed
nesday he was taken sick with i
chill and congestion of the brair
developed.
Funeral services at the Chris
tian church Tuesday afternoon
conducted by T. F. Richardson
pastor of the church of whict
the deceased was a loyal anc
consistent member. The breth
ren of the departed in Odd Fel
lowship, will have charge of the
remains, burial following al
Walnut Grove.
The deceased leaves behind s
wife and five children of a ten
der age, and to these little ones
and his helpmeet through life
cast down in hope by this sever
ance of old ties that had bound
them in a united happiness, the
sympathy of our people goes out.
MRS. DELLA WATSON.
Mrs. Delia E. Watson died at
11 o’clock Sunday night at her
home in Oil Trough bottom, at
the ripe old age of eighty years.
For fifty years she had been a
resident of Oil Trough and was
bejoved by all who knew her.
She was a very devout member
of the Christian church, and her
life has been fruitful in its influ
ence for good.
Four children survive the pa
rent to whom the sympathy of
friends is extended. They are
Charles Watson, Mesdames
George Smith, B^fitie Holby, ol
Oil Trough, and Mrs. Willie Wil
liamson, of Newark.
For Rent—Front room with
bath and breakfast. 519 Walnut
street. 60d6t
BATESVILLE^GETTING
HERlREP UP.
The Sharp County Record says
that while at Batesville Monday
Press Bray of Maxville lost the
neat little sum of $29 through
the quickness of some sneak
thief. Bray was . preparing to
enter the show and had one
twenty dollar bill in his hand
and was receiving change for a
| ten dollar bill when the thief
grabbed the money and quickly
darted away into the crowd. Who
the thief was could [not be dis
covered.
93 INDICTMENTS
INj.ll DAYS.
The grand jury adjourned Fri
day evening, after returning
into court ninety-three true bills,
says the Batesville Bee. This
shows that Prosecuting Attorney
Oldfield has not been and will not
be idle in the discharge of his
official duty, and the grand jury
certainly labored faithfully dur
ing its eleven days’ session.
FIRE AT MALVERN.
! Malvern, Oet. 30.-The Shan
non hotel, a twenty-room, two
( otA»ir -frame structure. iwas de
Several guests had narrow es
j capes, but no one was fatally in
j jured. The property was ownec
by Powell S. Carden and valued
^ including contents, at $6,000.
, FARMERS HOLDING COTTON
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De Witt, Oct. 30.—Farmers ir
this vicinity are holding thei:
cotton in expectation of a rise ii
prices, selling only what is nec
1 essary to pay pickers and cur
» rent expenses, and the shipment!
1 are not as large as in formei
3 years at this time.
GIN BURNED.
f DeWitt, Oct. 30.—The larg<
gin, saw mill and distillery o:
Pike Bros., four miles east o:
this place, was destroyed by fin
Saturday, being a total loss
with no insurance.
| A BARGAIN IN LUMBER.
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■ The Kelley Lumber Companj
are closing out their stock al
; very low prices. 2 inch rougl
; plank, gum and oak, at 50 cents
; per load. Good 2x4 and 2xt
. gum at 75 cents per 100 feet. ]
k inch cull oak 75 cents per load.
[ Also a lot of short stock for board
and picket fences at 50 cents per
. 100 feet. T. J. Hawk,
60dlw Salesman.
LIVERYMEN
FARMERS
DRAYMEN
And all users of axle grease
I that want the best grease on the
; market and that recognize a good
thing when shown its merits, we
j recommend our Golden and Cas
tor Oil brands of Axle Grease.
If is put up in 1 pound tin boxes
and 3 pound tin buckets. For
| sale by all up-to-date merchants.
Ask for it and take no substitute.
It is guaranteed to have no equal
for quality on the market.
WATERS-PIERCE
OIL COMPANY.
PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE:
Tonnage of Last Year Exceeded by Six
Million Tons That of Any
Previous Year.
The year 1903 stands as the high
water mark of prosperity in the
anthracite coal trade, as the tonnage
for that year exceeded by more than
6,000,000 tons that of any previous
year, and the demand for coal was so
good as to make it possible to dispose
of the product at prices which
brought a fair return to all con
cerned in the industry. Some signifi
cant figures in connection with the
production of Pennsylvania anthra
cite during 1903 have been collected
by Mr. William W. Ruley, special
agent of the United States geological
survey, and will be included in Mr.
E. W. Parker’s report on the produc- (
tion of coal in 1903, which is a regular
feature of the survey’s annual volume
on the mineral resources of the United
States.
At the commencement of 1903 there
was practically no anthracite in stock,
as the amount which had been mined
after the strike of 1902 had gone
directly into consumption. All that
could be mined during the first three
months of 1903 was In immediate de
mand.
With the opening of navigation and
a reduction in price on April 1, dealers
at all points endeavored to lay in an
ample supply of coal to meet their fall
and winter requirements. This made
a brisk demand for the product dur
ing the spring and summer months,
with the resultant accumulation of
stocks in dealers’ hands. The early
arrival of cold weather, however, and:
the prolonged severity of the winter'
created an unusually brisk demand i
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In connection with the large pro
duction, it is interesting to note the
Increase in the shipments of the small
sizes of coal during 1903 over those of
previous years. This is especially
noteworthy on account of the opinion
generally expressed at the close of the
anthracite strike, that bituminous
coal had largely supplanted anthra
cite for steam purposes, and would
continue to hold this trade to the
exclusion of the small sizes of the lat
ter product. On the contrary, how
ever, the consumption of these smaller,
sizes of coal increased 2,468,694 tons in
1903 over 1901. It would seem that
the .only cause which would seriously
affect the prosperity of the anthracite
business is the general condition oi
the entire country. As long as the
people at large are able to buy anthra
cite, it will not want a market.
It is also of interest to note an
Increase of 15 cents in the average
value per ton for coal at the mines
The total production was 66,351,713
tons, valued at $152,036,448. The aver
age price per ton was $2.50; the num
ber of men employed was 150,483; and
the average number of days that each
Tables are given in the report wmcn
shows the production by counties for
the years 1902 and 1903; also the ship
[ ments of anthracite and the propor
tion of sizes shipped. A tabular ar
1 rangement of the various sections of
the anthracite fields is given, with a
list of ten railroads that enter the ter
. ritory.
The anthracite fields comprise an
area of somewhat over 480 square
l miles, and are located in the eastern
• middle part of the state, in the coun
ties of Carbon, Columbia, Lacka
1 wanna, Luzerne, Northumberland,
-' Schuylkill and Susquehanna. They
. are classed under three general divi
sions, namely, the Wyoming, Lehigh
’ I and Schuylkill regions. Geologically
• they are divided into fields or basins,
which are again subdivided into dis
tricts.
The Bernice field, in Sullivan coun
ty, is not included in any of these re
gions. The classification of the prod
1 net of this field is a matter of some
■ contention. The fracture of the coal
and some of its characteristics are
' more like those of some bituminous
or semianthracite coals than strict
' anthracite, but on account of its high
percentage of fixed carbon and low
percentage of moisture it is classed as
anthracite by the second Pennsyl
vania geological survey, and the
product is so included in this report.
Philippine Supreme Court.
Four Americans afid three Filipinc*
make up the supreme court of the Phil
ippines. The chief justice, C. Arellano,
is 57 years old, a native of the province
of Bataan. He was educated at the
Royal college of San Juan deLatran.and
at the University of St. Thomas, of
Manila. Under the Spanish regime he
held a judgeship. F\>r two years he
was justice of the territorial supreme
court at Manila, and then became pro
fessor of civil law at St. Thomas, a po
sition he held for 16 years. Associate
Justice Florentino Torres is 60. a St.
Thomas graduate, and a specialist in
criminal law. Two of his sons are now
in the United States studying at Wash
ington. Justice Victorino Mapa, a na
tive of the province of Capiz, who was
born in 1854, is, like his two native as
sociates, a graduate of St. ThomaB,
and a Manila lawyer.—San Franci&Q
Argonaut.
Slight Mistake.
“Those large bumps,” said the phren
ologist, “would indicate that some of
your ancestors were eccentric.”
“You’re up against it there, professor,"
replied the man in the chair; “they indi
cate an eccentric wife. Confine your ex
amination to the small bumps, please.”
—Chicago Daily News.
Agriculture in Porto Rico.
Five years ago Porto Rico was with
out any provision for public educa
tion in agriculture, though agricul
ture is the main industry of the island.
That want has been partly and will be
fully supplied.
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