VOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. TUESDAY JUNE 17, 1902. NUMBER 49
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ASSESSOR’S NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under
signed, as assessor of Jackson county,
Arkansas, will meet the people of the
different townships at the following times and
Diaces, for the purpose Jof listing the Personal
■ Property and Per Capita fax for the
| rear 1902:
Barren township, McDougal’s residence, Mon
day and Tuesday, June 2, and 3.
Glaize township, Grand Glaize, Wednesday
nd Thursday June 4 and 6.
4 Breckinridge township, Auvergne, Friday
l^ine 6.
Breckinridge township, Weldon, Saturday
trie 7.
Breckinridge township, Tupelo, Monday
me 9. „ .
Cow hake township, Nance’s Store Tuesday
nd Wednesday, June 10 and 11.
Kicliwoods township, Martin’s Old Residence,
hursday and Friday, June 12 and 13.
Cache township, Burton’s Store, Saturday
me 14. ,,
Cache township, Martin’s Schoo 1 House, Mon
„ iy and Tuesday June 16, and 17.
Grubbs township, Robinson’s Chapel, Wednes
and Thursday June 18 and 19.
^ Village township, Barnes’ Mill, hriday
me 20. , .
Jefferson township, Jacksouport, Monday and
PI uesday, June 23 and 24.
Bird township, Elgin, Wednesday June 26.
, Bird township, Centerville, Thursday, June^26.
r Bird townshipT Tuckerman, Friday and bat
l: day, June 27 and 28.
I Glass township, Swifon, Monday June 30
I uesday and Wednesday, July 1 and 2.
I Union township, Court House, Newport, from
JP ily 7 to August 20.
? Please bring along your deeds or last tax
9. ceipts.
Given under my hand this 6th day of
^ ay 1902.
B. F. SIMMONS
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HUFFMAN NIGHT WATCHMAN.
Mayor Cast Deciding Vote Electing
H. C. Huffman Night Watchman
Bids For City Printing Re
ferred To Committe On
Printing—Other Pro
ceedings Of Session.
H. C. Huffman, who has a service
of nearly two years to his credit is
night watchman for this city, was on
Monday evening reelected to his old
position, the other nominations for
that office being George L. Robinson
and R. W. Douglass.
H. C. Huffman was put in nomina
tion by N. B. Wishon, while C. H.
Wilmans presented the name of
George L. Robinson and J. G. Walker
offered R. W. Douglass as a candidate.
Aldermen Wilmans and Walker voted
for Robinson, while Aldermen Bailey
and Wishon cast their votes for Huff
man, thus leaving a tie and the mayor
cast the deciding vote for Huffman.
Bids for the city printing for the
ensuing year were received from T. T.
Ward and P. H. VanDyke and upon
failure to reach an agreement were
referred to the committee on city
printing.
City Attorney Gustave Jones re
ported that he had bought in the pest
house ground at the tax sale in the
name of the city. The city attorney
also reported the signatures thus far
secured on the petition for an im
provement district.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved and all the
accounts approved by the finance
committee were allowed.
COMMUNICATION FROM
REV. MR. RICHARDSON.
(CONCLUDED.)
4. Dr. Phillip Schaff. Dr. Cline
quotes as follows, “The baptism of
Christ in the river Jordan, and the
illustrations of baptism used in the
New Testament, are all in favor of
immersion rather than sprinkling, as
is freely admitted by the best exege
tes, Catholic and Protestant, English
and German. Nothing can be gained
by an unnatural exegesis.”—Teach
ings, pp. 55 56.
Dr. Schaff in his history of the
Christian Ch. Vol. 1, pp. 468, 469 says,
“The usual form of baptism was im
mersion. This inferred (not proven
does he say) from the original mean
ing of the Greek baptizein and bap
tizmos etc. * * *
“Water is absolutely necessary to
baptism, as an appropriate symbol of
the purifying and regenerating power
of the Holy Spirit, but whether the
water be in large quantity or small,
cold or warm, fresh or salt, from
river, cistern or spring is relatively
immaterial and cannot affect the va
lidity of the ordinance.”
There are other of his quotations
that might be likewise completed; but
these are sufficient to show two
things.
1. That Dr. Cline has quoted from
these writers only those parts of
their writings that suited his particu
lar purpose, whereas they stand in
the forefront as advocates of the not
less valid mode of baptism, sprink
ling or pouring.
2. That Presbyterian ministers do
fairly represent the question. They
do recognize immersion as a valid
mode; but they do not for one mo
ment hold that it is essential, as is
seen from the above quotations.
In this section I wish to quote from
my sermon found in the Indepen
dent, Tuesday, May 27. “We in
Christian charity, acknowlege, how
ever the other mode, known as im
mersion, merely and only because it
is an application of water, unessen
tial in amount; but if others prefer to
use it, we do not condemn them, be
lieving that to his own master each
servant Btandeth or falleth.”
I would merely state that the occa
sion of my sermon was to give to my
congregation what we as Presby
terians find in the scriptures on the
subject, especially as he had con
tinuously announced as the doctrine
of his church that the bible and the
bible alone, was their only standard
of belief and authority, especially
throwing out all such hateful and sin
ful things as c eeds and human opin
ions; and yet, we behold Dr. Cline,
for the maintenance of his views
hiding behind the writings of learned
Presbyterians and Episcopal doctors,
whom he despised so vociferously in
his first article. He seems to have
opened his mouth very gladly to
“take some of that food chewed and
masticated by these old fashioned
mothers.”
It is to be acknowledged that he
has labored hard on “Phillip and the
Eunuch;” but with all his efforts to
prove the contrary from Heb. 12:24,
he himself makes the sprinkling with
blood and water signify the same
thing, viz. the sprinkling of the inner
man by the Holy Ghost—which
metfiod of baptism by the Holy Ghost
is not immersion “quod erat demon
strandum,” which was proven by my
sermon. See sermon.
If Dr. Cline will make himself the
guarantor of the payment of the $1,
000 he mentioned, I will gladly fur
nish him the passages. In passing it
may be well to note that the offer by
the aforesaid paper was accepted by
two different Presbyterian parties,
ten years ago, to which there was not
the slightest attention paid.
I do not want to weary the patience
of the community with this question.
1 think we ministers should be preach
ing the gospel instead.
For some reasons I am sorry that
the discussion has occurred, especially
on account of our Baptist brethren,
and also those who desire to be called
by the distinctive name of Christians,
with whom I have been in the pleas
antest relations. But I call all to wit
ness that the discussion was not of my
own motion in the first instance.
Yours respectfully,
L. H. Richardson.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Jonesboro—The work of construct
ing the new Cotton Belt freight depot
was commenced this week. The build
ing will cost in the neighborhood of
§5,000, and will be a very handsome
and substantial structure.
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Fayetteville—Reports from different
peach growers say the trees are so
heavily loaded with fruit that it will
be necessary to lighten the branches
by thinning them out, in order to save
the trees from breaking down.
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Little Rock—Two applications have
been filed with Secretary John H.
Page of the state charitable board for
the position of Superintendent of the
state insane asylum, made vacant by
the resignation of Dr. P. O. Hooper.
The applicants are Dr. W. C. StiiMon
of Derm^it and Dr. W. C. Prewitt of
Little Rock. The board will make a
selection at its meeting on the first
Monday in July. * * * Governor
Davis left Sunday for Fayetteville to
attend the University of Arkansas
commencement exercises. He will
deliver an address to the graduating
class Wednesday. * * * The new
deaf mute institute buildings are
practically completed, work on the
interior finishing being now in pro
gress. At a cost of about §80,000 the
state has erected an administration
building, a main school building, a
boys’ dormitory and a kitchen.
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
The railroad situation is very fav
orable at present. The contract has
been let as far up White river as Buf
falo City and supplies of all kinds are
arriving at Buffalo daily. They are
now going into camp at Buffalo, pre
paratory to begin grading.—Yellville
Echo.
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What is said to be the largest loco
motive ever built is being set up in
the Sante Fe shops at Topeka. It is a
tandem compound decapod, and
weighs 267,000 pounds. It has a heat
ing surface of 6,390 square feet, or
about 700 more square feet than the
next largest engine m the wo. Id.
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The principal railroads in Arkansas,
it is stated, will come to the relief of
the Arkansas world’s fair commis
sioners by granting transportation in
connection with working up a state
exhibit. President George R. Beld
iug of the commission has just held a
conference with the railroad author
ities in St. Louis and secure this con
cession.
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CONVENTION IN DEADLOCK.
First Congressional District Demo
cratic Convention In Session at
Wynne. Macon Lacks Two
Votes of Number Nec
essary To Elect.
Wynne, June 16.—The Democratic
convention for the nomination of a
candidate for congress for the First
district convened in this city today
and was called to order by the dis
trict chairman Hon. O. N. Killough.
Hon. W. W. Cate of Craighead, was
elected by acclamation permanent
chairman; Dudley Clark, of Lee, per
manent secretary, and A. A. Knox of
Greene, and B. B. Biffle of Clay, as
sistant secretaries.
After the organization the conven
tion took a recess, reconvening at 2
o’clock, when nomination speeches
were in order.
Prof. E. L. Mcllaney of Clay, prin
cipal of the public school at Piggott,
put in nomination Judge F. G. Taylor,
of Craighead; Hon. Ed Mathis of
Craighead put in nomination Hon.
Eugene Parrish of Craighead, and
Judge Jacob Fink, of Phillips put in
nomination Hon. R. B. Macon of Phil
lips. The nomination of Mr. Parrish
was seconded by Hon. B. H. Crowley
of Greene, the nomination of Judge
Taylor by Clyde Going, of Poinsett,
and the nomination of Macon by Ed
McCulloch of Lee.
On roll call the first ballot stood:
Macon—Phillips, 9; Lee, 8; Mississ
ippi, 6; St. Francis, 4; Woodruff, 8;
total 35.
Parrish—Craighead, 9; ‘Cross, 5;
Greene, 7; total 21.
Taylor—Clay 8; Poinsett,4; Critten
den. 4: total 16.
Necessary to a choice, 37.
More than a hundred of the leading
politicians are here from the several
counties of the district, and the
friends of each candidate show a
strong determination to stay by their
man.
The convention took a recess at 4
o’clock this afternoon. A deadlock
is inevitable, and no one can safely
predict the outcome.
The convention held a short even
ing session and took a recess after
the seventyflfth ballot until 9 o’clock
tomorrow morning. There was no
change.
CRAP SHOOTERS CAUGHT.
The crap-shooters lost quite a num
ber from their ranks Monday night
through a raid by Sheriff R. W. Bandy,
assisted by Deputy Neal. A game
was in progress in a house on the
alley between First and Second streets
near Elm early Monday evening and
as no sentries were on guard, the
officers had their game bagged before
the darkies could realize what had
happened.
Fifteen of the “bone throwers”
wera caught, some of whom may es
cape fine or jail sentence, as they
claim to have been onlookers only and
non-partakers of that enticing game
of “craps.” Several of the arrested
culprits gave bond, while the others
will await trial behind the bars.
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