Newport Daily Independent.
VOLUME IV. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1905. NUMBER 248.
■COUNCIL CONCLUDES
TO CALL IN SCRIP
BnFor Cancellation, Re-Issuance
Jll and Classification—Proceed
■f ings of Monday Even
ing’s Session.
B All the outstanding scrip of the
BL city of Newport issued prior to
§f| "February 13, 1905, is to be called
W: in for purposes of cancellation,
gfr re-issuance and classification, a
|j| resolution to this effect having
■ been adopted Monday evening at
SI a regular session of the council
■ and an order passed setting May
22, 1905, at the council room as
the date and place where all
such warrants shall be presented.
All the members were present
f except Alderman Wilmans, and
L^fhe past minutes were read and
I 'Approved and current bills allow
/ed. The street and alley com
mittee was authorized to sell an
old wagon belonging to the -city.
In the presence of J. A. Baird,
S. M. Stuckey and T. S. Stephens
as witnesses, cancelled scrip in
the sum of $12,682.19 was burn
ed.
POPLAR BLUFF’S
HOGG STORY.
There was a case in the circuit
court last week, says the Poplar
Bluff Citizen, that takes the
cheese for being strictly on the
hog, The whole affair was very
porky and when one glances over
the gallaxy of witnesses and
^ r<^ds their names he will agree
with us that the affair was very
much on the hog.
The case was one in partition j
5 and the following named wit
nesses appeared in answer to
r subpoenas: Jefferson Pigg, Rich
r ard Shoat, J. R. Hogg, E. Bacon
I and Steve Ham. There was not
I much “rooting” done on either
l/#JTide.
' CHESTER FLENALL
TAKES PENALTY.
Chester Flenall, indicted for
murder in the first degree for
the killing of Tom Daniels, an
offitTr negro employe at the South
ern Cotton Oil mill last January,
^ was allowed to plead guilty to
murder in the second degree
Monday afternoon and accept
five years in the penitentiary as
' the punishment for his crime. J
His attorneys were Stuckey &'
Stuckey.
' “SOMETHING TO
TALK ABOUT.”!
Conglomerations of trashy con-,
sistencies have been hoisted up
• on the public from time to time
by unscrupulous managers, thus
galling the people. The man
agement of “A Breezy Time”
have carefully eliminated all
s threadbare stuff from the mod
ern “Breezy Time,” and with
new songs, dances and funny sit
uations it will compare with the
finest on the road.
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HOXIE Y. M. C. A.
TO BE ENLARGED.
Accommodations of Building Are j
Overtaxed—Membership Con
tinues to Increase.
Hoxie, Feb. 13.—Owing to the
gradually increasing demand of
the railroad men for accommoda
tions at the Railrofg|Y. M. C. A.
at this place, the management j
has decided to build soon an ad
dition' to the building
> m
essrs. Rock.
has never decreased since the
opening of the association nearly
a year ago, and the sleeping ac
commodations of the building are
nightly overtaxed, which makes
the extension of the building an
absolute necessity.
Tom Keenan and International
Secretary A. G. Knebel visited
Hoxie again Friday and theii
public meetings were attended
by a large number of railroad
men and people of Hoxie and
Walnut Ridge. At an aftei
meeting held by Mr. Knebel and
Tom Keenan following the Fri
day evening services, thirteer
men signed the pledge, promis
ing to become Christians, and
the visit of these two workers
here has resulted in much good.
Knebel and Keenan will be a1
Little Rock today.
NEGRO WOMAN
KILLS BLACK MAN.
Poplar Bluff Again Comes to the
Front With the Killing of
Its Darktown Citizens.
ijiliua ruach., a negress iearn
ing in house No. 530, Peltz row,
shot and instantly killed Jim
Smith, a negro laborer, at his
home, 528 Peltz row, at about 1C
o’clock this morning, says the
Poplar Bluff Citizen.
The shooting was the culmina
tion of a family quaVrel which
the Black woman and Smith’s
wife had been indulging in this
morning.
The Black woman came on up
town and gave herself up to the
sheriff, telling him she had shot
Smith in the ankle. She told a
decidedly different story and
said at the time that her victim
was not hurt badly, as she only
shot him with one shot in the
right ankle.
She was placed in jail.
A coroner’s jury returned a
verdict in accordance with the
above facts about 1 o’clock to
day.
The Black woman is being
held on a charge of murder in
the first degree. She is married
and has three children. Her
husband is said to reside in Lit
tle Rock.
IN LOVING MEMORY.
Inasmuch as it has pleased God
to take from among us little
Pauline Davis, in whose death
our Sunday school has lost one of
its most faithful members and
the home one of its sweetest
flowers, whose marked individ
uality and child-like strength of
character, combined with a
bright intellect, promised much
for the future had her life been
spared, but God has called and
her spirit has taken its flight to
the God who gave it; therefore
be it
Resolved, That as a Sunday
school we bow in submission to
His will, and extend to the be
reft father and grief-stricken
home our heartfelt sympathy
and pray God’s sustaining grace
may be given for a final reunion
with their loved one.
R. F. Drummond,
Mrs. A. H. McDonald,
Miss Hal C. Phillips,
Committee.
COTTON SLUMP
CAUSES FAILURE.
Lamar, Feb. 13. — J. T. Moore
& Co., general merchants of this
place, filed a petition in bank
ruptcy last week. The cause of
their failure is said to be slow
collections, due to the slump in
cotton. It is said that arrange
ments are being made whereby
firm can resume business.
i.
MUCH BUSINESS
BEFORE LEGISLATURE.
Fate of Black Bill Rests With
Senate This Week—No Fel
low Servant Law Seems
Probable.
Little Rock, Feb. 13.—When
the legislature began its sixth
week yesterday it faced a vast
amount of unfinished business
and a busy week is expected.
The eyes of the state are focused
on the fate of the Black peniten
tiary bill, which passed the house
Friday and now goes to the sen
ate, where a battle royal is ex
pected over the measure.
While the senate took final ac
tion on several important1 meas
ures during the past week, the
discussion of various bills occu
pied so much time that a smaller
number of bills were introduced
than usual: Thirty-one new bills
were placed on the senate calen
dar during the week, making the
total number introduced in the
upper branch of the general as
sembly one hundred and ninety
seven.
Possibly the measure that
caused the most general discus
sion was the fellow-servant bill
introduced early in the session
by Senator James A. Gray. This
bill was amended and defeated
on a direct vote Thursday, and
while it is said that another bill
may be introduced later in the
session by another senator, it
: seems to be the impression, judg
! ing from the vote on. the Gray
bill, that no fellow-servant bill
will pass the senate at this ses
sion.
COLONEL WHIPPLE
AGAIN APPOINTED.
Washington, Feb. 13. —The
president today sent to the sen
ate the nomination of William G.
Whipple as attorney for the east
ern district of Arkansas.
The term of Col. Whipple ex
pired January 8 and the state
committee recommended his re
appointment on December 30.
The only reason why the appoint
ment had not been made was
that there was nothing urgent
about it.
Chairman Remmel of the state
committee came to Washington
last week to look after this,
among other things, and wired
j Col. Whipple on Wednesday that
i everything was all right and that
| the appointment would be made.
WILL DAVIS SIGN
BLACK MEASURE?
It was rumored at the state
house yesterday, says the Little
Rock Democrat, that Gov. Davis
had made the statement that
since it appeared the will of the
i house that the Black peniten
tiary bill should become law,that
! he, in spite of his opposition to
the measure, would not veto the
bill should it pass the senate.
This reported statement of the
governor, however, was denied
by the supporters of the Meade
bill, who state that no expres
sion on the matter has been
made by the governor. Very
little is being said in the senate
i about the bill, but in all proba
i bility the measure will pass this
| body.
SAW MILL FOR SALE.
Saw mill and 1,000 acres of
oak for sale cheap. Party de
sires to look after other business.
Apply at this office. This mill
is a bargain and can be secured
| for $450.
Read the Daily and Weekly
Independent.
’ WHY KIDNEY DISEASE
IS DANGEROUS.
Neglect of the First Warning Symp
toms is the Prime Cause of so
Many Deaths from the Dreaded
Bright’s Disease.
It Is Easily Curable In the Early Stages.
Kidney diseases are so destructive to
human life because they do not manifest
alarming symptoms until the constitu
tion is seriously weakened and the
strength exhausted. Then, too often,
the remedies employed by many physi
cians are of indifferent or doubtful value,
and the patient rapidly sinks under the
disease! The wisest course is to apply a
reliable kidney and liver remedy on the
first appearance of the symptoms. A
little uneasiness in the small of the back,
digestive troubles, bowel irregularities
and disorder in the urinary organs are
matters of small moment in the estima
tion of strong men and women, yet they
have a serious meaning. They show
clearly that the kidneys are suffering
and need help, which must be forth
coming at once to prevent serious, per
haps fatal consequences. A few doses
of Prickly Ash Bitters at this time would
prove of incalculable value in restoring
the weakened organs to health. An
investment of one dollar in a bottle of
I Prickly Ash Bitters when the disease is
yet in the early stage will save hundreds
of dollars in doctor’s bills, besides the
suffering that would surely follow should
the disease be allowed to fasten, itself in
the body. The excellent curative power
of Prickly Ash Bitters is not confined to
the first stages of kidney disease. It is
equally efficacious in severe or chronic
cases. Physicians have used it as a last
resort, in cases that defied their best
efforts, with the most brilliant results,
and it has shown its superiority over the
many so-called kidney cures, now being
loudly advertised, in instances innu
merable. i
Accept no substitute. Insist on having
the genuine Prickly Ash Bitters with the
large figure 3 in red on the front label.
Sold «t Drug Stores, $1.00 per bottle.
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Ballew & Shuford
Undertakers.
Office, 211 Walnut Street,
Opposite Cook’s Hotel.
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«
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With its attendant risks, and
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71
Solicits your
NOTARIAL BUSINESS,
And promises
Prompt and Careful Attention
To Your Business.
REAL ESTATE.
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List your Property
For Quick Sales
With me. I guaran
tee best results.
R. W. BANDY,
CHASTAIN BUILDING.
Weather strips, rubber and
part rubber at Jackson’s. 42dtf
1
Our
Business is
Selling MEN’S Apparel.
Doesn’t the fact of a firm devoting
its entire attention to one line appeal to
yoor good judgment?•*•*'*'!*•!*•!*’•*•*•!*•!*
We make the’bosiness out constant
stodyt and have facilities for obtaining
the best merchandise in America* & j* j*
And It a factory sendsJTos goods,
that are not satisfactory wejfdon’t keep
This store is not an experiment any
more. We are pretty well establised
and have a goodjollo wing] already.
“■* We fintend to hold’and keep this
trade hyfgood treatment, honest values ]
and fair prices.
Out spring and summer display of
“Correct” Clothing, Shoes, Hats and
Furnishings will he the talk of the town.
Watch for it! Come here and get
posted on the correct apparelffor men
and hoys.
GET THE HABIT. ‘ GET THE HABIT.
Star Clothing Co
JOS.JH'BEROER^JR.
DON’T
hoard
Your money in unsafe places. The
safest place for your money is in
a good bank. Start a bank ac
count with us and • 5 ■
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AT NIGHT.
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J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham,'^.-Pres.
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
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