■[DESTROYS
| FIVE HOUSES
Rock Island Depot But To
Btal Loss Is Not Much
Over $1000.
^■re, originating from a de- j
■ve'flue destroyed two houses
Hed by the Rock Island and
■ belonging to Dr. Henry
K about 4 o’clock Thursday
S^oon. The blaze was not
■wered until the whole roof
■cabin occupied by W. Moran,
^■on foreman was ablaze and
^Hre department had hard
■ to stop the progress of the
>^ws. *
■>r awhile the pressure from
tHhose was not sufficient to
tHe an effective fight, though ;
.■nderstand the gauge in the :
jBany’s office showed a pres-:
■ of 50 to 80 pounds during
'■entire time.
*Hie water company claims
■ the fire department has but
■good nozzle, leaky hose and
S the hydrants are often not
■ed on fully, also that no one
■ telephones the pump house
But on the direct pressure un-;
■mg after a fire Has started.
JBiese are matters which the .
Beil should investigate in or
I to put the blame where the
he belongs, for unless better i
tarns of water can be secured
jy in action when the fire de-1
kment first arrives, serious
losses are certain where two
y houses and brick buildings j
involved.
or the good of the service, a \
ct telephone line from the
department to the pump sta
should be installed that an ,
m may be turned in at the
er, when it is received at the
tr. Moran lost his household
ds in Thursday’s fire, but the
k Island’s loss in the two
ses was covered by insurance,
three houses owned by Dr.
m which were burned, were
led at $650 with $425 insur
he last named there houses
e occupied by John Simpson,
han Pittman and Lucy Lof
all negroes, who saved most
he contents of the houses.
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a Suspected As Yegg.
Bearcy, May 1.—A man giving
B name >as S. P- Perry, is under
Best here suspected of having
Bbed the postoffice at Kensett
Burday night. He will be held
Bd Postoffice Department offi
Bs arrive here. The yeggs de
Boyed the safe of the Kensett
Be and secured $40, about $60
Bth of stamps and a few regis
Bed letters.
•loving Pictures
• the Opera House
'WVWWVWW^
B 18 Reels Per Week.
BE DOCTOR’S BLIND CHILD
I A good drama.
1 (PATHE.)
BE MAYOR FROM IRELAND
■ Comedy-Drama.
I (KALEM.)
■HE SHERIFF’S MISTAKE
Bn excellent Western Drama.
I (LUBIN)
B°d music and excellent pic
S tures tonight.
BDMISSION 5 and 10 Cents, i
Circuit Court Proceedings.
Elbert Owens vs. Ry., jury
trial; veridct for defendant.
J. Taylor vs. Ry., jury trial;
judgment for plaintiff for $750.
Stella Hardy, vs. Ry, continu
ed.
State vs. J. A. Hardy, dismiss
ed.
State vs. Paxton Thomas, dis
missed.
R. W. Earnheart vs. Ry., dis
missed
C. M. Edwards vs. Ry., for kill
ing bird dog, judgment for plain
tiff for $25.
George Beller vs. Ry., agreed
judgment for plaintiff for $15.
Will Petterson vs. Ry., jury
trial, verdict for defendant.
Mary E. DeLoach vs. Matilda
DeLoach, et al, judgment for
plaintiff for possession of land.
W. E. Self & Co. vs. Ry., judg
ment for plaintiff for $100
A. A. Adair, disabilities of
minority removed to enable him
to compromise suit against A
merican Veneer Co., of Newport, i
S. A. Moore vs. Ry., agreed
judgment for plaintiff for $50.
W. M. Hare vs. Batesville Ex
celsior Co., agreed judgment for
$1.
McConnon & Co. vs. J. E. Hall
et al, continued.
J- P. Williams vs. A. A. Hen
derson, judgment confessed in ]
open court ior $bt>.
John Tyler vs. Ry., non-suit.
S. A. Moore and S. F. Johnson
vs. Ry., non-suit.
Alice Webster, administrator
vs. American Veneer and Speci
alty Co., judgment for plaintiff
for $600.
Mrs. Lou Cook vs. M. J. Comp
ton and C. H- Waugh, jury trial,
judgment for plaintiff for $700.
Town of Newark vs. W. J.!
Herrington, appealed from May
or’s court, jury trial, not guilty.
Mrs. E. C. Lamberton vs. N.
F. and A. R. Harris, jury trial,
verdict for defendant. i
Miss Myrtle Ladd vs. Dr. A. A. I
Evans, jury trial, verdict for de-!
fendant
S. A. Hail, R. R. Ratton'and L.
J. Bracy were appointed jury
commissioners.^
J. A. Holmes,'Geo. L. Bevens
and E. R. Moore were appointed
commissioners of accounts.
Minstrel Repeats Itself.
The local Elks found them
selves pretty well imitated
Thursday evening at the picture
show when a number of boys
gave a reproduction of the re
cent Elks’ Minstrel. The house
was crowded as usual when the
children are on the program, and
under the direction of Mrs.
Reamey showed that their elders
had little on them at the original
show.
The girls also carne in for
their share of admiration for
sixteen of them, dressed in white
and red seated at the rear of the
stage made the prettiest feature
of it all- They joined in the
choruses throughout the pro
gram, the entire affair being
most creditable indeed.
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!
You have bedbugs, ants, fleas,
roaches, mites, lice, potato bugs,
etc-, not because you failed to
fight them but for the want of a
good remedy. Get Ross Dead
Quick” spray. It is nice and
clean and kills insects and their
eggs the moment applied. No
thing like it. Sold in Newport
by your druggists. (Adv)
For Sale.
My fancy Rhode Island Red
chickens at a bargain; too goo \
to kill.—Mrs. J. B. Jefferies, Cor
ner Third and Elm. 26d6 I
HANDSOME FLAG
PRESENTED SCHOOL
By Civic Improvement Associa
tion Celebrated With Ap
propriate Exercises.
Flag day was beautifully cele
brated Thursday afternoon May
1 at the new High School build
ing, being made the occasion of
the presentation of a large,
handsome and durable flag by
the ladies of the Civic Improve
ment Association to the public
schools of this city.
The exercises attending the
flag raising were held in the
large auditorium, where all the
grades were assembled and many
visitors.
The program was opened and
closed with prayer by Rev. Hen
ry E. Spears and following the
invocation, patriotic songs were
rendered with enthusiasm and
voice creditable to the school
children.
Miss Elizabeth Pugh read an
excellent paper reviewing the
history of our public schools and
is published in full in this issue.
A story of the part our flag has
played in the history of America
by Miss Mary Francis Hays also
proved an interesting and in
structive feature.
Following this a beautiful flag
sixteen feet in length and eight
feet wide was presented to the
school by the Civic Improvement
League of Newport, Miss Leah
Jones making the presentation
in a very gracious manner, voic
ing wbll the splendid sentiment
which prompted the donors in
this gift to the school. She was
gracefully assisted by Misses
Hortense Hite and Bertha
Hirsch.
Superintendent Ernest Mc
Kenzie on behalf of the school
accepted the flag and his re
marks were very timely to the
occasion in a tribute to the flag,
of what it stood for and in ex
pression of thanks for the gift
upon the part of the Civic Im
provement Club and also to Mr.
Ed Claxton, who provided a
strong and expensive flag pole.
The program was concluded
by the school children singing
“Three Cheers for the Red.
White and Blue” with all the vim
of yoyng Americans, after which
the audience viewed from the
street Old Glory flaunting her
stars and stripes to the breezes.
HISTORY OF THE NEWPORT
SCHOOL.
The public schools are the
safeguard of any liberty loving
people. In proof of this state
ment we need but compare
those countries where education
is denied the common people,
with nations in which the doors
of learning are freely opened to
all. There may be a diversity of
opinion as to the kind and de
gree of instruction essential to
success in life. There may be
widely differing views as to the
best methods of attaining to the
ideal in education; but there
ever remains this important
truth, that, if a people is to be
really free, the middle and lower
classes must be trained and up
lifted through public instruction.
And, as is the history of the
public schools, so the history of
the commonwealth. As the
school grows in numbers, and im
proves in methods, so the town
or community progresses, so the
nation wins the world s ap
plause
Let us, then, briefly examine
f
the record of our schools, and in
| so doing read the annals of our
I town. Going back to the year
l of 1879, when Newport was
made a separate district, and
tracing the history of the public
; school down to the present, we
may justly exclaim with the
poet, “The old order changeth,
yielding place to new.” And,
verily, this change has been for
the better. The yielding of the
old order to the new, has been
gradual but steady. Vast has
been the improvement in build
ings, in equipment, and in the
method of instruction.
Before the town owned any
school property, an unpretenti
ous building located on Front
street between Main and Elm,
■was used as a school room. La
ter a frame house was erected
on Walnut street between Se
cond and Third streets. This
structure served for many years
as a place where the youth of
Newport gathered to be started
on the road to learning. Sight
of this house, which is now oc
cupied by Cook’s hotel, brings to
the minds of many pleasant re
collections of happy days spent
in the pursuit of knowledge. It
suggests also the names of those
to whom honor is due in our
progression toward our present
standard of educational excellen
cy.
Ol the pioneer superintend
ents, who labored earnestly for
the diffusion of knowledge
among us, those who seem to
linger longest in the memory of
the people, are Prof. Baker and
Major D. F. Withers. Major
Withers, being a man of strik
ing personality, was loved de
! votedly by his students. He held
remarkable sway over all who
| came within the radius of his in
fluence. Such power did he gain
| over the lives of his pupils that
he was able to control their ac
I tiorfs outside of school hours al
* most as completely as within the
! class room. For six or seven
{years he held the principalship
I here.
1 Two of Major Withers’ loyal
{assistants were Mr. J- D. Neal
1 and Mrs. Lottie Robertson.
Many of our active citizens of to
! day received much of their early
; instruction from these faithful
teachers. Mrs. Ella Whittaker
! is another, who through her
! great loyalty to educational in
: terests, has become an immorta
! in our school history. However
j not only to the pioneer teacnen
is credit due, but also to th(
j first Board of Directors shoulc
we give just praise for their effi
cient management. Some of the
members of this board are stil
honored citizens among us
Some have removed to other lo
calities, while still others hav<
passed into the great beyond.
These first faithful servant;
for the public good were Dr. J
M. Jones, Messrs. L. Hirsch, N
B. Wishon, H. L. Remmel, G. K
Tozer and Hugh Grimes- Dr
' Jones held continuous service a;
I director of Newport’s education
j al affairs from the time of hi;
election until his death in 1908
I In 1894, the site of the ole
frame house was abandoned, anc
! a new brick was erected on Wal
i nut between Fourth and Fifth
streets. But the school, continu
ing to develop rapidly, soor
again outgrew itself. The cry
from children, parents, teachers
! and superintendents for more
commodious quarters and better
equipment has resulted in the
handsome structure in which we
are privileged to meet today. Or
all hands we hear the comment
that we now have a building
that would be a credit even to a
I
! city school.
And let honor be to whom
j honor is due. Most assuredly to
; the present board of Trustees,
composed of Mr. E. L. Boyce, Dr.
!h. O. Walker, Messrs. W. W.
Dutton, S. R. Phillips, T. P. I'm
sted and P. H Van Dvke, there
should be accorded especial com
mendation for their supervision
of the construction of this splen
did new edifice. Also to the
present superintendent, and to
| the teachers who have labored
j this year under difficulties, there
j should be rendered a generous
i measure of praise for the fine
progress made by their students j
throughout the term’s work.
The finely appointed rest .
room so lately furnished, the pi
ano for the auditorium, pictures
which adorn the walls of certain
rooms, all these and other im
provements have been made pos
sible through the special energy
and endeavors of teachers and |
pupils. The first issue of the ,
Oracle, the Junior class paper, is
1-j 11- 1IJ._ \\r n
Newport, not emulate the exam
ple of him who said, “I cannot be
a Columbus, because there are
no more Americas for me to dis
cover." With the rearing of this
new building, effort should not
cease. Quite fo the contrary,
this handsome structure ought
to he an incentive to every one
who enjoys (lie opportunity of
working here, as well as to all in
any way interested in our com
munity, to aid in making the ap
pointments within, and the
grounds without, ever approach
more nearly toward ideal loveli
ness.
And furthermore, these mate
rial things accomplished, will of
themselves be added reasons
why the schooPs literary work in
the future, should not only equal
that of the past, but should out
rival anythinghitherto achieved.
Interstate Association Proposed.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 2.—So great
has become the interest in the
Arkansas inter-school contest
association that it probable
business interests of Little Rock
_r11 __i.~ _i.~ A
cl ucuuauic ntwaij -
hope to see this publication con-!
tinued. Was it chance that set
the standard of perfection for
Seniors? Surely their strivings
will not fall short of the excel
lence suggested by their class
count. “We are seven” might
well be their motto; for, you
know, seven is acknowledged to :
be the perfect number.
Again it is plain to see that
there is an increase among the
students in enthusiasm and fine
school spirit. May this spirit be
increased daily, hourly; for each
ounce of the enthusiasm of
youth, when rightly sustained j
and encouraged, is easily trans
ferable into the actual accom
plishment of great deeds. And,
truly, though we have advanced
far, in educational matters, from
the old order of things, there is
yet need for this youthful ener- (
gy which will incite to victorious
doing.
But may the boys and girls of
our schools, and all citizens of
V* Hi HV/VV IIKUW V- i 1 HI LO WVW 8UU
ize an inter-state association of
this kind of Ar ansas, Okh^h<>
ma, Lousiana and possibly Te5h^
as into competition annually.
is possible that Missouri or
Tennessee might be added to the
list or take the place of one of
the other states.
The present contest brings an
nually several thousand stud
ents to Little Rock, and it is
figured that an inter-state meet,
while it would be more expen
sive, would draw a larger crowd
and should be more than self
sustaining.
Dry Summer Wood.
at Fee-Cray ton’s delivered.
Sawed from cull lumber. Phone
294, or see Hopper or Fisher.
Leave orders with P. S. White.
18dtf.
Jesse McDonald came up from
Augusta this afternoon and is
the guest of relatives in this city.
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