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VOLUME V. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. TUESDAY. AUGUST *, *905. NUMBER 83.
SEARCY AROUSED
Over Jury’s Verdict in Trial of Gus
Benton for Murder of Walter Gray.
Little Rock, July 31.—Sheriff
“Bill” Williams of Forrest City
arrived in Little Rock Sunday
morning from Searcy, where he
spent the past week attending
the trial of Gus Benton, charged
with the murder of Walter Gray.
The case went to Searcy on a
change of venue from St. Fran
cis county. The jury retired at
8:30 o’clock Saturday night and
reached a verdict in the second
degree near midnight. Benton’s
punishment was fixed at ten
years in the penitentiary. Sheriff
Williams says the verdict caused
intense indignation at Searcy,
and it was generally conceded
that the state made a clear case
of murder in the first degree.
The prosecution was represented
by Prosecuting Attorney P. R.
Andrews of Augusta and R. J.
Williams of Forrest City. The
defense was represented by
Judge N. W. Norton and Walter
Gorman of Forrest City and
Brooks Norfleet of Memphis.
Benton was charged with killing
WT. L. Gray near Kinton, St.
Francis county, June 6. It is
alleged that he was sleeping with
Grav. and about 11 o’clock at
night, together with Berry
Minor and Bob Martin, took an
ax and brained the deceased.
John Davis, a negro, was left on
watch and appeared against the
defendants as a state’s witness.
The trials of Minor and Mar
tin were continued-until Septem
ber. Jim Pickens of Griggs
township, St. Francis county, a
star witness for Benton, was in
dicted by the grand jury Satur
day evening on a charge of per
jury in connection with his tes
timony in the case.
BOTH RIVERS RISING.
White and Black Rivers Booming and
Threaten Thirty Feet of Water
at Newport.
White river will reach a stage
of 30 feet say prominent river
authorities within the next few
days. The register of Tuesday
was 24.9 feet, or foot rise in
the past twenty hours. At Bates
ville, however, White had fallen
4 feet Monday evening, but a
rise of 2 feet was experienced
during the night.
News from Pocahontas and
other Black river points is to the
effect that this tributary is flood
ing the upper bottom lands and
manifesting the biggest rise of
the year.
S. 0. Massey wires from Cot
ter that the river is 25 feet there
and rising 10 inches an hour.
, with heavy rains and threaten
ing clouds along the h-ad waters.
With such discouraging infor
mation at hand, the gloomy fore
casts of river men are hard to
refute, and the outlook assures
enormous crop losses throughout
the bottom sections to the mouth
of White.
QUARANTINE ADOPTED.
Board of Health Passes Resolution
Quarantining Against Yellow fever
Infected Districts.
At a called meeting of the city
board of health Monday evening
at the office of the president,
Dr. 0. E. Jones, a resolution was
unanimously adopted to estab
lish a quarantine against New
Orleans and any other districts
infected with yellow fever. This
is tp prevent people who have
been exposed to the dreaded
j disease from coming to Newport,
| being shut out of Little Rock,
Pine Bluff, Memphis and other
j Southern cities, for the ravages
of the disease would be some
thing horrible to contemplate in
| this poorly sewered city. The
exodus from New Orleans is said
to be assuming alarming pro
portions, and cities like Newport
are compelled to protect them
selves.
The secretary of the board of
health’, C. E. Crook, drew up a
form and the printing of health
certificate blanks was authorized,
which will be issued by the two
physician members of the board,
Drs. 0. E. Jones and G. K. Ste
phens.
MEETING OLD PUPILS.
Hon. Gustave Jones Visiting in His for
mer Home City of Maryville, Where
He Was Assistant Principal of
Public Schools.
One of Maryville’s former
teachers is visiting in this city at
present and is having the pleas
ure of meeting among the busi
ness men of the town many stu
dents who were under his in
struction during his term of ser
vice in the public schools.
Gustave Jones, who, with his
family is the guest of his moth
er, Mrs. Wm. R. Jones in south
east Maryville, was assistant
principal of the Maryville schools
in 1882-3 and is well remembered
by a large number of the citizens
here who knew him while he was
engaged in educational work.
At that time Mr. Jones was
quite youthful for one occupying
a position of such responsibility,
and he is still a young man. For
this reason persons who now
meet him for the first time find
it hard to believe that he was
identified with school interests so
many years ago.
The former Maryville teacher
that was is now engaged in the
practice of law at Newport, Ark.,
where he has resided for the past
fifteen years. During that time
Mr. Jones has become well known
in his profession and his legal
duties now take him into every
part of the court circuit in which
he lives.
feels Interested here.
It has been his custom to spend
a portion of his annual summer
>rnnnti/-\n m A/T nuiTITllln onrl in fVlIO
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way he has been enabled to keep
in closer touch with the friends
and affairs of his former home.
Mr. Jones is a firm friend of
Northeast Arkansas, in vhich
section of the state his home town
is located, and he believes New
port is destined to become a place
of considerable size and import
ance. The town is now about
the size of Maryville.
Cotton is the chief crop of that
section of Arkansas and Newport
contains, among other industries
two large cotton compresses,
these assisting in making that
town a strong cotton market.
The successful attorney has not
lost his interest in the work of
education, and talked entertain
ingly on that and kindred sub
jects.
“I have become much inter
ested in the normal school con
test in which the towns of North
west Missouri are engaged,”
said Mr. Jones Thursday, “and I
hope to be here until the matter
is decided.
“Missouri has an unusually
good public school system and
the work of the Maryville schools
stands remarkably high in the
state.”—Maryville (Mo.) Trib
une.
Game called at 3:30 each after
noon, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, Poplar Bluff vs. New
port at Sportsman’s park.
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J WHAT THEY SAY. j
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A Beautiful Edition.
The Newport Independent has
just issued a beautiful magazine
i edition which is a credit alike to
! Newport and to Mr. Van Dyke,
the clever editor. The matter is
excellent and the illustrations es
pecially attractive. — Batesville
Guard.
Deserves Credit.
We have received a copy of the
souvenir edition of the Newport
Independent, a handsome maga
zine number devoted to the in
terests of Newport and Jackson
county. The number is beauti
fully printed and illustrated and
deserves to be mentioned as one
of the handsomest works of the
kind ever issued in the state. —
Marianna Index.
Compliments An Advertiser.
We have received the special
magazine edition of the Newportj
Independent, published at New
port, Ark. We notice in this edi
tion a write-up of the Palace jew
elry store and a good cut of the
interior of this mammoth estab
hshment. ihe manager oi the
Palace jewelry store is S. G.
Parker, formerly of Sikeston.
Mr. Parker is doing a good busi
ness with his jewelry store at
Newport, which is one of the
largest m the state of Arkansas.
— Sikeston (Mo.) Herald.
LETTER LIST.
Following is a list of letters remaining uncalled !
for in the postoffice at Newport, Arkansas. Juky
31,1905:
Adams, R C Londalen, Bill
Borders, Mary Majors, Ella
Clark, Ada Malone, Geo
Dukes, Stella Malone. Mary
Doyle, Lee Mayhue, Willie
Ellis, Adelaid Mongomery, Avery
Frazier, J W Mitchel, M B
Evens, W Y Mills, Susan C
Grable, Mrs Lue McCurin, Lashion
j Haynes, J H McDial. Mrs
i Hathcox, L C Odell, Madge
Hal), J H Philips, F M
Harris, A D Slat ton, John
Hendrix, Lillie Scrogins, J W
Howard, Mrs W M Smith, Florence G
Hobson, Jesse Turney, Mary
Hunt, Wm West, Mamie
| Johnson, Birdie Watson, Bud
Kohn, C Williams, Sarah
Lona, Jno J Willis, Lizzie
Lardsvel, Spencer
When calling for any of the above letters please
j say “advertised.” W. B. EMPIE.P. M.
Supreme Court Breaks Records.
Little Rock, July 31. —The term
; of the Arkansas supreme court
! which came to an end Saturday
was a record breaker as far as
the amount of business transact
ed is concerned. The term com
menced November 1 when Chief
I Justice Hill and Justice McCul
loch took their seats. During
that time the court disposed of
645 cases, of which number 86
were dismissed. The entire
docket was cleared with the ex
ception of 17 cases, which will
be disposed of at the next term,
! beginning September 25.
Drowned at West Point.
Lewis Whitlow’s three chil
i dren, who live on the river just
below West Point, were playing
' in a boat Sunday evening when
the oldest, a girl about 5 or 6,
fell out of tne back end and was
drowned, says the Searcy Citi
zen. Parties who were in the
house nearby saw her when she
went under, but were unable to
i get to her until she had gone un
der the last time. The body was
: recovered shortly afterwards.
The handsome new cottage
home of Judge J. W. Phillips,
under construction on Elm street,
is nearing completion, and when
completed will be one of the pret
tiest homes in thi<= "ity, Lr;""
fitted throughout with all mod
ern conveniences.
YELLOW FEVER
There Is N'o Occasion For Alarm
Remember The Lessons of The
Epidemic of J8°8.
As we are now threatened with
another visitation of the dreaded
yellow fever it is well to remem
ber the experiences of the last
occasion. In all sections where
yellow fever made its appear
ance it will be recalled that per
sons who kept their stomach,
liver and bowels strong and
active were not affected by the j
disease; while others apparently
healthy were stricken down.
These latter were all more or less
habitually constipated, bilious or|
victims of bad digestion; as a re
sult the blood became impure and j
the vital organs were unable to
resist the deadly fever germs, j
Now is the time to prepare for j
what is to follow. Get your fam-1
ily and yourself in shape to re-!
sist the disease. You don’t know j
when you are exposed to it;i
every man you meet may be
affected, and if you put your
preparations off from day to day
you may be too late. The sensi- j
hip course is to heedn at once
taking Prickly Ash Bitters, that
marvelous system regulator and
blood purifier. Use it regularly
every day. Half a wine-glassful
each morning after breakfast
will keep your bowels open and
healthy; it will also strengthen ■
the stomach and digestion, purify
the blood and by stimulating the
liver and kidneys all bile and
uric acid impurities will be
driven out of the body. In short,!
it puts the system in perfect |
order. Remember 1898. That1
was a record year for Prickly
Ash Bitters. In the sections
where it was used the most there
were fewest cases of fever. You
connot do better in this hour of
danger than to make use of the
means which experience has
proven to be the best for fight
ing off this terrible scourge. 78
DR. CHAS. E. CARROLL
Dentist
Gives special attention to
Crown and Bridge Work,
And, correction of Irregularities >
of the Teeth.
j Office Watson Bldc. Phone, 63. 1
Newport, * Arkansas•
HENRY OWEN.M.B. HENRY M OWKN.M.D.
Drs. OWEN & OWEN,
Physicians and Surgeons;
Will practice medicine and sur
gery in Newport and sur-,
rounding country.
NEWPORT, ARK.
OFFICE Bbvens’ Drug Store.
Jack Jones |
The Crack Barber, keeps
a neat and busy little
shop. Upper end of Front
street. Expert tonsorial
ists. Easy shaves and
the best haircuts. Our
work pleases.
"Come on, ye stubby beards.”
THERE IS NO USE
To wait for a foreign sales
man when you have one at
home who sells
EVERYTHING IN THE
MUSICAL LINE.
Just Received—12 new or
gans direct from the factory.
Pianos on short order.
L. C. REID, Managei.
B. W. Haffner, salesman.
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Knox Hats, Crown Trousers, Hawes Hats,
Alfred Benjamin & Co. Correct Clothing.
Manhattan Shirts, Waterhouse Cravats.
J Lord & Taylor Hosiery. ^
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CO OPERATIVE REAL ESTAT5 AGENT,
Jacksonport, Arkansas.
Procrastination is the Thief of Time. Act Today.
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