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f VOLUME IV NEWPORT, ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1914. ’ NUMBER 60
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MERCURY SOARS
TO 104 DEGREES
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^Tuesday, June 9; Hottest Day of
fA Year Thus Far—Crops Are
Needing Moisture
% Tuesday was the hottest day of
f;he season, the temperature of
ficially recorded having reached a
maximum of 104, as compared
with 102 for Monday, the high
est previous record for the year.
J There is a corresponding lack
%t>f humidity, which has gotten
as low as 45 per cent, when 65
per cent is the normal. When
asked what the prospect is for
rain, Section Director AJciatore
of the Weather Bureau, of Lit
f tile Rock, said, “There is abso
lutely none in sight at this
time- It is a hopeless case.”
There has been no appreciable
rainfall here since May 5, and in
> consequence crops of all kinds
are needing rain. The white
lands and river bottoms are the
drouth sufferers, for in most of
the sand country cotton and
corn are both doing well and
' can hold out for a week or so
4*k without material Jnjury.
» In the bottoms, much land is
lading out because it became too
hard to break and there were no
showers to loosen it ud. Cotton
also came up to poor stands and
y now even a rain would bring it
^p too late for any real good.
^ The same failure to get stands
>4on the white lands is also re
ported and all that can be done
with such land this season is to
plant a late crop of corn. Cot
J twn acreage in this section has
been materially reduced as a re
sult of the drouth.
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Announcement.
The Directors of the Arkansas
^jjBank and Trust Company are
% pleased to announce that Mr
I Chas. G. Henry-has decided not
* I to move to Little Rock, but will
remain here as . cashier of this
il bafik anc} there will be no change
(in the officers. , <
Our deposits are now a half
million dollars anti We hre biept^r
prepared in every way to take
card of Our customers. We thank
yoti for past business and hope to
flav% pleasuYe of continuing to
serve you.
!Jas. W. GfUbbs. Pr^Sitt !
Alcorn Ferguson,
dlw- Vice President.
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COZY BAKERY
and
DELICATESSEN STORE
% Complete line of pies, cakes,
rolls and bread. We also carry
f a full line of Libby McNeil, Lib
^ by Canned Meats and Delica
^;cies. Phone 102, 206 Front
street. 55d7.
Moving: Pictures
^ the Opera House
THE SWITCHMANS MIS
TAKE
An excellent good railroad fea
tu^fe, in two parts.
(G. KLEINE)
7%A PAIR OF PRODIGALS
\ Featuring George Stanley and
, Robert Thornby, an extra good
comedy.
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ADMISSION, 5c and 10c
FRIDAY NIGHT
“PERJ^S OF PAULINE”
A Concert By The-1. O. O
Promotion Day Exercises.
A feature of unusual in teres t_
at the Teachers’ Institute on
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock
at the high school auditorium,
will be the promotion day pro- j
gram, • consisting of music knd j
original papers delivered by: pu- j
pits from over Jackson county, j
who are to receive diplomas ad- j
vancing them from the grammar j.
grades to the high school work.
Those from the Newport i
schools who are to receive di
plomas, and who are expected to
be present, are the following
ones, with program to be ren
dered :
Phillip Pennington, Norman
Campbell, Burley Coe, Bruce
Holden, George Simmons, He
ber Askew, Neill Phillips, Mar-;
ty Paul, Nellie Ridley, Myrtle |
Hedges, Myrtle Brazeal, Aline j
Hubert, Velta Younger, Lena j
Phillips, Lockie Graham, Elise
Hirsch, Donna Best.
PROGRAM
Song —“America”.
Invocation—Rev. W. P. Chal
mers.
Welcome Address—Mayor A.
T. Hubly.
Response—J- A. Roberts.
Solo—Selected— Leone Um
‘sted.
Reading—Ruby Neill Gardner.
Original Paper—Neill Phillips
i Quartette — Tuckermjan
School.
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auui coo-idiidi i^cwucuy ux
Aikadelphia.
Music—Selected.
Address and Presentation of
Diplomas—J. L. Bond,
i Solo—“II Desidero” — Mary
Frances Hays.
1 Benediction.
i The general public is cordially
invited to be present at these
1 exercises.
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Forty-One Conversions.
The revival at Walnut Ridge
continues and interest grows.
There were eight professions
last night—forty-one to date, j
More than forty have giyen j
(their names, for membership in
the different churches. The
coyrt h0U*W is filled each ni^ht
. and the morning services Jkre :
well attende^. Tpe. , Wisdom
'.Si'sters? have captured the peo
jle with their singing. ,B. L- Wil
ford returns tonight,, haying
• been called home to hold the f|in
erhl of R. A. Bandy. The mdet
i ing will continue for several
days. It is probable that the
i Wisdom Sisters will assist in a
meeting at Tuckerman at the
close of the meeting at Walnut
Ridge
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Court First and Third Saturdays
! In order to convenience the
road overseers through semi
monthly settlements and secure
their co-operation in road work,
Judge Coe will hold court upon
the first and third Saturdays of
each month during the summer.
W. F- Hurley, overseer for
Union Township has just com
pleted the grading of the road
from Newport to the lower fer
ry and it is in the best condition
ever known. It is thrown up in
a manner to make it permanent
ly better.
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To Chautauqua Guarantors.
A meeting of the business
men who are guarantors for the
coming Chautauqua is called for
IQ a. m. Thursday at; the office
cf W. D- McLain. Please be on
hand as the sale of season tick
ets has not been ur, to expecta
tions and the situation mustigbe
met. .iif!
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A VAWTEt?
A SYSTEM
THE ORPHEAN QUARTET.
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NO Chautauqua program would be considered complete without
a male quartet. The Orpheans are coming, equipped for splen
did effects and sing and play like veterans. Their voices blend
perfectly, and they have the entertainment instinct. They
know how to build a program and offer a fine variety. They present
several laughable •stunts" and know all the platform pranks going, be
sides having invented some. Their heavier music is well Chosen and
full of sentiment
WANTS PERKINS '
TO STEP DOWN
From Chairmanship of National
Progressive Party For The
Good of the Party
United Press Dispatch.
New York, June 10. —De
manding that George W- Fer
kins, chairman of the National
Progressive Executive Commit
tee should withdraw , absolute
ly from all direction of the par
ty’s affairs, Amos Pinchot, a
member of the state and county
committees today made public
a long letter insisting upon Per
kins' retirement “for the good
of the party.” .
The letter was sent to Sena
tor Dixon, members of the Na
tional Progressive Committee,
Theodore Roosevelt and George
W. Perkins on May 23
To date Perkins has not re
plied and when inquiry at the
office was made it was said that
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be reached^
Pinchot’s letter charges that
Perkins, through the Progress
ive party’s official bulletin and
through public speeches and in
terviews in pamphlets, printed
as Progressive literature, con
ducted an extensive propaganda
calculated to convince the party
and public that the trusts are
watchful and sacred institutions
and that the Progressive party
fully agrees with him in those
views.
Notice For $ids.
Notice is hereby given that as
county judge of Jackson county
I will receive bids, until Satur
day, June 27 for lumber to be
supplied for the repair of the
various bridges-of the county •
Bids will be received upon the
basis of. per thousand feet and
the right to reject any and all
bids is reserved.
C. B. Coe, County Judge.
Newport, ,Aarli., Jlme §,
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PEACEFUL MEXICO
IN NEAR FUTURE
Administration Declares That
Signing of Protocol Is Now
Only Matter of Time
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., June 10- —
Peace in Mexico is declared by
the administration to be only a
matter of time. Counter pro
posals of the United States
I Commissioners have been ac
cepted by the mediators to form
the basis of a protocol which all
parties will sign.
Carranza’s stand is not now
.considered important, although
hiS answer to the invitation to
participate is expected to reach
Niagara Falls today.
The administration believes it
can get Carranza’s approval to
the peace plan suggested by the
American Commissioners, al
though desirable if possible to
hsve his delegates participate
when the final protocol is ap
proved. but if Carranza is not
represented it will not mean that
the Constitutionalists will turn
down the plan.
CONSTITUTIONALISTS FA
VORED.
United Press Dispatch.
Niagara Falls, June 10. —In
formal discussions between the
mediators and American dele
gates developed the fact that the
Washington administration be
lieves that such men as those
now surrounding Carranza
should be named to head the
.provisional government to be
decided on here as part of a plan
for the pacification of Mexico- No
names are discussed however.
The mediators are still hear
ing the views of both sides on
the terms of settlement. The
, suggestion is undoubtedly stren
uously opposed by the Mexican
! delegates who believe -that men
free from all alliances and fac
tions should be chosenr
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SEVEN VICTIMS !
OF HOLOCAUST
.When Fire In Dense East Side
Section of Metropolis Cuts
Off Flight From Tene
ment House.
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United Press Dispatch.
New York, June 10.—Five
persons were burned to death
and two killed today in .jump
ing from fire escapes while a
dozen others were seriously and
perhaps fatally injured, when a ^
fire swept a tenement house
fire trap in the densest portion j
of the East Side
One woman victim and her
dead child were found scorched |
to death near a fifth oor window, |
the mother’s arms around the j
babe.
The fire roared up from a
basement cutting off escape by
stairways and the smoke and
flames forced several to jump. ;
Fireman Gillen from the top of j
a ladder saw a small boy crum- j
ble back into a burning room and i
leaped into the flames and res
cued the boy, badly burned.
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Suffragists Foresee Victory.
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United Press Dispatch.
Chicago, June 10.—The Suf
fragists this afternoon saw vic
tory ahead1 in the refusal of the
General Federation of Women’s
Clubs to prevent a general dis
cussion by the delegates- A free
speech policy is the hope of the
suffrage element for heretofore
all suffrage resolutions have been
killed in committee.
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County Institute Proceedings.
The hot weather does not
seem to be affecting materially,
the interest in the County Insti
tute, which is in sessibn this
week. 1 •. , v .n
More than 100 teachers are in
rolled and most of those enrolled
i re in attendance. '> -r,
Today’s visitors fr'om; outside
the county were, Prof. J. Me L
Ridgell, professor of agronomy
in the Jonesboro agricultural,
school. Mr. Ridgell’s address was
scholarly and very interesting.
He also made a very interest
ing address to the colored teach
ers.
Mr. Harwell of Draughon’s ,
Business College, Little Roc I,
spoke on the needs and benefits -t
of a business education. , ml
Mrs- Willington Stevensbh,
with Silver-Burdette Publishing
Company, made an excellent ad
dress, emphasizing the needs of
the supplementary reader in our
schools.
Teachers for the ensuing year
for the Jackson County Teach
ers’ Association were elected!
this morning, as follows: 1 ,
Edgar Williams, president; k
Charles Coe, Jr., vice president; 't
Miss Margaret Beattie, secre- \
tary; B. S. Harris* treasurer.
The next quarterly meeting will
be held in September in Tucker- „
man.
For Sale.
Pure bred Jersey cow, with .
young cqtf. Price $60. The calf
is worth the money.
59b7. S. R. Phillips. f
Miss Agnes Marlin of Tupelqjg^
is attending the teachers’ insti
tute this week.
StraWS Evefy wanted style Sailors, Pan- M
$3 to $8 amas, Sennets, Fancy Braids and |j|
Bangkoks—They fit your head and jjj
afford real hot weather comfort. ^
The Comfort Store for Warm!
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