-^ VOLUME m NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. TUESDAY.
GOES AFTER KEEL.
Newt Nance, Formerly a Sup
porter of John Keel, De
fends Judge Wood and
Hillhouse.
Eight Mile, Ark., March 14.
To the Editor of Independent:
The Hon. J. H. Keel is send
ing out by mail all over the coun
ty circular letters by the hun
* dreds and in these he claims that
flistave Jones and Joe Stayton,
two railroad attorneys, brought
out George Hillhouse for repre
sentative.
Keel is trying Jeff’s tricks,
trying to prejudice the minds of
the poor or laboring classes
against George by saying rail
road attorneys brought him out.
I want Mr. Keel to understand
that I don’t get free passes on
the railroad and that I talked to
George during court when I was
serving on the grand jury and
urged him to enter the race, and
1 several of the Democratic voters
of my township asked me to
write George asking him to be
come a candidate for representa
tive, which I did.
I have always supported Mr.
Keel in the past, but I am a
Democrat and have been taught
that our forefathers in Democ
! racy laid down a rule for Demo
% crats to follow, and they taught
that a third term in office was
not true Deiliocracy, and I am
persuaded to believe that a true,
Democrat would not violate this
rule, and Mr. Keel is not trying
( to violate this rule for himself
alone, but is trying to can;v a
hypocrite on his shoulder for a
third term for governor.
He also said Hillhouse joined
hands with Lippmann and the j
“niggers” a few years ago to try
to defeat him when he was the
nominee of the Democratic party.
From the action Mr. Keel took in
our last Democratic central com
mittee meeting it looks like he
was trying to join hands with
the “niggers” in order to defeat
the Democrats of our county, as
he contended so earnestly for
the word “white” to be erased
from the resolution so they could
\ join hands with the “niggers” to
\ try and get a third term and get
I Jeff in also for a third term,
which no other true Democrat
would do.
Mr. Keel also calls our atten
tion to several trusts operating
in our state today and says >Ir.
Hillhouse is in line with these
trusts. 1 asK Mr. jveei, was ne
in line with the insurance trust,
which he says is the worst of all,
when he presented Judge Wood
with that gold-headed cane, or
was n just acting a hypocrite?
Mr. Keel says his enemies must
have had four things in view in
bringing out Mr. Hillhouse* 1st,
. the repeal of the salary bill. He
(Keel) knows this is not true.
2d, the repeal of the railroad
/ Commission bill. Thig is another
^ We of his false reports. 3d, the
defeat of our effective anti-trust
law. This is some more of his
campaign thunder. 4th, the de
feat of Gov. Davis. This is the
truth, if Keel did tell it out of
four trials, as this is better than
Jeff can do op will do or has done.
And the reason Mr. Keel en
tered the race this time was in
order to try to defeat Wood, who
he is trying to make the people j
believe is controlled by the rail
roads, trusts, etc., but he will
fail to make many believe this |
falsehood. If Judge Wood was in
favor of trusts, as Mr. Keel
would try to have you believe, I
had rather have a governor who
favors trusts than a governor
who favors blind tigers and is in
v
line with the whisky element,
and who has been denounced by
his own church as being a hypo
crite. Respectfully yours for the
better element, W. N. Nance.
METHODIST MINISTER DEAD
Clarendon, March 14. — Rev.
Courtland P. Smith, the Method
ist minister at this place, died
early yesterday morning, after a
three weeks’ illness of catarrhal
fever, although his death is
directly attributable to rheuma
tism of the brain. Rev. Smith
leaves a wife and three-year-old
son. The body, accompanied by
Mrs. Smith and son, has been
sent to Minden, La., for burial.
FINE EXHIBITION
OF FANCY SHOOTING.
Captain George E. Bartlett
gave a most remarkable demon
stration of fancy shooting at the
Newport Gun Club’s grounds
Monday afternoon. Capt. Bart
lett is a promoter of shooting
and is employed by the Peters
Cartridge Company of Cincinna
ti to visit gun clubs and show the
shooters what can be done with
firstclass ammunition, and he
certainly fills the bill.
He shot in all manner of ways
and demonstrated tuny tne many
superior points of Peters cart
ridges, both with shotgun and
different calibre rifles. His in
troductory shots were made with
30-30 soft nose cartridges taken
from the stock of the Newport
Builders’ Supply and Hardware
Company. With these cartridges
he made dust of pieces of brick
thrown in the air by Paul R.
Litzke of Little Rock; also burst
ing a can'full of water, complete
ly shattering the can and evapor
ating the water. Then came the
great test of high velocity and
excessive penetration. Two or
three pieces of boiler plate steel,
21-2 inches square, were thrown
in the air, being promptly punc
tured by the captain.
The captain then gave a little
lecture on the good qualities of
King’s semi-smokeless powder,
which was greatly appreciated
by the large crowd of shooters
present. He explained that
semi-smokeless powder was not
a nitro powder and was just as
safe as common black powder,
being compared with black pow
der only, but the great feature
of it being in its not having one- j
half as much smoke and the ex
treme cleanness of the gun bar
rel after being used.
The captain also showed what j
a good shot he was by doing
some pretty work at looking glass
shooting, breaking small pieces
of brick and by shooting number- j
less other objects thrown in the
air, such as pieces of money, j
walnuts and other things. Any
one calling at the Newport
Builders’ Supply and Hardware
Company will be shown many
convincing proofs of his marvel
ous shooting ability. Mr. Bart
lett will give another exhibition
in Jonesboro on Friday.
YOUNG LADY ~
A SUICIDE
Walnut Ridge, March 14.—Sat
urday night, during the tempor
ary absence of the family from
the house, Miss Bertie McMullen,
age 21 years, living with her
widowed mother and small sister,
three miles from Walnut Ridge,
committed suicide by hanging.
Securing a trot lin^ she wound
it around her neck. Mounting a
table, she threw the line over a
rafter and, after tieing it securely,
she kicked the table from under
her feet and the deed wTas accom
plished.
i COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY NIGHT.
Recorder Mayhan Acted in Stead
of Mayor Grubbs—Treasurer
Redman Resigns and A.
F. Bailey Succeeds.
The council met Monday night
with J. R. Mayhan acting in the
place of Mayor Grubbs.
Minutes of previous meetings
were read and approved and the
usual monthly bills allowed.
The ordinance defining the
limits of the First and Second
wards was given final passage.
City Treasurer Silvey P. Red
man on account of ill health ten
dered his resignation, which was
accepted by the council, A. F.
Bailey being chosen to fill the va
cancy temporarily.
ACCEPTS CALL.
W. A. Billingsley, W. W. Dutton
and others.
Gentlemen : In response to
your call of the 11th inst request
ing me to become a candidate for
alderman of the Second ward at
the ensuing election, will state
that owing to the great demand
made upon my time to attend to
the duties of the office, to the
neglect of my own private busi
ness affairs, I was strongly in
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didate for re-election to the
office. But since then having
been opportuned by so many of
fellow citizens, I have recon
sidered the matter and decided to
accept your call, and if elected,
to serve you to the best of my
ability. Thanking you for the
honor, I am yours with great re
spect, A. D. Bailey.
MR. BOWEN
A CANDIDATE.
Mr. Otto M. Bowen has, after
a great many solicitations, con- j
sented to become'a candidate for
alderman of the First ward. The
citizens of the First ward will be
well represented in our city
council by Messrs. Thompson and
Bowen.
PORCH-CLIMBERS AT
HOT SPRINGS.
Hot Springs, March 14. —Two j
very smooth and successful jobs
by porch-climbers were reported
to the police this morning. Both
occurred on Jefferson street, and
the victims lost watches and
money in each instance.
ALL EYES ON ST. LOUIS.
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be turned toward St. Louis dur
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will want to get, from first
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issue. 24d6x
ORDERED TO LEAVE CITY.
Hot Springs, March 14. — Mit
and Mary Ransom, notorious ne
gro crooks, who were captured
last Saturday by Capt. Finn of
the night force, were fined $85
in police court this morning and
I ordered to leave the city.
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Spring Begins
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'TrHERE is always an interesting newness about this store. The changing
* season’s styles and conditions are constantly being reflected in theever
moving display of seasonable and suitable wearing apparel. With March, spring be
gins in earnest, and our immense stocks with their carefully selected assortment and
many styles, are prepared as never before. All the many little details that go to
make this great store perfect have received our careful attention. The greatest pos
sible care has been exercised in securing goods whose quality is absolutely unquestion
able, to the end that every article purchased may bear a stamp of highest merit.
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(Jh should have good Judgment, financial responsibility, integrity and G2
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THE LAST LEGISLATURE
passed a law permitting TRUST COMPANIES to act as administrator,
executor, or receiver of any estate, guardian or curator of any infant or
insane person, agent for any corporation or indiviual, agent for
married women in the management of their separate estate and
to execute any trust placed in their hands by the courts,
We have complied with the provisions of this law and with our large capital
of $*00,000 and conservative board of directors we are better equip
ped to handle this class of business than any individual. The
business career of any individual is short, besides by neglect or
dishonesty your property may be wasted. The TRUST
COMPANY will live 01 forever and always be on
hand to give your business honest, careful attention.
ARKANSAS BANK AND TRUST CO.
capital, $iuu,uuu.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham, V.-Pres. .
{ Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
— B. B. Bond, R. F. Drummond, C. J. Saenger,
M. D. Campbell, F. D. Fulkerson, 0, D. Watson.
* S. D. Campbell, Abe Heiligers, L. E. Willis,
G. D. Clements, W. D. McLain, J. S. Wilmans
L. Minor.
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DR. CHAS. E. CARROLL
Demist
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Successor to Black Bros.
Office: Watson Building j
Rooms 1, ^ and 3. f
TELEPHONE NO. 31.
Newport, - Arkansas•
. . VOTE FOR . .
J. U. ARP
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
The Farmer Candidate and
Poor Man’s Friend.
Read the Daily and Weekly In
dependent.
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CHAS R HITE
Farm, City and Timber
Lands Bought and Sold.
Farm Insurance
Notary Public.
Will Pay Your Taxes.
I Call or write, No. 107 Hazel
street, Newport, Ark.