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p ~ cu ao waiucoo cu a xcotauaxut
l Noah Taylor, an uncle of Tebe
^ Taylor, but had not reported for
p work t 11 o’clock today. Tebe
P Taylor went to see why she was
H detained and was told by the
7 girl that she was not well
enough to work. As Taylor left
t^thie house, he says the girl .swal
lowed the poison and called to
ia him, telling him what she Had
m done and requesting him not to
B call a doctor. v
JjB Evidence offered to the coro
Sfp., 'ner’s jury did not indicate the
m; -: • nature of the falsehood alleged
1§§-, to have been told.
life 7 Taylor Sells Soliphone.
|| |? Paragoult, Aug. 29.—J. R.
li|- Taylor, editor and proprietor of
fijl' the Daily and Weekly Soliphone,
lpfe,hfts sold the subscription list
MBkand good will of the daily to
I p Griffin Smith, a young newspa
7 B per man, late of Bonham, Texas,
Ki:.. . Vhii4* A'f P.nnl/villp Tpdti
Magistrate Holds
Killing Justified.
J Cotton Plant, Aug. 28.—R. C.
Lynch, who shot and killed his
brother-in-law, F. H. Kennedy,
postmaster and. banker at this
J place, August 19, at Salsburg,
j was discharged and exonerated
r by Justice of the Peace J. C. Da
I vis at Salsburg this afternoon,
.1 after a preliminary trial in
\ which five witnesses were ex
,*! amjined, all of whom testified
|! that Kennedy was the aggres
sor, opening fire on Lynch and
firing three shots before Lynch
,1 returned the fire.
| The killing occurred on the
passenger train coming from
; Brinkley to Cotton Plant about
11 o’clock in the morning. Ken
nedy, accompanied by his son
[ and daughter, was on the train
returning' from Brinkley, and
’ Lynch boarded it at Salsburg.
! As soon as he entered the coach
| where Kennedy and his son and
I daughter were, it is said that
Kennedy opened fire on Lynch,
who returned fire after he had
; been shot at three times.
i Kennedy was struck, four
| times, one of the shots breaking
his neck. Lynch was hit twice,
i and it was thought at first that
i he would also die. He was tak
en to his home, where it was
found that he was not danger
ously wounded. Kennedy used
j a .41 Colt’s revolver, and shot
nine times, reloading it after
emptying it the first time.
Lynch used a .38 calibre pistol
and fired five times.
Farms And Timbered Lands.
. If you have a good farm or
good piece of timbered land you
want to sell, list it with us and
if your price is right we can sell
it for you. It will not cost you
anything. We have buyers
waiting that want to buy both
large and small tracts. Write
jus full description of what you
i have.
j B. W. Davis & Son,
j 22w4t Auvergne, Ark.
BACK GIVES OUT.
r
! Plenty of Newport Readers Have
j This Experience.
i
i -
j You tax the kidneys— over
I work them.
j They can't keep up the contin
i ual strain.
The back gives out— it aches
and pains;
Urinary troubles set in.
Don’t wait longer — take
Doan’s Kidney Pills.
Newport people tell you how
they act.
F. K. Michau, Beech St., New
port, Ark., says: “I have tak
en Doan’s Kidney Pills and I am
glad to say that they rid me of
symptoms of kidney complaint,
that had been quite pronounced,
i My kidneys had practically giv
j en out and the kidney secretions
■ passed too frequently. My back
[was weak and made it difficult
Ho straighten after stooping. My
of Doan’s Kidney Pills
obtained from Dutton’s
Store and the contents of
:es made a complete cure,
ipened two years ago
to say that there
»n any recurrence
by all dealers. Pricr
Foster-Milbum Co.,
York, sole agents
States.
i^me-Doan's
jWORMS HOW
AFTER COTTON
—
What Has Withstood the Flood
May Be Lost To In
sects.
—
j J. L. Davis, a capable farmer
i living on the Wishon farm East
of town brought to the Inde
pendent office Wednesday a
good many cotton bolls which
had been cut into by a worm of
some description.
Mr. Davis said that all the
cotton that he will make this
year has already opened as the
unopened ones have been.ruin
ed by the worm, row after row
; being cut.
j R. W. Taylor, another good
; farmer living on the Baker
place just beyond Litchfield, re
ports the same kind of a loss to
his cotton and from the hills,
bottoms and sandy lands, simi
lar returns on the crop are com
ing in. .
Unless dry weather does
away with or at least checks the
work of these ravaging worms,
there will never be any top cot
ton crop and many experienced
farmers go further and say
these insects • will get the big
bolls that do not open soon.
Negro Thought to
Have Stolen Grip.
Wednesday mbming Chief of
Police Ballew arrested a negro
acting in a suspicious manner in
Risner’s store on Uupper Front
street. The negro had in his
possession a large suit case,
probably containing clothes,
which he says belong to anoth
er negro who was left by the
train at Poplar Bluff last Tues
day night.
The negro whose name is J. J.
Cunningham, as shown by a cer
tificate in his possession was
discharged from the state peni
tentiary the 28th of this month,
Where he was sent from Jeffer
son county on a four year sen
tence for burglary and grand
larceny.
He was placed in the city jail
to await information from Pine
Bluff.
Helena Will Try For Big League
Helena now wants in the Cot
ton States League for their pro
fessional ball for the year of
1912. It will be a fine thing for
Helena, if they can stick the sea
son out. President Horner is a|
booster and will stick to the end.
but he is almost alone. It was
Helena that threw up the
sponge in the Arkansas State
League and put baseball in bad
in Arkansas. Had Helena been
game enough to have stuck the
season out with Jonesboro and
the other cities that year, pro
fessional ball would never have
wavered in this state and last
year Little Rock would have
been glad to get in with the
Fort Smith franchise.
New Studio For Newport.
Van Hendrix of Jonesboro
at 207 Walnut Street is putting
in a first class studio.
Will do everything in the pho
j tograph business. Reasonable
prices for fine photos.
Will be ready for business the
last of the week.
See our work before you have
any done. w
Will notify the publi#by hand
bills when ready for business.
Babbitt Metal 10c lb. at In
I J. A.
■F
HH
Dear
prominent
gested th
company a
al interest
provement
owned by y
between Hazel
passenger depot on
Front street and the
the other, into a pretty and
tractive park.
The citizens here, I believe,
would be willing by popular sub
scription to raise funds to pro
vide concrete or gravel walks
about and through this park, al
so rustic benches to make it a
real place of rest and relief, not
only to our trade but for pas
sengers awaiting trains, of
which there are a large number
at this terminal of your White
River railway.
We feel that the railroad com
pany should be interested in this
improvement of their property
and particularly in its appear
ance and would be willing to fill
this plot of ground to- a level of
the street, as it is small and
would require but a few car
loads.
The editorial attached treats
of the subject and I would be
pleased to hear from you upon
the proposition.
A VUAO » Vi. J V* W1J f
P. H. Van Dyke.
Little Rock, Ark.,
August 26th, 1911.
Mr. P. H. Van Dyke,
Newport, Ark.,
Dear Sir: In reply to your
letter of August 18th with re
ference to the citizens of New
port, Arkansas, and the Iron
Mountain Ry. turning the va
cant property we have at New
port into a park, beg to state
that on my next visit at New
port I will try and see you and
talk the matter over in regard to
this proposition.
Yours truly,
J. A. McDougal,
Superintendent.
Additional Local.
J. F. McCuistion left over the
Rock Island this afternoon for
Tupelo.
Thomas and S. S. Hale, good
Citizens of Grand Glaize were in
thee' Wednesday.
Sec Studebaker buggies
soiu P. Duck and Compa
ny before ' oil bi.y In their
line of bu^uues. you vet big vnl
•» nl x.
U&S. uou ix.
Ed Grant, who has typhoid
fever, continues quite sick but
is doing as well as could be ex
pected.
Mrs. I. Johnson and mother,
Mrs. Lavinia Lathey, returned
Monday night from a pleasant
week's visit to relatives in Sa
line county and Hot Springs.
M. S. Littleton and John Ba
ker, who have been enjoying a
stay at Hot Springs, are ex
pected home this week.
B. W. Jamison went to Tuck
erman this morning to look af
ter the car of Dr. K. K. Kimber
lin, which has been out of order.
Mr. Jamison and brother, Dr.
Jamison expect to go to Weiner
Sunday to bring their cars
home.
Deputy Sheriff J. F. McCuis
tion went to Kensett Wednes
day morning with Bob Slay den,
♦whom he delivered to the sher
Mr.
whiskey sa;
to the count;
years for this.’
farm held terrors fo
he sprang to the door
seen disappearing around t
corner holding his hands aloft
and crying: “0, Lord! 0, Lord!
Jones had just finished pay
ing three fines for bootlegging
several days ago and probably
was trying to make the money
back.
A bottle of whiskey was .also
taken off the person of “Car
ney” Anderson, a negro boot
black. The negro was not ar
rested.
Estrayed from the Blakely
farm 21/2 miles east of New
port, August 10 or 12th., one
light bay horse mule 14 years
old, 14V2 hands high and had
bridle on when .last seen. Will
pay reward for return.
M. D. Coe,
26b7 Newport, Arkansas.
Dollar clocks and dollar
watches at I. D. Price’s, guaran
teed one year.27btf 1
We have just received shipments of the
Benjamin Clothes, those unique, made in New
ments for Men and Young Men and we take
announcing the first Autumn display.
9"
These dothes reach the topmost quality
iveness. They combine the tailoring a
ordinarily found in custom tailor
Your early inspection of these cleverly
garments is respectfully suggested.
0
Jos. M. I
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