i BOLS.
Brought To
J. L.
is known as
farmer of this
he has pulled
^ premiums,
the first open
from the
county,
size and
is now on dis
office.
living on the
has 61 acres of
better than
had and from
pick one and
acre.
Of Men.
members of the
church and congre
^ wiiuiii was pi lv
Wa guest, enjoyed
Be wholesome so
■pon the lawn of
Bp manse Thurs
[jRenzie performs
|Hi6stai|J makes
Brirei at home,
■ng is enjoyed
Bind jokes inter
IB excellent fruit
gB^ stronger) and
have proven
|Bh the men and
Bping was no ■;
toward the
by Hon. Jos.
E. L. Boyce,
Beattie, the
others.
Slightly.
Fri
on which
of New
ladies, was
a concrete
the young
mind to slip
stirrups,
have beek
Miss Jones
__.rrln-fltT oKmif
Was Unable To Walk.
Truly an object of pity was
Sarah Belie Poston, crippled by
I dew poison, no money and far
; from friends. Unable to walk
| she sat on Front street all day
in the hot sun, her feet wrapped
in rags, in a huddled attitude in
dicative of intense suffering.
She was ignorant as her class
of people are and deaf, which
made her exceedingly difficult
to talk to and unrational at
times because of her great pain.
She said that she had been
working for one Charlie Bedford
in the country when a cow step
ped on her feet, after which she
chopped cotton in the early
morning dew and contracted
dew poisoning. Brought to town
in a wagon she stayed here all
day until the case was reported
to the relief society who sent
her to relatives living at Varner,
a small town near Poplar Bluff.
Firebug Makes Second Escape.
Jonesboro, Aug. 10.—J. Sali
ba, the Assyrian, accused of be
ing a firebug and specifically
with firing the town of Bell,
east of here about a month ago,
is a slippery customer. He was
run down with hounds and
grabbed at Blytheville. He gave
a straw bond and skipped out.
Then he was apprehended a
few days ago at San Antonio,
Texas. An officer was sent af-;
ter Saliba and the people were
relieved at his capture. The of-1
ficer is back, minus his quarry,
for Saliba caught a Mexican j
guard napping at Santone andj
made his getaway. The officer;
came home last night empty.!
handed. ~ -- -
May Get Mountain Branch.
Jonesboro, Aug. 10.—A story
is going the rounds now in local
railroad circles which has stir
red the city. It is to the effect
that blue prints have been made
of a proposed change in the line
of the Helena branch of the Iron
Mountain to include this city.
The St. Louis-to-the-Gulf water
level flyer is to be put on as soon
as this change is made and the
extensions beyond McGehee
pr>mr~ilpfpd is the report.
Word was received this morn
ing from the automobile party
composed of Norman Wolff,
Garland Hurt, Adam Lockard of
this place, and Irving Hellar of
St. Louis that they left New
York City Friday morning for
Kennebunkport, Maine.
N. B. Wishon was able to be
out Friday after a sickness oi
several days.
Swimming, Swimming.
Lard to beat the world: 7500
pounds of lard in 50 pound cans
at $4.50 per can. Come before
it is all gone at the City Meat
Market.
W. B. Chastain,
Proprietor.
Davis Home.
Aug. 10.—Sena
at home this
from the ex
national cap
the pres
is to
12.
were no
ures
is no
of
t
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NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, FR
HAVE FARMS
TO SELL STATE
Selection Of Convict Farm For
Whites Soon To Be
Considered.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, Aug. 11.—Attor
ney General Norwood will return
to Little Rock from Baker
Springs, where he has been
spending the summer with his
family, and will be present at
the meeting of the Arkansas
Penitentiary Board tomorrow.
All members will be in the city!
at that time, and as Gov. Dora
ghey was so much better today
he was able to leave his room, he
will also attend the meeting.
It is probable that the matter j
of selecting the 2500 acre farm;
for wnite convicts will come t<p
at the Saturday meeting and:
committees appointed to investi
gate the various sites which
have been proposed to the
Board. Former Senator Mar
shall Patterson has a tract of
land in Northeast Arkansas
he thinks will be the real
thing for the farm upon which
white convicts are to be worked.
Frank Kitchens of Helena also
Uocirps tn spII thp state a rslanta
tion in Eastern Arkansas, in j
Phillips county.
W. H. Langford of Pine Bluff
desires to sell the Board an ideal
location in Jefferson county.
Representative Joe Hardage has
a plat of ground between Arka
delphia and Gurdon which he de
sires to sell to the state for the
farm, and there is still another
bid from the vicinity of Hope.
All of these will be given due
consideration by the Board, and
all visited in order that the best
might be secured. There will no
doubt be several other offers
made to the Board, as Western
Arkansas, and the northern part
of the state, has as yet offered
nothing, and it is intimated the
Board desires to get to a part of
the state where a portion of the
farm will be in the mountains,
where fruit can be raised.
Claimed She Was W hite.
Claiming she was white, a wo
man refused to ride in the negio
i J ...An 1 /I Anlir f\ A Cfi whpll
LUclUii <anv4 ~c —
compelled by an officer Thurs
day night on No. 6.
The woman had bought a tick
et at Little Rock for St. Louis
and had taken a seat in the
white passenger coach and
would have passed for white had
not a negro in the coach ahead
informed the conductor other
wise.
Upon refusal to remove her
self the conductor telegraphed
from Kensett here for an offi
cer and upon the arrival of the
train the officer compelled the
woman to go in the negro coach.
River At Normal Stage.
The river after going on a
rampage for several days is now
getting back to its normal stage.
Friday the river stood at eight
feet with prospects of getting
lower with no rain.
To My Friends.
I am a contestant for one of!
the prizes in the Arkansas Dem
ocrat’s big contest. Will my
friends kindly clip the coupon
in th* daily and cast them for
me at any of the banks or ho
tels.
TJianking you in advance, I
am yours to win,
07.dCt Imogene Bandy.
Autoists Find Bad Roads.
Getting stuck up in the mud
twice and running into Memphis
on a flat tire was the experience
of an automobile party compos
posed of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Bond
and Mrs. C. G. Henry and Irving
Hirsch.
The tourists left this place
Wednesday morning and should
have reached Memphis that
night, but a little way out of
Grubbs were stuck in a mud hole
where they had to work up to
their waists in water, but with
the help of a team of mules the
car was pulled out.
No other accident occurred
until they had reached the St.
Francis River bottoms where,
they spent the night in another
hole of unknown depth.
After spending $19 for mule
hire the party reached Mem
phis at 3:30 Thursday afternoon
with a flat tire.
They left Memphis Friday
morning for Jackson, Tenn.
Seek Best Route To Memphis.
Forrest City, Aug. !')•—A
party of automobile owners and
good roads boosters from this
ciy running six or eight ma
chines, with Mr. Chas. McDaniel
as painimaer,wm leave euv
next Monday morning, August
14, at 7 o'clock for the initial
trip over the new automobile
road between Forrest City and
Memphis.
Circular letters are being sent
out to owners of machines at
Wynne, Marianna and Helena,
in the hope that quite a number
from those towns may be induc
ed to join the Forrest City par
ty on this trip. All the towns to
be represented on the trip are ni
the Memphis territory and the
promoters in this city are al
ready assured of a cordial re
ception in the Bluff City.
ONLY ONE BEST.
Newport People Give Credit
Where Credit Is Due.
People of Newport who suffer
with sick kidneys and bad backs
want a kidney remedy that can
be depended upon. The best is
Doan’s Kidney Pills, a medicine
for the kidneys only, made
from pure roots and herbs, and
the one that is oacKea Dy cures
in Newport.
Read what follows:
It’s convincing testimony.
William Ferguson, Leona St.,
Newport, Ark., says: “There is
no doubt in my mind concerning
the merits of Doan’s Kidney
Pills. They have proven their
value in my case by relieving
me of difficulties, caused by dis
ordered kidneys. During the
past three years I have had a
great deal of trouble from my
kidneys but on such occasions,
I have used Doan’s Kidney Pills,
in fact, I keep them on hand for
this purpose. I get my supply
at Dutton’s Drug Store and
take them whenever I feel pain
across my back or notice the
least trouble from the kidney
secretions. Without doubt, this
preparation is the best one to
be had for such complaints and
I do not feel that I am overesti
mating its value when I make
this statement.”
For sale by all dealers.
50 cents.
Buffalo,
for the U
Notice to Contractors.
Bids will be received for the
erection of a concrete and brick
school building for the Grubbs
. Special School District at the of
. fice of the secretary in Grubbs,
Arkansas until 1 o'clock p. m.
Saturday, August 19 and opened
immediately thereafter.
Plans and specifications may
be had upon application to the
secretary at Grubbs, Arkansas
or at the office of George M.
Bonnell, architect, Newport, Ar
kansas. Contractors desiring
to take plans away from either
office must make a deposit of
$15 as a guarantee for return of
same.
Every bid must be accompa
nied by a certified check for
$200 on a solvent bank, as a
guarantee that the successful
bidder file an approved bond
within ten days after being
awarded the contract. Upon
failure to file such bond the
check will be forfeited to Grubbs
Special School District.
rm_ • _ _•_i. _ _?.
-L iiC llgill LU ICJCV.I Ctii,) ClHU
all bids is expressly reserved.
John Pennington, Pres.
J. X. Nance, Secy.
Grubbs Special School District,
Grubbs, Arkansas. lObll
Just Received.
New kraut, evaporated peach
es, tomatoes, celery, egg plant,
beets, field peas, sweet potatoes,
green apples, peaches, grapes
and chickens.
09d3 Taggart Grocer Co.
Shuford’s Dairy makes deliv
eries to all parts of the city and j
guarantees you good milk and
cream. Phone 288. dtf
PICKED TEAM
FROM ARKANSAS
To Contest For Honors In
Sharpshooters National
Encampment.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 11.—It has
practically been decided to rend
a picked team from the sharp
shooters of the Arkansas Na4
tional Guard to Camp Perry, 0.
next month to compete for the
national honors with the state '
soldiers of other states. How ^
the team will be picked has not;
been determined, and cannot be
until all of the companies have
finished their annual encamp
ment at the range. There are
still several companies at the
state riflerange at Beebe.
It is probable that the men
having the best records, will be
ordered back to the Beebe range
nnrl tl-ievci onmnofo -fm- +V10 liA-inv
representing the state at Camp
Perry. After the team has
been selcted a regular army
coach will devote several weeks
with the men, instructing them
in the way of shooting at Camp
Perry, and how to allow for the
peculiar lake wind, which . ^
changes so rapidly. In this man
ner Arkansas expects to move
up considerably in the standing
this year.
Foley Kidney Fills wilPeh^cl^^^
the progress of your kidney an<i^^
bladder trouble and heal by re
moving the cause. Try them.—
W. E. BEVENS.
B
Crown Trouser Sa/e
Now’s Your Trouser Opportunity, Gentlemen!
The man*who takes advantage of our offers and
“Trouser tips” makes a few dollars very easily—and
you know no man ever had too many Trousers.
We do not ask you to choose from odds and ends