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I BOOKS CLOSED AUG. 1.
A SALE THAT SAVES.
ALLGOODS REDUCED
NO GOODS CHARGED
NO GOODS EXCHANGED
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L Sale Dommences August 1.
Men’s Straw Mats.
Ladies’ Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats
Flowers, Veilings, Etc..
All Parasols.
All Books..
All Laces and Embroideries. 1*5 off I •
All Colored Dress Goods. 1=3 off jj
All Plain Dress Goods. 1=5 off
All Shoes and Slippers.1=10 off
All Men’s Furnishing Goods...1=5 off 1
« All Clothing... . 1=4 off I
All Men’s and Beys’ Hats. 1=5 off i
* ALL GOODS IN THE STORE*.HO off
*S.ee Exceptions.
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EXCEPTIONS.
New Fall Skirts, E. & W! Collars, Sargent Gloves,
Carliartt Overalls, American Lady Corsets, Silk and
Cotton Threads and Flosses.
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WILL EXHIBIT AT
Newport, Friday, Aug. 29
TWO PERFORMANCES, Afternoon and Night. TWO RINGS, ELEVAT
ED STAGE, MUSEUM and MENAGERIE. Monster, Majestic, Spectacular
<4FREE STREET P!RIOEf*>
Unapproachable . in . Wealth . and . Grandeur.
LARGER, GREATER, GRANDER TUAN EVER BEFORE,
with an entirely new'show— new, elegantly finished costumes and wardrobes
throughout!
MUSEUM, MENAGERIE AND EXHIBITION OF TRAINED ANIMALS.
Positively and Emphatically the Only A1I= Feature
!Show Coming this Season.
V Modest in its promises, honest in its announcements, lavish in its per
formances, presenting at all times twice as much as advei’tised—producing
performances that can not be duplicated by any other show, no matter how
great.
Th^' The" Only Behemoth of Holy Writ H
AS LARGE AS AN ELEPHANT.
Grand Free Street Parade at 10 a.
Two Performances Daily, doors open i and 7 p. ni.
The Southern Hotel, of Ravenden
K Springs, Ark., is now open for guests.
[ Litbia water for kidneys, liver and
H stomach troubles. 1.12 miles west of
Memphis on the Frisco System.
| Write for rates. Address, Manager,
S| Southern Hotel. 59b3m.
JM
DR. H. O. WALKER,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Redman’s Drug Store.
Newport, - - - Arkansas.
BUSINESS MEN PROTEST.
Act of Rock Island Discontinuing
Passenger Service on White & Black
River Valley Branch Arouses Busi
ness Men and Large Shippers to
Vigorous Protest Which They Pro
pose to Make Effective by With
drawal of Freight Business.
Since the construction of the White
& Black River railway, in 1888, a pas
senger service has been maintained
and operated over that line. The ac
quisition of the road for a lease of 99
years by the Choctaw, Oklahoma &
Gulf brought no change in this ser
vice. This line of railroad, passing
through a rich agricultural section of
country, tributary to Newport by
trading interests, naturally received
liberal encouragement from the busi
ness interests of this city, which were
appreciative of the road’s value in a
commercial and trade-inducing way.
This natural goodwill bad been
strengthened and the road further
entrenched in the favor and support
of Newport business men by a liberal,
progressive and accommodating man
agement, both as to local agents and
general officers.
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merit to its promoters and stockhold
ers, as is proven in the terms of the
lease by which it passed into the
hands of the Choctaw. The business
of the road has continued to increase
and yet, in the face of such a show
ing, the past week l as witnessed the
discontinuance of a t passenger train
service, leaving passenger and freight
traffic at the opening of a big cotton
season dependentf. upon a mixed
freight, scheduled to make a run of
112 miles each day, but whose first at
tempt required two days to make half
that distance. This road also holds
a contract for the carrying of the mail
to those towns on the line when such
a service insures no regularity of de
liverance.
The passenger receipts for the month
of July at • ho leetrh'-JtEcf. showed an
increase of 120 per cent over the cor
responding time for last year. It has
been estimated that the Newport mer
chants contribute §30,000 a year to the
earnings of this road on incoming
freight business. Yet the new man
agement do not sufficiently appreci
ate this business to accord the town a
single passenger train; and at a time
when prospects were never better and
their volume of business never larger,
a train which has been in service from
the infancy of the road is discon
tinued. The business men of New
port are loth to discontinue the pleas
ant business relations that have'always
existed between them and the road
officials, but they are resolved to pro
tect their interests and those of the
city by securing the service of another
road in the hauling of their freight.
So determined are the remonstrances
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CkUU pi Ul/UDkO lUOl 1 i CAl V w Up I.IUIU
our leading business men that the In
dependent has undertaken the com
pilation of a number of interviews
from some of the largest shippers and
prominent citizens, that the road
officials may know the manner in
which public opinion regards the dis
continuance of the branch passenger
service.
A. D. Bailey, of Bailey Bros., and a
member of the city council, said: “The
course of the road is detrimental to
the interests of Newport and so long
as it continues we do not expect to
give tnom a pound of freight, though
in the past I have always been very
favorable to the Choctaw. However
I cannot help but consider this an out
rage.”
Capt. W. A. Joyce: “Owing to the
poor service of the Choctaw, I shall
be compelled to give the Iron Moun
tain my business and as I buy largely
from Memphis a good part of my
freight has been heretofoi*e handled
by the Choctaiy.”
T. B. Stewart, of Stewart Bros., con
tractors, proprietors of Builders’ Sup
ply Company: “Havinggust returned
from a trip west, am not acquainted
with conditions. I have always given
the Choctaw a fair share of our busi
ness and have always been nicely
treated by them, but you may depend
upon me standing up for my own in
terests and those of the town, which I
always consider to be th^ same.”
I. Goldman, of Wolff-Goldman Mer
cantile Company: “I cannot regard
the action other than1.a gross insult t(
Newport, Brinkley and towns along
the line. In justice to ourselves,
have just cancelled an order for three
cars routed over Choctaw and shal
continue to give the Iron Mountaii
my business. I have been paying tc
the Choctaw about $5,000 a year foi
incoming freight, but with such a ser
vice they cannot expect my business.’
I. Bottenstein, manager of Ameriear
Grocery Company, wholesale house:
“The change is very hard on our busi
nessvfor local shipments. Our incom
ing freight business with the Choctaw
has amounted to $5,000 a year and 1
have already instructed all our houses
to ship via the Iron Mountain. We
have been receiving a car of meal
each week via the Choctaw, on which
the freight is $75 to 880.”
G. H. Brown, of The Right Place:
“All our eastern shipments have been
received over the Choctaw, as Mr.
Hayes is very friendly to that road,
but I suppose we shall be compelled
to abandon it with such service. I
was talking to Mr. Hamblet of Cotton
Plant the other day and he assured me
the merchants there would haul their
freight from Brinkley.
Fred Jones, of Jackson County
Bank: “The change works a hard
ship on our merchants and the Choc
taw would find it to their interest to
give us a passenger service.”
A. E. Shoffner, large planter and
shipper of Weldon: “I guess wre can
do our hauling from Newport, as we
once did before the road was built.
They will get as little from our section
as possible, as the people are indig
nant.”
R. M. Johnson, cashier of Bank of
Newport: “The change is very un
satisfactory for this town and if the
road has intentions of making it per
manent, we would like to be so ad
vised, that a protest and petition
might be offered, as the schedule of
the old train was also unsatisfactory.”
H. Bernstein, proprietor of Hazel
hotel: “The move is an outrage to
people along the road, who gave land
and encouraged the construction of
the road. Mv business has been
crippled 40 per cent, as the passenger
traffic over the branch has been en
tirely cut off.
A. G. Anderson of D. W. & A. G.
Anderson, wholesale grocery: “I
have instructed all my shippers to
route by the Iron Mountain and what
I think of the change may be noted
from this action.”
“H. Schott: “Though 1 have paid
the Choctaw about $1,000 a year for
freight, without better service I’can
no longer continue to favor them,
though I should like to do so on Mr.
Thompson’s account.”
I. D. Price: “I am satisfied the
change is working a great detriment
to the town and will lose the Choctaw
their share of Newport’s freight busi
ness.”
Jno. W. Wallace: “I have nothing
more to say. They can run the road
to suit themselves, as they have
treated us too badly for further
words.”
O. M. Bowen: “I am compelled to
route my freight over the Iron
Mountain and am ‘dead sure’ they
will never get any of my business so
long as they continue this outrage.”
W. B. Egan: “It is an outrage and
the Choctaw will not be shown the
same consideration as before.”
Joe Balmaz, of Chas. Meyer’s store:
“I am satisfied all our freight busines
will be given to the Iron Mountain.”
E. D. Bracy: “The change is
tough on me and knocks me out on
all bread shipments down the
branch.”
BALD KNOB PEARL FINDS.
Bald Knob, August 16.—W. F. Mon
day found a pearl near here in White
river. It is a beautiful gem of about
40 grains weight and is valued at $1,
500.
Yesterda}' seems to have been a
pearl day, as another man took out
on6 worth about $250. Last week Dolph
Smith found one near the same
place, for which he got -$600.
HIGHEST PRICES PAID.
For this reason yon should send
your Fine Pearls, Baroques and slugs
to our firm, as we sell to European
markets exclusively. J. M. O’Hara
& Co., 34 Madison St. Memphis, Tenu.
) WATER SUPPLY CUT OFF.
, White River Eank Caves In, Breaking
; Supply Pipe Early Sunday Morning
and Leaving City Destitute of
Water Except For Few
Wells.
I Early Sunday morning between
| two and three o’clock, the bank of
White river, near the water works
plant began caving and carried a slice
probably 15 feet in width and 25 in
depth into the river. This mass of
earth f truck the supply pipe which
runs into the river at this point and
buried about 40 feet of it in the bot
tom of the river, whose depth here
measures about 45 feet, when the
river stands near the zero mark on
the guage. •
Newt Knoles had just gone to the
plant to fire up when the caving apt
in. The supply for the town was at
once cut off in order that the 12 feet
remaining in the tower might be re
served for such an emergency as fire.
The pipe to be replaced is ten inches
in diameter and was ordered from
Memphis Monday morning. William
Knowles has the repair work in
charge and to a reporter for the In
dependent stated that he expected
to-have the town supplied with water
Tuesday morning.
The old flanges are being taken off
the piping and new ones substituted
The last caving has left the power
house only about 30 feet from the
river bank.
me inewporL war.er company nas
received general censure from its
patrons and the people in general for
not h&ving provided for such an
emergency, since it has been long
threatened, by having piping on hand.
Newport is hardly protected from
fire with only 12 feet of water in the
tank and the inconvenience of being
compelled to nin all over town for a
bucket of water is not borne with
very good temper.
KICK ON SERVICE.
Protest of Traveling Public Against
Rock Island Railroad for Discon
tinuance of Passenger Service
on White and Black River
Vallejo Branch.
“The recent removal of the mail
and passenger train from this division
of the Rock Island railroad, running
from Brinkley to Newport, has created
great indignation from the people
along its line and from the traveling
public. As it now stands there is no
certainty of going anywhere, unless
we hire a team and go to the Iron
Mountain road. We have practically
no passenger service. We have one
freight, which varies from schedule
time one to ten hours. In conse
quence of such unwarranted treat
ment, a large number of people have
indorsed this complaint. A wagon
service is being organized and will
ship freight via the Iron Mountain
railroad, and will haul said freight and
passengers north of here to and from
McCrory. We understand some action
is contemplated from Cotton Plant.
“Resolved, We deem the removal
of the mail and passenger train an un
wise act, working a hardship on the
commercial men and traveling public,
and interfering with any regular de
livery of our mail, the daily Commer
cial Appeal being sometimes two days
old when received.
“2. We are forced to travel by land
to another road, or sit up all night to
catch the freight, if it comes, which
endangers our lives by being forced to
ride in a mixed train of logs, lumber
and freight.
“3. This road has paid a nice divi
dend on its investment, and a regular
mail and passenger train has been run
since it was first built. We think the
present action of the new officials will
disturb the friendly feeling between
the patrons and the road.
“4. We feel forced to patronize
other roads, both in freight and pas
senger service.”
Traveling Public.
Howell, Ark., Aug. 15, 1902.
Mrs. Crook has returned from New
York where she studied vocal and
instrumental music and will open her
class in same on Monday Sept. 1, at 3
o’clock a. m. lOldtf