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NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1911.
WCIL LETS
NO CONTRACT
■ b Hillman Present To Repre
sent Peoples Light, Water
& Power Company.
At a regular meeting of the
^mcil Monday evening with all
members present except AWer
lan Wishon, Who is absent from
he city, no further understand
ing was had with the Peoples
light, Water & Power Compa
„ J to a franemhise or con
ract for city service.
■g g Hillman was present on
©half of the company to receive
n answer from the council rela
te to the company’s proposal,
ie matter wrns discussed buit no
!ing done. The council refused
tender of the company’s poll
lxes for the year, on the ground
iat such action would give the
ompany a franchise for that
me.
!Fhe attitude of the council is
iat a thirty year franchise is
ot desirable and that the city’s
Dntraet for service should 1 he j
»r the same number of years as j
ie franchise. If the company j
ouid make a proposal for ten
ears on the same basis as that
ibmitted, there might be some
ope of the parties getting to
other.
Iiovement is the lead
here now. The
arranging for a one
g, with as many men
i can be secured. At
en and teams are ex
ticipate and the day
• the great working
a be built in the one
>urs is from* this city’
is Bay, seven miles
id is along the pro
>f the Mound City to
;. Everybody is en
d there is no doubt
ire being a success.
km Remedy
I Helps Children
®Many a mother has learned of a way
®j(voi^ng sickness in her family, es
among the children, by the
Wrjt * free sample bottle of the fa
W**. laxative, Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup
BfcT0 °^er lbe doctor’s to.
3!»j samPfr bottle has been re
JU01! ” to by thousands of women
9*1.1 PMts °* America.
®WyVond«f d,w.ell s SyruP Pepsin is a
jXutited rfu laxative and especially
*^Eldren «,?„the needs of babies and
■Wno chUd wm11 V Pleasant to ta3te
Hid and“i: WiU refuse Then, lt Is
®chiw^ri^«r gripes. It is all that
&ood*i»should he, though it is
>®teause it r ve for the whole family
- lt all ages. It
Slike salts, pills
, which should
anyway.
» when a child
t know exactly
i it, lt needs a
re constipated,
ict the trouble,
soon it will be
wonderful re
3d with Syrup
ny druggist at
bottle, the lat
=e, but you are
•f lt first at the
him your ad
send you a free
•° your home.
U of your fav
t feel that the
ends his obli
ged in stomach,
i for over forty
ied to give the
he subject free
lcome to write
medical advice
dress him Dr.
ldwell building,
May Extend Session.
| Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 21.—Al
ready there is talk of the present
session of the legislature being
again extended when the date
; fixed for adjournment, May 13,
! lolls around. Those who are
; spreading this feport say the in
dention is to extend for only ten
I day^, The leaders of the House
do not countenance the rumor,
| and state the legislature will
I hardly remain in session when
I the date set for adjournment has
been reached, as the important
legislation will all be disposed of
by that time.
The Song Of the Soul.
One of the pleasing features in
“The Climax” is the rendition of
the beautiful song, “The Song
of the Soul,” which occurs in the
last act. This number will make
the singer and composer famous,
and few dry eyes are rarely seen
at the close of the song. As one
critic says, “Capacity houses will
be given every production which
ranks with ‘The Climax,’ and we
are glad to spend our money
when the return comes back in
such bountiful measure.”
Lots Of Room For Elks.
Special to Independent.
Hot Springs, March 21.—There
will be no danger whatever of
over-crowding at the Elks Reun
ion here in May. The hotel and
lodging committee has made a
very thorough canvass of the
city, and everybody will be ami
ply provided for. The Elks have
decided on the uniforms to be
worn at the Reunion, consisting
of white serge hat, coat, trous
ers, white duck shoes and purple
socks, also purple hat-band and
purple tie and handkerchief. The
visitors will be well taken care
of.
Wrestling Pictures Tonight.
I Tonight the public will have the
I opportunity to enjoy a rare treat
in the Gotch Wrestling pictures
at the opera house. There will
be two films of these famous pic
tures, “Western Spofts” and “In
dia Sports” and nothing will be
shown to offend the mmost fas
tidious. Ladies and children are
especially invited.
Besides the Wrestling pictures
an ever popular Wild West film
wil’ be shown. Don’t miss it;
prices reasonable—15 and 25
cents.
Boy Bitten By Mad Dog.
Special to Independent.
Tuckerman, March 20.—The
ten-year-old son of Charley Franz
living on the George Bandy farm
was bitten three or or four times
by a dog affected with rabies.
The boy was plowing in the field
when attacked by the mad dog,
but all of the bites were hardly
more than skin ebrasions. The
father took him to Searcy, where
a mad stone was applied but
would not stick.
The dog which attacked young
Franz is reported to have been
killed later on the Lindley place.
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Sunday School Institute.
Special to Independent.
Bentonville, March 21.—The
I District Sunday School Institute
ir being held here today by Prof.
Noah W. Gilbert, of Little Rock,
state field worker. His other
dates in the county are Gravette
Wednesday, Sulphur Springs
Thursday, Gentry Friday and
Siloam Springs Saturday and
Sunday.
BANKERS MEET
! HERE TOMORROW
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Group Two Will Hold Annual
Gathering In Elks Home
j Wednesday.
—
Newport will be hostess tomor
row to a meeting of the bank
' ers of Group No. 2 of the State
! association, the sessions of the
' convention to be held in the Elks
,IIome morning and afternoon.
In this group are embraced' the
counties of Marion, Baxter, Ful
: ton, Izard, Stone, Cleburne,White
Independence, Woodruff, Ran
dolph, Sharp, Lawrence and Jack
son.
Of the banks in the territory
embraced, forty are members of
the association and only about 20
are not identified with the organ
ization.
The morning session will be op
ened at 11 o’clock by an address
of welcome delivered by one of
the city’s leading attorneys, Hon.
G. A. Hillhouse, to which the re
sponse will be made by Mr. A.
M. Benbrook of Calico Rock.
The report of the chairman T. J.
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ouaruin ui yy a unit xvmge ttxxu.
eretary Robert Neill of Bates
ville will next be heard. Anoth
er feature of the morning session
will be an address by E. B. Ches
ser of Newark: “Why the Na
tional Banking System is Pre
ferable for Country Banks.”
A lunch will be given the vis
itors at the Elks Home between
the morning and afternoon ses
sions. In the afternoon, R. D.
Harris of Melbourne will dis
cuss “The Denton-Turner Bank
ing Bill, followed by an address
by Robert E. {Wait upon “The
Arkansas Bankers Association.”
Mr. John Q. Wolf is also on the
program, for a talk upon the sub
ject Of “State and County Depos
itories. ’ ’
ADVERTISING TRAIN
TO NEW ENGLAND
Laden With Finest Products of
Our Soil to Be Sent In
Fall.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 21.—When
“Arkansas on Wheels” goes to
the New England states next fall,
it will be laden with the finest
products Arkansas soil can pro
duce. Commissioner Fred H.
Phillips is now closing contracts
with the leading farmers of tne
state to grow different! vegetables
and grains for exhibition on this
train next fall.
He closed one contract Monday
with John, 1W. Richardson of War
ren, who has agreed to raise an
entire car of various products for
the train. In this manner Com
missioner Phillips hopes to get
especial attention paid to the ex
hibits intended for the train and
get the very best the state pro
duces.
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! Old Drainage Act Repealed,
i Special to Independent,
I Little Rock, March 21.—Sena
| tor Keel called up and passed his
| bill in the Senate Monday after
i noon, repealing the act of 1903
| which created a drainage district
! of Lawrence, Randolph and Jack
son counties. Swan Dowell was
the president of this district
board, and the work of the dis
trict having been accomplished,
;the act is repealed so the board
jean go out ef existence.
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Subscribe to Reunion Fund.
Subscriptions arc coming in to
the Reunion Fund and the Inde
pendent takes pleasure in record
ing these contributions to a wor
thy cause. The appeal is to each
of you and we hope many will re
spond. Hand in your donation
to Col. L. Minor, W. E. Bevens
or the Independent. The sub
scription collected will be credit
ed to Tom Hindman Camp.
Following are the'names of sub
scriptions to date:
Dr. G. D. Clements, $25.
Norman (Wolff, $10.
Ike Goldman, $10.
Charley Bateman, $5.
John R. Loftin, Sr., $1.
L. Minor, $1.
W. E. Bevens, $1.
James Blackwood, $1.
C. C. Campbell, $5.
John P. Paul, $1.
Died (With Pneumonia.
Mrs. Rhoda Bewett, aged 41
years, and the oldest child of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Hewett of Village
township, died Tuesday morning
at 12:10 from a short illness of
pneumonia. The remains were
)aid to rest at Walnut Grove
cemetery -Tuesday afternoon,con
ducted by Rev. Will Mink of the
Baptist church.
The deceased is survived by
her parents, one daughter and a
sister, Mrs. J. D. Nicholson, all
of whom have the sympathy of
our people in their sorrow and
affliction.
AGNOSTIC COULD
NOT TAKE OATH
Perrine Could Not Testify In
Case But Wins Suit In
End.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 21.—E. W.
Perrine, Socialist leader of Ark
ansas, had the pleasure of being
asked to vacate a chair in circuit
court in Little Rock Monday
when he undertook to be a wit
ness in his favor in a suit filed !
against him.
Perrine was the only witness in
his favor and the attorney for
the plaintiff objected when be
went to take the stand, saying
Perrine had confessed in public
gatherings to being an agnostic.
Judge Fulk held that such a
confession was a denunciation of
God, and one who made such pro
fession could not take the oath.
He therefore excused Perrine
from testifying. In spite of this
Perrine woii the suit.
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0 Country Correspondence.
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Battle Axe.
Farming is progressing nicely.
Ben Blackwell preached to a
large audience on last Sunday af
ternoon at Battle Axe.
F. C. Richie had a phone put in
his residence last Saturday.
Brother McDonald failed to
fill his appointment Sunday.
Homer Richie visited his sister,
Mrs. Leona Grooms, who lives in
f j
Lawrence county last Sunday .
Mrs. Edna Duncan was in Tuck
prman shopping Saturday.
Mrs. Hensley visited Mrs.
Richie SaturdaflkAcernoon.
Miss Lucy Stoner visited the
Lanxton girls Saturday afternoon
G. S. Seaton and family visited
Mr. John Cason’s family east of
Tuckerman Sunday.
» " rA Subscriber.
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SUNDAY BAIL
AGAIN AN ISSUE
Bill Introduced In Senate That
Does Not Provide For
Submission.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 21.—Sena
tor McBee introduced a Sunday
baseball bill in the Senate Mon
day afternoon, providing that it
shall not be unlawful to play
baseball in cities of the first class
in Pulaski, Phillips, the Fort
Smith district of Sebastian coun
ty, Hot Springs in Garland coun
ty, and Pine Bluff in Jefferson
county. The bill, which differs
from the Faucette bill which has
been practically killed, in its pur
pose, by amendments in the
house, does not provide for any
submission to the people, but
specifies that it shall not be un
lawful. The bill was made spe
cial order for Thursday.
Minnie Johnson Dead.
Little Minnie Johnson, the
three-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Johnson, of Chas
tain’s Addition, died at 7 o’clock
this morning after a short illness.
The remains were carried to the
old home at Auvergne Tuesday
afternoon for burial.
Lay Court House Comer Stone
Special to Independent
Marion, March 21.—Elaborate
ceremonies were observed here
today in the laying of the comer
stone of the new Crittenden coun
ty court house,under the auspices
of the Masonic lodge. The build
ing will be one of the handsom
est in Eastern Arkansas.
I A REMARKABLE SHOWING I
■■
of smart, snappy I
styles in new I
SPRING OXEORDS I
FOR MEN I
H
When you see them, you are sure
to want a pair. When you wear one
pair, you are sure to want another.
You’ll find them perfect in every de
tail. The greatest values for the
money that you have ever seen in Re
gal and Clapp.
$3.50
to
$7.00
.
We know that we
are now showing
the smartest
styles
ever shown here and we
want you to see them.
We show every style that is right, in every lea
ther that is good, at every price that is practical.
Star Clothing Co.
JOS. N. BERGER, Jr.
! Children Have Narrow Escape.
Monday afternoon about five
o’clock while Clyde Patton and
hie little 18 months old. brother,
also Joe Robinson of East New
port were driving to town and
were about halfway across the
bridge their buggy was run into
by a team of mules driven by a
man from the country, who was
going out home.
The buggy was completely torn
up and it is a miracle that the
three children were not killed or
thrown into the lake by the turn
ing over of the buggy.
The driver of the team of mules
was certainly very ungallant for
he never offered any assistance
whatever to the children whom
he left on the bridge to walk
home.
Mr. Patton feels that he w§,s
very fortunate even if his buggy
was torn up and says if the ani
mal driven by his children had
not been very gentle they would
all have been killed.
TO DEDICATE NEW CHURCH.
Bishop James H. McCoy At Tuok
erman, Sunday, March 26,
At 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Bishop McCoy will dedicate our
new church at Tucker man on the
above date, and we extend to
citizens of Newport and sur
rounding country a most cordial
invitation to be present, and
bear our bishop preach and also
witness the dedication of our
church. Most cordially,
S. H. BlackwelL
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Coal $6.00 Per Ton.
Until further notice I will sell
coal for $5.00 per ton. Good
clean coal, no slack.
46dtf W. D. McLain.