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To Advertise
©ur Gandy
We will sell for One Week Only, our finest
French Candy, Chocolate and Bonbons at the
unheard of price of
20 cents per Pound.
Come early before it is all gone.
115 WALNUT ST.
NEXT TO
L. MINORS OFFICE.
Newport Builders’
Supply and Hard
ware Company
HOI SHADE EtODS
i - OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
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Quality Our First
Consideration
PRICES ALWAYS REASONABLE..
ASSESSOR’S NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under
signed, as assessor of Jackson county,
Arkansas, will meet the people of the
different townships at the following times and
places, for the purpose '.of listing the Personal
Property and Per Capita Tax for the
year 1902:
Barren township, McDougal’s residence, Mon
day and Tuesday, June 2, and 3.
Glaize township, Grand Glaize, Wednesday
and Thursday June 4 and 5.
Breckinridge township, Auvergne, Friday
June 6.
Breckinridge township, Weldon, Saturday
June 7.
Breckinridge township, Tupelo, Monday
June 9.
Cow Take township, Nance’s Store Tuesday
and Wednesday, June 10 and 11.
Richwoods township, Martin’s Old Residence,
Thursday and Friday, June 12 and 13.
Cache township, Burton’s Store, Saturday
June 14.
Cache township, Martin’s School House, Mon
day and Tuesday June 16, and 17.
Grubbs township, Robinson’s Chapel, Wednes
day and Thursday June 18 and 19.
Village township, Barnes’ Mill, Friday
June 20.
Jefferson township, Jacksonport, Monday and
Tuesday, June 23 and 24.
Bird township, Elgin, Wednesday June 25.
Bird township, Centerville, Thursday, June 26
Bird township, Tuckerman, Friday and Sat
urday, June 27 and 28.
Glass township, Swifon, Monday June 3C
Tuesday and Wednesday, July 1 and 2.
Union township, Court House, Newport, from
July 7 to August 20.
Please bring along your deeds or last tax
receipts.
Given under my hand this 6th day ol
May 1902.
B. F. SIMMONS
Assessor of Jackson County
First published May 6 Daily Independent 6t.
A. H. MIZE & CO.
Manufacturers of ^
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Fine Photos,
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PICTURE FRAMES, ETC.
Pictures Copied and Enlarged, any
Size or Style. View Work on
Short Notice.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
GIVE US A CALL.
Studio 114, Walnut St.
Next door to Herald Office.
MR. B. A. WASHBURN,
Physician and Surgeon.
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Special attention given to dis
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Also Diseases of Women.
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Offices: New Watson Building,
Rooms 12, 14 and 15.
Newport, Arkansas.
DR. H. O. WALKER,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Redman’s Drug Store.
Newport, - - - Arkansas.
SERMON ON BAPTISM
BY REV. L. H. RICHARDSON.
Reviewed by Rev. C. C. Cline.
(CONTINUED FROM JUNE 6.)
6. Bishop Ellicott says on Col.
2:12, “There seems no reason to
doubt that both here and in Rom. 6:4,
6, there is an illusion to the immer
sion and emersion in baptism.”
7. Bishop lightfoot, “Baptism is
the grave of the old man and the
birth of the new. As he sinks be
neath the baptismal waters, the be
liever buries all his corrupt affections
and past sins; as he emerges thence
he rises regenerate, quickened to new
hopes and a new life. This baptism
is an image of his participation both
in the death and resurrection of
Christ.”
8. Dean Goulburn, “There can
be no doubt that baptism when it is
administered in the primitive and
most correct form, is a divinely con
stituted emblem of bodily resurrec
tion.”
9. Maurice, “I admit that the words
‘buried with him’ in Rom. 6:6, is a
better argument for immersion than
the words ‘sprinkled from an evil
conscience’ in Heb. 10:22 can ever
furnish for the modern custom.”
10. Cunningham, “Baptism means
immersion and it was immersion. The
Hebrews immersed their proselytes;
tne .ftssenes cook cneir aany oacns;
John plunged his penitents into the
Jordan; Peter dipped his crowd of
converts into one of the great pools
which were to be found in Jerusalem
Unless it had been so, Paul’s analog
ical argument about our being buried
with Christ in baptism would have
had no meaning. Nothing could have
been simpler than baptism in its first
form. When a convert declared his
faith in Christ, he was taken at once
to the nearest pool or stream of water
and plunged into it, and henceforth
he was recognized as one of the
Christian community.”—The Growth
of the Church, p. 173,
I could continue indefinitely quot
ing from many Episcopalian
authorities which recognize immer
sion as the only New Testament bap
tism but will desist for the present.
Any Episcopalian who remains satis
fied with sprinkling must do so on
one ground only and that is that the
Catholic church, be that Roman or
Episcopal, has had the right to change
baptism from its original meaning,
immersion, to a more convenient
action, “sprinkling.” To such I com
mend the Savior’s warning. “In vain
do they worship me, teaching for
doctrine the commandments of men.”
Jesus commands baptism, while men
are commanding a convenient “sub
stitute.”
Before giving a selection of quota
tions from the 163 authorities, on the
History of Sprinkling, I want to give
Mr. R. a chance to make $1000 quite
easily. The Baptist Recorder of
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Observer, a Presbyterian paper of
Louisville, if it will give one passage
in the Classic or New Testament
Greek where baptidzo means to either
“sprinkle” or “pour.” The Observer
will divide with Mr. B. if he will help
it out. Why not produce just ONE.
III. HISTORY OF SPRINKLING.
Had we unlimited space in which to
discuss this subject we would divide
its treatment into the following
heads: The Voice of the 27 church
historians who say that baptism was
performed by immersion only until
the 3rd and some say 4th century,
when sprinkling was introduced to
permit sick people to have a substi
tute; the voice of the 34 Greek {lexi
cographers who agree in defining
bapto and baptidzo to dip, to plunge,
to immerse; the voice of 21 encyclo
pedias who agree in saying that im
mersion was the ancient mode; the
voice of 63 learned Pedobaptist theo
logians who have said the same, sev
eral of which I have quoted in my
former articles; and the voice of lfi
apostolic fathers who agree with all
the foregoing in giving immersion as
the mode practiced by the apostles
and in post apostolic days. My space
will only permit a few more quota
tions from these authors on the his
tory of baptism, which taken with
many I have already made bearing
upon this subject, will make a com
plete representation of the 163 au
thorities in hand.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
COMMENCES OPERATION.
The factory of the Valley Button
Company in Chastain’s Addition was
visited Monday morning by a reporter
for the Independent, who was in
formed that the machinery of the
plant would be put in operation at
noon.
The company has purchased a large
supply of shells, for which they have
a storeroom, adjoining the large
square wooden tanks, which are water
tight and into which the shells are
thrown that they may be softened and
put in the right condition for the saws.
The factory has 32 machines, each
of which employ a man, but only
about ten will be operated upon the
start. Sawing buttons requires skilled
labor, yet any one may learn the art
in a short time, so as to be able to
earn a salary of $10 to $16 a week.
The sawing room, which also con
tains a 12 horse power gasoline en
gine furnishing power for the plant,
is elevated about seven feet above the
tank room and the shells are carried
to the machine operators in buckets.
Above every saw a short piece of
hose throws a small stream upon the
shell that is being cut and keeps down
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I process by which the blanks are cut
from the “nigger bead” shells is no
doubt interesting and we hope the
factory may prove a good business
venture to its stockholders. It is a
wage paying enterprise and should
have the cordial good wishes of New
port.
INSANITY CAUSED SUICIDE.
W. H. Pilkington, an aged man
about whom little is known, though
he had lived at Bald Knob for some
time, committed suicide in that town,
by shooting himself in the mouth
Sunday morning. Death did not en
sue however, until Monday morning
about one o’clock though his case was
given up as hopeless from the start.
He had written letters, stating that
the people of Bald Knob believed him
to have set the town afire and that he
feared they would mob him. From
this and other similar evidences of
mental aberration he is thought to
have made this attempt upon his life
while temporarily insane.
R. F. Drummond was telephoned
for early Monday morning and or
dered a coffin, which was sent down
on the noon train for the burial of the
deceased.
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PEARLS AND SHELLS.
The extent of the pearling industry
of this section of several states, which
in nrnnorlv Memrihis territory can be
best appreciated in the amount of
business done by one house, the
largest operating in that territory.
The firm of J. M. O’Hara & Co., we
are informed, purchased 824,000 worth
of pearls in the month of May. Their
business is constantly increasing,
brought about doubtless through the
progressiveness and good reputation
borne by the house and its liberal
buyer, the head of the firm, Mr. J. M.
O’Hara.
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There was an 82 grain pearl on the
market Saturday afternoon, which the
owner, a stranger, claimed had been
found on the river near the elevator.
The finder was offered 82,000 for his
offering but refused. The belief is
current that the pearl in question was
sent down from the North to be sold
to a “sucker,” but from appearances,
the ruse was not successful.
PUBLIC EXAMINATION.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a public examination of teach
ers at Newport on Thursday and Fri
day the 19th and 20th days of June.
1902, to ascertain the professional
qualifications of all persons desiring
to teach in the public schools of Jack
son county. J- D. Neal,
County Examiner
This May 28, 1902.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
Robt. Laird, Jr. spgnt Sunday at
Auvergne.
Jesse McDonald returned Saturday
from a visit to Augusta.
Geo. W. Decker came down from
St. Louis Monday morning.
Dr. Ed T. Ponder of Walnut Ridge
spent Sunday in New’port.
Ignatius Sprigg was able to be out
Monday after a week’s sickness.
Alonzo D. Baldwin returned to
Little Rock on the noon train Mon
day.
T. J. Burton, the well known farmer
of Layton, was in the county seat
Monday.
Capt James T. Henderson came up
Sunday to spend the day with his
wife here.
Miss Imogene Williamson of New
ark was here Monday on her way to
Little Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. I. Goldman departed
on their western trip Saturday night,
to be absent two months.
Mrs. A. G. Deener, after a short
visit to Batesville, returned to her
home in Marianna Sunday.
Henry Hutchinson came up from
Little Rock Sunday to spend the day
with his brothers in this city.
A negro named Dent living on Rern
mel Avenue died Sunday morning
and was buried Monday morning.
H. C. Sanders of Forrest City, was
here Sunday and Monday, shaking
hands with his friends who are many
in his former home.
Sheriff John A. Hinkle of Bates
ville, went to Little Rock from here
Monday to attend the gathering of the
Democratic chieftains.
Milt Russell of Hale, while in town
Monday, contributed a dollar to the
coffers of the Independent, that he
may receive Jackson county’s best
weekly.
Joe Bevens of Helena spent Satur
day in Newport and went to Batesville
next morning. Edwin Bevens,- his
brother, was here Monday on his way
to that city.
Mrs. Samuel Powell of Little Rock
came up Sunday noon to visit her
friend Miss Neal Phillips and will re
main over to attend the Wilmans
Phillips wedding.
Gus Graham of Roswell, N. M., ar
rived Sunday noon from St. Louis and
is visiting his brother-in-law, Mayor
J. W. Grubbs for a few days on his
return from market.
Mrs. W. B. Empie suffered an un
fortunate accident Monday morning
while out walking. A plank tilted
and threw her forward, injuring her
head and shoulder by some bad
bruises.
Col. and Mrs. V. Y. Cook were in
town Monday, the former leaving at
noon for Little Rock to attend the
Democratic state convention, the lat
ter going to uatesviiie, on tne local to
visit her daughter Mrs. Paul Butler.
SEVERELY CUT BY HIS BROTHER.
Frank Holleman and Jim Holleman
brothers, engaged in a fight Friday
afternoon at the commissary of the
Western Tie and Timber Company at
Eight Mile. The difficulty arose over
a debt which Frank claimed Jim owed
him and a hand to hand conflict en
sued. The latter was badly cut in
both sides and down the entire left
arm, his injuries being so serious that
death may result.
Frank Holleman has not been ar
rested, but papers have been issued
for him and are in the hands of the
constable who has not been able to
locate him.
CONTRACT FORWARDED.
Work on the new depot will prob
ably proceed at a brisk rate, as soon
as the building material which has
been ordered begins to arrive. Stew
art Brothers on Monday received the
contract of the Iron Mountain, drawn
up on the terms agreed upon, and
they have furnished the required
bond.
The moving of the express office
has begun and the next few days will
probably witness the removal of both
the old buildings.