Newport Daily
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f VOLUME IY ~~ NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, MONDAY. I
INTEREST INCREASES
IN BABY CONTEST.
Voting of General Public Begins
to Make Itself a Factor .in
Contest.
Jas. Edward Wilmans.- -568
Edwin Johnson.. 515
Charles Jones Brandenburg 385
Ernest Theodore Phillips. 363
Wm. Wallace Dutton. 358
Dorothy Stephens. 182
Jeannette Henry. 138
^ Thelma Smart 25
The family, friends and ad
mirers of the several candidates
in the field have heretofore been
the chief voters in the Independ
ent baby contest, but now the
general public seems to be taking
a hand. Of course, they have
not deposited a wallet of ballots
such as a closely interested party
might accumulate by work, but
this vote of outsiders has never
theless begun to tell and will
probably become a strong factor
in determining the result.
Master Edwin Johnson is
climbing after James Edward
Wilmans for first place, has
passed the 500 mark and is a
close second in the race.
Several of the other votes
have changed and the status of
the race can hardly be determin
ed by the totals now, as there
are doubtless many stowed away
votes. It is too early for much
of this however, and if the
friends of the little tots want
them to receive the ballots of tl e
, general public, their candidate
# should not be allowed to lag too
far behind, and thus appear to
have lost out.
An admirer of little Miss Thel
ma Smart of Jacksonport writes
the editor that she hopes our
subscribers who have no favorite
in the baby contest will cast their
ballots lor tnis pretty nine gin.
STEREOPTICON
ENTERTAINMENT
On Persia, Armenia and Turkey
at the opera house Monday at
7:30 p. m. by Dr. J. B. Yohan
nan of St. Louis, formerly of
Persia. He is a very highly
educated young man, having
graduated from the medical de
partment of St. Louis University
and other literary schools. He
is very highly recommended as a
fine speaker and is unusually
amusing. His pictures are all
Oriental, showing the ways and
doings of these people, such as
courtship, marriage, women in
the harum, eating, baking bread
and their system of schools, etc.
The entertainment will be given
for the benefit of our school
library. "We promise the people
dn interesting time and want
everybody to see it. Admission
25 cents. School Board.
WANTED.
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Men in this county and adjoin
ing counties to represent, adver
tise and distribute samples for
an old established house of solid
financial standing. Salary $3.50
per day, with Expenses ad
vanced each Monday direct from
headquarters. Horse and bug
gy furnished when necessary;
position permanent. Address,
Blew Bros. & Co., Dept. C., Mo
non Bldg., Chicago, 111. 78blw
MOUNTAIN PASSENGER
SUFFERS COLLISION.
South bound Iron Mountain
passenger train No. 3, due in
at 4:4o p. m. Saturday
a Cotton Belt
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freight train near Mineral Point, ;
Mo., a station between Bismarck;
and DeSoto, that morning, and
was delayed about six hours.
The accident is said to have been
caused by the crew of the freight
train overlooking orders in re
gard to the passenger. The
mail car and two freight cars
were smashed considerably and
the. tank of one of the engines
was derailed. Engineer Kille
brew of the freight and his fire
man jumped and both were
slightly injured. Beyond a
shaking-up, none of the passen
gers was injured.
ROOSEVELT WILL
CONCILIATE SOUTH.
Policy of President Will be
Broadly American—Hopes to
Win Friendship of This
Section.
Washington, Nov. 20. — The
two most important general sub
I jects that will be proposed at'the
next session of congress will
likely be shelved, according to
the present indications. They
are tariff revision and the prop
osition to cut down the represen
tation of the south in proportion
to the vote cast.
Is is generally thought here in
Washington that the president in
the future will be much more
liberal toward the southern
states. His idea is, according to
report, to be not only a Republi
can president, but to be an
American president. His ambi
tion is to retire from office four
years hence with this title.
As the president of the Ameri
can. people he wishes to treat all
sections fairly. The other rea
son for his leniency toward the
South is a case of political ex
pediency. The result of the na
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Missouri presents to many Re
publicans the idea that there is
further chance of breaking into
; the solid South.
To cut down the representa
tion of the South would only
make that section of the country
| present its usual solid wall of
j opposition. Indeed, there is se
rious talk that the president may
| invite some Southerner to be
come a member of his official
family. And, further, it is
; hinted that not a few Southern
1 ers will be struck by the light
ning of federal appointments.
SATURDAY CARD CLUB.
Miss Margaret Beattie enter
tained at cards Saturday after
noon, her guests being the mem
bers of the Saturday Card club.
; Only a very few of the members
! were present, two tables being
I filled.
The prizes played for were
' very pretty burnt-wood plaques,
j which was the wrork of the hos
| tess. The first prize was won by
| Miss Hester Phillips and the
booby prize by Miss Mae Whitta
ker.
A course luncheon added to
the already pleasant occasion,
i Those present at this meeting
were: Misses Della Bernstein,
Hester Phillips, Alma Futral,
Sarah Foster, Mae Whittaker,
Mabel Stay ton, Lula Wolf.
The next meeting will be held
with Misses Sarah Foster and
Alma Futral at the home of Mrs.
Gus Martin.
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I See our new crushed plush
belts and bags. In burnt orange
and brown. Just out. Bowen’s
Cash Store. 66btf
COLONEL BARNES
SAYS NAY, PAULINE.
Not Working to Annex Missouri,
Don’t Want Poplar Bluff,
Pants Vandiver or the
Black River.
Col. W. H. Barnes, the cele
brated Arkansas colonel who en
joys the distinction of being more
kiods of people than any other
man alive, was in the city today.
He says he is simply here in the
interest of bis house—the San
ders Duck & Rubber Company of
St. Louis, but we don’t believe
it. We have accused the colonel,
says the Poplar Bluff Citizen, of
being up here in the interest of
Dunklin county and her secession
plans, and firmly believe he is.
You know Col. Barnes is presi
dent of the Arkansaw Travelers,
an association composed of drum
mers who infest that state, and
it would be but natural for Col.
Barnes to be hard at work in the
interest of the state of Demo
crats, cotton and Jeff Davis.
Col. Barnes has been doing
several fancy stunts during his
stay and it would not surprise
us to hear of him trying to take
Poplar Bluff home with him. We
have our eyes on you, colonel,
and while we are always glad to
see you in our city, we are not
going to allow you to goose us.
You can have Old Pants Vandi
ver, colonel, if you can use him
in Arkansaw. We can’t use him
in Missouri.
BOOKER T’S GOOD ADVICE.
In an address to his race at
Biimingham, Ala., Monday night
Booker T. Washington, the noted
Southern negro, gives some
pretty good advice to the colored
race.
Among other things he says:
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JNot a lew nave preuicteu iucil
on account of the recent election
many members of our race would
lose their heads, would become
unduly pompous, self-assertive
and generally offensive. With
all the earnestness that I can
command I want our people in
every part of the country to dis
appoint those who have made
such predictions by leading a life
of increased usefulness, sober
ness and simplicity, remember
ing, as I have often exhorted be-,
fore, that in the long run it is to
the certain and fundamental
ideas of growth in property, in
telligence and high Christian
character, together with the cul
tivation of friendly relations
with all neighbors of all races
that we must look for our ulti
mate success.
“The masses of our people are
to dwell for all time here in the
South, and here it is that our
destiny must be worked out,
and we can only succeed when
we have the confidence and co
operation of those about us. ”
SEDGWICK ESCAPES
CLOSE FIRE CALL.
; Hoxie, Nov. 19.-The whole
country for many miles is en
| veloped in smoke from the for
, est fires. Great loss to the peo
ple has been sustained on ac
count of the fires by burning
fences and crops. The town of
Sedgwick was in great danger
of destruction Thursday night.
A force of citizens and mill
hands worked all day and night
to save the Culver mi-lls and the
lumber stacked in the yards at
that place.
Gullette has all kinds of fresh
nuts, raisins, figs, citrons, cur
rants and dates for fruit cake.
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham,IV.-Pres.
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell, S. D. Campbell,
G. D. Clements, R. F. Drummond, W. D. McLain,
F. D. Fulkerson, C. J. Saenger, Abe Heilegers.’,
0. D. Watson, L. Minor. L. E. Willis,
J. S. Wilmans.