I ROUND WITH REPORTER.
Englishman Administers to News
paper Man What Probably
Was Due Him. Locked
the Door and Went
Ror Him.
Hot Springs, April B.—Last
evening Ernest Baxter, a report
er for the Thomas Cat, a humor
ous weekly publication, sent up
!his card to an Englishman by the
name of Kennedy, at the Hotel
Eastman. Baxter was received
by Kennedy, and after stating
his business was to solicits, write
up for the Thomas Cat, Mr. Ken
nedy, it is alleged by Baxter,
locked the door of his room and
proceeded te tell what he would
do to a reporter who would write
him up in the style other .guests
of the hotel had been written up.
This precipitated a fight and in
the mix-up Baxter grabbed a
water pitcher and crashed it over
the head of the Englishman,
cutting the scalp in several places.
Kennedy unlocked the door and
let Baxter out, but later, after
his injury had been dressed, he
net the reporter in the lobby and
'enewed the fight, giving Baxter
i bruised eye. Baxter swore .out
i. warrant for the arrest of Ken
tedy in a justice’s court.
HIRING OUTCONVICTS.
The state will work several
undred more acres on the com
ict farm this year than last and
ill have about 200 men em
oyed during cotton chopping
and cotton picking time. This
| .will leave, a,, large number of con
victs to be hired out at a dollar a
day.
At a recent meeting of the
board this was discussed casually
* and it is believed there will be no
difficulty whatever in placing the
men. The present contract,
with the exception of the Dick
inson contract, which runs five
or six years yet, and the Reeves
contract, will expire in June.
MUSICAL COTERIE.
The Coterie met with Mrs. Wil
liam McMullen Thursday after
noon with a good number of the
g^gjumembgrs present, and was enter
fiiFsd| in a manner most pleas
|T ie [ program, wh' h follows,
wks well rendered ;tl an
excsption:
|l Vocal solo— IV
]Vfr *. Hillhouse.
!l. Instrumental solo—Selected,!
I^rs. McHugh.
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Wagner, Mrs. McMullen is in
truth fm artist whc “exceeds.”
The color scheme was seen also
in the refreshments of cream,
cherry ice, cake, olives and home
candy served by the hostess and
her charming little daughter.
After a social half hour, when
it was decided that Mrs. Hill
house should entertain the Cote
rie soon with an open meeting
with husbands of the members
jas honored guests, the ladies
I separated feeling glad at the suc
cess ef the afternoon.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
At the Baptist Church—Regu
lar services morning and evening.
Morning subject, “The Preach
er’s Mission. ” Evening subject,
“The.Name Jesus.” A cordial
invitation to all.
Rev. F. S. Haltum will preach
at the Christian church tomor
row at the usual hours, morning
and evening. Morning subject,
“Spiritual Strength.” Evening
subject, ‘“Was Jesus the Son of
God?”
The M. E. church, South, cor
ner Second and Laurel, preaching
at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sun
day school at 9:80 a. m. and Ep
worth League at 3 p. m. The
public, including all strangers
and visitors are cordially invited
to each service.
Presbyterian church. The work
of a new year begins with the
services of tomorrow and the
pastor would be specially glad to
see every member of the congre
gation in place at morning and
evening worship. Everyone is
invited. R. B. Willis, Pastor.
POPE COUNTY PROTESTS.
ine democracy oi rope county
has registered a protest against
holding county and state prima
ries on the day preceding Sunday.
The reasons are set forth in the
following resolutions adopted by
the county convention at Russell
ville:
Whereas, Most of the counties
in this state usually select the
uniform day adopted by the state
convention as the day to nomi
nate county officers as well
as state officers; and
Whereas, There are usually
more or less interest and excite
ment over all elections; and
Whereas, In many of the town
ships and wards in this state the
vote is so large that it is impos
sible for the judges and clerks
to count them before midnight;
and
Whereas, The day following
all general elections is usually
taken up in obtaining informa
tion as to the result of the elec
tion, etc., and
Whereas, We as Democrats
are believers in the proper ob
servance of the Christian Sab
bath, therefore be it
Resolved, That our delegates
to the state convention be in
structed to use their influence
and vote to have the uniform
day for the purpose of nominat
ing state officers and holding
township conventions, etc., be
some Wednesday, instead of Sat
urday.
The protest is a righteous as
well as sensible one, and though
the next primary is two years in
the future we hope that the state
committee will heed the protest
of the Democracy of Pope county.
F. K.-F. K.
We are the exclusive agents
for the F. K. clothing. Chas.
Meyer’s Great Bargain Store. 92
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE.
Meeting of Citizens Friday Night,
to Arrange for Gathering of
Arkansas Travelers.
A meeting of the business and
professional men of Newport was
held in the parlors of the Hazel
Hotel Friday evening, to arrange
for Idle entertainment of the Ar
kansas Travelers, at their meet
ing here in May.
i The selection of our city for
; their first annual conclave is ap
; predated by our people, who ex
pect to demonstrate their hos
pitality in no half hearted manner.
The drummers must |be well
taken care of and have nothing
to regret in the selection of New
port, is the unanimous opinion of
our best citizens.
The meeting Friday night was
an informal one, presided over
by A. G. Anderson, with P. H.
VanDyke acting as secreta:y.
The latter was instructed to no
tify the chairmen of the several
local committees, appointed re
cently and published below, to
urge upon the members of these
committees to attend the meeting
called for Monday at 7:30 p. m,,
at the Hazel Hotel, to complete
| arrangements for the convention, j
The grounds in Chastain’s ad-;
| dition will probably be secured j
for the ball gams and the opera1
house will be prepared for the
ball.
It is estimated that the ban
quet will probably be attended by
400 people, which will make the
cost of this one item in the neigh-1
borhood of $400, and to properly j
take care of the meeting, will re
quire a subscription of $800.
As good a town as Newport
should have no trouble in raising
i this amount without working a i
j narasnip upon any one anu we
| hope our people will respond lib-1
! erally. The hotels and boarding:
houses will take care of the visit- j
ors, who expect to pay regular!
rates, and the citizens can well
afford to be generous in their
contributions.
LIST OF COMMITTEES.
Decoration Committee — C R
Hite, chairman: 0 S Lawence, R
C Cox, H Bernstein, W A Bill
ingsley, Chas. Meyer.
Arrangements Committee— C
G Henry, chairman; A Fels, J M
Stayton, 0 M Bowen, G C Mar
tin, E L Boyce.
Finance Committee — L N
Nouss, chairman; R D Wilmans,
R C Harder, S M Stuckey.
Reception Committee — C E
Erwin, chairman; H 0 Walker,
Arthur Bailey, Ernest McDon-[
aid, H P Martin, Chas. Wilmans,
H Bernstein, Ike Goldman, T T
Ward, E C Waterman, Percy H
Van Dyke,JM A Stevens,.
Entertainment Committee--Ike
Bottenstein, chairman; Joe Ber
ger, W T Dunn, C E Carroll, G
K Stephens, John Stayton, Gus
tave Jones, 0 S Lawrence, R C
Cox, Ed McElwee, Chas Meyer,
Geo A Hillhouse, M M Stuckey,
J E Doherty, L L Bowen, J S
Sanders, A C Huddleston, W P
McDermott, R H Kirkpatrick, M
E Newbern, G H Brown, George
Anderson, J W Grubbs, L Minor,
Alcorn Ferguson, 0 W Scarbo
rough, G M Sink.
WIND AND RAIN
AT JACKSONVILLE.
Jacksonville, Ark., April 8.—
Another severe Kin and wind
storm visited this locality last
night about 8 o’clock, doing con
siderable damage to fences and
orchards. The lowlands are
flooded, and it will be several
days before farming operations
will be resumed.
BBSB&hI
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ready-to-wear apparel ever seen in this sec
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_
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M. D. Campbell, F. D. Fulkerson, T. D. Watson. f j
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FOR SALE BY
, R. H. ASKEW, J13 Wa'nut Street.
Parties desiring good
wood of all kinds should
:all on
J. D. CALVIN.
Lower end of Laurel St.
All orders are promptly
filled. 404 Leona Ave.
B. H. Lumpkin has purchased
the Hotel Brownell at Bald Knob
and will assume the management
m Saturday, April 9. 91d2w
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