Blosing recital
TUESDAY ENENING
Riven by Mrs. Edyth Johnson’s
I School of Music Scored a Big
Hit With Large Crowd
W In Attendance.
The charms of music are ever
iR well attested in the large crowds
■Shich gather upon those occa
Rons, where the program promi
ses treats in this field of study
fRnd pleasure. And the annual
Recitals of Mrs. Edyth Johnson’s
School of music have come to be
Soked upon with a high degree
Sf anticipative pleasure by the
Sneople of Newport.
Ffj Each succeeding year calls
Sorth a recital eclipsing in popu
Rir interest that of its predeces
Ror and the opera house was al
Riost crowded to its capacity
Rpon Tuesday evening to witness
Rhe event.
‘B The program of individual num
|pbers by members of the class is
IKoo lengthy to dwell upon each,
Siuch as it be deserved, for every
'Selection received vigorous ap
Ifplause at the hands of an appre
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Iciauve auuieuce.
Mrs. Johnson is not only a very
capable interpreter of melody
and harmony, but possesses that
additional faculty of training the
minds and fingers of others, for
several of her class are advanced
and accomplished performers,
and even the beginners evidenced
the results of good training and
instruction.
Following is the program:
Solo, selected Mildred Ramey
Solo, Spinning Song.. Eillenberg
I Marguerite Morrison.
Solo, selected.Sweet
Leslie O’Neal.
Violin solo, Beauty Waltz.
..W. Magoffin
! Ethel Johnson.
Solo, Waltz in A Flat.
.Durand
Hortense Hite.
Solo, selected.Bachman
Emma Drummond.
Solo, Mazurka Military.Ascher
Zelina Meyer.
Solo, Study in A Flat.
.Wallanhaupt
Leah Jones.
Reading, The Smiting Rock
.Selected
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Solo, Charge of the Hussars
L Spindler
Minnie Minor.
■1 Solo, The Last Hope
mm .Gottschalk
ft Mary Younger,
fl Solo, Impromptu in A Flat
a .Chopin
■ Annie Dutton.
Vocal solo Selected
Anna Bateman.
Solo, The Palms.Leybach
Bessie Buford.
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CAPTIVATING OPERETTA.
The entertainment was con
cluded with a very pretty rendi
tion of the captivating operetta,
Boy Blue," which will long be
sld in memory as a tribute to
talent and energy of Mrs.
ion, as well as to the genius
andvcapacity of her pupils in
mastering operatic music.
Mi|s Beatrice McHugh as “Boy
Blue’t was splendid and so was
Miss fiazel Jones as “Mollie."
They dre clever upon the stage
and the manner in which they
played their parts found favor
with the audience, as was mani
fest in the frequent applause.
These two young misses have
promising voices and with ease
and grace carried out in admira
ble style the little opera in which
they were well supported by ter
or twelve companions. Th(
opening scene was a fishing party
returning home from a day’s out
ing, and Boy Blue, to keep a
similar appointment for the mor
row, resolves to lie down on the
hay stack and keep awake. Now
it is needless to state that Boy
Blue soon rests in the arms of
Morpheus and at midnight is
visited in his dreams by twin sea
nymphs in the persons of Misses
Ethel Johnson and Leah Jones.
He has great luck under their
kindly instruction and catches at
one haul a bunch of green frogs
in the persons of several boys,
whose costuming and wiggling
fairly give you the creeps.
Now the panorama of this
dream is presented the audience,
who can appreciate the perplexity
of Boy Blue next morning when
his companions gather round for
another day’s sport. But they
make fun of the dreamer and
laugh at his marvellous stories of
luck. It is a sweet little plot and
the boys and girls who took part
therein seemed drafted from
fairy land, so well did they figure
in myths and dreams.
The costuming added much to
the effect of the opera and the
chorus singing was excellent for
pupils so young. Mrs. Johnson
was assisted in the music by Mrs.
T. H. Reamey as pianist and Mrs.
Walter Martin violinist.
SAYS FLEAS
DESTROY COTTON.
Expert Hudson Says Flea Bug Is
Destroying the Cotton Crop
In Some Localities in
the State.
Pine Bluff, Ark., May 31.—
Cotton in this section is suffering
a new evil, according to a report
just made by Capt. J. M. Hud
son, Jefferson county’s expert
crop statistican. The flea bug
has appeared and it is destroying
cotton and almost everything
else in its path that is green. The
bugs rarely extend over a large
territory and are short lived, but
they destroy all crops in their
path. Considerable damage is
said to have resulted from the
flea’s appearance in the Tucker
Lake neighborhood. No remedy
for their destruction has been
found, but they usually disap
pear as suddenly as they Appear.
It is too late to plant the land
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ravageu uy mem m cuttun auu
Capt. Hudson advises that Mexi
can June corn be planted on such
land. This corn, if planted by
June 15, will make a good crop
| and will pay better than the
| original would probably have
paid. Capt. Hudson has received
i from a Jefferson county planter
a bottle containing about 150 of
the fleas. He says if the whole
sale slaughter of birds continues
it will not be long before bugs
and insects will destroy all our
crops. “Protect the birds and
save the crops,” is advised by
him in strongest terms.
ADDITIONAL WEL
DON NOTES.
H. A. Bricker of Grubbs has
accepted a position as salesman
for the firm of McDonald &
Bond.
Dr. J. G. Tankersly, who re
turned Tuesday morning from
the World’s Fair, says he had a
splendid time.
Prof. Hodges’ school will close
Friday night, June 3rd, with a
1 concert. Everyone one who de
sires to attend is invited.
| Huckleberry Bill.
Read the Independent for th«
, news.
WILL CLASH ON
THE INSTRUCTIONS.
Personnel of the “Big Four” is
About Settled—Hornby is
Slated for Chairman of Hot
Springs Convention.
Little Rock, May 31.-Thecom
ing Democratic state convention
at Hot Springs gives every prom
ise of producing an interesting
contest for presidential instruct- j
ions.
The faction favorable to Hearst {
will demand instructions for their I
candidate, while Judge Parker’s
followers are favorable to an un
instructed delegation. A promi
nent Eastern Arkansas Demo
cratic politician is just in from a
tour of the state and says he
found a strong sentiment in
nearly every county he visited in
favor of instructing the dele
gates for Hearst. He is confi
dent that a large majority of the
delegates will insist upon Hearst
instructions.
The friends of Judge Parker,
who number among the leading
politicians and officers in the
state, are confident that an unin
structed delegation will be sent
to the St. Louis convention.
It is pretty well settled that
Senators James P. Clarke and
James H. Berry and Gov. Davis
will be three of the delegates at
large, while Associate Justice
Carroll D. Wood, Secretary of
State J. W. Crockett and State
Superintendent of Education J.
H. Hinemon are being mentioned
for the fourth place. It is almost
certain that one of the three gen
tlemen will be a member of the
“Big Four.”
Hon. C. C. Hornby of Prescott,
a staunch supporter of Governor
Jeff Davis in the lase guberna
torial campaign, is scheduled for
chairman of the coming state
convention.
FATAL CRAP GAME.
Cotton Plant, May 31. -Sam
Wilson and Tom Johnson, two
well known negroes among the
sporting fraternity here, fell out
over a game of craps Sunday
morning at an early hour and
each went gunning for the other
with No. 10 double barrel shot
guns.
They met on the railroad track
near the oil mill. Sam was the
quicker and filled Tom’s front
with No. 2 squirrel shot. He
then hired the ice wagon and
carried Tom to a doctor’s office,
where he died an hour later.
Sam is behind the bars.
LETTER TO MR. J. W.
WALLACE, NEWPORT, ARK.
Dear Sir: Would you rather
i have your customers speak of
your shoes as wearing well, as
not running down at the heel, as
turning water and taking a shine,
or wag their heads and say
nothing?
We’d rather have ours, at long
intervals, say: “We want some
more paint, and we want De
voe.” We know it isn’t in hu
man nature to paint very often;
we don’t expect them to come
very often; don’t want ’em to.
All we want is to paint what
they have to paint, whenever
they paint it; the longer the time
the surer they are to come back.
There’s business enough in the
world; there are houses enough
to paint; let em take their time.
If we were a shoemaker we’d
! make shoes to last half a life
time, and shoe the whole town.
Yours truly,
F. W. Devoe & Co.,
97 New York and Chicago.
Underwear,
Shirts,
Handkerchiefs,
Suspenders,
Belts,
Low Shoes,
Collars,
Cravats,
Black and Dark Bine Serges
Coat and Vest,
Unlined Saits,
Troasers,
Straw Hats,
Night Robes and Pajamas,
Hosiery,
“The Mother's Friend,"
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I Complete Line Now Awaiting Your Inspection. ■
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UNEOF FURNITURE
And other seasonable goods to make room for Fall Stock,
commencing JUNE 1st, 1904,
At the Regular Spot Cash Prices,
With the following Discounts: ,
15 Per Cent on
Refrigerators,
Ice Cream Freezers,
Water Coolers,
Roller Top Desks.
20 Per Cent on
| Iron Beds, Rocking Chairs,
Dining Chairs, Folding Beds,
Bed Room Suits, Dining Tables,
| Center Tables, Bed Lounges.
Turkish Leather Chairs.
25 Per Cent on
Book Cases,
Combination Book Cases,
Buffets,
Sideboards,
China Closets,
Leather Couches, Bed Couches,
Dressing Tables,
Hall Racks,
Hanging Mirrors,
Children’s Go-Carts and Buggies.
We Are Wolff-Goldman Merc. Co.
THE PEOPLE. Newport, ark,
_.vm—
BIG LINE OF
New Goods Arriving.
Crown, Schiller & Shaeffer
-PIANOS
AND
Crown Organs.
Patronize a Home Man.
Z. B. REID.
DR. F. ANDREWS, \
Physician - & - Surgeon.
Office and Residence . .
... FiUgerald, Ark.
J. W. Lindley, Pres. L. T. Slayden, V-Pres. E. V. Holt, Cashier.
BANK OF TUCKERMAN
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.00.
We are open to the public for all business
which constitutes safe & reliable banking
DIRECTORS:
J. W. LINDLEY, L. T. SLAYDEN, D. C. DOWELL.
GEO. L. SMITH, W. E. TALLEY,
J. A. GREENHAW, L. D. SMITH.
COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY.
Your Patronage is Solicited.
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