VOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1902. NUMBER 190
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you scan ours. Be able
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you’ll know that ftiost
folks want $20 for as
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goods aren’t overmarked
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to you.
| SPECIALTIES ■
| IN MEN’S AND BOYS’
APPAREL.
A Great Sacrifice
On Clothing!
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" On account of the backwardness of the season we are compelled to put
a price on our Clothing that will cause it to move rapidly. For ten days
we slaughter prices unmercifully.
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Hen’s Overcoats.
Men’s blue, black and brown Kersey
overcoats, regular $9.00 overcoats—
for quick results, $4189.
Men’s light and dark gray unfinished
worsted overcoats, with or without
. cuffs, straight or slashed pockets—
ten days, $4.63.
Men’s long loose hack overcoats
with cuffs and slashed pockets, regu
lar $15.00 overcoats—for ten days,
$9.00.
Men’s all wool Beaver and Kersey
overcoats, regular $12.00 and $16.00
overcoats, sacrifice price $7.90.
Men’s ulsters, good value at $8.00—
slaughtered price, $4.78.
Men’s extra good ulsters with storm
collar, regular $16.50 overcoats—for
ten days $9.93.
Hen’s Suits.
Men’s gray cassimere double breast
ed suits, regular 87.00 goods—for ten
days, 84.19.
Men’s gray pin stripe and checked
cassimere suits, good value at 87.50—
sacrifice price 84.98.
Men’s dark blue pin stripe and green
checked worsted suits, regular 89.00
values—a bargain at 85.48.
Men’s brown unfinished worsted and
blue flannel suits, 811.00 goods—for
ten days only at 87.68.
Men’s brown melton suits, regular
812.50 values—slaughtered price, 87.98.
Men’s blue serge and clay worsted
suits, always 813.50—for ten days,
88.48.
Men’s 8 5.00, 816.00 and 818.00 suits
to make them move quickly, 812.00.
Men’s Trousers.
$2.00 corduroy trousers—sacrifice
price, $1.39.
$2.50 corduroys for ten days, $1.89
$3.00 and $3.50 corduroys—anothe
pair free if they rip—slaughteree
price, $2.78.
Good heavy black and blue cassi
mere and Kersey pants, regular 83.0i
goods—for ten days, $2.19.
A big assortment of men’s trouser
made up to date in all the newest pat
terns—these sold from $8.00 up t<
$4.50—your choice, $2.98.
Ask to see these.
Yours for Quick Results^^—
^ | Th ood Luck Store
^ 518 Front Street.D. CARVEL, Manager.
THE GREAT REDUCTION SALE!
ST BIILEY BROS. Ix>
Is now going on. We Must Make Room
for ©ur Big Line of Christmas Goods.
ft FEW ©F THE BARGAINS!
All wool Venetian cloth in all colors worth
75c per yd. reduced to 50c per yd.
All $3.50 and $3.00 fancy waist patterns
reduced to $2 50.
All wool Albatross in all colors worth 75c
per yd. reduced to 50c per yd.
The Georgian a hose for ladies, the finest
hose made, reduced to 4 pair for $1.00.
All Whipcord, Prunella, Serge and Broad
cloth dress patterns at cost.
All $2.00 fancy waist patterns reduced to
$1.50.
All 15c per yd. flannellettes reduced to
12 1-2 per yd.
All plain and fancy worsted goods at cost.
All flannels for waists worth 75c per yd.
reduced to 50c per yd.
All 7c per yd. flannelettes reduced to 5c
per yd.
Fleece lined pique worth 50c reduced to 30c.
Come and see the great bargains we are
offering.
BAILEY BROS., Newport, Ark.
WILL PARDON ALL CONVICTS.
Governor Renews an Old Threat as to
How1 he Will Nullify Purchase of
Convict Farm if Necessary by
Exercise of Pardoning
PowTer.
At the time of the purchase of the
Cummins place by the penitentiary
board to be used as a convict farm it
will be remembered that Governor
Davis refused to sign the contract
with the four other members of the
board. He further declared that he
would do all in his power to annul the
contract, even to the extent of mak
ing an appeal to the legislature to set
it aside, says the Little Rock Demo
crat.
Saturday he made known to. the
board one of the methods to which he
threatens to resort in order to carry
his point. It may be said in passing
that he has made the same bluff be
fore and nothing has ever come of it.
The regular semi-monthly meeting
of the board was to have been held
Saturday forenoon. At 11 o’clock
four members, Governor Davis,
Secretary of State Crockett, Com
missioner Bradford and Aufutor
Monroe, met in the office of the
auditor, but it was decided to defer
the meeting until next Friday, and no
business whatever was transacted.
The meeting was adjourned out of
respect to Auditor Monroe, who had
just received notice of the death of
his little grandson.
In the course of an informal con
versation among the four members
the governor reiterated his determina
tion to nullify the convict-farm con
tract and dramatically declared with
considerable vehemence that he did
not propose that a single convict
should ever be permitted to work on
the farm. If it became necessary to
prevent it he would exercise his con
stitutional prerogative and pardon ev
ery convict in the penitentiary.
The members of the board do not
appear to attach much importance to
the governor’s shibboleth of war, and
will without doubt give him an oppor
tunity to carry out his threat and dis
grace the gubernatorial office or back
completely down. The ooard has ae
yet done nothing toward preparing tc
oc ;upy the farm, but it is understood
will proceed in the near future to sene
a body of convicts to the place to be
gin preparations for next year’s
crop.
APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED.
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Paragould, Ark., Dec. 7.-—The
■ thirty-third session of the White Rivei
. Methodist Conference closed to-night
I Bishop floss preached a stirring ser
mon this morning on “The Church.”
After the ordination of elders to
) night, the appointments of preachers
for the year were read. Those foi
, the .Searcy district are as follows:
M. M. Smith, Presiding Elder
1 Searcy Station, Frank Barrett; Wes:
Searcy Circuit, P. B. Willis; Augusts
Station, W. M. Wilson; Auvergne anc
| Weldon, J. F. Jernigan; Bald Knot
; Circuit, J. M. Talkington; West Poin
! Circuit, E. M. Davis; Heber Circuit
A. C. Griffin; El Paso Circuit, H. T
Qregory; Beebe Circuit, F. R. Noe:
Cabot Circuit, A. F. Skinner; Cak
Circuit, D. H. Congers; Argenta Sta
i tion, N. E. Gardner; Newport Station
J. W. Smith.
Rev. M. B. Umsted was made pre
siding elder of the Paragould district:
j H. H. Hunt was assigned to the Tuck
j erman and Kenyon churches; Z. T
j Bennett to Batesville; I. E. Thomas
! to Jacksonport circuit.
FIRE COMPANY TWICE CALLED,
Monday morning was a busy time
for the fire laddies, who received a
call at 8:30 in the morning from Cal
houn Street, where a negro cabin,
owned by H. L. Remmel and occupied
by Aaron Junior and Dave Henderson,
was almost a total loss. The house
was half burned when the company
arrived; the damage is estimated at
$600 with no insurance.
About eleven o’clock, smoke was
seen issuing from the west side of the
store building occupied by O. M.
i Bowen, though it is claimed by some
this has been going on for several
years. The upper story also filled
with smoke and the buildirig was
thought to be in danger for awhile.
A defective flue was found to be the
cause of the threatened fire and will
be repaired.
NEW NOVELTY REPAIR SHOP.
Clocks, sewing machines, tinware,
graniteware, saws, scissors, razors
sharpened. All work guaranteed oi
money refunded. W. W. Atkins,
next door to Flannigan’s shop. 192d6!
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DEATH PENALTY
FOR BANK ROBBERS.
Two Convictions At Clarksville For
Murder Of Brave Sheriff Powers
By Bank Robbers On Night Of
February Third.
Little Rock, Dec. 6.—George Dur
ham and Fred Underwood, who have
been on trial at Clarksville charged
with the murder of Sheriff John H.
Powers and the robbery of the Bank
of Clarksville on the night of February
3 last, were this morning fouud guilty
of murder in the first degree. Their
cases attracted widespread attention
owing to the popularity of the mur
dered sheriff. Some of the best legal
talent in Western Arkansas was en
gaged in the trial, and every point in
the case was closely contested. The
State was represented by Prosecuting
Attorney Robert L. Lawrence, assist
ed by Congressman C. Reid, while
Cravens & Covington of Clarksville,
Col. J. F. Sellers of Perryville and
Judge White of Paris were appointed
by the court to defend Durham and
Underwood.
Thursday morning counsel for the
defense applied for a change of venue
and a continuance, both of which
were overruled. The evidence intro
duced by the prosecution showed that
the crowd of five men, of which Dur
ham and Underwood were members,
lived in Van Buren and that they dis
appeared from that place the after
noon before the robbery and murder
Reputable citizens of Clarksville tes
fifing iViof fLfltT wmnn enon ta flnc»
bank and go through the alleys in the
rear of the building the afternoon and
early evening preceding the tragedy,
and railroad men gave testimony to
the effect that they boarded a freight
train between Clarksville and Spadra
and returned to Van Buren the morn
ing after.
It is said the defendants offered to
enter a plea of guilty and take life
sentences, which proposition was re
fused by the prosecution. Every pre
caution for the prisoners’ safe-keep
ing was undertaken by Sheriff Joe
King. The men were guarded day
and night, were shackled hand and
foot and chained to the floor of the
cell.
REV. MR. JERNIGAN
REPRIMANDED.
Paragould, Dec. 6.—The fourth day’s
session of the White River Methodist
Conference was opened at 9 o’clock
with religious services by Dr. J. E.
Godbey. The committee appointed to
investigate charges against Rev. K. R.
Durham reported that current re
ports made it necessary to arrest his
character, and the case was referred
to the presiding elder of the Helena
1 district for further investigation.
The trial committee in the case of
Rev. J. F. Jernigan reported him
guilty as charged and ordered that he
be reprimanded by the bishop in open
• conference.
Tne statistical secretary read his re
1 port which showed a net increase in
membership in the conference for the
naaf. v«!if nf 1 iinH thaf. f.liovn har?
been a considerable increase in finan
cial matters. During the year the
1 report on home and foreign missions
showed an increase of more than $1,
000 over any previous year.
W. B. Ricks of Helena was appoint
ed conference treasurer. The con
ference voted to hold its next annual
session at Walnut Ridge.
A resolution was introduced looking
to the consolidation of the three
Methodist conferences of the state
into one conference. The resolution
was tabled by a vote of 38 to 25.
Bishop Hose will preach tomorrow
at 11 o’clock. At 8 p. m. the memor
ial service will be held, and immed
iately thereafter the deacons will be
ordained.
The appointments will be read to
morrow night.
BAN ON SUICIDE STORIES.
Washington, Dec. 5.—A bill intro
duced today by Representative
Jenkins, by request, makes newspa
pers and other periodicals unmailable
which contain any pictures of suicides
or details relating to suicides, beyond
a simple statement of death by suicide,
and imposing a penalty.
CONTEST CLOSES DECEMBER 18.
The word contest instituted by the
Newport Builders Supply & Hardware
Company will close Dec. 18. J. R.
Cox has offered a second prize to the
one handing in the next largest list of
words, $5 in gold. The name of the
contestant must not appear on the
list and no letter is to be repeated in
the same word. 194 d6t
MRS. JULIET HOWARD YOUNGER.
Sunday morning, Mr. J. L. Younger
received in brief succession three
messages from his son Harmon at
Memphis, announcing a change for
the worse, rapid decline and death of
the former’s wife, Mrs. Juliet Howard
Younger at the Presbyterian Hospital
in that city, where she had been
taken one week ago for the treatment
of a specialist.
H6r death was at 9:30 o’clock Sun
day morning, caused from hemorrhage
of the bowels. She had been in poor
health for a long time and confined to
her bed for three weeks.
The remains reached here from
Memphis early Monday morning and
the funeral services were held at the
home on Laurel Street, Monday after
noon at three o’clock.
The deceased was born in Texas,
Oct. 19, 1863, but moved to Arkansas
with her father’s family when a mere
child, living on the Island. She leaves
a husband and seven children, three
of whom are boys Harmon, Joe and
John and four girls, Mary, Julia,
Laura and Velta.
From a happy family, in which love
bound the several members one to
another “with hoops of steel,” the
mother and wife has been taken.
Such a grief seems inconsolable and
the sympathy of our whole community
goes out to those whose heads are
bowed in sorrow.
Mrs. Younger had been a member
of the Baptist church since sixteen
years of age. The home and church
i were all with her; to each of these
j was her devotion paid and in them
could her sweet character find the
j purest of pleasure and richest happi*
I ness. With this in memory, let those
! dear to her find solace in the thought,
that she died with the Christian’s
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HOT SPRINGS OFFICERS
ARRESTING SUSPECTS.
Hot Springs, Dec. 6.—Every officer
of both city and county has expended
the entire day in rounding up suspp
in the $12,000 foot race affair thr
pulled off yesterday, when A
Bland of Tyler, Tex., lost,**^4
In the morning the law A,^*7
& Henderson was
jailed suspects, and af c’ikjr
man ca?Ie<f~^afe*Mier. of J jh ' ~
giving him $5,000 nNilrah. Soon after
ward the attorney signed a $6,000
bond for Williams, who, it is alleged,
is the leader of the gang of operators,
but before his release had been ob- ^
tained Prosecuting Attorney Martin
got out an attachment for the sum of
money turned over to the law Arm to
secure it, and the woman who took
the money to the attorneys was ar
rested. A thorough questioning failed
to bring to light where, she got the
money, or whether she had any of the
other sum “planted” that had been
taken in the deal. She was afterward
bailed out by her attorneys. Every
train is watched, and officers have
scattered not only to surrounding
towns, but are making rounds of
places in the outskirts with the hope
of Anding more accomplices and per
haps recovering a part of the $12,000.
REV. MR. RICHARDSON
Rev. L. H. Richardson,
sermon Sunday morning _
h is resignation as pastor of the Pres
byterian church, stating as his reasons
therefor that he did not feel the
church was progressing as it should,
that he had not been able to secure
the support of the members such as a
pastor needed in his work, and his
belief tnat he might be more useful in
other fields.
Mr. Richardson is a man of strong
force of character, plain spoken
and unostentatious, whose sincerity
and motives cannot be questioned.
His presentation of the gospel from
the pulpit is ever logical, lucid and
forcible.
Both Mr. Richardson and his family
have endeared themselves in the
j hearts of many Newport people, who
| are loth to see them go.
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