JAPANESE MOVE TO
CUT OFF TROOPS.:
I^and Operations Now Appear to
Be Idea of Both Japan' and
Russia—Preparing a ;
Flank Movement.
Che Foo, Feb. 18.—A Japan
ese movement to flank Port Ar
thur, cut the roadway from the
fo^ress to Harbin and thus iso
late if not besiege the Russian
stronghold is now under way.
Fearing that the enemy will
accomplish this and that Port
Arthur will be starved into sub
mission, Viceroy Alexieff is said |
to have moved his headquarters
with that of his official staff to
Harbin, which is 600 miles north,
where the Manchurian railroad
connects with the Siberian rail
way.
The Russians are moving to
meet the Japanese plan of attack,
and judgfhg from the prepara
tions now being made the first
real test of strength on land will
take place in a few days, with
the Japanese troops greatly in
the advantage, not only in num
bers, but from strategic points
and a thorough knowledge of the
country.
\eEDS’ SPECIAL
PASSES THROUGH.
Chairman W. B. Leeds of the
Rock Island passed through Lit
tle Rock in his special train at
.2:45 Thursday morning. The
, train stopped in North Little
for a change of engines-,
f but passed through Little Rock
at a speed of twenty miles an
hour.
General Superintendent F. 0.
Melcher, Superintendent F. B.
Stewart, Principal Assistant En
gineer J. M. Stark and Train
master J. F. Sugrue left Little
Rock last night for Memphis,
where they met the special of
Every effort was made to ac
cord the special the best of ser
vice, and though the rainy
weather had a bad effect on the
track the train arrived precisely
on schedule time. The train pro
ceeded over the western division
to Holdenville, where it was
turned over to the Frisco.
The visit of President Leeds
has no special significance to
Little Rock or the interest of the
Choctaw at that place, as the
official board meeting does not
take place until April 1.
MULES FOR SALE.
I will have a car of young
broke mules, ranging from 141-2
to 15 1-2 hands high for sale at
Yelverton’s barn in Newport on
or about Friday, February 26,
and vqdl remain there until sold.
Come ' and figure with me, I will
treat you right.
mk 4iw2t W. R. Ross.
§§ GRAND LODGE
HAS ADJOURNED.
;/F . ine lilull', Ark., Fob. 18.
“Ill The biennial session of the Grand
I Lodge, Knights of Honor, which
K convened here yesterday morn
Jft ing adjourned this afternoon at
®4 o’clock. The sessions have
K. been secret, only members being
j§| allowed to participate. Last
■k light at the German Kitchen the
Wf lelegates and local members en
/ ioyed a banquet. About eighty
1111 lelegates have been present.
Irand Director R. A. Rowe of
| Greenwood is presiding. T. H.
r | Matthews A. F. Mabrey and C.
pfg, Valentine are the comittee on
^.redentiak. A feature of the
lession was the address delivered
by Supreme Reporter P. M. Mc
Kibben of St. Louis. The lodge
is purely an endowment order,
and it has indicated but slight
growth in Arkansas since the
jprevious session.
MISS PITMAN DEAD.
Fayetteville, Feb. 18.—Miss
Mary Pitman died in this city
last night after a long illness.
She was the only daughter of
Capt. Pitman, president of the
Washington County Bank. She
w£s a highly cultured young wo
men and a graduate from the
Boston conservatory.
WHITE COUNTY’S
OFFICIAL VOTE.
Contest For Governor Had No
Bearing On Primaries For
County .Office.
Searcy, Feb. 18.—The vote cast
in the Democratic primary elec
tion of White county last Satur
day was canvassed today, with
the following results:
Representative — Two nomi
nated; J. R. Linder, 843; J. V.
Roberts, 755, defeating A. J.
Bell, S. A. Smith and R. W.
Chrisp in the order named.
County Judge—C. S. George,
607, defeating J. W. Simmons,
T. C. Jones and J. M. Rachels in
the order named.
Treasurer — Robert Sanford
Rogers, 1,091, defeating A. W.
Yarnell and R. R. Lewis in the
order named.
A. L. McKay defeated Marion
Davis for Assessor.
Sol Moss defeated W. F. Mc
Crain for surveyor.
J. P. Wood, sheriff; J. D.
Brandon, circuit clerk, and T. E.
Baldock, county clerk, had no
opposition.
The largest vote cast was 2,176.
The contest for governor was not
an issue, and the vote indicates
nothing as to the probable result
in the coming state primary.
JUSTICE COURT CASES.
In the justice court of Esquire
Guy Smith the past week the fol
lowing cases were tried, result
| ing in convictions in each in
i stance:
Ida Williams, a negro, charged
with assault and battery upon
Annie Huff: fined $10.
Charles Johnson, colored, dis
turbing the peace; fined $5.
Roy Baker, petty larceny in
the stealing of two pairs of
pants from B. W. Reeves; fined
; $25.
Jno. Jones, trespassing upon
: St. Louis, Iron Mountain & South
ern railway property; fined $20.
THE WOODS AND
BRIGGS COMPANY.
The above named company will
| open a three nights engagement
at the opera house Monday, Feb.
22. This company played here
last season under the name of
the Floyd R. Briggs Company.
! This season Messrs. Woods and
Briggs have a company of fifteen
people; carry a band and orches
I tra and travel in their own Pull
j man car. During their engage
| ment they will produce in an
: elaborate manner the Inside
Track, Way Down East and
Monte Cristo, in addition to the
regular play. A number of vau
deville features will be intro
; duced Monday night. Every
j lady accompanied by a person
holding a paid reserved seat
ticket will be admitted free.
Prices 15, 25 and 35c.
We are sole agents for W. B.
corsets. Bowen’s Cash Store. 4G
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MOB HAS FORMED
TO LYNCH NEGRO.
One Thousand Men at Crossett j
Would Avenge Murder of
Farmer Stephens.
Crossett, Feb. 18.—A mob of
more than one thousand men has
been formed to take summary
vengeance upon the negro who |
is accused of murdering J. D.
Stephens, a prominent farmer
and deputy sheriff, yesterday.
A negro whose name is said to
be Glady Bays was captured to
night. He is declared to be the
One that committed the murder,
and unless the officers can hurry
him away to a place of safety
ahead of the mob that has been
formed the negro will undoubted
ly be lynched. Some of the mob
advocate burning him.
The murder of Stephens yester
day created intense indignation
and horror, and when it became
known that the murderer had
escaped popular feeling was in
creased. Since then the woods
have been scoured in every direc
tion by willing posses, who were
bent upon avenging the murder
of one of the county’s best citi
zens.
News of the capture of Bays
spread like wildfire tonight and
there was almost a general out- j
pouring of citizens. The mob i
j has gone to the scene of the
I tragedy, where the negro is sup
' posed to have been taken. It
■ seems only a question of whether
the culprit can be secured by the ‘
avengers. There is no doubting
their intention.
BRyTE OR DOLT ?
Judging from the sudden
change of heart which has come
j over Major Charles Gordon New
man of the Pine Bluff Commer
cial in reference to the guberna
torial candidates, the major must
i . _ l._ i .__ > > 1_ _ j_
; iiavc uccu occn uy me ucao
urer of the Wood campaign com
mittee.—White County News.
The editor of the Commercial
has been publishing and editing
a newspaper in Arkansas for
more than forty years, and al
though we have often been se
verely criticized, never before
was such a dartardly assertion
made against us in any news
paper in America.
The squib, a thrust, is never
theless equivocal. Ordinarily we
would not pay any attention to
this scurrilous attack, but we
feel that we should say to the
“rawhead and bloody bones”
White County News that it will
take him from now until dooms
; day to make the people of Ar
kansas believe his miserable,
tortuous, insidious, foul state
ment. Callous, gelid, vile, base
hearted, pollutive, brutal, evi
dently owning a lax, loose code
of morals, full of obliquity and
depravity, the editor of a pecca
ble, profligate, so-called paper
imagines every one else possesses
the same kind of a nature. His
language would with genuine
unanimity be thrown out as too
| nauseous matter even in the fish
I market, where billingsgate is
i tolerated.—Pine Bluff Commer
| cial.
FOR SALE!
240 acres of land, 140 in culti
j vation, with four houses, raised
50 bales of cotton the past season,
six miles from Newport, 3 miles
from Jaeksonport. Eighty acre
pasture at Jaeksonport, frame
store house of two good rooms
at Jaeksonport.
29blmo. J. M. Grubbs.
Read the Daily and Weekly In
dependent.
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FOR YOU. %
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reasons—and three only—why
fAf you have your clothes made to
1. Because you can afford to
m pay big prices to good tailors,
fefcl 2. Because you can’t afford
CQ this and are willing to wear
(m{ cheap clothes from cheap tail
Jsa ors.
3. Because you’ve never found
qx ready made clothes to fit you,
hfS to look stylish on _ you, or to
give you good service.
qS If we would prove to you that
SW the ready-for-service apparel
made by Alfred Benjamin <& Co’s.
expert New York tailors is equal hyl
in every detail to fine custom- Sugl
jyj made at about half the custom- Mj
jjlg made price, wouldn’t it help your
Pm bank account, your appearance SU
and your self-respect? MJ
rfi These garments are certainly pS4
worth your investigation. If Kv!
IW they’ve solved the clothes prob- ' MJ
pW lem for a million well dressed
s|/ Americans, why shouldn’t they Mg
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£d Star Clothing House. £8
^ JOS. M. BERGER. JR., MGR. j«5
iJLj Spring Line Now Arriving and CSv
Pm Invite Your Inspection.
GET THE HABIT
TRY THE
Weems Laundry
When you want good
work. They make a
specialty of Dyeing and
Cleaning Clothes. Let
them show you how well
they can please you.
Leave orders with
T. P. Umsted&Co.
Local Agents.
DR. CHAS. E. CARROLL
Dentist
Successor to Black Bros.
Office: Watson Building
Rooms 1, - and 3.
TELEPHONE NO. 31.
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Newport, - Arkansas•
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newport, Arkansas.
Under the supervision of the United States Government.
PAID IN CAPITAL $50,000.00
SURPLUS - - - 6,000.00
Deposits in sums of one dollar and upwards will be re
ceived—the same careful'attention is extended both small
and large depositors. |
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
T. J. Graham W. A. Joyce Sigmond Wolff J
Jos. S. Harvey J. W. Ferrill «
T. J. Watson, J. 0. Taylor G. W. Hurley,
President. Vice-Pres.
W. A. Billingsley, F. A. Jones, \
Cashier. Ass’t Cashier.
^ The Administrator of Your Estate ^
should have good lodgment, financial responsibility, integrity and
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insane person, agent for any corporation or indiviual, agent for vSg
AG married women in the management of their separate estate and
to execute any trust placed in their hands by the courts, jss
jQ We have complied with the provisions of this law and with our large capital «k}
of $ 100,000 and conservative board of directors we are better equip- La]
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