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Flood Damage In .Sharp.
The most damaging overflow
this county has known in many
years resulted this, week from
rain which began to fall Sunday
morning and continued practi
cally without cessation until
Tuesday morning. It is declared
by all that this flood is greater
than that of 1882, which had
been spoken of ever since as the
greatest overflow this section
had ever witnessed
Those who know say that
Strawberry River was several
feet higher this week than in
1882. Crops along that river
and along Piney are in many in
stances practically ruined. Cot
ton and corn crops on these
streams were exceptionally good.
On Strawberry river Monday
and Tuesday water stood in ma
ny fields to the depth of ten or
twelve feet. Many of those who
had crops on the river could not
see any part of # their crops, all
being under water.
On Piney the damage was al
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o'j gi ecu. kzix \v cio cxirp j 'jil
a rampage and contributed its
share to the disaster.
The steel bridge over Straw
berry two and a half miles north
of town, was swept from its
piers Tuesday. A report reached
town Wednesday that the big
bridge near Poughkeepsie had
gone down, but we have been un
able to get that town by tele
phone, therefore cannot verify
the report. A telephone mes
sage from Franklin saj’s the
bridge over Srawberry at that
place is gone. The river rose
several feet higher than the top
of the bridge near his own. The
total rise in Strawberry must
have been something like 25
feet.
The flood has damaged Sharp
county thousands and thousands
of dollars in devastation of crops
and in the loss of fencing and
washing of land, and the full loss
by the calamity cannot now be
estimated. — Sharp County Re
cord.
Buy Two More Lars.
Dr. Fred Maynard Friday
morning received a telegram
from John Loftin the Newport
liveryman, that he had shipped
two cars of live stock, one car of
young mules and the other of
fine young mares from Miles
City, Mont, and that the same
will be placed on sale at Bates
ville on August 25 and 26.
Mr. Loftin recently disposed
of two cars of range mares here,
and they have given general sat
isfaction, the great majority of
them being very easily broken,
and have made good work ani
mals. The coming cars will no
doubt find ready sale. Mr Lof
is well known to the people of
section, having been a re-i
of Jackson county for many
and he bears a sp'cndid
for fair and honest
all his business af
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Five Carat Stone Found in One
Oi The Pike County
Fields,
Murfreesboro, Aug. 18. —
Fresh excitement in diamond
mining circles prevails as the re
sult of an important find on the
of the American Mining Compa
ny’s property Tuesday. Reece
Lamb, the company’s vice pres
ident, had dug a ditch about 75
yards long with holes dug along
it every few feet. From one of
these holes he took a small
quantity of peridotite in a com
mon meal sifter, and from the
second sifterful washed a per
fect white diamond of five ca
rats weight.
This is the twenty-second gem
yet found by this company,their
work hitherto having been more
of a testing character, to deter
mine the extent of diamond
bearing earth, rather than
washing for diamonds. The
American diamond mine is con
tiguous to the Kimberlite dia
mond mine, and is two and a
half miles northeast of the
Stifft-Reyburn property, and is
a little more than a mile north
east of the Ozark Mining Com
pany’s property.
Bound For Arkansas.
“Texas for starvation.
New Mexico for immigration.
To — with Taft’s administra
tion—
I’m bound for Arkansas.”
These words were painted in
large letters on a covered wagon
that passed through an Oklaho
ma town the other day. The old
gent in charge said that he had
been through Texas and New
Mexico and had not found
enough water to put out a camp
! fire, nor grass enough to feed a
.billy goat.—McCurtain (Okla.)
; Gazette.
Seven Foot Millet.
J. T. Frazier has on display
| at the Republican office a bunch
! of German millet, many stalks
| measuring seven feet in length.
Mr. Frazier expects to send this
bunch to the State Fair at Hot
Springs this fall. Clay county
j is full of fine agricultural pro
! ducts, exhibits of which should
be sent to the State Fair. We
j ought to let the world know of
! the great country we have here.
—Clay county Republican.
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Brings Back Negro.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Haw
kins Thursday arrested R. H.
Land, a negro tailor, in Little
Rock, who is wanted here on a
charge of grand larceny.
He was placed in the Pulaski
j county jail to await Deputy
; Sheriff McCuistion, who arriv
| ed here Friday with the prison
er.
Newport Couple Wed.
| B. W. Golden, aged 25, and
| Mrs. Ida East, aged 29, both of
j Newport, were married by Esq.
! j. F. Israel at his office in Wal
! nut Ridge last Monday. — Wal
! nut Ridge Times-Dispatch.
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Wanted.
Board with suite rooms fur
nished or unfurnished in private
family, not over three blocks
* from depot. Trave^wg sales
man, wife and eighteen montns
! old baby. Reference exchanged
1 Answer Box 541, Batesville, Ar
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Last County .Settles,
Special to the Independent
Little Rock, August Id*.—The
last county has settled with
State Treasurer 0. W. Crocketi.
Sheriff Collins oi' Little River
county paying in the amount
due the state from his county
Friday, $22,218. Althougii the
settlement of Sheriff Collin,
was a bit late, the sheriffs and
collectors this year have settled
much earlier than in oth.-.
years. Last year it was two
months later when the last set
tlement was made and .some
years messengers have to be
sent from the office of the audi
tor to force a settlement.
Four Bridges Washed Away,
Four county bridges in Inde
pendence county have been re
ported as having been washed
away by the recent high water.
Two bridges on Salado ere ok
the steel bridge on the Bates
ville and Fairview road, and the'
L-rTmTit t *->,
Lindsey bridge on the Bates'-;!!'.-1
I and Floral road, both were ear
ried away by the high wab*r
t Spring Creek bridge between
this city and Gainer's Ferry was
; also washed our, and one of the
bridges just beyond the corpor-,
ate limits between here and the
Ramsey ferry was also dernol
1 ished.—Batesville Guard.
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Throws Bail, Fails Dead.
Nolan Dillingham, a well re
spected negro man of Newark, j
fell dead yesterday afternoon j
one-half mile from Newark. A t
big colored baseball game had
i been arranged by two teams of
! Big Bottom, and the players
were warming up preliminary
to opening the contest. Dilling
ham wets in the out-field and a
ball was batted to him. He
caught the ball and just as he
made a long throw to return the
| ball to the batter, he fell dead
* in his tracks.
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Auction Postponed.
| Owing to the failure of the
auctioneer to arrive the piano
which was to have been audio :
ed off today (Saturday) at the
Palace Jewelry Store, will be put
up on Saturday, August 26.
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NEWSPAPER MAN IN
- flGHT WITH MAYOR
('. E. Puimt-r, Editor of Pour
States Press, and A. I>. De
Loach Come to Blows.
Texarkana. Aug. IS.—A mild
sensation was caused on West
Broad street today by a person
al encounter between C. E. Pal
mer, editor of the Morning Four
State Press, and A. B. DeLoach,
mayor on the Texas side.
It appears that some recent
personal allusions in the paper
displeased the mayor, and he
sent the editor word that if
there was any repetition of tlm
same he would whip him.
This forenoon the parties met,
and Palmer asked DeLoach if hi
had sent such message, and was
answered in the affirmative.
But you can't whip one side of
me,” calmly replied the newspa
per man. “You are a d—d liar,”
retorted the mavor
Palmer’s fist shot out, land
ing on DeLoach’s cheek, and
the mayor countered, knocking
Palmer’s eyeglasses off. By
standers then interfered and
separated the combatants be
fore any serious injury resulted
to either.
The trouble is said to be trace
able to the recent prohibition
election or matters connected
therewith. Palmer is an anti,
while LeLoach is one of the
leaders on the pro. side.
Good Pictures Last Night.
A large crowd witnessed the
moving picture program at the
opera house last evening and
their patronage was fully justi
fied by the splendid pictures
which were exceptionally fine.
Manager Parvin.who is assist
ed by Mr. J. E. Doherty in look
ing after the comfort of the pa
trons, has put new life and in
terest in the attractions and B
deserving of a good patronage.
Lewisville Gets First Bale.
Lewisville, August 18.—First
bale of cotton received here to
day. It was raised on T. V. Can
viness’ farm on Red river b\
Alex Johnson, a negro. It waf
classed as strict middling anc
sold for 16% cents a pound.
Sell Drainage Bonds.
Piggott, Aug. 17.—TI; • St.
Francis drainage G;.- rid Mi > day
an ' 'Ire.nr conn!i old i; - is
sue of bonds reel'll;
of $280,000 twenly-year bonds
drawing 0 per cent inter-• ’ per
annum, at par. This is tn - se
cond lot of bonds sold by this
drainage district within ihe pa l
two md a half years, the toed
amount being $500,000.
The St. Francis drainage dis
• trict will hare, when completed,
> thirty-live miles of main ditch
from tvenh to sixty feet wide,
running parallel with the Cotton
Belt railroad through Clay and
Greene counties, and a levee fif
i ty-five miles long on the St.
Francis river large enough to
prevent overflow of the river
I during the highest stage of wa
ter, besides numerous laterals
running into the main ditch.
This system of drainage drains
something over 150,000 acres of
| as rich and productive lands as
I can be found anywhere in the
state of Arkansas.
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Locust Creek.
j We have been having a plenty t
of rain.
Mr. Haggard and family have
been visiting Mr. Ray.
Mr. Nelson McCollum and Mr.
i Mack Bigham went to Newport
. Tuesday.
j Miss Tiny Hawkins is quite
| sick at this writing.
There have been (52 scholars
going to school at the Harper
j school house, but Monday There__
I were only ten present,
i Mr. Jesse Richardson and wife
! visited H. L. Anderson recently.
Mr. Goodman wrent to New
port Tuesday with a load of wa
termelons.
; Peach Measure One
Foot, Two Inches.
j Fort Smith, Aug. 18.—What
is claimed to be the biggest
peach ever raised in the United
i States by natural process is now
! on exhibition at Bentonville,
| Benton county. It measures 1
'foot and 2 inches, a total of 14
I inches in circumference, and
! weighs 17 ounces. It is of the
Fiberta variety and was grown
by Mrs. Will Hartson, who re
sides near Bentonville.
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Your Attention
is respectfully directed to the
fact that we have made plans for
an unusually large fall business.
We will soon have on display—
goods arriving daily—by far the
largest and finest collection ot
good things for men ever shown
in Newport.
We have left nothing undone
to make this the best place to
get needs for men of particular
and refined taste.
Watch for our future an
nouncements and remember that
the best only comes from
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Star Clothing Co.
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