S VOLUME III , NEWPORT, ARKANSA.S, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1903.
MYERS CHOICE
OF “REGULARS.” :
Word Being Passed Down Line
to Climb Into Myers’
Band Wagon. j
Interviews with prominent Ar
kansas Republicans of the “regu
lar” faction indicate that the
word is being passed along the
line for the faithful to get into
the band wagon and help to
make the nomination of Hon.
Harry H. Myers for governor '
unanimous.
Although a number of well
f known leaders among the regu- ]
lars have been mentioned for the <
nomination, little doubt exists j
now about the identity of the
{nominee. That Mr. Myers will ]
be the choice is a foregone con- 1
elusion. One by one the list of
those mentioned is being re
duced by declinations. The name
of Mr. Myers alone will remain ■
when the Republican state con- ■
vention meets.
While this announcement is
not inspired by any of the “reg
ular” leaders, it is undeniable 1
that it represents faithfully the
prospect.
The insurgent Republicans will
nominate Chas. D. Greaves of
Hot Springs or Ben M. Foreman
of Texarkana for governor.
That there will be six nomi
nees for governor in Arkansas
now seems certain. There will
be one Democratic nominee, two j
Republicans, and one each by the ; <
Populists, Prohibitionists and So-1
I eialists. j
11 etters Qanta
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^ear Old Santa Claus: I j
I thought I would write you a tew
lines to tell you what I want this
Xmas. It is’nt very much, but
the things I do want, I want
them badly. Now, try and send
me a sling shot, some fire-crack
ers, some candy, oranges, chew
ing gum, and I do want a big
balloon. Please remember my
little friend, Max Gregg.
With thanks,
I Jesse B. Daggett.
Dear Santa: Please come to
my house this year and leave me
a target gun, and a bicycle and
candy and apples and oranges.
Yours, Maury Stevens.
Dear Santa: Please send me a
rocking horse, a set of a b c
blocks, and a riding whip and
French harp. I will hang up my
stocking and you can just leave
them in it. With love,
Max Gregg.
Dear Santa Claus: Won’t you
please send me a little red wagon,
and a tin horn and a toy pistol. I
am a good little boy and this is
all I want.
Your little friend,
Joe Berger.
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Dear Santa Claus: Bring me
a wagon and a little lantern and
a cart and pistol. The wagon
N'and the lantern are between
brother and I. Your friend,
Walter Stallings, Jr.
Dear Santa Claus: I want you
to bring me a big doll and a
stove and a bed for my doll, and
a buggy and some candy an! all
kinds of nuts. Dear Santa,
please don’t forget to fill my
stockings as full as you can and
a dresser and a big doll house,
and pi ase don’t forget my little
baby brother. Helen Beard.
Dear Santa Claus: Please send
me a writing desk and a box of
tools and a bob sled and some
rock candy and oranges. Your
little friend, Horace LaCross.
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Dear Santa: I am a little boy ,
l years and 4 months old. I
vant you to send me a hoss that
*ocks all the time, and spurs and
ivhip. I live on Laurel street,
>22, Do not forget the place.
Good bye.
John Melville Robinson.
Dear Santa Claus: I want a
lig doll with light curly hair and
ilue eyes, and a doll buggy and ;
ither toys. Please remember
sister Ella. I live on Walnut '
street, number 735. From your
lear friend, Annie Hobday.
Dear Santa Claus: Please :
iring me a chest of tools and a 1
sleigh and steam engine and 1
ire crackers, and fill my stocking '
toll of candy and oranges, and 1
iut in my other stocking a quar- ■
,er, but I have been a bad boy.
four friend, Homer O’Neal.
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Dear Santa Claus: Please
iring me an air gun and magic i
antern and a big drum and slide ,
lorn and a lot of good things. ,
fours truly, Bernice Brown. ,
GRASSHOPPERS,
NOT BOLL WEEVIL.
A few days since T. H. Hutch
nson of the George Taylor Com- ;
nission Company received a <
lumber of branches of a cotton
ilant picked near Prescott, Ne- j1
/ada county, which it was feared | <
lad been attacked by boll wee-1
/ils. The specimens were turned
iver to the board of trade and i
forwarded to Washington for in-1
instigation.
Wednesday the following letterj
vvas received from Prof. L. 0. i
Howard, the entomologist of the!
national department of agricul- i
tore, which will set at r.st the j
fear of the farmers of the Pres- i
cott section:
“Gentlemen—Your letter of
Dec. 8 with accompanying speci- j
mens has been received. The j
supposed eggs of the cotton boll
weevil in the cotton stalk which
you sent prove to be the eggs of
one of the so-called long winged
grasshoppers, known scientifi
cally as Orchelium Glaberrimum.
The insect is of no great eco
nomic importance.
DOCTOR F. -G. SMITH.
Doctor F. G. Smith announces
his candidacy for treasurer in
this issue of the Independent.
He was defeated by only 16 votes
in the last Democratic primary
and like the good Democrat that
he is, abided by the decision of
that majority and was never
heard to complain.
Doctor Smith is a native of
Denmark, Madison county, Ten
nessee, but settled here in 1874,
where he has been prominently
identified with the building up of
the country. A good citizen,
loyal partisan and faithful in
the discharge of his profession,
Doctor Smith deserves well of
the Democratic voters of Jack
son county and would no doubt
make an efficient official.
READY FOR BUSINESS.
F. Wykes has recently over
hauled the machinery of the
Decker Laundry plant and will
be ready for business Monday.
Mr. Wykes is an experienced and
capable laundryman, who is will
ing to guarantee his work. The
wagon will be out Monday and
deliver work to and from laundry
free of any extra charge. Give
us a trial and patronize a home
institution. 01d2t
Ernest McDonald will resign
his position with the Bracy Con
fectionery Company the first of
the year. He is a very excel
j lent and popular young man
j whom his employer no doubt re
| grets to lose.
rAIL SENTENCES
FOR LIQUOR MEN. j
fort Smith Dealers Plead Guilty
to Selling Liquor In
Territory.
Fort Smith, Dec. 17. — Tom
Powell, Pat O’Keefe and Dick
Reynolds, three of the most
mominent of the local wholesale
md retail liquor dealers of this
city, yesterday pleaded guilty
jefore Judge Raymond at Wago
ler, I. T., of a charge of intro
lucing liquor into the territory,
md Judge Raymond annouced
hat he would impose a jail sen- (
ence. These are some of the I
cases which caused so much com- j
nent and interest when the de- j
'endants were arrested. They I
lave been in the habit of ship- j
jing whiskey into the territory .
ipon orders, solicited and other- J
vise, and heretofore it has been |
mderstood that a delivery to a j
common carrier was, in fact, a
lelivery to the person; or, in
)ther words, that delivery to a
common carrier was equivalent
;o a direct personal delivery to
;he purchaser.
The plea of guilty entered by
:he three named has established
i precedent which has created
consternation among all who have
jeen shipping liquor into the
erritory upon orders, and will
lestroy the liquor trade with the
erritory, which has aggregated
lundreds of thousands of dollars J
i year. |
CONNECTION WITH
WHITE RIVER ROAD, j
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Topeka, Kan., Dec. 17.— Aj
charter has been granted to the j
Topeka & Frankfort ailroad.
The Missouri Pacific will finance J
Che enterprise and extend its line |
from Topeka to Frankfort, con- j
necting there with its through
1,‘ki.a tVio rrnlf nnrl with its
Central Branch line. It will be
a part of a through line to the
gulf and will connect with the
White River railroad at Carthage,
Mo., now building from there to
Newport, Ark.
SUSPENDER SNAP.
200 pairs of suspenders worth
from 50c to 75c a pair, your
choice for 35c. Chas. Meyer’s
Great Bargain Store. 99dtf
J. M. Wallace of St. Louis
came down Friday on a visit to
his brother, R. C. Wallace and
wife.
FOR RENT
“Hotel
Creighton”
On Walnut street Newport,
Ark. This is the best hotel town
in the state and is centrally
located, being one full block
from St. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern Depot and opposite the
Jackson county court house.
Will be Finished About
January 15th, 1904
And will contain twenty-eight
sleeping rooms, office 25x30 feet,
dining room 20x45 feet, one par
lor on first Floor and one on
second floor, three bath rooms,
large kitchen, pantry and store
room, will be equipped with
electric return annunciator to
each room, long distance and
j ocal telephone.
Electric and Gas Lights
1 Laundry and servants’ apart
! ments in yard adjoining. When
| completed will be very conven
! ent for the commercial trade.
| Apply to,
J. H. McHugh.
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$ CHRISTMAS.
.
An impressive assortment of entire store affords special offer
men’s and boys’ apparel to be ings that are such as to interest
found here. Ideal presents for carefq' ^shoppers,
father, brother, friend or sweet- Thps store is your store. Its
heart, useful, serviceable and policy is dictated and directed by
good for all occasions the year your demands. It will grow and
round. Our stock is now com- greaten only by pleasing you.
plete and it is to your advantage We invite your inspection. We
to come early and get choice se- want to show you goods as often
lections. We cannot quote all the as you ask for them. This is
good things; suffice to say, the our greatest pleasure.
|j This is the And we are go ^
<B —— ing to give you SR
| Last Call (or > Something To |
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93 74 pairs Men’s cap toe lace shoes 45 Men's all wool suits $7.25 11 Pat tarr.f’".1'..WOrth . .K85. $4.40 gfj
111 (every pair guaranteed) Cl 4-5 II _ . |ik»J
$2.00 value.* * Onejcrt Boy’s $3.75 over- $J.95 11 ^2 i |pOtf ndsJsagaT^St. ^
UJ 87 pairs Indies’ patent tip lace shoes II ; f /h
jYj (every pair guaranteed) 55 One^lt.nWen’s heavy mixed pants 7gc II 6|OZ.fsnttff, * 2C DOttle. MM
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ra Christmas goods, fireworks, etc. for everybody, jjj
M This Sale Lasts Till January 1st.
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I “BOB'S IN TOWN"
He buys cotton seed and
don’t forget it. With no ill
will to any company, he
buys for himself and pays
for the same.
R. L. JOHNSON
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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.
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