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ASSESSOR’S NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under
signed, ns assessor of Jackson county,
Arkansas, will meet the people of the
different townships at the following times and
places, for the purpose Jof listing the Personal
Property and Per Capita Tax for the
1 year 1902:
Village township, Barnes’ Mill, Friday
June 20.
Jefferson township, Jncksotiport, Monday and
Tuesday, June 23 and 24.
Bird township, Elgin, Wednesday June 26.
BLa^f^bip. Centerville, Thursday, June 26.
'Jf' lip, Tuckerman, Friday and Sat
p and 28.
V/flrnship, Swifon, Monday June 30
, y y and Wednesday, July I and 2.
Mf , * ■ township, Court House, Newport, from
t 1 • August 20.
B l»ring along your deeds or last tax
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B i^j|uiuler my hand this 6th day of
I B. F. SIMMONS
■ Assessor of Jackson County.
t ublished May 6 Daily Independent 6t.
FOURTH OF JULY RATES.
■Choctaw Route will sell excur
Hckets to points within 200 miles
■ling station, at rate of one fare
g round trip; except toMempnis
Will be one fare plu8 fifty cents,
tea of sale July 3 and 4, i902. Re
|mit July 7, 1902. ’
■btf. W. R. Thompson, Agt.
■UMMER TOURIST RATES.
itstaciail?°Tyle Wil1 8611 excursion
1 Ark at SftWp?rt t0 Mt.Mag
, Art., at rate of $7.50 for round
good returning Sep ° .J.
lott. W. r. Thompson, Agt.
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PROBABLE LEGISLATION.
Representative John H. Keel Dis
cusses Work of Next Legislature—
New State Capitol Building
Will Receive Attention
Along With Anti-Trust
Legislation.
Hon. John H. Keel of Newport, who
has represented Jackson county in the
lower branch of the legislature two
terms and is the Democratic nominee
for re-election, is in Little Rock. To
a Gazette reporter Mr. Keel said he
had decided not to be a candidate for
speaker at the next session. When
asked his views as to what matters
will probably be uppermost in the
next legislature, he said:
“In my opinion anti-trust legislation
will be the most important subject be
fore the general assembly. An affec
tive anti-trust law will be enacted.
Next, the location and erection of a
new state capitol will demand atten
tion. I think ample provision will be
made for carrying the work to com
pletion and that the site will be
definitely fixed. In my judgment the
present board of capitol commission
ers should go ahead and submit their
plans and invite bids under the pres
ent law. The state is badly in need of
a new state capitol and the people are
demanding its erection. I believe it
can be built under the provisions of
the nrfisflnt, law T am tnld we have
a fund of over $200,000 now in the
treasury for that purpose, and I see
no reason why the commissioners
should delay the matter longer.
“Increasing the power of the rail
road commission will come third in
importance, I think. The commission
up to date has been of Mittle value to
the people because of limited power.
The subject of a reform school will
receive due attentiqn. There will be
many other matters of great import
ance before the legislature, but these,
in my opinion, will be considered
first.”
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS.
WOOD LEAVES CHOCTAW.
Col. Henry Wood has resigned as
vice-president of the Choctaw, Okla
homa & Gulf railroad and will on July 1
sever his connection with that sys
tem, after service since the first mile
of the road was built. Col. Wood
gives his reason for leaving the sys
tem that his home is in Philadelphia
and that he does not want to go to
Chicago or live in Little Rock. He
has notifie'd President Leeds that he
must be relieved by July 1, as he
wants to rest, and last night he dic
tated the following statement:
“The Philadelphia offices of the Choc
taw have been moved to Chicago, and
the officials located there have all left
or will in a few days leave the com
pany’s service. I have given no at
tention to the attitude of the purchas
ers of the Choctaw to that property.
Till the Rock Island officials obtain a
practical knowledge of the Choctaw
property it will be difficult for them
to arrive at any definite conclusions,
and any arrangements now made will
probably be tentative. The Rock Is
land company owns the property ab
solutely, and could do with it as
it seems best. My own opinion is
that the sooner it is absorbed into the
Rock Island system, the better it will
be for the road and the country
through which it passes.”
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MAY NOT QO TO WALNUT RIDGE.
A report comes from Hoxie to the
effect that the Iron Mountain shops
will not go to Walnut Ridge as was at
first contemplated. The rumor has it
that the people of Hoxie want the
shops and have given the railroad
people sufficient inducements to bring
them to that place. If this rumor is
true Walnut Ridge will be ruined as a
town and most of its business will go
to Hoxie. It is regretable if this is
so, because this is one of the oldest
towns in the state and one of the
prettiest places for a town in the
world.—Jonesboro Enterprise.
Any two persons wishing a furnished
room with board, man and wife pre
ferred, call on Mrs. M. C. Lee, corner
Third and Laurel streets. Day board
ers also wanted. 41-d4\v.
HOOKS JURY HUNG.
Discharged After Several Days’ Dead
lock By Judge Cooper—Stood Six
For Conviction, Six For Ac
quittal.
Memphis, June 20.—The jury in the
case of Mrs. Georgia Emma Hooks,
charged with pdisoning her husband,
Cerro Gordo Hooks, was today dis
charged by Judge Cooper of the crim
inal court, after a deadlock of several
days.
The cV 3 which ha3 been on trial for
nearly a month, has attracted wide
attention and developed several local
sensations.
Cerro Gordo Hooks, a well known
business man, died last October. Af
ter the body had been embalmed and
interred persistent rumors gained
currency that his death was from
other than natural causes. About two
weeks after Hook’s burial the author
ities instructed Dr. Wm. Krause, a
well-known chemist, to exhume the
body and conduct an autopsy. The
chemist reported that he had found
enough arsenic and ground glass in the
stomach and other organs to cause
death. Mrs. Hooks, who is a wealthy
resident of this city, was indicted for
murder by the grand jury and placed
under arrest. The trial was called
nearly a month ago and the case has
been vigorously contested on both
sides.
Dr. Krause, while on the witness
stand, swore that he had also ex
humed the body of the defendant’s
son who died about two years ago and
that arsenic and ground glass were
also found in his stomach. This tes
timony caused a sensation and its ad
mission to the jury was stubbornly
fought by counsel for the defense, but
Judge Cooper ruled that the evidence
was competent and it was admitted.
It is reliably reported that the jury
stood six for acquittal and six for
conviction.
Mrs. Hooks is widely known in this
part of the state and lives in one of
the most palatial residences in Mem
phis. A peculiar incident of the trial
is that Dr. Krause is now very low in
the hospital, suffering with pernicious
malarial fever, said to have been con
tracted while performing the autopsy
on the remains of Mrs. Hooks’ spn.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Rev. R. H. Rhames will conduct
the regular order of services at St.
Paul’s Episcopal church to-morrow, j
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The pastor of the Christian church
will preach Sunday morning and at
night at the usual hours of service.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
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Preaching at the Baptist church to
morrow by the pastor, H. E. Gabby.
Morning subject, “The Barren Fig
Tree;” evening subject, “The River
of Salvation.” Sunday school at 9:45
a. m. Sunday school picnic Tuesday.
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At the Methodist Church—Sunday
school at 8:30 a. m. The pastor, J.
W. Smith, will fill his pulpit at 11:00
a. m. and 8:00 p. m. “Objective
Evidences of Christianity” is the
subject of his morning sermon, and
he will speak on “Turning Down the j
Light of Life” at the evening hour.
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At the Presbyterian church—Sun
day school at 9:30 a. m. Morning
service, subject, “The One Christian
Habit,” at 11:00 a. m. Evening serv
ice at 8 p. m., subject, “A Working
Man’s Wages.” On Wednesday eve
ning we will begin a popular expo
sition of our Confession of Faith. All
the public is cordially invited.
TWO THIEVES CAPTURED.
Sheriff R. W. Bandy returned Sat
urday afternoon from near Swifton,
where he arrested Slim Johnson and
J. M. Andrews, who are charged with
having broken into a car of freight in
the Iron Mountain yards.
The stolen goods consisting of hams,
shoes, matches, tobacco and overalls
were found stored in the attic of a
house on Alec Howard’s farm.
Huffman can bake cakes for the
most fastidious. d-tf
WON BY CLOSE SCORE
Newport Athletic Association De
feats Tupelo Ball Team In A Fair
Game Friday Afternoon.
The Newport Athletic Association
was organized early in the summer
for the purpose of getting together a
base ball team. But so little interest
was manifested that even practicing
was never commenced, yet without
this, Newport was successful in her
first game played with Tupelo on the
home grounds near the lake Friday
afternoon.
A fair crowd was present, who were
more than pleased with the showing
made by these picked-up raw re
cruits and a second game will prob
ably be arranged for next Friday.
The features of the game were a
home run by Wm. Brasch, excellent
field work by Simmons and Dameron,
McDonald’s handling of several liners
and Carter’s good work on flies.
The line-up was as follows:
Tupelo Newport
Dameron c Roberts c
Jagers p Hare p
Simmons lb Parrish lb
Jones 2b Buford 2b
Collier 3b Carter 3b
Oliver ss McDonald ss
Jones rf Brasch rf
Pattrick If Davidson If
Starnes cf Terry cf
Umpires Owen and Powell.
Score by innings.
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Tupelo 12221015 2—16
Newport 11093211 0—18
WANTED iH LAWRENCE.
Charges Of Foitg^fy Accumulating
Against Rogei- A. Suit, Now
Held In Memphis.
Charges appear to be piling up
against Roger A. Suit, the former Ar
kansan, who is being held in Memphis
on a charge of forgery. The Com
mercial Appeal says that on Thursday
morning John L. Eady of Hardy, Ark.,
telegraphed Chief Richards that he
had a warrant for Suit charging the
same offense for which he was ar
rested in Memphis. Later in the day
the mail brought two letters referring
to Suit. One was from C. T. Burns,
an attorney-at-law of Black Rock,
Ark., and the other from B. A. Coff
man, proprietor of the Penny store at
Portia, Ark., in the same county.
Mr. Burns says that he cashed a check
for $5 for Suit, drawn on the Jackson
County Bank,{at Newport, Arkansas,
whe e Suit claimed he had about $70
on deposit. Mr. Coffman cashed a
check for $10.
Suit is still in jail. He will be held
by the Memphis authorities, as he is
charged with forgery and attempting
to pass forged papers, although he is
wanted at several points in Arkansas.
There was a man in our town,
And he was wonderous wise.
He swore by all the tabled Gods
He would not advertise.
His goods were advertised ere long
And thereby hangs a tale,
The ad was set in nonpariel
And headed “Sheriff’s Sale.”
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