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I VOLUME IV. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1904. NUMBER |
■JAMES EDWARD
§ LEADS THE LIST.
7 James Edward Wilmans Passes
Edwin Johnson and Holds
First Place by Good Lead.
. . Two More Coupon
Issues.
Jas. Edward Wilmans. 2216
■% Edwin Jphnson. 1690
Jeannette Henry. 1552
Wm. Wallace Dutton. 1532
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Dorothy Stephens. 1339
^ Ernest Theodore Phillips. 1284
Charles Jones Brandenburg 857
Thelma Smart. 85
Master James Edward Wil
mans is again to the fore as lead
er of the bunch of pretty babies
contesting for the locket, sup
planting Edwin Johnson, who
has for three weeks and three
days held this position of van
tage. And he, too, breaks a rec
ord in polling the heaviest vote
ever cast for a candidate in one
day. His total of yesterday is
increased by 1,143 ballots to 2,
216 or 500 odd votes ahead of his
nearest competitor.
Edwin Johnson drops back to
second and Miss Jeannette Hen-;
ry moves up to third place with
a total of 1,550. Wallace Dutton
adds another 100 to his laurels,
but falls back to the fourth col
umn. Dorothy Stephens like
wise polls a good vote, but rela
r tively to the leaders drops back
one point.
Ernest Theodore Phillips re
^^ceived nearly a half hundred
otes that had been sent by
mistake to another office and
only reached the proper ballot box
Wednesday.
Many of our subscribers have
saved their votes from the start
and should have fifty-one cou
pons when Friday evening’s
issue (the last containing ballots)
has been delivered. So it may
readily be sebn, that with 350
city subscribers, to say nothing
of our weekly* list and coupons
issued upon advertising, sub
scriptions and job work, a large
vote is still out, which if polled
may considerably change the
status of the contest.
No votes will be received after
11 a. m., (railroad time) Satur
day, Deceipjber 24.
AGREE TO CLOSE.
A large number of the mer
chants and business men,
in fact all thus far seen, have
signed the agreement to close
Monday, December 26, and Mon
day, January 2, the days follow
ing Christmas and New Year,
which are to be generally ob
served as holidays, owing to the
fact that both Christmas and
New Year fall upon Sunday.
When the agreement has been
submitted to all the merchants it
will be published in the Indepen
' dent. The grocery men reserve
the right to open a few hours in
the morning of both days for
filling orders and handling their j
trade.
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MRS. WOLFE AT HOME.
Most enjoyable among recent
social events was the luncheon
given Friday afternoon by Mrs.
Joe Wolfe at her hospitable home
on Main street, says the Para
gould Soliphone. The affair was
arranged in compliment to Mrs.;
Spiesberger and Miss Goldman,
two well known and popular
visitors to our town.
The hours were from 2 to 5 p.
m. with cards as the chief diver
sion, beautiful and artistic prizes
being given. At 4:30 a dainty
afternoon menu was faultlessly
served. Mrs. Wolfe’s well
known popularity and grace as a
hostess are sufficient assurance
that the afternoon was thorough
ly enjoyed.
The guest of honSr, Miss Gold
man of St. Louis, is a beautiful
and charming young lady, de
servedly popular in St. Louis so
ciety. She has made many
friends here during visits to Mrs.
Wolfe. The other honoree, Mrs.
Spiesberger of Omaha, is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Saul
Bertig. She formerly won many
admirers in Paragould social cir
cles as the beautiful Miss Dora
Scott.
“PISTOL TOTERS”
MAY BECOME FELONS.
Responsive to a sentiment
which has swept from Hopefield
to Fort Smith and Moark to
Texarkana, Senator J. A. Hinkle
of Batesville will introduce at the
approaching session of the legis
lature a bill to make the carry
ing of pistols punishable by both
fine and imprisonment. There is
reason to believe that such a
measure will be passed at the
coming session. The press of
Arkansas, says the Little Rock
Gazette, is almost a unit in ex
pressing approval of the proposal
to make felons of pistol toters,
and the idea that a law ot that
kind will be followed by a great
decrease of homicides has taken
root throughout the state.
marriageHlicenses.
Ed Benson,colored,27,and Mrs.
Lovie Wright, 22, colored, both
of Auvergne.
S. F. Barnes, U4, and Alice
Goodman, 23, both, of Bonner
ville.
Charley Hutton, 23, and Mat
tie V. Johnson, 15, both of Tuck
erman.
James Summers, 24, and Lillie
Weatherford, 18, both of Shoff
ner.
I. W. Miller. 30, and Fannie
Stafford, 18, both of Newport.
John Campbell, colored, and
Savannah Shaver, colored, 20,
both of Tuckerman.
James W. Moss, 23, and Jennie
Jones, 18, both of Newport.
Ras Green,colored,51,and Mrs.
Winnie Davis, colored, 30, both
of Tuckerman.
E. F. Hicks, colored, 22, and
Ada Akins, colored, 18, both of
Weldon.
E. J. Green, 23, and Rilley
Broadway, 17, both of Penning
ton.
J. M. F. Powell, 42, Elmo, and
Ethel Clara Gordon, 29, , St.
Louis.
Delie Williams, 20, and Ella
Wallace, 18, both of Elmo.
T. J. Sconyers, 58, and Mrs.
Nellie McBride, 24, both of New
port.
TRIEBER HEARS
GREENFIELD SUIT, j
Little Rock, Dec. 20.—Judge
Trieber spent considerable time j
yesterday in hearing arguments j
in the case of Alice E. Greenfield
against the United States Mort- j
gage Company to remand the
case to the Jackson county chan
cery court and for the appoint
ment of a receiver.
Both applications were made by
the defendant and denied. The
suit is to cancel a cloud on the
plaintiff’s title to lands in Jack
son county, a mortgage executed
by the plaintiff to the defendant
and foreclosed under the powers
of the mortgage for nonpayment
of interest, at which sale the
mortgage company became the
purchaser of the lands.
EX-GOVERNOR EAGLE
PASSES AWAY.
Death Robs State of Eminent and
Beloved Citizen and Church
of One of Its Noblest
and Zealous Workers.
Little Rock, Dec.20.—Ex-Gov.
James P. Eagle, president of the
Southern Baptist convention, and
one of the noblest and most dis
tinguished men of the south,died
at his home at 219 East Seventh
street at 6:35 a. m. today. The
funeral will be held at the resi
dence at 2 p. m. tomorrow, and
the interment will be at Mount
Holly, beside his wife, Mary
Kavanaugh Oldham Eagle, who i
t _ ir i AAO
uiuu jl cui uai y ±u,
Gov. Eagle had been ill three
weeks yesterday, with a compli
cation of ailments. He had been
in decline for several months,
but did not take to his bed until
three weeks ago. It is said that
three years ago,when he was-se
verely ill, he prayed that he might
live another three years, as he did
not consider that his work had
yet been done.
Recently he remarked to an inti
mate friend that his time was al
most up.^ Since the death of his
beloved wife and helpmeet he
had seemed to lose much of his j
interest in the affairs of the
world, and devoted himself even
more earnestly, if that were pos
sible, to the affairs of the church.
He had a handsome monument
erected over his wife’s grave,
with his name as well as hers,
engraved upon it, declaring that
it would not be long until he
were laid beside her.
For several years Gov. Eagle
has devoted his time to church
work and the supervision of his
plantation. He had recently as
sisted in holding numerous re
vival meetings throughout the
state, and his labors had always
been attended by the most mark
ed successes.
Three weeks ago he became ill
and he seemed to realize that the
end was coming. For several
weeks he was a devoted watcher
at the bedside of his brother,
Col. W. H. Eagle, who still lies
critically ill at his home only a
block away. Last. Friday Gov.
Eagle became unconscious and
since that time had been in, a
comatose condition. Once yes
terday it was thought that he
murmured a beloved name and
then his lips were again silent.
Yesterday morning he began
sinking and the silent watchers
knew the end was fast approach
ing. Throughout the night they
watched and waited for the
white-robed angels to come for
him, and at 6:35 a. m. the sum
mons came.
And now comes the summons,
“Well done, good and faithful
servant, enter into the joys of
thy Lord.”
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FROM YELLVILLE.
An excursion will be run froni
Yellville to Newport Sunday,
December 25. Special train will
leave Newport Saturday night at:
9 o’clock to handle this excur
sion, which will leave Yellville
at 6:39 a. m. Sunday and will j
arrive in Newport at noon, re
turning leave Newport at 4 p. m. j
for Yellville.
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