VOLUME III. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5. 1908 NUMBER 85
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WEST BOUND RATES.
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Special west bound tourist rates vi
the Iron Mountain Route—One far
plus 50 cents to Denver, Colorad
Springs, Pueblo and Glenwoo
Springs. Tickets on sale June 15th i
September 30th, with final limit <
October 31st for return.
47btf T. H. Reamey, Agt.
The ice cream at “The Little Bakei
on the Corner” is flavored with tl
fruit itself and not with compound*
extracts. 38 dtf
HENRY OWEN,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND
OCULIST.
JACK JONES,
The Crack Barber, keeps a neat
and busy little shop. Upper end
of Front street. Expert tonso
rialists. Easy shaves and the best
haircuts. Our work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.”
MAY BE MURPHY.
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Newport Petition Asking Division of
Tin;e Received at Governor’s
Office—Wood May Be Rep
resented By' Certain
Able Campaigner.
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Little Rock, Aug. 5.—A petition
i signed by more than 600 representa
j tive people of Newport was received
| at the governor’s office yesterday
morning, in which the governor is
asked to divide time with Judge Wood
and Mr. Vandeventer wfyen he speaks
at Newport on the 6th.
The petition came in the nature of a
surprise. Gov. Davis, it seems, had
been invited to Newport and the other
gubernatorial candidates had not.
When this fact became known the
petition was circulated by Newport
people and numerously signed, asking
for the division of time.
Gov. Davis spoke yesterday at Cot
ton Plant. Mr. Vandeventer also
spoke there. It is not known whether
the news of the receipt of the petition
was communicated to the governor
by any of his office force, though it is
presumed this was done, as Cotton
Plant has both telegraphic and tele
phonic communication with Little
Rock.
The Gazette’s correspondent at Cot
ton Plant was notified of the receipt
of the petition here and instructed to
inquire of the governor whether he
was willing to divide time with Judge
Wood and Mr. Vandeventer. His an
swer was:
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VjfUv. xj tiv 1 □ DclJ D uu n 111 v*i » iuw vnuv
with Mr. Vaudeventer and Judge
Wood at Newport. He says he has a
petition of five or six hundred asking
him to speak at Newport.”
It may be that! neither will be able
* to be present, fa Mr. Vandeventer,
who was notified yesterday by tele
- phone of the receipt of the petition
here, said that he had been called to
I Missouri for a day or two, but was
i anxious to be present at Newport and
would be if it were possible. Judge
Wood is at Hot Springs trying to re
gain his health and will probably not
be able to go to Newport, as his phy
sicians have instructed him to rest for
a time, but should be not be able to
go, a certain very able campaigner
may be sent to represent him and
meet Gov. Davis. There is nothing
serious about the illness of Judge
Wood, but his physicians told him
plainly that if he did not take a rest
his slight illness would become se
rious, and Judge Wood reluctantly de
cided to spend a week or two at Hot
Springs.
SUSPENSION OF WORK
ONLY TEMPORARY.
A report has been' published that
work had been suspended on the pro
posed extension of the Searcy & Des
Arc road from Des Arc to DeVall’s
Bluff. In this connection George C.
Strong of DeVall’s Bluff has received
- the following letter from First Vice
President O. fi. Warren of the Rock
Island system at Chicago:
“The suspension of work on the
Searcy & Des Arc to and through De
Vall’s Bluff is merely temporary, as
the work will be taken up and carried
to completion later on. VVe are very
sorry that the conditions seem to
make it necessary to temporarily sus
pend this work, and if there is any
uneasiness on the part of our friends
as to the ultimate completion of the
work you are at liberty to use the in
formation in this letter to allay their
fears. We regret that conditions
made the temporary suspension nec
essary, but there need be no fear that
it will not be resumed and completed
before a great while.”
CHILD FELL BENEATH WAGON.
The little three year old daughter
May of John McAllister,was run over
by a heavy log wagon near Bear Lake
1 Tuesday afternoon. She was riding
with her father, who fell from the
} wagon, the child in fright clinging to
him.
The wheels passed over her head
fracturing the skull and cutting off
. ! one ear and then crossed and com
pletely crushed the bone and flesh of
= one leg. Her recovery is regarded
as very doubtful.
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a JUSTICE COURT NEWS.
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d Robt. Cook and Henry Aspett, of
o Road District No. 3, when brought be
if fore Justice Guy Smith Wednesday
morning, plead guilty to refusing to
work on the roads and were each
fined 810.
y The case against Robert Blanton,
e charged with shooting a horse over in
l(j Oil Trough belonging to F. A. Beeler,
was nolle prossed.
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR
SPOKE AT COTTON PLANT.
Governor Paid His Respects to Little
Rock Papers and Woodruff County
Representative as Well as His
Opponents.
Cotton Plant, Aug. 4.—One of the
biggest crowds ever assembled at
Cotton Plant was here today to attend
the barbecue given by the people of
Cotton Plant, and to say that all were
well fed is using a mild expression.
The governor opened the discussion
in nis usual way, giving the trusts and
the legislature a roasting. He said
trusts were bad things, stifling compe
tition, and should be shut out of the
state, and if the people would send
men to make laws it could be done.
Loud talking was heard near the
stand. The governor proceeded to
pay his respects to this county’s rep
resentative, Mr. Eldridge, saying he
would vote against measures for the
good of the Btate. Judge Wood came
iu for his share of attention. The
governor declared he was a lobbyist
against a bill introduced to suppress
trusts and at the same time one of the
judges of the supreme court.
Governor Davis dwelt at length on
the ways and means committee, and
said that it was stated before the leg
islature met that the treasury of the
state was open to pay lawyers to im
peach him. He said he had no lawyer
to defend him nor had any witnesses.
He said that the Arkansas Gazette
ana uemocrai were uui uBmuuiauu
papers, and if there was a reporter
there that he wanted him to so feport
it. He said George Washington never
i asked for a third term because he
never had the Arkansas legislature to
deal with. There were cries of
“Hurrah for Davis” at several junct
ures in the governor’s speech.
The governor’s time in his opening
speech being up, he said he would
take his rejoinder then and let Van
deventer say what he pleased, as he
had heard him several times before
and it was but a rehash of the same
old thing; that he had to go to see the
ball game, as he loved that sport and
could not stay to hear his opponent.
Mr. Vandevsnter was then intro
duced and the crowd remained to
hear his speech, which was full of
oratory and scathing exposures of the
governor’s shortcomings and neglect
of duty as governor. He referred to
the recent pardon of Dr. L. L. John
son of Eureka Springs and read a let
ter from James & Fuller of Eureka
Springs to Johnson, then in the peni
tentiary, stating that when he (John
son) signed a certain deed the pardon
would be forthcoming and that the
consideration in said deed was $225.
He asked the audience if they blamed
the governor for showing his back by
running. Mr. Vandeventer said Gov.
Davis was attempting to build up a
ring in Arkansas politics, the like of
which had never before been known.
There were cries of “Hurrah for Van
deventer” at many junctures of his
speech.
His speech was well received, as
there is quite an opposition here to
the present governor. The two can
didates left on the 4:50 train for
Brinkley.
MISS MCKINNON’S MUSICAL.
The recital given by Miss Mary Mc
Kinnon at the public school upon
Tuesday evening was thoroughly
enjoyed by the lovers of music in at
tendance.
The program though short was di
vided into two parts, classical and
modern selections. In both, Miss Mc
Kinnon demonstrated remarkable
talent and the proficiency of years of
study. She is a graduate of the Royal
Conservatory of Dresden and her
audience expected a rare treat and
were delighted with its realization.
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BARBECUE AT SWIFTON.
Justice Carroll D. Wood and Hon.
A. F. Vandeventer have been invited
to divide time with Governor Davis at
the Swifton barbecue upon Thursday,
August 6th, given under the auspices
of the Swifton Cornet Band. A ball
game will also be a feature of the day
and arrangements have been made to
provide for a big crowd. d3t
WHY CHANG E?
Why make any change of sleeper on
your trip to the East? Southern rail
way train leaving Memphis union sta
tion 11 p. m. carries a sleeper (open
at 9 p. m.) to Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York without
any change, with fine dining car ser
vice beyond Chattanooga next morn
ing, and with no change of coach to
Washington. 82tsl5
COTTON MAKING RAPID GROWTH.
Following is the weather bureau’s
weekly summary of crop conditions in
Arkansas for the week ending August
3, 1003:
The temperature was nearly sea
sonal during the week; copious and
fairly well distributed showers have
occurred and were beneficial to grow
ing crops, but rain is still needed in
portions of the northwest and south
east sections of the state. Cotton is
making rapid growth; in some sec
tions it is making too much weed and
fruiting well; most of the crop has
been laid by in fair to good condition.
Rains during the week have made the
early corn crop and were very benefi
cial to the late planted and, except in
a few isolated localities, the crop
is not suffering for moisture;
the early crop promises to be
nearly or quite up to the average.
Thrashing of wheat and oats contin
ues, but the yields are generally light.
The second crop of potatoes is being
sown under favorable weather con
ditions. Forage crops, pastures and
gardens are in excellent condition;
watermelons of good quality are be
ing harvested; grapes are beginning
to ripen; peaches and apples show no
improvement.
NOTICE OF COUNTY INSTITUTE.
Notice is hereby given thataTeach
ers’ Institute will be held at Newport
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
August, 19th, 20th and 21st, 1903.
Section 7073, as amended, of the
school law requires teachers to at
tend. J> D. Neal,
County Examiner.
NEW SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
Trough Buffet Cars on Iron Mountain
Route Between Little Rock and
New Orleans.
The Iron Mountain Route has ex
tended its sleeping car service be
tween New Orleans and Monroe, La.,
to Little Rock, so that through Pull
man Buffet sleeping cars are now
operated between Little Rock and
New Orleans daily. These cars leave
Little Rock at 9 a. m. arriving at New
Orleans at 7:30 a. m. the next day,
and returning, leave New Orleans at
8-20 p. m., arriving at Little Rock at
7:46 p. m. next day. Direct connect
ions are made at Little Rock with
trains to and from St. Louis. ^ ,d3t
SUMMER TOURIST TICKETS/V^
The Southern Railway has on sale
cheap summer tourist tickets to some
216 mountain and seashore summer
resorts in Tennessee, North and South
Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia and
other states. Good for return until
October 31 with liberal stop-over
privileges both going and returning.
Three daily trains carry sleepers
through without change into the heart
of the resort soction. Dining cars and
good meal stations add to the comfort
of the tourist. Maps, guides, time
| tables and lists of hotels and board
1 ing houses, rates of board and nann
of proprietors sent on request, and ail
inquiries answered promptly. Berths
reserved any time in advance. City
ticket office under Peabody Hotel.
Both phones No. 140.
L. M. DeSaussure,
C. P. and T. A.
C. A. DeSaussure,
D. P. A.
C. A. Benscoter,
82tel5 A. G. P. A.
A TERRIBLE TALE.
The story is going the rounds that
you can get everything nice to eat at
“The Little Bakery on the Corner”
and that everything is fresh and clean,
too. 48 dtf
A NEW TRAIN
— TO —
Little Rock
VIA THE |
C. O. & G. R. R.
Leave Van Buren. 9 00 p ni.
“ Fort Smith. 9 15 “
“ Bonanza..... 9 40 “
“ Hackett. 9 55 “
“ Montreal. 10 17 “
“ Burma. 10 22 “
“ Huntington. 10 34 “
Arrive Mansfield.. 10 40 “
Arrive Little Rock. 3 35 a m.
THIS TRAIN CARRIES
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