Newport Daily Independent
VOLUME rv NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1904. NUMBER 206^
JEANNETTE HENRY ]
PROVES WINNER.
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pocket Falls to One of Fair Sex, With
James Edward Wilmans
^ » Leading the Boys.
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*HEAVY VOTE
FINAL DAY.
Miss Dorothy Stephens
Comes in for Girl’s
Prize, Being Third
in the Race~=Ed=
win Johnson
Fourth.
TOTAL VOTE, 23,334.
Every Contestant Will Receive a
Small Christmas Remem
brance from the Inde
pendent, as None of
these Pretty Ba
v biesMusthe
mm Slighted.
Jeannette Henry.. 6654
Jas. Edward Wilmans. 5596
Dorothy Stephens. 3154
Edwin Johnson...,.....,. 2960
Wm. Wallace Dutton. 2159
Ernest Theodore Phillips. 1630
Charles Jones Brandenburg 1066
Thelma Smart. 115
Total... , 23,334
First prize, locket, Jeannette
Henry. j
First boys’ prize, baby pins,
James Edward Wilmans.
First girl’s prize, bracelet,
Dorothy Stephens.
Consolation prizes — gold
rings for all other contestants, j
--
With a popular vote of 6,654
little Miss Jeannette Henry
passed under the wire in the
baby race a winner. To her falls
the distinction of the sweetest
and fairest of Newport’s babies
“under two,” to her colors is
^ the blue ribbon tied and to her
charms will the sweepstakes
pri£e of the gold locket and chain
add further grace.
The finish was close. Little
Miss Henry had a rival who re
/quired her fleetest time, for
James Edward Wilmans was dis
puting the disposition of honors,
and not until the entire vote was
counted did even the election
officials know just what was
what. Master James Edward
- polled a total vote of 5,596, or
just 1,058 behind Miss Henry. A
handsome set of solid gold baby
pins, the red ribbon prize on the
boys’ side, is the award of his
evidenced popularity.
Miss Dorothy Stephens polled
^the third highest vote of 1,314
jmd closed up several gaps be
Itveen herself and the lead, with
' total of 3,154. Many had
^ked her for a winner and she
\ always kept near the front
, host of friends,
ster Edwin Johnson came in
_I
next, barely missing the 3,000'
mark. This sweet boy, for boys
of this age are sweet, was per
haps the favorite of all the other |
contestants, were they to have j
been called upon to help any one
of their rivals.
Wm. Wallace Dutton was paid
tribute to by many friends in the
fifth highest vote, and Master
Ernest Theodore Phillips and
Charles Jones Brandenburg came
next in rank with nice compli- j
mentary totals. Miss Thelma j
Smart, who also ran, is a little!
Jacksonport maid and did ex
ceedingly well for an out-of-town
candidate against home favorites.
THE CLOSING DAY.
Early on the last eventful
morn the steady file of voters in
the baby contest began the de
positing of their final ballots.
The first box was soon enjoying!
its full capacity and before the
appointed hour of 11 a. m. an
other had almost experienced the
same fate.
Friends of the little ones and
representatives of the different
forces who were pushing the
claims of the several candidates
watched the battle of ballots and
some grew nervous over the
looks of things. These lookers
on agreed to quit the polls and
enforce the Australian secret
knllnf CMTCifnvM oAmo olo imiti nr if
was unfair to even have an ink-I
ling of what the other cast, so j
by common consent this rule was
followed. Such was the precau-!
tion to get every vote counted,
that the last ten minutes preced
ing 11 o’clock, not a ballot was
cast.
The prizes, previously an
nounced, will be sent out this
afternoon and to each of the five
sweet little masters and misses,
who were not among the lucky
three, will be given a plain solid
gold baby ring. We can’t guess
the sizes of all these babies’ fin
gers, so the privilege of ex
changing them for the proper
sizes at S. G. Parker’s is accorded
them.
The Independent is very sorry j
that the half-tones of the babies
have not arrived, owing to the
delays of express in the Christ
mas rush, but they will be found
in our Tuesday’s issue, published
3n enameled book paper. These
pictures would have made very
attractive our Christmas issue,
and it is a source of deepest re
gret that such an unfortunate
delay has marred our announce
ment of this afternoon.
STORY OF THE RACE.
Newport boasts of a number of •
pretty babies and just as many
sweet ones. To settle the mooted
question of the sweetest hnd
prettiest under two years of age
and to put a quietus upon the
many dispsting claimants, the
editor was importuned to deteiv
mine by popular suffrage through
the columns of the Independent
to whom this honor and distinct
ion rightfully belonged. And
thus came about in due course of
time this celebrated baby race,
launched November 1, 1904.
Little did the casual reader or
promoter think the whole town
would become interested in the (
clipping of the coupons and a
general alignment of every sub
scriber for his or her favorite
take place. No such pipe dream
was ever smoked. But the con
test was hardly started when
three bright boys, Ernest Theo
dore Phillips, William Wallace
Dutton and James Edward Wil
mans, and two fair sisters in
Misses Dorothy Stephens and
Jeannette Henry were placed in ,
nomination by admiring elders.
On November 5 Charles Jones
Brandenburg and Edwin John-1
son as dark horses entered the
lists. Wallace Dutton was then j
holding the coveted lead, but
was supplanted on November 5;
by Ernest Theodore Phillips, who
enjoyed the position of vantage i
for one day and was then retired
by Charles Jones Brandenburg, j
His rights, too, were soon dis- j
puted and James Edward Wil- j
mans climbed to the top Novem- J
ber 11.. This state of affairs
continued for a season without
incident worthy of mention ex
cept the entrance of an eighth
candidate in the person of Miss j
Thelma Smart when Edwin John
son clipped his rival s wings ino
vember 28 and held undisputed
sway upon the track for the long
est period of the race.
As the home stretch grew near
and the vote each day became
heavier Jatnes Edward Wilmans j
took a firm hold upon the bit and !
in a bound passed all his rivals,
holding first with an easy lead.
The vote of Friday, however,
when two passed the 2,000 mile'
post and a bunch of others
shaved the margins separating
them from the leader, proved
conclusively that the race was
not yet won by any candidate
and forecasted a most exciting
finish, which was realized next
day. __ .
TO A DEAR FRIEND.
[Dedicated to my dear old
friend, Mrs. M. J. Lucas, who in
gratitude and deep love shed i
tears of joy when kind friends |
presented her with a nice Xmas |
present.]
The soul in love and gratitude is
strong,
But ah! How can I boast, poor
flesh?
When you give vent to joy as
well as grief?
To sit me down in gladness and
to weep.
—W. W. Campbell.
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A DEER PARK.
A.' V. Bragg and T. J. Gaug-i
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of deer meat in the future. Forty
acres of suitable forest on Mr.
Bragg’s farm, three miles west
of this city, was enclosed with a
high wire fence, and Monday the i
above parties went to Warren
overland where they had secured
nine fawns and brought them
home and put them in the park.
They had one there and now (
have a herd of ten.—Camden
Herald.
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