VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. MONDAY, MAY 9. 1904. NUMBER tt.
DOCTOR ARRESTED
For Failing to Report Case of
Small Pox to Board of Health
at Pine Bluff.
Pine Dluff, May 8.—Quite a
sensation was sprung yesterday
afternoon, when Dr. A. G.
• Thompson, one of the most promi
» nent physicians in Pine Bluff,
was arrested on a warrant charg
ing him with violating the health
laws by failing to report a case
of smallpox which he was treat
lng in a private family. The war
^ rant was issued by Police Judge
W. L. Toney on information filed
by Dr. E. H. Williams, president
of the board of health. Chief of
Police S. F. Culpepper served
f the warrant by notifying Dr.
Thompson to appear Monday
afternoon and answer to the
charge. The case is being
watched with interest, owing to
the prominence of the parties.
The arrest is the outcome of
an item printed in the local pap
ers a few days ago, which stated
that Eugene Arnett, who lives
on West Third avenue, had been
removed to the pest-house, and
his physician thought he had a
mild case of smallpox, but had
..... simply removed, the young man
| v| as a matter of precaution. This
brought the affair to the notice
of the health officers, and they
made an investigation.
In a card to the public Dr.
Thompson states that at the time
the young man was removed he
did not have smallpox, and this
statement was called into ques
tion by one of the local papers,
which charged that it was a genu
* incase, and that Mr. Arnett
had been in the house several
days before he was removed to
the pest house. Other physicians
examined the case, and this
™ morning pronounced it genuine
smallpox. Upon obtaining this
information Dr. Williams, acting
in his official capacity, filed the
information upon which Dr.
Thompson was arresto/
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GRUBBS,
The weather is fine and our
farmers are nearly done planting.
Jim Sherley and George Grant
ave put in a butcher shop.
Mike Denton is building a new
have organized a Sunday
at our new church house,
will also have preaching once
lonth
">e Woodman Circle gave a
11 social on the 29th. Every
pj[y was there and enjoyed
[mselves hugely. There was
/ial and instrumental music,
Seclamations and select readings
n and many things to make it an
event long to be remembered.
A. T. Guffey has lost two chil
dren recently of flux.
The Woodmen of the World are
going to have one of their old
time barbecues the 4th of July.
One of our boys filled himself
to overflowing with the elixir of
happiness on the night of the so
cial and the next day was given
$2 and the trimmings.
Mrs. Zoe Murphy is in New
port todaV. Capt. Chronicle.
1 REMMEL.
We see some of the boys have
ommenced to plow corn.
J. T. Mcdfcartney has just re
Z. B. Reid of Newport was in
our locality Monday.
We are glad to see the turkey
hunting season over. We are so
tired of dry meat.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Bridges of
Shoffner were visitors here Tues
day.
turned from Poinsett county
with a large bunch of cattle.
New saw mills are plentiful
now. Z. Pippenger expects to
have his running in a few days
and J. T. McCartney will be ready
to saw by the middle of June.
Guess Who.
COFFEYVILLE.
J The Sunday school was organ
ized at Hillside Sunday, which
we are glad to know.
Work is plentiful and business
fine and everybody is busy.
A. 0. Dodd passed over this
way Sunday.
Misses Ora and Effie Hinkle
went to Judsonia the past week
to gather strawberries.
Thos. Hale and wife made a
business trip to Bradford Tues
day.
Miss Bertha Graves was the
guest of Miss Effie Hale Satur
day.
S. S. Hale and wife took a
pleasure trip over on White river
Sundav.
George Cl os,son was out with
his railroad cap on again Sunday.
Miss Maude Widdows was in
our town Friday.
I. W. Taylor was in town Sat
urday on business. ,
S. S. Hale and C. B. Closson
made a business trip to Inde
pendence county Monday.
Miss Maude Widdows and oth
ers went to Bradford Saturday.
Dolph Tucker, L. D. Spears
| and'Neal Parker were in town
I Sunday.
Misses Effie and Tillie Hale
were the guests of Miss Bertha
Graves of Turkey Ridge Sunday.
Little Joe Hale enjoyed him
i self hugely on White river Sun
day.
j. W. F. Hart came down from
! Olyphant Sunday to be with his
family, who live at this place.
The many friends of Mrs. W.
! F. Hart are glad to know that
she will probably be the post
mistress at this place.
Mrs. L. M. Sanders, the post
mistress at Grand Glaize, now
has a United States money oderr
office and a busy little grocery
store.
S. S. Hale of Coffeyville has
just received a full line of Stand
ard stock food, for which he is
agent.
The young folks had a social
party at C. W. Brown’s Thursday
night.
! Well, as time is limited, I will
ring off. With best wishes to
Sunny Jim, Rattle Box, You May
Know Who and all the others.
Independent Reader.
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WELDON.
Our farmers are very nearly
through planting cotton and corn
j is looking fine.
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Constable Hardin of Tupelo
has been on our streets very reg
ularly this week.
Lee Livingston and daughter,
Arkie, returned Monday from
Augusta, where they have beer
visiting.
A number of our townspeople
; went fishing Tuesday on Pickett
lake and report a nice time.
Dr. J. C. Tankersley returnee
Saturday from Memphis, where
I
j he has been attending a medical
i college.
i John Livingston has under con
struction a comfortable cottage
which, when finished, will be one
| of the nicest cottages in town.
The Weldon Gin Company is
having another gin built now on
the same ground where the old
one was burned.
Jeff Gillenwater and family
have moved into our midst and
he has the brick blacksmith shop,
which he will run this year.
For fear of this reaching the
waste basket, will close for this
time. Huckleberry Bill.
PROPOSED ROAD
WEST FROM HOXIE.
Two New Railroads Incorporated
— One Under Name of Hox
ie, Strawberry River
and Western.
Little Rock, Ark., May 8.—
! Two new railroads were char
| tered by the State Board of In
corporators yesterday. A charter
! was granted to the Hoxie, Straw
berry River Valley & Westerr.
railroad, which it is proposed to
construct from,Hoxie to Frank
lin, Izard county, a distance of
about fifty miles. The line would
! pass through the counties of
! Lawrence, bnarp ana izara; me
company is capitalized at $1,000,
000, of which $100,000 has been
subscribed. A certificate was
filed showing that $2,000 has
been subscribed for every mile
of the proposed road and that £
per cent, of this amount has been
| paid in cash.
The directors are as follows
J. H. Stump, R. S. Thomas, O.
N. Rosenberg, L. T. Andrews,
W. A. Chapman.
The board also voted to issue s
charter to the Pearla Northern
railroad. The proposed line wil
run from Perla, Hot Spring coun
ty, to Whittington, Garlanc
county, a distance of aboul
twenty-three miles. The capital
stock is placed at $150,000, oi
‘which $50,000 has been sub
: scribed.
The directors are: A. Strauss,
R. W. Griswold, C. L. Briant, E.
i N. Strauss, C. A. Figley.
MART VOWELL TO HANG.
Gov. Davis has refused to com
mute the death sentence of Mart
Vowell, who was convicted in the
Greene county circuit court for
the murder of William Lovejoy
and issued a proclamation desig
nating June 9 as the day of exe
cution at Paragould. Strong ef
forts were made to have the
death sentence commuted to life
imprisonment, but Gov. Davis
i refused to interfere.
SPUR FOR HARRISON.
I
At a meeting held here Thurs
' day arrangements were made for
i the filing of papers of incorpora
| tion of the Hkrrison Central Rail
! road Company, whicd is to run
from Harrison to a point on the
White River railroad neai
' Keener, a distance of about ter
i miles.
The capital stock is $150,000,
and the incorporators are Geo.
W. Keene of St. Louis, T. N.
Chenoweth, H. A. Crandall, C
M. Greene, Frank R. Greene,
: John A. Bunch, A. J. Lopp, L
' A. Saffer, Frank Pace and E. S
Alexander, all of Harrison.—Har
rison Times.
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jof Saturday, read: No. 6, Mad
No. 7, Rest; No. 8, Aim; No. 9
Mat: No. 10, Tear.
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