THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
[For Representative. /
JOHN H. KEEI.
County Judge,
E. L. BOYCE.
CircuitSClerk, /
J. D. NEAL.
County Clerk,
GEO. A. LOCKARD.
Sheriff,
H. S. SIMMONS,
Treasurer.
OR. F. G. SMITH.
Assessor.
R. L. CONDITT.
Surveyor.
W. A. BOWMAN.
Coroner.
F. J. HARRISON.
Constable- Union Township,
W. H. CAROUTHERS.
Justice of t he Peace.
GUY SMITH.
FOREST DILLARD.
DAVIS MEN WILL
MAKE HARD EFFORT
To Secure Control of the Demo
cratic State Central Commit
tee at the Coming Hot
Springs Convention.
Little Rock, May 13.-Indica
tions are sufficient to justify the
announcement that the political
followers of Governor Davis will
make a vigorous effort in the Hot
Springs convention of June 14 to
secure control of the Democratic
state central committee.
The success of the effort will
depend upon the Davis strength
in the convention, and if it be
that the Davis men are in the
majority the personnel of the
state committee will be to their
liking.
The Davis contingent is said
to have picked out Hon. 0. B.
Gordon of Prescott for state
chairman and John H. Page of
Little Rock for secretary.
On the other hand, there will
be a potent effort to re-elect
Chairman Carroll Armstrong and
Secretary Gray Carroll if they
will consent to serve again.
There was much interest in po
litical circles yesterday in a re
port to the effect that it is rea
sonably certain the four delegates
at large to the Democratic na
tional convention will be Senators
Berry and Clarke, Gov. Davis
and John W. Crockett. There
are, however, signs that Hon. J.
H. Hinemon will have considera
ble strength and that he may be
one of the “bigfour.”
LETTER TO PHILLIPS & FER
GUSON, NEWPORT, ARK.
Dear Sirs: Your business is,
when a house burns down, to
give the owner some money to
build a new one. It is a good
business. Queer that the world
got on so long without it.
We paint the one that burnt j
down and the new one too. What
is better, we paint the houses
that don’t burn down.
You insure the houses that
burn; we insure the houses that!
don’t. You have the ashes and
smoke; all the houses are ours.
We paint lead-and-zinc; Devoe.
We sell the paint to painters; we
don’t paint.
Lead-and-oil is the old fashion
paint. Devoe is zinc ground in
with lead and linseed oil; the
best paint in the world, and the
cheapest, because it takes fewer
gallons than mixed paints and it
wears twice as long as lead-and
oil. Nobody wants poor paint:
there’s lots of it, though, in the
world.
A. M. Griffin, Plainfield, N. J.,
writes:
“Mr. Aaron Higgins, of Plain
field, always used 15 gallons of
mixed paint for his house. Last
spring he bought 15 gallons of
Devoe and had four gallons left. ”
Yours truly,
F. W. Devoe & Co.,
94 New York and Chicago, j
KIND ACT COST
OFFICER HIS LIFE.!
.
Policeman Killed While on Er
rand of Mercy at Fort
f Smith Thursday.
Fort Smith, May 13. —Gus An
thony, for fifteen years one of
j(he best policemen Fort Smith
ever had, was crushed into al
most instant death at noon toftay
by a coal train which was being
switched in the Missouri Pacific
yards.
He had gone across the tracks
to get some candy for the sick
and peevish child of a wearied
lady passenger, and was return
ing when he met his death.
There were three trains being
switched and a passenger coming
in, and, though a number who
saw the coal train backing down
on him yelled warnings, the
noise and confusion were so great
that he did not see his danger
until it was too late.
His body was frightfully man
gled. He was a Woodman and
will be buried tomorrow under
the auspices of that order.
WEDDING BELLS.
“The road shall blossom, the
road shall bloom,
So fair a bride has left her home,
Shall blossom and bloom along
the way,
So fair a bride has passed to
day.”
Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock
Miss Katie Camp, one of New
port’s brightest and sweetest
young ladies, was united in mar
riage at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. B. W. Reeves on Wal
nut street by Rev. T. C. Mahan
to Mr. E. L. Bell, formerly of
Olathe, Kansas, but now a resi
dent of this city.
Mr. Bell has been in the em
ploy of R. H. Askew for some
time and is one of Newport’s
most enterprising young men,
one whom we have every reason
to believe is worthy of the fair
bride he has wooed and won in our
midst, and we who are well ac
quainted with her know that this
is no marriage of convenience,
but truly of the heart and a
mating of cupid’s own devising.
The wedding came as a great
surprise to the friends of the
young people mentioned, who
had not the least idea of the
coming nuptials of two of New
port’s favorite young people.
The bride looked very sweet
and demure in an elegant dress
of white silk, and the groom
proud and handsome in a suit of
black. They received many
beautiful and costly presents.
After the wedding came refresh
ments, served by the gracious
hostess, assisted by Mrs. Lelia
Coleman.
Miss Katie has a host of ad
miring friends here who tender
their congratulations to her and
the one whom she has chosen
for her life companion. The
writer wishes them a long and
prosperous life, knowing that
they have chosen both wisely and
well, and trusts that no clouds
will ever darken the bright pros
pects of their future. X.
TO MEET IN JONESBORO.
Date Has Been Set for Ladies’
Foreign Missionary Society.
The date has been set for the
Ladies’ Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the White River Con
ference M. E. church, South.
The meeting will be held in
Jonesboro, beginning Friday,
June 17, and will last three or
four days. There will be about
100 delegates to the meeting.
The five districts of the society
with Jonesboro are Helena, Sear
cy, Batesville and Paragould.
The last session was held at Ma
rianna, June 11 to 15, last year.
Mrs. H. Babcock is presi
dent and Mrs. Della Rogers is
secretary of the society.
Read the Independent for the
news.
WORLD’S FAIR RATES, j
Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
St. Louis, April 30th to Decem
ber 1, 1904. Rate for ten day
excursion ticket will be one fare
and one-fifth for the round trip.
Tickets on sale daily April 27th
to November 30, 1904. Rate for
sixty day excursion ticket one
fare and one-third for the round
trip. Tickets on sale April 25th
to Nov. 20th. Rate for season
EXCURSION TICKETS eighty
per cent, of double the standard
one way fare for the round trip.
Tickets on sale daily April 15th
to Nov. 15th, Final return limit
Dec 15, 1904.
Thos. H. Reamey, Agt.
BIG LINE OF
New Goods Arriving.
Crown, Schiller & Shaeffer
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AND
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Patronize a Home Man.
Z. B. REID. Ji
JAS. V. RIDLEY,
TRAVELING MACHINIST,
REPAIRS ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY.
-TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE.
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Phone No. 51—Three Rings.
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They are made in a large number of styles and
calibers suitable for all kinds of shooting for both
sexes. We B.ake
RIFLES, PISTOLS, SHOTGUNS
Ask vmr denier for the “STEVENS”. If he
doe. u’t keep ti.em we will send (express prepaid) on
receipt of price. S^ud tor illustrated catalog.
J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co.,
p. o. BOX I
CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS.
Time Tells
The Story.
There is a big difference be
tween the cost of making a first
class sewing machine, embodying
the best materials and workman
ship, and one which is made in the
cheapest manner. The buyer of
the cheap machine soon pays the
difference of price in the constant
cost for repairs, to say nothing of
its annoying inefficiency.
Singer Sewing Machines do
good work during a lifetime.
Sold on Installments.
Old Machines taken in exchange
Liberal Discount for Casn.
Oils, Needles, Attachments and
Repairs for all makes of machines.
The Singer Manufacturing Co.
“TheSewing Machine Makers of the World.”
FRANK W. LYNN. M'g’r.
121 Hazel St., Newport, Ark.
GRAND JURY.
Pine Bluff, May 13.—The Jef-j
ferson county grand jury will
meet tomorrow. One of the first
cases brought to the attention of
the grand jury will be the charge
against Robert Davis, the Kear
ney negro. Prosecuting Attor
ney Jones says he is prepared
with the evidence for a speedy
indictment. The case will proba
bly be set for trial Monday or
Tuesday of next week.
If you want to look neat have
your suit cleaned and pressed by
A. Mortensen. In new quarters
opposite city jail. 86d
FOR SALE.
Residence corner Sixth and
Hazel streets. Eight rooms, re
ception hall electric lighted,
bath room, hot and cold water.
Inquire of
55d20 J. Volkner.
ROAD NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will
apply to the Coun'y Court, at the July term.
1904, thereof, for an order establishing a new road
in Glass township, to run as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the quarter section line running
east and west through section 33, town
ship 14 N„ range 1 west, where said quarter sec
tion line crosses Village creek, running thence
west on said quarter section line through sec
tions 83 andj 32 to the southwest corner of the
NSV1-4 of section 32, said township and range,
thence north on ecstion lines 1 mile, to the north
west corner of the SW 1-4 of section 29, there in
tersecting the public road.
This April the 24th, 1904.
F. M. PARSONS.
W. H. CRANE.
and others.
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