VOLUME III. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 24 1908 NUMBER 50
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50 "TWO DAYS ONLY I
CENTS _-_ -—-------- | CENTS
Thursday and Friday, June 25 and 26
We will sell our B. & B. and Opera
i High Grade $1.00 Shirts for 50c.
Not more than four to each customer.
Remember, first come, first served. These are
the best one dollar shirts on the market, and ev
ery one who wears shirts should avail themselves
of this opportunity.
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50 I TW© DAYS ONLY | 50
CENTS ^__________________ CENTS
Alfred Benjamin & Manhattan Shirts
Co. Correct Clothing Edwin Clapp Shoes
Knox and Hawes Stacy-Adams Shoes
Hats I_ Crown Trousers_
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J. W. Lindley Pres. L. T. Slayden Vice Pres. E. V. Holt Cashier.
BANK OF TUCKERMAN,
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.00
We are open-to the public for all business which constitutes safe and re
liable Banking.
COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY.
Your Patronage Is Solicited.
TUCKERHAN - = ARKANSAS.
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The Doctor’s
Best Efforts
will come to naught unless his prescription is
accurately compounded from drugs of known
purity and strength. A prescription often means
too much for any chance to be taken in the tilling.
A Physician’s Dilemma
A doctor may dislike to tell you where to take
your prescription, because his motive may be
misunderstood, but he will be satisfied if you
bring it here. Our drugs fall short in nothing;
our compounding is accuracy itself, aud our
prices are always as low as they can be.
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SELLS’ DRUG STORE
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS.
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PHYSICIAN, SURGEON ANft
OCULIST.
tuiO«' 0W> GOOD* *TO««
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.”
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! PEARLS.
We pay the highest prices for
| Pearls, Slugs, Points or Baroques.
Send your pearls to us, if our offer is
| not accepted, we will return them at
I our expense.
Try us on a small lot.
Wm. Barthman,
.174 BROADWAY, CORNER MAIDEN
LANE, NEW YORK, N. Y.
DEALER IN DIAMONDS, WATCHES
I AND EWELRY.
Ravenden = Springs, = Ark.
SOUTHERN HOTEL.
Is open for guests. 110 miles west of
Memphis, Tenn. Ozark Mountains.
On Frisco Ry. Rates §7.00 per week.
Lithia Waters.
R. D. WELCH,
Owner and Proprietor.
LIVERYMEN,
FARMERS,
DRAYHEN
And all users of axle grease
that want the best grease on
the market and that recognize
a good thing when shown its
merits, we recommend our Gold
jen and Castor Oil brands of
Axle Grease. It is put up in 1
pound tin boxes and 3 pound
tin buckets. For sale by all
up-to-date merchants. Ask for
it and take no substitute. It, is
guaranteed to have no equal
for quality on the market.
WATERS=PIERCE
OIL COHPANY.
SUMMER SCHOOL,
Knoxville, Tennessee, Jun9 23 to July
31, 1903.
For the occasion of the Summer
School, Knoxville, Tenn., June 23 to
July 31, 1903, the Southern Railway
will sell tickets from all points on its
line to Knoxville and return June 21,
22, 23, 28, 29. July 5, 6, 13 and 20, 1903
with limit for return passage fifteen
days from date of sale at a rate of one
fare plus 25 cents for the round trip.
An extension of final limit may be
obtained until September 30, 1903 by
depositing ticket with special agent at
Knoxville not earlier than June 21,
1903 nor later than fifteen days from
purchase, and upon payment of fee of
50 cents per ticket at time of deposit.
For further information, call on any
ticket agent of the Southern Rail
way. 37 t July 20.
WHITE RIVER ROUTE.
I Construction Work Proceeding Satis
factorily—Excitement Over
Mineral Discoveries.
Forsythe, Mo., June 23.—Construct
ion work on the White River line is
progressing more satisfactorily than
at any time since the work was begun.
The Kenefink-Hamilton Construction
Company has 750 men at work at the
Turkey Creek tunnel, better known
as Tunnel B, near the Taney county
line. Grading is practically done to
the first crossing of White river at
Lake’s ferry, and will shortly be com
pleted as far as Keener, in Boone
county, Ark.
It is expected that trains will be
running to the new town of Cotter,
near Lake’s ferry, by July 4. Grading
outfits are busy all along the line from
Aurora to Galena, Stone county, and
work is begun on the bridge across
James river, opposite the latter town.
It is certain that the entire route as
far south as tunnel A, at the head of
Railey’s creek, will be completed this
year, and the line will be open from
Carthage to Batesville by next sum
mer.
Much excitement over mineral dis
coveries is reported from all along the
line, at many places both lead and
zinc having been taken out of the
ground.
AUTOMOBILE LINE
SOLVED PROBLEM.
Always up to date in every particu
lar, Arkansas now comes to the front
with a regularly equipped and run
ning automobile line over which tick
ato "I no /MT/t -»* n li n f
railroad, says the Arkansas Gazette.
The line is four miles in length and
runs from Kensett to Searcy.
For many years there was but one
railroad into Searcy, that being the
Searcy and West Point, which met all
trains and carried all passengers into
Searcy over a “jerk-water” line,
about half an hour being required to
run the five or six miles. Something
over a year ago this railroad was pur
chased by the Choctaw, and will
shortly be operated from Searcy to
DeVall’s Bluff. This left the Iron
Mountain without a line into Searcy,
except over a competing trunk line’s
property. The result was that the
Merchants’ Transportation Cojnpany
was organized in Searcy, with a capi
tal stock of something over $35,000,
°nd the turnpike between Searcy and
Kensett placed in good condition. The
next step was to purchase several
automobiles to be used in carrying
passengers between the two places.
About a week or ten days ago all was
in readiness, and this automobile line
was opened for traffic.
Now all Iron Mountain trains both
north and south bound stop at Ken
sett. All agents of the Iron Moun
tain sell through tickets from point of
sale to Searcy via Kensett. There is
a coupon which is presented on the
automobile line and is accepted just
as if it were a connecting line. It
takes but a few minutes to run from
Kensett to Searcy, and passengers
who take that route enjoy the unique
experience of finishing their trip over
an automobile line.
ENTERTAINED AT EUCHRE.
Mrs. Narcie Minor entertained Tues
day evening at progressive euchre in
honor of her guest Miss Mabel Padgett
of Batesville. The hostess receives
very graciously and entertains with
an ease and cordiality that makes an
invitation to her home one to be
richly appreciated.
Progressive euchre proved an in
teresting diversion and was entered
into with much spirit by those pres
ent. The refreshments of ice cream,
claret ice and cake were tastily served
and much relished by the guests.
Those present were Messrs, and
Mesdames H. E. Cobb, S. R. Phillips,
T. D. Kinman, Jr., R. D. Wilmans,
Mrs. A. D. Bailey, Misses Lucy
Rhodes, Mabel Stayton, Lou Minor,
Lucy Brandenburg, Hester Phillips,
Susie Jones, Bessie E. if. Watson,
Noreene Kinman, Mary Bailey, Messrs.
W. T. Parish, J. M. Berger, Jr., J. M.
Stayton, Claude Erwin, Arthur Bailey,
T. J. Phillips and C. D. Jones.
MISS LOUISE COON
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Fayetteville, Ark., June 23.—Miss
Louise Coon, a highly respected
young lady of Huntsville, committed
suicide Sunday evening by swallowing
strychnine.
Some misunderstanding with her
sweetheart caused her to take the
poison.
She left a note to her parents.
Miss Coon was only 17 years old.
SECOND DAY’S SESSION.
—
Proceedings of Colored Women’s
Baptist Association in Session
This Week in Newport.
Contributed.
The second day’s session of the
Women’s Baptist Association of Ark
ansas opened Wednesday morning
with song and prayer service con
ducted by Revs. W. F. Lovelace and
L. Betts, while the Bible reading Was
conducted by Mrs. A. M. Middle
brooks. A lively discussion followed
on the scripture lesson, participated
in by many of the delegates.
Mrs. Lillie Edwards, of Louisville,
Ky., was introduced immediately
after the reading of the journal and
delivered an address bringing before
the delegates the work of uplifting
the negroes in this country, taking the
position that it would have to be
done by the women. She compared
the negro question with fence building
in Kentucky, taking the position that
the men were tne posts and women
the panels, and she being also an im
portant factor in the solution of the
great problems of the day. Her ad
dress contained much good advice to
the women of her race. She came
with a message from the women of
Kentucky of both races, and that
message was to the women of Ark
ansas.
All the speeches delivered during
the morning session were looking for
ward to the development of women
in the work of uplifting the boys and
girls and lifting them up morally and
intellectually.
Dr. E. O. Morris of Helena, presi
dent of the National Baptist conven
tion, which represents a following of
nearly two million negroes, was in
troduced and delivered an address.
He spoke on the race question.
Mrs. Elnora Morris read a paper
which was discussed by Rev. W. F.
Lovelace.
The rest of the morning session was
devoted to hearing reports of officers.
Mrs. Sophia Shanks in her annual ad
dress as president discussed the Ark
ansas Baptist college and urged that
a building be erected for the domestic
training of the girls. She was op
posed to idle girls whom she said
represented debauchery, and desired
that in educating the girls of her race
that they be trained for the wash tub,
kitchen and domestic service of all
kinds, as well as for the parlor and
school room. “The needs of our peo
ple are being supplied in the Arkan
sas Baptist college,” she said, “so far
as the training is concerned, and we
must see that the college is equipped
to do its work efficiently.”
Miss Mattie J. Harris, Mrs. Ruth L.
Marsh, the secretaries, and Mrs. E. J.
Wheeler, the treasurer, also reported.
Rev. J. W. Jackson of Hoi Springs
will preach tonight.
COMMITTEE ACCEPTS
RUCKSTUHL DESIGN.
The design of Frederick Wellington
Ruckstuhl, the New York sculptor,
entitled “The Defense of the Flag,”
was selected by the Confederate Mon
ument Association Tuesday for the
monument to be erected at Little
Rock to the memory of the Confeder
ate soidiers of Arkansas.
me monument, win De partly or
Arkansas and partly of French stone,
with two bronze figures, the total
height to be nearly thirty feet. The
cost of the monument will be $10,000,
of which amount $6,000 was appro
priated by the last legislature, and
the remainder collected by the Con
federate organizations of the state
and private donations.
The question of the location of the
monument is still an unsettled point.
Its decision was left to a future meet
ing of the committee. It is the gen
eral desire to place it in the grounds
of the new state capitol, and its erec
tion there will depend largely upon
the length of time in which it will
take to complete the monument itself.
A year and a half is the least estimate
that is made and it may be two years
from the present date before the
monument is actually completed. The
alternate location is the city park.
DAISY BAYLES’
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Miss Daisy Bayles celebrated her
eleventh birthday Tuesday afternoon
by inviting a number of her young
friends to a party at her home. Re
freshments of strawberry ice cream
and cake were much enjoyed and the
hostess was beautifully remembered
by her guests in numerous presents.
Those present were Leia Beattie,
Mary Kelly, Dorris Carpenter, Ruth
Egan, Jennie Stuckey, Rowena Camp
bell, Laura McMullen, Marguerite
Morrison, Nora Bandy, Kitty Davis,
Novella Jackson, Janie Pettet, Helen
Beard, Corinne and Aline Mosby, Rus
sell Warner and Raymond Bowen.
HOT SPRINGS’ DRY SUNDAY.
Even Newspapers, Ice Cream and
Cigars Were Not Allowed to
Be Sold.
Hot Springs, Ark., June 23.—The
Sunday closing ordinance was univer
sally observed in this city Sunday and
never before in its history was Hot
Springs so securely closed. Nothing
but the absolute necessaries could be
purchased. Ice cream, soda water,
candies, fruits and cigars, newspapers,
etc., were under the ban. The pur
pose seems to be to disgust the peo
ple with the reform movement re
cently inaugurated here so that they
will welcome the return to former
conditions. Much indignation is ex
pressed at the extremes to which the
authorities have gone to accomplish
their purpose.
TO NEWPORT TO MARRY.
Mr. Will F. Fort of Dexter, Missouri,
a pleasant and well appearing young
gentleman, who is court stenographer
in the Twenty Second Missouri Judic
ial circuit, in which courts his father,
Hon. J. L. Fort presides upon the
bench, came down on No. 3 Tuesday
noon and by next morning the news
had leaked out that the girl of his
choice was to meet him here and they
were to be quietly married and thus
escape the exactions of a church wed
ding, rice showers and other attend
ant ceremonies.
The bride-to-be in the person of
Miss Miiyine Goss, daughter of the
laLe C. 0. Goss, who was a popular
passenger conductor on the Iron
Mountain, arrived on No. 3 Wednes
day and the couple immediately re
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Mahan, where they were made man
and wife.
The bride has visited here, where
she is very favorably known and the
Independent voices the sentiment of
her many friends in wishing them
happiness unalloyed throughout long
lives.
CO RACT WITH ENGINEER.
The Front Street Improvement com
missioners on Tuesday entered into a
contract with Captain JameB H.
Haney, an experienced civil engineer,
for the surveying and making of
plans and specifications for that por
tion of Front street to be paved.
This work will be done at once and
Capt. Haney has assured the commis
sioners that they will be ready to ad
vertise for bids by July 10th. The
engineer will also submit estimates of
the probable cost of the different
kinds of paving and the commission
ers must then decide upon this point
before asking bids upon the con
struction work. The council must
later levy a tax upon the real prop
erty within the district.
SEVERAL SKELETONS FOUND.
Stephens, Ark., June 23.—On the
farm of C. M. Smith, one mile east of
here, is one of the largest prehistoric
mounds in South Arkansas. A few
days ago Mr. Smith concluded to dig
it down and remove the dirt to refill
the deep excavation made in building
the mound. After digging down some
eight or ten feet he uncovered the
bones of several skeletons and quite a
number of deer boms. The bones
and horns were perfect in every par
ticular, but were bo soft that they
could be ground to a fine powder by
rubbing them between the thumb and
finger. Mr. Smith will continue to
dig away this great heap of dirt until
it is all removed, and in the mean
time closely investigate the archaeo
logical features of it.
IN HONOR OF GUEST.
Miss Annie Dutton entertained very
delightfully at flinch Tuesday after
noon at her home on Walnut street in
honor of her guest, Miss Myrtie May
Brown, of Marianna. The refresh
ments of ices and cake were daintily
served and the afternoon thoroughly
enjoyed.
Those present were Misses Amy and
Ida Ferrill of Batesville, May Benson
of Camden, Bessie Buford, Rina Price,
Ruth Wallace, Allie Gullette, Kate
Harder, Lizzie Irby, Hilda Bailey,
Irma Hooker, Ida Parrish, Mary
Sprigg, Ruth Arnold, Willie Howell,
Minnie Lee Jago, Lula Anschutz and
Zerlena Meyer.
EXPRESS OFFICE LOOTED.
The depot and express office at
Cotton Plant, all in one building, were
broken into and robbed Tuesday night
by unknown parties. Several valua
ble packages are reported to have
been secured.
Cotton Plant in the past year has
suffered an unusual number of bur
glaries.