VOLUME m
ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION.
Exercises at School in First Cele
bration of Above Day At
tract Quite a Crowd.
Th§ citizens of Newport, for
the first time, celebrated Arbor
Day Friday afternoon/by trying
in a large measurer to beauti
fy the \public school grounds.
PromptlA at 3 o'clock the entire
-school whs matched into the
chapel andVwith about seventy
five of our 'people sang, with all
the enthusiasm of true Ameri
cans, “My ICountrr, 'Tis of
Thee,” Prof. George Hopkins,
Mrs. R. W. Bandy and Miss
Hal PhilW having the music in
charge.
Prof. Hopkins read the 1st
Psalm, followed with prayer.
The ladies of the W. C. T. U.,
who had the celebration ir
charge, each repeated some pass
age bearing upon planting and
growth, all of which was very
appropriate for the occasion.
The board of aldermen were
the guests of the occasion.
W., R. Thompson, when called
upon for an address, proved tc
be the orator of the day and won
the applause of the ladies, when
he said he did not believe all the
work of civic improvement
should be put on the women 02
Mrs. M. A. Dorsey made a
beautiful talk to the school chil
dren, and had them so enthused
by the time she was through,
they were ready for the work of
setting out the large number of
flowers, trees and shrubbery that
had been given them. Mrs.
*. Dorsey suggested that a special
bed of roses be made as & memo
ir .rial to the late Mrs. Lottie Rob
ertson, who had taught many of
the men and women of our town,
and it was unanimously approved.
We hope these Arbor Day cele
brations will become an annual
.-affair, and that the civic im
provement begun on the school
grounds will spread over the en
tire town, and finally reach our
city cemetery, where it is so badly
needed.
LETTER TO T. g. STEPHENS,
NEWPORT, ARK.
Dear Sir: The Trustees of the
Fair Ground, Cobleskill, N. Y.,
were glad to pay 15 cents a gal
lon more for Devoe; and no won
der. Two other paint agents
said it would take 150 gallons of
their paint to cover the buildings.
Our agent put it at 125 or less.
It took 115.
We saved them 35 gallons of
paint and painting (worth $4 to
$5 a gallon, as the painting costs
two or three times as much as
the paint) less 15 cents a gallon
on 115 gallons. Say $140.
That’s how to count the cost
of paint. The cost of putting it
on is $3 or $4 a gallon. You see
what that means. Go buy Devoe.
to v Yours truly,
P2- • F. W. Devoe & Co.,
90 New York and Chicago.
MRS. FLORA HOLDER.
Mrs. Flora Holder died at her
home in East Newport Friday
morning, after an illness of four
days with pneumonia.
Mrs. Holder was born in Han
unda, Miss., and was 54 years of
i age.
if She had been a consistent mem
ber of the Methodist church since
she was twelve years old.
She was the mother of eight
children, five of whom are living
in Newport. They are A. L. and
Will Beard, Mrs. Heimer, Ollie
and Charlie Holder. The funeral
was held at the residenc e Satur.
day afternoon at 2 o’clock con
ducted by Rev. C. Pope. The
remains were taken to McCrory
for burial.
CHURCH*SERVICES.
Methodist Church, corner Sec
ond and Laurel.—Preaching at
; 11 a. m. Young people's service
at 3 p. m., and preaching again
at 7:45. Evangelist John P.
Lowry of Little Rock will preach
at all these hours, and the public
and all visitors and strangers are
cordially invited to all services.
Sabbath school at 9:30 a. m. C.
j Pope, Pastor.
| Presbyterian Church.—Preach
ing in the Presbyterian church
tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock
; and in the evening at 7:45. The
| church building has recently
been greatly improved in com
fort and appearance. We are
just entering upon a new year of
effort and sendee. Let every
member of the congregation be
present. All are cordially invited.
R. B. Willis, Pastor.
St. Paul’s Church.—The third
Sunday after Easter. Morning
| prayer, the litany and sermer
11:00. Evening prayer and ser
mon at 7:30. Sunday school ano
the Rector’s Bible class 9:45.
Monday, the feast of St. Marls
the evangelist. The holy com
munion will be celebrated a1
: 10:00 a. m.
j Baptist Church. — Pastor Ma
han will fill his pulpit at 11 a. m.
7:30 p. m. Sunday, and hopes all
members will be present. Sun
day school at 9:45.
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Christian Church. —Rev. T. F.
(Richardson of Martinton, 111.,
| will occupy the pulpit at the
(Christian church tomorrow,, both
morning and evening.
! LOCAL COMPANY
OF NATIONAL GUARD.
In the reorganization of the
! local company of National Guard
:tne following appointments of
officers is announced:
To be captain, Frank W. Lynn;
to be first lieutenant, Win. G.
j Whittaker; to be second lieuten
| ant, Clyde N. Clark; to beffirst
j sergeant, Thomas McNees; to be
I quartermaster sergeant, Sanders
I Hobday; to be sergeants, Culver
: Knowles, Juett Box; to be cor
| poral, Wm. C. Wallace.
The remainder of the non-com
missioned officers will be appoint
vu Jiutvi •
All officers and men are work
ing hard getting everything
ready for the coming inspection,
which will take place April 29th.
General Hays, retired U. S. army,
will be the inspecting officer.
The company is still in need of
several recruits, and for the in
ducements offered to young men
there should be more interest
shown in the local organization,
not only by the young men of
the city, but by the citizens in
general.
It is the intention of the officers
and men to make the Newport
company one of the best in the
state, and this can be easily ac
complished if the proper interest
is taken on the part of the young
men and a little encouragement
given by the people^
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Major Willie Ray came down
from Senath, Mo., last night on
business. Major Ray is one of
the smallest men in statue in the
country. He is only 36 inches
high. The major is happily mar
ried to a woman of his own
height, and who weighs but 30
pounds. They are known as the
“ smallest married couple in the
world.”—Jonesboro Sun.
METHODIST REVIVA’
The revival services at the
Methodist church are increasing
in interest and power, and the
congregations are larger with
each succeeding service.
The sermon of Evangelist
! Lowry Friday evening from the
text, “Where art thou?” was
I one of great interest and peculi
I arly adapted to the times.
Mrs. Tighlman, of Little Rock,
daughter af our fellow-towns
man, Dr. Jones, presides at the
organ, Mrs. C. E. Crook, the
regular organist, being unable to
play this week. The music is in
spiring.
BOARD ORGANIZES.
The newly appointed board of
! health met Friday afternoon in
j the office of Dr. 0. E. Jones and
1 proceeded to form an organiza
tion through the election of 0. E.
Jones chairman, C. E. Crook,
'secretary.
The secretary was instructed
| to send out notices to all citizens
for the cleaning up of their pre
| mises within five days after noti
fimtif'n The time is short be
tween now and the date of th<
A. T. A. convention, and the
board of health propose to see
that the city is clean and in good
| sanitary condition by that time,
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A drummer in town this morn
| mg tells a fish story that is a
match for the Jonesboro duels
story, and may be as true. He
says that the fish are so thick
back of the dam at Batesville that
all that is necessary is to let down
I a grab hook and pull it up and
j have it filled with 'fish. “Jones
boro Sun.
LIST OF COMMITTEES.
Following is the list of commit
tees appointed to look after the
| Arkansas Travelers* Association
j on May 5, 6 and 7:
Decoration Committee — C R
Hite, chairman: 0 S Lawence, R
C Cox, H Bernstein, W A Bill
ingsley, Chas. Meyer.
Arrangements Committee— C
G Henry, chairman; A Fels, J M
Stay ton, 0 M Bowen, G C Mar
tin, E L Boyce.
Finance Committee — L N
Nouss, chairman; R D Wilmans,
R C Harder, S M Stuckey.
Reception Committee — C E
Erwin, chairman; H 0 Walker,
Arthur Bailey, Ernest McDon
ald, H P Martin, Chas. Wilmans,
H Bernstein, Ike Goldman, T T
Ward, E C Waterman, Percy H
Van Dvke. M A Stevens..
Entertainment Committee-Ike
Bottenstein, chairman; Joe Ber
ger, W T Dunn, C E Carroll, G
K Stephens, John Stayton, Gus
tave Jones, 0 S Lawrence, R C
Cox, Ed McElwee, Chas Meyer,
Geo A Hillhouse, M M Stuckey,
J E Doherty, L L Bowen, J S
Sanders, A C Huddleston, W P
McDermott, R H -Kirkpatrick, M
E Newbern, G H Brown, George
Anderson, J W Grubbs, L Minor,
Alcorn Ferguson, 0 W Scarbo
rough, G M Sink.
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