THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS
HERE AND THERE.
Geo. Yelverton of Tuckerman
was in the city Thursday.
F. R. Dowell and wife of Tuck
erman spent Thursday in New
port.
Mrs. Clara Davis came up
from Bald Knob Thursday on a
visit to her mother.
Mrs. Joe Graham of Tucker
man, who has been very sick for
a month, is still critically ill.
JUSTICE COURT EVENTS.
A1 JfC tSon, was brought be
fore Esquire L. B. Harris Thurs
day morning, charged with as
sault with intent to kill another
negro, Will Burrow, in Thad Ar
rington’s saloon, Wednesday
night about 8 o’clock. Jackson
had been arrested by Constable
R. M. Laird.
Frank Robinson, the brakeman
under arrest for larceny, was re
leased Wednesday on his own re
cognizance to appear the follow
ing Wednesday.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
John Barnett 22, and Elnora
Sherrell 17, both of Newport.
Wm. Ford 21, and Rosa Hoots
17, both of Tuckerman.
A. G. Stogsdill 29, Kenyon, and
Cora Walden 18, of Elgin.
Clarence McGinnis 22, and
Ollie Bloch 18, both of Newport.
Curry Dickey 22, and Golda
Gosney 18, both of Balch.
HCharley Clingham 23, and
Chelley Wiggs 23, both of New
port.
CONTEST ELECTION.
C. R. Hite has announced his
intention of contesting the elec
tion held Tuesday, in which the
face of the returns give Mayor
J. W. Grubbs a majority of 89.
He claims that votes cast upon
poll taxes issued the night before!
and the day of the election were !
fungal and alleges over a hun
dred such votes were cast in the1
Second ward. Irregularities in
the First ward are also charged.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Carrie L. Hite to Edward C.
Jones, lot 3, block “G,” New
port, $1,000.
J. J. Grant and wife to
Lucy Williams, 40 acres 21-12-1,
$600.
R. D. Wilmans and wife to
Sedgwick Tie Company, 320 acres
19, 30-11-1, $1,600.
S. M. Cleaver and wife to E.
D. Austin, 1-4 interest 200 acres
32-11-3, $100.
in. is. v\ isnon anu wue tu An
toinette H. McDonald 1-2 lot 119
Walnut Grove cemetery. $40.
Henry Schott and wife to Ad
ler-Goldman Compress company
lots H and 10, block 1, Hirsch’s
addition, Newport, $1.
C. E. Frizzelle and wife to E.
W. Brown. 80 acres 5-10-4, $150.
James W. Davis and wife to
Wilmans Bros., 50 acres 2, 11-11-j
2, $400.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain &!
Southern Railway Company, to
J. S. Wilmans. 240 acres 2-11-2 i
and 24, 34-12-2, $1,600.
J. H. Gore and wife to R. F.
Dunn, 40 acres 19-13-1, $300.
J. H. McCurry to S. W. Loftin,
40 acres 16-12-1, $200.
M. Henry Williams to Richard |
Ruddell, about 20,000 acres in j
Jackson and Poinsett counties, to
which grantor received a title
from a chancerv court in Chicago.
His claim is not regarded as good
despite the court’s grant, as the
land in question is held by other
parties.
F. K.-F. K.
WAS WASHINGTON’S STAFF.
Interesting History of Cane Once
Owned by Father of His
Country.
One of the things that passed
through the Baltimore fire un
| scathed was a cane once owned by
(George Washington and now the
; property of Maj. H. H. Raleigh,
j The cane reposed during the lire
'• in the vault of the Merchants’
| Credit and Collection Bureau at
; Liberty and German streets, says
! the New York Sun.
“In Gen. Washington’s will,”
said Maj. Raleigh, “two canes are
mentioned. One was bequeathed
to Robert Washington, of Chop
! tank, Va., who gave it to Robert
Thompson, a relative.
“Later it passed to Miss Ivittie
Thompson, a sister of Robert
Thompson, and finally Peter Gra
son Washington of New York,
who was assistant secretary of the
treasury under Guthrie, was the
owner of the stick.
“Peter Grason Washington be
queathed the cane to the oldest
male heir of Gen. George Wash
i ington who was living at the time
of his death. The late Mrs. Ra
leigh was a granddaughter of a
Mrs. McPherson, of Washington,
D. C., who before her marriage,
was a Miss Washington. After;
some contention it was proved
that Mrs. Raleigh’s brother,
wnose liimny name was no warns,
was the person entitled to the pos
session of the cane. I purchased
the relic for my wife, and when
she died it became my property.”
Although described as a cane,
the relic is really a staff. It is of
bamboo, about four and a half
feet long and just such a stick as
Washington might have used in
tramping over his broad acres in
Mount Vernon. The Washington
coat-of-arms adorns its gold head,
and it is encircled with a gold band,
upon which is inscribed:
“Willed to Robert Washington
and by him to descend to Peter
Grason Washington, of New
York.”
As soon as the embers had
cooled, Maj. Raleigh hastened to
the vault and was much relieved
to find after the cane had been re
moved from the chamois skin case
that it had not been scorched.
SHARK AS A MESSENGER.
Carried Newspaper to Sydney Outdis
tancing Steamer Conveying Im
portant Item of News.
The story of the discovery of
human bones and bangles in the
interior of the crocodile captured j
at Fort Johnson, Rhodesia,
brings to mind another story
which may appositely be recalled
at the present juncture. Every
body has heard of “Mrs. Macquar
rie’s chair,” as they call the east
ern point of Farm Cove, in Sydney
harbor. There, says the St.
James’ Gazette, it was that a poor
emigrant, in pre-cable days, killed
and towed ashore a shark, cut him
up, and found a London newspa
per in the internals. In the paper
was the announcement of the war
between France and Germany.
The shark had outdistanced the
sieuiuer in w men mi* man >vaa
coming, and here the discoverer
had the fact to himself. He gave
his information to a wealthy wool
dealer, who bought all the sea
son’s clip at 9d. per pound, and
sold at 3s. after the news of the
war had arrived by the ordinary
channel. He cleared, it is said,
four millions sterling by the deal.
The man who killed the shark and
extracted the news of price—well,
he received a battered silk hat
and a live shilling piece* and unre
strained liberty as to the disposal
of the shark.
Forgot the Chimney.
A short time ago a public cere
mony was to be carried out at
Landshut, an important town in
Lower Bavaria. A new public
school was to be formally opened,
and all Landshut quivered with
pleasurable anticipation. Unfor
tunately the festivities had to be
put off at the last moment. The
school could not be opened. No
scholar could take his seat upon
the brand new forms. The land
wras in the grip of winter, and the
architect had forgotten to provide
a single chimney throughout the
building.__
Butter.
Bitter has been found by T. E.
Uj^B; to be influenced by cli
BBfodder, breed ®f cow, perioi^
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TAX THE “DRUMMER” PAYS
A Considerable Item in Commercial
Traveler’s Expense Account in
Most European Countries.
Three or four drummers, says
Comfort, had engaged in a warm
discussion over the bane of the
drummer’s existence on the road,
the “drummer’s tax”—not so bad
ns it used to be, however, when
small towns all over the country
levied tribute on every traveling
man who visited them.
“By Jove,” said a man from a
New York silk firm, “you ought
to try it over on the other side.
What they do here isn’t to be
spoken of in comparison. Here
it is merely a small local matter.
Over there it is national. At least
it is for any of us who come from
foreign countries. In Denmark,
for Instance, there is an annual
tax of $42.88 if a man represents
one house and half that for each
other house represented. In Nor
way you have to have a trade pass
good for 30 days, costing $26.80.
France is easier and you don’t
have anything but a business
passport, which costs no more
than you want to pay. In Hol
land you have to have an indus
trial tax receipt, which costs six
dollars. In Sweden the price is
the same as in Norway, $26.80,
and if you try to get out of it you
will catch a fine of from the price
£ . .i ..... _ x di>-< n 4 ....
wj lur uttur uj» iu kuut, auu
they are strict about it, too.
“In Austria you have only to
show a proper trade license and
in Switzerland a business pass
port. They don’t cost any more
than you want to give up to the
chaps who let you have them. In
Russia the price is $25.75 as trade
tax and $5.15 extra as a communal
tax. And if you are a Jew you
don’t want to go to Russia to sell
goods. You may be all right, but
Russia doesn’t like that kind and
shows it by pushing the ‘drummer
tax’ on Jews up to $275.50, be
sides the communal tax of $5.15.
England’s the place, though,
where you want to go. That’s the
great free trade land and you can
go anywhere and everywhere and
sell to anybody and everybody and
never pay a penny. They are so
free over there that, by Jove, you
almost feel like asking the coun
try to pay you a few hundred a
year just because you are there.”
FAVORABLE FOR OYSTERS.
English Royal Commission Reports
That Danger of Typhoid Infec
tion Has Been Exaggerated.
The English royal commission
on sewage disposal has issued a
report that should tend to allay
the frequent “oyster scares”
caused by the assertion that shell
fish are polluted and made unfit
to eat by typhoid germs. They are
of the opinion that there is not at
present exact know ledge warrant
ing such sweeping measures as
the compulsory purification of
sewage before discharge, for there
is nothing, they state, in the ap
pearance of shellfish to distin-;
guish those which have been ex- j
riAcDil fn nrp rnntnminfiftnn
I r>
from those which have not been so
exposed.
The denial of the validity of;
bacteriological examination as a j
test is very important, for this;
test has rested on the assumption
that tin1 bacillus coli communis, or
other allied organism, does not
normally occur in the oyster. Over
1,000 oysters taken from the pur
est waters and from beds obviously
liable to pollution were examined
and the bacillus coli was found in
nearly all of them, from whatever
laying they were taken, though as
a rule a very much smaller num
ber of bacilli was found in those
from pure than in those from
polluted waters. The commis
sioners say:
“If it should be seriously con
tended that the mere presence of
bacillus coli, orcolilike microbes,
in an oyster should condemn it,
few oysters would probably es
cape condemnation.”
Concerning the possibilities of
the communication of disease by
shellfish, they state that there is a
prima facia probability that at
times living typhoid bacilli might
be conveyed by shellfish to the con
sumer and produce enteric fever,
experience confirms their views
that the extent to which the ill
aess is actually conveyed cannot
be determined, the present state
)f knowledge on the subject not,
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SURPRISE PARTY.
A surprise party was given at
the home of W. D. McLain Wed
nesday night in honor of Miss
Lettie McLain.
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A jolly good time was had and
a large number were present.
Those in attendance were: Misses
Masie and Annie Sue Mann, Lil
lie Bandy, Ruth Holmes of Bates
ville, Sadie Boswell, Elnie Mc
Lain, Hattie Moss; Messrs. S. M.
Pearson, W. M. Pearson, Cleve
Robinson, J. D. Carvel, H. Par
nell, Carl Gravett, Ralph Rich
ardson.
JACKSONPORT ELECTION.
Our near neighbor, Jackson
port, elected the following mu
nicipal ticket Tuesday, polling
44 votes:
J. M. Gibson, mayor; D. W.
Saylor, recorder, J. J. Massey,
J. R. Loftin, Doc Massey, Sam
Weysel and Joe Albright, aider
men.
GEORGE BENNETT.
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George Bennett of Swifton
died Wednesday night of pneu
monia, aged 25 years.
He leaves a wife and three
children. The remains were laid
to rest Thursday.
CHEAP RATE
TO CALIFORNIA.
Via the Iron Mountain route,
one way colonist tickets, on sale
March 1st to April 30th, only
$30. For further information
call at Iron Mountain ticket office.
Thos. H. Reamey, Agt.
Military Magpie,
Emperor William has lately reviewed i
a feathered veteran of the German
army. One of his regiments has a pet
magpie, which is full of militarism and
very proud of its parade step. W&en
the kaiser visited the regimental quar
ters recently he asked for this accom
plished bird. A(French illustrated pa
per publishes a picture of the incident.
There is the kaiser sitting sternly in
the saddle and there Is the magpie with
its martial stride and there are tha
officers of the regiment with mingled j
anxiety and pride plainly marked on all
their faces.
Horan That Rotate.
The novel house of Eugene Petit, a
French architect, turns to the sun at
the will of its Qtf upants. jt jB mount.
ed on a steel platform, which Is rotated
on ball bearings by a pinion geared In
a circular set of teeth. An ordinary
three-story dwelling can be turned by
two men. Water, gas and electricity are
brought in through a central passage
and sewage finds Its exit in a similar
way. Houses of this kind, costing not
more than ten per cent above the or
dinary, are required for the patfentt
of Dr. Pellegrln, the advocate of heli
otherapy.
To Improvo flavor of Dock.
The flavor of a duck Is much im- :
proved by roasting with an orange
ELnd an onion in the body. An excel
lent accompaniment for duck is a
brown sauce, with half a Jar of orange
marmalade added.—Good Housekeep- i
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