VOLUME II. .NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. THURSDAY JULY 17, 1902. NUMBER 74
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j O’NEAL PLEADS GUILTY
To Twenty Two Indictments For
Selling Liquor Without License
and Employes to Thirteen
Fines Aggregate $4150—
- Divorces Granted.
W. R. O’Neal entered a plea of
guilty to selling liquor without a li
cense in the criminal court Thursday
morning and was fined $100 on each
account, in 22 out of 26 cases.
His two employes, Alfred
Mortensen and John Watson, colored,
also submitted their cases to the
mercy of the court and were fined,
the former having a nolle prosequi
entered on 3 indictments and fined
$50 each on 9, the latter being fined
on 4 out of 5, $50 on each account.
Mr. O’Neal escaped fines on four
but the total amount of fines, to say
nothing of other costs, assessed
against him individually and his two
employes, when he was in business,
is $4,150. It is understood that in
view of the pardon accorded R. T.
Simmons by Governor Davis, Mr.
CPNeal will also seek exemption from
his fines through this resort and
many of the business men and best
citizens have signified their intention
of signing his petition, though they
were opposed to the pardon above
mentioned.
BISHOP VERSUS STAPLES.
The attachment suit of W. F. Bishop
against R. E. Staples was taken up
Thursday afternoon. The plaintiff
alleges that he was in partnership
with Staples in the pearl and shell
business and attached the selling
price of a pearl in dispute, that he
might recover his interest in same.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
State of Arkansas versus A. A.
Crabti’ee and Scott Bell, forfeited bail
bond; judgment for plaintiff in amount
of $500.
Eldred Watson Thompson versus
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway
Company, damages; mistrial, with
drawn from jury and set for 2nd day
of next term.
Effie Thompson et al. versus Choc
taw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Com
pany, damages; same decree.
M. M. Stuckey, executor Lucinda
Akins deceased versus Alex. Murphy
et al., unlawful detainer; judgment
for possession.
Boone & Tislon versus Scott Bell,
mechanic’s lien; judgment for $57.44.
J. O. Burgess versus Scott Bell,
mechanic’s lien; judgment for $81.85.
Charles Brasch versus Wm. Hal
brook, unlawful possession; judgment
for possession of land.
O. D. Watson and J. A. Watkins, ex
ecutors estate E. L. Watson deceased
versus J. M. Glass, debt; iudtrment
§838.24 by default.
H. L. Remmel versus G. W. Hencke,
debt; judgment by default for §135.
J. W. Singleton versus Wm. Pyles
and G. D. Clements, appeal, continued
by operation of law.
W. H. Singleton versus Wm. Pyles
and G. D. Clements, appeal; same
entry.
Della Powell 'versus A. J. Shell;
dismissed at cost of plaintiff .
Wilmans Bros, versus J. W. Phillips
and Joseph M. Stayton, trustee, fore
closure; continued to next term.
Bank of Newport versus R. M.
Laird, administrator estate of J. J.
Walker, deceased, foreclosure ; con
tinued to next term.
The Norfleet Thompson Co. versus
Wm. Pyles, et al., renewal; dismissed
at cost of defendant.
H. C. Lynn versus Susan H. Lem
ons, perfect title; decree for plaintiff.
SEVERAL DIVORCE DECREES.
H. B. Farmer versus Emma Farmer,
divorce; continued.
Will McKinney versus Alice Byrd
McKinney, divorce; dismissed at cost
of plaintiff.
Leila Sexton versus Joe Sexton,
divorce; dismissed at cost of plaintiff.
Mary Lawrence versus George
Lawrence, divorce; decree of divorce.
James Cole yersus Emaline Cole,
divorce; suit abated, plaintiff de
ceased.
A. J. Robertson versus Fada Rob
ertson, divorce; decree of divorce.
George Parrott versus Ellen Parrott,
divorce; decree of divorce.
John Hilton, versus Annie Hilton,
divorce; decree granted.
Leone Williams versus Henry W.
Williams, divorce; decree granted.
Lizzie Hatcher versus Wash
Hatcher, divorce; decree granted.
Mike Bedford, versus Dora Bedford
divorce; decree granted.
CONFESSED HIS GUILT.
The grocery store of F. S. Gullett
was robbed Wednesday night and
about $25 secured from the cash
drawer, the burglar leaving two
twenty dollar gold pieces in the sack
from which he took $20 in paper
money and about $5 in silver.
Mr. Gullett suspicioned the twelve
year old negro boy who had been
working for him and had Officer
Huffman arrest him, but he- stoutly
denied any knowledge of the affair
and maintained his innocence.
Mr. Gullett however secured 3 a
confession from the boy and $17 of
the stolen money. Owing to his age,
it is doubtful whether he will be
prosecuted. It seems that he asked
to get off a little early that evening
and slipped around to the back door
which he entered and then concealed
himself in a side room until Mr. Gul
lett had locked the store.
GREAVES ACCEPTS
GOVERNOR’S INVITATION.
Texarkana, July 16.—At a full meet
ing of the insurgent’s republican cam
paign committee, held at their head
quarters in this city today, it was de
cided that Hon. Charles D. Greaves,
( nominee for governor, would be pres
ent at Stuttgart on July 23 and speak
at the opening of the campaign and
attend such of the other subsequent
meetings advertised by Myers that do
not interfere with meetings already
arranged for Greaves by the insur
gents. It was also decided that in all
meetings announced during the cam
paign by the insurgents, all speakers
will be invited to participate and will
be accorded a fair division of time
and that at all meetings announced by
the “regulars” an insurgent speaker
will be present, who will demand a
division of time.
SIX TO HANG JULY 25.
Gov. Davis told Sheriff J. L. White
of Hempstead county Tuesday that on
Thursday he would fix July 25 as the
day of execution for Dee Nolin and
Tom Simms, colored, convicted of
murder at Washington. Nolin led in
an escape from the jail several weeks
ago and was shot and seriously
wounded, but will recover. Three
others will be hanged on the same
day, one at Van Buren, one at For
rest City and one at Nashville
It was also announced that the ne
gro Jim Kitts, under sentence of
death at Arkansas City, will be
hanged on July 25, the day fixed by
Gov. Davis for the banging of the five
other condemned murderers men
tioned above.
BURGLARS AT BRINKLEY.
Brinkley, July 16.—Burglars visited
this city between 3 and 4 o’clock
Tuesday morning. The side door of
T. B. Harris & Go’s, saloon was bro
ken in and the tills opened. The
meat market of John C. Blessing was
entered from the rear through a
screen window and the cash register
robbed. The amount secured from
both places was only a few dollars.
This is the first burglary in the city
for more than a year. Chief of Po
lice P. A. Gillespie is at work on the
case and is hopeful of catching the
thieves.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
W. A. O’Neal and Lncile B. Bandy,
both of Newport.
Wylie B. Moore and Annie Childers,
both of Tuckerman.
Willie Ward and Trennie Henderson
both of Tuckerman.
Leroy Jones and Ida Lee Henry,
both of Grand Glaize.
Mrs. J. W. Phillips and daughter
Miss Josie Phillips, left Thursday
morning for Ravenden Springs.
SHELL SUPPLY SCANT.
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! Chicago, July 16.—According to
members of the Chicago Academy of
| Science, the pearl button industry is
! threatened, and in a few years to
wear pearl buttons will be a distinc
tion. Frank C. Baker, curator of the
academy, says:
“The supply of mussels which fur
nishes the mother of pearl from which
pearl buttons are made is being ex
hausted. Thousands of tons are an
nually taken from the Mississippi,
which is the main source of supply.
Many more than the natural increase
are taken out and sent to the button
factories at Muscatine, Clinton and
other river towns. In a few years the
supply will be gone, and unless other
regions are found rich in mussels, the
manufacture of pearl buttons, on the
present scale, at least, will have to
cease."’
Mr. Baker, with a party of scientists
from the University of Chicago and
the Academy of Science, has just re
turned from a held excursion along
the Mississippi river. Dr. Henry C.
Cowles of the University of Chicago,
speaking of river formation, said:
“There is an actual migration of
islands down the Mississippi. The
islands in the upper river are being
washed away and added to those
further down, and with the removals
of land new plants are coming in at
the lower end of the islands, while
old plants are constantly uprooted at
the upper end.”
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Dr. Joseph E. Slayden and wife to
Dr. Levi T. Slayden, 1-2 interest in
lot 3, block 28, town of Swifton, $125.
Dr. Joseph E. Slayden and wife to
Dr. Levi Tillman .Slayden, 1-6 interest
lot 6, block 20 and lot 1 block 26, and
all of block 15, town »f Tuckerman,
$2.
Dr. Joseph E. Slayden and wife to
Dr. Levi T. Slayden and others, 1-5
interest 254 acres 35, 36-12-3, $1425.
B. F. Hogan and wife to Henry
Stanton, lot 8, block “L,” Chastain’s •
addition to Newport, $85.
Sedgwick Tie Company to Sid B.
Woodruff, 160 acres 11-12-1, $80.
LAMP TURNED OVER.
Between 9 and 9:30 o’clock Thurs
day morning a burning lamp was
turned over in one of the rooms of
the Newport House on Main Street
between Front and Second. Little
damage was done and the fire was
easily extinguished before the hose
cart reached the scene a few minutes
later.
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FIRE AT JONESBORO.
Jonesboro, July 16.—The fire fiend
visited this city at an early hour Mon
day morning, destroying one dwelling
and contents on Union Street, and
badly damaging two residences ad
joining. Loss about $1,500; partially
covered by insurance.
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