Newport weekly independent., 1901-12-06

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 cember, had but announced her ad-
 vent to world bereft of foliage and
 summer coloring by the foreboding
 frosts of Autumn, which told of the season, Winter held near in hand-the grim reaper of life kept company with the garner of the years and the seasons, cutting short the thread of mans earthly existence in unison and accord with the laws of the universe, that time should shift the scenes of life and the characters upon its stage.
 Yet even with this precise conform ance to natural laws, death does not reconcile itself to men in the denart- ure of one beloved, and in the demise of John Wilbur Sullivan, upon the first morn in December, not alone do a heart broken wife, affectionate chil dre9( (andi t 'lo77iiaaEg relatives w2ep their sorrow, but a city ah:sso, ,,.Iacquaint- aXceship mourn the loss of so highly 7 Iesteemed citizen and friend.
 Of remarkably robust appearance and healthy constitution, suffering lit tie from the ailments to which the body is prone, and hardly attaining to the full vigor of middle age, his death comes as surprise, though his last sickness had extended prior to the end for three weeks. When first con fined, the symptoms were of slow fever and he settled down to a siege with the malady, which did not assume a dangerous form until last Thursday. The fever was then conceded to be typhoid. Acute pneumonia developed and the patient suffered a sinking spell, reaching a dangerous condition and his relatives were telegraphed for. Partial paralysis further complicated his case and on Saturday afternoon at three o'clock, he passed into stupor. from which it was impossible to arouse him that evening and from which he never regained consciousness, until death took place at nine o'clock Sun day morning, December 1, 1901.
 Mir. and Mrs. N. T. White of Pine van and Mrs. Bettie Weeks, sister of the deceased, living at Philadelphia arrived on Friday and Saturday nights, in time to see the sinking man alive, yet unconscious. This party, accom- panied by Mrs. Sullivan, daughters Berta and Eunice and Messrs. G. A. Hillhouse, J. s. Wilmans and Henry Hutchinson accompanied the remains to Pine Bluff, leaving Newport on the early south bound train Monday morn ing. The funeral services will be con ducted at p. m. Monday in Pine Bluff by Rev. Dr. Buckner, pastor of the Episcopal church, assisted by Rev. MT. Daniels of the Baptist church, and the body la to rest in the cemetery of that city.
 MEETING OF CITIZENS.
 A large number of the leading citi- zens of Newport, friends of the de- ceased, met at the Jackson County Bank Sunday, where committees were selected to render all services possible to the relatives in the care of the re- mains. A very costly and handsome pail was ordered from Little Rock as a testimonial of the respect and love of his fellow citizens. Messrs. T. B. Stewart, w. A. Billingsley, A. T. Gum mins, Park Deaderick, Wm. Gregg, H. Bernstein, T. J. Gregg and c. J. Saenger were selected to attend to the conveying of the remains to the morning train.
 LIFE OF DECEASED.
 John Wilbur Sullivan was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1867, moving to Arkansas with his parents when a mere child. The family loca- ted on a farm near Prescott, where he lived up to the time he secured a position as baggage master on the Cotton Belt railroad.
 By his own efforts he sent himself to college, taking business course at Memphis, and after graduation began keeping books for the firm of L. Roth, in Pine Bluff. It was here that he met Miss Carrie Patterson, the daugh- ter of prominent family of that city, to whom he was shortly after engaged and married at the age of twenty one years.
 He found favor with his employer by his excellent bOOkkeeping. but