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Newport daily independent., 1903-03-17
MANY MEASURES ENACTED.
Several Bills Affecting Railroads Pass ed By House And Senate-Myers Revised Mussel Bill Passes
 House-Debate Upon
 That Issue.

Little Rock, March 17.-A good sized batch of bills was disposed of in both branches of the general assembly yesterday. Among the measures passed by the senate were:
 Senator Caldwell's bill limiting hours of railway train crews to IS per day.
 Senator Caldwell's game bill.
 Senator Killgore's bill requiring non residents to pay license of $1O0 to hunt in Arkansas.
 Senator Cotton's bill regulating the handling of dynamite.
 Senator Simpsons bill to prevent discrimination in the price of coal oil and dressed beef. Among the bills passed by the house were:
 By MT. Kerwin- Requiring railroads to pay employees on the 20th of each month.
 By MT. De Rossitt-R Requiring loug- distance telephone companies to make connection with local exchanges.
 By Mir. McGuigan-Iimiting hours of labor of railway train crews to Is per day and electric motormen to 10 per day.
 By Dr. Myers-Amending act ap- proved March g, 1903, for protection of mussel beds.
 By MT. Campbell of Randolph Making June II, birthday of A. H. Garland, public holiday. A subcommittee representing the historical committee, Arkansas divis- ion, United Confederate Veterans, ap- peared before the house and present. ed memorial in favor of an appro- priation to secure and preserve the muster rolls of Arkansas troops in the Confederate army. The subcommit- tee consisted of Major s. H. Nowhn, Gen. B. w. Green, Col John c. Fletcher, Gen. T J. Churchill, Gen. V Y. Cook, Col. J. w. Colquitt and Capt A. J. Snodgrass.
 The senate adopted the house con current resolution by Mr. Campbell oi Randolph providing for joint com mittee to prepare a general road law
 DEBATE UPON NUssEL BILL.
 House bill No. 439 (Dr. Meyers), {
Newport daily independent., 1903-03-17
THE GREAT SOUTHWEST.

Farmers, farmers wives and daugh- ters, school teachers, doctors, clergy men, merchants in the smaller towns, any citizen who has something to say, are invited to write letters and longer articles about the locality in which they live in the Southwest.
 The territory includes Arkansas, Arizona, Indian Territory, Louisiana, Southern Missouri, New Mexico, Ok lahoma and Texas. Premiums that make it an object are offered, set for each state and territory. Full par ticulars of the conditions of the con- test, and list of the prizes and awards will be sent upon application, to,
 J. w. STEELE, Commissioner.
 Colonization Agency, Southwestern lines. Columbia Theatre Bldg, St. Louis Mo. 46 b4w.
Newport daily independent., 1903-03-17
THORNBURG- GREEN.
Quiet But Pretty Home Wedding Of Mr George Thornburg And Mrs. Lucy B. Green At Home Of
 Bride Tuesday Morning.


 On Tuesday morning at 0:30 o'clock in the presence of a limited number of friends of the contracting parties, at the home of the bride on Elm Street, was celebrated the marriage of Mir. George Thornburg of Little Rock to Mrs. Lucy B. Green of this city. While simplicity rather than elaborateness characterized the dec- orations and execution of the rite, the service was both affecting and pretty.
 The color scheme of the decorations was appropriate in the green of Ire- lands patron Saint Patrick and had with taste and dainty effect been ar ranged by Mesdames L. J Lucas, P. V. Ferguson and R. w. Bandy.
 The officiating ministers, Rev J. M. Workman of Benton and Rev. w. P. Gibson of this city stood in the bay window of the front parlor and be- hind them the members of the brides Sunday school class, Misses Maude Richardson, Lula Wolf, Tommie Thornton and Lillie Randy. The bride entered upon the arm of the groom from the rear parlor to the strains of Mendlessohn's wedding march, rend cred by Mrs. w, A. O'Neal upon the piano accompanied by her sister, Miss Gene Randy upon the violin.
 After the service, congratulations were fairly heaped upon the happy welded pair, who were made to bear the severest tests of good nature in many practical jokes, while waiting for the train at the Iron Mountain de- pot, and their final departure was made amid showers of rice, express i've of the good will and best wishes of host of Newport friends. MT. and Mrs. Thornburg will go to housekeeping at once at the home of the groom, 1924 Spring Street, Little Rock
 The bride was charming in blue etamine over blue taffeta, trimmed with applique and wore hat to match. The groom and officiating minister
 wore the conventional black. The groom is a gentleman in the fullest sense of the word and very highly thought of over the state as we'll as in his home city. In the news paper line, he is editor of the Masonic Trowel and manager of the Arkansas
 Methodist, having at one time been honored with the presidency of the
 Arkansas Press Association. In ma sonic circles too, he has been leader, being past grand master. He now
 has the distinction of being the super intendent of the largest Sunday school in Arkansas.
 TLe bride too has taken an active | interest in church work, having been
 for several years district secretary of
 the foreign missionary society and a Sunday school teacher and organist in the Methodist church of this city. Her graces of character and dispo-
 sition are too many for enumeration
 and the INDEPENDENT congratulates the groom upon the helpmeet he has
 chosen, hoping that their future may
 be richly blessed in a happiness that
 shall fall to their lot through useful lives.
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Newport daily independent., 1903-03-17

bill to regulate the mussel fishing of the state, was read the third time. The bill makes the closed season from January to March 30.
 Dr. Myers said that the former act, as amended in the senate, was too drastic and, in view of conditions i'm posed by high water, it was impera- tive that it be modified. The first act was too stringent for the working class
 Mir. Keel was inclined to want the bill laid over until it's provisions could be scrutinized carefully and the peo- pie concerned heard from.
 Mr. Eldridge opposed the bill on ac- count of the change it makes in the closed season. He argued that the bill would afford no protection to res idents, but would be in the interest of floaters.
 MT. Campbell of Randolph opposed the bill because he did not believe it is what is wanted in the pearl region. He argued that the closed season should be as fixed in the first act, in April, May and June.
 MT Keel said the bill, as he under stood it, seeks to do the very opposite of what the former act aimed at. He hoped the house would vote down the bill.
 Mr. Matheny said he opposed the former bill because it was too drastic. The poor classes discovered the pearl industry and it belongs to them. Not five per cent of the mussel diggers in his county are non residents. When asked if this bill seeks to repeal the former act, MT. Matheny replied, "I hope so." He favored the passage of the bill.
 MT. York said he had talked to many in Jackson county and he found the consensus of opinion to be that the drastic act first passed would drive many people out of Arkansas. He argued in favor of the pending bill in the interest of the common people. (Mr. Campbell of Pulaski in the chair.)
 Dr. Myers said his object in intro ducing the first bill was to protect the source of supply of one of the great est industries that has sprung up in the South. As amended, the bill, he concluded, was too drastic. He did not seek to hurt the farmers. He sought to protect an industry. pr. Myers said it was of vital importance to the people that the former act, as amended should be modified. The people adversely affected by his bill would be those farmers, very few in number, who wished to employ the closed season on other work. He could not frame a bill to protect all mussels, as some of them spawned every month in the year, but the most famous of them spawned during the closed season as his bill made it.
 The bill passed-ayes 32, noes P. Mir. Eldridge gave notice of mo- tion to reconsider the vote by which the bill passed.
Newport daily independent., 1903-03-17
NOTICE OF MEETINGS.

The greatest work that has ever been performed is now being done here at the A. M. E. church colored. Crutches are being removed from people that have been walking on them for years. We have large at tendance day and night. Meeting conducted by Rev. Loveless. Hours of meeting; 1O:30 a. m., 2:3O p. m. and 7:3O p. m. All are invited to attend.
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Newport daily independent., 1903-03-17

Among the new goods just received at Mrs. Mattie Moore's is full line of embroidery silks, linen doylies, point lace materials and Battenburg. 275 b6t
Newport daily independent., 1903-03-17

FoR RENT-Six room cottage fur nished or unfurnished on Hazel St.
 MRS. Dor GUNTER. 77 d St.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-13
The Review of Reviews for August.

The Review of Reviews is unequalled
among monthly periodicals in the fresh
ness and range of the topics which it
covers every thirty days In the Au-
gust number, for instance, we have a
most interesting character sketch of the
late Pope from the pen of that stalwart
English Protestant, Mr.. W. 7. Stead,
while the art of the eccentric James Nc
Neill Whistler, who died suddenly on
July II, is represented by reproductions
of several of his most characteristic
works, with Il biographical sketch by
Mr. Ernest knaufft; Mr., Wolf Won Schier-
brand writes on the results of the recent
German elections, with especial reference
to the gains of the Socialists. and Mr.
Othon Guerlac contributes a character
sketch OF the French Socialist leader. NJ
Jaures; the great wheat harvest in Kan
sas, which ended late in July is described
IN an illustrated article by Mr. Philip
Eastman; The Present Status of the
American Labor Movement, "a subject
much before the public in the last few
weeks,-is carefully analyzed by Mr.
John K. Commons while the untoward
conditions that confront the English
worker are described by Mr.. Frank
Fayant; the post-office scandal. the
lynching craze, and the ''peonage" ex-
posures in the South are reviewed by the
editor in THE Progress of the World"
the new general staff of the army,
which will begin its work on August Il,
is discussed in the department OF Lead
ing Articles of the Month"; and in the
same number the very latest electric
power plant installations from the Hud-
son River to southern California and
Mount Rainier are described in series of
illustrated articles which bring out the
possibilities OF American water-power
development in most interesting and
striking way.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-13
Republican Hypocrisy.
Charlotte Observer.

charlotte Observer.
In an interesting review OF political
matters, Savoyard, writing in The
Washington Post gives the assurance
that the next session of Congress is
to be a dull one, if Aldrich and Can
non can run their respective houses.
MIR. German, he thinks, may be able
to give them some trouble, but the
end is sure. With Cuban reciprocity
given a lick and a promise and asset
currency provided for, the appro-
priations committees of the two
houses will rush the money bills
through at break-neck speed. Can
non can be depended on to have
things ready for adjournment before
the national conventions. The negro
question will be easily settled. "Crum-
packer will be on hand with his bill
for the consolation of the negroes in
Evansville, Ind, and Belleville and
Danville, Ill. 1t will be referred to
the national convention and nailed
into the national platform. Says
Savoyard:
~ "ouiNi NC Il llloSt
and impertinent negro who would
demand more. 1t was Just twelve
wears ago when the Hon. Henry
Cabot Lodge undertook to settle the
negro question according to the Re-
publican idea. The result was ex-
ceedingly disastrous. You don't have
to knock the G.. 0. p. down but once
to give it hint. There will never be
another force bill, and the real leaders
OF the party are not going to give
any countenance to that Crumpacker
business other than to promise it to
the ear of Northern negroes and
break it to the hope"
This is as true as Holy Writ. and
there is equal force in the concluding
observation that whenever the G.
o. p. ceases to be a hypocrite on the
negro question it will put a negro on
the Federal bench and give him a
place in the Presidents cabinet"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-13
Judoe Charles M. Cooke In Union.

Monroe Journal
In his charge to the grand jury the
Judge discussed very earnestly the
more prevalent crimes found in this
State. He came down on the pistol
toters and blind tigers. Lynching
was condemned and the iurymen
charged to report any persons they
knew to have engaged it. He also
spoke emphatically concerning the
crimes of immortality and the viola
ton of the marriage law; spoke OF
the duty of school officers and the
sacredness of the school fund and
made fine plea for universal educa-
ton. The address was listened to
closely by the jury, being delivered in
a most earnest and impressive man
ner. The following are some extracts
from it:
"The people of North Carolina, in
their sovereign will. have declared
that the manufacture and sale OF
spirituous liquors to an extent here
tOfore allowed is a great public evil,
and must be stopped. The court
itself is of the opinion that if all the
tears that have been shed by women
and children on account OF this evil
could be gathered together at once
it would exceed in horror Dante's
description of hell. -
s'Nothing has given me SO much
pleasure as the great educational
awakening in North Carolina. Weare
trying to make it possible not only
that the children OF the wealthy, nor
even those of the middle classes, but
all, the most humble, shall have an
opportunity to acquire an educa-
ton
eff one of you know a school COM
mitteeman who is employing some
member of his family as Il teacher,
investigate it on the spot. The
school fund is the most sacred money
that goes into anybody's hands.
There is not a fund in North Carolina
that you are required to investigate
more thoroughly"
'.TO me there has never been any
thing better than the old Southern
mans idea of the protection of wO-
mans virtue. | only fear there has
been a deterioration in our estimation
and honor of women"
There can be no shadow OfeXcuse
| for lynching i'll this State. One legal
execution is worth in moral effect
three lynchings. charge you if you
know of any one who has engaged i'll
it to report him."
"The man who carries a concealed
weapon is an enemy of his country
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-13
The AfrO-American In Boston.
Baltimore Sun.

ouH
1t is a well-known fact that when
the cOlOred man and brother from
the South goes to Boston he becomes
an O-American and leaves behind
him the various names by which he
is known in his former house of bon
dage. 1t is painful to note that in
shaking off the Southern dust from
his feet and leaving his various names
behind he still holds on to his razor
and carries it along with him to the
center of culture and the land of
promise. He also carries with him
other habits and instincts as well
as the razor slashing habit, and it is
said that when he joins the colored
natives of cultured Boston he finds
congenial society which also has the
razor habit and other habits which
prevail in the cotton fields.
On thursday evening Il mass-meet-
ing of Afro-Americans was held in
Zion Church, Boston, for the purpose
of listening to an address by Booker
Il. Washington. Washington must
have been panied as we'll as surprised
at the reception which met him.
Disturbances, Kisses and Interrupt
tions began the trouble, and then the
razOrs were drawn and there was a
free fight. One cultivated Boston
lady of color unfortunately had left
her razor at home and she was COM
delled to resort to her hat pin, which
she is said to have used with enthus-
iasm and success. Perhaps Wash
ington, if he would express his honest
sentiments, prefers the plantation
manners OF the Southern "coOn" to
the department of the cultivated
AfrO-American OfBOstOn.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-13
Growth of Civilization.
Indianapolis Sentinel.

Indianapolis Sentinel.
The death of Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay,
of Kentucky, is a reminder that the
country has advanced in civilization
in spite OF the existence OF the repub-
lican party.
Even so, Gen. Clay was an editor
an Old-time editor. He did not
exactly call n spade spade, but in
sisted that it was a steam pillow or Il
dredging machine When the feel
ings OF the opposition were hurt by
Gen. Clay's remarks they would seek
him for the purpose of discharging
firearms at him, or disembOweling
him with bowie knives Sometimes
they varied this by challenging him
to fight duel, or getting up q mob
to wreck his office and demOlish his
Washington press.
This put Gen. Clay on the defensive
personally while always aggressive
editOrially He acquired the shoot
ing habit. While always bold and
ready for any contest most editors
do not shoot accurately because
midnight studies affect the eyesight,
and constant writing gives a rotary
movement to the hand that makes
it difficult to hit anything that is
not moving III an orbit People who
try to kill editors do not move in
orbits. They are of the unprOgress-
i've sort who do not move at ALL
But anything that Gen. Clay lacked
in craftsmanship he made up in
amount of arms and ammunition.
He was an arsenal and supply depot
in the fullest sense. He carved his
beefsteak with II sword and picked
his teeth with Il pOniard. When he
got to the child wife period he used a
couple of muskets for crutches All
of which reminds us that "war is
hell"
Happily this system has now gone
out. The editor is no longer a tar
get for anything but the scurrilous
ISLANDERS of enviOus fellOwcitizens.
He lives in peace and quiet, devoting
his spare time to works of benevO-
lence and njOying the deserved re-
spect to the community. When any
body imagines that he has been aG-
grieved by a few truthful remarks,
and sues the paper for five or ten
thousand dollars, the editor calmly
opens his safety deposit vault and
losses him the money, taking no re-
venge except CHASING the mercenary
wretch as cheap skate What a
vast Improvement on the old system
is this, The circulation ofnewspapers
and money is vastly better than the
circulation of bullets and the cessa-
ton of circulation of blood.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-13
Religious Thought.
Prayer OF THAI ksgivinK.

Ny brother. rs you begin today to
think Of all your blessings l tell you
bluntly and plainly it is shame-a
sinful shame-for you to have post
poncd SO long learning IL prayer Of
thanksgiving 1t is Il shame-a sinful
shame-that you have postponed so
long the day when you are willing to
get down upon your knees and thank
God for what he has done for you and
for the blessings that have enriched
your life.-Rev. DR.. Frank De Witt
Talmage. Presbyterian. Chicago.
Necessity of Self Restraint.
The only moral restraint that can in
the nature of things be effective every
where and always Is self restraint. And
self restraint should be fostered and
cultivated by all the training. educa-
ton and discipline of youth. The foun-
dations of reason should be put be-
meath it, the sanctions Of religion
should be brought to strengthen it. Au-
thority. too. has its place, but not ar
bitrary authority. only the authority of
reason when and SO far as we are deal
Ing with reasoning beings.-Rev. Da-
vid Utter, Unitarian, Denver.
The Elemsnts of True Greatness
We have all longed to be great. We
have thought that greatness consisted
only in a few great deeds such as are
usually attributed to heroes, but Christ
teaches that true greatness consists in
the sum total Of little acts Of kindness.
No architect ever built a great cathe-
dral with one large unbroken piece of
stone, for all cathedrals are construct
ed with many bricks and many broken
pieces Of stone So you and will ere
long find that the sum total of the lit
tie deeds that We have performed
through the years will constitute
more glorious life than any OF the
great deeds Of the most famous heroes.
Rev. John Lloyd Lee. Presbyterian,
Nav York
The Living Temple.
AS the stable of Bethlehem became
the shrine of the world SO does the re-
deemed soul become the temple Of the
living God. Christ In your heart,
cleansing it, transforming it. purifying
it-this is the hope of a glorified life
Rev. J. . l.. Caughey. Presbyterian,
Rochester \. Y.
Working For the Saloon,
1t is a fact but little known that one
ninth Of all the money spent by the
world Is spent for Intoxicating drink.
In other words. the American working
man works eight days for himself and
for his family and then takes a day off
and works for the Saloon-Rev. Carl
+. Henry, Universalist, Cleveland
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-13
Apneai to the Law.

The Raleigh Post observing the
tendency to appeal to the law for the
correction Of almost every kind OF
evil, sarcastically says:
The sin of gluttony has arisen in
Georgia. The Journal, Of Atlanta,
of course, thinks it has pushed itself
far to the front of the procession OF
those wicked things men will do.
Call on the Legislature to stopit. There
is no reason why people should be
left to their vicious, self-destructive
appetite for eating any more thanto
other habits alike evil but no more
destructive. There is not half enough
regulation by law in this country,
ANYWAY.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-13
The Best Fighter.

The home grown, hand-spahked,
bare footed, hard listed country boy
makes better fighter in the battle
of life, says an exchange, than the
pampered. highcollated and creased
clothes boy who has always been
busted with whisk broom instead
of a shingle. Let the town man out
of a JOB try a year on the farm.
Flowing behind a mule will take the
kink out of his throat, the gas out
OF his stomach, the weakness out OF
his legs, and will give him an appe,,
tite, an honest living and hope OF
heaven.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-13
A Sprinq and Summer Tonic.

Go to the glorious mountains of Western
North Carolina, the LAND of the Sky and
Sapphire Country a natural paradise at
all times of the year, a pleasant spot, full of
life; of color and enjoyment, rich with posi-
bilities for health and recreation. For tenn
perature and climate it is unexcelled Reached
by the Southern Railway.
Write for descriptive book of Land of the
Sky, mailed free on application to any agent
of the Southern Railway, or Mr.. S. II. Hard
wick, General Passenger Agent, Washington,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-13
Negroes Disappointed and Returning.


Wilmington Messenger.
1t seems that many of the North
Carolina negroes who went to New
York to better their condition have
been disappointed and are returning
to their old homes One hundred of
these arrived in Raleigh Saturday on
one train. We feel sorry for these
poor people. Their disappointment
must have been great. They expect
ed when they got to the North to be
among friends, to receive high wages
for no more work than they did at
the South and to have a good time
generally. They find the South the
best place for them and the southern
people their best friends.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-13

Almost without exception the rail
way systems in the South and South
west have placed large orders for To-
cOmOtives, most of them to be deliv-
cred by the time crops are to be
moved, but even with the additional
equipment it is believed that the
enormous crop of wheat, corn and
cotton will require much more mo-
tive power than is now available to
get it to market.