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Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15
CONCERTED MOVE
 IS BEING MADE.
Army and Navy Forces Prepar- ing Attack on Kia Chou, and Big Doings Are
 Soon Expected.

New Chwang, July II. Since Friday the Japanese troops have been advancing rapidly on Ia Tche Kiao. The firing was in- cessant on Monday south of this city. The mikado's men pushed forward rapidly and carried the Russian intrenchments, compell- l ing the enemy to fall back to Tas Chou Tien. The weather continues fine and the roads are now fairly good. The Japanese are expected to continue their forward movement. The Rus sians say they expect the most important battle of the war, up to this point, will be fought at Ia Tche Kiao. They are confi- dent of victory, and say that Kuropatkin is now prepared to strike.
 Japanese vessels have been seen off Kai Chou. Itis believed that they are keeping in touch with the advance of the land forces and that if the Japanese take Ia Tche Kiao, which is thought to be their objective, it is believed that a landing will be simultaneously made at Yin Row.
 The Japanese began to push their advance north at dawn or July 9, after taking Kia Chou, and since then have proceeded steadily. They kept their artil. lery we'll to the front and shellec and occupied Pint Zan, sever miles north, at noon, July 9. Ii is now reported that they are ir close touch with Ia Tche Kiao, Gen. Oku is said to be wearing a Chinese costume.
 Japanese scouts are close t( Yin Row. They can be seen or the neighboring hilltops, from which they occasionally fire or the Russian outposts.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15
MISSIONARY RALLY.
Biz Basket Dinner to be Given
 At Tupelo On July 24th.

On July 24th a missionary rally will be held at Tupelo, ad- dressed by Rev. W. M. Wilson of Augusta, Dr. J. H. Dye, r. E. of Little Rock district, and Rev. Stonewall Anderson, presi- dent of Hendrix college. Ser vice to begin promptly at 10 a.
 n. Address by Rev. Mir. Wilson, 70 to 50 rninu es, then an ad- dress by nr. Dye, followed by q cash and subscription collection for the benevolent claims of the church. Then dinner and an ad- dress by Rev. s. Anderson.
 Special music and songs. Now let no one stay away on account of the collection" If you don't want to give, all right. There will be no force measures used to extort money from you, but listen, hear and heed. The sooner the people ali over the land learn that it requires their
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15
SALOON FIGHT IN OSCEOLA.
An Effort Being Made to Secure the Licensing of Saloons
 at That Place.

. Osceola, July ii. The whisky and prohibition elements are hooked up in a fierce fight Mis- sissippi is a wet county, but the open saloon has been petitioned out of Osceola for several years under the three-mile law.
 Since the Joints" were closed down two weeks ago the whisky men have been circulating peti- tions to get the open saloons back.
 They met with success so fa1 as securing a majority of names was concerned, but the preamble to petition read: three miles from church" instead ot "school buildings The county court allowed the whisky men to file their petition, but ordered them to make a complete census and amend the petition by in- serting schoolhouse' z Instead of church" The matter will come up for final disposition at adjourned term of court Tuesday.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15
CRAVER' RESPONDENT
 's5COMMITS SUICIDE.

Springdale, July Il. M. W. Craver, residing about two miles east of this place, shot himself yesterday. afternoon about 4 o'clock. He had been in poor health for some time and had become despondent.
 He and his wife came to this section some twelve years ago from Wisconsin. At the time of the tragedy his wife had gone to neighbours to get some one to go for the doctor. Upon her return to the house she found her husband dead, with a revolver close by him. The coronor has been sent fol and the body will be taken care of.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15
POSITION OPEN IN
 CARRIER SERVICE

Application blanks for the va csncy in the rural carrier service out of this city have been receiv- ed at the postoffice for those wishing to take the examination. These blanks are to be sent in by July 22.
 Rural route No. ?, in which the vacancy exists, pays $500 a year and will probably be increased soon to s7oo. The eligible list created by the examination will hold good for the next year in the rural service from this office and thus the applicant who does not laad this job may later be appoilfed for another.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15
.1NSAS RIVERS
SECOND RAMPAGE.
Overflow of Bottom Lands Re gently Devastated Again Promised Danger Line
 is Passed.

Little Rock, July F. The Ar kansas river passed the danger line of 8 feet here last night, and will continue to rise, accord ing to predictions of the wdather bureau officials, until 1t reaches ss stage of 25 feet,
 The river is still rising at Fort Smith and this indicates that the rise will continue at Little Rock for several days. It is believed that the water will continue to rise at Little Rock for at least three or four days, but the rise will probably be slow during the last two days of this period. With stage of 25 feet at Lit | tie Rock it is feared that a large area of low lands below this city will be inundated, as the water begins to overflow the banks when the danger line is reached at Little Rock.
 River men state that much of the lowlands near the river will be flooded if the river reaches Q stage of 5 feet, but if it comes to a stand at that point the dam age, will be small when compared to that inflicted by the. flood a month ago.
 Little cotton will be affected by the overflow, as all cotton on the territory which would be covered was killed by the last overflow. A large part of this ground has just been replantec in corn, beans, potatoes ano oJher crops, and if these crops are destroyed the efforts of the planters to utilize the ground desoIated by the flood will be thwarted.
 Reports received in the city Monday from points above Little Rock show that a large part ot the lowlands along the river have already been flooded, but the greatest damage is to be expect ed below thls city. No serious overflow has been reported be- low Little Rock, but if the river
 continues to rise as expected a l heavy loss is probable.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15

netns as well as their molrals to, operate the church, the/ better will be our condition. Come, see hear and bring a nfull din ner pail, !" and let /ts make 9 Sabbath days journey toward heaven.
 Newport, Augusta and Me Crory are hereby cordially in- vited to come and eat with Us, see and be seen, shake hands, extend acquaintance and renew old friendships and feel at home.
 JAS. F. JERNIGAN, Pastor. July 12, 1904.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15
RICE CULTURE
 IN ARKANSAS.

Carlisle, July II. W. H. Full Ter, four miles south of this place, has 100 acres planted in rice. He has a splendid we'll which will throw 2,0O0 gallons of water a minute, thus keeping the soil in splendid condition. The stalks are several feet high and the stand is excellent. MT. Fuller expects a yield of 75 to 100 bushels aANacre.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15
our legisla rs our servants ifsV ctead Ot d m asta CTS and will

stead of masters and will wipe out al annihlate the lob- byist, hi principle is in force in Switzerl hd and is the bull wark of thd r liberty and makes Switzerland the proudest and most denol ratic government on earth.
 l am all advocate of good roads and heartily endorse tbe effort put firth in that direc- tion. Am Also in favor of all permanentS internal improve
 menfs beth state and national. I advocate the elevation and enlargement of our public school system to such an extent that
 every boy and girl in the land
 shall have the opportunity of
 laying the foundation of the nlgheSt literary attainment. 1 believe the governor should
 be shorn of some of his powers,
 especially the pardoning power
 and a pardoning board consisting
 of three state officials should be
 be established. The term of
 office for governor should be limited to two terms or one term of four years. There are many
 other matters of vital interest to the people which l would ad- vocate but cannot include them , in this circular.
 Il I solicit your suffrages for the }, office of governor and assure you
 if elected will make you a far f and impartial officer favoring } no ore class of men above any
 other class, and shall take the Econstitution and laws of the : state and not hny prejudices : and will for my guide. l will : endeavor to give you a clean ad- n ministration and do no act which - would tarnish the fair escutcheon s of our state or crimson with the $ blusi. of shame the cheek of the h humblest citizen. But if, after h earnestly and honestly consider q ing this matter, you cannot give .- me your vote for governor, let
 me implore you that when. you J. go to the polls at the September l. election, you cast your vote f against license and rid you, r county, town and state of the j. saloon with all it's biightiag in. e fuence. Let your vote be a de. r cree divorcing the politics of the F state from the liquor traffic. y Respectfully. J. E. VILLAINS.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15

The FeohlplIlon party, Tn
 spite Of all that is said against it. is pre-eminently the peoples
 party. mean all the people.
 For it would put every citizen in closest personal relations with the forces of government and
 lay upon him the full measure of responsibility for the laws un-
 der which he is to live. To this iend it advocates the principle Of
 the initiative and referendum.
 This principle gives the people the right to participate directly in legislation by their votes for or against salutary or obnoxious laws. By the initiative the people can start any class of
 legislation their welfare may require. By the referendum
 they may have any laws that in-
 terest may demand referred
 back to them for ratification or rejection by their vote before it
 can become a law. It will force
 our legislators to respect the
 rights of the plain people in-
 stead of protecting the interests of favored classes. It will make
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15
BUSINESS TROUBLES
 CAUSES SUICt

Lake Village, July II. R. Scaife of Scaife post office wa found dead in bed Saturdal morning from an overdose laudanum. Excessive disapA and business reverses sre sn posed to be the cause.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15
DUT(eI5F DEMOCRATS
Grand GIaize Democrat Disputes Duty of Democrats to Vote
 for Election of Davis.
Grand Glaize, July l2.

Grand Glaize, July 12.
 Now some time has elapsed since the Democratic state con- vention completed it's delibera- tions at Hot Springs and the peo- pie have been brought face to face with the question as to what is my duty as citizen of Ar kansas, and who has the best interest of the state at heart?
 A great many of us voted in the primaries and there is an ur- written law that those that vote in the primaries should support the ticket. Now let us see. There were positive instructions to let only known Democrats vote, yet it is known fact that avowed Republicans were voted in every case where they would support the Davis element. Now if the alleged obligation by rea-' son of participation in the prima- fries was ever binding it certainly is not, so far as the present cam |paign. is concerned. To make this obligation have any appear ance of being binding, the same :. rules of party practice should be observed by candidates as we'll as voters. The candidate cannot with good grace claim party tenets binding when he is a violated of party precedents?
 Then again, Gov Davis has been and we believe justly charged with high treason in office and a betrayal of the trust imposed in 'him by the people that made him chief executive of our great state, to the extent that should retire any man to private life. At the convention of the Wood clubs in Little Rock, of which Hon. Carroll Armstrong was( chairman, the following was Unanimously adopted: we con- demn the candidacy of Gov. Davis for a third term as a cripe [against the laws and sacred usages of the Democratic party,
 we condemn it as un-American, un-democratic, un-p atriotic,I monarchial in. tendency, tyran-I nical in practice and disastrous lin results.'' If this was true
 before the primaries it is equally |true now. It is also one of the. Isettled rules of the Democratic party that no man shall have third term as governor nor make Iuse of his official influence to lgratify his personal ambitions. l Yet the governor has said to the
 criminal class of people from al-
 most every stump in the state:
 Give me your votes, and in re-
 turn I will give you your lib-
 erty." By his own acts the,
 governor is proven to be the
 most persistent violator of party,
 precedents, and every man that
 casts his vote for Davis in th
 coming election lends himss'
 party to the crime. Wts4
 duty to ourselves, tc1erry,
 and to our state! Adly ana tinue to support months
 shall we take a stal
 and right. Let uooRr.
 others on this mattS
 learn our duty and like men. c. 4. r
 | z
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15
WILLIAM JENKS DEADN.

Searcy, July II. -Wm. Jenks, aged 52 years, died Sunday morning about 11::30 o'clock. HeA had been in extremely low healtHI for many years. He is survived by his aged mother, a brothei Dr. J. M. Jenks, and other rel tives.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15
1 THE VOTERS ---OF-
 l ARKANSAS.
. NNAN~~NANNV%

)tEty ilClu III iAlttlS AsOSN
 B 22, 1904, received the
 0 0tion for the office of gov
 1llf the state of Arkansas,
 -or not the less valued be-
 V unlocked for and unsought.
 .zing that my name Is not
 ound in the political rec
 : the state, that l have but
 ned acquaintance with the
 " s of the state beyond my
 md county, deem 1t only
 md proper in some wise to ior the question which those unlisted in our cause will be askingI Who isl. E. Wilmans?' Seeing that I will not be able to make a personal canvass of the state, I take this method, of introducing myself. 1 am na- tive of Kentucky. When quite a young man I came to Jackson county, Arkansas. l was here during the war and the trouhlous times which followed. Previous to the war politically I was 9 Whig, from boyhood having been grounded in the doctrines of gov ernment as taught by the great commoner, Henry Clay. Since reconstruction times l have been identified with the Democratic party until some ten years ago, when, being impressed with the corrupting influence of the hquor power, in politics l allied myself with the temperance forces in town and county elections, and cast my first vote as a prohlbl- ; tionist for Joshua Lowering for president in 1896. During these years I have been in close fel- lowship with the prohibition party. Through constant study # it's principles and development, V ' ! atched wisn deep interest @ as Y its teachings were more and NY y re arresting the thought of =, l oad, how in church and S4 ]e, in science and in commerce le drink problem was demand ing a hearing.
 l would that every voterin this state and in every state of the ! union would read Dr. S. c. Swal- lows address to the Democratic psfn-ll leaders, showing how this 1 lsabn is entitled to precedence ,c4ly baall other questions.
 would that our state, our be-
 ,sdI Arkansas, might fall into
 together with sMississip.
 Tennessee, Texas, Georgia
 other Southern states and say forward this great reform
 Ilvelll, I believe, be very gen peece conceded that through thu daac'sing factions of the politi cal parties of the state we have arrived at a crisis which affords the friends of prohibition an op portunity such as they have neve had before.
 What will we do with it Preachers of the gospel christ ian citizens, business men, me >>with sons and daughters, of Then with the mistakes of tn 1fipAst behind you, young men wit the golden pfemise of the futur before you, what will you do wit this opportunity?
 Iappeal to you all, every ma man and woman that wants t see a sober state government, cleaner municipal government more righteous national govorr ment, to fall Into line, array your selves against that policy whic makes city, state and naticn part aers in 2 business which no tra )sman can for a moment call othe than absolutely bad, namely, th licensed liquor traffic.
 Let the Anti-Saloon Leagu come to the front; let the ". ( T. U. be right by their side; k the church speak with no uncel &n.r .,c,on or1 Iat uc Lcliaya thc
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15

SlOFI lltlG dYO IGduSu Dy o
 by the name of Flannelly from Louisville, Ky, a member ot me National Liquor Dealers Asso- citation, the purpose of which is to organize the liquor men II every county in the state. I0l what? They care nothing TOT the Republican or Denlocta,ic party, just so they carry ''e counties for license.
 Have you not heard that aE one of their meetings in Ono u Was ! D sad. i've must do mlssionafy work among the boys. That every nickle spent ln treats eo the boys will return Tn dollars to our tills.
 Fathers and mothers oi Ar kansas. is it to be our boys who will be mustered into the ranks to take the places of the one hundred thousand who are slain by this fell monster every year? Are you willing that these drunk ard-making missionaries should % unchallenged in your midst? Is it not time to rebuke this dia- bolicaI affrontery? Will the men of this southland, the sons of the cavalier and the Hugenot, men who have built up this great nation, give their consent to the rule of men, ninety per cent of whom are not Americans, men who have no pride but the pride of purse, no glory but the glory of greed, no love but the love of self? This you do when you vote to license the saloons.
 The liquor system of this na- ton is the offspring of the Re- publican party, but the Demo cratic party trucklingly has be- come strong ally. I arraign both the Republican and Demo cratic parties as confederateS with the liquor traffic and charge them as particeps criminis, botf before and after the fact, witt all the crimes and evils in ant resulting from the licensed sa loon.
 No man could do a lega wholesale. or retail liquor busi ness in Arkansas if the voters o1 the counties did not by theil votes authorize the business The liquor license laws of the state would be a dead letter on our statute books if the ma jority of the voters of the county |did not vote for license at eacf general election for state ane county officers.
 No man can keep a licensed saloon without partners. Who are his partners? The man wht votes for license is partner 1T Ithe business also the municipal lity, county, state and nation
 leach of which receives a share
 of the profits in license fees anG
 revenues.
 l Every vote for license is ar
 endorsement of the most iniqui
 tous and demoralizing business
 lever tolerated by man or sanction led by law, a law which enriches
 and monetizes a class of mer who have no care for the rights lof the voter and no regard fol the power of the state; a law which cedes power to men with whom the end always justifies l the means, men who would moi } scruple to employ any method te ! accomplish their purpose.
 The Prohibition party, 1T ] spite of all that is said against ) it. is pre-eminently the peoples ! party. l mean all the people
 For it would put every citizen ir closest personal relations witt Ithe forces of government anl
 lay upon him the full measure of responsibility for the laws un, , der which he is to live. To this : end it advocates the principle o-
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-15

Jerry Bailey. living on Vine street, was reported very sick Tuesday.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-10-21

Scientific American: The British adj
miralty has suspended the practice OF
fitting the position OF the range finder
on an electric light platform placed on
the foremagr OF q warsnip. IL Is ifn~
perative. TO facilitate the firing OF the
guns, that the ean OF ascertaining
and transmitting the range from the
vessel to the antagonist be conmuni-
Gated 10 the u crew with complete
security, from a perfectly reliable OBJ
serving position. The decision Of the
naval department is due TO the result
or the engagement between the Rus
stan warship Variag and the Japanese
fleet. In this conflict the men operat-
ing this vital department we're rendered
hors de combat early In the engage
nient. with the result that the gun
crews on the Variag iabored under
great disadvantages. From this II Is
c~onclusiyely demonstrated that n OBJ
servation post placed in the fighting
tops is impracticable. The Japanese
themselves have also recognized this
crucial point, and In their new vessels
that are In course OF construction In
England, special armored observation
towers are to be erected at various adj
yantageous positions on the ships for
the installation of the range-finding APP
p~aratus. In the case OF the British ma
val department no decision a been
arrived at. though the matter Is under
discussion and Investigation.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-10-21

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