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Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
HOSIERY MILLsFo \ POPLAR BLUFF.
Proposition Submitted to Busi. ness Men of That City Mon- day Night By Premier
 Hosiery Company.

The beginning of what may prove to be large and valuable industry to Poplar Bluff was made in the Quinn hotel parlors Monday evening, says the Citi- zen-Democrat of that city, when Paul E. Vogel met with a num- Der of the business men of the city for the purpose of talking over the proposition of removing the Premier hosiery mills of Se- dalia, Mo-, to this city.
 Mir. Vogel is the principal owner and the president of this -smill, having associated with him F. Fletcher as vice president and J. w. Kennedy as secretary and treasurer.
 At the present time the con- pany is capitalized at $15, 900, but if the necessary arrange ments can be made to remove to this city the capitalization will probably be increased to $50, GOO, with something like $20, 900 to $25,000 paid in. With such. a capitalization about 100 people could be employed and the out put would reach over 200 dozen J per day.
 v MT. Vogel offers a most prac- tical plan, simply the sale of the necessary stock, and ask no bo- nus of any kind. This places the proposition in the light of a hard headed business proposition, and there seems every indication that the plan will be successful and that the factory will be brought to our city. The attendance Monday night was somewhat small on account of numerous other meetings about town, con- sequently another meeting was arranged for at the Elks' club rooms, when the matter will be ifaken up in greater detail by the sbusiness men of the city.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
FOR PROTECTION
 TO RICH LANDS
Leeves Will Be Built in Jefferson County-Plans Are Already, Being Made for This
 Needed Work.

Pine Bluff, June 21. Sheriff James Gould and other planters in Jefferson county who own much land in the southern DOT tion of the county which was overfowed by the breaking of the Frenchtown levee during the recent high water have already begun plans on a much larger and better scale.
 The levee will be rebuilt this summer and those in charge of the work propose to build the new levee in such a way that tke surrounding country will not again be overflowed, no matter how high the water may reach at future stages. The Cotto Belt road has made cer tain prop ositions by which it agrees to pay part of the cost.
 This levee is by far the most important in the county, for it is situated on a bend in the river, land guards thousands of acres of .f,ich bottom land and adjoining { Plantations. It was the break Z ing of this levee that caused most of the damage in the lower sec tion of the county and overfiowed the tracks of the Cotton Belt road. The sentiment prevails all over the county where the nlanters have suffered gravely from the flood, that the levees must be made stronger and higher, and hundreds of dollars will be spent in the county this summer on this work.
 Tn the New York Tribune of .June 15 there appears an excel lent half tone of the Princeton graduating class, in which it is easv to distinguish our friend, James I. Scarborough. The issue also contains an article relative to the class of 1904 and some unusual statistics, few of which we give. The average age of the graduates is P 1-2 wears. average height 5 feet 1o
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
TOUCHED A MATCH
 TO DYNAMITE CAP.
Little Torian Girl Near Weldon Loses Tips of Three Fingers by Explosion While Play
 ing Tuesday.


 The little daughter of Elisha Torian, living near Weldon, was playing with a, dynamite cap Tuesday that had been lying around the house for years and in her childish ignorance touched a match to the explosive, losing the first joint of three fingers and a thumb, whose amputation were found necessary by Drs. G. J. and J. c. Tankersley.
 The little girl and her brother overheard some visitors telling how the caps were used to blow up stumps and sought to try their hand with the above sad experience, though it is remark able that her injuries were not more serious.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
LETTER. TO MIR. R. H. ASKEW
 NEWPORT, ARK.

Dear Sir: Let's talk it right out before folks. There's nothing to hide in your business OF ours; if there is we'd better hide our selves..-
 We are in trade to make money; so are you. We make it by saving our customers money; so do you. Our object in trade is to save your customers wood from rotting and iron and steel and tin from rusting; yours the same.
 We work for thousands of property owners; you few. We can do some things that you can't do; we have the facilities. You can do some things that we can't, you are there. Let us work together; be faithful to one another. We can serve our cus- toners better by working to- gether and being faithful to one another.
 Your dollar, put into our paint, will paint more feet than in any
  other way, and the paint will last longer. This saves you money and saves your customers money. That's all there is in our whole business.
 Yours truly,
 F. w. DEvOE & Co.,, 100 New York and Chicago. R. L. Graham of Tuckerman was down on business Monday.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
inches. Of the intendt

inches. Of the intended voca, tions, business leads and law
 medicine and civil engineerino follow in the order named, The preferable style of beauty is the brunette and Helen the favor;+e . name. The class numbers 27a
 1855 smoke, but only 53 began at college. The seniors boast of kissing 151 girls and retainino 614 girl correspondents. There are 190 Republicans and 51 Dem ocrats in the class and in relioion the Presbyterians predominate
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
BUSINESS MAN
 COMMITS SUICIDE

Pine Bluff, June 21. 1.-Benia. min F. Mckenzie, a prominent merchant and lumber man of Swan Lake, committed suicide Sunday afternoon about 5:SO o'clock by shooting himself through the heart with a s. calibre revolver. Death was in- stantaneous.
 Mckenzie left no message of any kind, but business reverses and troubles are said to have been the cause of his taking his own life. He was seemingly in good health and cheerful spirits when he walked into his own store at Swan Lake on Sunday afternoon.
 Two revolvers were lying on a desk in the store and selecting one of these he deliberately put the muzzle to his heart and pulled the trigger before his friends knew what he was doing.
 The man never uttered a word and those who saw him were too late to prevent the deed.
 Mckenzie was about 30 years of age and was married about three years ago, but there were no children.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24

Tuesday morning. Miss Katherine HarsI son, ol : of Auvergne's most ttractiv,
 young ladies, was shd bping a the county seat Friday
 Jno. Hencke spent sunday ii
 Jonesboro and returnek with hi.
 little boy, both leaving Monda,
 evening for Hot Springs. | The Iron Mountain pay cal
 was here Saturday morning ane
 distributed checks among it's em
 ployes for the past month. I J. H. Requa and daughter anc
 MT. and Mrs. Jerry South o1
 Mountain Home were guests o1
 the Creighton Sunday night.
 Harry Ledbetter, section fore. man on the Mountain at Oly. phant, is taking a vacation and visiting his family at Tuckerman,
 Mrs. Lary Cravens and Miss Lucas of Pocahontas were guests of the Hazel Friday night on their way up the White river branch.
 w. H. Snetzer and wife re- turned Monday noon from Little Rock, the latter having made a weeks visit to her parents in that city.
 Mrs. Graham of Roswell, New Mexico, formerly Miss Cora Grubbs, is expected here tonight on a visit to her sister, Mrs. T. FE. Allen.
 | Misses Ida and Amy and John IF. Ferrill came up from Shoffner Thursday with their father and returned home to Batesville next morning.
 Trainmaster Abrams and Su- perintendent Hartigan were here Friday looking after the survey ing for switch tracks in the rail- road park.
 U.=sG.; Reeder, formerly of Newport, but who is now the proprietor of a Jonesboro barber shop, was here Monday on a short visit.
 Hon.I James P. Coffin of Bates vile spent Monday night in the city en ,routs home from attend ing the Confederate reunion at Nashville.
 Mrs. CIV. Reiney of Bates- vile was here Friday on her re- turn home from Paragould. The family have decided to locate in the latter city.
 c. E. Johnson of Sheffield, Alabama's ''iron city," has ac- cepted a position with the Bailey Mere. Company during their big cut price sale.
 William Snyder has accepted a run on the White river branch passenger and is making Newport his headquarters. He goes up every other day.
 1 Little Sammy Phillips is just about the same, so reports state from his bedside. The fact that he is holding his own gives hope 1 for better news. Miss Emma Beard leaves to- morrow night for St. Louis, where she is to meet and enjoy
 the company of a party of South ] Dakota friends. Mrs. w. R. Smith and Misses
 Annie and Catherine Smith ar
 rived Friday and were guests of the Hazel over night, on their way to Batesville. Miss Allie Hicks of this city
 held the lucky number, 1884, in the Palace jewelry store contest and was awarded the handsome Victor graphophone.
 H. E. Bragg and wife came : down from Batesville Monday land will again make Newport their home. They will board with Mrs. E. R. Tyler.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
Harry D. Herring, formerly

friends in Jackson county, came | up from Prescott Friday on a
 visit.
 Mrs. Graham, nee Cora Grubbs,
 arrived Saturday night on a visit
 to her sister, Mrs. T. E. Allen,
 and is receiving a genuine well come from the friends of her old
 home.
 J. c. Flood, representing Nor vell-Shapleigh Hardware Con- pany, St.. Louis, spent Sunday here with his wife and baby, who are boarding with Mrs. E. R. Tyler.
 Capt. w. A. Joyce made the trip to Augusta with the colored K. P.'s in five hours and the boat returned Thursday morning. About seventy-fve went on the excursion.
 Miss Mabel Padgett, formerly one of our most efficient and popular teachers, was honored with the honorary vice presidency of the state insurance agents association.
 A number of workmen are re- pairing the government fleet of boats that have been tied up here for the winter, and the work of dredging White and Black rivers will soon begin.
 Mesdames Matte Moore and Joe Balmaz, accompanied by their niece, Miss Myrt Adams of Batesville, left Saturday night for a ten days visit in the Worlds Fair city.
 Representative Jno. H. Keel and wife came up from Ingleside Friday morning and left that night for few days visit to the old home of Mrs. Keel, Mann moth Spring, Mo. !. L. B. Harris and little daugh- ter, Carrie, went to St. Louis Monday night. Mr. Harris will return Sunday, but his daughter will remain until fall with her aunt, Mrs. Carrie Daugherty.
 E. B. Gillian, formerly a Swift ton merchant, who is thinking of l locating in Newport, and we hope he will; for he is an excellent cit izen, spent a part of Thursday here on his way home to Searcy.
 Mrs. Robert Harder and daughter, Miss Kate, accorfr panied by Will Magoffin, who was groomsman in the Mickey Huddleston nuptials, returned home from Vanndale Thursday afternoon.
 Rube Kennerly is being missed by his Newport friends, of whom he had many, having accepted a position with the Gem Drug Store of Paragould. He is a fine pharmacist as we'll as an excellent young man.
 Mrs. J. s. Thomas and Mrs. P. A. Robertson, two estimable la- dies of Searcy who have been at- tending the missionary confer ence at Jonesboro, passed through Newport Monday afternoon en route home.
 Mrs. J. c. Cook and two chil- dren, accompanied by her sister, Miss Ada Schonacker, arrived Wednesday night from Memphis to spend the summer with their parents, MT. and Mrs. G. A. Schonacker.
 Miss Lucy Garrett, an accom- plished Memphian, whose mother and grandmother were residents of Jacksonport, and later New port, has returned home after a pleasant visit with Mir. and Mrs. J. s. Wilmans.
 A pearler named J. M. Perkin md Alonzo Null and George Ham, lton, the two last named being farmers from Oil Trough, were arrested Saturday night and each
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
HERE AND THERE.

rainfall Of 1.52 inches.
 Capt. James T. Henderson O. Auvergne was in the city Tues day.
 Mrs. Emma Turpin of Tucker man was down shopping Satur day.
 E. c. Waterman left Friday noon to take in the fair at St Louis.
 Dr. G. D. Clements of Au vergne was a Newport visitor Friday.
 Mrs. I. w. Stephens of The Cedars is the guest of Mrs. o. D. Watson.
 A. Biggerstaff of Columbus, Ohio, came in Friday night of the road.
 F. r. Shipwith returned Friday noon from short business crip to Helena.
 Mrs. Robert Hooker and daugh- ter Elise are again out after a brief illness.
 
 E. D. Allen, prominent busi- ness man of Alicia, was in the city Tuesday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Lawrence's uaughter was reported worse Wednesday. Morris Bloom of Walnut Ripge was in Newport on business Wednesday. Norman Wolff returned Sum- , day from a several weeks visit to Hot Springs.
 Doctor G. D. Clements of Au- vergne was a pleasast caller while in town Tuesday.
 Rev. M. B. Umsted of Para gould came Tuesday for a short l visit to his sons. : l Miss Lula Knoles. a non,,lar clerk at Wolff -Goldman's, is en- toying her vacation. <
 Mrs. J. w. Coffman left Mon-. day for a several days. visit to friends in Black Rock. s.,t
 Miss Emma Beard left Satur- day night for St. Louis on a weeks visit to the Fair.
 T. H. Reamey and family left Saturday night for St. Louis to spend a week at the fair. Master Ralph Wolff came down from St. Louis Tuesday night on. a short visit to his father. R. M. Laird went to Auvergne to attend the Clements-Bleakly wedding Wednesday night.
 Col. V. Y. Cook of Elmo was here Sunday on his return home ; from the Nashville reunion. Secretary J. G. Burlingame, a popular Arkansaw Traveller, was a Newport visitor Sunday night.
 Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Henderson are the happy parents of a fine baby boy, born Monday morning
 Roy Dutton returned Saturda, night from a years study at tht Arkansas University, Fayettville
 J. N, Moon and J. w. Nichol son, prominent young bushes men of Swifton, were down Mon day.
 1 The daughter of Capt. Welc of Ravenden Springs died . heart failure in Pine Bluff Wed nesday.
 Frank Parsons. prom;nan Democrat of Glass townshin. wa down from Swifton Monday . :, business. |
 C.. J. Tucker, manager of +h Batesville Grocer Company -. here Monday on his return fro, Memphis.
 Marshal James F. Huddlesto of Batesville passed through : b city Monday night en route { Little Rock.
 Work is poinU 0n at +ho u,
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24

AiSAC HUI ouoy IIISHI WlIIl Cne
 mother, Mrs. James Shell, WI
 had been taken sick while aw
 on a visit, but had sufficiently Il
 covered to take the trip home.
 The appeal of Rufus Johnsd from the Jackson circuit cou
 was submitted to the supren court Saturday. That body d nied the motion in the appeal
 H. H. Dietz versus Jacob Lei singer from the Jackson circu court.
 Mrs. A. H. Mcdonald and MT
 M. J. Lucas left Tuesday meu ing for Auvergne to attend tn marriage of Miss Annie Clement to Forrest L. Bleakley, whic will take place at the Methods church at Auvergne Wednesdaj evening.
 Miss Lotta Campbell, popu- lar young lady of Little Rock, who has also many friends in Newport made upon previous visits, came up from Searcy Friday night and is the guest of her college chum, Mrs. B. w. Stainback.
 Judge George T. Humphries of Salem and Frank Pace of Harri- son, one of the alternates from the state at large to the national convention, spent Thursday night here on their way to Mountain View, after attending the Hot Springs convention.
 F. P. Skipwith, the jovial cot ton buyer, left Monday after noon for his home in Oxford, to spend a two months but will return in Sep, tember, having signed contract with F. Short & Company of Helena for another year.
 T. E. Allen and wife returned Thursday night from San Anto- nio, Texas, where they have been for several months, excepting a short time spent upon ranch, n the interest of Mr. Aliens health. Their many friends are glad to welcome them home.
 Miss Bonnie Jernigan, ,1R popc. ar young lady of Jonesboro, who las just graduated with honors rom the Randolph- Macon Coll ege in Virginia. will lpass through he city Tuesday en route 6 3atesville, and will spend the. night with Miss Dove Erwin.
 Earl Mcdonald was here Sat- lrday morning on his return lome to Batesville from rayette- ville. Roy Dutton ts expected lome tonight and Lonnie Camn- 'ell on any train. Homer Ru- ord, another of our universitv {, 'oys, will not return before yune < 4th. Z,
 The Independent is indebted K Ar. Walter Bradshaw of Vann- lale for write up of the McKev- < nuptials and we wiah o express to him our thanks. Ar. Bradshaw was formerly the 'ditor of a Vanndale paper and 5 now the principal of the pub- ic schools of that city.
 Mayor J. w. Grubbs joined the republican state delegation to he Chicago convention here SunI lay. Among the promipent1 | 'ublicans aboard were Hons. II $ :. Remmel, Ben Foreman, Sid }. Bedding, Charles Greaves and thers. The Arkansas crowd ave engaged quarters at the 'almer House.
 Maury Stevens, whc. served as Allie Huddleston's bes man.. home Friday n orning. laving put in a days work on he road on his return trip. The 'anndale girls seem to have 1ade quite a hit with MT. Stew ms, and we prophecy he will
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-08-26

When u cough, n tickling or an
irritation In the throat make. YOU
feel uncomfortable. take Billiards.
Horchound Syrup. Don't wait
until the disease has gone beyond
control. Mr.. aud Mrs. J. A. An-
dcrson. 81 West 18th 1t. Salt Lake
City, Utah. writes; eve think
Ballads Hotchouad Syrup the
best medicine for coughs aud
colds. We have used II for sew
eral years; IL always gives imme-
diatc relief, II very pleasant and
gives perfect satisfaction" BIC,
DOC. 500. Sold by City Drug
Store.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-08-26
Wabash Low Rates.

For the Worlds Fair, round trip
tickets will bc sold from Montgom-
cry, Mo, to st. Louis, Mo-, on
Tuesdays and Thursdays during
August and September, 1904, Tor
81 ~, good Tor return Ia Z day 5,
In addition to day VI sale. Tickets
are sold daily ior $3.50 good ior
~ days, and Tor 500 good til
close Of fair.
Round trip tickets nrc on snlc
daily from Montgomery, NO., to
Denver, Colorado Springs, and
Pueblo, Tor s23.S0; good Tor return
iii Oct. 3lst.
Homc-scrkcrs tickets are sold
the 1T aud 3rd Tuesday of each
month to homc-seokcr- territory,
for u way fare, plus 80, good
for y days. e. II. tarnahan, ACT.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-08-26

II was very kind and thoughtful
OF Judge Parker, In his speech at
Roscmount, to assure the public
that II the democrats should sue
coed In putting him into the White
House neither he nor his party
could do any harm to the COM
mercial interests Of the country
since the Senate Is hopelessly re-
publican. How, then, under the
same circumstances, could the
dem ocrats do any good9
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-08-26

Missoud was admitted as n
territory, June T., iSi2, during pres
idcnt James Madison's admihis-
tration was condl,ionally admitted
as u state March 2, $50; the first
state constitution vas framed July
10, 1890, aud was formally admitted
a state OF the federal union August
TO-, 1891, by n proclamation Of
president James Monroe.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-08-26

In tonnage and In number and
size Of guns Russis's navy was
superior to Jspsn's In the Orient
at the beginning Of the war. Rus
sis, however, made what is re-
garded a. q fatal mistake in divid-
ing her naval forces. Japan
quickly awaited herself Of the op.
portunity which this error Afford
ed. With . superior force she
overwhelmed the enemy ut Chem
ulpo and outgcncralcd him at Port
Arthur, while la the straits at ko-
rea she neutralixcd the greater
tonnage Of the Russian fleet by a
stronger gun power and more tor
pcdo tubes.
Added to the previous disasters
the Rurik has now been sunk, the
Czarcvitch l. dismantlcd Mt Tsing-
Tau; the Rctvizan, the Pobicda,
the Pcrevit the Poltava, the Sevas-
topol, the Diant and the Pallada
are believed to have been driven
back into Port Arthur. The Novik
Is out somewhere, to be destroyed:
the Askold andscvcral destroy
crs have been r%unashorc near
Wci-hai-We
These defeats have practically
destroyed Russia's sea power In
the east. The Gar has still two
fleets, one IL In the Black and one
In the Baltic. The Black sea ileot
comprises one battlcship Of the
first class, i've Of the fourth class,
four torpedo boats and six destroy
crs. But Of these only two bat
tleships 3 it for u long ocean
voyage, even supposingt they could
get through the Dardsnclles. The
Baltic iiect l. composed of some
very powerful vessels. Had these
two fleets been sent to the assist
ancc OF the Eastern fleets la time,
the naval balance would have been
In favor OF Russia. What would
have been the outcome In such an
event II, OF course, now nothing
more than idle speculation.
A. matters stand today, the vic-
tories OF Admirals Togo and kam-
inura have wiped Russia oil the
sea. IL would bc almost criminal
foolhardincs- for Russia Ia attempt
the augmentation OF her naval
forces In the Orient by sending
other ships half around the world.
The blundcrs which the cars
government made ut the start now
seem Ia have ended Ia fatal result.
Apparently there Is nothing left
Tor Russia to do but to make peace
upon the nos advantageous terms
procurublc.- X. &. journal.