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Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-05
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS

j. A. Boston and J. A. Stogo-
dill Of Jonesboro were among
those registered at the Hazel
hotel today.
Miss Jamie Irby, Freeman Ir-
by and Margaret Emma Steph-
ems left this morning for Black
Rock to visit relatives a few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Herring,
Guy, Harry and Margaret Her.
ring, have returned from a seven
weeks vacation in northeast Ar
kansas. While in Newport they
were guests of a ten-day house
party given by Mesdames Anton
Hubby and Edward McElwee.-
Arkansas Gazette.
Mrs. Eugene Fearheiley and
daughter Camille Of Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, arrived this morning
to visit the formers sister, Mrs.
Earl Folk.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Wilmans
are expected to arrive tonight
from Louisiana and after a visit
here, will 60 with Mrs. M. A.
Dorsey for a stay at Battle
/ Greek, Michigan.
Come in and figure with US
before letting that plumbing
contract. We can interest you
in quality, price and work, be
sure and see us. S. J. Black
burn Plumbing Co., ia Wal
nut street. 65dtf.
Norman Wolff left last night
Tor st. Louis, where he will be
Joined Wednesday morning by
w. A. Billingsley, Jos. NJ. Berger
and G. P. Wilbanks, all of whom
leave st. Louis at noon over the
Burlington for Colorado, where
they are to enjoy three weeks in
the mountains near Glenwood
Springs.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-05
w. {. T. L. Meeting.

A meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union
will be held with Mrs. w. E. Be-
vens Wednesday afternoon at 8
O'Clock. This is to be very i'm
portant business meeting and all
members are urged to be pres
emit.
Mrs. T. S. Stephens will be
the leader for the meeting and
besides other interesting fea-
lures on the program, Mrs. Dor
sey will make talk on Our
Mission"
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-05
To Locate In City.

Dr.. John D. Cole, a graduate
of the Kirksville, Missouri
School of Osteopathy and locat-
ed at Batesville for the past sew
eral months, has moved to our
city and is today arranging his
office furniture in Rooms 2 and
5 in the Stayton building, for
merry occupied by Dr. Whipple.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-05
$500 Reward, 500,

The readers OF this Naper Will be pleased TO learn
tat there VI least dreaded disease that science
mas been abe cure in all its stages and that Is
NStaTh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only posltige
cure now known to the medical fraternity Catarrh
being constitutional disease requires a constiti-
Aoual treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
sfnalIy acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature In doing It's work The pro, vietors nav.
50 much faith In lis curative powers that they offer
one Hundred Dollars Cor any case that Il fa.ts .
cure. Send Tor list Of testimonials
Address +. J, CHENEY X co. Toledo O.
Sold by all DRUGGISTS 7Se
lake Hair Nsuli9 Pu's for COZ stipaiiou,
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-05

W. a. 1sNIiiSA4Oiu was IicI
Monday going to Pulaski Coun-
ty.
Mrs. F. w. Berry and daugh-
ter Of Pine Bluff were here this
morning going to Batesville.
H. A. Bickers and L. J. Bick-
ers Of Batesville were in our
city today.
Robert Bone of Batesville has
accepted a position as dispenser
at the fountain at the Busy Bee.
Drayage of all kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10. -
Chester Robinson. 18dtf.
! Miss Anna Wade was here to-
day, going to Batesville.
Miss Cora Price of Augusta
was here this morning between
trains en- route to Batesville to
visit Miss Pearl Hinkle.
For Sale Cheap-Stove wood
and kindling.-Muirhead Lum-
Der Co. Phone 161O-5R. 2Odtf
Ben Larman was in our city
today meeting his many friends
and calling on his saddle and
harness trade.
For Sale Cheap-Stove wood
and kindling.-Muirhead Lum-
Der Co. Phone 1610-5R. 2Odtf
C. B. Best arrived home. this
morning from a visit to his son
at Alexandria.
For Rent-Two furnished
rooms with board at 222 Laurel
street. 81dtf
Mrs. Harmon L. Remmel will
spend the month of August at
Battle Creek, Michigan, says the
Gazette.
We want to repair your
plumbing. We know how and
will be on the job in short notice.
S. J. Blackburn Plumbing Co.,
ia Walnut St. 65dtf
Miss Ida Parish arrived home
yesterday from a several weeks
stay at the Mayo Sanitarium at
Rochester, MINI.
For sale-One nice, three-room
cottage and Block IA in Barn
wells Second Addition, and a
paying barber buiness. Bargain
for cash. Address Lock Box 88,
Grubbs, Arkansas.
Col. V. Y. Cook was down
from Batesville this morning
meeting his many friends on our
streets. Col. Cook was on his
return home from Little Rock.
Come in and figure with US
before letting that plumbing
contract. We can interest you
in quality, price and work, be
sure and see us.-S. J. Black
burn Plumbing Co., ia Walnut
St. 65dtf.
Mrs. Josephine Brandenburg
left yesterday for Edmond and
Oklahoma City to visit her two
daughters. Miss Lucy Bran
denburg accompanied her as far
as Brinkley returning this after
noon.
J. Reed Dennison of Honey
Grove, Texas was here yester-
day en- route to Batesville to be
in the MaXfeld- Barnett wedding.
For Rents furnished rooms
for light housekeeping in East
Newport. Apply to Mrs. Lon
Paris, 21S Beech St. O2d6
Mrs. L. D. Buckalew of Little
Rock is the guest of Mrs. Walter
Baldwin, in Helena. Mrs. Bald
win will entertain with trip to
Memphis for her guests, Mrs. L.
D. Buckalew and Miss Margaret
Baker of Newport.-Arkansas
Gazette.
A letter from Prof. E. r.
Williamson, which will be of in
terest to many friends in Jack .
son, states that he is teaching
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Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-05
No. Six-Sixty-Six

This is a prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHlLLS e. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
if taken then as tonic the Fever will not
return. 1t acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not grippe or sicken. Csc
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-05
WEATHER FORECAST.

Tonight and Wednesday gem
orally fair.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-05
1onight's Program
Picture Palace

THE GOLDEN WEST.
A high class melodrama of the
early life in khe West. This is a
high class production, featuring
Irving Cummins.
RELIANCE.)
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-31
Meeting Dem. Club Elk. Com.

A meeting of the Town Democrat
ic club executive committee was
held at the office of E L Hirsch, Esq.
Tuesday. with the following mem.
bers present: Messrs W F Tolley, L
C Dove, E L Hirsch and M H Jacobs;
absent, Senator E C Epps. Mr. W F
Tolley was elected chairman and E
L Hirsch, Esq. secretary of the COM
mittee.
1t was moved and carried that the
town primary for the purpose of
nominating a Mayor, Aldermen and
Waterworks Commissioner to serve
the town of Kingstree for a term of
two years be held August 26. 1t
was also moved and carried that j B
Steele, j B Alsbrook and L j Stack
ley be appointed managers of this
election. An assessment of $3.50
was laid upon each candidate for
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-31
Lane Locals.

Lane, July s0:-Miss Grace Turn
er of Lane is spending a few days
with friends and relatives at st Ste
phens.
Mr. &c Neal of Sellers was noted
in town Sunday.
Mrs H D Turner, after a pleasant
visit to relatives at Florence, has re-
turned home.
Mrs Ellen Jones and son of Tindal
are guests of Mrs Jones' brother, Mr.
S G Mcdonald.
The pile driver has left Lane, much
to the regret of some Of the girls,
who were highly entertained during
its stay here.
Mrs Jim Whitfield and children Of
Charleston are guests of Mrs E j
Parker this week.
Misses Annie Mae and Sibyl Nc
Lendon of Florence are visiting their
sister here, Mrs Eugene johnson.
Mr. D Strickland of Cades was
in town Sunday. BLUE BELL.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-31
Rev Hugh F Oliver Dead.

Georgetown, July 29:-News was
received here last night of the sud-
den death on the 18th inst of the Rev
Hugh F Oliver, now of Byromville.
Ga, who was we'll known in this State
having held pastorates in the Baptist
denomination in this State for many
years. He would have reached his
62nd year on August 18 next. The
announcement of his death will be
received with sorrow wherever he
labored and was known. Mr. Oliver
graduated at the Baptist Theological
Seminary as the youngest member
of mis- class. with high honors. when
that institution was located at Green
vile. He at once took a high stand
among the ministers Of the Baptist
denomination, filling pastorates in
Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina.
Mr. Oliver married Miss Bessie M
Smith, daughter Of Mr. David H
Smith of this town, who survives him.
Their surviving children are: Messrs
Hugh L Oliver Of Georgetown; Thad-
deus Oliver, with the u S army in
the Philippines; David S Oliver of
Wilmington; Mrs John M Douthat,
and Misses Edith S and Esther M OF
Byromville. He is also survived by
a brother, Capt Jas H Oliver, U SN,
in command of the U S battleship
New Hampshire, at present in Mex
lean waters
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-31
ARMERs, INSTITUTES.
O Be h<fd In This County,
at VIII he Said and Done.

,r County Record
ere will be held in your county
ters' Institutes on the following
8 at the following places: J j NJ
am's August II and D E Nc
hens, August IL. There will be
Mt practical farmers in the DEM
alton work, and experts from
;on College to address the farm'
subjects relating to their ev-
" work on the farm. These
ties are held in the interest of
smers. The salaries and ex-
of these men are paid by the
yers of the State, and the
rs owe it to themselves to at
hese meetings and derive all
neft possible from hearing the
,rs. These men are public SER
anxious to serve the farmers.
no easy task to travel from
" to county, day after day. and
er addresses and to meet hun
] of people. Therefore, these
are entitled to be encouraged
n they are endeavoring to per.
n q public service that is filled
, 50 much promise, provided that
farmers will simply cooperate
attending the meetings, and seek
imation by asking questions
will be cheerfully and gladly
red by all the lecturers. 1t is
ying to know that the prejc-
lat was once held by the farm
ainst scientific men is passing
; All of the great discoveries
ave been made in the interest
riculture we owe to scientific
1t was the scientific man who
Tered that leguminous crops are
to take nitrogen from the air
deposit it in the soil, and save
farmer the most costly of all fer
.er ingredients; it was the scien-
man who made it possible for
o overcome to a large degree the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-31
NEGRO CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
In Jail at BennettsvilIe...Doqs
Trailed Suspect.

Bennettsville, July 2S:-A man en-
tered the home of a citizen of Brights-
vile Sunday night and attempted an
assault upon his daughter as she
slept in her room. She was awak-
ened by the man and jumped from
the bed and called her father. The
man ran from the back door Of the
house through which he had entered
by breaking the lock. This occur
red about 2 a. m.
Henry Hubbard, deputy sheriff,
received a telephone message at the
jail about 3 q. m. He Immediately
telephoned to the penitentiary in Co.
lumbia for ,bloodhounds and Officer
Robbins left with the dogs on an
early train.
They arrived here about 10 o'clock
and left Immediately for Brightsville.
Sheriff Patterson, Deputy Hubbard,
T C Chavis, rural policeman, and
large number of citizens from Ben
nettsville, Brightsville and otherparts
of the county Joined in the hunt.
The dogs were put on the track
and followed it for over a mile east
ward toward Hubbard's creek. They
lost the trail where the man had ap-
parently entered a buggy. Suspicion
had pointed to Wilson Rogers, a 16-
year-old negro, son of Jake Rogers.
who lived on E w Lilies place about
two miles from the scene Of the at
tempted assault.
Deputy Hubbard went to the
house and as he approached, Wilson
asked. Are you looking for me-"
Wilson and two or three other ne
groes were told to go to the creek.
The dogs crossed the trails of the
negroes and followed Wilson until
they caught him. He was ther cc-
rested and brought in an automobile
to Bennettsville and put in Jail about
2 2o'clock. The negro denied allknowl-
edge of the crime. There is no ex-
citement here and the accused will
be given a fair trial.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-31

Mayor for the purpose of defraying
the expenses of the election. The
time for candidates for the above
mentioned offices to file pledges was
limited to Saturday, August %, at
6 pm. All candidates are expected
to meet in the court house the night
before the primary to express their
views on the issues. There being no
further business before the execu-
tive committee, the meeting was ad-
iourned subject to the call of the
chairman.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-31
Play at IndiantOWn.

There will be play at Indiantown
Graded school on Friday evening,
August s, beginning at $50 o'clock,
for the benefit of the school, some
thing worth coming to. Admission
35 and 25 cents. Refreshments to
he served after the play, the public
is cordially invited. 7-3l-2tp.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-31

ravages of hog cholera by the use
of hog cholera serum; it was the SCI
entific man who enabled US to secure
q seed corn that would give a great
er yield per acre, by reason Of care
full selection and breeding; it is to
the entomologist and plant patholo-
eist that we go when insects and
plant diseases are destroying our
crops: it was scientific men who in
vented and manufactured all Of the
improved implements for the prepa-
ration and cultivation of the soil and
the harvesting of the crop. Surely,
when we realize these facts, we must
respect and be willing to heed the
instructions of these students of
plants and the soil. So | plead with
the farmers of South Carolina to at
tend these meetings.
Respectfully,
w w LONG,
State Agent & Supt of Ext.
There will be a basket picnic in
connection with each of the above
mentioned meetings and a good
time with plenty to eat is anticipated.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-31
MRS JAMES IS ILL.
Operation Is Performed at Sana-
tarium In Charleston.

Charleston, July 27:-The wife of
Rev E 2 James, of the South Caro-
lima conference, is in a sanatarium
here, where she successfully under
went a serious operation last Thurs
day. 1t will be gratifying to the
friends of Mr. and Mrs James to know
that the patient is doing as well as
could be expected and that there is
confidence that the operation has
been a success.-We State.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-31

Rev Mr. Oliver was cultured gen.
tleman and the news of his death
will bring sadness to the hearts of
his many friends and admirers in
Williamsburg and adjoining counties.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-31

Capt William E Gonzales, editor
in-chief of the Columbia State, will
sail from New York Saturday for
Cuba to assume the duties of United
States minister to that republic.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-31

The County Record, $1.0O a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

his sword. He vowed at the altar never.
TO draw it in a false cause. 1t was his
companion and friend and descended from
father to son for many generations. One
sword. named Brother of the Lightning >,
had a golden hilt inscribed with magic
words. In times of peace these We're said
to be illegible, but before battle s'they
glowed red as blood"
1t was believed, moreover. that a sword
after long use acquired life of it's own.
Many famous swords were said to utter
cries before the battle. and after a
weapon had filled five score men it be-
came blood hungry and leaped from It's
sbbard at the approach of a foe. Ger
tain swords were said to refuse to give
a wound in q bad cause. Among these
was the brand Fsxcalibur, which was Civ
en- to King Arthur by a fairy and which
Richard Coeur de Lion professed to own.
The family of Conyers in England won
their estates and have held them for CEN
turies by virtue of their possession of an
old falchion with which. according to
tradition, they asserted that Il knight,
their ancestor, slew the famous dragon
| Of Wantley.
In the east superstitious reverence Is
| still paid to the sword. The Daimois of
| Japan. when they voluntarily surrendered
| their rank. kept, as a rule. the wonderful
| blades which had been handed down from
| generation to generation, in some cases
| for more than a thousand years. and
which had absorbed, as they believed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

~ ERLlN. June 4.-tSpecial)-
u German manufacturers Will
- soon be face to face with one
of the most important turning points
in the history of this countrys indus
trialism. At the next congress of the
Manufacturers association-an organ
ization including most of the great
magnates whose efforts have placed
Germany In the very forefront of the
worlds trade---a vote is to be taken
upon the question whether or not the
constitutional factory shall be approved
or condemned. If 1t is approved the
great factories of Germany will enter
upon one of the most momentous and
interesting experiments In the annals
of business, and II 1t is condemn ed
there Will be a life and death strug-
gle between the supporters of the con-
stitutional factory and its enemies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

a struggle involving many millions of
the work ers of the fatherland as we'll
as most of the big employers of labor.
Tile constitutional factory Is the
latest vision of Europe's industrial re-
formers. 1t is vision which was first
realized with success by a great mas
ter of industry 80 years ago, and It
is now being put forward as the only
way of mitigating the growing oppo-
sition of capital and labor. 1t is in
particular recommended an effect
i've way OF abolishing strikes, and
therefore of adding considerably to
the productive power Of industries and
to the earning power of labor.
The notion of the constitutional fac
tory and the phrase itself first came
to the brain of Herr Heinrich Freese.
when pondering on the WAY in which
political constitutionalism has solved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
'"They are drawn from many classes

'They are drawn from many classes
presumably"
''Yes. Why, | have had lawyers, doc
tors. merchants and other professional
and commercial men on my books, but
once a sandwichman always a sand
wichman. About five years ago l hao
a man, we'll set up young fellow, but
he disappeared. Some time afterward
was stopped near my office by distin
guished looking individual who asked ms
IL | remembered him. | did not unit
he gave the nickname he was known
by. Silent
"He was Immediately dressed, ant
explained that he had come into pos
session of s4O0. 900 That was the last
saw of him until two years ago, wher
I noticed him back in the crowd oi
sa sandwichmen again. l was amazed and
asked him what had happened
That is my business he replied, and
went away. He never put in an ap'
pearance again, and what he is doing
do not know"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
London Sandwichmen
n the Pail Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
Should sandwichmen be abolished
The Westminster coroner is of opinion
that they should, and regards their
presence in the streets as degrading.
There are many people who will agree,
but there is another side to the ques.
tion.
Mr.. FELTON,. who is the biggest en-
ployer of sandwichmen in London. and
probabIy in the world, discussed the
mater with a representative Of the Pail
Mall Gazette.
.sIt may be degrading he said, "but
waht is the alternative? There arc
some 5000 sandwichmen in London and /
am perfectly certain that If the boards
were taken from them the police sta
tistics would tell their own tale The
vast majority II they were not carry
ing the boards would be prowiing the
streets picking up cigar ends or beg
ging. Hard work Is abhorrent to them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

From the Louisville Courier Journal
II hear you passed my wife on the
street the other day and said she wasn't
much for looks"
Il can explain. old man. You see my
wife was along. and she asked me if
didn't think your wife d perfect beau
ty As a marriad man yourself, you
know that was my cue to disagree"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
Romance of Swords

From the New York Times.
Countless legends and superstitions have
attached to the sword since the days
when fighting was the principal occupa-
tion of life. So highly was the SWORD
esteemed that Mohammed, in the Koran
declared 1t to be "the key to heaven and
hell
The warrior or knight gave a name tt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
He ExnIains
Louie Reese

some of the character and life of the men
that had owned Them
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-10-11
MAN Of straw.

Tie Phrase "a man Of straw" had its
origin in England at time when men
might easily be procured to furnish
evidence upon oath In almost any emef-
gency. 1t appears that persons Of this
description were accustomed to walk
openly in Weatminster hall with 4
strnw projecting from their shoes, thus
signifying that they sought employ
ment as witnesses: hence the express
sion.
An advocate who desired conven-
lent witness knew by this sign where to
find one. and the colloquy between the
two was brief.
Don't you remember9" the advocate
would ask. The party would glance al
the fee and give no sign. but whom the
fee was increased his powers Of mem
DRY increased with 1t. and straw shoen
went into court and swore A. desired
Boston Herald. i
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-10-11
Msnts Carlo Rsbss-s.

They are greater robbsrs At Monts
Carlo" said a traveller. speaking OF
high charges. than anywhere in ths
world. The German tourist n snssfsd
at In Monte CariO because when be en-
ters u barber shop he always asks
what the charge Ii to be before be sits
down In tue chair. But what Ii man
to do In barrier shops. where It II NO
uncommon thing to. be charged ~ or
- for the simplest operation7
"And it's the same thing In the ho-
telx. ! know man who took suit
at q Monte Carlo hotel without asking
the price Of anything-and in the res
tAurants Of such hotels it's common
thing to ind no prices even on the
menus. Well. when this man came to
pay bis bill It was enormous. But he
paid It. Then he said:
"'Have you any twenty-five centiins
stampsr
"'Yes. monsieur said tbs clerk.
How many do you wishr
My friend smiled blandly.
Tell me first. please be said.
what you charge for them hsrsr ~
Exchange.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-10-11
ROADS AND RELIGION.
Better Highways Will increase the
Church Attendance.

Better Highways Will increase the
Church Attsndanes.
At the national good roads congress
Bishop Fallows said:
Good roads are closely allied to re-
ligion. Good roads In the country dis
tricts would not only increase the
church attendance. but would improve
the general moral tone Of the commu.
nifty. 1t Is a work that Is worthy VI
the assistance Of all the churches In
the country"
That is good gospel. A mans ideas
and purposes are always bettered by
fair surroundings. Order, neatness,
usefulness. constitute sort Of high
plane Of thinking. Given the charac-
ter Of the material conditions of
community and you can almost tell
how 1t will vote or in what numbers
It will 60 to church. A dirty gutter Is
an obscene story. A deep mudhole in
a country road is d nest of profanity.
A miserable, old, broken down hogpen
near by in a scandal in the neighbor-
hood. A mans thoughts are largely
what his surroundings make them. II
they are ragged. filthy and disordered.
10 II HIS thinking.
30 In making good roads. parks. side
walls and cutters the tone Of public
sentiment Is elevated. and 1t can then
be counted upon to support the true
progress of community. A bad out
look pulls man down like q bad COM
panionship. State Journal.