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Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-25
DIAZ.

Mrs. H. N. Anderson left Wed
nesday for a several weeks visit 10
relatives at Cofeyville, Kansas.
w. Y. and J. q. Armstrong are
spending q few weeks at Heber
Springs.
Thurman West, our popular mail
carrier, attended the meeting of the
Rural Letter Carriers Association at
Batesville Saturday.
Tom Monroe, who has been quite
sick the past two weeks, is improv-
ing rapidly.
W. F. Hurley, our popular road
overseer, is doing some good work
on the roads in this neighborhood this
week.
Quite number of our people will
attend the picnic at Pond Switch
Thursday.
Mrs. G. A. Morgan, who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Witt,
the past week, returned Thursday TO
her home at Swifton.
R. o. Rawlings, our genial, efficient
and ever-smiling agent, had very
adventurous experience Monday at
ternoon while assisting a train crew
to unload freight. "Rs" was storing
packages of freight in his freight
house and he accidentally stepped on
roll of roofing paper which was
laying on the floor. The roll of paper
Immediately got busy and cut more
capers with our honorable agent than
Missouri mule. Mr.. Rawlings stood
the test of bare back rider for 20 min
utes Gin his estimation) when he was
thrown to the floor. Besides heavy
shock and bruised limb he was not
injured otherwise.
J. P. Boyd, signal maintainer for
! the Iron Mountain, went to Tucker
man on business Wednesday.
Monroe Witt is visiting with rela-
tives at Swifton this week.
A large portion Of the crops have
been "laid by" and the prospects are
fine. A general rain would do much
good.
Mrs. Emma Chisholm of Newport
spent Sunday here the guest of rela-
tives.
A. C. Cummings of Village Town
ship, was Sunday visitor to our
city.
Not many votes were cast from
this part of the township Wednes-
day. Must be because there has
been too many elections this year, but
there is one consolidation, the poll
tax payers are sure getting their dol
lars worth.
Sunny Jim, Slim Jim and Bettye
Breeze we would like to hear from
you three again.
L. E. Plant.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-25
STEGALL.

Everybody is done laying by and all
have good prospect for a crop If
nothing happens to the crops before
gathering time.
Pearl and Callie Stegall and B. r
!, Carter went to the picnic at Balch
last Friday. They report nice time
/ j.. I. Huey Of Johnston was up here
Monday on business.
The Wild Boys baseball team are
practicing up getting ready to play
some ball this season. They will play
the Grubbs team Saturday a week.
School opened up here last Monday a
week, with Prof. D. s. Harris of Tu-
pelo, in charge.
w. A. Eiland' and wife went to New
port Monday on business.
Harrison Cochran, wife and sister
left for Strawberry Tuesday to spend
few days with relatives.
Sunday School was organized at the
school house with a good attendance
last Sunday, and the following officers
were elected: B. F. Carter, superin-
tendent; D. S. Harris, assistant SUI
perintendent; Joe Roberts, secretary
Teddie Sowell and Cora Roberts are
teachers.
There will be preaching at the school
house Saturday night and Sunday and
! we hope to have a good attendance
Bud Holbrook of Grubbs will have
charge of the service.
There has ben postoffice establish
ed at Stegall, Arkansas, which was
badly needed.
Jas. Rushing passed by en- route
to Newport Friday morning.
Mrs. M. J. Bruton, who has been
sick for some time, is improving
slowly. :,
o. Richard has rented the Stegall
sawmill and will start it in a few
days.
'i Teddie Sowell was out in a New
port rig Sunday looking after his in
terests in this part of the country.
Tom J. Greenfield, who lives near
Newport, is talking Of moving back
out here.
Mike Denton of Grubbs has bought
the timber on the Biggs farm and
is now having it worked up.
X. Y. z.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-25
STEGALL.

Harrison Cochran and family re-
turned home Friday from Strawberry
and report a fine time.
Janice Eiland, the fourteen year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A .Eiland,
was drowned Saturday evening in
Cache river while in bathing. Efforts
were made to save him, but all in
vain. His body was laid to rest Sum-
day evening at o'clock p. m. at the
Litchfield grave yard. Mr.. Eiland
sent a phone message to their daught-
ter who lives at Truman. She and her
husband met them at the graveyard
The deceased was the youngest child
and the only one left at home. He
was a bright, Industrious boy and we'll
liked by all who knew him. The SYM
pathy of all is extended the bereaved
family.
eve have lost our dear little friend,
He has bid US all adieu;
He has gone to Ike in Heaven,
And his form is lost to view.
Oh, that dear little friend,
How we miss him.
Oh, how sad to give him up;
But an Angel came down from Heaven
And removed him from our flock.
X. Y. Z.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-25
SWIFTON.

C. C. Nicholson came in from He
Der Springs Monday for few days.
Mrs. Wincher and little daughter
of Jonesboro have been visiting Mrs.
Sharp since last week.
Brother Cullom and son are con-
Quoting revival service at the Bap-
fist church this week. Everyone are
invited to attend and aid in the meet
ing.
Mrs. Ray Toler left for Tupelo
Monday evening, where she will visit
for a short time and then join the
doctor at Searcy.
Miss Glenna Sharp returned Sat-
urday evening from Paris, Ark.
Quite lot of moving in town this
week. ]. F. Wiles now occupies the
house vacated by DR.. Ray Toler and
Prof. Lambert the one vacated by
Wiles.
The 1. O. O. F. picnic will be given
here Thursday. Big ball game be-
tween Swifton and Cache.
Crops in this section are looking
well. Some are anxious to see an
other good rain. :,
Prof. Sydney Pickens of Batesville
was here Saturday and did much to
make the Sunday School Convention
! a success.
Election very quiet here Wednes-
day. Quite a good many loyal DEM
ocrats were either too busy or went
fishing.
Prof. Bowman visited Prof. Lam
bert Saturday and Sunday.
The County Sunday School Conven-
ton that held session here the IS, 10
and goth was success in every par
ticular. There were So delegates in
attendance from all parts of the
county. There was also number
from adjoining counties, Much en-
thusiasm was manifested and we
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-25
BATTLE AXE.

| J. A. Thompson, G. A. Pilquist, c.
A. Tyer, Jno. Barnes, Fred Barnes
and perhaps others, started to Cache
river this morning Wednesday, to
fish till Friday. They explain that
they are only prospecting now, with
view Of going fishing sure enough
when jim A. Lindley gets through
assessing taxes and can 90 with them.
Almost everybody done cultivating;
blackberries about all gathered; and
now fishing, hunting, going to picnlcs
and loating will be in order.
For the remainder Of season, till
new corn comes in" the mills at Cen
terville and at Battle Axe will grind
on alternate Saturdays, next Satur-
day being grinding day here.
J. w. Lindley's family, J. ". G.
Gardner's family, D, c. Dowell, Mrs,
Vand..ier and r. F. Tyer and wife
arc fshing today
Miss Johnnie Gardner brought lit
tie Roy Sowells out for the fishing to-
day ard stay several days after
wards Roy is one of her pupils while
she was teaching at the Arkansas
school for the blind.
Mrs. C. A. Tyer's father, Mr. Spen-
GER, from Judsonia, is visiting her
for a few days.
A large crowd was out last Sunday
for the morning preaching service
and the afternoon singing. Glass
from Pleasant Valley (Possum Trot)
did some excellent singing, led alter
nately by Prof. Pierce and Mr.. Saffie.
| The meeting is still going on, having
service only at night. Beginning Fri
day. day services will be held also.
J. L. Brown, pastor of Baptist
church here, assisted by Elder Sher-
rill of Bald Knob, is to begin protract-
ed service here next Saturday night.
Glad to report Mrs. J. A. Morton
improving.
| Public schools this summer unus-
ually full, and moving on with good
! interest. Prof. Shaver, County SUI
perintendent, visited among them last
week.
Several fine melon patches in our
vicinity, but very few ripe melons.
Melons taken from patches at night
before ripening. When will boys be
Bill Manning brought his wife over
| last week to visit a while with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Thomp-
SON. He returned home after spend
ing day here.
Stan Bridges and family have gone
to visit his parents and other rela-
tives in Fulton County, for week or
so.
convinced that taking melons is as
real stealing as taking corn from the
crib, meat from the "smoke house"
or a horse from the stable. Il know
of no meaner kind of stealing than
taking melons that some laboring
man has cultivated that he might
have them for his own family and
sell the surplus to purchase. such
things as he may need through the
season. Boys, let the old mans mel
ons grow and next summer, try to
have a patch Of your own.
Scribbler.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-25
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"n.cial Corps of Correspondents gS5

ship is assured of bountiful crop.
G.. Biggers, wife and daughter, Mel
lie, have gone to visit his brother and
other. relatives in Baxter county.
The county surveyor has been do
ing some surveying up this way OF
late.
Robert Kirby has an eleven pound
girl at his house, and in order to keep
down Boosting, Jim Bailey has twins
There is talk Of prayer-meeting
here.
The Holiness preacher did not
preach.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-25
BALCH

he weather is fine. Several of the
ners are just about done laying
alter and Robert Ball made a bust
! trip to Hickory Ridge Tuesday.
fe had picnic here July II. Sew
were out.
hines Manning has put up a saw
here.
hanson Howard was seen going
b Sunday afternoon.
homer Howard has his bicycle torn
Iob Garland made a business trip
Newport Tuesday.
kobt. Willis found a soda pop dis
efy in his corn patch Monday.
6mley Jackson says Lees cotton is
Chas. Williams was over in our
Immunity Sunday.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-25

on business.
Misses Rowena and Mildred Harris
were in Newport Wednesday.
Mr.. Willie Neal spent the day at
Remmel Sunday.
Mr., Conner and family spent the
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Bleakley Sun
day.
Mr.. S. J. Johnston carried his mare
(HazeD to his farm Sunday, where
she will be overseer and boss.
Nj. Said Orakers paid the singing
school visit Tuesday night.
Alc, John McMinn paid US a visit
Wednesday morning.
PhySic.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-25

W W.T. and second n lne
ldOn's fir r came Tuesday ne
closed asllssvT ELEVEN md of Little Roe Rork :
I. + p pI sistsr, Mrs. Edna sh0H :
a ,s's' this week week of Little Rock ok
friends s,a assu on the SO, . ana
s ! !. few Z arrows , II Dom as first
Oh bis clIc ;ug and family are
8 E s:, assIh here this week. do,s-
be relali sss shoffner was 2 dele
Ngssts5ss' Methods. s suaday
from r. he C convention at S"'l''A
Sunday ~ is getting to be quite eh a
\. Lamb We y see hif leaving tne
.,a ssyf four o'clock Ok in as, the a re,
with a. a'i Ie ,,ss'' to shoot snakes nal ss
for tn the h. has has been getting by u.s. IS
is now es,l h has a different story %. 10
% the sse afa" while the sun wa was
day eVelS j rho woodland Tor
Png. 10 low horizon Osul, was tinged with a
nd ~, the and the lowing Of the ,,s COWS v
Be ,,l hsa lamb nj WI was seen assist; assisting g
l NJ; count country damsel, driving "a a
autu aat, ,u We really do not be-
= tb p's snakes will be moleS1eo III
least ssvs have organized a boxing
e D wsssrs. Hubert Robertson ana
Fence Harris are the chanip'0''
! c fa1s man.: and wife, the agent az at
4 spent the evening with our
4 Monday. .4 o,.on we
+ I have the best cotton c. crop ,, we we
I had adj in ten years and the mef-
!. as are - wearing some eve 81 n.
y 1s,; s.s on the strength Of it, but
1 ! uhv Sweat has some OF the
idea IDEAS! While he /! controls .as more more
.a 18th, than any fellow in the coun-
y, y is s drawing some designs how :,
l ~ % his money drawers and
! 'u 1;tfle extension in the right
corner nr, Of the old safe: 49,
= ss1 Edna Hall is spending these
i; At Heber Springs. ~
IN hotel. has one of the finest
= : melon e patches in the country
IS euests are served with nice,
n a1d melons twice a day, fresh
the vine. .,,
> d, patrons and citizens Of Weldon n
i = world wide invitation to all
featuring concerns to consider
nlace while out looking for a To-
, married men here have organ
them a baseball team and the
test tt pame will be played Satur-
Joe Ballew, manager for the
led men and Clay Jones manager
he single men. Both sides will
ii represented and a close game
pected. The umpire will be Sc
from Tuplo.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-25
BANDY'S CHAPEL

tightening struck a telephone pole
ring off a strip in Joe Whaley's
Miss Fay Reeves has returned to
ttleton.
Miss Matte Parker is at VIM.
rsts
Miss Grace Payne visited VIM.
rst's a few days. @
Mr. Tom Taylor's son and three
FRIED daughters and families spent
Fourth and two nights with him.
VIM. Taylor's sister of Illinois is
Fling him and their sister, Mrs.
HAY.
Miss TAYLOR is going to Utah in
near future to visit a sister she
not seen for 10 years..
Fwo schools are being taught on
Goetz farm.
Nchool started here and at Pond
ltch on the 18th with good attend
Inc directors have taken the school
hsus.
John Huskey lost another horse.
y hair all came off of another.
oscar Huskey of Strawberry visit
TWO nights here.
3, 7. Hartwick, wife and two little
lldren visited at Lockhart on the
n, Joe Davis, c. D. johnson and
aSs are calculating on going to He
h Springs soon.
come from here attended the Ma
nc ~ lodge at Tuckerman on the 18th.
taylor Padgett has returned from
Miss BERTHE Padgett is teaching a
h. months school on Denton Island
pro- q ;, darlington took Prof. Henry
poattIe Axe to school the 14th.
nalph Smith, Lindley Davis and
'a y went to Old river the 18th
;soe Davis and family visited S. R.
lasley the 18th.
~, ueo . Churchman was over looking
' e! the interest of roads.
, ~ Olgie and Alta Roberts board
\ Yrs. Halliburton's.
I INK Wrinkles is working at Lock
=, Ia ana Dan Whitlock is working at
John Blackburn has some visitors
ON the hills ~ '
''n 50 much rain the whole town
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-25
AUvERGNE.

The singing school is progressing
nicely. It will close Thursday night.
Miss Sybl CLEARWATER is visiting
Mrs. Boyd this week. -, :,
Dr. Neal is enlarging his mill, add
ing new and larger machinery;
Miss Lottie Gipson was in Newport
Tuesday shopping.
DR.. Neal was in Newport Tuesday
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-25
GRUBBS.


Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Browning and
their daughter, Alta, and Mrs. Bessie
Vance have moved to Stringer's mill,
where they will reside for three
months. Mrs. Dave Browning and
Mrs. Bessie Vance will take charge Of
the hotel and Mr.. Dave will be an ov-
erseer at the mill. They have rented
their beautiful home on Main street
to Mr.. and MRS. Fred Ray and we
can only long for those three months
to fly by for their presence will be
ioyfully received once more. To know
Mrs. Browning is to love her and she
has many lonely looking friends while
she is away.
We are now having very success
full meeting going on at the Cook
School House, which we Gruobs peo-
pie give our very best attention and
we are all having some very hot
weather for church going.
Mrs. Tom Malone and Miss Willie
Darden left Thursday on the local for
Stringer's mill, where they will visit
their friends, Mrs. Lena and Bessie
McMurray and Mrs. J. D. Darden
made a call on Mrs. Browning. They
stayed all night, returning the next
morning.
Happy Jack.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-25

This is prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHiLLS g. FEVER:
Five or six doses will break any case, and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. 1t acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not grippe or sicken. 25c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-13
Unnatural Mother.

-Four cvhildren, the eldest of whom
sd lust passed his tenth birthday, sat
nmoved in the Juvenile curt in Bait
more Yesterday while officers OF char
" organization told how their
bother, Mrs. Mary Didwall, used
money which should have gone to them
! provide a license for her dag. There
las no fearful leave-taklng when
hree of the youngsters were taken
rom the custody of the mother, who
BARD the disposition of her case with
bit apparent feeling, and left the
burtroom without backward giahee
the children whom she Is accused
Il trying to abandon. The charity OF
lers told how the mother had tried
many ways during the last year
rid herself of the four children,
zen going so far as to talk OF aoan-
pning them if some charitable IN
Fitution did not rid her of their case.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-13
Conditions in West Virginia.

Conditions late last night in the
81 Ike district Of Kanawha county arc
re. :arded as serious. War upon the
Stale practically mas been declared.
At meeting Of union miners held
Tuesday night at Smithers Creek, on
the north side Of the Kanawha River,
at ended by 1,50D union. miners, resOlu-
tans were adopted threatening The
life Of Governor Glasscock, Sheriff
Hll. and the military forces now iE
the field. 1t is also reported late LAST
nj hit that some of the participants il
tie meeting freely discussed their ac-
ton in saloons at Montgomery yes
terday and that copies of the resolu-
items were posted in certain saloons
a. that place.
The military authorities have beer
informed of the action taken at thi::
n ceting, and an attempt will be made
to apprehend the leaders. According
to The report received here late las!
might, the miners decided to march on
ti2 military camps III the martial law
d. trict, slaughter the soldiers and
turn loose the prisoners now under
guard at Paint Creek.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-13
VICTIM OF ROBBERS.
Travelling Man Held up in His Room
In Hotel.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 13.-Held up al
the point Of pistol by one man,
while another went through his clio,
thing, Ralph W. Larsen. O. travelling
salesman from New York, was rob
bed of 500, stick pin valued at ST.
and suitcase full OF clothing, in
room 54S Of the Monticello Hotel, al
which he was stopping.
Not content of robbing him Of al
his belongings, the two holdup mer
locked Larsen in his room, leaving
the key in the outside door, while
they quietly made their escape. whe
Their or how is mystery still unsolved
Happening, as it did, about l.
o'clock, when the guests of the ho-
tel were coming in for the night, the
robbery was one of the boldest that
has come off in this city recently, and
has baffled the police as we'll as Hotter
Detective Hargrove at the hotel.
How the men managed to make
their escape is mystery. as no one
in the hotel saw any men answering
the description leave the place, nor
had the elevator boy brought any
one down.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-13
GRANTED RESPITE.
Slayer of Guard John Howard Will
Not go to Death Friday.

Richmond, Feb. Ex-Governor Mann
this afternoon granted respite to
Roy NJ. Sullivan, the young murderer
who was to have gone to the electric
chair Friday morning of this week fol
the murder of John Howard, a convict
guard in charge Of road work neal
Chatham last summer.
The respite is until February 2sth
in order to allow the governor further
time to consider the petition OF state
Senator Rison in behalf of commute
lion of Sullivan's sentnc to life i'm
prisonment
Sullivan contends that he was oru-
tally treated while at the convict camp
and that he was crafty angered at the
time of the killing of Howard.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-13
WHOLESALE MURDERER.
Staunton Negro Tries to Murder all IN
House.

Staunton, Va, Feb. 13.-WilIiam
Campbell, negro Monday killed his
wife and her mother, Rella Baker, and
then committed suicide.
The family became involved in re-
ligious dispute Sunday night which
lasted into the early hours OF Monday
when Campbell became frenzied with
religious fanaticism and drawing a
revolver shot his wife. The wound
was not fatal and she took refuge with
her mother in an upper chamber.
Campbell pursued her and this time
shot her dead. He then shot his
mother-in- law.
George Baker, who with his wife
lived with the Campbells and who was
sick with pneumonia, sprang from bed
and took to the woods, thus escaping
but his wife, Lena, was brought down
by Campbell, and is thought to'be dy-
ing.
Campbell, believing he had killed ev-
cry one in sight, placed the body OF
his wife on bed and lying down be-
side her put the revolver to his temple
and blew out his brains.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-13
Death Of Charles Lynch.

Winchester, Va, Feb. Mcssca-
gc5 received from Troy, Mo, announce
tie death from heart disease of Rev.
Gas. Lynch, aged about forty years,
who had been pastor of the Southern
Methodist Church there since being
transferred by Bishop Collins Denny
from Stephens, this county, in Ocio-
bcr, 1911. His second wife and four
children survive. His remains were
Inferred at Covington, Va, near which
place he was born. He was formerly
associate editor Of the Baltimore
Southern Methodist.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-13
News OF TIE OLD DOMINION.
BOMB IN LYNcHBURG.
Attempt Made TO Murder 80-Tear-Old
Widow.

Lynchburg, Va, Feb. .13.-Although
Mrs. George NJ Jones, wealthy wo-
man, so years old, was blown out of
her bed early yesterday morning by a
dynamite explosion which damaged
her home, the shock did her no harm.
TIE police say It was an attempt al
murder.
The dynamite was placed on the
front porch Of Mrs. Jones home, un-
der her bedroom window and almost
five feet from where she slept. Fortu-
nately the force of the explosion was
outward and upward, wrecking the
porch and breaking all the windows
or that side of the house. Yesterday
morning over bushel Of glass was
swept up. The fuse was SO feet long:
giving the dynamiter chance to es-
cape.
|. The miscreant is thought to have
been the same man who some weeks
ago daubed red paint over the statue
CT the late George NJ. Jones in front
of the Jones Memorial Library, given
to The city and endowed by Mrs. Jones
The police assert they have strong
clew to the perpetrator Of the crime
ard have established his motive, buj
refuse to make public what they
know. They promise an arrest soon
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-13
Steamer in Distress.

Newport News, Va, Feb. 13.---Leak-
ing, short Of coal and with her after
wheelhouse carried away and the
steering gear badly damaged, Tho
British steamer Meridian, which is Ell
ro2te from Shields to Mite Bay, Cuba
pr. into port here yesterday III dis
trcss, bringing a tale of one Of the
ro@ghest voyages ever experienced b.
her officers. The ship was 90 day:
making the trip usually made in from
y to IS days, and she had barely
CROUCH coal in her bunkers TO reach
port.