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TIG DAY. .1. LY H* *4.
GREAT CROWD
HEARD GOV. DAVIS
4,000 People Assembled at Pocahon
tas Where he Opened Cam
paign Last Monday.
Pocahontas. >1 i.\ I". X»-:trI.v
14.IHXI jx'ople were In I^H-ahonta
today, having been attracted hen
on account of circuit conrt, a lug
barbecue, and t<> h ■ar Gov. iJavi
*fteak. Ip hi- introductory re
-marks the governor said that Ik
-\
ya* soycr.v Myers did not com *.
In referring to tin* board of
election commissioners. he ~*iicl
that he actually begged and im
plored the other two member', of
the Sjoard to appoint men as (-lec
tion wriimis^ioner- who w re his
friends, but they would not 1 ed
him. and then he made an earnest
plea fora 'did Democracy, asking
Wood’and Davi* supporters to line
up. IfaFby side, and give the lb -
plibii^ns a sound thru-hing.
liujAmn read n clipping from
the State Republican, which u;d
Randolph county would go for
Myfrid lb. ‘,-.1 d ;;ll who voted
fi>V ^\.(>od in ti. rec-.-id primary
t<c.iu>ld up their ian< >. Quite u
number of hands went up. Then
he asked all Wood men who in
tended to vot<* for .Myers to put
up their hands, and only two or
three went up.
The governor paid his respects
to Die negro plank of the Republi
can platform, and drew a very
dramatic scene from the incident
of* the negro boy and the little
white girl being marched, arm in
arm, on th** stage during the Re
publican convention.
II<‘ said if Roosevelt should be
elected an attempt would be made
toyrum reg ■ eipialit.i down our
throats and cut down Southern
representation in congress, lie
said he would like to see Myers
walk arm in arm on the platform
with a big nigger.
The governor said he had been
accused of taking no time to do
anything -ir.e he bad been in of
liee except to run for ofliee, and
he read the following statistics to
prove that something had been
done since he wa> elected gover
nor:
( ash in treasury .January !.
Ca.sii in t reasury July If., 11)0-1,
$>1, ld;?,.V.Ci..vj.
Kxpcnditures for pensions for
the year, IH"1. sp.».4e,7.s;>; bond'
outstanding January 1. lltol,
000: purchased for university en
dowment fund, «*Jt».5()0; jterma
iient school final. s;.,ooo; sinking
fund and destroyed. $15,00O;bonds
outstanding. *17.boo. Total ex
| jvnditure* since January 1. 1901,
i for pensions, schools, eapitol. pule
lie improvements and bonds,
1303.561,9»t; taxable values for the
year 19**1. H22.%26T.os]; 1P<*2.
*224,401.113; lt«*% *249.77s.652:
1 s'-js'.t.‘
Summing up Republicanism in
Arkansas in a few forcible words,
he said that if the Republican?
r should win in Arkansas the scene
j of the “Powell Clayton arid Pokei
‘Jack McClure reign" would be re
enacted.
t He then closed with a jrlowing
• tribute to the grand old state of
• Arkansas and imjdored his hear
ers to line up and vote the straight
, democratic ticket.
Calvin Will, (ilover .McNutt and
1 Harry Grafton, young white met .
are being held at Morriiton fot
- the action of tin* grand ;ury "ti
; the charge of having eat;-. the
death of a man whose body was
recently found in Gap < reek, neat
Pluaierville. July \ ,e 1 sly is
‘ .siijjjiosed to have been that «> 1
John i>rowti. who disa)-.p<*art d *
• the nig.it of April and it w.-.
exhumed ill Older to Aerify thi
supposition.
THINGS IS LOOK.iV HILLY.
All year, is m-.e yea
Out (if tin-iu is
\rid this i
Ruins ct uic when t!.
Early m>s fit’ll laft
A mi 11s is !• •■ kin
Is jMi.In’ yi-'i ..l-ei. r.
Ami i;, • m-eker's M <»u h- t i •
Wil l t :e J.. • »riii ' ,i_ it;
The p -kT- t
Ale! Ha- _• {ill is 2.1
a mi ihi;.a- ;> i .. kin' . ,
In old Arkaiisas State.
A3 TO SHOOTING IRONS.
Tv.-o That Dealt Der.th in Exr.aor
dinary and Accidental
Manner.
“Shniifinjj; irons, the boys nut
my way call firearms." sail] Rep
resent a t ive < \ re”tr. of Texas, re
lates tlm Washington Times, -and
i never read or a dea ’ '• by 1 his
route that I am not reminded of
an inscription that «-:*u bn found
on a tombstone in one <>f the
ehtirehyards in the state of ,\i
kansas. If reads:
" ‘This stone is sakred to the
inem'rv of W illiam Hardy, who
came to his death by fooling with
a foil's revolver, om- of the old
kind, brass mounted, ami of such
is the kingdom of heaven."""
bepresentatJ ve Johnson, of
Sonl h ('arolinn, who was a listen
er, said: lho insrript ion is
all right, hut it’s powerful l>ad
punctuation — about ns lad as
that which makes an ins ripliou
read awfully fiiuiiy on a tomb
stone in a burial ground in mv
state. I have never seen it. but
have been told t hat it reads :
“* Erected to the memory of John
Dawson, who was accidentally
shot as a mark of affection l«y his
lo ot her.’
“I told one of mv republican
friends about this, and le* sirnplt
laughed and said that we people
of South t’arolina had peeuliai
ways of showing our affect ions."
No Dead One.
t'hollv (’harming widow, isn’t
she? They say she is to marry
again.
AIgy I wouldn’t want to be a
widow's second husband.
“Well, IM rather be a widow’s
second husband than her tirst,
danchor know.”—Tit-Hits.
Very Small Potatoes.
A man can get a very accurate
estimate of his own importance
by having three children in his
family.—N. V. Press.
Try one of those hot Imths at
the Newark bath house. They are
1 fine.
Huy the celebrated Luedinghaus
and Owensboro wagons from Bar
nett Bros. Merc. Co.. Batvsville,
Arkansas.
Disease takes no summer
vacation.
u you need flesh and
strength use
Scott’s Emulsion
summer as in winter.
Send f r free sample.
SCOTT * BOWNE, Chemists,
409-4 ij Pe.irl Street, New Vork.
50c, and #t.oo; all druggists.
ARKANSAS STANDS
TENTH IN LINE
Negroes Form 27 Per Cent of the Pop
ulation of the State—Illiteracy
Steadily Decreasing.
A bul If tin just issued by the
Census Bureau, with regard to the
negro population, given a total of
MPti.s.V. negroe,- in Arkansan which
i- the tenth State in the Union
with respect to the number of col
ored imputation. (ieorgla leads,
with 1,034.>13. and Nevada i< last,
with only 104.
The percentage of mullattoes
among the negro* - in tins State is
12.''. against 14.2 in l?v>o. the
general average for the United
State- in 1‘too U-ing 1."».2.
The negroes in Arkansas form
2? per cent of the total population,
the State l>eing tenth in the United
State- in thi.- regard. Missis-ippi
leading with os.5 per cent and
Wi- on-in last with 1 per cent.
There are fifty-five counties in
the United States, where the ne
gr >•- form at least 7d per cent of
the population, and these include
the following in Arkansas: < hi
« « t. >7.1: Uritt**n*i«*n. >4 t>: I):*sha.
,'1.7: Phillips. 7>.L. Little Rock
is the tw nty-fif;h eity in the Unit
*•*! >tate- m the numoer ot negro
population. which wn- H,fhi in
111* H I.
In liinn out <>f thirteen counties
ifi t h‘ M:-si"ij*j> ailuvutl region
t he per rent of t!ie neuron', in the
{KipuhiMuH j~ mnch less for tin*
<■ • v than fur the rot of the eoim
: ry, there -insron** noteworthy ex
‘ "i:. t' of (n l eonntv.
Ark.. wh*'re tin- per rent S I'.'.I
,o ' •• city of Jon •- ro ami
rh>r rot -*f tae r ■ si.:,- .
I 1 1 * » there wa- 4J ]»-r •••> nt of
the negro papulation that was illit
< a: tie-aye of at !»-a-t In year-.
• -. ;i h in ! I Hit -
•«. .hi. -t twice as prevalent
. gror-s in e< untry Ii —
tri t' o it i- in eities. having at
!* a-? 'J'.o - * p ernation. \rkau
-'1' a-arr< n m;.p7> farm-, or
,:.-j p, r (■’- : r of the total number,
v tii an am* a- ■ of 2,i aer.—.
K*»r Sale. Twenty-four acr< -
of lui. ! one mile north of town, lb
acre-. e]eared: nice location. Can
!»-- Fought if taken at once for
S'i'jo, Apply to Craig Hender
son.
--—
Griffith & Morrow have two
carloads of wagons and will >e|J
yon one at your own price.
<;i r;ni a .vs sale.
Voice is uereby given that s. A.
Moore, a- ag'-nt for Mary J. Day.
guardian ot minor heirs of II. K. Stur
divant. deceased, hy virtue <>T an order
of the Probate Court of Independence
county, Arkansas, at its .June adjourn-’
ed term. 1904, will offer for sale the
followin'; real estate situated in the
county of Independence and state of
A i Kansas, 1 o wit: The N.-F. quarter
of the S.-W. quatter of Section :tJ. ,
Tup. 14. N. R. 4 \V.. containing 40'
acres: one lot in s. W. quarter of N.
W. quarter lying west of a line begin- j
ning 44 rods west of N. F. corner and
terminating 0 tods east of S. W. cor
ner. containing 1.4 acres; also begin
ning at S. W. corner tit the X. W. qtr
of the N . K. qtr. running east 144 rods
thence north 152 rods, thence south 52
rods to place of beginning, containing
14 acre; and in all titi acres, all in Sey.
34, Twp. 14. X. R. 4 V\on
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25. 1004.
m front of the post office in the town
of Xewark, Independence county,
Arkansas, between the lawful hours
of judicial sales, to the highest, best,
and hist bidder for the purpose of edu
cating. maintaining and purchasing
a home in flu state of Texas for the
minor heirs aforesaid.
TERMS OF SALK: One half paya
ble in three months and balance in
equal payments as follows: Novem
ber 1st. 1904: November 1st. 1905; and
November 1st, 1900. with 10 per cent
interest, approved security and a lien
be retained on said land for the pur
chase money thereof.
Dated this 20th, day of July, 1901.
A. I). S. A. Mooke,
Agent for Many J. Day, Guardian
of minor heirs.
iM’wmmwiwvTviwtwn twwwwwwiwwwifww^
£ O. F. Craig, A. A. Henderson, 5
I Craig & Henderson, 3
E -DEALERS IN- 3
1 Real Estate and Insurance. |
•E Special Attention Given the Salt* and Hen ting ^2
^ of Agricultural Lands. 33
Agents for the New Rubberless Automatic 33
School Desk and Gen*I School Supplies. :3
Newark. . Arkansas. ^5
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It’s 10 to 1 you do if you are a victim
of malaria.
Don’t Do It. !*’s Dangerous.
Well admit it trill cure malaria, but it leaves
almcjst deadly after effects.
HERBINE
is purely vegetable and absolutely guaranteed
to cure malaria, sick headache, biliousness,
and all stomach, kidney and liver complaints.
TRY IT TODAY.
50 Cents e. Bottle. Ail Druggists.
Sold by 4. I. Sturdhant. Druggist.
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Fine W hiskies, Live Stock,
Corn, Cotton Seed, Pearls, etc.
Jug and Bottle Trade a Specialty. Your Patronage Solicited
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Newark. . . Arkansas
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WE MAKE A VARIETY.
THE NEW HOME IS THE BEST.
The Feed determines the strength or
weakness of Sewing Machines. The
DoiiMe I evil combined with other
strong jK)ints makes the 'Non Home
the best Sewing Machine to buy.
showing the dif
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vc numufuctureaml prices before purchasing
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