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STATE HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY TOLD
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers,
The report of the city clerk of
Pine Bluff shows that city to be in
debt $79,089.69.
Emma Gaines, a deaf negress,
was run over by a train and killed
near Argenta Monday.
John Davidson fell dead while
in the field planting cotton near
Parnell Springs a few days ago.
Frank Phillips was shot and
killed at Little Rock Friday by
his brother-in-law, Ben Stewart.
The Little Rock Basket and Ve
neering factory was destroyed by
fire Wednesday morning. Loss
$25,000, half covered b.v insur
ance.
The 15-year-old son of Amos
Treadwell of Marshall fell from a
treetop a distance of Ho feet and
sustained serious injuries. Both
arms and two ribs were broken.
Will Cullura, who shot and kill
ed Dr. Ira Nixon in Van Buren
county recently has been captur
ed and placed in jail at Clinton to
await the action of the grand
jury.
Luther Laster, a white farmer
living near Hope was attacked by
Taylor Custer, a negro, and seri
ously injured Tuesday. They
had gotten into a dispute over a
debt and the negro unexpectedly
assaulted him from behind with an
axe.
Columbus Rowton of Black
Springs had a narrow’ escape
from death during a recent elec
trical storm. He was near a
clothes line when it was struck by
lightning. The Hash knocked him
down and he remained uncon
scious for some time.
Plans for the state reform
school have been approved and
the boatd will advertise for bids
at once. The plans call for a $25,
000 building, 00 x 145, three
stories high, to be erected on a
site donated by the city of Little
Rock near the Insane Asylum.
SCHOOL FURNITURE.
School directors are reminded
that Craig & Henderson of New
ark still handle school furniture
and apparatus of all kinds, and are
prepared to sell tirst-class goods at
low prices. If you expect to buy
anything in their line see or write
to them and you will have prompt
. attention.
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SEER PREDICTS MANY CALAMITIES
Bad Things are Predicted For the
Vear IQ06 by .Mr. Spangler,
a New Y'ork Professor
One Mr. Spangler, of New!
York, who poses as a prophet,
predicts a number of calamities
for the year 1906, the chief of
which are as follows:
Overthrow of the Russian em
pire, the assassination of the czar,
and the killing of the nobles. The
country divided into small repub
lics and elective monarchies, which
I will be in a state of war until the
' end of the world (predicted by Mr.
.Spangler to occur in 1908).
Violent death of the Sultan of
. Turkey.
I Uprising in Spain,
j Two disastrous fires in Boston.
Hot and sultry summer in the
temperate zone, with a great in
crease in the death rate from dis
ease, accident, murder, suicide,
and the force of the elements.
Great religious movement in
England and the United States.
Dissolution of Turkey.
Bloody race war in southern
United States.
Continuation of prosperity in the
United States assured.
Earthquakes in all parts of the
world, with destructive eruptions
of Vesuvius, Pelee, Popocatepetl,
and some volcanoes supposed to
be extinct.
NOTED CHARACTER DEAD
R. M. Smoot who is said to have
been in the plot to kidnap Presi
dent Abraham Lincoln and to
have sold to John Surratt the boat
in which it was intended to convey
Lincoln across the Potomac, died
at Fort Smith Wednesday at the
| age °f 78.
AGRICULTURAL BULLETINS
The Arkansas Agricultural Lx
periment Station at Fayetteville is
sending out a bulletin devoted to
the elaborate treatment of rice
growing in Arkansas. These
bulletins are sent out free to all
residents of the state who request
them.
HEAVY SNOW STORM
Press dispatches from Plainfield,
! Wis., announce that a furious
snow storm prevailed over central
Wisconsin Monday night and
Tuesday. Eight inches of snow
fell.
IF YOU WANT
Safe and Reliable
Fire Insurance see
F. M. MARTIN
Representing The Arkansas Mutual
THE LATEST ARRIVALS
Our complete and selected Stock of
Spring and Summer Goods, consisting
of everything in the latest designs of
Silk Novelties, Silk Mulls, Gingham
Suitings, English Hadras, Lawns of all
kinds, Irish Linens, India Linen, Em
broidery, Laces of all kinds, and many
other things too numerous to mention,
is now arriving daily. We handle the
celebrated Rock Island Farming Imple
ments, absolutely guaranteed to give
satisfaction. Our prices defy competition
M. S. FISHER.
s? SATURDAY, iAY 12,1906
tj We Will Inaugurate the Most Sensational Sale on
if a Line of General Merchandise That Was Ever f|
Given in the History of Sulphur Rock.
gj Below Will Be Found a Few of the flany Bargains Which We Will Have
to Offer on this Special Occasion
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300 yards Lace, 2 to 4 inches wide
worth 8c to 10c, K< i T-<tr Sale
price, per yard, oni.\ . 4c
500 yards Embroderies, 4 to 0 in
ches wide, worth 10c and 11c,
Red Tajr Sale price, per yard.... Qc
Lace Allovers worth 35c, Red Ta^
Sale price, per yard.20c
1,000 yards of American Prints
worth 6c, sale price. 5c
Ladies’ Hose worth loe and 15c
will go at.
Ladies’ Hose worth 25c will go
during the lied Tag Sale at.I8c
Ladies’ Jersey Ribbed Vests, the
15c yrade.10c
Heavy Fleeced Canton Flannel
worth 10c, sale price. 8c
500 yards high grade Lawns worth
10c and 18c, sale price.14c
Lace Curtains worth $2 and $2.50
sale price.$1.50
Smyrna and Velvet Rugs 00 x 72
inches, worth $3.75, sale price $2.75
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During this sale every article will be marked in plain
figures on a red tag, so customers will have no trouble
in ascertaining prices and knowing where to buy.
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GLASSWARE (3ND NOTIONS
Our Glassware and Notion Department is full to the brim with new
and staple articles; just the things you need in the kitchen and dining
room every day, all of which are included in this Red Tag Sale. In fact
almost every piece of merchandise in our store will go at a reduced price
during this sale. Those who have attended our special sales heretofore
know what they will miss if they fail to take advantage of this Red Pag
Sale, for this is the greatest reduction of prices we have ever given.
0. L. HOOVER & COMPANY
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Of Everything Usually Carried in a First
Class, Up-to-Date Store
AT OUR STORE
Our Millinery stock is complete. We also
handle a full line of General Merchandise.
Farming Implements, Buggies, Wagons,
and the Wolf, Empress and Indian Head
Flour. Try a pair of Carhart Overalls and
you’ll wear no others. We also have the
latest in Buster Brown suits for boys.
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