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published In the famous big bottom Country, Where Alfalfa Is King.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, February 23, 1906.
Vol. 6. No.
SULPHUK HOCK ITEMS
_ Short Items of Interest Picked Up
* at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
Ewing Lane went to Charlotte
Satuaday.
l*rof. \\\ J. Lenehan was down
from Cushman Sunday.
Joe Tremble of Batesville spent
Sunday visiting in our city.
Burk Wright and Swish Gridin
went to St. Louis last week.
Mrs. Amandy Adams of Newark
was visiting relatives here Sunday.
Rev. W. K. Way man preached
at the M. E. church Sunday night.
Miss Sue Braden returned Tues
day fro A a weeks visit at New
port. j
Mrs. Dawson and children of j
Guion, are visiting in our city this
week.
M. R. Fugatt left Tuesday for a
\ isit with his brother in the Indian
Territory.
John Grosser was up from New
ark Monday, talking telephone to
our people.
Mr. and Mrs. Swish Griffin and
Mrs. Plea* Wright went to Bates
v i I It? Monday.
Boone Tully and Clye Wilson]
made a flying trip to Newport;
Saturday night.
We understand that there nr<v
three candidates in town for jus
tice of the peace.
George Martin who has been!
sick for several days is able to be
on the streets again.
Rev. C. XV. I lively left Sunday
for a trip through the upper
White river country.
XV. B. Knight, who has been
sick for some thue, " as able t<: lie
on the streets .‘Saturday.
Miss Birtie Johnson of 1 iutes
ville spent Sunday here the guest
of Mrs. Hattie Murphy.
Miss Vonnye Bevens is spending
a few days in Newport, visiting
her uncle, XV. K. Bevens.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Mosby
of Batesville visited Mr. and Mrs.
T. C. Knox here Sunday.
Roy and Jack Gibson visited
their grand parents, Mr. and Mrs.
F. M. Barnett, in the Dota neigh
borhood Sunday.
Judge Wilson celebrated his
V.Pth birth day anniversary last
Sunday. Quite a number of rela
tives and friends attended.
NOTICB.
Notice is hereby given that the
candidates for county offices of
Independence county and for state
senator, will meet in the grand
jury room at the court house in
j the city of Batesville, on Monday,
* Feb. "Jbth, lJHMl, at 10 o’clock a
m., for the purpose of arranging a
joint campaign, and for the tran
saction of all other business that
may properly be brought before
the convention.
This meeting will be called
promptly at the hour named, and
no one except the candidates men
tioned will he admitted. Dated
this, the 5th day of February,
1900. Cm: L. Peakce
T. J. Raney
S. If. Wvroiun
.Ions A. Hinkle
and others.
Blank note and receipt books at
The Journal office.
HONORABLE R.
JEEFERY
Candidate For Prosecuting Attorney =====What
Papers Say of Him.
The
R E. Jeffery Announces.
In this issue the Independent
is pleased to announce the candi
daey of Mr. K. H. .Jeffery of New-^
port, for the office of prosecuting
attorney. He is a native of Stone
county, whose people honored him
as their representative in the legis
lature and he was found ever true
to the trust reposed in him, mak
a faithful and upright record.
Mr. Jeffery has ever been a
straight party man, supporting
and upholding Democracy \s nomi
nees, and as a practitioner, has won
,a good reputation among the mem
bers of the local bar. In the prac
tice of law he has been associated
with Hon. Gustave Jones.
He is well qualified to till the
office with ability and his high
standing as a man of strong prin
ciples, would assure a creditable
administration in the event of his
ejection.—Newport Independent.
Hon. Emmett Jeffery.
The announcement of Hon.
Emmett Jeffery of Newport, as a
candidate for prosecuting attorney
of this, the Third judicial circuit,
will be found in the announce
ment column of this week’s issue.
It gives us pleasure to receomend
this young man as being capable
and worthy the support of any and
all the voters of this circuit to the
position which he aspires. Mr.
Jeffery is a nativeof Stone county,
having lived within the present
limits of this county all of his life
until about three years ago when
he went to Newport to engage
more actively in the practice of
law, iiis adopted profession. He
ever lias been a close student, and
while be is not a graduate of any
college, he lias acquired for him
self a practical business education
that tits and qualities him for any
position within the gift of the
people. He obtained his educa
tion by alternately teaching and
attending school, and he was early
in life thrown upon his own re
sources, having been left an orphan
wh'Mi quite a bo.v.
He is a fluent and forceful
speaker and a young man of sober
and industrious habits and has the
full confidence of all who know
him, and if elected the interests of
the people will be safe in his hands,
Mr. .Jeffery read the law here
in Mountain View with lion. Hen
F. Williamson and has been active
ly engaged in the practice of law
for several years and has ever been
considered a successful practition
er, and we bespeak for him a bright
future in his profession, Stone
County Democrat.
Commend Jeffery For State's
Attorney.
The Hon. K. E. Jeffery, of
Newport, has decided to make the
race for prosecuting attorney of
this, the Third judicial district.
Emmet is well qualified to fill
the place and would make an ex
cellent prosecuting attorney. He
is a man of more than ordinary
ability and well qualified in every
wa.v for the position. He is an
honorable, Christian gentleman:
agreeable and accomplished, fond
of social intercourse with his
friends and acquaintances, and a
fine lawyer. The state's interests
would be. safe in his hands, lie is
a good business man. and no young
man ever raised in Stone county
ever enjoyed a higher character
for good citizenship. He has
stood for good morals and a strict
compliance with the laws of the
land and those whom the law would
make it his duty to appear in court
against, might expect a strong and
firm prosecution, but would need
to have no fear of being persecut
ed or receive unfair treatment at
his hands.
At the age of 18 years he began
teaching school, in which profes
sion he soon took rank as fine of
the most successful and up-to-date
teachers of his county, and later
on while engaged in teaching he
began the study of law, and in
1 xys he was, by Judge Fulkerson,
licensed to practice law, since which
time he has followed practicing
law. In 1300 he was elected to the
legislature, where he served with
distinction and credit.
Since the adoption of the consti
tution 1S71, Stone has been one of
the countiescomposing the'l'hird ju
dicial circuit, and in all these 30
years she has never furnished a
judge or prosecuting attorney, and
if at the coming primaries the
I)ernocrats of the old Third circuit
should choose Mr. Jeffery as their
standard bearer for this important
and honorable position. Stone
county would feel greatly honored
by having one of her favorite sons
thus honored. Mountain View
News._
Emmett Jeffery.
lire lion. Emmett Jeffery of
Newport, annunces in this issue
forthc important position of prose
cuting attorney for the Third ju
dicial circuit. Mr. Jeffery is a
native of Stone county and is essen
tially a self made man, having
arisen to the prominence he has
attained through difficulties. For
several years Mr. Jeffery taught
in the public schools during which
time he read law and in 1808
was licensed by Judge Fulkerson
to practice law, since which time
he has been actively engaged in the
practice of law, his chosen profes
sion, and has for several years
been associated with the Hon.
Gustave Jones, of Newport. In
1300 Mr. Jeffery was nominated
for the legislature in St ine county,
having defeated one of his present
opponents, the Hon. Sun t'asey,
who was seeking re-elecrion and
at said election Mr. Jeffery re
ceived the largest vote that had
been cast for a single candidate in
years. Mr. Jeffery is a lawyer of
marked legal attainments, a gentle
man in all the term implies and
should he he elected to the. coveted
position, he would till the posi
tion so full of laurels that his con
stituency would never have cause
to regret their action. Walnut
Ridge Blade.
MAYOR OF NEWPORT SUICIDES
Charles II. Wdmans, mayor of
Newport, a prominent figure
in state politics and one of the
most prominent business men of
Newport, committed suicide at
Olyphant about nine o'clock Sat-!
j urda.v night by shooting himself
through the left breast with a .‘>8
calibre Smith & Wesson revolver.
Mr. Wilmans was returning
from Little Rock and stopped off [
•it Olyphant, stating that he would
-pend the night and Sunday there.
As he left the train he borrowed a
pistol from his nephew, Will
I Sprigg, and went at once to the
lodging house owned by the linn
at that point.
His nervous system being un
! strung, he sent for Dr. .1. R. Rent
1 ley, who gave him a sleeping po
tion. While the physician was
1 still in the house, but in another
room, he saw’ Mr. Wilmans,
1 through a door, reach for a revol
i ver and then shoot himself through
| the chest. The bullet barely
missed the heart, penetrated the
body and a mattress upon which
he was lying and fell upon the
floor.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.
Notice is herein giv en that there
will be a public examination at
Batesville, Arkansas, on Thursday
and Friday, the loth and lbth
days of March, l'.iOfJ, to ascertain
the professional qualifications of j
all persons desiring to teach in the!
public schools of Arkansas within
the limits of Independence county. >
The examination will begin prompt
ly at h. ni. and each applicant
is requested to be present at this;
hour, (riven under my hand this;
tilth day of February, 190<>.
SlDNKY PlCKKNN,
County Examiner i
For good, clean, downy beds.
and something good to eat (no
j children to bother) go to Hotel i
Moore, southeast corner Main and j
j
.James street, when in Sulpha* ■
; Rock. W. S. Moore, proprietor.
NEW UNION OFFICERS.
,T.T. Batten of Tuckerman, lias
resigned as state president of the
Farmers’ fnion, and I). F. Tun
stall of Salem has been elected to
succeed him. Vice President
Walker has also resigned, and d.
C. (xrisswood of Conwa.v, was
elected in his stead, 'l'he resig
nations were tendered at a meet
ing of the state executive commit
tee held at Little R >ck Saturday.
Mr. Batten ("signed on account of
ill health, which pe veil ted him
giving the necessary time to the
duties of the office. Mr. Walker
has entered politics as a candidate
for representative from Logan
county and was therefore ineligible
to hold the office longer.
NF.URO KILLS NEGRO.
Walter Morgan and Walter
Hickman, two negro boys about
12 years old, became engaged in a
quarrel at Marianna when the
Hickman boy struck the other on
the head with a baseball bat. kil
ling him almost instantly.
rOM.MITTEE >1 EETINC4
County Committee Met 5aturday
and Arranged For Primary
the 28th of flareh.
The Democratic county central
committee, of which W. S' Wright
is •hairman, held a meeting at
Hatesville Saturday and adopted
resolutions for holding a legalized
primary in conformity and obedi
ence to the rules adopted by the
state central committee at its
meeting held on the 81st of Janu
ary.
A resolution providing for the
following assessments to be paid
by the respective candidates was
adopted: Candidate for railroad,
commissioner, each, $1; Congress,
si<>; circuit judge, $5; prosecuting
attorney, $5; state senator, $5;
representative, $5; county judge,
$10; collector, $5; sheriff, $7.50;
circuit clerk, $15; treasurer, $5;
assessor, $10; surveyor, $5; coro
ner, $2 50; constable, $1; justice
of the peace, $1; road overseer,$1.
l’he assessments must be paid to
the chairman or secretary of the
committee on or before the 15th
day of March, and those who fail
to pay on or before that date can
not get their name on the ticket.
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
George F. Cfosser lost a
hank check last Saturday in a very
mysterious manner and it was re
turned to him in a manner that
deepened the mystery. lie put
the check in his pocket Saturday
evening during a settlement with
Tom Ciark and the settlement was
postponed until Monday morning.
When he went to get the check
Monday morning it was gone, but
as to how, where and when it dis
appeared he does not know.
However, when he went to the
postofliee later in the day to get
his mail, he got a letter postmarked
at Tuekerman, with the name of
II. ('laylor written on the upper
left hand corner of the envelope,
eontaning the lost check, hut no
letter or word of information as to
how the check came into the pos
session of Tayior. Mr. Grosser
does not know Taylor and there
seems to be no one in town who
does know him, and if such a per
son was in town either Satuday or
Sunday, no one knows anything
about it. Mr. Grosser has written
him for an explanation, but lias
heard nothing from him.
FARMER’S UNION.
Tiie Independence Counfy Un
ion of the F. K. & C. I . of A.
will meet in regular session at
Jamestown, Friday March !J to 10,
loot).
A full delegation fronm all the
unions is requested to be present.
There is business that can not well
be deferred until later. Will o|>
en Friday at 10:30 a. in.
J. C. Stewart, President.
W. 1). Bullington, Secretary
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CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH
Two children of Mr. and Mrs.
David Carroll of Paris, Logan
couuty, were fatally burned a few
days ago. The clothing of one,
an infant 1 year old, caught fire.
An older child tried to stop the
blaze and her clothes, too, became
: ignited. Their screams attracted
the mother who, in her efforts to
save the little ones, was severely
burned. The two children died,
within a few hours.