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PERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS
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ST. L. I. M. & S. RAILWAY.
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No. 2.... . 3:20 a. ni.
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j No. 6. 10:50 p. m.
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80UTH BOUND.
No. 78. Local Freight. 7:80 a. m.
No. 7. 11:25 a.m.
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BATESVILLE BRANCH.
Passenger leaves. 7:00 a.m.
Mixed “ . 11:45 a.m.
Passenger Arrives. 8:80 p. m.
Mixed “ . 10:15 a. m.
ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM.
Passenger Arrives. 2:20 p. m.
Passenger Departs. 3:20 p. m.
Local Freight Departs. 6:30 a. m.
On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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FORlRE PRESENT ATI VE.
We art* authorized to announce T. T. Ward as a
candidate for the office of representative of Jack- .
son county, subject to the Democratic primary I
election.
FOR SHERIFF.
To the voters of Jackson county.
I am a candidate for re-election to the office of
sheriff of Jackson county, subject to a Demo
cratic primary, if one is held. Feeling that I
have discharged the duties of that office in suc.i
a manner as to merit your confidence, and thank
ing you for your support in the past and asking
vour help in the future. If elected 1 will do my
»■*'' / / duty. Your fellow citizen, R. W. BANDY._
We are authorized to announce Snell Simmons
as a candidate for election to the office ofSheriff
of Jackson county, subject to the action .of the
Democratic party.
FOR COUNTY AND PROBATE (JUDGE.
We are authorized to announce E. L, Boyce as a
candidate for the office of county and probate
judge of Jackson county, subject to the Demo
cratic primary election.
FORlCIRCUIT CLERK._
We are authorized to announce John D. Neal as
a candidate for the office of circuit clerk of Jack
son county, subject to the i11 *1
^ We are authorized to announce James _S. Jones i
1 aa a candidate for re-election to the office of cir
1 sAkdltUt clerk of Jackson county, subject to the Dem
1 *»*'” dHpaic primary election.
FOR TREASURER.
We a reauthorized to announce Dr. F. G. Smith
as a candWate for the office of treasurer of Jack
son countylfc.subject to the Democaatic primary
election. ^
This is a*good time to adver
tise Arkansas as a winter resort.
* Bears are much feared animals
- by children,"but that of Russia
has fnojterrors If or |t he ^precocious
a ^ , young nation of the Pacific,
da: * - -
The house has passed the ap
d* propriation of $250,000 for the
suppression of the boll weevil.
This is a very small part of the
extravagance of this destruct
ive little pest.
The last hope of the insurgent
Republicans has gone glimmer
ing.in the confirmation by the
senate of the appointment of
Owen J. Owen as postmaster at
Conway. As distributors of all
the pie the regulars hold the
trumn card.
P Gifts from Rockefeller, the oil
magnate, are hereafter to be non
grata to the Baptists of the
country. The contributions of
this great Sunday school grafter
are wrung from the earnings
of millions of our poor, and, ill
gotten as they are, could hardly
serve well any purpose of philan
thropy or religion.
The only surviving lieutenant
general of the army of the Con
federacy, now that Longstreet
is gone, lies very ill. But the
life of John B. Gordon, soldier,
statesman and orator, is dear to
the hearts of both North and
South and from Canada to the
gulf are doubtless being offered
the prayers of admirers for tht
preservation of so useful anc
beneficent a life.
The South wants an isthmiar
canal and as ihe party in powei
is pledged to the Panama route
tnis section has dropped the issu<
of which route, and by whai
precedent did Roosevelt so hast!
ly recognize the Panama junta
Senator Clarke has announces
his intention of supporting th<
J
South have too much to gain by
the great canal to sacrifice an
early commencement of the work
to secure a party issue that might
prove a boomerang.
CHILDREN HOMELESS.
J. V. Robbins, living on the V.
Y. Cook farm near Elmo, died
Saturday morning from a com
plicated case of pneumonia and
measles, leaving two little or
phan children, aged 5 and 7,
homeless. The mother and one
child died last week and now the
father has been taken. He was
about 35 years of age.
Burial Sunday at Maple Springs
graveyard. Some of the good
people of that section will doubt
less take care of these little
ones alone in the world.
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NEW—EMBROIDERIES—NEW
First of the season. All the
new designs for spring 1904. At
Chas. Meyer’s Great Bargain
Store. 16btf
FOR SALE.
Frame store house of two good
rooms good location for mercan
tile business at Jacksonport,
Ark. b30d J. M. Grubbs.
UR. MENDENHALL’S
CHILL and FEVER
CURE
(This Picture on Every Bottle)
Cures Chills, Fevers, Malaria, Bilious
ness. Take it as a General Tonic and at all
times in place of Quinine. Breaks up Coughs,
Colds and LaGrippe. NO CURE. NO PAY
J. C. MENDENHALL.
5olo Owner Evansville, Indiana
- TO THE --
WEST and
SOUTHWEST
UJii'nnr.--assra.--.-a:::rr-r-s~-n-r- —r- ■ . TsraaMjas
This is a good route to the
new and fertile fields of
Oklahoma, the Indian Terri
tory and Texas. Low rates
j —both single and round
trip—in effect on the first
and third Tuesdays of each
month. For detailed in
formation, address
J. N. CORNATZAR
Division Passenger Agt, I
MEMPHIS, TENN. |
TRY THE
Weems Laundry
When you want good
work. They make a
specialty of Dyeing and
Cleaning Clothes. Let
them show you how well
they can please you.
Leave orders with
T. P. Umsted&Co,
Local Agents.
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DR. CHAS. E. CARROLI
Dentist
Successor to Black Bros.
I Office: Watson Building
» Rooms 1. i and 3.
). TELEPHONE NO 31.
* Newport, • Arkansas
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AGONY NOT ENDED.
Another Wo£k of Suspense for
Saloons of First Ward—Su»
preme Court Will Con
sider Cause Another
Week.
A telegram received from Lit
tle Rock at 1 o’clock Saturday
afternoon stated that the su
preme court had continued the
Newport license cases one week
and would announce the finding
: next Saturday, January 16th.
If the injunction of Judge F.
D. Fulkerson is sustained by the
higher court there will be no sa
loons in the First ward, but if
the finding of the lower court is
overruled, Henry Bordwell, L. L.
Bowen & Company and J. E.
Doherty will resume business at
their old stands.
SILK IMPORTS ENORMOUS.
Statiatlcs by Department of Com
merce Show* Larire Increase In Im
portation o'l the Knw Article.
The imports of raw silk in the fiscal
year recently ended were the largest
in the history of the government.
Statistics just compiled by the depart
ment of commerce and labor, through
Its bureau of statistics, show that for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903.
15,271,340 pounds of unmanufactured
silk, valued at $50,011,819, were im
ported, as compared with 14,200,000
pounds in iauu iu,tuu,wu iu
1901. From this silk our manufactur
ers will make finished products valued
! at over $125,000,000.
Many attempts have been made to
! produce raw silit in this country. As
early as 1623 mulberry trees were re
I quired to be planted by all settlers in
Virginia, and some silk was grown in
the early days of the colony. In the
second quarter of the last century the
cultivation of silk seemed to giVe
promise of success, but the enterprise
i degenerated into a speculation in Chi
nese mulberry trees, and ended in ut
J ter failure. The recent experiments of
the department of agriculture are
again directing attention to the prac
ticability of raising on our own farms
' a share at least of this material,
which forms so considerable a part of
our imports.
During recent years the importation
of raw silk has increased almost con
tinuously, until in the fiscal year just
closed it amounted to over $50,000,000.
The nearest approach to this value was
in 1900, when forty-five and one-third
millions of dollars’ worth was im
ported.
FINDS FOUR-LEGGED CHICKEN.
Doatoninn Discover* a Cnrloalty in
the fowl Line in the Rhode
Island Red Variety.
M. Goodman, of Minot street, Bos
ton, is showing his friends a four
legged hen which he purchased in
Pittsfield, Me., a short time ago. So
far as known this is the only bird of
its kind in the world.
“You will notice,” said Mr. Goodman
to a reporter the other morning, “that
the tail grows on .the right side ol
the bird, and yet does not interfere
with the use of its wings.
“Two of the legs grow in the or
dinary manner and support the body.
The other two are perfectly normal,
except that they grow backward in
stead of downward, and the feet ars
carried closed most of the time.
“She weighs three and one-hail
pounds and was hatched on May I
last,” he added, showing the bill of salt
as evidence.
The bird is of the Rhode Island red
variety, and so highly does the ownei
prize it that Instead of shipping it di
rectly home he kept It with him during
a four weeks’ business trip.
The chicken seems to be in perfect
health, and, in the words of the own
er, “she likes to have you watch her
See her strut!"
Part of the Maneuver*.
Prof. Chittenden, of Yale, has i
starvation squad—a corps of mei
from the regular army on whom hi
will experiment to find on just how lit
tie food a man can do good work. Hi
had to take regulars, says the Phila
delphla Inquirer, because he could no
get volunteers for any such expert
meat as that.
Business
Houses
i v..
Having widely distributed
interests will find an able
assistant in the Long Dis
tance Telephone.
TRY IT.
The Southwestern Telegrap!
, and Telephone Co.
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Sweeping
Reductions
They can better be
sold cheap than car
ried over to another
season and during the
month of January
prices will be made
such as to make the
goods move* <£ <£
^r^Mar^Line^^Win- ■
ter Goods in Both the I
Furniture I ;
and I
Hardware I
Departments« I
Newport Builders SuapJ Hardware Co. 11
Newport's Leading Home Furnishers II
“BOB’S IN TOWN”
He buys cotton seed and
don’t forget it. With no ill
will to any company, he
buys for himself and pays
for the same.
R. L. JOHNSON
CHAS. R. HITE
Buys and Sells Farms,
City Property, Timber
Lands, etc., Money to
Loan, Farm Insurance.
Notary Public.
Call or write, No. 107 Hazel
street, Newport, Ark.
Will Pay Your Taxes.
Surprise Prizes
Given away to get the people to
talk about Bixler Physical Train
ing in Penmanship, the best
method of instruction in the
world—Saves 90 per cent of time,
etc. Merit Prizes, Surprise
Prizes, Prize Prizes, Sure Prizes,
Big Prizes, Little Prizes, Con
tingent Prize and other prizes
for little folks and big folk. Send
10c for Business Penman, 12
writing mottoes sample rapid
writing, skilled Bird Flourish,
and full particulars. (1 Surprise
Prize will be included, worth
from 10c to a $1, and a $10 prize
goes with each 100th 10c order—
l conditional.)
Prof. G. Bixler,
97 Ogden Ave.,
Chicago, 111.
W. H. SNETZER.
Contractor
! & Builder
r Plans and Specifications
furnished on short notice
All Work is Guaranteed
LIVERYMEN
FARMERS
DRAYMEN
And all users of axle grease
that want the best grease on the
) market and that recognize a good
thing when shown its merits, we
recommend our Golden and Cas
tor Oil brands of Axle Grease.
It is put up in 1 pound tin boxes
and 3 pound tin buckets. For
rsale by all up-to-date merchants.
Ask for it and take no substitute.
It is guaranteed to have no equal
for quality on the market.
WATERS-PIERCE
OIL COMPANY.
l Huffman the baker is still bak
j ing, 05dtf
mall Profits^^^™
and More Sales
IS THE WATCHWORD
OF THIS STORE.
Watches, Jewelry, Diamonds,
Silverware, Diamonds and Pearls
Mounted. Repairs a Specialty.
mewport-s .^LEADING.^JEWELER I
I 212 North Front s Newport, Arkansas.
bad Blood/
Bad blood shows ?elf in a thousand familiar ways.
Pimples, boils, muddy>mplexion, headache, backache and
a general tired-out feng are among the more common
results of impure blooc Johnston’s Tonic Capsules purify
and enrich the blood.
Rhematlsm, gout, ecia, catarrh, anemia, scurvy, scrofula, etc.,
result from impurities fore into the blood with food or drink, or from '
the lack of certain necesss food substances.
Johnston’s Tonic Capai, are the surest, safest, most reliable, conven- H
lent and satisfactory mediciniat can be taken to purify and enrich the blood. B
They unload it of every itnpuv and at the same time so promote the nutritive B
functions as to abundantlyipply it with new, rich and self-sustaining
qualities. They make the bd pure and rich, and through pure blood the
bodily structures come rightjeause they depend on the blood for nourish-j|B
ment and renewal. ||B
For over 40 years Johim’s Tonic Capsules have been held in high JHB
esteem as a most reliable aisatisfactory remedy for scrofula, rheumatism,
eczema, old sores, painful s lings, kernels and enlarged glands, catarrh,
scurvy, boils, liver compla, dyspepsia, jaundice, constipation, kidney i £
troubles and a long list of Coiion ails and ills. i-I
We have great confider in this medicine, a confidence born of niany J :;
years’ experience with it, ai;\ve make the following extraordinary offer: JB
Send us a dollar for a large bof Johnston’s Tonic Capsules, or buy the san^®i||. jl
of dealer whose name appea below, use half of them, tind if you 73
satisfied, mail the balance to and we will return your money. Test the lit M'JS i
our risk and be your own jud; Michigan Drug Co., Detroit, Mich. .M
DR. EERMOTT'S LIVER RECATOR Positively Cures Pimples and Dyspepsia. 1 «
8HBDDBN. May/O, 18M. MM
Gentlemen:—One year ago npwy face presented a horrible appOMance from pimples and M
blotches, I also was much troubled>ry»pop8ia aud oonstipationi had tried pbyetolansand patent Kg
medicines, but received little good, /lend recommended Dr. Kermott * Dvor BegulatW’, l I0yWR‘‘ I W
It all that could be desired. It having loved all my troubles and willinglyJ&A
Price. 25 cents per packafr five packages for $1.00. Ask for FREE sample. ' >4 •. mj
For saltt Dutton’s Drug Store. M
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J. W. Lindley, Pres. L. Slayden, V-Pres. E. V. Holt, Cashu
BANK CP TUCKERMAN
CAPITAISTOCK $20,000.00.
We are all business
which cons|jtes safe & reliable banking
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IpIRECTORS:
J. W. LINDLEY, IT. SLAYDEN, D. C. DOWELL,
GEO. L. SMJH, W. E. TALLEY.
COLLATIONS A SPECIALTY.
Your htronage is Solicited.
Tuckerman, 11