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VOLUME IV. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17. J905. NUMBER 25*.
| TO PREVENT SPREAD
OF SMALLPOX.
| Board of Health and Council
? Concur in Quarantine Action
Against Contagious Di
sease.
jThe spread of smallpox in this
section of Arkansas has caused a
wide-spread alarm and prompted
^.action upon the part of the board
Jfof health and council of this city
A to prevent the introduction of
■the dread disease into our midst.
^The two bodies met at the city
hall Friday morning in joint ses
sion, and the action taken reflect
(ed the unanimous sentiment of
those present, every act of the
board of health being endorsed
by the members of the council.
The board of public health
' adopted a resolution requiring
^ health certificates from parties
|| coming here from towns infect
Iie disease, Argenta, Alic
riut Ridge, Cabot, Cotton
Sari, Jonesboro and Par
being specifically men
and asking that the coun
loy a watchman to meet
is and enforce this regu
urthetoVore to compel ho
d othe?a^ich undesirable
ers to £^\e on and not
pn/lresolution was adopt
ing the Water company
ihnd clean the city water
y March 1 and flush the
not less than once per
w-of the fact that small
*
tow prevalent in many ad
points, the board of
'urther requests that our
be vaccinated, and all per
; able to pay for same, can
is service done at the ex
f the city by calling on
G. K. Stephens and 0.
s, who are members of
rd of health.
IIOORE BILL.
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x>re’s reform school
le senate yesterday
jure now rests with
[t would be difficult
that would meet
»1 approval. Differ
i different ideas of
n which an institu
haracter should be
here are many dif
fer the construction
ichool. The demand
ition of this charac
•onounced and this
t be met. The sen
» have agreed on
II. Let us hope that
will not be tied up
The members who
bills should yield to
nd combine their ef
ss the bill.—Little
SHERIFF
3BBERS.
i of Ran
ied to Po
county,
and cap
gang of
terroriz
olph and
o years,
he gang
j caught,
and John
captured,
ilt
SCHOOL
PASSES SENATE.
t Rock, Feb. 16.—By the
<, 23 to 8 the senate yester
^ passed a bill offer
H session by Sena
! tor John I. Moore of Phillips
i county establishing a reform
| school for juvenile criminals.
The school is to be managed by
by a board consisting of the gov
ernor, the attorney general and
the superintendent of public in
struction.
For the school 160 acres of
land shall be purchased and the
site is to be determined by com
petitive offers from various parts
of the state, the board to take
into consideration the best ad
vantage to the state, the health
and environments of the future
inmates of the school. For the
erection of suitable buildings,
equipments, etc., $50,000 is ap
propriated.
NEGRO EXODUS
GIVEN DENIAL.
Only Teachers of Social Equality
Left the Place After the
“Coffin Incident” at
Monticello.
Little Rock, February 16. —
A special to the Arkansas
Democrat from Monticello says
the citizens of that place are in
dignant at the reports sent out
that there is a great exodus of
negroes from the place on ac
count of the feeling aroused over
the leaving of a miniature coffin
at the door-step of Miss Mary
Holmes of Boston, interested in
a negro school there.
Miss Holmes is an agent of a
missionary society under the con
trol of the Presbyterian Church
in Pennsylvania, and as such had
frequently visited the school.
The institution was conducted by
C. S. Mebane, a negro, for
about 15 years.
The white citizens did not in
| tertere with the management of
! the school, although a report
that Mebane was teaching his
pupils not to work for the white
people created some feeling
against him.
j mis, nuwever, migni nave
j passed unnoticed had not Miss
Holmes on the occasion of her
last visit ate and associated with
the negroes, and accepted the
caresses of negro girls and
women.
They were warned, but the
warning did no good, and then
followed the “coffin” incident.
The only exodus that ensued was
that of Mebane and Miss Holmes.
HINKLE WANTS A
STATE DEPOSITORY.
Senator John A. Hinkle of In
| dependence county, author of
j the bill to provide for a state de
' pository, 500 copies of which
have been ordered printed, is in
receipt of a letter from the state
treasurer of Missouri, in which
it is shown that the interest of |
the state’s funds there amounted j
to $150,000 for one year.
Senator Hinkle is very enthu
siastic about the measure he has
introduced, says the Democrat,
and which is now in the hands of
the finance committee.
It is estimated that the inter
est from the state deposits of
Arkansas would amount to ap
proximately $50,000 per year.
NEGRESS BURNED
TO -A CRISP.
- ■ —- «
Pine Bluff, Feb. 17.—Mary
Sneed, a negro woman, was
burned to death at the home of
Yates Van Valkenburg on Laurel
street. The woman was a ser
vant in the home and after fin
ishing her work for the night
had spread a pallet on the floor
in the dining room near a stove.
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IRON MOUNTAIN
ORDERS LOCOMOTIVES.
Fifty New Engines of Large,
Powerful Type to Supple
ment Motive Power of
the Road.
The Iron Mountain has ordered
fifty new locomotiyes to supple
ment its very ^ekcellent motive
power equipment.
This announcement is no sur
prise to those who have been
watching the movements of the
management of the Iron Moun
tain. The increased traffic on
this system has caused a gradual
increase in the number of loco
motives in use. Two years ago
the total number of engines in
use on the Iron Mountain was
374. Today the number reaches
a total of 456.
To this will be added fifty of
the largest and most powerful
locomotives ever erected. The
engine, exclusive of the tender,
will weigh 100 tons. To this will
be added the weight of the ten
der, which is about forty tons.
Iiythis tender will be carried ten
tons of coal and 7,000 gallons of
water.
The total weight of these new
engines equipped for the road
will be but little short of 200
tons. To carry the monster en
gines the roadbed of the system
has undergone much improve
ment.
Where previously locomotives
of light weight were used the
tracks have been looked after,
the ballhst brought up to the
highest possible condition, the
formation of the roadbed in
many places has been changed*
and a general overhauling has
been done on all the tracks of
the system which were not able
to carry the weight of these
great machines.
. . • >n i •
inese locomotives win uegm
to arrive prior to the first of
March and will doubtless come in
pairs, as is the usual custom.
The entire fifty v^ll be put into
service as soon as they can be
fitted up and put on the road.
ARNOLD BILL IS
DEFEATED IN HOUSE.
Cotton Ginners Do Not Have to
Furnish Report of Amount
of Business Handled by
Them.
Little Rock, Feb. 16.—The Ar
nold cotton statistics bill, requir
ing the cotton ginners of the
state to furnish a regular sworn
statement of the amount of cot
ton ginned in order that a cor
rect estimate may be had of the
amount of cotton produced, was
this morning defeated in the
house by a vote of 35 to 44.
The measure called forth a
a great amount of discussion
of several members, some of
whom strongly opposed the bill
on the ground that it would
work a hardship on the ginners
of the state who were, under the
the bill, forced to give a correct
estimate of the amount of cotton
ginned under a penalty of im
prisonment, and it was claimed
by those opposing the bill that
no correct estimate could be se
cured, and that the penalty for
violation of the provisions of the
bill was too severe. The bill fi
nally failed of passage by a vote
of 36 to 44.
Next Monday we place on sale
the biggest line of lace at 6c a
yard worth 6 l-4c to 12 l-2c. One
week only. Bowen’s Cash
Store. 50d6t
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WHY KIDNEY DISEASE
IS DANGEROUS.
Neglect of the First Warning Symp
toms is the Prime Cause of so
Many Deaths from the Dreaded
« Bright’s Disease.
It is Easily Curable in the Early Stages.
Kidney diseases are so destructive to
human life because they do not manifest
alarming symptoms until the constitu
tion is seriously weakened and the
strength exhausted. Then, too often,
the remedies employed by many physi
cians are of indifferent or doubtful value,
and the patient rapidly sinks under the
disease. The wisest course is to apply a
reliable kidney and liver remedy on the
first appearance of the symptoms. A
little uneasiness in the small of the back,
digestive troubles, bowel irregularities
and disorder in the urinary organs are
matters of small moment in the estima
tion of strong men and women, yet they
have a serious meaning. They show
clearly that the kidneys are suffering
and need help, which must be forth
coming at once to prevent serious, per- j
haps fatal consequences. A few doses j
of Prickly Ash Bitters at this time would J
prove of incalculable value in restoring I
the weakened organs to health. An
investment of one dollar in a bottle of
Prickly Ash Bitters when the disease is
yet in the early stage will save hundreds
of dollars in doctor’s bills, besides the
suffering that would surely follow should
the disease be allowed tp fasten itself in
the body. The excellent curative power
of Prickly Ash Bitters is not confined to
the first stages of kidney disease. It is
equally efficacious in severe or chronic
cases. Physicians have used it as a last
report, in cases that defied their best
efforts, with the most brilliant results,
and it has shown its superiority over the
many so-called kidney cures, now being
loudly advertised, in instances innu
merable.
.
afc’afefritator having -•
the genuine Prickly Ash Bitters with the
large figure 3 in red on the front label.
Sold at Dru<} Stores, $1.00 per bottle.
DR. CHAS. E. CARROLL
Dentist
Gives special attention to
Crown and Bridge Work,
And correction of Irregularities
of the Teeth.
I
Office Watson Bldg. Phone, 63.
Newport, - Arkansas*
Jack Jones
The Crack Barber, keeps
a neat and busy little
shop. Upper end of Front
street. Expert tonsoriah
ists. Easy shaves and
the best haircuts. Our
work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.”
Baliew & Shuford
Undertakers.
I
Office, 211 Walnut Street,
Opposite Cook’s Hotel.
DO YOU
Contemplate
a Journey,
With its attendant risks, aftd
which involves absence from
your home and neglect of your
business? In nine cases out of
ten the necessity for this can be
obviated by the use of the
Long Distance Telephone
The SouthwestemTelegraph
and Telephone Co.
Weather strips, rubber and
part rubber at Jach son’s. 42dtf
Our
Business is
Selling MEN’S Apparel.
Dofbn’t the fact'of a firm|devoting
its entire attention to one line appeal to
yoar4good lodgment?.*.*,*.*.***.*.***.*
We make the|[basiness oar constant
study, and have facilities for obtaining
the best merchandise in America.!**.*,*
And if a factory sends as goods
that are not satisfactory we don’t keep
them.
T his store is[not an experiment any
more. We are pretty well establised
and have a good following already..*.*
We intend to [holdfand keep this
trade by good treatment,! honestfvaloes
and fair prices.
Oar spring and summer display of
“Correct” Clothing, Shoes, Hats and
Furnishings will be the talk of the town.
Watch for it! Come here and get
posted on the correct apparel for]|men
and boys.
GET THE HABIT. GET THE HABIT.
Star Clothing Co
JOS. M. BERGER,?JR.
3 DON’T ^
^.^HOARD.
Your money in unsafe places. The
safest place for your money is in
a good bank.® Start a bank ac
count with us and
YOU CAN SLEEP BETTER
AT NIGHT.
ArkansasfcBank and Trust Co,
. NEWPORT, ARK.
Capital $100,000.
OFFICERSIAND. (DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham, ^V.-Pres.
Chas. G. Henry,.Cashier.
Jos. M. Berger,JJr. [R. F. Drummond," C. J. Saenger, "
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell, S.JD. Campbell,
G. D. Clements, J. P.JDuck, W.jW.|Dutton,_
0. D. Watson, L. E.|Willis, F.JD. Fulkerson,
R. K. Fitzhugh. •