VOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1903 NUMBER 288
STEP IN
And permit us to show you
the new fashions and our
KNOX $5.
‘■hawes’’ $3. Complete line for Spring.
Our line comprises the best brands of known mer
chandise. They’re smart and distinctive, and have
. that dash and elegance that appeal to particular
V dressers. We’re now displaying by far the largest
stocks and richest assortments in the city.
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WE ARE SPECIALISTS IN MEN’S AND BOYS’ APPAREL.
ALL THE CORRECT STYLES ARE HERE.
We cordially invite your inspection.
Latest arrivals are:
Bamberger Bros. Juvenile Clothing, j Faultless Night Robes and Paja
Crown Tailored Trousers, “Knox,” ) mas, Waterhouse Cravats, Hanhat
Hawes, and Stetson’s Hats. ( tan Shirts.
Specialists Specialists
in Men’s and in Men’s and
Bovs’ Boys’
Apparel. Apparel.
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JACK JONES, ;
The Crack Barber, keeps a neat (
ajyi buBV, 'title shop. Upper end
wr*of Front"ree't.-Expert tonso
rialists. Easy shaves and the best
haircuts. Our work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.”
Henry ©wen
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AM*
OCULIST.
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•iVCR HAILEY BROS' ■ DRY GOODS STORE
FLOOR STAIN
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MAKES PINE OR PAINTED FLOORS
lOOX LIKE REAL HAKDWOOD.
JUST THE THING TO PUT AROUND THE RUG.
LADIES GAN APPLY IT THEMSELVES.
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By NEWPORT BUILDERS
SUPPLY & HARDWARE CO.
Spring opening of millinery stoek of
Mrs. Etta Merrill at Hazel, Thursday,
March 26. dtd
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CORNEI.ICS VANDERBH,T AS HE
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Few wage earner* w any harder
than does young millionaire Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Jr Unlike some other
young men who have come into the
inheritance of vast wealth. Cornelius
Vanderbilt. Jr., Is a man of strong
principles and a firm believer in the
nobility of labor.
After his graduation from Yale uni
versity the young man decided to
equip himself with a thorough practi
cal knowledge of every branch of rail
road work. Donning a pair of overalls
and jumper, he worked side by side
with ordinary’ mechanics,spending two
year3’ time In the motive power and
civil engineering department of the
New York Central Railway.
He is an expert mechanic, and has
already (>erfccted several inventions
which have come Into use as Improve
ments In railway equlppage. One of
these inventions Is a device for use on
locomotives which has the effect of
facilitating the removal of the Are box
from pn engine, thus expediting the
work of cleaning the Are box.
In this r.lcture Mr. Vanderbilt has on
one of Fineks "Detroit-Special” No.
7*5 Coats and Flnck’s “Detroit-Special”
No. 16 Reversible Overall. All other
“wage earners" are now asking for
Flnck’s ‘‘Detroit-Special" Reversthle
Overalls. Unlop Made, made In Detroit.
For sale by all the leading dealers
throughout the country.
Star Clothing House
Sole Agents.
BUFFALO GNATS
HAVE ARRIVED.
Floot Pest Puts In Early Appearance
In This Section.—Great Menace
To Stock And Even Wild
Animals.
The buffalo gnat, which always
comes in the wake of a high stage of
water, has already appeared. The
pest will be worse this year than for
several j7ears, and unless the owners
exercise care and judgment the losses
of horses, cows and mules will be ex
tensive. Although preventive re
medies are plentiful and efficient,
they must be used in time.
The gnats are appearing very early,
fttid those who realize their destructive
ability are taking prompt action
against them. It has been two years
since the pest appeared to any extent
worthy of notice, but the people are
not without experience in contending
with it.
Scientists are not all agreed as to
the origin of the gnats, but there is no
disagreement as to their coming after
every flood stage of the river. They
are worst in the bottom sections, but
are not confined there. Farmers in
the highlands also have to contend
with them and will have .that to
do this time because of the very wet
season. A prominent planter said
yesterday that no man could tell just
where they came from, but they
seemed to generate on the branches
and about the leaves of trees. They
increase rapidly and in a few days the
air may be almost filled with them.
Mode of attack.
The little insect is about the size or
a mosquito and has a very large head
compared to its body. It does its dam
age by biting the animal attacked and
literally loading the body of its victim
with a poison, causing considerable
swelling. The animals are attacked
by the gnats first about the nostrils,
ears and flanks and then all over the
body. The onslaught is so sudden and
with such force that the victims lie
down on the ground and attempt to
get relief in that way. If they see
any smoke a break is made in that
direction, as smoke will drive away
the gnats. Animals seem to know by
intuition that smoke will bring relief,
and they will go for miles if smoke is
seen. Deer are not immune from the
biting of the guats, and frequently go
to a settler’s house if they see smoke.
The gnats get in under the hair of
the animals and bite them to death.
Sometimes an animal will succumb in
twelve hours and again it may live for
several days, but unless remedies to
prevent attacks are used death
generally ensues. Occasionally later
remedies bring relief, but this is the
exception.
Numerous remedies are used by
owners or stock, consisting principal^
of oils, grease, tar and various other
things to stick the hair close to the
skin and keep the gnats from reach
ing the skin. Smoking fires are built
at frequent intervals by teamsters,
and this enables them to do any work
at all. The pest attacks man alBO, but
not with the seriousness of result with
which they attack animals.
The quickness with which the gnats
have appeared and the prospect of
their remaining at least two weeks is
giving much concern, and the sale of
remedies will increase rapidly in the
next day or two. The great losses of
the flood seasons of 1897-98 will hardly
be duplicated, as the handling of
the pest is better understood than
formerly.—Memphis News.
NARROW ESCAPE
FROM DROWNING.
Tne little seventeen months old
daughter of Daniel L. Massey of Jack
sonport had a very narrow escape
from drowning last Sunday afternoon.
The child was playing with her brothers
and sisters on a plank out over some
water, when the others wandered
away and the little girl fell in.
Her ten year old brother Ernest
came up in time to see the infant
sinking and rescued her apparently
lifeless form. After hours of hard
work, the baby was revived but while
I big fires were being built to warm up
t the little one, the house caught fire
on the roof and came near burning
down.
RUMOR UNFOUNDED.
The rumor published in this paper
to the effect that the contractor who
is building the 7-mile spur to the
Pfeiffer Quarries, north of Batesville
had thrown up his contract and in do
ing so had disclosed the plans of
the Iron Mountain to extend to
Evening Shade and on beyond, but
which was discredited at the time by
the Independent, is without founda
tion, says the Batesville Bee. Mr. W.
H Harris is the controctor and when
asked about the matter by the Bee re
porter, said he wondered where the
information came from, as he bad not
thrown up the contract and knew
nothing about the plans of the com
pany beyond his own contract. Mon
day morning he hired a lot of extra
teams and men and put them to work
on the contract, which he will soon
have completed.
RECENT INCORPORATIONS.
Walnut Ridge Mercantile Company
filed articles of incorporation Monday,
capital stock, $25,000, all subscribed;
Gussie Less, president; Isaac Less,
vice-president; M. Less, secretary;
Isaac Less, treasurer.
Another incorporation was the
Batesville Packet Company of Bates
ville; capital stock, $3,000, all sub
scribed; I). D. Adams, president; Al
len Maxfleld, vice-president; C. D.
Metcalf, secretary and treasurer;
other corporators are W. P. Jones,
I. N. Barnett, Paxton Thomas, J. P.
Adams, Ghas. W. Wasson, John Q.
Wolf, A. A. Maxfield, J. S. Handford,
R. C. Dorr.
nuuiMJ i»vrjiv iu ijrvnrt juni .
Mack Ellis, a negro, charged with
burglary In having tried to rob the
cash drawer of the Good Luck store,
was bound over Tuesday morning in
tne court of Esquire Guy Smith to
await the action of the next grand
jnry.
James Ragey, the negro, who stole
a horse from Lizzie Barnes that he
later sold to John Green of Elgin, was
also arraigned in the same court and
bound over for grand larceny to the
next term of court.
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