Newport Daily
VOLUMi X NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1911. NUMBER 288.
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BOLL WEEVIL
ft.-in.nt Jackson Oonntyans on
Trip „f investigation Through
Southern States.
A. Billingsley, J. S. Wilmans
and F. B. McCaffery left here
Thursday on a swing over the
South to study the boll weevil,
note its progress northward and
hear the methods that have been
most successfully used in fighting
the pest.
The boll weevil has made rapid
conquests eastward, but his
march northward in the face of
severe winters has been compara
tively slow and many good au
thorities believe that the little in
sect will never reach this section
to damage the crop very material
ly. . '
Yet the bollweevil has always
been a horrbil night-mare to the
landowners, farmers and business
men of this section and it is a
commendable spirit shown. by
these men to get positive, first
hand and reliable information on
a danger that cannot he overlook
ed in a section of country that
depends so largely upon its pro
duction of the fleecy staple.
Messrs. Billingsley, Wilmans
and McCaffery went to Memphis,
thence through Mississippi to
Greenville and Vicksburg, across
Louisiana, where the cotton far
m^r has already been forced to
The Road Drag in Jackson.
We have been told in these col
umns that M. A. Davidson, road
overseer at Gurdon, is using the
split log drag for improving the
roads under his care. We reprin
elsewhere in the Gazette today
an article from the Newport Dai
ly Independent that tells how
County Judge Coe is working for
better roads in Jackson county
use of the road drag. Judge Coe
has great difficulties to contend
with because Jackson did not
vote the road tax, but he is doing
j the best that can be done. He is
! showing how a road may be im
proved with a drag by using one
i between his place and Newport.
1 Judge Coe is making visits to va
rious places in his county where
he is having drags made to see
that they are put in the hands of
overseers and farmers who will
use them.
I Not only will the use of a road
drag make a great improvement
in any dirt road, but the shaping
and hardening of the road that
follow such work are the best
sort of preparation for macadam
izing. Let the Jackson county
people use the drags on their
roads and they will soon be con
vinced that they can have good
roads and they will soon be con
Roek Gazette.—The year-in and
year-out campaign of the Gazette
in the interest of good roads
ought to bear fruit all over Ar
kansas. The recent Good Roads
edition of that paper has been
filed away for reference by many
people and here in Jackson, the
Is attention to corn, cane
er products.
,one Star state will of
) egiven more time in their
than any other state, for
ve the farmers had the
t experience and been the
ccessful in fighting the
of the weevil. After
a few stops in Oklahoma
;y -will wind up their trip
as City and return home
it point.
anonstrate New Lights.
y upon the request pf the
the electric light compa
tonight demonstrate the
d amount of light to be
d by 40 and 60 candle
rungstens for street pur
f |
0 c. p. light will be placed
comer of Third and Ha
the 60 c. p. on the comer
i and Third. They will be
about fifteen feet from
und and hang beneath a
t reflector dropped from
i of a rod.
Boyi, Boys, Boys
w you want a swell Easter
Our celebrated tailored
ive arrived, made by Sein
• & Company and they fit
d see them.
& Heinemann.
°**00 Per Ton.
1 further notice I will sell
* $5.00 per ton. Good
H no alack.
_ W. D. McLain.
demand ior ana uiwajpjt in guuu
roads is taking hold of the far
mers, the people most needed in
the cause and most benefitted by
better highways. Some level
headed politician, who would leac
state road building and preach
his plan until all his opponents
were saying “he’s trying to ride
in on a hobby” could be elected
governor of Arkansas. And if
such a man were elected governoi
and gave to the people what he
had promised, he could have any
thing else in the gift of the state.
To Construct Lumber Bead.
Corning, March 10.—George A.
Booser, president of the Corning
Stave and Cooperage Company,
during the present week began
the construction of a railroad
from his mill at this place to a
point three miles east on Black
river, known as the Kelly hole.
Mr. Booser this evening states
that he had made a contract with
Ed Lazalier of Neeleyviile, Mo.,
to furnish 1,500,000 feet of lum
ber a year for five years. Mr.
Lazalier has leased the narrow
gauge railroad from the Boyden
Milling Company in Missouri thai
intersects the Iron Mountain rail
road at Neeleyviile, This is the
largest lumber deal made in this
part of the country for many
years, and Mr. Booser says there
is a probability of his extending
his line to Piggott.
I'HHI HAVE A SICKLY 1
YOUNGSTER TRY THIS FREE
k. I
ut «ckB^ith. youn* children that la
tr« !?, n the house now and
ot'thiM80 U ls in>P*rtant that
the U**uuse should know what
With a - emerg*ncle8 that arise.
’ ^ i» trup9^ »uf aIIment needs a
a^y “ the majority ot
t*0® ww*?*0/ *tn°ws, the child
0#B*tlpaUon! lnt®*tina* trouble.
4y, ®M»5hihiinJt,v,n« *t * PHI or
of the t opiate, nor U
^•r «v.t?fbe *iway« recom
pile iSSiii \ “?•*> do»® o*
jfgSirS saresss
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of Mrs. N. H. Mead of Freeport, Kane,
whose granddaughter has been taking t
successfully and of Mrs. J. R. Whitim
of Lena, Wis., who gives It to her ehildrsi
and takes It herself. It is sold in lift]
cent and one dollar bottles at ever]
drug store, but if you want to test it k
your family before you buy it send you)
address to Dr. Caldwell and he Will for
ward a supply free of charge.
Dr. Caldwell does not feel that th<
purchase of his remedy ends his oblh
gation. He has specialised in stomach
liver and bowel diseases for over fort]
years and will be pleased to give th«
reader anv advice on the subject fre<
BURGLAR ENTERS
KEEL RESIDENCE.
Family of Jackson Senator Re
' ceive Visit From Capital City
Burglar.
Little Rock, Marc 10. — By
awakening just at the proper mo
[ ment, about 3 o’clock yesterday
morning, Mrs. Elizabeth Tucker
prevented the residence of her
son-in-law, Senator John H.
Keel, 1522 Spring street, from be
ing ransacked by a burglar.
Mrs. Tucker occupied a front
room in the house, and when she
awoke she discovered a man
crawling about the floor. She
sprang from the bed and asked
the fellow what he wanted. He
replied to Mrs. Tucker in a whis
per by saying that it would be
better for her to keep her mouth
shut: Mrs. Tucker seized the
burglar by the arm and screamed
for assistance.
Senator Keel entered the room
in time to see the man disappear
through the window, by which
he had entered the room. Sena
tor Keel said he would have call
ed for the police but for the fact
that an attempt at burglary was
i • . -i i i
mautj jlll wie iieignuuniwu a lew
nights before and, a call being
made for the police, the officer
did not arrive until two hours af
terwards.
Mrs. W. D. Murphy returned
Thursday morning from a two
weeks’ visit with friends at New
ark.—Batesville Guard.
Among the Batesville people
attracted to Brittle Rock to hear
Sarah Bernhardt were Mesdames
Ernest Neill, Sam Deener and
Mary Morris.
Buster Jones Loses Booze.
Buster Jones, whose place was
raided "Wednesday by Officers
McCuistion and Ballew, where 66
bottles of booze were found, was
convicted of bootlegging ia Es
quire Nuckolls’ court Friday and
given a $50 fine.
The order of the court did not
end there, for the five gallons of
whiskey found in pint and half
pint bottles was ordered destroy
ed and the air was full of the
odor of the contraband goods
when the mandate of the justice
was put into effect.
Jones had the stuff very clev
erly hidden in his home, being
put away in a box that formed
the base of the chimney and
would at first glanee have passed
for • part of the brick work of
the flue.
Tuekerman Teacher* Chosen.
; Tuekerman, March 9. —* The
school board at this place elected
teachers yesterday for the next
school term. They are: E. R.
Williamson, principal; Miss Maj
Davis, first assistant; Miss Mabel
Hamilton, intermediate; Mrs.
Nellie Cornelius, primary. Mr
Williamson is at present princi
pal of the school at Swiften and
was not an applicant. It is not
i known whether he will accept tin
1 plac3. J. M. Cathey, who is
1 principal here at present has ac
cepted a similar place at Judso
nia for another year.
Notios to the Public.
Parties cutting and trimming
trees must not throw the limbs
upon electric light wires produc
ing short circuits and heavy loss
to the company. Hereafter dam
ages will be asked for such losses
People* Light Water & Power
Co.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
—
George R. Hays has returned
; from a visit to the capital city.
1 Miss Myrtle Busick has been
quite sick for the past two days,
but is better today.
George T. Irby, who has a com
' mittee clerkship under the senate,
I came home last night for a few
i days.
Grand Secretary John P. Paul
left on No. 4 today for Net-tleton,
j where he will institute a lodge of
Odd Fellows.
i Ben Stamback came down from
jBatesville last night, en route to
; McCrory on a business trip. He
has his ice plant ready for the
| season’s run and is pleased with
his new home. j ' ;
Alcorn Ferguson, Gustave
Jones, W. B. Chastain and A. M.
Ballew left last night for Augus
to attend the funeral services
of the late Leon Lippmann.
Ballew and Chastain represented
the local Masonic lodge.
Mrs. Blanche Robertson, who
has been visiting Mrs. V. E.
Pierson, is leaving this afternoon
for her home at Birmingham, Ala.
A small house in the alley at
the rear of Uncle Billie Morris’
caught fire this morning about 10
o’clock. The fire department was
called out and the flames were
extinguished with very little dam
age to property.
J. W. Wilkerson, a splendid
gentleman and Past Grand of the
Missouri Odd Fellows and now
grand secretary of that state was
down from St. Louis Friday, the
guest of his brother secretary,
John P. Paul. Both spent the
day visiting the Orphans’ Home
at Batesville and Mr. Wilkerson
left on No. 4 for St. Louis. The
property of the Odd Fellows
Lodge in that city is worth over
$1,500,000,
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SOLDIER BOYS
EN ROUTE TO BORDER
Special Train From St. Paul
Passes Through Newport On
the Mountain.
A special train of sixteen cars,
eight of which were coaches and
the remainder stock and equip
ment cars, passed through New
port about 8:45 Saturday morn
ing, carrying the Twenty-eighth
Infantry from St. Paul, Minneso
ta to the Mexican border, where
the government is concentrating
its forces to prevent the revolu
tionists in Mexico from using this
country in smuggling arms and
carrying on filibustering attacks
from the border.
The special train carried two
hundred and fifty soldiers, mules
and artillery and was making
slow progress southward, using
three engines from Hoxie to Lit
tle Rock. During the stop in this
city, large crowds were attracted
to the train and the “ordinary
maneuvers” of the war depart
ment called forth lots of ques
tions.
Car Load Of Tennessee Jacks.
Floyd & Jones of Columbia,
Tennessee are in the city and will
have a ear load of Tennessee
Jacks in this city Monday to be
exhibited at Loftin’s stable. They
will be a well bred lot, aged from
1 to 5 years and the owners as
sure the public that the prices
will be right. It
Coal $5.00 Per Ton.
Until further notice I will sell
coal for $5.00 per ton. Good
clean coal, no slack.
46dtf. yf. D. McLain.
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Captured Large Eagle.
J. H. Ray of Walnut Qrovq,
Washington county, captured a
large grey eagle on his farm last'
week. Mr. Ray was sitting near
a wire fence when the eagle
swooped down upon him. He
jumped up before the eagle strud
him and the eagle became entan
gled in the fence. Ray seized it
by its neck and legs and made it
a prisoner, although it fought
desperately. The eagle measure*
7i/2 feet from tip to tip.—LittI*
Rock Gazette.
Interesting.
An event of exceptional inter
Ls the future engagement of
“The Climax” at the opera house
'It is said that the instantancoua
hit the comedy made At Weber**
New York Theatre led to the can
cellation of many of the one
night stands in which it W**
hooked, to enable the manage*
to accept contracts offered ini the
larger cities. The engagement M
this city will be kept, as Manager
White has an iron-clad contrast
to this effect.
Joe Weisburg, who has been is
St. Louis purchasing spring good*
for Wolff-Goldman Mercantile
’ Company, returned home thi*
| morning.
O I. Hubert
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