Newport Daily Independent.
VOLUME V. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 4, 1905. NUMBER 66.
ENFORCING QUARANTINE.
Systematized! State Quarantine Inaugur
ated Against All Yellow Fever
Infected Districts.
Little Rock, Aug. 3.— At a
meeting of the State board of
health held at noon yesterday
in the office of the president, Dr.
v G. M. D. Cantrell, the state
quarantine against fever-infected
points was systematized. The
•portion of the state to be guard
1 ed was divided into four dis
tricts, Bridge Junction, Helena,
McGehee and Texarkana, and an
officer of the state guard will be
stationed at each place, with
power to detail men from near
by companies of the state guard
to enforce the quarantine regu
lations.
The first officer to be detailed
is Capt. W. C. Laval of Little
Rock for the McGehee district,
and others will probably be
named this afternoon. All trains
and steamboats are to be stopped
and persons not provided with
proper kind of health certificate
will not be permitted to come
into the state. The entire south
ern line of the state and the
Mississippi front is to be guard
ed by the militia in this manner.
An Appreciated Compliment.
We are in receipt of the souve
nir edition of the Newport Inde
pendent of a few weeks back.
The edition certainly deserves
considerable credit, as it is the
prettiest and most nicely ar
ranged paper we have seen for
some time.
The people of Newport are to
be congratulated upen having
such a progressive newspaper as
the Independent. It is like
throwing bouquets at a rose
bush to toss one toward the In
dependent. The paper is so far
ahead of its competitors all the
time that the regular edition
looks like a souvenir number
when compared to some of the
other Newport papers.—Poplar
Bluff (Mo.) Citizen.
Story of Ferguson’s Death.
Bearden Aug. 2.—News has
just been received here of a ter
rible electrical storm which visit
ed Hampton, Calhoun county, 20
miles below this place Monday
afternoon. As the storm ap
proached several employes of W.
E. Craig’s stave factory took
shelter in a barn near by. Light
ning struck it, completely de
molishing the barn and instantly
killing Barney Ferguson. Chas.
Thompson and Wm. Ware were
severely injured. Four horses
which had been placed in the
barn for the night were also in
stantly killed.
Close Call in Mill.
Mountain View, Aug. 3. — H.
H. Wade, one of the proprietors
of the Mountain View Roller
Mills, came very near losing his
life a few days ago by being
caught by a running shaft. All his
clothing was torn from his body
except his shirt. He was taken j
from the machinery with only a«
few bruises and burns caused by
the revolutions of the shaft.
Two Successful Girl Editors.
Down in the wild and undevel
oped but picturesque part of Ar
kansas is situated the little town
of Leslie. Its principal industry
is the little lumber business, con
sequently saw mill and stave mill
employes constitute the princi
pal part of the population. De
spite the undeveloped character
of the country and the rough
mannerisms of its inhabitants,
two former Kansas City girls
| have seen fit to locate in it anc
enter a field that in country
towns has generally been re
garded as belonging to man — the
field of joarnalism.
The young ladies are the Misses
Margaret and Lillian Walton,
daughters of R. C. Walton, a
mining engineer, who until a
year ago resided in Kansas City.
They are editors and publishers
of the Leslie News, a five-columr
folio and a very newsy country
per. They employ no solicitors
nor employes of any sort, doing
their own typesetting and on
press-days one would not recog
nize in the perspiring and ink
besmeared young ladies two for
mer habitues of the ball room.
Both misses are young, Marga
ret, being 20 and Lillian 18, the
former being a member of the
1902 graduating class of the
Kansas City high school.
They were entirely without
experience in the newspaper
field, yet they have established
the News upon a paying basis in
a little over a year, having over
500 circulation at the rate of $1
per year. In addition to this
they have a large job printing
patronage, while the editorial
columns of their paper are fre
quently quoted by the press of
the state. “We like the busi
ness fine,” one of them said.
“You see, it is so different from
what what we have been used to
that we like the novelty of it,
and it seems more like play. Of
course it is rather dull here so
cially. It was especially so until
last year when we got the rail
road, for we could never see any
one but the local residents, but
since its arrival Leslie is begin
ning to grow socially as well as
otherwise. There is fine boat
ing, fishing and swimming here,
and sister and I are enthusiastic
lovers of these sports. We also
have two fine saddle horses and
go horseback riding, so it’s not
so dull here as one would think.
Then there is a fascination about
the newspaper business, and be
sides we are making good mo
ney.”—Kansas City Star.
f'lNSOCIETY. \
CLUB DANCE.
A pleasant summer social event
was the dance given by the
young men of the Newport Club
in their handsome rooms Thurs
day evening in honor of the vis
iting young ladies and gentle
men in the city of which there
were quite a number of each the
Poplar Bluff and Newport base
ball players being guests of
honor.
wun me spienaiu naruwoou
floor and good mush the
dance was unusually interesting,
and continued until long past the
midnight hour.
Those present were Dr. and
Mrs. G. K. Stephens, Misses
Lotta Campbell, Stella Davidson,
Marie Wilson, Jennie McCauley,
Jamie Irby, Imogene Bandy,
Noreene Kinman, Mary Bailey,
Tillie Sprigg, Josephine Phillips,
Hester Phillips, Hilda Bailey;
Messrs. James Fields of Kansas
City, F. L. Dunn, Charles Car
roll, W. T. Dunn, James Black
wood, J. 0. Powell, Sprigg
Foushee, Jos. Bevens, Arthur
Bailey, Ira Erwin, Garland Hurt,
Adam Lockard, John W. S av
ton and Mr. Lavin of Poplar
Bluff.
Injured In Ice Wagon.
Cotter, August 3. —Bert Weav
er, the young man injured Sun
day morning by the overturning
of an ice wagon, died Monday
evening, and his funeral was
held at Mountain Home Tuesday
evening.
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CLEAN-l/P ORDERED.
Texarkana Puts five Hundred Men to
Work —Local Militia Company
In Service.
Texarkana, Aug. 3. — J. A.
Taylor, a young man who came
here Saturday from Alexandria,
La., via Shreveport, was found
in the Southern hotel suffering
from fever. The young man
lives here and he had been suf
fering from chills and malaria
for a week before he arrived
home. This fact accounted for
the fever, but under the present
conditions, and to allay any pos
sible uneasiness, he was removed
to an isolated house two miles
out of the city as a precaution
ary measure. As a further sat
isfaction to the public the hotel
was thoroughly fumigated,
j CLEANING-UP BEING PUSHED.
The cleaning-up process is be
ing pushed. The Arkansas side
will put a force of five hundred
men on the streets and alleys
tomorrow. The local military
company is under arms by order
of Gov. Davis, and under direc
tion of the sheriff and county
judge will do quarantine duty.
All Cotton Belt trains from
the north have been discontin
ued, and unless tne order is
obeyed the trains will be stopped
by military force. The authori
ties express a fixed purpose to be
scrupulously honest with theout
I side public and say that when
ever it is learned that there is a
case of yellow fever here the
fact will be at once published to
' the world.
| CONFEDERATE REUNION POST
PONED.
On account of the unsettled
condition of things the reunion
of the Eleventh Texas and Third
Arkansas Cavalry, U. C. V.,
which was to have begun here
tomorrow, has been indefinitely
postponed.
Bluff Wins Again.
Poplar Bluff won the second of
the series at Sportsman’s park
Thursday afternoon, winning by
the score of 3 to 2.
Smiling Bob Bandy did the
pitching against the team he
once lined up with, and struck
out seven of his old colleagues.
Bockwitz was not as hard a prop
osition to the home boys as Wag
ner had been the previous day,
and there were only four “strike
outs” to his credit,
j Newport played in hard luck,
in that her good hits were badly
scattered, at one time a three
bagger, and all for nothing. The
ManhattaR (shirt, not cocktail)
offered by Joe Berger for the
n 111 1
nisi run maue uv a xiuixit: piayei
became the property of Hender
son in the sixth inning.
The game was an exhibition
that any league city might be
proud of, attended by a good
crowd and thoroughly enjoyed.
The score by innings:
Innings 123456789
P. Bluff 00001002 0-3
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Baby Found On Porch.
i Conway, Aug. 3.—A boy baby
was found about 1 o’clock this
morning on Thomas Handford’s
porch. It was wrapped up in a
lot of baby clothes in a basket
with a bottle of milk and a can
of condensed milk. The child’s
parentage is unknown.
Statement to Public.
At the request of Mr. William
Mosby, we visited his home and
made a thorough search of the
premises and found no one there
but his family.
A. D. Bailey,
W. R. Thompson.
YELLOW ELVER
There Is No Occasion For Alarm
Remember The Lessons of The
Epidemic of 5S°S.
As we are now threatened with
another visitation of the dreaded
yellow fever it is well to remem
ber the experiences of the last
occasion. In all sections where
yellow fever made its appear
ance it will be recalled that per
sons who kept their stomach,
liver and bowels strong and
active were not affected by the
disease; while others apparently
healthy were stricken down.
These latter were all more or less
habitually constipated, bilious or
victims of bad digestion; as a re
sult the blood became impure and
the vital organs were unable to
resist the deadly fever germs.
Now is the time to prepare for
what is to follow. Get your fam
ily and yourself in shape to re
sist the disease. You don’t know j
when you are exposed to it;
every man you meet may be
affected, and if you put your
preparations off from day to day
you may be too late. The sensi
ble course is to begin at once
taking Prickly Ash Bitters, that
marvelous system regulator ana
blood purifier. Use it regularly j
every day. Half a wine-glassful
each morning after breakfast
will keep your bowels open and
healthy; it will also strengthen -
the stomach and digestion, purify
the blood and by stimulating the ,
liver and kidneys all bile and |
uric acid impurities will be
driven out of the body. In short,'
it puts the system in perfect
‘order. Remember 1898. That!
was a record year for Prickly
Ash Bitters. In the sections
where it was used the most there
were fewest cases of fever. You
connot do better in this hour of
danger than to make use of the
means which experience has
proven to be the best for fight
ing off this terrible scourge. 78
DR. CHAS. E. CARROLL
Dentist
Gives special attention to
Crown and Bridge Work,
And correction of irregularities i
of the Teeth.
Office Watson Blds. Phone. 63. !
Newport, - Arkansas.
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HENKY UWEJ\,M.U. HENKY Nl. UWKN,M.U. I
Drs. OWEN & OWEN, '
Physicians and Surgeons •
Will practice medicine and sur
gery in Newport and sur
rounding country.
NEWPORT, ARK.
OFFICE: Bevens’ Drug Store.
THERE IS NO USE
To wait for a foreign sales
man when you have one at
home who sells
EVERYTHING IN THE
MUSICAL LINE.
Just Received—12 new or
gans direct from the factory.
Pianos on short order.
Z. B. REED, Manage:.
B. W. Haffner, salesman.
Jack Jones
The Crack Barber, keeps
a neat and busy little
shop. Upper end of Front
street. Expert tonsorial
ists. Easy shaves and
the best haircuts. Our
work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.” |
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WE CLOSE EVERY EVENING AT 7 EXCEPT SATURDAY. JJ
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MEN'S OUTFITTERS
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If You Will Take the Trouble to Look
The world over for the best in men’s
wearing apparel you just repeat what we
have done before. a
2 We have the best things herein Clothing,
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UOur line of dress-suit Cases and Bags 11
will stand the wear and tear of travel. They
Q look good and are good. Another shipment Q
just received.
Knox Hats, Crown Trousers, Hawes Hats,
Alfred Benjamin & Co. Correct Clothing.
! Manhattan Shirts, Waterhouse Cravats. !
Lord & Taylor Hosiery.
Get the - Get ™E
O 5 n‘ £\ci\s Outfitters Newport/\rk O
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Grasp this Opportunity !
July Dividend
Was mailed to stockholders on the 8th of July.
The Penn-Wyoming Copper Co.
Made 200,000 pounds of pure copper during the
past seven days, on which the clear profit was over
$15,000.
Stock in this company pays monthly dividends
of 1'/< on the investment, and it is a spledid buy
at the present price of 50c per share.
Send Your Orders, Cash or Deferred Payments. (Price
subject to change without notice). No water in
this stock; every dollar goes into betterments. No
preferred or promotion stock and no bonds. Every
share is of equal value Visible assets, $7,000,000;
value of plant, etc., $2,500,000.
Let me tell you more about Penn-Wyoming
Coppers. Sign and return.
Name
Address
ELMO RIDDELL,
CO OPERATIVE REAL ESTATE AGENT,
L Jacksonport, Arkansas. y
Get Your Moneys Worth!
| We have the finest
$1.00 and
$1.95 SHOES
On the market. We guar
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shoes. Come and let us
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FRANKfBROS.
310 East Front Street, NEWPORT, ARKANSAS.
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