Interior Dr. Ira H. Erwin’s Offices. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist.
William D. McLain is a native of Ar
kansas, having been born in an adjoin
ing county—Lawrence—in 1859- Com
ing to Jackson almost 20 years ago with
out a dollar, he is now the owner of ex
tensive land and timber interests, in
cluding several improved farms as well
as wild lands, also five or six neat city
cottages.
For 15 years he. has been operating a
saw mill six miles south of Newport at
McLain’s Switch on the Rock Island,
cutting up all kinds of hardwood lum
ber, and his financial success shows what
can be done by thrift and enterprise with
a saw mill in Ai Kansas.
Mr. McLain offers all his lands and
city property for sale, and as a man of
strict integrity, who stands well among
his neighbors, we would commend him
to new-comers investigating conditions
here.
Mr. Younger is a native of Tennessee.
He moved to Arkansas in 1881. In July
of 1883 he came to Newport and opened
his present business. He is not only
prepared to do all kinds of blacksmith
ing and repair work, but manufactures
a high grade of wagons, buggies and
carriages. He is ably assisted in this
work by his two sons, who are proving
under the tutorage of their father to be
expert mechanics.
Mr. Younger’s factory is at 219 Beech
street and covers a very large lot, the
building at all times being filled with
either vehicles in the course of construc
tion or rigs brought in for repairs. He
has the reputation of doing not only
good, honest work, but of handling it
promptly on brief notice.
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This firm is composed of W. E. and J.
L. Bevens; Mr. W. E. Bevens, man
ager. This firm has the patronage of
eight of the leading physicians of the
city and does a very large prescription
business. In addition to their prescrip
tion business this firm has a heavy trade
in druggists’ sundries and toilet articles,
of which they have a large and well
selected stock.
Both of these gentlemen are registered
pharmacists. Mr. J. L. Bevens was reg
istered in 1899 and his father ever since
the law was enacted. Mr. W. E. Bevens
was county clerk of Independence Coun
ty for six years. In 1903 he moved to
Newport and established the present
business. He has been in the drug bus
iness before and ever since the Civil
War, at which time he was in business
at Jacksonport, then an important town
in the county.
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This firm is composed of C. F. Dean
and Nathan Massey. Mr. Dean came to
Arkansas from Tennessee about 31 years
ago. Mr. Massey is a native of Arkan
sas. The present business wes estab
lished January 1, 1904, although Mr.
Dean has been in this line of business
many years. This firm have a choice
line of groceries and one of the largest
and best equipped markets in the city.
Mr. Dean owns 1,200 acres of very
fine land in this cotton section. Last
year he had 800 acres under cultivation
from which he sold 200 bales of cotton.
That does not go to say, however, that
the entire 800 acres were in cotton. Mr.
Dean believes in diversified farming and
had a large acreage of corn and other
products.
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Mr. Chastain is a native of Georgia.
He came to Arkansas many years ago
and established his present business. He
was constable one term, made two cred
itable races for sheriff and is at present
a member of the Newport City Council.
In 1899 he platted 28 acres of his land
adjoining the city limits and named it
Chastain’s addition to Newport. It
proved to be a very choice location for
residences and is now almost all built
up, Mr. Chastain having but a few lots
left.
He built the Chastain block, a building
50x100 feet, two stories high. Mr. Chas
tain uses the entire lower door for his
large grocery and meat market. He
handles all kinds of groceries, doing
both a retail and wholesale business, but
makes a specialty of fancy groceries, of
which he carries a very choice stock.
He can pride himself upon not only hav
ing one of the most complete stocks of
groceries to be found anywhere, but also
upon the fact that it is one of the most
neatly arranged stocks to be found in
the city.
W. Ben Chastain.
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Do you want something good and
cheap in the way of clothing, dry goods,
hats or shoes? If so, “Go to the Lead
er.” Mr. Heinemann came to Arkansas
from Louisiana in the spring of 1903 and
established the present business. Since
that time his business has had a splen
did growth, more than doubling the vol
ume of business done the second year
over that of the first. His stock con
sists of everything that is new and up
to-date in dry goods, clothing, shoes,
hats, gents’ and ladies’ furnishing goods.
He employs a large force of both lady
and gentleman clerks, who serve their
customers politely and with dispatch.
Mr. Heinemann is special agent for
the Dittman shoes, the Thoroughbred
hats and Volunteer clothing. He also
has a fine line of millinery. His store
is handsomely lighted with both gas and
electricity, making evening shopping as
delightful and satisfactory as mid-day.
Before leaving the city it would be well
to call at the Leader.
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Harvey E. L. McCollum.
his list. He has one of the finest lines of
fancy groceries to be found in the city.
A glance through his store shows that
he knows what to buy and how to ar
range it to please the eye of the cus
tomer.
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Mr. Mize, a native of Allan County,
Kentucky, came to Newport about two
years ago and went into the photograph
business with his son, A. H. Mize, under
the firm name of A. H. Mize & Co. This
firm does all kinds of photograph work,
making a specialty of view and portrait
work. Their work is all of a high grade
and is guaranteed to give entire satis
faction. Some of the half-tones in this
special edition were made from photo
graphs made by A. H. Mize & Co.
In connection with their photograph
work, this firm handle a full line of
photographers’ supplies, picture frames
and also make life-sized portraits from
small photos. They also make a spe
cialty of developing and finishing ama
teur work. Their prices range from $i
to $12 per dozen photographs. They
have a fine collection of view photo
graphs that they have made, which
would be worth the while of any one
to see.
When you go to Newport and find
yourself in need of a shave or a hair-cut
or a bath, call on Jack Montgomery, who
conducts the only barber shop in town
where white barbers are employed. This
shop, just back of the Bank of Newport,
is finely equipped with four chairs, fine
mirrors, bath rooms and all the other
fixtures that go with a modern, up-to
date shop. Mr. Montgomery employs
three men, all first-class workmen and
of fine, genteel manners. As a result of
the excellent work done at this shop, the
business has grown to such large pro
portions that more chairs will soon have
to be added.
Mr. Montgomery is a native of Mis
souri. He came to Arkansas about 18
This firm is composed of Geo. M. Sink
and P. E. Martin. Mr. Sink is a native
of Arkansas and has been in the mercan
tile business for the past ten years. Mr.
Martin is a native of Memphis, Tenn.
He came to Arkansas about 23 years
ago. He was for seven years the senior
member of Martin Bros., grocerymen,
of this city.
About three years ago these gentle
men established the present business,
which has steadily grown until now they
carry a large and well selected stock of
dry goods, clothing, shoes, hats, gents’
and ladies’ furnishing goods. They are
special agents for the White House
shoes for men and women; Buster
Brown Blue Ribbon shoes for boys and
girls; Prince Albert shirts; Lion Special
Big Bear hats; Mississippi Valley hats;
Globe corsets; Gypsy hosiery; R. & W.
pants; H. B. V. C. Co., clothing; Duck
Head overalls, and the Wheeler & Wil
son sewing machines.
Messrs. Sink and Martin are well
versed in their special line and are ever
ready to assist their customers in find
ing just what they want.
Mr. Martin is a native of Memphis,
Tenn., but came to Arkansas when but
a boy, 23 years ago. About 11 years ago
he, with his brother, P. E. Martin, estab
lished the present business. About four
years ago his brother withdrew from the
firm and left the entire business in his
hands. Mr. Martin carries a very large
stock of well assorted groceries and it
requires a room 25x80 feet to accommo
date his stock. Last year he did about a
$50,000 business, and as the business is
growing every day he expects to im
prove on that for this present year.
Mr. Martin caters especially to the re
tail trade, and in view of his thorough
knowledge of the needs of that trade he
is constantly adding new customers to
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Dr. C. E. Carroll’s Offices.