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PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
ront St., NEWPORT, ARK.
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.
For Congress—
W. A. OLDFIELD
For Circuit Judge—
R. E. JEFFERY
For Prosecuting Attorney—
HUGH WILLIAMSON
For Representative—
W. M. SHAVER
For County Judge—
W. D. McLAIN
For Sheriff—
J. F. McCUISTION
For Circuit Clerk—
—_ '• C. E. SMITH
For County Clerk—
G. L. ROBINSON
For Treasurer—
J. H. CAMP
For Assessor—
W. M. TIMS
For Surveyor—
J. H. AITKENS
For Coroner—
W. H. NOLEN
For School Superintendent—
E. H. BOWMAN
For Justices of Peace—
J. M. BELL
L. B HARRIS
For Constable—
TERRY GUIN
For Road Overseer—
W. F. HURLEY
While The War Drums Beat.
Our boys in blue are marchin;
Onward they go
Through the plains of Texas,
To the hills of Mexico.
They’re bravely inarching
To meet a southern foe
That tried to stain our flag
In the streets in Mexico.
Our navy is alert
And sailing for their port
To defend her sacred honor,
Though' war we never court
Our guns will tell the world
In language pure and plain
That we will fight with all our
might
Her honor to maintain.
The fields may be strewn
With the wounded and the
dead.
The water of the sea
May be turned to crimson red.
The widows and the orphans
May wail their bitter woe,
But we will never pull her down
On the shores of Mexico.
Onward, boys! Onward!
Halt not nor e’er retreat.
Take each town and city
While the war drums beat.
—Lafe J. McCutcheon
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NEWPORT’S REPLY.
Newport Accepts The Evidence
and Many Readers Will
Profit By It.
Which is the more weighty ;
proof—a few words from a New- i
port resident, whom wre know
and respect, or Volumes from
strangers in distant towns?
There can be only one reply.
W. L. Hall, farmer, R. F. D
No. 2, Box 97, Newport, Ark.,
says:
“I have never lost an opportu
nity during the past six years
to praise Doan’s Kidney Pills, I
for what they have done for me,
as well as others of my family.
They have made such complete
cures of kidney trouble that it
has not been necessary for us to
take them or any other kidney ;
medicine during the past few
years. One of the family took
Doan’s Kidney Pills, procured at
Dutton’s Drug Store, (now walk
er’s Pharmacy), for trouble with |
the kidney secretions, together
with a weak and painful back.
They cured her and later I used
them for a similar complaint.
Their action in my case wras just
as satisfactory and I w'as quickly j
cured.”
Price, 50c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy
—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the
same that Mr- Hall had. Foster- \
Milburn Co., Proprietors, Buf- J
falo, New York. (Adv.)
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Goulds May Lose Missouri Pa- j
cific.
j New York, April 30- —Ru-1
mors of a change of control of !
j the Missouri Pacific railway i
from the Goulds to an important1
banking interest were circulated 1
in the financial district late to-1
day. They were supplemented ,
by dispatches from the W est !
stating that expert accountants
and railroad engineers were
making an inspection of the pro
posed new interest. Kuhn, Loeb 1
& Co., who were mentioned as ;
acting for the purchasers, de-1
dined to deny or affirm any par- j
ticipation in the reported trans-!
action. It is known, however,
that these bankers, acting for 1
a syndicate, have been willing
to purchase control of the Mis-j
souri Pacific from the Gould j
family. !
Missouri Pacific, which fell
to a new low record early in the 1
day, recovered over 4 points in ,
the late dealings. Trading in the 1
stock has been extremely heavy ]
recently and it is believed that
the banking interests have al- ;
ready acquired substantial hold- j1
ings in the open market.
Do It Electrically.
Sec Sam Denty about the Vac
um Cleaner before doing your
spring cleaning. Telephone 117.
t1 !. I 1"' . JL- IBJ.IWUHAHW 1
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I Sensational Prices
U On Seasonable Merchandise
^ j Start This Month Right—Buy at The New Store and
Save Money
BELOW WE QUOTE A FEW PRICES:
Summer Underwear.
Men’s 40c shirts and
drawers this week, per
li garment_ 25c
J Men’s 75c Athletic un
£ ion suits only,a suit-50c
jP
^ Men’s extra good work
4a shirts, a trade win
ner_ 41c
75c dress shirts, guar
L;jg anteed fast colors, this
week«_59c
Extra value $1.00 shirts
latest patterns, all
sizes_89c
Boys union suits 25c and
up.
$1.25 and $1.50 Munsing
union suits, ladies this
week only_$1-00
Ladies 40c union suits
for only_29c
Just received big line
mens, boys and child
ren’s straw hats.
1J. D. Carvell ® Co. |
jj Fronf^St The New Store i !d,1price | i
Additional Local.
Mr- and Mrs. J. B. Jeffery,
formerly of Newport but now of
Dallas, are expected to again
make Newport their home in
the near future.
Mrs. Irving Hirsch and little
daughter, Mollie, and Miss Mar
garet Booker arrived from Lit
tle Rock this morning to visit
Mrs. L. Hirsch and attend the
dance to be given in honor of
Carl Hirsch at the Elks Home
this evening.
Mrs. W. R. Jones and Miss
Mollie Jones returned to Little
Rock this morning after a few
days’ visit here.
Mrs. Pauline Davis and Mrs.
Rush Davis, who have been the
charming guests of Mrs. Wil
liam Bailey will leave for their
home at Shreveport, La., this
afternoon.
Captain and Mrs. James T.
Henderson left this afternoon
for Athens. Alabama, where
they will spend the summer.
Captain Henderson will go to
New York City from there on a
few days’ business trip.
If you must have water 1.
Clean Up; Keep Clean.
The 5th, 6th and 7th of May
have been designated clean-up
days by Mayor Hubly.
All persons are hereby direct
ed to clean up their yards and .
out-houses and to have all rub
bish, tin cans and etc, removed.
In order to prevent the breed
ing of flies, do not permit house
refuse, garbage, decaying ani
mal or vegetable matter to ac
cumulate. Provide an air-tight
receptacle or either wood or
galvanized iron. Put your re
fuse in this, cover securely and
have it emptied as often as nec
essary
In order to prevent the breed
ing of mosquitoes do not al
low any uncovered water bar
rels, tin cans or anything that
will hold water to be about your
place. Drain all surface water
off your premises,
rels, keep them covered tightly,
or they will be emptied if found
to afford breeding places for
mosquitoes.
If you are not financially able
to have your tin cans and rub
oish removed or if you have any
difficulty in obtaining the serv
ers of o dray call upon the City
Marshal, nr. G. C. Martin, and
he city will relieve you.
The city ordinances provide
:hat all barns and stables shall
je cleaned every day and the
,’efuse removed or placed in a
jin securely screened against
lies. This provision is to be en
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uiicu.
After the city is cleaned there
.vill be no further clean-up notice
ssued. Any premises found
ipon inspection to be in an un
vinitary condition renders the
)ccupant subject to a fine. If
,'ou do not wish to be fined keep
rour premises clean.
E. L. WATSON,
City Health Otlic-.-'
Warning Order.
In the Jackson Chancery
Court.
h O. Harrington and Emma J.
Harrington, Plaintiffs,
vs. No. 2684.
5. E. Davidson, et al, Defend
ants
The defendants, S. E. David
son, et al, are warned to appear
n this court within thirty days,
md answer the complaint of the
daintiffs, J. O. Harrington and
fmma J. Harrington.
This April 30th, 1914.
C. E. SMITH, Clerk.
[Seal)
lones & Campbell- solicitors for
daintiffs.
las. H. Johnston, attorney for
ion-resident defendants.
il6w3
Good housekeepers Use the
3est. That’s why they use Red
Ztoss Ball Blue. At leading j
grocers 5 cents. „ " i : ■
PAVED HIGHWAYS
REUNION TRAVELS
Jacksonville Has Many High
Class Roads to Points
of Interest
Trips to Be Taken Over Them in Au
tomobiles During the Reunion of
Confederates May 6, 7, 8.
Jacksonville, Fla., April.—It is safe
to say that hundreds, and possibly
thousands, of visitors to Jacksonville
during the week of the great Reunion
of Confederate Veterans and Sons of
Veterans, will make the trip from
their homes In automobiles. Numer
ous inquiries have been received from
all part6 of the country concerning
road conditions, and especially In re
gard to the practicability of reaching
other points in Florida by automobile
trips from Jacksonville.
For the information of auto owners,
desirous of bringing their cars to
Jacksonville at the time of the Re
union, attention is called to the fact
that the city license books show that
there are over 2,000 licensed automo
biles in the city of Jacksonville alone,
and during the past winter season
more than 2,600 motor-driven vehicle*
have passed through Jacksonville en
route to various places on the Florida
peninsula. Unless there were fairly
good roads, leading from Jacksonville
to other sections of the State, there
would not have been one-tenth as
many cars in Florida this season, and
the home people of Jacksonville would
not have invested so heavily In motor
vehicles.
i/uvni cuuiuy, ui wuiuu
la the county seat, was among the first
of the Florida counties to Issue road
Improvement bonds and to begin the
paving of its highways with vitrified
paving brick and concrete. With a
population of only 75,000 In 1300, this
county Issued road improvement bonds
that year to the amount of $1,000,000,
and it was provided that not more
than $250,000 was to be expended In
road construction each year for four
years. The bonds were sold at a
handsome premium and the money
has all been expended on the roads of
the county, with a result that this
county now has some of the very best
In the South, and these roads are a
joy to the joyrider and to all persons
who use them.
But this is not all; for ftie Board of
County Commissioners Is at the pres
ent time working up Interest in a
proposition to issue from $2,000,000 to
$5,000,000 additional road Improve
ment bonds and construct a system of
paved roads and highways throughout
the county of Duval that will be a
model for all sections of the country.
Jacksonville is only sevenfMn miles
In a direct line from the Atlantic
Ocean, where there is one of the finest,
beaches In the world, affording a speed
way four hundred feet In width and
twenty miles in length. Here Is the
Ideal automobile course and It 'S' vis
ited by thousands of oars every year
From the city to the seashore the
county has constructed a magnificent
boulevard, paved with vitrified brick
and with concrete for the entire dis
tance. Hundreds of cars traverse this
Atlantic Boulevard, as It is known,
daily, and during the Reunion many
thousands of visitors will make the
trip by auto to the beach. Once on
the seashore they will find much to
interest them. Surf bathing will be
at its best during the Reunion week
and many visitors from Interior points,
who have never before had the oppor
tunity to plunge Into the big breakers
of Old Ocean, will find the experience
a novel and delightful one.
Frnm To I'lrcnn ir 11 Is* AnP'nsHnP*
the distance by auto is 38 miles and
the trip is easily made in two hours.
In fact, the record for the trip is one
hour and nine minutes, but that is al
most too fast for a trip to the oldest
city In the United States.
The road from South Jacksonville,
on the opposite side of the majestic
St. Johns river from the Reunion city,
Is paved with shell for nine miles and
the going Js good. Then comes six
miles of Drlck paving over which the
ears fairly skim along. The next four
miles, to the Duval county line, have
not yet been paved, but a temporary
surface of shavings has been provid
ed From the county line to St. Au
gustine, a distance of 18 miles, the
road is not yet paved but shell has
been placed in the wheel ruts and good
time can be irmde by the average car.
Still another attractive trip, on the
south side of the St. Johns river, is
that to Mandarin, a pretty little vil
lage on the banks of the river, about
fifteen miles from the city. This road
Is well paved with shell for the entire
distance and passes through some
very pretty orange groves, which in j
themselves are an attraction to all.
At Mandarin there are a number of
attractive homes, surrounded by pret
ty gardens, groves and farms. This !
village is the site of the former home
of the late Mrs. Harriett Beecher
Stowe, the author of “Uncle Tom's
Cabin.”
■The city of Jacksonville has sixty
miles of paved streets and contracts
are now outstanding for several addi
tional miles, work on which will start
immediately after the reunion, as it la
the desire of the citjr authorities not
to have the streets torn up while the
visitors are here,
Sight-seeing automobiles are numer
ous in Jacksonville every winter and
this year several of the large oars will
remain over until after the reunion.
We want you to make a quality test of Bowsi
Six Cord Spool Cotton and compare it with the t
you are now using. We know that if you will once
Bowstring thread, you will say that no other thr
equals it in strength, smoothness and freedom from defec^^W
The Sea Island cotton used in Bowstring thread harJBg
fibre longer and finer than any other cotton in the worlcMS
Dressmakers say that Bowstring is so free from defects. thaBBI
with it they can run their machines all day long withotiftl|
a skip or a break. The price is as usual—5c a spool*!
. .... • • .. -***** + •
This Coupon is Worth
This coupon will buy at our store a 5c spool of
string thread. But the coupon must be presented
order to get the spool as we must send to the manufacturer S
a coupon for every spool put out in this way. . We want *|
you to know by actual experience the high quality of Bow- jBj
string thread. This coupon is good for one week only be
ginning to-day. *
HERMANN'S DRY GOODS STORE!
Log Teams Wanted At Once.
Have a large amount of tim
ber cut in the woods and must
move. Will pay good price for
moving same. It will pay you
to come and investigate. For
particulars call Newport phone
1608-5 or write Muirhead Lum
ber Company, Weldon, Arkan
sas. Obtf.
C. R. GRAY
PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
EARL BUILD I N 6
OFFICE HOURS:
9 a. m. to 11 a. m.
2 p. m. to 8 p. m.
OFFICE TELEPHONE 207
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the use of the Duntley Combination Pneumatic 1
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