Newport weekly independent., 1902-02-14

l Hon. IF. L Remmel, of Little Rock, Chairman of the Republican state cen-. tral committee, and former resident of Newport, arrived Friday morning on
 short business trip and is stopping
 with w. B. Empie and wife.
 Misses Falwell and Finger and
 Messrs. J. L. Powell, John Millikin,
 and w. D. Rodgers formed party
 from Bradford, who spent Friday
 night here to witness a fairly credita-
 ble representation of "Quo Vadis.'' Let's see; it's twenty nine days un-
 til the primary. A reasonable esti-
 mate is that I'll flop twenty one times
 in twenty one days; gosh darn, won
 der who I will finally vote for Col.
 Waterman of the Newport News
 Sharp County Record.
 John Hayes returned Friday night from the New York r arket, where he
 did the buying for the Right Place.
 MT. Hayes was in New York when
 Prince Henry landed and of course,
 went down on the pier to see the Ger
 man prince, whom he says resembles
 closely 5he newspaper half tones i which we see on every hand. There is bad mud hole on Front street in front of Hafner's, near the park fence. A wood wagon was mired there Thursdaymorning and the owner had to hire drayman to pull him out, for his own team was wretched, half starved looking pair of horses, that have probably been living on scant rations during this severe win ter.
 The river Friday morning was rising at the rate of inches per hour and at eight o'clock stood at 12.4 feet on the guage, showing rise of 3.6 feet in the preceding A hours. The town is not in danger of an overflow as it would take 29 feet or more to overfow-a and even then the levee would protect Newport.
 A naturalist says that every time a farmer kills hawk he throws a $50 bill into the fire, for, although the bird takes an occasional chicken, it de- stroys at least a thousand rats, mice and gophers every year. Prof. Hodge, of Clark University, estimates toads are worth $20 each for their work as destroyers of cutworms.
 There was new arrival Friday morning on Hazel street, in the ad- vent into this world of a charming Miss Theodore Berman, who has made her parents very happy Had this been leap year and this birth but one day later, little Miss Berman might rest assured that she would never grow old il the number of birthdays passed.
 Chas. Newton, who has been work ing in the lumber business near Gif- ford, Arkansas, returned home We'd nesday night. He says there is great demand for labor in the section about Malvern, and the wages offered are high. That county is very rich in fine timber and is being developed by several large mber companies who own their own railways and build as they cut.
 MT. Guy Smith announces his can- didacy for justice of the peace in the INDEPENDENT of this issue. He does not expect to be able to see all the voters ongaccount of his poor health, but will appreciate the support of all his friends. He has long been resi- dent of Jackson county, having moved here from Jacksonport That he is capable, fair minded and conservative no no one doubts. His friends are numerous and his candidacy will re- ceive good support.
 Newport is to have another home
 talent show, this time to be given by four young ladies, who have organized
 under the name of the Rosebud Quar- tette, composed of the following:
 Misses Hilda Bailey, Della Bernstein, Bessie Buford and Gene Randy, who