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'•*/ t Try Virtue’s Little Liver Pills
at the City Drug Store. 69btf.
W. B. Strawbie, a merchant of
■/ Kenyon, was a visitor to the
county seat this morning.
l/D. Price for Dollar Clocks,
Dollar Watches and Dollar
Fountain Pens. 54btf.
John W. Ferrell of Batesville
came down last night and went
down to Shoffner this afternoon.
Read about the guessing con
test in this paper, which is ex
plained in the big ad of Bowen’s
Cash Store. 6d2wl.
Col. V. Y. Cook was down
from Batesville today meeting
his many friends and attend
ing to business in our city.
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For Rent—Three unfurnished
rooms for light housekeeping.
War map 15c and 50c at I. D.
Price’s Bookstore. 54btf
>| Mrs. W. S. Armstrong and
‘ Mrs. Kenneth Kimberlin of
Tuckerman were down shopping
Wednesday.
i I. D. Price for Ingersoll
1 watches, one to two dollars.
Guaranteed a year. 54btf.
W. B. Rhodes, a well known
traveling salesman called on
trade here Wednesday and stop
ped at the Claridge.
Phone 71 for Western Union
messenger to run your er
rands to all parts of the city
Prices reasonable. Phone 71. tf.
Mrs. Mike Denton and moth
er, Mrs. Emma Turpin, were in
from Grubbs on a shopping
trip Wednesday.
Dr. G- S. Jernigan of Rector,
who has been visiting his bro
ther at Tuckerman, was here
today.
| Bowen’s new barber shop now
ready for inspection. Your pa
' tronage invited. 84btf.
| Autumn (jpeningi
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® Fall Merchandise, next Friday, HU
Hi —will reveal a wonderful collection |»
^ of Ready-to-Wear Apparel, Shoes,
S Dress Materials and Accessories. 5K
^ This occasion is planned to show the
ir store’s preparedness to serve. It is ^
x ^ the formal exposition of the accepted ^
' Hi modes, informative and authentic. Hi
S It is difficult to point out the chief charac- ®
® teristics of this exhibit. 5
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£ One’s interest may center on it’s complete- ^
►v ness, another on the supremacy of the values, ^
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9^ both features._J j
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9n COMPLETE is the word that jus
ft|| best describes the displays in
» every section of this establish- I m\
^ ment. We offer by far the ue
greatest variety of styles in
gp Suits, Wraps, Skirts, Blouses, 1 *i
Dresses etc. tug
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^ Our Silk and Dress Goods sec
bion is now brim full of the new- Sn j
est creations of Silks, Velvets f m
if and WOOL DRESS GOODS, g^j
jy ranging from the most inexpen- |
sn! sive to the most extreme novel- ^ I
m 1 ties produced this season. I 3fi!
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US In our Shoe Department, new I m
S models of WICHERT & GARD- me
an INER and DREW shoes are
HI shown that are practical but as |pi
\ ■— dainty as you can desire. The 9|i
'v™ names WICHERT & ARDIN- I ^
^ ER and DREW are synonomous "■!
gp vrith quality, distinctiveness of : m
style and perfection of work- Wg
In manship. Our line includes Dull j
ftE Kid and Patent Vamps, with full ajj
X black cloth quarters. For more ail
3ni practical wear we have dull kid. [Uc*
g^jj calf and the rain proof variety.
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|fj also in other departments of ??!
ip this store, and the values we are an i
JF" offering are unsurpassed. Come Vjr |
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Drayage of all kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10- —
; Chester Robinson. 18btf.
A. F. Thompson of Mammoth
{Spring arrived in our city yes
iterday and will again be with
{Mr. Tom Hutson as cotton buy
er.
Mrs. A. G. Pierce of Jones
boro, who has been visiting rel
atives at Yazoo City, Mississip
pi, arrived here last evening to
join her husband, <qjj|£. A. G.
Pierce and will make Newport
their home, having rooms at
Mrs. Lucien Harris’.
The ladies of the Episcopal
pal church will be at home in
formally to their friends at the
Parish House Friday afternoon
from 2:30 to 5.
Cedar fence posts, sash,
doors, lumber, shingles, brick
and cement—Hubert’s Lumber
Yard, lower end Front street.
33btf.
Mrs. W. D. Williams of Jack
sonport and baby went down to
Little Rock yesterday afternoon
to visit her sister, Mrs. Torn
Shaver.
The Bowen Art Gallery, 119
Walnut street, proofs all sit
tings for photos and guarantees
all work. Strictly up-to-date.
52b7t.
Deputy Sheriff Sandmon
brought Ernest Thomas to jail
here Thursday. The prisoner is
only charged with gaming, but
was handcuffed because after
his arrest last Thursday he had
violated the confidence of the
officer and hidden in the Black
River cane breaks for several
days before being recaptured.
W. R. O’Neal and family are
moving to St. Louis this week,
where the former has purchased
a saloon on Market street oppo
site the Union Station. They
have been residents of Newport
for twenty-three years and have
many friends who wish them
well in their new home.
Reward for return of or in
formation leading to recovery
of one brown mare, 8 years old,
weighs about 1000 pounds,
branded T on left jaw and also
branded on left shoulder,
wit. J. W. Wright, Denmark.
The many friends of the fam
ily are glad to know that Mrs., J
Harmon Younger is getting*
along as well as could be ex
pected, but she is still very ill.
Miss Grissett, a nurse from Lit
tle Rock, is with her.
Rev. E- M. Pipkin, former
pastor of Searcy First Metho
dist church, and one of the best
known ministers in this Dart ofi
Arkansas, was in the city Wed
nesday from Arkadelphia meet
ing friends.—Searcy Citizen.
Word has been received by
friends in this city announcing
the approaching marriage of
Carlisle Heard to Miss Nellie
Snetser, which will occur Wed
nesday night at 8 o’clock. Mr.
Heard’s early boyhood was
spent in Jonesboro, where he is
quite popular among his ac
quaintances. He is now em
ployed by the Daily Newport In
dependent. Miss Snetser is a
popular young lady of Newport,
having recently graduated from
the Newport High School. They
will reside in Newport.—Jones
boro Tribune.
2,512 Bales Cinned To Sept. 25.
The government cotton census
taken bv J. E. Dunn for this
county, shows 2,512 bales gin
ned to September 25th, compar
ed with 1,527 bales to the same
date last year.
Cotton sales continue very
light on the Newport market,
but are fairly heavy at other
points in the county. The sta
ple is bringing 6 3-4 cents here
Thursday, with seed selling at
$16 per ton.
Will Serve Lunch At Fair.
The ladies of the Methodist
church have rented a booth; at
the County Fair and will have a
first class lunch stand, where
they will be prepared to cater to
the general public. Dispense
with your midday meal at home,
visit the fair, have a good time,
patronize our booth, where you
will get wholesome food well
prepared. Our prices will be
reasonable. It. ’(
f 100 Reward, $100.
. ,hls ■*!** *d« hr pkwasd to lean
tiat there tp \t least dreaded dLhiaar that science
uus hem ah* v *“«■ hl *11 It* mage*, and that Is
ntarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the uuly positive
ure now known to tbe medical fraternity. Qtlarrh
>elug a consul utfoual disease, requires a coustuu
iimal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken tn
Ifr.ally acting dlreetlv upon the Mood rod mucous
urfaees of the system, thereby destroying the
euiutotlo* of the disease, and giving the patieut
treugth by building up the constitution and assibt
te nature In doing its work. The proprietors hay
D much faith In Its curative powers that they ofler
me Hundred Hollars for any case that I. Jafi- v
ure. Head Tor list of testimonials.
Addreas F. J. CHENEt * CO., Taleda, ©.
Setd by alt Druggists. 75r.
Thhe amir '‘ audit Fitts («t rirtn
BALCH.
I Little Litha Carter is reported no
better.
Severn j of our farmers are busy,
hauling hay.
Mr. Dallas Johntson and Miss Eu
nice Balch were married Saturday in
the county clerk’s office, at Newport,
Judge C. B. Coe officiating.
Rev. J. H. Piper of St. Louis clos
ed a week's meeting here Sunday.
Bro. Piper went froio this place to
Alg'/a to hold a meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Balch spent
i Sunday at Chas. fcalch's
i Frederic Ball, our assistant teach
er, has entered school at Grubbs
since the close of school here.
T. J. Adcox of Pennington began
! work on his ditch near Balch again
Monday.
Some of our star ball players ac
j companied Pennington to near Grubbs
i where they defeated the Hawkins
'team—46 to 0.
G. A. Tucker spent Sunday at Am
azon with a friend.
Some of our voung men met at
A. Johnston’s Monday night, where
they found Mr. and Mrs. DaLlas
Johnston and gave them an old time
charivari.
Cotton picking is very slow about
opening up at this place, on ac
I count of hay hauling.
There was a swarm of Dago ped
dlers who came out last week and
j settled at Balch.
DENMARK.
Here I come again, with nothing
to complain of but hard times, and
the worst to come yet.
Health in this neck of the woods
is good and everybody is gathering
their little crops.
Crab grass for hay is a leader in
this community.
Elder G. E. Land and his baseball
team played the Cross Roads team on
last Saturdav evening a match game.
Attorney R. M. Hodges, after an
1 absence of nine or ten months in the
j far West, in the orange groves of
Southern California, has made his
return looking much . improved in
health.
The cotton gin here runs about six
hours in 48, having ginned about 100
bales of cotton.
Owing to short crops and shorter
prices, cotton is dragging, with no
regular market price.
Rev. S. C. Vick and Ben Adams are
conducting a series of meetings at
“37” school house.
Now that the school directors of
this special district have gotten the
Equalization Board at Newport to
grant the desired raise in real and
personal property, we hope to have
a good school this fall and winter.
M. C. Hickmon made a cattle deal
last week.
T. W. Aexander is quite busy stak
ing his land for tie cutting.
J. L. Alexander’s small boy who
left his bed and board without just
provocation, has returned home.
Rev. John H. Shaw of Liberty is
trying to organize a prayer meeting
at that pace to meet once a week.
Well, as news is a little scarce, I
will close with much success to the
Independent.
Miore Anon.
Real Estate Transfers.
Smith Harper and wife to Ber
tha Cohn, 40 acres 6-12-2,
$1,037.53.
Wilmans Land Company to
Jack O’Neal Campbell, 120 acres
20-12-2, $2,000.
H. G. Drummond and wife to
Eva L. Smith, one-half lot 146,
Gum Grove cemetery, $9.
W. D. McLain and wife to Eva
L. Smith, tract 142 by 50 feet,
lot 10, block 52 Cross Roads Ad
dition, Newport, $112.50.
Waterman’s Ideal Fountain
Pens at I. D. Price’s Bookstore.
54btf.
SOW WHEAT.
The only way (for the farmers
of Jackson county to become in
dependent is through the diver
sification of their crops. We
must raise something to eat and
less cotton.
We will have a car of Fulz
beardless wheat about October
6th, which we will offer at a
very low cash price.
BOWEN’S CASH STORE.
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best interests of our customers ahead of every other
consideration.
We extend a cordial invitation to you to open a
checking account witn this institution. ^
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Use Red Cross Ball Blue and
keep them white as snow. All
grocers, 5 cents a package.
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