DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
District Offices.
For Congress:
S. BRUNDIDGE, JR.
For Circuit Judge:
F. I). FULKERSON.
For Prosecuting Attorney:
W. A. OLDFIELD.
County Offices.
For Representative:
JOHN H. KEEL
For Sheriff:
R. W. BANDY.
For Circuit Clerk:
JAMES S. JONES.
For County Clerk:
E. I,- BOYCE.
For County and Probate Judge:
J. M. JONES.
For County Treasurer
W. A. JOYCE.
For Surveyor:
H. S. SIMMONS.
For Assessor:
PASSMORE WHITE.
For Coroner:
F. J. HARRISON.
Township Offices.
For Justices of the Peace:
J. J. MARTIN.
GUY SMITH.
LUCIAN B. HARRIS.
F'or Constable:
R. M. LAIRD.
Meatber forecast.
Washington, June 12 —Forecast for Ar
kansas: Showers, thunder storms and
cooler Friday: Saturday probably fair.
/about people—mainly. \
Huffman bakes bread every day.
Huffman’s cream bread takes the
lead.
For fishing tackle and base ball
goods go to I. D. Price’s. 45 btf.
The Cash Grocery is the only place
in town to get fresh raspberries and
blackberries every day. d36tf.
Drink Pepophote for thy stomach’s
sake. Diamond “C” Bottling Works
Telephone 72-3 rings.
Mrs. Pauline Davis of Shreveport,
La., arrived Thursday night on a visit
to Mrs. Fannie Jago.
J. M. O’Hara came in from Mem
phis Thursday morning to remain in
Newport the remainder of the week.
Governor Jefferson Davis passed
through Newport on his way home to
—UttlQjioak. ri’i t-Jifc ..tt&WUmjlu. ■'Friday.
Laborers Wanted—Negro men
with families to work in saw mill.
Apply to Dr. Washburn in Watson
Building. b(it
Huffman & Son serve ices, cream
and cake and everything in that line
to parties and receptions at reason
able prices. d-298
Mrs. Mattie Hare went to Auvergne
Friday morning being called there by
a slight change for the worse in the
condition of Mrs. Marvin Hare.
“Africolor” and “Pepophote,” the
latest drinks, delivered anywhere in
the city 75e per case. Diamond “C”
Bottling Works. Telephone 72-3 rings.
Anyone wanting employment can
secure same at the camp of McCollum
& Bishop, near Grand Glaize, $1 a day
and board or 25 cents a box without
board. b38-2w.
The thermometer did not reach so
hic-h a temuerature Thursday as the
day previous, the highest register
being 99 degrees by the government
thermometer.
C. A. Windau on Thursday pur
chased two car loads of shells at Oly
phant for a Muscatine firm at $8.00 a
ton. Shells are now ranging from $7
to $8.60 a ton, loaded in the car.
Pearls, baroques and
slugs. The highest prices
paid by J. E. TULLY &
CO., 14 Maiden Lane, New
York.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will serve a lunch and ice
cream and cake at the residence of
Mrs. J. Brandenburg this evening
from 6 to 10 o’clock. The charge is
only 25c and all are invited to attend.
Mr. Charles Hungerford came down
from Louisville Thursday night to
attend the funeral of the late T. J.
Maughan. The services were held at
the home Friday morning at 10
o’clock, being in charge of the Wood
men of the World.
Will F. Williams, an experienced and
skilled laundry man from Neosho,
Missouri, has been employed and
placed in charge of the plant by the
Newport Laundry Company, which is
now prepared to do the highest class
of laundry work. Being a home in
stitution, the excellence and prompt
ness *df its work will secure a better
support than previously enjoyed
locoilly. 45 btf.
I. D. Price’s for hammocks.
Huffman’s kisses are the best, d.tf
Huffman runs the only bread wagon
Grocery. d 19
Nice line of hammocks at I. D.
Price’s. 45 btf.
Rock salt for ice cream at The Cash
Grocery. d 19
Huffman can bake cakes for the
most fastidious. d-tf
Bird cages, feather dusters and
alarm clocks at I. D. Price’s. 45 btf
For your six o’clock breakfast
order Huffman’s light rolls, fresh
baked. 4-dtf
Bert Snetzer, who has been indis
posed for several days, was unable to
be at the store Friday.
Jay Sprigg returned from Searcy
Friday morning, where he attended
the Mitchell-Holloway nuptials.
For Rent—One room with board.
Day boarders wanted also. Apply to
Mrs. Wolf on Hazel Street. 45 d6t
Gen. V. Y. Cook, after spending two
days in the city, left Thursday 'night
for Hot Springs.—Little Rock Ga
zette.
That section of country along Cache
river in Jackson county reports a good
rain having fallen there Thursday
afternoon.
Huffman’s candies are the best on
the market—the three leading candy
firms of St. Louis and the leading one
of Little Rock, say so. 275-dtf
Lost: German section pipe, 2 1-2
feet long. Owner offers $1 reward
for information sent to this office
leading to its recovery.
In future 60c will be price for soda
water delivered anywhere in the city.
Cash on delivery. Diamond “C” Bot
tling Works. Telephone 72-3 rings.
The Iron Mountain offers specia
rates to the lake resorts by rail and
steamship. For information call on
Qus Coffin, Ticket Agent at Iron
Mountain. 40btf.
Any two persons wishing a furnished
room with board, man and wife pre
ferred, call on Mrs. M. C. Lee, corner
Third and Laurel streets. Day board
ers also wanted. 41-d4w.
Mrs. W. L. McDonald returned Fri
day afternoon over the Choctaw from
Augusta, accompanied |by her aunt
Mrs. W. H. Penn, Mrs. J. Mitchell and
Mrs. Addie Willis on a visit.
Pearls and SIugs==Send
your pearls and s ugs to
J. M. 0’Hara& Co., Mem=
phis, Tenn. Best'prices
and quickest returns.
The ladies o f the Presbyterian church
will give a lawn social at the home of
Mrs. J. Brandenburg Friday evening
to which all are invited. Ice cream
and cake and lunch will all be served
for 25 cents.
Miss Willie Harder of Searcy, the
daughter of T. L. Harder has been
quite sick but is improving and Mrs.
Robert Harder and children, who
have been visiting in Searcy are ex
pected home tonight.
Mrs. B. W. Stainback writes from
Alexander, Minnesota, that the
weather upon Lake Geneva is cool
and delightful and that she is having
a most enjoyable time under such
favorable surroundings.
j. w. nuiuniiisori uxpecis to leave
for his home in Oxford, Mississippi,
next Wednesday and his brother, R.
K. Hutchinson, who has been visiting
him, will go to Little Rock to see his
brother Henry before returning
home.
Miss Beulah Baird, expects to leave
Monday for a month’s visit and va
cation to her home at Corley, Arkan
sas. She will be accompanied as far
as Brinkley by Miss Hilda Bailey, who
will visit her cousin Miss Irma
Hooker.
The fishing party, composed of J. G.
Walker, Frank Caldwell, George Red
man and Charles Thorne, who were
to have gone to Whitstein Lake Fri
day morning, gave up their trip, ow
ing to sickness and other good and
sufficient reasons.
The Poplar Bluff Citizen contains a
notice of the dissolution of partner
ship between W. B. A. Barnes and
J. W. Grubbs in the wholesale grocery
business. Mr. Grubbs disposed of his
interest to Mr. Barnes, who will re
main in the business.
Misses Hal and Hester Phillips left
Thursday noon for Golden Lake, Ar
kansas, where they will visit their
friends Misses Nell and Lucy Rhodes,
who have visited in Newport. Miss
Hester Phillips expects to return in
about two weeks but Miss Hal will
remain for a longer visit. They were
accompanied as far as Jonesboro by
Mrs. Lottie Robertson.
Don’t forget that the Presbyterian
ladies will give a lawn social at the
residence of Mrs. J. Brandenburg Fri
day evening.
LODGE MEETINGS.
I. O. O. F.—Every Monday.
Red Men.—Every Tuesday.
Royal Arch—1st and 3rd Friday.
Jackson Lodge—2nd Wednesday.
Jackson Chapter—4th Thursday.
K. of P.—1st and 3rd Wednesday.
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LAUNDRY
COMPANY.
Has the Largest Plant in
Arkansas.
Equipped with Latest Improved
Machinery.
Uses Filtered and Condensed
Water and Positively Guar
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Give Us A Trial.
We Will Please You. Prompt
Service and Special Work
Everyday.
Out of Town agents wanted.
NEWPORT LAUNDRY CO.
W. F. Williams, Mgr.
Great Opportunities for
Homes in Texas.
The country traversed by
the International & Great
Northern Railroad, embracing
the greater portion of East,
South and Southwest Texas,
contains thousands of acres of
fertile land especially adapted
to general farming, stock
raising, rice, tobacco, fruit and
grape culture; trucking, min
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The Illustrator
and General Narrator,
a handsomely illustrated mag
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which contains general and
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RAILROAD TIME CARD
NORTH BOUND.
No. 72 Local Freight. 7:00 a. ni
No. 2. 4:16 a. m
No. 4.11:07 a. m
No. 12. 8:65 p. m
No. 6. 10:46 p. m
SOUTH BOUND
No. 73 Local Freight. 7:00 a. m
No. 5. 4:37 a. m
No. 11. 6:22 a. m
No. 3.11:39 a. m
No. 1.10:65 p. m
BATESVILLE BRANCH.
Passenger Leaves. 7:15 a. m
Mixed.11:45 p. m
Passenger Arrives. 4:30 p. rn
Mixed.10:15 a. ru
No. 2 makes connection at Poplar
Bluff for Cairo.
Fast trains 5 and 6 will be run as
through trains between St. Louis, Gal
veston, Laredo and Fort Worth.
Express trains 1 and 6 have through
connections between St. Louis, Dallas
and Forth Worth.
Express train 4 and Fast Mail train
3 have through connections between
St. Louis, Texarkana, Waco and El
Paso.
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Oulf Rail’y
Arrive Newport.2:00 p. m
Leave Newport.7:10 a. m
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(Oldest and Largest Bank in the Count}’).
CAPITAL $50,000
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Directors:—A. D. Bailey, V. Y. Cook, G. W. Decker, John T. Flynn,
Thos. J. Graham, J. W. Grubbs, R. M. Johnson, A. E.
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, SPECIAL OCCASION
SUMMER SCHOOL
j Knoxville, Tenn, July 19-July 30,1902.
Reduced Rates via Southern Ry.
For the above occasion, the South
ern Railway will sell tickets from all
points on its lines to Knoxville, Tenn
and return, at one fare for the round
trip, selling June 16, 17, 18, 28, 29, and
30 and July 11, 12 and 13, with final
limit for return oassage August 15
1902. For further information, call on
any ticket agent of the Southern Rail
! way or write, C. A. Benscoter,
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