Mrs. Gustave Jones is able to be
oat after a week’s illness.
Knox mends shoes cheap. Ill
Walnut street. dtf.
For Rent—Rooms for light house
keeping, 819 Walnut St. 26Sdtf.
Mrs. C. R. Gray is quite sick at
her home on Hazel street, suffery
from eryesipelas.
Jimmie Long, one of Company E’s
popular boys at Camp Beauregard,
is home on a furlough of several days,
' and is receiving a hearty welcome
from his many friends.
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Land for Sale—Call on E. F. Dun
can, attorney-at-law, Newport, Ark.
265d6t wit.
I Let us bid on your second han
furniture. —Hayden-Holloway Furni
ture Company. 270dlm
, Mrs. Carl Huddleston left Sunda;
afternoon for Memphis to join Mi
Huddleston and make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Stearnes, o
i Weldon, who spent the week wit]
Newport friends, have returned home
_
A. H. Little, secretary of the Stati
| Game Commission, was yesterday ad
'vised that three men arrested b;
i Game Warden A. G. Stedman, o
! Newport, were each fined $10 ant
costs for killing ducks out of season
The three men arrested were Jak<
I Stone of Waldenberg and Willian
Hoffman and George Smith of Wein
'er. The season for hunting ducki
| closed February 1, and the season foi
: quail will close March 1.—Arkansa:
' Gazette.
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Women
NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN,
the women are the money-savers
of the family. Men mean well
enough. They Know the value
of having money in the bank,
but they haven’t the knack of
saving. They haven’t learned
the trick of making one dollar do g
the work of two in buying, and
of laying the other dollar away
for the rainy day that may come.
We desire to encourage these
thrifty women, and this is our urgent
invitation to those who may desire j
^ a Arv£»r» o Vianlr ciAAAiinf Hnr nffifArc & t
I and employes will be glad at all
I times to give any information that
I may be desired in reference to the
I banking business.
Jj The First National Bank
| is a member of the Fed
I eral Reserve System, and
I your deposits have U. S.
|vsr 1 Government protection.
The First
National Bank
Newport, Ark.
The Bank With the Big Surplus
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HARRY G. BRANDENBURG
THE MERCHANT
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-HARRY SAYS
Everybody who holds keys for the $200
Victrola may come and try them to
learn who is the lucky one holding the
lucky key.
OUR SPRING GOODS
are arriving daily. I can save you
money on anything you may need.
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HARRY G. BRANDENBURG
- wiAjk ■auiAH^uw
J. S. Wilmans is home from Louis
iana.
Mrs. R. J. Wise continues quite ill,
i having very high fever each day.
> Brouse Holden went down to Little
Rock Sunday to spend a day or two.
j -
Dray age of all kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10. Ches
ter Robinson. 13-dtf.
F -
i We buy and sell second hand fumi
• ture. — Hayden-Holloway Furniture
Co. 270dlmo.
Roy Latimer, with the R. D. Brown
' Drug Company, spent Sunday at Sul
phur Rock.
1 _
Grack Smith was down town this ;
' morning, having been quite sick for |
1 two or three days.
1 Mr. and Mrs. James Buchanan were
down from Swifton this morning on
’ business for the day.
M. D. Kinkaid went down to Little
, Rock Sunday afternoon for a stay of
several days.
Mrs. E. D. Beane arrived from Rus
* sell Sunday to spend a few days with
j her daughter, Mrs. J. H. McHugh.
Mrs. A. C. Wilkerson went to
Batesville Sunday morning to visit
her father, Dr. J. W. Case, for two or
three days.
Several of our citizens were visit
ors to “somewhere in Missouri” Sat
urday last, returning Sunday in “good
spirits,” declaring that Arkansas had 1
the only supreme court in the Union
worth the name.—Marianna Index.
i
It was stated last week that the W.
C. T. U. would meet with Mrs. Dor
sey Wednesday, Feb. 27. This meet
ing has been called off, and there will
be no meeting of the W. C. T. U. un
til the regular date, the second Wed
nesday in March.
Dr. William B. Ricks, a former
pastor of the Methodist church of
this city, but now pastor of the First
Methodist church in Columbia, Tenn.,
has accepted an invitation to preach
the commencement sermon of the1
State Agricultural College at Jones
boro the last Sunday in April.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ballew and Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Reed, of Weldon, spent j
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Abe Bal- j
lew of our city. Mr. and Mrs. Bal
lew, of Weldon, were here to meet
their son, Clay Jones, who is at the
Great Lakes Naval Training School,
the young man having a furlough of a
few days.
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On Sunday, February 17, Dr. Powell
B. Gardner of Tuckerman, Arkansas,
and Miss Hester Agnes Howard of
Jackson, Miss., were united in mar
riage at the home of the bride's par
ents. After a brief stay in New Or
leans Dr. and Mrs. Gardner will spend
a few days visiting relatives in Little
Rock and Tuckerman before sailing!
for the West Indies, where Dr. Gard-1
■ ner is engaged in public health ser
; vice with the Rockefeller Commission.
—Arkansas Gazette.—Dr. Powell B.
_ Gardner is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. C. Gardner of Kenyon, and a
brother of Rev. Mr. Gardner of our
city, and has many friends here from
visits to our city.
The patriotic service at the Meth
odist Sunday school yesterday morn
ing was enjoyed by a large number,
and the program was one of the most
interesting and beautiful ever carried
out in the city. Owing to the illness
oi Mrs. Kearney the local orchestra
was unable to furnish music for the
occasion, and the company of Ha
waiian musicians, who were in the
city yesterday, rendered splendid se
lections. One of the leading feat
ures of the program was the talk
rendered by W. E. Bevens, who made
presentation of the service flag. Mr. !
Bevens, who is a veteran of the civil
war and hero of many bloody con
flicts, is greatly beloved by his host
of friends, and his remarks were
greatly appreciated.
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A telegram to the Independent this
morning from Mrs. Finch Culpepper,
formerly Miss Myrtle Busiek. an
nounced her marriage to Mr. Culpep
per, the ceremony having been per
formed last night at 9:30 in Little
Rock by Rev. Drake. Mrs. Culpepper
left Newport yesterday afternoon on
No. 3, meeting the groom-to-be in Lit
tle Rock. The bride for a number of
years was employed in the Independ
ent office, and wras a most faithful
and efficient worker, greatly esteem
ed by all her co-workers, who will
miss her greatly. She is a splendid
young woman, whose many Newport
friends will poin this paper in ex
tending congratulations and best
wishes for a happy and prosperous
married life. Mr. Culpepper is a
well-to-do lumberman of Rison.
J. I. Hasting, of Weldon, was s
pleasant visitor to our city Saturday
mingling with his many friends.
Mrs. M. A. Dorsey and Mrs. J. S
Wilmans are in Memphis for a week’s
visit, leaving Sunday afternoon.
•
Mrs. A. N. Saxon, of Helena, wh(
has been the charming guest of Mrs
J. L. Bcvens, returned to Helena Sat
urday afternoon.
Will Barker returned from Littk
Rock Sunday evening, where he spenl
the day with his wife, who is getting
along unusually well.
Miss Carolyn England, of St. Louis
arrived this morning and will have
charge of the millinery department al
Rushton’s* dry goods store.
Captain James T. Henderson, wht
has been confined to his room foi
several weeks, is improving slowly
which his friends are glad to learn.
Harry Littleton is home froir
Cdmp Beauregard, and is enjoying e
furlough visit of ten days. He is
looking fine and his friends are glac
to see him.
The court officials, Judge Coleman
Earl C. Casey and Ira J. Pickens, re
turned here this morning to open tht
fourth week of circuit court, having
i *,i j-i • p__
spent ouiiuay WlWl Uicu xonuu^o.
NEGRO WOMAN KILLS
MOTHER TO END WAR
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Pino Bluff, Feb. 25.—Claiming
that the government had told her tha1
the war would end if she would kil
her mother, Amy Lewis, a negro wo
man, yesterday shot and killed hei
mother, Lou Warren, on the Nicho.
place, near Pine Bluff. She then wenl
to a neighborhood church and caused
a panic by firing two shots from hei
pistol. Sheriff Williams arrested
her later and placed her in jail here
She seems rational on any subjed
except the war and thinks she was
justified in sacrificing her mothei
that she might end the war.
LOST.
Mud chain for Republic truck. Re
turn and get reward.—Hayden &
Holloway Fur. Co. 73d6t 51wlt
Don’t be a dead one. Advertise.
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Late Wire Briefs
Associated Press Dispatch.
Amoy, China, Feb. 25.—Nearly
ten thousand persons lost their lives
as a result of the recent earthquake
at Amoy, and Hinterland, according
to latest reports from Swatow.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 25.—General Bruje
vitch has been appointed successor to
I Ensign Krylenko as commander-in
chief of the Russian armies, accord
| ing to a Berlin dispatch forwarded
j from Amsterdam by the Central news
agency. Brujevitch, according to the
! message, has been proclaimed dicta
I tor arid has ordered Russian troops to
fight to the last.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Petrograd, Feb. 25.—The resolution
to agree to German peace terms was
adopted by the central executive com
mittee of the All-Russian Council of
Workmen’s and Soldiers delegates by
a vote of 126 to 85.
Associated Press Dispatch.
At an Atlantic Port, Feb. 25.—An
American steamship -arriving today
! brought seventeen of the crew of the
i Danish steamer, Tranquebar. The
' men were picked up at sea. There
was no previous report of the loss of
the Tranquebar.
BILLY SUNDAY’S PRAYER.
i “It’s the kaiser against our presi
I dent. It’s HohenzoHern against Un
cle Sam. It’s Hell against Heaven?
Bless General Haig and the Allies of
the United States! Help us, O Lord!
Bring victory to our mighty army!
“God, don’t let them give way.
They shall not pass! Help them to
start again. We are coming, Father
Wilson, a full ten million strong!
We’re a little slow in getting started,
but we didn’t start it—we didn’t look
for a fight. If we had, we’d have
been there long ago, O Lord!
“Bless General Petain and help the
French! Lord, can’t they fight?
“Bless Russia and help her—even
if she did get cold feet!
I “And don’t forget General Persh
ing, Lord! Don’t forget the boys un
ider’the Stars and Stripes! Help the
fellows behind our machine guns.
Help them not to miss!
“Help the fellow behind the gun to
get his sight on the nose of the ven
t
omous submarine. Help the gunners
—and then—good night!
“Bring victory, O God. We are
not aching for a fight. God bless
President Wilson. Bless the House
and the Senate. Give them wisdom
and courage.
“We shall never sheathe the sword
until liberty and freedom belong to
the world. Bless our army, and when
we are through take us all to Heaven
S and we will talk it over. Amen!
! Washington Times.
DELIVERING LECTURES.
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i Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 25.—Capt. Frank
M. Wells is in the Eastern part of
the state giving his lecture on ‘ War
With Germany and Why We Are In
It.” He reports that he spoke to a
large crowd of men and women on
the street at Stuttgart Sunday, on
Monday at Humphrey, and on Tues
day in the court house at DeWitt to
a crowd that filled the auditorium.
Wednesday night he spoke in the high
school building at Gillett, Thursday at
Clarendon, Friday at Brinkley, Satur
day at Hunter and Hickory Ridge,
Sunday at Jonesboro and will speak
today at Weiner and Bethel.
Capt. Wells reports that he finds
the people everywnere »uaiuu= ^
jceive his message and that he is
arousing an interest in the patriotic
support of the war that is sure to
have an effect for good. Hunareds
of farmers drive into town to hear
him. The people are ready and will
ing to do their part, and are showing
a splendid spirit of loyalty and devo
tion.
NOTICE.
I have in pound two heifers about
three years old; one red roan, mark
ed crop off the right, swallow fork in
left: has horns; no visible brands.
One yellow, marked smooth crop off
the left, crop and split in the right:
some white on belly and has horns.
Any one who has lost stock answering
this description, please notify or call
and see W. M. Mosley, Marshal,
Tuckerman, Ark. 268dl0t 49w2t
You use the only direct line of com
munication open to you when you ad
vertise in the Independent.
To advertise in the Independent is
I to talk business to a great majority
j of the propective buyers of Newport.
Announcing the Spring Sale of Ladies’ and Misses’
Coats a: d Su:‘ts
Instant favor will be accorded this sale of Coats and Suits, which are the latest
importations from the eastern markets. Delayed in shipment, they have arrived
in time to be SHOWN IN THIS GREAT EVENT IN SPRING FASHIONS
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Ladies ’ and
Misses ’
Suits
Many beautiful materials,
designed to be especially pop
ular for the spring and early
summer are shown, including
serges, gabardines, English
mixture, poiret twill, basket
cloth and Jersey weaves—all
in the season’s newest
shades. Shown also in the
staple navies and black and
White checks. The values
are exceptional in a complete
range of prices. All sizes.
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Ladies’ and
Misses ’
Coats
An unusually extensive dis
play of coats, for ladies and
misses, in covert, poplin,
serge, mixtures, silvertones,
basket-weaves, velour in blue
and tan, Copenhagen, taupe,
gray, Pekin and khaki colors.
All the smart new belt ef
fects in fancy pockets, col
lars and stitchings ape
shown. Large assortment j
and sizes for all.
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These Suits and Coats will instantly appeal to discerning women, and, although
the assortments are large, naturally the best ones will be selected first—so we
advise an early attendance at this interesting spring sale.
Wolff- Goldman Merc. Co. .
“THE HOUSE OF SATISFACTION” *