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Jos. M. Stayton spent Monday
in Little Rock.
I. D. Price has a full line of
legal blanks. 29btf
^ F. P. Skipwith spent Monday
, in Little Rock.
% Wanted—Furnished house. Ad
ress P. O. box 305. 42dtf
Go to I. D./Price for comic and
sentimental valentines. 43d6t
I. D. Brice has a full line ot
valentines from one cent up. 4-'!
IjjSpyHine pf valentines at 1. D.
Price’s. Don’t fail to seo il. I'idtU
F. B. Felsenthal of Chicago
was here Tuesday calling on his
trade.
H For Rent—Five room cottage
^ in East Newport. Apply to C.
B. Best. 44dtf
Buy your girl a valentine. I.
D. Price has a beautiful line to
select from. 43d6t
H. Bernstein and daughter re
urned Monday night from a day
iwt Little Rock.
The Whist Club will meet to
morrow afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Ed Wilmans.
For rent—One nicely furnished
room. Good board, 222 Laurel
street. Mrs. Lee. 12d4w
- 4 Go to I. D. Price for legal
blanks of all kinds. Justice
blanks a specialty. 29btf
Don’t fail to see I. D. Price’s
i line of valentines. It is the best
assortment ever shown in New
port. 43d6t
For toilet articles, fancy goods,
combs, brushes and mirrors go
to W. E. Bevens, successor to J.
L. Sells. OOdtf
If you want to look neat, have
your suit cleaned and pressed by
A. Mortensen. In new quarters
opposite city jail. 86dtf.
Dottis Joyce and Ralph Hirsch,
agents for the Saturday Evening
Post, 5c a week. Give us a trial.
t \311 Hazel street and 304 Walnut
street. 39d6t
pornic and sentimental valen
tines at I. D. Price’s in endless
variety. The handsomest line
ever shown in the city. Come
early and get first choice. 43d6t
R. L. Hurley, who has been
running the Yelverton stables
here, returned Tuesday noon to
Tuckerman with his family. Ross
Robbins has succeeded to the
management of the yard.
Mrs. M. M. Stuckey and little
Misses Jennie Stuckey and Lutie
May Stephens returned home
Monday afternoon from Augusta,
where they visited Mrs. T. L.
Gardner.
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secretary of the Baptist church,
who was a witness in the Hurley
damage suits, did not come by
reason of the postponement of
these cases and did not fill his
engagement Monday night.
The Busy Helpers of the Pres
byterian church will give a sup
per on Friday, February 12th, in
the vacant building next to L. B.
Harris’ grocery store. Supper
will be served from 5 o’clock on.
Everything good to eat for 50c.
Wanted — Bright young men
owning rigs of their own as
country superintendents for a
large Chicago corporation. Splen
did chance for good men. Ad
dress'A. J. Acree, State Super
intendent, Jonesboro, Ark. 36
Arthur Rage, a negro, was
fined $50 and trimmings before
Esquire Guy Smith Monday after
noon. He wras proven guilty of
hitting his mother, and the
Esquire very rightfully made the
penalty severe. Rage will have
to work out his fine on the coun
ty farm.
Gov. Davis announces that he
challenges and invites Col. J. W.
House and Judge W. E. Heming
way, either or both of them,
who have been making speeches
against his renomination, to meet
him in joint debate at any of the
appointments for speaking made
by tl]e governor and recently
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I. D. Price for valentines. 43
W. A. Oldfield came down from
Batesville Monday night.
Rabbits, coons and ’possums at
Bob Wallace’s butcher shop. 06
Buy a “Waterman Ideal’’ pen
and be happy. I. D. Price sole
agent. 29btf
Harry Lasker and R. Sokolosky
were here Monday night from
I Little Rock.
Gus Coffin has gone to New
Orleans to take in the sights of
Mardi Gras.
W. H. Rhoades left Tuesday
: morning for a trip up the Bates
| ville branch.
Prairie, timothy and alfalfa
hay, corn oats, C. and O. chops,
| bran and corn chops at Bowen’s
| Cash Store. 35btf
0. D. Hawn, an old Newport
boy who continues his visits here
i with unceasing regularity, came
up Sunday.
A. Mortensen has moved his
’ cleaning and pressing shop to the
newly remodeled building oppo
site city jail. 86dtf.
The water has become muddy
again, but White River is falling
and now stands 6.2 feet on the
gauge.
Wvn f 1Vn’l/'lrjvci nrVtrv ics o novirli
date for sheriff of Lawrence
county, was here Tuesday on
busi is.
M Stella Lippmann has re
turned to her home at Simmons’
Switch, after a pleasant visit to
Newport friends.
F. M. Ham, surveyor of Inde
pendence county, who is now
working for the Iron Mountain,
was here Tuesday.
M. F. Collier, a leading attor
ney of Paragould and manager
of the Ozark Land Company,
was here Tuesday.
A. B. Latting, district attorney
for the Southern Cotton Oil Com-1
pany, arrived Monday night and
will be here several days.
A petition for the pardon of
L. B. Boon is being circulated and
is being signed by quite a num
ber of the business men.
The office of the Lesser-Gold
man Cotton Company was closed
Tuesday, owing to the death of
Mrs. Julius Lesser in St. Louis.!
The “Waterman Ideal” is the
best fountain pen on earth. I
; Everyone absolutely guaranteed
to give satisfaction. For sale |
only by I. D. Price. 29btf
Col. and Mrs. W. R. Jones of
Maryville, Mo., came down Sat
urday night on a visit to their
son, Gustave Jones and family.
The friends of these former resi
dents of Newport will be glad to
see them.
Don’t forget that I. D. Price
has on hand at all times a full
supply of the famous “Water
man Ideal” fountain pens. This
m oaI^ imrlnv o n #1 taorvl iff a
guarantee and is without doubt
the most practical fountain pen
on the market. 29btf
Test your eyes with one of our
| Vitroscopes and you will get bet
j ter results from the glasses fur
i nished you at one-third the usual
| cost. Our lenses give double the
seeing power with half the strain
on the eyes. Vitroscope sent
; free. Vitro-Resilient Optical
Co., 152 to 158 Lake street, Chi
cago, 111. 225 4w
METEORIC* EXPLOSION.
Many people who were upon
the street about 7 o’clock Mon
day evening had a chance to wit
ness a very startling and un
usual phenomenon. A meteor
shot across the northern sky in a
southwesterly direction and prob
ably a minute and a half after
its disappearance, was followed
by a terrific explosion that sound
ed like thunder.
Parties from Searcy claim that
' this meteor was seen there and
we do not attempt to say wheth
er this meteor struck a mile or a
; thousand miles away.
SALE OlfLEASE.
For sale or lease, my residence
on Main street.
37d6t George Sexton.
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f$500 IN CASH Sf?
FOR ONLY V
45 CENTS. Jl
With congress in session, nnd the presidential election next year, every Intel IK
gent man will want a dnlly paper. !f he does not care 'o keep posted himself l**1
will realise that a dally newspaper Is a great educator and his children should bnv*'
It. The Memphis Mo'nlng Nows has reduced Its price for a seven-day paper, postage
paid, to 45 cents a month, nnd In addition Is going to give
$500 IN CASH FREE
to the one of Its subscribers who makes the nearest estimate on the number of bale*
of cotton received at Memphis from September 1, 1903, to and Including March 16,
l:«)4. This Is no lottery. The United States government permits no lottery, but does
not object to contests based on crop estimates, as they are a matter of computation
mid Judgment, and educate the people. Tire Morning News Is a slmon pure and
honest Democratic newspaper, one mouth 45 cents, three months $1.35, Blx month*
$‘2.G0 and one vear $6.00.
CONDITION OF CONTEST.
An estimate will lie allowed each one on payment of 45 cents for one month’*
subscription to The Morning News or for one year’s subscription to The Weekly News.
If you subscribe for three months, you get three estimates, six for six months and,
1 twelve for one rear. No estimate will ne counted that Is received at The News of
fice after midnight of February 29, 1904. If desired, parties can send paper to tbor
friends and retain estimate for ilionise!v'-e, and can have one estimate for each month
ly subscription Under no consideration can an estimate be changed after It Is re;
reived at The News office. An estimate may be had each mouth, provided the «
i cents accompanies the estimate.
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Enclosed find.for which please send your. I
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To assist In making estimate the receipt* are given below of cotton at Memphis
for the past five rears: ^ . Bale*!
Bept. t 1898. to March IS, 1899....641,715 sept. 1, 1900, to March 15, 1901....805,691:
Bept. 1, 1899, to March 16, 1900....664,365 Sept. 1, 1901, to March 16, 1902....690,121
Bept. 1, 1902, to March 16, ...
The Datlr News, 46 cents a month. On trial, one week, 10 cents. 0
Ths Weekly News, 60 cents a year. Address TUB NEWS, Memphis, Mew.
ALL EYES ON ST. LOUIS.
The eyes of all the world will i
be turned toward St. Louis dur
ing the year 1904. Everybody
will want to get, from first
hands, the news of the greatest
World’s Fair which the world
has ever seen. Our readers are
advised, therefore, to subscribe
for the greatest St. Louis news
paper—a newspaper which ack
nowledges no equal or rival in
all the West, and which stands
in the front rank among the
great newspapers of the world.
Subscribe for the St. Louis Globe
Democrat and get all the news
of the World’s Fair, all the news
of the national campaign, and all
the news of all the earth. See
advertisement elsewhere in this
issue. 24d6x
$390 FOR LETTERS TO
ENCOURAGE EMIGRATION.
The Rock Island system offers
twenty prizes of the aggregate
value of $390 for letters relative
to the territory along its lines in
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Texas and New
Mexico. Letters should deal
with the writers’ experiences
since he settled in the Southwest.
They should tell how much money
he had when he arrived, what
measure of success has attended
his efforts and what he thinks of
that portion of the country in
which he is located. Letters
should not be less than 300 nor
more than 1500 words in length,
and will be used for the purpose
of advertising the Southwest.
Letters are desired not only I
from farmers and farmers’ wives,1
but also from merchants, school
teachers, clergymen, from every-1
one, in brief, who has a story to j
tell and who knows how to tell it.
For circular giving details write i
to John Sebastian, Passenger)
Traffic Manager, Rock Island i
System, Chicago.
NOTICE.
Persons indebted to Ira P.
Huffman will call upon me and
settle their claims at once.
36d6t C. R. Hite, Trustee.
OFFICES FOR RENT |
Money to Loan on Im
proved Real Estate
0. D. WATSON, AGT.,
110 Main St. |
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
The firm of Martin & Com
pany, comprising H. P. Aubrey,
G. C. Martin and Wm. Hooker,
is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. Wm. Hooker.
G. C. Martin.
January 18, 1904. 29d3t
STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING.
Notice is hereby given that the annua) meet
ing of the stockholders of the Bank of Tucker
man will be held in the office of said bank in the
city of Tuekerman, Jackson county, Arkansas,
at 10 o’clock on Monday, the 22d of February,
1004, for the election of a board of directors, and
any other business that may properly come be
fore the meeting. J. W. Bindley, President.
E. V. Holt, Cashier.
LIVERYMEN
FARMERS
DRAYMEN
And all users of axle grease
that want the best grease on the
market and that recognize a good
thing when shown its merits, we
recommend our Golden and Cas
tor Oil brands of Axle Grease.
It is put up in 1 pound tin boxes
and 3 pound tin buckets. For
sale by all up-to-date merchants.
Ask for it and take no substitute.
It is guaranteed to have no equal
for quality on the market.
WATERS-PIERCE
OIL COMPANY.
Jack Herron
For Granitoid and Stone Walks,
Curbing, all kinds of Brick Work.
Don’t fail to get my figures
before contracting.
My Work Talks For Itself
Parties wanting crushed Lime
Stone Walks apply to me.
W. H. SNETZER.
Contractor
& Builder
Plans and Specifications
furnished on short notice
All Work is Guaranteed
Jack Jones
The Crack Barber, keeps
a neat and busy little
shop. Upper end of Front
street. Expert tonsorial
ists. Easy shaves and
the best haircuts. Our
work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.”
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u Your booklet caine to my
home like a message of health
when I had suffered with
headache, backache and bear
ing-down pains. I was weak,
nervous and hysterical and
had not consulted any doctor,
thinking it would pass away
in time, but instead I found
that the pains increased and
were more frequent. I de
cided to try Wine of Cardui
Mist Fay Lee.
nervous tension. The nerves
soon begin to give way under
the strain. You perhaps jump
| at any unusual disturbance,
or laugh or weep, hysteri
, cally, at no apparent cause.
That is what Miss Fay Lee,
1 603)4 North Seventh Street,
I Kansas City, Kansas, was
. coming to when she rescued
, herself by taking Wme of
l Cardui. The Wme made
I her a strong, healthy woman
improved. It seemed to act like a charm.
I kept up the treatment and the result
was most satisfactory. Words fail to ex
press my gratitude for the suffering that
is now saved me. I am in fine health*
physically and mentally. I can only say
‘thank you’, but there is much more in
my heart for you.”
Bf~~ jEARING-DOWN pains are the
worst that women know. If
you are suffering from this trou-'
‘ ‘ hie you need not be uncertain
: about it. The pains in the abdomen
and back that feel as if heavy weights
were pulling down on the nerves of the
stomach are “bearing-down pains”,
i They may not be particularly severe at
present but they are growing worse.
That headache which nearly drives you
distracted now is caused by the terrible
again, as it has made a
women strong and healthy. By induc
ing regular menstruation the entire
system is relieved of the terrible wasting
drains. The ligaments which hold the
womb in place are strengthened by a
healthy flow and that organ is returned
to it3 normal position. _ Returning
health is the result. This is what
Wine of Cardui has done for thousands
of the best women in America.
If you need advice write The Ladies’
Advisory Department, The Chatta
nooga Medicine Company, Chattanooga,
Tenn., describing all your symptoms
freely, and a letter of advice will be
sent you. Secure a $1.00 bottle of Wine
of Cardui from your druggist to-day.
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To ONE and ALL we wish
A MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR
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When you have business to offer a Bank do not
forget your old Friend, the Bank with the
LARGEST PAID IN CAPITAL and SURPLUS COMBINED
of any Bank in Jackson County,
THE BANK OF NEWPORT
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OFFICERS and DIRECTORS.
Geo. W. Decker, President, R. M. Johnson, Cashier.
A. D. Bailey, V-President, T. D.^Kinman, Asst. Cash,
Thos. J. Graham, Ed. P. Shoffner, J. T. Henderson,
Jos. M. Stayton, Dr. J. M. Jones,
T. S. Stephens.
| With Abundant Capital \
£ and with every facility for good service, we solicit £
5 the patronage of those who are in need of a banker s
RKANSAS BANK
j and TRUST CO. \
| Capital, $100,000. \
$ OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. t
1 J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham, V.-Pres. 2
# Chas. G. Henry, Cashier. #
5 B. B. Bond, R. F. Drummond, W. D. McLain 5
2 M. D. Campbell, F. D. Fulkerson, C. J. Saenger, 2
r S. D. Campbell, Abe Heiligers, L. E. Willis, €
J G. D. Clements, L. Minor, J. S. Wilmans. 5
“Barren Fork Training School.1’
The fifteenth year of the above school opened on
November 16, 1903, with a good attendance in all
departments. As the title indicates, this school
offers a very thorough drill in all subjects for a
six year state and all grades of the county certifi
cates. The principal holds a life state certificate
and many first grade county license, has had much
experience in this line and fully understands the
needs of the country teachers. The location can
not be excelled for health, good morals and an
obliging people—an ideal place in every way, for
young people to attend a school. Board from $6.00
to $8.00 and tuition from $1.00 to $3.00 per month.
Classes in all subjects noted. Those with a true
educational motive are solicited, but no others.
New students are entering every week. “Learn
it Right.” Address,
.
A* G* Taylor, B* S* Priii*
Barren Fork, ~ Arkansas
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