I Bradley of Tupelo returned
yesterday after_ having spent
days here on business.
| May, the little daughter of
eorgia Luker, is able to be up
after nine weeks’ illness.
Priest, the principal of the
school at Weldon, was a busi
isitor to our city yesterday.
| 'Meyer, a lumberman from
Illinois, was here yesterday
t last night for Pocahontas. .
essage from L. Mdpougald at
Rock yesterday conveyed the
1 news that his brother was
Flossie Ward was* here yes
en route to her home at Wel
m Jonesboro, where she is at
school, called by the serious
of her brother, Omar Ward,
l, pneumonia.
Robinson, of Tuckerman, was
esterday en route to Au
where he has accepted a posi
ijookkeeper for the Clements’
tile Company. He expects to
is family to Auvergne about
t of February.
IA SPECIALS: $1.75 ladies’
ldren’s middies $1.25 and 98c;
,nd girls’ Whit Leather Hose
. iteed), 17%c; Ladies’ 85c silk
hose only 59c; 25c dress ginghams
only 17%c. Extra values in towels.
; 242d3t > BOWEN’S CASH STORE.
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Knox mends shoes cheap. Ill
Walnut street. dtf.
Nathan Laller was down from Ali
cia yesterday on business.
V. O. Jones and C. W. Muirhead
were up from Weldon Saturday.
T. J. Adcox, a prominent farmer of
Pennington, was in on business yes
terday.
For Rent—Two furnished rooms,
519 Walnut Street.—Mrs. L. B.
Harris. 226dlmo
W. R. Watt, of Little Rock, was
transacting business in Newport yes
terday.
Save your canned goods, get apples
while they last at 522 Front street,
Newport. 234d2wk
Have you read the church an
nouncements ? If not, read them and
go to church today.
Mrs. S. G. Jones of East Newport
left yesterday for Kansas City, where
she was called by the death of a
relative.
W. A. Jackson, ot Johnstown, brav
ed the weather and came to Newport
yesterday, and incidentally subscribed
for the Independent.
For Sale—640 acres on west side of
Cache river, seven miles east of Swif
ton, good timber. Address E. G. 95,
cr. Independent. 244d4t 45wlt
George Richardson was in town
yesterday and says that Point Ferry
is still open and patrons are crossing
there regularly.
Mrs. W. M. Owens died at .her
home in Jacksonport Saturday morn
ing and will be buried today at Rob
inson graveyard.
0. Alexander, of Little Rock, state
agent for the Singer Sewing Machine
Company, was here Saturday on a
visit to the local shop.
Mrs. L. Lippman, Mrs. A. L. Tay
lor and Mrs. Chas. Taylor returned
to their home at Tupelo after a short
visit to Mrs. A. Bowie.
Prof. J. M. Balch, candidate for
county superintendent, made us an
appreciated call yesterday and left
his order for the Independent.
Prof. Ben R. Williams, principal
of the West Side Schools at Bates
ville, was here yesterday on his way
to Jacksonport to visit homefolks.
Mrs. M. A. Verser, of Searcy, ar
rived last night and is the guest of
her son, Raymond Verser, and wife
on Walnut'street. Mrs. Verser came
to see her new and bright little grand
daughter, Miss Mary Margaret.
The Absolutely
i Dependable Bank
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If Years of effort and experience
U have developed the strength and
fc service of this bank until it is
™ thoroughly dependable at all
times and fully able to meet all
requirements of a good bank.
As a member of the great Federal Re
serve System we are able to offer
added benefits to our depositors.
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?Are you a depositor of this
Bank? If not, your ac- (
• count is cordially invited. •
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The First National Bank
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
“The Bank With the Big Surplus”
I ASSETS MORE THAN $1,300,000 I
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A. NUTTS COLYUM.
Don’t blame us. The weather man
is responsible for this column.
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“Say how warm is it—I mean how
cold is it?” asked a frantic individ
ual on Front street yesterday, after
he had stood this weather about as
long as he could without going crazy.
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A lady was heard yesterday to say
that she “rather enjoyed the last
flood.” Name given on application.
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The women will be allowed to vote
in the coming city election, or, that
is, those who have paid their poll tax,
will. It is rumored th&t they will
place a candidate in the field, but we
are not allowed to divulge further in
formation at this time.
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Life’s a funny thing. A man in one
business imagines he could do the
other fellow’s work better. If you
live to be a thousand years old, and
here’s hoping you do, you will find
the best newspaper man running
a store, bankers preaching, farmers
banking, preachers newspapering,
newspaper men starving, with all of
us better equipped to run the war and
pick out a place to bring it to an end
than the fellows in charge.
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In almost every establishment
there is one modest individual who
doesn’t believe he is worth more to
the business than the boss.
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Will someone please treat us to a
coal shower?
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1 With cotton thread selling at $4
a spool in Germany it is surprising
that the kaiser can afford to go on
stringing the people.
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We went to prayer meeting the
other night and were sadly impressed
with the shortage of men in the coun
ti*y since the war broke out.
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A lamp is often put out without
being wick-ed.
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We have decided to start a fund
for the benefit of the patriotic girl
who knocked the devil out of a cer
tain overly-onamored Newport boy
last Tuesday night when he called
her hun.
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A rocking chair will move about all
over the room until it finds a squeaky
board in the floor, and there it will
stay, immovable as the neighbor who
keeps a pig.
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Just because the day current was
hot yesterday many persons expected
the Independent to come out on day
light schedule. This bunch is ready
always to please the public, but pub
lishing two newspapers in one day is
more than a mule can do, and you can
lay to that.
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There will be no issue of the Inde
pendent Monday morning. Of course
the force wouldn’t mind the work,
but it is a fixed office principle ar
law that every employe observe the
Sabbath in a quiet and pious manner,
and no printer could do that and
work.
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When wife hunts for something,
she finds the thing she was looking
for a few days before.
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Every few months wife takes out
all her old scraps with a view of
making something out of them. She
looks at them for an hour or two
and then rolls them up and puts them
away again.
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Our idea of a coincidental calamity
is shortage of talcum powder and a
houseful of frozen water pipes.
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If some of this stuff isn’t dissected
by the “All Over Arkansas” man
pretty soon we will have reached the
conclusion that it isn’t as bad as one
fellow said it was yesterday.
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To home and to bed through an
other wave of cold and a mass of
fog, which reminds the make-up man
of London and the writer of this guff
that life is getting to be just one
chill after another. Good night.
BRITISH RAILWAY OPERATION.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Jan. 26.—British railways
which have been under state control
since the beginning of the war, have
been operated through an executive
committee of general managers of
railways. The working under one
control has resulted in many econom
ics and proved of great advantage to
the state.
Under the original agreement with
the companies they are guaranteed
the same net receipts as for 1918.
Afterward the companies were given
allowances in respect of new capital
employed. Irish railways did not
come under state control till 1916.
Draytage of all kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10. Ches
ter Robinson. 13-dtf.
Mrs. J. C. Armstrong, of East New
port, is visiting Albert Armstrong of
Diaz for a 'few days.
P. F. Carmel of Memphis, J. T.
Rhodes of Jonesboro, and Perry
Hooper and wife of Auvergne were
registered at the Columbia Hotel yes
terday.
In this age of conservation vwhy not
let’s conserve the public health by
cleaning the snow off our walks in
front of the residences as well as
the business houses.
C. W. Scroll, of Memphis, H. A.
Shour, of Detroit, and Mr. and Mrs.
J. Buchanan, of SWifton, were among
the out-of-town guests registered at
the Hazel hotel Saturday. „
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C. C. Skyrme, a prominent farmer
and candidate for road overseer of the
Eastern District of Bird township,
was in to see us yesterday and left
an order for some printing.
WANTED—Twenty button cutters
Good pay. Experienced men making
five dollars per day. Steady work
and comfortable quarters. Newport
Pearl Button Company.
44w2-241dl2t
Rev. A. E. Lyman-Wheaton, rector
of St. Paul’s Episcopal church, re
turned yesterday from Little Rock,
where he spent several days in a
hospital, having undergone a surgi
cal operation. His many friends ar£
glad to have him home again.
GINNERS’ REPORT.
Cromwell West, of Diaz, cotton sta
tistician for Jackson county, was in
yesterday and gave us the official
report of cotton ginned in Jackson
county to January 1st, 1918.
The report shows 24,068 bales as
compared with 34,339 bales ginned up
to the first of January 1917, or a
shortage of 10,271 bales as compared
with last year.
FOR SALE.
One 200 Account System.
One Iron Safe.
One Loose Leaf ledger and file.
243d6t. Bowen’s Cash Store.
EAT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
35c California canned peaches—23c
35c Pineapple_29c
40c Jars large Olives_29c
Califo Loganberries, gooseberries,
j strawberries, raspberries, cherries,
Log Cabin maple spread and pre
serves, Califo corn, peas, tomatoes,
hominy, string beans, new kraut, let
tuce, celery and 'cabbage. N
249 d4t Bowen’s Cash Store.
Pies at $2.40 each caused General
Pershing to issue order banning civ
ilian pastry in France.'
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NOTICE.
The business men of Newport are
hereby notified to remove the snow
and ice from the sidewalks in front
of their places of business. Please
do not make it necessary to call at
tention to this for the second time.
A. T. HUBLY, Mayor.
NOTICE.
Any one having business in my
pasture must see R. C. Wallace.
244d6t, 45wlt. M. M. Stuckey.
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HARRY G. BRANDENBURG
THE MERCHANT
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100 Men’s and Boys’ C\ /j P
Raincoats, $10, $8
and $5 values.. ^
Men’s Double Vul- O
canized Raincoats I I I i
$25 values..
50 Ladies’ Raincoats {T*
worth $17.50 and $10
j Rubber Boots Cheaper j
Than Anybody’s.
HARRY G. BRANDENBURG
THE MERCHANT
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The convertible sedan adjusts itself
to all seasons and all weathers,
and to every purpose—business or
social—of the entire household.
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It will pay you to visit us and examine this car.
The gasoline consumption is uuusually low.
The tire mileage is unusually high. \
Sedan or Coupe, $1350; Winter Touring Car or Roadster, $1050. #
Touring Car, Roadster or Commercial Car, $885.
(All prices f. o. b. Detroit.)
P. H. VAN DYKE
BEECH AND FRONT STS.
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