at the
’alace Theater
Tonight
Sgg—'" . ' . .
Ke vstone Comedy
A THIEF CATCHER
HE PRODIGAL’S RETURN
and
The Special Feature In Two
t Reels
THE NIGHT RIDERS
OF REEL FOOT LAKE
'With an explanatory lecture by
J. A. TAPLEY
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COMING FRIDAY
Two reel feature “A Leak in The
Foreign Office”
?‘The Pote Lariat of Flying \”
“On he Stroke of Five”
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Fertilizers—All Kinds—South
ern Cotton Oil Co- 98blm.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Tonight and Friday fair; warm
er Friday.
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A. G. Stedman of Paragould is
in the city for a day or two.
2,000 bushels corn for sale at
05c at crib.—J. H. Keel. 34btf
Mi-, and Mrs. Sam Knight of
Sulphur Rock were Newport vis
itors today.
J. D- Price’s for Dollar clocks.
S2btf.
Mrs. Mattie Lane went to
Tuckerman this morning to
spend the day.
I. D. Price for Croquet sets.
32btf.
Go to I. D. Price’s for baseball
uniforms. A good suit for $3.50
men’s size. 32btf.
Spe lal SkirtT
SALE
THIS WEEK ONLY
Any woman who has been ac
customed to paying $7.50 and
$8.50 for her skirt, please take
notice.
An opportunity which you cannot
afford to pass
You can buy any $7.50 and
$8.50 Skirt in the house for
$.)
The fabrics are serges, crepe, 1
poplins, gaberdine, Shepherd and |
Honey Comb checks, also waf- p
fie checks and fancy plaids. The I
new colors tango, pigskin, new 1
blue, copenhage, also many na- |
vy blue and black. In all the 1
newest models. This week at I
$5 |
Parasols I
The season’s most beautiful col- pjj
ors with a charm and dash that %
baffles description. We have |
them in all the new shapes, p
Prices from $1.00 to $7.50. j
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If W olff-Goldma n j
1 Mercantile Co. L
j THE BIG STOREj
! Fertilizers—All Kinds—South
ern Cotton Oil Co. 98blm.
I. D. Price’s for Fishing
Tackle. 32btf
Try Virtue’s Little Liver Pills
at the City Drug Store. 69btf
Wm Hatfield of Swifton and
W. S. Starkey of Jamesville were
. ounty seat visitors Thursday.
Miss Katherine Morris, who
lias been visiting her sister at
Houston, Texas for several
weeks, is expected home tomor- j
row on No- 8.
Mrs. Sullivan of Memphis,
who has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. J. E. Bridger at Jackson
port, was here yesterday return
ing home.
Dr. Charles Hillman Brough
of the State University, will ar
rive this evening to be the
guest of Prof, and Mrs. Edgar
Williams and will deliver the
class address at the closing ex
ercises of the school this evening.
Fertilizers—All Kinds—South
ern Cotton Oil Co. 98blm.
For Sale—Red Cedar posts,
; from 7 to 25 feet long. Apply
; to J. H. Elfrank. 2btf.
For Sale at a Bargain —One
| stake wagon, practically new.
, Apply at Stevens Grocer Co.
! Olbtf.
j Mrs. Harry Poland of Grubbs
I is spending the day in our city
with friends.
Cedar Fence Posts, Sash,
j Doors, Lumber, Shingles, Brick
iand Cement.—Hubert’s Lumber
| Yard, lower end Front st. 33btf
nrnoin wri fVi a WVntP
Mountain freezer is easier made
than a pie or cake. Johnson-Av
era Hardware Co. 38d3
I. D. Price’s fot Fly Swatters.
32btf.
John Gardner, a prominent
merchant of Tupelo, was here
Thursday and is having plans
made for a new brick store
building 50 x 140 feet which he
expects to construct in the near
j future.
I Water coolers, filters, ice picks
j and all kinds of summer goods at
| Johnson-Avera Hardware Co.
| 38d3.
| Fertilizers—All Kinds—South
| ern Cotton Oil Co. 98blm.
| Toilet paper at Price’s Book
j store. 32btf.
| Miss Juliette Bateman and
| her guest, Miss Margaret Cald
I j well of Batesville were shopping
|Jin town this morning,
j See our prices on Mazda elec
! 1 trie lamps. Johnson-Avera
Hardware Co. 38d3
Iron Mountain passenger
trains, 24 and 28, are running
I more than an hour late every
I day on account of the straw
I berry shipments down the road.
Miss Willie Mashburn will
I leave tomorrow for a few days’
I visit to her brother and wife at
I Judsonia before returning to
j her home at Melbourne.
We have something entirely
new in blue flame oil cook stoves,
to be started with trasoline.
Let us show you- It don’t have
to be started with gasoline.
Johnson-Avera Hardware Co.
! 38d3.
Miss Mary Altman, who is a
I student of the Morse school of
expression, is visiting her aunts,
Mrs. T. J. Elder and Mrs. S. A.
Warner in this city.—Jonesboro
• Sun.
! Automobile repairing and ac
cessories. Carburetor and mag
neto work a specialty.—Newport
Motor Company, located in Lit
tleton blacksmith shop just east
of Lake bridge. 32btf.
Miller’s lunch room, offering
first class service, with every
thing neat and clean, opens Sat
urday, rear of Planter’s House
on Walnut Street, and solicits
your patronage. 38d3
$100 Reward, $100.
The wader* of this -'apt4'* be pleased to leaf*
That there l.* at least ae dreaded disease \l A science
nas been ab/e k cure in all Us stages, and that Is
Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positi.e
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a constitu
tional treatment. Hull’s Catarrh Cure is taken in
fernally acting directly uj>on the blood and mucous
surfaces o4 the system, thereby destroying the
I foundatioo of the disuse. and giving the patient
1 strength by building up the constitution and j>ss:si
! jng nature In doing Ms work. The pro, Motors hav
so much faith hi Ms curative powers that Micy ofte*
One Hundred Dollars for any case that U in-J e
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. .1. cm :Nia & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all l>nigrists. 7r’C.
Take liaUs Hil»s for const jpa! loo
Growth and
Success
The steady and
l systematic growth
which has charac
terized this institu- '
tion since its organ
ization twenty-two
years ago, is the
best possible evi- !
dence of the satis- !
factory manner in j
which it serves its j
customers.
I Since its estab
lishment the First
National Bank has |
always placed safe- j
ty and the best in- j
terests of its cus
tomers ahead of ev
ery other considera
tion, and we invite
your account.
The Bank With 1 he Big Surplus
First
National
! Bank
File Initiative Petition.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, May 14.—The in
itiative petition for the Public
ity Act was filed Wednesday af
ternoon with the Secretary o
State. It contains a total of 17,
892 signatures, or more thai
three thousand more than neces
sary for the initiation, of the act
The Bankers’ Guaranty Act
initiated by the Federation o
Labor, L. H. Moore, the Secreta
ry, and R. S. Warnock, of Mag
nolia, is also safe with a total o
15,840 signatures. This is th<
act that provides for a banl
guaranty similar in many re
spects to the laws now in forc<
in Kansas, Oklahoma and else
where.
About 5000 more signature;
were filed by M. -J- McManon
deputy Commissioner of Labor
or the Child Labor law, making
a total of about 22,000 for tha
measure.
Another initiative petition i;
being circulated for a Constitu
tional Amendment, but it is no
i to be submitted until the gener
!al election of September 11
11916. The school interests o
! the state are back of it, and it i;
j expected that almost enougl
I signatures will be secured at th<
J annual school elections through
| out the state on Saturday, Ma;
116, to insure its initiation. Thi
proposed amendment provide
that the maximum school ta:
shall be twelve instead of sevei
mills.
Two Postmasters Tried.
Jonesboro, May 13— Jo
Whitman, assistant postmaste
at Lepanto, was tried in the C
S. Court today on a charge o
stealing fifty dollars from th'
mails and was convicted. Th'
evidence showed that he had op
, ened a registered letter whicl
contained $50 in gold and ha*
laken the $50 out and replace*
• it with $2.50 in silver. Sentenc*
Jhas not yet been passed by th*
court, but will be sometime thi:
afternoon.
The last case to be tried thi:
term of court was on trial at th*
time of going to press. It is th*
case against S. H. Forehand
!postmaster at Lepanto and hi:
.son, AJ Forehand, who is his
deputy. They are charged witl
stealing a package from tin
mails containing $800- The
package was being sent from th*
Bank of Jonesboro to the Ban!*
of Lepanto. If the case is con
cluded this afternoon, court will
adjourn.
Marriage License.
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Harvey Borders and Minnie i
McNiel, colored, both of New
port.
O- T. Carmichael and Mrs. Es
tella Hawkins, both of Newport.
C. N. Webb and Mrs. Mary
Thorp, both of Newport,
i John Binsfield and Mary Ellen
Moore, both of Paroquet.
Carroll Vincent and Lillie Dea
ton, both of Newport.
Lee H. Chase and Mrs. Joe Wil
lie Prisock, both of Newport,
j Sam Self and Clara Hawkins,
jboth of Swifton.
W H. Taylor and Myrtle Kneel,
both of Bradford.
| W. H. Green and Esta Adams,
both of Paroquet.
J. W. Campbell and Mrs. Nan
cy Walls, both of Newport.
Potato slips now for sale—all
varieties.—C. E. and F. C. An
derson, Jacksonport, Ark. 5w2
White’s Ca sh
* Bargains |
¥ 2 bars 10c toilet soap ^
^ for-loc jus
HFjj 2 cans Royal Seal
^ Oats-25c are
ye 2 packages Grape jafi
Nuts_25c jus
2nl 2 Heinz’ Beans-25c ™
^ 20 lbs. Granulated cane
jug Suga!-$1.00 Sf
5 gallons Headlight oil
3™ in 5 gallon never-fail y^
!ani can—can guaranteed
^ for 5 years—for—$1.75 art
iani Country Meal, Self-rising
wg Flour, Homemade Sflr- are
Bra, ghum, Butter, Eggs, £jj|
■" Fruits and Vegetables. ^
¥ Phone 167—Special Del’y jjj
Ip. s. whites
llpj Beech and Third Streets. SI
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' PORCH SHADES
believe this to be the Best Porch Shade made
WE HAVE THEM IN STOCK
5 feet widths at-$3.00
(i feet widths at-$3.50
8 feet widths at-$4.50
10 feet widths at_-$-5.75
Come in and see the “No Whip feature
JOHN SON-AVERA
HARDWARE COMPANY
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: 1 Buy Your
!S Spring Suit
: 1 now
;j| We have them
j^on display now
s|Sfi —the newest ones
; ^ —and the great
^ est selection you
^ have ever had the
^ chance to look at.
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^Come today ;
^ don’t wait until
^ they are picked
; gj over.j
[ ^ You blow the kind
? ^ we handle---F1ART,
; m SCHAFFNER &
^ MARX and EDER
5 » HEIMER, STEIN
I'JB&co.
■jjj We will welcome
ara M you any day
AT THE BOYS’ and MEN’S STORE SS
| Fife & Moore |
410 Front Street Phone 314
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