10 yards remnants 35c at Bow
■ en’s Cash Store. 86btf
Trade at the Palace Jewelry
Store. They lead. 96dtf
Huffman’s pies and cakes are
good enough to eat. 05dtf
For rent—Storage room. Ap
ply to 0. M. Bowen. Oldtf
C>-' -kens and turkeys for sale
ij en’s Cash Store. 14dtf
the Palace Jewelry Store
•ains in jewelry. 96dtf
pe, the piano man of
as here Wednesday.
fffman’s bread to your
'vill do them good. 05
4)ur diamonds reset at
^ Jewelry Store. 96dtf
tcoons and ’possums at
^ce’s butcher shop. 06
jend your fine pearls and slugs
.o W. D. Burd, Newport, Ark. 37
P. Spinenweber, a merchant of
Pocahontas, was in the city
T. W. Dillard has accepted a
position with the Bracy Confec
tionery Company.
Chas. Mulheron returned Thurs
day morning from a business
trip to Bald Knob.
Mrs. Edwards and niece, Miss
Laura Morgan, of Newark spent
Wednesday in the city.
Wanted—Messenger boy. Ap
ply to the Southwestern Tele
graph & Telephone Co. 13dtf
A. Mortensen will call for and
I deliver promptly any clothes de
sired cleaned or pressed. 86dtf.
Victor Long of Batesville
hrough the city Thurs
’ way to Little Rock,
kfive room cottage on
I adjoining my own
I o. W. Wallace. 94
piles, fancy goods,
*mirrors go
96 Gv
successor to J.
)ver, but you
at Bowen’s
_ moved his
eSsing shop to the
.led building oppo
Ill , „ Jjp.ant to look neat, have
cleaned and pressed by
.^Jriensen. In new quarters
■(opposite city jail. 86dtf.
James Holt of the American
Type Founders’ Company. St.
I Louis, called on his Newport eus
BB tomers Thursday.
Katie Burns was up in Justice
H Guy Smith’s court on a charge of
disturbing the peace and was
™ fined $7 Thursday.
Ulysses Reeder returned Thurs
? day morning from a visit with
d4 relatives and old friends in sev
eral central Illinois cities.
W. C. Wharton and little son,
) Wallace, have returned from
Greensboro, N. C., where they
have spent the holidays.
Walter Sneed has resigned his
position with 0. M. Bowen and
gone to Higginson, where he ex
pects to go into business.
* I. D.« Price handles the Mc
Kinley 10c music and carries in
stock at all times a full line of
lis popular and fast selling mu
87btf.
. D. Price takes subscriptions
r all the leading magazines and
vspapers. Hand in your
fears now so as to get the Janu
nurubers without delay. 97btf
selections of music at 1.
ice’s, vocal and instrument
lin, piano, guitar, mando
banjo. Any music not
will be ordered prompt
87btf.
_ J
1
I. D. Price for sheet mrsic.
Try Huffman’s doughnuts. 05
| Fresh oysters at Riley May
| hans.
j t Huffman’s rolls are delicious;
j try them. 05dtf
See the fine assortment of can
! dids at Huffman’s. 05dtf
Another large gang of Italians
was here Thursday enroute up
the White River branch, where
the men will be employed.
Miss Lena Weatherford of
Grand Glaize and her cousin, Miss
Barbara Weatherford of Clinton,
Ky., were in the city Wednes
day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Berman
: and little daughter. Rosie, left
! Wednesday night for St. Louis
on a visit to Mrs. Berman’s
parents.
Esq. Guy Smith speaks Spanish
fluently, but there are times
when he is very guarded about
expressing his thoughts in unvar
nished Italian.
The police at Poplar Bluff are
having much trouble with over
coat thieves who are working
Iron Mountain trains with an
alarming regularity.
Joe Weisburg returned from
St. Louis Wednesday, wrhere he:
has been spending the holidays.
He was accompanied by his wife I
and little son, who will make!
Newport their home in the fu-!
ture.
Poplar Bluff fans held a meet
ing Tuesday night to discuss
base ball prospects for the com
ing year. The team will be made
stronger than last year, when j
Robert Bandy of this city was j
their star twirler.
The Iron Mountain wrecker
with a crew passed through on
Thursday morning on the way to
Hoxie to make some repairs on
the round house there, the roof
of which is caving in, owing to
an engine running into one of the I
upright supports a few days ago. |
The executive committee of the
Jackson County Sunday School
Association will meet at the
Methodist church Friday night
immediately after prayer meet
ing. The pastors, Sunday school
superintendents and teachers of
the several churches are earnest
ly requested to be present. R.
F. Drummond, president. Mrs.
Emma Stephens, secretary.
! $390 FOR LETTERS TO
ENCOURAGE EMIGRATION.
The Rock Island system offers
; twenty prizes of the aggregate
I value of $390 for letters relative
I to the territory along its lines in
| Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kan
; sas, Oklahoma, Texas and New
Mexico. Letters should deal
j with the writers’ experiences
| since he settled in the Southwest.
! They should tell how much money
1*^,4 _
i 1IV/ UtiU tv 11VU 11V IU1 1 V VU| vv uuv
i 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
! from farmers and farmers’ wives.
I but also from merchants, school
| teachers, clergymen, from every
one, in brief, whoiias a story to
tell and who knows how to tell it.
For circular giving details write
to John Sebastian. Passenger
Traffic Manager, Rock Island
j System, Chicago.
POSTOFFICE ROBBERS
ARE ARRESTED.
Frank Montie and Jim Ryan,
two white men, are in custody at
i Helena on the charge of burglar
izing the postoffice at Gayoso,
; Mo., a small town near Caruthers
ville. In Ryan’s shirt bosom $73
in stamps was found.
The theft was committed last
I week and considerable money,
‘ stamps and articles of value were
j taken away. The men escaped
to Jonesboro and were there cap
tured by United States officers.
Their bonds were placed at $1.000
j each. ^
I
I LOOK OUT FOR OUR I
Big Circular i
I - With Prices for Our Janu= /I II
I ary Clearing: Sale. Starts 11
I Wednesday, the 6th. II
I TERMS CASH I
HUE
GOLDMAN \
I MERCANTILE COMPANY. I |
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Jack Jones
The Crack Barber, keeps
a neat and busy little
shop. Upper end of Front
street. Expert tonsorial
ists. Elasy shaves and
the best haircuts. Our
work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.’’
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.
- — — ....—— -
J. W. Jackson
Newport, Ark.
. ’ /
Breeder of White
Faced Black Span
ish Chickensland
Guinea Pigs.
Stock For Sale
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To ONE and ALL we wish
A MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR
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
OFFICERS and DIRECTORS.
■Geo. W. Decker, President, R. M. Johnson, Cashier,
| A. D. Bailey, V-President, T. D. Kinman, Asst. Cas h
IThos. J. Graham, Ed. P. Shoffner, J. T. Henderson,
Jos. M. Stayton, Dr. J. M. Jones,
T. S. Stephens.
Barren Fork Training School.
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 coufity 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. Prin.
Barren Fork,
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