WEATHER FORECAST
Tonight fair; Friday cold wave,
with zero temperature; Saturday
fair.
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f HERE AND THERE +
Walter McDowell, of Batesville, was
in Newport today.
Arctics, rubbers and gum boots.—
Bowen’s Cash Store. 237d3t.
John H. Keel returned to his home j
at Ingleside this morning.
R. S. Hayden, of Mt. Olive, spent
today in the city.
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J. O. Albright, of Cushman, had
business in Newport today.
Alfalfa hay, bran, oats, shorts and |
molasses feed.—Bowen’s Cash Store.1
2J50d6t.
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For Rent—Two furnished rooms, |
619 Walnut Street.—Mrs. L. B. '
Harris. 226dlmo i
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Save your canned goods, get apples (
while they last at 622 Front street, I
Newport. 234d2wk!
John C. Ashley, former state sen
ator, w'ho resides at Melbourne, spent
last night in Newport.
Walter Love says there is a brick
layer in town this morning, but that
he is not looking for a job.
Grover C. Nance, of Eight Mile,
one of the county’s best citizens, was
in the city yesterday and today.
C. A. Coltharp left last night for
Bloomington, Ky., where he will join
his wife and child for a few weeks’
risit.
Hayden Landers, of Melbourne,
spent yesterday in Newport on busi
ness.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Moffit are up
from Tupelo shopping and “enjoying”
the blizzard.
Walter P’ife spent yesterday at
Hoxie looking after business inter
ests.
Horace Perrin, of Batesville, spent
last night in Newport, registered at'
the Hazel hotel.
Turkeys, chickens, eggs, country
butter, country dried apples.—Bow
en’s Cash Store. 237dfit.
Albert Pool, who is engaged in the
lumber business at Batesville, spent
yesterday in Newport.
II. M. Westcott, of Hot Springs, is
spending a few days in this section
looking after business interests.
For Sale—Team of matched ponies,
buggy and harness complete.—Harry
Crimes at Wolff-Goldman s. 236dbt
W. G. Barrett, of Jonesboro, was
a business visitor to Newport today,
registered at the Columbia hotel.
Mayor V. G. Richardson was here
last night, registered at the Hazel ho
tel, and left this morning for Little
Rock.
W. M. Wallace and family came up
from Tupelo Thursday to do some
shopping and are temporarily snow
bound.
Mrs. J. D. Carvell, of Auvergne,
spent yesterday and last night in
Newport, guest of Mrs. O. M. Bowen.
She returned home this afternoon.
The Christian Sunday School of the
First Christian Church are prepar
ing a service Flag to be placed in the
church Sunday morning, with 14 stars.
Let other schools follow.
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The Seasons Greetings
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'T'HE R. J. Wise Grocery Com
pany trusts that everyone is
enjoying this holiday season to
j the utmost, and thanks its pa
trons for their liberal patronage
i . during 1917, and wishes them a
Happy and Prosperous New Year.
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, R. J. Wise Grocer Go.
B Requirements Com
Every Little Detail J
Jillac Table Desk I
laterial and construction, and
ly designed and finished.
is a desk does not
t from its service.
Year Right—Buy a Cadillac
in - Holloway
niture Co.
J, W. Nicholson, of Swifton, spent
last night in Newport.
Alfalfa hay, oats, bran, cotton seed
meal at Bowen’s Cash Store. 237d6t
E. O. Arnold, a Batesville traveling
man, was registered at the .Columbia
hotel yesterday.
Fred Parish, the newly appointed
county clerk, has returned from Lit
tle Rock, where he spent a couple of
days, and is receiving the congratula
tions of his many friends.
The Home Guard in Searcy is ac
tive. They drill regularly and have
a little fun as a sideline. The other
night two of the guards were tried
by court martial in mock trial.
Freight Train No. 2G4, northbound,
which left Newport shortly after mid
night yesterday, was derailed near
Batesville at 3 o’clock a. m., one car
of government steel leaving the track.
No serious damage occurred.
Rev. A. E. Lyman-Wheaton, rector
of St. Paul’s church, is confined in St.
Vincent’s Infirmary at Little Rock,
havigg undergone a slight surgical
operation. He is doing nicely, and
will return to Newport in a few days.
Rev. M. W. Lockart, former rector
of the Episcopal church at Batesville,
but who now has charge of the army
Y. M. C. A. work at Camp Pike, was
here last night returning to his post
from a visit to his family at Bates
ville.
Mrs. S. D. Campbell, who resides
on Walnut street, sustained a frac
ture of the left wrist this morning
when she walked out on the upstairs
porch at her residence and fell on
the slippery snow. Dr. L. E. Willis
was called, dressing the injury.
Dr S. D. Bettes, of El Paso, Texas,
who has been in our city for several
days in the interest of the Bowyer
Gold and Copper Mining Company,
left this morning for a few days’ bus
iness trip to Joplin, Mo.
L. W. Allan, of Hot Springs, is in
Newport establishing headquarters
for an agency for the Hollenburg
Music Company. Mr. Allan expects
to spend the summer here and says
he may move his family here.
Ivy Robinson, one of the negro
drafted men from this county, died
at Camp Pike yesterday, from pneu
monia. The remains were brought
here today and sent across White
river and buried near his former
home.
Tom Newberry of Calamine, Sharp
county, was in town today gathering
up his egg cases. He says it is im
possible to buy any eggs in his part
of the country now. There is a
scarcity of eggs on our local market
and when procurable at all they are
selling as high as GOc per dozen.
This reminds us of Ambassador Ger
ard’s report of his last days in Berlin.
An alarm of fire was turned in
from the residence of Perry Clark on
Newport avenue yesterday afternoon
at 6 o’clock, but the flames were ex
tinguished before the department
reached the scene. The fire was dis
covered in the dining room, where it
is supposed a defective flue started
the blaze. No damage resulted ex
cept to the walls, from which paper
was burned.
Manager Moss of the Arkansas
Light and Power Company states that
he has enough coal to assure the j
operation of the light plant here, and
foresees no shortage. Since the gov
ernment has assumned railroad oper
ation, the coal situation in all sections
has been greatly alleviated, and Di
rector McAdoo announces there is no
j danger of fuel shortage in any sec
j i on.
T. J. Cook from Ruston, La., has
arrived in Newport and assumed the
local management of the Coca Cola
Bottling Co., succeeding R. M. Shel
ton, who has moved to Beebe to man
age a furniture store. Carl Belling
rath. of Little Rock, whose father is
general manager of the Coca Cola
interests in Arkansas, is here and will
remain in the local office until Mr.
Cook becomes established at his new
post. Mr. Cook’s family will follow
him from Ruston shortly.
This section now is experiencing
the worst weather in years. Snow
has fallen to the depth of ten inches,
and accompaning the fall is a cold
wind which carries the snow into
huge drifts. The mercury continues
to fall, and the siege of bad weather
will likely continue for several days.
While this brie i*f weather is fav
orable to thejw*f ing wheat, there is
much suffer^ <ngnong livestock. The
fuel situatio/ norewport is favorable,
and locall^T"—ew' is no prospect of
suffering/ if ^ _
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Boys’ rubber boots only $1.98.
Buy ’em. —Bowen’s Cash Store. 37d3
Mrs. Georgia Luker, of East New
port and her littlp two year old child
have been real sick, but were reported
some better this morning.
E. L. Reeves, who lives acioss the
river in Oil Trough Bottom, was in
town this morning. He says, how
ever, that he was just '“left over,” as
he came in yesterday.
Our mayor was braving the snow
storm this morning armed with a
broad smile and a pair of rubber
boots, makng his rounds and calling
on the retail stores.
Jeff. T. Ferguson of Little Rock
was in Newport Friday in the inter
est of the Little Rock Democrat. He
reports a good business and an in
creasing circulation.
T. S. Holloway returned this morn
ing from St. Louis and the eastern
markets, where he has been for sev
eral days buying goods for the Hay
den-Holloway Furniture Company.
The roll call shows that every Ar
kansas congressman voted for the
national suffrage resolution last
night. The seven Arkansas members
of the house are Caraway, Oldfield,
Tillman, Wingo, Jacoway, Taylor and
Goodwin. Hats off to ’em, ladies.
The plan of the government to raise
revenue through the sale of war sav
ings stamps is one of the most com
mendable plans yet instituted. The
sale of liberty bonds was and is nec
essarily circumscribed becaused these
bonds could not be issued in small
denominations sufficient to i,'nclud;e
the small savings of the millions who
handle only small means. With the
savings stamps, however, all can have
a hand in financing their government.
Millions who felt themselves unable
to spare the amount of a bond can
contribute through this channel. And
the fact that every penny invested in
these stamps is so much saved and
invested at a profit, should inspire in
American people a spirit of thrift
and saving that has heretofore been
totally foreign to our nature. The
response should be universal.
A trainload of soldiers passed
through this morning from the north,
but were quiet about it on account of
the prevalent weather.
Drayage of all kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10. Ches
ter Robinson. 13-dtf. j
Otto Bowen was in receipt of a
letter from his brother at Los An
geles, California, this morning telling
of the flowers blooming and the
balmy air and people working in their
shirt sleeves. Even with these flat
tering reports Mr. Bowen says he had
rather be in Arkansas.
A Good Spring' j
Plus a Poor Mattress makes a j
much better bed than a good
mattress with a poor spring.
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This Illustration Shows What We Believe Is j
Best Coil Spring Manufactured
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The Price Is $11.50 v
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Guaranteed For Life.
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Avera Furniture Store
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U Another Company
From JacKson County
^ Will Be Raised as a Fart of the
| Fourth Arkansas Infantry
I Volunteers Wanted
| Ariiansas Needs Men for Service
j Men Between 18 and 45 Years of Age,
I Physically Sound.
I Must be a citizen of U. S„ read and write the
! English language and of good moral character.
Men of draft age who enlist in the company
may retain their membership provided the com
pany is mustered into Federal service before they
are called to service by the selective draft.
Join With the Boys From Home
Recruiting Office: 114 Hazel Srteet, Newport, Ark.
Norman C. Wolff, Wr. P. Davis, Recruiting Officers.
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