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\ The New Year ' 1.
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The Officers and Directors of th e First National Hank avail
themselves of this opportunity to express their appreciation of
, the patronage with which you are favoring the institution.
We extend to you also our very vbcst wishes for a New Year
; of Happiness, Health and Prosperity.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newport, Arkansas . -
“THE HANK WITH THE BIG SURPL.US.”
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WEATHER.
Tonightgp Tuesday unsettled and
some\vhat®Krmer.
HERE AND THERE
See W. H. Snetser, Jr., for all kinds
of electrical work. Phone 80. Ild26t
Mrs. J. N. Lewis, who has been
very sick for several days, is much
better but still confined to her bed.
Knox menus shops cheap. Ill Wal
■ tut street dt.f.
Mrs. J. M. MroSs of the East Side
has been very scik with influenza for
several days, but is reported some
better.
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Walter Rushtop is confined to his
home today on the sick list.
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WANTED—Nice clean rags at the
Independent office.
Will McMinn left yesterday at noon
for Jonesboro to enter upon his school
work at the Agricultural college, af
ter a two weeks’ holiday visit home.
For Sale—Ford cnr in good condi
tion. See Bert Snetser. 184dtf
Miss Rowena Campbell arrived
home Sunday afternoon from a most
i delightful visit with Mrs. O. H. Kah
j man in St. Louis. Mrs. Kahman will
, not return here for several days.
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If you need Comforts, we have
| them from $2.98 to $8.00.—Bowen’s
I Cash Store. ' 210d6t
The Independent is in receipt of a
copy of the Diaz Times, edited and
published by W. T. Moyer, who for
merly was employed by the Independ
ent. Mr. Moyer is a most deserving
young man and we wish him un
bounded success in his new venture.
Rubbers, Arctics, rain hats and
raincoats.—Bowen’s Cash Store.
210d6t
Lieutenants Albert Bevans and
Carl Hirsch left yesterday afternoon
for Fort Roots at Little Rock, where
they will probably remain indefin
itely, especialy Lieutenant Bevans,
who will be under treatment for his
injuries for some time to come.
Drayage of all kinds handled
.romptly. Phone No. 10. Chestei
Robinson. 13-dtf
W. B. Egan is home from a visit j
with his family in St. Louis.
Mrs. 0. I. Hubert and Miss Aline!
Hubert are both quite sick today.
Miss Mirr^^Belle Collier left Sun-!
day for Crescent College at Eureka
Springs.
W. T. Altman was down from Swif
ton this morning on business for the |
day. . I
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Miss Ella Belle Fisher of Searcy is !
spending the day with her sister,
Miss Pearl Fischer at Rushton’s store.
A. J. Frauenthal, a former business
man of Newport, wras here today en
route to St. Louis on business.
George R. Hays and Miss Thelma
Hays left Saturday evening for St.
Louis to spend several days with
Mrs. M. M. Stuckey.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Bandy were
called to Tuckerman this morning by
the critical illness of the year-old
baby of Mr. and Mrs. Lockard Bandy.
Misses Margaret and Marie Toland
will leave this afternoon for Little
Rock to re-enter St. Mary’s Academy,
after spending the holidays at home.
Claude Herring left on the after
noon train Sunday for his home at
Little Rock, concluding a visit with
O. E. Jones, Jr.
Adrien Balmaz left Sunday for Lit
tle Rock College at the Capital city,
having been home for the Christmas’
holidays.
The many friends of Fred Smith
are glad to learn he is much better
today from pneumonia and if no com
plictions set up will soon recover.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson left
on this afternoon’s train for Little
Rock, where they will make their
home. ,
Eugent Rains, with Adams & Boyle
insurance Company of LittI? Rock,
was here today, a visitor at the office
of Phillips & Ferguson.
Mrs. B. Prints of St. Louis, who has !
been the guest of her two sisters,
Misses Bertha and Gertie Cohn, left
at noon today for her home.
A banquet will be given by the
board of stewards of. the Methodist
church, and their wives, Tuesday ev
ening. The banquet will be held in
the two parlors of the church.
Mr. Bowlby, who has only recently
been mustered out of service at
Camp Bowie, Texas, and his sister,
Mrs. Lillie Gyer of Little Rock, are
guests of their sister, Mrs. Z. B.
Reid of the East Side.
House Wanted—Must be in best
part of city with all modern conven
iences. Six or seven rooms unfur
nished.—E. N. Thicksten, 317 Laurel
S't. Phone 429. 214 d6t
S. Switow leaves this evening for
St. Louis to buy machinery for his
new candy factory. He says he is
doing nicely in his new business, but
is having difficulty getting machin
ery for the plant.
C. R. Pate came up from Little ;
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day looking after business and meet
ing his friends of his former home.
Mr. Pate .said his family was very
fortunate during the gas famine at
Little Rock, as they had steam heat
and were getting along fine.
W. R. McIntosh, W. T. Witt and G.
A. Hassll of Heber Springs, R. E. L.
Flowers and. tR. L. Witt of Quitman,
J. S. Barkman and U. S. Bratton of
Little Rock, were at the Hazel hotel
Sunday night, going to Batesville
this morning to attend Federal Court
which convenes there tomorrow morn
ing.
Clay Childers and Arthur F. Bailey,
two*of Newport’s prominent young
men, are with the Fedei’al Reserve
Bank which -opened for business at
Little Rock this morning. Mr. Bailey
is cashier and Mr. Childers, former
ly with the Arkansas Bank & Trust
Company of this city, is in the audit
ing department, positions which they
are most capable of filling and their
success is a source of pleasure to
their friends.
There will be a special prayer ser
vice at the home of Mrs. O. M. Bowen
Wednesday afternoon at three o’clock.
This service will h? the day before the
election nt Poplar Bluff, arid every
member of the W. C: T. U. and oth
ers will please be present, or if they
cannot be present, to Remember the
cause in spent prayer, that the curse
to Poplar Bluff, as well as to our own
city and county, may be removed. d2
Join the Red Cross.
Mr.- and Mrs. George A. Hillhouse ;
expect to go down to Little Rock the j
latter part of the week, to be in read- j
iness for Mr. Hillhouse, Jackson coun- j
ty’s representative, to enter upon his I
duties at the opening of the Arkansas 1
legislature next month.
Wanted—Position as stenographer
or general office work .by young lady
who has had some experience. Good
references. « Apply at Independent
office or 219 Hazel street, Phone 338.
209d6t
Federal court for the Eastern dis
trict of Arkansas will ^convene at
Batesville tomorrow. The court of
ficials from Little Rock will be here
tonight, leaving tomorrow morning
for Batesville. A number from Jack
son county are members of the grand
and petit juries.
Position Wanted By Returned Sol
,dier—Experienced in Grocery busi
ness. Also understands automobile
business and am first-class chauffeur.
—Lieut. J. R. Hurd, Newport, Ark.
Phone 1628 F3-1. 212d3t
Mayor J. N. Hout of Tuckerman
spent today in Newport and called at
the Independent office. Recently it
was erroneously stated that Mr. Hout
and family intended to move to Little
Rock. Mr. Hout says he expects to
spend the rest of his life in the good
old town of Tuckerman and has never
sriously considered moving away
from it.
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Wm. M. Cravens, aged 82, pioneer
criminal lawyer of the southwest and
a confederate veteran, died at his
home in Fort Smith/'Jnuary 2. Dur
ing the days when the United States
district court of western Arkansas
had jurisdiction over the Indian coun
try, he was regarded as the leading
criminal lawyer of that section. He
was a native of Missouri and came
to Arkansas at the close of the war.
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l ne very many uiciius ui maxanai
Gus Martin ^ere glad to see him
again on the streets today. Mr. Mar
tin was shot recently by the negro
who shot and killed Officer Charlie
Williams, the negro being lynched.
Mr. Martin sustained bullet wounds
in the shoulder and across the face,
and was forced to remain at home
nearly three weeks.
EVENING DANCING PARTY.
Major and Mrs. A. R. Campbell en
tertained with an informal dancing!
party Saturday evening in honor of
Frank Jones, who is home from the
university at Sewanee, Tenn., for the
holiday vacation. The decorative
feature was 'the usual Christmas col
ars that were still in use and very
pretty throughout the home. The or
;hestral music was fine and the en
tire evening’s entertainment an en
joyable affair for the vacation set
that have been right royally enter-1
tained, and this party of the closing j
holidays was a special compliment to
me of the popular boys who is away
for his first year at school.
A splendid lunch was served at
midnight which was a very happy
feature of the evening’s pleasure.
Among the girls and boys present
Misses Carolyn Whitmarsh, Clyde
Wood, Lucia Loftin, Matilda Wil
mans, Frances Bailey, Margaret Law
rence, Nobe Edgar, Elizabeth Gregg
and Lochie Graham; Messrs. I'rank
Jones, D. P. Harris and W. M. Harris
of Marianna, Arthur Williams and
Robert Matson of Memphis, Charles,
Alcorn and Launcelot Minor, Robert
Johnson, Tom Harder, Elmer, Clyde
and Buckler Patton, Freeman Irby.
LAST CHRISTMAS IN THE HOLY
LAND.
They are coming out of Egypt , and
they seek the Promised Land
Through the desert and the lions that
are standing in the way.
Hark! I hear the Tommies cheering
to the music of thp band;
“Carry on!” the captains calling,
“Carry on!” and “Clear the way!”
They have entered little Bethlehem
with old Ascalon as well.
The places where the Philistines so
fondly loved to dwell;
They have got the gates of Gaza and
advancing in their wrath,
They smite the Hun as David smote
Goliath of old Gath.
They have entered little Bethlghem
with joy for Christmas day,
They are in the Holy City with-a
prayer no wrords may say.
God keep you, young Crusaders!
away beyond the sea;
He led you through the desert and
Jerusalem is free.
(Andrew F. West.—From Scribner’s
Magazine.)
Senator Harry L. Ponder-of Wal
nut Ridge will probably be elected
president of the senate when the leg
islature meets Jnuary 18 without op
oosition.
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The proposition of Senator Bank
head of Alabama to transfer to the
secretary of agriculture all available
and dispensable war material suitable
for highway improvement for distri
bution among the states, is meeting
with universal approval. In this way
such material will be put to the most
practical use.
Keep your dollars at nome. Trade
in Newport.
LOST.
Three black mules, 6 years old in
the spring, weigh between 900 and
1000 lbs; 2 brown nose, 1 white nose;
Two mare mules and one horse mule
—one of them is dishfaced. Reward
for information leading to recovery.
39w4t G. M. Dudley, Swifton, Ark.
SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING.
The regular annual meeting of the
shareholders of this bank will be held
in the banking rooms of said bank on
the 14th day of January, 1919.
The First National Bank,
Newport, Arkansas.
W. T. Parish, Cashier. 04dl4t 37w2
NOTICE OF SEWER TAX.
The tax books for the collection of
the special sewer tax on real proper
ty in Sewer District No. 1 for the
Ninth Annual Assessment to main
tain and operate said sewer system,
have been placed in my hands. All
owners of real property lying in the
district are required to pay their
taxes to me on or before January 31,
1919. If such assessment is not paid,
action will be commenced at the end
of that time for the collection of
said assessment and cost.
Given under my hand this 26th day
of December, 1918.
L. MINOR, Collector.
Sewer District No. 1, Newport, Ark.
206d30t.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that it is
a violation of the laws of the city to
engage in business where it is neces
sary to obtain a license to do so,
less you first obtain such license.
Pay your money to C. P. ^Band-“
treasurer, who gives you a receip
which then must be endorsed “approV-r
ed” by the mayor and presented td • |
Recorder B. G. Graham for issuing
Notice is hereby given that the li
cense of any person or business ma«||j
will be Revoked upon information .
that improper or unlawful conduct isp
permitted on premises or in connecH||||
tion therewith.
C. M. ERWIN, 9
Jan. 2, 1919. Mayor. 1
DRINK HOT WATER 1
BEFORE BREAKFAST I
Says you really feel clean, sweet
and fresh inside, and '
are seldom ill.
' If you are accustomed to wake up' wm
with a coated tongue, foul breath or I
a dull dizzy headache; or, if your J
meals’sour and turn into gas and V
acids, you have a real surprise await- 1
ing you. , , 1
To-morrow morning, immediately J
upon arising,?'drink a glass of hot |
water with a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it. This is intended to j|
first neutralize and then wash out of fj
your stomach, liver, kidneys and
thirty feet of intestines all the indi- 1
gcstible waste, poisons, sour bile aud |g
toxins, thu3 cleansing, sweetening and
purifying tlie entire alimentary canal. Si
Those subject to sick headaches,
backache, bilious attacks, constipation '
or auy form of stomach trouble, are/*’
urged to get a quarter pound of lime- |
stone phosphate from the drug store
and begin enjoying this morning in- ||
side-bath. It is said that men and j
women who try this become enthu- |
siastic and keep it up daily. It is a .»gg
splendid health measure for it is more ||
important to keep clean and pure on.
the inside than on the outside, because 1
the skin pores do not absorb impuri
ties into the blood, causing disease, J|j
while the bowel pores do. -
The principle of bathing inside is |
not new, as’millions of people practice
it. Just as hot water and soap cleanse, sj§
purify and freshen the skin, so hot ||
water and a teaspoonful of limestone $8®
phosphate act on the stomach, liver, JH
kidneys and bowels. Limestone ph<*>
phate is an inexviensive white powrfler ^
and almost tasteless.
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NOTICE*!
This is the time of the year when we repair our
I cases, and if you have any empty” Coca Coia
Cases at your place of business or your home
•please call this office by phone so we can send
for them.
I Bottling Co.
I Phone 116 $20 Front St.
WtjM f/flWipT . £
Rice |
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Turnips i
New Mack re is f
New Kraut I
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Green Beans
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Sweet Pickles
\ School Girl Pickles I
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j 'fablets and Pencils at
P.S. White, Grocer j
BEECH AND THIRD STREETS j
Newport, Ark. Phone 167
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Rushton's Great After !
Christmas Sale of Fine |
J Outerwear and Millinery !
Ladies’
Saits
Ladies’
Coats
Dresses
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2 Price
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Ladies
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dren’s
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2 price
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50c on the dollar sale while- they
last of all our high grade Ladies’
wearing apparel. This sale is
Absolutely: Cash. ,
Rushton Dry Goods Co.
Phone 225
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We a^e going to start the year 1919
right bv having a house cleaning,
that is ail odd Jots of goods are go
ing to be slaughtered, that these
broken sizes and lots will not be
here many days.
We will price only ten of these
in this add but many more will be
offered.
Lot 1—25c Calicoes..,,------,-12'/2C
Lot 2—30c Gingham effects---•-16c
Lot 3—30c Ginghams-17c _
Lot 4—36c yard-wide bleached domestic---17'/2C
Lot 5—Men’s $6.00 Lace boots-$3.98 |
I1* Lot 6—Ladies $25.00 Suits—---$15.95
Lot 7—33 pairs men’s Gun Met al Shoes, worth $6.50-$4.25
Lot 8—75 Mens $1.50 Negligee Shirts --89c
Lot 9—Mens 25c black half hose now —---14c
Lot 10—5 doz sweaters for men and women at 50c on the dollar.
GROCERIES T
Colorado potatoes, extra fine per bushel ---$1.55
California Canned fruits and vegetables and everything to eat
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Bowens Cash Store