Tonight fair with temperature be
low freezing; Tuesday fair, with
rising temperature.
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For glasses that are exactly right
for you, see W. D. Hinson, the opto
metrist. 228d6t.
Miss Kay Churchwell returned to 1
Brinkley Sunday afternoon, after a!
ten days’ visit at home.
Adrian Balmaz and Mary Louise
Pinnell left on No. 3 Sunday after
noon for their school at Little Rock.
Miss Mildred Douglass will return
this evening from a two weeks’ holi
day visit to her sister at Dallas, Tex.
Knox mends shoes cheap. Ill
Walnut street. dtf.
Hay—Bran—Shorts—C. S .Meal—
Oats—Molasse3 Feed. Bowen’s Cash
Store. 227d6t
Alfalfa hay, bran, oats, shorts and
molasses feed.—Bowen’s Cash Store.
230d6t.
Miss Nita Belle Mock has returned
from a two weeks’ visit to relatives
at Walnut Ridge and Pocahontas.
Miss Janett Henry left Sunday
evening for Indianapolis to re-enter
school, after spending the holidays at
home.
Charles Ilipolite, Jr., arrived home
Sunday afternoon from Devall’s Bluff,
where he spent the school vacation
with his grandfather. Charles had
the pleasure (?) of having the mea
sles during the holidays.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McLain, of
Bardford, were in our city Sunday.
Jarrett Harris, of Tupelo, was here
Sunday going to Mountain Home to
enter school.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Huddleston
spent Sunday with his mother at
Sulphur Rock.
For Rent—Two furnished rooms,
519 Walnut Street.—Mrs. L. B.
Harris. 226dlmo
For Rent—Nicely furnished rooms.
420 Pine street. Rates reasonable.
—C. G. Wathen. 228dtf.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hooker left
Sunday afternoon for Memphis to
spend several days.
Judge George T. Humphries is
here from Salem holding an adjourn
ed term of chancery court.
Chester Colthorp expects to leave
in a day or two for Kentucky to join
his wife and baby for a visit.
Ed Doherty left Sunday afternoon
for Little Rock, called to the office of
the Southern Cotton Oil Company for
a while.
Mrs. R. L. Williams, of St. Louis,
was here Sunday, going to Weldon
to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Shoffner.
Mrs. H. F. Vermillion and daugh-1
ter, of Mountain Home were here
Sunday night, leaving this morning
for Hot Springs.
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Mrs. Viiginia Hobgood arfived home1
Saturday afternoon from a pleasant!
visit of several weeks with relatives
in New Orleans and Memphis.
Dr. E. D. Brown returned to Bates
ville this morning, after conducting
his regular Sunday service at the
Presbyterian church.
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Miss Willie Moore, of Sulphur
Rock, and Duane Swift, of Batesville,
were here Sunday, returning to De
Queen, where they teach in the public
school.
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Mrs. James Keatts, of Little Rock, j
arrived on No. 4 this morning and j
will begin giving instructions in sur
gical dressings. She will be guest j
while here of Mrs. 0. D. Watson.
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C. C. Byrd and George W. Grant,
of Grubbs, were here today, having
accompanied their children this far
enroute to Mountain Home College,
who had spent the holidays at home.
Mrs. W. H. Diamond arrived Sun
day evening from a visit to Pine
Bluff. She was accompanied home
by Mrs. A. C. Martin, who left at
noon for Newark to visit her mother.
G. W. James, living up the White
River road, was at the Columbia ho
tel Sunday, having with him his fif
teen year old son, who ran away a
short time ago to join the navy. He
was too young, however, and was only
too glad to get back to the parental
roof.
Seymour Hays, one of our splen
did young men, left yesterday after
noon for Little Rock, where he will
take an examination for the quarter
master’s department of the army.
He will go to Jefferson Barracks for
three weeks and from there to train
ing quarters in the south.
NOTICE.
The advertisement in this paper
advertising my meat market and gro
cery for sale was not authorized by j
me. I have no desire to sell and will
continue the business as in the past.
Respectfully,
232d3t. I. H. DYER, Owner.
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We Extend New Year’s
Greetings
All Our Friends and Customers
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* holder’s f» & ^O those who have given us their
|£'id I loyal patronage and support in making
■ the past year pleasant as well as profit
~4 I able, we wislj. to express our sincere apprecia
1 tion, and we wish for ourselves that these re~
fT 1 lations may continue. I
* I May the Year Nineteen
l| Hundred Eighteen]bring to
you greater peace and pros
■L perity than you9ve ever had.
|nr. E. BEVENS & SON
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Miss Jean Weld, of Little Rock, was
here Saturday night, leaving Sunday
moring for Forsythe, Missouri, where
she is teaching.
Miss Willie Overton Minor left on
| No. 6 Sunday evening for St. Charles,
Mo., to take up her school work at
Lindenwood College.
Mrs. R. D. Powell returned home to
Tyler, Texas, Sunday afternoon, after
enjoying the holidays with Mrs. G.
A. Hillhouse and Mrs. W. A. Smith.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Rice and Miss
Narcie Rice, of Tuckerman, and Em
mett Rice, of Little Rock, spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rice on
Walnut street.
Circle No. 5 of the Methodist
church will meet in a business and
social gathering combined, Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock with Mrs. R.
W. Bandy, hostess.
Mr. Cashion, who has been with The
First National Bank for several
months, has gone to Liftle Rock,
where he will be associated with the
bank at Camp Pike.
Jno. Bachelor, of Memphis, has ac
cepted a position in the office at
Wolff-Goldman to succeed Mr. Tuck
er, who has gone t.o Little Rock. Mr,
Bachelor married Miss Ethel Taylor
of Elgin, who with their baby daugh
ter will join him here* soon to make
their home.
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A message this morning to Nor
man C. Wolff from Jos. M. Berger at
Moberly, Missouri, stated that Mo
berly suffered a disastrous fire Sun
day night and that his mercantile es
j tablishment had a close call, catching
a number of times. The message also
stated that he had considerable water
damage, his store almost joining the
half block which was burned.
Chester Wathen is expected home
tomorrow night from New Madrid,
Missouri, where he attended the fun
eral of an only brother, Dawson
Wathen, who died suddenly at Cairo,
Illinois, Friday morning. The body
had to be carried by boat and did
not arrive until today and the fun
eral will be held at the old home at
New Madrid, Missouri.
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Gardner went
to Battle Axe this morning to attend
a family reunion at the home of their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. C. Gard
ner. A brother, Dr. P. B. Gardner, of
the British West Indies, is there for
a visit and a daughter, Mrs. Landers,
of Melbourne, will arrive here to
night and will go there to complete
the family reunion of one of Bird
township’s most estimable families.
Three daughters, Mrs. J. W. Lindley,
Mrs. Mills Blair and Miss Johnnie
Gardner are already there.
Albert Bevans, with a number of
other Camp Beauregard boys, who
passed the examination to enter the
officers’ training camp, are very un
fortunate in that they are quaran
tined at Alexandria and not allowed
to leave their tents. All of Camp
Beauregard is quarantined, as about
seventy cases of spinal miningitis are
reported in the camp. Albert whs
the youngest in the class accepted,
and while none of them has che
dreaded disease they will naturally
be quarantined until the 16th* which
might interfere with their entering
the school for offwnu*
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The Season s Greetings
'T'HE R. J. Wise Grocery Com
A pany trusts that everyone is
enjoying this holiday season to \
the utmost, and thanks its pa
trons for their liberal patronage
during 1917, and wishes them a
Happy and Prosperous New Year.
R. J. Wise Grocer Co.
Stamp out the war with Thrift Stamps—Bup one todap
The All-Seasons Waist ]
For Thrifty Women
The Wirthmor at $1
The
Quality
Has Been
Maintained.
The
Price
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the Same.
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TA7IRTHM0R WAISTS are made throughout the year and they are .worn
* ’ throughout the year by prudent women who have learned of their unusual
merit. In the Fall we get the new Fall styles—as in Winter we get the Winter j
styles, and, too, the fabrics, are always seasonable and appropriate. Besides
the general style excellence, the values are really matchless.
Wirthmor Waists can be sold in just
one GOOD STORE in every city—
and they are sold here exclusively.
Wolff-Goldman Merc. Co. •
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