THE INDEPENDEN1
AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
Editor and Publisher.
Entered at the postoffice, Newport,
Arkansas, as second-class mail matter
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Batesvillc citizens are to ask the
railroad commissioners in the next
few days to restore the Batcsville
Newport passenger, giving the people
of that city a passenger train each
way morning and evening. The train,
known as the “Hot Shot,” was taken
off at the beginning of the war when
all service was reduced as much as
possible.
The young people of our city en
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That guarantee is strongest th:;t
has the Lest service to make it good.
joyedi a very delightful dancing party
at the Hazel hotel last night, when
for several hours about twenty couple
danced to the splendid music. The
out of town guests were Lieutenant
Wynne Denty and Lieutenant Crow
of Little Rock, Tom Jones and Joe
Smith of Tuckerman and Miss Jac
quelin Nolton of Memphis.
Mr. Ramble, representing the
McMillan Grain Company of Sikeston,
Missouri, is here today conferring
with County Agent Whitaker in re
gard to furnishing the farmers of
Jackson county with seed corn and
giving to them a reduction over many
others, the sale price to the farmers
being one dollar and fifty-five cents,
delivered.
At a business meeting of the Bap-1
tist Women’s Missionary Union with
Mrs. M. F. Hurley yesterday after
noon, the ladies pledged themselves
to pay five hundred dollars on the
erection of a new church, which the
fnnn'T’Ptrntinn exneet to build next
It SERVES—that9s the
v peculiar thing about
our service
Service!
That poor little word—
everybody’s using it. It’s
so underfed and overworked
nowadays# it looks like a
famine in India.
But we’ve plumped it up—here
at our place—till it really stands
for something big. With us,
battery service actually means
“the service that serves.”
The Eveready Storage
Battery is guaranteed to
give a year and a half of
ever ready starting, ig
niting and lighting service
And we’re here to make
that guarantee pood.
P. H. VAN DYKE, DEALER
2ml and Beech Sts.—Newport, Ark.
OffielelEyeready Service Station Free Tert ins
—Courteous Service end Guaranteed Repairs
oa dl standard makes of Storage Batteries
year. The ladies also decided to have
a Saturday market dt some conven
ient place in the city.
The business men of Newport and
Jackson County are asked to use the
U. S. Employment Bureau of The De
partment of Labor with cftices in the
Chamber of Commerce. The service
is free. If you are in need of any
kind of help either manual labor or
clerical or professional you are ren
dering a service to yourself and oth
ers by registeing you wants at the
office of U. S. Employment Service
at the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wallace re
turned last evening from a two days’
delightful visit with their son, Lieu
tenant Eugene Wallace at Hot
Springs, whom they report getting
along fairly well at the government
hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace saw
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Taylor and family,
who say they are delighted with their
new home. Mr. Taylor, however, is
confined to his home with rheuma
tism. They are enjoying a visit from
Business
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j Our January business was the biggest in
the history of this store and th^re must be
a reason for it. We know. Because we /
advertise the right prices on the right
| merchandise at the right time and got the^
I bu siness and now expect to do the same J
thing in February.
No fake advertising b it clan mer
chandise at the right price.
Good Calico at 11c. Can you beat it? \
Good Brown Domestic at 11c
Good Bleached Domestic at 12 l-2c
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Men’s Heavy Work Sox 13c
Good Dress Ginghams only 15c
Ladies' House and Bungalow Aprons from 75c & up
Men's regular $2.00 Kahki Shirts only $1.19
Mens $1.50 Dress Shirts only 98c
We give you the best values in Shoes in town.
EX TK\ SPEC t We have just received
a big lot of Spring Silks bought at the right price
and for this week will give you a 25 percent discount
If you want Seed Potatoes Onion Set?,
Garden Seed or Alfalfa Seed, Seed Oats,
why we have that too.
OUR MOTTO IS: “More Good Groceries For
Less Money”
Bowen’s Cash Store
WB^keep yorn
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I |w THE LEATHER.
| |||j|^^7HEF.F.DAU.EV CORPORATIONS, ITD.
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“Made in Newport'’
SWITOW’S CANDY
On Front Street
Next door to Hurley’s
their daughter, Mrs. John Bachelor
and baby, who are there from Mem
phis. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace also saw
Alcorn Ferguson, who is there for
the baths aridl they report that he is
doing fine. Hot Springs is filled to
overflowing, people from all over the
United States being there for the
season..
An unfortunate accident occurred
yesterday afternoon about 2:30 when
a negro, whose name we were unable
to learn, received a broken hip and in
ternal injuries, from a heavy stone
falling upon him. The stone was be
ing hauled from the freight depot to
Switow’s candy kitchen and in un
loading it the three colored men who
had charge of placing it in position,
in some way let it fall, catching the
colored man beneath with the above
serious results.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
We have engaged in the paint and
wall paper business in the McLain
building on Second street, where we
would be pleased to meet you and
make you our very low prices on any '
work in this line you may be in peed
•f.
Fletcher & Sons,
240d2t 350 W. Second St.
LIBERTY BONDS.
We urge our friends and customers
to hold their Bonds, as there is no
safer investment in the world. How
ever, if necessity compeles the sale of
Bonds we will buy any denomination
of any issue at a fair market price.
See us before selling.
Lesser-Goldman Cotton Co.,
239d4twlt Tom J. Gregg, Mgr.
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WARNING ORDER.
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In Chancery Court.
R. A. Cook, Plaintiff.
vs. No. 342
Mrs. Roll Crow and Roll Crow, De
fendants.
The Defendants, Roll Crow and
Mrs. Roll Crow are each hereby
! warned to appear in this Court with
in thirty days, and answer the com
plaint of the Plaintiff, R. A.Cook.
I (Seal) R. W. BANDY, Clerk.
! Feb. 7, 1919.
! J. H. Johnston is appointed as Non
| Resident Attorney. 41dl 44w3t
LOOK HERE
2 3-4” Cresent Wagons $117.00
3?' Cresent Wagons 120.00
Complete with Bed and Seat
$2,00 extra if set up.
1 Moline Check Row Corn Planter
at $39.50
Steel Ranges at $33.00
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These are some goods I reserved
when I sold my Hardware busi
ness at Beebe. I only want cost
out of these. Prices are for cash
Avera Furniture Store
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IT PAYS YOU
TO TRADE AT THIS STORE
Far The Simple Reason You
Get Better Quality
For Less Money
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HOPE
DOMESTIC
22c per yard
DELHI
and
AMOSKEAG
Gingham
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| 25c per yard
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Wide Fold
CHEVIOT
25c per yard
APRON
GINGHAM
15c per yard
BATH TOWELS
18incheswide
x 40 inches long
35c each
Pepperell
SHEETING
lo*4
65c per yard
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M. Gorman’s Dry Goods Store
506 Front St.Front St.
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