DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
District Offices.
For Congress:
S. BRUNDIDGE. JR.
For Circuit Judge:
F D. FULKERSON.
For Prosecuting Attorney:
W. A. OLDFIELD.
County Offices.
For Representative:
JOHN H. KEEL
For Sheriff:
R. W. BANDY.
For Circuit Clerk:
JAMES S. JONES.
For County Clerk:
E. L. BOYCE.
For County and Probate Judge:
J. M. JONES.
For County Treasurer
W. A. JOYCE.
For Surveyor:
II. S. SIMMONS.
For Assessor:
PASSMORE WHITE.
For Coroner:
F. J. HARRISON.
Township Offices.
F'or Justices of the Peace:
J. J. MARTIN.
GUY SMITH.
LUCIAN B. HARRIS.
For Constable:
R. M. LAIRD.
nmeatber forecast.
Washington, June II Forecast for Ar
kansas: Fair, continued warm Thursday:
showers, thunder storms and cooler at
night on Friday.
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J ABOUT PEOPLE—MAINLY. \
Huffman bakes bread every day.
Huffman’s cream bread takes the
lead.
Misses Katie and Rina Price en
tered the business college Thursday
for a summer course.
The Cash Grocery is the only place
in town to get fresh raspberries and
blackberries every day. d36tf.
Drink Pepophote for thy stomach’s
sake. Diamond “C” Bottling Works
Telephone 72-3 rings.
Laborers Wanted—Negro men
with families to work in saw mill.
Apply to Dr. Washburn in Watson
Building. b6t
Huffman & Son serve ices, cream
and cake and everything in that line
to parties an^l receptions at reason
able prices. d-298 *
,.. . Don’t forget that the PresbytGrian
ladies will give a lawn- social. At the
residence of Mrs. J. Brandenburg Fri
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rhodes returned
Thursday morning from Chicago,
where they had a delightful visit with
the former’s parents.
Elder James H. Brooks will preach
at Swifton Thursday and Friday
nights. He will deliver two discourses
on “Sanotiflcation.”
“Africolor” and “Pepophote,” the
latest drinks, delivered anywhere in
the c% 75c per case. Diamond “C”
Bottling Works. Telephone 72-3 rings.
Anyone wanting employment can
secure same at the camp of McCollum
& Bishop, near Grand Glaize, $1 a day
and board or 25 cents a box with out
board. b38-2w.
There was a rumor current on the
streets Thursday morning that three
negroes had been killed down the
river, but the story has all the ear
marks of a fake.
Little Thelma, the infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Brumfield and
grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.
W. McFarland of this city, died at her
home at Selma, La., June 9, 1902.
Pearls, baroques and
slugs. The highest prices
paid by J. E. 'FULLY &
CO., 14 Maiden Lane, New
York.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
will give a lawn social at the home of
Mrs. J. Brandenburg Friday evening
to which all are invited. Ice cream
and cake and lunch will all be served
for 25 cents.
W. T. Magness, of Newark, pur
chased from a negro a globe pearl
weighing about 100 grains for #1500.
The pearl will have to be peeled as it
had a dead color. The negro found
the same on the Confederate park
bar.
James L. Blasingame of Pocahontas,
Tenn., who has been filling the po
sition of W. A. Hazlewood at the
Choctaw depot during the latter’s
illness, left Thursday morning for
Memphis to attend the bedside of his
mother. He expects to return to
Newark in a few days to begin work
for a live stock insurance company.
Huffman runs the only bread wagon
Grocery. d 19
Rock salt for ice cream at The Cash
Grocery. cl 19
Huffman can bake cakes for the
most fastidious. d-tf
W. H. Hipolite came up from Little
Rock on the noon train Wednesday.
For your six o’clock breakfast
order Huffman’s light rolls, fresh
baked. 4-dtf
Huffman’s candies are the best on
the market—the three leading candy
firms of St. Louis and the leading one
of Little Rock, say so. 275-dtf
Lost: German section pipe, 2 1-2
feet long. Owner offers $1 reward
for information sent to this office
leading to its recovery.
The Iron Mountain offers specia
rates to the lake resorts by rail and
steamship. For information call on
Gus Coffin, Ticket Agent at Iron
Mountain. 40btf.
Any two persons wishing a furnished
room with board, man and wife pre
ferred, call on Mrs. M. C. Lee, corner
Third and Laurel streets. Day board
ers also wanted. 41-d4w.
Pearls and Slugs==Send
your pearls and s ugs to
J. M. 0’Hara& Co.,<Mem=
phis, Tenn. Best* prices
and quickest returns.
The arrivals at the Planters Wed
nesday were John A. Hinkle, Bates
ville; L. Lippmann, Olyphant; J. B.
Coffin, Swifton; A. L. Barnett, Corn
ing; C. M. Jones, D. O. Kirkland, Hot
Springs.
Wednesday was by several degrees
the hottest of the year thus far, the
mercury in the government ther
mometer running up to 103 degrees in
the afternoon, while thos-te down town
in the shade ranged around 101.
Miss Lois Winn arrived last week
from Newport, where she has been
teaching in the Doswell Institute the
past school year. After spending a
few weeks at home she will begin a
summer school in Woodruff county.—
Judsonia Advance.
Miss Helen Wing and Miss Kenche
law, two young ladies of Booneville,
Mo., who have been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Reynolds at Penter’s Bluff,
were here Wednesday on their re
turn home. They were accompanied
as far as St. Louis by Stanley Hand
ford.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Powell, who
have been guests of Mrs. R. D. Wil
mans and Miss Ray Brandenburg, re
turned home to Little Rock on the
noon train Thursday. They made a
large number of friends in their brief
visit, who hope it may again be their
pleasure to see them in Newport.
Hon. H. L. Remmel, of Little Rock,
spent Wednesday in Newport and re
turned to the city on the noon train
Thursday. He seems to have things
coming his own wray and the conven
tion of insurgent Republicans will
hardly have enough attendants to
properly distribute the convention
offices.
The arrivals at the Hazel Wednes
day were N. H. Dowdell, Carbondale;
H. Devereux and wife, R. S. Hand
ford, John W. Ferrill, Duncan L. Mc
Rae, Batesville; R. E. Powell and
wife, Judsonia; A. Leymer, A. H.
Moll, Ed McElwee, Little Rock; W.
H. Tarom, Lockhart; J. D. Allen,
Alicia; J. P. Hayworth, Chickasha,
I. T.
Miss Mary Harsbaw, who was mar
ried Sunday afternoon at Beebe to Mr.
Fred Rucker, cashier of the Bank of
Beebe, died Tuesday night. The bride
was not expected to live when the
ceremony was said, but it was her
wish that it be performed. It will be
remembered that Miss Harshaw was a
cousin of Mrs. Guy Brown, whd is
still in Beebe.
The factory of the Valley Button
Company is running and the stock
holders express themselves as well
pleased with the outlook. They ex
pect to secure 14 more laborers from
Ihe Northern factories and with the
number of local men that will prob
ably learn the trade, the full capacity
of the plant will be reached, when the
32 machines are in operation.
The Independent was mistaken in
stating that Rev. and Mrs. H. E.
Gabby attended the commencement
of Hendrix College at Conway, for it
should have been the Central Baptist
i College, which is also located at Con
i way. Mr. Gabby delivered the an
■ nual address to the literary societies
i Saturday night, preached to a congre
, gation of about 700 the following nighi
: and was called upon as judge in a de
bate Tuesday night.
H. Devereux and wife came down
from Batesville Wednesday afternoon
on their way to St. Louis.
Will F. Williams, an experienced and
skilled laundry man from Neosho,
Missouri, has been employed and
placed in charge of the plant by the
Newport Laundry Company, which is
now prepared to do the nighest class
of laundry work. Being a home in
stitution, the excellence and prompt
ness of its work will secure a better
support than previously enjoyed
locally. 45 btf.
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NORTH BOUND.
No. 72 Local Freight. 7:00 a. m
No. 2. 4:16 a. m
No. 4 .11:07 a. m
No. 12. 8:55 p. in
No. 6.10:46 p. m
SOUTH BOUND
No. 73 Local Freight. 7:00 a. m
No. 5. 4:37 a. m
No. 11. 6:22 a. m
No. 3. 11:39 a. m
No. 1 .10:55 p. m
BATESVILLE BRANCH.
Passenger Leaves. 7:15 a. m
Mixed.11:45 p. iA
Passenger Arrives.. 4:30 p. m
Mixed.v.10:15 a. in
No. 2 makes connection at Poplar
Bluff for Cairo.
Fast trains 5 and 6 will oe run as.
through trains between St. Louis, Gal
veston, Laredo and Fort Worth.
Express trains 1 and 5 have through
connections between St. Louis, Dallas
and Forth Worth.
Express train 4 and Fast Mail train
3 have through connections between
St. Louis, Texarkana, Waco and El
Paso.
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Rail’y
Arrive Newport.2:00 p. m
L ave Newport.7:10 a. m
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R. M. Johnson, Cashier. T. D. Kinman, Asst. Cashier
Directors:—A. D. Bailey, V. Y. Cook, G. W. Decker, John T. Flynn,
Thos. J. Graham, J. W. Grubbs, R. M. Johnson, A. E.
Shoffner, J. M. Stayton.
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Officers:—Sigmund Wolff, President; G. W. Hurley, Vice-President;
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SPECIAL OCCASION
SUMMER SCHOOL
Knoxville, Tenn, July 19-July 30,1902.
Reduced Rates via Southern Ry.
For the above occasion, the South
ern Railway will sell tickets from all
points on its lines to Knoxville, Tenn.
and return, at one fare for the round
trip, selling June 16, 17, 18, 28, 29, and
30 and July 11, 12 and 13, with final
limit for return oassage August 15
: 1902. For furtn nformation, call on
| any ticket agent o. the Southern Rail
| way or write, C. A. Benscoter,
[ Asst. Gen’l. Pass. Agt.