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j GREAT REDUCTION IN SUITS. —|
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4^reat. Removal
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..Sale..
The large increase in our trade has made it j
necessary for us to secure twice the room we j
now occupy. We will move about Januarj' 15,
1903 to the store room now occupied by Henry
> Schott. To avoid as much expense as possible
in moving we will,
Beginning January 1st, 1903,
Have the greatest cut-price, clean-up sale that
ever taken place in Newport. See circulars for j
prices.
• BAILEY BROS. Newport, Ark.)
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f RAILROAD BONDS SOLD.
Work of Clearing Right of Way For
Jonesboro and Newport Railroad
Begins Says the Jonesboro
P Times.
A representative of the Jonesboro
Times interviewed Mr. Ed. L. West
Srooke rec ntly, by whom he was in
'ormed that bonds for the construction
and equipment of the Jonesboro and
Newport road to the amount of *660,t
>00.00 have been sold and work in
cutting off the right-of-way has been
Commenced.
The road will be forty-three miles in
length. Ten thousand dollars per
mile will be used in clearing off the
right-of-way and constructing and
equipping the road bed, and two
thousand per mile for roiliug stock.
The company has organized into a
construction company and will build
the road themselves.
The work of clearing the right-of
way began at the Newport end last
4eek, but was temporarily discon
tinued on account of the bad weather,
tl will be resumed as soon as the
weather will permit.
This information is official as Mr.
Westbrooke is general manager of the
company and has been the principal
promoter of the enterprise. He says
the company expects the road to be
30 far completed as to have the cars
running by July 1st.
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SUNDAY SERVICES.
Rev. T. C. Mahan, pastor of Baptist
church will preach Sunday at 11 a. m,
and 7 p. m. Everybody invited.
Sunday school at 9:45.
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At the Christian church Sunday
January 4, 1903—0. C. Cline’s subject
for 11 o’clock is “The Sea of Human
ity.” At 7 o’clock “The Seven Vials
uf God’s Wrath.” Sunday school at
9:30 o’clock. Everybody invited.
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The . actor of St. Paul’s church an
nounces divine services for the sec
ond Sunday after Chris... as fol
lows: The litany, holy communion
and sermon at 11 o’clock. Evening
prayer and sermon at 7 o’clock. Sun
day school at 9:46.
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Kev. u. r. urowmng, pastor oi me
Presbyterian church of Wynne, writes
to the session of the Newport church
that it will be impossible for him to
be present Sunday, consequently there
will be no services at the Presbyterian
church except Sunday school at 9:30
a. m.
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At the Methodist church—Sunday
school at 9:30 a. m. and Junior Ep
vvorth League 2:30 p. m. J. W. Smith,
the pastor, will fill his pulpit at 11
a. m. and 7:30 p. m. “The Living
Death” is his morning subject, and he
will speak on “The Backward Look
That Brings Death” at the evening
hour. All are most cordially invited
to attend all services.
SURVEY COMMENCED
FROM BLACK ROCK.
Black Rock, Ark,. Jan. 1.—Mr. Fol
ey, an experienced engineer, for many
years in the employ of the Kansas
City, Fort Scott & Memphis railroad,
and more recently doing important
work for other roads, has been engag
ed by the Arkansas <fc Northern, and
yesterday commenced work at this
place with a party of men running a
survey, establishing the grade and
making complete estimate of work ul
the proposed line of road to be built
from Pocahontas to Newport. The
line will run through one of the richest
sections of the State, where millions
of feet of fine white oak and othei
valuable timber abound, which wil
make this road a paying investment
from the start. The construction ol
the road will be very cheap owing tc
the light grade.
W. V. POWELL’S JURISDICTION.
W. V. Powell is appointed right-of
way agent of the Missouri Pacific
Company, with headquarters in St
Louis. Mr. Powell assumes the same
position for the White River line, the
Memphis, Helena & Louisiana, the
Arkansas Midland and the New Or
leans & Northwestern. Mr. Powel
has been in Little Rock this week
He used to be grand master of the
Order of Railway Telegraphers.
Miss Katherine Harrison was here
Saturday on her way to Conway to at
feud Central Baptist College. He
sister also came up and left on th<
same train, No. 3, for Annona, Texas
where she is a teaoher of music.
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REPRESENTATIVE KEEL
INTERVIEWED BY GAZETTE. j
Hon. John H. Keel, representative
from Jackson CQiinty, who came dowi J
from Newport Thursday, says the I
construction of the Morning Star
Railroad, from New'port to Yellville
Marion county, is assured if the re
cent action of the directors is to be
taken as an indication. A meeting of
that body was held at Newport Wed
nesday and the issuance of $500,000
bonds, in addition to the $3,000,000 al
ready out, was authorized. The route
has been surveyed for some time and
a good portion, if not all, of the right
of way has been secured. It is under
stood on good authority that the con
struction work will begin at ap early
day. The Morning Star line will run
south of the White river all its length,
a distance of 140 miles. In doing so
the plans of the Missouri Pacific as
regards the White river extension,
which runs from Batesville on the
north side of the river, were frustrat
ed. It was the original intention of
the Missouri Pacific to come south of
the river some distance out of Bates
ville. The topography of this country
is much more favorable to railroad
construction than that to the north of
the stream. It has also the advantage
of being by far the better agricultural
section. The Morning Star people,
however, got all their plans in shape,
incorporated and obtained the right
to build their line south of the river
before the Missouri Pacific had an in
timation that anything of the sort was
contemplated. Their workmen
crossed the river and attempted to
take possession of the right of way
which was being marked out by the
Morning Star corps. The latter
laughed at them, knowing the law was
on their side, and continued with their
work. The Missouri Pacific corps
then retired to the north of the river
and continued their survey as the
road has since been built.
Mr. Keel says the few days between
now and the 10th of January are
fraught with anxiety to tipplers in
Newport. The city has been dry for
two years and a petition with two
i thousand signers is before the county
I judge asking that he refuse to grant
[ licenses. He is to give his decision
j January iu.
Mr. Keel says he intends to support
| the bill in the legislature permitting
! the citizens to issue bonds to a certain
i per cent of their taxable valuation,
j He believes that enough limitations
! can be nut to such a measure to ore
vent any consequences similar to
those of the days of carpet-bag rule,
when millions in worthless securities
were afloat. “The present condition
retards the material progress of every
city in the state,” said Mr. Keel. He
thinks the chances for the passage of
| the bill through both houses of the
j legislature are about even.
INITIATED HER PRIZE.
Little Miss Clara Brooks entertained
a few of her friends Friday afternoon
with a “cooking party” to initiate her
new “Baby” Quick Meal Range.
The unique feature of this party was
j that the young misses prepared their
i own lunch, and the old adage, that
j “too many cooks are sure to spoil the
broth” was not verified in this in
stance, as the lunch was well cooked,
each little miss preparing some one
thing. After the refreshments pre
pared by themselves were enjoyed to
I the fullest, the hostess served gelatine
| cake, fruit and bon-bons.
; Those invited were Madie Stephens,
j Hazel Jones, Lillian Stallings, Lntie
| Mae Stephens, Nonie Bandy, Corinne
Mosby, Elvia McLain and Kitty Davis
of Kentucky.
YOUNG LADY SHOT
BY HER COMPANION
Newark, Jan. 2.—At a party at Mrs
Maggie Shirey’s residence in the north
i part of town last night Miss Dors
j Long accidentally shot Miss Ola Craig
above the right eye. The bail did not
enter the skull, just passing under the
skin and coming out about three
inches at the top of the head. It if
the same old story—did not know the
pistol was loaded. The young ladiet
are personal friends and live here
Miss Craig is a sister to O. F. Craig
editor of the Journal at this place.
| The wound is not considered serious
WOODRUFF LICENSES SALOONS
Augusta, Jan. 2.—Buchanan & Wade
O. L. Kirkland and Louis T. Pern
were granted license to sell whisky ii
Augusta yesterday. Each firm paii
. §2,500 corporation license. T. C
i Doss, Jr., & Co. were granted licens
. to sell at Cotton Plant, and W. A
, Moore & Co. to sell at Maberry. Li
quor was petitioned out at Riversid
and Wiville.
ANDERSON GROCER
COMPANY INCORPORATED.
Friday was “corporation day” of
the new year in the office of the secre
tary of state, says the Little Rock Ga
zette. Six Arkansas industrial and
mercantile companies were incorpor- i
ated with aggregate capital stock
of over 8100,000.
The largest of the new concerns is
the Anderson Grocer Company of
Newport, Jackson county. The capi
tal stock is placed at 850,000. They
will do wholesale grocery business,
besides dealing in grains, merchan
dise and real estate. The corporators
are A. G. and D. W. Anderson, Eliza
beth Chavey and M. A. Stevens.
MEW THROUGH CAR LINES FROM
N EM PH IS TO THE PACIFIC COAST.
The “Rock Island System,” Choc
taw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R., have
established through personally con
ducted tourist sleeping car lines to
California and Portland, Oregon.
The California car leaves Memphis
every Tuesday at 9:00 a. m., Little
Rock 1:15 p. m., South McAlester, I.
T., 10:50 p. m. same day, Oklahoma
City 2:40 a.m. Wednesday, El Reno
3:40 a. m. arriving El Paso, Tex.,
Thursday morning, Los Angeles Fri
day morning and San Francisco Sat
urday morning.
The Portland, Oregon, car leaves
Memphis every Thursday on the same
schedule arriving Denver 7:30 Satur
day morning, Ogden Sunday morning
and Portland Monday morning.
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