4.—The
com
today
primary foi
th, and dis
submit
Harrocl to place
presidential fa
the ticket which
strenuously op
resolution was with
will be no pre
for the Dem
bearer in the
iarriage License.
jTohnson an& Mrs. Etta
■ both of Tuckerman.
SHcy Mathe
\
■id Minnie
If Weldon.
Ind Vada
Iton.
Ildie King,
Igne.
Iggie Mat
B't.
I 'nil mi • ,
Igne.
luces Per
I and Cor;:
111 Trough
liinson.
I Florence
I of Elgin.
a ' _ ■ ■ ■ R>ra Marie
C"^vCC-Kgf* Bar
W- Willis Bandy and
JPtfell, colored, both of
G. W. Lewellen, Newark^iMl
, Eva Jackson, Newport. /
Embrie Robinson ^nd Ethel
Fant, colored, both of Newrport.
Harvey Reed and Annie Mc
Bride, colored, both of Newport.
i Fel Robinson and Ora Green,
colored, both' of Weldon.
Real Estate Transfers.
F. W. Pearson and wife to R.
A. Cook, 40 acres 26-10-4, $200.
Chas. Bevins to R. A. Cook,
40 acres 10-10-5, $200.
P. R. White and wife to Sedg
wick Tie Co., 120 acres 16-11-1,
$120.
J. S. Jones, county clerk to
A. Bowie, 40 acres 16-10-5, $2.82.
L. L. Campbell, trustee, to M.
F. Hardm, lot 2, block 3, Tupelo,
$621.21.
A. B. Comer to R. L. Comer,
40 acres 15-9-2, $75.
T. S. Stephens and wife to
James W. Washam, 67 acres 35,
27-11-3 and 12.28 acres 1-10-3,
$5000.
Plat of Cross Roads Addition
to East Newport filed of record.
Mike Denton and wife to L.
L. Bowen, block 30, Grubbs,
I $200.
i W. S. Lawrence et al tn T .T
! Graham et al, lots 5 and 6,
I block 29 Lawrence Addition,
(Tuckerman, $1750; also con
vey tract adjoining Tuckerman
| and 2 ^bre tract known as Block
1 A, Lawrence Addition.
< Jackson County Land Compa
ny to Lee Burrows, 37.12 acres
5- 14-2, $150.
S M. Stuckey to John W.
Dander, 160 acres 14-10-2, $500.
W. G. Neel and wife to S. H.
and Dora Russell, lot 4, block
31, Swifton, $150.
W. P. Sanderson and wife to
J. S. Pennington, tract in 22-12
1, $600.
P. Sanderson and wife to
Williams, lots 1 and 2,\
Barnwell’s Addition,
i
. Phariss and
Phariss one-half
25-11-1, $800.
to C. A. Vir
3, Goldman’s
$770.
Fagan
four sons,
to mourn her
ied in the Beach Sun
day.
The people of are glad
to see R. W. Taylor moving
back to his farm.
It is thought that the people
of this place will have cotton
next July
Cow Lake is full enough to
run without being dredged
: Col. John Smith was in New
port early Thursday morning.
The infant child of Mr. and
Mrs. T. R. Louis was buried at
the Balch cemetery Sunday.
H. G. Howard turned the mail
contract over to T. A. Berry,the
first of the year.
Elzy Balch and family were
the guests of M. Balch Satur
day.
Rev. J. U. Ball and hands are
going into the timber work
New Year and are actually go-;
ing to tear the bone out.
R E. Howard is having bad
luck with his hogs.
Colten Blankenship is raking
in the roons.
Success to the Independent.
—
The Island.
Mrs. McFarland is spending
the week with her son, Dee
Washam.
Dr. and Mrs. Roscoe Jernigan
and little son spent Saturday
night with Dr. Jernigan’s sister,
Mrs. Walter Heard, leaving Sun
day over the Rock Island.
Mr. Jurney spent last week
with his daughter, Mrs. Babe
Washam.
Miss Corinne Smith returned
to her school Tuesday, after
spending Sunday at home.
Mrs. W. H. Heard and mother,
Grandma Foushee, have remov
ed to town and are light house
keeping on Pine street.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Crownover
are spending a few days with
Jerome Runyan.
Brother J. P. Blue of Remmel
will Island school
house , Jan. 7th.
to come,
progressing
t of
be moving
r
Mrs. ue Armon or
Ridge came on No. 23 Wednes
day night to visit Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Altman a few days.
Ernest Edens went to Brad
ford Tuesday morning to visit
relatives.
Elmore Taylor came back
from Imboden, where he spent
the holidays.
R. Fyock, formerly of Pali
sades, Colorado, arrived last
week to accept a position as
bookkeeper in Jones & Harvey
Merc. Co. Mr. Brann had to
give up this on account of his
wife’s health and will be com
pelled to move to a different cli
mate. We regret to give them
up but are glad to have Mr. and
Mrs. Fyock here.
Mrs. H. E. Cast returned
from Newport Wednesday, hav
ing visited her parents there
for the past week.
We are sorry to learn that
Cash Carter is sick. Hope to
hear soon that he is convales
cent.
Grandpa Dudley went to
Tuckerman Wednesday.
Ira Bush made a flying trip to
Newport Thursday.
While T. A. Parsons was
working in the Jones-Harvey
gin last week, a part of the ma
chinery caught his hand and al
most cut three fingers off.
The Ladies Aid met at the
Methodist church Thursday af
ternoon to elect officers and
plan the work for the New Year.
Ferd Tonney left Thursday
night for Fort Smith to attend
to business.
Prof. J. P. Fogg is Swif ton’s
representative in Little Rock
this week.
Morris Stevens visited our
little burg on last Friday.
Miss Claudia Smith is on the
sick list this week.
Mrs. E. C. Toler has been very
sick, but is better at this writ
ing.
The farmers, merchants, doc
tors and everybody else are
'kinder blue” on account of so
much unfavorable weather for
the cotton crops. From the
looks of the fields it is judged
by those who surely know that
Glass township will have cotton
in the fields when spring opens.
Col. Minor of Newport came
up the first of the week to spend
several days with his daughter,
Mrs. H. E. Cast.
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Miss Lyde Harris, one of the
teachers in the Swifton public
school, after having visited her
parents at Tupelo, returned to
our town Saturday night. She
I says words cannot express the
jolly time she had at her home.
Ernest Edens returned from
Bradford Saturday night on No.
28. Ho visited his relatives and
friends there for a few days
and came home to begin his
school work on the following
Monday.
Rumor has it that there will
be a wedding here about the
middle of January. We trust, if
Rumor has it right, that they
Will bo as hannv as the other
“newly weds seem to be.
Little Gertrude Breckinridge
has been visiting Miss Bernice
Moon for the past few days.
She returned to her home in AIL
cia on Sunday night.
We are glad to hear that Mrs.1
Lula Moon is convalescent.
Col. Minor returned to his
home in Newport this week.
George Smith of Tuckerman
spent Sunday with T. A. Par
sons.
John Driver of Alicia was
here Monday attending to busi
I
ness.
Swifton is still on the boom, j
A beautiful little cottage is be-j
ing built in the Cast Addition.!
It is being erected for Mr. andj
Mrs. Fyock of Palisades, Colo-}
rado. .
Will Driver, formerly of Swif
ton, returned from Kennott, Mo., |
Monday night with his bride.
W. R. Harvey, Jr., made Swif
ton a visit on last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Smith
have moved into their home in
the Cast Addition.
Mrs. E. C. Toler is seriously
ill at this writing. It was be
lieved for a few days that she
would not live but her friends
are glad to learn that she is
some better.
Roy Moon made a trip to the
county seat Tuesday.
Mrs. T. M. Rorex left for
Tuckerman on a few days’ visit
to her many friends and rela
tives.
Miss Fannie 1 Joyce of Tucker
man made our little town a visit
on Tuesday. She once had a
large music class here and Has'.—
many friends in Swifton. Her
irienos welcomed ,ht uuck iui
a short visit.
John Eno of Cash, Ark., was
in Swifton Tuesday.
Messrs. Charlie and Willie
Bollinger were callers in Swif
ton this week.
Mrs. Pinkie Mosely of Alicia
was in town Tuesday visiting
her mother, Mrs. Driver and her
friend, Mrs. Schell.
Mr. R. C. Moore and family
left Tuesday for Kentucky,
where they will make their fu
ture home.
Maurie Stevens made His us
ual trip to Swifton this week
Jones-Harvey gin Iws^'jt
been running here of lane but C.
C. Nicholson’s gin J^fs been ra
ther busy. /
Friends of rpr M. Beard and
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v
i benjamin' (benjamin) [Appar. \
§ from the proper name Benjamin] FJ
I A kind of top coat or overcoat
\ formerly worn by men. /
The Dictionary Is Wrong
Benjamins were not only formerly worn, they are worn
today. !
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BENJAMIN OVER COATS—SUITS
too, are accepted by particular men as the standard of
Correct Dress. Benjamin Clothes are tailored to perfec
tion—in New York Styles from the choicest English and
American fabrics.'' They present the highest develop
ment of tailoring skill combined with good taste in de
sign and fabrics. • - >. _ !
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