$ HERE AND THERE. 1
11 -
Rabbits, coons and ’possums at
Bob Wallace’s butcher shop. 06
We are sole agents for W. B.
corsets. Bowen’s Cash Store. 59
The Clover Club will meet
Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
George Hays. /
We are very reliably inform^
that Esquire Guy'Smith wilURe
a candidate for re-electioi^
10,000 yards of lace, 6o^o 20c
values, all go at 5 centsyn yard.
Bowen’s Cash Store, f Olbtf
Mrs. Rose Brev^ff of Little
Rock is here on 2S visit to her
day^hter, Mrs. fierce Pettey.
/Eugene Hiu^ch returned to
school at Little Rock Wednesday
morning, a/ter a short visit home.
Miss Jessie E. L. Watson went
to Littk Rock Tuesday on a visit
Jto h# sister, Mrs. J. A. Wat
kin*.
. , L Prairie, timothy and alfalfa
w'hayi corn, oats, C. and O. chops,
/ bran and coi*n chops at Bowen’s
Cash Store. 35btf
Triumph, Burbank, Peerless
and Early Rose seed potatoes.
Also onion sets at Bowen’s Cash
Store. 257btf
Lost—Fleur de lis pin, valua
ble only by reason of its associa
tions. Finder please return to
this office. d3t
George Williams of Little Rock
was here Wednesday to adjust
the loss sustained by S. Brasch
in the cotton fire Sunday.
The Presbyterian ladies will
give a cake and candy sale at J.0
a. m. Saturday morning, the
place to be announced later,
f J. H. Churchman of Bird town
] ship, who is a candidate for con
stable there, was down Wednes
day and subscribed for the
Weekly Independent, He is a
young man who should fill the
office creditably if elected.
Miss Willie Howell, one of
Newport’s brightest young girls,
“\ .returned to Searcy Wednesday
onHhe noon train to resume her
studies at Galloway College. She
has been troubled with her eyes
and spent ten days at home on a
5 visit,
A * D*r>Burney of Des Arc, who
served in the Confederate army
with Capt. G. W. Hurley, re
turned home Wednesday after a
visit to his old friend and com
. rade in arms, whom he has been
treating. We are glad to learn
irv that Captain Hurley is better and
,fr more cheerful.
Dick and James Spargo, the
"v. <!>'jed horse thieves who were
brought here from Marked Tree,
will have a hearing before Justice
Guy Smith Friday. They were
t_to have been tried Monday, but
o’Oving to the excitement, their
case was postponed.
James Duck has sold his home
'blace of 40 acres near Elmo to
Sam B. Beeler, a farmer of Inde
pendence county at $62.50 per
acre. Oil Trough bottom land is
worth every cent of this price.
Mr. Duck still retains 200 acres
across the river from here and
Z1^ will now become a citizen of
' iv' Jackson county.
Mi? rpjie sheriff 0f Jackson county
protected a negro whose guilt
. was doubtful from the vengeance
' ^ of a mob and thus saved the
honor of the state. It would be
just as easy to protect a prisoner,
determine his guilt or innocence
in the courts, thus vindicating
the law and avoiding the scandal
e of a lynching. — Little Rock
°' Democrat.
’ei The Kennefick-Hammond Con
AH struction Company is having
ty some trouble in the work at tun
K nel “C” near Omaha. Red clay
mud pockets of more or less size
occur all through the rock and
° in some places it has been neces
rc sary to timber. Tunnel “C” is
u the longest on the White River
branch, and it is just after pass
ing out of the west end of this
tunnel that the road crosses the
White river again.—Cotter Cour
Walter S. Davis of Auvergne
was here Wednesday.
Hon. Jno. H. Keel spent Tues
day in Little Rock on business.
Snback went to Little
sday noon on a busi
• {' i ; ;
:hman was called to
Tuesday night by the
i sister.
was expected over
from jonesooro Wednesday after
noon on a business trip.
N. B. Wishon was called to
Little Rock Wednesday noon by
the illness of his son Earl.
C. H. Kennedy of the Graham
Paper Company was here W ed
nesday calling on his trade.
Mrs. W. H. Heard arrived
| Wednesday morning on a visit to
i her old home from Lawrence,
Kansas.
The Busy Helpers of the Pres
! byterian church will meet Mon
day afternoon at the home of
Mrs. A. D. Bailey.
President Higgins of the Colo
rado Southern went south through
here Wednesday, his private car
being attached to No. 7.
E. G. Ferrell of Little Rock,
accompanied by his little daugh
ter, Dorothy, came up Tuesday
night on a short trip, returning
next day.
The Jones Investment Compa
ny of Batesville was chartered
Monday. The capital stock is
$10,000, fully paid up. The cor
porators are Wm. P. Jones, J. N.
Barnett, Henry C. Wade and F.
D. Fulkerson.
Roy Anderson, who has proven
himself a very valuable man to
the Wolff-Goldman Mercantile
Company, has resigned his posi
tion and will accept a position
offered him in Jonesboro as soon
as he can be relieved here.
The prayer meeting at the
Presbyterian church on Thurs
day evening at 7:30 o’clock will
be conducted by Rev. Dr. Pope,
pastor of the Methodist church.
The pastor hopes that the mem
bership may be present in full
force. Everyone is earnestly in
vited. R. B. Willis, pastor.
The Magness Ginning and Mill
ing Company of Magness, Inde
pendence county, was chartered
Monday. The capital stock is
$5,000, all subscribed. T. M.
Waldrip is president, W. A.
Rutherford vice president, C. M.
Magness secretary and W. D.
Magness treasurer.
Capt. W. A. Joyce has every
thing in readiness for the trip of
the Joe Wheeler down White
River to Grand Glaize next Tues
day. The county candidates and
a large crowd of outsiders will
probably go down from here.
Round trip tickets $1.25, and all
persons are requested to take
lunch. The boat will leave New
port at 8 a. m. and return that
evening.
JEALOUSY CAUSED
NEGRO SHOOTING.
Plummerville, March 1.—Sat
urday night’a negro named Jack
Sheppard shot another negro,
Elliott Donnell, in the back of
the shoulder, breaking the shoul
der blade and very seriously
wounding Donnell. It may yet
prove fatal. Jealousy was the
cause. Sheppard is now under
arrest.
NEW POSTMASTERS.
Lillian B. Riley has been com
missioned postmaster at Luxora,
and James A. Hardin at Latour.
Other postmasters just commis
sioned are: Jehu Williams at
Burk,* Wm. T. McBurnett at
Eastwood, Eli Kendall at Ken
dall.
FINE STOCK.
A fine lot of jacks just arrived
from Lebanon, Tennessee, for
sale at Yelverton’s wagon yard.
Also a fine lot of registered and
full blooded Short Horn (Dur
ham) cattle. W. T. Murphey.
f$500 IN CASH N1
FOR ONLY V
45 CENTS. jI
With congress In session, and the presidential election next jre*TtoteW
. ee„t man will want a dally paper. If he does not care to keep pneted himself «■
will realize that a dallv newspaper Is a great educator and his children ahoold nave
It The Memphis Morning News has reduced Its price for a severeday paper, postage
paid, to 46 cents a month, and in addition Is going to give
$500 IN CASH FREE
to the one of its subvert l x?rs who makes the nearest estimate on the number of bib*
of cotton received at Memphis from September 1, 1903, to and including March 15*
V 4 This !« no lottery. The United States government permits no lottery, but does
• n‘of object to contests based on crop estimates, as they are a matter of computation
. and lodgment/ and educate the people. Th«e Morntna: News Is a slmon pure ana
honest Democratic newspaper* one month 45 cents, three months $1.35, si* moutkl
$2.50 and one year $5.00.
CONDITION OF CONTEST.
\n estimate will be allowed each one on payment of 45 cents for one month’s
su! s'Tlptb n to The Morning News or for one year's subscription to The WeeKly News,
If .-on subscribe for three mouths, you get three estimates, six for six months ana*
tweVe for one year. No estimate will oe counted tliht Is received at The News of-j
flee after midnight of February 29. 1904. If desired, parties can send paper to tb'.r
friend“ and retain estimate for themselves, and can have one estimate for each momB
lv subscription. Under no consideration can on estimate be changed after It is re
ceived at The News offiee. An estimate may be had each month, provided tne
i cents accompanies the estimate.
T
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j Enclosed find.for which please send your.....
paper for.months to.* ....»••* •••••
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To assist In making estimate the receipts are given below of cotton at Memphis,
for the past five years: BaJee a Bale*!
Bept. 1, 1898, to March 15, 1S39....641,715 Sept. 1. 1900, to March 15, 1901....805,831
Bept 1, 1899, to March 16, 1900....664465 Sept 1. 1901. to March 15, 190a...J90.m
Bept 1, 1903, to March 15, 1903..
The Dally News, 45 cents a month. Os trial, one week, 10 cents. »
Weakly New* 50 cents a year. Address THE NEWS, MempM* 9BW®
ALL EYES ON ST. LOUIS.
The eyes of all the world will
be turned toward St. Louis dur
| ing the year 1904. Everybody
I will want to get, from first
hands, the news of the greatest
World’s Fair which the world
has ever seen. Our readers are
advised, thei*efore, to subscribe
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of the national campaign, and all
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The Rock Island system offers I
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value of $390 for letters relative
to the territory along its lines in
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Texas and New
Mexico. Letters should deal
with the writers’ experiences
since he settled in the Southwest.
.
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that want the best grease on the
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recommend our Golden and Cas
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It is put up in 1 pound tin boxes
and 3 pound tin buckets. For
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They should tell how much money
he had when he arrived, what
measure of success has attended
his efforts and what he thinks of
that portion of the country in
which he is located. Letters
should not be less than 300 nor
more than 1500 words in length,
and will be used for the purpose
of advertising the Southwest.
Letters are desired not only ’
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but also from merchants, school i
teachers, clergymen, from every
one, in brief, who has a story to j
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50 bales of cotton the past season,
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| from Jacksonport. Eighty acre
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Plans and Specifications
furnished on short notjce
All Work is Guaranteed
Jack Jones
The Crack Barber, keeps
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shop. Upper end of Front
street. Expert tonsorial
ists. Easy shaves and
the best haircuts. Our
work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.”
A. Mortensen has moved his
cleaning and pressing shop to the
newly remodeled building oppo
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Mich., isaprom
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i to give her health proper care—failed
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A MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR "
When you have business to offer a Bank do not
forget your old Friend, the Bank with the
LARGEST PAID IN CAPITAL and SURPLUS COMBINED
of any Bank in Jackson County,
THE BANK OF NEWPORT
OFFICERS and DIRECTORS.
Geo. W. Decker, President, R." M.' Johnson, Cashier.
A. D. Bailey, V-President, T. D.'Kinman, Asst. Cash,
Thos. J. Graham, Ed. P. Shoffner, J. T. Henderson,
Jos. M. Stayton, Dr.'J. M. Jones,
T. S. Stephens.
ITT
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&he
KodaK Flan
;
Load and unload KodaKs cr Brownie
cameras anywhere. Develop without
darK-roem in the KodaK Developing
Machine. Print by day or night on DeKKo.
KodaKs. ... 55 to $75.
KodaK Developing Machines,
= ■ $6 and $7.50.
Brownie Cameras, * SI and $2.
"Brownie” Developing
Machines. • ■ $2.
EASTMAN KODAK CO.
Rochester. N. Y.
For toilet articles, If ancy goods,
combs, brushes and mirrors go
to W. E. Bevens, successor to J.
L. Sells. OOdtf
■‘Barren Fork Training School.'^
The fifteenth year of the above school opened on
November 16, 1903, with a good attendance in all
departments. As the title indicates, this school
offers a very thorough drill in all subjects for a
six year state and all grades of the county certifi
cates. The principal holds a life state certificate
and many first grade county license, has had much
experience in this line and fully understands the
needs of the country teachers. The location can
not be excelled for health, good morals and an
obliging people—an ideal place in every way, for
young people to attend a school. Board from $6.00
to $8.00 and tuition from $1.00 to $3.00 per month.
Classes in all subjects noted. Those with a true
educational motive are solicited, but no others.
New students are entering every week. “Learn
it Right.” Address,
A. G. Taylor, B. S. Prin.