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Ralston brain bread at Huffman’s.dtf
I. D. Price for line China and bric-a
brac. 197 btf
Chase & Sanborn coffees at Chas
tain’s. 180 b4w
All kinds of fresh nuts at Huff
man’s. 194 dtf
Seeded raisins and cleaned currants
at Huffman’s. 194 dtf
Chastain is sole agent for C'hasay
Sanborn coffees. 180 b4w
Huffman’s specialties are-every
thing he handles. 194 dtf
Best Chinese firecrackers for sale by
Li Horn at Laundry. 201 d6t
Wait for Henry Schott’s removal
sale—commences Dec. 1. 188 b4w
Remember Henry Schott is selling
his entire stock at cost. 188 b4w
Hayes’ Annex, “The Grab
All,” adjoining room. bl81.
A ton of toys, for girls and boys to
make a noise, at I. D. Price’s. 197 btf
C. J. Tucker spent Tuesday night
here on his return to Batesville.
8. S. McHugh of Jonesboro came
over Tuesday night on business.
W. E. Colson of Hot Springs came
up Tuesday night and is registered at
the Baltimore.
Holiday buyers-wait till the opening
of the Palace Jewelry Store before
buying presents. 192 btf
Mrs. Laura E. Garbler of St. Louis
was here Wednesday morning on her
way to Batesville.
Prices will tell of Henry
Schott’s cost sale; beware of
fake advertisers. 189 dtf
Bisque dolls, china dolls, cloth dolls,
paper dolls, jointed dolls and winking
dolls at I. D. Price’s. 197 btf
W. A. Oldfield was down from
Batesville Tuesday and returned home
Wednesday morning.
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when you are wondering where to buy
your Christmas candies. 194 dtf
For Chinese lily bulbs and instruc
tions as to how best to raise them—
See Li Horn at Laundry. 201 d8t
Chess Jones of Corning came down
Tuesday evening on business and was
registered at the Hazel.
Judge L. Lippmann was in town
Tuesday night, leaving on the local
Wednesday for Olyphant.
Durand Whipple, a prominent young
attorney of Little Rock, spent Tues
day in this city on business.
Dolls, dolls, dolls, of every size, J
color, age and shape at I. D. Price^sJ
mmoth Christmas Bazaag^*r«ry"bff
Any book not inaromi will be or
dered promptly. Please hand in your
orders early so as to avoid delay. I.
D. Price. I®3 ^
Miss Josephine Phillips returned
home from Little Rock, where she has
been attending Maddox College, on
No. 4, Wednesday.
Santa Claus has headquarters at 1.
D. Price’s again this year, and don’t
you forget it. A visit to bis store will
convince any one of this fact. 197 btf
for Sale—Residence, corner Hazel
and Fifth streets. Terms made known
on application.
144-dtf Mrs. Cora A. McDonald.
Miss Maude Richardson, operator at
the local board of the Southwestern
Telegraph and Telephone Company,
resigned her position Tuesday after
noon.
Why was Henry Schott’s
gtonvcrowded all day yester
day?^1 Because people know
when they get goods at cost.
191 btf.
Mr. and Mrs. James Adams are ex
pected here this evening on theii
bridil trip from tsaiesviue, huck
they were married at 4:30 o’clock ii
the afternoon.
The 8. M. & A. is sending all of iti
engines to Springfield, Mo., to be usee
on the Frisco, as they are too heavj
for their track. They ran them ove
the I. M. to Hoxie.—Poplar Blut
Journal.
J. R. May ban is is receipt of a lette
from James McOroskey, who left her
two years ago for Camden. ' He is no\
in Marshall, Texas in the employ o
B. Roth and his many friends here wi
be pleased to know that he made man,
inquiries after his old acquaintances
W. T. Tyler, general superintenden
of the Missouri Pacific system, wh
has been looking after the work o
the bad piece of track near Bradfor
was here Wednesday morning on h
way up the extension to Walls Fern
where the dump caved in after t he rt
cent rains and has not yet been put i
shape. He was accompanied by J. (
Hartigan, division superintendent.
8. S. Prewitt has resigned his pof
ition as superintendent of the electr
light company to take effect the fir
of the year. He has served in th
capacity since Dec. 26, 1891, the plai
having been started on May 15tb, «
that year. Mr. Prewitt has proven
very competent and satisfactoi
manager and both he and his fami
have made a large number of frieiK
here, who hope that this may not mei
their removal from our city.
Christmas Gifts
For Gentlemen. (
Cravats and ascots.
French and linen handker i
chiefs.
Fancy and colored silk hand- 1
kerchiefs. 1
Mochas and dogskin gloves.
Reefers and mufflers.
Full dress shirts. i
Wool and silk underwear.
Smoking jackets. <
Fancy, lisles and cashmere—
j Hosiery.
Silk and plain suspended.
Dress suit cases. i
Umbrellas and canes.
| Pajamas and night robes.
A beautiful and complete line i
j to be found at the
Star Clothing House,
Jos. M. Berger, Mgr.
Huffman handles nothing but the
BEST. 194 dtf
Huffman will bake your fruit cakes
for you. 192 dtf
Don’t forget that Dutton is selling
dolls at cost. 200btf
Low excursion rates for the holidays
on the “Choctaw.”
Santa Claus headquarters will be at
the Palace Jewelry Store. 192 btf
Huffman, the baker, has fancy candy
boxes to put your candies up in. dtf
Judge A. J. Witt of Pocahontas was
here on legal business Tuesday.
Buy a Waterman Fountain Pen and
be happy. For sale by I. D. Price.
193 btf
Wooden toys, tin toys, iron toys,
paper toys and cheap toys at I. D.
Price’s. 197 btf
Don’t forget Henry Schott’s re
moval sale which commences De
cember 1. 188 b4w
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low holiday excursion rates on the
“Choctaw.”
The beautiful display of burnt wood
at W. W. Dutton’s affords many a
chance for a suitable Christmas pre
sent. 200btf
On account of vacating his present
quarters, Henry Schott will sell his
entire stock at actual cost. Sale will
commence Dec. 1. 188 b4w
V. M. McDowell and family were
here from Tupelo Tuesday and Wed
nesday and attended the performance
of FausJ. jft.t the opera house.
fare for the round trip on the
''“Choctaw” December 24, 25 and 31,
1902, and January 1, 1903. Tickets
good to return until January 2, 1903.
Just received a new shipment of
Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pens, the
best fountain pen on the market.
Guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion. I. D. Price, sole agent. 193 btf
I. D. Price will take subscriptions to
all the leading magazines at publish
er’s prices. Hand in your subscrip
tions to Delineator, Home Journal,
Designer, Munsey’s or McClure’s. In
fact any magazine or periodical pub
lished in the English language. 193 btf |
The guage on Wednesday morning
registered 22.7 feet and though a sec- j
ond rise is reported from Black river,
the threatened danger of an overflow
is thought to have been passed. The;
I cold weather has undoubtedly saved
I this country from a disastrous over- j
| flow by holding back the water, which ,
| would otherwise have caused the riv- j
| era to leave their banks.
Nice fruits at Huffman’s. 194 dtf
Huffman has oysters and celery, dtf
Huffman has fruit cakes and makes
hem himself. 194 dtf
For first class watch repairing, goto
he Palace Jewelry Store. 202 btf
L. N. Nouss went to Little Rock on
he noon train Wednesday for a short
rip.
“The Grab All”—attend
layes’ Cost Sale, $20,000 stock
it, a sacrifice. bl81..
Oapt. Charles Woodbury of Bates
same down Tuesday evening on his
vay to Little Rock.
Frank Gullett was recalled to Bates
/ille by wire Wednesday morning as
i witness in the compress lire suit.
Come, come, come, at once to I. D.
Price’s mammoth Christmas Bazaar
ind select your holiday presents be
ore the stocks are broken. They are
soing fast. Don’t be too late. 197 btf
Miss Beulah Baird leaves tomorrow
ifternoon over the Choctaw for her
'ather’s home at Corley, on Magazine
Mountain. She will be much missed
ay a host of Newport friends, who
hope that her visits here may be fre
quent.
The Iron Mountain received 50 cars
3f coal Monday in one train from the
sast and sent most of it to the Arkan
sas division. All freight trains were
delayed here several hours Monday
waiting for coal. — Poplar Bluff
Journal.
Holiday excursion rates to the
Southeast via the Iron Mountain
route. Tickets on sale Dec. 13, 17,
21, 23 and 26- return limit 30 days
from date of sale. Rate one fare plus
$2.00 for the round trip. Thos. H.
Reamey, Agent.
Spend Christmas holidays with kin
folks and friends in the old States.
Only one fare, plus $2.00, for the
round trip by the "Rock Island Sys
tern,” Choctaw, umanoma « uuir it.
R. Tickets will be limited 30 days
from date of sale. btf
Captains H. O. Brazee and H. C.
Waltz, government inspectors from
Memphis, came over Tuesday evening
and went to Batesville the next morn
ing to inspect the “Ozark Queen.” On
their return trip, they will look over
“The Evening Star” of the Kelley line
of boats.
Rev. L. H. Richardson returned
Tuesday night from Mena, Arkansas,
where he has received a call to. the
pastorate of the PreBbyterian church
of that growing little city of 5,000.
Though Newport regrets to lose him,
we hope his new location may be a
pleasant one.
Ira Bush of Swifton was down on
business Wednesday and renewed for
the Independent. Mr. Bush has been
in the saw mill business on Black
River, but the high water compelled
him to give up work in those bottoms.
Black River he says has risen about
twenty-five feet.
One desiring a few hours of recrea
tion will make no mistake in attend
ing the performance of “The Star
Boarder,” which will be presented
here on Thursday Dec. 18th. The
play is a farce comedy with plenty of
songs, dances, medleys, and high
class vaudeville numbers. Mr. Boyle
will make everyone enjoy themselves
during his clever rendition of several
comic roles, and Miss Sue Belle. Mead
will be seen in her element as a com
edienne. The Company is a large one
and have made a tour from Maine to
California, playing to crowded houses
and delighted audiences everywhere.
The fine orchestra is a big feature in
connection with the play.
I. D. Price for Xmas presents. 197btf j
J. M. Glass of Swifton was down j
Wednesday on business and renewed
bis subscription to the Independent, i
For nice rigs of any kind and good j
driving horses, place your call with ;
R. L. Robinson, upper end of Front
Street. Charges always reason
able. 62dtf
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J. D. Harrison, a prominent citizen i
of Beebe, is being given a preliminary
hearing before Commissioner O’Hair
in Little Rock on the charge of send
ing unmailable matter through the
mail to Mrs. B. J. Sheeks, a Holiness
preacher.
Christmas and New Year rates via
the Iron Mountain Route. Rate, one j
first-class fare for the round trip, j
minimum selling rate of 50 cts. Tick
ets will be sold to ali points on lines
of this system within distance limit of
200 miles, on sale Dec. 24, 25 and 31,
1902 and Jan. 1, 1903—final return
limit on all tickets Jan. 2, 1903. Thos.
H. Reamey, Agent.
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We have given up our store room.
We gave up voluntarily the Carhartt Agency.
We gave up voluntarily American Lady Corsets.
We gave up voluntarily other agencies.
We have notified our help not to depend on us
later than February 1st.
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All goods must be sold; no goods reserved.
Most of our lines are still complete.
WHY PAY BIG PRICES
When you can buy your necessities as well as
Christmas present at wholesale cost?
and its Annex.
'^JfliliFHEvpoiiZAK- ———.
THE GRAB ALL. Opposite I. M. Depot.
| HIGH GRADE GOODS of every description
Newport Builders* Supply p
^Hardware Go.
...PRICES . ALWAYS . REASONABLE...
QUALITY f?rst CONSIDERATION
Capital, $50,000 ===== _
A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED, AND THE AC
COUNTS OF MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS
AND INDIVIDUALS SOLICITED.
Directors:—T. J. Watson, John M. Cook, Ben Adler, 8. Wolff, J. O.
Taylor, T. J. Graham, G. W. Hurley, W. A. Billingsley,
B. B. Bond.
Officers: -Sigmund Wolff, President; G. W. Hurley, Vice-President;
W. A. Billingsley, Cashier; F. A. Jones, Assistant Cashier.
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Ladies and Denis Danis.
Come and Try the French Process in Cleaning.
The Newport Steam Dye Works Co. use it. We use no
inferior dyes'or acids to rot the cloth or fade the colors. Let
us press: your- garments. Thirty-five years’ experience—two
years in your t6wn.
217 WALNUT STREET.
Next door to Chastain’s grocery store.
D. H. SMITH, Manager,