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WEATHER.
Tonight fair and colder, frost;
Thursday fair; Friday probably fair.
HERE AND THERE
For Rent—Steam heated, furnish
ed rooms. Call this office. 4bdl2t
Forest Abernathy is reported bet
ter today, which his friends are glad
to learn.
For Sale—Typewriter in good con
dition.—Bowen’s Cash Store. 55d(it
Mrs. T. S. Stephen came up from
the farm yesterday and will spend a
few days here.
Knox menas snoes cheap. Ill Wal
aut street. _ » dtf.
Mrs. Best, wife of Dr. A. L. Best, is
quite sick with influenza at her home
in East Newport.
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For Rent—Two furnished rooms.—
i Mrs. L. B. Grant, 403 Leona Avenue.
168d6t
Mrs. J. N. Ingram of Jamestown
is the guest of her mother, Mrs. E. E.
Davis of the East Side.
Drayage of all kinds handler
yromplly. Phune No. 10. Ghestei
Robinson. 13-dtJ
Amos Smith, aged 34, of Oil Trough
died yesterday of pneumonia and was
buried this morning at Surrounded
Hill.
We can make prompt deliveries of
coal at $7.50 per ton now, but can’t
i promise anything after November 15.
—Rutland Fuel Co. Phone 290. 50d4
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Mrs. J. H. McHugh has been called
to Russell by the illness of her mo
ther, Mrs. E. R. Beane, who has in
fluenza.
Miss Frances Wolf is on the sick
list today, having a severe chill yes
terday, but was reported better this
morning.
Robert Johnson, who has been quite
sick with influenza since Friday, is
getting along nicely, though still con
fined to his bed.
The Batesville public schools and
Arkansas College opened for work
this morning, after being closed al
most three weeks.
Mrs. Grant Minton of Batesville
arrived last evening to attend the
funeral of Fred R. Suits and is the
guest of Mrs. A. T. Hubly.
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Manuel Mayer is again with the
Wolff-Goldman Mercantile Company,
beginning his duties in the dry goods
! department this morning.
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PONT WASTE—SAVE
Handsome, New Garments for Fall and
Winter. Our Stock of Ready-to-Wear f
for Women and Children are the most
complete in our history.
Despite the unfavorable markets we
have protected our patrons in point of
Style and Price.
Ladies' Suits, Coats and Dresses in
Velours, Serges, Gabardines and all
other popular fabrics.
j $12.00 to $75.00
MILLINERY DEPARTMENT
Stylish Velvet Hats in great variety.
This popularfabric is incorporated in
our displays in every imaginable form.
You will be delightfully pleased with
our new hats, also the low prices at
Rushton Dry Goods Co.
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Mrs. Porter Lindsey of Altheimer,
formerly Miss Jewell Pipkin, arrived
last evening to be with her sister,
Mrs. Suits, in her bereavement.
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John W. Wallace is able to be up
at his home from a slight attark of
influenza and is getting along nicely.
He spent a short time in town this
morning.
Janet Collard, the four-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Collard, liv
ing on the Island, died Sunday of
pneumonia and was buried at Walnut1
Grove Monday.
Myrtle, the four-months-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wagster,
| living on the Island, died Sunday of
| pneumonia and was buried at Watson
1 cemetery Tuesday.
Miss Maria Kaiser is colvalescent
from a severe illness of influenza and
is spending the remainder of this
week with Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Phil
lips while recuperating.
H. A. Goatcher, principal of the
Cotter school, and county superin
tendent of that county, died Sunday
of pneumonia and was buried at
Mountain Home Monday.
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J. C. Fitzhugh, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Conway Fitzhugh of Batesville, who
has been in the aviation service at
Dallas, Texas, has been transferred
to Ebberts’ Field, at Lonoke.
Lieutenant Cecil S. Smith died at
Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas,
recently, and the body, accompanied
by Lieutenant Carl V. Thorn, was
through here Tuesday morning, be
ing carried to his old home for inter
ment.
Rev. W. C. Mitchell has returned
from Memphis and will conduct the
prayer service at the Baptist church
this evening at 7:30 and it is thought
best by the pastor under present con
ditions that no one except adults be
present.
Misses Kate and Sallie Williams
were down from Jacksonport this
morning shopping. Miss Williams
will probably leave Monday for Scott,
where she will resume her work as
domestic science teacher in the High
school of that town.
Five calls for September the 12th
draft have been made from the ad
jutant general’s office, and more than
nine thousand men will be called for
army service at Camp Pike and will
be entrained during the week of No
vember the 11th. Jackson county s
quota for this call will be 120 men.
Mrs. Elizabeth Spitzer, our com
munity nurse, has a patient, a young
man 18 years old, living in the coun
try, who is anxious for something to
| read. He would appreciate anything
| which would help take his mind off
his illness, which will probably last
for some time. Mrs. Spitzer says if
anyone 'wishes to contribute to this
young man’s pleasure she will re
ceive the literature, books or maga
zines at her office, and she will take
them to him. The invalid’s mind is
well deveolped and he would enjoy il
lustrated magazines and good books.
NOTICE.
To Whom This May Concern:
I will not be responsible for any
debts or contracts that any one makes
unless accompanied by a written or
der from me.
|^)7d5t wit A. N-JTrent^
A fertile bottom farm in Jackson
county, Arkansas, containing 527*
, acres, 140 acres in good cultivation,
four tenant houses.
387 acres of fine commercial tim
ber. Secuely levied and well watered
for a stock farm. Will grow corn,
cotton and all kinds of grains and
hay. Will yield this year, under un
favorable conditions, throe-fourths
of bale of cotton per acre, and aver
age yield of corn per acre CO bushels.
Located five mites south of Newport,
and three miles west of Auvergne.
Accessible to two railroads. Terms
one-fourth cash, remainder of pay
ments one, two and three years with
6 per cent interest with approved
securities.
Why pay rent when you can buy
lands on these terms? John B. Hop
kins on place will show lands to pros
pective purchasers. Address com
munications to S. D. Campbell, New
port, Ark. Time limit for sale No
vember 1, 191P. 144dl7t 27w2t
ARKANSAS NEWS BRIEFS.
Within six days 38 people died in
Blytheville and vicinity as a result of
the epidemic of influenza.
A baby son was born a few days
ago to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hall of
Grand Prairie, Logan county. The
child has a living great-great-grand
mother, a living great-grandmother !
and a,living grandfather.
Jared Trevathan of Batesville, who
was stationed at Camp Pike for sev
eral months, has been honorably dis
charged from the army and will as
sume the management of the Bates
ville Printing Company at Batesville,
succeeding his brother, J. Allen Tre
vathan, who succumbed to pneumonia
recently.
Inferior mast is said to be causing
many deaths among hogs in the
Ozark section section.
Since the beginning of the war the
British have captured 327,416.
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fall rush. We have a select line |
of piece goods to select from. All
wool goods, which will probably
be the last until the war is won.
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Casualty List
The following casualties for Wed
nesday, Oct. 30, are reported by the
commanding general of the American
expeditionary forces:
Killed in action—7.
Died of wounds—17.
Died from accident and other
causes—8.
Died of disease—34.
Wounded severely—57.
Wounded, degree undetermined—
141.
Wounded slightly—142.
Missing in action—17.
Total-423
ARKANSANS IN LIST.
Wounded severely, Geo. F. Robin
son, Little Rock.
Wounded, degree undetermined, Er
nest G. Talley, Buckville.
Missing in action, Bryan P. Wells,
(marines), DeWjtt.
Wounded slightly, James T. Todd,
Hot Springs.
Returned to duty, Samuel R. Plum
lee, Oakland.
The Quorum Court of Nevada coun
ty has refused to vote an appropria- i
ticn for farm demonstration work. 1
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^ Central hotel and will con- ^
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