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WEATHER.
Tonight and Friday probably fair
and colder.
HERE AND THERE
Knox mcnoi snoes cheap, ill Wal
nut street dtf. |
Mrs. H. R. Case of Mountain View
was at the Hazel hotel last night-, re-1
turning home from Marianna.
Mrs. James A. Strider of Tucker
man was down yesterday spending
the day with her sister, Mrs. G. L.
Smith.
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Mrs. Graham Burke of Helena is
here for a visit with her sister, Mrs.
R. D. Brown, and aunt, Mrs. J. T.
Umsted.
WANTED—Nice clean rags at the
Independent office.
Otto M. Bowen was down town for
a short while this morning for the
first time in a week, having been a
victim of influenza.
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John Mullen of Memphis, a travel
ing drug salesman, spent yesterday |
and today in Newport, the guest of
his cousin, Neill Mullen.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hocking and
Mrs. H. A. McCallister returned last
evening from a three days’ visit with
an aunt in Little Rock.
j Prosecuting Attorney Earl C. Ca
sey was here last night, returning1
from Powhattan, where court ad
journed after a short session. •
Drayage of all kinds handled
'romplly. Phone No. 10. Chester
Robinson. 13-d tf
A. C. Wilkerson, who is recovering
from a severe attack of influenza,
went to Batesville this afternoon to
spend the remainder of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Muirhead and
little daughter, Dorothy, came up
from Olyphant this morning and are
spending the day with Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Fox.
Luther Ellison, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, has resigned
and will move to Black Oak to assume
the management of the Merritt Mer
cantile Company.
Lost—Pair of 6-inch pliers on Mal
colm avenue. (Return to S. W. Tele
prone Co. 228d2t. |
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Charles G. Henry leaves this even-'
ing for St. Louis, where he will at-;
tend a meeting of the chairmen of
War Savings Stamps, which is called i
for tomorrow.
FOR SALE.
Cole’s high oven range. Cheap..
Call at 415 Hazel street. 226dtf.
J. E. McCracken of Hutchison,
Kansas, is here for a few days look
ing over Jackson county lands with
a view of purchasing and locating in
our county, whiph we hope he may
do.
E. V. Holt of Tuckerman went
down to Little Rock yesterday after
noon to attend a meeting of the va
rious group presidents of the Ark
ansas Bankers’ Association. Mr.
Holt is chairman of Group 2, of
which Newport is a member.
Reward for return of young point
er dog, brown and white spotted, es
trayed last Saturday.—P. H. Van
Dyke. ltd.
K. L. Marshall, left this morning
for Little Rock to enter St. Vincent’s
Infirmary for a two week’s treat
ment. Mrs. Marshall left on the
noon train for Jonesboro to visit rel
atives during her husband’s absence
from home.
Mrs. Pleas Helm of the East Side
is reported critically ill, having had
pneumonia for three days. Mrs.
Helm was formerly Miss Jennie
Jowers and the many friends of the
family hope to hear better news
from the bedside soon.
For Sale—A nice lot of cypress
building material, also cypress pick
ets—V. O. Jones Lumber; Co.
228d3t wit
Mr. and Mrs. Don V. Marshal of
Little Rock are spending a few days
in our city for a few days, while Mr.
Marshal is making his territory for
a St. Louis furniture house. They
are stopping at the Columbia hotel,
Mrs. Tom Jones of Kenyon was
here last night to see her son, Tom
Jones, Jr., who has been quite sic!
at the Hazel hotel for several days
The young man is improving anc
his mother returned home this morn
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Umsted and Mr
and Mrs. R. D. Brown and little J. T
Umsted, Jr., went down to Litth
Rock yesterday, where the little boj
was operated on in the afternoon
He is at St. Luke’s hospital and h
reported to be doing nicely.
Mrs. Roland Shelton and two chil
dren of Beebe arrived this afternoor
to spend a few days with Mrs. O. E
Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Shelton former
ly lived in our city, where he was
manager of the Cocoa Cola Bottling
Company. The family are now
moving to Little Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Billingsley
expect to leave this evening for St
Louis for a few days’ stay, Mr. Bil
lingsley going to attend the big con
vention of campaign manageres oi
recent War Savings Stamp chairmen
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WHEN IN NEED
Of Queensware, Alu
minium ware, Enamel
ware, Tin ware or
cooking utensils of
ang kind it will pag
gou to purchase at
HAYDEN-HOLLOWAY
FURNITURE CO.
200 Front St.
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which convenes in that city tomor
! row.
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Mrs. S. Brundidge of Searcy, who
was chairman of the recent cam
paign for the Fntherless Children of
France, has received a box of flowers
I from France, wi^h the request that
; she sell them for ten cents a bunch,
the proceeds to be used for the bene
1 fit of Belgian babies. The day the
1 flowers are sold is to be known as
| “Baby Day.”
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William O. Burton of Algoa, one
of Uncle Sam’s soldiers, was here to
day on business, coming by way of
Jonesboro, because of the bad condi
tion of the roads, which are almost
impassable. Mr. Burton had been
sent to Camp Merrett and was
ready to sail when news of the sign- '
! ing of the armistice reached them and j
! they were returned to Camp Pike to 1
! be discharged.
Mrs.. Austin, Jackson county’s can
ning demonstrator, returned this
morning from Jacksonport, where
she visited the school and made a
talk on her work of organizing
classes of girls in ‘canning clubs all
over the county. On account of the
bad roads she is unable to reach
many points. Mrs. Austin is very
anxious to organize a home demon
| stration kitchen in Newport, and in
i a few days hopes to meet the ladies
1 here in regard to the work. Newport
I has the opportunity of having some
very fine workers from over the
state this spring and summer, and
if they do not organize this oppor
] tunity will vanish. It will mean
| much to the town as well as the
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FOR SALE.
j One carload of full-blood Jerseys
' and Holstein cows with young calves
at sides. This stock is for sale at
private sale until Saturday, January
•25th, at 2 o’clock, when all will be
sold at public auction at my dairy in
East Newport.
R. L. Robinson, Owner.
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Bookkeeper Wanted— Experienced
on typewriter, knowledge of short
hand preferred; must have general
office training and knowledge of
lumber preferred. Expert knowledge
of bookkeeping not required.—Apply
Arkansas Hardwoods Co., or Austin
Campbell. 228d6t.
Don’t miss seeing little Mary Pick
ford in “Johanna Enlists.” Showing
the true life of a soldier. We will al
so show a real Mack Sennett comedy
“The Athletic Girls.” Admission 10
and 20 cents. First show at 6:50.
Come early.
Friday night at the Madeline:
Charlie Chaplin in “The Dog's Life.”
Your money back if you fail to
laugh at this funny comedy.
SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY.
Lettuce, Onions, Raddishes, Celery,
Horseradish, Spinach, Cocoanuts,
Malaga Grapes and nice fat hens.
Snetser’s Grocery,
Phone 183. 228d2t.
BENGEL.
“All things cometh to him who
knows how to wait,” and we of this
little vale are past masters in the art.
Years and years we have waited for
better roads, safe bridges, good
schools, a church, telephone lines—in
just a few advantages enjoyed by our
more fortunate neighbors. We have
had the promises of many aspiring
candidates to better our road condi
tions, but alas! when said candidate
assumed his duties of office and was
comfortably ensconced in his official
chair he forthwith forgot all about us
and our almost untenable position. So
we have begun to think that we have
not had a square deal and feel
“kinder peeved" as a consequence.
Our fertile lands, rich in natural re
souces, have drawn a fine set of peo
ple in here, who demand better con
ditions. So the business men of Wel
don and the landholders here have
put their wits together and propose
to build a road outright with private
capital, from Bengel to Weldon. So
there will Ire no more delays, but con
certed action, with every man’s shoul
der to the wheel—no knockers or
slackers among us.
Elder- Sol Allen filled an appoint
ment at Ingleside Sunday.
Carpenter Ray spent the week-end
with friends in Weldon.
Miss May Higginbotham is visiting
her brother and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Virgil Higginbotham.
J. H. Houston and family are mov
ing this week to East Newport in
order to place their children in school.
T. A. Ray and son, Carpenter, were
business visitors to Newport Tues
day.
Mrs. Wilber Steed and little Paul
Edward came in Thursday from an
extended visit with relatives and
friends in Bradford.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Riley entertained
the young people with a musical
Saturday evening, but owing to al
most impassable roads several of
them were unable to get from the
mill to Mr. Riley’s residence.
John Wheeler has removed with his
family to the Plant farm. He will
occupy the house recently vacated by
J. H. Houston.
Mrs. Heath has been quite ill this
week, but is better at this writing.
A. J. Jones was attending to busi
ness in Newport Wednesday.
C. E. Pettigrew of Augusta spent
the week-end in Bengel. He was the
guest of Miss Elsie Ray.
BEEDEVILLE.
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Health is fine here since the epi
demic has subsided.
Joe A. Beede has lost one cow
and one fine long-eared mule with the
flu. He is treating the disease with
plenty of rough hay and wrater.
L. L. Ball, our popular blacksmith,
is talking of moving his family to
Beedeville soon, he having purchased
the John Carter residence. We are
glad to see our soldier boys return
ing. Some from overseas came in
last week. The girls are pleased to
see them looking so fine and healthy.
Thanks to Uncle Sam for his good
treatment of them.
The past fewr warm sunshiny days
were highly appreciated by the mov
ers, as it gave them a chance to sun
their belongings and fix up for a new
year.
Mrs. Will Bird attended church
here Sunday and stated that she liked
her new home on Cow Lake fine.
Uncle Gill Conway has his house
hold goods packed and ready to move
to Little Rock. You are welcome at
Beedeville whenever you choose tc
return, Uncle Gill.
G. C. Conway has gone to Hot
Springs to take a course of baths, as
he has been suffering much of late
from rheumatism.
Brother Z. D. Barber filled his ap
pointment at Hickory Ridge last
Sunday, preaching to a large and at
tentive audience.
O. E. Johnson passed through
Beedeville Sunday evening and look
ed very much pleased for some
reason.
A. T. Thomas began trimming his
orchard the first day of this week.
A. J. Meade, our venerable mai
carrier, is somewhat improved ir
health since he moved down to Beede
ville. He is recovering from the ef
fects of the flu.
Some of the Ford owners have a se
vere case of the blues since the roads
are impassable.
R. C. Roy is talking of moving his
family to Hot Springs in the near fu
ture. We regret to lose them, bu1
hope the change will benefit his
health, w'hich is very poor.
Wilber Smith helped Beede & Beede
in their store last week. They have
purchased the stock of merchandise
of W. N. Nance at Eight Mile and
moved the same to Beedeville, which
gives a large stock.
Jim Sharkey completed his new
house last week and moved on his
farm which he lately purchased from
O. J. Gould. Now Jim will make the
chips fly clearing land and improv
ing same.
Subscribe for the Independent.
McFADDEN.
It has been a long time since we
have been represented in the Inde
pendent, so we thought we would
send in a few items.
We are well supplied with mud at
the present time, which makes us
wish we had a rock road.
C. J. Peacock has about completed
the new roof on his mill and is run
ning every day with a full crew.
Mr. and Mrs. Newton Proctor gave
a party Monday night in honor of
Miss Elma Dean of Remmel. Miss
Dean has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. N. Proctor.
J. R. Bigham of Eight Mile was in
our burg this week, bringing in some
poultry.
Desha Owen of Eight Mile will
move to McFadden soon.
The work on E. E. McFadden’s new
barn is progressing nicely. When
completed it will be one of the best
equipped barns in this part of the
township.
C. W. Little of Beedeville has mov
ed in our midst.
John Kiney, one of our well-known
neighbors, is going to move to Beede
ville to work for A. J. Meade this
year.
Private Elmer Rodgers arrived
home a few days ago from Liverpool,
England. He reports having seen
some wonderful sights.
B. S. Breckinridge, our leading
merchant, pays highest prices fpr
country produce.
NOTICE OF SEWER TAX.
The tax books for the collection of
; the special sewer tax on real proper
! ty in Sewer District No. 1 for the
I Ninth Annual Assessment to main
| tain and operate said sewer system,
have been placed in my hands. All
j owners of real property lying in the
district are required to pay theif
! taxes to me on or before January 31,
! 1919. If such assessment is not paid,
i action will be commenced at the end
i of that time for the collection of
said assessment and cost.
Given under my hand this 26th day
| of December, 1918.
L. MINOR, Collector,
j Sewer District No. 1, Newport, Ark.
206d30t.
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Use it as your salesman. It carrie*
news of the store into hundreds ol
homes.
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LOOK HERE
2 3-4” Cresent Wagons $117.00
3” Cresent Wagons 120.00
Complete with ' Bed and Seat
$2.00 extra if set up.
1 Moline Check Row Corn Planter |
at $39.50 I
Steel Ranges at $33.00 I
These are some goods I reserved I
when I sold my Hardware busi- *
ness at Beebe. I only want cost
out of these. Prices are for cash
Avera Furniture Store
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