|R. A. Ivy is in Barren township to
Randolph Moore was in from
Grubbs yesterday.
Wanted—Middle aged housekeeper.
Apply Mrs. W. H. Dyer. 48d3t
Mrs. Walter Rushton was reported
on the sick list yesterday.
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§1| For Rent—Business quarters on
Front street.—W. H. Dyer. 48d3t
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l|v Mrs. I. Sprigg had the misfortune
to fall yesterday and break her arm.
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Jake- Grossman announces the ar
rival of a big boy at 'his house Sun
$ day.
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For Rent—Two furnished rooms,
519 Walnut Street.—Mrs. L. B.
Harris. 226dlmo
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I#,. Miss Bonna Marion, of Tucker, is
- here for a visit to her sister, Mrs. C.
pK: '■ P. Bandy.
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W. M. Shaver and W. M. Tims
were Tuckerman visitors to our city
yesterday.
H. E. Cast has returned to
Phoenix, Arizona, after a visit to his
family here.
Paul Noe^ of the Farmers National
Bank, spent Sunday at Sulphur Rock,
visiting his mother and brother.
County Superintendent E. H. Bow
|, $ man was busy yesterday mailing out
i tags to the schools of the county to
"tag the shovels.”
1 Mr. and Mrs. Earle Best and Miss
Myra Reamey, sister of Mrs. Best,
& ■ are keeping house in one of the
f', Saenger cottages on Walnut street.
lb Miss Mildred Douglass, who has
| been on the sick list for several days,
V is up and able to be at her post of
vduty on the “firing line” in the East
Newport schools.
Miss Nita Belle Mock returned
Sunday evening from a visit to home
foiks at Pocahontas and resumed her
position Monday morning in the East
Newport schbols.
Pon’t deny yourself of good things
to eat because they are high. Try a
can of Eggno—takes the place of
three dozen eggs. An excellent sub
stitute for eggs, for baking and cook
ing purposes. 25c per can.—Snetser’s
Grocery. 250d6th
H. A. McCallirter returned to Camp
Pike Sunday, after a short vieit to
Newport friends.
Mrs. M. Gorman has returned from
a pleasant visit to M. Solomon and
family at Paragould.
Miss Willis Guln, of Diaz, was here
yesterday, en route to Weldon to re
sume her school work.
T. L. Gardner and little son, T. L.,
Jr., of Augusta, arrived yesterday to
attend the funeral of Judge M. M.
Stuckey.
For Rent—Two nicely furnished
front rooms in private home. Mod
ern conveniences. Apply 222 Hazel
St., Phone 326. 250d3t.
C. L. Tims, a splendid young man
of Swifton, was in town yesterday
and called at this office and: paid a
year’s subscription to the Independ
ent.
The' Christian Sunday school put
up a service flag Sunday containing
fourteen stars, representing fourteen
members of their Sunday school now
in the military service of the United
States.
WANTED—Twenty button cutters
Good pay. Experienced men making
five dollars per day. Steady work
and comfortable quarters. Newport
Pearl Button Company.
44w2-241dl2t
The registrants of Class One are
! being called in by the local board for
physical examination, which will be
gin Wednesday, Jan. 30th, and con
tinue as fast as the doctors can ex
amine them.
Messrs. Tom and Cal Ohastain re
ceived a telegram Sunday morning,
announcing the death of their mother
at Pitcher, Okla. They left Sunday
for Heber, where the remains were
sent for burial.
We are in receipt of a letter from
W. D. Gray, of Batesville, offering
free wood to the citizens of Newport
and Diaz off his land above town and
suggesting an organized effort to
cut and supply the fuel needed. Who
will take the initiative
suggestion into effect.
Sergeant Harry Littleton, of Camp
' Beauregard, La., spent yesterday
i here with homefolks and his many
friends, returning to his post last
night. Sergeant Littleton was sent
from camp to Pine Bluff to accom
pany two men to Camp Beauregard,
the men having failed to register.
M. 0. Henderson, of Huntsville,
Alabama, arrived this morning Jon
No. 5 for a few days’ visit to his
brother, J. E. Henderson. Mr. Hen
derson has been connected with the
Culps & Steele sales force of Hunts
ville, but resigned, as he expects to
leave the 15th of February for Wheel
er, Ga., to enter Officers’ Training
Camp.
WHY NOT
I A RUG?
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It will certainly save fuel, makes
for the comfort of the whole fam
ily, and might save a doctor bill.
£« = y.
Wfe /lane a large stock, all qualities and prices,
from extra Wilton Velvet, to the cheapest.
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Avera Furniture Store
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A. Nutt’s Colpum
Notice the new head they gave
this colume tonight? And they
thought we weren’t listening when
they said it had more in it than
our’s. s
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After having spent Sunday shovel
ing ice, the Independent force re
turned to work last night, greatly
refreshed.
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Since it was announced that bald
headed men are not acceptable for
army service, our A.-No. 1 drafted
nigger porter has lost no opportunity
to worry his durndest.
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For Sale at a Bargain—One axe,
which was purchased by the present
owner last week for the purpose of
chopping wood for the poor. Axe is
in first class condition, having never
been used. See Grack L. Smith.
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A few have expressed their cu
riosity to learn the identity of A.
Nutt, who chisels this column. That’s
an office secret, and if any of the
bunch gives us away, we’ll see, that
they die too.
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When a woman receives two or
three letters at a time she’ll lpok at
them for about fifteen minutes before
she decides which one to open first.
* * *
Ever take notice that when you ad
mire a baby, its mother produces a
handkerchief and wipes its nose?
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If anybody around this town should
get heated up to the point of want
ing to start something, we would like
for him to work on the town clock.
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Some of those newspaper pictures
are very disappointing. Jh a Sunday
paper we saw a picture of “the best
gowned woman in Chicago”—but as
far down as we could see there was
no gown.
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Cheer up, men. We’ll be recom
pensed for this coal- shortage next
summer. Fashion designers say
there will be another shortage of
skirts then, and that they’ll continue
to' wear only one at a time.
* * *
A woman experiences little diffi
culty in. making a jassack of a man,
but, feirtunately for the general
scheme of things, she can’t deceive
one of her own sex for a little minute.
* * *
The make-up man, who wafe per
suaded to leave the north a few weeks
dgo to work for the Independent, has
asked us to move the plant to his
home town so he can keep from freez
ing to death. ‘ ’
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A man that can sell ice in this kind
of weather could woik for Rockefel
ler.
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We’ve reached the cdriclusion that'
a fellow has to11'be eithdr stifflgy or
dishonest to get ahead in this wild,
wild world, so we’ve decided to make
one bar of soap do the work of two
hereafter.
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Yesterday when the Newport Jew
elry Company received a shipment of
watch fobs bearing charms of egg
coal, the proprietor was promptly
accused of hoarding fuel.
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We have just learned th^i all the
mistakes in the world are not made in
this office. On a local hotel register
appears an advertisement of the In
dependent and it says this paper
a dependent medium for honest ad
vertising. The Independent isn’t so de
pendent as all that.'' So when you go
down to read this register and come
across our ad, please substitute the
word “dependable” for “dependent.”
You may read the rest of the regis
ter any old way you choose.
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German statesmen say that Ger
many does not care to annex Belgium
—she merely wants to administer
Belgium affairs in the interest of
German kultur and commercialism.
As the office porter said in one of his
lucid intervals, “There ain’t no more
difunce between some things den
thah is between othahs.”
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Rachael, don’t call it sleet. It’s
glaise. It seems you will never as
sume any culture.
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Between coyping what the other fel
low has already written and sold and
trying to pull something original,
the editor of this column has one
helluva time.
EXTRA SPECIALS: $1.75 ladies’
and children’s middies $1.25 and 98c;
Boys’ and girls’ Whit Leather Hose
(guaranteed), 17%c; Ladies’ 85c silk
hose only 59c; 25c dress ginghams
only 17 %c, Extra values in towels.
242d3t BOWEN’S CASH STORE.
Save your canned goods, get apples
while they last at 522 Front street,
Newport 284d2wk
PATROL BOAT IS
ASHORE ON ROCK
Fog Causes Vessel to Lose Its Way,
But None of the Crew Was
Killed or Injured.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 28.—An Ameri
can patrol boat is reported to the
navy department to be ashore on a |
rock in European waters. The ves
sel probably will be abandoned. The
boat went asore during the fog last
Friday with no loss of life or injury j
to the crew.
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EAT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.!
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35c California canned peaches_23c
35c Pineapple _29c
40c Jars large Olives-29c
Califo Loganberries, gooseberries,
strawberries, raspberries, cherries,
Log Cabin maple spread and pre
serves, Califo corn, peas, tomatoes,
hominy, string beans, new kraut, let
tuce, celery and cabbage.
249s d4t Bowen’s Cash Store.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that, as
marshal of the city of Newport, I
have taken up the following live
stock, to-wit:
One dark, fawn colored Jersey cow,
about 12 years old; no marks or
brands.
The owner of said stock is hereby
notified to come forward and prove
to the undersigned and that in de
fault thereof I will on
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1918,
oflfcr. for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, in front of
the city hall in the City of Newport,
Arkansas, between the hours of 10
o’clock a. m. and 3 o’clock in the af
ternoon of said date.
\ G. C. MARTIN,
244dl0t. City Marshl.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of the follow
ing persons, subject to the action of
the voters at the city primary in
Newport, Wednesday; February 27,
1918.
For Marshal—^
Abe Ballew.
ANNOUNCES FOR MARSHAL
In thig issue of the Independent
will be found the announcement of
Abe Ballew, who is a candidate for
marshal of Newport.
Mr. Ballew is one of the city’s best
known and most highly respected
citizens. He held the office of city
marshal two terms, from 1908 to
1912, and discharged the duties in
cident to the position in a most con
. scientious, fearless and satisfactory
' manner. Mr. Ballew made three races
■ for sheriff and collector, and though
j defeated, he made creditable races,
always receiving a handsome major
ity in the city of Newport. He has
many friends who have urged him to
enter the race for marshal, and they
feel confident of his success.
At present Mr. Ballew is employed
as special night watchman at the
mill and compress, and he has but a
short time during the day in which to
meet the voters, but says he will try
and find the opportunity to see every
citizen before the primary election.
FOR SALE.
One 200 Account System.
One Iron Safe.
One Loose Leaf ledger and file.
243d6t. Bowen’s Cash Store.
foresight.
Senator LaFollette said at a lunch- ..
“He laughs best who laughs last.
My enemies are so sure of my polit
ical ruin that they remind me of the
vditor of the Cinnamison Scimitar.
“A leading citizen of Cinnamison
was taken down with appendicitis.
They rushed him off to St. Timothy’s
hospital to be operated on, and the
editor hearing the grave news, crowd
ed into his last edition a note that
said:
“ ‘Our esteemed fellow townsman,
J. Stnith Carberry, will be operated
upon tomorrow at St. Timothy by
Surgeon Cutter for a very dangerous
attack of appendicitis. He will leave U
a wife and five children.’ ”—Detroit
Free Press.
NOTICE.
Any one naving business in my
pasture must see R. C. Wallace.
244d6t, 45wlt. M. M. Stuckey.
For Sale—640 acres on west side of
Cache river, seven miles east of Swif
ton, good timber. Address E.< G. 95,
cr. Independent. 244d4t 45wlt
Furnish Your Kitchen
With Aluminum Ware
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FREE OF COST TO YOU
CASH COUPONS WITH CASH SALES
Ask Us About It and Get Our Catalogue.
R. J. Wise Grocer Go.
Important Sale of f
RAINCIIATS
All Women’s and Children’s Rain
coats Rave Been Divided Into
Three Groups Each
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And marked at prices that will assure
the rapid clearaway—each group
provides savings hitherto unheard of.
Prudent women will make it a point
to visit our store. j
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All Children’s Rain Coats
Heretofore Priced $3.00
_$1.95 § m
LOT 2
All Children’s Rain Coats
Heretofore Priced $4.00 and $4.50 l
$2.95 i|
LOT 2
All Children’s Rain Coats
Heretofore Priced $5.00 and $6.00
$3.95
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