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Of eating pour noon lunch at
>5 Dper’s. We make a specialtp of the
noon dap lunch for busp people, |i
and serve pou with neatness and |
dispatch. * |
Other specialties, Sandwiches and 1
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Short Orders.
We corrp in stock Opsters, Fish j
and Fine Fruits. a
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WEATHEll.
Tonight showers, Sunday pAb- j
ably fair and cooler.
HERE AND THERE
FOR RENT—One furnished front
room. Telephone 40C. '"i74d3
Miss Audrey McLain is reported
quite sick.
Mrs. Joe Weaver is right sick with
influenza, but is doing very nicely.
Miia-. Will Hurley is very sick with
influenza, having taken sick yester
day.
Knox menus snoes cneap. Ill Wal
* nut street. dtf.
C. E. Crook will go down to Little
Rock this afternoon to spend Sunday
with his family.
H. A. McCalister came up from
Camp Pike last night and will spend
a day or two at home.
WANTED—Nice clean rags at the
Independent office.
Crawford Tinsley, onc of Tucker
man’s popular young men, was here
Friday, for a short while.
T. P. Umsted has been on the sick
list for two days, but his friends hope
to see him out again soon.
For Rent—Barn. Appjy this of
fice.
Miss Myra Reamey, who has influ
enza, is doing nieely and will be able
to be up in a day or two.
Mrs. A. L. Crittenton and two child
ren went down to Tupelo this after
noon, having closed school indefinit
ely.
Drayage of all . kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10. Chester
Robinson. 13-dtf
Mrs. C. M. Battle and two little
daughters of Memphis, are epected
tomorrow to visit her aunt, Mrs. Joe
Bell.
Mrs. Mobley and Miss Claudie
Smith were down from Swifton yes
terday and today, returning home this
afternoon.
Alfalfa hay for sale in wagon or
carload lots. Write or phone W. P.
Wilson, Elmo, Ark., or leave word
a^he Farmers National Bank.
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Lockwood Burkett, who has been
in the radio service at Austin, Texas,
has been transferred by the govern
ment to El Paso, Texas.
Misses Alma and Mildred Moon re
turned home to Swifton this after
noon where they will stay until the
reopening of school.
Mrs. C. C. Revelle of Kennett, Mo.,!
has been here for several days visit
ing her mother, Mrs. T. B. Stallings
and her many friends. I
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C. H. Hogan of Little Rock, was at
the Claridge hotel last night, leaving
this morning for Batesville to visit
his parents over Sunday.
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Miss Sylla Harvey returned home
to Tuckerman last evening where;
she will remain until the opening
of school which is closed indefinitely.
Mrs. J. E. Bridger arrived from
Memphis yesterday afternoon and
will spend several weeks the guest
of Mrs. W. D. Williams on Pine
street.
H. C. Sander- rearmed from Hot
Springs la.l . Vit for two days bgt
expects to go back again Sunday or
Monday. He is feeling much better
and looks fine.
Mrs. 0. E. Jones and Mrs. Harry
G. Brandenburg will return rom Lit
tle Rock, this evening, where they
have been guests of Mrs. Lacy Tilgh
man or the past few days.
John W. Stayton is at home for a
day or two on business and is re
ceiving a welcome home by his
friends, who hope he will be able to
come to stay in the near future.
S. R. Phillips, George A. Hillhouse,
Jesse Williams, Dr. jdarry E. Dowell
and others, whose names we failed to
get, are expected home this evening
from a wek’s camp and hunt in Cross
county.
Miss Teresa Hawn of Marquan,
Mo., and Mrs. O. D. Hawn of Little
Rock, who have’been with their sister
Mrs. R. D. Dennis of Cow Lake, dur
ing her bereveament, have returned
home.
Mr.'and Mrs. Hooper arrived this
afternoon from Jackson, Tenn., where
they have been for several months,
and their friends are glad to have
them in our city again. Mr. Hooper
bought cotton here last season.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Mayer of Jones
boro, are making their home here this
winter, at the Claridge hotel. Mr.
Mayer has a large stock farm at Am
agon and will make this his head
quarters, going' back and forth in his
car.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Walker of Van
Dale, have been here for a day'or two
with her sister, Mrs. Fannie Robin
son, who has been very sick but is
improving now. Mr. Walker returned
home last night but his wife will re
main for several days.
Miss Martha Clark, a trained nurse
from St. Louis, came to Walnut
Ridge two weeks ago to nurse influ
enza patients, nursing three back to
health, when she was stricken while
on duty at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Surridge, and died from pneu
monia this week.
■ Rev. Mr. Lyman Wheaton received
a special delivery letter thite morning
stating a sister, Mrs. Dibbold, of New
York City, was ill with pneumonia. It
was this sister whose husband died
two weeks ago from the same disease,
leaving his wife and little seven
month’s old bady.
Mrs. J. D. Neal has been suffering
intensely since Tuesday from scald
ed feet, the painful accident happen
ed when Mrs. Neal turned over a
kettle of boiling water, the contents
going into her shoes. She is better
however, but her suffering has been
intense.
Mrs. C. B. Best of the East Side is
at Judsonia, visiting friends, instead
of Mrs. E. E. Best, of Walnut street.
In reporting' the killed in action in
France a few day sago, of Claude
Highland of Newark, we did not
know at the time, he was a member
of Captain Garland Hurt’s Com
pany E. He is remembered by
many of our people who regret to
learn he had to give his life on the
battlefields of France.
T. S. Holloway, the undertaker,
called at the Independent office today
-and asked that a correction be made
of the statement occuring in the In
dependent yesterday to the effect
that stocks of coffins and caskets
carried by the undertaking firm of
Hayden & Holloway had practically
exhausted. Mr. Holloway says he has
never been without an adequate
stock of all grades of coffins and cas
kets. The article appearing in thg pa
per yesterday was written froiYi in
formation given an Independent re
ported by a member of the undertak
i in£ firm ,who was misinformed.
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’ ORVIL R. DUNHAM DEAD.
Orvil R. Dunham, aged 33 years,
died this morning at 5:30 from allness
of less than a week with pneumonia.
The edceosed, who died at the home
of his cousin, Mrs. B. B. Dunham,
will be buried at Nuckolls Switch
Sunday afternoon, the body to be
carried to that place this evening on
No. 33.
The deceased was in business on
lower front street and by his honesty
and intergrity built up a good busi
ness and was liked and respected by
all who knew him. By his jovial dis
position and gentlemanly bearing he
e friends who regret deeply to
learn of his death. He was unmarried
but has two sisters, Mrs. Louis Jasey
of Parkdale, ^ho is expected tonight.
ST. PAUL’S CHURCH.
Owing to quarantine regulations no
regular religious services will be held
at St. Paul’s Episcopal church Sun
day. However, the church will be op
en during the entire day and all
members of the church are urged to
enter the building at some time dur
ing the day and offer a prayer of
Thanksgiving, and those who are not
members are invited to do likewise.
Rev. A. E. Lyman-Wheaton,
Pastor.
STOCK FOR SALE.
175 head *hogs, brood sows and
pigs, 30 head cattle, 5 head horses and
mules. This stock will be sold at auc
tion on the Jewel Best farm near In
gleside, Ark., Wednesday Nov. 27th.
For further information call on B. J.
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NOTICE OF STREET IMPROVE
MENT TAX.
The tax books for Hie collection of
the special street tax on real proper
ty in Walnut Street improvement
District No. 1, of the City of New
port, Arkansas, for the third annual
.assessment of said district, have'freer,
placed in my hands. All owners of
real property lying in said district
ire required to pay their tax to me
by the 1st day of December,
1818. If such assessment be not
paid by said date, action will be taken
for collection of said tax for the legal
penalties and cost.
Given under my hand on this the
29th day of October, 1918.
LOU MINOR,
158d30t. Collector.
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NOTICE.
LEVEE DISTRICT NO. 2: Jack
son County, Ark. The tax books for
the payment of the taxes for 1918, are ]
now in the hands of the collector, and
all persons, railroads and corpora
tions owning property within the
limits of said district are notified that
the taxes may be paid from this date
until Dec. 31, 1918, after which date a
penalty of 25 per cent will be taxed
thereon.
That said collector will attend at
Jacksonport, Ark., on December 10th
and 11th, 1918, for the payment of
taxes.
C. R. Hite, Collector.
Newport, Ark., Nov. 5, 1918.
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NOTICE OF BRIDGE TAX.
The tax books for the collection of
the Special Bridge Tax on real prop
erty in Bridge Improvement District
No. 1 of the City of Newport, Arkan
sas, for the fourth annual assessment
of said district, have been placed in
my hands. All owners of real prop
erty lying in said district are required
to pay their tax to me by the 1st #
day of December, 1918. If such as
sessment be not paid by said date,
action will be taken for the collection
of said tax for the legal penalties
and cost.
Given under my hand on this the
29th day of October, 1918. »
LOU MINOR,
158d30t. Collector.
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