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L? Harry Says:
You should see this third shipment of Ladies
Suits and Coats of the newest shades and stales.
In Battleship Greg, Bergondg, Brown, Reindeer,
Fawn, Tope, Wine, Purple, Dark Green, Slate, Iris
and Black. The coats are in Plush, Ponpon, Velour,
Serges, Trickotine, Silvertone, which ate the most
fascinating stgles and designs ever shown i the
| chg. Now is the time to look and bug. The ones |
that bought earlg, did not get the latest stgles. As p<
the Eastern stgles are just now being designed and
these stgles have just arrived. f
See Them Before You Buy ElswHere J
HARRY G. BRANDENBURG
The Merchant
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WEATHER.
Tonight fair and colder; Friday
fair and colder.
HERE AND THERE
For Rent—Steam heated, furnish
ed rooms. Call this office. 4DJ12t
Miss Alberta White is on the sick
list this week.
Z. B. Reid spent several days of
this week at Grubbs, looking after
business matters.
The condition of Dr. Barr of Wel
don, who has pneumonia, is consider
ed critical.
•^uapuadapt/j 044 aoj equosqng
Knox menus shoes cheap. Ill Wal
nut street. dtf.
E. R. Wiles, state hotel inspector,
was at the Hazel hotel last night,
leaving this morning for Batesville.
Hens, spring chickens and fresh
eggs at W. W. Kidd’s on Front St.,
near ferry crossing. 149dtf
J. E. McKell, district agricultural
agent was here Tuesday, looking af
ter his duties in this section of the
county.
Roy Latimer, who has been quite
sick since Sunday at his room on
Laurel street, is reported much bet
ter today .
Wanted—Good short order cook.
Will pay good wages. Apply Bridge
Beech Cafe, Cor. Bridge and Bee-'h.
Fred R. Suits is still confined to
his bed, but is reported to be getting
along fairly well, which his friends
! are glad to know.
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; J. C. Boydston, one of the pro
| gressive farmers of the Grubbs
neighborhood, was in the city Mon
! day transacting business.
Drayage of all kinds handled
.romptly. Phone No. 10. Chester
Robinson. 13-dtf
J. J. Ball of the Ball and Peters
Construction Company, wyas here
from Little Rock this morning look
ing after business interests.
J. P. Sweatt, one of Jackson coun
ty’s successful cotton planters, was
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1 in Newport yesterday looking after j
! business matters of a personal na
: ture.
We can make prompt deliveries of
! coal at $7.50 per ton now, but can’t
promise anything after November 15.
—Rutland Fuel Co. Phone 290. 50d4
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Handford of
Little Rock were at the Hazel hotel
last night, going to Batesville this
morning to Visit relatives of their
former home.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Ivy is re
porte better this morning from a se
rious illness of pneumonia, and his
friends are glad to know he is on the
road to recovery.
Prof. Edgar Williams arrived
home yesterday afternoon from
Mountain Grove, Mo., but his wife,
who is improving, was not able to
come for a few days.
Adam Lockard spent a very rest
less night, but was reported to be
resting very well this morning. A
nurse from Little Rock came last
night to care for him.
The Independent learns that Wes
ley Shaver and little son of Tucker
man, are among the sick of that city,
suffering from the terrible malady
that has befallen the nation.
Rev. W. C. Mitchell, the new pas
tor of the Baptist church, is out again
after having been kept at home for
several days at the bedside of his
wife, who has been vrry sick.
Claude Hogue, is ame to oe out al
ter an illness of several days with a
severe attack of influenza. Mrs.
Hogue, however, continues very sick
and has been for several days.
Miss Corinne Mosby has accepted
a position in the cotton office here
with Chump, Britton & West of
Memphis. Pete Mitchell is buying
for the company and has an office in
the Arkansas Bank & Trust Company
building.
Edgar Finch, a young man living
at Brookland, Craighead county, who
was to have left Jonesboro this morn
ing for Camp Travis, went home this
week after his examination for the
army, it is stated and shot two of
his fingers off with his shot gun.
Wallace Davis, former attorney
general, and son of the late Senator
Jeff Davis, has been inducted into
the military service at his own re
quest, and will be in training at.
Camp Travis, Sgn Antonio, Texas.
He enters the service as a private.
The Red Cross chapter of Jackson
county is in receipt of $11.40 from a
pie supper given b ythe people of the
Bridge School House, in the vicinity
of Swifton. The patriotic people of
that district, who are just now so
terribly stricken with influenza, are
to be commended for their work, and
have the thanks of the people of the
entire county for the interest they
have taken in this great cause.
On next Saturday, October 27th,
the government says set your clock
back one hour, and thereby get back
to the former standard time. For
six months we have been saving day
light, and it has been generally liked
and approved by everybody, who hope
that next May me piesmc.u,
! save some more daylight by setting
I the clocks forward one hour again.
Reports from all over the country
bring the news of much sickness and
suffering. Many people are unable
to get physicians or medicine in itme
to check the disease. In Newport
the situation is very much relieved,
but there are several new cases de
veloping each day. The situation at
Swifton and Tuckerman is still very
bad, but to a great extent has been
relieved, many being on the road to
recovery. Walnut Ridge, another
neighbor city in an adjoining county,
has been among the hardest hit, a
great many cases being reported
there and in the immediate vicinity.
Eighteen deaths have occurred in
that section in the past three days.
NECROLOGICAL.
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Robert Drummond, aged 130 years,
died Monday night at his home on
the Island and was buried at Diaz
yesterday afternoon. The deceased
was married only a few months ago
to Miss Bell of that community, and
was a highly respected citizen of this
county. The deceased was a brother
of Janies Drummond of Rennnel and
a nephew N>f John Drummond of the
Island neighborhood.
The body of James H. Lynch, who
died several days ago at the Marine
| Hospittal in this city .was shipped to
i his former home at Pocahontas this
I week for burial.
Mrs. W. O. Myers, aged 36 years,
living at Surrounded Hill, died yes
terday and was buried this afternoon j
at the cemetery in her neighborhood.
She was an estimable lady and will
be greatly missed by her family and
friends.
Thelma, the little four-months-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brownfield
of the Hickory Grove neighborhood,
died from pneumonia Tuesday, and
was buried yesterday at the Burgess
burying- ground.
Walter Vance, the four-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom V. Vance of
j Ingleside, died yesterday of pneumo
nia and was buried this afternoon.
Mrs. Kate Boyd, aged 30 years,
wife of Walter Boyd, a splendid cit
izen of Auvergne, died of pneumonia
Wednesday and the remains carried
to Elmo this afternoon, where inter
ment took place at Surrounded Hill.
The Fort Smith Commission Corn
Company and the Fort Smith Coffee
Company, estroyed in the recent
$500,000 fire in Fort Smith, were
jointly insured for $222,500.
CARD OF APPRECIATION
FROM COLORED CITIZENS.
Newport, Ark., Oct. 22, 1918.
To Dr. Elbert Watson,
Honorable Mayor of the City of
Newport, Arkansas.
Sir: We, the undersigned negro
citizens of Newport, Ark., beg to ex
tend to vou our sincere thanks for the
past official favors and protection
during-your administration as execu
tive head of the city of Newport,
Ark.
We humbly pray for you a safe
journey and a speedy return and
shall ever pray for your safety on
the field of battle.
Respectfully,
J. S. Smith, J. D. Davis, Theo A.
McEwen, J. H. Phillips, F. E. Chris
tophe, M. D., D. B. Taylor, M. D., A.
W. Daniels, J. E. Smith andn Rev.
H. R. McMillan.
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to extend our heartfelt
thanks to our many friends and
: neighbors throughout Jackson coun
, ty for the many deeds of kindness
l shown us and expressions of sympa
i thy and condolence during the criti
cal conition and death of our late be
loved father. May the choicest and
j richest of God’s blessings always
j rest with these true friends.
Parrott Brothers,
Tuckerman, Ark.
“Dash, determination and daring—
also efficiency”—That’s what our
boys at the front are doing. Keep ’em
go;ng! War Savings is a message tc
; the kaiser that will “get over.”
In asking the people to Invest in
War Savings and Thrift Stamps, the
government is not asking them tc
on a paying basis.
NOTICE.
All persons who are using the la
bor cards recently adopted by the
Chamber of Commerce and mill men
and others of Newport may secure
j them by calling at the Chamber of
I Commerce.
W. E. Smith’s
Garage
810 Front Street
Phone 437
We are at your ser
vice.
We do first-class work
at reasonable prices.
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When They Begin to Talk Copperized,
Oharcoa/ized, Aluminized or any kind of
Bunaized just remembered this—
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| The sheet of copper must be between the asbestos and
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outer casing -range toiy, as it is in the Copper-Clad
Range. It can do no good anywhere else. Buy a
Copper-Clad,—The World's Qrealest Range.
HAYDEN-HOLLOWAY
FURNITURE CO.
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BUY THE BEST. ]
Buy Liberty Bonds of Uncle Sam
and heal lettuce, celery, grape-fruit,
oranges, lemons, bananas, Colorado
potatoes 45c peck, eggs, butter 65c
and Califo canned goods at Bowen’s
Cash Store. 148d6t.
NOTICE.
We take pleasure in announcing to
our customers and the public that we
have resumed our delivery service,
which is free, but somewhat restrict
ed. We will not deliver less than
one dollar’s worth to any one and
only one delivery a day to any one
family.
Soliciting a share of your patron
age, we are ever ready to seiwe you
with quality.
C. C. CORLEY,
151d3t. 216 Front Street.
FOR SALE.
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, thrae-fourths
of bale of cotton per acre, and aver
age yield of corn per acre 60 bushels.
Located five miles 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, 1918. 144dl7t 27w2t
| Get The Habit _|
fSF-.gr 73aiatJ»-»v^rgrw • iw’iwiwMirwuw P
Of eating your noon lunch at I
Dyer’s. We make a specialty of the 8
noon day lunch for busy people, I
and serve you with neatness and a
dispatch. I ,
Other specialties, Sandwitches and ’
Short Orders.
We carry in stock Oysters, Fish
and Fine Fruits.
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Newport Novelty Co,
W. H. DYER, Manager
BARKER’S
Always New
| El us keep your
*—1 suits always new.
This is an economy. ^
Some fabrics gather soil faster
than others. This depends as
much upon the weave as upon
the color.
A part or our service is to give you
correct advice in regard to cleansing
of all fabrics,
7 elephone Us
P Loolf for the Emblem I
■ Tag; it is your guaran- '
m tee of Master Service.
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