DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
District Offices.
For Congress:
S. BRUNDIDGE, JR
For Circuit Judge:
F D. FULKERSON
For Prosecuting Attorney
W. A. OLDFIELD
County Offices.
For Representative:
JOHN H. KEEL
For Sheriff:
R. W. BANDY.
For Circuit Clerk:
JAMES S. JONES.
For County Clerk:
E. L. BOYCE.
For County and Probate Judge:
J. M. JONES
For County Treasurer:
W. A. JOYCE.
For Surveyor.
H. S. SIMMONS.
For Assessor.
PASSMORE WHITE.
For Coroner
F. J. HARRISON
Township Offices.
For Justices of the Peace.
J. J. MARTIN.
GUY SMITH.
LUCIAN B. HARRIS.
For Constable:
R. M. LAIRD.
Mcatbcr forecast.
Washington, May 30.—Forecast ior Ar
kansas: Fair Saturd y, warmer In central
port on. Sunday, lair.
J ABOUT PEOPLE—MAINLY. f
When?
Huffman bakes bread every day.
Huffman’s crer.n biead takes the
lead.
For Rent—Six-room cottage, with
bath room and large stable. Apply to
Baxter Watson. 392-dtf.
Mrs. Robt. Harder and son Thomas
L. Jr., went to Searcy on the noon
train Saturday to visit relatives.
When?
Allen Babcock was down from
Batesville Saturday accompanying his
wife, who left on the noon train for
Searcy.
Huffman & Son serve ices, cream
and cake and everything in that line
to parties and receptions at reason
able prices. d-298
For Sale: Good family horse, new
harness and well made run about,
at low price. Inquire at this office
for particulars. d-2-tf.
When?
O. J. Gould of Eight Mile paid this
office a call while in town Saturday.
He says that the country beyond
Litchfield bridge enjoyed a fine rain
Friday.
Dr. Z. L. Ford of near Elgin sub
scribed for the Weekly Independ
ent Saturday. He says crops up in
his section are very promising as they
had a fine rain Saturday morning.
Mrs. A. J. Wolf and family are ex
pected back to Newport Sunday, after
living in Kansas City and Fort Scott
since last Summer and will occupy
the new cottage of J. H. McHugh.
When?
Fine blue grass pasturage in Rollon
Bend, $0.75 a month. Will be re
sponsible for any stock getting in
pound pen. All stock carefully looked
after and salted.
19d lmo. C. F. Deane, at ferry.
Pearls, baroques and
slugs. The highest prices
paid by J. E. TULLY &
CO., 14 Maiden Lane, New
York.
Jack Hall, formerly proprietor of
the Delmonico hotel, at Imboden, was
brought in from Brinkley Saturday by
Sheriff McCall. There are several
charges against him for bootlegging
while at Imboden.—Black Rock
Blade.
When?
The Southern Hotel, of Ravenden
Springs, Ark., is now open for guests.
Lithia water for kidneys, liver and
stomach troubles. 112 miles west of
Memphis, on the Frisco System.
Write for rates. Address. Manager,
Southern Hotel. 20dlm
J. W. Hutchinson of the American
Grocer Company leaves next month
for his home in Oxford, Mississippi,
and does not expect to return herei
but will go to St. Louis, where he has
a position under the Hamilton Brown
Shoe Company. No young man in
Newport has more friends than Mr.
Hutchinson and it will be with much
regret that the society and business
circles of the town lose him.
When?
Huffman’s kisses are the best, d.tl
Huffman runs the only bread wagor
Grocery. d 19
Rock salt for ice cream at The Cash
Grocery. d 19
Huffman can bake cakes for the
most fastidious. d-tf
The river is falling slowly, standing
at 4.9 feet on the guage Saturday.
For your six o’clock breakfast
order Huffman’s light rolls, fresh
baked. 4-dtf
Both blackberries and strawberries
at The Cash Grocery. Place your
orders early. dtf.
C. D. Thaxton, principal of the
Swifton public school, spent Saturday
in Newport.
J. M. O’Hara, the genial Memphis
pearl buyer, arrived Saturday morn
ing and spent the day on this market.
Huffman’s candies are the best on
the market—the three leading candy
firms of St. Louis and the leading one
of Little Rock, say so. 275-dtf
When?
L. C. Gamble, living near here, Was
in Newport Friday and subscribed for
the Daily Independent, which is
fast acquiring a good outside circu
lation.
Miss Clara Meyer came up from
Searcy Friday night to clerk at the
store to-day and will return with her
father in the morning, who goes down
to spend the day with his family.
When?
C. R. Hite returned Friday night
from Whitatein Lake with a fine
string of fish to prove his claims of
being an expert angler. Messrs H. B.
and Vic Ake and Allie Lippmann re
mained for a longer stay.
Pearls and Slugs--Send
your pearls and s ugs to
J. M. 0’Hara& Co., Mem
phis, Tenn. Best prices
and quickest returns.
The rainfall of the twenty-four
hours preceding 7 a. m. Saturday was
only .09 of an inch according to the
guage register at Newport, which to
gether with that of the day before
makes the total rainfall only an even
half inch;
The arrivals at the Hazel Friday
were John W. Fleener, Walnut Ridge;
W. A. Oldfield, Batesville; H. O. Wil
liams, Ed McElwee, Little Rock; War
ner Whitlow, Boonville, Mo.; L. F.
Janin, Jr., New Orleans; C. E. Pemble,
Clinton, Iowa.
Dr. J. H. Myers and family returned
to Black Rock Tuesday after an outing
on Black and White rivers for two
weeks in their gasoline launch
“Menlo,” says the Blade. They re
port as high as 500 people in a single
camp along the rivers, all pearling.
The Hon. H. L. Ponder will deliver
the address at Sloan-Hendrix academy
at Imboden June 3, and at Thompson’*
Classical Institute, Paragould, June 9.
Mr. Ponder is a very popular and in
teresting speaker and lecturer.—Wal
nut Ridge Correspondent to Black
Rock Blade.
When?
Bud Reid was in Newport Saturday
after a trip through the Swifton,
Alicia and Clover Bend country, where
he says crop prospects could hardly
be better. That whole section had a
tine rain Sunday night, the 25th and
26th, and the farmers are left without
a single point for grumbling.
J. c. Dice of Little Rock is reno
vating the storeroom on Walnul
Street, adjoining Colonel Minor’s of
fice, preparatory to opening a 6 and 1C
cent store, with a few 25 cent articles
Newport is fast putting on a metro
politan appearance and the addition
of this store will be another evidence
of our citified pretensions.
M. C. Jones, a government recruit
ing officer, who has been in Newporl
the past ten days, left Saturday foi
Little Rock. He only secured two en
listments here, E. A. McDaniel o:
Veto, Miss, and John Hudson o:
Urbana, 111., who left on No. 4 Satur
day for St. Louis, where they will be
mustered into service.
When?
Mrs. Josephine E. Brown, now o
Memphis but a former resident o
Jacksonport and later Newport, wh(
retains her friends and acquaintance
ship by occasional visits to her ole
home, returned to Memphis Saturday
after a visit to Mrs. T. J. Watson
Mrs. Brown’s visits are occasions o
great pleasure not only to herself bul
her many friends and she should no
separate them with too long stretchei
j of time.
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years.
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Painless Electro Dentai Parlors
New Watson Building, opposite Depot
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS.
Among the pearl buyers in tow
Saturday were W. D. Burd and H. W.
Clopton, Black Rock and S. M.
Hendrickson, Highland, Cali.
The Black Rock Blade win be moved
to Walnut Ridge shortly. Editor
Riley says this move is at the request
of the business men of Walnut Ridge.
The Telephone only a short time ago
went to Black Rock from Walnut
Ridge.
North and west of Batesville in
Izard, Baxter, Fulton and Sharp
counties splendid rains have fallen.
The farmers from those counties re
' port the prospect for good crops bet
ter than they have had for years.—
Batesville Guard.
, The arrivals at the Planters Friday
were M. A. Russell, Hale; H. D. Mc
Cowan, Little Rock; Miss G. E.
Barker, Batesville; W. D. Burd, H.
W. Clopton, Geo. B. .Jones, Black
Rock; Ben Burton, Eight Mile; Jas. J.
Murphy, Batesville; J. R. Lofton Jr.
A telegram was received from
* Washington City Wednesday night
stating that Conference committee on
t public buildings bill had agreed and
' the same would go to the president
carrying $70,000 appropriation for
Batesville. Also that the conference
committee had agreed on River and
> Harbor appropriation which gave
i upper White river $270,000.—Bates
ville Guard.
THE BANK OF NEWPORT
(Oldest and Largest Bank in the County).
CAPITAL $50,000
.. ===== OFFICERS:- -^=
G. W. Decker, President, A. D. Bailey, Vice-President
R. M. Johnson, Cashier. T. D. Kinman, Asst. Cashier
Directors:—A. D. Bailey, V. Y. Cook, G. W. Decker, John T. Flynn,
Thos. J. Graham, J. W. Grubbs, R. M. Johnson, A. E.
Shoffner, J. M. Stayton.
We thank our patrons for the past year’s business out of which we are
nabled to pay our stockholders their regular ten per cent dividend, and to
dd to our surplus fund and reserve profit account $7414.99.
..
-Capital, $50,000 -
A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED, AND THE AC
COUNTS OF MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS
AND INDIVIDUALS SOLICITED.
Directors:—T. J. Watson, John M. Cook, Ben Adler, S. Wolff, J. O.
Taylor, T. J. Craham, G. W. Hurley, W. A. Billingsley,
B. B. Bond.
Officers:—Sigmund Wolff, President; G. W. Hurley, Vice-President;
W. A. Billingsley, Cashier; F. A. Jones, Assistant Cashier.
SPECIAL OCCASION
SUMMER SCHOOL
Knoxville, Tenn, July 19-July 30,1902.
Reduced Rates via Southern Ry.
For the above occasion, the South
ern Railway will sell tickets from all
points on its lines to Knoxville, Tenn.
and return, at one fare for the round
trip, selling June 16, 17, 18, 28, 29, and
30 and July 11, 12 and 13, with Anal
limit for return passage August 15,
1902. For further information, call on
any ticket agent of the Southern Rail
way or write, C. A. Benscoter,
Asst. Gen’l. Pass. Agt.
LEVEE TAX.
The tax books of levee district No.
1, are now in the hands of the col
lector.
Books will be kept open at the office
of L. Minor until June 10, 1902.
Parties failing to pay by that time
will be declared delinquent as the
law directs. T. J. Watson,
Treasurer Levee District No. 1.
By L. Minor, Deputy.
PUBLIC EXAMINATION.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a public examination of teach
ers at Newport on Thursday and Fri
day the 19th and 20th days of June,
1902, to ascertain the professional
qualifications of all persons desiring
to teach in the public schools of Jack
son county. J- D. Neal,
County Examiner.
This May 28, 1902.
Rev. J. W. Smith left Saturday noon
for Imboden, Arkansas, where he will
preach the baccalaureate sermon of
Hendrix Training School Sunday
morning.
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