White River has begun to fall
slowly.
Rabbits, coons and ’possums at
Bob Wallace’s butcher shop. 06
We are sole agents for W. B.
corsets. Bowen’s Cash Store. 59
For Rent—Five room cottage
in East Newport. Apply to C.
B. Best. 44dtf
Fred Whiting was here Satur
day morning on his return home
to Newark.
J. H. Reynolds, the well known
Missouri Pacific contractor, was
here Friday night.
Rev. T. C. Mahan and daugh
ter have returned from their
visit to Arkadelphia.
Miss Lura Hawk accompanied
Miss Kate Anthony home Friday
evening for a two days’ visit.
Charles Meyer is expected
home Sunday noon from a pur
chasing trip to St. Louis anc
' Chicago.
Prairie, timothy and alfalfj
hay, corn, oats, C. and 0. chops
bran and corn chops at Bowen’i
Cash Store. 35btf
Triumph, Burbank, Peerles
and Early Rose seed potatoes
Also onion sets at Bowen’s Casl
Store. 257btf
Misses Laura Mosby and Bea
trice McHugh went to Russe'
Snt.nrdnv mnrnino- nn n sVinr
visit.
Lost—Fleur de lis pin, value
ble only by reason of its associe
• tions. Finder please return t
this office. d3t
W. D. Burd of Little Roc
came up Friday to look after hi
boat here and prepare for th
pearling season.
Little Miss Hazel Jones wen
to Little Rock Saturday morn in
for a two days’ visit with he
sister, Mrs. Lacy Tilghman.
Miss Lucy Webster left Frida
afternoon over the Choctaw fo
Nashville, where she will visi
before going to her home a
Columbia, Tenn.
W. E. Bevens, for many year
a citizen of Batesville, is spend
ing a few days in the city for th
benefit of his health. Mr. Bev
ens is a citizen of Newport.
Batesville Bee.
Work on the Jonesboro, New
port & Western railroad is stil
progressing slowly but surely
Nearly ten miles of the right-of
way have been cleared. Som<
men are now at work upon it. -
Jonesboro Sun.
F. S. Hess and family, wh<
have been boarding with Mrs. E
R. Tyler, have resumed house
keeping and Mrs. Hess anc
daughter, Miss Norine, expect t(
leave in the near future for Sar
Antonio, Texas, on a length}
visit.
Henry Schott came down Fri
day from St. Louis and is pre
paring to move his householc
property to that city. He wil
be joined here in a few days bj
Mr?. Schott. They are old resi
dents of Newport and have i
great many frietldg here who wil
regret to lose them.
5. P. Berman has recently^ con
tracted with the Root Newspape:
Association, an organization o:
dry goods trade papers, to repre
sent them in St. Louis and th<
territory west to San Francisco
and will be relieved as head o
the dry goods department of th
Wolff-Goldman Mercantile Com
pany as soon as his place can b
filled. Mr. Berman has for
number of years directed this de
partment of Wolff-Goldman’s.an
his management has been of tha
order to command attention t
his ability. He is a punger
writer and an advertiser of dh
cretion and force, who has wo
several prizes offered by trad
journals in ad contests. He wi
no doubt prove successful an
carries with him the best wish*
of the Independent and our pet
pie in general, for both Mr. an
Mrs. Berman enjoy a host c
Newport friends, who regret t
learn of their intended departurt
Mrs. E. H. \r^ager will enter
! tain Monday /fternoon in honor
of Mrs. C. Pope.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Keel of
' Ingleside are guests of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Wilmans.
Mesdames I. Sprigg and Mil-!
! dred Dorsey left Saturday noon
for Hot Springs, where they will
join Walter Harris and family.
The Irving-French Company
will open a three nights’ engage
ment at the opera house next
Thursday night, the advance
j man being here Saturday.
| ‘ ‘Uncle Josh Spruceby” played
to a fair house Friday evening
and is reported to [have been j
the best company which has ever j
produced this rather ancient
rural comedy.
In this issue will be found the
announcement of Wm. A. Ca
routhers as a candidate for the
office of constable of Union town
ship. He is a young man well
qualified for the duties of the
office and his Democracy has
! never been questioned. Genial
and big hearted, he has many
L friends who will support his can
■ didacy.
A petition is being circulated
among the property owners for a
3 quarter of a mile around Jones
• boro, with the exception of the
1 forty-acre tract north of the
North Jonesboro school, which
- had already been added. The
1 petition has been signed by W.
t B. Armstrong, W. D. Barton, A.
T. Gibbon, N. J. Thompson, A.
. J. Kerfoot and Y. A. Cole. When
_ completed and granted by the
0 county judge, between 1,000 and
1,500 population will be added
_ to the city.
\ _m_
s COMPLIMENTARY
e CARD PARTY.
t Mrs. Wm. Hooker entertained
? at progressive euchre Friday
r evening complimentary to Messrs
T. E. Tappan and R. T. Reyburn
Y and a party of their friends,
r | There were three tables at
t j cards and the enjoyment of the
t occasion was made complete by
the efforts of the hostess. Only
s one regret could be expressed
. relative to this pleasant affair,
3 and that was the guests of honor
. were so soon to leave Newport.
Misses Hilda Bailey and Irma
Hooker assisted the hostess in
_ i the dispensing of the following
j delicacies: Deviled crabs, chicken
salad, sandwiches, crackers,
’ pickles and coffee.
J Those present were: Misses
' Lula Empie, Mabel Stayton,
j Amanda Laird, Bessie T. J. Wat
) | son, Lucy Brandenburg, Messrs.
Jno. Stayton, Arthur F. Bailey,
W. C. Daniel, Charles Holmes,
1 Mesdames Wm. Bailey and L.
( Hirsch.
i CONGRESSMAN
BRUNDIDGE. j
The Independent takes pleasure
in announcing the candidacy of
Congressman S. Brundidge, Jr.,
I for re-election. He has served
r: the people of the Second Arkan
sas district taithlully and well.
11 Such an enviable record does he
I enjoy, that it is probable he will
, jiave no opposition.
| Fearless and outspoken, he has
.' never hesitated to declare him- j
• self upon the issues of the day. 1
Brainy and deep as a thinker,:
fluent as a speaker and remarka
bly gifted in other oratorical ac-;
P complishments, he is a represen- j
a tative of whom we may well be i
proud and who commands atten
a tion, even among that gallaxy of
’ statesmen who compose our na
tional legislative assemblies.
, The interests of his eonstitu
l ents occupy a first place with our
t; present congressman and he has
o manifested a zeal in their de
t fense and promotion which has
i, made him deservedly popular at
home.
e FINE "STOCK.
11;
cl A fine lot of jacks just arrived
s from Lebanon, Tennessee, for
>- sale at Yelverton’s wagon yard,
d Also a fine lot of registered and
f full blooded Short Horn (Dur
o ham) cattle. W. T. Murphey.
>. 58b4t H. E.' Turner.
f$500 IN CASH s£
FOR ONLY tJT
45 CENTS. I
With congress tr. session, and the presidential election nert year, every tot*®*
g'-nt man will want a dally paper. If he does not care to keep posted himself b*j
will realize that n dally newspaper Is a great educator and his children should have'
It The Memphis Mo ning News has reduced Its price for a seven-day paper, postaf*
paid, to 45 cents a month, and In addition Is going to give
$500 IN CASH FREE
to the one of Its subscribers who mnkej* the nearest estimate on the number of bt.M
of cotton received :it Memphis from September 1, 1903, to and Including March 1ft*
1904. This Is no lottery. The United States government permits no lottery, bot doe*
not object to contests based on crop estimates, as they are a matter of computation
and judgment, and educate Hy pe< pic. Tire Morning News Is a slmon pare and
honest Democratic newspaper, one month 46 cents, tnree months $1-35, six months
$2.50 and one year $5.00.
CONDITION OF CONTEST.
An estimate will he allowed ench one on payment of 45 cents for one month**
subscription to The Morning News or for one year's subscription to The Weekly New*,
If you subscribe fur three months, yon get three estimates, six for six months andj
twelve for one venr. No estimate will be counted that Is received at The New* of
fice after midnight of February .'9. 1904. If desired, parties can send paper to tbe.r
friends and retain estimate for themselves, and can have one estimate for eacn momn-j
!v subscription. Under no consideration can an estimate lie changed after It Is re
ceived at The News office. An estimate may be had each month, provided tne «
cents accompanies the estimate.
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(To THE MEMPHIS MORNING NEWS, Memphis, Tenn. f
Enclosed find.for which please send your.. i
paper for.months to..
.......
My estimate is....
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To assist in making estimate the receipts are given below of cotton at Memphis
lor the past five years: Bales • B*taa.j
Bep*. 1. 1898, to March 15, 1899....641.715 sept. 1, 1900, to March 15, 1901....605^31
Bept. t 1899, to March 15, 1900....564465 Sept. 1, 1901, to March 15, 1901-690.139
Sept. 1, 1902, to March 16, ...
The Daily News, 45 cents a month. On trial, one week, 10 cents. t
ffce Weakly News, 50 cents s year. Address TIT0 NBWS, Memptt^ ^e*.
ALL EYES ON ST. LOUIS.
The eyes of all the world will
be turned toward St. Louis dur
ing the year 1904. Everybody
will want to get, from first
hands, the news of the greatest
World’s Fair which the world
has ever seen. Our readers are
advised, therefore, to subscribe
for the greatest St. Louis news
paper—a newspaper which ack
nowledges no equal or rival in
all the West, and which stands
in the front rank among the
great newspapers of the world.
Subscribe for the St. Louis Globe
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of the World’s Fair, ail the news
of the national campaign, and all
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issue. 24d6x i
$390 FOR LETTERS TO
ENCOURAGE EMIGRATION.
The Rock Island system offers
twenty prizes of the aggregate
value of $390 for letters relative
to the territory along its lines in
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Texas and New
Mexico. Letters should deal
with the writers’ experiences
since he settled in the Southwest.
They should tell how much money
he had when he arrived, what
measure of success has attended
his efforts and what he thinks of
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FARMERS
DRAYMEN
And all users of axle grease
that want the best grease on the
market and that recognize a good
thing when shown its merits, we !
recommend our Golden and Cas
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It is put up in 1 pound tin boxes
and 3 pound tin buckets. For!
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For Granitoid and Stone Walks,
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Don’t fail to get my figuresj
before contracting.
tnat portion oi tne country m
which he is located. Letters
should not be less than 300 nor
more than 1500 words in length,
and will be used for the purpose
of advertising the Southwest.
Letters are desired not only
from farmers and farmers’ wives,
but also from merchants, school
teachers, clergymen, fron} every
one, in brief, who has a story to!
tell and who knows how to tell it.
For circular giving details write
to John Sebastian, Passenger
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System, Chicago,
Dottis Joyce and Ralph Hirsch, i
agents for the Saturday Evening j
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FOR SALE!
240 acres of land, 140 in culti
vation, with four houses, raised
50 bales of cotton the past season,
six miles from Newport, 3 miles
from Jacksonport. Eighty acre
pasture at Jacksonport, frame
store house of two good rooms
at Jacksonport.
29blmo. J. M. Grubbs.
Read the Daily and Weekly In
dependent.
My Work Talks For Itself
Parties wanting crushed Lime
Stone Walks apply to me.
W. H. SNETZER.
Contractor
& Builder j
Plans and Specifications
furnished on short notice
All Work is Guaranteed
Jack J ones
The Crack Barber, keeps
a neat and busy little
shop. Upper end of Front
street. Expert tonsorial
ists. Easy shaves and
the best haircuts. Our
work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.’’
A. Mortensen has moved his
cleaning and pressing shop to the
newly remodeled building oppo
site city jail. 86dtf.
| MRS. HELENA BLAV, |
* Young Milwaukee Society Woman.
" *** ■ ■ — -
r^F'iEN thousand cured
I women have written 1
§ to tell how Wine of
Cardui bestows the I
| blessing of health on every
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and poor alike. Mrs.
Helena Blau, No. 123 Sev
enth Street, Milwaukee,
Wis., is one of the young
women whom Wine of Car
dui has rescued from a life
The woman who has suf- ,
ered from female weakness
should do anything within
reason to secure health.
Wine of Cardui is the medi
| cine that appeals to reasona
i ble women — women who
hold operations and cutting
in horror—women whoknow
that Nature is the best phy
sician. Wine of Cardui
1 gives women back their
l hpalt.h bv ffivins Nature a
Mrs. Helena Blau.
“Wine of Cardui is certainly ‘worn
out' women's best friend and I am pleased
to give my experience with it. A few
months ago I caught a severe cold, hav
ing been out in inclement weatser, which
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abdomen. I was in almost constant pain.
I consulted a physician and took his
medicine for a month and without any
relief. I then decided I would try your
medicine and it was a lucky day for me
when I did so. I noticed a change in a
few days and felt encouraged to continue
taking Wine of Cardui, and my patience
was rewarded, for in two weeks my pains
had left me and f felt like a new woman."
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eased tissue. Wine of Cardui regulates
the menstrual flow and Nature, when
relieved of the drains or of the poisons
in the system, makes the functional
organs strong and healthy again.
Any woman who is silently suffering
untold pains because she is too sensitive
to undergo a physician’s examination
and treatment can find no excuse for
not securing relief -when Wine of Car
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of Cardui in the privacy of her home,
with as much assurance of a final cure
as though a dozen doctors recommended
it. Many physicians do recommend
Wine of Cardui to their patients.
Why not get a $1.00 bottle of Wine
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To ONE and ALL we wish
A MERRY CHRISTMAS "and a HAPPY NEW YE AR
When you have business to offer a Bank do not
forget your old Friend, the Bank with the
LARGEST PAID IN CAPITAL and SURPLUS COMBINED
of any Bank in Jackson County,
THE BANK OF NEWPORT
OFFICERS and DIRECTORS.
Geo. W. Decker, President, R. M.' Johnson, Cashier.
A. D. Bailey, V-President, T. D.^Kinman, Asst. Cash,
Thos. J. Graham, Ed. P. Shoffner, J. T. Henderson,
Jos. M. Stayton, Dr.’J. M. Jones,
T. S. Stephens.
FIREARMS
Have been famous for years because of their
ACCURACY, SAFETY, DURABILITY
They are made in a large number of styles and
calibers suitable for all kinds of shooting for both
sexes. We make
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Ask your dealer for the “ STEVENS If he
doesn’t keep them we will send (express prepaid) on
receipt of price. Send for illustrated catalog.
J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co.,
p. o. BOX
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In Any Light.
Make finished pictures an
Uhe
Kodall Plan
Load and unload Kodaks cr Brownie
cameras anywnere. Davelcp without
dark-room in (he Kodak, Developing
Machine. Print by day or night on Dekko.
Xodalis. ... 55 to £?75.
KodaK Developing Machines,
» - f.3 an.! 57,50.
Brownie Cameras, » 51 and s2.
“Brownie” Developing
Machines. - - 32.
EASTMAN KODAK CO.
:a*a Rochester. * V.
If you want to look neat, have
your suit cleaned and pressed by
A. Mortensen. In new quarters
opposite city jail. 86dtf.
For toilet articles, fancy goods,
combs, brushes and mirrors go
to W. E. Bevens, successor .to J.
L. Sells. OOdtf
'Barren Fork Training School.’
The fifteenth year of the above school opened on ^ /
November 16, 1903, with a good attendance in all
departments. As the title indicates, this school
offers a very thorough drill in all subjects for a
six year state and all grades of the county certifi
cates. The principal holds a life state certificate
and many first grade county license, has had much
experience in this' line and fully understands the
needs of the country teachers. The location can
not be excelled for health, good morals and an
obliging people—an ideal place in every way, for
young people to attend a school. Board from $6.00
to $8.00 and tuition from $1.00 to $3.00 per month.,
Classes in all subjects noted. Those with a true
educational motive are solicited, but no others.
New students are entering every week. “Learn
it Right. ” Address,
A. G. Taylor, B. S. Prin.
Barren Fork, - Arkansas.