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T~ The Spirit of this 1913th Christmas-Time prompts
regg our appreciation to the community collec
“S t0 to each of our friends indvidually, for any part
^have played in making this a most prosperous year
th6J May December 25th be numbered among your
f0f fTIDE memories as the Happiest Christmas of
^■b the wish of_
[he Farmers BanK
^NEWPORT. ARKANSAS
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Draughan’s Business College &
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*»wnARD School teaching only STANDARD Systems, recog- §
A STANoa the unite(j states Government. Over 160,000 for- O
aiied ®8 su testify to our Superior facilities for giving the BEST §t
Her stuaen securjng the BEST positions. Draughon graduates o
tnining an where. Our enrollment this fall is the largest in g
New equipment has been added in every department to $
«ur k', r-,'e for the rapidly increasing attendance. Besides our 0
pfoperiy «a of Bookkeeping, Banking, Shorthand and Typewriting §
repaara have added the finest equipped Telegraphy and Railroading 3
etc. W8 ? in this section of the country. Positions guaranteed un
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[qITNOW. Address the college, 7th and Main Streets, Little ^
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Leifer Seed Yield |
SEEDS OF EVERY KNWON VARIETY |
ui-urMted Write For Special Price List. We Sell Safes, Roofing 3
If Interested Building Material and Hardware |
Leifer Bros. Seed Company |
1M East Markham Street LITTLE ROCK, ARK. |j
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Prices Reasonable ffi
Meals 25c I
LUNCHES OF ALL KINDS gl
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Your Hauling: §
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^ICE, Prop. I
PHONE 275 gg
andasd Grocer Co., or Sec- gfl
>f Earnheart'sJSaloon ||
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’OiNJ) have accepted this offer and spent my re
^ING DAYS in COMFORT. IT IS TOO IATE! TOO LATE!
Mva* ^ no* save his money, thinking a chance to use it
nut j„Come; , When a splendid opportunity came he had no
k< 00n)fd himself to live in poverty for the rest his life
mroself every remaining moment for his folly and drawn out
^ill one day have such an opportunity. Take heed,
saving NOW. Come in and talk it over today.
ISAS BANK & TRUST CO
Newport, Arkansas
PEARLS FIND READY MARKET!
Those From the Mississippi Only |
Slightly Second in Demand to
Deep Water Products.
Arkansas is the greatest pearl pro
ducing state in the Union and hun
dreds of men engage in the pearl ,
him;. It is said that the fresh water -
pearl of Arkansas of. the highest class |
ca: it he distinguished from the fin
est dpep sea Jewel. Throughout the
so- generally thousands of people
follow the pearl fishing industry and
mai. a comfortable.living at it. Tip
to a few years ago the jewel wealth
contained in the river beds of the
■Mississippi valley was completely hid
den. It was not supposed that the
fresh water mussel was a pearl bear
j er. or that it had any value except, for
fish bait.
The fresh water mussel is sought
| now not only for the precious stone it.
; may have hidden in its shell, but for
the shell itself, which is manufac
tured into stick pins, cuff links, and
1 buttons of every description. The
shell fisheries have for years extend
1 ed tar up the Mississippi river. A re
' cent writer on the subject puts fresh
water pearls into four classifications
i —true pearls, baroques, slugs, and
chicken feed
The first, or true, pearl >re of %
definite shape, and regular form
round, oval, or pear shaped. These
I command the highest prices. Baroques
, are pearls of irregular form. Slugs
[ are lo*v grade baroques. The smaller
size, the kind used in inexpensive
though genuine and neat jewelry, go
by the professional name of chicken
feed
MERELY A POPULAR BELIEF
Scholars Question Whether the Applt
Wss the “Forbidden Fruit’* in the
Garden of Eden.
Why and how it lias happened that
(U a n « >\cv l.-nti rs t’ j #■ frr »
fruit that was forbidden in the Gar
den of Eden is one of the great puz
zles o£ Biblical scholars. The fact, ia
that in Genesis ”, where the incident
of the eating of this fruit of the “Tree
of Knowledge of Good and Evil” is
mentioned, no name whatever is given
to the fruit. All that Is said ia: And
when the woman saw that, the tree
was good for food, and that. U watt
pleasant to the eyes, arid a tree to fa
desired to make one wise, she took of
the fruit, thereof, and did eat, and gave
also unto her husband with her; ani
he did eat" (verse 6).
In fact, scholars doubt very serious
ly whether it was the apple at alt
They suggest that all evidence points
I to it having been the quince, fragrance
of which was held in the highest, es
teem by the Orientals. Another point
in favor of the quince is that it is the
fruit which was sacred to Venus, the
goddess of live, and in a great, many
of the ancient writings the quince m
very frequently mentioned in this man
ner. In Babylonia Ishtar took the
place of Venus in the Roman mythol
ogy, and it should be remembered
that the story of the creation origina
ted with the Babylonians. Aii evi
dence seems to point away from the
apple having been the “Forbidden
Fruit,” and towards the quince as hav
ing been that fruit of the “Tree of
Knowledge of Good and Evil.”
Wordsworth on Real Estate.
There is an interesting story of
Wordsworth, who went to call on Miss
Harriet Martineau at Ambleside, in
the house which she had built and laid
out, writes A. O. Benson in the Cen
tury Magazine. There was a gathering
nf neighbors nresent. and Wordsworth
stood for a long time at the window
contemplating the beautiful landscape
outside. Then he turned to the party
and said:
"Mist Martineau, I congratulate you
on your beautiful little domain. The
view* are wonderful, and it will turn
out to be the wisest thing you ever did
in your life.”
He paused for a moment, and the
guests expected some comment on the
uplifting effects of communion with
nature, but Wordsworth, with a fine
gesture, continued:
“Your property will certainly be
trebled la value within the next tan
years!” _
Living In Poise.
To Improve yourself, the first essen
tial is to prevent all waste of energy
by living in poise. The second essen
tial is to use your imagination in pic
turing those things that you want to
accomplish now. And the most prac
tical use that can be made of the im
agination is to picture your talents and
faculties larger, greater and more
perfect To imagine in mind a larger
and more perfect talent is to give the
creative forces in mind a better mod
el; and as these forces always create
after the fashion of the latest model,
they will consequently create the lar
ger and the more perfect talent.—Lar
son.
Different Thing Entirely.
This story is being told on i Kan
sas lawyer. The lawyer was rguing
a case before a judge and, des.rtng to
illustrate by supposing a case, he did
so, as follows: “We will suppose,
your honor,” he said, “that your hon
or were to steal a horse.”—"No! No!
No!” Interrupted the judge, “not at
all, not at all, sir. ’Tain’i a suppoe
able case, sir." "Very well, begging
your honor’s pardon,” said the eager
lawyer with more zeal than prudence,
“very well, then; supposing that I
should steal a horse.”—“Ah, yes, yes,
said the Judge, “that is a different
*Mng, very different, Mr. X. Pro
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LODGE DIRECTORY.
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Royal Arcanum.
Newport Council, No. 322.
Royal Arcanum meets 1st and
3rd Friday mghtj ,n each month
in the opera liou.se building.
Visiting brethren always wel
come.
S. Ivl. Beattie, Regent,
W C. Wishon. Sec.
Woodmen of one World.
Pecan Camp, No. 3, meets 1st
and 3rd Thursday nights of
each month in Masonic Hall.
Visiting brothers welcome.
R. T. Simmons, C- C.,
P. S. White, Clerk.
Modern Woodmen.
Newport Camp, No. 13.G74.1
M. W. A., meets Second Friday j
rright of each month in Opera
House. Visiting brethren invit
ed.
R. T. Simmons, Consul.
Jackson !a>dge. No. 191 F. &
A. M.
Meets Second and Fourth!
Tuesday nights of each month
in the Opera House Building, Se
cond and Hazel streets.
Visiting brothers always we'-;
come.
Geo. M. Sink, W. M..
S. M. Beattie, Sec
The 1. G. O. F.
The I. O. Q. F. meets every
Monday night In Masonic Hall, j
corner Hazel and Second streets.;
Visiting brothers always wel- j
come.
S. J. Blackburn, N. G.
J. F, Parish, Secretary.
Tribe of Ben Hur.
The Tribe of Ben Hur meet-!
in the Board Building every
Tuesday night at 3 o’clock by or
der of the Chief.
Office of The Chicago, flock Island and
Pacific Railway Company.
Chicago, 111., Nov. 15th, 1913.
To All Stockholders of The Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Company:
A special meeting of the stockhold
ers of the company will be held at the
office of the company in the City of
Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday the
31st day of January, 1914, at ten
o’clock a. m., for the purpose of vot
ing upon the acceptance by the com
pany of a lease of the line of railway
of the Rock Island, Stuttgart and
Southern Railway Company, extend
ing from Mesa, Prairie County, Ark
ansas, in a southerly direction through
the counties of Prairie and Arkansas
to Stuttgart, Arkansas County, Ark
ansas, a distance of approximately 22
miles; said lease to extend for a
term of 999 years from February 1,
1.914, upon such terms and conditions
as may be agreed upon.
H. U. Mudge, President.
Geo. H. Crosby, Secretary.
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Did You Ever Wash Clothes
in the old fashioned way with
wooden wash tubs ?
Perhaps that is still your method
and you look forward to each wash
day with delight. Well, hardly!
A set of 'Standard" laundry
trays would mean an orderly laun
dry, one of more inviting appear
ance and easier laundering and youi
satisfaction would not be lessened
by the high class - workmanship
which characterizes the work we da
W. R. Whitten
McLain Bldg. Phone 16*
W. A. M IN H
CONTRACTOR
and BUILDER
Solicits An Opportunity To Mael
You A Bid.
TELEPHONE 208
Residence 1511 Dewey Avenue
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
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Big Closing Out
i SALE
|| Of all fall and winter stock.
iOur annual stock taking is January
1 st and for the next 20 days our big
stock of goods will be placed on sale at a
great reduction in prices and now is the
time to get your holiday and othei goods
very cheap.
Dolls, toys, holiday chi
na, nuts, fruits, candies,
dry goods, shoes and
clothing. Just what you
are sure to need
Boys’ Sweaters-f;9c
Men’s Sweaters-44c
g Men's overcoats from
igji SI. 19 and up.
ue M" 's $12.00 serge suits
pa (while they last)_-$6-89
|p Ladies cloaks (short)
bp from 49c and up.
jg l.adies long cloaks from
$1-93 and up.
Ladies $3.00 sweaters
g r nly —. 51.89
g Blankets for 25c each
fig and up.
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Comforts from $1.19
and up.
Ladies' 49c underwear
only_ _2">c
EXTRA SPECIAL
We have just received
from a hosiery' mill 209
dozen ladies’ hose that
retail from 15c to 20c a
pair, which we bought
at a bargain. .You can
have them, per pair
for only_8c
100 pairs ladies’ $3 50
and $4.00 shoes, our reg
ular stock but broken
sizes, while they last
for only_$2.49
! Friday December 19th only
You can buy guaranteed patent flour in wood for $4.35
per barrel. Let us sav e you money.
1 BOWEN’S CASH
| STORE
—get Doan’s Kidney Pills— the
same that Mrs. Owens had. Fos
ter-Milburn Co., props., Buffalo,
New York. (Adv.)
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; NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
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I Don’t You!
Know? I
That the stock of a Rack- g|
et Store offers you in- gg
numerable suggestions go
for Christmas buying.
Our lines are too var
ied to tell you what can jn@
be found here. You Be
should come and see, for Be
ag along with diversity of 38
stock, _the price is low, g
pi Our stock of shoes is §
very complete in best g
ap quality wear and the |
^ price we have put on ^
g9 them is selling them |
S3 fast fl
gy Come and look before n
g3 doing your Christmas |
|p buying. |
1 The 1
fRacKetl
' ffl Store i
Bcj Next door to Standard [
Be Grocer Co. I
IDEAL LAUNDRY
C. H. WALTON
■ Proprietor.
I
hashing called for and deliver*#
to all parta of the city.
Phone 15t.
Agents Wanted in Every Towa.
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i LOW FARES
FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Chris tmas
1913
New Years
1914
To All Points In The
i SOUTHEAST
AND
I SOUTHWEST
I via
J ROCK ISLAND LINES
I Enquire as to fares, dates of
5 sale, limits, train service, ete>
3 Write To
1 CHAS. B. SLOAT,
1 Assistant General Passenger
1 LITTLE ROCK, ARK
13 or consult
6 Ticket Agent Rock Island Linat
" Station
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