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Inquiry of our various departments as to what is newest, most desir= 1
able and likely to prove of largest trade interest at the ^pening of November
and December evokes the following:
Laying claim to the most
•ri I complete men’s stock, chal
* he : lenges a comparison of values
! on all staples. Mention is
Handkerchief made of French linens with
I woven self figures—to Jap
Dept. i and English white and fancy
| silks—to printed novelties of
l all grades all prices!
Emphasizes the fact that the
line provides every essential
for a diversified outfit. Not
—i only is there the broadest
I he range of materials, weights
and qualities, but particular
Underwear • i attention is given to details
| often overlooked—of finish,
Dept. proportion, extreme ranges
“ ; of sizes, etc.
N. B. We have now on
sale a choice line of under- i|
i wear novelties.
Waxes enthusiastic over its |j
collection of fine silks, rang
Tfie ing down to the more popular
softs, and rounding out the jj
Muffler complete assortment with a
I large range of wools and silk
and wo°l combinations.
U'cpt. N. B. The full-dress reefer
a special feature. §3.50.
Urges inspection of its dog ;
skin mochas and capes
qp. ^ wool-lined ditto—the famed
* he Adlers make—domestic knit
gloves and mitts-Jerseys,
('love : and two complete lines of
every class of glove for
Department street and evening wear.
N. B. White Kids for
* evening wear.
f Dwells with emphasis on its
.p. ^ splendid stock of every class
• DC j of staples - wools in blacks,
. j naturals and colors—black
Hosiery ■] and colored cottons and
•j lisles. and its peerless assort
[)ept. * | ment of every class of fancy
j lisles, cottons, cashmeres,
1 silks, etc. 25c, 35c and 50c.
Is pleased to announce that
in addition to our standard
lines of dress and full-dress
The | shirts, night shirts and pa- Hj j
jamas, which are carried in
Shirt ' comPlete line8 in stock, there
: is now on sale in our own
Honactmant patterns, a handsome new
Dtpdrimeni range of negliges and stiff
[ bosoms.
N. B. Manhattan Madras
{ are it. §2.00 and §2.50.
„ f With pardonable enthusiasm
I he | calls attention to a superb
| showing of silks and hazards
Neckwear ! the-assertion that for variety
and choiceness ot material
and for intrinsic value of the
r * , finished product the line is
without a peer. 50c to §1.25.
( Tells of high novelties in
webs for holidays—plain,
! fancy and embroidered—
The l elastic and non-elastic— f| j
mounted either with or witb
^ncrer> ler out sterling silver buckles
Ollspcnucr ■< an(j boxe(j singly—in hand
p. . painted boxes. It announces
Dept. ! a full assortment of the ever
j popular Bretelles Univer
1 selles and a complete general
line of fine made goods.
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I CLOTHING!
The famous line of Strouse & Bros. Insured
Garments.
THE HIGH ART INSURED HOPKINS'
SACK. The shoulders are broad and dis
tinctive in set. The waist tapers in enough
to appease the most exacting style-judges,
with a suggestion of a Hare at the bottom of
^ the coat. The trousers are* the new wide peg
h p Sort ind every vital part is hand worked
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$i5-oo, $17.50, $18.50,
$20.00, $22.50, $25.00
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. OVERCOATS. j
You never saw a better-fitting garment nor i
one more peculiarly becoming on the average B
hum's figure. Your highest-charging custom [|
tailor might well hold forth such a garment B
as an example of his best craft. “High Art” i
Insured Belt Overcoats are made loose and k
hang in easy folds that declare the best char- 1
acter of tailoring. You can have ’em with §j
either slash or flap pockets, with or without 1
cuffs, fancy cheviots, converts and the “Coro- §
nation” Cloth.
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Alfred Benjamin & Co.’s Smoking Jackets, White g
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Vests 4ml Lounging Robes. I
THE GREAT REDUCTION SALE!
«J IT BRILEY BROS.
IS NOW GOING ON.
We Must Make Room for ©ur Big
Line of Christmas Goods. yz Bargains:
All wool Venetian cloth in all colors worth
75c per yd. reduced to 50c per yd.
All $3.50 and $3.00 fancy waist patterns
reduced to $2 50.
All wool Albatross in all colors worth 75c
per yd. reduced to 50c per yd.
The Georgiana hose for ladies, the iinest
hose made, reduced to 4 pair for $1.00.
All Whipcord, Prunella, Serge and Broad
cloth dress patterns at cost.
All $2.(K) fancy waist patterns reduced to
$1.50.
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All 15c per yd.- tiarrnellettes reduced to
12 12 per yd.
All plain and fancy worsted goods at cost.
All flannels for waists worth 75c per yd.
reduced to 50c per yd.
All 7c per yd. flannelettes reduced to 5c
per yd.
Fleece lined pique worth 50c reduced to 30c.
Come and see the great bargains we are
ottering.
BAILEY BROS., Newport, Ark.
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NEWMAN ERB
CONFIRMS REPORT.
Prsident of St. Louis, Memphis and
Southeastern Says Road has been
Absorbed by Frisco.
New York, Nov. 20. Newman Erb,
trustee for the stockholders of the St.
Louis, Memphis and Southeastern
Railroad Company, and its late presi
dent, announces that on the 17th inst.
the sale of the stock of that company
to the St. Louis and San Francisco
Railroad Company was concluded at
$47.50 a share. The entire capital
stock of the St. Louis, Memphis and
Southeastern, aggregating $12,600,000,
par value, was deposited with the
Eastern Trust Company of New York
to secure an issue of collateral trust
notes, having forty years to run and
bearing interest at the rate of 4 per
cent per annum, a direct obligation of
the St. Louis and San Francisco Rail
rpad Company, amounting in the
aggregate to $4,000,000, par value, the
proceeds of which are intended to
provide for payment of the stock and
further additions to the property.
The St. Louis, Memphis and South
eastern is approaching completion,
and is to be finished by the Frisco
company. Three hundred miles of
the line are now in operation, and the
remaining 150 miles will, it is expect
ed, be completed and be open for
business by April 1 next.
In taking over this property the
m notvt* o < v m rtlniau thii nnnnar'
tiou between St. Louis and Memphis
and furnishes the link between Mem
phis and the southern terminus of the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois (now a
part of the Frisco system) at Thebes.
The St. Louis, Memphis and South
eastern thus furnishes a connection
between Memphis and Chicago and
also between St. Louis and Memphis,
giving the Frisco company a direct
and the shortest line between Bir
mingham and the Southeast to St.
Louis.
The St. Louis, Memphis and South
eastern is a water-level line and its
taudard engines are carrying 3,000
ive tons per train load. The tonnage
ilready developed, which will be
timed over to the Chicago and East
ern Illinois, will, it is estimated, add
more than 61,000,000 revenue to that
/cad in the next twelve months.
GOULD’S PROPOSAL
TO SPRINGFIELD.
Springfield, Mo., Nov. 20.—The
long-looked-for opportunity to secure
connection with another great rail
way system has come at last. The
Missouri Pacific Railway Company,
through Russell Harding, general
manager, has submitted a definite
proposition to the people of Spring
field to build a north and south line
into the city. They ask the right of
way through the county and city and
depot grounds. This will cost about
6150,000, and there is no doubt that
the sum needed will be raised. The
building of this line will give Spring
field two lines to Memphis, two lines
to St. Louis, three liffBfto Chicago,
four lines to Kansas City, one direct
line to Jefferson City and two to Lit
tle Rock.
BAZAR AT NEW HAZEL.
On the 25th and 26th inst. the Ladies’
Aid Society of the Methodist church
will have a bazar at the New Hazel.
At that time they will have on sale
comforts, bags of many kinds, fancy
articles, cakes, _ pickles and candy.
All contributing any articles other
than cakes and candy are requested
to deposit their donations at the
Methodist parsonage not later than
next Monday noon.
RALSTON PURINA
CEREAL DEMONSTRATION.
Every day during the week of No
vember 17th Miss J. E. Rogers will
demonstrate and talk interestingly
about Ralston Purina Cereals and
Purina Health Flour at W. B. Chas
tain’s Store. A Ralston-Puriua Mon
ey Bank Will Be Given Free with each
purchase of one package or more of
Ralston Purina Cereals. b!79tf
SERMON FOR PYTHIANS.
All Knights of Pythias are requested
to meet at the lodge rooms at seven
p. m. Sunday, Nov. 30th, that they
may march in a body to the Metho
dist church, where Sir Knight Rev. J.
W. Smith will deliver an address upon
Pythianism, to which all are invited.
w2feod.
DO IT NOW.
Buy your winter wearing apparel at
Chas. Meyer’s Great Bargain Store.
179 btf.
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| GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. '
Last Day’s Session of Grand Lodge
Several Important Matters
Discussed and Acted
Upon.
The second and last day of the bi
ennial session of the grand lodge, F.
and A. M., closed late Wednesday
night, after the installation of the
following officers for the ensuing year,
who were elected during the afternoon
session:
John T. Hicks of Searcy, grand
master, to succeed Harry H. Myers.
S. T. Rowe of Greenwood, deputy
grand master, to succeed John T.
Hicks.
A. B. Grace of Pine Bluff, grand
senior warden, to succeed S. T. Rowe.
E. E. Bryant of Fort Smith, grand
junior warden, to succeed A. B.
Grace.
John Oathout of Booneville, grand
lecturer, re-elected.
G. W. DeVaughn, custodian of the
works.
F. O. Butt, grand orator, to succeed
William T. Hammock.
Fay Hempstead of Little Rock,
grand secretary, re-elected.
P. K. Roots of Little Rock, grand
treasurer, re-elected.
Mr. Myers, now past grand master,
was placed on the board of control of
the Masonic temple.
A vote of thanks was tendered Past
Grand Master Harry H. Myers for
cut; 11levniioi in wiiiun uu uiiu uuiiuuuieu
the affairs of the grand lodge. He
was complimented on his official
visits, the collections for the temple
and the fair and impartial rulings
rendered during the present session.
The honor of a vote of thanks to the
grand master is an unusual one.
Among the most important matters
discussed and settled was the relaxa
tion of the by-laws Relative to the
admission of men not physically per
fect into the order. Heretofore this
has been one of the strictest rules. It
will be possible, however, in the fu
ture for a maimed man to become a
Mason.
George Thornburg, the publisher of
the Masonic Trowel, was instructed to
edit and promulgate a Masonic moni
tor for the benefit of the Masons of
the state.
The rule to refuse admission tb the
order to any man engaged in the sa
loon business was adhered to.
The grand lodge adjourned Wednes
day night after one of the most en
thusiastic and harmonious meetings
in its history. There were 4(37 .au
thorized delegates present and with
other officers and members the num
ber of Visiting Masons was in excess
of 700.
GRIP CONTAINED CHECKS.
A small hand grip was found in the
railroad yards near the Iron Moun
tain freight depot, Friday morning by
the little grandson of William Gamble,
who turned over his finding to Sheriff
Bandy.
Upon examination of the grip’s con
tents, cheeks for several hundred dol
lars were found, the majority of which
were drawn upon the Bank of Para
gould and signed by J. H. Kitchens,
Jr., treasurer and by Ben Cox, corres
ponding secretary of the State Bap
tist Association. Other papers as well
as a white shirt were found, but none
prove the ownership of the grip,
which was probably stolen and then
thrown away. The owner however
may have met with foul play and the
sheriff has already taken steps to find
out to whom the grip belonged. He
must have been an officer in the Bap
tist Association.
LYNCHING AT WYNNE.
j J. A. Volkmer returned on No. 4.
j Friday afternoon from Judsonia and
| Bald Knob, at the latter place having
learned of the lynching of a negro
Thursday night at Wynne. The negro
is reported to have had trouble with a
railroad conductor at McCrory and
was being taken to Forrest City for
safe keeping, when a mob took him
from the hands of the officers and
proceeded to hang him. .
BATESVILLE FRUIT COMPANY.
—
The Batesville Fruit Company Thurs
day filed its articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state. The capital
stock is #3,000, all of which has been
subscribed. The officers are W. P.
Jones, president; E. L. Givens, vice
president; John Q. Wolf, secretary,
[ Chas. A. Barrett, treasurer.
The Newport Dye & Cleaning Works
i have been moved two doors south of
former stand, beneath Lone Star
j Boarding House, where the proprietor
; T. W. Shaver, will be pleased to see
j his trade. D. H. Smith is no longer
j with him. bl67
TRAIN SERVICE DERANGED.
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The Iron Mountain yards have been
crowded with freights all day and the
situation about noon appeared to bo
approaching a blockade. No. 4 ar
rived at 1:40 p. m. and No. 3 was over
three hours late, owing to a small
wreck at Delaplaine, between Knob* I
and Walnut Ridge. The track was
reported cleared about 1:30 p. m. and
though information relative to the
wreck is meager, if it had been ser
ious, the facts would have been forth
coming.
An extra freight was made up here
in the afternoon and left for St. Louis
with 71 loaded cars, which is consid
ered a very heavy load.
Thursday night, four cars were
ditched at Diaz on the Y, delaying the
arrival of the branch passenger until
10:30 o’clock that evening.
At noon there were four or five
hundred cars in the local yards and
as Superintendent Hartigan is here in
his private car, he has had an ex
cellent opportunity to observe the
need for additional switch track.
3and is being unloaded here for the
new passing track and work is pro
gressing with a celerity tha,t must be
pleasing to the officials.
MUSIC AND ELOCUTION.
Miss Jessie Garvin, a celebrated
elocutionist and double voiced singer,
will give an entertainment at the
Methodist church Sunday at 3 o’clock
p. m. also at the Christian church
Monday evening at 7:30 p. m. Every
body invited, don’t miss the treat. d2f
DON’T MISS.
The Big Town Lot Drawing at We
woka, I. T., Nov. 20, and enjoy a de
licious Barbecue after the drawing.
Half rates for the round trip by “The
Choctaw,” Nov. IS, 19 and 20, gopd to ■ M
return until Nov. 23. 179dtf.
The river continues to rise, standing
at 3 feet even on the guage Friday.
A force of men in the employ of tb
Western Union Telegraph
arrived Thursday and have
building the wires in tdie city
switchboards are
Iron M
the W
being ]
cables
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A WELL-DRESSED WOMAN
Isa Lovely Sight.
I f you would be becomingly
and properly gowned do not fail
5 to have a comprehensive look -"
. through our dress goods depart
| ment.
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! Sehastopools, Biainty, Prunell
I as, I'wine Cards, Voiles, Eia- '
| mines, Canvas Cheviots, Serges,
; Silk Warp Henriettas, Zibo
S lines, Camels Hair, Brilliant
5 no a, Whipcords and lots of
jj "ilha stylish dress fabrics. S
In fact the
jsomest line of
j suitings, waist”
j ings and shirt=
ings ever seen in
11iiis city, -v -
] Come in and lock the line
over.
Respectfully,
W ol ff =G ol dinan
Merc. Co.