ENT WILL
BOOST JACKSON
s For Capital City With
>,000 Folders Advertis
ing Jackson County.
>resentative G. L. Grant of
ity left on the fast mail
Thursday morning for Lit
)ck to join the “Arkansas
hels'’ train which leaves.
ipital city Friday morning
[our of the east and north
?to exploit the great opportuni
ties and resources of our state
He was accompanied by his
! wife and while the trip will cost
t about $300, he is paying his
own way and will boost Jackson
I county wherever the occasion
1 permits. Our loyal and progres
sive representative carried with
him 25,000 folders which tell
well the story of what Jackson
county has to qffer the investor
Land homeseeker. The order for
| these folders was given the In
dependent at 9 o’clock Wednes
i day morning and the following
Lday at the same hour, they had
I been printed and folded and
F were placed upon the train for
i Little Rock.
Going Out For Keeps,
r'♦"ftrthere any one who will not,
[ when he may,save a few dollars?
f You know we are going out of
I business. All our sto”ck is being
sold at cost—not over and not
below, and there is a good deal
I left—things that everyone who
i eats, and lives, needs every day
| in eyery month.
We are anxious to close it but
!x ure going to buy it from
The others will be Imre
re leave, and wTe ask t^t
1 let ps have your orders.
2 up and see what we
Your for awhile.
Martin Bros.
For Collection of Taxes
Levee District No. 2 of
„ksoh County, Arkan
sas for 1911.
persons and corporations
■ lands, lots railroads and
ads, and parts thereof,
in Levee District No. 2
|kson^ County, Arkansas,
Sby notified that the Le
jes assessed against said
■ for the year 1911 by
Barnett Manuel Cook.
Barnett Manuel Cook, aged 65
years and the onty living brother
of Colonel V. Y. Cook, of Bates
ville, died at 10:30 o’clock Wed
nesday night at his hon?e near
Elmo as the result of complica
tions, following a stroke of paral
ysis. *
The deceased was born at
Boydsville, Graves county, Ken
tucky, but came to Arkansas in
the early days and was well
known by all the old settlers,
who held him in high esteem, for
his many admirable traits of
character and sterling worth as
an upright citizen. He served
with gallantry as a member of
Forrest’s Cavalry.
The remains were brought to
Newport early Thursday morn
ing,accompanied by 'the brother,
Colonel V. Y. Cook and were em
balmed at Drummond’s prepara
tory to being taken to Batesville
at night.
Burial Friday afternoon a/' 4
o’clock in Batesville, under the
auspices of the Masonic lodge of
which deceased was a member.
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Adler Goldman Commission j
Company to Alvin D. Goldman, •
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Marriage License.
Austin Gwaltney and Myrtle
! Burton, both of Sv.' Tton.
Henry Wright and Louella
; Stewart, both of Tuekerman.
Ed Spradlin and Mrs. Aman- j
da Vaughn, both of Swifton.
Noble Conkin and Jennie Ber
ry, both of Tuckerman.
Edward E. Rosel and Bettie
Brown, both of Newport.
Fred Lassiter and Tempie In
gram, both of Tuckerman.
Walter Burgess and Mary!
Holm, both of R. F. D. 1.
John Birdsong and Rosie Mer
riman, both of Tuckerman.
Tom Stephens and Elsie F.
Reeves, both of Newark.
Edward B. Daniel and Ethel
Lindsay, both of Newport.
Diaz.
Miss Lula Vaulner entertain
ed a crowd of her friends Fri
day night with an apron party.
! All present report a nice time.
I Bud Stanley is spending a few
days with homefolks.
Mis. George Hackney has
been quite ill for the past week
but is reported better.
Mrs. Lottie Campbell is on the
sick list this week.
Johnnie Clayton of Elmo at
tended the party Friday night.
Essie Clark of Mt. Pleasant,
Texas was the guest of a
friend (?) Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Dameron
spent Sunday with their mother,
Mrs. M. A. Dameron.
Mr. Emsley Worrick of Sul
' phur Rock spent several days ir.
our city last week.
! Mr. Wil waue reiunieu iu
i Bono Sunday night after spend
! ing a week with friends.
George Hackney made a busi
ness trip to Elmo Saturday.
Chas. Vaulner of Paroquet
came down Friday to visit home
folks.
W. T. Moyer went to Tucker
man Sunday on business. (?)
Mrs. A. J. Allen of Mt. View
i is expected down the last of the
week.
Miss Myrtle Allen is able to
be in school again after a siege
! of the chills.
Penn Davis made his regular
trip to Campbell Sunday.
Quite a crowd of the Diaz
boys and girls were out driving
Sunday, among them being Will
Wade and Ivory Cellars, Bud
Stanley and Callie Vaulner, Will
JBack and Ollie Matin, George
YluS^and Maggie Cherry and
‘H^laude Vaulner and Sadie Mei
ker^. They all report a nice time
: and some of the boys said they
e to drive forever,
ie and Bright Eyes,
m^X&CEERMAN NEWS. o
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Feed Buyers—See W. H. Ter
rell for prices on hulls and meal.:
28w4t |
Mrs. E. V. Holt is spending;
this week in Mammoth Spring.:
Mrs. Cabler and Mrs. M. L.
Churchman are visiting at E.
D. Gardner’s this week. j
G. A. Choate arrived home;
last week. He has been gone j
for some time.
T. G. Dowell writes home from
Missouri that he is getting
along nicely with his work and
his many friends are glad that
he is satisfied with his new job.*
J. N. Hout left Monday night
for Little Rock, where he goes
to attend the second annual con
vention of the Postmasters of
Arkansas.
Mrs. H. E. Dowell came up
from Newport Tuesday to visit
j homefolks a few7 days.
Mrs. Geo. Churchman is in the
j country at her father’s this
i week.
The Woman’s Christian Tem
| perance Union w7ill meet Sunday
j aftexmoon at three o’clock at the
I Methodist church.
Mrs. J. C. Cok left this mori\
ine- for Searev where she ffoes
for a week’s visit to her sons,
Joseph and Charley.
Mrs. A. J. Goetz and little son
Fremont, were in town Tuesday.
Dr. Jernigan is visiting at the
home of W. M. Shaver this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cook spent
Sunday in Newport with Mrs.
Cook’s sister, Mrs. Heard.
Mr. J. W. Gardner and wife
and Mrs. J. W. Lindley were in
town Wednesday.
We are glad to learn that Miss
Lucy Lindley, who has been sick
for some time, is implying.
Sunday school Rally Day at
the Methodist church Sunday,
October 22nd, 1911. Everybody
in town and the surrounding
community cordially invited to
attend the Sunday school at 10
a. m.. All the parents are urged
to come and bring their children
and a special invitation is ex
tended the young men to come.
We want to make this one of the
best Sunday schools in this coun
ty and it will take your presence
and co-operation to do this. Be
sure amd come and we will try
to have something interesting
for you. Sunday school rally
day program Sunday evening at
7:30 p. m. Come to both ser
■ vices. Mr. Editor you are cor
dially invited to visit us at that
I iiiiitr.
'j W. R. Rice, Supt.
. | 4 * *
A. R. Anderson returned home
| from Hot Springs Friday night,
where he attended the State
fair.
W. J. Smith, a prominent far
mer of this place, was a New- ]
port visitor Saturday.
Charles Woodie died Monday
night and was laid to rest Tues
afternoon at Pleasant Grove j
I cemetery, by the W. O. W. lodge. |
Mr. Woodie leaves a wife and j
four chidren, who have the sym
pathy of their many friends.
Deputy Sheriff J. F. McCuis- i
tion of Newport was a pleasant
visitor in our city Saturday af
ternoon.
J. N. liout went to Little
Rock Monday to spend a few
days.
j
Mrs. Joe Davis and children
Lindley and dzella, of Bandy’s
Chapel, witnessed the show in
town Saturday.
Charles aid Albert Coe of
Campbell were pleasant callers
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is store, not claiming so mticli^B|ggy|^y'g
really giving BETTER vali^H^BHp ■§
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get us customers and .^B
them. We want YOU. ‘
here Saturday.
Editor P. H. Van Dyke of
Newport was here Saturday in
jthe interest of his paper.
Taylor Tinsley of Kenyon
made his regular trip here Sun
day.
Frank Anderson arrived home
Friday night from Hot Springs,
where he attended the State
fair.
Miss Willie D. Smith, aged 28
years, died Thursday morning
about 4 o’clock and was buried
Thursday afternoon at Pleasant
Grove cemetery by the Wood
men Cii-cle. Miss Willie was a
member of the Methodist
church. She lived a true Chris
tian life and was loved by all
who knew her. She leaves a mo
ther, brother and two sisters
and other relatives to mourn
her loss. The bereaved ones
have the sympathy of many
friends in their great sorrow. *
*
M. L. Clark and Sons enter
tained the people of this place
Saturday with their well adver
tised circus, which was a com
plete failure.
There was plenty of booze in
this place Saturday and some of
the boys seemed to have all they
could carry, without some assist
ance.
Misses Allie and Mae Smith
were pleasant callers at G. H.
Brabbzson’s Sunday evening.
W. B. Straubie is going out of
business as soon as he can sell
his stock of goods.
Dr. K. K. Kimberlin is making
good use of his E. M. F. car. He
makes a trip of 40 miles nearlw
every day.
Ed Bowen and family of Hick
ory Grove were pleasant visitors