Newport weekly independent., 1901-09-06

in Newport Wednesday.
 Dr. J. H. Meyers of Black Rock ar rived on 53 Wednesday,,
 Prof. J. w. Scally of Tuckerman was in the metropolis Wednesday,.
 William Burton of Layton was here Tuesday buying goods for the store.
 c. B. Lewis, proprietor of the Batesville Racket Store was here Tuesday.
 Joe Walker returned Tuesday night from St. Louis, where he made a weeks visit.
 Miss Annie Sue Weilder arrived Tuesday night from McCrory and is the guest of Miss Pearla Best.
 Misses Ethe! and Stella Oneal re- turned Wednesday noon from a visit to their uncle, L. w. Nelson of Jones' boro.
 Miss Blanche Woodson left for her home in St. Louis Wednesday, after a two weeks visit to her aunt, Mrs. w. D. Ross.
 Miss Hazel Jones went to Little Rock Wednesday on the noon train to see her mother, who is visiting Mrs. Lacy Tilghman.
 R. J. Wise went to Searcy Wednes- day morning, where he will stop off few days visiting a friend, on his way to Hot Springs.
 Charles F. Cole, referee in bank ruptcy for this district arrived Tues day night from Pocahontas and spent Wednesday in this city.
 Mrs. A. J. Niles, of Springfield, Mo-, after canvassing this town for a china cement, of which she claims to have sold 100 bars, left Wednesday.
 Rev. A. G. Hucheba, of Dexter, Mo-, left here Tuesday for Auvergne and other points on the Choctaw, where he will conduct meetings.
 Rev. MT. Campbell of Izard county was here Tuesday, on his return home from Bowen's Ridge, where he at tended the Schultz Vermillion debate.
 The administrators sale of the stock of goods owned by Nathan Cohn, will be held Wednesday, September 18th, by M. Cohn, administrator of the es- tate.
 Those registered at the Planters on Tuesday night were Val Morgan, Lit tie Rock; E. N. Carter and wife, St. Louis; w. L. Hill, O. J. Devours, Memphis.
 Misses Roberta and Eunice Sullivan left Wednesday noon for Pine Bluff, where they will visit their grand par ents couple of weeks before return ing to enter school.
 R. c. Wallace on Tuesday purchas- ed from a Black Rock pearl hunter a 51 grain pearl, perfectly round, found on the JaclIsonport bar, on which he places a $500 valuation.
 Rev. MT. Borden, Christian minis ter and moderator in the recent de- bate at Bowen's Ridge, was here Tuesday on his way to Oil Trough bot tom where he will conduct a protract- ed meeting.
 Miss Mollie Payne, of Beebe, was here Tuesday night on her return home from Tupelo, where she taught a summer school. She has been se- lected to teach Greek and Latin in the | Beebe High School.
 Miss Hattie Bernstein returned Tuesday from Little Rock, accompan- jed by Miss Rose Landman of Mem phis, who has visited in this city be- fore and has many friends who will be pleased to note her return.
 Mrs. A. B. Drummond, Misses Min nie and Emma Drummond, Mrs. Ed. Best, Jewell, Ira and Pearla Best and Miss Annie Sue Weilder of McCrory fishing party, who went to Watson Lake Wednesday to spend the day.
 Minor O'Neal, who has for a long time held a position with Stewart Bros., left Tuesday night for Bradford, where he will work for Thompson X Gregory. MT. O'NeaI is an energetic young man of ability and character, whom Newport regrets to lose.
 At the dance given at the pavilion evening, the following at tended: Misses Lou Minor, Hester Mae Smith. Neal Phillins