Newport weekly independent., 1901-05-02

| this week in the interest of the Right Place Millinery Department. George w. Decker, of St. Louis, came down from the city Sunday night to look after the lumber inter- ests of the Pond-Decker Lumber Co.
 w. A. Roy, a prominent farmer of Cow Lake township, came in Friday to see his daughter, who is here taking medical treatment under Dr. L. E. Willis.
 Miss Fannie Bowen, of Batesville, accompanied her niece and nephew, Mar Syd and Nicely Emmart as far as Newport Friday on their way to Little Rock.
 Mir. J. P. Huddleston, brother of Mrs. R. w. Randy, left for his home at Farmersville, Tex, today He was ac- complished by his niece, Miss Bennie Umble.
 J. W. Sullivan, T. J. Gregg, Morris Bloom and o. D. watson, all four and no more-that is no other members to the party-went fishing on the white wednesday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Edward Ridley and child Ruby left Tuesday noon for Bald Knob where they will spend a few days visiting relatives before re- turning to Little Rock.
 Rev. L. H. Richardson leaves here Friday to install Rev. w. H. Morrow pastor of the Presbyterian church at Cotton Plant but will return here for his Sunday engagement.
 M. G. See, a builder of Tuckerman, was in town Friday and reports the work upon G. L. Smiths brick build ing as progressing nicely, hoping to complete same by June 1st.
 J. P. Huddleston, of Texas, arrived Friday morning and departed the same day for Batesville accompany ing the remains of his father, to be inferred at Evening Shade.
 The gun club has ordered clay pig cons fara shoot to be held in the near future, to which all the members are looking forward. New traps have been ordered for the season.
 Jack Heron, who has been down at Cotton Plant is now in town and says he is ready to do your brick laying work and all contracting orders. See his card elsewhere in this issue.
 The Newport Compress Company received an order from the Lesser Cotton Company this week for four hundred bales, which are being load ed and shipped to Eastern mills.
 The fire laddies are the happy recip- ients of much needed rubber coats, a purchase of Chairman Mahan of the fire committee of the city council, 800 feet of hose has also been ordered.
 All parties using water for sprink- ling purposes must obtain license. If found using without, their whole con- nection will be cut off.
 10d2w NEWPORT WATER Go.
 The Bible in which was recorded the age of MT. Frank Caldwell, about whose which some questions seem to have arisen, Col. Minor says was lost before the war-Spanish- American. J. A. Elliott, an old employe of the Iron Mountain has returned from St. Louis where he was confined for a month in the Missouri Pacific hospital with small pox contracted in St. Louis.
 School closed for this term at Tuck :, man Friday of which MT. E. A. Shaver has been the teacher. He has given general satisfaction we are sure, as he is a bright and energetic young man.
 Two of the oldest men in Jackson county visited Uncle Billie Robinson of Jacksonport yesterday where they had big Sunday dinner. They were George Redman and Frank Caldwell. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Newport Building As sociation will be held next Tuesday at 10 a. m. Dividends will be declared and consequently full Attendance is expected.
 J. D. Goldman of th8 Lesser Cotton Company, and president of the Adler Goldman Commission Company of St. Louis, spent Sunday in this city, go- ing to Little Rock Monday on busi- ness He will retlrn Thursday