Newport weekly independent., 1901-09-27

was nefe saturday.
 Miss Erma Hall, of Batesville, is here visiting the family of Captain Warner.
 Alec Bevens returned to his old | home at Batesville Saturday, from Goldsboro, North Carolina.
 T. D. Kinman, Jr., marketed twelve bales of good middling cotton here Saturday, sold to c. E. Crook at eight cents.
 Miss Daisy Reed, one of Batesville's popular young ladies, returned home Saturday morning after a weeks vis- it with Mrs. s. R. Phillips.
 Miss Estelle Sward, of St. Louis, passed through here Saturday on her way to Batesville, where she has been employed as milliner by Schott.
 Mrs. E. L. Evins and granddaughter Miss Mamie Goss, arrived on the noon train Saturday, from Poplar Bluff and will visit Mrs. J. l.. Bishop and family.
 Mrs. J. s. Wilmans, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Laura Boswell, re- turned Thursday night from her old Virginia home, Newport News, where both spent the summer.
 Miss Geraldyn Owens of Little Rock, who has been visiting Mir. and Mrs. Guy Brown this week, went to Bates vile Saturday afternoon for short visit before returning home.
 Miss Johnnie Glover, of Batesville, the daughter of the popular engineer on the branch local, was here Satur- day on her way to Little Rock, where she will enter Maddox Seminary.
 Mrs. Lolla R. Bach has returned to Newport after spending the summer at Forrest City and Fayetteville. She was quite sick part of the summer, but returns much improved in health.
 Miss Katie Price left Saturday noon for Searcy, accompanied by her mother, where she will continue her studies at S. F. I. Miss Price will be much missed by her circle of young friends with whom she is favorite.
 David Bowen, very popular and highly educated young teacher of this county, who deserves all the more credit for having made his own way in the world, left Saturday for Weldon where he will teach an eight months school.
 M. F. Davis, the genial postmaster a Swifton was down here on business Monday morning and brought the IN DEPENDENT three new subscriptions. He informs us that Jones Bros. & Go. will rebuild and this time protect themselves from fire in a brick struc- ture.
 Misses Roberta and Mamie Morri- son left Sunday for Godfrey, Illinois, where they will attend the best known young ladies' school west of the Ale ghenies, Monticello. These two young ladies are very popular in Newport | society and will be much missed by a | large circle of friends.
 Henry M. Owen, the son of Doctor Henry Owen leaves Tuesday for St. | Louis, where he will attend the com ing year, the Marion Sims Beaumont College of Medicine. Mr. Owen is one oe this city's brightest and most prom ising young men, who in following his fathers profession, bids fair to attain the same eminence.
 The Black Rock button factory is now running on full time. At pres ent seventeen men ere employed and the output of blanks is about 15OO gross weekly. One hundred tons of shells have recently been bought at S5.50 per ton. w. w. Woods, the knows how to produce the best results.-Black Rock Blade.
 G. B. Bradley left Tuesday for which he will make head quarters from this date. The Aver Lord Tie Company, since the fire which destroyed their local office, have decided to change their yards to De Valls Bluff, the latter point being more convenient to the tie section from which they buy most.
 The arrivals at the Hazel Monday were Geo. B. Bradley, Brinkley; Tom Owen, Sulphur Rock; T. L. James, Junction; John w. Terrell, Batesville; ,. Patterson, E. O. Jackson, Chas. c. Wright, Ed McElwee, Little Rock; J.