Newport weekly independent., 1901-08-09


 Tennessee, who has been in this sec tion buying pearls since June 1st, was in Newport Thursday. He expects to remain until the river rises and ends the pearling season, but says he will bring his family here to live the first of January.
 J. Phil Berman leaves tonight for St. Louis and will go from there to Buffalo, where he will stop over a few days before going to the New York market, to buy fall goods for the firm of Wolff & Goldman. His wife, who is now visiting in St. Louis, will return with him.
 President T. J. Watson of the New port Oil Prospecting Company in forms us that he has receved word from Malang & Cowan, the contrac- tors, that the machinery for boring, was loaded at Joplin upon Monday, August 9th, and will probably arrive upon Friday of this week.
 Dr. J. H. Meyers, wife, daughter Miss Minnie and little boy, returned to their home at Black Rock Thusday, after trip to Newark. Dr. Meyers is well known pearl buyer, who realizes that Black Rock is not the 'whole thingo in the way of a market for Northeast Arkansas pearlers.
 Among those registered at the Ha- gel Wednesday were: J. G. Hall, Searcy; A. J. Moore, PoWhatan; R. Whitaker, Knobel; H. c. Stevenson. Ed. McElwee, F. Brown, Fred Shader, Wm. L. McRaven, Little Rock; T. J. Graham, Tuckerman; c. J. Magness, Newark; A. Woods, Heber; J. W. Sisk, Tuckerman.
 Among the parties which have gone out from here to hunt pearls, the fol- lowing on Thursday went up to Black river to spend the day prospecting: Mesdames John Blanshard, J. S. Jones, I. Sprigg, Walter Harris; Misses Susie Jones, Hal and Hester Phillips, Herman Tilghman, Willie and Charles Sprigg.
 Prof. A. Woods of Heber, Arkansas. the newly elected superintendent of the Newport Public Schools, and a very pleasant gentleman, who comes here with high recommendations as an educational instructor, is in the city and will meet with the school board tonight in assigning the grades to the different teachers.
 Rev. B. F. Holdford, of Bald Knob, formerly of Kenyon, in this county, returned home Thursday after hold ing prOtracted services at the Baptist church of Auvergne. This meeting closes Friday night with the baptism of those received into the church. There have been up to the present time nineteen conversions.
 w. R. Thompson and wife, Mes danes B. R. Tyler, Ed. Phillips, Maud Marshall and Miss Bessie Buford com posed party, who went down on the White below the bridge Thursday to spend the day opening mus sels. They went prepared, as a man and boat were taken along with which to supply them with shells.
 Miss Stephanie Pagan left Wednes- day afternoon over the Choctaw for her home in San Antonio, Texas, after a visit to her sister, Mrs. o. D. Wat son. Miss Pagan leaves many admir- CTS and friends in this city, to whom her visit has been of great pleasure and who hope that her next may not be separated from this by any long period of time.
 Among those registered at the Ha- gel Tuesday were Mrs. J. H. Myers, Black Rock; R. w. Anderson, Jack sonport; Mrs. s. c. Beane, R. B. Ad- ans, Newark; c. w. NeWson, Jones' boro; H. T. Tucker, Wm. Mattingly, H. w. Hall, c. J. Tucker, F. Brown, J. A. Van Belt, Dan Daniel, H. c. Stevenson, Walter Cotter, Little Rock; J. s. Handford, E. G. Hinkle, Robt. Neill, w. J. Erwin and wife, Paul Butler, Batesville; J. w. Will Hanson, H. L. Collin, Cushman; M. P. Huddleston, Paragould.
 
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