Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07

Miss Zula Gray, of McCrory, is vis- iting the family of c. B. Best.
 Miss Bettie Higgs returned from school at Imboden, Ark, Wednesday.
 J. M. Grubbs, brother of our mayor, was in Newport Wednesday attending to business.
 Harry Moore returned from Bates vile Wednesday afternoon after a short visit there.
 J. w. Sullivan, T. J. Gregg and George Hillhouse were away Wednes- day on fishing trip.
 J. N. Lovejoy and Mrs. Annie Montgomery, both of Grubbs, have been issued a marriage license.
 J. R. Lotion, for several years sher- if of this county and an old resident of Jacksonport, was here Wednesday.
 Mrs. E. R. Long returned to Bates vile Wednesday from Warren, ac- companied by Miss Neppie Hankins.
 Mrs. Paul Butler, after short visit with Mrs. George Anderson, left Wednesday for Batesville her former home.
 Misses Esther Neill and Mary Case left Wednesday morning for Bates vile, after short visit with Mrs. S. R. Phillips.
 l Archdeacon Rhames of Little Rock passed through Newport Wednesday on the Iron Mountain north bound noon train.
 | H. c. Stevenson, claim agent for the l Iron Mountain on this end of the road, was in Newport Wednesday on off l cial business.
 1 A. C.. Collier, merchant of Tupelo, who is the owner of a bottling plant in this city, was down on business Wednesday,.
 1 Tobe and Link Mcdonald, prosper ous farmers of the Weldon section, were in Newport Wednesday attend ing to business.
 Miss Pauline Hall, who has been att tending school here the past year, left for her home at Holly Grove Wednesday afternoon.
 Miss Bessie Mcdonald stopped over here for a short visit with relatives on her return from Memphis, leaving 1 Wednesday for Batesville.
 Lester Collier of Tupelo passed through here Wednesday on his re- turn home, after year spent at Hendrix College, Imboden.
 Gus Coffin, day man at the Iron Mountain, is off on ten days vaca- tion, spending his time in Marion Co.,, looking over the zinc fields.
 E. Q. Best and wife, Miss Pearla Best, Mrs. A. B. Drummond and fami- ly and Mrs. Rufus Clark went fishing on Village Creek Wednesday. | Mrs. E. c. Lashlee met her daughter Miss Hattie Lashlee here Wednesday and both left for the home of Mrs. w. M. Combes east of here for visit
 Misses Esther Neill left Tuesday for Asheville, North Carolina, where she will attend the Woman's National Board of Missions in session there this week.
 Miss Louise Muslin came in Tuesday from school at Hendrix College, Inn boden, and will visit her sister, Miss Cora Muslin, before returning home to Tupelo.
 Among the arrivals at the Planters Tuesday were: Jno. A. Hinkle, Mrs. E. R. Long, Batesville; c. w. Looney, Mountain Niew; J. T. Murphy, Pine Gulf; Miss Neppie Hankins, Warren.
 James Claridge and wife arrived Tuesday Night on visit to his nephew John Claridge. Mr. Claridge had not been in this county for over thirty five years, when there was no such town as Newport.
 MT. and Mrs. E. F. Tetwiler return ed Wednesday from .Ironton, the old home of the formers parents. MT. Tetwiler attended the Southeast Mis- souri Conclave of the Knights of Pythias in session there this week.
 L. A. McKinnon and wife of Crow ley, La., arrived Tuesday night on a visit to relatives of the former in this county. They left Wednesday after noon for Weldon, but will return here for longer visit among the friends