Newport weekly independent., 1902-08-22
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 The best peaches of the season now for sale at The Cash Grocery. 95dtf
 Dr. G. D. Clements was here on business Friday from Auvergne.
 Dr. Ira Erwin and cousin, Walter Erwin, of Little Rock, went to Black Rock Friday.
 Miss Nelia Upshaw went to Little Rock on the noon train Friday to visit her aunt.
 Berry J.Best left Friday morning for Bradford, where he is buying shells for F. H. Kath.
 F. H. Kath left Friday noon for New Boston, Illinois, his former home, on a short business trip.
 Mrs. Mary West returned to Little Rock Friday on the noon train, after visit to Wm. c. Brinkley in the coun- try.
 Miss Jamie Stephens arrived from Augusta Thursday afternoon where she has been visiting Mrs. T. l.. Gard ner.
 Prof. A. Woods returned to Heber by way of Searcy, leaving here Friday noon, after a short business trip to Newport.
 Henry Bragg is enjoying week or ten days vacation accorded him by the Bank of Newport, visiting his mother at La Plata, Mo.
 Thomas Shaver returned Thursday afternoon from Evening Shade, where he visited his parents and friends of his former home.
 MT. and Mrs. w. A. Billingsley leave Catalina Island the first of next week for sojourn at Banff, in Alberta T1ovince, Canada.
 Misses Bessie Mcdonald of Bates vile, Laura Johnson of Weldon, Leah Campbell of Tupelo, are the guests of Mrs. A. Sherrill this week.-Augusta Vidette.
 Henry Schott returned Thursday night from Mt. Nebo, where he left his family very comfortably situated, enjoying cool weather on the heights of that mountain.
 Miss Nina Fogg, of Kenyon, and Miss Ruth Powell, daughter of Judge R. H. Powell, spent Thursday night with the family of w. D. Ross on their way to the former's home.
 Shelby Ament, of Marshall, Mo-, was here Friday morning on his way up the White River extension. He is on the corps of surveyors and had been home on short visit.
 For Rent: Residence 916 Fourth St., furnished or unfurnished, rooms hot and cold water; good garden and out houses. Apply to Mrs. l.. G. Me- Cauley or R. M. Johnson. 97d6t
 Esquire Guy Smith is controverting the opinion that seedling peach trees do not bear good fruit with a fine sample from one of his own trees weighing three quarters of pound.
 Clarendon has an ordinance which prohibits stock from running at large or even kept penned within the cor porate limits, which the Sun claims has led to the extinction of those little pests, fleas.
 The Choctaw freight which left Brinkley Wednesday morning arrived here Friday morning about four o'clock and had to wait here for fire man from Little Rock before making the return trip.
 Miss Jeffie Johnson returned from Tupelo Friday morning and left for her home at Rufus, where she will spend the remainder of her month $ vacation before taking up her work at Charles Meyers.
 Miss Carrie Stevens left Friday morning for Batesville to visit Miss Lou Lawrence. The branch passenger did not leave until about nine o'clock, owing to the lateness of the south bound passengers, Nos. 5 and II.
 T. S., Stephens returned Friday morning from Kennett, Mo-, where he had been called to identify Harry Cunningham as the ex-convict who was sent to the Arkansas penitentiary from here for burglarizing several stores and residences. While break