Newport weekly independent., 1902-09-12
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 Frank Coffin of Pine Bluff, visited his brother Gus Coffin in this city Fri day.
 A.. B. Shoffner and David Bowen represented Weldon at the county seat Saturday.
 R. F. Moore and H. Barnes of Cot ton Plant were here Saturday morn ing on their way home.
 Mrs. Sank Mcdonald and children left Saturday morning for Batesville to visit Tobe Mcdonald and family
 MT. and Mrs. Robt. Askew now have a daughter in their family in ten pound baby girl, born Thursday morn ing Sept. 4.
 Mrs. Addie Willis came down from Newport Wednesday and will spend few days here with relatives.-Au- gusta Vidette.
 Mrs. Lacy Tighlman left Friday noon for her home in Little Rock, after visit to her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Jones.
 The steamer Monarch went down the river Friday morning on her last trip for this month in charge of Capt. o. H. Kennedy.
 Mesdames w. R. and T. B. Stewart and children returned Thursday night from a stay of several weeks at Ravenden Springs.
 Misses Mae and Jennie Cook re- turned to their country home at Elmo Thursday afternoon, after a pleasant visit with Miss Lou Minor.
 Fred Snetzer, editor and proprietor of that most excellent contemporary the Marianna Index, arrived Friday morning on short visit to his pa- rents.
 Mrs. J. o. Griffith with her baby and MT. Jesse Cox arrived Friday night from Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee on visit to their sister Mrs. S. D. Campbell.
 MT. and Mrs. w. A. Billingsley re- turned Friday night from western trip, embracing California and British Columbia points. Only week ago, they were caught in snow storm, not very disagreeable hardship one would think in the summer weather. J. w. Lindley was here shopping Friday with his two daughters, who will attend Galloway College this year. Mrs. Geo. Smith also came down from Tuckerman with them.
 0. Bach, H. Owen, Ben Simmons and James Duffer returned Friday afternoon from a hunt ill Poinsett county. James Duffer was the only member of the party to kill deer.
 MT. and Mrs. H. G. Oates of Pine Bluff, after trip to Chicago, arrived Saturday noon, having stopped off here on a visit to Mir. and Mrs. John H. Keel, the latter being a sister of Mrs. Oates.
 Prof and Mrs. A. Woods arrived Friday morning from Heber, where they have spent the summer and are moving into the new cottage next door to Judge M. M. Stuckey's in East Newport
 H. Schott and family arrived on No. il Friday afternoon about one o'clock from St. Louis. They would have ar rived early in the morning on No. 5, except for the wreck at Okane, mak- ing it necessary for that train to go around from Knobel via Wynue.
 0. J. Pfund and wife of Little Rock, passed through here Friday night on their way to St. Louis. MT. Pfund will be superintendent of presses 2 and of the St. Louis Compress Go. in Little Rock the coming year. He is very competent man and we con- gratulate him upon his new position.
 We repeat what we said two weeks ago, that there will be no open sa- looms in Jonesboro next year not withstanding the vote is for license. The petition which has circulated quietly for some time will contain a good round majority of the adult citi- zens within the three mile limit Jonesboro Times.