Newport weekly independent., 1902-08-08

Rock and Smithville.
 Judge F. D. Fulkerson returned home to Batesville Saturday morning to spend Sunday with his family.
 The family of Manager Verret, of the local gas company, came up from Little Rock Friday to make Newport their home.
 William McGoffin and Adolph Lester are spending the two weeks vacation allowed them by their pro- prietors at Colorado resorts.
 M. Pelt left Saturday night, sup posedly on visit to his home at Prescott, but some of his friends claim Jonesboro was his destination.
 Division Superintendent Hartigan was here Tuesday morning in his special car, which was attached to a gravel train and taken South at noon.
 Mrs. Bell Lawrence and her popular daughter Miss Lou Lawrence returned home to Batesville Saturday morning after visit with MT. A. J. Stevens and family.
 Mrs. Nellie Wheatcroft. who has been visiting the family of her brother J. P. Gravett, the past month, left Saturday morning for her home in Graysville, III.
 1 J. G. Walker went to Batesville Monday on business trip with c. F. Fentresse, general superintendent of the presses of the St. Louis Cotton 1 Compress Company.
 Fred Watkins, a brother of J. A. Watkins, stopped over here part of Saturday on his way home to Little Rock. While here, he was the guest of Miss Bessie E. L. Watson.
 Jesse J. Sinclair left Saturday night for Dallas, Texas, where he had been called by telegram, stating that his mother was in a very critical con- dition and not expected to live.
 Miss Leah Campbell of Tupelo and Miss Ella Harrison, of Auvergne, l have been the pleasant guests of Misses Ruth Shearer and Ellen At kinson this week.-McCrory News.
 H. E. Roberts, lineman for the tele phone company, had his right hand badly injured Saturday afternoon in a game of base ball played here between Litchfield and Grand Glaize, the latter winning easily
 M iss Mattie Walker of Little Rock spent Sunday here, the guest of J. G. Walker and family, leaving that night for Mexico, Missouri, where she will spend her vacation at the house party of a school friend.
 Mrs. Walter Harris and children, Miss Tillie Sprigg, and Capt. J. E. Wilmans returned Friday night from Magazine Mountain. We regret to state that MT. Wilmans has been quite sick since his return.
 Mrs. s. M. Beattie left on the noon train Friday for Clarinda, Iowa, where she will visit relatives and later to Beatrice, Nebraska. Mrs Beattie will be absent two months and is accompanied by her daughter Lela.
 Mrs. Hattie Heard and son Walter Heard, after a pleasant two weeks visit to their old home, Newport, left Monday noon by way of Little Rock for their home in Arkansas City Mrs. Heard is thinking of returning to Newport to make her home here.
 Miss Lula Knoles left Monday night for Parsons, Kansas, accompanied by her aunt, who has been visiting here Miss Knoles will spend her two weeks vacation at Parsons and also visi points in the Indian Territory. Hel place at the store is being filled by Miss Madie Finley.
 The purchases of large pearls arc , becoming such matter of secrecy that it is now hard for newspaper tC , furnish reliable and prompt news O such transfers. A negro named Frank Switzler this week sold tC Pepper, buyer on this market, ; ) handsome offering found on the lowe White in Calotche Bay for $2O00., l o. M. Bowen, wife and Raymont 7 returned Sunday morning from thei $ +,;,> EoC+ bouipc cnant most Of tboi