Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-04

Mss Lucy BrandenDurg was a very affable and gracious hostess to a few friends Thanksgiving evening at a very elegant 6 o'clock dinner in honor of Mir. and Mrs. Phil Porter and MT. Bullock Samuels of Clinton, Ky. 7
 Those present were: MT. and Mrs. Porter, MT. Samuels, Messrs. Qusenberry, Sale. Jno. House and A. F. Bailey, Misses Roberta Morrison and Carrie Stevens.
 Miss Lizzie Mccullough of Ali cia was down Saturday,
 George Yelverton of Bird town ship was down Tuesday.
 Miss Bessie T. J. Watson is visiting Mrs. J. E. Brown in Memphis.
 Mrs. A. H. Mcdonald left Tuesday morning for St. Louis on a visit, where she will join MT. and Mrs. B. B. Bond, who left Sunday night.
 Mrs. c. H. Wilmans went t0 Little Rock Thursday morning to attend a meeting of the execu- tive committee of the Arkansas division of U. D. c.
 Dr. Seldon Cohn of Fulton, Ky, who has many friends i'll Newport, arrived Wednesday afternoon over the Choctaw on visit to H. Bernstein and family.
 MT. M. J. Bowren and Miss Alberta Sanders, both of Flora, were married at 2 o'clock Thurs day afternoon by Justice L. E. Harris in the office of the county clerk.
 Miss Gertrude Shillern, an ac- complished and pretty young lady from Searcy, who has visit tied Newport before, came up Wednesday and is the guest of her school friend, Miss Dovie Erwin.
 Miss Gertrude Smith of Tuck erman, who has been visiting here for several days, the guest of Miss Minnie Ross and other friends, left Saturday morning for home.
 Capt. and Mrs. G. w. Harley came down from Batesyille MOn- day morning where they have been on a short visit. Mrs. Hur- ley happened to be standing when two cars were coupled and was thrown against the seat and to the floor, sustaining injuries, that we hope may not prove serious, though a doctor was called upon their arrival here. A company is being organized at Forsyth for the purpose of run hing a line of light draft steam boats between Lucia and Forsyth on the upper White River. Har-
 rison Times.
 w. J. Mccullough, one of the
 best men in Lawrence county,
 died at his home in Alicia Tueg- day of paralysis of the heart. He was stricken last Friday and died as stated above. He leaves ? a large family to mourn his un- timely death. Mir. Mccullough . was a consistent member of the l Baptist church. He was a mer- chant, planter, ginner and q sue cess financially. His death is , regretted by the entire county. - Lawrence County Blade. In this issue of the Indepen-
 dent, will be found the announce :. ment of James s. Jones as a can- : ( ilate to succeed himself in the . office of circuit clerk, a place he ; has filled capably and to the i. satisfaction of all concerned. A I tireless worker, Mir. Jones has . found a commendable pride in
 the preciseness and correctness
 of his work, which is greatly to : be desired in such an office. He
 has also been an accommodating
 public official, who has increased , the number of his friends through 2 so faultness an administration. 7 It gives me great pleasure to
 say that the lecture given in this
 place by Dr. J. w. Bowlus on the
 subject of Wireless Telegraphy /. and the X Ray gave entire satis-
 faction to his large and intelli- T gent audience. It was a rare 1 treat to hear a lecture so far re-