Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-20

Colonel V. Y. Cook of Elmo was il

town Tuesday.
 Dr. R. M. Black of Batesville was down Friday night.
 c. R. Hite went to Little Rock on !, the noon train Saturday.
 Mrs. T. E. Allen went to Little Rock Friday morning on short visit.
 Chas. F. Cole came down on the local Saturday noon from Batesville. l J. D. Dunaway, representing the l Densmore typewriter, was here Sat urday.
 W. B. A, Barnes of Poplar Bluff came down Saturday on business trip.
 B. 0. Waterman went to Little Rock on the noon train Saturday on busi-
 ness trip.
 Miss Nora Smith left Saturday noon for a weeks visit with relatives in Little Rock.
 w. F Parish returned SaturdaJ morning fEom emphis, where ne went to accomnany home his sister, 1 Miss Ida Parish.
 MT. Dale Jones, advsnce agent for the "Iron Mask" Company, was here Friday night arranging for the coming of his company.
 Robt. L. Thornton, of Jonesboro who travels for the Winchester Cart ridge Company, returned from Bates vile Saturday noon.
 The Southern Cotton Oil Company's gin is now under the management of Rube Remedy, of Batesville, who has been here several weeks.
 J. R. Mayhan has been promoted to the office of grand master of the third veil by the grand chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of Arkansas.
 The Little Rock Gazette in referring to Al w. Martins $3O,0O0 production of "UncIe Tom's Cabin" says the dogs were easily the best actors in the show.
 Miss Pearl Earnheart came in this morning from Little Rock where she has been attending Maddox Seminary to spend Thanksgiving at home.- Batesville Bee.
 Mrs. V. M. McDowe,l of Tupelo, who visited Miss Hattie Williams for two days, left Thursday morning for home. She had been visiting friends at Nor rilton.-Little Rock Democrat.
 The state executive committee of the icslrgent wing of the Republican party met in Fort Smith Thursday and issued call for state convention to be held n Little Rock for the purpose of electing delegates to the national convention and to nominate candi- date for gove nor.
 Capt. George w. Decker came in Saturday noon. He says that the trouble with the south bound trains in running late is caused by the tearing up of track in the St. Louis union sta tion in preparation for the big traffic expected during the Worlds Fair. Nearly all the trains are late in leav- ing St. Louis.
 MT. and Mrs. Simon Adler arrived Wednesday morning from St. Louis. MT. Adler has about recovered from his illness and the operation per- formed at St. Luke's Hospital some seven or eight weeks ago. Mrs. Adler has been away since the early summer having spent the greater part of the summer together with her daughter, Mrs. Fels, in Maine. - Batesville Guard.
 It is said among the railroad men that the building of the White River branch of the Missouri Pacific, includ- ing the Carthage and Western divis- ;cn, ls to be known when completed in railroad construction history as one of the most rapidly built roads in the | country. Less than fifteen months 1 ago the first pick was struck and an other six months will see swift pas senger and heavy freight trains rum bling over it's rails from Memphis to Topeka.-H Harrison Times.
 One of the Memphis papers report ing the presence of Gov. Durbin of h. diana in that city: indicates that he will be the guest of one of the Mem- phis clubs that has fishing and hunting quarters in Arkansas. As Mississippi county is the only county in Arkansas exempted from the provisions of the