Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-12
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Friday on his way to Jonesboro.
 Mrs. M. M. Stuckey went to Little Rock Friday morning on short visit.
 Miss Blanch Stallings and aunt Mrs. s. B. Dyer, left Friday noon for Black Rock on visit.
 A. Fels, who has been having his throat treated in St. Louis, returned home Thursday.
 E. Q. Best returned home to Judsonia Friday morning after visit to his father, c. B. Best.
 Mrs. Will Surridge came down from Walnut Ridge Friday on visit to Mrs. M. M. Stuckey.
 Mrs. Pattie Huddleston has returned home from Batesville, where she was a guest at the Ferrill home.
 Miss Allie Adams came down from Evening Shade Saturday on visit to her sister, Miss Lee Adams.
 Mrs. w. A. Joyce, who has been quite sick with bronchial pneumonia, is reported much improved.
 Esther and Clara Meyer returned Friday noon from short visit to their brother, Sam Meyer in Little Rock.
 Mrs. s. J. Smelson returned to her home near Higginson after a visit to her brother w. B. Chastain Saturday.
 Miss Maggie Gibson, after days visit with Miss Mary Bailey, left Sat urday noon for her home at Black Rock.
 Thos. I. Herrn, a prominent lawyer of Evening Shade, was here Thursday night on his return home from Little Rock.
 Mrs. R. w. Darnell returned Friday morning to her home in Walnut Ridge, after a short visit to the family of I. Sprigg.
 Mrs. Savannah Jones came up from Searcy Saturday on visit to the fam fly of Uncle Billie Robinson at Jack sonport.
 Miss Ella Davidson of Evening Shade came down Saturday morning on a visit to her brothers Sterling and G. c. Davidson.
 Professor George R. Hopkins, who has been chosen superintendent of the public school, came in from Paragould Monday night.
 F. P. Skipwith has found Hot Springs rather dull at this season of the year and gone to Eureka Springs for rest and recreation.
 Mrs. J. L. Carpenter, little son Morris and Miss Carrie Garrison left Friday noon for two weeks visit to the family of E. w. Mills in Little Rock.
 Miss Bessie Braden of Searcy and Miss Maydale Smith of Pulaski, Ten nessee, arrived Thursday night from Searcy on visit to Miss Bessie E. L. Watson.
 Miss Maggie Gibson of Black Rock stopped over Friday on her way home from Searcy, where she has been att tending school and is the guest of Miss Mary Bailey.
 H. Devereux was here Friday night north and it is said, work will com mence at once on a survey of the Jacksonport- Batesville road.
 c. w. True and wife leave next week for Forked Creek, about 30 miles west of here, where they will camp out week and enjoy fishing for trout and hunting for squirrels.
 Mrs. Romeiro Diaz and two little boys came up from Little Rock Thurs day and are visiting here few days. Mrs. Diaz has summer school which begins next week at Erwin's Switch.
 Mrs. w. P. Pinnell and Mrs. Lary Cravens came down from Pocahontas Friday night and are guests at the Hazel, waiting the arrival of the form er's' husband, when they will go to Newark.
 R. F. Dunn returned to Tuckerman on the local Friday after short busi- ness trip here. He says that com pany will probably be organized in his enterprising little town to put in an electric light plant.
 Mrs. Ed Sheiss, Mrs. John D. Cook, Miss May Byron and Ruby and Min nie Abernathy left Friday morning for visit to Judsonia. They were accompanied as far as Bradford by Ed Sheiss on his way to Pleasant Plains.
 Congressman s. Brundidge, Jr., of Searcy, one of the prominent mem bers of the Arkansas delegation in the national Iepislatiye halls and very