Newport weekly independent., 1903-04-17

 subscriber for the INDEPENDENT.
 Miss Lena Weatherford arrived Saturday noo1 on the A R. Bragg and is the guest of Mrs. E. P. Tetwiler.
 Mrs. Whit Wall of Helena came over Saturday to join her husband here. They are guests at the Hazel.
 Will Hurley spent Sunday at Hoxie with his uncle Dr. N. G. Hardister, who has been indisposed the past week.
 Miss Hilda Bailey, we are sorry to learn, has been on the sick list the past two days and unable to attend school.
 Miss Lizzie Gullett left Friday on the noon train for Jonesboro, where she will visit her cousin Mrs. J. Ed Mann.
 J. F. and J. V. Gardner of Snapp were here Wednesday, being stock holders in the new wholesale grocery house.
 Walker V. Powell, right-of way agent for the Iron Mountain came down Monday from trip up the ex- tension.
 V. M. Axe left Saturday noon for Little Rock on short visit to his brother.
 J. M. Gibson of the firm of Taylor & Gibson, who are putting in a saw mill plant at Jacksonport, was here Tuesday.
 Ed Holmes returned to Batesville Wednesday morning after ten days stay at the Missouri Pacific hospital in St. Louis.
 J. w. McCartney, John Camp and z. Pippenger of Kemmel were here trading Saturday.
 Miss Pearl Foushee has accepted temporary position at tno local tele- phone exchange and is making a very efficient operator.
 E. D. Pracy ard family returne Tuesday noon on the local from short visit with MT. and Mrs. Junius Bracy of Batesville. Capt. and Mrs. Leslie Inman report, from their temporary home in New port, the birth of fine girl baby Black Rock Telephone.
 Miss Allie Ruddell returned home to Batesville Monday afternoon and was accompanied by Miss Josie Phil lips to attend the dance.
 w. A. Fike, city marshal of Bates vile, spent Tuesday night here and on Wednesday morning returned home with E. B. Becker.
 Miss Einestine Hill returned to Searcy on the noon train Wednesday, having resigned her position with the American Grocer Company. 1 Drs. T. w. Toler and G. A. Causey of Swifton were down Wednesday to attend the meeting of the Jackson OOuuUy Nl0ulCd1 AooOCldUlOAs
 H. K. Lanyon, owner of the New port Water Company, came down Monday from Pittsburg, Kansas to look after his interests here.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Watson and daugh- ter Miss Bessie Watson left Tuesday noon for Little Rock on three weeks visit with Mrs. J. A. Watkins. Arthur Fels and son were passen- gers to Batesville Saturday morning to visit Simon Adler and family.
 Miss Pearl Foushee, after visit of several weeks in Little Rock, re- turned Saturday night and is the guest of her sister Mrs. L. N. Nouss.
 Mrs. T. E. Morrison and Mrs. J. L. Jones left Wednesday afternoon on No. for visit to Misses Roberta and Mamie Morrison in St. Louis.
 Sheldon Cohn and sister Miss Jodie Cohn arrived Saturday night from Fulton, Kentucky on a visit to their aunt, Mrs. H. Bernstein and family.
 J. O. Hogan from east of Newport was in town trading Monday and sub scribed for Jackson County's most popular weekly, the INDEPENDENT. A Jonesboro paper gives the mer- chants little free advice about how to succeed in business. It advises them to "work like Helen Advertise." White river has been rising here for the past P hours, but very slowly and stands at 9.9 feet on the guage. Batesville also reports rise Tuesday.
 Tom billiard returned Tuesday after noon from Batesville, where he at tended the dance Monday night, at which probably 150 people were pres- ent,