Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-07


 John Glass of swifton was down Wednesday.
 1 A. B. Lippmann came up from Tupelo Tuesday.
 A. Poer was down from Tuckerman Wednesday trading.
 Russell and Baker Balch of Balch were here trading Wednesday.
 T. J. Phillips and George L. Robin son left Wednesday morning for a stay at Hot Springs.
 Jno. w. Ferrill spent Tuesday night here on his way home from trip to his Jackson county farm.
 J. W. Scally was down from Tuck erman Wednesday, preparing to leave Thursday for stay at Heber. ] J. s. Handford and daughter Miss Ruth, who were guests at the Hazel Tuesday, returned home "Wednesday morning.
 Miss Mary Laird left Wednesday afternoon for Elkmont Springs, Ten nessee, where she spent most of the summer last year.
 l John R. Mcfarland has resigned his position with H. c. Drummond and on Wednesday began working with Walter Harris.
 Ernest Neill spent Tuesday in New | .l accompanied by s. R. Phillips, who came back on the local.
 Joseph M. Berger, Jr., is still con fined to his bed and reported about the same. A. Arndt is assisting at the store during his absence.
 F. P. Shipwith has returned to his home at Oxford, Mississippi, after a trip north and expects to spend the remainder of the summer there.
 Mrs. J. L. Sells is thought to be i'm proving slowly and is at least getting getting along as we'll as could be hoped for in siege with slow fever.
 Ike Bottenstein leaves Sunday on vacation trip North, probably to West Baden, Indiana, though he also has Eureka Springs under consideration.
 R. r. Drummond writes from Hot Springs that the whole family are i'm proving and that they have made ar engagements to stay until August first.
 Mrs. J. s. Wilmans and Mrs. Tabor of Little Rock left Wednesday morn ing for Batesville, where they will spend couple of days the guests of Mrs. R, w. Rhames and Mrs. J. w. Ferrill.
 William Finley has sold out his in- terest. in the restaurant business to Robt. H. Askew and expects to leave in few days for 5hoffner, where he will go back to his old trade, having secured the job of painting the Shof- ner gin.
 T. J. Watson and wife and Mrs. T. J. Gregg and little daughter left We'd nesday morning for Mountain View to spend the remainder Of the Sum- mer. They will be joined later by MT. T. J. Gregg and Miss Bessie T. J. Watson.
 w. c. Wharton, s. D. Campbell, G. A. Hillhouse and Park Deaderick left on the north end local Wednesday for Tuckernan, where they will be conveyed to Straight Lake near Black river, said to be fine fishing resort, a sport for which they went prepared. They will not return until Saturday.
 The first bathing party of the sea- son enjoyed a swim on the bar above Newport Tuesday afternoon and was composed of Mir. and Mrs. w. J. Knox, Mir. and Mrs. o. M. Bowen, T. s. Stephens, Misses Jamie and Lutie May Stephens, Clara Brooks, Will Knox, Walton Brooks and Karl Hawk.
 Conductor A. L. Moore, who had charge of soqthbound freight train No. 97 on the Iron Mountain, sustained crushed foot at Hjgginson Monday. His train broke apart and he was thrown between the two sections and before recovering himself one car passed over his left foot. He is in the emergency hospital on the south side. l-Argenta News.
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