Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-12
Dr. R. M. Black spent Sunday in the

urday on business.
 Dr. L. T. Slayden of Tuckerman was down Monday on business.
 F. 70. Vetter, the Muscatine shell buyer, came in Saturday morning.
 James Graham of Tuckerman was here Sunday and Monday on business.
 The wife of Dan Shepard, colored, living in the country, died Friday night.
 Sigmund Wolff left Saturday night for St. Louis on weeks visit to his family.
 Lary Cravens was here Saturday evening on his return from Newark to Pocahontas.
 Miss Hattie Walker came up Satur- day night on visit to her sister Miss Emma Walker.
 Miss Myrtle May Brown of Marianna came up Saturday morning on visit to Miss Annie Dutton. l H. c. Herring and wife came in l Saturday from Jonesboro on visit to their son Harry Herring and family.
 MT. and Mrs. E. D. Bracy and chil- dren returned Saturday night from a visit to Mr. Bracy's mother at Camden.
 T. E. Allen spent Sunday in Bates vile, where he found Mayor J. w.. Grubbs much improved and able to sit up.
 R. K. McHenry, merchant of New ark was here Monday on his way to Mammoth Spring to attend the Chaut- auqua.
 Mrs. John Nugent left Saturday morning for Greenville, Mississippi on visit to her daughter, Mrs. Charles Kennedy.
 Miss Mary Case came down Friday to visit her cousin Mrs. S. R. Phillips and returned home to Batesville Sat urday morning.
 Mrs. s. H. Jackson left Saturday morning for Pocahontas on No. 2. which was three hours late Saturday, to visit her husbands mother.
 Basil D. Williamson and l.. s. Arnold of Newark came down Friday evening with Captain Lorrane Richardson to attend the inspection of Company G. 1 W. D. Mendenhall was up from Newport short time Monday. His mother returned home with him on the evening train and they will go to housekeeping Journal.
 J. B. Fitzhugh, wife and daughter of Batesville were here Monday on their way to Fitzhugh, where they have property interests. They were met here by R. K. Fitzhugh of Fitzhugh.
 Four new subscribers were added to the list of the WEEKLY INDEPENDENT Saturday. Jno. M. Grubbs, Jackson port; w. F. Turner, R. F. D.; Will Hurley, city and P O. Allen, Rector. Miss Dove Erwin, who has been at tending the Methodist missionary con- ference at Marianna will also repre- sent the Epworth League of the local church at the Jonesboro convention.
 Mrs. M. E. Newborn returned Sat urday morning from visit to rela- tives at Marianna and was accom- panied by her sister, Miss Laura Nun nally, who will spend the Summer here.
 The M. L. Clark circus, which claims to be the biggest overland show in the world, is being advertised for an en- gagement here next Monday. The tents will be erected at the upper end of Front Street.
 < M. M. May hue and bride of Salado Same down Monday on honeymoon trip, spending the day in Newport. They were married Sunday at Salado and the bride is well known here by her former name Mrs. Lee Allen.
 Rev J. F. Jernigan of Weldon, Dr. V. M. Mcdowell of Tupelo and Mrs. Joe Gardner and Miss Ethel Bishop of Snapp came up on the Choctaw Mon- day morning on their way to Jones' boro as delegates to the Epworth League Convention.
 Capt. w. A. Joyce, H. Bernstein and w. A. Billingsley returned Satur- day morning from a trip up the ex- tension and on the Upper White. No accidents are reported except a smoke stack on the steamer being pulled down by ferry wire.
 Misses Nell and Lucy Rhodes of Golden Lake, Mississippi county are guests of Misses Hal and Hester Phil- lips. They have visited in Newport before and have large circle of friends, who find pleasure in and wei