Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
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name is Hortense N Eere Wednesday morning ., T to Batesville, where "PeA TOh" will be presented tonigR
 w. L. Wilkins of the zee Lumber Company was inf su, 5qay from Grubbs. He is still dpue,,.1 G9pin- ion that the Jonesboro-N sS rail- road, of which Ed Westbfeeo is The promoter, will eventually be built. Only one marriage license has ,en issued the past week by County Clerk l Boyce, the parties to the same being W. E. Jones, aged 27 and Georgia A. Green of F summers, both of Tupelo. ] The matrimonial market is decidedly dull and the past week will perhaps go down as a record breaker in this ! line.
 The Beulah, Morning Star and Me- Intosh are each sending out car load of ore via Buffalo City this week. 1 Each of these mines has already sold enough ore to amount to comfort able fortune and the visible supply in l 1'ther ground is greater than ever at each. A zinc mine is property that l the more you work and take from it, the better it gets.-Yellville Echo. From local appearances as we'll as outside reports the strike of the em- ployes of the Pacific Express Com pany is about ended and the strikers have lost out, though we think they were right in this instance, as the wages for this work are too low. The company is receiving perishable goods for shipment and the usual amount of matter is being handled by the local office.
 "Peck's Bad Boyn did not please a good house which greeted the compa- ny Tuesday night. Peck's bad boy, who happened to be girl in this case, was not the only bad one. He had the support of the whole company. A number of the musical specialties are
 
 goers in small towns must remember that the best shows don't have to make towns the size of Newport. The company left on No. for points south.
 The Lesser Goldman Cotton Com pany received orders from St. Louis Tuesday afternoon to quit buying un- til further orders. There were many wild rumors af1oat of the failing of the Mercantile Trust Company and tot tering of the Mississippi Valley Trust Company, both of St. Louis. strin- gency in money, caused by the banks rushing to the aid of the trust com paniee, upon whom there was a heavy run, is probably responsible for the instructions of the Lesser c Goldman Cotton Company.
 In it's final report to Circuit Judge w. l.. Moose, the Conway county grand jury at Morrilton said: "During our investigation we have examined ! ninety six witnesses at a cost of about 1 $165. In many instances we find it ex- tremely difficult to procure testimony from witnesses, especially in regard to the illegal sale of whisky. On this 1 account we have been forced to take several parties before the court to be dealt with for contempt. We endorse the action of the court in summarily l dealing with such parties."
 Bishop Brown of the Episcopal dio- cese of Arkansas has determined that carefully prepared course of lec- lures be delivered each year at some convenient place in the diocese. This year the course will be given in St. PauPs church in Batesville and will begin November 10 and close on No vember r. Bishop Brown of Arkan- sas and Bishop Brooke of Oklahoma and Indian Territory will be the chief speakers. Among the others will be some of the ablest clergymen of the Episcopal church of the state A full program of each days work will be issued in few days.
 The delegates to the State Conven- tion, United Daughters of Confeder- acy, which meets in Hot Springs on Wednesday, left Tuesday afternoon. Those from the Memorial Chapter are: Mrs. Polk, president, delegate by vir- tue of her office; Mrs J. P. See, Mrs. w. A. Cook, Mrs. Cherry, Miss Geor- zine Woodruff andMrs. Forney- Smith; alternates Mrs. Nal Stark Fowler, Miss Mollie Fletcher, Miss Zilpah Bar row, Mrs. J. J. Martin and Mrs. James Collins. From the J. M. Keller Chap ter they are: Mrs. Sam Wassell, Mrs. R. J. Lea, Mrs. J. M. Culbert, Mrs. M. Anderson, Mrs. James See, Mrs. Pratt Gates, Miss Grace Murphy, Miss Irma