Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
J ABOUT PEOPLE MAINLY. '

White river stood at 6.6 feet on the guage Thursday.
 Skates-new stock just received at Bowen's Cash Store. b If 21s.
 Dr. T. w. Toler was down from Swifton on business Thursday.
 Mrs. Wm. Bailey entertained the Glover Club Thursday afternoon.
 Corn, bran, corn chops, corn and oat chops, cats and hay at Bowen's Cash Store. 224-btf
 Ernest Neill came down Wednesday evening from Batesville on his way to Little Rock.
 Miss May Boyd of Little Rock is visiting at the home of G. A. Lockard on Main Street.
 E. H. Glenn and T. s. Maxfeld of Batesville came down on the passen ger Wednesday evening.
 B. D. Barnum, well known timber man and stock-raiser of Russell was here Thursday on business.
 See the display of new ginghams for spring 1903 in the window at Chas Meyers Great Bargain Store. 229 btf
 J. L. Root of the Western Tie & Timber Company was here Wednes- day and Thursday from McCrory.
 Dr. Wm. Thomson of Grand Glaize was in town Thursday and renewed for Jackson county's best weekly.
 James Finn, formerly of this city, but now of Jamestown, was down Wednesday night mixing with his friends.
 Misses Mayme Goss and sister came down Thursday noon from Poplar Bluff on short visit to Mrs. J. l.. Bishop.
 Mrs. Earl Kittrell, nee Cora Stacy, came up Wednesday afternoon from Augusta on visit to her sister Mrs. Addie Willis.
 Mrs. Maude Marshall left Thursday noon for St. Louis on visit to rela- tives and may remain to have her voice cultivated.
 Elise Hooker was reported much better Thursday morning and clear of fever, a very favorable indication for this her twenty first day of sickness.
 Joseph M. Stayton returned Thurs on the noon train from business trip to New York, but has no news as yet to report relative to the Morning Star.
 Mrs. T. D. Kinman, Sr., went to Little Rock on the early train We'd nesday morning, owing to the re- ported sickness of her daughter, Miss Noreene.
 Mrs. w. A. O'Neals entertainment of the Smart Set was announced for Thursday afternoon, which should havS been Saturday afternoon.
 The Jackson Courty Fair Associ- ation, most of the stock of which com pany is owned by Ike Goldman, Bailey Bros. and J. o. Taylor, has just de- clared a dividend of $1.5O per share of S25.
 Col L. Minor and Ike Goldman went to Little Rock on the noon train Thursday and had in their charge Ar thur Fels and J. G. Walker, whom they expect to initiate into the myst- cries of Elkdom.
 Mrs. Lon Bevans and children left Thursday noon for their home in Gainesville, Texas, after a months visit to Mrs. A. B. Smith and Mrs. G. A. Hillhouse. They were accompanied upon their return by Miss Aubre Arnold, who will make them a three months visit.
 Rev. John H. Dye, one of the most popular and best known divines in Arkansas, and Will Reaves, the con tractor and railroad builder, were both elected members of the Board of Trade yesterday. It is the access sion of such gentlemen as these that cause the success of the Board of Trade. They come as an indorse- ment of the efforts of the officers to build up the city, and President Ham, berg is not slow to press them into the harness.-Little Rock Democrat. JTJDGE AppOTNTS DEI EG ATES