Newport weekly independent., 1903-04-24
ABOUT PEOPLE MAINLY.\

ssWhite Silk" flour-t the best made at Bowen's Cash Store. 80 btf
 Attorney Cohn of South McAlester, 1. T., is visiting in the city.
 Wm. Hooker made a business trip to Brinkley this afternoon.
 Everything in farm and garden seed for sale at Bowen's Cash Store.
 Yellow yam sweet potatoes always on hand at Bowen's Cash Store. 80 btf Mrs. E. B. Wilmans will entertain the Smart Set Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
 Rufus Conditt of Tuckerman, was in the city Thursday transacting business.
 Corn, bran, corn chops, corn and oat chops, oats and hay at Bowen's Cash Store. 224-btf
 For liberal prices, send your pearls and baroques to 0. A. Windau, Prairie dn Chien, Wisconsin. 3O5 btf
 B. L. Westbrook of Jonesboro is in the city in the interest of the Bonner vile branch of the Frisco.
 Calvin Biggers, prosperous farmer from the Tuckerman neighborhood, spent Thursday in Newport.
 Chas. Wasson, a prominent mer- chant and business man of Batesville, is spending the day in the city.
 Mrs. c. H. Neimeyer left today for St. Louis to visit her sons, and where she will probably make her future home.
 John Buckingham, colored, on Tuesday found pearl on White river, below the Kelley mill, that is valued at $2,OOO.
 Take the Choctaw for the Memphis Races. $3.35 for the round trip Dates of sale, March 30, April 2, Il, l3 and 20. btd
 Mrs. Lewis Stevens of Galveston. Texas, arrived Wednesday night on a visit to MT. and Mrs. A. J. Stevens and family.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. R. Jones, who have been visiting their son and fam fly, Gustave Jones, for the past ten days, returned home Thursday noon.
 The remains of the late J. T. Box were taken to Brinkley over the Choctaw Thursday afternoon, accom- panied by the family and number of friends, where the interment will take place.
 Attend the National Assembly Cum berland Presbyterian church, Nash vile, Tenn, May Fist to 29th. One fare plus $2 for the round trip, via the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R.
 Mrs. Max Coffman, who has been in sanitarium in St. Louis for some time past, returned to her home at Dardanelle Thursday, after few days spent with Mrs. Henry Schott in this city.
 Write Geo. H. Lee, Little Rock, Ark. for information concerning the low rate to Savannah, Ga., via the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R., on account of the Southern Baptist Con- vention, which meets May 7th.
 The social meeting of the Ladies of the Maccabees at the residence of Mrs. E. H. Yeager Wednesday after noon was an enjoyable affair, the hos tess serving the members present with sandwiches, pickles, coffee, cake and ambrosia.
 Contractor Stewart now has the government lot cleared ready for the builders to begin operation. The Blair buildings are now on South street and contractor Stewart will have them placed in few days.- Batesville Bee.
 Batesville business men received nine straight car loads of freight and four fruit cars, making 13 cars of mer- chandise for this city alone, Monday evening. This is pretty fair index to the great volume of business being done here.-Bee.
 Some 625 head stones are now be- ing placed at the graves of the Con- federate dead in this city. A. H. Morley had the contract for furnish ing the stones, which were bought by the ladies of the Southern Memorial here. Fayetteville News.