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{ ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From -the Columns of
the DailyrPapers.
The new $8,000 school building
at Waldron is nearing completion.
A fine vein of lead ore has been
discovered in a well near Harri
son.
The North sawmill property at
' White Cliffs has been sold for $Hr>
000.
B. F. Todd, postmaster at Cl if ty,
dropped dead Saturday from heart
failure.
.1. M. Thompson of Little Rock
is arranging to start a bank at
DeWitt.
Baptists at Fordyce are figuring
on the erection of a $15,000 church
building.
Poles have been erected and
wires strung for the electric light
plant at El Dorado.
H. L. Murphy was literally
‘ ground to pieces by a Frisco train
at Fort Smith Tuesday night.
Sterling Stovall, a negro, shot
and instantly killed King Smith,
another negro near DeWitt Tues
day night.
The Van Boren papers say the
farmers are planting an unusually
large crop of potatoes and decrease
their cotton acreage accordingly.
S. A. Knighton, a prominent
citizen of Hope, was instantly kill
ed by ligtning Tuesday afternoon.
He was standing in the rear door
way of his barn when lightning
struck a small tree nearby.
.Joe Murphy, a bill collector,
was knocked down with a bed slat
at Texarkana while attempting to
remove some furniture from the
home of .Jim Green, a negro,
which Green had bought on tht
installment plan and failed to pay
for. Murphy was seriously in
jured.
Frank Pierce of Parogould fell
from a w,,ron in which were thir
ty-two bales of hay. One of the
I hind wheels passed over his neck,
but he was unin jured.
The Lithia spring at Gassyi11 e
is attracting quite a number of
visitors. Its waters are pronounc
ed by some superior to any other
found in the United States.
The six-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Felix Ellis of Wynne was
bitten by a dog supposed to have
hydrophobia, and was taken to
Forrest City, where a madstone
was applied.
Will Perduje, a young man liv
ing near Rector was shot in the
back while he and several others
were serenading a newly married
couple. The identity of the per
son who did the shooting is un
known.
Guy Tucker, who was charged
with the murder of John Parnell
of El Dorado, was acquitted in the
Union county circuit court Tues
day. The killing occurred last
October and Tncker claimed to
to have killed him in self-defense.
Miss Nellie Tatum, a 16-year
old girl of Yellville, ran away and
went to St. Louis to meet her
lover and get married. He failed
to meet her, however, and she fell
into the hands of a policeman and
is being held awaiting instructions
, from her father.
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Marianna, Ark. March 28.-Robt.
Bruckman, a six-year-old hoy,was
run over by a switching freight
engine here today and was fear
fully mangled. The boy and his
father were en route from Barton
to Memphis, and had just stepped
off the train.
The Journal one year, one dollar.
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Short Local Items of Interest Picked
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Up at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
Our public school closed Fri
day.
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Mrs. Hattie Murphy spent the
first of the week at Newark.
Clint Northern spent Sunday
and Monday with home folks.
das. Herrington of Charlotte
entered school here Monday.
Mrs. Eva Cunningham was on
; the sick list the first of the week.
Miss Lee Hogan of Magness vis
ited her sister, Mrs. Dan Moore
i Tuesday.
Mrs. Geo. dernigan left Tues
day morning for a visit with rela
tives in Texas.
Mrs. Dr. Huddleston has been
real sick for several days but is
better at this writing.
Quite a number of ladies at
tended the millinery opening at
: (). L. Hoover's Tuesday.
Rev. Walter Wayman spends
two days, Tuesdays, and Fridays
in each week, shoeing horses.
Wesley, William and dohn
I Bruce of the Walnut Grove settle
ment were in town Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. .1. C. Hone of
j Batesville spent Sunday here with
Dr. and Mrs. K. II. Hodges and
| family.
Miss Dora Blackman left Tues
day morning for Cotter, where
I she will embark in the millinery
business.
Paul Kyler came in Sunday to
visit his wife who has been here
I two weeks “with her pa rents Mr.
and Mrs. T. C. Knox.
Will Jackson of Little Hock
spent Monday in our city. Miss
Mayme Allen who has been at
tending school here for several
CHAS. MOSBY,
— DEALER IN —
Watches, Jewelry,
Diamonds, Arkansas Pearls.
We Fit spectacles correctly.
Watch Inspector For I he
White River Railway.
Batesville, - Arkansas.
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Mrs. .hilia Herrington, Mrs. |
Rullington, and Mrs. Ward of
Charlotte left Tuesday on the local i
for Little Hock to spend a few *
days.
Notice My boy, (*abe Strong,
who is not of age has left my
house, and all parties are hereby |
warned to not employ him without *
my permission, and those doing so
are warned that they will l>e dealt ;
with according to law. ]
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WHITE RIVER BRANCH
St. L. I. M. & S. Ry.
Trains pass Newark as follows:
GOING W'KST,
lo. 127.12.50 p, m.
so, 125.8.00 a. in.
GOING HAST.
sTo. 128.suo a. Ml.
tfo. 126.7.02 p. m.
F. C. Hoyt, A^ent.
MERCHANTS ONLY.
That we are not Doctors, Lawyers nor Preachers, we readily conceed, but Merchants of the
U Twentieth Century kind. We believe in merchandising on a fair and legitimate profit, giving the
|f same price to all alike. And this will be the season in which you will be benefitted more than any
in the past by the business of Fred. D. Whiting & Company. Being connected with three other big
stores gives us a buying leverage surpassing that of any of our Newark competitors, and equal to
I that of any concern in this section of Arkansas.
NEW MILLINERY ARRIVING SATURDAY AND DAILY ALL NEXT WEEK.
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GINGHAMS IN DRESS STYLES.
Ginghams in solid red, per yard,..--10c
Ginghams in solid blue.....10c
Ginghams in white and pink checks_ _10c
Ginghams in blue and white checks-- .. 10c
Toil du Nord Ginghams in all the latest patterns .. .. 12'2
SEASONABLE GOODS.
American Prints, in light and pretty patterns, per yard 5c
American Prints, in Indigo patterns_5J
Peabody Prints, in apron checks____5c
Geneva Prints, assorted patterns in red__5c
Gamer Prints, assorted patterns in red... . .. _5c
New arrivals in beautiful quality
Teneriff design Embroidery w ith insert
ings to match at 12'2, 15, 20 and 35 cts
per yard. This is a high class line. We
have many designs in cheaper grades
at 3 cents a yard up.
Fine i.ne of all Linen Laces with
edgings a d insertings to match, rang
ing in p ice from 1\ cents up, quality
guarantee d as represented. Imitations
of the above at smaller prices. We are
headquarters for all kinds of Laces.
Dress Braid in all the latest colors
and at all prices. Seam braid in white,
red, blue, red-and-white, and in fact, in
any and all grades and colors. You are
cordially invited to call and inspect our
assortment.
Our milliner. Mrs. Ruby Lancaster, is now in St. Louis studying the new spring styles, and you
may depend on getting just the proper style in this line if you buy from us. You will get no machine
made hats here, but the latest creations of the milliner's art. Watch for opening announcement.
WHITING & COMPANY.
C. L. LOVE, Manager.
Other stores: Tillar, Ark., and Winchester, Ark.
NEWARK, ARKANSAS.