W. R. A\"i 11 iiinison transacted
business at the county capital Fri
day.
Try one of those hot baths at
the Newark bath house. They are
fine.
C. E. Miller, a good farmer of
th(i Paroquet neighborhood, was
in town Saturday.
Miss Oretha Robertson spent
the latter part of last week with
friends at Oil Trough.
11. C. Shown, one of Paroquet’s
leading citizens, was transacting
business in town Saturday.
Work on the new Baptist church
building has been temporarily sus
pended, owing to a lack of funds.
Susan Simpson, an old colored
woman who lives in Oil Trough
bottom, claims to be 130 yea is old.
Presiding Elder W. 11. Hayes
preached an excellent sermon at
the Methodist church last Friday
night.
One thousand crates of peaches
and 1.30o crates of cantaloupes
have been shipped from Batesville
this season.
Mr. and Mrs. J. X. Black left a
few days ago for Oadsden, Ala.,
to spend a couple or three weeks
visiting old friends and relatives.
Prof. 11. F. Cash, of Logan
township, one of the county’s most
progressive teachers, was looking
after business in the city Saturday.
P. G. Magness and sons, Ped
and John, and Mrs. Dove Ed
wards left Saturday night for St.
Iiouis, to spend a few days at the
Fair.
Esq. Geo. Ilaekett of Newark,
who was formerly a citizen f>t‘
Snapp. lliis county, vi-itod this
city yesterday. Augusta Free
Pros.
Craig & Henderson have sold
4<> acres of timber land a short dis
tance east of town to ('has. Vkers,
who was formerly foreman of the
button factory here.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. 1). Magness,
Miss Maud Edgar and Mrs. Wald
rip, of Magness, passed through
the city on Thursday evening's
passenger, en route to Hot Springs
to spend a few days.
The Harnett Bros. Mercantile
Company has moved into its mag
nificent new building and are pre
pared to receive their friends
there, although the big stock is
not altogether in place yet. I ’his
building has a frontage of 10S feet
and is by eight feet the largest in
the State, it has a perfect inter
ior arrangement for a department
store. Batesviile (iuard.
An exchange says that “e is
the most unfortunate letter in the
English language, because it is
never in cash, and always in debt
and is never out of danger. Our
exchange forgets that the afore
said letter is never in war and al
ways in peace. It is the beginning
of existence, the commencement of
ease and the end of trouble. M ith
out it there would be no meat, no
life, no gospel, no Jesus, no heav
en, no earth and no delinquent
subscribers.
The Smith family without re
gard to brand, variety or earthly
possession; without regard to race,
color, condition or previous state
of servitude, are invited to unite
in Louisville, Kentucky, this sum
mer; one of the Smiths of that city
putting up £25,<)<><> to entertain
them. And they'll all be there.
The lame, the halt and the blind
Smiths will be there. The good,
the bad and the indifferent Smiths
will be there; ami that *Hf>,000
won't last until dinner time of the
first day.
,1. W. Davis, who recently came
i here from Woodruff county,writes
| his home paper, the Augusta Free
Press, that he is well pleased with
this community.
W. 1). Magness and wife, Miss
Lizzie Waldrip, Miss Maude Ld
jgar and J. II. Waldrip, of New
jark, passed through the city en
route to the W orid s Fair. New
1 port Herald.
5uicide Prevented.
Tic startling aiimmucement
i thut a preventive of suicide had
been discovered will interest
many. A run-down system, or
despondency invariably precede
suicide and something lias been
found that will prevent that con
dition which makes suicide likely.
At the first thought {of sell-de
struction take Electric Bitters. It
being a great tonic and nervine
will strengthen the nerves and
build up the svstem. It’s also a
great stomach, liver and kidney
regulator. Only 50c. Satisfac
tion guaranteed b\ J. 1. Sturdi
vant, druggist.
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OLDFIELD AS A CAHPAIGNER.
Hon. W. A. Oldfield, of this
county, who is out making speech
es in several counties of the state
in behalf of tin* democratic ticket,
is being royally received, and great
crowds arc turning out to hear
him. lie spoke at Heber recently
and the Review lias the following
mention of his speech:
“lion. \\ . A. Old field address
ed a largo audience at the camp
slu'd Monday night. Democrats
and republicans turned out well;
only the bolter^ were shy, not inn -
ing the nerve to come out and, as
the old preacher said, “Hear the
truth." 11 is remarks were fre
quently interrupted by cheers, as
he swept the followers of 'Myers
and IVddy' oil the road. He paid
his respects to 'Murphy, ’Toddy,
the terrible,' 'Clayton, the carpet
bagger’ and 'Myers, the bigot,'
and ended his remarks with an el
oquent plea for the voters to stand
up and tight tin* battle of the dem
ocracy and help elect the whole
ticket from President to consta
ble.”
FOR SALE.
Whole block of land directly in
front of Methodist church in New
ark. with a good substantial new
two-story frame residence; good
barn and good well of water; ev
erything handy and well arranged:
and a good two-room one-story
house on block rented for £5.00
per month. Also 40 acres of splen
did farming land, cleared and
fenced with woven wire and cedar
posts, and iron gates one arid a
half miles east of Newark. A gen
uine bargain can be had in these
two pieces of land if taken soon.
Apply to K. K. McHenry.
Tribute to the Arkansas Apple.
Hose Marion, a well-known writ
er on one of the St. Louis daily
papers, paid the following tribute
to the Arkansas apple, after hav
ing been given a sample at tin* big
display in the Horticultural Build
ing:
“Ever eat an Arkansas Black
apple 2 Just tin* color of a velvet
rose that is such a dark red that it
keeps noar-sighted folks guessing
as to whether its red or just imita
tion. Nothing imitation about Ar
kansas apples. They’re sound to
the core. Nothing black about
them, either, except their skin cov
ering, which hides hard, juicy apple
meat that tastes as Eve supposed
that bad apple in Eden would.
“No wonder they have apple
blossoms for the state flower in
Arkansas.”
SOME THINGS THAT WE 00.
Wo'sell our corn :it one season
of the .year for 25 cents a bushel, j
and at another season of the same!
year we pay 50 cents bushel for
meal, the same amount for corn and
a double price former:;. Wo plant
i cent cotton on good wheat land,
and send our money into foreign!
markets for flour no better than!
we could have made at home. We
i let our peas rot in the tield, and
complain because our cows do not j
nlloni us milk and butter. We
1 fail to protect the iish in our beau
tiful streams, and pa\ 15 cents aj
box lor canned minnows, labelled
'American sardines.” We fail to I
subscribe for our home papers, j
Pay for a fake advertising sheet
and abuse our native editors be
eause they make their journals no
j better. We send our cotton north
i and have it shipped back to us
1 made into cloth, when we could
savt“ the freight on it both ways
by having factories* at home. We
send our cucumbers away in the
summer, and in the winter we
i have them sent back in a small bot
tle, for which we pay as much as
we got for a bushel. We buy ev
erything possible from northern
and eastern houses, and complain
because there is no money in cir-j
euInti >u at home. We ells', the
trickey Yankee for tricking us,
and at the same time encourage
j him in his money-making scheme.
Rheumatism.
\\ lieu penis or irritation exists
•on any part of tho body, the ap
| plication of Ballard's Snow Lini
ment gives prompt relief. E. *Y.
Sudivan. Prop. Sullivan House.
K ibrno. O. T.. writes June <!.
15*02 : "1 take pleasure in recom
mending Ballard s ,*si,(ov Liniment
to all who are aAiieted with rheu
matism. L is the <ml\ remedy 1
have tumid that gives immediate
relief. 25c, ode. si. Sold by J.
I. Sturdivant, druggist.
John Ashworth Exonerated.
Rogers. Ark., August lb. Jno.
Ashworth, who killed Amos Suave
ly in a personal ditlieuity at Elm ,
Springs last Saturday, was given
a preliminary hearing yesterday
before Esquire Derric. The state
was represented by W. (). Young
and the defendant by F. G. Lind
sey of Bentenville. The trial coi -
sumed a greater part of the day
| and fully six hundred people were
in attendance. After all of the ev
idence had been heard the court
decided that the defendant acted
• in self-defense and in the protec
tion of his hearthstone, and Ash
I worth was released.
THE MODERN FARMER
_
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We invite the attention of read
! ers to The Modern Farmer, a high
; class journal, covering thoroughly
| the farm, field, hearth and home,
conducted h.v The St. Louis Re
I public.
The Modern Farmer is publish
ed the first Thursday in each
month. It contains sixteen pages
! of practical farm news and enter
I tabling home reading. A yearly
subscriber will get s:>-2 pages, or
■ 5,8*24 columns of reading matter,
I which means “two miles of read
1 ing" one column wide.
Ten cents a year is the subscrip
tion price for The Modern larm
ier, which is a separate publication
similar to the agriculturial supple
ment of The Twice-a-W eek Re
public, known as The Farm \ isi
tor, with two additional pages,
j making a sixteen-page monthly. ;
If you are not a reader of Ihei
Twice-A-Week Republic you will
certainly want The Modern Farm
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§ The Great Louisiana Purchase Expo
U siiion, Now in Progress at St.
Louis, is the Greatest and
Most Magnificent Expo
sition in the
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In Order to Give the People of Arkansas an Op
portunity to See This Great Worlds Fair, the
IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE
Will Sell Round Trip Tickets, on August 15th,
20th, 20th and September 3rd to
| ST. LOUIS i RETURN $5.95
g tickets Good For Return 7 Days From
8 Date of Sale. F. C. Hoyt, Agent.
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World’s Fair
News and
Features in Every
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its readers the latest news from all
parts of the world up to the hour of
going to press twice a week.
For Family and Home.
The Semi-Weekly Star each Issue
contains interesting matter on women
and household topics, besides enter
taining short stories.
Agricultural—Markets.
The Semi-Weekly Star conducts an
agricultural department in each issue,
giving information on farm affairs,
live stock, dairying, orchard, garden,
poultry, etc., besides the latest reliable
market reports.
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St. Louis, Wlo.
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Arkansaw Worlds kair Hotel
a
St. Louis, Missouri.
j Located Witiiin Two Blocks of the Southwest Entrance to
ft T
i the Worlds Fair Grounds, Rooms Large and Airy.
Service Good. Rates Moderate.
i American Plan, .$1.50 per day,
European Plan,.50 per day.
All tvest-bound Market Street Cars run within two
Flocks of Hotel. Ride to end of the line, the walk west two
blocks. Correspondence solicited. Don’t bother wit h your
baggage, just bring your checks to the Hotel. Clip this
advertisement for reference.
,1 Jno. VV. Rooks, -J
OK MARRISBURO /
ARKANSAS
Manager.
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W. T. MAGNESS & SON,
-DEALERS IN
Fine Whiskies, Live Stock,
Corn, Cotton Seed, Pearls, etc.
Jug and Bottle Trade a Specialty. Your Patronage Solicited.
Front Street, Opposite Depot,
SJEWARK.
Arkansas
CHAS. MOSBY,
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Watches, Jewelry,
Diamonds, Arkansas Pearls.
We Fit Spectacles Correctly.
Watch Inspector For The
White River Railway.
Batesville, - Arkansas.