Regular Monthly Trades Day is Held in
Newark
The first Friday in each month
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SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Items of Interest From the Hub
of White River Township
Your picture on a button at
Gibsons Gallery.
Fred Hartsfield was up from
Newark Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Ilardin
spent Christmas at Conway.
Hen Jernigan was down from
Batesville the first of the week.
Prof. S. E. Wells spent Christ
mas with relatives at Batesville.
Don’t forget that you can have
button pictures made at Gibson’s.
Frank Grammar of Litlte Rock
spent the holidays here with home
folks.
W. T. Nesbit and family of Fay
etteville spent the holidays here
with relatives.
Tom Baygents and family of
Missouri spent Christmas here
with his mother.
Prof. Sidney Pickens and family
came down from Batesville Sun
day to visit relatives.
Prof. Sidney Weiis went to Lit
tle Rock Tuesday to attend the
State Teachers Association.
Miss Stella Jernigan who is
teaching in Oklahoma is visiting
her parents Mr. and Mrs. George
Jernigan.
Mrs. Bradford and children left
Friday for Stuttgart to spend
Christmas with her daughter, Mrs.
Roy Gibson.
Florence Owens, Ed Huddles
ton, Carl Huddleston and Oscar
Owen came in last week from
Ouachita College to spend the
holidays with home-folks.
At a family reunion at Mrs.
Geo. Martin’s on Christmas day,
the following were present: Mrs.
Martin, Mattie Martin, John Mar
tin and family, Ike Martin and
family, Fred Martin and family,
Ed Martin and wife, James Jim
erson and family and John Moore,
twenty-live persons in all. They
had a picture made of the group.
Miss Maud Moore came down
from Batesville to spend Christmas
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Moore.
Will Akin and Miss Ella Brad
ford were married at the residence
of the bride’s mother Sunday, W.
T. Anderson officiating.
NEW BUILDING OPENED
The Masons held their first
meeting in the new lodge hall
Tuesday night. The furniture is
not all in, but enough had been
placed to enable them to meet in
the new building and install offi
cers for the ensuing year.
A banquet was spread in the
new banquet hall after the conclu
sion of the evening’s work and the
occasion was thoroughly enjoyed
by the members, their wives,
daughters and sweethearts.
Following are the officers in
stalled for the ensuing year: .1. 1.
Sturdivant, W. M.; H. E. Haw
thorne, S. W.; Jno. D. Witt. J.
W.; F. C. Hoyt, treasurer: R. K.
McHenry, Secretary; A. A. Hen
derson, Chaplain.
CARD OF THANKS
To our many friends and neigh
bors who so earnestly and faith
fully assisted us in the care and
burial of our affectionate husband
and father, P. H. Hutchinson, we
wish to extend our heartfelt thanks.
Mrs. P. II. Hutchinson,
and Children.
MARES AND HULES FOR SALE
We have 75 head of mares and
mules for sale, cash or credit. At
Sulphur Rock every day and at
Frank Wright’s place on Black
River every Tuesday, (iriffin &
Wright. _
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BOB-FOR-SHORTS CHRISTMAS
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he could have brought It home to hla
own set's house. He wanted a baby
so bail. And even his sweets-freighted
babble picked up that blue sky-mlsterv
and wondered about It. And his eyes
were wide and fathomlessly sweet In
the firelight, and his hand clung all
the while to my face and deared It.
and wove heavenly weave Into my life
In every least little touches of it to
my lips, my cheeks, and In the com
ings home of It to slip into my bosom
and there nest.
Then we told him that it was going
to be the Christmas baby’s birthday
tomorrow, and because we so love
God’s little son we give, year after
year, all life long, gifts to him and to
each other on that day. And the
library door, tomorrow, would be un
locked, and a surprise Inside for us
each and all.
“Draclous!” was his sole comment: i
and slowly the happy eyes slipped
from us behind their curtain-fringes,
the little warm body lay heavy In my
arms. Slowly Great-grand unbullded
the house of red embers, and coming
over took the little sleeper into his
arms, rocked and crooned and hugged
and God-blessed him. And with
grandmother's klRses on the wee feet
that never were still save In slumber,
and grandfather's proud look into the
unwitting face following after, 1 bore
him away to his crib; so loved, so
loved!
‘ Is Trismus turn?"
I wakened with the words break
ing the crystal of my dreams and kiss
ing themselves against my Ups and
a fat white body embracing my head.
"Yes, sir,” I managed to say through
the strangling arms of him. “Happy
Christmas, Bob-for-Short!"
“Happy Christmas, Bob-for-Short!"
echoed front the doorway; and “Hap
,L!ll It I, H -Jcil l Til I I
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He Had Never Owned a Kitten.
py Christmas, Bob-for-Short!" floated
in from beyond the east and west
si.wulders of great grand.
He shouted. He danced. Never be
fore had he been met by all the fam
ily at rt-ib-side. He Jigged all over the
bed. trickling blarneyments and
laughters at the three gray heads that
waggled in unconscious tune to the
prancings of him.
Then, all his yellow body apant with
haste, Ntcodemus hustled his fat sell
up the stairs into the fun he was
missing, and in his wake, Katy from
her kitchen.
And with a "Happy Christmas tc
yez, Mist her Bob-fer-Short.” she set
a gray kitten on the floor.
We were all very still, as he slipped
from the bed and approached the kit
ten He had never owned a kitten. He
eyed it in raptured silence. "Meou,"
said the kitten.
Into his cneeks the red crimsoned
•Oh!" he gasped: "wad you tail, titty;
pease wad you tail!" A^d she wagged
her tail and arched her back against
his feet and cajoled him, and as he
gathered her into his nightgown and
the white fat bare legs ran with their
treasure, she broke into loud silken
purrings. And Nlcodemus sulked and
fell into a helpless yellow bunch oi
protest, when the gray kitten was held
to his nose for a kiss.
And we all dawdled until Katy’s
bejl rang third summons to breakfast
He went up the stairs alone. Then
Nlcodemus. Then Great-grand. Then
I. And then the rest of his adorers.
fie stopped at the door.
"Open the door, sir," said grandfa
ther.
"Turn on, muvver," he said, reach
ing hand into my hand.
So we stepped over the threshold
together.
The room w as darkened. The fire
light dulled behind a screen. In the]
center of the room a low, fait branched
young cedar tree gleamed like a great
jewel.
My hand forgotten, he circled the
tree.
Round and round And we after.
“Das a mo’ bu tl-ful drum," we
. aught the murmur as he inventoried
-Has a it !•' t od horse ’ He paused
to jog i and in < e. tasy w atch its tail
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BARGAINS
From now until January I, we are going to
offer some of the most sensational bargains
ever offered in Newark on first class goods.
We do this in order to reduce our stock as much
as possible before taking inventory for next
year's business. We want to clean up and take
a new start and in order to do this we have
GUT PRICES ON EVERYTHING!
We have an extra nice iot of Men and Boys’
Suits and Misses' Cloaks that we are closing
out during this sale at just about
HALF THEIR REAL VALUE
There is an almost endless quantity of the
various lines of Dress Goods, Shoes, Hats, Ties,
Shirts, Novelties, etc., that will be sold regard
less of cost, and its all good, reliable goods.
GOME AND LET US CITE YOU!
We have a complete line of groceries, and can save you
money on your eatables for the holidays. Anything you
need, from Hunt’s Best Flour and barrel salt on down to
pepper and toothpicks. Seven twists R. B. Tobacco 25c.
MOORE BROTHERS CO.
NEWARK, : : : :
ARKANSAS
frod In tint bid marine. How you
s'pose it dot In?" He tarried to in
vestigate, and set It rolling for the
kitten to chase. Nicodemus thought
it was meant for liim, and when he
collided with the kittpn, cowed and
scared and muttering, he fled to a dis
tance and yapped at ball and kitten.
And the inventory went, on: “Das a
dold waths, yike mys Dreat-dran is
dot.” He tarried to hunt a pocket, and
deposit his watch therein. But first
he held it to ear. And the murmur:
resumed: "Dat waths Is def an’ dum,1
too. Das a pitureduit an' das a piture- ■
bn* an’ das a plture-but. . . . Dra
chms!"
And Christmas <• - - on fnr Bob for
Short.—New York Independent.
ITS NOT
TOO LATE
TO GIVE A
PRESENT.
MAKE IT A
NEW YEAR’S
PRESENT
Consider the appro
aeeness of a nice
pieee of jewelery
W. D. HINSON
NEWARK, ARK
WANTS TO HfcLP SOME ONE
For thirty years J. F. Boyer, of
Fertile, Mo., needed help and could
n’t had it. That's why lie wants to
help aouns oue uow. Suffering ao
LADIESf
NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Sensational Sale
of Ladies’ Suits
We have just purchased a well assorted line of
high grade Ladies’ vSuits, worth $20, $25 and
$35, which we are now selling for a short time at
$12.50, $16.50 AND $18.50
If you see them you will buy. We also have
a nice line of Ladies’ Long Coats, all colors, at
$8.00, $10.00 AND $12.00
Pattern Hats at $4.50, $5.50 and $6.50. Nemo
Corsets and the Red Cross Shoes a specialty
MRS. MINNIE BALMAZ
FRONT STREET,
NEWPORT, AUK.
long himself he feels for all distress
from Backache, Nervousness, Loss of
Appetite, Lassitude and Kidney dis
orders. He shows that Klectrie Hit
ters work wonders for such troubles, >
“Five bottles,” he writes, “wholly i
cured me and now I am well and'
hearty.” It's also positively guar
anteed for Liver Trouble, Dyspepsia, i
Blood Disorders, Female Complaints!
and Malaria. Try them. aOo at J. I. i
blurdivaula.
ENDS WINTER'S TROUBLES
J o many, winter is a season of
trouble. The frost bitten toes and
fingers, chapped hands and lips,
chilblains, cold sores, red and rough
skins, prove this. Hut such troubles,
fly before Bucklen’s Arnicji Ha^ve.
A trial convinces* flreatesj^erilei4 of
Burns, Hoi]*, Piles, Cuts, Sores, Kc
zeinn amV's'praius. (July 2oc at 4.4 i.
iilurdivauta.