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UtiUties Ask To Exist, Not To Pro
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the manufacturers, or any one en
gaged in a private business, a Public
Utility cannot regulate the price it
charges by the cost of doing business.
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1 service and rates by the city councils,
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COMB SAGE TEA ~
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Darkens Beautifully and Restores
Its Natural Color and
Lustre Once.
Common pardon sage brewed Into n
heavy tea, with sulphur and alcohol
added, will turn gray, streaked and
faded hair beautifully dark and lux
uriant. Mixing the Sage Tea and Sul
phur recipe at home, though, is
troublesome. An easier way is to get
the ready-to-use preparation improved
by the addition of other ingredients
a large bottle, at little cost, at drug
stores, known as "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound,” thus avoiding a
lot of muss.
While gray, faded hair is not sinful,
we all desire to retain our youthful
appearance and attractiveness. Hy
darkening your hair with Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound, no one
can tell, because it does it so natural
ly, so evenly. You just dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it and draw
this through your hair, taking one
small strand at a time; by morning
all gray hairs have disappeared. After
another application or two your hair
becomes beautifully dark, glossy, soft
and luxuriant and you appear years
younger. Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur
Compound is a delightful toilet requi
site. It is not Intended for the cure,
mitigation or prevention of disease.
in the hands of the people for the re
lief is absolutely necssary, if they
are to continue solvent and give the
service which the communities they
serve demand.
The condition is not alone a mat
ter of concern to the companies af
fected, the government itself is
alarmed, and President Wilson has
asked that communities and local
boards hasten to render some imme
diate relief, so that services upon
which so much depends be not cur
tailed or impaired. He say3 in a let
ter to Secretary McAdoo:
“I hope that state and local author
ities, where they have not done so,
will, when the facts are properly laid
before them, respond promptly to the
necessities of the situation.”
Prices for everything have been
steadily advancing, as every consum
er knows. All the staples cost more.
The five-cent loaf of bread, the fif
teen-cent collar are things of the
past. And these prices have been
raised because of the increasing cost
of production. But the' merchant, or
the manufacturer can advance his
price immediately. Ha doesn’t have
to ask permission.
But with utilities it is different
No rate can be charged without the
order of the Commission. And before
that is issued every card must be
laid face up on the table. Every item
of expense must be shown. There
Our miSBion users _
recommend
COLE’S Original
N Hot Blast Heater
As showing a big saving in fuel
money over all stoves or costly fur
nace heat—as giving an abundance
cf even steady heat day and night—
as being the cleanest and most easily
cared for heater on the market. Bums
any fuel. \Ve carry the original here.
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_ If Its Good To Eat
We Have It
Call and inspect our stock, it will
attract your attention as to quality
and freshness both. Wehave in stock
RICE FLOUR CREAM MEAL
GRITS HUBERT’S COUNTRY
PEARL HOMINY STYLE CORN MEAL
BRANZOS
Country produce on hand at all times
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R. J. Wise Grocer Co, i
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can be no evasion.
In asking for relief, the Public Util
ities are not asking to profiteer, but
| to exist. The raeson for the present
i situation is simple:
The prices paid TO Utilities for the
j things they sell (electricity and wa
| ter) are based on conditions BEFORE
!THE WAR STARTED. The prices
I paid BY Utilities for the things they
j buy are bas'd on conditions SINCE
j THE WAR STARTED.
I ARKANSAS LIGHT & POWER CO.,
By H. C. Couch, President.
(Adv.)
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HICKORY GROVE.
Mr. John Skyrms and son, Charlie,
spent Sunday with his father, near
the Goetz rice farm.
H. M. Williamson and daughter,
Irene, were Tuckerman visitors Sun
day.
R. E. Sorrells and daughter, Miss
Trella, were shopping in Newport
Saturday. „
The road across Grassy has recent
ly been fixed.
C. Burgess is quite sick with the
flu.
Mrs. Cora Skyrms and children
spent Sunday with Mrs. Etta Sor
ells and family of Hickory Grove.
L. B. Rogers was a Tuckerman vis
itor Friday.
Walter Sherrell and John Smith
made a business trip to Tuckerman
Monday.
J. Terrell of Tuckerman visited
among relatives at Hickory Grove
Monday.
Miss Maude KOgers was snopping
in Newport Saturday.
The third German peace note has
been received. It is an apparent ac
ceptance of President Wilson’s terms,
but is ambiguous. It evidently is in
tended to secure a negotiated peace,
and procure all advantages possible.
The Germans are not to be criti
cised for endeavoring to take every
advantage, but they must be watched.
They have still a great army and are
conducting a masterly retreat. What
they cannot win with arms they seek
to win with words. We sincerely
hope that President Wilson will not
allow himself to be deceived. Wc
must have unconditional surrender.
Let there be no relaxing.
BENGEL.
Rain! Rain! lots of it and the
damp heavy atmosphere makes tho
ught much harder for the influenza
patients.
W. A. Cagle and family left Wed
nesday for Mountain View, their fu
ture home, Mr. Cagle having recent
ly purchased a farm at that point.
We regret to lose this family from
our midst, but wish them all success
in their new home.
Almost the entire family of J. P.
Cooper is suffering from influ
enza* and last Thursday his daughter,
Mrs. Luther Roberts of the Ferrel
farm succumbed to the dread malady.
| Mr. Cooper’s family have the sympa
thy of our community and their
friends in this bereavement.
Elder S. O. Allen left Wednesday
j for Louisville, Ky., where he will en
! ter a theological school.
Carpenter Ray returned Tuesday
i from Morrow, La., whai'e he had been
1 spending a few months with his sis
j ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. P. A.
I Hall.
Homer Plant left for Little Rock
| Saturday.
! Marcus Davidson took his entire
family to his parents’ home at Fish
er Monday, where they could receive
•are and medical attention. Six of
the family are undergoing different
stages of the influenza and there was
j no one to care for them.
(jU‘wi HIV -o
furlough with homefolks.
T. A. Ray is just recovering from
an attack of the “flu.”
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Wallace are
on the sick list this week.
Mrs. Wilba Steed is spending a
few days with relatives and friends
in Bradford.
Mrs. Birdie Johnson has been stop
ping a few days with friends in Brad
ford.
SWIFTQN.
Lloyd Moseley, manager for Mose
ley Bros. Gin Company left Saturday
night for Miami, Florida, where he
,vas called by the illness of his wife
and daughter.
Dr. R. F. Morton is quite sick with
a bad case of pneumonia following
an atttack of influenza. The other
physicians have recovered so they
can begin to look after their pa
tients.
All mercantile firms have closed at
six o’clock during the prevalence of
influenza.
The Woodruff county papers of
last week record the marriage of
Captain A. F. Mayberry and Mrs. |
Fannie Catlett, of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Catlett was formerly Miss Fan- j
-lie Glass, a sister of the late John M.
Jlrss, and a daughter of John M. j
Glass, Sr., for whom Glass township
was named. She was born and rear
ed near Swifton, where the Glass
family was prominent for many
years.
Mrs. A. J. Shell, widow of the late
A. J. Shell, died of pneumonia Friday
morning after an illness of only four
days. She is survived by a daughter,
Miss May Shell, and two sons, Arte
mu3 J. Shell and Theodore J. Shell,
both members of the National Army,
and who are now with their respec
tive commands in France. Interment
took place Saturday afternoon in the
Swifton cemetery.
The worst epidemic in the history
of Glass township, appeared last week
in the form of Spanish influenza and
pneumonia, and the community has
been unable to care for the sick. On
Saturday Doctors Causey, Justus,
Morton and Montell were in bed with
the malady and Mayor Ferdinand
Tonnisy appealed through Dr. Geo. H.
Stephens to the State Board of
Health for aid. Dr. Burgess Cooper
of the Government Health Service,
and three nurses were sent at once.
Dr. Stephens and Mrs. Spitzer, the
county Red Cross nurse, also came
and rendered valuable assistance. At
one time there were more than four
hundred cases in Swifton and the
surrounding country, and the total
nnmlipr of cases treated numbered
something near eight hundred. On
Monday Lieut. M. G. Thompson of the
U. S. Medical Service arrived to as
sist Dr. Cooper. The nurses who
worked unceasingly were Mrs. Pryor,
Mrs. Jarrez, Mrs. Richardson and
Miss Phillips, all of Little Rock, and
Miss Dyupe of Chicago. The deaths
resulting from influenza and pneu
monia up to Wednesday morning are
as follows:
Mrs. E. W. Huleh, Jr., 21; Mrs.
John Lloyd, 29; Jennie Lloyd, 7; W.
R. Parsley, 30; Edith Parsley, 2;
Mrs. Beryl Kenley, 30; Mrs. A. -J.
Shell, 40; Harrison Carver, 30;
Claude Carver, 16; Lewis Pratt, 27;
Eula Pratt, 24; Mary Pratt, 2; Mrs.
Annie Halfacre, 23; Doris Tinkler,
7; Joseph Gautney, 23; Mrs. Cleve
Tinkler, 2?; Mary Gray, 2; Nellie
Cummings, 16.
A valuable dressing for flesh
wounds, burns, scalds, old sores, rash,
chafed skin, is BALLARD S SNOW
LINIMENT, it is both healing and
antiseptic. Price 25c, 50c and $1 per
bottle. Sold by W. E. Bevens.
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If your child starts in its sleep, j
grinds its teeth while sleeping, picks'
at the nose, has a bad breath, fickle!
appetite, pale complexion, and dark ■
rings under the eyes; it has worms; j
and as long as they remain in the in- '
testines, that child will be sickly, j
''HITE'S CREAM VERMIFUGE
clears out the worms, strengthens
the stomach and bowels an:l puts the
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Cash Basis November 1,1918
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I Dealers and Garage Owners have been
asked by the War Industries Board to
put their business on war basis to con
serve man power and practice every j
available economy. With sales of new
cars reduced to a minimum and in the
H face of increased operating costs, the
| garages of Newport, in order to maintain
the old schedule of labor charges and to
comply with the national spirit of con
servation will, commencing November 1,
1918enter upon a cash basis for all labor,
parts, gasoline, oils, tires and accessories.
T. E. BARKER AUTO CO.
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L. 0. UMSTED AUTO CO.
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