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COMPLETE LOSS
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W Fire Destroys Handsome Bungalow of
R. W. Bandy, Together With Con
tents This Morning.
Fire which originated from a de
fective flue in the front bedroom this
morning at 7:30 o’clock destroyed the
handsome home of R. W. Bandy on
Newport avenue, at the end of Laurel
street, and on account of the lack of
■* water with which to fight the fire,
the flames' spread so quickly that the
entire contents of the building were
consumed. The six-room two-story
dwelling belonging to H. C| Sanders,
which was located next door to the
Bandy home,' and from which Dr. L.
T. Hays and family removed this
week, was also burned.
Mr. Bandy’s home, which was one
of the handsomest bungalows in
the city, a six-room home and mod
emly constructed, being completed
hut a few months ago, cost $3,500.
Mr. Bandy carried insurance to the
amount of $2,500. A considerable
loss was sustained also on the house
hold furnishings, Mr. Bandy having
them covered fay only $1,000 insur
The property of Mr. Sanders was
insured for $1,000. Dr. Hays lost a
small amount of household goods
from the Sanders property, furnish
ings which he had not removed to his
new home on Walnut street.
Window panes and weather board
ing at the nearby residence of Harry
Grimes was damaged slightly by
he^t, the damage being covered with
insurance.
Mr. Bandy says he could have sav
4y ed his home if he had been able to se
cure water. He ran to a hydrant when
he saw the blaze, but the water was
frszen. When the fire company ar
rived they found the fire plugs froz
en. They succeeded in thawing one
plug, but too late to save either build
ing.
The sympathy of many friends
goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Bandy in
their loss. Mr. Bandy takes his loss,
however, in a very philosophical
v manner, and makes the spirited state
I ment that it would have been hard
luck for an old man, but that such
obstacles cannot effect the determi
nation of a young man like him to get
up and go ahead.
CHAS. F. EVANS COMING.
Chas. F. Evans, of Louisville, Ky.,
will be in Newport Sunday, January
5th and conduct a 3 o’clock service
and have charge of the night service
at the First Christian Church.
Mr. Evans is a specialist in Young
People’s Work, and is field secretary
of the All South Christian Endeavor
Union. He is one of the really big
men engaged in this kind of work, is
an interesting talker, has an attrac
tive personality and you will enjoy
the time you spend listening to him.
The afternoon service will be pri
^|* marily a young people’s service and
will be a school of methods for young
people’s work. To this service all the
young people of the city are invited
for no matter what society you be
long t.o you will be sure to hear some
thing of interest. Be sure and come
to hear him.
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R'shop James R. Winchester Will De
liver Sermon Tomorrow At St.
Paul s Episcopal Church.
Newport will have opportunity to
morrow morning of hearing one of
the south’s greatest ministers when
the Right Reverend James R. Win
chester, D. D., bishop of the Arkan
sas Diocese, will deliver a sermon at
St. Paul’s Episcopal church at 11
o’clock.
Although well advanced in years,
Bishop Winchester has lost none of
his attractive charm nor power as a
talker. He will have a wonderful
message, not only for the membership
of his church, but for all who would
care to be present.
The many friends of Rev. A. E. Ly
man-Wheaton, who has not been well
for several days, will regret to learn
that he was taken quite sick this af
ternoon.
County Agent F. H. Whitaker has
just learned of the safe arrival at an
Atlantic port of his brother, Lieut.
J. D. Whitaker, whose home is at
Centerville, Mississippi. Lieutenant
Whitaker, a member of heavy artil
lery division, saw eleven months’ ser
vice in France, coming through with
out injury.
\At the Churches I
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Elder W. C. Mitchell, Pastor.
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
Regular preaching services at 11
a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Important subjects discussed at
both services.
B. Y. P. U. at 6:30 p. m.
Woman’s Missionary Union meets
with Mrs. W. B. Grant Thursday af
ternoon at 2:30 p. m. and will render
a missionary program Friday after
noon at 3:00 o’clock at the Baptist
church, to which the W. M. U’s of
the town and others who desire to
attend are invited.
|sT. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Third and Hazel Streets.
The Rev. A. E. Lyman-Wheaton, Rec
tor.
Second Sunday After Christmas (1st
Sunday in the Month.)
Holy Communion annd Sermon by
the Right Rev. James R. Winchester,
D. D. Bishop of the Diocese of Ark
ansas at 11 o’clock.
There will be no evening service.
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
Your Rector earnestly requests that
every member of the parish be pres
ent at the 11 o’clock service.
It is hoped that Bishop Sophore
will also be with us at the morning
service.
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Bible school, 9:45
Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. m.
Morning subject, “f^cred Secular
Things.”
Mr. Chas. Evans of Louisville, Ky.,
a specialist in young people’s work,
will speak at 3:00 o’clock in the after
noon and 7:30 in the evening.
Mr. Evans is an able man and will
give a treat to all who hear these lec
tures. Everybody invited. Special
music both morning and evening.
C. Bridenthal, Pastor.
FIRST M. E. CHURCH SOUTH.
J. F. E. Bates, Pastor.
Sermon and communion at 11:00
a. m.
Sermon at 7:30 p. m.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday at 7:30
p. m.
Board meeting, Tuesday at 7:00
p. m.
A church with a message and wel
come.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
There will be services Sunday
morning at the Catholic church on
j Walnut street.
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Bop Who Plaped “ War"
Gets Into the Real Thing
It seems a long, long way from a
boy’s playful days to the battlefields
of France. One can realize he lives
in an era of stirring events, and one
in which lightning-quick changes are
made and new maps drawn wfogn he
ponders to picture a little tow-headed
boy in knee-trousers who but a few
short years ago indulged the game of
“war” with his playmates, and who
now is back home limping from
wounds received in actual battle; yet
only 21 years old,wjust far enough in
life to cast his vote.
Such an one is Albert Bevans, now
Lieut. Bevans—Albert who used to
be one ot the many defenders of “this
side” against the “army” of the East
Side, which armies in the not long
ago met in mortal combat, swinging j
sticks fashioned into guns and bayo- j
nets, using the old Presbyterian:
church as an objective, the army j
reaching the edifice first being de-;
dared the victor.
Time passed quickly and many of .
these boys lived to act in reality the j
pranks of their fanciful days. None |
of these has a more wonderful ac- j
count than Lieut. Bevans, who ar-,
rived from France a few weeks ago, i
and who reached home Thursday I
night to spend until Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hillhouse and his
host of admiring friends, when he
returns to Fort Roots, where he will
receive further treatment for a
wounded leg, which was temporarily
paralyzed during a desperate fight at
Grand Pre.
Like all returning heroes, Lieut.
Bevans is reluctant to talk of his ex
periences. After going through with
what he has, very probably he doesn’t
want to remember, a condition we
who stayed at home cannot fully ap
preciate. We imagine there is noth
ing more nerve racking to a soldier i
than to recall the sight of all he saw
on a bloody battlefield. We at home
cannot understand—wo can only pay
tribute and justly honor these boys I
as they return to home and loved ones )
and friends. Thank God who gave
them to the world and who gave us
their safe return. And God bless
the mothers and fathers and loved
ones whose boys will never return.
Lieut. Bevans was one of the first
Newport boys to join up, being a
member of that immortal Company
Ei After landing in France in Sep
tember of last year he was brigaded
with the British. Very soon after
ward he found his way to the French,
and in eight days after he reached
France he was in a front-line trench
with a northern American division.
He was the only southerner in the
division. Fie wore the uniform of a
French officer, it being the purpose ,
then not to allow the enemy to know i
that Americans had gotten into action
so soon.
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Lieut. Bevans’ fighting career last
ed through a period of fifty-six days,
twenty-five of which he spent with
out removing his shoes or taking a
bath. He was a member of many
raiding parties before entering actual
figting. The first man he killed
brought him a bitter moment. He
sat down, and, quoting his exact
language, cried like ' a baby. How
ever, after awhile when it fell his lot
to snuff out the lives of as many
huns as possible in order to help
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Runs The Temperature Down To Sev
en Degrees and Sends Along a
Sprinkling of Snow.
The weather man, whose standing
in Newport is not the best, has again
brought a shower of contempt down
upon himself. Yesterday, when the
thermometer registered 10 above, he
said it would be warmer today, and
Newport awakened this morning to
find the mercury lurking around sev
en degrees. Added to that snow came,
just enough to make the ground
white, and today’s weather report
says tomorrow will "be cold and un
settled.
Local plumbers are kept active re
pairing bursted water pipes.
The White river failed to reach the
23 feet yesterday which was predicted
by Mr. Cole. The river was 20 feet
and • began falling. The gauge reg
istered 19 feet this afternoon.
Mrs. B. E. Snetser is reported a
little better today from an illness of
two or three days.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stewart of
Mammoth Spring wei’e here last night
on their way to Remmel to visit the
McCartney family.
FATE </f EX-KAISEIt
REPORTED DECIDED
Amsterdam, Jan. 3.—The British
and Dutch government has arrived at
an agreement regarding the status of
the former German emperor, accord
ing to a dispatch to the Telegraaf
from The Hague.
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John YYr. James YY’as Gassed At Cha
teau Thierry In June And Goes
Hospittal to Hospital.
The following letter is from Jno.
W. James to \V. A. Billingsley. Jno.
James is well known in Newport. His
home was across the river, where his
father is a farmer. His friends will
enjoy reading his letter.
Dec. 7, 1918, A. P. O. 901-A.
Mr. W. A. Billingsley, Newport, Ark.
Dear Sir: I have just received the
check you sent me and it came when
it was most needed.
1 am in the hospital and have been
since June 9th, but am much better
now'. I was gassed at Chateau Thier
ry in the great June drive, and have
been transferred from one hospital
to another till I arrived here in Italy,
three months ago. This is a fine cli
mate and nice scenery, but I prefer
Paris and France.
I suppose most of the boys are
gone from Newport, but I have not
seen one I know. I have not been
paid by the government since May
20th and do hope I will get paid by or
before Christmas. I have seen most
of the largest cities in France, Italy
and Spain, but Paris has them all
beat a thousand ways, and Rome is
second in beauty and statuary.
Mr. Billingsley, I have seen all of
the war that I want to see. I shall
never forget the first barrage that I
was unlucky enough to go through,
and lucky enough to come through.
It sure is awful.
I trust that we will soon be coming
home and I for one will not be sorry,
for I’ve not had a furlough or seen
my home since March, 1917. I sup
pose you are too busy to read such, so ^
I will close.
Very truly,
John W. James,
A. P. O., No. 901-A.
DR. WOODS VISITS
NEWPORT TODAY IN
INTEREST CAMPAIGN.
Dr. J. T. Woods, formerly of Even
ing Shade, but who now resides in
Little Rock, is spending a few days in
Newport interviewing physicians,
druggists and business men generally,
coming here in the interest of the
educational campaign concerning ven
ereal diseases. Dr. Woods has charge
I of the campaign in the northern half
| of Arkansas. f
i State and federal authorities are
| co-operating in the campaign to edu
cate the public to a knowledge of the
resultant dangers of venereal dis
j eases. Physicians are asked to report
every individual case of diseases un
der his care, and the complete eradi
cation of danger from infection in ev
ery case will be attempted. It is not
the purpose of the authorities to at
temnt to stamp out the traffic from
which disease comes, but they will
conduct a campaign which will have
for its purpose the acquainting of the
public with the horrible consequences
of disease in the hope of lessening its
development.
LYCEUM NUMBER PROVED
A HIGH CLASS MUSICAL
TREAT LAST EVENING.
Those who failed to attend the en
tertainment given at the High School
auditorium last evening missed one
of the best treats in a musical way
that has been given in Newport in a
long time. The entertainers were
the Smith-Spring-Holmes Orchestra,
which is composed of two men and
three ladies, all of whom are finished
musicians and readers. They play
several instruments that were worthy
of attention. Their program was
above the average, composed of classi
cal and popular selections. This is
the first number of the lyceum course
and another, Montiville Flowers, a
lecturer, will be here Monday night.
The leader of the orchestra of last
evening announced that his company
had followed Mr. Flowers in their
trips over the country for several
years, and he was one of the country’s
leading orators, whose subject for
Monday evening would be “The Tem
ple Rebuilt.” It is hoped a big chowd
will be out for that evening and it is
said that the men especially will en
joy the lecture.
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