BKcefc, just as other
Rvar-time shoes, are
applying: clothing: to
rate prices has been
department of the
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textile production.
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I Provision i^ also made for the
clothing of millions of men, now in
their country’s service, who will re
turn to civil life at the end of the
war.
What is called “duble purpose”
cloth is being produced in an undyed
state. It will be dyed khaki for mil
itary uniforms, or in colors suitable
for civilian wear, according to re
quirements.
CAMP PIKE NOTES.
Arkansas is just now making its
greatest contribution to the soldier
population of Camp Pike. Special
trains began arriving today and to
night from various parts of the state,
as well as from Tennessee and Missis
sippi. This is the first time Tennes
see has sent draft men to Camp Pike,
and it takes the place of Louisiana,
whose men are this time going to
Camp Beauregard at Louisiana. Ev
ery hour sees long lines of “rookies”
marching from the depot to the Re
ceiving Station, and then on to the
barracks where they will be tempora
irily located. It’s an old story in the
■ camp and yet every squad of new ar
rivals contains the element of so
many heart breaking stories, repre
sents so much sacrifice of home ties
and financial interests, that it is im
possible to see them filing by without
wondering just who they are, and
what they were, and where they are
from.
Arkansas is sending 4,154 white
men here in this call, and 3,232 ne
groes will come from this state later.
Included among the whites are quite
a Duncn ox men anu umceis num wic
Fourth Arkansas regiment of the
National Guards, 1 whieh has never
been accepted into federal service.
Many of these men have had some
military drill work and life at Camp
Pike will not be quite so new to them
as to those who are brand new to the
job.
“Are you ready to die for your
country?” asked the colonel. “Well,
boss, I ain’t zactly pinin’ to die for
nobody, but I sho’ aims to make some
German man die for his country.”
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A letter from a Pine Bluff lady a
week or two ago asked for words that
are said by the soldiers to accompa
ny two of the best known bugle calls.
Not all of the translations are the
same but this is the way one bugler
gave them to me:
REVEILLE:
I can’t get them up, I can’t get them
up,
I can’t get them up in the morning;
I can’t get them up, I can’t get them'
up,
I can’t get them up at all.
Petty officers worse than boots,
Chiefs worse than recruits;
I can’t get them up, I can’t get them
up.
MESS CALL:
Soup-y, soup-y, without a single bean;
Pork-y, pork-y, without a streak of
lean;
Coffee, coffee, the weakest ever seen.
Making fun of the “eats” is one of
the standard rules for mess room
manners, and is in no sense an ex
pression of the real sentiment of the*
soldier kicker. A few noghts ago, a
dozen of the men came out of the
tienches soaking wet and covered
with mud from head to foot. After
they had cursed steady for ten min
utes about their condition and their
hard luck, one of the fellows said:
“What’s the use of this stall ? A lit
tle mud never hurt any one and every
one of us has had a really bully time
tonight. It’s the biggest thing we’ve
done since we came to the camp and
I for one wish we could have this ex
perience every week. How about it?’'
And the whole bunch were willing to
admit that it was fun, after all. And
Iso it goes. This refers,"of course, on
ly to the men in good physical condi
tion. And the other kind are getting
scarce here.
NOTICE.
To All Concerned:
This is to certify that I have dis
continued doing business in Newport,
I Ark., under style of Standard Drug
I Company, and my address after May
21, 1918, will be Forrest City, Ark.
Thanking the public for their
twelve years’ of patronage, I am
Respectfully yours,
W. R. CHRISTOPHE,
24d5t 6wlt.
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Jackson County Citizens
Are Supporting Red Cross
ployment of females in hotels, restau
rants and telephone establishments;
provided, said rules and regulation*
shall not permit female workers to be
employed in excess of nine hours in
any one day, nor at a lower rate of
wages than will supply said female
employees the cost of proper living,
and safeguard their health and wel
fare.”
HEAVY VOTE PROMISED.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 25.—The,polit
ical racers are coming strong into the
home stretch. Notwithstanding the
popular indifference toward the cam
paign, there have been some develop
ments during the last few days in
several of the races that have stirred
public interest to something ap
proaching the old time white heat.
There will undoubtedly be a very
heavy vote. This is certainly true of
Pulaski county, where the contests
for sheriff, prosecuting attorney,
clerks and members of the legislature
have become particularly warm, with
so many candidates in the field.
For state offices, there is much in
terest in the races for governor, U. S.
senator, and agricultural commission
er. The race betv ^on Congressman
H. M. Jacoway and M. E. Dunaway ;
in this, the 5th district, has also be
come interesting. Taken all together,
the friends of the numerous state,
district and county candidates are be
coming sufficiently active to bring ;
out a large vote.
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NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that all male
persons in Jackson county who have
become 21 years of age since June 5,
1917, are required to register on June
5, 1918, at the county court house in
Newport.
J. F. Parish
26d and wtf. County Clerk.
If all parts of the county keep step
mith Union, Richwoods, Village and
Cow Lake Townships, we will dome
across with more than our maximum
quota in the second Red Cross War
Fund Campaign.
Richwoods township was only as
sessed $300 as her maximum quota
and has already turned in $360.55 and
the committee is still working.
Reports- turned in from Union
township workers show that they
have gone “over the top” of the first
line trenches, or in other words, the
subscriptions already turned in ex
ceed our minimum quota by $283.25,
with several active workers yet to
hear from and all the teams in the
field.
A great deal of interest is being
taken in the Red Cross auction for
this afternoon and it is hoped a
handsome sum may be raised and j
adder to our war fund.
Late this afternoon Chairman Hu
bly learned that Richwoods has left
the trenches, raising $350, or $50
over its maximum. Tupelo did the
same thing, raising $70 over its max
imum.
L DOUBLE
D. I FORCES
According to Statement Made By1
H»gih Commissioner On Return >
From This Country.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Paris, May 25.—Andre Ttrdieu, the
French High Commissioner, declares
American forces in France by mid
summer will be double the number
Secretary Baker recently announced
would be sent here, and by the end of
1918 three times larger. TV state-!
ment was made on the arrival of Tar
dieu from the United States yester
day.
Baker recently announced that J
more than 500,000 Amercan soldiers j
have already been sent to France. |
CALLS MEETING OEI
WAGE COMMISSI
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 25.—Ben D. Brick
house, Commissioner of Labor, has
called a meeting of the Minimum
Wage Commission for June 11 to give
a hearing to proprietors or restau
rants, cafes and hotels. Mr. Brick
house reports that numerous com
plaints have come to him from va
rious points in the state that the own
ers are working women over time,
some of them as much as thirteen
hours a day.
The law under which the commis
sion proceeds is as follows:
“Said commission, after a public
hearing duly held, at which all inter
ested persons are given an opporton
ity to present arguments, may estab
lish regulations governing the em
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And About Your Shins for
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AMERICANS LOSE
LUES Oil VESSEL 1
Missing Soldiers Were Thought Sleep
ing When Ship Is Torpedded In
English Channel.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, May 25.—American
troops on their way to the battle
fields of France, to the number pf fif
ty-six, were lost in the torpedoing of
the British steamship, Moldavia in
the English Channel. Few "details
are disclosed. The missing soldiers
are believed to have been sleeping
when the vessel was attacked Thurs
day morning. Escorting destroyers
rescued the survivors.
There is no change in the situation
on the battlefields of Northern
France. Both sides continue raiding
operations. The Germans are pay
ing most attention to the line be
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is reported falling
Somme and Picardy
Announcement is r
can airmen now a
sector northwest c
Americans control o:
in the air and on th
Secretary of War
in New York last n
can machine gun ar
soon will take posit:
ian front. Strong patrol i
continues on the Ite’ian n
front.
Associated Press Dispatch.
With American Army in
Friday.—It is officially an
that American aviators sh
two German airplanes Tuesc
Associated Press Dispatch*
Washington, May 25.—T
partment today gave out
of fifty-three members of C
B, 58th United States infant]
are missing from
steamer Moldavia.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, May 25.—German
was increasingly active last
the western side of the Lys s
in Flanders, and in the neigh
of Strasbeele. the war .office an
ed'. The district east of Bethui
subjected to gas bombardment
British captured numerous
and machine guns in idipg
tions.
CALVERT’S OPINION ON
ABSENTEE
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Special to Independent.
“As secretary of the D<
State Central Committee it
opinion that ballots should be
for any candidate whose name
pnnuvi (HI UK' 11L h.Ut 111 LI1(J V-UUU^ lit
which he is a candidate.
“I mearv by this, that a
use a ballot in one county ■
for a candidate in
providing he voted for tRe
whose names . were printed
ballot in the county in which
a candidate.
“For instance, a man jM
vote in Pulaski counly ballot, and ijj
erase the names of all county candi jM
dates and write thereon the names |fl
the candidate he desired to vote* for
in his home county.
“This, I believe, to be the intention
of the rules of the democratic party ^
and such ballots shou’d be counted.
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