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BELL TELEPHONE SERVICE.
A great many local patrons of the
Southwestern Bell Telephone Com
pany have complained »,of the poor
service received ai vne iocai ex
changed during the past several
weeks. Very frequently it has been
difficult to establish the proper con
nections through the exchange, pa
trons being given a number other
than that which was called, this of
•course working an inconvenience for
Both parties thus connected. It is
said local patrons will take the mat
ter up with officials in the hope of
improving the service.
-BUY W. S. S.
WIREWORM DOES
DIACEJ CROPS
Etomologist Says Jackson County
Farmers May Control Insect By
’ Raising Livestock.
Several days ago George G. Becker,
of Fayetteville, state etomologist,
made an investigation of the reported
wireworm prevalence in Jackson
county, and he has addressed the
following letter to the Independent
for publication;
An investigation of the wireworm
outbreak occurring in the vicinity of
Newport discloses the fact that the
insect concerned is the socalled corn
-and cotton wireworm. This wire
worm attacks corn, cotton, peas, and
practically all kinds of cultivated
viujja, cAtcpb mnunb aim rt'iattm
plants.
Jackson county farmers will have
more success in controlling this in
sect when they begin to raise more
livestock. More humus should be
supplied to the light, sandy soils, and
such soils will have to be relieved oc
casionally from the continuous corn
and cotton croppings.
When full grown the cotton and
com wireworm is a soft white worm
not much thicker than a pack thread,
and measuring about one inch in
length. It may be distinguished from
other wireworms by the fact that its
body is composed of 26 segments or
| joints, every third segment being
swollen. The head, which is yellow
■e '
is long and slender and has a pair of
.prominent brown jaws. These worms
cause great damage to corn, cotton
and peas by cutting off the roots of
the plants.
After rains, the worms may be
found within two inches of the surface
of the soil, but during hot, dry spells,
they remain over a foot below the
•urface. At the approach of cold
■weather the worms begin to work
their way down—and they spend the
winter at a depth of over four feet
below the surface.
Wireworms attain their full growth
in from two to three years. During
May or June the full grown wire
worms build small earthen cells in the
soil and transform to what is known
as the pupae stage. A few weeks la
ter they emerge as small click beetles,
or nap beetles. These beetles deposit
their eggs in soil which is covered
with a dust mulch, or which has been
recently plowed.
To control wirewofms the loose, |
sandy soils will first have to be stif-!
fened by the addition of organic mat- j
ter, applied either in the form of j
barnyard manure, or else by turning
under a green manure. The infested
land will then have to be handled so
that the soil will not be stirred from
the middle of June until August.
If the ground be undisturbed dur
ing this period a crust will form o#|
the surface (provided that there is |
enough humus in the soil) and this
will prevent beetles from depositing
eggs. If it it were practicable to put
infested fields in pasture for two or
three years it would be the most ef
fective way of ridding them of wm
worms.
A good way to handle infested
fields is to put them in rye as a win
ter cover crop. This will make a good
pasture for the winter months, as it
will be grown at a time when the
worms are several feet belov. the sur
face of the soil. The next year, crab
grass may be allowed to grow up.
Cut this for hay or else use the field
for pasture.
Instead of allowing the field to
grow up in crab grass, the rye can be
turned under in the spring; this will
supply organic matter and will stif
fen the soil. The field can then be
put in cow peas, soy beans, or some
other crep which will not demand
cultivating from June until August.
The year following this, the land
may be put in cotton. Corn may then
follow cotton. After this the field
will have to be put back in pasture or
peas as often as the wireworm makes
it necessary. The amount of humus
or organic matter in the soil will have
an important bearing on this point.
The more organic matter you can put
into the soil, less troublesome wire
worms. become. For this reason the
burning of corn and cotton stalks
cannot be too strongly condemned.
Certainly this practice can be least
afforded, where land is infected with
wireworms.
There seemed to be an idea preval
ent about Newport that wireworms
are worse following a crop of cow
|peas. As far as investigations go,
there is little foundation for this be
lief.
Corn should never follow corn
where the field Is infested with wire
worms. Where corn must be planted
on infested land, every effort should
be made to get in an early stand and
stimulate the crop to a rapid growth
as possible so that it will become well
established before wireworms become
destructive.
GEO. G. BECKER,
Entomologist University of Arkan
sas Experiment Station.
-BUY W. S. S.
PRIVATE LESSONS.
Graham system of shorthand and
touch system typewriting taught at
home. Call at 828 Malcolm avenue,
or phone 253. 66d6t.
-BUY W. S. S.
FROM A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
W. H. Hill, J. P., Detroit, Texas,
writes: “I used Foley Kidney Pills
and say unhesitatingly that of all I
have used they are the best, and
have done the work where the rest
failed.” Backache, rheumatic pains,
sore muscles, stiff joints and too fre
quent bladder action are symptoms of
kidney trouble.—Walker’s Pharmacy.
-BUY W. S. S.
NOTICE OF SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, as Executor with the Will
annexed of the Estate of M. M.
Stuckey, deceased will on
THURSDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF
JULY, 1918
between the hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p.
ni. at the East Third Street entrance
of the Court House of Jackson County,
in the City of Newport, Arkansas,
offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder on a credit of three
Inonths.
Ten shares of the Capital Stock of
the First National Bank of Newport,
Arkansas, of the par value of one
hundred dollars each.
The purchaser will be required to
give note with approved security,
bearing interest from date at the rate
of eight per centum per annum until
paid.
Given this the 25th day of Jur.e,
1918.
GEO. R. HAYS.
Executor Estate M. M. Stuckey, de
ceased. 54d20t
-BUY W. S. S.
NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER’S
SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the un-1
dersigned, as Commissioner in Chan
cery, under the direction contained
in a certain decree rendered in the
Jackson Chancery Court at the May
Term, 1918, thereof, to-wit: On the
13th day of June, 1918, in a certain
cause therein pending wherein Virgil
Y. Cook, and Paul Butler as Trustee
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are plantiffs and Thaddeus D. Kin-1
man, May E. Kinman, Thaddeus
Madding, Thaddeus D. Kinman, Jr.,1
Marion Dickens, A. R. Harris, M. L. j
Harris and W. A. Lanier are defend
ants, cause numbered 3258, will on '
the 12th day of August, 1918, be-j
tween the hours of 9 o’clock a. m.,
nd 3 o’clock p. m., at the East front
door of the Court House of Jackson j
County, in the City of Newport, Ar
kansas, e/ffer for sale at public out- |
cry, to the highest bidder, on a i
credit of three (3) months, the fol- '
lowing described real estate situate j
in the County of Jackson and State
of Arkansas, to-wit:
The fractional West half of the
East half of Section Six (6), contain
ing 178.01 acres, more or less.
Lots One (1) and Six (6) of the
fractional Northwest quarter of Sec
tion Six (6), containing 120.59
acres, more or less.
Lots One (1), Two (2), Five (5)
and Six (6) of the fractional South
west quarter of Section Six (6), con
taining 197.44 acres, more or less.
The East half of the Northeast
quarter of Section Seven (7), con
fining 98.36 acres, more or less, all
af the above described lands lying
and being situate in Township Elev
en (11) North, Range Three (3)
West.
The fractional East part of the
Northeast quarter of Section Thirty
)ne (31), containing 39.53 acres,
more or less.
The fractional East half of the
Southeast quarter of Section Thirty
one, containing 97.17 acres, more or
less, both of said last described
tracts being situated in Township
Twelve (12) North, Range Three (3)
West.
Also, the fractional West half of
the East half, and the fractional
West half, of Section Thirty-two (32),
Township Twelve (12) North, Range
Three (3) West, containing 377.06
acres, excepting 173.87 acres out of
said Section Thirty-two (32) here
tofore sold by us to C. F. Dean and
P. M. Massey by deed of date April
21st, 1911, said excepted tract being
described as fallows:
ner of the Southwest quarter of the
Southeast quarter of Section Thirty
two (32), Township Twelve (12)
North, Range Three (3) West of the
Fifth Principal Meridian, set pump
pipe, run thence South 8914 degrees
West (Var. four (4) degrees East,)
35.33 chains, set iron pin, thence
South one (1) degree East Twenty
(20) links, set pump pipe, thence
North 2 3-4 degrees West Ten (10)
chains, thence North 6614 degrees
East 5.17 chains, thence North 5314
degrees East 7.36 chains, thence
North 22 degrees East 4.32 chains,
thence North Two (2) degrees East
Seven (7) chains thence North one
fourth (14) degree West 39.45 chains
to Old River, thence North eighty
eight (88) degrees East three (3)
chains along Old River, thence North
8114 degrees East Three (3) chains,
thence North Eighty-seven (87) de
grees East 15.50 chains, thence North
85 degrees East 1.85 chains, thence
South one-fourth (14 ) degree East
68.04 chains to place of beginning and
containing 173.87 acres.
The purchaser will be required to
iive note or bond, with approved se
curity, bearing interest at the rate
of six per cent per annum from the
date of sale until paid, and a lien will
be retained on said lands as addition
al security for the purchase money.
In Witness Whereof, I have here
unto set my hand as Commissioner
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Ill j Cilia aiuA VI oven -
said Court, this the 15th day of July,
1918.
(Seal) R. W. BANDY,
14\v3 Commissioner in Chancery.
-BUY W. S. S.
NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION
In the Jackson Chancery Court.
G. W. Rice, Petitioners.
vs. No. 3318.
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SWVi; Sec. 9, Twp. 10 N„ R.
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Notice is hereby given that G. W.
Rice did on the 18th day of June,
1918, file a petition in the office of |
the Clerk of the Chancery Court of
Jackson County, Arkansas, claiming
to be the owner of and in possession
of and praying for the confirmation
of the title and to have the same
quieted in her to the following de
scribed real estate situate in Jackson
county, Arkansas, to-wit:
The EAST HALF of the SOUTH
JAST Quarter; the SOUTH WEST
Quarter of the SOUTH EAST Quar
ter; and. the SOUTH EAST Quar
ter of the SOUTH WEST Quarter;
all in Section Nine (9), Township
Ten (10) North, Range Four (4)
West.
And that said petitioner will ap
pear in said court on the 5th day of
September, 1918, or as soon thereaf
ter as said court will hear and deter
mine the same, and ask to have her
title to said lands quieted, establish
ed and confirmed.
Now, therefore, any and all per-;
ons, firms or corporations who have j
or claim any interest whatever in said j
lands, axe hereby warned to appear ;
and present their objections at the j
said time above mentioned and set up j
any right or claim they may have in !
said lands and show cause why the
3aid title of petitioner should not be
quieted, confirmed and forever set at
rest.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand as such clerk and
affixed !he seal of said court on this
the 18th day of June, 1918.
(Seal.)
R. W. Bandy,
Llerk of the Chancery Court of Jack
son County, Arkansas.
By J. B. Parrott, D. C.
10w6t.
-BUY W. S. S.
ASSESSOR’S NOTICE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned, as Assessor of Jack
son County, will meet the people of
the different Townships at the places
and times below given for the purpose
of assessing all the Personal Property
and per capita or Poll Tax for the
year, 1918:
Bird Township, Tuckexman, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, July 11,
12, 13.
Union Township, McLain’s Office,
East Newport, Monday, July 15.
Union Township, Inland School
House, Tuesday, July 16.
Union Township, City Hall, Wed
nesday, July 17.
Glass Townsmp, ownron, lnurs
day, Friday and Saturday, July 18,
19 and 20.
Union Township, Court House,
Monday, July 21 to 26.
You are required, by law, to meet
me at your voting precinct and at
tend to your assessing in person, cr
at the Township in which your prop
erty is located, otherwise, you will
be placed on the delinquent list, for
failing to assess.
Eight Mile, Arkansas, April 12th,
1918.
D. J. NANCE,
4wtf Assessor, Jackson County.
-BUY W. S. S.
WARNING ORDER.
In the Chancery Court of Jackson
County, Ark.
Ernest Adams, Plaintiff,
vs. No. 3324.
Kinnie Adams, Defendant.
The Defendant, Kinnie Adams, is _
warned to appear in this court within
thirty days and answer the complaint
of the Plaintiff, Ernest Adams.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said Court this 13th day of July, 1918.
[Seal) R. W. BANDY, Clerk.
O. A. Hillhouse is appointed attorney
for Non-Resident Defendant.
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