I THE INDEPENDENTi
AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
Editor and Publisher.
Entered at the postoffice, Newport,
Arkansas, as second-class mail matter
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in advance.
A few soldiers’ and workmen’s
councils have been formed in this
country, but they are composed of
soldiers who never fight and workers
who never work.
Every merchant and banker in
Newport and Jackson county would
contribute much to one of the great
est campaigns ever started in the
south by impressing upon their far
mer friends the necessity of doing
this: “Diversttfy—produce food and
feed crops, beef, pork, mutton, dairy
products, and a CONSERVATIVE
AMOUNT OF COTTON.” If this is
not accomplished the south will face
disaster.
BOOM INVESTMENTS THAT NET
HUGE DIVIDENDS.
In 1869 most every man who could
shake a leg took himself to Califor
nia. Gold had been discovered there,
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and a boom was on. About the same i
year a pool of oil had been found in
Pennsylvania, and those who had not
gone westward in search of gold went
east in the hope of getting rich in oil.
Today there is an exodus to the
southwest where the eoveted oil has
again been discovered in gushing
quantities and where people who here- j
tofore were accustomed to a humble
mode of living have been made rich
overnight.
In 1859 a very large per cent of
those who went westward attained
their goals, made their rich finds, as
lid those who hied eastward, though
there was the usual percentage of j
failures and fools. The failures re
sulted from the fact that they were
engaged in throwing their lots into a
gamble, there being nothing certain
as to the outcome of such investments.
All of which leads up to the point
where we wish to say that not all the
“booms” and opportunities are to be
found where something of value is
supposed to exist beneath the earth
awaiting the efforts of human hands
for extraction. Not by any means.
We believe oil will be found in
Jackson county some day, but we
know of a surer avenue to prosper
ity and to the establishment of an
institution in Jackson county that will
Piano Tuner Coming j
Expert turner and repair man for
The Baldwin Piano Co., St. Louis,
will be in Newport soon. First class
work guaranteed. Leave orders with
Z. BjReidMusic Store
fZEL ST. NEWPORT, ARK.
Would You Go To A Blacksmith’s
Shop To Have Your Tooth Pulled?
THERE is only one proper place for you to go if -
you desire a tooth removed. Of course, there
are many places where this operation could be
made, by unskilled hands with crude tools,, and
when the operation is over you* would have the
same thing accomplished as if you had, in the be
ginning gone to the proper place—the DENTIST.
But how much less pain and how much nicer it
would have been. Of course, you never think of
going to the blacksmith’s shop to have a tooth re
moved. You always go to the
Place For That Kind of Business
What will apply to one thing |
will apply to another. If you
! should want some article in the
FURNITURE line the proper
i place is in the furniture store,
and not in some grocery or gen
eral store where furniture is
sold merely as a side-line, and
where a comparatively small se
lection is shown, without a
thought as to QUALITY, but
i only to sell it, if some one hap
i pens to call for fit, or where the
; stock is out of style, shop worn,
I i marred or perhaps second-hand.
The FURNITURE STORE —
f: where a full line is shown all
the year and every piece
;; BOUGHT WITH A CAREFUL
CONSIDERATION AS TO
QUALITY, STYLE and USE
FULNESS, is the right place to
buy furniture.
Did you ever stop to figure
how much time amt money is
required to build up a good fur
niture store, and how much it
is worth to YOU ? Just sup
pose all the furniture stores
were to close and then you can
appreciate the efforts we are
making in our line.
We know that you have been
buying from us all along, but we
hlso know that it is a habit for
you to stop in and buy from
firms who are not in the
furniture business exclusively or
order something in the furni
ture line, through your grocery
man or from catalogues, when
it rightly belongs to us or some
other exclusive furniture store.
Every purchase made outside
hinders us just that much in the
building of an efficient store,
anii we are sure you want a
first-class furniture store in
Newport for your personal con
venience. The more of your pa
tronage we have, the sooner we
shall have just what you want.
We do not infringe upon other
lines that are sold, but that
which RIGHTLY belongs to ■ *
us.
After a careful and consider
ate thought along this line, we
are confident we have convinced .
you that THE PLACE TO BUY |
FURITURE IS AT THE i
“ Avera Furniture Store
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pay huge dividends to every man,
woman and child in the county.
That institution is good roads.
At this time several road building
projects are under consideration in
this county. The realization of these
roads, good roads, built according to
approved methods, will mean the re
turn of many handsome and huge
dividends to everybody. They will
mean the saving of thousands of dol
lars every year to the farmers, mer
chants and others engaged in busi
ness. And where one finds a good
system of highways one finds ever
growing industrial, religious and edu
cational development.
With better highways in existence
the life of a team of mules or a team
of horses will be lengthened. With
better highways the usefulness of a
vehicle will be extended over a
greater number of years—the far
mers will be enabled to get his farm
products to town any time he chooses,
in less time and in much better con
dition, and he will see his way clear
to raise more produce profitably.
We know of men in Jackson county
who lost hundreds of dollars this
winter because they could not bring
their cotton to market over impass
able roads while the price for the sta
ple was at a high figure.
There are thousands of arguments
in favor of good roads and not a sin
gle sensible one against them. The
man who opposes road development is
not only a traitor to his community
but he is a traitor to himself.
Every road district in Jacksor
county should be fully developed
With competent men at the head oi
the districts, men in whom the people
have confidence and know will not
exercise the trust of the people foi
personal aggrandizement there is nc
reason why Jackson county, within
two years, should not have the best
system of roadways in Arkansas
When the county gets these roads
you will see Newport grow to be a
city, you will see Tuckerman, Swif
ton and other towns of the county
grow and prosper, and all of us will
wonder why we remained the fools
that we were and failed to take ad
vantage of this natural opportunity
and bring about a “boom” that is
fool-proof and which pays huge divi
dends.
We are in favor of every man fol
lowing his own inclinations so long
as he remains within the law—we
heartily approve the plans being
made to “boom” this section with the
discovery of oil—but it’s a crime
against progress for a man to oppose
the building of good roads in a coun
ty that offers as many possibilities as
Jackson.
Additional Locals
Jarrett Harris of Tupelo, who has |
been making his home at Searcy with ;
his sister, Mrs. Ray Toler, and going
to school, was through here yesterday |
on his return to Tupelo, his health be
alng bad, compelling him to quit
[school.
Mrs. Scott of Paragould, who> has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. T. S.
Holloway, left at noon today for home
and was accompanied home by her
daughter, who will spend some time
with her parents.
Mrs. Blanche Mask of Memphis,
circulation manager of the Commer
cial Appeal, both daily and weekly,
i is here today meeting her many
j friends. She has been representing
this splendid paper in this territory
j for several years.
Major Schoenbrun, who has been in
! army service at Camp Dodge, Iowa,
I several months, passed through here
Sunday afternoon on his way to Camp
Pike, where he will be mustered out
of service this week and will return
to Pine Bluff.
The Willard Memorial service un
der the auspices of the local W. C. T
U., will be held at the home of Mrs,
A. T. Hubly Wednesday afternoon at
two-thirty, when a very attractive
program will be rendered. The meet
ing is an open one and every one is
most cordially invited.
FOR SALE.
! Thirty Jersey milk cows Cheap,
with calves and heavy springers.
D. J. Owen,
40o Malcolm Avenue,
! 247dl0t Newport, Ark.
You can get more for your chick
ens. eggs, ducks and geese at W. W.
Kidd’s than any place in town. Store
on Front street near ferry crossing.
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BuUdYou^Home^
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Newport Needs More Homes
j YOU can have one and pay for it same as
you are now paying rent. Will Loan on
improved City property, Monthly pay
ments. I am prepared to supply your
needs in this line.
C. R. HITE
! 817,000 cars were “scrapped” in 1917J |
No need to“scrap” yours f
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The Vital Thing that will give
your old car new life
“T\/TONEY makes the mare go”--it’s the bat
l¥l tery that makes the car go.
Wh&t is the condition cf your battery? Is it an “isser”?
Does it make the car go as long and as far as it should?
Or don't you know its condition?
The difference between an “isser” and a “has been” is
largeiy a question cf how much care is taken of the bat
tery. It is our business to take care of any batteries,
to repair all makes, but our principal business is to see
you get an Eveready—the battery with a written
guarantee for 1A years.
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P. H. VANDYKE, Dealer.
Second & Beech Streets Newport, Arkansas
We teft end repair
all makes of batteries
IT PAYS YOU I *
TO TRADE AT THIS STORE
For The Simple Reason You
Get Better Quality
For Less Money
HOPE
DOMESTIC
22c per yard
DELHI
and
AMOSKEAG
Gingham
25c per yard
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Wide Fold
CHEVIOT
25c per yard
APRON I
GINGHAM
15c per yard
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BATH TOWELS
18 inches wide
x 40 inches long
35c each
Pepperell >
SHEETING
lo>4
65c per yard
M. Gorman’s Dry Goods Store
506 Front St. Front St.