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We wonder whether the printer on
•.a western paper was unconscious or
malicious the other day when he set
it “the fule administrator.”
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Homely girls seem to be the most
self-reliant. Anyway, she always
manages to cross a muddy street by
herself, while every pretty girl re
quires the ifervices of from three to
sixteen willing young men.
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Goernor Brough has gained dis
tinction by shutting off the power in
■- the pardon mill. And if he refuses
to call an extra session of the legisla
ture to make the state dry again he
will find the pardon mill in a whole
lot of sections out of commission.
People will hardly congratulate the
governor for failure to render this
favor to a great state.
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A beautiful feature of the great vol
ume of patriotic service that is being
pushed forward in Newport is that it 1
is the work of a united townspeople.
For this the town should be thankful
and proud. Both the men and the
women are doing their share in unity,
and Newport has established a record
which, we believe, cannot be equalled
by any other little city of similar
size in Arkansas.
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When two men are trying to get
rid of a third, everybody can tell what
they are trying to do except the third.
If the two men have planned to eat
lunch together they become nervous
several minutes before time to go.
One of them looks at his watch, says
it is five minutes after a certain time
and slaps his hands together, hoping j
that the noise will break up the
crowd. But old Third stays with
them. Then the other man gets up,
stretches, and says he is going home.
He takes a few steps away frojn the
others in an effort to get Third in
the notion of leaving. At last they
get rid of him, after both have declar
ed their intention of going home.
They go to a restaurant, and when
they are seated a moment they see
Third enter. He sits where he can
see them, and for a week both of them
are unusually nice to him. They take
him to lunch several times so he will
understand that they were not trying
to get away from him.
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Government Greatly Needs Efficient
Workmen in Ship-Building Yards
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Chairman Hurley of the Shipping
Board Explains Situation in Let
ter to Chairman Stayton.
The following letter has been re
vived by Jos. M. Stayton, chairman
)f the Jackson County Council of
Defense, from Edward N. Hurley,
:hairman of the Shipping Board, and
s published for the benefit of the
public, in that an insight may be
rained of the needs of the ship build
ng department:
Washington, D. C.,
Feb. 5, 1918.
Vlr. Joseph M. Stayton, Chairman,
Jackson County, Council of Defense,
Newport, Arkansas,
Dear Mr. Stayton:—Because of
your official position, and the vital
importance of the work of enrolling
the United States Shipyard Volun
teers, in which you are engaged, I
desire to lay before you a statement
outlining the ship-building situation.
The information herein contained
is placed at your disposal, for use as
you may see fit in obtaining the en
rollment of the necessary men for the :
United States Shipyard Volunteers. ,
Qur shipbuilding program contem
plates the construction of six million !
tons annually, but owing to the want j
of the necessary skilled men, we are
not under present conditions in a po
sition to turn out that tonnage.
The Shipping Board has the money.
It has the yards. It has the material.
The housing question is being rapidly
cleared up.'~ All that is needed is to
obtain the necessary efficient labor.
It should be brought home to em
ployers and to the employees of the
industries of the nation that their
own future depends on the construc
tion of these ships. The fact is that
the recent order issued by Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield, closing the fac
tories of the whole country, and the
more recent freight embargo issued
by Secretary McAdoo, tying up all
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the freight with the exception of food
and fuel, came not because of a fall
ing down on the part of the carriers
themselves, but because of the lack
of ships. The reason for this is
plain. The. speeding up of the Amer
ican factories piled in the Eastern
seaports, and packed into every rail
way siding outside of the seaboard
cities, thousands of loaded cars of
materials for the war zone. The re
sult was that even the coal required
for the ships in harbor could not get
through, and even the few ships
which we now possess were held in
harbor by empty bunkers and could
not sail.
Until we have ships to clear the
Atlantic ports of manufactured goods,
for which our army in France and our
allies are in need, these enforced holi
days and embargoes must recur, with
the result that no factory in Ameri
ca can be assured of running full time
and no workman can count on con
tinuous employment.
If you can drive this home to your
people; if this lesson, through con
stant repetition, can be thoroughly
learned; there is no doubt that you
will get your quota of the necessary
men.
dt is not mere numbers that count
—it is the efficiency of the men en
rolled.
|I't is as much to the interest of the
manufacturer to send his best men to
the shipyards as it is to the interest
of the man himself to go.
If the use of my name will in any
way help you in your work, you have
the authority to use it, quoting from
this statement, to the end that the
people from your district may realize
once and for all that on labor depends
tHe construction of the needed ships,
and on these ships depend not . only
the war itself, but the present indus
trial life of the nation.
Yours respectfully,
Edward N.Hurley,
Chairman of the Board.
CONSERVATION CALENDAR.—
Monday—we’ll say is our “Hcatless
Day.”
One cinder, one flicker, one coal.
Tuesday—well, this is our “Meatless
Day,”
One oyster, one herring, one sole.
Wednesday—Oh this is our “Wheat
lbss Day,”
One corncake, one dodger, one pone.
Thursday—We must have a “Sweetless
Day,”
One pickle, one l<5mon, one bone.
Friday—Will make a good. “Eatless
Day.”
One cheerful and glorious fast.
Saturday—Call it a “Treatless Day,”
For all reciprocities past.
But Sunday—May Hoover forgive us
we pray,
If we should all happen to feel
A little more hungry than usual today
And once again eat a square meal.
—Kansas City Star.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCE
MENTS.
The* Independent is authoriz
ed to announce the following
persons as candidates for public
office, subject to the action of
che Democratic party:
For County Superintendent—
J. M. mien.
Garland E. Land.
A. J. Garner.
Z. D. Barber
H. I-. Thomas
For County Treasurer—
\V. L). IvleLam.
Charles K. Coe.
For Cculgress —
’ r • ' Hodges
W. D. Davenport.
W. A. Oldfield
For County Judge:
John A. Melville.
R. F. Tyer.
W. M. Tims.
W. A. Mink.
For Sheriff and Collector—
Terry Guin.
J. M. Ivy.
For Representative:
R. T. Simmons
For County Clerk:
J. F. Parish.
Crover C. Nance.
For Constable—(Union Township)
C. M. Ivy.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
On account of the bad condition of
i the weather the tax collector was un
! able to reach the following points as
1 advertised, and will appear at the
1 places on these dates:
Cache township, Algoa, Tuesday,
February 19.
i Cow Lake township, Eight Mile,
Wednesday, February 20.
Cow Lake’s township, Proctor’s
School House, Thursday, February
21.
Cow Lake township, Gourd Neck,
Friday, February 22.
Cache township, Burton’s Store,
Saturday, February 23.
Bateman township. Surrounded
Hill School House, Monday, Febru
! ary 25.
j J. M. IVY,
j Sheriff and Collector Jackson Coun
ty, Arkansas.
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NOTICE TO RED CROSS
DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS.
The time for the payment of your
subscription to the Red Cross fund is
low past due and the chapter urges
shat all will pay up at once. If there
s any reason why you are unable to
lay now, please notify the secretary.
J. E. DOHERTY, JR.,
Publicity Agent.
For Rent—Two furnished rooms,
519 Walnut Street.- —Mrs. L. B.
Harris. 226dlmo
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that all Ger
man alien enemies are by the govern
ment required to register, and such
aliens residing within this community
are hereby notified to call at the post
office in Newport, Ark., on either the
4th, 5th, 6th, th, 8th or 9th days of
February, 1918, within the usual bus
iness hours for the purpose of REG
ISTERING.
GEO. R. HAYS,
256dGt wit Postmaster.
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