only one of the many appeals being
made daily for the governor to give
the people opportunity to restore the
activity of this law, without which
the state cannot progress peaceably
and successfully:
We had a bone dry state, we
thought. Now we think that we have
not. Every town and and village in
the state of Arkansas should call upon
the governor to call an extraordinary
session of the legislature to patch the
leak in the bone-dry law. Some will
say “No, No.” the cost will be too
great. There is where they are
wrong. The cost will not be too great
regardless of what the amount would
be to the taxpayers. The session
would not require more than a few
days at the longest and if this dis
crepancy in the bone dry law could be
adjusted in that length of time the
cost of the session would not exceed
$50,000 at the most.
Taking into consideration the cost
of taking care of prisoners who will
[ be thrown on the state for the period
of time between now and the next
session of the legislature, if the law
remains as it now is, will more than
outweigh the expense of an extra ses
sion of the legislature.
There will be whiskey sold here and
in other towns in the state and the
people may as well be aware of that
fact. If the law remains so the boot
legger can get it, just as certain will
he sell it. Of course many will be
guilty and fined or sentenced, yet
i there will be many who will never be
! caught. The best thing to do is to get
i at it from the foundation and call the
! legislature together in extra session
to consider the remedy for the leak.
If it can be done we are better off, if
| not we will have to submit, until the
I eventful day when the United States
I government takes a hand in the mat
ter and puts a stop to the manufac
j ture of the product.—Batesville Guard
! of Feruary 8, 1918.
CITY IS REBUILT.
Kut Mesopotamia, Dec. 20.— (Cor
respondence of The Associated Press)
—This city, tht scene of the British
Mesopotamian army’s greatest re
verse, after lying for many months
a city of the dead, abandoned by even
its native population, has gradually
been rebuilt in the past six months,
and is now a thriving town of nearly
as great population as in days of
peace.
It was too important a center to
be neglected. It was a link between
the Euphrates and Persia, and accord
ingly, after it had been deserted for
more than two months, a British offi
cer arrived here to take charge of
the work of reconstructing it.
The first thing to db was to clean
the place. The debris was dumped
out of the houses into the streets;
the accumulated filth was buried or
burned, the barricades were pulled
down, the dugouts and trenches were
j filled up.
I An imposing colonnade bazaar was
j built along the river bank. A begin
I ning was made with a coffee room and
i some retail shops for the builders,
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I Taffeta Silk
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latest Fabrics and Styles.
We incite all our friends to see these lines,
h are the best in the city.
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shton Dry Goods Co.
who for a long time were the sole
population. Skilled masons, natives
who had been employed by the Ger
mans in connection with the Bagdad
Railway, were collected and set to
work. They rebuilt and re-roofed the
old bazaars, widened the old streets
and built new ones, repaired the
mosques, the baths and the ice fac
tory, put new engines into the flour
mill, and converted the flats and
shoals in the middle of the Tigris into
vegetable gardens.
Though still partly in ruins, Kut
today is a cleaner and better town
than ever before in its history. Most
of the people are .back again behind
their old doors. The bazaars are
thronged. And the people are more
prosperous than ever, for there is
abundant labor for everybody in the
neighborhood. Some of the prominent
people of the town will never come
back. Eight of them, including the
Sheikh and his sons, were hanged by
the Turks, and forty others were shot.
The house which General Town
shend occupied during the siege has
been repaired, but the roof and balco
ny are still pitted with shrapnel.
Seven shell holes have been filled
with plaster. The memory of the gen
eral and of his principal officers sur
vives in the names of the new streets.
There is Townshend Road, Dalamain
Road, Meliss Road, and the names of
the brave regiments are recorded in
Dorsett Road, Norfolk Street, and
Mahratta Row. Every association in
the nomemcluature of the Kut is re
miniscent of the memory of its for
mer defenders.
Especially the cemetery. The long
drawn agony of the garrison which
fought and endured' here so staunchly
to the edge of starvation makes one
of the most tragic stories in British
military history. Nearly 1,800 sol
di prs of the British armv died of
wounds and disease during the siege,
andi are buried together in a bare
mud field enclosed by a mud wall,
with a few starved palms in it, and
hueless desolation all around.—but
that is Mesopotamia. The Turks dug.
trenches all around the cemetery, but
they respected the graves.
Volunteer parties of bluejackets
from passing gunboats have landed
and trimmed these mounds of earth,
which are as clean-cut and neat now
as in an English churchyard. A brick
wall is being built around the enclos
ure. The place is grassless, it is
true, but the sombre aspect will dis
appear when water is brought to the
land and the scrub palms are fertil
ized and cared for.
Three miles below Kut is the only
enemy relic in the neighborhood, an
obelisk put up by the Turks in com
memoration of the fall of Kut. It is
a kind of Cleopatra’s Needle on a
square plinth, all of kiln-dried brick
plastered over. An old converted
British “cow-gun" stands as a trophy
on each side. One of the guns has
tumbled forward and the plaster and
brick are already crumbling. The
monument was never unveiled and is
still half-covered with a canvas sheet
ing, most of which, however, has been
carried away by the wind.
SHELL EXPLODES.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Jan. 11.—A huge howitzer
shell which had stood on the hearth
in the home of Sergeant Daniel Mor
gan at Tweedmouth for sixteen years,
exploded with tremendous violence a
few nights ago, almost demolishing
the house and injuring the sergeant’s
three children. The shell was brought
back from South Africa as a souvenir
and it was supposed that the charge
had been withdrawn. It is supposed
that a spark of burning soot pene
trated the fuse opening at the nose of
the shell.
1» o L I T I C A L ANNOUNCE
MENTS.
Tho Independent is authoriz
ed to announce the following
persons as candidates for publi
office, subject to the action of
the Democratic party:
For County Superintendent—
.1. A!- Balch.
Garland E. Land.
A. J. Garner.
Z. D. Barber
H. L. Thomas
For Congress —
Wm. A. Hodges
W. D. Davenport.
W. A. Oldfield
For County Treasurer—
\ I). McLain.
Charles K. Coe.
For County Judge:
John A. Melville.
R. F. Tyer.
W. M. Tims
W. A. Mink.
For Sheriff and Collector—
Terry Guin.
J. M. Ivy.
| m
! For Representative:
R. T. Simmons
For County Clerk:
J. F. Parish.
Grover C. Nance.
CHURCHES SELL WAR
SAVINGS STAMPS
Some of the churches throughout
the state have set a good example in
the War Savings Campaign. They
realize that this war is backed by re
ligious principals and are sure that
Aemerica is in the right. Why should
it not be a good thing for the churches
in our county to offer War Savings
Stamps to their members? It would
at least be a good idea to give every
one a chance to sign a pledge card
stating the'number of War Savings
Stamps they will try to buy during
the year. Let the ministers of the
chuches of Jackson county back the
govenment at this time and “kill two
birds with one stone”—help win the
war and teach thrift.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The Independent is authorized
announce the candidacy of the follow
ing persons, subject to the action of
the voters at the city primary in
Newport, Wednesday, February 27,
1918.
For Marshal—
Abe Ballew.
G. C. Martin
For Recorder—
B. G. Graham.
For Mayor—
E. L. Watson.
For Treasurer—
C. P. Bandy.
FIVE-COUNTY MEETING.
There will be a meeting in Bates
ville, Tuesday, February 5th, of the
consuls, clerks, deputies and mem
bers of the M. W. A. of Jackson, In
d pendence, Sharp, Stone and Izard
counties. During the afternoon and
night, there will be five reels of mov
ing pictures run, showing the great
work the M. W. of A “Life Saving
Station” is doing—fighting and cur
fcig the White Plague. A motion pic
ture of facts—not fiction. Every
citizen should m^tke an effort to see
these pictures. They are different
from the ordinary. 251d5t wit
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
With LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is. a local disease, greatly in
fluenced by constitutional conditions, and
tn order to cure it you must take an
Internal remedy. Hall’s Catarrh Medi
cine is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years. It is com
posed of some ^f the best tonics known,
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination of
the ingredients in Hall’s Catarrh Medi
cine is what produces such wonderful
results in catarrhal conditions. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O
All Druggists, 75c.
Ila'l’s Family Pills for constipation.
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NOTICE TO RED CROSS
DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS.
'llie time for the payment of your
subscription to the Red Cross fund is
now past due and the chapter urges
that all will pay up at once. If there
is any reason why you are unable to
pay 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,
256d6t wit Postmaster.
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Q ALITY
CLOTHES
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Cheap clothes are a mighty poor invest
ment. They look cheap, wear out quickly
and are never well-fitted or satisfactory
in any way. One of our well-made, cor
rect-fitting suits invariably give satisfac
tion as to wear, style, comfort and appear
ance—and the cost is not unreasonable;
in fact, it is quite low, considering the
high price of all materials that go into the j|
making. We bought advantageously. |
Suits, - - $15 to $60 I
Overcoats, $15 to $40 1
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—Suits
—Overcoats
—Haberdashery
Jacobstein Brothers
Snetser’s Grocery
210 Front Street Telephone 183
Let Us Save You Money
on Your Groceries
II Potatoes, per Peck, 40c Corn, per Can.15c
Crisco.85c Tomatoes, per Can, 15c
Eggno, equal to 3 doz. eggs, splendid for baking and cooking purposes, per can - - 25c
For“ Wheatless Daps” we have Wheatless Crackers, Oatmeal Crackers, Bran Bis
cuits. Order a trial package. Per package./5C
I THESE PRICES ARE FOR CASH ONLY
Can hominy- 10c
Sliced peaches, per can-15c
Peas, sweet wrinkled, a can-15c
Asparagus -20c
Milk, 4 cans-25c
2 lb. evaporated peaches-25c
No. 5 pail pure lard-$1.40
Creme Oil soap, 3 for-25c
Palm Olive soap, 3 for_25c
Clean Easy soap, per bar_5c
Lenov soap, per bar___5c '
Chrystal While soap, per bar_$c
Large size Snow Drift lard,
per pail-$2.35
Navy beans, small, per lb_15c
Lima beans, per lb_16 2-3c
Pinto beans, per lb_12 l-2c
We handle a complete line of Cakes we receive from the bakery every week
—Silver Slice, Mephisto, Spanish Cake, Golden Sunbeam and Raisin Cake.
Made with butter; no lard used, 2 for......... 25c
Buying in Large Quantities, We Are I
a Position to Save You Money.
TWO DELIVERIES \ DAY—Morning at 10 o’clock; afternoon at 4 o’clock
Everything Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction or Money Refunded.
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