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lht INDEPENDENT
AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
Editor and Publisher.
Entered at the postoffice, Newport
Arkansas, as second class mail matter.
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period of the war.
CHAPTER MAKES
TWELFTH SHIPMENT.
Tito hr ol-fth a hi nm Ant. rvf knitted
garments sent to St. Louis head
quarters on the 30th of September
by the Jackson County Chapter of
Red Cross was as follows:
Tupelo, Mrs. McDowell, chairman
—5 sweaters and 1 pair of socks.
Eight Mile, Mrs. Desha Owens,
chairman—6 sweaters.
Shoffner, Mrs. D. L. Shoffner,
chairman—2 sweaters and 3 pairs
of socks.
vAluvergne, Mrs. Forrest Bleakley,
chairman—7 sweaters and 0 pairs ol
socks.
Newport, Mrs. O. VV. Scarborough,
chairman—8 sweaters, 11 pairs ol
socks.
Total, 28 sweaters and 2-1 pairs of
socks for the month of September,
which makes 1789 garments sent to
St. Louis from this chapter.
We have on hand now a supply of
yarn and the different county units
are asked to send in for their quotas
and begin knitting at once, as we
wish to make an early shipment.
Mrs. O. W. Scarborough,
Mrs. T. J. Watson.
NO MORE BUILDING.
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The people of Arkansas had just
as well realize that they must st ■ p
all sorts of building and public im
provements for, the period of war,
that does does not contribute in some
way toward the winning of the war.
The government has frankly ad
mitted, in the regulations that are
being issued, that all the energies of
the nation must be turned in otic di
rection and one only, and that is to
clean up the job in Europe as quickly
as possible.
Other things can wait until that is
done.
Nothing else leally matters until
the hun is whipped to his knees.
There is to be no use of man
power or material that can be de
ferred until after the war.
The war has at last become what
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the chief business of the people of
the United States, just as it has
been the chief business of the peo
ple of Europe for four years.
JEWELL SIMPSON BEST.
It. was with general sorrow that
the friends of Jewell Best learned of
his death Wednesday afternoon,
which occurred at his mother’s home
on the East Side at 6 o’clock in the
afternoon. The deceased was .5(5
years, 8 months and 7 days old, was
'born in Tate county, Miss., but spent
most of his life in Arkansas, where
his Events came years ago. He
was stricken with pneumonia less
than a week ago, and from the be
ginning of his illness his condition
was serious. The bereft family
have the deepest sympathy of their
friends in their affliction, which
with other recent sorrows in their
home makes it doubly hard for the
grief-stricken family. The funeral
was held this afternoon at the home
at three o’clock, conducted by Rev.
Mr. Mitchell of the Baptist church,
burial following at Walnut Grove.
Surviving the deceased is his mother,
Mrs. C. B. Best, a little daughter,
Lottie, one sister, Mrs. Don Eth
ridge, and four brothers, Berry Best
of this city, Ira of St. Louis, Charles
of Tar River, Oklahoma and Robert
of Judsonia.
The more you help the men at the
jront the quicker the end will come
DIRECTORS Of
C. IF C. MEET
Many Important Matters Were Dis
cussed At the Meeting, Which
Was A Very Busy One.
An enthusiastic and busy meeting
of the board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce was held yes
terday afternoon, at which many im
portant matters came up for dis
cussion which had to do with the
general welfare of the community
and the advancement of its interests.
The following group council was
formed:
Wholesale grocers, A. R. James;
banks, F. J. Harmon; druggists, R. \
D. Brown; dry goods, S. Heinemann; j
retail grocers, W. B. Hurley; hard-;
ware, J. N. Lewis; real estate, J. j
W. Wallace; manufacturers (hard
wood), V. O. Jones; hotels and cafes,
L. McDougald; cotton buyers, T. J.
Gregg; railroad, G. P. Coffin; doc
tors and dentists, Dr. G. K. Steph
ens; lawyers, G. A. Hillhouse; in
surance, S. R. Phillips; public util
ities, 0. P. Moss; furniture, T. S.
Holloway; tailoring, J. L. Jacob
stein; farmer, 0. L. Watson.
One of the most important trans
actions by the Chamber was the
drafting of a resolution, which re
quests all dealers represented by the
Chamber of Commerce to be diligent
and careful so as to bring on no goods
of any kind that Germany may have
had anything to do with “and that
we request all consumers to be par
in niiri*haBa of £TOods and
that they buy nothing with which
Germany has had anything to do
either directly or indirectly, both
during the continuance of the war
and thereafter.”
Following up a complaint laid be
fore the directors of the Chamber of
Commerce by the officials of the
Newport Ferry Co., that body adopt
ed and passed the following resolu
tion.
Whereas, That several houses of
ill-repute that are at this time and
have teen for years existing in the
vicinity of the Newport Ferry Co.
landing, and realizing that such re
sorts are a decided menace to the
welfare of Newport, and,
Whereas, Numerous complaints
have been made from time to time to
the city administration to suppress
this evil and,
Whereas, The directors of the
Newport Chamber of Commerce,
representing practically every busi
ness man in the city of Newport, in
behalf of same interests and also
the citizenship in general of New
port do by official action of that
body recommend a copy of this res
olution be printed in the Newport
Indpendent, and that it be,
Therefore Resolved, That the Hon.
Dr. E. L. Watson, mayor of the
city of Newport, and the city coun
cil be petitioned by this resolution to
take immediate steps to obliterate
the menace referred to in the body
)f this resolution, and such other
menaces of similar character that
are known to exist in the city limits
of the city of Newport, Arkansas,
and,
Be It Further Resolved, That the
entire dir ectorate of the Chamber
of Commerce unanimously indorse
this resolution and do allow our
names to be signed thereto:
President, A. T. Ilubly,
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Treasurer, N. H. Landes,
Secretary, G. L. Smith,
Manager, C. L. Mariner,
Director, Harry Grimes,
Director, Joe L. Bevens,
Director, Otto M. Bowen,
Director, Fred R. Suits,
Director, M. A. Stevens,
Director, W. T. Parish.
it was decided at the meeting to
promote the organization of a wo
man’s civic league, which will be an
auxiliary of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Steps will be taken to have the
street and alley committee of the
city council to attend to the matter
of keeping the streets in a cleanly
condition. The sr tenswtoytfncioeto
condition. The streets now, espec
ially Front street, present a dirty ap
pearance, which should not be allow
ed to exist, and it is hoped that the
refuse that accumulates in the gut
ters and in the streets will be elim
inated every day.
NEGROES ARE LIB
ERAL SUBSCRIBERS.
Negroes all over the state are any
thing but slackers when it comes to
subscribing to the Fourth Liberty
Loan. Every county committee re
porting to the state organization are
complimenting them on the way they
are digging down into the proverb
stocking o.cd handing over the
cash.
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LINEN SHOWER FOR FRANCE*
Mrs. G. A. Hillhouse, chairman of
the Red Cross Linen Shower drive
to obtain linen for use in Red Cross
hospitals in Fiance, has her commit
tees well organized and the results
are overwhelmingly gratifying. New
port was divided into districts: Mrs.
J. 0. Powell, Front street; Mrs. W.
B. Grant, Ash street; Mrs. Herschel
Cast, Vine and Pine streets; Mrs. E.
L. Watson, Elm street; Mrs. B. H.
White, JMain street; Mrs. Austin
Wilkerson, Walnut street; Mrs. B.
E. Snetser and Miss Mary Kelly, Ha
zel street; Mrs. W. A. Rossington,
Laurl and Beech streets. Of the
branches Mrs. J. A. McDowell of
Tupelo; Mrs. Dee Kimbrough, Wel
don-Shoffner; Mrs. W. W. Beede,
Beedeville; Mrs. George Grant,
Grubbs; Mrs. Marvin Hare and Mrs.
Bleak!ey, Auyergne; Mrs. J. B. Gra
ham, Tuckerman; Mrs. C. Trice, Swif
ton; Mrs. W. I. Long and daughters,
Oil Trough. The latter, assisted in
their canvass by Miss Gladys Shook,
raised a fund of $50 besides some
towels-and other things.
With the exception of Auvergne
the branches have not reported with
more than was assigned them in
towels and sheets. Newport has
raised its part and more and the wo
men-a-few are busy hemming the
sheets at the work room. The ship
ment and total result will be stated
later.
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Spanish Influenza has invaded the
faculty of the High School at Little
Rock, three teachers being affected.
An urgent call has reached the
State Red Cross for 1,00<) suits of
pajamas, wanted in Camp Pike hos
pital work.
Walter R. Jackson, a graduate of
the first officers training camp at
Fort Roots, an Arkansas man, has
been promoted from First Lieutenant
to Captain.
A teachers’ institute, representing
five counties, is being held in Little
Rock, and conducted by J. L. Bond,
state superintendent of public in
struction.
Seventeen football teams have
been organized at Camp Pike by the
soldir boys in training there.
New instructions which have just
been issued by the Federal authori
ties insures the Pine Bluff Railway
repair shops all the work they can
possibly do.
According to the act of the recent
legislature it is unlawful to be caught
with the pelt of a Beaver or Otter in
your possession. They cannot be
hunted nor trapped until January 1,
1922, legally.
Morehead Wright, president of
j the Union Trust Co. of Little Rock,
land George W. Rogers, vice presi
I dent of the Bank of Commerce of
j that city, have been appointed mem
i bers of the board of directors of the
Little Rock branch of the St. Louis
Federal Reserve Bank soon to open
in Little Rock.
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The Water Company of Little
Rock, according to an agreement
just entered into with the city and
the construction division of the war
department at Washington, have
agreed to install water meters.
After pleading guilty in the Mil
] ler county municipal court for violat
| ing the state cattle dinping law, Col
! lin Brashear of that county has de
j eided to appeal his case to the circuit
| court.
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| Ben Matthews, a Pine Bluff boy,
i stationed at Fort SU1, Okla., has
been promoted from first lieutenant
to aeptain.
Two negroes at Pine Bluff, of the
1917 registration, who failed to
, file their questionnaires, will be in
ducted into the service at once and
sent to Camp Pike.
At Pine Bluff yesterday morning,
10 negro students were sworn into
the army at the Branch Normal Col
lege. Addresses were mad by the
mayor and other prominent citizens.
A grocery merchant of Texarkana
named B. C. Hunt had his cash
drawer rifled of $121 in cash while
absent from his place of business
for a short while.
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E. F. Friedell of Texarkana, in
I charge of the government Labor Bu
reau there, is scouring all the south
ern part of the state in an attempt
to secure albor for Uncle Sam.
Eighty per cent of the $400,000
capital invested y Mena man
ganese mines jJKansas mony,
Wi
coming from Little Rock, Fort Smith
Texarkana and other towns of the
■ state.
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A wild cat still, with a capacity oi
50 gallons, was seized on Dutch
creek near Waldron, Ark., Monday.
The Independent works for you.
Usa it as your salesman. It carries
news of the store into hundreds oi
homes.
“Dash, determination and daring—
also efficiency”—That’s what our
boys at the front are doing. Keep ’em
go’ng! War Savings is a message tc
, the kaiser that will “get over.”
NOTICE.
Sale of School Lands.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, as collector of Jackson
County, Arkansas, will on
! MONLAY, OCTOBER 7TII, 1918, |
: between the hours of 12 o’clock M.:
1 and 3 o’clock p. m. sell at public out- J
cry, at the Court House door of said (
County, the School Lands lying in
Section (16) Township Thirteen
(13) North, Range One (1) West.]
Said lands will be sold in forty-acre
tracts to the highest bidder for cash. |
J. M. IVY,
Sheriff and Collector of Jackson
County, Arkansas.
This July 20th, 1918. 25wlt. I
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RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION i
The United States Civil Service I
Commission has announced an exam- j
ination for the county of Jackson,
Ark., to be held at Newport, Ark., on
j October 26, 1918 to fill the position of
| rural carrier at Tuckerman, and va
j cancies that may later occur on ru
ral routes from other postoffices in /
the above-mentioned county. The
examination will be open only to
male citizens who are actually dom
iciled in the territory of a postoffice
in the county and who meet the oth
er requirements set forth in Form
No. 1977. This form and application
blanks may be obtained from the of
fices mentioned above or from the
United States Civil Service Commis
sion at Washington, D. C. Applica
tions should be forwarded to the
Commission at Washington at the
earliest practicable date.
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During the continuation of the pres
ent war the Commission will, in ac
cordance with the request of the Post
Office Department, admit women to*
rural carrier examinations upon the
same conditions as men. 40
By direction of the Commission.
Jorn A. Mcllhenny,
President.
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Lend the Way They Fight
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“All the decencies, honors, humanities, international understandings and laws
have been ruthlessly trampled, under foot by Germans, day by day, from the
rape of Belgium until now.
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The invidious soul-poisoa, the sordid bribery and chicanery, the insidious
treachery, the merciless and malignant perfidy spread forth from Berlin must
be cut out as a fester or a cancer.
The glorious and mighty effort of our boys on the battle-field is an answer to
the vicious insolence of the Hun. But this is only the beginning. It must be
carried on in triumph to a finality of success. We must not let them fail. We
must not let them perish in vain. Their lives are staked on our support. We
must lavish upon our armies, weapons and supplies. Their part will be an un
believable hell if we stint. They must be made invincible to insure liberty and
II freedom. The lives of our sons, our husbands, our brothers and friends are too
precious to measure in the paltry price of money. Let our money pour out in
flood proportions to Buy Liberty Bonds—buy with eagerness and determi
nation.
When you Buy Liberty Bonds, you give nothing, you simply LEND.
What answer does your heart give to the blood of American soldiers spilled
for the cause?
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What answer does your heart give to the battle-torn lying on hospital beds? ^
What answer does your heart give to the bereaved homes which have to bet
a hero's supreme sacrifice?
The only answer worth while is a purchase cf Liberty Bonds.
Answer with the fullness of your power and abundance. ^ ~ \
Answer with the strength and riches and freedom of America the blood and
tears of outraged humanity.
Answer with a whirlwind oversubscription to Liberty Bonds.
Answer with a voice that will ring around the whole civilized world. .
Answer with the same dash and courage that our boys “overthsre" display.
Justice should be demanded down to the last farthing. , Any other attitude
will be treason to God and America. ”
Buy—This Bank Will Help You
Condensed Report of Condiiion Avgust 31, 1S13
Loans and Discounts - - 392,075.12 Capital - 50,000.00
Overdrafts - 2,255.6'J
U. S. Bonds Certificates Surplus and Undivided Profits - 165,418.77
of Indebtedness and
War Savings Stamps - - 264,ICS.SI Reserved for Taxes - - 5,500.00
Other Bonds and Securities - 33,618.44
Banking House - - - 6,000.00 Circulation .... 48.700.00
Cash and Due from other
0_, Deposits - 700,028.05
Banks and U. S. Treasurer - 271,592,06 -
969,646.82 969,646.82 j
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWPORT, ARK.
“The Bank Witk The Bi£ Surplus."