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Thrifty
Women
NINE TIMES OUT OF TEA,
the women are the money-savers
of the family. Men mean well
enough. They Know the value
of having money in the bank,
> but they haven't the knack of
saving. They haven't learned
I the trick of making one dollar do |
the work of two in buying, and ||
of laying the other dollar away
.< for the rainy day that may come. jj. ||
| ! We desire to encourage these
thrifty women, and this is our urgent
invitation to those who may desire
to open a bank account. Our officers
i j and employes will be glad at all
times to give any information that
may be desired in reference to the
banking business.
j The First National Bank
is a member of the Fed
eral Reserve System, and
your deposits have U. S.
Government protection.
The First
National Bank.
Newport, Ark.
The Bank With the Big Surplus
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Tonight colder, probably frost;
Sunday much colder.
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Knox mends shoes cheap. Ill
Walnut street. dtf.
Mrs. Edgar Williams has been
quite sick for two days.
We buy and sell second hand furni
ture. — Hayden-Holloway Furniture
Co. 270dlmo.
Geo. A. Hillhouse has been at the
capital city for two or three days on
. business.
John W. Wallace is confined to his
bed very sick with a severe case of
• la grippe.
Mrs. L. B. Harris and little daugh
ter have gone to Oklahoma to visit
relatives.
John F. McCuistion, of Cummins,
is here today on business and meet
ing friends of his former home.
Let us bid on your second han
furniture. —Hayden-Holloway Furni
turn flnmniinv 970H1 mo
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For Rent—Rooms for light house
keeping, 519 Walnut St. 268dtf.
Hen and chic feed, ground oyster
shell.—Bowen’s Cash Store. 276d6
A swell line «f children’s gingham
dresses just received.—Bowen’s Cash
Store. 277d6t
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The Busy Helpers will meet Mon
day afternoon'at 3 o’clock with Mrs.
G. A. Lockard.
Miss Carolyn Harris is home from
Bigelow, where she has been teach
ing this winter.
Carl Bellingrath left this this
morning for Little Rcok and Claren
don on business for several days.
Judge George T. Humphries is
here from Salem today holding an
adjourned term of chancery court.
Judge Dene H. Coleman on his re
turn home from Little Rock, was a
guest at the Hazel hotel last night.
Mrs. S. R. Phillips left Friday for
Fayetteville to visit her son, Neill,
for several days at the State Uni
versity.
Onion sets, seed oats, garden seed,
seed sweet potatoes, and seed Irish
potatoes, at Hurley’s. 280d3t.
The L. O. Umsted Auto Company
have sold to Ed Plant, of Bradford,
a pretty Overland touring car, five
passenger and six cylinder.
Mrs. Forrest Bleakley was up from
Auvergne Thursday fro get a con
signment of knitting yarn for the
Red Cross workers of her vicinity.
Robert C. Mosby and T. A. Simp
son, of Batesville, were guests at the
Columbia hotel last night, returning
from the automobile show at Little
Rock.
Rockland Sugar House molasses
and Roxane Pancake flour.—Bowen’s
Cash Store. 279d6t
Will S. Campbell, local agent for
the Oldsmobile, has sold to M. S.
Littleton a handsome new five-pas
senger, eight cylinder County Club
Roadster.
Mrs. C. C. McNew and little son,
of Jacksonport, were here today, go
in to Jonesboro to spend a week
with Mr. McNew, who is employed
there. Mrs. McNew was formerly
Miss Ella Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Harvey and
Mrs. K. K. Kimberlip drove dowfi
from Tuckcrman and spent Friday
afternoon and on their return were
accompanied by Miss Sylla Harvey,
who will spend the week-end at
home. s
The little sons of Mrs. Elizabeth
>haver, who is New Mexico, have
een placed in the Masonic home at
3atesville.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
T. S. Holloway has been very sick for
everal days, but was reported better
.his morning.
Governor Brough’s “No” to the
ppeals of a suffering constituency
tT an extra session to repair the
bone-dry law,” will echo long and
ud throughout Arkansas.—Brinkley |
:-gus.
Circle No. 5 of the Methodist,
church will meet with Miss Dove Er-1
a Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock
i \ a social and business meeting com-1
ned. Let every member be pres
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Mrs. Emma Gardner, of Memphis,
nved Friday afternoon to visit Mr.
. ,i Mrs. Albert Drummond, the lat
j - having been very ill for two or
f ree weeks. However, she is re
j jrted to be improving slowly.
Tohn Younger, a former Newport
i who enlisted several months,
a/o In the signal corps department of
war work, has reached France safe
j, HnvnMng to a message received
F rdOy Of H brother, Harmon
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METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Epworth League 7 p. m.
Mid-week prayer meeting Wednes
day at 8 p. m.
There will be no preaching services
morning or evening.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Morning services 11 a. m.
Evening services 7:30 p. m.
At the 11 o’clock service we will
have with us Mr. Jas. P. Coffin, who
will have charge of the morning ser
vices. We ask that evei-y member
who can, be at the morning service.
We expect for all the members to re
main at home Sunday afternoon un
til the canvassers has called on you.
We request that the following can
vassers be at the church at 2 p. m.
for the E. M. Canvass: C. R. Pate,
G. M. Sink, S. M. Beattie, I. D. Price,
R. B. Hooker, W. N. Dunaway, Dr. E.
D. Brown and J. T. Foot. Let every
member do his duty.,
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.
Preaching 11 a. m., subject “Dili
gence.”
Junior Endeavor, 2:30 p. m.
Senior Endeavor 6:30 p. m.
Preaching 7:30 p. m., subject, “The
Weariness of Christ.”
The sacriment of the Lord’s Sup
per will be received at the morning
service. It is essential that all mem
bers observe the Lord’s command.
The supper is open to all followers
of Christ.
Robt. H. Flowers, Pastor.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Regular services tomorrow.
William De Queen, of Bald Knob,
who has many friends here, was in
town today on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jackson were
in from Hickory Grove today, trading
and meeting their friends.
Roy Umsted has returned from at
tending the big state automobile
show at Little Rock this week.
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. McFall, of Mc
Crory, were here last night, going to
Newark to visit her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. Pascoe.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom W. Johnson
leave Sunday for St. Louis, where
Mr. Johnson will spend several days
on business.
Ben Williams, principal of the
Westside Batesville school, was here
today, going to Jacksonport to visit
his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Brownlow, of
Dunnington were trading in town
this morning. Mr. Brownlow is post
master at Dunnington.
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Gardner have
returned from Batesville, where they
have been for several days attending
the Baptist Bible school institute.
A War Savings Stamp is a diploma
of Thrift, of Savings, of Service.
Start getting yours now. Buy a
Thrift Stamp with that “Slacker”
quarter and help win the War.
A. C, Martin, with the Grant man
ufacturing Company at Pine Bluff,
was here last night, going to his for
mer home at Newark. Mr. Martin
stated that the plant of Mr. Grant
burned last week and that a loss of
ten thousand dollars was entailed,
with forty-five hundred insurance.
A boiler-room and dry-shed was all
that was saved. Mr. Grant will not
rebuild at Pine Bluff.
Cul Pearce, of Bald Knob, was
looking after business in chancery
court here today.
ARKANSAS-STILL I*
BELOW QUOTA
Total of 326,094 Men Have Enlisted
In the Army Since Declaration
of War.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, March 9.—Recruiting
statistics of the regular army show
during the eleven months of the war
a total of 386,094 men have enlisted,
about double the quota set by the
National Defense act. Seven states,
including Arkansas and Mississippi,
however, are still below theih quota.
The loss of one girl’s love makes
such an empty place in'a man’s heart
that it usually takes a half a dozen
others to fill it.
Former Newport
Bop. Writes To
An Old Friend
The following letter from Seymour
Hays to Mr. John Purdy shows that
one of Newport’s young men in the
quartermaster’s service is getting
pretty near to “Somewhere in
France.”
Fort Meyer, Va., March 5, ’18.
I thought I would drop you a few
lines to let you know I had not for
gotten you. The reason 1 did not
write sooner was I did not know how j
long I would be at Jefferson Bar- j
racks, because i expected to leave j
there at any day and would not have j
gotten your letter. The army life is j
the only life in the world. You al- ,
ways feel good. I have gained ten |
pounds since I have been here and j
have not been sick a minute except j
when I was in the hospital for nine
days with a cold and sore throat.
They could not pick out a better j
place for a camp than here. It is an
ideal place; the climate is fine and
just three miles from Washington, D.
C., and we can get a pass twice a
week and believe me, we have some
time. There are lots of historic
points around here. The mast and
anchor of the old Maine and all the
men that went down with it are bur
ied by the side of it, dlso the mansion
of Robert E. Lee as it was during the
civil war.
The company I enlisted with was
filled up and they transferred me to
to the all-weather car, which forms
part of the over-seas motor trans
portation. We expect to get about
a month more of drilling and then we
are gone. We drill with a rifle just
the same as if we were going in the
trenches. We have been drilling in
our shirt sleeves and believe me it
was cold, but they soon warm you up
by taking you on a ten mile hike, but
you feel good over it. They feed you
well, better than you think they
would, anyway better than I expected.
They are making so much notse you
can hardly write.
I guess you have been reading in
the papers about the testing of the
Liberty motor. I saw all of it. It
went up every day here for a week,
and believe me, it does some stunts.
There are three big winless towers
in about a block of our barracks,
which control all the out-going ships.
Tell all the clerks I said hello for
me.
With best wishes,
Seymour Hays,
460 Company Eng., Fort Meyer, Va.
Woman to Vote
In Map Primarp
The democratic State Central Com
mittee, at a meeting held in Little.
Rock last Monday, changed the party
rules so as to make the 1917 poll tax
the proper equipment for the voter
who expects to cast his ballot at the
state primary in May. This amend
ment was made, following an opin
ion by Attorney General J. D. Ar
buckle that the poll tax paid in 1918
should be required at the state pri
mary now that the date of the pri
mary has been changed from March
to May, under the Brundidge primary
law.
One result will be to permit women
to vote in the May primary. To com
plete this change the rule referring
to “all male voters” was changed to
read “all male and female voters.”
The date of the state convention
was fixed for July 10. It will be
held in Little Rock.
April 15 was selected as the last
day for filing fees and pledges.
There will be 697 delegates to the
state convention. Based on the num
ber of votes cast in each county for
governor at the general election in
1916, the apportionment is as fol
lows:
Arkansas 8, Ashley 9, Baxter 5,
Benton 20, Boone 9, Bradley 7, Cal
houn 6, Carroll 9, Chicot 3, Clark 12,
Clay 13, Cleburne 6, Cleveland 7, Co
lumbia 12, Conway 9, Craighead 13,
Crawford 10, Crittenden 3, Cross 5,
Dallas 7, Desha 7, Drew 10, Faulk
ner 12, Franklin 10, Fulton 6, Gar
land 13, Grant 6, Greene 14, Hemp
stead 12, Hot Springs 10, Howard 8,
Independence 12, Izard 7, Jackson 8,
Jefferson 14, Johnson 10, Lafayette
6, Lawrence 10, Lee 5, Lincoln 6, Lit
tle River 5, Logan 14, Lonoke 17,
Madison 8, Marion 5, Miller 8, Mis
sissippi 8, Monroe 5, Montgomery 5,
Nevada 8, Newton 3, Ouachita 8,
Perry 6, Phillips 9, Pike 7, Poinsett 8,
Polk 7, Pope 13, Prairie 6, Pulaski
39, Randolph 10, Saline 10, Scott 8,
Searcy 4, Sebastian 22, Sevier 7,
Sharp 6, St. Francis 6, Stone 4, Union
11, Van Buren 7, Washington 19,
White 16, Woodruff 6, Yell 13.
Better to sacrifice luxuries than
sacrifice lives. Sacrifice the luxur
ies—Buy War Savings Stamps.
HUNS MAKE
PARIS RAID
Loss of Life and Damage to Proper
ty Result From Attack of Avia
tors Last Night.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Paris, March 9.—German ayiators
raided Paris last night. Early re
ports show some loss of life and dam
age to property.
Subscribe for The Independent.
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DUKE KELLEY ILL.
This afternoon Mrs. E. R. Kelley
received a cablegram from a Red
Cross nurse in France, conveying the
sad news that her son, Duke Kelley,
is seriously ill with pneumonia^
Rev. W. B. Hays and son, William,
returned last evening from Cabot,
where they accompanied the remains
of Mrs. Reinhardt, whose body was
buried at the old Sylvania cemetery.
The funeral was held at the Presby
terian church at Cabot, where the re
mains were met by relatives from
Clarendon, Little Rock, Dee Arc and
Hickory Plains, who attended®*®
funeral. . •
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WAR SAVINGS STAMPS . ''SI
ISSUED BY THE __ ^■.■#*11 W
TONIGHT ^vernment8 I TONIGHT
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Major A. R.
Campbell
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Of the Canadian Expeditionary Service
Will Address the People
of Newport at the
Court House
At 8 o’clock P. M.
A WAR STORY
From the Point of View of a
Canadian Officer.
Everyone Is Urged to Come
Space Patriotically Contributed by C. J. Saenger
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Spring Suits
Laerl Coats, Dresses
SERVE *
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SUITS COATS
$9.95 to $35 $5.98 to $35
Wonderful styles in all materi- Friday and Saturday we offer
als, strictly tailored as well as special lot of new spring coats
scmi-tailored; also every new in all the latest styles and col- ,4 s
spring color. ors, $25 values for $19.95.
DRESSES SKIRTS
$9.95 to $50 $3.98 to $12.98 4
Moderately priced and values Friday and Saturday Specials—
that cannot be duplicated else- , , ,
, - •__all the latest models and mate
where—new silks, poplins, crepe
de chine, crepe meteors and rials, $6.50 value $3.98; $9.50
Georgettes. value, $6.98; $10.50 value, $7.98
MILLINERY
We have received another
latest Hats. Most remarkable for Style and Quality.
Special Prices for
Friday and Saturday
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Rushton Dry Goods Co.
Don’t forget to go and hear Lieut. Ree\ t
Court House Saturday night. k Jr
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