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AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
Editor and Publisher.
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Arkansas, as second class mail matter.
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XHJRSE for our
BOYS AND GIRLS AT
JONESBORO SCHOOL.
mbers of the Boys and Girls
ural Clubs of Jackson coun
ivited to the State Agricul
ool at Jonesboro September
th. This short course is
i supervision of the United
spartment of Agriculture, as
__ the University Extension
Force.
The boys and girls will be met at
the train by the school officials, and
will be taken care of at the Boys and
Girls Dormitories. The board for
the week will be furnished at cost to
the visitors.
Members of the boys clubs will
have instruction in judging hogs, cat
tle, seed corn, etc., as well as lectures
and demonstrations of interest to all
farmer boys. The girls will have lec
tures and demonstrations in canning,
preserving, cooking and plain sewing,
With especial reference to saving of
wheat and sugar.
All club members wishing to at
** ‘t>qjm1 should see or write the county
agent at once in order that the school
f . authorities at the Jonesboro school
nay be notified. About 1,500 have
already arranged to go. The school
, expects over three hundred from all
ever Northeastern Arkansas.
A HELP TO SMALL
WHEAT GROWERS.
To the man with only a few acres
foi grain, the thought of harvesting
wheat is a sort of Bug-a-boo. He or
dinarily considers either the laborious
hand cradling or the expensive grain
hinder.
To such a man the bunching at
tachment on mowing machines will
be a blessing. This can be attached
to any mowing machine and will leave
the wheat or other grain in regular
bunches that can be easily tied by
hand.
The Agricultural Committee of the
Memphis Business Mens’ Club have
decured an agency for this attach
ment in Memphis, and announces that
they can be soli next spring for
about $20.00 retail.
G. H. Banks,
j County Agent, Newport, Ark.
THE CONFEDERATE REUNION.
The following letter has been
mailed by N. B. Forrest, general sec
tatary from Tulsa, Okla,, and will be
of interest to those intending to at
tend the Confederate ReUnion:
Director General McAdoo, under
order No. 23, has instructed all rail
roads in the United States to make a
special rate of one cent per mile each
way to the Confederate reunion at
I Tulsa, Okla., on September 24-27 in
clusive.
Tickets will be on sale in ample
time to reach Tulsa by the 24th of
September nnd will be good for re
turn trip until October 31. The rate
applies to the following parties:
Members of the United Confeder
ate Veterans.
A flin fomihr of 51 TYIPTYI
ber of the United Confederate Veter
ans.
Member of Sons of Confederate
Veterans.
A member of the family of a mem
ber of the Sons of Confederate Vet
erans.
A member of the Confederated
Southern Memorial Association.
A member of the family of a mem
ber of the Confederated Southern
Memorial Association.
These parties are entitled to pur
chase one round-trip ticket to Tulsa,
Okla., and return at the reduced fare
and under the regulations authorized
for the occasion.
Identification certificates will be
fcf warded to all officers of the above
named organizations, to be counter
signed and issued by them to their
members and’ families. All camp of
ficers are requested to advise imme
diately the number of certificates
they will probably require for their
sections.
LETTER FROM CHAS. SNETSER.
The following letter to his mother
from Charlie Snetser, one of our
Newport boys in the Spruce fields in
Washington, is published and will be
read with interest by his friends:
Vancouver Cantonment,
Vancouver, Wash.,
August 17, 1918.
uear jmibiicr;
Received your letter yesterday and
was glad to hear from home and am
sorry sister is not feeling well, but
hope she will be all right in a day or
so. Hope you are well, also papa
and everybory.
Be sure and send me the pictures
and also the papers as they read
good. I saw a Newport Independent
last night and was glad to get it. It
was sent to one of the boys from
home.
Tell grandma that I read the testa
ment every night and think of her
becase she thought I would not bring
it, but every night after supper I try
and read a few chapters.
Don’t worry about the work that
I will have to do as they don’t make
us work hard. I have only worked
a couple of days since I came here,
but expect to be assigned to a com
pany in probably a week or two and
then I will known what I am to do.
You ought to see me doing my wash
ing, as we have to do it and take a
bath twice a week.
I was on K. P. one day (K. P. means
kitchen police) and their work is to
peel spuds and onions and wash the
kitchen vessels. There were about 50
on the day I was there. They have
three kitchens, all in different parts
of the camp and' they are cooking all
the time—night and day.
They feed about 5,000 men in about
an hour. Every man is given an out
fit when he arrives, which consists
of messkit, 2 pair of shoes, 2 shirts.
3 pair of socks, 2 suits of underwear,
1 hat, 1 overcoat, 1 raincoat, 1 pair
pants, 1 dress coat and a suit of
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overalls. J
Every man has to wash his own
dishes and clothes.
I have had my second shot and it
did not bother me at all, but some of
the boys were mighty sick for a few
days.
Mama, put my fishing tackle away
so it won’t get lost. I am going to
send all my clotthes I brought from
home back, in a few days as I won’t
need them out here.
Tell everybody hello, and write a
long letter and tell everyone to do the
same, as a letter from home reads j
good. Am still feeling fine and get
enough to eat.
It is still cool at night and in the
morning, but in the day it gets hot.
Well, I guess I have told you all
the news, so give my love to all. ,
Your son,
Charles. J
When Effie makes the sweater tell
her to make it longer than she did
the first one. You can send me some
Bull Durham tobacco if you want to,
as we can’t hardly get any kind, ex
cept some old strong kind.
Jackson County
In the Service
Alvin Pickens is another young
man in the service who has crossed
safely overseas. Mr. Pickens was a
member of Company F .of Independ
ence county, and has many friends,
both in his home county and here.
Little Miss Mary Lee Duffer of
our city has received a card from
her friend, Kirk Vaughn, telling her
of his safe arrival in France. Kirk
was a great favorite with the chil
dren and has all along remembered
them with cards.
Edmond Taylor of Elgin, a popular
member of old Company E, has ar
rived overseas with the Camp Beau
regard boys.
Leo Long of Elmo has reached
France with the home boy3, accord
ing to a card sent his aunt, Mrs. W.
I. Long Monday.
Mrs. F. L. Cathey of Jacksonport
received a card from the government
Monday, announcing the arrival of
her son, Sim Cathey, a member of
Company E.
Lieutenant Elmer Patton came in
on No. 4 this afternoon from Camp !■
Pike, where he has just finished the L
Fourth Officers’ Training school, and
commissioned a lieutenant, being as
signed to Camp Beauregard for offi
cial service. This splendid young
man has proven a credit and honor,
not only to himself, but to his home
town as well, where he is loved and
respected for his many starling
qualities.
HONORABLY DISCHARGED.
Misses Emma and Agnes Wy
cough of Batesville have the distinc
tion of keeping one of the mascots of
the United States army, a dog whose
name is Mike, says the Guard.
Mike is owned by Jack Penrod, a
nephew of the Misses Wycough. and
he was in the service as mascot of
the 153rd infantry, Company H., at
Camp Beauregard for more than a
year and recently when his master
sailed for France, Mike was sent to
Batesville, where he is now a most
honored member of the Wycough
home.
Mike is very smart and well train
ed, and when received by express in
this city the crate in which he was
shipped bore a tag with the words,
“Honorably Discharged.”
FOR SALE.
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sewing machine and one davenport,
practically new. 618 Main street.
Phone 409. 85d6t w3t
Surgeons agree that in cases of
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Cuts, Burns, Bruises and Wounds,
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is applied promptly, there is no dan
ger of infection and the wound be
gins to heal at once. For use on
man or beast, Borozone is the Ideal
Antiseptic and Healing Agent. Buy
it now annd be ready for an emer
gency. Price 25c, 50c, $1.00 and
$1.50. Sold by W. E. Bevens.
When the baby is suffering the
louble affliction of hot weather and
bowel disorders, the remedy needed is
McGee’s Baby Elixir. It reduces the
feverish condition, corrects the
stomach and checks looseness of the
bowels. Price 25c and 50c per bot
tle. Sold by W. E. Bevens.
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