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VOLUME XVIII. NO. 243. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1919. PRICE FIVE c’R' ■ *
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For the Second Week of the Winter
Term—Several Criminal and Civil
Cases Disposed Of.
The following is a record of busi
ness transacted up to the noon hour
today:
CRIMINAL CASES.
State vs. Winfred Laird, grand
larceny, continued for term. (Broke
jail.)
State vs. Clara Sneed and John
Brown, grand larceny; continued for
term, set Monday of second week.
State vs. George Barker, larceny;
indictment quashed, defendant remain
on present bond, referred to next
grand jury; indictment filed and B.
W. issued.
State of Arkansas vs. Frank Rich
ardson; continued for term and set
for Monday of second week; forfeit
ure on bail bond, summons to issue
for bondsmen.
State of Arkansas vs. Homer Gard
ner, et al, gaming; continued for
term and set for Monday of second
week; forfeiture on bond, summons
to issue for bondsmen.
State of Arkansas vs. Clay Hillis,
perjury; continued for term and set
for Wednesday of second week.
State of Arkansas vs. Lawrence
Duncan et al, gaming; plea of guilty
as to Theo Bond, fined $10; nolle
prossed as to Albert Duncan.
State of Arkansas vs. Albert Dun
can and Bob Weatherford, gaming;
plea of guilty and fined $10.00 each.
State of Arkansas vs. Harry Odum,
selling liquor; continued for term
'/ and set for Monday of second week.
CIVIL CASES.
Acme Cooperage and Handle Com
pany vs. J. M. Dickerson, receiver of
the C. R. I. & P. Ry Co.; dismissed
with prejudice of defendants.
W. S. Campbell vs. Mo. Pac. Ry.
Co., claims judgment for plaintiff,
$75.00.
C. M. Erwin, agent for E. W. Erwin
vs. Jackson county; judgment for
plaintiff for $325.
Ed Claxton vs. A. E. Anderson and
Newport Special School District;
agreed judgment for plaintiff for
$165. jH
E. L. Collier vs. G. L. Green; judg
ment for plaintiff for $700.
V< T. S. Stephens vs. Jno. V. Lee and
Preston Lee; answer and cross com
plaint filed.
American Automobile Insurance
Company vs. Smith Williams; mend
ment to complaint.
American Automobile Insurance
Company vs. Frank Johnson; amend
ment to complaint.
A. A. Crabtree vs. Eli P. Thomas
son; judgment for $135 and interest.
C. W. Muirhead and Mrs. C. W.
Muirhead vs. W. A. Mink; answer
and cross complaint filed.
In the matter of Cache river Drain
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age District ux parte; pewuuu *iku
and W. A. Bowman appointed engin
.' eer and bond fixed at $2,000.
Thos. E. Lance, exparte; disabil
ity of minority removed.
Lillian Yarborough, exparte; dis
ability of minority removed.
Gus Hill, ex parte; disability of
« minority removed.
Ben Williamson and H. U. McCabe
of Mountain View were Sunday visi
tors at the Hazel hotel, leaving this
morning for Little Rock.
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LECTURES HERE.
John G. Woolley, probably the most
widely known temperance lecturer
and Anti-Saloon League worker in
America, made two wonderful ad
dresses in our city Sunday, leaving
this morning for Batesville, where he
will lecture this evening. While the
audiences Sunday were not large, ow
ing to the inclemency of the weather,
those who heard him were well pleas
ed and felt amply repaid for braving
the weather. He is volume of infor
mation on his subject, telling of the
wonderful work of the Anti-Salooh
League in the past and what it will
accomplish in the future. Had the
League not been busy at all times,
accomplishments would not have been
so great, many times working when
the world did not know it. The pul
pit, press and individuals have served
largely, it is true, but this League
was doubly responsible for the dry
states. A popular subscription was
taken at the two speaking places, the
school auditorium and Christian
church, and between seven hundred
and a thousand dollars subscribed to
carry on the work, this amount to be
paid annually for five years. A dry
nation is to be ours to enjoy and a
little later we are destined to live in
a “dry” world.”
NOTICE.
All parties who registered Septem
ber 12, 1918 and have not received
their registration cards will please
call at the office of the local board at
the court house and receive same.
By Order of Adj. Gen. Lloyd England.
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And Says It Is As Well to Face
Squarely All the Possibilities
—Only a Lull In Storm.
Paris, Feb. 9.—“While I have said
that the war has been won, it would
be more accurate to say that there is
a lull in the storm,” said Georges
Clemenceau, the French premier, in
the course of an interview with the
Associated Press today.
“At least,” he added, “it is as well
to face squarely all the possibilities.”
Although Germany had been beaten
militarily and had been largely dis
armed, there still remained, the pre
mier pointed out, a “chaotic but fruit
ful Russia, from which great help
may be drawn by the Teutons.” There
would be danger, he thought, of a
“re-opening of the military bedate, if
it were not for the assurance Presi
dent Wilson had voiced recently that
whenever France or another free peo
ple was menaced the whole world
would be ready to vindicate its liber
ty.”
“In the society of nations, said tne
premier, “each nation must be willing
to renounce its traditional aloofness
and be willing to employ the national
s trength outside its own country, both
in wai and in peace.”
Premier Clemenceau warmly prais
ed the help the American troops had
given in winning the war for demo
cracy and expressed disbelief that
there was a man in the American
Army of Occupation who regretted
that he had “fought on the side of
freedom.”
SILVER SERVICE FOR
BATTLESHIP ARKANSAS
NOW ON EXHIBITION.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 10.—Those who
call at the state capitol this week will
have an opportunity of inspecting the
$8,000 silver service that has been
bought for the battleship Arkansas.
The greater part of the money was
raised by popular subscription, and
the last $1400 was appropriated by
*-v,„ ciofnre. It is on exhibition in
the governor’s reception room, with a
guard of soldiers and sailors.
EAT SWITOW CANDY.
Candy iB a food. The human sys
tem needs it. Uncle Sam gives eaci
doughboy half a pound of candy ever
ten days. Gives it in rations as food
not as a luxury. Are you entin'
sufficient candy? Made in Newport
America Calls On Public
School Teachers For Help
One of the greatest compliments
ever paid by the people of a nation to
any of its institutions has been paid
by America to her public schools.
She has turned to them to remedy ev
ery deficiency or home, church and
community as it reveals itself in
childhood and youth. Are the chil
dren hopelessly dirty? Shower baths
are installed and the teacher super
vises the cleansing process; or if
taxes or high and the school commit
tee not advanced enough for baths,
teachers must see that the child, is
reasonably clean as to hands and face,
at least. If he is underfed or poorly
nourished, the teacher must report it;
if he is served a school lunch the
teacher must supervise that; if he is
ill, Teacher sees that the attention of
a nurse or a doctor is called to it, or
if there be no school nurse or doctor,
she must call the attention of a care
less home to it. If the child does not
come to school, Teacher must know
why. Teacher does all sorts of won
derful things and recently in the
midst of the world chaos, a whole na
tion turns to Teacher asking that
she teach patriotism and ideal Ameri
canism. And the miracle is that the
public school has answered every de
mand with “We will attempt it!” In
deed, the public school has answered
the demands of the nation in the spir
it of the men, who having cut the
continent in two, came back from
Panama, saying:
“Got any rivers they say are uncross
able?
Got any mountains you can’t tunnel
through ?
We soecialize in the wholly Impos
sible—
Doing what nobody ever could do!”
It is because of the knowledge that
each new call will be answered in
| that spirit, that in the name of the
“SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE,”
the children and youth of today who
will be our men and women of tomor
row, our great nation sends out a call
to the TEACHERS of America. Es
tablishing and conducting the MOD
ERN HEALTH CRUSADE in all our
schools in Newport and in Jackson
County will take quite a bit of time
and effort on the part of the teachers
and in SEEING that the children
OBSERVE the Health Chores, the
PARENTS can be invaluable to the
teachers. Our Red Cross Executive
Committee and School Board realize
that the thing we need first and fore
most in life is GOOD HEALTH and
without it there is little we can at
tain; hence, they have spent their
money for the CRUSADE SUPPLIES
with the hope that they may be
USED and the results gained there
from may be greater than they have
dared to dream or plan for.
I wonder if you have heard that
from the recent epidemic there were
SIX MILLION deaths throughout the
world? These appalling statistics
could not have been had if everyone
had observed from childhood the
health regulations in accordance with
the Modern Crusade. This is proved
by the fact that in schools where the
Crusade was already in progress the
number of influenza victims was sc
small as to be negligible, in compari
son with the toll from nearby schools
where the children, were NOT, Health
Crusaders. I am sure the TEACH
ERS will recognize this tremendous
opportunity of service not only to the
children but to your whole community
and County, and we ask you to use
every means to make this Health
Campaign a success, as never before
was there a greater need for a defin
ite Health Crusade, following as it
does on the trail of the most awful
epidemic the schools have ever known
To train good citizens we must
first train healthy children and should
the Public School fail to make citi
zens fit for Democracy this great na
tion would cease to hope.
DOVE ERWIN,
Chairman Jackson County Junior Red
Cross.
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MRS. J. H. BUMPASS DEAD.
Mrs. A. M. Edgar received the sad
news Sunday afternoon of the death
of her sister, Mrs. J. H. Bumpass, who
passed away Sunday rnrning at ten
o’clock at her home in De Queen, af
ter an illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Ed
gar returned last week from her sis
ter’s bedside, leaving her much im
proved, but a relapse a day or two ago
resulted in her death a short time af
terward. The remains came in to
day on No. 4 and were carried to her
girlhood home at Newark for burial.
The remains were carried to the home
of the deceased’s sister, Mrs. Charlie
Magness, where the funeral will take
place. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar and chil
dren of this city- accompanied the re
mains to Newark. Mrs. Bumpass is
survived by her husband, who also
accompanied the remains to Newark.
BOYS HOLD BIG MEETING.
Pine Bluff, Feb. 10.— An epoch
marking conference of boys by boys
and for boys which just closed here
was attended by 202 youths, repre
senting 42 high schools of the state
according to the records of the secre
tary young Wallace Bailey, of Rus
sellville. They elected John Du Vail
of Benton, secretary, and James Hi
cock, of Hot Springs, first vice-pres
ident. Clarence Hall, of Malvern, was
named second vice-president. Th<
meeting is the fore-runner of big
things for the boys of Arkansas, in
| eluding summer camps, organizec
athletics and the rganization of £
| system of “Hi-Y's" or Y. M. C. A.’s ir
j high schools. It is planned by th<
1 State Y. M. C. A. to spend $100,00(
throughout Arkansas this year on boj
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HISTORY COMMISSION HAS
GATHERED MUCH DATA.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 10.—In his annual
report, Dallas T .Herndon, of the His
tory Commission, says of the Confed-1
I erate Roster:
“Beginning some five years ago
with nothing at all, spying out and
picking up now and again an old
muster roll here and there—precious
possessions in the hands of a few de
voted and battle-scarred veterans of
the ’60’s; by means of a census of
facts still stored in the memory of
such of the veterans as were living
not long since, the Commission has
gathered a history of 30,000 of these
old Southern heroes and put it into a
roster in alphabetical form. Where
fore, if Mrs. John Doe, wife of a con-:
federate soldier, now wants to know
the regiment, company, term of ser
vice, etc., of her husband, now deceas
ed, she only needs remember that hi3
name was John Doe in order to ascer
tain the facts of his military service.”
FAST TRAIN KILLS
MAN AT SWIFTON.
E. D. Griffin, aged about 60 years,
from Iillinois, was instantly killed at
Swifton this morning by Fast Mail
train No. 7. The coroner will hold an
innnost. this afternoon. The man was
a stranger in the town and it is sup
posed that he was deaf, as he did not
seem to notice the train as it came
toward him as he was walking down
the track. His body was horribly
mangled. A freight was on the sid
ing and the crew saw the accident,
reporting it to the authorities.
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General Strike Will Fail, -Which
Means Split Between Decent La
bor and the I. W. W.
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Seattle, Wash., Feb. 9.—Despite re
fusal early today of the Union Cen
tral Committee to suspend the gener
al strike order, street cars on all lines
in Seattle operated on an almost nor
mal basis today and traction compa
ny officials said service would be 100 |
per cent normal before tomorrow.
Indications were, city officials said,
that the strike would be broken by
the gradual drifting away of unions
from the committee controlling the
strike. .>
“The general strike has been de
moralized and will fail,” Mayor Ole
Hansen said today. “This means a
finlif Vinfiirnnn onnnf 1 oViai* OTifl fHo Tfl —
dustrial Workers of the World.”
City officials declared Seattle would
operate its industries without union
men and if necessary would advertise
in the East and pay the fares of men
to take the places of those who are
out.
Two thousand members of the new
ly organized American Legion of Lib
erty, composed of former service
men and soldiers still in uniform,
were guarding private business places
and patrolling beats in residential
sections of the city today, officers of
the legion announced. Half of the
number were operating under direc
tion of Chief of Police Warren.
Conservative labor leaders said to
night that when the general strike
conference committee of union dele
gates reassemble tomorrow morning
they will renew the fight to have the
sympathetic strike called off and a
definite time fixed for its expiration.
They are said to believe the strike
will end within 24 hours.
ATTENTION PROPERTY OWNERS
The Chamber of Commerce hereby
notifies property owners in the resi
dence district that if they want to be
included in the program of street oil
ing, which will be done at once, they
should proceed at once to get up their
funds, which will figure about$35.00
per block or $3.50 per fifty foot front
age on either side. Some progressive
: property owner in each community
should get up this fund. This matter
closed Saturday and those not coming
in will have to suffer from the dust
all the ve<*r. It might be well to ex
plain that the city cannot finance the
street oiling project.
WILL SHIP HOGS
IH CARLOAD LOIS
Mr. Whitaker, County Agent, Busy
Working Up Co-operative Plan
of Marketing Hogg.
County Demonstration Agent F. H.
Whitaker is busy working up co-oper
ative shipments of hogs. There is A
general move all oVwgfjhe state under
the supervision of the Extension Di
vision to market the farmers’ snrplua
hogs. There is a scarcity of feed for
these animals and by marketing them,
the farmers will not have to pay the
high prices for feed.
The idea, as Mr. Whitaker says, is
to have the farmers co-operate by
loading out their own hogs. As many
farmers as want to can ship in the
same car. The hogs will be marked
and sold separately on the market and
each farmer will pay their portion of
the expenses. J|
By shipping the hogs collectively
to the market better prices are got
ten. Two checks totaling $5264.89
were received by the county agents,
James Sergent and Earl Smith of
Pulaski county for the farmers. Mr. •
Maty Vfl.lonf.iTio of f.lio oonnfv VinH
hogs in one of the cars that topped
the market at 17.65 cents. Mr. Val
entine says he received $70 more for
his hogs by shipping them to St.
Louis.
The shipment brought all the way
from 17.65 to 12.50 cents. The hogs
that sold low were the “Arkansas Ra
zorbacks.” This is a lesson to the
farmers to raise good hogs.
County Agent Strickland, at Hel
ena, has also just received return
from a car of hogs sent to the St.
Louis market. The 72 hogs shipped
netted the owner $2,148.23, after all
expenses were paid. The price ner
pound averaged around 15 cents,
though the price per pound, accord
ing to the grade brought as high as
16 3-4 cents, while the lowest brought
14 cents.
Any farmer who is interested ”611
■do well to get in touch with Mr. Whit
aker, who will be glad to take up th®
matter further.
MR. ALLEN OF SWIFTON
RECEIVES LETTER FROM
MAJOR JNO. C. NELSON.
Mr. Albert Allen of Swifton, has re
ceived a letter from John C. Nelson,
Major of the Quartermaster Corps, at
Hoboken, N. J., asking him what dis
position they should make of the per
sonal effects, of his son, Private Jno.
Allen, who died October 17, 1918 at
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enza at the base hospital. , ':!S
Major Nelson in expressing sym
pathy to the relatives of the dead sol
dier says: ' f|
“It is indeed a sad duty which we ||
must perform in asking you to com- -j|
ply with the legal requirements in or
der that you may have his personal |J
effects of your son, and my keenest
sympathy goes out to you in this hour ||
of your bereavement. Private Allen *
has made the supreme sacrifice for
his country and we instinctively re
call the words,
“ Greater than this can be said
of no man—that he gave his life for g|
his friend.’ ” ••; liMwA
“To give his life for his country M
is alone greater and proves the spirit
to make the world safe for democra- M
cy and that such a democracy is
worthy of the sacrifice.”
Private Allen was well known in ^
Jackson county, where he had many
friends, and while we were not per
sonally acquainted with the young
soldier, we feel his loss deeply and"
sympathize with his bereaved rela
tives.
CHRISITIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
AT LITTLE ROCK SETS PACE.
Special to Independent. Q
Little Rock, Feb. 10.—The Sunday
school of the First Christian church
is setting a pace for the other church
es of the city and state. Although
the weather was cold and raw yester
day jnoming, and many children g.
eoulcRiot come, there were 534 in at
tendance. There were 313 in the
adult department alone, in four
classes. The school has set 1,000 as §_
its goal for Easter Sunday.
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