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Among Many Other Propositions the
Chamber of Commerce Is Inter
' ested in Good Roads.
Probably the growth in popularity
and usefulness of the Chamber of ]
Commerce can best be emphasized by
the fact that sixty-one new members j
have been added to the organization,
during the past thirty days. This j
membership represents practically j
every business organization in the!
city, as well as several farmers, and
we believe this membership is the \
largest of any lit.le city in the state.'
Besides working along many lines
that will benefit the city and! com- j
rnunity, the Chamber of Commerce is
vitally interested in the building of
good roads in the county, and the di
rectors and officers of the organiza
tion are lending every co-operation
and all assistance possible to the,
tangible development of the different
improvement districts, and his aid has ,
already stimulated great interest
among the people and awakened them
to the purposes and possibilities of
Deu,er mgnwaja.
P. H. Van Dyke has been appointed
chairman of the good roads and
bridge committee. He will form an
organization of road boosters with
members in each township, from
which much is expected to materialize.
He has in charge the matter of put
ting through the improvement dis
trict for the building of a bridge
across White River. He reports
splejidid progress, but states that
some opposition is being met in ^hat
portion of Independence county
which is included in the proposed dis
trict. . I
C. G. Henry, for the information of
the Chamber of Commerce and the
people in general, is informed by C.
M. Cottrell, chairman of the Arkansas
Profitable Farming Bureau, that he
will be able to spend two days, either
during this month or next, in Jackson
county for the purpose of exercising
his efforts to secure the co-operation
of merchants, bankers and farmers to
ward realizing the purposes for,
which the bureau is laboring.
# Sufficient funds have been raised
practically to secure a membership of
the Chamber of Commerce and job
- bers of the city in the Arkansas Job
bers’ and Manufacturers’ Association,
> which institution takes the responsi
bility of looking after traffic prob
lems, securing adjustment of freight
rates, classifications, etc.
C. L. Mariner has received a letter
from a Chicago concern wmcn
to come to Newport to establish a
factory for the dehydrating of fruits,
vegetables and other products. The
cost of the plant would be $10,000,
and a space of 50 x 50 feet is re
quired. A representative of the con
cern is due to arrive in Newport now.
Another factory proposition comes
from the Laywood Manufacturing Co.
of Elgin, 111. This concern would es
tablish a factory here to make ce
ment mixers, gasoline savers, silos,
tanks, etc. John H. Class of Middle
fton, Ohio, has just made inquiry as to
the advantages offered here for the
location of a vehicle factory.
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LUCKILY THERE WERE
NO CASUALTIES WHEN
THIS CRASH OCCURRED
That there was none injured when
a panic-stricken audience made a
rush for the front door and fancied
safety at the Madaline theatre Mon
day night when somebody yelled fire,
is not only most fortunate but almost
a miracle. In the operator’s room at
the front of the theatre a hole about
the size of a five-cent piece burned in
the film as the picture was being
shown on the screen. Owing to the
fact that the lens of the picture ma
chine magnified the film, the small
blaze on the screen gave all the ap
pearance of a real coflagration, and
at once there was a mad rush for the
open air. Before a dozen persons
quit the building, however, the pic
ture was again being shown, though
it was some minutes before many ex
cited ones realized that nothing much
had happened. For a time there was
great danger of small children being
crushed and even older persons in
jured.
The motion picture machine used at
the Madaline is equipped with an au
tomatic attachment which makes the
burning of any considerable amount
of film impossible, theatre goers thus
being protected against danger from
that source.
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ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE.
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A very pleasant party of the early
spring was given by Mrs. E. B. Wil
mans Monday afternoon which was
attended by several congenial friends
of Mrs. Wilmans who drove out in
cars for the afternoon and enjoyed
the games as well as the delightful
hospitality of the hostess, whose home
had a number of pretty spring flow
ers arranged very attractively in the
rooms. Mrs. Carroll made the high
est score at cards and was given a
pretty gift, but Mrs. J. A. Gregory
whose score was the lowest, won the
gift that all envied, a pound of Mrs.
Wilmans splendid homemade butter.
A spring luncheon concluded the
games. The following were present:
Mesdames H. O. Walker, Roy H. Hin
kle, Chas. E. Carroll, Elbert Watson,
P. H. Van Dyke, Charles G. Henry, E.
L. Maris, Sprigg Foushee, Lawrence
Bailey, R. D. Wilmans, J. A. Gregory
and Miss Bessie Watson.
PICTURE SHOW PARTY.
In honor of Mrs. Warner of Minne
apolis and Mrs. Jno. W. Stayton, Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Gregg entertained sev
eral friends last evening with a thea
tre party at, the Madaline. After the
picture program was over, the guests
were invited to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Gregg, where a most enjoyable
evening was spent and lunch served
by Miss Bessie Watson and Miss
Katharine Morris. In the party were
Mrs. P. H. Van Dyke, Mrs. Elbert
Watson, Mrs. L. E. Hite, Mrs. Gus
Martin, Mrs. H. 0. Walker, Mr. and
Mrs. Stayton, Mrs. Warner and the
hosts.
Unfortunately the meeting of the
ladies of the city that was to have
been held Monday afternoon in the
interest of the domestic science school
here in March, had to be postponed,
but the meeting will be held Friday
afternoon at three o’clock in the la
dies’ parlor of the Methodist church,
where fires will be built and every
thing made comfortable for the meet
ing. Newport has the opportunity of
getting a specialist in this line to
have a cooking demonstration here,
and it is believed the ladies will not
miss this opportunity, as very few
places the size of Newport are hon
ored by having this school and should
meet Friday and make this arrange
ment.
BONE-DRY DEFECT CURED.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 18.—Gov. Brough
yesterday afternoon signed the bill by
Senators Greathouse and Ponder to
cure defects in the Bone-Dry Act of
1917. Hereafter, it will be unlawful
for any person to bring liquor into
the state for personal use, or to ship
into the state for any purpose.
NOtflCE ELKS.
A special call meeting of the lodge
is called for Tuesday Evening Febru
ary 18th, important business up for
consideration.
J. M. Gibson, E. R.,
249d2 J- H. Johnston, Sec’y.
Will Come to Newport to
Learn Oil Possibilities
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That Jackson county continues to
offer an attraction to outside capital
as a possible oil center is growing
more apparent every day, and it is
said that those who have made an ex
amination of the government geologi
cal survey and report of the county
are greatly encouraged to believe that
if efforts are made to obtain oil in
this section they will be rewarded.
Charles L. Mariner, business mana
ger of the Chamber of Commerce, is
in receipt of a letter from J. Fred
Kusterer, of the Trimble Oil & Gas
Company of Webb City, Mo., in which
he states that he is coming to New
port soon on a two-fold mission. Be
ing a man of means Mr. Kusterer is
interested in various enterprises. He
hopes to be able to secure the location
here for a furniture factory. Mr.
Kusterer will also look into the oil
possibilities here in the hope of start
ing development.
The Independent is informed also
| that a party from the Texas oil field
i intends to visit the county at an early
date for the purpose of looking over
conditions.
This paper has not received addi
tional information concerning the
steps to be taken by Dr. C. M. Capps
[ of Knoxville, Tenn., who proposes to
organize a company to drill for oil on
his land near the Black river bridge.
It is reliably reported, however, that
Dr. Capps expects to begin drilling
by May 1, and that he is arranging
now to place drilling material on the
ground.
In 1900 an'bil prospecting well was
! drilled one mile southwest of New
port to a depth of 1,000 feet. At this
depth rock of diffent. kinds, ending in
flint, was encountered and the well
I was abandoned.
DOG TAX BILL PASSED.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 18.—The House
yesterday afternoon by a close vote of
41 to 38 passed! the Limbocker-Wil
liams dog-tax bill. It was debated
for an hour and a half, Mr. Gurley of
Carroll being the leader of the opposi
tion, and Mr. Limbocker the leading
proponent of the measure. The bill
places a tax of one dollar on each dog
in the state over four months old.
This money is to be paid into a
county dog-tax fund, to be used in
reimbursing owners of sheep, goats
and other live-stock killed by dogs
whose owners are unknown.
Subscribe for the Independent.
WOULD ABOLISH BUREAU.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock,, Feb. 18.— Repre
sentative Beard’s measure for the
abolition of the State Actuarial Bu
reau, which passed the House after a
bitter fight, reached the Senate yes
terday, and was read twice and placed
on the calendar. While there was no
discussion of the bill there are indica
tions that it will not find as easy go
ing as it had in the House. It proba
bly will be called up at an early date
for discussion.
For Rent—One furnished room for
one „r two gentlemen or man and
wife. Apply 123 Beech St. between
12:15 and 12:45 or after 6 p. m.
EDGAR ROBINSON IS
SENTENCED TO PEN
FOR SELLING BOOZE.
Edgar Robinson, a local negro who
has been a familiiar figure in the
courts for years, was sentenced to the
penitentiary Monday in circuit court
for selling whiskey. He was convict
ed in two cases, drawing one year in
each. He will also be tried on a
charge of carrying a pistol at this
term of court.
The W. C. T. U., will hold its an
imal Frances E. Willard Memorial
service Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
at the home of Mrs. A. T. Hubly. A
good program had been arranged and
concluding the program a social
hour will follow. The program con
sists of talks by the three pastors of
the city on the work of the temper
ance cause in the United States. Rev.
Mr. Mitchell will talk on the work in
| the past, Rev. Mr. Bates the present
! work and Rev Mr. Brklenthal the
work for the future. Mrs. Carl Bel
lingrath will sing, Miss Rowena
Campbell will play a piano selection
annd Rev. Mitchell will sing. Mrs. M.
A. Dorsey will make a short memorial
address. The meeting is open to all.
The Hazel hotel is to be remodeled
on the interior downstairs, the walls
! to be retinted and woodwork and
floors gone over. Manager McDou
gald will move the office into the
I fiont room formerly used as a sam
1 pie room, where an office and lobby
will be nicely arranged, the present
office to be used exclusively for the
dining room.
The Independent works for you.
U83 it as your salesman. It carriei
news of the store into hundreds ol
homes.
Announcing
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THE STAR CLOTHING COMPANY
“THE APPAREL STORE FOR MEN.”
Accepts New Armistice Terms sad
Among Requests Is For Release
Of German Prisoners
Paris Feb. 17.—Marshal Foch this
afternoon informed the Supreme 3
Council of the acceptance by the Ger
mans of the conditions for a renewal
o£ the armistice.
Two notes were handed to Marshal
Foch by Mathias Erzberger when the
renewal of the armistice was taken up v'^
at Treves. One concerned the em- ||
ployinent of the German mercantile
marine for various purposes, while tW^lljjS
other contained several requests, in* ttijjjl
eluding the release of German prison
ers and the maintenance of economic i|||
intercourse between Germany and H
cupied German territories.
Among the declarations of Mathias
Erzberger at Treves, according to
Berlin dispatch published in the
Temps, was one to the American rep-^ffl
resentatives on the Armistice
mission that Germany went to the aid*N \
of the United States from 1862 to ’4||1
1865 during the great economic crisis,./-^
furnishing money, clothes, shoes «n4N§| :
machinery. If the United Statesiylij
came to the aid of Germany todayiM
more than 60 years afterward, Ers4||i i
berger said, she could give Gerinl«M|aag,'
food and raw materials against
German loan, and at the^bme timcS j|§
would be doing a god strife of JfejpHHB
ness. .* . w
Erzberger said Germany was
fering from hunger. The doctors
made known the number of
the tlockade. More than a h
lessened capacity to
he 'said. He
immediately gave
1871 after the Franco
Erzberger gave warning
vism would result from
Germany.
He protested against what
ed the oppression against tv
German in Aleace-Lorrsim
against the encouragement gi
the entente “to the Polish a
for conquest.”
Germany, Erzberger said,
cepted President Wilson's
peace, and the allies also had
them. Article II, he said, did
to the allies the right to fo
German people from defending
selves against such encroac
the Poles were making.
NOT A BAD AMENDMI
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 18.—Dim
discussion of the dog tax bill
day, Representattives Henry,
Copeland, and Porter offered th
lowing amendment and insisted
its adoption:
“Amend by prohibiting any
male or female in the state of
sas from allowing any dog to
the cradle or ride in the arms
male or female person with
front arms around the neck, With
curly head where the arms of a li
blue-eyed baby ought to be."
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