PBrUW*'-: • - 4
n~— -_ j—
They Are
£ Here
V
<n
Khaki Yarn
for Sweaters
65 Cents Per Skein
or $4.50 per Lb.
New Suits, Coats and Dresses
————————■ ■! I ■■■ 1 ■! ——A
FT A T?T? V ^ A • His New Coats’Suits and Dresses
Oxx JL O • have arrived. Spring suit styles are
l smart, stunning, sensible and pretty. In our suits you get the smart styles,
They Are
Here
flf
Gray Yarn
For sweaters
65 Cents Per Skein
Or $4.50 per Lb.
perfect fit, material and workmanship cl the most fashionable modiste.
And you#save many dollars, for style stands for authenticity and value.
They Strike a New Note in Fashion.
. a——■—«W——
Come in Today if You Are Yearning for Something New
HARRY G. BRANDENBURG, The MERCHANT
J
Women have been cleaning
fussy ranges for fifty years.
They have had to dig the dirt
out of cracks, corners and cre
vices, from around hinges,
catches, latches and knobs.
Poor, long-suffering woman!
Just a few years ago auto
mobiles came out. They were
full of ornaments— hinges,
catches, knobs and handles. But
man had to clean automobiles.
. He rebelled. He wouldn’t stand
for these things. They were
not only ugly, but prevented the
proper cleaning of the body.
About this time the Concealed
Hinge of the Copper-Clad was
invented. The automobile man
ufacturer grabbed it. Inside
went all hinges, catches and
latches, and ornaments were
abolished entirely.
Why shouldn’t a kitchen
range be smooth and easy t'
clean ?
The Copper-Clad Range
Cleans Like a Dish.
Hayden - Holloway
Furniture Co.
♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦
0 H. S. SIMMONS
0 Public Surveyor
<0 Office with Geo.* M.
0 Sink. Will answer calls
0 anywhere in Jackson
0 and surrounding coun
0 ties.
0 TELEPHONE 199.
mwta-aaaaa aaaa Aia
wwx
THE INDENPEDENT
Entered at the postoffice, Newport
Arkansas, as second class mail matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
DAILY—Single copy, 5 cents; per
seek, 15 cents; per month, 50 cents;
jer year, $6.50, in advance, by carrier
n city, by mail in country.
WEEKLY—$1.60 per year, payable
n advance.
Members of the Associated Press.
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication of
all news dispatches credited to it or
not otherwise credited in this paper
»nd also the local news published
herein.
All rights or republication of spe
cial dispatches herein are also re
served.
NOTHING COMES FREE.
There is nothing under the sun the
human being can enjoy without pay
ing for it. In fact, if the things we
enjoy and profit by did not cost
something, they would carry no merit.
Nobody these days is expecting some
thing for nothing, and the man who
tells you he has something that will
not cost you anything is promptly
branded as a suspicious character.
The Chamber of Commerce is going
to cost every business man in New
pw* w ov/nic inuiicj ii iic fjuootooco a
progresive and keen business spirit.
He will be called upon to invest
money in the organization. There
will be a few probably who refuse to
assist in the support of the organi
zation. Probably they will enjoy the
fruits that will come from the Cham
ber of Commerce, but it will not take
the public long to recognize his stand
ing on the matter. He should not
want the public to know that he is
sitting back waiting for the money of
the other fellow to create business
for him.
I
We hope no business man will fail
to sign up in support of the Chamber
j of Commerce.
; Every man who puts one dollar in
i to the organization this year will le
ceive five in return next year.
' How?
Because for the first time Newport
is going about the organization of a
j Chamber of Commerce in the right
' manner, employing the methods fol
lowed by Little Rock, Paragould,
j Jonesboro, and numerous other fine
little cities'which owe their existence
\to well conducted commercial organ
] izations, backed by wideawake, unsel
jfish business men.
;i —
► < THE WAY OUT.
► -
y There is an old story that no
y worker in the artistic lines can be
y truly real until he has loved and suf
y fered, which may account for a tal
y ented and popular young musician’s
y frank discussion of the question as to
y whether love for him would be a pay
y ing investment. He seems to accept
j the dictum that the artist’s powers
5
may be ripened only through loving
and suffering, but confesses a feai
of the results of a matrimonial ven
ture. For, you see, if a girl shoulc
happen to demand more time am
absorbing attention than even his
fiddle, the rivalry might prove disas
trous enough even to affect the bo>
office receipts. Morever, an up
standing youth with shekels as wel
as long hair is not apt to be kepi
waiting and suffering, whatevei
might happen afterward; and suf
fering is supposed to be the mor<
fruitful of the two requisites.
It ought to be suggested to this
calculating younster that he let lovt
alone until it takes him by the naps
of the neck and hurls him into matri
mony without a thought or a fear ol
the consequences. Meanwhile wai
can supply a plentiful sufficiency ol
ripening experience and suffering
Let him put his fiddle down, take his
gun up, and leave the disciplinarj
blessing of a girl to the future. This
is the obvious way out of his dilem
ma.
Paper from corn husks is the lat
est and to be hoped promising pro
posal.
Births still lead deaths in Greai
Britain without the aid of any o;
those unscrupulous Prussian methods
of expanding the population.
—o—
The rich New York woman whc
wasn’t allowed to travel in a private
car to South Carolina merely to visn
her husband is mad, but the people
generally will be glad that the gov
ernment’s railroad management is
not under present conditions of con
gestion interested in pleasure jaunts
pulled off in the most expensive anc
wasteful style.
Elsewhere in this issue is a com
munication from the manager of the
I
'Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce
-Read it carefully; the article con
| tains valuable information for the
I Newport business man who is inter
! ested in a similar organization here
I
1 What Jonesboro has accomplished
| has been realized in numerous othei
I growing little cities through the same
'consistent employment of energy anc
money. Few towns are more advan
tageously situated than Newport, anc
there is hardly a limit to our possi
| bilities here.
j “fl
it is said there are many persons
! who fail to conform with the govern
i ment’s request that they observe
, wheatless and meatless days. If we
j were guilty of that violation we
should be thoroughly ashamed of it
and wouldn’t want anybody to fine
us out. Here is something to thin!
about along that line: You do nol
keep our boys in France from going
hungry by eating the meat and wheal
meant for them. You do not bring
the war to a speedy and honorable
conclusion by ignoring the
quests of the food adminis
You may boast of your patriotism, '■
“cuss” the Germans or pro-Germans,;
make the air as blue as indigo with
all your masculine “damns” and fem
inine “oh horrors,” but when you fail
to exercise the opportunities to serve
your government, and follow them up
by filling your stomach with forbid
den fruit, your patriotism has dwin
dled below the value of a tinker’s
damn. You can never be of any as
sistance to this nation by carelessly
and thoughtlessly aiding the enemy.
WHAT JONESBORO
HAS DONE THROUGH
ORGANIZATION
(Continued from page 1).
expected to devote his entire time and
' attention to the work.
Following are some of the things
accomplished by the Jonesboro Cham
ber of Commerce during the past
year:
; We secured an appropriation of
$10,000 from the city with which to
build a modern auditorium with a
seating capacity of 2,500; we secur
' ed fifteen conventions for the city
during this year; we landed five fac
tories in our city employing between
150 and 200 men; we brought about
’ considerable improvement in our rail
' road facilities; we urged and finally
: convinced the people of the city of
the necessity of supporting a paving
district which will result in the pav
ing of sixteen miles of our residential
streets at the cost of $390,000.
! streets at the cost of $390,000.
; Through our influence, we secured
: and have recently completed a new
$50,000 high school building; we
have brought about the creation of
four good road districts, one of the
contracts is already let for construc
tion, two others are now ready for
the bids to be let for construction and
there is no doubt that the fourth one
will materialize soon.
We have operated special trains all
over the county carrying a number of
our business men for the purpose of
becoming better acquainted with our
neighbors. We operate the retail
merchants department which is a val
uable auxiliary for our retail mer
chants. We have done everything
possible to promote a better condition
J throughout our county from an agri
cultural standpoint. The Chamber of
Commerce has handled all of the R'd
Cross, Y. M. C. A. and other war ac
tivity collections in this county. In
fact, every undertaking is handled by
some special committee through the
Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce.
Our board of directors meet twice
each month to review what has been
: done and outline further plans. We
make our special and standing com
mittee look after their respective
work. Be sure and make your mem
1 bership work. Give each member
: some one special thing to do, and see
that he does it and in that way you
I can keep him interested in the effort
of the organization.
Remember there are four kinds of
; co-operation needed in connection
with a live wide-a-wake Chamber of
Commerce: First, financial; second,
, mor^l; third, intellectual; forth,
physical. These must be present if
the Chamber of Commerce is to keep
itself alive to its best work. The
members must see that financial aid
,is always available. They must give
,to the association their best thought,
council and advice, and they must be
ready to give their time and physical
work when such is needed.
To sum up, the interest of the
member must be secured to obtain his
co-operation and after that he must
be constantly interested in order to
retain his co-operation. His co-oper
ation is absolutely necessary to in
sure the success of the Chamber of
Commerce, and to keep it alive to its
best work. His interest can be se
cured by keeping him informed of the
work being done, by making him feel
his responsibility, and by appealing
to him through the channels which
effect his own personal interest.
Respectfully submitted.
Luther Ellison,
Business Manager.
Ladies* Specials
We Have Just Received the
First Spring Shipment of
the Noted Line oj
Mitchell
Dresses
In the Following Materials:
Charmeuse
Crepe Meteor
Taffeta Silk
Georgette
All Sizes and Colors.
\ h
Also a Complete Line of SPRING SKIRTS in all
the Latest Fabrics and Styles.
We invite all our friends to see these lines,
which are the best in the city.
Rushton Dry Goods Co.
Buy Thrift Stamps and War Savings Certificates
Efficiency and Service
In planning your business for 1 919 be sure
to include some Life Insurance, and buy
it from the only agent in Jackson County
dealing in Life Insurance exclusively.
Geo. M. Sink, Special Agent .
NEW YORK LIFE