E INDEPcNDENl
AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
Editor and Publisher.
Entered at the postoffice, Newpor
Arkansas, as second class mail matt«»
paper has enlisted
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Cause of America for the
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The following letter was written by
' Omar Hamilton, a Jackson county
boy, to his sister, Miss Muriel M.
Hamilton, who is teaching school at
j, Bradley:
U. S. Naval Air Station,
Pauillac, France,
Septembeer 8, 1918
Dear Folks:
We are having some rain here this
morning. It was getting so dusty 1
think the rain will do good. Some oi
this country is hilly and rocky; an
some of it looks like Kansas—it is s<
smooth and level. It is a nice farm
ing country. There seemed to be lot;
of wheat here. They cut wheat it
July. I saw one man cutting with t
binder and he had one yoke of oxer
hitched to the tongue, and then twc
horses in front, one ahead of tht
other.
They raise lots of grapes, and fron
a distance it looks like a big cottoi
■field. . The vines are about as high as
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SALTS Fli FOR
ACHING KIDNEYS
We eat too much meat, which clogs
Kidneys, then Back hurts and
Bladder bothers you.
Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and clogged
and need a flushing occasionally, else wo
have backache and dull misery in the
kidney region, severe headaches, rheu
matic twinges, torpid l^ver, acid stomach,
sleeplessness and all sorts of bladder dis
orders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces of Jad
Balts from any good drug store here,
take a tablespooriful in a glass of water
before breakfast for a few days and
your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
lithia, and is harmless to flush clogged
kidneys and stimulate them to normal
activity. It also neutralizes the acids
in the urine so it no longer irritates,
thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Balts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes a delightful effervescent lithia
water drink which everybody should take
now and then to keep their kidneys clean,
thus avoiding serious complications.
A well-known local druggist says he
Bells lots of Jad Salts to folks who believe
in overcoming kidney trouble while it is
only trouble.
cotton.
Wine costs two francs per quart,
it doesn’t taste good to me. It is clear
in color and tastes like sour apple
cider. I suppose there are different
grades of it, however. A franc is
about the size of a quarter and we get
twenty-eight francs and fifty cen
times for five dollars. Five centimes
equal one cent of our money.
Wie had an entertainment Thursday
night. There was a Jazz'band down
from Brest and we had some good
music I thought. We had a dance
! Friday night and the Salvation army
is going to give a dance Wednesday
night, and serve lemonade and dough
nuts.
Eight or ten of us walked out south
of Pauillac a couple of miles and the
country is covered with little villages.
The ship on which I started took
fire when We were about 50q miles
out and we transferred to another
ship. When we went down to get our
baggage, my seabag was gone and I
never could find it. The ship went
back to port and has been repaired.
We had one of the congressmen
with us yesterday. 1 think he was
Padgett from Pennsylvania. He made
us a good talk.
Then the captain of this station
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money over all stoves or costly fur
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as being the cleanest and most easily
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We Have It
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attract your attention as to quality
and freshness both. We h ave in stock
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RICE FLOU* CREAM MEAL
GRITS HUBERT S COUNTRY
PEARL HOMINY STYLE CORN MEAL
BRANZOS
Country produce on hand at all times
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pot up and said he wanted to send a
message home by Hon. Mr. Padgett.
He said, “The men of this station are
going to put that flag (a big flag
hanging up in the mess hal!) where it
belongs, and keep it there.” Then is
when the cheering started.
There was a military band here a
few nights ago and we sure had one
more band concert. We haven’t a
very good band here, but it is getting
better all the time.
The boys still keep talking about
being home Christmas and more
about the Christmas dinner. I think
that would be too good to be true.
I went to Bordeaux a few Sundays
ago. It is a pretty place. The houses
are all made of rock and concrete and
covered with tile. It is a clean-look
ing place and they have some ncie
looking stores of all kinds. They
have street cars, but they are small
and most of them, are run by women.
They have some pretty parks with
lots of pretty flowers.
I saw many waj widows. Half the
young women are dressed in mourn
ing. Some of them are fine-looking
and well dressed. French girls are
not a bit bashful. I got into a bunch
of four and they tried to talk to
me. I couldn’t understand much they
were saying. Gee! I would have
given ten dollars to be able to under
stand them. I had lots of fun though.
The boys who talk French are the
lucky ones now.
Yes, There are many people who
would like to know about our work
but there is no use for me to tell you
I for it wouldn’t go through.
You see, it’s this way. I was ar
1 nnnrpTitipn spaman— that is third
j class seaman. Then I was raised tc
1 second class, and left the lakes thal
way, because they wouldn’t give me
! first class when I had never had anj
| experience on the sea. When I lefi
| Buffalo they gave me third-class car
penter mate’s rate, or a third-class
petty officer. Then it goes to second
class carpenter’s mate, then first
class. Next is chief carpenter’s mate
then warrant carpanter, then ensign
Then we get our commission and firs
gold bar. Guess that is as high as
I’ll get.
We were pulling a plane out of th
water the other day, and a Frencl
physician came along in a boat an<
took out his camera, and pointed i
towards the plane, and the officer ii
charge called him into the bank am
took his camera and looked at it. Th
Frenchman said he never took a pic
ture of the plane, but he acted as i
he thought the officer' was going t
shoot him.
I haye just got back from Soulac
There wasn’t much doing there toda;
—only four or five in bathing, am
not many people in town at all.
didn’t care much about going, but i
was my time for liberty and I though
I wouid take it while I could. Thi
evening coming back from Soula
there were some French people ii
the same apartment with us. The;
had lunch and gave us a bunch o
grapes and some war bread. I askei
one of the girls what the bread wa
made of and she said “maize.” Sh
could talk some English, but she dii
not se:m to understand what
meant. The bread smells good am
tastes goods, but I don’t think it ha
any corn in it.
Three American girls gave us :
little entertainment a few nights ag<
j at the Y. M. C. A. All the boys act
; :d as it it were a great signt to sei
| an American girl. It soems to pu
some thrill into a^man to see even <
flat car marked U. S. A.
One of the boys here asked me t<
whom I write so much. He says
write four or five letters to everj
one else’s one.
From Omar.
P. S.—I heard the big guns th<
other day.
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TO OUR CUSTOMERS:
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All utilities are needing vary badlj
i some relief as to their rates in ordei
to meet the unprecedented increase*
cost of fuel, labor and supplies. Ir
most places the city authorities anc
public realize the necessity and fair
ness of such requests and are giving
these requests the consideration thej
are entitled to.
The Helena Gas & Electric Compa
ny, of Helena, Arkansas sent out ar
announcement under date of Octobei
: 21st, which reads as follows:
“In April of this year, after operat
j ing several months at a material loss
it was found necessary to slightly in
I crease the prices of electricity and
; gas. The increases made effective at
! that time were less than the condi
j tions required, but it wap hoped that
| by effecting economies in operation
and by careful and painstaking busi
ness planning, the company could, fi r
the duration the war, maintain the
prices made effective May 1st.
However, because of continued ad
j vances in cost of operating, we regret
to say that this has not been possible
and that the time has come when it
is imperative that we make a further
sh’ght advance in rates. The fact is
that the company has been operated
at a loss of nearly $500 a month for !
the past sieven months. - j
It is almost unnecessary for us to i
explain the reason for this. The in- j
' crea3e in freight rates, about July 1st, j
I alone means an added expense to this j
1 company of nearly $5,000 a year.
| The taxes of the company were in
1 creased nearly $5,000 this year over
• the year previous. Our labor has de
| tnanded and has received increases
j commensurate with the increased cost
of living expenses. The cost of all
j materials entering into the operation
j of our plants has increased, in some
■ cases as much as 300 per cent.”
Their electric rates were raised as
follows:
ELECTRIC LIGHTING RATES.
First 50 KW—1714c per KW.
Next 50 KW—15% per KW.
Next 50 KW—1314c per KW.
Next 50 KW—12c per KW.
Next 50 KW—10c per KW.
Next 50 KW—09c per KW.
Next 50 KW—08c per KW.
Next 5o KW—07c per KW.
Over 450 KW—06c per KW.
5 per cent Discount for Prompt
payment.
Minimum Bill $1.50 per month.
ELECTRIC COOKING RATES.
First 100 KW—06c per KW.
Over 100 KW—05c per KW.
5 per cent Discount for Prompt
Payment.
Minimum Bill—$2.00 per month.”
Note their minimum bill of
per month, also how mud} higher
I these rates are than what we are
asking for.
Helena is a much larger town than
Newport; they have a modern plant
and can manufacture current cheaper
than we can, but the conditions there
are similar to ours.
In view of what Helena and a great
many other towns are doing, don’t
you think relief should be given us?
An impoverished plant cannot serve
the public satisfactorily; say to your
aldermen “Do what is fair under the
circumstances, for We realize the im
portance of the service of our light
and water plant.”
’ Think this over.
1 ARKANSAS LIGHT & POWER CO.,
By H. C. Couch, President.
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! COMMITTEE ISSUES
FAIR PRICE LIST.
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At a recent meeting of the “Fair
Price Committee,” appointed by the
, County Food Administrator, the fol
lowing- were agreed upon as being
fair prices:
Wheat flour, 24-Ib sacks-71.58
| Wheat flour, 48-lb. sacks-$3.11
Flour less 24-lb. lot__GV^c
^ 25-lb sack country meal-$1.28
25-lb. sack cream meal-$1.43
^ 10-lb. sack cream meal-60c
' Rolled oats, 22-oz. pks.-15c
’ Rolled oats, 55-oz. pkg. -35c
' Bread, 16-oz. loaves -10c
1 Corn starch, 1-lb. pkg-10c
[ Rice, 1-lb _14c
c Navy beans, 1-lb-_-17%c
* Lima beans, 1-lb. -20c
Pinto beans, 1-lbr-13c
; Bulk lard, compound -30c
* Bulk lard, pure-35c
114-lh. net wt. lard substitute-50c
1 2-lb. net wt. lard substitute-65c
5 3-lb. net wt. lard substitut(-$1.00
4-lb. net wt. lard substitute-$1.29
1 5-lb. net wt. lard substitute-$1.60
1 6-lb. net wt. lard substitute-$2.00
8-Hi net wt. lard substitute-$2.54
! 10-lb. net wt. lard substitute-$3.13
No. 10, pure lard, 1-lb—-36c
1 No. 5-lb. pure lard, 1-lb-36c
Canned corn, per can -20c
1 No. 2 tomatoes -
No. 3 tomatoes -19c
Evaporated apples -21c
Iyaporatei peaches -22%c
Corn syrup, b'ue Karo -80c
Corn syrup, 5-lb. b'ue Karo--40c
Potatoes, 3Vic per lb. over peck lots.
Less peck lots, per lb.-1-4c
These prices must be rigidly ob
served and are in effect immediately
after publication.
These prices will be changed from
time to time as condition warrant.
FAIR PRICE COMMITTEE
for Jackson County.
The Independent works for you.
“Dash, determination and daring—
also efficiency”—That’s what ou:
►>oys at the front are doing Keep ’em
L:r.g! War Savings is a massage tc
he kaiser will “get over.”
FULL OF COLD; HAD THE GRIP.
Many will be pleased to read how
Lewis Newman, 506 Northrand St.,
Charleston, W. Va., was restored to
health. He writes: “I was down
sick and nothing would do me any
good. I was full of cold. Had the
grip until I got two 50c bottles of
Foley’s Honey and Tar. It is the best
remedy for**grip and colds I ever
used.” —Walker’s Pharmacy. (Adv.)
DON'T INVITE A COLD OR THE
GRIP.
If you feel “stuffed up,” bleated,
bilious, languid orthave sick headache.
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Thanksgiving
Suit and Overcoat
now. A complete line of
pure wool fabrics to select
from at the old price.
Jacobstein Bros.
Tailors
sour stomache, coated tongue, bad j
breath or other condition caused by
slowed up digestion, a Foley Cathar- j
tic Tablet will give prompt relief. It j
is a gentle, wholesome, thoroughly
cleansing physic that leaves no bad
after-effects.—Walker’s Pharmacy.
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HOW A SALESMAN SUFFERED. |
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R. J. Porter, Sterling, Col., writes:
“I suffered with a painful, weak |
back. As a traveling salesman I had
to stoop frequently to pick up my I
grips, and the pain when I straighten
ed up was awful. I was induced to 1
try Foley Kidney Pills. Relief^was
immediate. Say, they are great.”!
Prompt and tonic.—Walker’s Phar
macy. (Adv.)
CUT THIS OUT—IT IS WORTH
MONEY.
Don’t Miss This. Cut this slip,
enclose with 5c to Foley & Co., 2835
Sheffield Ave., Chicago, 111., writing
your name and address clearly. You
will recejve in return a trial pack
age containing Foley’s Honey and
Tar Compound, for cdughs, colds and
croup, Foley Kidney Pills and Foley
Cathartic Tablets.—Walker’s Phar
macy (Adv.)
CATARRHAL "DEAFNESS CAN
NOT BE CURED,
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure ca
tarrhal deafness, and that, is by a
constitutional remedy. Catarrhal
deafness is caused by an inflamed
condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, Deafness is the re
sult. Unless the inflammation can
be reduced and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever. Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh, which
is an inflamed condition of the mu- j
cous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Medi- j
cipe
mucous surfaces of the system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Catarrhal Deafness ^
that cannot be cured by Hall s Ca
tarrh Medicine. Circulars free. Alt
Druggists, 75c.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
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Rice |
Turnips jl
New Mackrels
New Kraut
Green Beans ._
Sweet Pickles
School Girl Pickles
Tablets and Pencils at
P. S. White, Grocer ^
BEECH AND THIRr STREETS
Newport, Ark. Phone 167
| LABORERS i
As Well as Fighters
Make line Han Ran
2,000 Laborers are Wanted at Once at Camp Pike
by the Stewart-McGehee Construction Company
Camp Pike and other Government plants
are sending cut an S. 0. S. call to the
farmers and the artisans of the country.
Two Hundred Thousand cf them are
i urgently needed to perfoim labor neces
sary to maintain our millions of fighting
men at the maximum of their Striking
Fewer. Every man that can possibly be
spared from the farm until Spring work
opens up will perform a patriotic duty by
reporting A T ONCE to
Stewart-McGehee Construction
Company | f
Little Ro7k or Camp Pike,
or nearest office of the U. S. Employment Service
Jonesboro--Little Rock
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