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PUBLIC SCHOOLS ^
BEGIN SESSIONS
ere Is Much Evidence That This
Will Be Most Successful Year
In School’s History.
The opening of the Newport Public
Schools this morning was auspicious
in every way and the school year bids
£—fair most] successful in its
history. The nu8i.t‘6rium was taxed to
its capacity, not only with the larges*
student body ever enrolled, but the
parents and people in general have
come to where they really enjoy the
fey: opening exercises of the school, and
are out on time with the children,
j Following a song b ythe pupils, an
I invocation was offered by Rev. W. B.
! Hays, and was followed by a pretty
j song by Mrs. Adam Lockard, who i3
! to teach voice in the school. Mrs.
1 Dorsey made a very happy and ap
I plieable talk to the pupils on the
i “Steady Mind.” Miss Mary Altman
‘ gave two readings that wore enjoyed
'! by the student body and visitors alike,
j S. R. Phillips, president of the board,
j and T. J. Gregg, secretary, made
short addresses of encouragement
j and praise for the girls and boys.
Superintendent Edgar Williams
| was elated with his faculty, and in
j words of praise, for all of them, said
| if the pupils did not advance this
| year with the corps of teachers, the
I best money could get, it would be the
lack of interest on the part of the pu
pils. He urged the children to be
regular in attendance and above all to
be on time, 8:40, every morning at
the opening hour. “Go to School and
Buy War Savings Stamps,” were the
two great messages from. President
Wilson to the school children of the
nation. “America” was sung and the
children assigned their rooms and
grades.
The East Newport school opened in
a most auspicious manner, both pupils
and teachers exhibiting enthusiasm
and an eagerness to round out a good
year’s work. The beginners’ room
was packed to it3 seating capacity,
attesting to a splendid attendance for
the first day. .
A. T. Hubly was present and open
ed the program with devotional ex
ercises. Dr. A. L. Best and H. E. L.
McCollum delivered interesting and
instructive talks. Songs by the pu
pils featured the exercises.
There was a good attendance of pa
I trons, and it can be predicted with
out exaggeration that the term this
year will be one of the most produc
tive in the school’s history.
The faculty for this year is as
follows: Edgar Williams, Supt.; Miss
| Elizabeth Irby, high school principal;
1 Miss Katherine Johnson has charge of
Latin and French classes; Miss
Katherne Garrett will teach history
i and assist in mathematics; Miss
j Mildred Lockhart will have charge of
the Domestic Science; Mis. Joseph
L. Ford, seventh grade: Miss Re
becca Young, sixth grade; Miss
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; Kate Harder, fifth grade; Miss Syl
la Harvey, fourth grade; Miss Joyce
1 Stone, third grade; Miss Margaret
! Beattie, second grade and M,-s. Elia
j Box, first grade.
In East Newport Mrs. Fred J.
j Harmon is principal and teacher of
I the fifth and sixth grades: Miss ITa
j zel Brong, third and fourth grades
and Mrs. Edgar Williams, first and,
j second grades.
I The colored school is a.rain under
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GERMANY IS WAGING A
“War OF CONQUEST”
SAYS BERLIN SOCIALIST
(By The Associated Press.)
New York, Sept. 14.—Germany is
waging a “war of conquest” and its
victims” have been. enslaved and ex
ploited,” Deputy Geyer, Independent
Socialist, asserted recently in a
Reichtag speech, according to the
Cologne Gazette.
: “This has never been a defensive
war,” Geyer said, “it was and is a
war of conquest!
“The Imperial government,” he
continued, “is favoring the annexa
tionists. Russia and Rumania have
been forced to sign a peace of force.
The peoples which were to be freed
have been enslaved and exploited.
“The government thus far has not
oiikmil-toJ an\T tlpaffl nTOSTam
and has not proclaimed the right of
Belgium to independence, and politi
cal, military and economic integrity.
“Thus the war goes on and the
end is not in sight. Profiteering and
lust of conquest are holding nauseat
ing orgies while the people are suf
fering from want of food. More than
ever it is imperative that all peoples
free themselves from the forced dom
ination of militarism.
“Proletarians of all countries unite!
DOWN with the war!”
CURTAILING NON
WAR CONSTRUCTION.
All unnecessary building must
cease for tlhe period of the war. This
is lor the purpose of preventing a di
version of man-power and materials
from the prosecution of those activi
ties that are essential for carrying on
the war.
The War Industries Board has call
ed upon tne State Councils of Defense
„o act as its representative^, in pass
ing upon proposed construction, in
order that all building not absolutely
necessary may be stopped.
Under the new system, those inter
ested in a construction project will
apply, with a fuil statement under
oatn, to the; local representative of
the State Council, who will investi
gate tr.e necessity of the proposed
constiuction and transmit his recom
mendations to the State Council for
review.
n tne State Council decides in fa
vor of the construction, its recom
mendation snar. oe sent to the Non
War Construction Section of the
Priorities Division of the War Indus
tries Board, which will grant or with
hold the permit at its discretion.
The War Industries Board will in
form ail persons applying directly to
it that they must take up their pro
jects with the appropriate local rep
resentative of the State Council of
Defense.
It is recommended that the State
Council shall create a small commit
tee on Proposed Construction, men of
broad experience, who are disinter
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CiSoCU £U1U uau
This committee will be supplied with
application and report blanks, and
will keep in close relationship with
the War Industries Board, in carrying
but it£ policies.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels, acting chairman of the Na
tional Council, says: ‘‘The Council of
National Defense without reservation
pledges its entire organization—na
tional, state and county—to give the
War Industries Board whole-hearted
co-operation in carrying its plank into
effect; to co-operate in carrying in
to effect this plan designed to defer
until after the war all construction
work which cannot properly be classed
as a direct or indirect war necessity,
that labor, fuel, transportation, mate
rials and capital may be conserved,
mobilized, and diverted into channels
which will hasten the winning of the
war.”
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ARKANSAS READY
FOR LOAN DRUE
EVERY COUNTY ORGANIZED FOR
CAMPAIGN TO FLOAT THE
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN.
COUNTY CHAIRMEN NAMED
Little Rock.—Every county in Ar
kansas, as well as every county in oth
er states in the Eighth Federal Re
servie District, is completely organ
ized and “all set” for the opening of
the Fourth Liberty Loan drive, W. R.
Compton, chairman of the reserve
district announced at a joint confer
ence here Friday of county managers,
chairmen of women’s organizations,
publicity directors, sales directors,
bankers an.l newspaper editors of the
state.
“Let us quit talking of quotas,” said
Mr. Compton, in explaining the details
of the forthcoming loan,” for Presi
dent Wilson, the American army and
the Treasury Department are relying
upon America’s 'third line of de
fense’ to meet its obligations, what
ever they may be.
"To date I have not been advised as
to the size of the loan, the date of
maturity of the bonds, the rate or in
terest or the quotas, but I have been
artvico/l thtif +T10 TTI’P'hth Hist riot' will
be expected to gt> ‘over the top,’ irre
spective of its quota, and state man
agers in the district have informed me
that their respective states will again
demonstrate their loyalty to the na
ion and the cause.”
W. L. Hemingway, who directed the
Third Liberty Loan in this state, will
pilot the fourth drive.
Mr. Hemingway, at the meeting of
Liberty Loan workers here last week,
announcod the following county chair
men:
Arkansas (north ha'.,'’), A. 13. Mor
gan; Arkansas (south half), N. P. Baird;
Ashley, W. T. Cone; Baxter, 13. J.
Loop; Benton, Connelly Harrington:
Boone. Geo. W. O'Neal; Bradley, Fred
L. Purcell; Calhoun, B. E. Halpin; Car
roll (east half), B. .). West; Carroll
(west half), C. A. Fuller; Chicot, J. B.
Simms; Clark, N. D. Huie: Clay teas’
half), H. W. Moore; Clay (west half),
Charles Daniels; ClebuYne, W. C. John
son; Cleveland (east half), M. W. Blod
gett; Cleveland (west half), O. K.
Wheeler; Columbia, T. A. Monroe; Con
way, Loid Rainwater; Craighead, B. H.
Berger; Crawford, P. D. Scott; Critten
den, Louis Barton; Cross, I. Black; Dal
; las, J. A. Abernathy; Desha, II.
Thane; Faulkner, Joe Frauenthal;
Franklin (south half), I>. W. Bryan;
Franklin (north half), J. E. Bryan;
Fulton, C. W. Dixon; Garland, Gus
Strauss; Grant, P. T. Lewis; Greene, A.
Bertig; Hempstead, J. N. Riley; Hot
Spring, Robert Smith, Jr.; Howard, Geo.
H. Bell; Independence; John Q. Wolf;
Izard, R. D. Harris; Jackson, Geo. A.
Hillhouse; Jefferson. F. B. Tomlinson;
Johnson, D. Ward Dunlap; Lafayette,
J.M. Hudgins; Lawrence (east half),
Judge W. A. Cunningham; Lawrence
(west half), R. C. Waldron; Lee, Chasy
McKee; Lincoln, E. C. Norton; Little
River, M. C. McCrary; Logan (south
half). Charles X. Williams; Logan
(north half), R. J. White; Lonoke,
Charles A. Walls; Madison, D. W. An
derson; Marion, J. C. Flood; Miller, C.
M. Blocker; Mississippi (north half),
W. W Hollipeter; Mississippi (south
half), E. E. Driver: Monroe, P. C. Mayo;
Montgomery, O. M. Radford; Newton,
W. W. Moore; Nevada, T. C. McRae;
Ouachita, C. A. Buchner; Perry (east
half) C. L. Sailor; Perry (west half),
J. H. Harris; Phillips, E. P. Moore; Pike
(north half), Dr. R. Q. McClure; Pike
(south half), J. C. Plnnlx; Poinsett, H.
B. Thorn; Polk, Walter Nance; Pope.
J.M. Barker: Prairie. E. C. Wilken; Pu
laski W. B. Smith; Randolph. J. W. Go
ing; St. Francis, V W. Campbell; Sa
line. L. B. White; Scott. J. L. Center;
Searcy, J. D. Lawrence; Sebastian (east
half), C. It. Owens; Sebastian (west
half), W. H. Johnson: Sevier, J. S.
Lake; Sharp, S. P. Turner; Stone, M.
W Brewer; Union. Albert re wen; van
lturen, Jim HaRhett: Washington,
Bruce Holcomb: White, J. E. Lightle;
Woodruff. T. JZ. Bonner; Tell, A. N.
Fa !R.
The Fouri’.i Liberty Loan drive will
open Willi IWU vuiuJi-.tu kiti;.
tember 28 and 29, when every patriot
who does not need a “prodding” to
awaken his patriotism wi 1 be expect
ed to voluntarily enter his subscrip
tion for a generous “slice” of the loan.
Beginning September 30, the cam
paign work by the sales forces will be
Started.
State headquarters will be maintain
ed in the Moore & Turner building,
Little Reck, and officials here will be
in constant touch with campaign of
ficials in every county. A purely Ar
kansas Liberty Loan publicity plan
has been inaugurated, and will be car
ried out through the headquarters.
Publicity directors in each county
have been instructed to forward to
Roy L. Thompson, publicity director,
Little Rock, news of their work. This
will be condensed and consolidated
and sent broadcast over the state.
In addition to Mr. Compton, the
Eighth District campaign managers
are: V. L. Price, director of sales;
H. S. Garfdner, director of publicity;
A. O. Wilson, director of speakers,
and Tom K. Smith, ^director of bank
ers.
Every district official, while here
for the state conference, expressed
belief that Arkansas would maintain
the record she established in the
third loan drive, when she was the
first state in the reserve district and
one of the first in the nation to go
“over the top."
Although the drouth and bad crops
have hit some communities, Mr. Comp
ton said that by accomplishing the
“impossible” great victories are won.
There can be no rearrangement of the
quota system, for conditions, gener
ally speaking, are alike throughout
the United States, and to disarrange
the system now7 would disrupt the en
tire loan plan.
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Buying Clothes
You may not need clothes this ; 1
fall; if you can get along with what
you have save the money for
Liberty Bonds or War Savings
Stamps. But—if you have to buy,
remember this:
You don’t buy anything in
which Quality is more important •
than wearing apparel. You ought f
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ARKANSAS’ WINTER
WHEAT QUOTA.
Arkansas must raise more wheat
next year. The government expects
a production of 667,000,000 bushels in
1919, and if this is reached, Arkansas
must increase its acreage this fall by
about 10 per cent.
This can be done readily if each
farmer will see that sufficient wheat
is grown on his own place to meet his
own purposes. The farmers who
grow their own wheat will be allowed
special privileges in its use.
Arkansas has been allotted 317,000
acres of winter wheat, and it is high
ly important that Arkansas should
reach its full quota.
It is urged that farmers consult
their county agents and that thei’e be
the fullest co-operation among the
farmers themselves in the purchase
and use of the necessary machinery.
The county agent will assist in lo
cating seed, in developing co-opera
A iSiiri.yi-iias- ., -:■—
tion in the purchase of machinery, and'
in marketing the crop next year.
TO SAVE MORE PAPER.
Washington, Sept. 14.—Additional
orders affecting the publishing of
j newspapers were announced today by
| Chairman Baruch of the War Indus
j tries Board, to bring about a further
saving of print paper. The board
rules that publishers shall not use
emiums, contests or similar means^
to stimulate circulation, that no holi
day, industrial or special issues shall
be published and that papers shall not
be sold at retail for less than the pub
lished price.
Legitimate methods of stimulating
circulation are held to be billboard
and deadwall poster advertisings
buying space in contemporary papers
announcing special features, making
announcements in Sunday or daily
editions of special features to come
and canvassing without premiums.
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