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v -. The reason children talk while
grown folks are talking is because
they realize that it is the only way
they can get to say anything.
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Some how we cannot muster up
much patience for the individual who
worries continually over things that
never happen and who sees a catas
trophe in everything that has already
happened.
A Chicago girl, 27, is seven and
If feet tall, and is still grow
X, the victim of a disease which,
itely, is very rare. A few
cases like this would wreck the ready
to-wear skirt business.
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flSere are • many *?ired wives an<T
hungry (children in Abkansa^who to
day are suffering by reason of the
open whiskey law. The money spent
for railroad fare to Poplar Bluff and
the money that goes for whiskey af
ter one gets there would buy a lot of
much needed food and clothing.
Newport business men took a long
step toward a better town the other
night when preliminary arrangements
were made for a Chamber of Com
merce. Every town that acquires in
dustries, new businesses and a wider
trade territory uses a commercial
organization to accomplish this ex
pansion. Newport is not a dead
town by any means—in fact, no town
without a commercial organization
has outstripped us—Newport has
much to be proud of. But the success
attained here without organization is
merely a suggestion of what will be
accomplished with organization. Es
pecially at this time, when there is
much war work to do, an organiza
tion is needed. It will, of course,
cost money to run a Chamber of
Commerce, but if every dollar that
goes into it is backed by the moral
and heahty support of the giver, that
dollar will return along with many
more with it. This is the experience
of other towns. With the Chamber of
Commerce Newport should be a town
of much greater size in a few short
years. Don’t let the Chamber of
Commerce idea die. Keep it alive.
Remember this is your town, and
never will amount to more than the
interest the people pay it.
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Everybody who holds keys for the $200
p Victrola may come and try them to
learn who is the lucky one holding the
i‘ lucky key.
OUR SPRING GOODS
are arriving daily. I can save you
money on anything you may need.
j Better* Farming in the Sot$$h |
FERTILIZER |*RE<5^JTPOIf3 ”T
Plant Food Should Have A Legal Guarantee Of Availa
bility If It Is To Measure Op To Nation’s Pressing
; Food Demands
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j , J. C. Prldmore, Farm Service.Bureau, Atlanta, Georgia.
While the Ameri
can farmer respon
ded to the world
wide demand in
1917 for food, feeds
and clothing, Mr.
Houston, the Sec
retary of Agricul
ture, says that this
does not justify a
let-down in farm
activities; for he
has stated that
even greater ef
forts must be put
I J. C. PRIDMORE. forth in the coming
i months.
; If the southern farmer is to do his
share in producing foods for man and
! beast, and, at the same time, grow cot
i ton fibre for the nation, he must either
j increase his crop acreage, or else grow
considerably more per acre than cus
tomary.
In view of the scarcity and high
price of labor at the present time,
it seems to be the part of wisdom
for farmers generally not to mate
rially increase the crop acreage, but
to increase the acre yields.
Increase Yield Per Acre
Acre yields can be increased by
better preparation of the seed bed, by
the use of good seed of varieties adapt
ed to the region, by using a more lib
eral application of the right kinds of
fertilizers and by better cultivation of
the growing crops.
While all of these factors influence
acre yields, let us call particular at
tention at this time to the kind and
amount of fertilizer to be used. Prac
tically all of the southern soils tire
deficient in phosphoric acid, nitrogen i
and potash and these must be supplied
in some form to get the largest yields
and biggest farm profits. While the
proper use of these materials will in
crease the yields per acre and help
supply the nation’s needs, the wise
farmer will at the same time strive
to get the largest financial returns
from their use. To do this, he must
exercise care in buying them a8 well
as in applying them.
The farmer should understand that
plants use fertilizers as foods only af
ter they have been dissolved by the
soil water, and that which is not sol
uble is not available to the plant. It
is to the farmer’s interest, therefore,
to know that the fertilizers he is buy
ing are guaranteed to contain a stated
amount of available plant food.
Quick Acting Form.
For the best results in the cultiva
tion of general field crops, materials
carrying phosphoric .acid, nitrogen and
some potash should be applied. Pot
ash is more deficient fn the light and
sandy soils than in clay soils. Not
less than 150 to 200 pounds of com
plete fertilizers per acre should be
used and hundreds of farmers find
more than this amount to be most
profitable. Fertilizers containing these
necessary plant foods are generally es
sential for the most profitable produc
tion of all field crops. Since there is
such a world-wide need for crops, and
since farm products are higher now
than ever before, it follows that the
farmer who strives to fulfill the na
tion’s needs just now by the use of
such plant food as' is necessary, se
cures at the same time the largest pos
sible financial returns for himself.
American-Made Potash
Good As German Kind
If there is any doubt in the mind
of a farmer about using fertilizers con
taining American-made potash, in the
belief that it is not as good as that
which was formerly obtained from Ger
many, his mind can be set at rest by
any chemist or agricultural authority.
Any one who knows in what form the
potash exists in the American-made
product will declare that mjiriate or
suflate of potash is the same to the
plant whether it be obtained from
American sources or Germany, and
that the plant asks no questions as to
where It originated, but feeds on it
just the same.
Raise Home Supplies
And Some To Spare
“Store bought” foods and feeds are
too high priced for any farmer to pay,
even if he could find them for sale.
The wise southern farmer will get in
a crop of corn and velvet beans, pota
toes, vegetables of various kfnds,
grow a few hogs and poultry and oth
erwise look out for the needs of his
family and his tenants. With iall
of food products bringing such good
prices, the southern farmer should do
a patriotic bit if he would raise enough
to spare some for the armies while he
is raising his cotton crop.
NOTICE. • |
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I have in p^und^tw^hei^grs^bo^J
three years old; one red roan, mark
ed crop off the right, swallow fork in
left: ftfcs horns; no visible brands5.
One yellow, marked smooth crop off
the left, crop and split in the right:
some white on belly and has horns.
Any one who has lost stock answering
this description, please notify or call
and see W. M. Mosley, Marshal,
Tuckerman, Ark. 268dl0t 49w2t
I want to correspond with all the.
ladies between 30 andj45 needs
a man to manage and Jpp them
firm ^ddfesS “M*? Cf. UMIjtendent.
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Hay, chops, oats, mined feed, bran,
also seed potatoes and garden seed.-— .
Bowen’s Cash Store. 46wlmo.
One choice vacant business loft in
the town of Ttickerman for sale—
Jackson County Realty Co. 47w4t
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I WHY NOT '
A RUG?
Why Not Cover Your Floors
With a Good Rug ?
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It will certainly save fuel, makes
for the comfort of the whole fam
ily, and might save a doctor bill.
We have a large stock, all qualities and prices,
from extra Wilton Velvet, to the cheapest.
Easy Terms If You Wish
Avera Furniture Store
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WAR CAMP COMMUNITY
SERVICE WORK AT TUPELO.
Tupelo, Ark., Feb. 15, 1918.
Mr. A. T. Hubly, Newport, Ark.,
Dear Sir and Friend:
We organized a working committee
last night and you can count on us
for our full quota of the War Com
munity Fund. Decided to work the f~.
next four days as we would be able
to reach more country people the lat
ter part of the week than any other jj
time. Will not make a daily report j
but hope to be able to have our col- ,
lection up and turn it over to you ;
when you come down Tuesday.
Your friend,
W. N. Jones.
This is the kind of spirit which ac
complishes things and in the great
crisis we are facing it behooves every
man to get in the game and stop
“doing his bit” and going to “doing
his best.” We are facing big things ,
today and bigger ones tomorrow will
have to be met. We had as well be
gin now to prepare ourselves to give
not only our money but our time to
our country and its service.
We tell our soldier boys our coun- \
try is worth fighting for—it is up to
us to p«*ove to those soldier boys that
we folks back at home are really
worth fighting for.
NEWEST THINGS IN SCIENCE.
Specitacles having double lenses
| with air spaces between them and
: with pneumatic rings to make them
! water tight have been invented by an
| Englishman to aid divers under wa
ter.
For surgeons’ use a tourniquet has
been invented that is made of a flex
ible steed band, the end of the thumb
screw that holds it in place pressing
firmly over an artery. -
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| Tests made in England of radium
as an aid to plant growth have shown
that it is most effective when used
in the proportion of 1-70 of a gram
to a ton of soil.
The opening in the top of a new
sugar container opens automatically
as it is tilted to pour out its contents
and closes as the device is righted to
exclude dust and insects.
The industry encouraged by the
£>vernment, Tunis is now producing
ore than 10,000,000 gallons ©T M**
oil a year and expects in a few years
to more than double the amount
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BY JULY 1,1918, a shortage in all the best lines of
automobiles is predicted by manufacturers. This
is a sufficient reason for your early purchase of a con
templated car—and by postponing a purchase, you
take the risk of paying further price raises, for auto- |
mobile advances have been small compared with price
raises in most every other,line. •
You are invited to visit our new garage, comer of Second
and Beech Streets, and see our new lines. There are none
better in their field and price class. We have on display:
Dodge Brothers Sedan Buick Touring Cars
Touring Car, Roadsters 5 and 7-Passenger
Hudson Super Six Phaetons
Republic Trucks Automobile Accessories 4
We have another Dodge Brothers commercial car en
route. The demand from the government for this car
has been so great that dealers could hardly be supplied.
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—-—, " Roadsters and Cars riot stocked by us cafi be secured
for Spring delivery by placing your order nowi »
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P. H. VAN DYKE ,
Comer of Second and Bpech Sts. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
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