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THE WHITE WAY.
— v v The Independent would suggest
tliiit the Chamber of Commerce take
steps to immediately secure again
the illumination of Front street by
placing in use the city’s white way.
When questioned by the Inde
pendent as to why the white way has
not been placed in operation since
the fuel administration removed all
“lightless nights” restrictions, Mr.
Moss, local manager of the Arkansas
Jdght & Power Company, said that
there would have to be some under
standing as to the remuneration
which the company is to receive for
the white way before it is again turn
ed on. He said that some persons had
failed to pay their share of the ex
pense attached to the enterprise.
The Independent hopes this matter
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can be adjusted, and also that sever- j
-rH posts which have been destroyed j
will be replaced. Newport’s white i
way since its establishment has been j
one of the city’s greatest assets and
a subject of comment from visitors,
and if we once maintained it, we can
do it again. The Arkansas Light &
Power Company should be willing to
do its share, and the people, we are
sure, will contribute as much to the i
white way now and in the future as
they ever did before.
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TUCKERMAN.
Deputy Sheriff Bob Ivy and family
of Newport visited among Tuckerman I
relatives last Saturday and Sunday, j
E. A. Mauldin, a prosperous far
mer. who resides in the lower Elgin
neighborhood, was looking after bus
iness matters here last Saturday.
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Coe Smith and wife recently secur
ed the three front rooms on the se
cond floor of the Smith building and
have moved their houshold effects
there- They will make that place
their home for an indefinite time.
Rev. M. B. Umsted has moved his j
household poods and family to the j
residence recently vacated by the
family of Preston Cook. They will
reside there only temporarily, inas
much as they have been unable to se
cure a suitable residence at Newport,
where they expect to reside in the
future.
Henry Holloway, who resides in the
Hickory drove section, was trans
acting business here last Saturday.
Herbert Burkhalter has recovered
sufficiently from the injuries he re
ceived last week until he is able to fa
up and about. However, he has not
fully recovered from the injuries he
received and several weeks will elapse
before he does.
E. D. Gardner and wife, who reside
in the western part of Glass township,
were Tuekerman visitors early in the
week.
Ernest Edens has accepted a posi
tion as bookkeeper with a mercantile
firm in Illinois and recently tendered
his resignation as assistant cashier
of the Citizens’ Bank at this place.
Rev. T. H. Wright was here Tues
day on route home from the annual
conference of the Methodist church,
which was in session at Clarksville
last week. He was returned to his
former work as pastor of the Kenyon
circuit. His return to that work is
universally agreeable among all of
the people in that locality.
J. W. Bindley, wife and daughter
were passengers Tuesday for Little
Rock, where the former went to look
after matters of a business nature.
Dr. J. E. Slayden came down from
Slayden Bros.’ Clover Bend farm last
Sunday and spent the day with home
folks. His family accompanied him
on his return and will remain there
several days. They expect to make
that place their home in the near fu
ture.
Z. B. Reid of Newport was here a
day or so lately mixing with relatives
and friends and transacting some
business at the same time.
Chas. E. Smith, whose home is near
Hickory Grove, was here early in
the week visiting his sister, Mrs. W.
M. Shaver, and his many Tuckerman
friends. He is in the aero service of
the government at present and is
stationed at Hampton Roads, Va. He
was called home several days ago be
cause of the critical illness of his sis
ter, Mrs. J. M. Jackson, who resides
..car Hickory Grove.
E. I). Gardner has rented the Gra
ham house which was occupied by
Chas. Cook and family until recently.
He will move from his farm within
the next few days and occupy that
residence until Contractor Anderson
constructs a new home for him on the
west side.
Mrs. J. A. Strider returned home
last Sunday from Newport with her
two daughters, who were ill with the
flu several days at the home of Grack
Smith.
Mrs. F. G. Puckett, mother of J. T.
Puckett, arrived here early in the
week from Rector, where she had
been visiting relatives. She will re
main here for an indefinite period of
time.
M. H. Hays of Newburg, Izard
county, visited at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Hubert Hall, from
If Its Good To Eat
We Have It
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Call and inspect our stock, it will
attract your attention as to quality
and freshness both. We have in stock
RICE FLOUR CREAM MEAL
GRITS HUBERT S COUNTRY
PEARL HOMINY STYLE CORN MEAL
BR VNZOS
Country produce on hand at all times
R. J. Wise Grocer Co.
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Friday until Monday. He was en
route home from Little Rock, where
he had been attending th> Masonic
Grand Lodge.
Mrs. James Slayden and children
were here early in the week visiting
relatives. They recently moved to
Clover Bend, where they expect to re
side indefinitely.
Mrs. W. H. Graham came down
from Harrison several days ago and
joined her husban, who has been look
ing after some insurance business in
this section during the past few days.
Miss Rebecca Penn returned home
several days from Grubbs, jvhere she
had been visiting during the past
fortnight.
Lieut. Vernon Roberts of Camp
Pike was a Tuckerman visitor during
the early part of the week.
Roy Congleton visited his wife at
Little Rock early in the week. The
latter was carried to a hospital there
last week to be treated for nervous
troubles.
The Citizens’ Light and Power
Company recently contracted with
Electrician Jno. M. Covey to do some
extensive work on the street lighting
system. The street lights are to be
divorced from the house lighting
system.
Mesdames E. V. Holt and D. L.
Dowell, accompanied by Misses Ida
and Emma Dowell, were Little Rock
visitors several days during the latter
part of last week.
Nimrod Graham shipped p carload
of fine hogs to St. Louis last Tuesday.
The average weight of the entire
bunch was more than 290 pounds
each.
The directors think everything will
be in readiness for school to open
next Monday. The installation of the
heating plant has threatened to delay
the time of opening but the contractor
has assured them that it will be ready
for use by that time.
The weather of the past week has
been very unfavorable for nearly all
kinds of work. The days have been
cloudy and cool enough to prevent
cotton picking and just now there is
but very little farm work to be done
excepting to gather that crop. The
local gins have done but very little
work for more than a week.
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PRESERVE THINGS OF BEAUTY
Citizen Loyal to His Home Town Will
Constitute Himself Guardian of
Other People's Property.
People are often wantonly destruc
tive with what costs them nothing.
It’s a vicious habit that tears out a
plant by the roots when all that’s de
sired is the flower. That’s bad enough
in -the woods where God’s bounty pro
duces in riotous profusion. Put even
there rare specimens are found and
the species may be easily destroyed.
The same barbarity practiced near a
man’s home is contemptible. For a
passing wlnm you destroy tor your
self and him the thing that gives you
pleasure. You are in a meaner class
than the fellow who killed the goose
that laid the golden egg. He was a
fool for destroying what was his own.
You are all he was and more besides,
for you take in addition what does not
belong to you.
The loyal citizen becomes a guardian
of other people’s property. The more
he can encourage his neighbor the
more attractive will his property be
come and the more beautiful the en
vironment in which he will live. And
you will help enjoy it. Without cost
to you there will be created a com
munity beauty that will uplift humani
ty. His lawn and flowers should be
come dear to you and you should help
him defend them. This is no whim of
an enthusiast. It’s law that’s old as
the decalogue. If you aren’t sure
about it take the old book off by your
self and look it up. You may show
your ignorance if you do it in com
pany. And if such a thing was a
recognized law In those distant bar
barous days it surely is more so now.
lie who deliberately despoils for a
passing gratification is not a citizen
worthy of the present century.— Penn
sylvania <>i.t.
Patronize
the merchants who ad
vertise in this paper.
They will treat you right
PRINT SHOP ADS—€
Wood Resists Fire.
The fire-resistive Quality of wood is
shown in a recent issue of Scientific
American, which discusses the advan
tages of wood block floors for indus
trial purposes. The orticla states that
there have been many instances where
crucibles overturned and molten metal
poured out upon the blocks with little
damage. In a recent fire which de
stroyed pien No. 2!) at Philadelphia and
warped and twisted ' the structural
steel, the creosoted block floors were
only slightly charred.
Keep After the Weeds.
Weeds result not only in big financial
loss but also in great annoyance. Dis
eases, such as hay fever, could be
eliminated almost entirely by adopting
efficient methods for controlling the
Incidental weeds found along roadsides,
in vacant fields, and in waste places.
Proof of His Quiet Life.
“Do you wash your own dishes
while your wife is away?”
“No, sir. I just stack them in the
sink.”
“I should think you’d be ashamed
to have her come back and find them
in that condition.”
“I’d rather have her find them that
way than have her suspect that I'd
eaten all my meals in the downtown
cafes.”
COTTON SEED
Why Arkansas Farmers Must Have
Better Coltonseed If They Are to
Mainta:n Good Price Next
Year.
Cotton of any length of staple
found a good market during the war
and sold at an exceptionally good
price, because much of it was used for
munitions, but undoubtedly if the
price of cotton is to be maintained to
a desirable degree, seed must be se
cured now for good staple varieties.
The best way to keep up the price
will he to increase the quality. The
shortage of wool means that cotton
will continue to be used, but spinners
must have cotton of good staple
which standard varieties produce,
extremely short varieties which have
sold at good prices for munitions will
undoubtedly bring disappointment to
aoso who do not secure better seed
for next year, according to the opin
ion of the Specialist with the Exten
sion Division of the University of Ar
kansas, who advises growers every
where to write to the Agricultural
Experiment Station at Fayetteville
for the Bulletin on Cotton Varieties
j to Plant in Arkansas.
MODIFICATIONS OF
RULING RELATIVE
TO BUILDING MADE.
As the result of a conference held
this week in Washington by repre
sentatives of the State Councils of
Defense and the War Industries
Board, the following modifications of
the rules relating to non-war con
struction have been made:
Construction projects failing with
in the following classifications are
approved, and no permits or license
will be required for them from the
non-war construction section:
1. Construction projects approved
in writing by the Facilities Division
of the War Industries Board.
2. All farm and ranch buildings,
structures or improvements.
3. All buildings, structures, road
ways, plant facilities or other con
struction projects of every nature
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| States railroad administration or
by any rail or other transportation
company or organization or utility,
whether or not under the direction
of such administration or by the
American Railway Express Company,
| or by the owner or operator of tele
graph or telephone lines.
4. The construction, maintenance,
improvement or development by Fed
eral, State or municipal authorities of
highways, roads, boulevards, bridges,
streets, parks and playgrounds.
5. The construction, extension, im
provement, maintenance or repair of
any public utility, including water
supply system, sewer system, light
and power facilities, and street and
interurban railways.
6. The construction, extension or
repairs of all irrigation and drain
age projects.
7. Construction projects connect
ed with the extension, expansion or
development of mines of every char
acter whatsoever, or connected with
the production and refining of miner
al oils and natural gas.
8. The construction, alteration or
extension of, or repairs or additions
plants engaged principally in pro
ducing, milling, refining, preserving,
refrigerating or storing foods and
feeds.
9. Construction of new or the al
teration or extension of existing
school-houses, churches, hospitals and
Federal, State or municipal buildings
involving in the aggregate a cost not
exceeding $23,000.
SAGE TEA TURN.
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It’s Grandmother’s Recipe t
Bring Back Color and
Lustre to Hair.
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That beautiful, even shade of dari
ossy hair can only be had by brew
g a mixture of Sage Tea and Sui
iur. Tour hair is your charm. 1
:akes or mars the face. When ii
*.des, turns gray or streaked, just ar
pplication or two of Sage and Sui
,hur enhances its appearance a hun
dredfold.
Don't bother to prepare the mix
I ture; you can get this famous old
recipe improved by the addition of
j other ingredients at a small cost, all j
ready for use. It is called Wyeth’s !
Sage and Sulphur Compound. This can \
always be depended upon to bring
back the natural color and lustre of J
your hair.
Everybody uses “Wyeth's” Sage and j
Sulphur Compound now because it ,
darkens so naturally and evenly that j
nobody can tell it has been applied, j
You simply dampen a sponge or soft j
orush with it and draw this through >
the hair, taking one small strand at a ,
time; by morning the gray hair has ;
disappeared, and after another appli
cation it becomes beautifully dark and
appears glossy and lustrous. This
ready-to-use preparation is a delight
ful ^toilet requisite for those who de
sire dark hair and a youthful appear
ance. It Is not intended for the cure,
mitigation or prevention of disease.
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10. The construction of new build-!
ngs or structures not embraced in,
these classifications, or the repair.!
additions to, or alterations or exten-1
sion of existing building or struct-!
tures, in either case involving an ag- i
gregate cost not exceeding $10,000. 'j
11. Construction of new buildings j
or structures not embraced in these
classifications or repairs, extensions
or alterations, not exceeding $25,000 j
in cost, when approved in writing by
the State Council of Defense or its
duly authorized representative, who,
in Arkansas, is C. L. Thompson.
12. Buildings begun prior to Sep
tember 3, 1918, where a substantial |
portion of the building has already
been constructed.
Lloyd England, Ch’m.
Wallace Townsend,
Director.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Geo. Epps (col.) to Annie Flem
mons, both of Newport.
Don Tummons to Miss Allie Bed
ingfield, both of Elmo.
Franklin L. Stratton of Cotter to
Miss Emily Elizabeth Robertson of
Ingleside.
Jim Moonehim to Mrs. Etta Reese,
both of Beedevilie.
Lon Stacy of Remmel to Miss Vel
ma Avery of Beedevilie.
Essie Parks (col.) to Ida Martin,
both of Newport.
Wm. F. Wilson to Miss May
Young, both of Elmo.
A. L. Howard to Mrs. Mary Collins,
both of Jacksonport.
G. O. Hall to Mrs. Jane Whittaker,
both of Tuckerman.
Cal Payne to Miss Sarah Yates,
both of Tuckerman.
A. Frank McGuire of Fayetteville,
N. C. to Mrs. Lovis Collier of Tupe
lo.
Willie Wright (col.) to Nellie
Whitmill, both of Newport.
G. S. Gentry to Miss Lucile Smith,
both of Algo.
Will Stewart (col.) to Birdie
Hughes, both of Shoffner.
Fred Phillips (col.) of Erwin’s
Switch to Marie Moore of Auvergne.
NOTICE OF STREET IMPROVE
MENT TAX.
The tax books for tTie collection of
the special street tax on real proper
ty in Walnut Street Improvement
District No. 1, of the City of Nan
port, Arkansas, for the third annual
assessment of said district, have been
placed in my hands. All owners of
real property lying in said district
are required to pay their tax to me
by the 1st day of December.
1918. If such assessment be.no1
paid by said date, action will be tal^
for collection of said tax for the legal
penalties and cost.
Given under my hand on this the
29th day of October, 1918.
LOU MINOR,
158d30t. Collector.
NOTICE.
LEVEE DISTRICT NO. 2: Jack
son County, Ark. The tax books for
the payment of the taxes for 1918, are
now in the hands of the collector, and
all persons, railroads and corpora
tions owning property within the
limits of said district are notified that
the taxes may be paid from this date
until Dec. 31, 1918, after which date a
penalty of 25 per cent will be taxed’
thereon.
That said collector will attend at
Jacksonport, Ark., on December 10th
and 11th, 1918, for the payment of
taxes.
C. R. Hite, Collector.
Newport, Ark., Nov. 5, 1918.
117 Hazel Street. 164dlm 30w8t
NOTICE OF BRIDGE TAX.
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The tax books for the collection oF
the Special Bridge Tax on real prop
erty in Bridge Improvement District
No- 1 of the City of Newport, Arkan
sas, for the fourth annual assessment
of said district, have been placed in
my hands. All owners of real prop
erty lying in said district arc require®
<o pay their tax to me by the 1st
day of December, 1918.. If such as
sessment be not paid by said dai'.
action will be taken for the collection
of said tax for the legal penalties
and cost.
Given under my hand on this the
29th day of October, 1918.
LOU MINOR,
158d30t. Collector.
IF BACK HURTS
BEGIN ON SALTS
Flash the Kidneys at once when Baek
aehy or Bladder bothers—Meat
forms uric acid.
No man or woman who eats meat regu
larly can make a mistake by flushing
the kidneys occasionally, says a well
known authority. Meat forms uric acid
which clogs the kidney pores so they
sluggishly filter or strain only part of
the waste and poisons from the blood,
then you get sick. Nearly all rheuma'
tism, headaches, liver trouble,
ness, constipation, dizziness, sleeps I
bladder disorders come from sluggish
neys. |
The moment you feel a dull ache in the *
kidneys or your back hurts, or If the
urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sedi
ment, irregular of passage or attended
by a sensation of scalding, get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any reliable
pharmacy and take a tablespoonful iu
a glass of water before breakfast for a
few days and your kidneys will then act
fine. This famous salts is made from
I the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with Iithia and has been used for:_
generations to flush clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to activity, also to neu
tralize the acide in urine so it no longer
muses irritation, thus ending bladder dis
orders.
Jad baits is inexpensive and can
not injure; makes a delightful effer
vescent Jithia-water drink which all reg
ular meat eaters should take now and
then to keep the kidneys clean and the
alood pure, thereby avoiding serious kid-^
, ley complications
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