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p A Little Rock man will probably
escape the clutches of the law be
cause he has two wives. Atul at that,
he is reported as having said he con
siders himself a lucky man.
And since the snow has disappear
revealed the fact that New
port still has streets, the additional
fact has been revealed that Newport
needs better streets in some sections.
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Those who don’t believe the rumor
; that time is money might compare
the waste of a few minutes with what
; the income could have been during the
same period. A few minutes spent in
that maimer will net be wasted—it
- might teach you a lesson.
r Persons should not allow them
selves to become elated over reports
of strikes and revolutions in German
and other countries allied with her in
war. Germany early in the war es
tablished its reputation as a carrier
t\ of propaganda of the sort that can be
made to accomplish her desired ends.
Germany would ..America to
reach the the end of the
; warShe would like to do
e_. jn order to have the American
people loss' interest in the enforce
ment of recently inaugurated war
’ measures in this country. - 1 ho best
■■ of the people of this country can do
is to recognise propaganda when t’- '
see it,"and resolve to govern 'thou
’ habits to conform with the possh.il
ity of many, many more month: of
■ war. Every man, woman and ik id
, has a share to contribute to America.
■■ and the discharge of this bourdon
duty should not be hindered by G .-r
' man attempts to slacken our patriot
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THE MEANING OF
SMILEAGE BOOKS.
(Continued from page 1).
I show. They will never-be more than
I twenty-five cents.
Smileage Books are books of five
• cent coupons* which may be exchanged
: by a man in uniform at the theatre
! ticket office for admission tickets-,
i Books are in two sizes. One contains
twenty coupons and costs $1.00. The
other contains 100 coupons and costs
$5.00.
A man with a Smileage Book does
.not have to pay any money to get in
to see the shows. He hands in the
I l ight number of Smileage Coupons.
| To get all these things going, Smi
leage Books are being put on sale all
over the country. Local Committees
will have charge in each town, and
stores will provide places where femi
| leage Books may be sold. In this way
the money to finance these entprtain
i ments will be gathered togther. Ev
j erybody wants to help. It is a ques
j tion of arranging definite, practical
| ways. This is one.
I P. II. Van Dyke was plhced in
; charge of the sales for this city and
] bcoks may be secured from him.
; Each city is asked to purchase books
! to the amount of 6 per cent of its
! pcpulai >n.
Those who stay at home wa U to do
| their part in this ar and if • 's can
'not fight, we ought to support the
: government and our soldiers at th
' front. Our hel;: in these various
! causes f- not only duty but a patri
i otic opportunity.
: A VI ABLE—The soldier threaded
| his weary way back to the Colonel’s
dugout. He had been in half a dozen
skirmishes with the enemy in as many
weeks. He was still intact but
| scratched and wearied from crawling
' through barbed wire and in and out of
'shell craters.
He entered the dugout and saluted
] with click of heels and hand to cap.
“Colonel, he said* “I think I will
have to quit. The battles arc getting
j to be so many. It’s rather to<? much
of the good thing. I have given about
’ all I can of time and strength and
blood to this war. I am going home.”
Mo; the incident didn’t happen,
j But why shouldn’t it? There are lots
i cf civilians here at home turning
; down such appeals as the Red Cross.
Liberty Loans, War Savings Stamps,
Smileage Books, Etc. because, “the
calls are so many.”
A N NOUNCEMENTS.
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J The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of the follow
ing persons, subject to the, action of
the voters at the city primary in
Newport, Wednesday, February 27,
! 1918.
| For Marshal
Are Ballcw.
G. C. Martin
v"or Recorder—
B. G. Graham.
For Mayor—
E. L. Watson.
For Treasurer—
C. P. Bandy.
I HARRY G. BRANDENBURG
THE MERCHANT
-HARRY SAYS—i
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Everybody who holds keys for the $200
Victrola may come and try them to J
learn who is the lucky one holding the
lucky key.
OUR SPRING GOODS
are arriving daily. I can save you
money on anything you may need.
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HARRY G. BRANDENBURG
THE MERCHANT
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SMALLPOX.
Some of the people of the State of
Arkansas persistently refuse or fail j
to comply with the law pertaining to
vaccination of their children that
should be pupils in our public schools, j
Those who have never been vaccinated
are the ones that are in constant dan- i
ger of contracting smallpox. 'That
I disease exists in many counties in the
j slate just now. One day last week
1 the disease was discovered in Tucker- j
j man again. D. Cook is the victim.
! He and his family have been quaran- 1
I tined and the authorities hope to pro- !
: vent any further spread of the dis
! ease. At the same time there are
persons in town and community who j
! have not been vaccinated and are un- i
willing to become immune . by being \
I vaccinated. Public safety demands J
! that the disease be stamped out, j
i which can be done' only by vaccina-j
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i tion. j
‘STOCK law.
Several months ago the town coun- j
•:i enacted an ordinance which .prohib-1
: d stock from running at large
! within the corporate limits of town.
Che law was to become effective j
,nuary first. Petitions were circu
: in ted asking the council to lepeal j
| same. Instead of repealing the law j
j the council ordered it submitted to j
the voters for acceptance or rejection j
an i agreed to carry out the wishes
of a majority of those entitled to
| vote in the town. The election was
; held last Thursday afternoon and
i p.-acticaily every person entitled to a
vote in the town participated in the
election. The result was that the law
was endorsed by a vote of more than
two to one. Inasmuch as the matter
has been definitely decided for the
present time at least, we hope the
authorities will rigidly enforce the
law. Some, have expressed 'them
selves »3 being unwilling to comply
with the lew and threaten to take it
to a higher court and test its validity.
PHYSICIAN RECEIVES CALL.
Some months ago Dr. O. A. Jami
son volunteered his services in a pro
,\vny to the service in his
country in the present world’s war.
Last Saturday he received notice to
appear within the next fifteen days
for service. He will go to San An
itonio, Texas, sometime next week.
| He was directed to appear at that
! place but has ho idea where he will be
I transferred for service. He expects
to be with the army in France within
the next few weeks. His many
friends at this place and in the sur
rounding community wish for him a
safe return when his service in that
capacity shall have been completed. .
TUCK ERMAN LOCALS.
James Gamble and family of Camp
bell neighborhood, visited Tuekerman
relatives last Sunday.
Little Reuben, son of James Har
vey, is recovering from an attack of
pneumonia.
William Penix and wife who live I
near Hickory Grove, we "a here last
Sunday visiting- relatives.
J. F. Rice and wife -of Newport
came np Monday and visited between
trains at the home of W. R. Rice, fa
ther of' the former.
Misses Irene Williamson and Maude
Rodgers, whose homes are in Jeffer
son township, are in school at this
place again this week after having
missed a week on account of the ice
n the ground which prevented their
return earlier.
“Senator” J. N. Hout spent two
days at Little Reek during the lat
ter part of last week, where he was
looking- after business matters for
the Jackson County Realty Company.
W. M. Shaver and family spent
Sunday afternoon among friends in
Jefferson township.
Bird township is well represented
at circuit court this week. As usual
a number of cur citizens are serving
cn the juries.
Mrs. Jake Hout and children, of
Walnut Ridge, are visiting among
Tuckerman relatives this week.
Dr. L. T. Slayden was in Little
Rock during the latter part of last
week looking after professional mat
ters.
Little Pauline, two-year old daugh
ter of Wesley Malone and wife, died
at the family home west of town last
Sunday. She had been dangerously
ill during the previous week and
leath was not unexpected. The re- \
mains were laid to rest Monday after-j
noon at the Chcsirc cemetery near j
Elgin. Rev. M. B. Umsted, pastor of I
the local Methodist church, conducted
the burial services in the presence of
the sorrowing relatives and friends!
who have the sympathy of the people j
who know them in this affliction.
Several persons from Tuckerman j
attended the burial of the remains of
Uncle Marion Dudley at the Bandy j
cemetery one day last week.
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Notice—Orders for noon meals J
must be placed by 9 o’clock a. m. and
for evening meals by 4 o’clock p. m.
to insure delivery.—Bowen & Cce.
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See Bowen & Coe for hay, oats,
chops,, mixed feed, shorts and bran. |
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“Aunt” Julia Hout spent several
days last wee1 at Walnut Ridge with
her son, Jake, who was very sick and
who went to a Little Rock hospital
for treatment.
The attendance at the Methodist
Sunday school and church services
were considerably improved last Sun
day. The heating system has been
repaired and services will be resumed
in the auditorium again next Sunday
unless another freoze-up is in evidence
at that time.
The past week has been a continua
tion of cold and disagreeable weather.
More than sixty days have elapsed
si ee snow first fell in December.
The earth in these parts has not been
entirely clear of snow and ice since.
Even the oldest inhabitants do not re
member having seen a spell that has
continued as long and severe as this
one has. Even the end is not in sight.
However, Mr. Groundhog did not have
much of a show last Saturday and
probably we will be treated with some
better weather before the month ends.
Lute Eldridge, a prosperous farmer
who resides a few miles north of
town, met with a very painful acci
dent one day last week. He received
a broken collar bone from a fall on
the ice. He is able to be up and
about at the present time.
P. P. Roberson, formerly of Tuck
erman, but 'for the past year of
Georgetown, where he has been keep
ing books for a lumber concern, re
cently accepted a position as book
keeper for Clements’ Mercantile Je
Company at Auvergne, and has mov-1 s
ed his family to that place. j»
Mrs. James Harvey was taken ill j
very suddenly last Monday night. t
She” is somewhat improved at this j,
time. * j 1
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Mrs. -Josie Conditt returned home ,
Tuesday from Georgetown and Au-,
vergne, where she visited her daugh-.,
ter Mrs. P. P. Roberson, during the!,
past few weeks. j,
George Irby, of Newport, who has j
large interests in farming lands near;
here, was here looking after matters
pertaining to same last Tuesday af
ternoon.
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Dr.- 0. A. Jamison and A’ife left
last Sunday night for St. Louis and
near-by points, where they will visit
relatives of the former for a few days.
Ulyssus VI. Layton, a well-known
farmer, whose home is a few miles
northeast of town, is reported to be
dangerously ill with pneumonia at
this time.
Albeit Coe met with a painful but
not serious accident last Sunday when j
be fell on the ice near <he Methodist j
church. He is able to be out and no- J
thing, serious is anticipated from the
injury.
Mrs. J. M. Majors is dangerously
ill at her home just south of town, j
She "has been sick during the past two |
weeks and one day recently contracted
pneumonia. A "trained nurse wr.fr se
cured and the last reports are that i
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he is resting more comfortably than
he did at the beginning of the trou
ile.
For insurance, fire and life, see
r.ckson County Realty Co. We have
iothing but the large Eastern com
;anies.—Jackson County Realty Co.,
L’uckefman, Ark. - 47w4t.
E. D. Gardner was in town looking
>ftcr business matters last Monday
ifternoon. It was the first trip here
sji ce the snow came/ early in January,
Esq. W. M. Whitlow, of Adelaide,
,vas a visitor Monday and Tuesday
u the home of his son-in-law, Rev.
3. C. Vick.
Weather conditions have improved
; ntjl people have been able to go to
work again. Much cotton remains
unpicked and when the snow disap
pears and th,e ground dries again the
farmers will Tbjsy themselves with tin*
work of gathering and marketing it.
County politicians evidently failed
to see their shadows last Saturday
and arc stirring about some. Some
of them will be more observant the
day after the May primary.
One choice vacant business lot in
the town of Tuckerman for sale.
Jackson County Realty*Co. 4<\v4t
If you have any real estate to put
or the market, list saipe with Jack
son County Realty Co. We are the
people that sell.—Jackson County
Realty Company, Tuckerman, Ark.
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Subscribe for The Independent.
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For Every Young Man to Improve Himseif
Physically, Mentally and Morally
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Join the Jackson County Company of Na
tional Guard Now Being Organized.
Men in Class 1 can enlist in this company, subject to their call I
under selective draft until the regiment is federalized. ||
FOR PARTICULARS CALL AT THE - H
Local Recruiting Station
114 Hazel Street, Opposite First National Bank, Newport, Aik.
Norman C. Wolff, Recruiting Officer.
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