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BV W FRENCH
French Gain Ground and Fling the
Enemy Back Even Beyond Their
Starting Points, According
To Advices.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 26.—The Germans to- !
day attempted a counter-offensive on j
a large scale against the right wing
of Mangin’s army in the region be
tween Vailly and Soissons, but the
attack utterly failed. Mangin’s army
repulsed the German onslaughts ev
erywhere a.td in some instances
gained ground. The French flung
back the attacking forces even be
yond their starting points.
(By the Associated Press.)
London, 1 p. m., Aug. 26.—This
morning's attack was launched be
tween the river Scarpe and Fampoux
and the heights northeast of Neuville
Vitasse.
In a few hours the British advanced
two miles on a four mile front. Mon
chy-le-Preux, Guemaphe and Wan
court, which are little less than five
miles southeast of Arras, have been
captured. Further south the British
captured Mory.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 26.— Prisoners taken
by the British since Wednesday num
ber twenty thousand, says the Petit
Journal.
(By The Associated Press.)
«n/~" Paris, Aug. 26.— Heavy bombard
ments in the Roye region nad between
the Oise and Ailette rivers are re
ported in the official statement today.
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(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 26.—The British at
tacked this morning in the Scarpe
sector cast of Arras. Good progress
is being made, according to official
statements. Favreuil, northeast of
Bapaume, has been captured and the
British lines have been advanced
village, the statement says. The
Brittish lines have been advanced
slightly astride the Somme river, and
progress has been made in the di
rection of Maricourt, four miles
northeast of Bray, the statement adds.
(By The Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Aug. 26.—Two hostile
air squadrons attacked Constantino
ple Wednesday night, says the Turk
ish official statement received here
today.
Did you read that America is the
leciding factor? Coming from Lord
Milner this statement is momntuous
and America is not coming in—she
0 has come in—America is in.
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48 YOUNG MEN
REGISTER HERE
That Number of Jackson County
Youths Have Reached Majority
Since June Fifth.
Saturday forty-eight young men
of Jackson county, who have reached
twenty-one years of age since June 5
last, appeared at the county court
house and registered for military
service. They are:
Adam Norman, Algoa; Atway,
Clarence C., Sw'ifton; Barnes, De^
vitt, (col.), Newport; Bell, Edgar,
Auvergne; Ball, John Frederick,
Balch; Bateman, Brandlette J,
Newport; Valentine, Henry, (col.),
Auvergne; Clark, Homer, Union Hill;
Cross, Geo., (col.), Elgin; Cook,
William Cyrus, bwitton; JJoyle, Wil
liam Henry, Grubbs; Foster, Walter
Clifton F., Olyphant; Floyd, John
Tillman, Swifton; Fortenberry,
Clarence, Tuckerman; Goodman, Ira,
Grubbs; Gossett, Dave Henry, Al
goa; Gann, Greeley, Tupelo; Gray,
Jake, Swifton; Helm, Conway, Tuck
erman; Honey, Clarence, Amagon;
Hutchinson, Willie, Swifton; Haney,
James, Swifton; Hatfield, Vitress,
Swifton; Joplin, Phillip, Swifton;
Kinard, Ira* Grubbs; King, Jake,
Shoffner; Keen, Herman, Bengel;
Locke, Elbert, (col.), Newport; Lee,
Rufus James (col.), Auvergne; Law
horn, Rufus, Tuckerman; Morris,
Maynard, (col.), Shoffner; McGinty,
Clade, Swifton; Nance, John Henry,
(col.), Weldon; Norwood, Ellis, (col.)
Newport; Newton, Nick, Newport;
Purdue, Riley, (col.), Newport; Pitt
man, John, Surrounded Hill; Penix,
Wm. E., Newport; Poskey, Geo., New
port; Polston, Vernon, Tuckerman;
Rice, Emmett Louis, Little Rock;
Sullins, Clarence, Grubbs; Stout,
Henry, Swifton; Stanberry, Harry,
Newport; Tucker, Ralph Monroe,
Grand Glaise; Turner, Charlie,
Grubbs; Teague, Jim, Tuckerman;
Waldrip, Nicholas, (col.), Shoffner.
HIE MEN GO
10 CAMP PIKE
Twenty Nine Selected Men From
Jackson County Leave Newport
Tuesday Evening.
Twenty-nine selected white men
from Jackson county have been called
by the local exemption board, and are
due to leave tomorrow evening at
7:30 for Camp Pike, where they will
enter training for military service.
They are:
J. F. London, Grubbs; Ed Haley,
Newport; Arthur Riegler, Tuucker
man; Thos. A. Brown, Swifton;
Howard Martin, Pennington; Louis
Estes, Alicia; Delbs Ussery, Tuck
erman; Wm. R. Howard, Tucker
man; Leonard Litaker, Grand Glaize;
Tom Varnell, Newport; Jim Odum,
Balch; Otis Sharp, Newport; Hen
ry Metcalf, Algoa; Asberry Hamil
ton, Balch; Phillip H. Turner, Den
mark; Ora Van Keller, Tuckerman;
William Freeman, Newport; Eli
Allen, Swifton; Alvin Ratliff, Grand
Glaize; Burton Jeffery, Diaz; Joe
Williams, Strawberry; Sidney Lew
alien, Newport; J. H. Gann, New
port; Ambrose Coleman, Weldon;
Wayne Bundy, Newport; Luther
Hendrix, Newport; Leverette Arch
er, Newport; Louis Devore, Swiftonj
Fred Murray, Tuckerman; Rudy
Wilson, Newport.
PRACTICALLY DECIDE WAR.
Paris, Aug. 25.—“The fine victo
ries of the past weeks have definitely
decided the fortunes of war,” says
Mr. Clemenceau, the French premier
in a message today, thanking the de
partmental councils which voted con
gratulations to the government on th<
trend of the war.
The government needs your money
! ou need the stamps.
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War Time Sweeteners
MERICA has several excellent war time sweet
eners that will be used largely during the
shortage in the sugar supply.
They are maple sugar, syrups, honey and
molasses and may be used in preparing des
serts and other dishes requiring sweetening.
When a cup of syrup or honey is used
to replace a cup of sugar the liquid in the
recipes should be decreased one-fourth.
One-third of a cupful of sugar is equivalent
to one-third of a cup of honey, about one
half cup of syrup and about one-half cup of corn sugar.
One-fourth of a cup of sugar is equal to about one-half
cup of syrup or one-third cup ®f corn sugar. One table
spoon of sugar is equal to one tablespoon of honey, about
one and one-half tablespoons of syrup and one and one
third tablespoons of corn sugar.
Sugar may be saved by the use of raisins, dates, figs,
dried pears and fruit pastes used on the breakfast cereals.
Fruit marmalades, butters and jellies should be used
i to take the place of the ordinary sweetening at a meal and
not as accessories to it. rruits may De preserved witnout
sugar. It may be added when sugar is more plentiful.
Preserving demands this year a thin syrup instead of a
heavy syrup.
If sugar is used one-half of the amount may be replaced
by another sweetener. ,
Drying is a means of preserving (without sugar) ap
ples, cherries, strawberries and black caps.
When ready to use they may have added the needed
sugar in the form of a syrup. When sugar is more plentiful
fruit juices may be made into jellies or may be used as
fruit juices with or without sugar, as beverages, fruit
gelatins and frozen desserts.
Fresh fruits supply the place of sugar in the diet. They
should be used freely. Desserts where sugar is scarce
may be made of gelatins, junkets, custards, puddings and
cakes.
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ills FIGHTING
FDI EXISTENCE
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Cologne Newspaper Says Germany
No Longer Is Fighting For Al
sace-Lorraine or Belgium.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 26.—Dull apathy in
Germany is giving way to intense
anxiety, according to reports from
i Berlin received at the Hague, says
the Daily Mail. The Cologne Volks
Zeitung says Germany no longer is
fighting for Alsace-Lorraine or Bel
1 gium, but for its sheer existence,
j The military critic of the Nieue
1 Courant of the Hague thinks it pos
sible that the Germans may be forc
; ed back to the Rhine if Foch does not
1 give them time to gain a secure posi
tion on the Hindenburg line.
WILL MAKE TALK
ON “¥” WORK
Dr. Johnson Is Coming to Address
Colored People of Newport At A.
M. E. Church Tuesday Night.
A. T. Hubly has received notifica
tion that Dr. Johnson, field represen
tative of the Y. M. C. A. among the
colored people of Arkansas, will ad
dress the colored people of Newport
at the A. M. E. church on Main street
tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock. Dr.
Johnson, who is well known as a lec
turer among his race, will bring a
valuable message to the local colored
population, and will tell in a way
that will prove interesting and edu
cational of the many activities of the
Y. M. C. A. It is hoped that many
will be out to hear him.
There will be no collection taken.
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STATUS IF CLASS
ONE III JACKSON
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There Are Thirty-Four White Men
and Forty-Nine Negroes In First
Class In This County.
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I Exclusive of the twenty-nine white
men who leave Tuesday for Camp
j Pike, there remain thirty-four white
men and forty-nine negroes in Class
; One in Jackson county, according to
j figures given the Independent by
I members of the local exemption board
j Monday. There will be several '’alls
i during the coming weeks, and al
| though the registration of forty
1 eight young men Saturday will swell
| the number of class one registrants,
j it would appear that the class will
| soon be exhausted. However, with
| the registration of men from 18 to
j 45, which doubtless will be done with
■ in the next several weeks, class one
; will again be large in numbers, ren
! dering it unnecessary for the board
! to invade class two.
| Besides the above number of class
one registrations, who are fitted for
I active service, there are in the class
the following:
II Limited military service, 105
| whites; 34 negroes.
Defective but remedial registrants,
11 whites; 3 negroes.
Delinquents (men who cannot be
j located), 27 whites; 22 negroes.
Not examined physically, 7 whites;
2 negroes.
I Since the local board has been in
| action there have been inducted into
service 304 whites and 149 negroes.
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HUT FARMERS
MICH TRACTOR
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Performance of the Fordson Tractor
At Fair Grounds Was An Inter
esting Event Saturday.
As was advertised in the Independ
ent, the Hutson-Ladd Motor Car
Company of Newport moved their
Fordson tractor to the F'air Grounds
Saturday afternoon, and many far
mers and business men were sur
prised at the wonderful work which
the tractor so easily accomplished.
Quite a bit of ground was plowed up,
showing how quickly the work could
be done by the tractor, work which
would require a much greater time if
done by horse drawn plows.
The Hutson-Ladd Motor Car Com
pany believe they will be able to sell
a number of the tractors to progres
sive farmers of this section.
MANPOWER BILL
IN SENATE NOW
Passage of the Bill Is Expected Late
This Afternoon Or Tomorrow,
Says Dispatch.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 26.—A clear
track was given in the senate today
to the manpower bill, which was
'passed Saturday by the house. When
the senate convened under agreement
to take up wartime prohibition, Sen
ator Sheppard, prohibition advocate,
moved to temporarily lay the meas
ure aside. It was agreed to and de
bate on amendments to the man
power bill was resumed, with its pas
sage late today or tomorrow expected.
TO START PAPER AGAIN.
Morrilton, Aug. 25.—Mrs. Virgil
Beason has returned here from Camp
Beauregard, La., where she has been
for the past year with her husband,
former editor of the Morrilton Head
light, who has been transferred from
that camp with other troops. Publi
i cation of the Headlight has been sus
I pended for the last two months, and
Mrs. Beason will immediately assume
charge of the paper.
BRITISH MAKE
NEW ATTACK III
ARTOIS SECTOR
Allied Troops Are Now Near Hinden
burg Line South of Arras, While
They Are Attacking Against
It On the River Scarpe.
(Associated Press Summary.)
/Extending the Picardy battle line
to thj north into the Artois sector,
the British launched an attack this
morning in the Scarpe region. The
attack may be considered a new de
velopment in the battle east of the
Ancre river, which has been going on
since Wednesday. As the battle
stands today the British appear to be
near the old Hindenburg line south of
Arras, while they are making an at
tack directly against it along the
Scarpe river. If the attack launched
this morning is successful it may
have a determining effect on the
course of the battle further south,
for a German retreat over a wide sec
tion might be forced. It also would
affect the Flandters sector to the
north from which the Germans are
said to be retreating.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 26.— The British
third and fourth armies suffered cas
ualties estimated at 23,500 between
August 21 and 25, according to ad
vices from the front.
(By The Associated Press)
British Headuarters in France,
Aug. 2(5.—The British yesterday took
another fifteen hundred prisoners
and more war material. The troops
swung forward as far as Longueval
in their advance north of the Somme.
Casualty List
(By The Associated Press.)
The following casualties are re
ported by the Commanding Genera'!
of the American - Expeditionary
forces:
Benj. F. Lesley of Benton, Ark., se
verely wounded.
Killed in action, 52; missing in ac
tion, 24; wounded severely, 60; died
of wounds, 20; died from accident
and other causes, 4; died of disease,
3; died of aeroplane accident, 1;
wounded, degree undetermined, 49.
Total, 213.
ALIEN COMES 900
MILES TO REGISTER.
Helena, Aug. 25.— Seventy-four
young men who had become 21 years
of age since last June 5, registered
with the local board here yesterday
and three others who failed to regis
ter in 1917 also reported for registra
tion. The 77 registrants were divid
ed as follows: White 22; white
alien 1; negroes 51; negroes regis
tering who should have registered
in 1917, three. E. Cohen, an alien,
the second man to register, traveled
900 miles in order to register here
where his father resides. The local
board, basing its estimate on the
June 5 registration, expected not
over 50 men would register Saturday.
County Agent George Banks, who
enlisted in the naval reserves some
time ago, is expecting to be called
into the service in the near future,
and it is announced that a Mr. Whit
taker of Louisiana will succeed him
i as agricultural agent in Jackson
county. Mr. Whittaker is at present
engaged in the same work in Louisi
ana and is a graduate of the A. & M.
College. When Mr. Banks enters
I the naval service, Mrs. Banks, coun
' ty canning club agent, will return to
( her former home in Iowa, and ai
rangements will be made to secure
| another agent to take her position.
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