[THE INDEPENDENT
AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
Editor and Publisher.
Entered at the postoffice, Newport,
Arkansas, as second-class mail matter 1
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It has happened very frequently
recently that traveling men have been
forced to spend the nights sitting
up in Newport because of their inabil
ity to secure hotel accommodations.
| As a civic publicity agent the travel
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At these prices and see if
| you can beat them.
i Chops -35c
Roast-30c to 35c
B Pork Shoulder, per lb.__25c
Home Made Sausage,
pound -30c
Link Sausage, per lb_36c
i Ribs___25c to 30c
!rs, per pound-28c
, per pound-20c
Brains, per set-15c
Brains, per set---5c
l Steak, per pound-38c
rhouse and Loin Steak,
pound _40c
: Roast, per pound_30c
; Steak -35c
Rib and Rump Roast,
pound _33c
it of Beef, per lb_25c
Ss Stew, per lb-25c
ceep a fresh supply of
:^op fcffnd'at all times
Will deliver to any
of the city. All we
s a trial.
A. Fike & Son
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ing man ranks with the best, and
what the knight of the grip is saying
about Newport these days is hardly
complimentary and is not putting
Newport on the map in very good
shape. Will somebody please resur
rect those much-talked-about plans
for a new hotel.
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Those Germans "are a hard-headed
lot; they are still talking about
“demanding” things of the allies.
Boy, page Mr. Foch.
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CRIMINAL GERMANY AND HER
ATTEMPTED CAMAFLAUGE.
Germany’s latest diplomatic effort
has manifested itself in the form of
a bid for sympathy and the claim that
the United States and France owe
Germay a debt of gratitude for suc
cor in the past. Germany points to
the time in 1862 when, during an
economical crisis, she furnished the
United States with money, clothes,
shoes and machinery. Germany de
clares that Bismarck gave succor to
Paris in 1871 after the Franco-Prus
sian war.
Granting that Germany did all this,
the historic fact remains that Ger
many was fully reimbursed for her
trouble. It is a part of the German
system not to extend material aid
where there is no hope for financial
well the fact that the foremost feature
of her systematic machinery is to get
something for nothing, regardless of
law or the expense of blood.
Germany will not quit grasping un
til the last straw has disappeared.
Germany should get everything she
deserves. And she deserves the treat
ment that is due the murderer, the
rapist, the arsonist, the robber. Ger
many has placed herself on the low
level of a rattlesnake and the high
level of a buzzard, and if there is any
pood remaining in Germany it has not
yet developed.
She cannot camaflauge her guilt.
Joe Dunn, one of Bird township’s
pood citizens, was in Newport today,
accompanied by his son, Dewey. Mr.
Dunn is just recovering from a very
severe attack of influenza. He re
ports the death yesterday of Will
Robb, aged 30 years, who passed away
in Tuckerman, leaving a wife and one
child. Mr. Robb worked on the farm
of John Dunn and also was in the em
ploy of Graham Bros. He was a
splendid young man and his death
came as a shock to has friends, who
sympathize with the bereaved family.
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I NEW SPRING GOODS
Lei us show you our new Spring
Goods which are arriving daily.
A swell line of Silks, Crepes,
Satins, Dress Ginghams, Percales,
Ladies’ and Children’s Gingham
Dresses, also a big line of Ladies’
Spring Hats, Shoes, Hosiery.
Domestics from 11c and up.
Ginghams from 15c and up.
P Calico from 12c and up.
IP . Garden Seed
U Triumph Potatoes
I Onion Sets {
Alfalfa Seed
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I! and Seed Oats
We carry the best Flour in Town
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Bowen’s Cash Store
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GINNERS’ LAW.
Every farmer and cotton ginner in
the state will be glad to learn of the
passage of the Hartsfield Bill No. 33,
by the 42nd General Assembly. This
bill amends Sections 7, 8, 10, 19, 42,
45, 46 and 50 and repeals Sections 43,
44, 47, 48 and 55 of Act 266 of the
Acts of 1917 known as the Bonded
Warehouse, "Marketing and Gin Reg
ulating Law.
The Hartsfield Bill was a compro
mise measure agreed upon at a con
ference between Mr. Sands, president
of the Farmers’ Union and W. J.
Hartsfield, president of the Ginners’
Association. By its provisions all of
the objeetional features of the law as
regards cotton ginners have been re
pealed and all of the good features
have been preserved for the benefit
of the farmer.
The parts of the law repealed were
those compelling the ginner to secure
a bond from some indemnity compa
ny before starting their season’s bus
iness, the sampling clause which
forced the ginner to draw two sam
ples from every bale of cotton ginned
and the section attaching a heavy
penalty on the ginner for his failure
to comply with the provisions of the
law. All these objeetional features
have been absolutely stricken out in
the Hartsfield Bill and all that is re
quired of the ginner is to procure a
license, which is issued without
charge, and to attach to each bale of
cotton a tag which will cost 2% cents
each and which will serve as a means
of identification and absolutely pre
vent the loss of a bale of cotton.
For a copy of the law as amended,
write Jim G. Ferguson, Commissioner
of Mines, Manufactures and Agricul
ture, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Mrs. M. A. Dorsey and Mrs. H. 0.
Walker entertained with a breakfast
today, complimenting Mrs. Gaylord
Warner and Mrs. John W. Stayton,
the charming guests of Mrs. 0. D.
Watson. The breakfast was a beau
tiful affair and one of the many love
ly social courtesies shown the two
ladies during their Newport visit.
The breakfast table was artistically
arranged with spring flowers, that
are always refreshing and an inspir
ation at any time and on any occas
ion. Mrs. Dorsey and Mrs. Walker
are charming hostesses and the morn
ing part proved a delightful social
feature of the week.
For Sale—Rough Cypress building
material, also cypress pickets.—V. O.
Jones Lumber Co. 248dtf wtf
TO GIVE A HEARING
ON HIGHWAY BILLS. 1
Persons throughout the state who
desire to express their opinions of the
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Spring Suits
We are receiving daily
shipments of clothing
which our customers will
want for Spring wear.
Men, you cannot afford to I
miss looking at our stock. |
Cheap only in price.
Let us order pour Spring
Suit.
Jacobstein Bros. I
Tailors J
Would You Go To A Blacksmith’s
Shop To Have Your Tooth Pulled?
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THERE is only one proper place for you to go if .
you desire a tooth removed. Of course, there
are many places where this operation could be
made, by unskilled hands with crude tools, and
when the operation is over you would have the *
same thing accomplished as if you had, in the be
ginning gone to the proper place—the DENTIST.
But how much less pain and how much nicer it
would have been. Of course, you never think of
going to the blacksmith’s shop to have a tooth re
moved. You always go to the
Place For That Kind of Business
What will apply to one thing
will apply to another. If you
should want some article in the
FURNITURE line the proper
place is in the furniture store,
and not in some grocery or gen
eral store where furniture is
sold merely as a side-line, and
j where a comparatively small se
lection is shown, without a
thought as to QUALITY, but
only to sell it, if some one hap
pens to call for it, or where the
stock is out of style, shop worn,
marred or perhaps second-hand.
The FURNITURE STORE—
where c full line is shown all
the year and every piece
BOUGHT WITH A CAREFUL
CONSIDERATION AS TO
QUALITY, STYLE and USE
FULNESS, is the right place to
buy furniture.
Did you ever stop to figure
how much time and money is
required to build up a good fur
niture store, and how much it
is worth to YOU? Just sup
pose all the furniture stores
were to close and then you can
appreciate the efforts we are
making in our line.
We know that you have been
buying from us all along, but we
also know that it is a habit for
you to stop in and buy from
firms who are not in the
furniture business exclusively or ,
order something in the furni
ture line, through your grocery- 1
man or from catalogues, when
it rightly belongs to us or some
other exclusive furniture store.
Every purchase made outside
hinders us just that much in the
building of an efficient store,
and we are sure you want a !
first-clas.5 furniture store in
Newport for your personal con
venience. The more of your pa- (
tronage we have, the sooner we
shall have just what you want.
We do not infringe upon other
lines that are sold, but that
which RIGHTLY belongs to
us.
After a careful and consider
ate thought along this line, we ;j
are confident we have convinced
you that THE PLACE TO BUY
FURITURE IS AT THE
I Avera Furniture Store |
various road bills pending before the
legislature will be given a hearing
Thursday night in the Senate chamber
by the Special Committee on Roads
and Highways. The committee is
composed of Senators E. E. Alexan
der, chairman; Exra Hester, S. M.
Johson, Houston, Emeory, John F.
Rhodes, W. L. Ward, Chas. A. Walls,
George Vaughan, Lee G. King and R.
R Townsend. The bills to be consid
ered are those that will be called for
by persons interested and who may
come to Little Rock to appear before
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the hearings. The committee propos
es to give the choice of bills to be
considered to the visitors. Since the
convening of the Forty-second Gen
eral Assembly 126 road bills hare
bee introduced in the two houses, 64
in the Senate and 62 in the House.
Most of these measures are of « lo
cal nature, but few being general
bills.
The Independent worlu for you.
Use it as your salesman. It carries
news of the store into hundreds d
homes. i
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IT PAYS YOU
TO TRADE AT THIS STORE »
For The Simple Reason You
Get Better Quality
For Less Money
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DOMESTIC
22c per yard
DELHI
and
AMOSKEAG
Ging'ham
25c per yard
Wide Fold
CHEVIOT
25c per yard
APRON I
GINGHAM [
15c per yard 0
BATH TOWELS
18 inches wide
x 40 inches long
35c each
Pepperell
SHEETING
lo-4
65c per yard
M. Gorman’s Dry Goods Store
506 Front St. Front St.
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