If the Huns
Were Hammering Here
--how much would your farm, your factory
or your home be worth? Would you rattier
pay taxes to some warlord, or accept inter
est for the money you can lend the U. S.
j | Goverment? You’ve got to help win this war, j
It costs money—raised either by taxes or
loans. Buy your War Saving Stamps today.
Don’t wait to be urged because this is year
War, Mr. Citizen.
The First National Bank of Newport
|| NEWPORT, ARK.
j “The Bank With the Big Surplus.'’
phzy WEATHER FORECAST
Tonight and Wednesday partly
cloudy to cloudy.
Here and There
Your shades will be hung right if
bought at Hayden-Holloway Furni
ture Company. 288dtf
L. Hirsch was here yesterday, go
ing to Tupelo.
Knox mends shoes cheap. Ill
' Walnut street. dtf.'
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Mrs. James Sisson was reported
quite sick, this morning.
Whippoorwill Peas, millet and sor
*' ghum seed.—Bowen’s Cash Store.
296blmo.
Miss Emma Archer, of Little Rock,
t /was at the Hazel hotel Monday night,
; going to Batesville.
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Drayage of all kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10. Ches
ter Robinson. 13-dtf.
, Mr. and Lindley Davis, of Tucker
man, were pleasant Newport visitors
this morning.
Kauga garden hose guaranteed for
2 years, only 1714c foot.—Bowen’s
$R*h store. 291dlmo
Dr. Chrles H. Brough was a guest
at the Hazel hotel last night, leaving
this morning for Batesville.
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Ice Cream Freezers in all sizes.
Get the best.— Hayden-Holloway
Furniture Company. 312dtf
xMiss Byrd Hutchison, of Beede
ville, was shopping in town this
morning.
Water coolers that keep the water
cool. All sizes.— Hayden-IIolloway
Furniture Co. 31‘2dtf
-,T. E. Wood, of Marianna, railroad
commissioner from this district, was
here Monday night.
John W. Dugan and C. L. McCain,
two popular and well known travel
ing salemen, were interviewing New
port trade Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Sanders are
spending the day at Little Rock, hav
ing gone down on the early morning
train.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson, of
Balah, were here today on their re
turn from Camp Beauregard, where
they visited their son, Arthur for
several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Mack and two
Uttle children were over from Elmo
I today, trading and visiting her fath
er, C. T. Bateman.
E. V. Holt, Mrs. Dan Dow’ell, Jr.,
Mrs. Forrest Penix and Mrs. Cash
drove from Tuckerman Monday af
ternoon and spent a few hours.
James Young, of Sulphur Rock,
was here last night to see his sister,
Miss Nola, before leaving in a few
days for Camp Pike, where he has to
report in Independence county’s first
quota of the second draft.
Ray Brown returned last evening
from Bartlett, Kansas, where he
spent two or three days with his sis
ter, and left early this morning for
Camp Beauregard to report for ser
vice after a ten days’ furlough.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Johnson, of
Weldon, were here yesterday visiting
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i friends. Mrs. Johnson was formerly
Miss Hazel Shoffner, of Weldon. Mr.
Johnson is one of Jackson county’s
young men who will be called to re
port for service at Camp Pike Friday
night.
Mrs. Henry Brown and little son,
of Batesville, were here Monday, re
turning from a several weeks’ visit
to Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. Brown
came down on the local at noon to
meet them.
Two ladies from Tupelo, who had
to spend several hours here Monday
between trains, visited the Red
Cross sewing room, where they prov
ed very efficient workers as well as
showing their eagerness to good
while waiting to go home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Grant, of Pine
Bluff, are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Williams on Walnut street.
The many friends of both Mr. and
Mrs. Grant would be glad to know
that they might probably make New
port their home again.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Cloud, of Mem
phis, are here to make their home
and are at Mrs. L. A. Darling’s on
Hazel street. Mr. Cloud is putting
in a saw mill near Diaz.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCollum, who
have been with their brother, H. E.
L. McCollum, in this city since Sat
urday, returned to their home at
Clarendon yesterday afternoon.
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Rev. E. A. Horn, of Newark, will
preach at Elgin the second Sunday in
May at eleven o’clock. Everybody is
invited to attended.
Miss Merle Ford, of Searcy, who
won the loving cup in composition
during the school contest, is the ac
complished daughter of Dr. Z. L.
Ford, formerly of Elgin, and who
still has Jackson eoimt.v interests
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lindley, Mrs.
J. W. C. Gardner, Mrs. Ralph Smith
and little son of Battle Axe and
Tuekerman, were down Monday for
a short visit with Rev. and Mrs. J.
W. Gardner.
There will be a business meeting
of the Baptist church at the regular
prayer meeting service Wednesday
levening at 8 o’clock. The members
are urged to be present.—J. W. Gard
ner, pastor.
Ross Dennison, of Cushman, who
has just finished his course at the
Third Officers Training School at
Camp Grant, Illinois, was here yes
terday, going to Cushman to visit
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Dennison.
A trained nurse from Little Rock
was here yesterday afternoon, going
to Batesville to nurse Ed McGuire,
who is very ill with pneumonia at the
home of W. D. Gray.
The big Searcy delegation that
went to Newport last week came back
full of the enthusiasm picked up at
the contest. In addition to the hon
ors won and reported Saturday in
the Daily Citizen, Miss Merle Ford
won a loving cup in composition.
Thus Searcy got exactly half of the
loving cups that had been provided
for. If we are not satisfied with that
we are mighty hard to please.—Sear
cy Citizen.
Little Vernell Williams, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Williams, is
very sick with pneumonia.
To advertise your goods i- to get
the attention of the man or woman
who might otherwise never have
known it at alL
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[call for skilled men
FOR VOLUNTARY INDUCTION
To All Members and Chief Clerks ol
Local Boards and Chairmen, Coun
ty Councils of Defense:
There is an immediate demand for
skilled men in various units of the
army, needed by General Pershing.
The Selective service machinery must
produce these skilled men. Delay in
the several states in completing the
occupational cards precludes a re
sort to the cards to secure these men
and makes it necessary to improvise
a temporary plan for the purpose.
About 12,000 men will be needed in
the near future, which we hope to get
by voluntary induction under the fol
lowing temporary plan,
A copy of the list of occupations
of men who are needed now was sentj
you yesterday. Will you please givf
the widest publicity to this urgeijfc
call. A column on the front page df
every newspaper in our state couljl
well be devoted to this purpose and
headed “Nation’s Want Column.”
Qualified registrants should be urged
to present themselves to your board.
The office of the Provost Marshal
General is without an appropriation
to pay for this advertising, but the
patriotism of the American press is
relied upon to aid in every way in
their power.
The military duty and training of
these skilled men will be interesting,
and the men who succeed in securing
induction into the branches of the
service to be filled will receive mate
rial personal benefit, which will aid
them in advancement both in their
army career and in after life.
It is suggested that you make use
of bulletin boards throughout your
j county, on which should be placed
[ copies of the enclosed list. This
would doubtless result m a large
number of applicants presenting
themselves to local boards.
Inductions must not be made at
this time however. When regis
trants present themselves to their
local boards, they should be listed
(not inducted), and on April 29 local
boards should notify this office of the
number of men who have volunteered
for each of the different occupations,
stating number of men separately
under each occupation. This office
will report by wire on Apri^ 30th to
the office of the Provost Marshal
General, giving number of volunteers
under the different occupations.
As soon as the office of the Pro
vost Marshal General received re
ports from all over the county, it
will make definite allotments to each
state, and advice will be given to you
through this office as to complete
mobilization details.
Lloyd England,
The Adjutant General.
PROPOSALS HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED
(Continued from Page One.)
any individual, corporation, or asso
ciation.
No changes are suggested in the
existing laws for the regulation of
improvements districts.
There shall be a board of education
of seven members to be appointed by
the governor, the presiding officer
being the commissioner of education
the manner of whoso selection shall
be left to the legislature.
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Michelin Tests
The Experience Test j
f No. 4
•^TEXPERIENCE has a great deal to do with workmanship and qual
ity. In considering tires it will pay you, therefore, to inquire into
the experience of those who make them.
Michelin Invented the Pneumatic
Automobile Tire
Back in the early days of the automobile industry, Michelin invent- jj
ed the pneumatic automobile tire. Since that time the House of :
Michelin (founded in 1832) has cancentrated on the production of ?
pneumatic tires only, and today has factories in the United tates,
France, England and Italy, with selling branches in every country 1
in the world. Thus the scientific brains of the entire globe have
been and are at Michelin’s disposal.
This unequalled Michelin experience is reflected not only in the !■
quality of Michelin Tires, but also in their price—for though Mich- j
elin Tires are the best that money, brains and experience can pro
duce, yet they are also moderate in price.
BARKER<SLDAUGHERTY AUTO CO.
Newport, Ark.
j NOTICE.
All contractors are hereby notified
'that the scale of wages, for Union
! No. 188, of Newport, Ark., shall be
as follows, carpenters 50c per hour,
; joiners, 65c per hour, 9 hours to con
i stitute a day. This is to be in effect
: on and after the 22nd day of May,
11918.
.X. M. Ballew,
i 4d6t 2w2t. / President.
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You command the immediate inter
! est and attention of local customers
when you patronize the Independent’s
j advertising facilities.
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To advertise in the Independent is
to talk business to a great majority,
j of the propective buyers of Newport.
\ A bill authorizing the melting into
bullion of 350,000,000 silver dollars
to pay trade balances was passed in,
(he house Monday.
A baby was born to Mr. and Mr si
George Vollman a few days ago an,
fvas christened Pershing Haig Volli
tnan,
Mrs. Isabel Klein is now associated
with the law firm of Patterson &
Moore at Clarksville. Mrs. Klein
was gradulated in the law at Cum*
berland University at Lebanon, Tenn.,
and was licensed to practice in all
the Tennessee courts. She was the
first woman to hold the office of
president«of the law class at Cumber- ,
land.
There are three boys in the Gea
ry family whose farm is near Hen
derson, in Baxter county. The boys
are Riley, Charles and Clifford. Ri
ley is now in the aviation corps,
Charles in the artillery and Clifford
is in the infantry. When the iboys
left the farm the work there diS-not
stop, for it was taken up by Their |
sisters, Misses Lillian and Blanche, j
school teachers, who are now mow-1
ing, cultivating and planting. They
ihandle t'he teams and do the other
tyork as well as the boys could do it.
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STOCK NOTICE. N
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Notice is hereby given that, as
marshal of the city of Newport, I •
have taken up the following lives*#
to-wit: , ,
nOe light *orrel ^ly, branded
I with small “H’ on right shoulder;
wears No. 2 bell; colt is about two
years old.
One dar>- Cay mare mule colt wit.i
scar on left shoulder as if caused by
barbed wire, no brands, animal
about 2 years old.
The owner of said stock is hereby
notified to come forward and prove
ownership to the undersigned; and
that in default thereof 'I will on
SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1918,
offer for sale at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash, fn front
of the city hall in the city of New
port, Arkansas, between the hours of
10 o’clock a. m. and(3 o'clock in the
afternoon of said date. * |
G. C. M48TIN,
i313dl0t City Marshal.
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•Use it as your salesman. It carries
news of the store into hundreds of
homes. —."**
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Political Announcements/
The Independent is authorized to an?
nounce the following persons as can
didates for public office, subject to
the action of the democratic primarv
ry, May 28, 1918. ^
FOR CONGRESSMAN
Wm. A. Hodges
W. D. Davenport
W. A. Oldfield
FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Dene H. Coleman
FOR CHANCELLOI.
(Eighth District.)
Lyman F. Reeder
George T. Humphreys.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
R. T. Simmons
Fred R. Suits
FOR COUNTY JUDGE
John Ar.' M'eTvffle
R. F, Tyer
W. M. Tims
W. A. Mink
! OR SHERIFF AND COLLECTOR.
Terry Guin
J. M. Ivy
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
J. M. Balch
Garland E. Land
A. J. Garner
Z. D. Barber
Lehman Thomas
COUNTY TREASURER
W. D. McLain
Charles K. Coe
Geo. W. Grant
FOR COUNTY CLERK
J. F. Parish
| Grover C. Nance
FOR ASSESSOR
D. J. Nance
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK
R. W. Bandy
FOR SURVEYOR. —r
E. H. Bowman
FOR CORONER
T. J. Mooney
FOR CONSTABLE
(Union Township)
C. M. Ivy
Ben Sandmon
FOR ROAD OVERSEER
(Richwoods Township)
Mark Cole
(Bird Township, Eastern District)
R. A. Wilson
(Western District, Bird Township)
Walter Cole
(Jefferson Township)
J. D. Wyatt
Clay Roberts.
(Union Township.)
W. D. Runyan
FOR JUSTICE OF PEACE
(Union Township.)
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