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AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
Editor and Publisher.
Stored at the postoffice, Newport
Arkansas, os second class mail matter.
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I COTTON CROP IN j
GOOD CONDITION.
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Iron Mountain South, (Including M.
§1 A N. A. Ry .)—Weather has been dry
and nights cool. Some boll weevil in
I ’Beebe and Searcy district, but dam
age has been slight. Crop is two
fc weeks earlier than last year and is
g : "fruiting well. Plant growth has not
•been sufficient and the average con
§; 'dition is 75 per cent of normal.
» Rock Island and Bald Knob Branch
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I. M.—Weather has been too dry and
nights too cool. Crop is ten days to
I two weeks earlier than last year and
has not fruited well and condition is
jp, 73 per cent of normal. In the Ftz
hugh territory the condition of 65 per
•cent is reported. Augusta, McCrory,
Bulltown and Cotton Plant report
P ‘favorable weather conditions, crop
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fruiting satisfactorily, two weeks
earlier than last year and average
[condition is 88 per cent of normal.
Our territory as a whole is in fair
shape. Newport wagon territory and
a part of the Rock Island has suf
jfered materially as a result of seven
weeks of dry weather but conditions
'on the Iron Mouuntain North and
White River Ry. are excellent. Rain
and cloudy weather of today seem
general over the territory and at
this time prospects for better than
an average crop are excellent. There
is a great scarcity of labor and pick
ing the crop will be a serious prob
lem. We estimate condition of the
entire territory to be 85 per cent of
normal.
The other day a young aviator upon
leaving his training camp for the
front was asked, “Well are you pre
pared to die for your country?” ‘ ‘Not
a bit of it” said the young airman.
“I’m prepared, and well prepared, to
make about six Huns .daily die for
theirs.” The purchase of War Sav
ings Stamps helps make such prepa
ration possible.
Yours very truly,
Lesser-Goldman Cotton Co.,
Tom J. Gregg, Manager.
4-BUY W. S. S.
/TRIED IT; LIKES IT; WANTS
MORE OF IT.
The Arkansas constitutional con
vention in session in Little Rock has
not only drafted a very strong prohi
bition section but has adopted a res
olution asking the next legislature to
ratify the prohibtion amendment to
the national constitution. This reso
lution was adopted by the affirma
tive vote of every member except
one.
This is another instance of a state
indorsing prohibition after it has
tred it out and found for itself that
it is good.
Thirteen states have already rati
fied this national amendnyent this
year and the year is not nearly gone
yet.
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FOOD VALUED AT
$1,400,000,000
SENT TO ALLIES
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, July 18.— Food Ad
ministrator Hoover announces food
^alued at approximately $1,400,000,
000 was sent to allied countries dur
ing the fiscal year which ended June
30.
A Good Farm
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IS ONE OF THE BEST
_ investmentsyoucan
' place your money in. We
have several that will net
investor 8 per cent. !
Products from farm |
lands were never higher
than now, although land
values are no higher than
they were two years ago.
Let us show you some of
these tracts.
The Realty Co.
1 G. L. SMITH, Manager
BATTLE AXE.
Was on the wing the day last
week’s notes should have been writ
ter, and did not get to them. Had I
written, should have called attention
to the arrival of a brand new boy at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gar
ner.
Rev. J. W. Gardner and family
came over from Heber Springs last
■week, and have just left for Louis
ville, where Mr. Gardner intends to
spend a year in post-graduate work.
They go by Forrest City, where Mrs.
Gardner and baby Ruth ’Will visit a
week or two with relatives before
joining the husband and father in
Louisville.
Today two car loads of high brows
from Tuckerman and three or four
cars of rusticuses from here are rus
ticating on Horseshoe Lake; whether
the occasion is to be a fish fry or
just a picnic depends on what suc
cess the anglers have. However, to
be sure of their dinner they go well
provided with lunches, including, of
course, ice and bottled goods.
We know of few things that could
be more gratifying than a copious
rain. Without it we shall be practi
cally without a corn crop in most
fields where early corn was planted;
and our gardens are already “a
thing of the past,” such things as
beans, tomatoes, beets, cucumbers
etc, and so on being unknown quan
tities. In fact, we are simply won
dering each *day what we can possi
bly have for dinner tomorrow.
A protracted meeting for the Ken
yon circuit is to begin at the Decker
Store place Thursday night, July 18,
and continue indefinitely. A tent
will be used.
Mrs. F. H. Spradlin and daughter,
Nettie, are up from Texas visiting
relatives and friends. They came
,Sunday from Weldon, accompanied
by Hunter Wilson and family and by
clay with Mrs. Spradlin’s sister, Mrs.
J. W. C. Gardner. Mrs. Spradlin and
‘Miss Nettie remained till next Fri
day, when they plan to visit Calico
•Rock relatives, accompanied by Mrs.
Gardner.
Through the kindness of the re
mainder cf the bunch in the Union
Bank & Trust Company, where she
works in Batesville, Mrs. W. M.
Blair is having a three weeks’ vaca
tion, which is to spend with her
parents here annd with Mr. Blair’s
people in Logan county and in Okla
homa.
Laying by cotton quite general
this week. This crop with us is
quite satisfactory, and is being laid
by unusually clean, there being no
rain to encourage, growth of grass
and weeds, while the cotton continues
to grow and develope nicely.
Range being rather shy as to grass
—and in some places as to water—
cattle owners are planning to ship
out quite soon. The chief considera
tion suggesting this course being
that there is so little feed growing
to be used next winter, the pea crop
on which they depend largely for
winter feed being about as short as
the corn.
Many work horses and mules now
being led to the range and turned
| loose to suffle for a living till needed
again on the farm.
Well enough to remember this is
' abi ut the time to begin preparation
for sowing turnips by breaking and
pulverizing. A good crop of turnips
in the fall would prove a very valu
able asset towards caring for the
milk cow in the winter.
-BUY W. S. S.
666 cures Headaches, Biliousness,
loss of Appetite, foul breath, or that
tiled aching feeling due to Malaria
or Colds. It removes the cause.
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Subscribe for the Independent.
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STOCK NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that, as
marshal of the city of Newport, I
have taken up the following livestock,
to-wit:
One Jersey heifer, crop and split in
right, swallow fork and underbit in
left ear, one year old.
One black Jersey heifer, crop and
split in right, swallow fork and un
drbit in left ear, one year old.
One yellow and white heifer, crop
and split in right, swallow fork and
underbit in left ear, two 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
“THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1918,
offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, in front of
the city hall in the city of Newport,
Arkansas, between the hours of 10
o’clock a, m. and 3 o’clock in the af
ternoon of said date.
G. C. MARTIN,
69dl0t City Marshal.
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Make every day a thrift day and
help your government end the war j
days.
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Dependable Goods
You may always depend upon this store
to be always ready and anxious to serve
you with the lowest prices and best quality of
—FURNITURE j
—HARDWARE |
—IMPLEMENTS I
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and anything else you may need in our
line.
Ours is the biggest furniture, hardware ,
and implement house between Little Rock
and St. Louis.
Don’t forget your duty to boost New
port and Jackson county, the best town and
county in the best state of the Union.
Johnson-Cloyes
Hardware Co.
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PRIVATE LESSONS.
Graham system of shorthand and
touch system typewriting taught at
home. Call at 828 Malcolm avenue,
or phone 253. 66d6t.
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HOW’S THIS?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh
Medicine.
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine has been
taken by catarrh sufferers for the
past thirty-five years, and has be
come known as the most reliable rem
edy for Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh
Medicine acts through the blood on
the mucous surfaces, expelling the
Poison from the Blood and healing
the diseased portions.
After you have taken Hall’s Ca
tarrh Medicine for a short time you
will see a great improvement in
your general health. Start taking
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine at once and
get rid of catarrh. Send for testimo
nials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
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FROM A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
W. H. Hill, J. P., Detroit, Texas,
writes: “I used Foley Kidney Pills
_J _ . . „ L, 4-l-> n 4- ^P rtll T
have used they are the best, and
have done the work where the rest
failed.” Backache, rheumatic pains,
sore muscles, stiff joints and too fre
quent bladder action are symptoms of
kidney trouble.—Walker’s Pharmacy.
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NOTICE.
You are hereby notified to cut the
weeds on your premises and the front
and sides, and in the streets and al
leys adjoining your premises and to
clean up the premises and put them
in sanitary condition. This applies
to both tenants and occupants and to
owners of vacant property and lots.
Failure to comply will be a violation
of the city ordinances and subject the
party failing or refusing to comply
with prosecution and fine.
The shooting of air rifles in the
city limits is prohibited by ordinance.
A great number of electric light
globes are broken in this way espec
ially in East Newport. This ordin
ance will be strictly enforced and
parties guilty arrested and fined.
Parents are especially urged to see
that their children do not further
violate this ordinance.
E. L. WATSON,
Mayor of City of Newport. I
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