fTHE INDEPNcOENT
AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
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P* There will be a meeting of the
H school directors of Jackson county
fr at the court house in Newport Sun
1 day afternoon, August 11th, at two
ip o’clock, called by State Director <
I K- Elliott "for the purpose of per
S g'" fecting the county organization.
I Every citizen of Newport and Jack
son county is cordially invited to at
tend this meeting. This is one of the
most important moves inaugurated
since the War started and should be
supported by all loyal citizens.
GEO. M. SINK,
County Chairman.
!' The Independent hopes an enthu
i „ elastic crowd of Jackson county citi
zens and patriots will answer the
| above call from Chairman Sink of
g the Give-A-Bushel movement here.
This patriotic movemennt lias the
support and endorsement of Presi
dent Wilson, Secretary Baker and
*' many others in high official posi
tion. Anything the individual may
do to further the cause will be appre
crated by every department of the
government. This work is as neces
sary as the services and sacrifices of
those who are giving their all in the
trenches “over there.”
Although Jackson county is exper
iencing a shortage of crops, we know
that our patriotic citizens can be de
pended upon to come up with their
full quota of gift bushels, and those
who have not a bushel of grain or
other products to give, may present
the amount of money which a bushel
would cost. Every man, woman and
child are urged to join this cam
paign.
The funds collected will be depos
ited in a local bank subject to the
call of Gen. Lloyd England, state
treasurer of the fund. All pledges
are to be redeemed on or before De
cember 1.
ACCUSED OF DISLOYALTY.
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rHoxie, Aug. 7.—T. B. Dumas, a
Missouri-Pacific boiler maker, was
arrested by Sheriff Hall here today.
It is charged that Dumas said that
he hoped “this country would be
P blown up” and that “every American
officer going to Europe oufcht to
[i' have his throat cut.” The people
here were very indignant, but decided
to let the law take its course.
sJ \ Sheriff Hall today arrested George
'Wells, a negro, who is charged with
being a deserter from Camp Funston.
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GOVERNMENT TO '
EXTEND COMM1
(By The Associated Pfess.)
Washington, Aug. 8.—Goveinment;
acquisition and control of all the
principal stockyards, cold storage
plants, warehouses and both refriger
ator and cattle cars was recommend
ed today to the president by the fed
eral trade commission to destroy the
monopoly, which, it declares, certain
packers exercise.
OFFICER IS KILLED
AND FUGITIVE IS
BADLY WOUNDED.
Ozark, Aug. 7.—Jim Wood, aged
47, a member of Constable Horton’s
posse in search of alleged draft re
gisters, was instantly killed and one
of the fugitives named Scott was se
riously wounded about 7 o’clock this
morning in a battle eight miles south
west of here. The wounded man and
his brother were arrested by the of
ficers and are now in jail here charg
ed with the murder of Wood.
It had been alleged for some time
that the four Scott brothers, all ex
convicts from Oklahoma, were evad
ing the selective service law, but
two of them were arrested here
several days ago and found to have
registration cards. They were re
leased. The, other two brothers,
with J. H. Benson, a newcomer to
this section, were reported to have
stolen some chickens last night from
a fai-m house near here. Constable
Horton and eight men went to the
scene to arrest the men on that
charge.
The alleged thieves opened fire on
the officers and Jim Wood was killed.
Young Ford, a 17-year-old boy r
this place, returned the fire and
wounded the elder of the Scott broth
ers in the side of the face and body
with a charge of buckshot. Consta
K1 T-T out olen -Pi va/T 1-ucj v/mtaIitov
but missed. The two Scott brothers j
were arrested by the officer, but
Benson escaped and is being sought J
tonight by a posse.
Officei’s here do not know whether
the men are a part of the alleged re
sisters now being sought by posses
j near Paris, in Logan county. They
, believe that the Scott brothers prob-:
ably aided the Logan county fugi
tives.
Upon arrival here the elder Scott j
who wounded, was found to be above 1
draft age and his brother exhibited
a registration card which he says was
issued to him by his local board.
The case is being investigated.
Meanwhile, the two are being held on
a charge of murdering Jim Wood.
Reports that the escaped Benson is
heavily armed is not generally be
lieved here. Wood is survived by a
family.
WILL SEE THAT THE
BOYS ARE CARED FOR.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 8.—If any of the
parents of Arkansas boys in training
at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss.,
would like tto have the satisfaction
of knowing that someone is person
ally interested in their sons, they
should write the War Camp Com
munity Service. They have a hos
pitality committee, the members of
which will gladly look up any of the
boys in camp and see that they are
introduced properly to good people of
the city.
The general secretary of the War
Camp Community Service also sug- I
gests that home folks be discou:-- |
1 aged as much as possible from com- i
I ing to the camp in great numbers
He says:
“Rooming places are very scarce,
rentals are high, anj much unneces
sary suffering has been broughJ
about by people coming down here
who did not have the financial means
to support themselves. On the oth
er hand, whenever it is necessary for
any of you folks to come, we shall ' %
' glad to meet them at the trains and
find places for them to live.”
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Meat Market Opens
I will open a cash meat market \ugust 10 at I
the place formerly conducted at 702 First street by
W. A. Fike & Sons. While Mr. Fike and sons were
here I was connected with them, and believe I
know what the public demands in the meal line,
and promise to meet my customers’ expectations.
Will have fresh and cured meats at all times and
* will sell only on days prescribed by government
regulations. The patronage of the public will be
appreciated. Telephone 63.
J. T. MASHBURN
NAME GUNS BETSY AND ELSIE [
Yankee Artillery at the Front Follow
Gallant Custom of French
Cannoneers.
Following a gallant custom of the J
French artillery, the boys of Battery
B In one of our own F. A. regiments,
decided to name their guns after those
whom they considered the outstanding
figures among the patriotic women of
American history.
Many were named but two were
chosen. The first, according to Stars
and Stripes, France, was Betsy Ross, |
who. In her little house in Philadel- j
phla, made for General Washington
tlie first American flag. The second
was Elsie Janls, who, in the little huts
of France, made the first hit of the
A. E. F.
“These guns are of the railway ar
tillery,” the captain says, “and among
the most powerful in France, and the
names selected are now painted on the
carriages, where they will be constant
inspiration in the future, and, we hope,
a credit to their namesakes.”
One of these two namesakes, who
probably never thought of herself as
a figure in American history at all, is
just back from a tour of the front
where she had a good many thrills, in
cluding the thrill of finding her name
in divisional general orders.
There she delighted one of the bands
by turning drum major throughout a
long march, cheered up some young
German prisoners by talking to them
in their own tongue, and came away
much pleased by the news that Elsie
Janis II had just raised merry h
with a German machine gun emplace
ment.
WEARIED OF CONSTANT BRAY
Spaniards Make Offer to Exchange
Mules for Something That Has
More Musical Sound.
A little while ago it was reputed!
that the armv mule in France, inval
liable for transport, was making him
self obnoxious by his propensity to
bray when in close proximity to the
enemy. And now, according to ad
vices received by the National Piano
Manufacturers’ association, the Span
iards are anxious to dispose of their
mules to us and to obtain in return
pianos and other musical instruments.
Evidently what Wordsworth calls
“the hard, dry see-saw of his horrible
bray” is no better relished by the
esthetic consciousness of the Iberians
than by the valorous gentlemen of
France. It is doubtful whether even
an implacable futurist in music like |
Leo Ornstein or Arnold Schoenberg
derives genuine satisfaction from the :
student cantatas and blatant oratorios ]
of the mule. Some cynics have de- j
tected a resemblance between the!
voice of the bagpipe and the mule’s j
spontaneous lyricism, but this is a
libel.
With patience one can detect a
definite melody in the Scotch pibrochs 1
and strathspreys, whereas mule music
like the world in the making, is with
out form and void. As long as Spain
is not at war she ca:i afford to dance
the fandango and play the mandolin.
When by the logic of events she is
swept out of her neutrality into bel
ligerency and has to haul cannon and
wagons, she will wish she had the
mule.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Mascagni and the War.*
Pietro Mascagni, the celebrated com
poser, once told how the opening
chorus of “Cavaleria” was composed
on the night of February 3, IS89, when
his first child was born. That son,
Mimi, is now, or was recently, driving
a motor-truck for the Italian army;
n eocinn/1 linn TMnr» hooumo n nl’i- !
vate in the engineer corps, blowing up J
Austrian barbed-wire barricades. On
n visit to the young soldiers Mascagni
saw ills first battle.
“This is indeed music,” he wrote. “It
seems as if ail the big drums in my or
chestra had been multiplied by a mil
lion and suddenly gone mad.”
The composer gave open-air concerts j
in the trenches, on one occasion at- i
tended by the king of Italy, and he I
set himself at work on a great patriot- j
ic symphony, designed to lie a musical
apotheosis of Italy’s “war of redemp
tion,”
Mine Wrecks Garden.
While sitting on the back porch of
her home, Mrs. William Doirnetsch of
the 700 block, on North Bromley nve- j
nue, Scranton, l'a.. saw the rear por- i
tion of the yard sink into a mine work- j
ing, exposing numerous mine props,
while a short distance away a similar !
settling exposed men at work in the |
mines. In each case the gardens have
dropped about 15 feet. The home of
Matthew Scott has escaped damage,
but the earth on all sides has sunk,
making the residence appear as though
on an island.
Few streets in the city are suffering
worse damage from mine caves than
Bromley avenue. Gardens, posts, trees
and sidewalks have fallen in.
She Knew Him Best.
Tt was an after-supper party on the
porch.
For days on just such occasions,
Oldman Gabon had been making sour
remarks regarding the money the ad
ministration is spending to remain
sane and conduct n war at the same J
time. Sometimes Oldman G. brought ■
out a little hammer and rapped on
the porch swing.
“I wish I wuz in Washington where
I could take a rap attum,” lie said,
“I'd show them some things.”
“You,” piped his wife. “Oh, yes, you, i
who cannot even make our poodle dog
behave.”
To feel your best (lay in and day out,
to feel clean inside; no sour bile to
coat your tongue and sicken your
breath or dull your head; no constipa
tion, bilious attacks, sick headache,
colds, rheumatism or gassy, acid stom
ach, you must bathe on the inside like
you bathe outside. This is vastly more
important, because the skin pores do
not absorb impurities into the blood,
while the bowel pores do, says a well
known physician.
To keep these poisons and toxins
well flushed from the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels, drink before break
fast each day, a glass of hot water
with a teaspoonful of limestone phos
phate in it. This will cleanse, purify
and freshen the entire alimentary tract,
before putting more food into the
stomach.
Get a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from your pharmacist. It
is inexpensive and almost tasteless,
except a sourish twinge which is not
unpleasant. Drink phosphated hot
water every morning to rid your sys
tem of these vile poisons and toxins;
also to prevent their _formation.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became saturated with an ac
cumulation or Doay poisons, uegm uns
treatment and above all, keep it up!
As soap and hot water act on the skin,
cleansing, sweetening and purifying, so
limestone phosphate and hot water be
fore breakfast, act on the stomach,
liver, kidneys and bowels.
FINE TRIBUTE TO
AMERICAN TROOPS.
With the French Army in France,
Aug. 7.—General Mangin, who was in
command of the allied forces in the
drive against the German right
flank, south of Soissons, has issued
the following order of the day, thank
ing the American troops for their
brilliant participation in the battle
which caused the German retreat be
tween the Marne and the Aisne:
“Officers, non-commissioned offij
cers and soldiers of the Third Amer
ican Army Corps: Shoulder to shoul
der to shoulder with your French
comrades you threw yourselves into
the counter-offensive begun on July
18. You ran to it like going to a
feast. Your magnificent dash upset
and surprised the enemy and yotir in
domitable tenacity stopped counter
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attacks by his fresh divisions. You j
have shown yourselves to be wortthy j
sons of your great country and have
gained the admiration of your broth
ers in arms.
“Ninety-one cannon, 7,200 prison- j
; ers, immense booty and 10 kilometers
of reconquered territory are your ^
share of the trophies of this victory.
Besides this, you have acquired a
feeling of your superiority over the
barbarian enemy against whom the
children of liberty are fighting. To
attack him is to vanquish him.
“American comrades, I am grate
ful to you for the blood you gener
ously spilled on the soil of my coun
try. I am proud of having com
manded you during such splendid
days and to have fought with you
for the deliverance of the world.”
GERMAN PRESS GLOOMY.
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London, Aug. 7.—The despondent
; tone of the latest German press com
i ments is emphasized daily in special
; dispatches from Holland.- A dispatch
! to the Daily Mail from The Hague,
j today, includes an editorial by the
1 Lusseldorf Nachrichten, which says
j that nobody locking into the future
j can see an end to the war.
“For though it is true that the end
might come quickly,” it adds “it
| could only be an end of terror as in
Russia.”
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The Vorwaerts of Berlin says that
vents of recent days at last have
shattered the illusion created by in
spired optimism, that Germany is
invincible.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Ed Obanion to Mrs. Rosie Kasin
ger, both of Swifton.
J. W. Bagswell to Mrs. Pearl Edi
son, both of Tupelo.
Arthur McDowell of Auvergne to
Terressa Robinson (colored), New
port.
E. A. Evins to Miss Laura Ball,
both of Pennington.
S. F. Davis of Tupelo to Miss.
Bama Parkison, of Newport.
Clarice Eines Miller of Newport to
Miss Iva Ramsey of Tuckerman.
George Levison of Weldon to
Lena Slaughter, (colored), of Shoff
ner.
T. W. Stultz to Mrs. Sarah Eliza
beth Sexton, both of Newport.
Willie Grant Gray to Miss Susie
Jane Davis, both of Union Hill.
Virgil L. Higginbottom to Miss
Winnie Brown, both of Bengel.
Barney Barker of Swifton to Miss.
Pearl Lester of Elgin.
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