ST. QUENTIN
AND GAMBRAI
' THREATENED
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BATTLEFRONT NOW EXTENDS
THIRTY MILES.
British Troops In Desperate Fighting
Are Plunging Further Into The
Hindenburg Line, With
, standing Assaults.
BULGARIANS ARE IN FLIGHT.
(Associated Press Summary.)
' British troops in desperate fighting
are plunging further into the Hinden
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west of Cambrai they have withtood
the vicious counter-attacks of the
Germans at Trescaulut and. Mouevres,
The battlefront now extends thirty
miles. This new allied move is
threatening both St. Quentin and
Cambrai.
The Germans have been hurled
from the forward lines from Lempire
to Pontruct, which the British now
hold. Lempire is only four miles
from Lecatelet, an important town,
while on a front of nearly six miles
they are within one mile of the St,
Quentin-Cambrai high road. The
French, operating west of St. Quentin,
are on the outskirts of Dalton, two
miles from St. Quentin.
In Macedonia the Bulgarians are
in flight before the Serbians and
French.
The Americans are now engaged in
consolidating their lines across the
base of the St. Mihiel salient.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Sept. 19.—French troops Iasi
night continued to progress in the re
gion of St. Quentin and penetrate*
German positions at Contescourt
three miles southwest of St. Quentin
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Sept. 19.—The Bulgarians
are in flight in Macedonia and are
burning stores and villages, accord
ing to the Serbian official statement
received here. The allies have ad
vanced more than twelve miles-. Then
I progress is so rapid that they are un
able to count prisoners and war ma
terial. The height of Kuchkov and a
| half a dozen towns were captured.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Sept. 19.—Bolshevik forces
are retreating on both the northern
and southern fronts, according to a
Stockholm dispatch to the Daily Mail
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RAIN WITH HAIL
IS HEAVY HERE
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Crops Are Damaged In Jackson Coun
ty By Hail Storm—White River
Is Rising Slowly.
One of the heaviest rainfalls of the
season occurred in Jackson county
early this morning, and continued for
several hours, accompanied for a
short period by a rain of hail stones.
Rainfall in Newport amounted to
1.43 inches.
A telephone message from Tucker
man and Swifton this morning said
the fall of rain and hail in those sec
tions of the county was heavy, and
that crops and timber had suffered
some. Slight damage occurred in the
vicinity of Newport as a result of
hail.
White river is rising slowly, but no
considerable rise in the stream is ex
pected. No report of rainfall has
been received from points up Black
and White rivers.
miHE
OF ACES DEAD
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Lieutenant Putnam, With Twelve
Aerial Victories, Is Killed On
Patrol Duty.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the American Army in Lor
raine, Sept. 19.—First Lieutenant Da
vid E. Putnam of Newton ,Miss., the
American ace of aces, was killed
Wednesday while on patrol duty along
the American lines. He was flying
with Lieut. Wendell A. Robertson of
Fort Smith, Ark., when attacked by
seven German machines. Robertson
returned safely. Putnam was a des
cendant of General Israel Putnam, and
he was accredited with twelve aerial
victories.
COHCEMG THE
SALE D[DOTTED
Five Cents Per Pound Is the Margin
Of Profit the Dealer Is
Allowed.
Under rule 1 of Special regulations
governing retail dealers in butter;
the retail section of the distribution
of perishables of the U. S. Food Ad
ministration investigated the costs of
handling butter at retail; and has
determined that any advance in ex
cess of 5 to 6 cents per pound over in
voice price, plus transportation, if
any, is unreasonable and will be con
sidered evidence of violation of rule
One. The 5 cents per pound repre
sents the maximum margin for stores
conducted on the cash and no service
plan, while 6 cents per pound is the
maximum margin for the extra ser
vice stores extending credit and deliv
ery. Dealers whose delivered store
door cost figures in fractions of a
cent may have the benefit of such
fractional costs. This rule is not lo
cal but National in scope.
Geo. B. Irby,
Food Administrator Jackson Co.
in GIBCUIT COURT
Following were the proceedings in
circuit court from noon Wednesday
to noon Tuursday:
Felix Brumley, rape, continued.
Grover Gardner, misdemeanor, for
. feiture on bond, summons to issue for
: bondsmen.
Charlie Doward, selling liquor, jury j
|trial, guilty, one year in penitentiary.
Liberty Loan Quota For
This County is $529,200
All arrangements have been per- |
fected to begin the Fourth Liberty
Loan campaign in Jackson county on '
the 28th of the present month. All
the various committees have been
named and given instructions. I
Jackson county’s quota for the
Fourth loan is $529,200. Saturday,
the 28th, and Sunday, the 29th, will
be volunteer days. Every person in
the county will have opportunity to'
voluntarily purchase bonds without so- !1
licitation by calling at his respective ;
bank or upon the committee in his '
respective township on those two days. ;
If he does not buy bonds in propor
tion to his ability to buy, then he will
be called upon by salesmen, who will
urge further purchase.
There should be no slackerism in
Jackson county. Every man and wo
man who understands the situation j
and is possessed with the spirit of pa
triotism and the desire to keep this :
country from the clutches of Prus-1
sianism, will buy bonds dutifully.
The purchase of bonds is an invest- i
ment, and does not require a philan
thropic tendency on the part of the
citizen to enter into the success of the 1
campaign. It must always be remem
bered that our soldiers are giving
their lives in Europe, while we at
home are asked only to invest our
dollars.
W. R. Compton of St. Louis, chair- (
man of the loan organization in this 1
reserve district, has addressed the (
following letter to state, district and ,
county chairman, and is self-explan- ;
atory:
Gentlemen: i
We have just received the following l
information from Washington about
bonds of the Fourth Liberty Loan.
‘The bonds will be dated October 24th
ind the first coupon will be payable
\pril 15th, 1919, and will be for the
Allowing amount:
>50 bond_,_$ 1.01
SlOo bond_ 2.02
>500 bond_ 10.10
11000 bond_ 20.20
>5000 bond_ 101.00
>10,000 bond_201.99
Interest thereafter will be payable
Dctober 15th and April 15th. Initial
payment will be ten per cent, payable
vith the subscription and subsequent
jayments will be as follows:
20 per cent on November 21st.
20 per cent on December 19th.
20 per cent on January 16th.
20 per cent on January 30th.
Payment in full will be permitted
jither with the application or so as to
•each a Federal Reserve Bank on Oc
;ober 24th. Denominations of bonds
same as heretofore; maturity and
imount of loan not yet determined.
Please notify Liberty Loan Commit
;ees.
TALIAN GOVERNMENT
IS WITHOUT INFORMA
TION OF AUSTRIAN NOTE
(By The Associated Press.)
Rome, Sept. 19.—The Italian gov
jnts to a conference except for a text
Austrian note inviting the belliger
:nts toa conference except for a test
>f the document carried by telegraph
igencies. However, the government
s in no mood for the opening of such
legotiations, it is said autboritative
y
Subscribe for the Independent.
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BULLETINS ARE
SENTJARMERS
Chamber of Commerce Will Keep
Farmers In County Supplied With
Valuable Information.
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The farmers of Jackson county will
be supplied with daily bulletins from
, the Newport Chamber of Commerce
which will contain valuable informa
tion, and which will prove of vast
| benefit to both the farmer and the
business men of Newport.
The bulletins will be printed by the
new mimograph machine that has just
| been installed in the manager’s office.
Crop bulletins, telling of condition of
certain crops, government advice as to
I the raising of certain crops as a means
1 of helping win the war, and many
I other splendid and instructive feat
J ures will be contained in the daily
i letters.
This step is one in the right direc
tion. The farmer is entitled to all
the consideration that can be extend
ed him. He is the backbone of any
community, and without his co-opera
tion no town an grow as Newport
will seek to grow.
I Later on the Chamber of Commerce
will undertake other means of ex
tending local co-operation to the far
mer.
Price quotations from New York
and New Orleans cotton exhanges
are being received at the office of the
chamber, and all the cotton men are
supplied with these reports from the
office.
Miss Ray Churchwell went down to
Judsonia yesterday afternoon to
spend several days.
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An Announcement
and an Assurance
We are proud to announce
our first showing of
KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES
for Fall 1918
I
With it we shall also set lorth
a message of assurance—of what you can ex
pect of tffis store and the merchandise asso
ciated witli it, under war-time conditions.
The certain high quality
standards that have always distinguished this
store and Kuppenheimer Clothes will be faith
fully upheld.
Perhaps our quality merchandise will cost
a little more. If so, it is worth it because the best is always
the cheapest—in buying the best lies the secret of true economy.
In our showing of Fall suits can be seen
the value and variety the equal of any peacetime season. How
ever, in the interests of conservation, we recommend that you re
strict your clothes buying to actual needs. We invite you to
' inspect them.
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ADAM LOCKARD, Manager “ THE APPAREL STORE FOR MEN."
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HUG'S FORCES
CAPTURE 9,000
HUN PRISONERS
FORTY GUNS WERE CAPTURED
YESTERDAY.
Several Thousand Yards Of Hinden
burg Outpost Line Were In Bri
tish Hands Today, and The
Advance Still Continues.
FRENCH PROGRESS IS SPLENDID
With the British Forces in France*
Sept. 19.—Haig’s forces up to mid
night had captured a total of 8,000
Germans as a result of the driyfi yes
terday on the Cambrai front. Sever
a 1 fVl/Mloonrl tronrla UinrlmnUnvn* ' ;
post line were in British hands this
morning in the Villeret sector, south
west of Lecatelet. Forty guns wen*
captured yesterday. In prisoners ta
ken twenty-three regiments and elev
en divisions were represented.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Sept. 19.—The Brt
last night made further progress
their drive into the Hindenburg
which is aimed at the encirclement <
St. Quentin, Field Marshal Haig
ports. North of Pontruet the
have reached outpost positions
Hindenburg line. The Aus
renewing their attacks, carried Hitt
Jenburg outposts, and captured a num
ber of prisoners. The town of L«m
pire and Gauche wood were talc**.
German counter-attacks in the vicin
ity of Trescault and north of Moeuv
res were repulsed, and the enemy suf
fered heavy casualties. ,;
LATE WIRE BRIEFS
(By The Associated Press.)
Wasington, Sept. 19.—The extea- j
4 ion of a proposed special war tajc of
$10 per year on business or occup*-*
tions to include all persons in
fessions or trades earning $2,500
more annually was approved by
house ways and means committee
day.
(By The Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Sept. 19.—Many were, ■’j
killed and injured in a fire iflrth*
Woellerdorff ammunition factory at
Vienna, according to a report received
here.
(By The Associate! Press.)
Washington, Sept. —An amend-, i
ment to the revenue bill providing tot
a tax of three dollars a bale on cottoEUT
was defeated in the house today bj^s :
vote of 100 to 28.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 19.—The senate
today adopted a resolution providing
for an investigation of the charge
made by A. Mitchell Palmer, alien
property custodian, that a group of -
brewers bought a Washington news
paper to further the publicity inter
ests of the brewer. Arthur Brisbane,
publisher of the Washington Times,
announced yesterday that he bought
the Washington Times with money
borrowed through a New Jersey
brewer.
The government has authorized *
Student’s Army Training Corps to be
at Arkansas College at Batesville,
which is an honor to the city and
school. President W. S. Lacy of the
college has been in Washington City
in the interest of the movement,
the citizens of Batesville
$5,000 to build barracks ©tt
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