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VOLUME XVIIL NO. 100 . NEWPORT, ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS
BRITISH START
HEIAIOFFEISIIIE
|L Strike Enemy On Front of Ten Miles
Flrom Ancre River At Beaucourt
To Moyenville.
(Associated Press Summary) ,
The British struck the Germans
this morning under cover of mist over
a front of approximately ten miles
on the line northwest of Arras, ac
cording to meagre advices from the
scene of assault, and have advanced
from two to three miles. A number
of tanks participated in the attack.
. Unofficial advices seem to indicate
^ iihe advance has carried the battle
line within three miles of Bapaume,
an important railway center. If the
British continue to press back the
Germans along the northern side of
the Picardy salient, enemy forces
further south would appear in a se
Tious position. The Germans also are
under heavy pressure in Flanders be
. tween the Oise and Aisne rivers. The
French continued to advance this
morning. Latest advices indicate that
the French are now on the high
ridges northwest of Soissons and
virtually dominate German positions
along the Oise and east of Noyon.
(By The Associated Press.
With the British Army in France,
Aug. 21.—The British attack this
morning extended from the Ancre
river at Beaucourt to just north of
Moy'enville, a distance of ten miles.
The towns of Ahlainsville, Beaucourt,
Moyenville, Courcelles and Achiet
Pepetit were captured. German po
sitions along the important Dran
outre ridge in the Lys salient also
were attacked, but the result is un
known.
(By The ' Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 21.—French troops
have reached a point not far from
the village of Pontois, two and four
| tenths miles from Noyon, according
’ to information reaching here this af
j rfruyton Latest advices indicate the
allied pressure against the Germans
is unrelenting.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 21.— Attacks made
this morning by the British third ar
my were under the command of Gen
eral Bing.
With the British Headquarters in
France, Aug. 21.—German military
leaders are worried over the pros
pects of a revolution in Germany.
Ludendorff in a captured secret or
der directs that steps be taken quick
ly to suppress revolutionary utter
ances of the men at home on leave,
and admits that such utterances have
- been brought to his attention. He
has ordered soldiers going home to be
searched and prevent them from tak
ing weapons.
(By The Associated Press)
Paris, Aug. 21.—The French con
tinued to advance on the whole front
between the Oise and, Ancre rivers,
says the official announcement,
which also reports the towns of Carl*
epont and Cuth w'ere captured. The
French took ground west of Lassigny
| after sharp fighting.
(By The Associated Press.)
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Moyenville and Beaumont south of
the Ancre in the drive which began
this morning north of the Ancre, ac
cording to advices 'from the front.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 21— Field Marshal
Haig reports British forces launched
an attack on a wide front north of
the Ancre river this morning and that
satisfactory progress is being made.
Strong German attacks against Brit
ish positions north and south of the
Scarpe river Tuesday were thrown
back.
YOUTH'S ARE 1
BE CALLED LAST
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 21.—A favor
able report was voted by the house
military committee today on the ad
ministration man-power bill with the
amendment providing for youths be
tween the ages of eighteen and twen
ty, to be placed in separate classifica
tions to be called after men between
twenty and forty-five.
MR. MARINER STOPS
MOVE TO TAKE LABOR
FROM JACKSON COUNTY
Stating that Newport and Jackson
county could not afford to surrender
any portion of its labor at this time,
C. L. Mariner, business manager of
the Chamber of Commerce, caused a
labor agent to cease his activities
here, which the agent did without
protest when the situation was ex
plained to him. The agent was here
advertising for men to work on gov
ernment contracts.
Our new business manager is due
a vote of thanks for having taken
this step, which assures protection
for local industries, as well as protec
tion for the farmers.
JACKSON COUNTY MEN
CALLED FOR SERVICE.
The local exemption board has
been ordered to send to Camp Pike 29
white men on the 27th. of this month.
The call includes Wynn Bundy, Am
bose Coleman, John Henry Garner,
Luther S. Hendrix, Loverett J. Arch
er, Lewis Devore, Frederick Alfred
Murray, Rudy Wilson, Howard Mar
tin Stanberry, Albert Atchley, Sidney
Lewellen, Burton Bryant Jeffery, Al
vin Lee Ratliff, Eli Clarence Allen,
William Walter Freeman, Ora Van
Keller, Phillip Harry Turner, Asberry
Hamilton, Harry Bird Metcalf, Otis
Columbus Sharp, James Adams, Tom
Varnell, Lionell Milton Litaker, Wil
liam Redman Howard, Della Ussery,
John Thompson London, Lewis Estes,
Thomas A. Brown, Arthur Sigmond
Reigler and Ed Haley.
The board sends eleven negroes to
Camp Pike tomorrow.
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GOVERNOR WILL NOT
INTERFERE WITH DEATH
SENTENCE OF CAUGHRON
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 21.—Gov. Brough
last night authorized the statement
that he would not interfere in the
case of Ben Caughron, of Polk coun
ty, who is in the death cell awaiting
electrocution next Friday for the
murder of Deputy Sheriff Chas. Kirk
land. The officef was a member of
Sheriff Finger’s posse, and was kill
ed by Caughron in a battle with
draft resisters at the home of Bob
Harkey, who is now serving a 16
year sentence for his part in the
tragedy.
The governor said that he believed
justice should be tempered with mer
cy, and that he had on more than one
occasion intervened to prevent the
maximum penalty being inflicted,
but in these cases great public men
aces like draft resistance were not
involved; he said that he will so
long as he is governor use his offi
cial power to enforce rigidly the ma
jestic law in preventing resistance to
federal and state authorities in this
hour of the nation’s supreme crisis.
He believes that an example should
be made in this case that will serve
notice to all draf£&esisters.
Stamps are not for children only.
Most of the squandering is done by
the grown-ups.
iispiuip HATS SAIVAGED BY QUARTERMASTER DEPARTMENT
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When the boys overseas find that their iiats have seen their best days they turn them into the hat department
of the salvage department of the quartermaster depot in France, where they are fixed tip or sent away to be made
HARRISON HAS
OiejAAJORiTY
(By The Associated Press.)
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 21.—With re
turns from about thirty counties still
incomplete, a tabulation of the vote
in yesterday’s democratic primary
gives Congressman Pat Harrison a
lead of approximately 10,000 votes
over the combined total of Senator
Vardaman, the incumbent, and For
mer Governor Noel in the contest for
the nomination for the United States
senator.
TO TRAIN THE UNSKILLED.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, Aug. 21.—The State
Council of Defense has been called
upon by the U. S. Employment Ser
vice to aid in the campaign that is be
ing conducted throughout the country
to provide unskilled labor for the
prosecution of essential war indus
tries. Orders have been received
here that the “men must be provided
for work at home and out of the stAte,
and that this demand must be met,
no matter what happens to private
business, but the men cannot be ta
ken fom farms, railroads, or mines.”
The Arkansas quota has been raised
to 3870.
Not only does this condition exist
as a present emergency, but the gov
ernment, through the establishment
of a federal board of vocational edu
cation, with state boards co-operat
ing, proposes to provide for the fu
ture training of men and women for
industries essential to the conduct of
the war. The department of labor has
estimated i ,500^00- workers in
less essential and dull trades must be
trained over in war work. A report
has been issued on “How to over
come the shortage of skilled mechan
ics by training the unskilled.”
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Bring it to life. Deposit it in our |
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jH work for you day nad night, Sundays ^ j
= and holidays, earning 4 per cent in
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Jj| Safoty-Sa tisfa ctory Service
Chamber of Commerce Will
Solve Many Problems.
(Following is the first of a series
of articles contributed by C. L. Mari
ner, business manager of the Cham
ber of Commerce. Mr. Mariner will
follow today’s article with others,
which will deal with Chamber of
Commerce activities, and everyone
should follow him closely.—Editor.)
It is a self-evident fact that our
Chamber of Commerce, through a
strong agriculture committee and by
the co-operation of the county farm
agent, can do a great deal for New
port and Jackson county by an effort
to help solve some of the many
problems of the producers of the
farm products. It is a trite saying,,
but none the less tue that “agricul
ture is the basis of our prosperity.”
The movement in the south for the
last two years, that is of significance,
is the campaigns of education for di
versified farming supported and fos
tered by Chambers of Commerce, es-i
pecially in Arkansas. For a great
many years, the agricultural ener
gies of this section have been devoted
to growing of cotton almost exten
sively. As a result Of the one crop
system it has become the custom to
buy practically all foodstuffs from
other states. Many millions of dol
lars are spent yearly by the people of
Arkansas for foodstuffs such as com,
oats, wheat, potatoes and other foods
that can be grown abundantly here
as well as in our sister states of the
south. The necessity for growing
more foodstuffs was forced upon the
minds of the farmers by the sharp
drop in the price of cotton, following
the outbreak of the present war. The
market fell from around 14 cents to
6 cents and farmers who had planned
to buy on a 14 cent cotton basis, had
to suffer and had no money to buy
corn, hay and potatoes which they
could nave gown, it seems almost a
crime for a farmer to send to Sears
Roebuck for ham and bacon or to
buy potatoes and butter in town, but
hundreds of them are doing it.
A distinct service and be renderea
by our Chamber of Commerce in the
way of developing and improving
rural life and in cultivating closer re
lations between the urban dwellers
and the agriculturists’ rural commit
tees can be organized for social de
velopment, excursions can be made
into the country by the business
men, farmers can be invited to join
the Chamber of Commerce, rest rooms
and market exchanges can be estab
lished. Through the Chamber of
Commerce pamphlets and booklets
treating on grain growing, cattle,
hogs, chickens and sheep and many
other kindred subjects can be dis
tributed to the farmers.
The opportunity of the town lies in
the country. The country can get
along without the town, but no town
has ever or ever will be permanently
prosperous where the Soil is poor.
There is but one road to permanent
city building and that leads straight
to the farm.
"Business is so sympathetic, so sen
sitive to crop production that the
forecast of poor crops affect the mar
kets of the world. The old style com
mercial club with its free bonuses
and free factory sites is rapidly pass
ing away. Instead of grabbing busi
ness from each other, towns are look
ing out into the country, out into the
fields of growing crops. Here lies
the opportunity for the great city.
Strange as it may seem out in the
country hidden in the fertility of the
■gull, creameries fuiiow the duiry cow,
the truck patch calls for a canning
factory, more com means cereal
mills, glucose factories and starch
factories, etc.
Production, transportation and
marketing are the three primary
problems in agriculture as affecting
any community. Each of these sub
jects subdivides itself naturally. Un
der the head of porduction must be
considered the amount of untilled land
in the vicinity of our city, whether
•the right crops are being cultivated,
whether there is a proper amount of
live stock on the farm, whether the
production is decreased by slipshod
methods or lack of sufficient finance.
Under the head of transportation
comes the question of roads—rail
road’s adeauacy of service and fair
ness of rates.
Under the head of marketing comes
channels of trade, packing, shipping,
assembling, commission dealing and
business methods.
There are the social problems of the
farm: schools, churches, meeting
places, associations and means of in
structive entertainment.
In conclusion, in this day of co
operation and inter-dependance no
man, no business and no community
may stand alone. Our Chamber of
Commerce must confer with and
work with our neighbors that we may
solve the vital problems that touch
us all. Therein lies the foundation
of commercial organization work and
every movement in which men work'
together.
GERMAN U-BOAT
TIKES TRAWLER
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(By The Associated Press.) , ^
An Atlantic Port, Aug. 21.—A Ger
man submarine late yesterday seised
the big fishing trawler, Triumph.
The crew, who reached shore, said
they believed the Germans intended
using the trawler as a raider. A M
fisherman reported the submarine
was playing havoc with a fleet of
fishing vessels on the Grand banks.
The Triumph was halted by .the U- t
boat, and the crew was permitted to
take to their dories. Armed gunmen ;
were then placed aboard.
(By The Associated Press.) ; tell
Washington, Aug. 21.— Strong
forces of swift naval craft has been
dispatched to the North Atlantic
ocean, whore Germans are aboard a '
captured trawler and raiding a fish
ing fleet.
(By The Associated Press.) |J
The steam trawler, Triumph* i
manned by sixteen Germans from a ; '■
submarine which captured her yester
day, is being used to raid fishing
banks off the Nova Scotia coast.
Three vessels are known to have heei||«
sunk, and the crews have arrived?;Z
JOBBERS PREPARED ^ B
TO FILL ORDERS FOR
SECONDS-THIRDS-SUGAR 'A
The following has been received hjr
Geo. B. Irby, Jackson county food ad
ministrator, from Hamp Williewj||^
federal food administrator for
Little Rock, Aug. 21. ’18.
Please give notice through year.
local press to the bottlers, soft drink j
stands, candy and all other “A” man- *"’
ufacturers, that many wholesale gro
cers and jobbers of Arkansas are peer
prepared to fill all orders for second*
and third sugar.
Merchants are warned not to fill "*
these orders with granulated lOgar.
DON’T OVERLOOK REGIS- ^
TRATION DAY SATURDA1T
In order to clear up any misunder- • ■
standing that may exist, the provost
marshal general desires to empha
size the fact that, regardless frf any
grounds for exemption that may
ist, all men in the United State* %
who have reached their 21st birthday $
since June 5 and on or beforer A**>^
gust 24, must present themselves fo* ■»
registration between the hours
a. m. and 9 p. m. on August 24*v|^B
V.1M4IUO *V4 «•
filed subsequently in filling cut
tionnaire “blanks which will be
nished to the registrants.
Provisions will be made foe
registration by mail of any
who expects to be absent on
tion day from the jurisdiction of
board where he permanently
but in such a case extreme
should be taken by him to see
his registration card reaches
home on or before August 24.
GOV. BOUGH WILL ADDRESS -
CONFEDERATE VETERAN8
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 21.—Gpv. Bi
has accepted an invitation to address
the confederate veterans at Camp Fa
gan, three miles from St. Charles, in
Arkansas county, Thusday moning, 4
Aug. 22, in the interest of the Girla?
Industrial Home, and at Pine Bluff : *■'
that night. He will speak at tho :
court house in Little Rock next Sun
day afternoon in the interest of tho -
Give-a-Bushel movement, and at pa- If
triotic rallies at Hope August 30, at
Leola, September 1, at Clarendon 3
September 8, and at Magnolia, Sep- ,J|
tember 15. He has been forced to
decline, on account of tho press of •
official business, the invitation of
the national democratic committee to
campaign several of the northern and
Milner this statement is momntuous
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