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HAND ST LAST
Has Ordered That All German Ships
In Its Harbors Be Seized With
Armed Force.
(Ry The Associated Press.)
Santiago, Chile, Sept. 27.—The Chi
lean government last night ordered
naval authorities to occupy with
armed force all interned German
ships in Chilean harbors.
HARVEY G. COMBS
CANDIDATE FOR CHIEF
CLERK FOR NEXT HOUSE.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 27.—Harvey G.
Combs of Fayetteville, chief clerk of
the last house of representatives, and
secretary of the Constitutional Con
vention, will be a candidate for chief
clerk of the next house in January.
Should the new constitution be adopt
ed, which now seems more probable
every day, the 1919 session will be
on of the most important held in
many years. There will be no limit
on the length of the session, and lo- j
cal legislation of every kind will be '
prohibited.
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JAKE GROSSMAN, Proprietor.
SAGE fEA DANDY
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[t’s Grandmother’s Recipe to
Bring Back Color and
Lustre to Hair.
You can turn gray, faded hair beau
tifully dark and lustrous almost over
night if you’ll get a bottle of “Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound” at any
drug store. Millions of bottles of thi3
old famous Sage Tea Iiecipe, improved
oy the addition of other ingredients,
ire sold annually, says a well-known
druggist here, because it darkens the.
hair so naturally and evenly that no
one can tell It has been applied.
Those whose hair is turning gray or
becoming faded have a surprise await
ing them, because after one or two
applications the gray hair vanishes
and your locks become luxuriantly
dark and beautiful.
This is the age of youth. Gray
haired, unattractive follc3 aren’t
wanted around, so get busy with
Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound
to-night and you’ll be delighted with
your dark, handsome hair and your
youthful appearance within a few
days.
This preparation Is a toilet requisite
ind is not intended for the cure, miti
gation or prevention of disease.
PASSES AM
Widely Known and Patronized Clair
voyant Is Victim of Attack Of
Acute Indigestion.
“Aunt Caroline” Dye, a negress,
who was well known in many sections
of the country and held in high re
pute by thousands as a clairvoyant
of no mean ability, died last night
between 10 and 11 o’clock at her
home on Remmel avenue, following
an attack of acute indigestion.
“Aunt Caroline” was about eighty
years of age though her exact age
could not be established even by her
self, as she had said that she was
about 18 years old at the. beginning
of the civil war. Funeral services
will be held Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock at the A. M. E. church on
Main treet, and burial will take place
at Gum Grove cemetery.
Not a few persons in many states,
both write and black, will be inter
red, as well as touched by the news
of the death of this remarkable old
negro woman. Born and raised in
Jackson cdfenty she accumulated a
..idy fortune amountng probably to
'•100,909, including moneys, city prop
erty, farms, Liberty Bonds and War
Savings Stamps. At an early age she
Cairn; d to possess the power of see
ing without the organ of vision, hav
a divine insight of things past, pres
ent and future. Whether she really
possessed this remarkable vision or
net, during all the years of her ex
istence she had gathered around her a
• aith and following that perhaps
was not equalled by any other seeress
known to this country. It is said that
reputalle and socially known men
and women, and men high up in bus
iness affairs, laid great store by her
aucgea remaiKaoie power to iuic
tr 11 occurrences, and that before mak
ing a financial move involving any
considerate amount of capital they
would first consult “Aunt Caroline,”
whose medium, it is said, was usually
reached through a deck of cards.
And it is said to her credit that oc
casions were rare that-matters ter
minated contrary to her prediction.
Men have known to come from afar,
e.-cn from Chicago and other cities
of the noith and east for a “sitting”
with the old woman. Negro men and
women from distant states, as well as
Arkansas, we e possessed with the
belief trat she held within her grasp
the power to heal the sick and dis
eased, and it is said that her fortune
was not at all bad.y added to from a
clientele of this sort.
The average negro had a great
reverence for “Aunt Caroline.” Her
word was law. They regarded her
nature as angelic, sand that she pos
sessed a divine gift was never ques
tioned by a great many.
Probably the most unique and in
teresting trait of the old woman s
character came to light when it was
learned today that she kept about
her premises a large sum of money
C. R. Hite, who had charge of a
greater portion of her business af
fairs, in company with W. T. Parish,
cashier of the First National Bank,
and Claude M. Erwin, her attorney,
went to “Aunt Carolne’s” home this
morning and took charge of her af
fairs, jfjfcluding money and papers.
The gentlemen were surprised, dur
ing a search which they made of the
premises, to find big sums of money
secreted in almost every conceivable
part of the house and premises
They located money to the amount of
$12,000. There was a total of some
thing like $3,500 of this money ir
silver dollars found in various re
ceptacles, and in order to convey
this amount of money to the First
National Bank, where she already
had $8,000 on deposit, an automoble
was pressed into service. Besides
the huge amount of silver dollars
and currency,’ the gentlemen discov
ered many pieces of valuable jewel
ry, which will be disposed of accord
ing to the terms of her will, which i3
in possesson of Mr. Erwin, who drew
I up the document.
1 “Aunt Caroline” daily received a
great number of letters. Yesterday
the usual number arrived. These
were taken in charge, and when in
vestigated were found to contain
checks, currency and money orders
from many persons of many places
, who were asking for informaton
about most everything from lost
i mules to important business affairs,
as well as affairs of the heart. iThis
money, it is said, will be returned to
the senders.
While usually willing to discuss
and give advice concerning most
things, ‘‘Aunt Caroline” it is said,
would never venture to make a pre
diction concerning the world war, de
spite many entreaties for her to do
I so.
This remarkable old character,
while being held in doubt by many,
scattered much cheer throughout the
land, and especially was a friend of
the colored race, kind and charit
able. She was thoroughly patriotic,
always willing to purchase War Sav
ings Stamps, of which she bought to
the $1,000 limit, and Liberty Bonds,
and help in the raising of other war
work funds. She was born in Bird
township near Tuckerman and moved
to Newport fifteen years ago, after
the death of her husband. Children
| were not born to her, but she raised
! many in her home, and supported
j others.
I So far as this paper could learn
I only one relative survives her, a
! cousin, Mack Griffin, who is now at
! Camp Pike in military service, and
I to whom all her fortune is be
| queathed.
DAVIS PRESENTED WITH
A GERMAN HELMET.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock Rock, Sept. 27.—State
Bank Commissioner John M. Davis
has received from Lieut. L. S. Good
man, former chief clerk in his office,
a German helmet which he picked up
on the battlefield. There are two
ragged holes in it, showing where a
death-dealing missile had entered
from the top and come out at the
side. There are still stains of blood
on the lining. Lieut. Goodman, a
graduate of the First Officers’ Train
ing Camp at Fort Roots, writes:
“I am sending you a Boche helmet
today, just as I picked it up. There
were plenty of them lying around.
The one I sent you has a hole in it, I
which, no doubt, settled one Boche,
and also has the owner’s name in it. i
Would have sent you a good one, that:
is, one without a hole in it, but this
one is more symbolic of the real ac
tion put on by our boys.”
The name on the inside of the
visor of the helmet is Tg. Honigs
(berger.
Surgeons agree that in cases of ,
Cuts, Burns, Bruises and Wounds, the
FIRST TREATMENT is most impor
tant. When an EFFICIENT anti
septic is applied promptly, there is
no danger of infection and the wound
begins to heal at once. For use on
man or beast, BOROZONE is the
IDEAL ANTISEPTIC and HEAL
ING AGENT. Buy it now and be
ready for an emergency. Price 25c,
50c, $1.00 and $1.50. Sold by W. E.
Bevens. 110d4tm 21wt. m.
The more you ne’ip the men at the
liont the quicker the end will come.
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Mrs. T. J. Watson
Engineer Joe White
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