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NOTICE.
At the direction of the Jackson
ccunty court notice is hereby given
that there has been filed in said court
the petition of T. J. Gregg, C. R. Hite,
C. G. Henry, R. B, Hooker and N. B.
Wishon, as Directors of Newport Le
vee District, representing that the
improvements contemplated by said
Newport Levee District will be of
material benefit to the real property
located within the following bounda
ries, to-wit:
Beginning at the intersection of the
left bank of White River with a line
parallel to and 200 feet distant,
measured in a Northerly direction at
right angles, from the South line of
Section 2, Township 11 North, Range
3 West, at a point on the boundary of
the Newport Levee District, said
boundary being described and set
forth in Section 1 of Act No. 249 of j
the General Assembly of the State!
of Arkansas for the year 1917.
Thence Northerly, along the left j
bank of said White River, to an in
tersection with a line parallel to and
1,000 feet distant, measured at right
angles in a Northwesterly direction,
from the center line of the North
bound main line track of the Missouri,
Pacific Railway, formerly the St.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Railway.
Thence Northeasterly, along a line
parallel to and 1,000 feet distant,
measured at right angles in a North
! Real Estate Transfers
W. J. Mustin and wife to A. A.
(Crabtree, Lot 10 of SW14 of 30-9-2,
j $1,000.
Winnien Robinson to A. McDonald,
(W% SE% and SE% of NW!4 of 3
9-2, $456.50.
E. L. Robertson and wife to W. J.
Pennington, SEti of SW— of 22-10
4, 40 acres, $375.
Muriel M. Hamilton to Ida M. Ham
ilton, SW V4 of NE14 and undivided
interest in SW1-! of NW>4, all in 23
9-1, $1.
Mabel G. Hamilton to Ida M. Ham
ilton, SE!4 of NWy4 and an undivid
ed interest in SW% of NWM, all in
23-9-1, $1.
Ida M. Hamilton and husband to
Omar O. Hamilton, NW14 of SW1/!;
SE% of NW hi; the SW '4 of NE %,
all in 23-9-1, $1.
J. N. Hout and wife to Edward
Sharp, NW14 of NW^4 of 19-13-1,
40 acres, $2,700.
Ella J. Anderson to Jennie A.
Bridgeh, all of Lots 2 and 3 in Blk.
5 in the Town of Jacksonport.
H. C. Denson and wife to R. M.
Reagan, NW% of SWy4 in 31-10-4,
40 acres, $212.75.
Morse Land and Timber Company
to H. L. Wilkins, NE1/! of SW1/! of
8-11-1, 4o acres, $600.
J. R. Cox to Jas. W. Warren, part
of SW’/i, of NE1/! of 36-12-3, 29.48
acres, $2,948.
Gustave Jones and wife to Lacy R.
Baker and Annie Belle Baker, Fdl.
lots 7, 8 and 9 in Blk. 2, Lyons’ Sec
ond Addition to Newport, $2,250.
C. J. Saenger and wife to Caroline
Dye, Lot 10 in Blk. 8 of Remmel’s
Addition to Newport, $5.
Swifton
C. W. Phrimmer, of Poplar Bluff,
was here on business matters Friday.
The Coleman electric picture show
j has moved to the airdome. The
! mild weather of Saturday permitted
the show to be held out, of doors.
Ed Crossno, of Portia, has formed
a partnership with Ben Parsley and
the new firm has taken over the
McClarty barber shop.
The woman’s missionary society of
the Swifton Methodist church has
elected the following officers: Mrs.
M. A. Fry, president; Mrs. Geoige
Cullom, vice president; Mrs. Ferdi
nand Tonney, secretary-treasurer;
Miss Mary Altman, social president;
Mrs. Eva Harris, superintendent of
local work.
John Dunn, a member of the Na
tional army stationed at Camp Beau
regard, is visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Cam Dunn.
F. M. Parsons has been on the sick
list for the past ten days.
The Junior Epworth League of the
Swifton Methodist church, has elected
the following officers: Miss*Mary
Altman, superintendent; Miss Lora
Dell Fry, president; Miss Mary Ag
nes Montell, vice president; Miss
Thelma Wiles, secretary; Miss Jew
Battle-Axe Briefs
G. T. Lacy received a message that
i his father, K. J. Lacy, died March 1,
! at the home of another son in Texas,
i had been totally blind for years.
Married at Battle Axe school house,
or quite near, on Saturday evening
at 7 o’clock, Miss Lena Gibson to
Orion Lacy, Rev. W. M. Lane at the
bat.
Born, to rM. and Mrs. A. J. Hanley
last week, a daughter. The young
lady is entitled to received an apolo
gy for not having her arrival chron
icled sooner, but Scribbler has formed
the habit of not telling news til! he is
informed of the items.
Dr. P. B. Gardner and wife arrived
from Jackson, Miss., last week to
spend a week or more with parents
and other relatives here before re
turning to the West Indies. Expect
to leave about the 6th to visit in Lit
tle Rock, and spend some days with
Mrs. Gardner’s parents in Jackson
before sailing. Mrs. W. M. Blair also
came up for the week from her work
in Little Rock, and Rev. and Mrs. J.
W. Gardner, for a day or two from
Newport.
The occupations of the Battle Axe
farmer now are multitudinous (guess
I’ve a right to make a word): pick
ing, ginning, breaking, planting, cut
ting stalks, fencing, loafing (only a
very few), fertilizing—almost every
thing but fishing; and might be at
that, if they had not heard that all
the fish in the lakes were dead.
John Hanley of Izard county, in
passing, spent a day with his broth
ers here; but was too full of busi
ness to tarry longer.
To advertise your goods i to get
the attention of the man or woman
who might otherwise never have
known it at all.
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Elgin Notes
J. C. Masters, of Stegall, came up
the latter part of the week and spent
a couple of days with his parents.
While here he purchased seven head
of cattle from Joe Hohn.
Mrs. Fred Kay and Miss Florence
Griffin, of Jacksonport, spent a few
days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Hohn.
Who can beat this? Joe Franz
made forty dollars last week pulling
cotton bolls. Saturday he pulled 901
pounds. Uley Slayden was the next
best, pulling 684 pounds. They are
pulling for Boss Ray and are getting
$1.25 a hundred for gathering.
Mrs. Frank Ray is on the sick list
this week.
Joe Hohn, who has been sick for
some time, is improving slowly.
The farmers are real busy gather
ing cotton, some cutting stalks some
planting and some sowing oats
School is progressing nicely.
The school boys and girls each will
play a game of basket ball at Battle
Axe Saturday afternoon
A. T. Masters has completed a
three-room house for Boss Ray aad
Mat McNair and wife have
charge of it for the year.
ARKANSAS AUTOMOBILES.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 7.—In the
I two months of 1918 taxes have
paid on 25,100 automobiles in All^
jansas. In 1917 the total number pt
automobiles listed was 28,8(58 and
this number will be exceeded befom
March 31, for the applications for It
cense tags are coming into the State
Highway Department at the rata of
about 100 per day. In 1916 th^per ^
were only 15,000 automobiles iri Ar
kansas, and this year the depart
ment clerks anticipate at least 4#,
000. Tags have been bought for that
many, and an option was secured on
10,000 more at the old price, thus
dollars for the price on everything
made of metal has materially ad
vanced since the tags were purchased.
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is to sell it—if it is something fof
which live people find a need.
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westerly direction, from the center
line of said Northbound main line
track of the said Missouri Pacific
Railway, formerly the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern Railway, to an
intersection with a line 1,320 feet
West of the North and South Quarter |
Section line of Section 2, Township
11, North, Range 3 West.
Thence North, along a line 1,320
feet West of the North and South
Quarter Section line of said Section 2,
to a point on the East and West Quar
ter Section line of said Section 2,
1,320 feet West of the Center of said
Section 2.
Thence East, along the East and
West Quarter Section line of said
Section 2 to an intersection with a
line parallel to and 500 feet distant,
measured at right angles in a West
erly direction, from the center line of
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railway track.
Thence Northerly, along a line par
allel to and 500 feet distant, measured
at right angles in a Westerly direc
tion, from the center line of said
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
a line parallel to and 1,100 feet North
of the East and West Quarter Section
line of Section 2, Township 11 North,
Range 3 West.
1 hence Easterly, along a line paral
lel to and 1,100 feet North of the East
and West Quarter Section line of
said Section 2 to an intersection with
a line parallel to and 200 feet dis
tant, measured at right angles in a
Northwesterly direction, from the j
Northwesterly, right of way line of
the Missouri Pacific Railway, for
merly the St. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern Railway, at a point on the
boundary of the Newport Levee Dis
trict, said boundary being described
and set forth in Section 1 of Act No. i
249 of the General Assembly of the
State of Arkansas for the year 1917.
Thence in a generally Southwester
ly direction, following the said boun
dary of said Newport Levee District,
as described and set forth in Section
1 of said Act to the point of begin
ning.
p And praying that the boundaries of
said Newport District be extended so
as to include the territory lying with
in the boundaries above set forth.
All persons owning real property
located within the boundaries above
set forth are hereby notified to ap
pear in the Jackson County Court on
' the 28th day of March. 1918, and show
cause why said petition should not
be granted and the boundaries of said
Newport Levee District should not be
extended as prayed for therein.
Given under my hand, as Clerk of
the Jackson County Court, and at the
direction of said Court, on this the
23rd day of February, 1918.
J. F. PARISH,
273 dl2t. County Clerk.
i To place an advertisement in the
I Independent is to carry your message
to the attention of the wise house
wife who needs your wares and de
pends upon the Independent to keep
her posted.
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WILL LOG ROADS.
Little Rock, March 7.—There is be
ing organized in Little Rock a com
pany which will log all roads of Ar
kansas, or all those connecting coun
ty seats at ieast. Most states of the
United States have log books for the
use of motorists who are passing
through, but Arkansas has depended
upon the system of erbal directions
in getting tourists through the state.
The increased interest in road build
ing will invite tourists to Arkansas,
and at the end of the war many peo
ple will be seeking locations in Ark
ansas, and the log book will tell them
what they desire to know.
It is the intention of the promoters
to place one of these books in the
hands of every automobile owner in
Arkansas, thus encouraging him to
take a trip over the state, for with
such a book he can travel anywhere
without danger of losing his way.
Thousands of copies will also be sent
outside of the state, and this will in
vite tourists, not only to come to the
state, but to visit sections of the
state that are not on the principal
thoroughfares.
POLITIC A L, ANNOUNCE
MENTS.
The Independent is authoriz
ed to announce the following
,-ersons as candidates for public
ffice, subject to the action of
he Democratic party:
Cor County Superintendent—
J. M. Balch.
Garland E. Land.
A. J. Garner.
Z. I). Barber
H. L. Thomas
•or County i reasurcr—
W. 1). iJe Lam.
Charles K. Coe.
For Congress —
W'm. A. Hodges
W. D. Davenport.
W. A. Oldfield
For County Judge:
John A. Melville.
R. F. Tyer.
W. M. Tims
W. A. Mink.
For Chancellor (Eighth District)—
Lyman F. Reeder.
For Sheriff and Collector
Terry Guin.
J. M. Ivy.
For Representative:
R. T. Simmons 1 *
For Representative—
Fred R. Suits.
For County Clerk:
J. F. Parish. j“ J
Grover C. Nance. Ir
For Assessor—
D. J. Nance.
For Circuit Clerk—
R. W. Bandy.
For Constable—(Union Township)
C. M. Ivy.
Ben Slandmon.
For Road Overseer (Richwoods Twp.)
Mark Cole
For Road Overseer (Bird Twp., East
ern District.)—
R. A. Wilson.
For Road Overseer (Western Dist.
Bird Township)
Walter Cole.
For Coroner— *
T. J. Mooney. _£•
ell Parsons, treasurer; Miss Georgia
Dudley, corresponding secretary.
Mrs. Kate Byrd, Mrs. W. A. Daven
port and Miss Lenna Robinson, of
Alicia, were the guests of Mrs. J. W.
Bush Saturday.
Dr. S. G. Montell is the owner of a
new Ford car. Wm. H. French has
been instructing the doctor in the
art of driving his new machine.
The condition of J. G. Smith, pres
ident of the Swifton Mercantile Co.,
who was operated upon Monday in
Little Rock for goitre, is reported as
serious. Mrs. Smith, A. F. Smith,
and Dr. G. A. Causey were in Little
Rock with Mr. Smith several days
early this week.
Mrs. W. E. Jones, Jr., has been suf
fering with an attack of appendicitis
for several days.
J. S. Harvey returned Tuesday
from Little Rock.
J. E. Lane, proprietor of Lane’s
restaurant, is at home with a severe
case of measles.
A. F. Smith spent Sunday in Little
Rock with his father, J. G. Smith.
Sydney Harvey, who has been ill
for some ttime underwent an opera
tion for an abscess at St. Luke’s
hospital, Little Rock Monday. His
condition is reported as favorable and
the indications point to a speedy re
covery.
The last number on the Lyceum
lecture course, was a musical enter
at the Methodist church Thursday ev
ening.
Ben Brann, Jr., was taken to New
port Monday evening for an operation
for appendicitis.
Dr. G. A. Causey was in Little
Rock Sunday.
G. W. Broadway, special agent for
the Missouri Pacific Railway, was
here Saturday.
The Shell lot on Main street has
been sold to J. G. Smith at a price of
sixty dollars per front foot. This lot
is the only vacant business lot in the
block on that side of the street and
has a frontage of thirty-two feet.
The purchase price is probably the
highest ever paid for vacant property
in Swifton and indicates the general
increase in values of the town and
surrounding country.
Fast Man Tram xno. i on inursuuy
morning struck the automobile of J.
R. Smith at the crossing near the
farmers’ cotton gin, wrecking the
machine almost beyond repair and se
riously injuring Mr. Smith, who was
alone in the car. The train was late
and running at a . high rate of speed
and apparently Mr. Smith did not
! know that it was approaching. The
j car had almost cleared the tracks
hit by the engine, and tossed
| into the ditch. Mr. Smith was pinned
j ur.r'ernenth the wreckage, receiving
csveral had cuts on the face and was
j seriously bruised. That he escaped
alive seems incredible to those who
witnessed the accident.
The good weather cf the past ten
j days has been very favorable for
j making gardens and especially the
| planting of potatoes. The merchants
; report heavy sales of seed potatoes.
You command the immediate inter
est and attention of lecal customers
when you patronize the Independent’s
advertising facilities.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
With LOCAL. APPLICATIONS, a* they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in
fluenced by constitutional conditions, and
in order to cure it you must take an
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cine is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
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prescribed by one of the best physicians
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posed of some ^.f tho best tonics known,
combined with some of the best blood
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The Rock Island Lines, through
its Safety Bureau, WARNS you
that the following practices are
DANGEROUS, as indulgence
therein too frequently results in
loss of life, limb and minor acci
dents.
Failing to “Stop, Listen and Look
Both Ways” before attempting to
cross a railroad track whether on
foot or in a vehicle.
Trespassing upon the Right of
Way, tracks, engines, cars or
trains of any railroad.
Permitting children to use the
railroad Right of Way as a “short
cut” or using it as such yourself.
Standing too close to track when
a train is approaching.
Boarding or leaving moving
trains.
Leaving trains on side opposite
the station platforms.
Riding upon the platforms or
steps of cars while in motion.
Putting head or arms out of car
windows.
Permitting your baggage to re
main in car aisles.
Permitting children to run about
the train while in motion, or go
from car to car unaccompanied by
an adult.
Throwing bottles and other ref
use from moving trains.
TAKING CHANCES AT ANY
TIME OR IN ANY PLACE.
Help Us to “Prevent Injury.”
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