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VOTE FOR THE NEW CONSTI
TUTION.
- Vote to take up the lost motion in
our government machinery, to ease
friction in its functioning, to make
it more efficient and productive of
iMr better public service.
Vote to let the cities and the coun
jP ties free themselves of the iricubus of
debt and to save the great sums of
money they are now losing and have
jjf|« for long years been losing through
■B depreciation of their warrants. Give
■ them your hand that they may get
H out of the financial Slough of Des
and plant their feet on the hard,
■Hjj^Rrm ground of expenses-with-in- rev•
.'/‘Henues and warrants-at-par.
Vote to leave the legislature free,
BH^V by relieving it of the great mass of
minor local matters that now clog ev
®ry session, to devote itself to im—
F portant general legislation.
Vote for permanent and effective
prohibition.
Vote for a better pardon system.
Vote to reduce the number of cam
paigns for public offices and vote for
terms that will contribute to effi
jyjncy in the public service by leav
ing incumbents undisturbed for four
years.
Vote for quicker and surer justice
by authorizing verdicts by five-sixths
of a jury in civil and misdemeanor
eases and by adding two justices to
the supreme court.
Vote allow cities and counties to
issue bonds for permanent public
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improvements—but only if 60 per
! cent of the voters approve of a city
I or county issuing bonds.
Vote to give the people of the cit
ies the power of referendum over all
anchises.
Vote to make the building of good
roads more practicable, feasible and
conomical for counties and com
nunities.
Vote for the budget system and
ter public school system, a system
that will give every child the mini
mum annual schooling that he should
have for his own good and the gener
al good.
Vote for the budgett system and
l its businesslike methods.
Vote to enfranchise Arkansas wo
men, not only as a reward for their
services and sacrifices in war, but
for the good of the state. Oklahoma
adopted a suffrage amendment on
November 5 and President Wilson, in
urging woman suffrage in his last
address to congress, said: “These
great days of completed achievement
would ba sadly marred were we to
omit that act of justice.”
Vote to make the Arkansas consti
tution answer to the demands of the
| times, to make ou constitution re
! sponsive to the new needs that have
arisen with increased population and
general advancement.
Vote to improve this opportunity to
get a new constitution, the only op
portunity, it may be, that Arkansas
will have for a generation or more.
Vote to make Arkansas the first
state in the Union to equip itself, its
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UUUULic-a (tiiu its uuca, ocjlvc;
people better in the day of peace that
has now dawned. The people of 111-'
inois voted-on November 5, 5,525,204
to 155,651, to call a Constitutional
Convention.
Vote to arm the state, its counties
and its cities to meet whatever du
ties and obligations may come with
peace—and remmbr that President
Wilson has said that the world war
will bring changes that will be “fun
damental and tremendous.”
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EX-CROWN PRINCE
BEGS MERCY FOR
HIS ERRING PARENT.j
Amsterdam, Dec. 5.— The former j
German crown prince, trudging over,
muddy country lanes in Dutch sabots
is a familiar sight on the island of
Wieringen, Frederick William -de
clares that what he misses most is a
riding horse. He plays billiards with |
the villagers and treats them to!
drinks and smokes and buys candy!
for the children.
The younger Hohenzollern has his j
breakfast at 8:30 o’clock and his din
ner at 7 p. m. He eats oysters and
drinks champaign regularly, unlike
his father, who dines plainly. Never
theless, he is reported to suffer from
fits of depression.
Sometimes, according to witnessts, j
h; dons a full uniform resplendent
with medals and parades in front of
Buy W. S. S. Buy W. S. S.
I' DECEMBER SALE
Da Your Xmas Shopping Early !
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U \<*ru presents for Xmas, we are
oferng or this sale grea reductions in
o jr La ie>’ Ready-to-we lr and Millinery f;
Dipjrtrr.ent , you can b ly the:e useful
presents »t less than wholesale price.
A few suggestions for Xmas: i
p I Ladies' Suit I
Lactics not
Furs
Shoes
Hose
Handkerchiefs
Thrift Stamps Free with all Cash Purchases
Rushton Dry Goods Co.
Phone 225
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PREPARE TO SAVE THE FALL A ND EARLY SPRING PIGS—
DON’T LET CQLD WEATHER CAT CH YOU WITHOUT A HOG HOUSE
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Sixty per cent of the pigs that die
is due to lack of proper housing.
There will likely be a good demand
for pork as our armies and allies
must be fed. There is a great world
shortage of hogs and everything in
d'cates that the prices will be good.
Arkansas is short 300,000 head. Help
Arkansas to increase her quota of
300,000 hogs needed by the armies
and allies by better housing of your
pigs.
The rice of one good registered
pig, or 2 graded ones, 8 weeks old
will pay for ond good house 6x8 feet.
I have just built a modern hog house
with lumber furnished by the banks
of Newport and placed same at the
head of Hazel street. See it the next
time you are in town and ask me for
insert sheets, giving building mate
rial and picture of same so you can
build one for your hogs—only 360
feet of lumber needed, 10 pounds of
nails, and seven pairs of small hinges.
BILL OF MATERIAL AND ESTI
MATE F COST.
1 piece 4 inch x 4 inch x 16 fest for
runners, 4 pieces 2 inches x 12 inches
x 12 feet for floor.
1 piece 2 inches x 4 inches x P feet
for floor stiffener, 2 pieces 2 inches
x 4 inches x 12 feet for studs.
1 piece 2 inches x 4 inches x 16 feet j
for studs; 3 pieces 2 inches x 4!
inches x 8 feet for rafters.
3 pieces 2 inches x 4 inches x 10 j
feet for ridge and plates, 1 piece 2 j
nches x 4 inches x 8 feet for girt. j
1 piece 2 inches x 4 inches x 16 feet i
for fenders; 1 piece 2 inches x 4 j
inches x 10 feet for fenders.
1 piece 1 inch x 4 inches x 12 feet
for brace.
4 pieces 1 inches x 10 inches x 16
feet shiplap for sides and end, 3
pieces 1 inch x 10 inches x 12 feet
shiplap for sides and end.
3 pieces 1 inch x 10 inches x 10 j
feet shiplap for sides and end.
11 pieces 1 inch x 10 inches x 8 j
feet shiplap for roof; 2 pieces 1 inch |
x 4 inches x 16 feet for bottoms.
8 U bolts, 12 eyebolts, 5 pair 8 inch
strap hinges, 3 pair 6 inch strap
hinges.
2 end door pulls, 12.5 pounds nails,
.68 gallon ready mixed paint to dou
ble coat 168 square feet. Write for
Bulletin No. 438 and Circular 102 on
Hog Houses.
Save your pigs by better care and
housing.
F. H. WHITAKER,
County Agent, Newport, Ark.
the mirror. He then resumes a wool
en sweater and knickerbockers and
plays the violin. He is said to have
a deep dread of Spanish influenza
and1 takes preventive medicine regu
larly. He becomes etremely ner
vous, it is added, when strangers ap
proach him or make abrupt movte
ments.
London, Dec. 5.—“You English cla
mor to get father and me away from
Holland. We are down and out and
my father is a broken man. Isn’t
that enough punishment?” The for
mer German crown prince said in an
interview.
“I quarreled with my father in re
gard to Great Brittain,” he continued.
“I told him the British- >vould be
against us. He never believed this
and would not take into account that
possibility.”
The interview with Frederick Wil
lian, the former German crown
prince, obtained by The Associated
Press, has created widespread inter
est in Great Britain. Under a New
York date line the interview is dis
played as the principal news of the
day in the London and Provencial
Press. Several leading newspapers
deal with the interview editorially at
considerable length.
“It must be regarded as one of the
most sensational interviews ever re
corded,” says the Evening News.
Tha interview, says the Daily
News, unlike some documents of this
sort, bears every evidence of genu- j
inenc.ss. Its main purpose is, as we j
might expect, not a very brave one.j
It is intended to exculpate the for-!
m,er crown prince at the expense of j
anybody else who happened to be I
convenient.
'‘Not the least significant passage
of the interview is the praise of Pres
ident Wilson. That is not due to
gratitude. It was the president who
boiled the issue of the war down to
the former German emperor.”
The Liverpool Post, in an ironic
editorial, says:
‘‘The crown prince has been shiv
ing his soul to an American inter
viewer and his confession ought real
ly humble us all. To think how we
slandered this brave and honest pa
triot, the one man among the Ger
man ruling class who seems to have
perceived the ghastly wickedness of
this war! One’s deepest impression
of the interview is that the peace
conference will hardly be complete
without the prince.’
A German physician summoned
from Berlin on Tuesday by the for
mer German emperor, arrived in Hol
land today on a special train, accord
ing to an exchange telegraph dis
patch from Amsterdam.
A number of music lovers expect
to drive up to Batesville this evening
to attend the concert given tonight
by James J. Harrod, the Arkansas
singer, who has been engaged by the
ladies of the Episcopal church of that
city \for this evening. Mr. Harrod’s
accoiWaniest is Laurent Charveaux,
and jMrs. W. J. Bernsburg is the
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AN OLD RECIPE
TO DARKEN HAIR
Sags Tea and Sulphur Turns
Gray, Faded Hair Dark
and Glossy.
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Almost everyone knows that Sage j
Tea end Sulphur, properly compound- j
ed, brings back the natural color and ■
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray. Years ago tne only way to get
tills mixture was to make it at home,
which is mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for "Wyeth’s Sage and Sul
phur Compound.” You will get a large
bottle of this old-time recipe improved i
by the addition of other ingredients, I
at very little cost. Everybody uses
this preparation now, because no one
can possibly tell that you darkeifed
your hair, as it does it so naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time; by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, thlck^nd glossy and
you look years younger. Wyeth’s Sage
and Sulphur Compound is a delightful
toilet requisite. It is not intended for
the cure, mitigaticn or prevention of '<
disease.
reader for the evening.
J. B. Hester and family arrived
here several days ago from South
Carrolton, Ky., and are getting
straightened up again on his farm
near town. Mr. Hester and family
left here a year ago, going to their
former Kentucky home, but were not
satisfied and are back in Jackson
county, the best place after all, ac
cording to Mr. Hester. His many
friends welcome him back.
L. A. White who has been very ill
in this city for several days died yes
terday afternoon at 6 o’clock from,
pneumonia and the body was shipped
to St. Louis on No. 6 that night ac
companied by the mother and two
’i tie sons. The deceased represented
Rice Stix and Co., of St. Louis and
was here looking after his customers.
He was an old friend of W. Rushton.
who looked after the sick man and did
everything he could for him while he
was sick, and had every arrangement
made for the shipment of the body.
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Congressman Caraway telegraphs
from Washington that he has given
the proposed new constitution of
Arkansas a thorough study and ad
vises in favor of its adoption.
Tiny tinted electric bulbs are
mounted beneath a new aquarium for
household use to make its occupants
scentillate at night.
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'destroys worms, if there be any, but
it acts as a strengthening tonic in the
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, as Collector of the reve-!
nues of Jackson County, Arkansas,
will meet the people of the different
townships at the following places,
and on the dates named, for the pur- i
pose of collecting the taxes of said ;
County for the year 1918.
Special attention is called to Sec-!
tion 10 of Act 279 of the Acts of Ar- j
kansas, 1909. If any collector shallj
fail to collect the drainage tax along
with the other taxes he shall be sub-;
ject to a penalty of $100 for each in- j
stance in which he shall collect from
an individual the other taxes and
omit the drainage tax has been en-!
joined by the Court of competent ju
risdiction to be recovered in a suit
brought by the commissioners to the
use of the district
Cache Township, McCartney’s
Store, Wednesday, January 1, 1919.
Cache Township, -Sink’s Store, |
(forenoon), Thursday, January 2,
1919.
Richwoods Tow-nship, Amagon,
(afternoon), Thursday, January 2,1
1919.
Richwoods Township, Pennington j
Postoffice, Friday, January 3, 1919.
Richwoods Township, Balch Post
office, Saturday, January 4, 1919.
C/acne lownsmp, ounon s oiore,
Monday, January 6, 1919.
Cache Township, Algoa, Tuesday,
January 7, 1919.
Cow Lake Township, Beedeville,
Wednesday, January 8, 1919.
Cow Lake Township, Gourd Neck, |
Thursday, January 9, 1919.
Cow Lake Township, Proctor
School House, Friday, January 10,
1919.
Cow Lake, Eight Mile, Nance’s
Store, Saturday, January 11, 1919.
Bryan Township, Horse Shoe
School House, Monday, January 13,
1919.
Bryan Township, Ingleside School
House, Tuesday, January 14, 1919.
Breckenridge, Auvergne, Wednes
nesday, January 15, 1919.
Breckenridge Township, Weldon,
Thursday, January 16, 1919.
Breckenridge Township, Tupelo,
Friday and Saturday, January 17 and
18, 1919.
Barren Township, Denmark, Mon
day, January 20, 1919.
Barren Township, McDougal School
House, Tuesday, January 21, 1919.
Glaize Township, Glaize Station
Wednesday, January 22, 1919.
Glaize Township, Old Glaize,
Thursday, January 23, 1919.
Glass Township, Swifton, Friday
and Saturday, January 24 and 25.
Bateman Township, Surrounded.
Hill, Monday, January 27.
Bateman Township, Bridge School.
House, Tuesday, January 28.
Village Township, Harper School
House, Wednesday. January 29,1919.
Grubbs Township, Stegall School <
House, Thursday, January 30, 1919
Grubbs Township. Grubbs, Friday
and Saturday, January 31 and Feb
ruary 1, 1919. __ * I
Village Township, Greenhaw School
House, Monday, February 3, 1919. v
Bird Township, Elgin, James Store)
Tuesday, February 4, 1919.
Bird Township, Centerville, Wed
nesday, February 5, 1919.
Bird Township, Tuckerman, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, February
6-7-8, 1919.
Union Township, City Hall, Mon- j
day, February 10, 1919.
Union Township, McLain’s Office,
Tuesday, February 11, 1919.
Union Township, Diaz, Wednesday,.
Febrary 12, 1919.
Jefferson Township, Hickory A
Grove, Thursday, February 13, 1919
Jefferson Township, JackBonport,
Friday, February 14, 1919.
Union Township, Court House un
til April 10th, 1919.
Taxpayers ai*e requested to bring
their deeds or last year’s tax receipts
to avoid mistakes and a delay ot HHB
time. SHE
I would be glad for the taxpayers BS|
to meet me at their voting places nil
and avoid the rush on the last few
days, as the ' books will be closed uBsl
April 10th. B^E
J. M, IVY,
Sheriff and Collector of Jackson 1|
County, Arkansas. m
December 1st, 1918. m
notice. m
LEVEE DISTRICT NO. 2: Jack- 1
son County, Ark. The tax books for ■
the payment of the taxes for 1918, are- ™
now in the hands of the collector, and a
all persons, railroads and corpora- j
tions owning property within tb*v
limits of said district are notified t«fc ^BRj
the taxes may be paid from this date
until Dec. 31, 1918, after which date a
penalty of 26 per cent will be taxed
thereon.
That said collector will attend at
Jacksonport, Ark., on December 10
and 11th, 1918, for the payment
tax£s.
C. R. Hite, Collector.
Newport, Ark., Nov. 5, 1918.
117 Hazel Street. 164dlm 30w8t
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