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BUY NOW.
I War Savings Stamps may be pur
chased at the following stores in
H Newport:
1m. E. Bevens.
L. J. Cooksey.
W. H. Dyer.
Johnson-Cloyes Hardware Co.
W. B. Hurley.
Newport Jewelry Company.
I. D. Prjce.
Wolff-Goldman.
Walker’s' Pharmacy.
'Observe the meatless and wheat
5 less days and give the boys at the
F front a chance.
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F Someday some of the boys will
come marching home. Will you be
If able to grasp their hand, look them
| Straight in the eye and have the
pleasant feeling that you helped to
sF shorten their struggle ?
p. Jackson county does nothing by
pF halves. By tonight at 10 o’clock it
i is expected that $75,000 wTorth of
fe war savings satmps will have been
|| purchased by patriotic citizens of
fc. the county. The people are awake.
The progressive Arkansas farmer
F 1* not fully equipped these days un
|| less he has an automobile. It is an
investment for him, a vehicle that
|;.has become almost as great a neces
1 city £8 a modern cultivator or a trac
It'ts-'for business first, and for
H pleasure next. He carries his pro
fe duce to market, and he brings home
! the things he must buy in town. He
•avee time and money by the trans
action. A few years ago the Sunday
| newspapers carried accounts of such
■: things being done by the Kansas far
. mere. That was before many of the
K; Arkansas farmers had gotten the
V habit. It was thought the roads
| would not permit it in this state.
I Then the use of the automobile
| forced upon the people the necessity
E ©f doing what they knew they should
have done years ago—build good
I roads. Now pikes are radiating in
g to the country from every important
* city and town. And the town that
p. _ has the most good roads is the town
I that gets the most country business.
—o—
Jiv Increased production of all food
f and feed and forage crops in Arkan
£>
| ©as is to be stressed this season by
K agencies that are actively eo
ng with the farmer. Increased
s, better seed, better methods
cultivation, and greater diversity
being emphasized. The neces
is apparent*to all, and the re
use that is being received from all
is of the state is most gratify
The farmer, proposes to live up
his reputation as the effective se
line of defense upon which the
ion must rely as much as upon
who fight in the trenches,
re will be fewer idle acres this
than usual—there should be
One difficulty that must be
me, and that cannot be ignored,
of labor. Unless the authori
ties at work on the matter succeed
in securing deferred classifications
for farm labor, there will be a short
age that will be seriously felt. Sol
diers are needed, but the soldiers
must be fed or they cannot fight.
, •—o—■
There is hardly a man, woman or
child in the United States who
has not a relatives in the army or
navy. These young men have of
fered their lives for the sake of dem
ocracy and you. A great majority of
them, besides offering their blood,
have given their funds toward the
purchase of Liberty Bonds. We who
are left at home are asked t> do lit
tle compared with what these manly,
sacrificing soldiers are contributing,
tfave you thought of this seriously?
Have you done your part? If you
have, you have done nothing but your
duty, and if you have not, then you
should be ashamed for letting your
fellowman recognize your name in
the slacker column.
PRESIDENT WILSON
SENDS MESSAGE TO
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 15.—Wallace
Townsend, director of the State Coun
cil of Defense, has received the fol
lowing message from President Wil
son:
“Your state, in extending its na
tional defense organization by the;
creation of community councils, in
my opinion, making an advance of
vital significance. It will, I believe, •
result, when thoroughly carried out, ^
in welding the nation together as no
nation of great size has ever been
welded before. It will build up from
the bottom an understanding and
sympathy and unity of purpose and
effort which will no doubt have an
immediate and decisive effect upon
our great undertaking. You will
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forts, a fusion of energies now too
scattered and at times sometimes
somewhat confused, into one harmon
ious and effective power.
“It is only by extending your or
ganization to small communities that
every citizen of the state can be
reached and touched with the inspira-1
tion of the common cause. The school
house has been suggested as an apt
though not essential center for your
local council. It symbolizes one of
the first fruits of such an organiza
tion, namely, the speading of the in
dividual citizen upon whom rests the
ultimate responsibility. Through
this great new organization we will
express with added emphasis our will
to win and our confidence in the ut-'
ter righteousness of our purpose.
“Sincerely yours,
“Woodrow Wilson.”
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| CARTRIDGES USED IN |
£ MAKING OF CRUCIFIX $
o «
o Denver, Colo.—A crucifix made °
$■ of German cartridges and bul- o
£ lets is the unique war souvenir q
o of Lieut. Thomas Patterson
o Campbell of this city. o !
*$■ Lieutenant Campbell served In, g
° the American Ambulance corps jj
o on the French war front, and °
o was presented with the crucifix o
& by a French mechanic. §
j). ft was made in an airdrome e)
° on the Aisne front; its polygonal ^
o base foundation was cut from o
o the base of a 225-millimeter ^
o howitzer shell casing; the stand e)
is the fuse cap of an Austrian °
I ci 105-mlllimeter projectile, while o
£ the cross itself is composed of ^
o German cartridges and bullets EJ
^ picked up in “No Man’s Land.” §
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WOMAN SITS IN STORTHING
—
Miss Sara Christie Takes Place in
Norwegian Parliament as Repre
sentative of Trondhjem.
—
Christiania, Norway. — Miss Sara
Christie has taken her seat in the Nor
wegian parliament as a conservative l
j representative of the city of Trond
I hjem. At parliamentary elections In
Norway substitutes for members of
parliament are always elected at the
same time to take the member’s place
in base of illness or death, so elections |
to fill vacancies never take place. All
members of the storthing are engaged
in special committees to prepare legis
lative work or dealing with the govern
ment’s proposals before they are sub
mitted to the storthing. In this way
Miss Sara Christie, who is now sum
moned to take the seat of Professor
Soeland, becomes a member of the de
fense committee to consider the army
and navy estimates instead of her pre
decessor.
Miss Christie is a director of a girls'
school in Trondhjem and has for many
years bf*en a member of the town coun
cil. She Is esteemed as n promincu* ,
teacher aud a great administrator.
OYSTER FAILS TO PROPAGATE
Experts Unable to Determine Cause
for Disappearance of Connecti
cut Bivalve.
New Haven, Conn.—In two years
there may not he any Connecticut oys
ters. Government experts have been
looking Into the failure of a "set” in
Connecticut waters for two years, but
thus far have been unable to determine
why the once plentiful bivalve fulls to
propagate in the sound.
A “set” is the terra used to de
scribe the conditions when oyster
spawn attach themselves to shells
dumped into the sound waters for the
purpose. The spawn floats on the wa
ter and attaches itself to favorable ob
jects under water in August.
A year ago last August there was
little or no "set” and this year none
at all. Just what has brought about
this conditidon is a mystery not only
to oystermen, but to experts who have
been probing the failure.
Oysters which were “set” several
years ago are still growing under fa
vorable conditions and from them the
markets of the East are supplied.
Report of the Condition of
Bank of Tuckerman
Tuckerman, Jackson County, Arkan
sas, at the Close of Business
March 4th, 1918.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts-$ 54,748.60
Loans on real estate- 17,832.12
TT C? Dnnrln Wni» QoXf_
ings Stamps_ 9,399.46
Other bonds and securities,
including State Warrants,
County and City Scrip- 4,823.36
Furniture and fixtures— 3,100.00
Banking house- 5,400.00
Due from banks, not Reserve
agents _ 7,850.44
Cash and due from Reserve
banks _ 146,957.29
Total _$250,111.27
LIABILITIES.
Caital stock, paid up-$ 15,000.00
Surplus fund, certified— 3,700.00
Undivided profits, net- 1,894.93
Individual deposits in
cluding public
funds _$203,293.76
Time certificates of
deposit _ 26,220.58
Cashier’s checks 2.00
Total amount of
all classes deposits as
above shown $229,516.34 $229,516.34
Total_-_$250,111.27
STATE OF ARKANSAS,
County of Jackson, ss:
We, J. W. Lindley, president, and
E. V. Holt, cashier, of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the
best of our knowledge and belief.
J. W. LINDLEY, Pres.,
E. V. HOLT, Cashier.
Attest: ,
L. T. SLAYDEN,
W. S. ARMSTRONG,
A. J. GOETZ,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 14th day of March, 1918.
IMy commission expires Feb. 2nd,
1920.
(Seal) TAYLOR G. DOWELL,
Notary Public.
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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Young Mothers
Reserve strength for mother
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and thoughtful women before
and after maternity take
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THREE YEAR OLD MOTOR I
CAR IS VALUED AS I
A NEW ONE,
Customs Officials Find General Con- ^
dition of This Automobile War
rants Full Retail Valuation.
Canadian customs authorities have
just paid a three-year-old motor car
—which has already seen 13,600 miles
of service—the unusual compliment
of an appraisal at the present market
price as a new car. They proposed
to enter it io Canada with only an
additional 20 per cent for deprecia
tion, just as though it had undergone
only a few months of service.
The number of the car, which is a
Dodge Brothers, is 653, indicating
that it was built late in 1914, less
than a month after Dodge Brothers
began manufacturing motor cars.
It’s owner at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.,
attempted to drive it to Canada re
cently, for a prospective sale there.
According to customs rulings, depre
ciation would have been more than 50
per cent for a three-year-old car.
However, after the officials had
made an inspection of bearings, the
body finish and general appeaVance,
they ruled that it was practically a
new car, and based its entrance val
uation on the present retail price.
This, it is interesting to note, is con
siderably higher than the price which
prevailed when Dodge Brothers car
No. 653 was built.
While the owner of the car was
gratified in one sense, with the cus
toms ruling, he was not in another.
For the valuation made the duty so
high that prospects of making a used
car sale in Canada were so remote
that he abandoned the thought. How
ever, he had little trouble in making
a sale in Michigan.
Political Announcements
The Independent is authorized to an
nounce the following persons as can
didates for public office, subject to
the action of the democratic party:
FOR CONGRESSMAN
Wm. A. Hodges
W. D. Davenport
W. A. Oldfield
FOR CHANCELLOR
(Eighth District.)
Lyman F. Reeder
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
R. T. Simmons
Fred R. Suits
FOR COUNTY JUDGE
John A. Melville
R. F. Tyer
W. M. Tims
W. A. Mink
FOR SHERIFF AND COLLECTOR.
Terry Guin
J. M. Ivy
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
J. M. Balch
Garland E. Land
A. J. Garner
Z. D. Barber
Lehman Thomas
COUNTY TREASURER
W. D. McLain
Charles K. Coe
Geo. W. Grant
FOR COUNTY CLERK
J. F. Parish
Grover G. Nance
FOR ASSESSOR
D. J. Nance
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK
R. W. Bandy
FOR SURVEYOR
E. H. Bowman
FOR CORONER
T. J. Mooney
FOR CONSTABLE
(Union Township)
C. M. Ivy
Ben Sandmon
FOR ROAD OVERSEER
(Richwoods Township)
Mark Cole
(Bird Township, Eastern District)
R. A. Wilson
(Western District, Bird Township) j
Walter Cole
(Jefferso* Township)
J. D. Wyatt
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A List of Those Who Have Taken the
Limit—$1 000-^of War Savings Stamps
Mike Denton J. R. Holden I
Frank Farmer W. N. Dunaway I
W. R. Harvey Bud Graham I
A. J. Goetz Chas. G. Henry I
James Graham J. L. Bevens I
Charles Greenhaw Mrs. A. I. Goetz I
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Dr. Joe Graham Tom J. Gregg 1
W. A. Billingsley John F. Gardner I
Alcorn^ Ferguson J. Collison
N.'C. Wolff M. O. Valentine
Pickens Black Joe Collison
Tom Hutson Wm. Collison
Helen Collison Forrest Bleakley
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