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&NI)ON CONSIDERS
SITUATION GRAVE
itondon, April 28.—Some of the
Wspapers appear to be preparing
■fe public for the loss of the channel
Its. The Times today says:
‘There is no denying that the loss
'Kemmel hill is a considerable tac
eal success for the enemy and it
pi be well, therefore, to prepare for
fir receipt pf other disagreeable
3ws. If the enemy is able to extend
A grip on Kemmel we may be eom
pled to evacuate Ypres. Such evae
Ition would not inevitably entail the
abandonment of Dunkirk, Calias and
liaiogne, but it is well to realize
m these consequences might ensue.
must remember that the Germans
innot win the war by the occupation
S“’pres and the channel ports.”
e Evening News said last night:
'"■"The capture of Kemmel hill un
.ubtedly is a useful step in the di
ction of Calias and Boulogne and
is frankly admitted that its loss
ravely imperils Ypres. We hope
leve the channel ports will bo
fed. Yet we must face the fact
It their loss comes within the
ftge of contingencies to be reek
fed with and we have already made
M our minds that even if the worst
Mould come to the worst it wMild
|tke no difference to our vigorous
piecutdon of (he war,” *
D. J. Manion stored some bichlo
' -of potash in his barn near Hut
& The rain came and wet the
j§fcash. The fumes killed a mule and
ip calves which were in the barn.
I‘A card belonging to Avis Kohn of
he fourth grade of the Kensett pub
c schools was found lodged against
Wire fence near Harrisburg last
teek. The card had been blown from
|«nsett in the big wind of last week.
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» Swolled Doors Or Tha
Copper-Clad Range
The swelled panels stand
it rich and fine and are corr
oded the most beautiful
doors ever designed. The big
air space between the outer
ana inner panel is the bt st
f heat holder and prevents the
it heat escaping as it does when
doors are of a single thickness.
This air space keeps the outer
^ oanel from burning red. The
ine luster of the polished
ebony is a continual delight
and cleans like a dish.
RIVER WILL GO TO
20 FEET TOESDAY
'
I Portions of the Lowlands Have Been
Subjected to Overflow, But Rise
Is Not Serious.
White river here this afternoon
stood 18 feet and eight inches. The
stream has risen about four inches
during the day and is expected to
reach a stage of twenty feet tomor
row afternocn.
Heavy rains are reported to have
fallen in the upper White river and
Black ’river countries during the past
twenty-four hours.
A portion of the lowlands in this
county have been touched by the wa
ter and crops damaged, but this dam
age is not expected to become exten
sive, as the river doubtless will begin
to recede tomorrow night.
PROTECTION AGAINST
LIGHTNING ORDERED
For the first time in the history of
the American fire prevention move
ment, a state fire marshal has order
ed properties protected against light
ning damage. State Fire Marshal
Fleming, of Ohio? has issued a blan
Kei oraer, wiucn wm lumpu
telephone company doing business in
Ohio to equip telephone lines enter
ing certain occupancies with lignt
ning arresters and adequate fuses.
This was done, says Mr. Fleming, as
a war measure, and the order applies
to s’xtecn clast s of plants, among
which are warehouses, flour mills,
grain elevators, wholesale provision
and grocery companies, cold storage
plants, canning factories, storage and
preserving plants; grain, hay and
provision storage; bakeries and food
repositories. One of the principal
purposes of the order was to protect
the food supply, since serious fires
had occurred as a result of the lack
of lightning arresters.
Fire Marshal Fleming is able to
accomplish his object in this case be
cause he deals with comparatively
few telephone companies, who are
loyally co-operating with him to
guard the nation’s food supplies and
other vital necessities. If he had to
deal separately with each individual
property effected by the order, the
task would be beyond the perform
ancance limits of his small force of
deputies. The farmer is among those
so situated that state and federal
.governments must depend upon him
to protect his own grain supplies, and
it should not bc overlooked by him
that the lightning damage to food re
sulting from a lack of lightning ar- !
resters on telephones is small com
pared to that which is due t ? a lack
of lightning rods on farm barns. Re
cords of the Indiana Fire Marshal
Department for the four ears, 1913
1916, show nearly twice as many
lightning fires for barns as for all
other buildings combined. Sixty-one
per cent of lightning fires in these
fmir vpars were barn fires. In con
sidering these figures in relation to
Fire Marshal Fleming’s order, it
should be i-emembered that a small
per centage only of lightning fires in
buildings other than barns were due
to a lack of lightning arresters on
telephones.
It is not only vitally necessary that
the farmer guard what food supplies
are in his control, but also that he
maintain a high productive effi
ciency cn his farm during the war.
President Wilson has just appealed
to all farmers to produce more than
ever, even though farm labor may be
more scarce than usual. That means
the farmer must look to a human la
bor saving machinery to aid him.
Destruction of this machinery in a
barn fire in the midst of the planting,
cultivating or harvesting season is a
calamity that often completely de
stroys the productive efficiency on
the farm where it occurs. To guard
against this. also, the farmer’s barn
is a strategic fort in this war. It
should be guarded as never before.
The time to put the barn in order
for the critical season of 1918 is now.
March and April bring the spring
thunder showers with lightning de
struction. Today the farmer can ch
ain first-class installation by relia
le comoanies using the best grades
of metal. How long these comoanies
may be ahle to obtain supplies is not
known. The sure way to get high
grade protection is to get it now.
All contractors are hereby notified
that the scale of wages, for Union
No. 188, of Newport, Ark., shall be
1 as follows, carpenters 50c per hour,
joiners. 65c per hour, 9 hours to con
stitute a day. This is to be in effect
Ion and after the 22nd day of May,
1918.
A. M. Ballew,
I 4d6t 2w2t. President
One of the fliers at Eberts field in !
making a landing near Lonoke alight- j
ed on a mule which was attached to a j
scraper and killed the mule. Another
plane lighted on a big steam roller,
j Both machines were damaged, but
j the aviators were not seriously hurt.
The finding of gold, near Combs in
Madison county was reported some
! months ago. The St. Paul’ Mountain
i Air says a sample of the Madison
j county rock was sent to a Knasas
City assayer who certified that the
rock would run $16.99 worth of gold
1 and silver to the ton.
Thh negroes of Arkansas, especial
ly of the cotton country, have bought
liberally cf Liberty Bonds during the
| present campaign. Several in Phillips
! county mortgaged their stock in or
der to raise money to buy bonds.
To advertise it in tiie Independent
is to sell it—if it is something foi
which live people find a need.
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Political Announcements
The Independent is authorized to an
nounce the following persons as can
didates for public office, subject tc
the action of the democratic nrimar
ry, May 28, 1918.
FOR CONGRESSMAN
Wm. A. Hodges
W. D. Davenport
W. A. Oldfield
FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Dene II. Coleman
FOR CHANCELLOR
(Eighth District.)
Lyman F. Reeder
.George T. Humphreys.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
R. T. Simmons
Fred R. Suit3
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
S'* ~ \\7
FOR COUNTY CLERK
J. F. Parish
Grover C. Nance
FOR ASSESSOR
I). 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.}
Walter Cole
(Jefferson Township.)
J. D. Wyatt
Clay Rbberts
(Union Township)
W. D. Runyan
FOR JUTICE OF PEACE
(Union Township)
Frank Foushee
H. C. Nuckolls
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NOTICE.
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Owing to the high cost of every
thing and advances in supplies we
are compelled to raise our prices
which will make shaves 20 cents, all
hair-cuts 40 cents, all tonics 20 cents;
all other work will remain at same
price. This goes into effect Monday,
April 29.
The Union Barber Shops of Newport.
6d3t.
In asking the people to invest in
War Savings and Thrift Stamps, the
government is not asking them to
contribute money.
ILMUIU
War Savings Stamps
. LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE TA
KEN THE LIMIT—$1.000—OF
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS:
fwsJ]
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
IM'JED BY THE
UNITED STATE# I
GOVERNMENT
GO THOU AND DO LIKEWISE
Mike Denton Dr. Joe Graham
Frank Farmer W. A. Billingsley j
W. R. Harvey Alcorn Ferguson
A. J. Goetz S. W. Harvey
James Graham N. C. Wolff
Charles Greenhaw Dr. O. E. Jones
Pickens Black Mrs. J. Collison
Tom Hutson R. B. Hocking
Helen Collison J. R. Holden
Miss Alma Morgan J. Collison
W. N. Dunaway M. O. Valentine
Chas. G. Henry Joe Collison
J. L. Bevens Marvin Hare
Mrs. A. J. Goetz Wm. Collison
Tom J. Gregg Forrest Bleakley
John F. Gardner M. A. Stevens
J. W. Li nd ley V/. H. Murphy
W. B. Overstreet B. J. Best
Buddy Hunter J. W. Grubbs
Mrs. M. A. Dorsey C. E. Balch
Joe White Edw. Wilmans
R. D. Wilmans J. S. Wilmans
Mrs. Ella Wilmans Walter Hurley
3. Ileinemann R. B. Hooker
Bud Graham Isaac Goldman
B. W. Jamison Mrs. L. J. Dunkin
Mrs. T. S. Stephens.
This Space patriotically Contributed
to the War Savings Limit Club
By the First National Bank.
WARNING ORDER.
In the Circuit Court of Jackson
County, Arkansas.
Mack Mill Company, Plaintiff
vs. No. 3319
J. W. Connor, Defendant,
Arkansas Bank and Trust Co., Gar
nishee.
The Defendant, J. W. Connor, is
warned to appear in this court with
in thirty days and answer the com
plaint of the plaintiff, Mack Mill
Company.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said Court this 29th day of April,
1918.
R. W. Bandy, Clerk.
By J. B. Parrot, D. C.
(Seal)
J. H. Johnston is hereby appointed
attorney for non-resident defend
ant. 9dl 3w3t
Help Killl
the Kaiser!
Buy Third
Liberty
Loan Bonds
P. S. WHITE
Will Give You
Thrift Stamps
Phone 167
Third and Beech
||j THE UNIVERSAL CAR I Hi
l The Car That Is Always j [J]
the Best and Most Ser- j j
viceahle for the Money. I
Chassis.$400 I If
Runabout . . . $435 ™
Touring Car. .$450
F. 0. B. DETROIT
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Special m1 ur omen’s I
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Section I
You will find a most complete assortment 1
I of beautiful Coats, Suits and Dresses in |
our ready-to-wear department specially 1
priced for Saturday and next week’s 1
selling. 1
The Suits are new spring models, all
well tailored, colors are navy, taupe,
green, tan and grey; sizes 16 to 44,
materials are of poplin, serge, chiffon
E cloth and French Velour. These
suits are garments that formerly
sold for $27.50, $30.00 and $35.00
but for quick selling they are special
ly priced in one group at
The coats are beautifully made big j|
collai- effects, with or without belts; |>
many new shades, tailored by the |
leading New York manufacturers, J
and are specially priced for the week s,
at $13.95, $16.95 and ‘ |
19.75 19.75 I
| When You Say SilK Dxesses |
We Have Them I
Just received a shipment cl Dresses height from one cf the
leading New Yorh costume houses at prices that will sell ihem. I 8
They come in Georgette, Crepe dc Chine ard Silk, h atterns ai e
plaids, stripes and solid colors, in blue, gray, tan, pink, ci«a rose,
heliotrope, brown and many other color combinations. These
Dresses can be worn for street, afternoon or evening, and we ?
woold like for you to stop in and lock them ever, whether you r
buy or not. Always glad to show you.
They are priced for quick selling at |
13.95, 16.95, 18.95, 22.95, and 24 95 I
HEINEMANN