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1 VOLUME XVIII. NO. 223. NKWIMRT. ARKANSAS FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Will Be Awarded to Workers Who [
Hold Certificates Issued By
Local Committee.
Believing it will be a distinction to
nave served in the Red Cross army
during the war, the national and di
vision headquarters have formulated
\ plan for the issuance of certificates,
which carry with them the right to
secure and wear the Red Cross ser
rice badge.
No one can secure a badge without
a certificate from the committee on
awards, to whom is submitted your
claim for a certificate.
To secure the certificate, which en
titles you to purchase from the chap
ter a badge, you must have at least
#800) eight hundred hours of service
to your credit and only service subse-1
fluent to April 6, 1917, and up to and ]
including December 24, 1918, shall be j
considered.
These certificates will be issued by ;
the division committee on awards af
ter being recommended by local com- i
mittee on awards, and every effort;
will be made to see that each is so !
anaue as to carry wim iu cue uibi/uh~
tion it merits.
Where accurate record of service
rendered has not been kept it is sug-!
gested that workers, who believe they
are entitled to the badge, submit their
claim to the local committee, togeth
er with letter showing it is approved
by the chapter officer or forewoman
under whom they have served.
Work done on garments and knit-,
ting done- in regular work room hours
or at auxiliary meetings, ■will be es
timated on a piece basis. Knitting—
i sweater, 30 hours; socks (pair) 24
hours; helmet, 12 hours; wristlets
(pair), 8 hours; muffler, 24 hours.
Hospital garments— Helpless case
shirts, 6 hours; bed shirts, 2 hours;
pajamas, 16 hours; convalescent
robe, 18 hours; operating gown, 61
hours; trench foot slippers (pair),
8 hours. Refugee garments—Pina
fore, 6 hours; child’s dress, 4 hours;
woman’s chemises, 1 hour; boys’
suits, 16 hours.
The insignia for women workers
will be a badge with a ribbon bar and
I safety catch, and for men a button
for coat lapel. The cost of the form
er is $1.00 and the latter, 75 cents, j
Women workers serving an addi
tional period to the minimum period
specified will be entitled to wear on
the badge, in place of the plain rib
bon, a ribbon interwoven with one
stripe and a ribbon bearing an addi
tional stripe may be substituted for
each additional peariod equal to the
minimum.
All who desire to secure this badge
of honor should apply at once, as
there is a time limit for securing
them.
The local committee on awards is
| composed ot Mrs. u. w. ocaniuiuuKn,
» chairman and Mrs. W| A. Billingsley
I and Mrs. E. L. Watson.
| JOHN BARLEYCORN DOOMED.
I Washington, Jan. 16.—John Barley
corn is dead.
January 16, 1919, will go down in
,, history as marking his demise.
J The constitutional amendment
m making the nation dry will go into
I effect as thirty-six states have rati
i fied the amendment.
The legislatures of Missouri, Ne
ll braska and Wisconsin were the lat
E est to endorse the amendment.
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FOUR CHILDREN OF
ONE FAMILY BURIED
AT SAME HOUR.
Newark, Jan. 16.—The saddest
funeral in the history of Newark was
held Thursday afternoon at the Meth
odist church, when services were held
at the same hour over the four chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Williams
of Paroquet.
Each of the four children died of
influenza and their death removes
every child from the family, the only
remaining members of this once hap
py family being Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liams.
The first death occurred Monday,
when Viola, a little girl died. Two
others, Martha and Ethel, died on
Tuesday, one about 4 o’clock in the
day, one about 4 o’clock in the morn
ing and the other at five in the after
noon. The fourth child, Sam, a
bright little fellow, three years of
age, died this morning about 4
o’clock. _
The remains of the four children
were shipped to Newark for burial
and this most sad and remarkable
funeral was held at the Methodist
church this afternoon, Rev. E. A.
Horn conducting the services. The
remains were buried at Blue Springs.
LETTER FROM COMPANY E BOY.
The following letter from Private
Thomas B. Mross, one of our noble
Company E boys, who is now in Ger
many, written to his parents, will no
doubt be read with interest by his
riends. In fact the (entire county
is interested in these boys and always
read with interest the letters handed
us for publication.
Bullay, Germany, Dec. 12, 1918.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mross,
Newport, Arkansas.
Dear Parents and Sweet Little Sis
ter: Well, I wonder- how you all are
getting along. Fine, I hope. Here
I am in Germany, and have been on a
hike for the past few days—10 or 12
days I believe. Anyhow I know we
have been doing some walking and
are not near our destination yet.
I have seen some great sights and
some of the tallest and most wonder
ful mountains one could imagine, and
they presented a great sight to me. I
do not know when we will start back
toward home, as some say it will be
soon, others a great while yet. But
one can never tell just what is going
to take place in the army. I am hop
ing however, that it will be right
away as I have seen all of France and
Germany I care to see. The paper
and envelope I am using is German
material. I bought it today out of a
German store and it cost one mark.
A mark in American money is about
24 cents. I got 5 sheets of paper and
5 envelopes. I am enclosing a Ger
man stamp for you’to keep. 1 bought
some cigars and they gave me the
stamp as change. I don’t know what
it is worth— about two cents I sup
pose. Cigars are 2 for a mark, or 24c
and they are the cheapest you can
buy. Can’t buy anything to eat in the
way of candy, apples or cakes, neither
sugar, as you seldom see any. Tou
irof in lnvfre towns to eret su
gar and in Luxemburg I paid 5 franks
(1.00) for one-half pound of what
was supposed to be candy. One
small bar of toilet soap cost $1.25. 1
don’t think I can ever send any money
home, as I need a - little along, but
will bring all I can.
I was so sorry to learn of Fred
Suits’ death.
I will write every chance I get and
I hope it won’t be long until we car
talk face to face with each other
Take good care of yourselves until 1
get there. I will close this time by
wishing you a merry Christmas and
a happy New Year.
From your boy,
Thomas B. Mross,
Company C, 359th Infantry, A. P. O
770, American E. F., U. S. Army.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that a spe
cial act will be introduced in the pres
ent General Assembly providing foi
the creation of an improvement dis
trict embracing parts of Independ
ence and Jackson county to build i
bridge over White River, at or neai
Newport.
P. H. VAN DYKE,
Chairman of Roads and Bridges
Newport Chamber of Commerce
Newport, Ark., Jan. 16, 1919. dlt wl
Subscribe for the Independent.
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Another Record Made Bp
Senate in Passing Bills.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 17.—Instead of
eight members of the General Assem
bly making a tour of inspection to
the state institutions, the committees
this session will be composed of five
members, unless the house refuses to
stand for the reduction,
i In the senate Thursday a house
resolution was read providing for
eight members on the university in
spection committee. This was re
duced by resolution by Senator Col
lins to three from the house and two
from the senate.
Former prosecuting attorneys are
numerous in the senate and their
presence is being noticed in the many
bills which are being offered to
change the penal code. Two such
bills were passed by the senate on
Thursday, one by Senator Utley
making false testimony a misdemean
or, and the other, by Senator Evans,
making the penalty for forgeery both
greater and smaller.
In the false swearing bill, the au
thor, a former prosecutor, declared
that it has always been difficult to
prosecute with success an indictment
for perjury on account of the heavy
penalty. He stated that a smaller
offense would bring a lesser penalty
and at the same time be accompanied
with all the odium of the conviction
for a major offense.
The argument on the forgery bill
was about the same. The author
| pointed out where there were many
cases in which the offender would
i right to organize on the same plan ai
is in force in the cities. This bill was
introduced by Senator Utley.
A bill of importance to automobile
owners was introduced in the senate
on Thursday afternoon by Senatoi
Vaughan. It gives the corporation oi
individual repairing a car, or putting
tires upon it, a lien upon the car
This is a radical extension in the me
chanics’ lien law, bringing it up tc
date.
The senate on Thursday adopted i
resolution prepared by Senatoi
| Walls, endorsing the League of Na
i tions and calling on congress to ex
• ert its power to see that this is a re
suit of the peace conference,
j The formation of an Illiteracy
Commission, with delegates from civ
ics and other clubs who shall serve
as members without compensation, h
| provided for in a resolution adoptee
| by the senate Thursday. The reso
lution was introduced by Senatoi
( Emory.
j The senate has a bank guaranty
plan to work out. It is in a bill sub
mitted by Senators Greathouse
Brown and McFarlane. It is £
lengthy affair, and a number oJ
copies have been ordered printed sc
that the members may study it thor
oughly before being called upon tc
pass upon it.
The senate, by the adoption of £
1 resolution presented by Senator C ol
lins, paid a high tribute to Hon
George Thornburgh for the part he
has taken in the passage of the state
, wide prohibition bill,
j The State Council of Defense yes
t-_Kill CKaC tins beer
have been convicted had it been only
a few months to the jail sentence.
The old penalty is from one to seven
years. The Evans bill makes it from
one month to ten years.
Persistent in their efforts to se
cure a return of the money advanced
to defray the expenses of maintaining
the Arkansas building at the Panama
Pacific exposition, commissioners and
business men who made the display
there possible, have introduced a bill
in the senate carrying an appropria
tion for $23,300 for their relief.
There seems to be much more senti
ment in favor of the passage of this
bill than in any of the previous ses
sions.
. Another record has been made by
the senate in the passage of four
teen bills on the third working day
of the session. Ten of these were lo
cal bills, but four had to be consid
ered by a committee and a shorter
time for their consideration would
have been impossible. The four bills
of general nature were two to change
: the penalties for forgery and false
swearing, and the other changed the
system of filing of sheriff’s and col
! lector’s bonds by making the attorney
! general and auditor pass upon them
! instead of the county judge and dis
trict judge. The collector must
i also give a bond for one and a
' half times the amount of the funds
'he-will handle, as shown by the
! assessment. Another bill extends
to the rural school districts the
drawn proposing that the Statt
Council of Defense be made a perma
! nent body. It will be introduced ir
the legislature in a few days. The
Council has done so much good wort
during the past two years that it is
desired to perpetuate it in some form
Mr. Choate of White county introduc
ed nine of the 64 bills on the calendai
the first three days. He would find
members who had no bill to offer and
would use their time.
Representative Emmet Vaughan oi
Prairie is the author of a bill in tht
house which will authorize the legis
lature to increase the number oi
members of the supreme court from
five to seven when it is deemed neces
sary. Salaries of state officers are
fixed as follows: Cxovernor, $6,000:
attorney general, $4,000; Secretary
of State, $3,600; State Treasurer
$3,600; State Auditor, $3,600:
members of the supreme court, $6,
000; Circuit Judges and Chancellors
$3,000 to $4,000.
The members of the house are pre
paring to make a fight on the sheep
killing dogs of the state. Three bill
have been introduced assessing li
censes on keeping dogs, and provid
ing for- the collection of damages foi
the killing of live stock. The fooc
administration is back of the .move
ment for the conservation of liv<
stock.
Among the bills introduced in th<
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NEWPORT, ARSC.
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£ jj ty of hundreds of Newport and Jack- j= j
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j factory nature of this bank’s service. i
j =§ Strict adherence -to sound and ap
2 == proved banking practice, progressive, || j
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house yesterday are the following: |
Doyle—To make English the basis 1
language of all schools in the state.
Hartsfield—To amend the law reg
' ulating bonded warehouses and the
licensing of ginners.
Smith of Hot Springs—to amend
i the law relating to quarantines and i
; to make vaccination in rural districts :
optional with the school boards but
, compulsory in cities and towns.
, Choate—To repeal the act of 1915
■ creating the State Veterinary Boai'd.
Shinn—Requiring the employment
of shot-firers in coal mines.
Talkington—To probit the ship
. ment of liquor into the state.
Alexander—To provide for quar
antines against plant diseases and
plant pests, particularly the Pink
• P>oll-worm.
Carson—To permit soldiers and
sailors resident in the state to vote
in any election whenever away from
home.
Wilcoxon—To provide for the list
ing and taxing of all building and
: loan associations.
Choate—To reduce the penalty
for delinquent assessments from 25
per cent of the property involved to
$2 flat.
Bohlinger—To appropriate $1,400 i
to apply toward the purchase of a
silver service for the Battleship Ar
kansas.
The equal suffrage amendment,
whose author is Riggs of Garland
county, came up today for final pas
sage, having been amended to meet
all objections of those who feared the
alien voter. It was adopted and now
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goes to the senate, wnere u, is ex
pected to be speedily passed.
BOARD OF CONTROL
TO HOLD MEETING
HERE SATURDAY.
A meeting of the Board of Control
of the Northeast Arkansas Contest
Association will be held in this city
Saturday afternoon at one o’clock in
the office of Supt. Edgar Williams,
when business pertaining to the
year’s work will come up for discus
sion. Representatives from nineteen,
schools are expected to be present at
this meeting. Mr. Williams stated
this morning that the selection of
the place of meeting would probably
come up and be decided upon, and if 1
Newport wanted it in April they must i
let him know by Saturday.
CAPTAIN WOODS
RELATES EXPERIENCES. 1
Captain John T. Woods, formerly of
j Izard county, was here Wednesday
' night on his way to Melbourne to vis- -
it his parents for some time. At his
hotel here he was the center of at
traction for a large number of
friends who had known him person
ally for several years. Captain
Woods is a young man of unusual in
telligence and after graduating at
the first officers training camp at
Fort Roots was sent to France, where
he made a splendid record. He is an
attorney of Fort Smith and a grand- i
! son of the late Judge R. H. Powell of
! I Batesyille.
Captain Woods said that in one 1
battle he led his men into the thick
est of the fight and after it was all
over he was horrified to find not a
man in his company had been left, all
of them either being killed or wound
ed- He organized another company
only to have them go as the others.
Thus while the battle raged, he or
ganized three companies only to find
each one wiped out. During the last
fight he was seriously wounded him- :
self in the intestines, but fought one
hour after he was shot before he was
carried to the hospital. Upon arriv
ing at the hospital he was given or
ders by the surgeon to make final ar
rangements for his next command, as
his hours were numbered. Captain
Woods was brought across on a cot on
a hospital ship, and is still very weak,
but says he is going to get well.
NOTICE.
Complaints are made that boys
are appearing on the streets with
bean shooters and air rifles promis
cuously shooting them, and that win
downs and street lights are being j
shot out.
This is a violation of the city laws,
and notice is given that on proper
information fines will be assessed
against guilty parties.
C. M. ERWIN, Mayor, i
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I Keep your dollars at nome. Trade
, in Newport.
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JOE L. BEVENS
PI TRIBUTE
In Resolutions Adopted At Meeting
of Executive Committee of Lo
cal Red Cross Chapter.
The Executive Committee of the lo
cal Red Cross Chapter met last night
in the Chamber of Commerce room
jnd upon motion of P. H. Van Dyke,
seconded by George A. Hillhouse, the
Following resolution was unanimous
ly adopted:
“In recognition of the faithful, in
telligent and successful administra
tion of the pioneer chairman of our
chapter, Mr. Joseph L. Bevens, whose
devotion to his duties and the well.
directed enery with which he has dis
charged them, merit the recording of
the chapter’s appreciation of his
leadership, be it
Resolved that our retiring chair
man, Mr. Joseph L. Bevens, be ten
dered a vote of full confidence in his
administration, the sincere thanks and
lasting appreciation of this committee
which voices the sentiment of the
Newport Chapter and all its branches
in paying tribute to the retiring offi
cial, who gave freely of his time, his
enthusiasm and love for the great
work of the Red Cross and who has
established a precedent for a high
and laudable conception of official
Juty, that will continue to influence
For the best, the life of our chapter."
LONE BANDIT ItOBS
BOONEVILLE BANK.
Booneville, Jan. 16.— A posse
leaded by Deputy Sheriff E. W. Mar
gin tonight is in the weeds ten miles
south of here, hot on the trail of the
one bandit who walked into the Bank
if Booneville at noon today, held up
;he cashier and walked away with.- —
f 1,800 in currency. It is believed
hat he will be captured in a few
lours, although it is difficult to fol
ow his trail through the mountains.
Cashier L. L. Clreen was alone in
die bank when the robber walked in
vitli a blue toboggan cap pulled low
>ver his face, presented a revolver
>nd demanded all the money on hand.
While Green was putting the money
n the sack, a patron of the bank
valked in and was covered. The rob
ber then ordered both into the vault,
ilso Joe Barlow, the assistant cash
er, who came into the bank later.
The robber did not do a good job
>f locking the vaut door, and the
;hree imprisoned men escaped in a
Few minutes and gave the alarm.
Later it was learned that the robber
iad discarded his old suit of overalls
ind left them in a haystack a mile
’rom town. Some of the men who
•eturned tonight said that the sher
ff’s posse was still trailing the
jandit ten miles from town.
The bank’s cash has not been
checked up, but it is estimated that
,he robber secured about $1,800. lie
eft i*ll the silver and overlooked $1.
)00 in currency. The bank is in
sured. -
Cashier Green described the man
is being about five feet nine inches
sail, rather heavy but slender. At
.he time he entered the bank he wore
/ellow overalls.
A PESSIMIST ON HUSBANDS.
Speaking of a profiteer, a senator
said
The man is not typical. If he were
ypical then I’d despair. I’d grow
is pessimistic as the middle-aged
ady.
“A salesman was selling a bedroom
dock to a pretty girl.
“1 recommend this clock with its
illuminating attachment to switch
>n,’ he said. ‘It’s a very good thing
to tell what time your husband comes
lome, you know.”
“ ‘But I haven’t got a husband,’
said the pretty girl.
“ ‘Oh, but you will have some day,’
said the salesman.
“ ‘Yes, but not that kind of a hus
band,” said the girl.
“Then it was that the middle-aged
lady stepped forward.
“ ‘My dear child, they’re all that
kind,’ she said. ‘Young man, I’ll
take that clock’ ’’—Washington Star.
Mrs. J. A. Martin of Batesville was
here yesterday on her way to Okla
homa City to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Sidney Maxfield.