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THE llitj,UtPtNOENT
AUSTIN C. VVILIiERSON
Editor and Publisher.
Entered at the postoffice, Newpon
Arkansas, as second class mail matter
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f. THE WATER AND
LIGHT QUESTION
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The regular meeting of the city
council will be held next Monday
night at the city hall, at which time
I it is said that the matter of granting
the Arkansas Light & Power Com
pany the privilege to raise theii
rates on light and water will he con
sidered further. Manager Moss of
the company’s local plant, said he is
"' hot informed definitely whether H. C,
Couch, president of the company,
■will appear here in person, and could
not say that the matter would be ta
ken up Monday night at all by the
company. This, he said, depended
upon whether a report from expert
Accountants could be had at the time
and placed before the councilmen
- which report would show from an au
dit of the books h.ere whether the
company is losing under the present
method of operation.
>s"—'The Independent has attempted tc
take a common sense view of of the
light and water situation here. It
believes that an audit by expert ac
countants should be made of the
company’s books here and determine
Whether the company can show £
loss from an operation of twelve
months. We do not believe that ar
audit of the transaction of business
fro one month or two months woulc
| -he sufficient. But we do believe
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that an audit covering an entire year
or a period of twelve months'would
enable the councilmen to see their
way clear to reject or grant the re
quest of the Arkansas Light & Power
‘ Company to raise rates.
This, as we see it, is the only fair
way to dispose of the matter, and we
1 believe this ft the view taken by
every fair-minded citizen. No one
wants to pay the Arkansas Light &
Power Company more money for
their service unless the company can
show that it is entitled to a greater
rate of pay, while on the other hand
! there is no one who should want the
; plant to operate at a loss if such a
loss can be shown through compe
tent means.
It is stated that expert accountants
will probably begin the work of au
diting the company’s books here
Monday.
CHANGES IN PHONE
RATES MUST HAVE AP
PROVAL OF BURLESON
Washington, Aug. 30.—Under or
ders issued today all changes in tele
phone rates must be submitted to
Postmaster General Burleson for ap
proval before becoming effective and
the companies are required to make
charges for installing new telephones
or changing the location of old ones.
A statement by the postmaster
general says the new changes are
i necessary to conserve labor and ma
! terial and to eliminate a cost which
! is now borne by the permanent user
j of the telephone.
j Installation^ charges where the
! rate is $2 a month or less will be $5;
where the rate is more than $2, but
| not exceeding $4 a month, will be $10,
and where the rate is more than $4
a month, $15.
J The moving chgrge to the subscrib
er will be the actual cost of labor and
material necessary for making the
change.
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A few days ago the Southwestern
! Bell Telephone Company announced
that an increase of phone rates in
\ Newqjort would become effective
September 1, which is tomorrow7.
Since the first notification of this
step has been given the public, the
above ruling in Washington was
made. The Independent could not
learn from the local exchange today
j whether the raise of rates in New
port had been approved by the post
master general in Washington, as
required.
■1 The Independent does not wish to
raise an objectional point against
the advance of charges for telephone
. service here if such an advance is
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! necessary for the company’s adequate
i operation, but this paper does know
i that the present service does nod
warrant such an increase. For the
! past several months the telephone
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AVER A i U RNIT U R E STORE
I patron has found difficulty in receiv
! ing a desired service. It is true that
I changes of operators have been made
! and that inexperienced operators
j have been employed on the exchange,
{ rendering it necessary for such an
operator to become accustomed to in
cident duties before service is
brought to a standard, but it is reas
onable to be'ieve that a sufficient
period has elapsed to bring about
this standard of operation.
If the postmaster generjJ ap
proves of the proposed advance of
rates in Newport, then it certainly
should be expected of the company
that Newport patrons receive the
quality of service to which such a
compensation entitles them.
PLANE Lome
. IS RISKY WORK
Work of Preparing Planes For Bomb
ing Germany Must Be Carried
Out With Care and Skill.
London,- July 25.— (Correspond
ence of The Associated Press.)—The
loading of a bombing airplane with
bombs for a raid in Germany is risky
work and must be carefully done or
the workers will be destroyed by
their own bombs. The big, long-dis
tance airplanes carry twelve to four
teen large bombs, each too heavy
for a man to lift. Before these are
placed in the machine a crew of ar
morers has to prepare them by in
serting the various fuses, detonators,
and exploders in them, which trans
forms a harmless case of treacly T.
N. T. into a missile of terrific burst
ing force.
These bombs are raised one by one
from the ground by a pully system
worked by men inside the machine,
while one or two armorers on the
ground below steer the unweildy
yellow cylinder into its guides, and
assure themselves that it is firmly
held in the hook above before they
release it. Loading fourteen bombs
of this type takes some little time,
and when it has been done the bombs
have to be so arranged and fitted
that they can be released either
“safe” or “alive” by the observer.
Meanwhile the engineers are fill
ing the great petrol tanks with hun
dreds of gallons of petrol, and
the engines are being carefully over
hauled and tested. The water tanks
and oil tanks in their turn have to
be examined and replenished. Car
penters test the wings, the wires,
and the tail-planes, and adjust the
all-important contral system.
Electricians overhaul the various
lighting sets, for if the lighting sys
tem fails during flight it may cause
a errant, deal of trouble and perhaps
bring disaster.
Gun-layers are taking their ma
chine guns to pieces for the thous
andth time, and are carefully oiling
•md examining every small part.
The guns are then fired on the range
before being mounted on the ma
chine. The very light pistols and the
revolvers belonging to the machine
are oiled and tested to make sure the
safety and the success of the ma
chine and its occupants, who have to
travel at midnight several hundred
miles over Germany on their mission
of destruction to the great war fac
tories and railway junctions of the
Rhenish valley,
CANNING DEMONSTRATION
AT BOWEN’S RIDGE SCHOOL
A canning demonstration was held
at Bowen’s Ridge school, of which S.
T. Nero is principal, on August 28th.
As this is one of the progressive
schools and communities in the coun
ty, there was much interest shown
by the mothers and girls. The dem
onstration was largely attended.
Though a variety of vegetables were
not obtainable, yet a demonstration
in canning corn, tomatoes and sweet
potatoes was successfully carried
out.
A demonstration in making peanut
butter and cottage cheese has been
planned for the club girls at this
school. The date will be announced
later.
Mrs. Mary L. Ray, the district
agent of Little Rock, was in the
county from the 27th to the 29th,
visiting the clubs and inspecting the
work. She was present at this dem
onstration. A meeting was held at
j night especially for the farmers,
j They were urged to increase their
: food production, to co-operate with
! the home-makers and canning clubs,
also the agent.
I want to urge the clubs, also indi
vidual families to purchase their
own canners. I will be glad to give
the address of firms from which the
canners can be purchased.
I hope each club member and far
mer will sow his garden in winter
turnips where weeds are now grow
ing as I see in some gardens while
passing through the county. We will
feel that you are not doing your bit
to help win the war if you allow
these weeds to remain standing.
§ Ellen M. Young,
County Demonstration Agent.
ask's governor for
AN APPROPRIATION.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 31.—Representa
tives of the Boys’ Industrial School
asked the governor for a deficiency
proclamation for $12,000 to carry on
the work of the institution. After a
consultation with the state comp
troller, W. T. Reynolds, the governor
issued'his proclamation for $10,000,
to be paid out of the general reve
nue fund to provide for the current
expenses of the school.
Judge J. W. Wade, president of the
board, and Supt. W. N. Deatton, sub
mitted a report snowing tnat tne in
mates of the school have increased
from 52 per month to 80 and some
times 90 or more; the prices of ne
cessities have increased within the
last few months approximately 30
or 40 per cent; for several months
there has been a sub-division of the
work at Pine Bluff caring for from
five to 25 boys, and making arrange
ments for the industrial training of
the boys and their transfer to the
Geisreiter farm donated to the state;
the former home at Pine Bluff was
burned, with a lot of furnishings,
necessitating rebuilding and furnish
ing; the winter months, which are
approaching, will mean heavier de
mands, as juvenile delinquency is
greater during that season of the
year.
“WORK OR FIGHT”
ORDER WILL STICK.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 31.—“The work
or fight order will stick,” is the news
that comes officially from Washing
ton. Secretary of War Baker has is
sued the following statement, a copy
of which was received here last
night:
“A man who gets an industrial ex
emption by reason of his being an
indispensible operative in an indis
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pensible industry, ceases to have
that exemption as soon as he ceases ^
to be an operative in that industry, j
The Boards have never applied that,
in the case of bona-fide disputes be- j
tween labor as an aggregate and
employes as an aggregation but
they have always prevented the man
taking refuge behind industrial ex
' emption and then discontinuing the
work for which he received exemp
tion, so that the apparent purpose of
the senate amendment is already in
operation.
“The reason for the exemption of
married men is dependency and not
status.’’
In view of these orders, men en
gaged in non-essential industries
and occupations should get into es
sential industry at once and stay
there, in spite of the fact that the
strike clause has been stricken out
of the new draft law.
More and more it is being declar
ed the policy of the government that
a man must either work or fight if
physically fit.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Williams re
turned last night to their home at
Grbbs, after spending a few days in
Newport visiting the former’s ne
phew, Jno. E. Williams, and family.
DIDN’T THINK SHE’D
EVER BE WELL AGAIN
“Tanlac Has Made Me Well and
| Strong,” Says Mrs. Miles—Suffer
ed 20 Years. Gained 29 Pounds.
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“I am now twenty-nine pounds
heavier than I was when I began us
ing Tanlac and I feel like a new wo
man in every way.’’ said Mrs. Annie
Miles, residing at 1445 Evergreen
j Avenue, Jacksonville, Fla., a short
time ago.
“For twenty-five long years I suf
fered with stomach trouble and indi
gestion and tried everything I ever
heard of for it, but kept getting
worse all the . time,” she continued.
“I just had to force myself to eat
enough to keep pyself alive, and what
little I did eat made me suffer hours
of agony, from gas that would rise
on my stomach. I had awful head
aches and dizzy spells constantly and
, was so nervous I could hardly sleep.
I fell off in weight and got so weak
and so no-account that I felt I could
never be well again.
“One o: my neighbors told me what
Tanlac had done for her, and I start
ed taking it. I begun to pick up right
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away. I kept on gaining until I
had increased in weight twenty-nine
pounds and my strength has come
back to me in full force. I can eat
anything I want and everything
tastes good. My nerves, are all right
again and I sleep like a child at night
and get up in the morning feeling
fine. Tanlac has made me strong
and well again.” <
Tanlac is sold by al the leading
duggists of the county.
(Advertisement.)
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Mrs. Frank P. Wood, Box 18, R. F.
D. 2, Morrill, Me., writes: “Foley
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husband also has received much ben
efit from them. He was so lame he
could not stoop over and now he feels
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stiff joints, rheumatic aches and
pains quickly conquered by Foley
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