THE INDEPENDENT
AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
Editor and Publisher.
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Arkansas, as second class mail matter, j
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATRIX
SALE.
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Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned will sell at public auction
at the late residence of Walter I,. Us
sery, about a mile and half South of
Tuckerman, Arkansas, on Saturday,
February 1st, 1919, the personal
property belonging to said estate,
consisting of horses, cattle, hogs and
farming implements; said sale to be
to the highest bidder on a credit of
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
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.
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NOTICE OF SEWER TAX.
The tax books for the collection of
the special sewer tax on real proper
ty in Sewer District No. 1 for the
Ninth Annual Assessment to main
tain and operate said sewer system,
have been placed in my hands. All
owners of real property lying in the
district are required to pay theii
taxes to me on or before January 31,
1919. If such assessment is not paid,
action will be commenced at the end
of that time for the collection of
said assessment and cost.
Given under my hand this 26th day
of December, 1918.
L. MINOR, Collector.
Sewer District No. 1, Newport, Ark.
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eight months, purchaser to give note
with approved security bearing
per cent interest from date; or may
waive time and pay cash.
Nellie M. Ussery,
Administratrix of the Estate of Wal
ter L. Ussery, Deceased. 226wlt
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NEW GASOLINE STATION.
Our new Chief Sentry Bowser gas
oline filling station has just been in
stalled and we are now prepared to
furnish gasoline in any quantity. I
iSThis is a five-gallon stroke pump, in- J
baring quick service and accurate
measurements. Your patronage is
solicited.
P. H. Van Dyke’s Garage,
24d3t wit Second and Beech Sts.
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Green Beans
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Sweet Pickles
School Girl Pickles g
Tablets and Pencils at
P.S. White , Grocer jj
BEECH AND THIRD SIR’ CTS |
Newport, Ark. Phono 167 |
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NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned will present to the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Arkan
sas thirty days from this date for
passage by it a special act authoriz
ing the assessors of Road Improve
ment District Number Four of Jack
son County, Arkansas to increase the
assessment of benefits heretofore
made in said district by adding to
the assessment of benefit^ now on file
against each of the tracts and par
cels of land, railroad right of way and
all other realty in said district an
amount equal to twenty per cent of
the assessment heretofore made
against each.
against each and for such other leg
islation as will enable the commission
er to construct the improvements con
templated by said district.
S. W. Harvey, J. A. Lindley
and H. E. James, Commis
sioners of Road Improvement
District No. 4 of Jackson
County, Arkansas.
Given this the 18th day of January,
1919. 224dlt 41w3t.
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Usa it as your salesman. It carries
news of the store into hundreds oi
homes
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| THE UNIVERSAL CAR
I Let Men Who Know Do It
If you use “bogus” or counterfeit parts for re
-"fe placements and repairs to your Ford car, you can’t
exyect satisfactory nor durable service from your
car. It’s not fair to the car to repair with poor
quality parts. Stick to the genuine Ford materials
and have your Ford car cared for by men who
know Ford mechanism and how to best keep the
car in working order. Bring your Ford car to our
shop where you’re sure of the square deal; sure of
Ford materials and sure of Ford low prices. Keep
your Ford car running full standaard.
Hutson-Ladd Motor Car Co.
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THE DYING EAST
DEPENDS ON AMERICA J
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The Land Where Christ Was Barn j
and Where His Miracles Were Per- J
formed. Now the Scene of
Untold Misery.
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Clot out the old school geography ot |
the new atlas and look for Asia Mi :
nor. Look at the scale of the majj
and get some idea of its size. Theit
is the cradle of the race. There is j
the home, the beginning place of the 1
great religions of the Western world.,
Judaism was revealed there and so.
was Christianity. It is the sacred
place of the Moslem as well as the1
Jew and the Christian. Three great
religions call it their Holy Land.
Tn i he territory of Asia Minor, from
the Black Sea to the Persian Gulf,
the whitening bones of millions of
men, women and children are nleacli
ing under the desert, suns. It is a
charnel house that is greater even
than that smoking hell of the old
Western front.
These people died without a
chance. Never a rifle or machine gun
was In their hand#. Cut.down by the
Turks, deported from their native vil
lages and driven across mountains
and deserts, thrown into the sea and
drowned by thousands in the muddy
rivers of West Asia, they died with
out a chance for life.
When an American traveler cat. in
a day's travel count more than 5,(100
mutilated corpses along a roadway
it is evident that nowhere in tin
world ha3 the great struggle taken a
heavier toll.
But even the Turk, practiced in
killing as he has been for ten centu
ries, failed to wipe out the races ot
the Assyrians and the Armenians, it
is true that the nation is piit fully di
minished. Much of its best blood is
lost. The survivors are in a condi
tion that can hardly be .described.
The American Committee for Relief
ICE CREAM MAN
SAYS HE THOUGHT
HIS TIME HAD COME.
Could Find No Relief From His Suf
fering—Feels Like New Man
Since Taking Tanlac He Declares.
It is indeed doubtful if there is a
better known or more highly respect
ed man in Knoxville, Tennessee, than
C. M. Smith. “Cal”, as he is known
to his host of friends, has been prom
inently identified with the ice cream
manufacturing business in that city
for a number of years, occupying a
responsible position with the Mono
Ice Cream Company. In relating his
remarkable experience with Tanlac,
Mr. Smith recently said:
“About one month ago, I had a se
vere attack of what the doctors de
scribed as acute indigestion, and for
several days I was a very sick man.
Shortly after eating, one day, I be
gan to experience a very full, uncom
fortable feeling in my stomach. I
had never had anything like it before
and 1 hope I never will again, for
my stomach swelled up so from gas
that I could hardly breathe. My
hands and feet got cold and clammy
and my pulse weak. I felt like I’d
give anything in this world for one
good deep breath. I started doctor
ing myself, but in spite of the medi
cine I took, I continued to get worse
and begun to think my time had
come.
“A friend of mine told me about
this Tanlac and I sent and got a bot
tle and started taking it. Well, sir,
you can believe it or not, but I begun
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i Aids To Nature •
The competent physican, when treating
the sick, relies for a cure on two great
agencies--nature and medicine.
Nature, unaided, will sometimes work
a cure. But nature frequently is unequal
to the task and must have assistance.
Then arises the imperative need for
PURE DRUGS
j These you will find at this store to meet
every demand. Bring your prescriptions
to us and have them filled correctly and
with materials of one hundred per cent
purity and strength.
Walker’s Pharmacy \
Phone 39
to improve from the very Start. By
the end of the week I was all
straightened out again and now that
I’ve taken three bottles, I feel like a
new man. I have forgotten all about
the indigestion and can eat just any
thing I want.
“Tanlac just beats anything I ever
saw. Nearly everybody in my neigh
borhood is taking Tanlac and they are
all praising it.”
Tanlac is sold in Newport by drug
gists. (Adv.)
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New Telephone Toll Rates
Effective January 21, 1919
In accordance with the order of the Postmaster General, dated December 13, 1918, new schedules of
rates for telephone toll calls (to points outside the local service area, under which all toll calls !,
throughout the United States are placed on a uniform basis, becomes effective at 12:01 a. m., Janu
ary 21st, 1919.
Under these new schedules the “station to station” rate is the base rate upon Which all rates for the
various classes of service offered, are computed. This rate is determined by the air line distance be
tween toll points and is computed, for the initial period, on the basis of 5c for each six miles up to 24
miles and 5c for each eight miles beyond that distance.
For toll calls where the calling party does not specify a particular person to be reached at the called
telephone, the “station to station” rate is charged. This method provides the cheapest and quickest
form of telephone toll service.
I “Station to station” calls must be made as far as possible by giv ing the telephone number of the called
telephone. Where the number is not known and telephone directory information is not available, the
number should be obtained from “Information,” or if the called telephone is at a distant point, the
name and address of the called subscriber should be given to the toll operator. , , :
For toll calls where the calling party specifies a particular person to be reached af the called tele
phone and the connection is established and conversation held with that person, the “person to per
son” rate is charged. As this service requires a greater amount of operating effor* the rate for such
calls is about’one-fourth greater than the “station to station” rate. (Minimum ‘person to person"
E rate 20 cents.) I
of Armenia and Syria is raising ?30,
000,000 to save them from utter de
struction. Every city and every
county in the United States lias a
small quota to meet. It is fitting
that the whole nation should help in
this matter. Arkansas in the 75 coun
lies will have the privilege of helping
to save their lives by contributing
small sums in the big campaign be
ginning February 3, and ending Feb
ruary 10.
AID FOR THE PERSECUTED
U. S. Government Sells Hospital
Equipment For Nominal Sum
For Worthy Charity. .
Fifteen hospitals of 100 beds each,
| including complete equipment and 200
motor trucks, were purchased by the
Armenian and Syrian Relief Commit
! toe from the United Slates govern
ment since the armistice was signed,
for a nominal sum, according to ad
vices received by M. U. Altheimor.
Buildings are already available in Ar
! menia, Syria and Turkey for this
| equipment; and it is now being mov
! ed from France.
More than two million Christian
Armenians, Greeks and Syrians, who
! are in distres. because of persecution
I from the Turks, will thus be provided 1
i for. The money derived from rhe Ar
menian and Syrian Relief Campaign,
February 3-10, will cause tlieir hospi
tals to be available for the use of
those afflicted peoples.
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For toll calls on a “person to person” basis, where the calling party, in placing the eal\ designates a
definite time at which he will talk and the conversation is held, the “appointment” rate is charged. As
this service involves the making of the appointment in addition to the operating effort necessary for
a “person to person” call, the “appointment” rate is about one-half greater than the “station to sta
tion” rate. (Minimum appointment rate 25 cents.) >t
For toll calls made on a “person to person” basis where messenger service is required to secure
attendance of the designated person at the called telephone, the “messenger call” rate applies. This
rate is the same as the “appointment” rate, plus any necessary charge for messenger service. (Min
imum “messenger call” rate 25 cents.)
In connection with all toll calls other than those made on a “station to station” basis, where the call
ed station is reached but the conversation is not held, because of any reason beyond the control of the
telephone company, a “report charge” is made equivalent to about one-fourth of the “station to
station” rate. (Minimum “report charge” 10 cents, maximum $2.00)
Reduced rates, “applying only to calls made on a “station to station” basis, are quoted for toll ser
vice between the hours of 8;30 p. m. and 4:30 a. m. The rate between 8:30 p. m. and 12 midnight
is about one-half the “stat'on to station” day rate, and between 12 midnight and 4:30 a. m. About
• one-fourth the “station to station” day rate. The minimum night rate is 25c. Where the “station to
station” day rate is 25c, or less, no reduction is made for night service.
Where the “station to station” day rate is 25c, or less, no reduction is made for night service.
For the purpose of applying reduced rates, for evening and night “station to station” service, the time
of day at the calling point is used.
Day rates apply on all calls other than those made on a “station to station” basis, whether they are
made during the day, evening or night.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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l ne quota itii nn- nun' I
1 sns is $150 000. The 1 nited States t
j Win raise $30,000,000 for the relief
| of these stricken peoples.
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WARNING ORDER.
In the Jackson Chancery Court.
Willie M. Lee, Plaintiff.
vs. No. 3400
John Lee, Defendant.
The defendant, John Lee, is hereby
| warned to appear in this Court; with
| in thirty days and answer the com
l plaint of the plaintiff, Willie M. Lee.
Witness my hand and steal of r-aid
j Court, this the 18th day of Decem
j her, 1918.
R. W. Bandy, Clerk.
By J. B. Parrott, Deputy Clerk.
| G. A. Hillhouse, Solicitor for the
plaintiff. %
Ira J. Mack is hereby appointed at- j
torney for the non-resident defend- j
ant. dl w3
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