Knox mends shoes cheap. Ill
alnut street. dtf.
Dr. W. D. Hinson has returned
from a business trip to McCrory.
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For Rent—Rooms for light house
keeping, 519 Walnut St. 268dtf.
Dee Moon was down from Swifton
this morning transacting business.
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Fine eating sweet potatoes, 50c a
peck at Bowen’s Cash Store. 262d6t.
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P. H. Van Dyke is in St. Louis for
-a short business trip, going up last
night.
Marshal Ed De Camp, of Batesville,
was here today returning home from
an official visit to Jackson, Miss.
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A. S. Madding, of Pine Bluff, made
a short visit with Mrs. Evelyn Kin
man and family, returning home this
morning.
Will Snetser, who has been home
for the past few days, returned to Lo
noke last night, where he has govern
ment work.
Mrs. W. A. Billingsley and Miss
Elise Hooker are spending the day i
at Little Rock on Red Cross business,
going down on No. 8 Tuesday.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Layton and
Mr. and Mrs. Lon H. Layton, of Yell
yille, ywere registered at tho Hazel
hotel last night, returning froni Lit
tle Rock.
J. M. Cobb, manager of the Princess
theatre at Batesville, was here yes
terday, en route to Lonoke, where he
is building a motion picture theatre
«nd airdome near the aviation field.
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George M. Sink is in receipt of a
letter from H. S. Simmons, stating
J; that he is at his home at Union Hill
on account of sickness, but hopes to
Ibe out hr a few days and able to re
sume his work, surveying.
James P. Coffin, of Batesville, was
here yesterday qji his return home
from Searcy, where he made a talk
at the Presbyterian church in £he in
terest of the three million dollar
benevolence fund to be> raised by that
church. Mr. Coffin was the guest
while there of Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Neely.
Grits, flake hominy, graham flour,
whole wheat flour.—Bowen’s Cash
Store. 282d6t.
Drtyage of all kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10. Ches
ter Robinson. 13-dtf.
Land for Sale—Call on E. F. Dun
can, attorney-at-law, Newport, Ark.
265d6t wit.
For Rent—Two furnished rooms,
single or en suite. Close in. 214 Ha
zel street. 268d3t.
Dr. W. F. Barr, a popular physi
cian of Auvergne, mad^ our city a
visit this morning.
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The handsome home of Mrs. J. I.
j Sturdivant at Newark was destroyed
| by fire Saturday afternoon.
j. A. Lindley, A. J. and H. S. Hand
ley, of Battle Axe, were down on bus
iness today, coming through in their
car, even if it was cold and windy.
Mrs. E. H. Yeager has responded
to the call for all kinds of goods and
articles for the Red Cross work, and
has sent twenty-five yards of outing
to be used in the work rooms.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. C. Gardner, of
Battle Axe, spent the day very
pleasantly in our city today with
their son and "his wife, Rev. and Mrs.
Joe Gardner.
M. R. Bowles, a saw-mill man
from Bradford, was a business visitor
to Newport today. He called and
gave us his subscription for the In
dependent.
Diamonds for Sale—1.83 ct. size,
blue white, very slightly imperfect.
Net wholesale cost, $452. Will be
sold to the highest bidder, except not
less than $400. If interested see Dr.
W. D. Hinson. 269dlt 49wl
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Hon. A. W. Parke, of the Parke
Harper news service at Little Rock,
was at Searcy Tuesday, where he
spoke at the court house on war camp
community entertainment, a protege
of the army and navy department.
Carl Lehman, the noted Christian
Endeavor worker, will arrive this af
ternoon and will conduct a rally at
the Christian church tonight. He is
a very interesting speaker and a gen
eral invitation is extended to every
body to hear^him.
Miss Margaret Reed entertained
her little friends of the knitting club
Tuesday afternoon, the occasion be
ing her ninth birthday. The little
party was given after school hours
and was a very delightful affair.
Games were played and a nice lunch
served.
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Years of effort and experience
have developed the strength and
service of this bank until it is
thoroughly dependable at all
times and fully able to meet all
requirements of a good bank.
As a member of the great Federal Re
serve System we are able to offer
added benefits to our depositors.
Are you a depositor of this O
( Bank? If not, your ao (
• count is cordially]'invited. •
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® NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
“The Bank With the Big Surplus”
H&ORE THAN Sf300,000 [
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The first American tour of Hock
wald ft Puche’a native Hawaiian
Company will be at the opera house
Friday evening in plays, songs
and pictures of beautiful Hawaii. A
fascinating program. Admission 25c,
35c and 50 cents.
Ladies living in the first ward who
desire to register will please take no
tice that the place of registration has
been changed from the city hall to
the Elks’ club rooms. The city hall
is being used by the examining board
for the drafted men.
Teddy Shell, who was called home
to Swifton by the death of his fath
er, is spending the day here, receiv
ing a cordial welcome from his many
friends. He expects to return to
Camp Beauregard Saturday or Sun
day.
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Carl Huddleston left yesterday af
ternoon for Memphis, where he has
accepted a position with tho Southern
Cotton Oil Company of that city. Mrs.
Huddleston will remain here until
Sunday to pack up and will join her
husband there.
The Modem Woodmen of America
held a business meeting in the lodge
hall Tuesday evening and transacted
business, relative to the order. Now
members were added to the rapidly
growing list. F. J. Harmon, as
clerk of the camp, was allowed an in
crease in his commission9 from 8 1-3
to 10 cents per member. Harry
Grimes was re-elected consul of the
camp.
The many Newport friends of M.ss
Doris Carpenter, formerly of our city,
will be glad to know she is a very
popular teacher in Miami, Arizona
schools. In a recent Lincoln’s birth
day anniversary entertainment given
by the schools, the press of Miami
complimented the part Miss Carpen
ter’s grade had oi> the program very
highly. Her mother and brother,
Mrs. Savannah Carpenter and Morris
Carpenter are also with her out west.
GET IN LINE FOR
A SPLENDID CAUSE
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The War Camp Community Ser
vice campaign is progressing rapidly
and at a meeting today of the local
soliciting committee a total of $950
was reported subscribed, and encour
aging reports as to the total amount
for Newport being realized in full.
In this campaign it is the inten
tion to reach every man in Newport
and solicit him for a donation and
when the list of subscribers is pub
lished at the end of the campaign a
glance#will show those who have re
sponded and . done their duty and it
will also show who have not done
their duty. All will be personally
seen and given the opportunity to
subscribe. Earnest men who realize
the need of this fund are doing the
soliciting and we may rest assur'd
that no one will be overlooked.
Do not think for a moment that if
you have bought Libei-ty Bond or
War Savings Stamps, donated to the
Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A. and pur
chased a Smileage Book that you
have done enough in this war. You
may have done all these and yet you
have not begun to meet the needs of
our soldiers and our nation. Every
energy, every dollar and every de
sire we have should be subject to the
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country worth living in is a country
worth fighting for. We at home can
fight with our money and our time.
Do not let yourself be classed as a
slacker. If you have turned down
one of these solicitors, just think it
over again and call upon him and tell
him you want to be a man who does
his best at all times, and fill out your
card and hand him the money. If it
was not needed you would not be
asked for it. If it were thought that
you could not afford to support your
soldiers and your nation you would
not. be asked for it.
Let Newport come out of this cam
paign with a one hundred per cent
donation and no slackers.
Your car may need overhauling or
adjustment for the season near at
hand, and it is best to have this work
done now. Our foreman. M. E. Mot
ley, is a very capable mechanic and
your automobile repair work at our
garage will be under his directon.
We carry a complete lne of United
States and Republic tires and auto
mobile accessories.
266b7t P. H. VAN DYKE.
What is UAX-FOS
,«X-K*3 IS AN n*?r%3IED CASCARft
A Digestive Liquid Laxative,'Cathartic
and LiverTonic. Contains Caseara Barit,
Blue Flag Root, Rhubarb Root, Black
Root, May Apple Root, Senna Leaves and>
Pepsin. Combines strength with pala- >
table aromatic taste. Does not gripe. £9c
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’’Didn’t Want
To Do Nothin ’
or Go Now here”
An old colored woman, who evi
dently entertains the idea that money
will insure immunity from anything
she imagines is disagreeable, created
some amusement at the court house
today when she appeared before the
ladies filling out registration blanks
for voluntary war work forewomen
and offered them five dollars for ex
emption from any such service. The
old woman thought registration was
compulsory and was anxious to find
some means to escape responsibility,
declaring that she didn’t “want to do
nothin’ er go nowhere.”
It required a great deal of explana
tion to convince her of the object of
the registration, and that there was
no danger of her being “drafted.”
The ladies do not feel sure, after all
their efforts, that the full purpose of
the registration has percolated
through the old colored woman’s
dome.
Late Wire Briefs
Associated Press Dispatch:
Petrograd, Feb. 20.—General Hoff
man, German military representative
at the Brest-Litovsk peace conference,
has telegraphed the Bolsheviki gov
ernment for a written authentication
of Russia’s wireless message sent
yesterday to Berlin.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 20.—German Inde
pendent socialists are preparing for
a demonstrative strike in the muni
tions factories of the empire March
1, according to an Amsterdam corres
pondent at Berlin.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 20.—Andrew Bonar
Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in
the House of Commons today said the
daily expenditures of the war for
four weeks were six million, three
hundred and sixty-four thousand
pounds.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Berlin, Feb. 20.—German forces on
the Russian front yesterday advanced
northeast and east of Dvinsk, the
German war office announced today.
M. M. Bales, while digging ore neai
Stark Springs, about fire miles fron
Batesville, met a tragic death. Whili
working on the edge of a dugout s
great volume of dirt and. rock broki
loose, and rolling down the embank
ment cau&ht Bales, completely bury
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1 tag Mwi) killing him instantly. Hln
r neck was broken.
W. C. McAuley was in from Weldon
i today with cotton.
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February Sale of Ginghams ,
House Dresses and Aprons
To the housewife who appreciates the desirability of fresh, new House Dresses
and Aprons, this sale will have full significance. We are the home for the
famous “Gold Medal” House Dresses and Aprons, well known for their quality
and durability. Below we quote prices that will appeal to you.
RENFREW ri
DEVONSHIRE
AYsmDyrt I T ill -Ou'twrn j;
'. fhvk £ f£ cuute*-; j
At $1.50
House Dresses of striped percale, fan
cy collars and cuffs; well made; all
sizes._
At $225
House Dresses in plain chambray, in
many pretty styles. Also neat per
cale patterns.
At $2.50 ”
House Dresses in a number of attract
ive models. These dresses are appro
priate forafternoon wear; nicely made.
At $1.00
Dainty Patterns in ginghams and per
cales, in checked, striped and figured.
Full and roomy. |
_ At $1.25 1
Dress Aprons in neat checks and
stripes, in percales, open-front, open
back and open-side models. i
For the thrifty housewife who has the time and loves to sew her own garments
we are showing a large range of pretty patterns in Toile-du-nord Ginghams and
Devonshire Cloths. In checks, stripes, plaids and solid colors.
Wolff-Goldman Merc. Co. ,
L“THE HOUSE OF SATISFACTION’’