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EINDENPEDENT
AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
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Arkansas, as second class mail matter.
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gj WHY WHISKEY IS PLENTIFUL.
Saturday Marshal G. C. Martin ar
?' Mated a negro who had in his posses-j
I ahm twenty-eight pints of whiskey.
KagSjSijG-, ’
M la the mind of Officer Martin the ne
gro had brought the.jiquor here for
tile purpose of selling it. But the offi
eer had no tangible evidence to bear
out his assumption. Since the passing
away of the state’s bone-dry statute
eity, county or state officers have had
-w Dp authority to check the inflow of i
\whiskey from other states. Conse
quently the negro arrested Saturday 1
was given his liberty.
There is a federal law against the
importation of whiskey info Arkan- ;
; eas. It is to the federal officers that
the public must look for relief.
| Commissioner Parse of Batesville
was in Newport today and received
from Officer Martin a list of names f
of persons who have been arrested
K; recently and others who are known
* to have brought whiskey .into New
port from other points. It is hoped
the federal government will punish !
these men.
Since we are to be without the
bone dry law there should be a press
ing demand for federal officers to
watch closely for violations of tho
federal law.
CLOTHING FOR BELGIAN
>-< \ RELIEF IS SHIPPED
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Hie Newport Chapter of American
Bed Cross today shipped to Bing
hampton, JN. Y. in answer to the call
made this past week from Division
Headquarters for Belgium Relief,
fourteen cases of used and new cloth
||ling and shoes.
Mrs. O. E. Jones, chairman and her
committee worked faithfully and well.
We should all feel proud of our ship
ment. One paragraph in the appeal
for relief in Belgium which read:
“Before the exhaustion of native sup
plies, prospective mothers were giv
en layettes, little bundles containing
all the warm clean garments so ne
cessary to babies, with which to
clothe and provide for the new arriv
als into the world. Of late these
women have been turned away by
the thousands from empty store
houses, and their new-born babes
swaddled in rags. On your generos j
tty alone rest the responsibility for
these young lives.” This appeal was
splendidly answered by Mrs. J. B.
Avera and Mrs. Fred Jones, who
bougt their own materials, made and
donated a box of nice, warm articles
for the babies. Mr. Jack Davis, al
ways willing, addressed the boxes.
Mr. Sol Heinemann's truck hauled
the .cases to the freight depot,
jjp Contributed.
You command the immediate inter
est and attention of local customers
when you patronize the Independent’s
advertising facilities.
1 ^ advertise it in the Independent
is to sell it-^-if it is something for
which live people find a need.
D. H. Burton and two little chil
dren, of Auvergne, were pleasant
I visitors to our city today.
To advertise your business in the
Independent is to put your business
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+ WHAT THE ■
RED CROSS M
^Hr' IS DOING ■
AND WHAT YOU CAN DO
CANTEEN SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
The Canteen Service of the Red Cross has organized to daU 104 active
canteens in towns along main railway lines in tne Southwestern Division,
that is in the states oi Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Kvery day these canteens are renderng aid to our soldiers in the way of
giving them hot coffee, sandwiches, fruits, and in case of severe illneas, giving
immediate hospital service.
The value of this personal touch cannot be over estimated. Nothing
cheers the boys up like the warm reception they get from a Canteen Com
mittee, especially when hungry and tired, and they leave the town with
the feeling that the people are proud of them and will stand back of them.
When the women understand how
much real godd they can do by paying
this attention to our soldiers they will
all want to do their share, for in no
better way can they do their bit to
help our boys who are about to make
the supreme sacrifice for their coun
try.
It ought to be a great satisfaction to
the parents and friends of the boys of
our Southwestern country to know
that wherever they go in the United
States the canteens of the Red Cross
are pn hand and ready to take care of
them in case of an emergency, and,
therefore, we know that the women of
the Southwest will welcome the oppor
tunity of establishing Red Cross can
teens to take care of other troops that
may pass through their own home
towns.
Innumerable letters are received
from the officers and men showing
their appreciation of the attentions
that have been shown them by the
Red Cross canteens on their journeys.
I will quote from but just two let
ters to show just how the work of our
canteens is appreciated by the army.
Extract from New Orleans report:
“I am sure that every one of tb®
men who were cheered and benefited
during their arduous tour of duty
would be glad to thank you personally
for your thoughtfulness, but, as this
Is impossible, I am happy to be in posi
tion to do It for them and to express
•fcy sincere appreciation of the efforts
of yourself and your associates in go
ing out on those cold nights to distrib
ute among my men your welcome sup
plies. "
Extract from Richmond (Va.) re
port:
“I might add, for your information,
that the canteen committee waited on
a train coming from Texas on the 30th
ult. and took charge of a sick soldier
ill with pneumonia and took him in an
ambulance to the Memorial Hospital.
Yesterday we cared for another sol
dier at the Memorial Hospital, who
was coming from the West on a troop
train from Louisville.”
A canteen is organized in a Red
Cross chapter by the appointment of
a chairman and a committee of froffi
10 to 20 who are ready to report for
work when a call comes. Arrange
ments are made beforehand for the
preparation of hot coffee and sand
wiches in large quantities on short
notice, and for its transportation to
the station. The women all over the
country have entered enthusiastically
into this work and are willing to serve
at all times of day or night. They are
required to wear a canteen uniform to
show that they are the official repre
sentatives of the Red Cross, and as
such the soldiers are willing to accept
their service.
CHARLES P. PBTTUS,
Director of Canteen Service, South
western Division, 1617 Railway Ex
change, St. Louis.
MEATLESS DAY.
Tommy had a little goat
A cunning little cuss,
It ate the neighbors turnips up,
And caused an awful fuss.
The neighbor fenced his garden in,
With twenty strands of wire;
Billy gnawed the fence posts down
Which raised the neighbor’s ire.
Tommy knew not what to do,
He knew not what to say,
So father barbecued the goat
To eat on meatless day.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
(Department of the Interior.)
U. S. Land Office,
Little Rock, Ark.,
March 29, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that Holman
9. Simmons, of Newport, Arkansas,
who, on October 29, 1913, made
homestead entry, No. 010235, for NMs
SEti and SW!4i SE!4, Section 4,
Township 10 N., Range 5 W., 5th
Principal Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make three year proof, to
establish claim to the land above de
scribed, before probate clerk, at New
port, Arkansas, on the 3rd day of
May, 191'8.
Claimant names as witnesses:
J. W. Smart, of Denmark, Ark.,
James L. Alexander, of Denmark,
Arkansas; Geo. Frasier, of Union
Hill, Arkansas, T. W. Frasier, of Un
ion Hill, Ark.
JNO. W. ALLEN,
Register.
To advertise in the Independent is
to talk business to a great majority
of the propective buyers of Newport.
Mrs. Chilton, dramatic reader and
monodramist, will be heard at the
school auditorium this evening at
8:15, the fourth lyceum number.
SAYS FALSE REPORTS
BEING CIRCULATED
Reports are being circulated
throughout the county that I recently
signed a petition being circulated to
keep a certain young man of wealth
from the army, and that previously I
had refused to sign one being circu
The Rock Island Lines, through
its Safety Bureau, WARNS you
that the following practices are
DANGEROUS, as indulgence
therein too frequently results in
loss of life, limb and minor acci
dents.
Failing to “Stop, Listen and Look
Both Ways” before attempting to
cross a railroad track whether on
foot or in a vehicle.
Trespassing upon the Right of
Way, tracks, engines, cars or
trains of any railroad.
Permitting children to use the
railroad Right of Way as a “short
cut” or using it as such yourself.
Standing too close to track when
a train is approaching.
Boarding or leaving moving
trains.
Leaving trains on side opposite
the station platforms.
Riding upon the platforms or
steps of cars while in motion.
Putting head or arms out of car
windows.
Permitting your baggage to re
main in car aisles.
Permitting children to run about
the train while in motion, or go
from car to car unaccompanied by
an adult.
Throwing bottles and other ref
use from moving trains.
TAKING CHANCES AT ANY
TIME OR IN ANY PLACE.
Help Us to “Prevent Injury.”
It Is a Reflection
on a man’s judgment to be with
out adequate Life Insurance
for his family or his busi
ness, or both. Don’t "
put it off. Buy
NOW!
Geo. M. Sink, Special Agent
NEW YORK LIFE
late for a similar purpose by the fa
ther of a boy who is in very moderate
circumstances financially. In defense
of my honor and intgrity I denounce
all such reports to be untrue. No pe
tition of such a nature as suggested
has even been presented to me to
sign and if any have been circulated
I have not known it. My candid i
opinion is that the reports are being j
dirculated with malicious intent to
injure me in a political way.
I have one son in the army and
others who will probably be called
into service' before the war closes.
I have made no effort to keep them
out of the army, and it is absurd to
think I would attempt to keep others
out when my own spn has volunteered
and entered the army. I believe that
I am as patriotic as most citizens of
Jackson county. Not only have I giv
en one son to the army, and have
others who may yet be called out, but
I have done all within my power to
help win this war as many others
have done. My father served in the
confederate army throughout that en
tire war and was honorably dis
charged. I have purchased Liberty
Bonds, war savings stamps, aided
the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and re
sponded to every call for time and
money that has been made.
Most of my life has been spent in
the county and all I have made in
worldly goods is here. I have no
other desire than to reside here the
Rheumatism Yields
Only rheumatic sufferers know
the agony of its darting pains,
aching joints or twisting cords.
But some few have not known that
scorn
EMULSION
has been correcting this trouble
when other treatments have
utterly failed.
Scott’s is essentially blood-food
in such rich, concentrated form
that its oil gets into the blood to
alleviate this stubborn malady.
Get a bottle of Scoff’s Emul
« sion or advise an ailing
,4*4? friend. No alcohol.
The Norwegian cod liver oil in
II Vn Scott'* Emulsion is now refilled in our
ji own American laboratories which
(}1 A makes it pure and palatable.
Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J. 17-2J
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remainder of my life. I want to live
in peace and harmony with all people.
However, I deem it my duty to my j
family, as well as my friends, to de
fend myself when my reputation and
character have been assailed as at
present. I have tried to locate the
source of these reports but am unable
to do so. I will gladly give any per
son $10o or a like amount to any pub
lic or charitable purpose for informa
tion which will enable me to locate
the person or persons who are guilty.
If any .such reports are heard
again by any good citizen of the
county I will appreciate the infor
mation. Hoping that this explana
tion will suffice and that no more
such reports will be circulated, I am,
Very sincerely,
ROE TIMS.
Better to sacrifice luxuries than
sacrifice lives. Sacrifice the luxur
ies—Buy War Savings Stamps.
Mrs. John Sherrell and Mrs. Eva
Shoffner, of Weldon, made a short
visit between trains this afternoon.
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