THE INDEPENDENT
AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
Editor and Publisher.
Entered at the postoffice, Newport,
Arkansas, as second-class mail matter
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There is very little chance for the
wets to win their fight. A very great:
majority of the people of the country
have come to realize the worth of
prohibition, and many of those who
strongly opposed the abolition of
whiskey a short time ago are now '
the strongest friends of the dry
movement. Many who sell whiskey
and others who are directly benefitted
in a financial way by the traffic will
fight to the last ditch, but it is good 1
to know that many of these have seen '
a different light.
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DIVERSIFICATION IS ROUTE TO
INDEPENDENCE.
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We of the south will never be a
prosperous people so long as we farm
in the old way and let Wall street
gamblers run our business for us. (
When we buy from them we give |
them their price, and when they buy
from us we have to take their
price. If we have no say as to the
price of what we make and sell, we
are not a free people. Often some
congressman from the south asks for
Madaline TheatrJT
FRIDAY NIGHT
g lllag’s Flaming Fiont
The first films of a whole battle. !
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A close up of the Itlalian Grand Battle !
sppi t
Fleet in action. The first complete air
fight ever photographed above the
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clouds. Shows how the Italian’s dragged i'
| their big guns to fofty positions. Shows ■
night bombardment of Austrias position. ,
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This wonderful feature made by the
Italian Government.
I (O REELS) ij;
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Reel Keystone Comedy
V ADMISSION 25c
tst. Show 6:50 2nd. 8:30
some relief for the cotton growers;
but we need not to look for much in
that direction, because the majority
of both houses of congress comes
from the states where cotton is not
grown. They must use our cotton,
so the cheaper cotton, the cheaper
they can'get the finished product.
So what will do the south good in
the present condition of cotton will
be against the interests of the rest
of the country. We must find a rem
edy among ourselves to put cotton
on a par with all other merchandise.
The remedy is simple—quit talk
ing and do something. Concerted ac
tion cannot be had. So, every farmer
who wants to become independent
should go it alone, diversifying his
crops, raise hogs and cattle and about
half his usual crop of cotton. Those
who are doing this are getting ahead,
and their example should be followed.
OAKLAND.
We had some snow in this part of
the county not long since. The
ground was not frozen, so the snow
melted as fast as it fell.
All the farmers in this vicinity are
ready and anxious to go to work, as
soon as the weather permits. Here’s
hoping we will all make good crops.
Wheat is looking fine up here and
the recent snow was a benefit to the
grain crop. Some have already sow
jd oats in this vicinity.
The teacher being sick, our school
here is on the drag. Maybe he got
sick so he wouldn’t have to build
'ires, and we see where he’s right—
f it’s so.
Mr. Corrigine says he is going to
nove to Bald Knob. His wife lives
;here and he will not have so far to
ro to see her as he now does. We j
mow his horse will be glad.
Dr. J. C. Frizzell has recently fin
shed a new shed, which will give him
nore barn room.
Mr. Vandever was down in this
>art of the county, looking after bus
ness last Wednesday.
Mr. William Brown has just about
:ompleted a new barn on his place.
Oliver Bright’s sister of Bradford
vas out last week to see her mother,
5randma Bright, who fell through a
loor some time ago, and is on the sick
ist.
The general health in this commun
ty is very good.
The Independent work* for you.
Jse it as your salesman. It carries
lews of the store Into hundreds ol
lomes.
Subscribe for the Independent.
why
I is thtf
kettle
n my
tail ?
ru $200.00 Cash Prizes for the best answers j
OB' You never saw me, folks, did you, without the famous kettle on my tail?
By Everybody wonders why it’s there. Well I’ve never told the secret yet, but now I'm going
UB to give everybody who reads this a chance to guess it, and at the same time win one of a
jBU number of liberal money prizes. Come one, come all! — Help solve the great mystery!
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rlere s how to win:
First, there s no string on this contest. Anybody
interested in horses or mules is urged to send in an
answer. All I ask is that you don’t use more than
100 words, and that you be sure to mention
“Checkerboard Bags’’ (in which Purina Feeds are
always packed). Now, don't be afraid—coine on
in everybody! The best answers take the prizes—
regardless of fancy language or swell handwriting.
Plain "Horse Sense’’ idear on a post card may win.
Second, sign your name plainly, and also tell me
the name of your feed dealer.
Third, mail your guess on or before National Maud
Purina Day. That is February 25th. — I selected
it specially because my favorite feed, Purina
O-Molene, saves my owner 25c.o of his feed.
Purina O-Molene is wonderful feed for mules and
horses. 1 know, ’cause I’m a mule myself. It is
economical, because 1 like it, and assimilate all of
it that 1 cat. 1 never have trouble digesting all of
my O-Molene. Also, it makes me husky and Vr
healthy, so that I can do more work for my owner.
Now then, here are the prizes : fe ;
For the best answer the prize will be £100.00 EB .
For the next best answer the prize will be £25.00
For the next best answer the prize will be £10.00 IS
To the dealer whose customer wins 1st pri/e£50.00 fey
Tothedealerwhosccustomerwins2ndpnze£10.00 fe.
To the dealer whose customer wins 3rd prize 55.00 Pit'
The judges will be i
WALKER HILL, President Mechanics - American Ns.
tional Bank, St. Louis, Mo. 49
A G. WHITE, Advertising Manager. Brown Shoe Co.. TB
St Louie. Mo.
WM. H. DANFORTH. President and Founder of the
Purina Mills, St. Louis, Mo. ,
The winning answers will be mailed ‘—
to you on or before March 25th.
Send your guess straight to me
(and hurry) addressed to 1
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Care Purina Mills, St. Louis, Mo.
Sold By
JOHN R. LOFTIN, JR.
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
SOLDIER IN ARMY OF
OCCUPATION WRITES HOME
The following letter from Oran
Brabbzson of Tuckerman, who is with
the Balloon Company of the Army of
Occupation in Germany, to his fa
ther, George Brabbzson, of Tucker
man, will be read with interest by
his many friends in that section. The
letter, in part, reads as follows:
“Am glad, my dear father, to get
your letter, which I received at noon
today, (January '20th.) From its
date of October 21st, the letter was
about three months in reaching me.
I am well and having a very good
time. Am still at Coblenz, and from
the looks of things will be here for
some time to come. We had a good
show here in our recreation room last
night given by the 128th Infantry of
the 32nd Division, and we enjoyed
it very much. We are going to fly
the balloon here tomorrow in Cob
lei -, or just out of town, and if I
thought it would carry me home, I'd
cut the ropes and take a trip in the
air—or any other old way just to get
home. We are having very good
weather; have had only one snow
which lasted only two or three days. I
don’t think it will be severely cold
here this winter—hope it won’t any
way, as we have to live out of doors.
Dad, it may be a long time before I
can come home, but when I do I can
tell you lots of things you’ve never
heard of. Wjill close, with love to all.
Yours truly, your only son,
Oran M. Brabbzson,
First Balloon Company, A. E. F.,
France.
SOME SPECIAL PROGRES
SIVE FARMERS’ CLUBS.
The Progressive Farmer one year,
The Tri-Weekly Constitution, one
year, both for $2.15.
The Progressive Farmer, one year;
The Weekly Commercial Appeal, one
year both for $1.25.
The Progressive Farmer, one year;
Copy of Massey’s Garden Book; Copy
of Farmers’ Account Book; Weekly
Independent one year all for $2.50.
Harvey E. L McCollum,
52dlt wit Newport, Ark,
fUK SALI,.
Thirty Jersey milk cows Cheap,
with calves and heavy springers.
D. J. Owen,
400 Malcolm Avenue,
247dl0t Newport, Ark.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.
An examination for postoffice
clerks and carriers will be held at the
postoffice in this city on March 22,
1919. Age limit, 18 to 45 years on
date of examination.
Married women will not be ad
mitted to the examination.
Applicants must be physically
sound, and male applicants must be
not less than 5 feet 4 inches in height
in bare feet, and weigh not less than
125 pounds without overcoat or hat.
For application blanks and for full
information relative to the examina
tion, qualifications, duties, salaries,
vacations, promotions, etc., address
immediately
Jos. L. Ford,
Secretary, Board of Civil Service Ex
aminers, Postoffice, Newport, Ark.
COMING TO NEWPORT—
THE ASSOCIATED DOC
TORS, SPECIALISTS.
Will Be at the Claridge Hotel On
Tuesday, February 25, For One
Day Only.
Demonstrating their new system
Treatment—Offer services free of
Charge.
The Associated Doctors, specialists,
licensed by the State of Arkansas,
and who have met with success
throughout the entire Southeast will
be in Newport on Tuesday, February
25, for one day only to demonstrate
their new system of treatment of
chronic disease cases.
This will indeed be good news to
those who find it convenient to visit
the central laboratories in Birming
ham, located at Suite 311-12 Lyric
Theatre Building, where the organi
zation has Southern headquarters.
These regular, reputable physicians
relieve that the combined skill of
several trained specialists in chronic
;ases can accomplish more than one
loctor alone—in other words, in un
ity there is strength.
The offer to treat all who call on
;his visiit absolutely free, is their
>riginal method of getting their sys
tem of treatment before the public
quicker, and no v one, rich or poor,
white or colored, should neglect to
ake advantage of their very liberal
>ffer—ABSOLUTLY FREE (medi
rine excepted.) No cutting—No knife.
It makes no difference how many
loctors you have consulted or how
nany patent medicines you have ta
cen, you can not afford to miss that
►pportunity of ascertaining your ex
ict condition and be honestly advised.1
fou have only yourself to blame if j
mu continue to suffer from Piles, j '
We Ask You to Patronize
Our Cafe and Why We
Ask You Is
1. We can serve """
have the big sanitary st Why? Because it is
j 2. It must be kept perfectly clean. wny.
served right before your eyes.
3. Our prices are veiy re^®n^ j,eat. Why? Because they
4. Your meals are always the right hear. J J
3,6 s.^Even^ouTdinneTplate is hot, keeping you dinner warm and
niCe'6eVIf yw^iant a Wto^eal you can get just what you ^
W“t,C°Weedarrthe,::.smp"“pN i" Newport who « J of
fresh fish and oysters, fresh tomatoes and «'“» •« lhe jj™'.
8. We never close. We have a first-class chef (night) just
the “raew“itd“y-coiitinM feature that good dinner every Sonday.
10. We at all times appreciate your business,
n How do we appreciate your business? We give you all we
can for your money and guarantee that it will please you
12. Any purchase you make from us is guaranteed. If you are
not satisfied return your purchase and we will at all times be glad
to refund your money. _
113. We have put ourselves to an eiiu.mvu, ~ —
the privilege of having in Newport one of the best and most modem
ly equipped cafes. We have a system of electric ventilation that is
equal to that of any city. . ,
14. We have a private dining room with a seating capacity for
20 guests. In our main dining room we have a seating capacity for
jjj 22 guests. |
15. For the ladies in transit our cafe is practically the same as
steam heat. We have 4 fires in this room that never go out, and
you will find a nice little girl on duty at night. In event your train
is late our place is just across the street from the depot and at all
times you are welcome to enjoy our comfortable files.
16. At all times you will find a complete variety of high grade
fruits at our cafe.
17. We are the biggest cigar and tobacco dealers in Newport. J
If you buy cigars from us you have 160 brands to select from.
18. Wanted—100 regular boarders—meals 33 l-3c each; $7.00
a week. I
19. We are willing to work day and night to please you.
20. Why not eat at Dyer’s Cafe, W. H. Dyer, Mgr., 508 Front
■ Street, Newport, Arkansas. Phone 159. |
DYER’S CAFE
W. H. DYER, Manager
Phono 915-We Never Close-568 Front St.
Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Dis- \
charges, Bed Wetting, Blood Poison, j ■
Skin Eruptions, Rheumatism, Epi
lepsy, Uric Acid Poisoning, Paralysis,!
Nervous Troubles and ebility, Neural-1 _
gia, Stomach Troubles and Liver j
Tioubles, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchi-j
tis, Pleurisy, Tumors, Indigestion,
Constipation, Gall Stones, Ovarian
and Female Troubles, Enlarged
glands or any reflex condition of the
nervous system, and those diseases
about which most people dislike to !
consult the general practitioner. j
Bear in mind that this will likely;
be the last visit when the specialists
extend their services FREE. Mar
ried women should be accompanied by j
their husbands and children by their
parents,
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Remember the hotel, day and date
—one day only. j*
Hours 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. ^
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