TO MEMBERS OF
THE RED CROSS
January 30, 1918.
Secretary Jackson County Chapter,
Newport, Arkansas.
The value of this Magazine to the
Red Cross membership in keeping the
members informed, interested and en
thusiastic concerning Red Cross work
is obvious. It is YOUR magazine and
is endeavoring to tell by pictures,
stories and articles how your money
is being spent and how your batt
le dages and surgical dressings are
stopping wounds and fighting death.
Annual members of the American
Red Cross may become Magazine
members and receive the RED CROSS
MAGAZINE for one year by pay
ing an additional dollar to their local
chapter or branch w,ithin three months
after the original dollar was paid.
May we suggest that.you call this
opportunity to the attention of your
annual members if you have not al
ready done so. The Superior, Wiscon
sin Chapter, for example, has inserted
the following notice in a daily paper:
RED CROSS MAGAZINE FOR 1918.
This splendid publication should be
in every home. All members of the
Red Cross are entitled to receive it
for one year on payment of One Dol
lar ($1.00) in addition to their an
nual dues and presentation of their
membership card at this office.
AMERICAN RED CROSS.
Such a notice, together with a cir
I cular or personal canvass should pro
| (luce excellent results. There ought
to be one Magazine member in every
family. If you will try to put one
there, we will try to keep the whole
1 family so interested that you will be
able to get more work out of them.
Very sincerely,
E. FRED EASTMAN,
Business Manager.
A SURE AND PROFIT
ABLE INVESTMENT.
Have Palmer, the tailor, make your
spring and summer suit now before
the rush. It will also pay you to
have your suit and overcoat made
for next winter Many are doing it.
Have Palmer, the Newport Tailor, do
your tailoring, also cleaning, press
ing, repairing and any kind of alter
ation done by an expert tailor.
52d6 IN OPERA HOUSE BLOCK.
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GEORGE M. SINK
Special Ag'ent
NEW YORK LIFE
The Best Is Always Cheapest
NO TROUBLE TO TELL
YOU ABOUT IT.
Write to Me, Giving Date of Birth
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A Savings Account
In Corpuscles
IS THE INEVITABLE RESULT OF A TRIP TO
, Hot Springs. Ark.
Resfrt” f “th “SfarK MountMns
Why not go this Winter? See .he cosmopoiitsn
crowd-enjoy the sports-take the baths.
Low Round-Trip F.re. Vi.
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BOOTLEGGING
ON INCREASE
Supreme Court Decision Has Thrown j
State Wide Open for Importa
tion of Booze.
Special to Indeepndent.
Little Rock, Feb. 8—No decision of
the supreme court in many years has I
aroused so much interest as that in
the “Bone Dry” case, which thro\vs :
the state wide oepn for the importa- j
tion of liquor in unlimited quantities
and hand baggage “for personal use.”
ft is currently reported among those
who profess to know that the price
of boot-leg whiskey has fallen in the
last week from $10 to $6 a quart.
The officers say that there will be a
great deal more boot-legging now,
since it will be so much easier to get
the liquor into the state.
There will probably be a motion for
a re-hearing, and that there is argu
ment on both sides of the proposition
is apparent from the following dis
senting opinion by Associate Justice
Humphries:
“I do not differ from my colleagues
on the canons for the construction of
statutes, but differ from them as to
the meaning of the statute in ques-.
tion under the rule of construction in
volved. The construction of the ma
jority made delivery the gist of the
offense. Shipment into this state or
transportation into this state is just
as much the gist of an offense as de
livery. Each is clearly provided for
in said section, to-wit: To ship into
the state, to transport into the state,
or to deliver in this state to any per
son, firm, or corporation within this
state. It will be observed that the
language is—“to ship or to transport
statement is in the alternative, and
each act should be construed as a
septate offense in order to give full
+ Vi n cfafn+o
“As I read it,‘the only exemption
provided for is the right to ship,
transport, or deliver wine for sacra
mental purposes, or alcohol for struct
ly medical or mechanical purposes.
A reading of the whole act convinces
me that the legislature intended to
pass a bone-dry law for the state of
Arkansas, and I think the title of the
act clearly imports the intention of the
legislature to pass such a law. I do
not think my construction runs coun
ter to any language used in the act.
For the reasons expressed I register
my dissent from the opinion of the
majority.”
DO YOU BELIEVE IN SIGNS?
A crack in your chimney is a sure
sign that you are going to move.
If you dream of smelling smoke it
is a sign that you are asleep and had
better wake up.
To see a paper-hanger papering
over a flue hole indicates an impend
ing loss.
It is bad luck to look in a dark
closet with a match.
If you can see your shadow from an
oil stove it indicates a crowd of people
coming to your funeral.
When the wind ' moans it is ex
tremely bad luck to burn trash near
the house.
If you smell gas or gasoline, and
look for it with a light, it foretells
that you are about to start on a long
journey.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCE
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The Independent is authoriz
ed to announce the following
persons as candidates for public
office, subject to the action of
the Democratic party:
For County Superintendent—
J. M. Balch.
Garland E. Land.
A. J. Garner.
Z. D. Barber
H. L. Thomas
For Congress —
\ Hodges
W. D. Davenport.
W. A. Oldfield
•’or County Treasurer—
W. D. McLain.
Charles K. Coe.
For County Judge:
John A. Melville.
R. F. Tyer.
W. M. Tims.
W. A. Mink.
For Sheriff and Collector
Terry Guin.
J. M. Ivy.
For Representative:
R. T. Simmons
For County Clerk:
J. F. Parish.
Grover C. Nance.
For insurance, fire and life, see
j Jaekson County Realty Co. We have
nothing but the large Eastern com
I panies.—Jackson County Realty Co.,
Tuckerman, Ark. 47w4t.
Notes on War Work
One of the newest and most inter
ring movements for war relief in
Newport is the Weekly Knitting
Elub, organized by Misses Margaret
Emma Stephens, Franchelle Watson
ind Elizabeth Wise. About a dozen
ittle girls, from six to ten years of j
ige, comprise this club. Of course at:
he meetings, there has to be a little !
’un mixed in, for “all work and no |
slay makes Jill a dull girl,” but each |
ittle lady has a knitting bag just like '
;he grown-ups, and they are knitting i
»vash cloths and sponges for the sol
iiers.
The Junior Red Cross for the school
;hildren has taken hold in Jackson
:ounty. The Tuckerman school has
the distinction of being the first in
the county to organize with every
ehild in the school enrolled as a mem
ber, and will soon have a certificate
and Red Cross school flag on display,
these being sent from National head
quarters.
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County Chairman J. L. Bevens met
with Prof. Williams and the teachers
here one afternoon when the plan of
organization was discussed, and it is
expected that our schools will soon
have Junior Red Cross Auxiliaries.
The membership fee is twenty-five
cents a year and the funds are han
dled by a school treasurer and ex
pended for materials for war relief
work by the pupils, if so desired.
Already quite a bit of work has been
started by the teachers and pupils,
such as comfort pillows, knitting and
other things.
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Splendid work has been done in the
War Savings Stamps campaign too,
something like $450 worth of stamps
having been sold in the schools,
through the efforts and patriotism of
the teachers in aiousing the interest
and desire to help in the children.
Collier’s Weekly is interested in
collecting information from various
towns over the country as to the per
cent of population enlisted under the
colors, and among others proposed
for the “honor roll” mentions Clarks
ville, Arkansas, with a population of
1,500, of whom 200 volunteered—
13 1-3 per cent.”
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Mrs. Olivia Kindleberger, Norwe
gian by birth, and wife of a retired
American rear admiral, is the cham
pion knitter of New York. She does
all her knitting by the “Continental
method” that her mother taught her
years ago in the old country. Since
November 21st she has knitted fifty
sweaters and the last ten of these
were made in seven days. Her hus
band, the rear admiral, doesn’t like
early hours, and they frequently sit
up until 2 a. m., he reading aloud and
she knitting— and the Red Cross
sweaters grow steadily in conse
quence.
NOTICE.
If you are a hustler, and really
want to work, the Modern Woodmen
hae an opening for you, either locally
or in eight adjoining counties.
Hubert A. Nicks,
District Deputy.
Temporary address, Batesville, Ar- ]
kansas; permanent address, Biggers,
Arkansas. 46w3t.
NOTICE.
Our cotton gin is running every
day, taking care of the cotton bolls,
which otherwise would go to waste.
Get busy, gather your bolls and
rush them to us. We will buy th*m
in any quantities. Prices according
to grade. Call, write or phone.
N. D. Moon & Son,
43w2t. Swifton, Ark.
NOTICE. |
J. C. Cook & Son have made a
change in their business and have
added a full line of drugs, patent
medicines, chemicals, toilet articles
and druggist sundries which will be
in charge of J. C. Cook, Sr., (regis
tered pharmacist), who has been in
the drug business for the past fifty
years, and who will be pleased at all
times to see his old friends and pa
trons. 4flw4t.
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| THE UNIVERSAL CAft \
Cold Days Are Here- I
Hill And because of these cold days a lot of people ll|
U 11 are going to lay up their cars and not drive. Their ||pi
| l reason—and it is a good reason—is that it is so cold I 1 j
Hill ind windy that driving is uncomfortable. j' j
| But have you ever considered the comfort that
Hill lies in a closed car—a Sedan? till
Hill In the Ford touring sedan you are protected l|fji
‘ f from all the rigors of winter. You are no less com- | ?
1 i fortable than you are in your own easy chair at ■|||
| ; I Your hands don’t get cold, your feet_are warm, ||jp|
! you can loosen or remove your overcoaC"y8a^«ini^ | |
I . | And when summer comes the car becomes a
I HI I In our showroom we have a new model of the B||l|
Hill We can make immediate delivery. Can equip 1 |
IHII with electric starter if desired. fsj||
II Hutson-Ladd Motor Car Col II
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