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VOLUME XVIII. NO. 111. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS
HAIG’S HAMMER-LIKE BLOWS CAUSE WILD
GERMAN RETREA T ON FIFTY MILE FRONT
FACE-TO-FIGE
WITH DISISTER
NOW RETREATING ON FRONT
OF FIFTY MILES.
General Haig's Great Victory of Yes
terday When He Broke Through
Hindenburg Line Puts Huns
in Dire Peri!.
HUN RETIREMENT IS SPEEDY.
(Associated Press Summary.)
On a front of virtually fifty miles
-from iust below Ynres to near Pe
ronne the Germans are in retreat,
forced by a series of unremitting
hammer blows inflicted by Comman
der Foch in the past six or seven
weeks. This retreat has now been
accelerated by the notable victory
won by Haig yesterday in breaking
through the line defending Douai and
Cambrai and threatening to outflank
even the main Hindenburg line south
of St. Quentin. So proununced and
so speedy is the German retirement,
it seems as if the enemy, if he has not
met with disaster, is perilously on the
verge of one.
Washington, Sept. 3.—Government
was expenditures in August broke all
monthly records by more than $100,
000,000, lounting to $1,714,000,000
reports up to today. Later reports
may raise this by fifty millions.
NEW PUBLICATION ON
LOVE, COURTSHIP AND
MARRIAGE ESTABLISHED
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 3.—Joe F. Sulli
van, formerly of Imboden and Heber
Springs, who has been engaged in ed
cational and literary work in Michi
gan for several years, has established
a new publication. He has done that
which was considered impossible,
discovered a field that is almost un
touched, although some phases of it
are found in all literature. “Love,
Courtship and Marriage” is the title
of the magazine, “a periodical of pro
priety for people of refinement.” It
is announced as a "symposium of the
world’s best thought on all phases” of
the subject discussed, especially with
reference to the effect the world war
will have on it. It is published at
' Farmington, Mich.
I In asking the people to Invest in
War Savings and Thrift Stamps, the
government is not asking them to
on a paying basis.
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KIASER, THE BEAST OF
BERLIN.
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' 'T
CZtCH NATION
IS RECOGNIZED
President Wilson Accepts Peoples As
Ally In War Against Germany
and Auslro-Hungary.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 3.—-The United
States has recognized the Czecho
slovak peoples as a co-beliggerent na
tion in the war against Germany and
Austria Hungary. Prof. Massaryk,
president of the Czecno-Slovak na
I i. ! „ 1 »ni i v, T1 vi-i/vf T oneinn1 of
state department at noon today and
was officially informed of President
Wilson’s action.
MANY NAMES ARE
PUT ON PETITION
Protest Against Raise of Light and
Water Rates Is Made to City
Council Last Night.
A meeting of the city council was
held last night at the city hall, when
matters of a routine nature, such as
the payment of bills, etc., were dis
posed of.
j The question of granting the Ark
' ansas Light & Power Company ar
increase of rates to be charged^oi
1 light and water did not come up at
' the meeting. Yesterday a petition
asking the council not to grant such
an increase until an audit of th(
company’s books and an investigatior
of their manner of conducting theii
business here were thoroughly car
ried out, was circulated through New
port by H. C. Patton. The petitior
was signed numerously and presentee
to the city councilmen and mayor.
I As yet no audit or investigation has
been made.
BAD ADVERTISING
TO BE ELIMINATE!
i
I Survey By Chamber of Com mere
Show Useless Advertising Ven
tures Claim Big Amount.
A comprehensive survey conducte*
by the Chamber of Commerce show;
j data confirming that the business in
; terests of Newport are spending ove
| $12,000 uselessly every year in graft
j advertising schemes, solicitations an<
donations of various kinds and na
ture.
Steps will be taken at once to elim
+ +V»ic! oKcmlnfo pxnfindi
ture of money. Every business in
stitution in Newport is asked to co
operate in blotting out this class o
business by reporting it to the Cham
ber of Commerce office and by in
. sisting upon a written recommenda
tion form the manager of the Cham
ber of Commerce before they evei
consider any proposition, howeve
meritorious it might seem to them
A resolution adopted by the board o
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce on this subject will be pre
sented to the members of the Cham
ber in form of a display card t
which solicitors on schemes can b
referred to. By earnest co-opera
tion on the part of business men thi
1 nuisance can be stamped out quick!
■ and effectively as it should be i:
■ all well organized towns and cities
■ and soon the graft advertising pes
■ will give Newport a wide berth an
■ seek greener pastures elsewhere
■ It should be remembered that wheth
• er the proposition is of local origin o
I not it should be referred and review
> ed through the proper channel.
> The Independent works for yoi
> Uso it as your salesman. It carrie
> news of the store into hundreds c
> homes.
KEEPING THE HOME FIRES BURNING
building in the Southern Department. The big open fireplace, the curtained
windows, the cozy coiner, and the little feminine touches .which have been
added by friends of the “Y,” all contribute to the comfort and morale of the
soldier away from home.
Here the soldier will find a happy substitute for the home fireside, with
music if he prefers it—the home paper—good magazines—a game of check
ers with his chum, and a lot of other things that help to make life interesting
for the soldier. This is the social room which may be found in nearly every
Army Y. M. C. A. hut. This particular one is enjoyed by soldiers from the
Southwestern states at a Texas camp.
The headquarters offices of the Southern Department, Army Y. M. C. A.,
are at San Antonio, Texas. William B. Adams is the executive secretary.
\
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER.
The ladies of Circle No. 2 of the
Methodist church were at home Mon
day afternoon to their friends in
honor of Mrs. Paul Noe, until recent
ly, Miss Lillie Bandy. On account
“of war times” the delightful affair
was very simple in every feature no
extravagance being indulged in with
cut flowers and such features that al
ways add to the beauty of such oc
casions, but the pleasure was there
and the delightful hospitality of the
N '
'AUGUST DROUTH
HURTS COTTON
Forecast For Crop Places Number of
Bales This Year At 11,137,000,
Based On Canvas.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 3.—August was
the most disastrous month to the cot
ton crop ever recorded, the loss in
prospective production amounting to
1,482,000 bales, resulting from the se
vere drouth. The department of agri
culture today forecast the crops at
! 11,137,000 bales, basing the estimate
on the canvas made August 25. The
estimated condition on that date was
55.7 per cent of normal.
hostess, Mrs. O. E. Jones, who is t
circle chairman, was enjoyed by the
large number present during the re
ceiving hours from 4 to 6. On a
beautiful tea wagon, a bridal gift, on
ly a part of the gifts were placed and
little Miss Sidney Johnson rolled the
table in laden with gifts, and pre
sented it to the guest of honor. A
whole set of china, cut glass, silver,
hand work of various kinds and linens
galore, composed an exquisite collec
tion of gifts from friends. The mem
bers of the circle received through
out the home and later in the after
noon served brick cream and cake.
Mr. and Mrs. Noe are now at home
in their own home on Hazel street,
where they are receiving the congrat
ulations of their many friends.
: Announcing the First
Showing of Men s Fall
Hat Styles From
Knox, Stetson, No Name
and Hawes
It is frankly conceded that in selecting our Fall Hats, Good
\ Quality and Taste were given precedence over all other Features.
Mever before has it been so important for a man to Demand
1 Quality in every thing he wears, from his hats to his Boots.
A hat from either of these famous Hat-makers is a thorough
ly dependable example of a thoroughly desirable head piece.
>
Knox $5.00 and $6.00
’ Stetson $5.00 to $10.00 i
1 NoName $4.50 and $5.00
t Hawes $3.50 and $4.00
r |
Star Clothing Company
» ADAMLCCKARD, Manager 'THE APPAREL STORE FOR MEN." f
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MORE THAN TEN
THOUSAND MEN
TAKEN IN DRIVE
BRITISH CAPTURE MANY TOWNS
ANI) VANTAGE POINTS.
■
Lons, Queant, Doigncs, Velu, Berth**
court and Ilacquigny Are Cap*
■’’win
tured By British and Others
Are About to Fall.
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ADVANCE FOUR MILES TODAY.
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(By The Associated Preas.) ,
London, Sept. 3.—The British have
captured Cady of Lens. The town of
Queant has also been taken. Lena !
was evacuated by the Germans, and 11
the British are moving on!
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Sept. 3.— Artillery action
on the Somme front and further
south between the Oise and Aisne
rivers is reported in an official' state-'
ment issued from the war office to
day.
MO. PAC. TO SPEND
$150,000 AT HOXIE
Hoxie, Sept. 2.—Information has
been received here to the effect that
the Missouri Pacific railroad has de
cided to enlarge its roundhouse by
the addition of 15 stalls, giving a ca
pacity for storing 30 engines. They
also will build a new and modern coal
chute and buy a number of ladder
tracks, all estimated at a cost of
$150,000. The present pay roll
amounts to about $50,000 per month,
payable semi-monthly. There is
a large general store in this
and a large part of this m
to mail order houses mor*'
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