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AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
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Arkansas, as socond class mail matter.
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p * * mis paper has enlisted
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cwse of America for the
jperiod of the war.
A COMMENDABLE MOVE.
The Independent is glad to see the
directorate of the Chamber of Com
merce take a firm stand with regard
to the houses of ill-repute in New
port. About a year ago this paper
directed a campaign against this evil
in Newport, and we understood that
the women who infested these houses
"Wfere ordered to leave several months
ago. But they came back.
The evil will be a difficult one to
handle here, but it can be done, and
done successfully, and there can be
C*rh6 better starting point than from
the Chamber of Commerce.
The Independent has contended all
along that the propeity owner has no
moral right to rent a house which he
knows is being used for immoral
purpose, and which he knows is being
used as a distributing point for dis
ease of which our youths become vic
tims. The property owner should
realize his responsibility in this mat
ter.
If there is a concerted move on the
part of our city authorities and ex
pressed public sentiment, Newport
/" aagaa-u-=
, can be cleaned up from oi'.e cr.d ..o
the other, and now that our city is
organized the movement should not
stop until it has been carried to a
success.
THE LABOR SITUATION.
The labor situation in Newport is
assuming an alarming aspect. This
condition we are told, is a result of
the failure here to enforce the work
I or fight order.
j Not only is there a great demand
for male labor, but there' is a tend
I ency on the part of colored famales,
who formerly filled places of employ
j ment, to no longer work. These wo
I men and men are said to take the po
sition that they do not have to work,
evidently being able to secure funds
for living purposes without earning
it.
In Pine Bluff the city council has i
enacted the work or fight order so
that it extends to females as well as
males.
In view of the state of affairs in
Newport, the city council would make
no mistake in following the example
set by Pine Bluff.
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never been “scooped.” Its conser
vatism is one of its best features,
and when it flashes a piece of news
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and says it’s true, it’s true. And wre
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very few instances have the morning
papers been able to tell the public of
Newport of any great happenings j
that they did not read about the j
afternoon before in the Independent. |
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to know if it’s true or merely a ru
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Milner this statement is momntuous
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JAKE GROSSMAN, Proprietor.
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CAMP PIKE Y. W. C. A.
During the present month the Y.
W. C. A. of Arkansas is carrying on
an educational campaign in the state
to give the people an adequate idea
of the work being done by the women
in the World War. The time has
passed when it was true that “Men
must work and women must weep,”
for all must work and weep together.
That there may be a better under
standing by the people, the Y. W. C.
A. staff of Arkansas feels sure of the
ready co-operation of teachers and
others in spreading the information.
While the work of the association
is important at the camps in Ark
ansas and throughout the union,
they are all the more important in
France, where the morale of the ar
my, thousands of miles from home,
must be maintained. It is to this the
Y. W. C. A. is consecrated.
So many young wives come to
Camp Pike in response to letters
from their husbands asking them to
come, only to find the men gone to
another camp, through the sudden
and rapid changes inevitable to a re
placement camp, that this feature of
the work of the Y. W. C. A. in the
Hostess House has become a serious
problem.
Almost invariably they have only
money enough to reach camp, and
when they find their husbands gone
they have no means of getting trans
portation home.
uaoi/ wctx\ i/nuiv uw . v*.—. -— —
of this kind. One wife stayed at the
Hostess House two days, until money
could be telegraphed her from home.
The Y. W. C. A. paid for the tele
gram, gave her room and board, and
soon the money came from her fath
er. For another, the lieutenant of
her husband’s company raised the
money and placed it in the hands of
the hostesses with the request that
a ticket be purchased for the girl
wife, and that she be put on the
train for home.
In still another instance, the Red
Cross came to the relief of the help
less young woman, and in another,
one of the hostesses gave the poor,
pathetic little wife enough money to
pay her way back to where she came
from—-not to her home, for she had
no home and no kindred, she said—
but just “back where she came from.”
Many and pathetic are the scenes
witnesses by those who serve in this
“house by the side of the road.”
Notice of Collection of Village Creek
And White River Levee As
sessment.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned will be at the court
house in the city of Newport, Jack
son county, Arkansas, on the first
Monday in November, 1918, for the
collection of the taxes assessed on
the various lands in the Village
Creek and White River Levee Dis
trict. If said assessments are not
paid within sixty days after said
date, a penalty of 25 per cent will at
once attach, and if not paid within
ten days thereafter, suit will be
brought to enforce collection there
of. All persons owning land in said
district are notified to come in and
settle the same within the time and
save penalty and costs.
This notice given this the first
day of October, 1918.
C. S. Stephens. Collector.
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AFTER 22 YEARS’
SUFFERING HER
TROUBLES ENDED.
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Mrs. jOwenby Ganed 12 Pounds On
Tanlac and Her Health Has Been
Entirely Restored, She Declares—
“Ever since I was eleven years old
until after I started taking Tanlac,
recently, I’ve suffered misery with
my stomach,” said Mrs. Kate Owen
by, a well-known Chattanooga, Ten
nessee, woman, living at 121 Vine
street, recently.
“Yes, sir, for twenty-two long
years I never knew what it was to
be able to eat what I wanted without
terrile suffering afterward,” she
continued. “I suffered with pains be
tween my shoulders and my stomach
just felt like there was a hot brick
in it. It would get all bloated up
from gas that formed, and I would
choke and smother so I could hardly
get my breath. I was so nervous that
often I couldn’t lay in bed, but would
get up and walk the floor for hours
at the time.
“I had heard so much about the won
derful relief Tanlac was bringing
suffering people that I decided to try
it, and it’s th honest truth, after tak
ing five bottles I haven’t a sign of
trouble. I eat anything I want and
never have any pains or even feel un
comfortable. The nervousness is all
gone, and I sleep sound all night long,
and get up in the morning feeling fine
and full of "energy. I’ve gained twelve
pounds in weight, and my improve
ment is the talk of the neighborhood.
All my friends compliment me on the
way I look now.” Tanlac sold by all
Jackson County Druggists,
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The following letter was written j
by Ernest O. Wilson to Mrs, W. C. 0.
Wilson of Grubbs, Ark.:
Camp Kearney, Calif., Sept. 24, '18.
Dear Mamma and Papa: I received j
your letter this afternoon and was j
glad to hear from you and to know j
you were all getting along o. k. This j
leaves me feeling fine. I like this j
place better every day, as there are i
all sorts of amusements such as pic- j
ture shows, vaudeville and all kinds j
of army sights. There is hardly a |
day that we do not have two or three I
airplanes go up. Well I am not do- j
ing much as they haven’t got my j
shop built yet. Will start shoeing as j
soon as they get it done, so about all I
lam doing is sleep, of which I
am a very poor hand. Guess I’ll
sleep better when I start to work.
Am glad Ted is satisfied at Jones
boro; it is the best thing he ever
did, if he will stay with it. They
will make him like it if you will
keep him in their charge.
Well, it is getting pretty cold ear
ly in the mornings, but gets warm af
ter the sun gets up. You were ask
ing when I thought we would go
across. It will be two months any
way. Of course all we know is what
our captain tells us. We haven’t got
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shows we are here for a little while.
All our regiment wants to go across,
but all want to come home first on a
visit. Some of them have gone and
come back, and some have gone and
have never come back. None of them
had permission to go. Some of them
are in Mexico and are safe, but I had
rather be in the army than in Mexico.
Tell Dora I am glad she is sending
me my sweater as I sure -need it.
How is Mrs. May and Mrs. Nuckolls.
I see where Joe is across. Well, my
pen is no good and I have given it up.
Say papa, you know Jim Dentoh at
Grubbs? He is Mike’s brother. I
met him at San Diego in a dance hall.
He is in the navy. You see where
several of the boys I know are. I
got the picture ox Dora and also the
paper which I enjoyed very much.
Well, mamma, I have written about
all I can think of so I will close for
this time. You adrdessed my letter
wrong. Don’t put San Di^go on
it. I was lucky to get it. With love,
Ernest 0. Wilson,
Supply Co., 65 F. A., Camp Kearney,
California.
Adjt. Gen. Lloyd England is em
phasizing the announcement made
several days ago that the department
does not want men between 37 and 45
to return their questionnaires until
they are called on. Those that have
been mailed to registrants between
those ages, by mistake, should be re
tained until a call is made for them.
$25,OOo was subscribed to the
Fourth Liberty Loan on the 3rd at
Morrilton, during the stay of the
Liberty Loan war exhibit train,
from six to eight p. m. A crowd es
timated at 3,500 visited the exhibit in
this short space of time.
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS CAN
NOT BE CURED.
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure ca
tarrhal deafness, and that is by a
constitutional remedy. Catarrhal
deafness is caused by an inflamed
condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, Deafness is the re
suit. Unless the inflammation can
be reduced and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever. Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh, whidT'
is an inflamed condition of the mu- 1
cous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Medi- Ij
cine acts through the blood on the
mucous surfaces of the system.
| We v/ill give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Catarrhal Deafness
that cannot be cured by Hall’s Ca
I tarrh Medicine. Circulars free. AH
| Druggists, 75c.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
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