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THE INDEPNEDENT
AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
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Nobody can Tell when you
Darken Gray, Faded Hair
with Sage Tea.
Grandmother kept her hair beauti
fully darkened, glossy and attractive
with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur.
"Whenever her hair took on that dull,
faded or streaked appearance, this sim
ple mixture was applied with wonder
ful efTect. By asking at any drug
store for “Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur
Compound,” you will got a large bot
tle of this old-time recipe, improved
by the addition of other ingredients, all
ready to use, at very little cost. This
—>«*. , simple mixture can be depended upon
to restore natural color and beauty to
the hair.
A well-known downtown druggist
says everybody uses Wyeth’s Pace and
Sulphur Compound now because it
darkens so naturally and evenly that
nobody can tell it has been applied—
it’s so easy to use, too. You simply
dampen a comb or soft brush and
draw It through your hair, taking one
strand at a time. By morning the
gray hair disappears; after another
application or two, it is restored to its
natural color and looks glossy, soft
and beautiful. This preparation is a
delightful toilet requisite. It is not In
tended for the cure, mitigation or pre
vention of disease.
VOLUNTEERS NOT
ACCEPTABLE NOW
Washington, Aug. 8.— Voluntary
enlistment in the army and navy were
completely suspended today to pre
vent disruption of industry pending
disposition of the b.ill proposing to
extend the draft ages to include all
men between 18 and 45 years. Or
ders were issued by Secretaries Ba
ker and Daniels directing that no
voluntary enlistments be accepted af
ter today until further orders.
An order ^spending further civil
ian volunteering for officers’ train
ing camps was signed today by th
secretary of war. No more applica
tions from civilians for admission to
the camps will be accepted by the
war department, the order says, until
the legislation affecting draft ages
now before congress is disposed of.
130.207 MORE TO
ARMY THIS MONTH.
Washington, Aug. 8.—Calls for
1.30.207 draft registrants qualified for
general military service to join the
colors before the end of August,
were issued tonight by the provost
marshal general.
One hundred thousand white regis
trants from 43 states are ordered en
trained between Augustt 26 and Au
gust 30. Twenty-one states and the
District of Columbia are directed to
furnish 30,207 negro registrants, to
entrain August 22-24.
These orders bring the number of
men called out in August to about
300,000, the number contemplated in
the present military program.
ROOSEVELT GRAVE FOUND.
With the American Army on the
Vesle, Wednesday, Aug. 7.—On a
wooden cross at the head cf a grave
at the edge of a wood at Chamery,
east of Fere-en-Tardenois, is this in
scription:
“Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt,
buried by the Germans.”
German newspapers announced
several days ago that Lieutenant
Roosevelt, who disappeared during an
aerial combat on July 17, had been
buried by the Germans at Chamery,
but until today the grave was not dis
covered. It was found by an Ameri
can aviator. The inscription is in
English.
RED CROSS COLUMN
The following words were handed
to us to be reproduced under the Red
Cross head. The words \Vere written
by John W. Lapsey of Selma, Ala.,
and they have been set to music by
Miss Mildred White Wallace and they
are being used by the Mobile, Ala
bama, chapter of Red Cross.
Call of pure, unselfish blood,
Emblem of man’s brotherhood.
Worn by angels of this world,
And o’er fields of strife unfurled.
Follow where distress hath trod.
Cross of Red! O Cross of God!
Cross that’s borne by gentle ones
’Mid the roar of deaf’ning guns;
Heroes claim thy tend care
In the hour of deep despair,
Calling from their couch of sod.
Cross of Red! 0 Cross of God!
Cross of mercy to the brave,
Seeking wounded ones to save,
Lighting gloom, dispelling woe,
j Serving fallen friend or foe,
Follow close where death hath trod.
Cross of Red! O Cross of God!
Race with death and be thou first,
Quench the soldier’s burning thirst,
When he cries in agony,
| Calling one he fain would see,
| Bending o’er the blood-soaked sod
1 Cross of Red! O Cross of God!
WOMAN WHO MADE
FIRST CONFEDERATE FLAG
IS CALLED BY DEATH
(By The Associated Press.)
Wilson, N. C., Aug. 8.—Mrs. Re
, becca Winborne, 87 years old, whe
died recently, is said to have been the
woman who made the first confeder
at flag.
The banner, designed by Captair
( Orren Randolph Smith of Henderson
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Meat Market Opens
; I will open a cash meat market \ugust 10 at
the place formerly conducted at 702 First street by
W. A. Fike &. Sons. While Mr. Fike and sons were
here I was connected with them, and believe I
know what the public demands in the meal line,
and promise to meet my customers’ expectations.
Will have fresh and cured meats at all times and
will sell only on days prescribed by government
regulations. The patronage of the public will be
appreciated. Telephone 68.
J. T. MASHBURN
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Three Months Summer
In Arkansas’ Greatest Business College "I
DRAUGHON’S Practical Business College of Little Rock, Arkansas, announces the opening of a
Three Months Summer School, during June, July and August, for the benefit of teachers and ot ers, ;jf
who cannot remain in school longer than that time. The work will be exactly the same as that o our j|
regular departments and under supervision of best educators in the South. Those who desire intensive wor m || ;
■ Shorthand, Stenotypy, Touch Typewriting, Bookkeeping and higher accounting, English, office practice, mu ti
j graphing, etc., will be given an opportunity such as is not provided elsewhere in this territory. 1 he eourses
offered follow: ; [
DEPARTMENT OF GREGG
SHORTHAND, direction of
Mr. R. W. Manly, principal
of the business department
j » of Little Rock High School,
i Tuition rate, including all
j text books and course in
t touch typewriting, $38.75.
DEPARTMENT OF GRA
HAM SHORTHAND, direc
tion of Miss Joe Garvey and
Mrs. Blanche Eakin, highly
competent instructors in this
system. Tuition rate, in
cluding all text books and
course in touch typewriting,
$40.25.
DEPARTMENT OF STEN
OTYPY, (machine short
hand), direction of Miss
Clara Peloubet, a recog
nized authority on the Sten
otype. Our Summer tuition
rate, including all text books
and course in touch typewrit
ing, $39.75.
DEPARTMENT OF BOOK
KEEPING AND ADVANC
ED ACCOUNTING, direc
tion of Mr. H. H. Caudill, one
of the South’s foremost in
structors in this depart
ment. Tuition rate, includ
ing text ooks, $44.85.
Other departements are in charge of experienced instructors, cur stall teirg composed ot twelve highly compe
tent teachers of the various courses of business instruction. The College is in position to picvide 10cm ardboard
for out-of-town students in private homes, where the environments are of thehighest order and the rates reason
able. A request to this effect will gladly be complied with. We also render personal service in meeting
trains and assisting out-of-town students in getting located. WRITE US JIF OTHER DETAILS ARE
WANTED. 11
Draughons Practical Business College
112 East Capital Ave. * - Little RocK. At*K.
I Opposite Y. M. C. A. Building
N. C., was made by Mrs. Winborne j
when she was Miss Rebecca Murphy, I
at Wilson in February, 1861. A sis- i
ter refused to aid in making the flag,
it is said, because she was engaged
to a Northern army officer. A few
weeks after the flag was completed
it was adopted by the confederate
congress at Montgomery, Alabama,
as the standard of the confederacy.
The first banner contained only seven
stars, representing the number of j
states that seceded, but this number j
was soon increased to 11 by the with- ;
drawal of other states from the un- j
ion. By an act of the confederate j
congress it was named “The Stars I
and Bars.”
At a reunion of confederate veter
ans at Norfolk, Va., in 1910, Captain
Smith explained the meaning of the
various colors in the flag as follows:
“The idea of my flag I took from
the Trinity. The three bars were for
the church, state and press all bound
together by a field of blue (the heav
ens over all), bearing a star for each
state in the confederation. The seven
white stars, all the same size, were
i laced in a circle, showing that each
state had equal rights and privileges,
irrespective of size or population.”
AIR RAIDS EFFECTIVE.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 9.—One of the most
significant features of the aerial
Rrit.isVi is
the loud response it has elicited from
German people, say British newspa
pers.
The bombing of England brought
no complaint, but only renewed reso- i
lutuion from the British people; yet
Germany, suffering from the first!
preliminary pangs of the British at
tacks, at once began to cry out
against it, and protest upon protest
is pouring into the German authori
ties from the populace of the differ
ent areas attacked.
This means that the British bomb
ing offensive is effective, that far
reaching destruction has been caused
to railway junctions and factories,
and that the Germans claim that
British raids have accomplished no
thing serious have been untrue.
Details of the damage caused by
the British raids can easily be sup
pressed by the German censorship,
but the voice of the German people
cannot permanenttly be stifled, and
it is asserted there is abundant pho
tographic and captured documentary
evidence that their fears are based
upon real execution done.
Mrs. John Bachelor and baby
daughter, and Miss Florence Bache
lor will leave this afternoon for their
home in Memphis, concluding a very
pleasant visit witth the former’s pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Taylor at
Elgin and with Mrs. J. S. Wilmans of
our city.
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Mrs. Wylie Herring and children,
living a few miles out of town, on
their return home from church at
Harpers’ school house Hast night,
had a narrow escape. The horses be
came frightened and ran away,
throwing the farnily out, bruising
them up considerably.
H. M. Williamson, a farmer resid
ing in the Hickory Grove neighbor
hood, called at the Independent office
this morning and exhibited the second
open cotton boll brought in this seas
on. The staple is of the Trice varie
ty, the seed of which Mr. Williamson
secured from the department of agri
culture. He has two hundred acres
of the cotton, but says the stand is
not extraordinarily good for the rea
son that the wire worm damaged the
crop greatly.
Did you read that America is the
leciding factor? Coming from Lord
Milner this statement is momntuous
and America is not coming in—she
has come in—America is in.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP.
Notice is hereby given that by mu
tual consent and agreement the
partnership of Huff and Isaacs, com
i posed of A. W. Huff and J. V. Isaacs,
has been dissolved, and neither of |
said persons have any authority to
contract or enter into obligations
under the said partnership name.
Witness our hands this the 1st day
of August, 1918.
A. W. Huff,
17w2t. J. V. Isaacs.
When the baby is suffering the
double affliction of hot weather and
bowel disorders, the remedy needed is
McGee’s Baby Elixir. It reduces the
feverish condition, corrects the
stomach and checks looseness of the
bowels. Price 25c and 50c per bot
tie. Sold by W. E. Bevens.
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Dependable Goods I
You may always depend upon this store
to be always ready and anxious to serve
you with the lowest trices and best quality of
—FURNITURE
[—HARDWARE
—IMPLEMENTS ,
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and anything else you may need in our
line.
Ours is the\biggest furniture, hardware
and implement house between Little Rock
and St. Louis.
Don’t forget your duty to boost New
port and Jackson county, the best town and
county in the best state of the Union.
Johnson-Cloyes
Hardware Co.
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