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# * * Thi* paper has enlisted
L *rith the government in the
i v cause of America for the
| period of the war.
BATTLE AXE.
Beginning to feel more cheerful
fC- over the war situation, and sanguine
AS to final result; but not yet ready
re ;to throw up our hats and retire from
I* the combat. Prouder and prouder
day by day of our boys “over there,”
pS and gladder every day about the few
| dimes we've invested in Red Cross,
||; Liberty Bonds and W. S. S. to make
it possible for them to be there, and
;;d» make them more comfortable
vrhile there. Am led to wonder as to
Ifefcylings of our slackers (yes, am
f1 sorry to say we have a few), when
1. they think of the intense seriousness
> tot present situation. Should Demo
cracy prevail, would they feel that
|‘ they were entitled to any credit? If
Autocracy succeed, would they have
occasion to congratulate themselves
on having saved their shekels? I
ppfear not.
All proud of the rain. Things gen
ii orally, and everybody particularly,
;‘j looking and feeling better. Almost
persuaded that we are yet to eat
|||»me home-raised vegetables— later
on; and, to that end, many are do
ing some late planting.
Mrs. W. M. Blair left the 18th to
visit Mr. Blair’s people in Oklahoma
and in Paris, Ark., expecting to be
gone two weeks. ]
■E^ppEaving th? champion angler with
us on Horseshoe Tueidny, F. W.
;, Hardgraves, we had a sure enough
fish fry, ii .stead of just a picnic. J
y Think “Uncle Feak" was as proud'
| of his catch as a little boy with his
i first red-topped boots.
J?- A. J. and H. S. Hanley and J. F.
Guiltner, with their families in autos,
left Sunday for a few days visit with i
relatives ana oia irienus in uara i
county. On their return, they can
perhaps tell us ®*how successfully
Chevrolets, Dodges and Studebakers
can wrestle with hills, rocks, gullies .
and deep sand. j
t Mrs. Fannie Spradlin and daughter
left the 18th for Weldon, hav ing do-!
dined for the present their projected
~ trip to Calico Rock.
R. R. Tyer, in charge of Lindley
store during Mr. Hanley’s absence, J.
A. Lindley, as customary, in charge
of bookkeeping job.
.‘Sonte shooting of cattle on range
/■recently, J. W. Lindley having had
/ one killed and others more or less
seriously sprinkled with shot. Rath
er costly targets somebody is using
for his fowling-piece.
Mrs. Dr. Stevens, of Hoxie, sister
of Redman Fortenberry, Jr., came
down Sunday to visit sundry relatives
here and hereabout. j
Kerr Helms returned to Camp
Beauregard Monday, after a brief
furlough spent among relatives. On
same day Ambrose Cooper and An
gus Padgett left to begin training at
FROM A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
W. H. Hill, J. P., Detroit, Texas,
writes: “I used Foley Kidney Pills
and say unhesitatingly that of all I
have used they are the best, and
have done the work where the rest
failed.” Backache, rheumatic pains,
sore muscles, stiff joints and too fre
quent bladder action are symntoms of
kidney trouble.—Walker’s Pharmacy.
Did you read that America is the
deciding factor? Coming from Lord
Milner this statement is momntuous
and America is not coming in—she
lias come in—America is in.
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Camp Pike.
Henry Jarret, young man of! the
Hardgraves place, has an attack of
acutue appendicitis. His father is
quite uneasy about his condition;
and, failing to get phone connection
with Dr. Willis of Newport this
morning, had J. A. Lipdley to go in a
car for him.
j Mrs. J. A. Thompson just returned
from a three-weeks’ visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Gertie Manning, of
Sharp county, who, with her children,
accompanied her mother over to re
main a week or more, and to be join
er here by Mr. Manning in a few
days.
School at Centerville end of dis
trict began the 15th, Tommy Brown
and Miss Lena HarroL m in charge.
At this end directors have up-to-date
been unable to secure teacher, but
expect to have school to begin next
week.
Observe some of our enterprising
citizens planting late potatoes. Trust
the venture may meet with success,
as hardly any one made success of
the early planting.
W. B. Straubie erecting wind mill
and installing water works at his
Centerville residence. C. A. Tyer is
chief architect, with Cap Bogle and
Fred Barnes as side-kickers, Awhile
W. B. himself and a few other just
plain, common folks are doing the
real work.
The absorbing game of pitching
horse shoes is receiving much atten
tion at our chief loafing places. If
practice means skill, some of our
boys (and a lew past tne boynooa
stage), should soon become expects.
Jim A. Lindley’s new Dodge is a
real neighbohrood convenience. No
body is at all backward about calling
on a bachelor, who has no domestic
ties to hamper him; and, besides, we
have become accustomed to use him
as a sort of free horse for public rid
ing. What an inconvenient thing if
the “Major” were to become a bene
dict, with a small family of his own!
Better not do a stunt like that, Ma
jor; ’twould spoil your usefulness.
TUCKERMAN DEPARTMENT
John Rorex, formerly a resident
of this place, but who now resides
at Stillwater, Okla., is visiting rel
atives and friends in this section.
He is a half brother of Richard and
Joe Bandy.
County Treasurer Grack Smith
and family of Newport visited
among their many Tuckerman rela
tives last Sunday.
Grandpa Hout returned last week
from Monette, Craighead county,
where he spent several days visiting
his grandson, Geo. Hout, who was
recently preparing to enter Uncle
Sam’s service..
W. R. Rice and wife returned
home the latter part of last week
from a fortnight’s visit among rela
tives in Texas and Oklahoma.
Frank Biggers, of Shawnee, Okla.,
visited his father and other relatives
in this section several days during
the past week.
Mrs. S. C. Vick and children re
turned home last Saturday from their
former home in Barren township,
where they spent about three weeks
visiting among their many friends
and kinspeople.
The household effects belonging to
I. N. Greehaw and family and which
were recently shipped from Conway,
came in several days ago and the
family is again comfortably located
m uiu uuiiit? un west occuiiu stieet
which they formerly occupied.
Esquire Jno. F. Smith and family,
who reside in Jefferson township vis
ited at the home of W. M. Shave:
last Sunday.
E. D. Gardner and family, who re
side in the western part of Glass
township a few miles north of
here, spent the day last Sunday with
Tuckerman relatives.
This section of the county was vis
ited by a very heavy downpour of
rain on Wednesday night of last
week. The earth was saturated with
water almost to the point of flood
ing. Most crops in this section weie
a'most famishing for the want of
moisture. Since then almost every
kind of vegetation has shown signs
of being revived and putting on new I
growth. The crops were greatly j
benefitted and most of them now |
promise a much heavier yield. Much
old corn was already past redemp
tion but after all will receive some
benefit. Young corn, hay, gardens,
potatoes and cotton have all been
benefitted very much. Most people
have taken advantage of the season
of moisture which now prevails and
have replanted their gardens and are
planting many of the heavier crops
such as potatoes, hay and corn. So
much has already been done that
more foodsttuff will be in evidence
later on if the season is favorable
for their growth.
HICKORY GROVE.
The recent rain benefitted the
crops greatly, and the farmers have
put on the old time smile of plenty.
Quite a number of our people went j
to Newport shopping Saturday.
Mr. Charles Smith, of the U. S. j
Navy, is home on a furlough. We j
are certainly proud to have him with j
us.
The social given in honor of our j
sailor boys by Miss Thelma Roberts
Saturday night, was enjoyed by a
large number of our young people.
The pupils of our school have or
ganized a literary society to meet
every Friday evening.
Our teacher W. A. Hawthorne is1
well pleased with the interest that is
‘being taken by patron and pupil.
The enrollment is now 72.
Friday has been designated as vis
itors’ day at our school.
We have no serious sickness in our
neighborhood at this time.
There will be preaching Saturday
night and Sunday at our church.
We hope to see a Sunday school or
ganized soon. What do you say?
The pupils of our school will serve
ice cream and soda Friday night at
the school building, the proceeds to
go to the Red Cross and school. All
are urged to come and help in a
worthy cause.
NEWEST THINGS IN SCIENCE.
For automobile tourists a fireless
cooker, refrigerator, set of vacuum
bottles and dishes and silverware for
six persons have been combined so
jompactly that the outfit can be
carried on the running board of a
car.
To safeguard the health of paint
ers a British commission has advocat
ed a law prohibiting the importa
tion, sale or use of any paint mate
rial containing more than 5 per cent
of its dry weight of a soluble lead
compound.
To obtdin a powerful searchlight
with a comparatively weak current
i Frenchman has mounted a number
of incandescent lamps on a revolv
ing circle, each in turn being illum
inated briefly and their combined
rays being collected by a reflector.
That he has discovered a partly
electrical and partly chemical pro
cess for the production of nitrogen
suittable for fertilizers from rela
tively cheap and easily obtained ma
terial is the claim of a Brown Uni
versity professor.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
James H. Canard, of St. James,
Stone county, Arkansas, to Mrs. Ore
no Slayden, of Tuckerman.
Horace Jones to Miss Hattie Perne,
both of Newport.
George House to Miss Leener
Woodard, both of Tuckerman.
John Randall to Mrs. Myrtle Ter
ril, both of Newport.
J. T. Humphreys to Miss Lula
Massey, both of Newport.
NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER’S
SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, as Commissioner in Chan
cery, under the direction contained
in a certain decree rendered in the
Jackson Chancery Court at the May
Term, 1918, thereof, tc-wit: On the
13th day of June, 1918, in a certai..
cause therein pending wherein Virgil
Y. Cook, and Paul Butler as Trustee
are plantiffs and Thaddeus D. Kin
man, May E. Kinman, Thaddeus
Madding, Thaddeus D. Kinman, Jr.,
Marion Dickens, A. R. Harris, M. L.
Harris and W. A. Lanier are defend
- nts, causa numaerea dZo8, win or
the 12th day of August, 1918, be
tween the hours of 9 o’clock a. m.
•■>d 3 o’clock p. m., at the East fron
door of the Court House of Jackson
County, in the City of Newport, Ar
ksnsrs, offer fo” sale at public out
cry, to the highest bidder, on a
credit of three (3) months, the fol
lowing desei-iked real estate situate
in the County of Jackson and State
of Arkansas, to-wit:
The fractional West half of the
East half of Section Six (6), contain
ing 178.01 acres, more or less.
Lots One (1) and Six (6) of the
fractional Northwest quarter of Sec
tion Six (6), containing 120.59
acres, more or less.
Lots One (1), Two (2), Five (5)
and Six (6) of the fractional South
west quarter of Section Six (6), con
taining 197.44 acres, more or less.
The East half cf the Northeast
quarter of Section Seven (7), con
taining 98.36 acres, more or less, all
of the above described lands lying
and being situate in Township Elev
en (11) North, Range Three (3)
West.
The fractional East part of the
Northeast quarter of Section Thirty
one (31), containing 39.53 acres,
more or less.
The fractional East half of the
Southeast quarter of Section Thirty
one, containing 97.17 acres, more or
less, both of said last described
tracts being situated in Township (
Twelve (12) North, Range Three (3)
West. \
Also, the fractional West half of
the East half, and the fractional I
West half of Section Thirty-two (32),
Township Twelve (12) North, Range
Three (3) West, containing 377.06
acres, excepting 173.87 acres out of
said Section Thirty-two (32) here
tofore sold by U3 to C. F. Dean and
P. M. Massey by deed of date April
21st, 1911, said excepted tract being,
described as follows:
Commencing at the Southeast cor
ner of the Southwest quarter of the
Southeast quarter of Section Thirty
two (32), Township Twelve (12)
North, Range Three (3) West of the
Fifth Principal Meridian, set pump
pipe, run thence South 8914 degrees
West (Var. four (4) degrees East,)
35.33 chains, set iron pin, thence
South one {1) degree East Twenty
(20) links, set pump pipe, thence
North 2 3-4 degrees West Ten (10)
chains, thence North 6614 degrees
East 5.17 chains, thence North 5314
degrees East 7.36 chains, thence
North 22 degrees East 4.32 chains,
thence North Two (2) degrees East
Seven (7) chains thence North one
fourth (14) degi'ee West 39.45 chains
to Old River, thence North eighty-.
eight (88) degrees East three (3)
chains along Old River, thence North 1
3114 degrees East Three (3) chains,
hence North Eighty-seven (87) de
crees East 15.50 chains, thence North
5 degrees East 1.85 chains, thence
'!outh one-fourth (’4) degree East
'8.04 chains to place of beginning and
■ontaining 173.87 acres.
The purchaser will be required to
ive note or bend, with approved se
curity, bearing interest at the rate
of six per cent per annum from the
date of sale until paid, and a lien will
be retained on said lands as addition
al security for the purchase money.
In Witness Whereof, I have here
unto set my hand as Commissioner
h Chancery and affix the seal o
said Court, this the 15th day of July,
1918.
(Seal) R. W. BANDY,
14w3 Commissioner in Chancery.
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NOTICE.
I am pleased to announce to the
young men and women of Jackson
county that I am authorized to ap
point 15 students as beneficiaries in
the University of Arkansas at Fay
etteville. These appointments entitle
the holder to free tuition for four
years.
The university is a state supported
institution, maintained by the tax
payers of Arkansas for the benefit of
the young people of the state. In ad
dition to the usual literary and classi
cal courses offered in colleges, it
comprises, as a part of its organiza
tion, the state colleges of agriculture
and engineering, and is the only in
stitution in the state giving complete
college courses and degrees in these
important industrial subjects.
The university has also a college of
education, whose graduates receive
diplomas entitling them to teach in
the public schools for life.
For the young ladies there are com
plete courses in domestic science and
art. Graduates of these courses are
in great demand as teachers and as
county agents in canning club and
home economic work.
New courses recently added to the
curriculum are journalism, public
speaking, stenography], typewriting,
and accounting. There is a Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps for training
army officers.
For admission to the university as
an unconditional student, one must be
a hih school raduate. Those who
do not live in towns having high
school may obtain appointments and
enter the University Training High
School, where they may prepare
themselves for the Freshman class. m
Complete information about the 9
university may be obtained by ad
dressing the registrar of the univer- -
sity at Fayetteville. •
W. D. McLAIN,
County Judge.
SOLDIER’S COUGH CURED.
Private Harold Hamel, 66th Regi
ment, Ft. Adams, R. I., writes: “I
was troubled with a bad cough for
three months. I tried Foley’s Honey
and Tar and felt greatly relieved. I
recommend Foley’s Honey and Tar
and will keep it on hand.” Gives re
lief from hay fever, asthma and bron
chial coughs.—Walker’s Pharmacy.
In asking the people to Invest in
War Savings and Thrift Stamps, the
government is not asking them to
on a paying basis.
Do not forget that War Savings
Stamps are not for children only.
Most of the squandering is done by
the grown-ups.
The more you help the men at the
front the quicker the end will come.
THE LAST NOTICE.
I will arrest all persons in Jackson
county who own automobiles and
fail to exhibit license tags both at
the front and rear of oars.
J. M. IVY, Sheriff.
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Dependable Goods
You may always depend upon this store
to be always ready and anxious to serve
you with the lowest prices and best quality of
—FURNITURE
—HARDWARE
—IMPLEMENTS
and anything else you may need in our
line.
Ours is the biggest furniture, hardware
and implement house between Little Rock
an i 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.