I A New Business
I We have opened a Garage in the oid Collier build*
BE ing at 816 Front Street in Newport, and will deal ex
1| clusively in the buying and selling of used cars. Also
| we will do all kinds of repair work, which is guaran
teed to produce satisfactory results.
1 Bring us your car. We will buy it. We can
make your used car look new.
Newport Auto Co.
I J. E. HENDERSON, Manager
I Phone 437 816 Front Street
mother at Sulphur Rock, were here
last night, going to Searcy to visit
her father, J. L. Younger and daugh
ters.
Mrs. W. A. Palmer and little
daughter left this morning for a visit
with relatives at Benton.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hardage leave
Sunday for his former home in Mis
sissippi for a months’ vacation.
Miss Virginia Smith, of St. Louis,
arrived yesterday afternoon, and is
the guest of Mrs. A. J. L. Stevens.
Special — Half gallon Mason’s
Fruit^Jars, 82c per dozen.—Jordon &
Co. Phone 51 75d6t 15wlt
Mr. and Mrs. Sig M. Adler and
Miss Fannie Wolf leave this evening
for St. Louis and New York markets.
Mrs. R. W. Bandy and Mrs. Harry
L. Williams returned last evening
from a few days’ stay at Little Rock.
Special — Half gallon Mason’s
Fruit Jars, 82c per dozen.—Jordon &
Co. Phone 51 75d6t 15wlt
Col. D. G. Cravens, of Sewanee
University, after spending a few
days in Newport, left last night for
Fort Smith.
Miss Jimmie Church has returned
from a delightful months’ visit with
guests this week of Mrs. J. S. Wil
mans.
The twelve young men who vol
unteered for service in the Spruce
forest in Washington, will leave
Monday morning at 6:30 over the
White River road for Vancouver, by
way of Kansas City.
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For Rent—One or two large, cool
bedrooms, close to town, bath
and electric lights. Apply 123 Beech
St. or call at Independent office, dtf
J. B. Baker and John C. Ashley of
Melbourne, and M. M. Rutherford,
of Moorefield, were here last night,
returning home from Little Rock,
where they are delegates to the con
stitutional convention.
Geo. L. Robinson this morning re
ceived confirmation of his appoint
ment as chairman of the Jackson
county exemption board. Mr. Robs
inson succeeds Sheriff J. M. Ivy, who
resigned.
Mrs. T. (}. Folbre suffered a severe
ly sprained armed this morning,
from which she is suffering intense- j
ly. Mrs. Folbre was goihg up the
steps of the front porch, when she 1
made a mistep, causing her to fall.
G. E. Pilquist, of Dardanelle, who i
is visiting his mother at Kenyon,
was in our city today meeting old
friends. Mr. Pilquist says his sec
tion of the state has not had rain in
eleven weeks and crons are almost.
ruined.
Rev. Mr. Lyman-Wheaton will
leave on No. 4 Sunday afternoon for
a ♦onths’ vacation in the east. While
gone he will visit his mother in New
York and will also take a number of
side trips to Washington City and
through Canada.
For Rent—Two nice sleeping rooms
in private home, very close in, and
rates reasonable. Apply 123 Beech
Street, after 6 p. m. 58dtf
William Hooker has bought the
Goldman property on Main street,
occupied by James V. Ridley and G.
L. Robinson and families. Mr. Hook
er expects to remodel the corner
house on Main and Third streets and
will make it his home.
Mrs. George A. Hillhouse left yes
terday afternoon for Camp Beaure
gard to see Albert Bevans for a few
days. The boys are to be moved in
a few days from that camp, but it
is thought that the most of them will
be sent to another training camp.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hocking are in
receipt of a message that Ira Chris
ty had arrived safely overseas. For
several years the young man made
his home in this city, but for the
past several months has been at Fort
Meyer, Virginia, in the Engineers’
corps.
In making mention of the splen
did music produced at the Madaline
theatre by Mrs. Maude Reamey’s or
chestra, the Independent inadvertent
ly omitted the name of Tom Barker.
Mr. Barker is one of the accomplish
ed members of the orchestra and
plays the cornet.
Newport friends are in receipt of
cards announcing the arrival of a
little son at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. William Hoyt Colgate, of San
Diego, California. The mother was
formerly Miss Louise Stephens,
daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Stephens,
formerly of Newport.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Bleakley, of
Auvergne, have rented the furnished
cottage of Mrs. Minnie Balmaz on
lower Walnut Street, and will spend
the winter here so that their little
daughter, Rachel Lee, may attend
school. They will come about the
first of September.
Rev. W. B. Hays left this morning
for Bradford, where he was invited to
assist in organizing a church, and
will begin a protracted meeting to
be held all next week. There will,
however, be no preaching at the
Methodist church, in this city, to
morrow, but the Sunday school and
Epworth League will be at the usual
hour.
Monroe Cleveland, of Grubbs, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cleveland, of
that place, and Miss Lucile William
son, of near Tuckerman, were mar
ried in this city Friday evening, Rev.
W. B. Hays, officiating in the pres
ence of a few friends. Mr. Cleveland,
who is in the navy, and in a training
camp in South Carolina, is home on a
furlough, and will have to leave
Monday for his training station.
Before enlisting, both Mr. Cleveland
and 1 his bride were teachers, and
ver^ very capable ones too, and are
highly respected by all who know
thcjm.
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SNIPE SHOOTING IS
REDUCED TO FINE ART
IN MODERN WAREFARE
Behind the British Lines in France,
June 19.— (Correspondence of The
Associated Press)— Sniping and
counter-sniping has been reduced to
a fine art in modern warfare, and
the sharpshooter uses many othei*
branches of the service to assist him. |
An incident which occurred a few |
days ago in the British lines in!
Flanders shows how a little artillery j
work is sometimes necessary in j
bringing about the undoing of the |
German snipers.
Lieutenant Jackson, battalion snip- J
ing officer, was walking down the
trench when he heard a sudden rattle
of musketry—German bullets strik
ing one of the British sniping plates.
One of his sniping posts was being
battered by German armor-piercing
bullets.
The officer hurried to the scene
and with his periscope located the
spot where the Germans were firing. |
It was a big post on soine ground be- j
hind the enemy firing line, hidden
with earth and looking exactly like'
any one of the other tangled ham
mocks with which shells and mines
had strewn the vicinity. But his
trained eye quickly marked out four
small apertures which he knew to be
loopholes. The excellence of his per
iscope even enabled him to pee the
puffs of unburned powder which
came from the four hostile rifles at
every shot.
“They are * behind conciete and
steel under that surface mud, sir,”
said the sergeant. “It won’t be easy
dealing with them.”
“It’s a case for the heavy artil-,
lery, I’m afraid,” murmured Lieu
tenant Jackson regretfully,—he dis- j
liked calling in any outside assist
ance for his snipers.
“I saw the major of that heavy |
battery which covers us, going by a j
moment ago,” suggested the ser-!
geant.
Lieutenant Jackson hurried off
down the trench and found the Ma
jor who was up on a survey of the
enemy line for special taf'gets. A
hint of what had developed brought
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the Major back, and a minute later
he was in the nearest signal dugout,
telephoning instructions to his bat
tery. *
Meanwhile Lieutenant Jackson
beckoned the sergeant away out of
the major’s hearing. "Put Haggar
ty and Brown into Post 9, Sergeant,” vj|
he ordered. “I don’t think the Ger
mans have any day communication
into that post of theirs, and they.
will have to bolt for cover over the
ridge.”
Presently the first heavy projec- .
tile came rumbling up from the rear.
It burst fifty yards wide in a great
splash of earth. The second shell <
burst in the German firing line, right
in front of the sniping post, and
tore a huge gap in the parapet. The .
third fell right on top of the post it
self. But the concrete of the struc
ture was strong, and the shell actual
ly ricocheted clear and burst severs^
yards away.
“That has frightened them,” ex
claimed the Major suddenly, as four
figures appeared from behind the
sniping post and raced madly for the
crest of the ridge. Just then a shot
rang out from the British trench, and
the first German pitched forward on '
his face. The second fell a yard fur
ther on. The remaining two were
dropped as they reached the crest.
The roadbed of the White riyerr"||
railroad will be improved, according»B
to news from Batesville.
Professional baseball players have pja
been given until September 1st to Hj
seek essential employment, which
means the baseball leagues will sus- ™
pend operation on that date. .L^
Austrian socialist democrats want
the government to negotiate immedi
ately with Germany with a view to
jointly fixing war aims and peace
terms, and repeating Austrian readi
ness for peace without annexations
and indeminities. The social demo
crats assert that the Austro-Hunga
rian government does not act sharply
enough against the military party of
Germany, which momentarily has the
upper hand. i , 4
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her aunt, Mrs. Sherd Arnold, at Mo
bile, Alabama.
Drayage of all kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10. Chester
Robinson. 13-dtf
J. M. Gibson has returned from
Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he
has been on business for the govern
ment for two weeks.
H. G. Brandenburg returned this
morning from St. Louis, where he
spent a few days purchasing fall
goods for his store.
Special — Half gallon Mason’s
Fruit Jars, 82c per dozen.—Jordon &
Co. Phone 51 75d6t 15wlt
Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Worrell are
again citizens of Ash Flat, moving
recently from Newport, says the
Evening Shade Record.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hipolite
and Mr. and Mrs. Maury Stevens are
expected home this evening from an
automobile trip to St. Louis.
Little Miss Lucile Hogan, who has
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. V.
Isaacs, for some time, will leave for
her home in St. Louis tomorrow.
Wanted—To rent by Sept. 1, 5 or 6
room cottage, furnished or unfur
nished. Address K, cr. Independent.
80d4t.
Dr. Ira H. Erwin leaves this even
ing for Black Rock, called on a pro
fessional visit to Mrs. J. W. Coffman,
wife of Dr. Coffman, formerly of our
city.
Mrs. M. A. Dorsey and Miss Ma
tilda Wilmans left on No. 3 yester
day for Camp Beauregard, La., to
spend several days with Charles
Sprigg.
S. Dover and grandson, of Louis
iana, who have been at Hot Springs
for several weeks, will arrive Mon
day to visit his nephew, S. Heine
mann, and wife for a few days.
Deane Sallee, of Piggott, who has
been visiting Lynn Grant for a week,
left this afternoon for Pocahontas
and was accompanied by Lynn, the
two boys to visit at that place.
Miss Kate Williams of Jackson
port, who has been at the State Uni
versity at Fayetteville and was one
of the graduates this summer, will
arrive home tomorrow at noon.
Corn for Sale at $2.00 per bushel
at crib five miles west of Newport.
Crib open only on Saturdays. See
j Mack Bros. 48dtf lOwtf.
Miss Marie DeBoe, of Cotton
Plant, who has been the guest of
Miss Annie Austin, on Laurel street,
left yesterday for Cabot to visit
friends.
W. B. Cooper and Herbert Payne
returned last night from Riverside,
where they spent several days fish
ing and hunting. They report splen
did success and an enjoyable vaca
tion.
Mrs. John Bachelor and little
daughter, and Miss Florence Bache
lor, of Memphis, and Miss Lucile
Taylor, of Elgin, have been house
Try Bolting Dishes together
®1, until Airtight
Break? Of course they will break.
!] So it is with cast stoves or enamel stoves. If you
bolt tight enough to make tight, you break it. If
you do not bolt tight, you waste heat and fuel and
never can depend on the oven. j
Then how are cast and enamel ranges made
tight? By bolting loosely, then filling the cracks
with stove putty, or cement, as it is now called. It
is tight, all right—while new—before it is fired up.
But after being put to work the putty dries, drops
out and the cracks ruin the working qualities of the
stove.
Then after a year or so they are
rickety and rackety and wobbly and
they give you a sickish feeling every
time you cook on them. s
Malleable iron can be riveted and <
hammered until it is tight as a steam j
boiler. And it stays tight. Try
bending or riveting a piece of enamel
or cast and see what happens.
Pay the price—get the good kind
—and if you want the best—buy a
Copper-Clad—the range that can’t II
HAYDEN-HOLLOWAY
FURNITURE CO.
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Harry Says
He will put on sale for the
month of July and August all I
summer goods at prices they can
not be bought at wholesale.
Look over some of these prices.
Must have room for Fall mer
chandise as his floor space is
small.
50 Ladies’ Wash Skirts worth 1.95 to 2.50
closing out price. $1.00
200 Waists, Organdie, Voile and Tub Silk
worth 2.00, 2.50 and 3.00 closing out
price.. 1.00
100 Boy’s Wash Suits, 2 to 7, worth 1.50,2.00
closing out price. .50
10 Ladies’ Suits in Shepherd Plaid, Blue
Serge, Tan Peunalla and Gaberdine in
one lot worth 37.50, 35.00 and 27.50
sale price...._... 19.50
10 Ladie’s Spring Coats 34 to 40, in Pekin
Blue, Tan and Grey, 37.50, 27.50 on sale-19.50
And all other Spring Goods at a big reduction.
Shoes! Shoes! Shoes!
100 Pairs Ladies’ low shoes in gun metal,
vici kid and patterns worth 4.50, 3.50
and 3.00, sale price all sizes...$1.95
1.000 Pairs white canvass shoe composed of
Ladies’ and Misses, worth 2.50 and 2.00
sale price....... 1.49
100 Pairs Elk Skin shoes in men and boy’s,
all sizes worth 4.50, 3.50, sale price 2.95
500.00 dollars given away for this fall in merchan
dise. Look into this as it is worth your money,
100 Pairs men’s near linen pants and pin
checks worth 2.25 and 2.50 closing price $1.00
50 Men’s sport shirts and blue chambray
worth 1.00 and .75 value closing price .65 |
50 Men’s Hats in Panama, Palm Beach,
Milan Straw and Boigkok worth 6.50,
5.50 and 4.50 sale price.. 3.50
50 Men’s rain coats in Tan and Grey worth
5.00 sale price..... 2.95
Good Slickers. Fish brand worth 6.00
sale price........ 3.95
Please do not ask for credit as this
sale is for cash.
Harry G. Brandenburg
THE l^ERCH^NT
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