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lIggBntBSHERMKN MUST
REPORT ON WHEAT
Up' Auociated Press Dispatch.
Wf Washington, D. C„ June 25.—Un
I 4»t the authority of the Food Contro
Act, the Bureau of Markets of tht
United States Department of Agr!
culture is to require from aii thresh
ermen in the country periodical re
ports on the number of bushels ol
hear threshed by them and the acre
from which the grain was produc
•d. A list of threshermen is beinti
compiled from all available source)
by the Bureau of Crop Estimates
which is co-operating in the under
taking, and the Bureau of Market:
la having printed a supply of blanl
forma for threshing reports, togeth
•r with a pocket memorandum bool
for daily records. Reports will begii
\ith the opening in June of the win
tor wheat harvesting season. Th<
county agents will aid in distribute
.he schedules and memorandum books
results.
The results are to be made avail
able for the use of the United States
Food Administration, the Federal
Trade Commission and other branches
of the government. They are expect
ed to provide a complete and accurate
check on the advance wheat figures
of the Bureau Crop Estimates in the
same way that the cotton-ginning re
ports, compiled by the Bureau of the
Census, check the cotton estimates.
-BUY W. S. S.
CAMP PIKE TO BE
REPOPULATED WITH
FRESH RECRUITS.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 25.—All the 87tn
Division has been moved from Camp
Pike, including all the various organ
izations, and officers. They have been
taken to Camp Dix, whence it is ex
oected they will be transferred
France in a very short time. In fact,
. the next that is heard of them will
probably be that they have arrived on
i the scene of action, as it is not the
policy of the department, as a mat
ter of precaution, to announce in ad
; vnnee the time of departure of
> troops.
Now Camp Pike is to be re-pepu
> lated with recruits for the National
; Army, of whom several thousand
halve already arrived. During the
month of July, four more regiments,
or about 9,000 men, have been order
ed from Arkansas alone, and the
rest of the division will be drawn from
other states. Among the order is
sued are the following: July 5, 1745
white men; July 29, 3,00o colored
men. The Arkansas Boards are all
busy inducting their selectives, and
the completion of this draft will see
nearly 50,000 men from Arkansas un
der arms in all he various branches
of the service.
Recently the following men have
been sent to colleges for special train
ing: 300 to Mississippi Agricultural
Collge, 300 to State University a1
Fayetteville, 300 of the Branch Nor
mal College at Pine Bluff, 300 to Tu
lane University, and 350 to the Agri
cultural College at StarksvUle, Miss
-BUY W. S. S.
LESSER-GOLDMAN
COTTON COMPANY
HAS CROP REPORT
The Lesser-Goldman Cotton Com
pany has the following report tc
make:
Arkansas and Southeast Missouri
—Weather conditions have been idea!
for farm work—the temperature has
been very hot and good progress
has been made. As a rule, fields are
well cleaned, the plant is making
good growth and squaring well. We
have reports today of a few blooms ir
the Southern portion of our territory
There are some reports of boll weevil
'but the high temperature of the las1
few days have prevented damage
from this source.
Oklahoma—The past week was ex
tremely favorable for cotton. The
plant is neanny, sianus are annual
perfect and we hear practically nc
reports of insects.
Summary—Taking our sections as a
whole, the prospects are very flatter
ing. The last draft has taken mort
laborers from he fields and this may
prove to be a serious question before
the crop is picked, but at the present
time labor is sufficient.
-BUY W. S. S.
EMPLOYERS WILL BE
REQUIRED TO USE FEDER
AL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
I Special to Independent.
; Little Rock, June 25—Ben D. Brick
house, state labor commissioner, has
had some important correspondence
with the United States Employment
service, which indicates some radical
i changes in the management of labor
I in the United States.
After August 1, no employer with
war business who has a force of more
than 10o workers will be permitted
i to recruit common labor and all such
employers will be required to use the
Federal Employment Service.
While the restriction against pri
vate recruiting for the present applies
to unskilled labor, as soon as possible
! it will be extended to include
skilled labor, and eventually no em
ployer may be permitted to employ
men unless the latter have United
States Employment Service cards.
These measures are necessary to
( stableize labor and prevent “stealing”
of labor by one industry’ from another.
I
HARRY L. PONDER
CANDIDATE FOR PRES
IDENT OF THE SENATE
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 25.—Harry L.
Ponder, of Walnut Ridge, state sen
ator-elect, is in the city, and; has an
nounced his candidacy for president
of the senate when it meets in Janu
ary. No other candidate has defin
itely announced. There will be in
the senate with Mr. Ponder two mem
bers who served in the house of rep
resentatives with him twenty years
ago, Martin B. Lefler of Van Buren
'county, andn Sam Johnson of Carroll
county.
-BUY W. S. S.
Protect your soldiers with your
savings.
Line up, and sign up on National
War Savings Day.
They also serve who buy War Sav
ings Stamps—if they save and buy to
the utmost of their ability, and buy
in time.
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as
they cannot reach the seat of the dis
ease. Catarrh is a local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutional
conditions, and in order to cure it you
must take an internal remedy Hall’s
Catarrh Medicine is taken internally
nd acts through the blood on the mu
cous surfaces of the system Hall’s
Catarrh Medicine was prescribed by
one of the best physicians in this
ix
! country for years It is composed of
some of the best tonics known, com
bined with some of the best blood pur-1
ifiers. The perfect combination of!
the ingredients in Hall’s Catarrh \
Medicine is what produces such won
derful results in catarrhal conditions, j
Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Tole
do, Ohio.
All Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
-BUY W. S. S.
PETITION FOR NEW ROAD
IN RICHWOODS TOWNSHIP
To the Honorable Jackson County!
Court:
W. D. McLain, County Judge:
We, tiie undersigned citizens and
freeholders of Jackson County, Ark
ansas, petition wour Honorable Court,!
to lay out and establish a new road in
Richwoods Township, to run as fol-:
lows, to-wit: If
Beginning at thp^fcouthwest corner
of the Southea^r Quster, of Section
Eleven (11), ijn'ownsflki Eleven (11)
North Ranga'One We»\j Run thence
North on Half Section^ Line about
three quarters of a mile\o intersec
tion with the old Mark’s Bridge
road. This road is of considerable im
portance to the traveling public and
should be established.
T. J. Adcox. *
J. D. Ford, Et Al.
-BUY W. S. S.
STOCK NOTICE.
—
Notice is hereby given that, as
marshal of the city of Newport, I
have taken up the following livestock*
to-wit:
One dark Jersey bull calf, crop off
right ear; about one year old.
One black Jersey Bull, underslope
in right ear, overslope and underbit
in left ear. About 2 years old.
The owner of said stock is hereby
notified to come forward and prove
ownership to the undersigned, and
that in default thereof I will on.
MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1918.
offer for sale at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash, in front
of the city hall in the city of New
port, Arkansas, between the hours of
10 o’clock a. m. and 3 o’clock in the
afternoon of said date.
G. C. MARTIN,
39dl0t City Marhal; *
-BUY W. S. S.
PETITION FOR NEW ROAD.
Ik) the Honorable County Court ‘f
Jackson County, Arkansas:
Hon. W. D. McLain, County Judge.
We, the undersigned citizens and
freeholders of Jackson County, Ark
insas, respectfully ask that a new
road be formed in Richwoods Town
ship, beginning and running as fol
lows, to-wit: /
Beginning on the Nickleplate Road
it the Northeast torner of Section
rwenty Six (26), run thence south
w> the Section line between Sections
rwenty Five (25) and Twenty Six
(26), Thirty Five (35) and Thirty
Six (36), Township 11 North, Ran&e
l West to an intersection with trnt
Did Military Road.
W. A. Jackson, j
J. D. Blalock, Et. Af/
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Special Three Months Summer Term
In Arkansas’ Greatest Business College
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 others,
\yho cannot remain in school longer than that time. The work will be exactly the same as that of our
regular departments and under supervision of best educators in the South. Those who desire intensive work in
Shorthand, Stenotypy, Touch Typewriting, Bookkeeping and higher accounting, English, cffice practice, multi
graphing. etc., will be given an opportunity such as is not provided elsewhere in this territory. The eourses
offered follow:
DEPARTMENT OF GREGG
SHORTHAND, direction of
Mr. R. W. Manly, principal
of the business department
of Little Rock High School,
! Tuition rate, including all
text books and course in
touch typewriting, $38.75.
DEPARTMENT OE tiKA
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.
JJiiJi'AKTMfciJN 1 UJ! HTUilN
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.
Llli,rAKliVlJC.IN 1 Uf cwa
KEEPING AND ADVANC
ED ACCOUNTING, direc
tion of Mr. H. H. Caudill, on®
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, our staff being composed of twelve highly compe- j
tent teachers of the various courses of business instruction. The College is in position to provide room and board I
for out-of-town students in private homes, where the environments are of the highest crdcr and the rates reason- j i
able A request to this effect will gladly be complied with. We also render personal service in meeting
trains and ass.strng out-of-town students in getting located. WRITE US IF OTHER DETAILS ARE !
WANTED. i
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Draughons Practical Business College
112 Cast Capital Ave. - • * Little Rock, Ark.
* Opposite Y. M. C. A. Building
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