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TUCKER MAN.
Tuckerman Grove of the Woodmen
■ircle will meet in regular session
Thursday afternoon, April 18th.
| Some business of importance de
mands attention at that time and the
officers request that every member
who possibly can be present.
The Home Talent Club will pre
sent a patriotic program at the Ma
li sonic hall Saturday night. A min
t's*'' strel will be given, and also a plry,
[entitled, “The Devil and His Tempta
tions.” The show will be strictly
moral and clean in every respect.
Admission 25 and 35 cents. wit dlt
Mrs. Carlisle Cook and little girl
• returned home Wednesday from Bald
I; Knob, where they spent a week visit
| ing among relatives at that place.
Mrs. Mary Hogan has been very
ill at her home in the northern part
I4 of town during the past week. She j
has been suffering from an attack of
diphtheria and other complications.
" *~"Her condition is thought to be some
| what improved at this time.
Dr. L. E. Willis of Newport was in
| Tuckerman Tuesday, looking after
professional business.
Dr. W. H. Crigler spent the day
last Wednesday in Lawrence county
I looking after his veterinary practice.
- Miss Emma Dowell has been quite
I Aick during the past few days, suf
| fering from an attack of rheumatism.
Chas. Gire has been confined to
I his bed because of illness during the
past three or four weeks but is re
HT^Orted to be somewhat improved just
H BOW.
Liberty Loan day was patriotically
I observed here last Saturday. By re
quest of those who had the ceremo
I nies of the day in charge all business
ceased from two until five o’clock in
|: the afternoon. The program which
I had been prepared was carried out.
The meeting was held at the Masonic
hall, which was crowded to its ut
| most capacity. Scores who were late
; " in arriving could not gain entrance.
| The principal address of the after
noon was delivered by Captain bchau
bcr of the U. S. army and who is sta
tioned at Camp Pike. While not. an
orator, the speaker reviewed condi
tions in a masterly way and was fre
quently applauded. His enthusiasm
was electrical and dozens of persons
. v^rho heard him expressed their will
| ingness to comply more re .dily to
every demand possible which is made
£ on them in the future. The commit
tee having in charge the sale of Bird
township’s quota of the bonds, were
l organized and immediately after the
meeting closed they proceeded to
canvas the crowd. The result was
that most of the township’s amount
was pledged before night. The peo
lc of Jackson county may expect
k' Bird township to do its full duty in
1 this matter.
. Sunday was observed as Liberty
day at the Methodist church. At the
morning service the congregation
I was greeted with an enthusiastic ad
dress from Captain Wheeler of the
United States army. At night a
£ Flag service was held, at which time j
^ O flag with stars to represent the va
rious members and worshippers who
; have enlisted in the war, was hung in
the main auditorium. An appropri
ate address was delivered by Hon. F.
Suits of Newnort.
Charles, Carlisle and Preston Cook,
icompanied by the family of the
latter and the daughter of the first
named, left Saturday afternoon in a
ear for Searcy to spend Sunday.
They went by the way of Augusta,
?• where they crossed White river.
Night overtook them before they got
tut of the bottoms. While traveling
through the mud and water in the
dark the car ran into a log which had
floated into the roadway. The shock
threw Carlisle against the wind
shield which was broken and he re
ceived some painful cuts about the
face. They were compelled to camp
out there during the remainder of the
night. However, when morning ar
rived they proceeded on their journey
without further mishap. They did
not return home, however, until Wed
nesday.
Saturday, May 18th, is the time of
the annual school election. A num
ber of the ladies of Tuckerman spe
cial school district have paid their
poll taxes and are entitled to a voice
in our primary elections. Under the
present constitution they are not per
mitted to vote in any election which
it provides. Therefore they are not
entitled to a vote in the school elec
tion. Inasmuch as they manifest
more interest in school affairs than
the men do we see no reason why a
primary election should not be ar
ranged for, whereby men may be
nominated for school directors who
are to be elected on said third Satur
day of May. The directors might
authorize such a procedure if they
desire.
Prof. E. D. Ring, of Eight Mile,
was here Monday afternoon en route
to Battle Axe. He closed a very suc
cessful school last Friday at the first
mentioned place.
D. C. Dowell and family returned
homo last week from Hot Springs,
where they spent several days.
Esq. John F. Smith and family, of
Jefferson township, spent the day
Sunday visiting among Tuckerman
relatives.
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GERMAN CRUELTIES TO
PRISONERS IS TOLD
London, April 15.— How British
prisoners of war in Germany are en
slaved, starved and subjected to un
told cruelties is related in an official
report of a government committee
made public today. The detention
and employment of non-commissioned
officers and men captured on the
Western front, says the report, “have |
brought on these prisoners an
amount of unjustifiable suffering,
for which it would be hard to find a
parallel in history.”
The report is based on an accumu
lation of evidence and shows that
prisoners have been employed con
stantly under shell fire and that
many have been killed by British ,
guns; that they have been kicked I
and beaten, denied clothing and ade-1
quate shelter; have often been shot
and that deaths from starvation and
overwork have been constant.
French prisoners have been sub
jected to the same treatment. Some
of the prisoners received neither let
ters nor parcels for eight or nine
months after their capture. Last No
vember there was in the Limburg
station between 18.000 and 20,009
undelivered parcels for British pris
oners.
THE RATE QUESTION.
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 15.— The next
phase of the Interstate Commerce ;
Commission hearing which aitects I
the whole question of rates for the
Southwestern and Western country,
will be taken up at Kansas City next
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Monday. Railroad Commissioner
Wilson, former Rate Clerk H. M.
Gregory, C. L. Mowen, traffic com
missioner at Pine Bluff, will leave
Sunday for Kansas City to att-nd the
hearing, which, it is expected, will
last about a month.
At the hearing in Memphis earlier
in the year, Arkansas had a hearing,
and at Kansas City the railroads,
Kansas City, Oklahoma, and New
Orleans will be heard, and Arkansas
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Mrs. Harry M. Westcott, of Hot
Springs, was the guest Sunday of
Mrs. C. R. Pate, being en route to Oil
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War Savings Stamps
„ LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE TA
KEN THE LIMIT—$1,000—OF
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS:
GO THOU AND DO LIKEWISE
Mike Denton Dr. Joe Graham
Frank Farmer W. A. Billingsley
W. It. Harvey Alcorn Ferguson
A. J. Goetz S. W. Harvey
James Graham N. C. Wolff
Charles Greenhaw Dr. O. E. Jones
Pickens Black Mrs. J. ColLson
Tom Hutson R. B. Hocking
Helen Collison J R. Holden
Miss Alma Morgan J. Coll son
W. N. Dunaway M. O. Valentine
Chas. G. Henry Joe Collison
J. L. Bevens Marvin Hare
Mrs. A. J. Goetz Wm. Collison
Tom J. Gregg Forrest Bleakley
John F. Gardner M. A. Stevens
J. W. Lindley W. H. Murphy
W. B. Overstreet R. J. Rest
Buddy Hunter J W. Grubbs
Mrs. M. A. Dorsey 0. E. Balch
Joe White Edw. Wilmans
R. D. Wilmans J. 8. Wilmans
Mrs. Ella Wilmans Walter Hurley
S. Heinemann R. B. Hooker
Bud Graham Isaac Goldman
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There will be a meeting of the
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urday afternoon at 1:30, April 30th.
All committeemen are urged to be ;
present.
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