WAR WORK OF NATION TO BE
III COIB GOVERNMENT EMITS
^ At Memphis, Sept. 21-28—War, Navy Interior and Agri
i cultural Departments, Food Administration, Public
Information Committee and National Defense
League to Use 10,000 Feet of Space
No event in Fairdom has ever cre
ated as much interest or caused so
(much comment as has the Government
Exhibit being sent over the Fair Cir
-^fcuit this year by the War, Navy, In
» xerior and Agricultural Departments,
the Food Administration, the Public
(Information Committee and the Na
tional Defense League.
The Government Exhibit will be one
of the biggest and best features of the
iTri-State Fair at Memphis. It will be
brought to the Fair in a special train,
and will fill every inch of the 10,000
feet of floor space in the old Agricult
ural Building.
Each department of the National
(Government contributing to the es
hibit will send men to explain the va
rious exhibits to the public. It will be
t Intensely interesting and thoroughly
™ Instructive, and will show all phases
,of war work.
The War Department display can
hardly fail to plftce Americans more
fclosely in touch with their boys who
are making more uneasy the heads
that wear the crowns. There are
Browning machine guns for infantry
use and Lewis machine guns of the
aircraft type; mountain cannon that
i can be pulled to Alpine heights; fig
* ures clothed in regulation uniforms, in
cluding an aviator's flying togs; rifles
of the latest model used “over there,”
and wooden blocks showing penetra
tion of the old and new bullets; com
plete equipment of the beloved “dough
boy” and a trench periscope through
which he watches for friskiness on the
part of the “Fritzies;” gas masks that
he dons wthen the Hun spreads his fa
vorite poifeon; the trench helmet that
protects him and the hand grenades
he hurls; the shovel with which he
digs a trench and the pump that takes
out the water.
1 The Navy display shows more of the
tools that are making this world an un
safe place for international burglars,
and also some rifles captured from
German soldiers. The Navy shows a
depth charge of the kind whose bab
ies often mean the end for some sub
marine pirate; a naval mine and an
\ chor, and a big torpedo with its truck.
Projectiles of various sizes are accom
pained by bombs that airplanes drop.
rh« i-Inthlner dlsnlav includes some
worn in winter weather by the boys
aboard our submarines.
The scope of work of the Depart
ment cf Agriculture is so wide and the
quantity of its exhibit material is so
great that its displays will vary in
different sections of the country, but
in every case they liaye been selected
to clinch some reason why American
agricultural production must be in
creased, and again increased, and to
show some of the numerous ways in
which it can be done. These exhibits
will not be for the farmer alone. They
are for him first, but food production
has become the business and concern
of everybody in America, and nearly
everybody has come to know it.
Samples of the soils that occur in
the United States, including some lo
cal to the neighborhood of the partic
ular exhibition, together with informa
tion relating to their best use in farm
ing, are among the Bureau of Soils
displays. The States Relations Serv
ice shows its work, in cooperation with
the State agricultural colleges, in
spreading farming information through
county agents, home demonstration
agents and boys’ and girls’ clubs, and
illustrates food conservation by can
ning and drying.
The Bureau of Animal Industry will
show how to improve and increase the
country’s supply of meat, milk an
poultry, how it guards the health (
the public and our soldiers and sailo
through its meat inspection systei
and how to drive out the destructiw
animal diseases that annually take a
toll of meat worth many millions of
dollars. The Bureau of Plant Industry
will treat its field in the same man
ner, with special attention to methods
of bettering and stimulating plant pro
duction and eradicating plant diseases.
Programs of moving pictures treat
ing many war-time themes will be
shown in connection with the other ex
hibits. They will screen American
soldiers at the fighting front and in
camp; farmers striving for bigger
crops in the country; methods of cor
serving as well as increasing the food
supply, views of beautiful landscapes
in the national parks; reclamation ol
arid lands, highway construction and
other activities, many of them in di
rect relation to winning the war.
' FURNISHING BOOKS TO SOLDIERS
The American Library Association and the Army Y. M. C. A. co-operate
in their plan to encourage good reading among soldiers. This is a corner of
a Y. M. C. A. building in the Southern Department utilized as a library for
the soldiers. “Foxy Grandpa” behind the counter is popular with the men,
and each of the five hundred books in the little library are passed out on an
average of twice each month. “Foxy Grandpa” has another responsibility.
He presents a new khaki-covered new Testament to every soldier who asks
for it, and a surprisingly large number of the men request the little book.
In fact, most of the^oldiers have made it a part of their equipment. They
are furnished free bathe Army Y. M.C.A.
I
TRI-STATE FAIR
fr* Devote One Building To Display
of Fine Corn.
! _
i
■ increased production of fine corn as
jn wmr measure is being urged by the
Rational Government. In order to
•how the kind of corn being produced
|B Tennessee, Arkansas and Mb
fappi, and to enoiurage farmers W
jraise more and better corn, the Tri
jBtate Fair, September 21-28. will de
mote one entire building to corn.
' There is no way that resultant yields
be increased so easily and at as
•mall expense as through the plant
ing not only of good seed, but seed
•f the best variety suited to the grow
ers’ particular locality, soil and con
ditions. *
Inasmuch as the demand for in
creased population of grain crops will
fee lust as urgent In 1919 as iu 1918 U
behooves all good farmers to obtain
good seed for 1919 planting.
The Tri-State Fair desires to aid 1;
the selection of good seed, and h*
arranged to feature the seed grain tr ■
hibit at the coming Fair. Adequah
results can be secured only througl
the active co-operation of the grain
growers of the three States.
It is the purpose of the Pair to make
the exhibit of commercial value to the
fanner, ae well as of educational value
to the visitor, through the following
means: Over each exhibit will be
placed a placard giving the name and
address of the exhibitor, the name and
the characteristics of the variety
shown, and the conditions and soil to
which it is best suited. If the exhib
itor has seed for sale the placard will
•o state.
k
DRAFT CALLS WILL
TAKE 181,838 MEN
< _
Washington, Sept. 16.—Draft calls
announced today by Provost Marshal
General Crowder will send 191,838
men qualified for general military i
service to army camps before October
16. All states have quotas to fill. Of
the total 142,000 will be white regis- j
trants, who will entrain between Oc- j
tober 7 and 11. The remainder will'
be negroes, who will move in two
groups, 28,086 entraining between j
September 25 and 27 and 10,752 on !
October 16.
Men who registered last Thursday
may be needed in a few districts to
fill the new quotas, it was said at the
provost marshal general’s office, but
in most localities sufficient men re
main in Class 1 from the registration
of last June 5 and August 24 to meet
the requirements.
States from which the white regis
trants were called, with their numbers
and the camps to whch they will go
include: Arkansas, 1,786, Camp Pike,
Ark.; Louisiana, 1,466, Camp Travis,
Tex.; Mississippi, 593 Camp Travis;
Missouri, 6,919, Camp Pike; Nebras
jva, &ou, vjaiiijj 1 iac, u,a up
Funston; Okahoma, 2,422, Camp Co
dy, N. M.; Tennessee, 3,882, Camp
Greenleaf; Texas, 7,941, Camp Tra
vis; Wisconsin, 6,000, Camp Mc
Arthur, Tex. Total, 142,000.
Negro registrants will be mobilized
on October 16, as follows: Louisiana,
259, Camp Travis, Tex.; Tennessee,
1,000, Camp Sherman; Texas, 1,240,
Camp Travis. Total 10,752.
In the September mobilization of
negroes the number of men to be fur
nished by each state and the camps
to which they go inclure:
Arkansas 2,000, Camp Pike, Ark.;
120, Funston, Kan.; Louisiana, 640
Shermaft; 560, Grant, 1^1.; 2,000
Beauregard, La.; Oklahoma, 815,
Funston, Kan.; Tennessee, 1,000,
Sherman, O.; Texas, 3,000, Bowie
Texas.
THE VACCINATION ORDER.
Dr. C. W. Garrison, state health
oficer, sends out the following notice:
“Summer schools not already hav
ing complied and still in session will
strictly observe the vaccination law^
Teachers are directed to so advise
the pupils.
“Any violations reported to this
office will be immediately investi
gated.
“Parents or guardians should have
their children vaccinated at once in
order to avoid delay in sending them
to school after the 15th of September.
“A child previously unsuccessfully
vaccinated will be required to fur
nish a certificate of recent vaccina
tion.”
ARMY Y. M. C. A. CHIEF
WILMAN E. ADAMS,
Executive Secretary, Army Y. M. C.
Southern Department.
Direction of all Army Y. M. C. A.
activities in the entire Southern De
partment is the large responsibility
given to Wilrnan E. Adams, Executive
Secretary, by the National War Work
Council early in the development of
the extensive program of the Y. M. C.,
A. in its efforts on behalf of the sol
diers.
Mr. Adams is the adminstrative
head of the territory made up of
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisi
ana, New Mexico, and Arizona, in
which is located a large per cent of
the army camps of the entire country.
Under his administration the opera
tions of the Army Y. M. C. A have
grown until there is now in opera
tion, or in process of construction, one
Y. M. C. A. building for every 3,600 sol
diers located in these Southwestern
states. When it is remembered that
there are several hundred thousand
soldiers in training in the Southern
Department camps, including Camp
Travis, Camp Pike, Camp Bowie, Camp
McArthur, Camp Cody, Camp Doni
phan, Fort Sill, Camp Beauregard,
! Kelly Field, and the other great flying j
fields of the department, it will be un- |
derstood that Mr. Adams occupies a I
position of similar importance to that
or a Major uenerai.
In addition to the camp activities of
the Army Y. M. C. A. directed by Mr.
Adams and efficiently executed by his
army of men in the uniform of the Red
Triangle, the Southern Department
executive secretary has under his
supervision the Army Y. M. C. A. ac
tivities along the entire Mexican bor
der, from Brownsville, Texas, to Yuma,
Arizona, where many Y. M. C. A. sta
tions are located, and where a fleet of
eighteen auto trucks take to the sol
diers in isolated places the comforts
nnd pleasures of the Y. M. C. A.
Mr. Adams is one of the pioneers
of the Army Y. M. C. A. movement.
He was actively identified with the
Army “Y” work with the troops on
the border and in Mexico.
AT THE FOUNTAIN
Here is n familiar scene in any Y.
M. C. A. building at our army camps
Ice-cooled water “bubblers” quencl
the thirst of thousands of soldiers,
and during a “run” on the fountains
the “water line” often extends across
the building.
The Army Y. M. C. A. is the en
listed man’s club, where he may read,
write letters, buy stamps and post
cards, have bundles wrapped free of
charge, get money orders, play games,
and meet his comrades for a social
hour.
The bubbling cold water fountain is
one of the most popular advantages
offered the soldiers by the Army “Y”
in the Southern department, which is
composed of Texas, Arkansas, Okla
homa, Louisiana, TSTew Mexico and
Arizona.
----
The Independent works for you.
[Jsa it as your salesman. It carries
lews of the store into hundreds oi
homes.
COMMITTEE ISSUES
FAIR PRICE LIST.
At a recent meeting of the “Fair
Price Committee,” appointed by the
County Food Administrator, the fol
lowing were agreed upon as being
fair prices:
D-S .Meat, per pound-35c
Hams, per pound -42c
Breakfast Bacon, per pound-65c
Smoked Bacon Bellies, per lb-40c
Pure Lard (bulk), per pound-35c
5-lb. Buckets Pure Lard,
per' bucket _$1.50
10-lb. Buckets Pure Lard,
per bucket _$3.00
Compound Lard (bulk), per
pound _.,_30c
4-lb. Bucket Compound Lard,
per bucket _$1.30
8-lb. Buckets Compound Lard,
per bucket _$2.60
2-lb. Std. Corn, per can_20c
2- lb. Std. Tomatoes, per can-20c
3- lb Std. Tomatoes, per can-25c
Rice, per pound_15c
Std. Meal, 25-lb. sacks, a sack__$1.40
Oream Meal, 2o-lb. sack, a sack-$i.ou
Cream Meal, 10-lb. sacks, per sk._65c
Navy Beans, per pound_20c
Lima Beans, per pound_20c
Pinto Beans, per pound_15c
Wheat Flour, 24-lb. sks-$1.65
Corn Flour, per pound_10c
12 ounce loaf of Bread_10c
24 ounce loaf of bread_20c
Soda water, per bottle,-6c
Coca Cola, per bottle,-7c
Irish potatoes, per pound-4c
Potatoes must be sold by weight and
not measure.
These prices must be rigidly ob
served and are in effect immediately
after publication.
These prices will be changed from
time to time as condition warrant.
FAIR PRICE COMMITTEE
for Jackson County.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County, ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of F.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in
the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of One Hundred Dollars for
each and every case of Catarrh thpf
cannot be cured by the use of HalT^|
Catarrh Medicine.
FRANK J. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscrib
i r
I . .- ..^
A COLLEGE EDUCATION
Without Cost—and not only that, but the govern
ment will pay you $30 a month to take it in the
University of Arkansas
If you are a young man over 18, physically quali
fied for limited or general military service, and
with preparation equivalent to graduation from a
standard high school, this is such an opportunity
such as you have never had before and may never
have again.
THE UNIVERSITY OPENS OCTOBER 1
Write to President or Registrar for full particulars
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
FAYETTEVILLE
- --- ----■■■ . .:=a*i J
^—i^—————■—■—mmmn^tmam————mkmm——MW.. HU H
ed in my presence, this 6th day of
December, A. D., 1886.
A. W. GLEASON,
1 (Seal) Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine is taken
internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucuous Surfaces of the Sys
tem. Send for testimonial? free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
PREPARE FOR CHANGEABLE
Weather.
H. B. Miller, R. F. D. 10, Wooster,
O., writes: “By the changing of
beds and the weather, I took a very
bad cold and sore throa.t. Four doses
of Foley’s Honey and Tar put me
right in a day’s time.’’ It pays to
get the genuine Foley’s and avoid
substitutes and counterfeits. Con
tains no opiates.—Walker’s Pharma
cy. • (Adv.)
TRIED MANY FOUND THE BEST.
Foley Cathartic Tablets keep the
bowels regular sweeten the stomach
and tone up the liver. J. G. Gaston,
Newark, Ind., says he used a great
many kinds of cathartics, but Foley
Cathartic Tablets gave him more
satisfaction than any other. He
_ i ,,, T r.'Hn 4-V»n lanof tflh
A A A A A A A. A A A.A.AlA A A
X NOTICE.
^ We have bought, the interest A ■<’’
^ of A. R. Jones in the New £
^ Central hotel and will con
^ tinue to operate the place, A
^ promising the public the A
^ same up-to-date service •
^ which we have established ^
^ during the past several • ,
^ months. We will appreciate if1',;?;
^ the public patronage. ^
^ American Plan
^ Rates: $1.25 to $1.50
^ Satisfaction guaranteed or, £ v , v
^ money refunded. ^
+ MR. AND MRS. #V!
* J. S. SNETHERS. #
♦♦♦♦»♦»♦♦♦»»♦♦♦ ;
Thrift |
Stamp Sale I
iiiiiiiiiiMMiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiitinitiiiti I
As long as the stock I ■
on hand lasts you can | ^
buy—cash and carry
6 Bars Maxiene Elliot
Soap - - .75 -
6 Bars Creme Oil
Soap • - .75
6 Bars Palm Olive
Soap - *.
One Thrift Stamp F
with each 6 bars.
iiiiiiMfiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiimiHBt!iiis|ffi
P.S. White, Grocer
BEECH AND THIRD STREETS
Newport, Ark. Phono
^*7 *•*'* ---
lets made.—Walker’s Pharmacy.
(Advertisement.)
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
way, located in Newport Levee Dis
trict, has been filed in my office, and
books showing the assessment of ben
efits upon the lands, lots and parts of
lots, railroad tracks and rights of
that the same is now subject to in
spection; and that the same will be
laid before the Board of Directors of
said District for confirmation on the
3rd day of Ostober, 1918.
C. R. HITE,
Secretary of the Board of Directors
of Newport Levee District. -
llldl2t
A WOMAN’S HEARTY RECOM
MENDATION.
Worry and overwork cause kidney
trouble, and women suffer equally
with men. Miss Sara Westen Belvi
dere, 111., writes: “I could not stoop
and when down I had to crawl up by
a chair. I was so lame I suffered
agony. Now I feel like a new person,
stronger and better in every way. I
heartily recommend Foley Kidney
Pills.”—Walker’s Pharmacy.
(Advertisement.)
UP AND ABOUT AGAIN.
“I was sick in bed with kidney
trouble,” writes C. F. Reynolds, El
mira, N. Y. “I commenced taking
Foley Kidney Pills and in a few days
was out of bed. Keeping up the
treatment, I was able to go to work.
Since then I have had no more back
aches.” Foley Kidney Pills stops
sleep-disturbing bladder ailments.
(Advertisement.) 1
HENDRIX COLLEGE
Answers Young Men's Perplexing Questions.
1. —Bp having a unit of the STUDENTS’ ARMY TRAIN*
ING CORES established there.
a. S. A. T. C. is open to all healthp men 18 or over who
have High School education or equivalent. Barracks for
some 200 additional men are being erected.
b. Members of S A. T. C, receive $30 A MONTH, FREE
TUITION, CLL1H1NG AND BOAKD.
2. —Bp providing MILITARY TRAINING for all mala
students whether members of the S. A. T.C. or not.
3. —Bp its strong scientific, literarp and practical courses.
4. —Bp its high grade AC A DEM Y for bops and girls who
not readp for college classes.
Hendrix Will Open October 1
in order to conform to the revised regulations of the War Depart
ment governor ing S. A. T C. the college is co-operating with the War
I |L Department in its plans to train officers for the Armg. For informa
tion address the President
J. H. REYNOLDS
||j COS WAY, ARKANSAS