Do Not Forget This Is Clean-Up Week—Clean Up Now, and Keep Cleaned Up!
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VOLUME XVII. NO. 308. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
, BRITISH HAVE
FALLEN BACK
AT ONE POINT
FIGHTING VIOLENT NORTH OF
ARMENTIERES.
, •
British Are Holding Messines Ridge
and Wytschaete, With Germans
In Possession of Part of the
Village and Woods.
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POSITIONS CHANGE BUT LITTLE
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, April 11.—The war office
announces that the British have with
drawn from Armentieres.
4 Violent fighting continues from the
La Basse Canal to the Ypres-Co
mines Canal and heavy fighting was
continuing late last night on the
front north of Armentieres. There
is little change in British positions.
Associated Press Dispatch.
With the British Army in France
and Belgium, April 11.—Fighting j
was continuing this morning north j
of Armentieres, with the British
holding Messines Ridge and Wyts- J
chaete. Yesterday the enemy en- ;
tered these places, also Lacreche, Ni- j
eppe, and Hollebcke, but were driv- j
en out of all the places by counter i
attacks. The Germans this morning 1
were in possession of about one-half
of the village of flogesteert and
Ploegsteert woods.
Associated Press Dispatch.
1 Paris, April 11.—A German at
~ jjsrtack in the Champagne last night
was broken up by French fire. Hea
vy artillery fighting continues be
tween Montdidier and Noyon.
. Associated Press Dispatch.
London, April 11.— Armentieres
has been evacuated by the British.
The Germans today are struggling to
push forward in the area southwest
of Messines Ridge, the key point to
the British line in Flanders. The
British are holding the Ridge.
, The evacuation of Armentieres is i
discounted and no longer is regarded
vlas a point of strategic value.
ifjACKSON COUNTY
IS CONGRATULATED
W County Chairman G. A. Hillhouse re
/ ceived the following telegram this i
afternoon from state headquarters of
Third Liberton Loan Organization:
“Congratulations on splendid re
port received, but don’t stop.
IT n w, wv* ryurotf
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jiflAPALlNE THEATER
^ A five reel Artcraft picture ^
introducing Douglass Fair- ^
▲ banks in ♦
+ THE MODERN MUS- ^
I KETEER.
^ Marjorie Daw, Kathleen ^
^ Kirham, Frank Campeu, ^
^ Eugene Armonde and Tully ^
^ Marshal. In “A Modern ^
^ Musketeer” Fairbanks per- ^
forms some amazing feats. ^
▲ Many of these scenes were ^
^ taken in the Grand Canyon ^
^ of Arizona. The work of the ^
▲ acrobatic star on lofty
+ peaks, 8,000 feet above the ^
▲ sea level, and along the pre- <$>
^ cipitous canyon will thrill ^
^ any audience. In one of the 4^
^ scenes he climbs up the side &
^ of the canyon on a rope with ^
^ Miss Marjorie Daw hanging ^
^ around his neck. Actual ^
^ views of the famous Grand ^
^ Canyon give the film added ^
^ value. Hopi and Navajo ^
^ Indians are shown in their ^
^ odd dwellings—“A Modern +
i ^ Musketeer” is an extraor- +
4^. dinary production. ♦
£ Also a good ^
A VITAGRAPH COMEDY +
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▲ Admission 10 and 20 Cents. ^
RUSSIA LOSES
BIG TERRITORY
Associated Press Dispatch.
Petrograd, April 11.—The Commis
sioner of Commerce announces that
under the new peace treaty Russia
has lost seven hundred and eighty
thousand square kilometers of terri
tory, with fiftjl-^ix million inhabi
tants, or thirty-two per cent of the
entire population of the country.
BRITISH SHIP
GOES DOWN
Associated Press Dispatch.
^ New York, April 11.—The Mari
time Register reports the British
steamship, Minnetonka, thirteen
thousand tons, was sunk by a subma
rine in the Mediterranean during
February.
JOS. M. BERGER MAKES
GOOD AT MOBERLY
Mobeily, Mo., April 8.—Mr. J. M.
Berger, Jr., manager of the Felden
heimer Dry Goods Store, has signed
a contract with Mr. Frank B. Forney
and Mr. G. F. Braddick for a period
of five years for their buildings
which are under construction now on
West Reed street which before the
fire were occupied by H. B. Gilfillan
and George Young and George Rob
inson.
Mr. Berger stated to the reporter
that the building they now occupied
was much too small for their ever
increasing and growing business, and
in the new building they would occu
py both upper and lower floors and
the basement.
Mr. Berger also-stated that Messrs.
Forney and Braddick would build
them to suit the Feldenheimer busi
ness, and when completed, would be
the most complete and best store in
the state. Even St. Louis and Kansas
City could not boast of a more up-to
date store than theirs would be when
everything was completed.
We are certainly glad to know that
Mr. Berger will remain in the city,
for he is a wide-awake young busi
ness man, and always ready and will
ing to do anything for the up-build
ing and betterment of the city.
REAS ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Cromwell West and wife, Thurman
West and wife, Fannie Roberts and
Sarah Hurley to W. F. Hurley, part
of EVo of SW!4 and faVa of SE% of
25-12-3, 141.75 acres, $10.00.
N. H. Holbrook and wife to Wil
Ham Gill, NE14 of SWfc of 9-12-1,
40 acres, $335.
St. Louis County Bank of Clayton,
Mo., to William Gill, SE14 of NW14
of 9-12-1, $400.
Walter N. Ball and wife to Dallas
Johnson S!4 of NE14 of 34-11-1, 80
acres, $5,250.
G. W. Patterson and wife to Gus
tave Jones, part of Sections 21 and
22 in 11-2, 200 acres, $1.00.
Marion Dickens and wife to S. C.
Mack, L. L. Mack, J. L. Mack and Y.
M. Mack, N% of SW!4, and SW% of
SWli of 8-11-3, 120 acres, $4,000.
George F. Hinson and wife to
Walter Obanion, Lots 11 and 12 in
Block C, Smith’s Addition to Swif
ton, $400.
I. W. Hankins and wife to Anna
Ellison, part of E!4 of SE!4 of SE14
of 22-12-1, $175.
W. C. Arnold and wife to H. E.
Gaddis, NW of SW% of 31-9-1, 44.89
acres, $300.
John P. Britt and wife to Charles
T. Bateman, part of SW14 of SW!4
of 1-11-3, $1,500.
J. E. Peck, Jr., to W. J. Robertson,
Lot 10 of Block B of Smith’s Addi
tion to Swifton, $37.50.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Will Walker to Margarette Brod
ers, colored, both of Newport.
William Buchanan to Mrs. Mary
Grosson, both of Algoa.
Tilmore Scott to Sarah Legens,
colored, both of Remmel.
Eff Dunivan to Miss Ada New
man, both of Newport.
William Bailey to Miss Virgie
Rushing, both of Tuckerman.
Use the columns of the Independ
ent. They will carry your business
talk into nearly every home in New
K DEFEATED
IN TOOL SECTOR
Americans Drive Germans Back In
Disorder, After Enemy Had De
livered Heaviest Attack.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New Yorg, April 11.—American
troops in the Toul sector of France
drove back in disorder Wednesday
the heaviest German attack yet made
on American positions. The Ger
mans did not get through the wire
entanglements, and the enemy suf
fered numerous casualties. Violent
artillery bombardment for seventy
two hours preceded the attack.
Qn the northern battlefront a bat
tallion of Americans, the vanguard
of the large force moving to the
front, has joined the British armies.
Desperate fighting continues on a
twenty-five mile front between Giv
enchy and Wytschaste, with the Ger
mans suffering severe losses for
small gains.
The enemy has not gained any
point of strategical importance.
The British still dominate the bat
tlefield from the heights of Messines
Ridge on the north to Givenchy on
the south.
Below Armentieres, where the at
tack was launched Tuesday, the
Germans have made very little addi
tional progress, although they
crossed the left bank of the Lys riv
er between Estaires and Bac St.
Maur.
Infantry fighting on the Picardy
battlefield has quieted down momen
tarily, while violent artillery' duels
continue.
Submarines accounted for only six
British, one Italian and one French *
merchantman this week, the lowest
week’s total in more than a year.
AMERICA 10W HAS
NEW IIVALSERVICE
Base On the Azores Islands Will Pro
tect Trade Routes and Serve as
Airplane Station.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 11.—With the
consent of Portugal the United States
has established a naval base in
the Azores Islands, for the
protection of Atlantic trade routes in
Southern Europe. The base will also
serve as a homing station for Amer
ican airplanes, a number of which
have already been assembled there.
SENATORSTONE
IS IMPROVING
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 11.—The con
dition of Senator Stone of Missouri,
who yesterday suffered a stroke of
paralysis, was improved this morn
ing. His physicians hoped the crit
ical period had passed.
Mrs. John W. Stayton, Mrs. George
M. Sink, Mrs. Edgar Williams, Miss
Ida Parish and Miss Rowena Camp- j
bell, accompanied by Prof. Edgar
Williams, went to Newark last night
to attend the preliminary contest of
the Newark high school. Mrs. Stay
ton and Mrs. Williams, with Miss
Chapman, of Batesville, were judges
in the declamation and reading con
tests. Mrs. Sink and Misses Parish
and Campbell were judges in the
piano contest. The winners in de- J
clamation and reading ,were Holman
Brown and Eura Cole. The winner
in the piano was Ruby Hawthorne.
TODAY’S LIST
OF CASUALTIES
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 11.— Today’s
casualty list announced by the war i
department shows one man killed in
action; two died of wounds; five
from accident; thirteen of disease;
sixty-nine severely wounded and four
missing.
ANNOUNCES FOR RE-ELECTION.
We take pleasure in announcing in
this issue of the Independent the
candidacy of Hon. Dene H. Coleman,
of Batesville, for re-election to the
office of circuit judge for this dis
trict.
That Judge Coleman is exception
ally well qualified to fill this impor
tant office is best attested by the re
cord of his present administration.
Very few of his rulings where ap
peals have been taken have been re
versed by the supreme court, which
fact shoms that he is well versed in
law and that his decisions are ren
dered fairly, impartially and without
fear or favor.
Judge Coleman is a bright young
lawyer, a clear speaker and is al
ways ready when called upon to as
sist in any public undertaking. He
was born and reared at Batesville
and is well and favorably known all
over the state and especially so in
the Third judicial district. He is a
true patriot in all that the name im
plies and has given much of his time
in helping to make a success of the
Three Liberty Loan campaigns, the
W. S. S. service, Red Cross,, Y. M. C.
A. and kindred war work.
The many friends of Judge Cole
man are glad that he has consented
to accept this office for another
term. _
The ' President Counsels Economy
When President Wilson appealed to all Americans
not to be wasteful, he gave expression in words to
the very thing we have been expressing in deed by
offering
Kuppenheimer
Clothes
Acknowledged leader
ship in style and rigid
adherence to the Highest
Quality Standards, as
sure you of the utmost
value for your money.
Don’t mistake lower
prices for economy, for
conditions don’t permit
it. Lower prices than
ours mean simply that
you’ll have to buy two
suits to give you the
same wear as one of ours.
Kuppenheimer Prices Range
I The lluubO i>£ Kuppc-ubeimor * From $25.00 to $35.00 |
Star Clothing Company
ADAM LOCKARD. Manager. “THE APPAREL STORE FOR MEN”
WILL CONTINUE
TO SELL BONDS
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County Goes Way Over Hie Top With
Every Community Reporting
Splendid Subscriptions.
At a meeting of the Executive
committee of the Third Liberty Loan
campaign for Jackson county Wed
nesday night, it was decided to have,
the committees throughout the coun
ty to continue the sales of bonds un
til Thursday, April 18, at which
time the salesmen will make their S|
reports. The county, with a quota
ox ^oh^ouu, nas gone consiaeraoiy
over the top with a subscription of
$316,500, these being the figures re
ported Wednesday right. Several
communities have not rendered their
reports, and if all the amounts were M
available, it would be shown that
Jackson county has gone beyond the
last total reported.
In the Eighth district, during the
sale of the second issue of bonds sev
eral months ago, only 6 3-8 jjpr cent
of the people subscribed to the Joan. '
It is hoped that at least 15 per cent v
of the people will subscribe to the
present issue. The honor. flags and
supreme flags will be awarded only
after 7 Vz per cent of the people in a
county or community have subscribed. , Jj
their full quota.
Up to Wednesday night Newport ||i
and Union township had subscribed }'
$155,650, with a quota of $150,000. % 'Ji
Parts of all the townships, with the J
exception of Barren, have rendered •
their reports.
Following are the remainder of the jf
townships as reported Wednesday
Bateman subscribed $5,000, quota
$3,000. ^
Bird township is rapidly approach
ing its quota.
Bryan, $6,100; quota $3,000.
Breckenridge, $32,000; quota,
$30,000. Of this amount Auvergne •'
subscribed $14,900, Weldon $10,000, aSS
rupelo $8,000.
Cache, $6,250; quota $5,000.
Cow Lake $5,000; quota $5,000. |||a|
Glass $23,500; quota $25,000.
Richwoods $2,000, quota $3,000.
Dnly a portion of Richwoods has re- ij
sorted. The towr-hip probably has ;
jxceeded its quota.
Jefferson $5,000, quota $5,000 ;;]
fncksonnort is vet to report. -Virs®
Village $5,000; quota $5,000.
Blanks for filling out their report*
nave been sent to all the township
:ommittees.
FARMERS ANL GARDEN
ERS—ACT PROMPTLY
A friend of the kaiser is in Jackson
county. This gentleman is the Colo
rado potato beetle, or ordinary pota
;o bug.
Already the bugs are doing their
lirty work and should be poisoned as
soon as they appear on the plants. A
ielay may result in a shortage of po
tatoes, a most valuable substitute for
the sorely needed wheat.
Paris Green is the best remedy.
Mix one ounce of lime with one ounce
if Paris Green, and stir into six gal
lons of water. With this solution
thoroughly go over the potato plants,
the bugs will be poisoned and the
plants not damaged.
Remember this solution does not
3oak into the potato leaves, but is
just on the outside. After a hard
rain the potatoes are again at the
mercy of the insects and should be
sprayed or sprinkled again.
THE PEOPLE ARE AWAKE.
The Independent wishes it had
time and space this week to tell at
length of the great amount of pa
triotism and enthusiasm that have
played a great part in the success of
the Third Liberty Loan campaign in
Jackson county. At a later date we
hope to be able to gain the informa
tion that would enable us to tell of
the splendid work done in each com
munity and by the different sales
teams.
You command the immediate inter
est and attention of local customer!