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NAVY NEEDS DOCTORS
Opportunity for Arkansas Phy
sicians to Enlist
The navy is in need of a num
ber of medical officers for sea
and shore duty and an excell
ent opportunity is offered by
the Navy to doctors in Arkan
sas between the ages of 21 and
44 to enroll in the United
States Navy Reserve Force as
Assistant Surgeons with the
rank of junior grade lieuten
ants.
A junior grade lieutenant
in the naval service ranks with
a first lieutenant in the Army,
and the pay while on shore
duty is $2,000 per year plus
an additional amount for com
mutation of quarters. The sea
pay is $2,200 a year.
Enrollment in the United
States Naval Reserve Force is
for four years, and a medical
officer may be called into im
mediate service if he so desir
es. Under the act of Congress
creating the naval reserve, of
ficers and men enrolled therin
are subjct to call into service in
time of national emergency,
and during enrollment must
serve not less than three
months out of the four years
on actice duty.
Anyone interested is direct
ed to apply to the United
States Navy Recruiting Officer
at Little Rock.
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BUY WAR STAMPS
Most Democratic Investment
Ever Offered the People
Thrift Stamps and War Sav
ings Stamps are the most dem
ocratic of invetments and
America expects every Ameri
can to show love of republican
institutions by investing in this
democratic security. The ag
gregate amount of the invest
ments and the number of in
vestors in these War Savings
securities are in a way the
answer of the people of this
great democracy to the call of
the cause of democracy
throughout the world and the
vindication of civilization and
humantiy.
They afford every person,
however humble, and however
small his means, the opportuni
ty :o contribute his part, to do
his bit, in this great struggle
against the military masters of
Germany who seek to domin
ate the world in contempt of
justice and right and freedom
and without conscience and
without mercy.
NEGRO PREACHER IS
SEVERELY WHIPPED
Newport Negro Accused of Dis
loyalty is Lashed When
Released from Jail
Newport, Feb. 15.—H. J. J.
Ellis, a negro, who says that
he was called to preach, is now
a much wiser extortionist, if
he has stopped running long
enough to collect his senses.
Ellis was arrested several
weeks ago on a charge of treas
on following some speech-mak
ing in Jackson county, in which
it was alleged that he told oth
er negroes that this is a white
man’s war. He was taken to
Batesville but w'as later releas
ed wrhen the county Grand
Jury found that the case was
outside its jurisdiction. Later
he was placed in the jail at
Newport.
Several white men learned 1
that he would be released
last night about 10 o’clock and
they waited near the jail. As
Ellis walked out he was met
by the men who put him in an
automobile and escorted him '
to the edge of town, wrhere the
lash wras applied to the bare 1
hide.
He began to scream but a
bath towel was placed in his
mouth to prevent further out
cry. After the lashing Ellis
promised to be a good Ameri
can, and told his punishers 1
that he would leave for other
parts
He came to Newport from
Mississippi everal months ago
and preached near Diaz. He
is alleged to have made disloy- '
al utteracnes against the gov
ernment and President Wilson.
WOMAN IS SENTENCED
Jackson County Woman is Giv
en Five Years for MurcUr
Mrs. Minnie Willard, charg
ed with killing Grover Os
borne last summer at Swifton.
pleaded guilty to second de
gree murder in the Circuit
Court at Newport Thursday.
She was sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary.
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KILLED BY FALLING TREE
Will Jones a young farmer
who lived near Mountain
Home was instantly killed
when he was caught by a fall
ing tree and crushed to death.
He and a younger brother
were cutting wood when the
accident occurred. His father
was killed in the same manner
seven years ago.
SOUTHERN FARMERS
ARE FACING CRISIS
Failure to Produce Big Food
Crop May Mean Disaster
to the Entire Nation
Washington, Feb. 17._“if
the South neglects this year to
provide her food and feed, she
is likely to suffer serious priv
ation, and she will put a bur
ien upon the nation which
may prolong the war and even
imperil our victory,” says Clar
ence Ousley, Assistant Secre
tary of Agriculture.
“I am aware that these are
strong words,” continues Sec
retary Ousley, “but they are
none too strong. I am not ex
pressing an alarmist personal
opinion. I am seeing through
the eyes of 48 agricultural col
leges and county agents in
nearly every agricultural coun
ty. I have recently crossed the
continent from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. I have studied the
reports gathered by the De
partments 18,000 representa
tives and as many more em
ployees of ihe Agricultural
colleges. I have considered
the conclusions of the Interna
tional Institute of Agriculture
at Rome which has reports
from all over the world.
‘‘The plain, hard truth is
that with 40 million people
withdrawn from productive in
dustries and engaged in the
business of destruction, it is
not humanly possible for pro
duction on the whole to exceed
normal demand.
“England, France, and Italy
must be sustained or their pop
ulation cannot stand the strain.
They have been on scanty ra
dons for more than three years.
The chief cause of Russia’s
collapse was hunger- Soldiers
cannot fight when their wives
and children are starving.
“Secretary McAdoo has giv
en warning that transportation
may be lacking in 1918 to haul
food and feed to States and
communities that do not pro
vide for themselves. Many cat
de have been sacrificed in the
irouth regions of the North
vest and Southwest during the
ast few months, because rail
mad cars could not be obtain
ed as needed. Military mov
ments must have first consider
ition, and military movements
vill be greater in 1918 than in
L917. The prime question for
die farmer is not what product
vill bring the highest price,
iut what products will insure
rood for his family and feed
or his live stock, and the answ
er is: a vegetable garden, a
nilk cow, a brood sow, a poul
:ry flock, ample corn, oats,
leanuts, etc., and then as much
cotton or tobacco as he can
cultivate well.
“It is the highest demand of
patriotism—it is the first re
quirement of living—that in
1918 every State, every coun
:y, every neghborhod, every
farmer be as self-sustaining as
>ossible.
ror tne ?>outn to plunge in
an cotton or tobacco or any
ather speculative crop and to
iepend upon the corn belt for
aread and meat will be for
;he South to engage in a gam
ale which may cause privation
:o its people and disaster to
:he Nation. For any man nov
;o determine his business oper
ations from the standpoint of
profit alone, without regard to
;he Nation’s needs, is for him
willfully to profiteer in the
blood of his fellow’s who are
fighting in France for the
preservation of the republic.
No man can be excused for
not taking his share of the res
ponsibility.
“My whole life has been
| spent in the South. I know the
Southern farmer. He will do
his duty as he sees it. I am
appealing to every man in the
South to make known these
facts—to consider it his busi
ness to make them known—
land I shall have no doubt of
the results. It they are not
, made known in a way to im
i press the crisis that confront'
j us, there may be hunger ir
this bounteous land or hungei
over yonder in Europe, where
it will spell ruin for all that is
worth while in America.”
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SPECIAL SESSION URGED
Newport, Feb. 17.—The
Jackson County Grand Jure
yesterday unanimously adopt
ed a resolution asking Gover
nor Brough to call a special
session of the legislature tc
amend the bone dry law.
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ARRANGE FOR CONTEST
School Contest Association Will
Meet at Nepwort
The Board of Control of the
Northeast Arkansas Contest
Association held a meeting: at
Newport last Saturday and
decided to hold the annual
contest in Newport April 19
and 20. There were practical
ly no changes in the order of
contest or in the association
rules.
The officers for the year
are: President, Edgar Wil
liams, Newport, vice-president, J
W. A. Isgrig, Newark; secre
tary-treasurer, O. T. Richard
son, Augusta. The executive
Committee is composed of
the three officials. The asso
ciation is composed of 20 of
I the largest schools in this sec
tion.
RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS
A portion ol the White Riv
er Railroad between Oneal and
Guion will be completely re
built in a short t'me.
About ten miles of road will
be graveled. According to
Roadmaster Mike Farrell the
work will require the greater
part of the summer and he says
he can use as many men as
apply for work
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of which should be in every home in Independence
county. The map of Independence county is revised
right up to the minute, and shows each postoffice in
the county with correct location, as given in the latest
U. S. Postal 6uide.
Ali the important county roads are shown and correct
ly located, which is a very valuable feature.
All the new townships are given, with township lines
correctly shown, according to the official records.
Section, township and range lines are correctly
shown, which is a valuable feature, making it easy to
locate any particular tract of land in the county.
The map of Arkansas is one of the latest issued, and
in addition to the regular features, it shows all the
principal public roads of the state, a feature that can
not be found in the ordinary state mop. All towns
are shown and population given from the latest official
census,
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at and should be in every home in j
Independence County.
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