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The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24

Why not raise goats? There is money in the business. In the past few years, according to the figures furnished by the govern ment, half a billion goatskins. valued at half dollar each. have been imported into this country.
 Why should we go abroad for our necessities when we can pros cure them at home? We complain of the high cost of living and we are not meeting the issue the right way. We insist on paying the blue sky price for spring lamb when, in seven cases out of 10, we are buying kids.
 But it is the hide ot the goat that possesses the great value, and the price of leather is climb ing out of the reach of the poor man.
 There is another funny thing about this goat question. He takes care of himself. He IS prac tically immune from disease. He will eat anything, from a shirt to a tin can. He requires no especial care. He is aprolific breeder and the hide of a goat today cal be easily sold for 75 cents, while his meat can be equally easily dis posed of.
 Just as an experiment, sup pose some men who possess is land interests in the Mississippi Valley trysthe advice of the gov ernment and raise goats. They cannot swim. They need no fence or special food. Tie old country hss found the great val ue of goats. Itis time we exer- else little practical judg ment at me.-Com mercial Appeal.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24
Little Willie's Essay On
 "Fire Prevention"

Fire is hot substance made of fuel and usually started by a match. A fire bug can also start a hot fire through friction by rubbing a $10,0o0 policy on a 1000 risk. A fire started by a a near sighted woman looking for light dress in dark closet with match is just as hot as a fire started by fire bug, only the woman is sorry afterward.
 One funny thing about a fire is that it won't start when you want it to and you can't stop it unless it wants to. If you try to make a fire in the grate with kin ding and newsI apers it will take ten matches to start it and then it won't burn unless it wants to but if you drop a lighted match ac ac-idently on wet floor it's lia ble to set the house afire. You can't start a fire with the last match in the box or light cigar with the last match in your pock ct unless you have some nor matches handy. Fires are like darkies. They work better in hot weather and after sleeping all day will raise the mischief at night.
 When I grow up I want to be a fireman so l can turn the hose on. folks I don't like and chop holes in theii roof without get ting arrested. A fireman gets to sit around all day and play check CTS and when there is a fire he is the first one to know about it and gets to ride there in an automo- bile and 1 have to run there on my own legs. The best way to keep a fire from visiting you is to treat it like nav treats paws second cousins. In the first place she don't invite lem and if they visit her anyway they soon see it ain't no place for them to enjoy themselves at.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24

are capable of developing even greater power than that Of the practically all instances, the new Ford, so that his converted vehicle will have a long and use ful life as a truck and will be in as great a demand as the new truck.
 By this method the ownor of the used car makes a useful ar ticle out of an almost dead loss, if he is in the transportation business. and if he is not, he has a machine which he can sell quickly aud at a higher price than would be the case if he had not converted his antiquated and de crepit car into a producing as set"
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24
Smith Form-a-Truck Proves Boon To Gar
 Statesmen.

Statesmen for every line of au tomobiles have discovered a boon in the Smith Form Truck.
 The Smith Form a-Truck at tachment, more than any other factor, is aiding the car salesman to surmount that old obstacle the partly used machine" states MT. c. B. Ellis the local repre- sentative of the Smith motor Truck Corporation. Heretofore, when a dealer handling one line desired to sell his car to an own CT of another make, he faced the problem of the disposition of the prospects old machine. There was the necessary dickering to be done and an inevitable sacri flee in the turning in of the old car upon the new. All the diff culty is removed through the agency of the Smith Form a Truck.
 The salesman needs only to suggest that the prospective buyer take his machine to the nearest Smith Motor Truck Ser wee Station and have 1t convert ed into commercial car. In power plants in these machines
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24
Use Your Tractor

Help your neighbors" is the keynote of special appeal to tractor owners issued today by Assistant Secretary of Agricul- ture Carl Vrooman.
 Every farmer who owns a tractor" he says, owes it to his country this spring to do all the custom or exchange work he can do without neglect ting his own work. Every hour that his tracs- or would otherwise be idle it ought to be at work helping a neighbor who is behindhand with his blowing or narrowing. Make your outfit work from dawn to dark; make it work all right if you have enough operators to fill the shifts. The acreage to be harvested this fall hangs on the blow. Don't let an acre that might otherwise be planted go untitled because your tractor is in the shed. Help your neigh bors and thus do your part in strengthing the allied lines on the battle fronts of Europe"
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24
Plant More Sweet Pota-
 toes

Every farmer in Arkansas should plant more sweet pota- toes ' Says J. s. Knox, horticul turist with the Extension Divi- sion of the University of Arkan- sas, An acre or two of sweet potatoes should be grown or at least enough to supply the fami- ly for the winter and early spring. There is still time to start crop ~of sweet potatoes and it will pay every farmer to make a special effort to grow a good supply since the prices will undoubtedly, be better than in former years. There has been some difficulty experienced by a few in storing their sweet pota- toes so that they would keep throughout the winter. but there Is no need of loss if sweet pota- toes are handled properly and at sweet potato digging. time infor- nation concerning the proper storage can be had without ex- pense from the Extension Di- vision.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24
To Double Liquor Tax

Washington, May 1S.-Resum ing debate on amendments to the war tax bill the House today, by a vote of 123 to 54, refused to strike out the section designed to levy a retroactive tax of one third the amount of last years income tax.
 The liquor section of the bill. which would increase the levy on whiskey from $1.10 to S2. 20 a gallon, was adopted despite the efforts of prohibitionists to de- feat the increase. They mann tained saloonists and distillers sought the tax to intrench their positions.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24
A Wise Suggestion

Unc'e Sam is prudent old philosopher. He advises the American farmer to go out and get him a goat.
 We are living in an age of con servation. We are beginning to realize the value of availing our selves of an opportunity to i'm prove our conditions.
 Not many years ago General George B. Peters, one of the most brilliant lawyers who ever faced the bar in Tennessee, had the same idea.
 At the time Gen. Peters owned a small island in the Mississippi River. He stocked it with goats and let them alone. They multi piled like rats. and the profit was substantial.
 This is a mere incident, quot ed to show that other people ap- preciate the value of the goat.
 The figures furnished by the government show concl1sively that we can make money and that we are sadly neglecting our opportunities.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24
Notice Of Assessment Of Taxes

Notice hereby given pursuant the assssn their real and s M % W s 9W4s sna m s eaesr a9s dess Pos CLEVELAND TOWNSHIP Tuesday June 5th. Faryiew roTToS June eb at Honeycutts
 SsS sssn aas sG sns
 Wattensaw
 OAK GROVE TowsHIP-Monday and Tuesday June l1h and BUTLER LEE SS7 June ls at Cochran. sGTs gh and at ssardsy June 18th wARp g59 aS Ansn Stsion June 18th at Ward MAGNEss TOWNSHIP Tuesday, 19h Baugh's School YORK TOWNSHIP Friday Fist and 22nd at GooDRUM TOWN June 2ard at Red oah June uW aa aT 5ay ssnGH aSase June 2 at Deps Store GRAY ToWNsHI Wednesday, June 27,h Panola June ssh at Eagle seho s9 PErTUs July 3rd, at Brewers School sG5s s at H.mno sR fas ay ssseo 5 aoess sdae in
 morning and Brummtt in the afternoon Tuesday July siP4P Seds July 1l pees HAMILTON oENsHIP-Thursday. July 12th at Hamilton
 School House Friday Pney School House SCoTTS TOWNS HPSaburday July 14th at Scotts School INDIAN BAYOU TOWNSHIP Monday July leth at rombern Erfasay 7 a and Thursday July WILLIAMS ToWNsHIP-Friday July 2oth at scotts Station
 and Saturday July 21s Toltec.
 GUMWOODS TOWNSHIP-Monday Tuesday and Wednesday,
 July 23 24 and 25, at England.
 CARLISLE TOWNSHLP-Th Friday Saturday.
 26 P and 2S. Carlisle
 LONOKE TOWN HIPAt Court House Monday July Soth
 to August 10th 1917.
 beg to call the attention of the the fact that are now operating under new by the last General on which of the County taxpay of township before whom i appear make failure you penalty of p cent of the amount your
 Heretofore, could township came to Lonoke the closing days of the their lists This Is prohibited and home township.
 Please yourself accordingly All owning estate either bring their thelr deeds
 51-tf Assessor of Lonoke County .
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24
Court Calendar.

Chancery Coutt-3rd Mon. in May and 3rd Monday Tn Nov.
 Circuit Court-lst Monday in Feby. and 2nd Monday in Aug.
 County Court 2nd Monday Tn Jan. Apr. July and Oct. q
 Probate Court-4th Monday in Jan. Apr, July, and Oct.
 Quorum Coutr-1st Monday in Oct. each year.
 Common Pleas Court-1st Monday in March, June, Sept, and Dec.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24
A Gas h Offer.

The Independent has made a special clubbing rate with The Memphis Weekly Commercial Appeal by which we will furnish both papers for one year for the price of S1 25. The Commercial Appeal is one of the largest and best papers in the South, and we hope to receive many new sub scriptions on this offer; S1.25 cash for both papers,
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is local disease, greatly in- fiuenced by constitutional conditions, and in order to cure it you must take an internal remedy. Halls Catarrh Medi- cine is taken internally and acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. Halls Catarrh Medicine was preseSf;ibed sS;l by one Of the best physicians posed of some of the best tonics known combined with some of the best blood purifiers. The perfect combination of the ingredients in Halls Catarrh Medi- cine is what produces such wonderful results in catarrhal conditions. Send for testimonials, free.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Props. Toledo, o.
 All Druggists, 75c.
 Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24

Sanol Eczema Prescription is fa- nous old remedy for all forms of Ec- zema and skin diseases. Sanol is a guaranteed remedy. Get a 35c large trial bottle at the drug Store. Adv 62- If
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24

Beginning on Wednesday May 17th, the Crescent Garage will charge batteries at intervals of two weeks. Batteries needing repair should be left at Garage at least three days before charg ing date. Tests made free. 52-t
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24

Do you get up at night? Sanol is surely the best for all kidney and blad- der troubles Sanol gives relief in "A hours from all backache and bladder trouble. sanol is a guaranteed remedy. 35c and $l % bottle at the drug store Adv. 52-tf
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24
Notice

D. V. Stewart. will stand his Jack at his farm 23 miles south east of Carlisle. Service fee $7.00 to insure living colt. All care will be taken to prevent accident but will not be responsible should any occur. 41-13 tp
 D. V. Stewart.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24

Fresh canned goods of every kind at Pearson's at the right prices. 49 If
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24
Lost.

A roll of side curtains. Finder please leave at this office.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24

-Hummel has any and eaery- thing you want in groceriess and prices are right. 1tf
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24
Christian Church

Bible School 1000 A. M.
 Communion Service. II A. M. Mid-week Prayer Service We'd evening s D. m.
 You are welcome at every ser vice
The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-24
M ooern Ho m c
 Planning

Don't waste your time and tax your temper trying to figure out your building problems. If you are thinking of building whether it's a house, barn, garage or poultry house---come in and see US.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
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without Discomfort or Loss Of Time.

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We especially want to send 1t to those
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We want to show everyone at our own
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21

Plans have been announced re-
Gently for the new factory OF the
Saxon Motor Car Corporation. a COM
plete plant from start to finish, whlch
Ia now under construction in the west
ern section Of Detroit.
Although the Saxon Company Is
only three years old, its growth mas
been so rapid and the proportions
reached during the last season ere so
great that the factory has complete
fly outgrown It's present quarters. Ad-
ditions to the present plant. tho lease
OF neighborlnR buildings and the es-
Establishment OF branch factory, all
have failed to keep pace with the IN
crease In business.
The new plant is designed to give
the company complete taclutlcs Tor
present production and also TO allow
for the expansion of several years 10
come. 1t will occupy portion or a
forty-acre tract of land. which tae
company purchased some time ago.
on the western limits of Detroit. rms
section IL rapidly growing INTO a
manufacturing district and It's ad-
.yantages from Il shipping viewpoint
Iare believed much better than the
eastern side of the city. now the heart
OF the motor car factory district.
Under the direction Of a building
|committee OF Saxon officials. assist
led by Horace II. Lane. consulting
engineer. a unit plan Of factory build
.iugs has been laid out. The first unit
will be structure 1852 feet long by
240 feet wide. with a floor space OF
more than 100000 square feet. This
will house several departments of
the plant. and the departments will
be 30 grouped that the process Of con-
siructing motor car Will move
steadily forward from one end OF the
building to the other
Progressive manufacturing and as
eembly will be employed in every pos
sible department and the engineers
have spent several months in arrang
ing the floor plan for the plant to
eliminate waste motion In the various
manufacturing processes. The rout-
ing Of all parts has been mapped so
that the passage OF materials through
the factory will be as direct as pos
sbhle from the receiving room 20 the
shipping dock
The incoming material Will be
moved by travelling cranes and ele-
vators to the stock rooms. and A sys-
frr7 OF conveyors has been planned
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
ESAXON'S ENORMOUS GROWTH !.
MAGISTRATES NEW PLANT
Complete Factory Now Under Construction Will Be Finished
In Spring-Site Takes In 40 Acres Near Detroit and
Will Be Handsome Structure

by which it will be transferred from
stock to the different manufacture
ing departments, AS in the present
plant the assembly track will be used
and the chassis will start at one end
and merge a finished car at the
other.
When the plant is completed Of
ficials of the Saxon Company say
there will be no more complete motor
car factory in the country. In the
crowded conditions of the present
plant 80 cars a day are being turned
out and this number will be material
ly increased with the additional ia
cilities and room in the new plant.
The new buildings are being erect
ed by Bryant & Detwiler, general
contractors. The first unit will be
completed May /, and the balance of
the buildings June /.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
Something New in Railway Signaling

An entirely and greatly improved of Automatic
Block Railway Signaling made possible with the of the Hud
Signals.
To illustrate what this system signifies compared with
signaling systems observed from the observation
car that automatic of the kind
now used railroads which employ automatic signals
at danger and remained until the train passed
block but could tell neither could the conductor the
hagman whether the engineer of the found the signal
at danger whether crew
are thus at the mercy of the engineer.
These signals operated entirely different principles
fstIhey would be found standing clear
ger train passed but would the danger position
behind train full Of and the fagman and
OF you would know that your train set it there
SecondThere provided with this powerful
Electric Horn situated each which inva-
aby blows should the engineer signal danger
sounds loud enough for the and the
hear The conductor and would know what
the failed the other the
emergency and bring the train a halt.
Thus it will be that with the Signals installed
the train and would
engineer Though the be able
rest Of the could not fail to hear.
1t makes difference whether such mat
the perfectly plain to Won
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-08-17
DRIVE OFE GERMAN RAIDERS
Teuton 'PIanes Drop Bombs Within
Forty Miles of London.

About twenty German airplanes raid.
ed the southeastern coast of England.
An official statement says that some
bombs were dropped in the neighbor'
hood of Eouth End, forty miles east
of London, and on the seashore resort
OF Margate, eighty miles southeast o.
the capital.
No reports OF damage or casua!tieS
have yet been received. British avia'
tors pursued the raiders out to sea
The text of the official statement
says: A squadron Of about twenty enc.
my airplanes were reported eff Felix
stowe lin Suffo!k) TIL y sk.rted the
coast to C!acton (EsseX), where they
apparently diyi1ed a part & g'ing south
to Mareate IN KenD. The remainder
crossed the coast and vert s1u hw S
towaris Wickfcrd near which place
they III ned southeast ard dropped
bombs in the neishbcrhood cf South
Fad lin Es2ex). Scme bombs also
were dropped on Margate.
mo reports Of damage o. casualties
have yet been received. Cur cwn air.
craft we're very quickly n the all
and they pursued the enemy out to
sea.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-08-17
j, S, SHIP SUNK
By SUBII:71ARINE
Five Members Of the Crew
Are Prisoners.
DESTROYED Off FRENCH COAST
Forty.seven Survivors Reach Land in
Safety, But the Captain and Four of
Armed Guards Are Captives.

The sinking of the American
steamship Campania, StancaTd
Oil company tanker, with the probab Q
capture of her captain and four mem
bers of the naval guard by the attack
ing German submarine, was announc-
ed by the navy department.
The department issued this state
ment:
"The Standard Oil tanker Campan a.,
American steamship, was sunk by sub
marine on the morning OF August. 6,
143 miles west of Tile de Re. Forty
seven survivors reached land in safe
ty. It Is believed that the captain OF
the steamship and four Of the armed
guards are prisoners on board the Ger
man submarine"
He de Re is one of the small Islands
on the coast of France, in tie Bay OF
Biscay. 1t is elliptical in shape, about
fifteen miles long and eight miles wife,
lying just off Rochelle.
The Campania formerly was the
steamship Dunholma. She was built
in 1901 at West F1art'erool, EGglan1,
and was registered al 1913 tons gross,
2133 tons net She was 335 feet long
with beam of forty-seven feet.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-08-17
French Retake Lost Ground.


The French troops have resum'
ed their counter attacks against
the positions which the Germans had
captured on the night of August $40,
north of st. Quentin.
The French official statement said
the ground rreviously-lost was recon
quered in its entirety.
South of allies, in the Asne reg on,
two strong German attacks on the
trenches captured carrier by the
French were repulsel with heavy Teu.
ton losses.
There were no infantry actions on
the French front in Belgium.
The weather on the Brittle front in
Flanders was wet and stormy. the Brit
ish war Office reports. Fighting be-
tween the British and Germans took
place east of Givenchyles-l Bassee,
seven miles north Of Lens, where the
British occupied the nearer !ip Of a
mine crater and drove off the German
counter assaults.
Berlin rerorts that after hours OF
artillery gun fire several British regi'
meuts attacked the German lines north
of HoFebeke, on the Belgian front
The German general staff reports that
the attack ,Ts were forced to retrea!
with heavy losses.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-08-17
STOPS TRAIN FOR BEARS
Logging En~incer Has Too Much Hear
- t<iIi

Logging En~inccr F!as Too Much Heart
to Kill Curious Beasts.
A log train on the DlhoTa &c High
land railroad was reid up for ha:f al
ncur by two large black hears three
miles south of Highland, Pa.
The train was moving slowly up the
hillside. when Engineer johnson dis
covered two large bears, Weighing
about 5000 pounds each. standing o.
the track few hundred feet ahead
As the train annrcached the SPOT the
bears failed to move.
Johnson pulled the bell cord, but
neither the c'ang Of the bell nor the
blast cf the whistle failed to frighten
the bruins, whicA stood and g7zed al
ni:ingIy at the approaching train.
Knowing that il would be impossible
TO kill the beers at the sneed his
heavy train was moving, Johnson stop.
red the cars and, badly frightened,
watched tie bears for about half an
Four, when they slowly wandered of
into the forest.
During the last two weeks about ten
hears have haen seen by the train
crews Of the Dahoga &: Highland rail-
road. WHO ronort that hears were never
so plentiful in tbat vicinity.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-08-17
ORDERS REAMY MORE CRAFT
Shipping Board Signs contracts TO
Additional 775.Cao Tons.

Shipping Board Signs contracts for
Additional 775,o0o Tons.
Contracts fer the construction OF
S100,00G,000 worth of Shipping have
been approved by the shipping board
and were signed.
They viii add 775000 tons to the
merchant marine. Lester Sissler. act
ing secretary Of both the board and
the Emergency Fleet corporation, said
he had received explicit instructions
from Admiral Carps, general manag51
of the corporation. and Chairman Hur
ley, of the shipping beard. not to give
out any information concerning them
The contracts, it is understood. pro
vide for a heavy tonnage OF steel con
struction. although there also arr :
large number of wooden hu!ls. It is
not known at what price the steel :e fc
be furnished for these vessels, bu' il
is believed the government has e ''h
ed temporary price agreement III
the steel interests. In all tee wi
be in the neighborhood of 10 ships
constructed.