Newport daily independent., 1918-07-03

Prof. and Mrs Edgar Williams who have had quite an extensive au- tonobile trip for the month of June left Mountain Grove, Mo, yesterday and are expected to reach home prob ably tomorrow.
 The assessors for the Newport Le- wee district, who are " A. Billings Hey, o. D. Watson and Lawrence Bai- ley, are at work assessing all prop erty, and the directors hope to be ready to get down to real business soon.
 Miss Monroe, field secretary of the Home Service Division of the Red Cross, spent today in Newport, and a very enthusiastic meeting was held this morning at the Walnut street school, when she explained her de- partment of the work interestingly s. M. Beattie leaves tonight for l Maryville and St. Joe, Missouri, where he will enjoy two or three weeks vacation. He will join his son, who lives at Maryville, at Big Lake tomorrow, where an outing will be enjoyed in fishing and hunting for la few days.
 The Hutson-Ladd Auto Company have made deliveries of Ford cars this week to w. A. Mccartney, of Remnel one ton truck, to J. C.. Spencer, of this city, one ton truck, to David Hare, of Auvergne, road ster, and Sedan to Robt. A. Ivy of this city.
 l Miss Dove Erwin left last evening for Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where she goes to take her third years course the International school for Sunday school workers. On her re- turn home she will stop off in Chica- go to visit Miss Docia Dowdy, of I'Searcy, who is there taking special course in music at the "Three Arts \ Club"
 l Wanted-Y Young women IS years of age or over to enter training for position as telephone operations. Students are paid while learning Make application to the Chief Oper- ator, Newport, Arkansas. Applica- tions from experienced or inexperi- enced out-of-town people will be con- isidered. 51d12t.
 The splendid people of Johnstown are alive to all patriotic war work, but the Red Cross holds their special attention just now. This morning J. x. Howard turned in check for S7416 as result of a pie and cake sale last Saturday. Only one cake and one pie was raffled off with the above splendid results. The same neighborhood is to have a Fourth of July picnic tomorrow, and everything made above expenses, is to be given to the Red Cross.
 Used Cars for Sale Four cylinder. 7-passenger 1916 Studebaker touring car, extra tire, car in fair condition and looks well, $45O; one S3 Over land touring car in good condition, |new battery and top, $425; one q Dodge Brothers 1917 roadster in good condition, overhauled, new tires, equipped with Hartford shock absorbers, $500; one Dodge Broth CTS 1917 touring ear, overhauled and in good condition, SS50-van Dykes Garage. 5Sd2t wit
 Miss Kathryn Monroe, of St. Louis, Division Supervisor of Home Ser vice Work of the American Red Cross, was a charming visitor to our city today, having meeting with the women at the work rooms Her work has for its object the care and pro- lection of the wives and families of the enlisted men. An account of the meeting, also of the work planned, will be published in Fridays paper.
 Allen Trevathan, manager of the
 Batesville Guard, and Fred Maxfield, of Batesville, came to Newport yes terday afternoon in the latter's car, leaving for Little Rock on an evening train.
 I The little three and half year old son of MT. and Mrs. Lawrence Sloan, x of Black Rock. who is visitino his