Newport daily independent., 1918-10-15

slnceaenhstlng several mohths ago.
 The little son and daughter of MT. and Mrs. James Q. Blackwood, James and Katherine, who have been very sick for several days, are improving slowly.
 MT. and Mrs. H. L. Remmel and son, Harmon, Jr., returned Sunday from the East, where they have been for the last six weeks. They were at Asbury Park, N. J., and New York city.-Arkansas Gazette.
 H. E. l.. McCollum, who has been kept at home during the past few weeks by severe illness, is able to be out again, which his many friends will be glad to learn.
 Mrs. J. B. Avera left at noon to- day for Batesville called by the ill., ness of her sister, Mrs. Hubert Holmes, who has been i'll for several days, but is thought to be some bet ter.
 A card this morning from the gov- ernment to Miss Stella Nuckolls noti fled her of the safe arrival of her brother Pete Nuckolls, in France, which makes two of the Nuckolls in the battle zone.
 B. w. Jamison was among those who increased his subscription to the Fourth Liberty Loan, his name being sent in too late to be added to the published list. He today bought an additional $4OO lot of bonds. F Miss Waverly Wayne of Halls, Tennessee, is the guest of Miss Re- becca Young this week. Miss Wayne is teaching in Lonoke and while school is closed is making visit to her friend of her Tennessee home town.
 Lost Saturday-Long envelope ad- dressed to G. H. Warren and Dr. R. A. Williams, Helena, Ark, containing two other envelopes and two Royal Circle of Friends of the World insur- ance policy claims and a sum of money. Finder will please deliver at Farmers National Bank or Arkan- sas Bank & Trust Go. and receive reward 146d2t>
 The small group of workers who are able to come to the work room ot inc Red Cross have made IS pneumo- nia jackets. Some of them were "hurry up calls, "and all of them were used by our local doctors and county nurse. and the makers of them have felt repaid for the rushing demand on their time because they have felt I it only a very small part of the heavy work the present epidemic puts upon our nurse, our doctors and drug gists.
 The local exemption board sent to Vancouver, Washington, this after noon the following young men who will serve their government in the Spruce forests: They are Clyde Phillips of Tupelo, Herman Lody of Tupelo, James A. Walls of Bradford, Richard L. Jones of Tupelo and John | Gale of Swifton. Henry J. Powell of Olyphant was sent to Jefferson bar racks; Wylie Gray Thornton, an automobile mechanic at Hutson-Ladd Garage, was sent to the Branch Nor nal school at Pine Bluff, which has been taken over by the government, to take a special course in mechanics before reporting for service.
 H. c. Levy, who for several months was employed by S. Heinemann of this city, died at the army training camp at San Antonio, Texas, Sunday from pneumonia, and the body will be sent to Fort Smith for burial. After leaving here Mr. and Mrs. Levy went to Cotter, where he had charge of a large mercantile establishment, but later entered the army service at San Antonio. Mrs. Levy did not know her husband was ill and was through here Saturday en route to make him visit, being notified of i his death while on her way to Texas.