In (EPEndent.
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS TUESDAY. MAY 27. 1 Dili. N l AIDER 18.
■^COMMISSION
■demands action
Hart of Council and Board
te®«alth Forcing Property
^Hners to Make Connec
niflof Newport*
^■undersigned are natural
Usted in the sanitary con
of this town and beg to
Hr attention to the deplor
ing condition which exists
^■nd to which there is ap
|Blv no one paying any at
m We have no desire to
Ij^Ke anyone, but at the same
iBhe Board of Health have
■no steps whatever to cor
condition that exists.
«Hve recently, for our own
| Jation, had an inspection
[■of all the territory em
ijBin the sewer district, and
|ld the following conditions
have been 430 closets
[■ted with the sewer, there
Mil 314 of the old time sur
iBlosets still in existence,
’■red over town. There are
uiucna in tuc mivit
■here there are no old clos
Hve have the report in our
| H showing the exact situa
■n every lot in the town,
■ we will be glad to turn
Ho the Board of Health.
Hr the sewer was complet
Hhich was July 1st, 1911,
H two years ago, the Board
Halth isued a notice setting
Htes in the different terri
H in the town when the sew
Hmections must be complet
Hter which nothing has been
HI The secretary of the
H of Health, Mr. Crook,
H that they have never got
He proper support from the
Hfficers. We do not pretend
Hour or care where the fault
Hi the past, but we do ask
Hnsist that this matter be
H UP vigorously and every
He forced to make the prop
Hnections. If the Board of
Bh do not act, it is the duty
He mayor and council to ask
H to resign and appoint
H one who will act. Business
Hget tired acting in a public
Hity without compensation
■ought not be expected to
H any length of time. The
Hnt Board of Health deserv
Be thanks of every good cit
Bfor what work they have
■> because it was done from
By patriotic motives and
Hfflff -i.!_
e hope you will not put us
oving Pictures
the Opera House
^18 Reels Per Week.
T MIGHT HAVE BEEN
; (Drama—LUBIN.)
IKE'S CLOSE SHAVE
luring “Augustus Carney,”
word’s greatest comedian.—
ood one.
| (ESSANAY.)
mountain tragedy
®xtra good Western story
Urtng “Ruth Roland” and
arshall Neilan.”
(KALEM.)
“x*ra Bood pictures tonight
“MISSION 5 and 10 Cents.
in the class of disgruntled sore
headed kickers who are always
criticising public officials who
are serving without pay, but
here is the situation that de
mands attention.
] The city has spent $40,000 for
| a sewer system, the property
owners have spent several hun
dred thousand dollars making
their connections and the peo
ple who have complied with the
law have a right to demand that
the others be compelled to do so.
If this ordinance is properly car
lied out, there will be absolutely
no water in any of our ditches, j
except rain water, there wrould (
, not be a surface closet in town
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j and we would then be in a posi- ]
tion to keep our town clean and j
sanitary. In addition to the clos-;
ets that are not connected, there 1
are many lavatories from office i
buildings running into our gut- J
ters.
We are spending a great deal i
of money in the town now clean
ing up weeds and paving streets.
This wTork is commendable, but
it is not near as necessary to
our welfare as improving the
sanitary condition, and if some
of the time and money spent on
this work wrere used in looking
after this matter it would cer
tainly produce results of more
1
We hope you will accept this
letter in the spirit in which it is
sent. We feel that we have
given enough of our time to this
sewer system to be allowed to
speak freely on the matter. We j
respectfully insist that you take ■
some action in this matter which J
will produce some results.
It took nearly twenty years’
agitation to get this sewer sys
tem started and nov; it seems a
shame after we have accomplish
ed it for the officers to neglect
their duty and impair the use
fulness of the system.
Very respectfully,
Board of Sewer Commissioners:
A. Ferguson, Chairman.
Wm. Bengel,
C. G. Henry, Sec’y-Treas.
Miss Reichardt Coming.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 27.—Miss
Eva Reichardt, state organizer
for the school improvement
work, is planning an extensive
tour of Northern Arkansas, and
has announced the following
itinerary:
Newport, May 28, Jonesboro
Agricultural school, May 29,
Harrisburg May 30, Searcy June j
2, Heber Springs JuneS, Mar-,
shall June o, Berryville June 9, ■
Eureka Springs May 10, Ben- j
tonville June li, rayeuevmc,
June 12, Van Buren June 13.
Are You Hit?
Many of our citizens are co
operating with the Civic Im
provement League and city
council in trying to beautify the
streets and alleys, while others
persist in dumping grass from
their lawns, tin cans, bottles and
other debris from their premises
on these public thoroughfares.
Now guilty ones, help us to do
our duty by doing yours.
One Who Is Interested.
For Sale.
Several thousand bushels of
corn and large quantity of timo
thy and alfalfa hay at Kinman
farm. For information inquire
at T. D. Kinman’s or Arkansas
| Bank & Trust Co. 32btf
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CITY COUNCIL
NAMES ASSESSORS
Tor Lake Bridge Improvement
District—They Are \V. A.
Billingsley. C. J. Saenger
And O. D. Watson.
The city council Monday even
ing after hearing a report of the
progress made by the commis
sioners in the Lake Bridge Im
provement district, proceeded to
elect a board of assessors for the
district. W. A. Billingsley, C. J.
Saenger and O. D. Watson were
chosen, all good business men
and well versed in our property
values.
The plans for the new bridge
call for an expenditure of §28,
000 for the construction of a
concrete bridgeway across the
lake, the approaches upon either
bank to be of dirt. The bridge
is to be supported by concrete
piers and will have a 30-foot
roadway and six foot walks upon
either side.
The council also received and
heard a report from the sewer
commission, urging that all
property owners be required to
make connctions at once. The
report is published in this issue
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U11V4 HOC itXCIXCU L lie Ocllii
tary Committee for action.
The council had a rather
lengthy session, as the bills for
street improvement work had to
be audited and this consumed
most of the time of this session.
Dam For Electric Power.
Heber Springs, May 26. — A
delegation of Ohio capitalists,
accompanied U. S. Bratton, post
master of Little Rock and Pres
ident of the Arkansas Public
Service Company, and H. L.
Remmel, and spent several days
in Heber Springs this week.
The object of their visit here
was to negotiate a deal for a
site on Little Red River about
two miles from town to construct
a large dam to furnish electric
power to Heber Springs and
nearby towns and to operate
various industries. Two expert
civil engineers from the East
were in the crowd and showed
the capitalists and promoters
the entire country adjacent to
the proposed dam, submitting a
favorable report on the practi
cability of constructing a dam
that will furnish approximately
3,000 horse power.
While here Mr. Bratton, as
president of the Arkansas Pub
lic Service Comnanv of Little
Rock, secured a franchise from
the council of Heber Springs to
establish and operate an elec
tric light plant for a period of
20 years.
Negro Institute Opens.
Thirty-three negro teachers
registered the first day in the
county institute for negro
teachers being conducted here
in the negro school building. E.
J. Wheeler, principal of the
Newport negro school, is the
conductor. The Rev. J. G. Rob
'inson, pastor of the African
Methodist church of Newport,
I addressed the institute Monday
m-orning and spoke at length,
on the Vice Commission of Lit
; tel Rock, saying that he hoped
the negroes in all parts of the
• state would ‘ftgad the report and
iput tne pririciples it contained
into eiFect. He urged the negr'
teachers V1 instruct the negr:
youths 'to stay on the farms, te
live industrious lives in the
towns and cities, keep out oi
dives and become law-abiding.
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Virgil E. Pierson.
Virgil E. Pierson, one of New
port's leading business men, a
prominent Hoo Hu:> and lumber
man. died at his home in this
city Monday afternoon at 5:30
o’clock, after a fifteen days’ ill
ness from typhoid fever, which
proved malignant from the
start and resulted in complica
tions toward the last, which
brought on the end.
All during his illness, the
faithful ministrations of a de
voted wife and the attention of
skilled physicians were his to
command, yet in the very prime
of a successful business career,
the thread of life was snapped
in twain.
The funeral services took
place at 4 o’clock Tuesday after
noon from the home and were
conducted by Rev. J. F. McKen
zie, pastor of the Presbyterian
church. Beautiful floral em
blems made up a mighty tribute
from loved ones and friends and
the remains will be carried to
night to Vincennes, Indiana, his
birthplace and old home and
there laid to rest midst the
scenes of boyhood days, the ob
sequies there to be held at 3 p.
m. Wednesday.
The active pall bearers are
Messrs. Walter Fife, Sidney
M'ack, G. L. Robinson, Wm. Cor
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ton and the following honorary
pall bearers have been named:
Messrs. W. T. Parish, W. A. Bil
lingsley, Gus Martin, John H.
Keel, J. D. Vaughn, Joe Baker,
Bee Robinson, Jack Montgom
ery, Ed E. Parrott, H. E. Sulli
van, E. M. Ware, Joe P. Ander
son, J. D. Sisson and A. W. Huff.
The remains will be accom
panied to their last resting place
by the wife and two surviving
children, Georgia, aged 6 years,
Virgil E., aged 5 months, his
mother, Mrs. J. W. Pierson,
brother, Bonner Pierson and
Mrs. Douglass of Birmingham,
Alabama, sister of Mrs. Pierson.
They will be met in St. Louis by
a brother of the deceased. To
all of this grief-stricken fam
ily and the father too, who will
remain here, goes out the deep
sympathy of our people in the
loss of an esteemed citizen.
Virgil E. Pierson was born
December 3, 1878 at Vincennes,
Indiana and was thus 34 years,
5 months and 13 days old. He
was married October 24, 1898
to Miss Georgia L. Wallace and
located in Newport ten years
ago.
The deceased was a member
of the Elks Lodge and a very
active Hoo Hoo. He was gener
al manager of the Black and
White River Transportation
Company and a lumber buyer,
who had an extensive acquain
tance over the state.
He was a public spirited and
progressive citizen, a kind hus
band and an indulgent and lov
ing father, whose taking away
brings sorrow to many hearts
and gloom to the home. May
the sympathy of a host of
friends bring its meed of com
fort to the grief-stricken loved
ones of our departed citizen.
Ben ^Johnson Purdy.
Little Ben Purdy, the sweet
eighteen months old son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Purdy, passed
away at 7 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing at the family home on Lau
rel street.
| The little babe was taken sud
| denly ill last Wednesday night
with congestion and from the
'first of his illness hopes for his
recovery had been little enter
tained. Everything possible has
been done by physicians and lov
ed ones, but the little soul took
its flight early Tuesday morn
ing.
i The funeral will be held from
the home Wednesday morning
at 10 o'clock, conducted bv Rev.
j Henry E. Spears, rector of St.
; Paul’s Episcopal church, burial
| to follow at Walnut drove eem
i etery. The pall bearers are
Lawrence Revans, Willis Hirseh.
; Tom Harder and Alcorn Minor.
The greatest sympathy is ex
tended to Mr. and Mrs. Purdy,
| who are heart-broken over the
loss of their youngest little son.
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Mrs. O. A. Jamison Dead.
Mrs. Clara Jamison, wife of
Dr. 0. A. Jamison, died at her
home at Tuckerman Monday
afternoon at 2:30 from a long
illness of tuberculosis.
Mrs. Jamison was 28 years of
age and an excellent young wo
man, whose death comes as a
severe loss to her husband and
little eight year old daughter,
who survive.
The deceased spent several
months at the tuberculosis sani
tarium at Booneville and every
thing possible has been done by
her loved ones to stay tne nano
of death.
The funeral was held at Tuck
erman Tuesday afternoon, the
service being conducted by Rev.
W. P. Talkington of the Metho
dist church, the burial taking
place near Tuckerman.
Everybody Likes Music.
From the birth of Adam to
the present day, man has shown
a desire for music, even among
the uncivilized tribes of the
Eastern Hemisphere, they make
weird sounds that seem to have
charms to soothe. We owe most
of our musical education to the
Greeks, according to musical
history: With the advancement
of the world, our musical talents
have also advanced, until today,
small boys are found who can
I read music as readily as a grown
person of a few years ago. Pe
ter Kramer from The House of
David, at Battle Creek, Michi
gan, won the highest honors in
his class last year, which speaks
very complimentary of his tal
ents. He is spending his sum
mer vacation with the Kng
| Bros. Texas Ranger Show,
i which plays here Friday, May
30. He is conducting the band,
which plays a concert on the
i streets at 3 p. m. (Adv.)
I Moonlight On the Rio Grande.
! Western railroads have for a
long time given a lot of attention
to the advertising of the Rocky
Mountains, and the Grand Can
yon of Arizona, but have said
nothing of the beautiful sights
to be seen along the Rio Grande
I river, on the Mexican border.
! There, on a moonlight night,
'deep down in the canyon, the
sky seems to be painted as if a
huge rainbow; with the depth,
comes stillness except occasion
ally the soft notes from a Mexi
can’s guitar; far off on top the
plateau. In this canyon, many
a band of Mexican cattle thieves
have their rendezvous, and
when J. Fred Brady wrote “A
Texas Ranger” he realized the
possibilities of The Rio Grande
for a scene in the play. The
third act is an exact reproduc
1 tion of what is told above. Six
: big electric lamps being used tc
give the coloring to the scene.
The play will be here Friday,
May 30.
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