THE INDEPENDENT
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A Complaint.
This town is going to the dogs—
I always said it would;
The people don’t turn in and help
A neighbor like they should.
I’ve always thought we all should
aid
A fellow In his fights,
Amt, when he gets the worst of
/ it,
: - Y Should help him get his. rights.
But do the people do like that
In this community?
When T have trouble like I have,
Do they come helping me?
For instance, with the railroad I
Have got some trouble now;
Have people helped me as they
should
To fix that little row?
You see I bought some shingles
from
Chicago, where they’re cheap;
I saved a dollar on the lot,
For here they’re pretty steep.
I needed them, and right away,
The rainy days were near;
The railroads took a month at
least
To get fie shingles here. v
W ben I got them, half a
iat disapp110*1 /
lsue, if the ssingfjtfm the lot;
,e form of a fisf. the better half—
digjiar. - jj^vest ones I got.
]' ..e-freight bill was another
if fright—
r They overcharged me, too;
.1; And I won’t pay it. not a cent—
g 1 won’t be robbed. Would you ?
ie But T can’t get the shingles now,
eti Nor get my money back,
id The railroad will not give them
i up—
It’s raining in the shack.
The merchants they won’t do a
thing—
he. I think it is a crime;
svil They ought to rise and make a
kick
p And bring that road to time!
to -
i E
Carnival Company a Joke.
The carnival that is showing
this week on the vacant lots west
of the Methodist church, would
hare pleased the people of this
vity to a much greater extent,
according to popular opinion, if
MIND |
eather g
e us your drug ^
they had forgotten to disembark
when the train arrived in Ben
ton. If, however, the number of
visitors is reduced every night
as much as Wednesday night de
creased from Tuesday night, by
Wednesday night they will be
giving their bally-hos and mak-;
ing their speils to the several
members of the company only.
The lay-out consists of a show j
termed “The Fairies in the
Well”, which presents for public
mspection (he lowest type of hu
manity a person can reach
(hrough degredation and dissi
pation. There is an animal show
consisting of a tiny horse, per
forming rats and many other,
things, but the tiny horse grows
into an ordinary Shetland pony 1
and the rats are converted into
ordinary white rats of the varie
ty to be found in the pockets of
any small boy, during the time
that is required to purchase a
ticket and get inside the tent.
There is a would-be vaudeville
show, which, if the truth were
told, it is doubtful if any of the
performers have evei witnessed .
a first class vaudeville act, to
say nothing ot being able to pre
sent one themselves. There is
the show of mystery, which is
very mysterious indeed, the
mystery being the absence of the
attraction. Wheels of fortune,
ten pen alleys, shooting galleries,
etc., abound in large numbers,
but even these fall far short of
the usual run of such things, in
that there isn’t a good speiler in
the outfit.—Benton Democrat.
The editor of the Clarksville
Democrat thinks He has got ’em,
both coming and going. He
says: “The editor of the Demo
crat announced last November
jthat this paper would put on
I our list as a life subscriber ev
j ery baby that was named Wood
: row Wilson before March 4, in-1
auguration day. Eleven pairs !
1 of proud parents have responded j
to our patriotic call, and John
1 son county now boasts of eleven .
j Woodrow Wilsons. We certain- •
! ly are proud of this fine aggre- j
gat ion of democrat subscribers j
and we now serve notice on all j
the would-be postmasters of
Clarksville that when the prop
er time arrives, we shall pro
ceed to Washington at the head
of our delegation of Johnson
county Woodrow Wilsons, call on
President Wilson with them,
and tell him to appoint us to the
coveted position. He can’t re
fuse. It’s a sure thing.”
AGRICULTURAL LIBRARIES
_____
For Rural Districts, Suggested
By John H. Page. Commis
sioner of Agriculture.
Every rural district and neigh
borhood should have an agricul
tural library and weekly meet
ings should be held, at which the
books should be read and the
subjects discussed by the men
and listened to by the children,
and especially the boys. The el
ementary text books on agri
culture should be provided at
first, and then other books add
ed from time to time. The agri
cultural bulletins are easily ob
tainable by writing for them.
afitf-CQuld be added to the libra,'
r 9 bfe is an interesting sub
and by this r»u
laffner & Ivfarw
> lany
Tming
t
know
the
do not
v ob
ein
* . ng
to
nd
vth.
the
growth is the foundation of sci
entific agriculture the import
ance of teaching the children
these things is plain.
The subject of soils is like
wise interesting and important.
If these libraries are establish
ed in the varous communities,
and some of the men would take
the matter in hand and study
the subjects closely and then
lead the discussions on the sub
jects at weekly meetings, great
Plans suggested for the ex
penditure of about $80,000 more
on buildings and extensions have
not met with very general sup
port on the part of the Board, as
it would be necessary to borrow
the money.
Carpenter Disappears.
Blytheville, April 6.—Deputy
Sheriff R. B. Nolen stated today
that M. P. Carpenter, wanted
here on the second indictment
for the murder of his mother-in
law, Mrs. Nancy Davis, could not
be found in Hickory Ridge,
where he was supposed to have
been visiting his daughter, Mrs.
Thompson, and has not been able
to locate him up to a late hour
this afternoon. He has wired St.
Louis authorities to look out for
him, also other towns to which
he would be likely to go. Mr.
Carpenter is now out under a
$25,000 bond on the first indict
ment, and if apprehended on this
one he will not likely be allowed
bond, but will be brought back
here and placed in jail.
good would follow. However, u
is important to begin at the
foundation, in order that, the
children may get the full bene
fit. I am greatly interested in
this matter, and will give all
the assistance I can to getting
these libraries started.
If we had these agricultural li
braries scattered all over the
state it would be but a short
time until we would have an ele
mentary course taught in our
public schools, and that is one of
the ends toward which I am
working. When the people get
sufficiently interested, it is sure
to follow, and may its day be
hastened.
I would be glad to hear from
anyone interested in the subject
of rural agricultural libraries.
JOHN H. PAGE,
Commissioner.
Hall Re-elected Superintendent.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 7.—Col. R.
C. Hall has been re-elected sup
erintendent of the Public
Schools, although it is reported
that there was a stormy session
of the Board and some strong
opposition to him.
The finances of the Little
Rock Special School district are
not in the best condition. The
District owes $296,000 in bonds,
besides $70,000 on personal
notes given since December to
meet the current expenses of the
schools, the available funds hav
ing been exhausted December 1.
By the last of May, when the
schools will close, the District
will have anticipated the reve-!
nues for next fall by about $135,
000. The pay-roll for the Little
Rock Schools is about $14,500,
and the final pay-roll in May will j
amount to $40,000, because of;
the 15 per cent that is withheld
during the session. *
Elect Delegates to Batesville.
The State Sunday school con
vention will meet at Batesville
on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of next week.
The attendance is expected to
reach six cr seven hundred and
includes delegates from Sunday
schools of all denominations in
the state. Besides these will be
a large number of visitors who
will attend to receive instruction
in this line of work. The Sunday
schools of Newport elected dele
gates Sunday and are from the
I Methodist school: Mrs. B. E.
I Snetzer and Miss Mabel Stavton,
delegates, with Mrs. Fred Suits
and Mrs. Etta Kelly, alternates.
From the Baptist church, Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Grant, dele
gates; G. F. Fox and Mrs. S.
D. Grumbles, alternates.
From the Christian church,
Mrs. T. S. Stephens, Mrs. Otto
M. Bowen and Mrs. Ben White.
The Presbyterian school, Mrs.
Estelle Claridge and C. E. Crook,
with Miss Annie Laurie Lindsey
and Miss Roxie Hubert, alter
nates.
Besides the above named del
egates the pastors and superin
tendents, with many of the
teachers expect to go up for one
or more days.
C R. GRAY
PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
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Women who suffer from extreme
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Mrs. Daniel Kintner, of Defiance,
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I would have them
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MRS. DAN KINTNER,
1002 Pleasant St., Defiance, O.
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BROKE DOWN
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