THE INDEPENDENT
\ PERCY H. VAN DYKE
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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For Congress.
The Independent is authorized to
aanounce the candidacy of Judge
George T. Humphries of Salem for
Congressman from the Second Con
gressional District of Arkansas, sub
ject to the action of the Demicratic
primary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of W. A. Old
field of Batesville for re-election as
Congressman from the Second Con
}[sessional District of Arkansas, sub
ect to the action of the Democratic
primary.
For Prosecuting Attorney.
The Independent is authorized to
aanounce the candidacy of Earl C.
Casey of Batesville for Prosecuting
Attorney of the Third Judicial cir
cuit, subject to the action of the Dem
ocratic primary.
For County Judge.
The Independent is authorized to
Announce the candidacy of W. D. Mc
Lain for the office of county and pro
bate judge of Jackson County, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri
mary.
The Independent Is authorized to
announce the candidacy of James H.
Johnston for the office of county and
probate judge of Jackson County, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary.
The Independent is authorized tc
announce tne candidacy of John A
Melville for the office of County anc
Probate Judge of Jackson County
subject to the action of the Demo
eratic primary.
For Representative.
The Independent is authorized tc
announce the candidacy of J. M. Mar
dis, for the office of Representative o
Jackson County, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized t
announce the candidacy of W. W
Shaver for the office of Representa
tive of Jackson County, subject to th
Democratic primary.
UC3U3U5IUP njai/3U3U3UE lUEHOUEn.
F'or Treasurer.
The Independent ia authorized to
Announce the candidacy of John H.
Camp for the office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to the action
*f the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of Jesse W.
' Shuford for the office of Treasurer of
; Jackson County, subject to the action
| >f the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized to
I announce the candidacy of J. M. Ivy
for re-election to the office of Treas
urer of Jackson County, subject to
the action of the Democratic primary.
F'or School Superintendent.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of H. L. Lam
bert for the office of School Superin
tendent for Jackson County, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri
mary.
For Coroner.
The Independent s authorized to an
nounce the candidacy of Henry Grant
for the office of Coroner of Jackson
County, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary.
Our Convicts.
In somo sections of the coun
try the convicts of the various
states, committed to penal in
stitutions, are used to advantage
on the public roads, and it seems
that some of the people of Ten
nessee are of the opinion that
our convicts could be used in a
similar manner. Quite a n im
portant meeting of the middle
Tennessee farmers’ institute
that was held in Nashville not
long ago, unanimously adopted a
resolution putting on record the
sentiment of the meeting, which
was to the effect that state con
victs who are serving terms of
three years or less, be required
to work on our public roads, and
that the legislature be memo
rialized to provide the necessary
legislation. The convict ques
tion is one that has challengec
the wisdom of the wisest of <
great many states and nations
These unfortunates or criminals
or both, are social outcasts, am
; what is best to do with them i;
f problematical- They have beei
' farmed out to contractors, wh(
naturally seek to obtain fron
> them the maximum of work a
the minimum expense, and thes
J convicts have been treated witl
great harshness, and any scan
[Eiu5 luairayausiy? I
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II bargains at our store.
■ i Men’s Extra Heavy Work Shirts, this
I | week only .39c
I I Men's $1.25 Union Suits
■ | only .98c
I | Men’s $1.00 Ribbed and Fleeced
I J Shirts and Drawers .75c
g MEN’S AND BOYS’ CLOTHING AT {ft
Jg VERY SPECIAL PRICES
Sfi Men’s $1.50 Flannel Shirts <jpr
only.$1.19
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jj 10c Rubber Hair Pins, per box ... .5c uj
25c Beauty Pins, per set .19c j»
n Many other articles in the notion line b[
j! at half price. K
* SHOES! SHOES! |j$
1 Our Shoe Stock is complete. Get H
I our prices on shoes. b[
| $.‘1.50 extra large wool nap blankets Bj!
I I for one week only .$2.48
i Ladies’ Skirts and Coats at very spec- S
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From si. The New Storele:tmCE |
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Premium given away to most popular house wife by Val- ||
ley Commission Company. Ef
24 lb. Sack Gold Leaf 100 votes p
48 lbs. Sack Gold Leaf.250 votes
1 bbl. Gold Leaf.1,200 votes
Independent Coupon.10 votes
GOOD FOR 10 VOTES. I Valley i
Gold Leaf Flour Contest Commission I
Company |
dais have been produced by the
system.
Confining them within peniten
tiary walls means that they
must be farmed out to manufac
turing contractors, and while
they are under the vigilant eye
of the state officials, the prod
ucts of their labor does not
meet with any very hearty ac
ceptance, especially when they
come in conflict with the prod
uct of skilled labor. One would
think there is no possibility of
competition in public road build
ing, and that if convicts can be
used to advantage anywhere, it
is here.
If they were put to work on the
public roads they would be in
free, fresh and healthful open
air; they would not be cramped
and confined in cells, and they
would be performing a very nec
essary and a valuable work of
utility and permanence.
The state of course, should ex
ercise reasonable care in seeing
that they are humanely treat
ed- In some of the states the
short term convicts are put to
work on the public roads and
other improvements, and they
are put upon their honor. No
strongholds lock them up at
night; no guards watch over
them at any time. They are
simply given to understand that
it is up to them to make good,
and in the event that they ap
preciate the opportunities af
forded them their sentences will
be reduced under the parole sys
tem.
Because a man is sent to the
penitentiary does not mean that
[ he is irretrievably lost, or that
, human nature in him has been
. entirely blotted out. If he is
, given a chance, and encouraged,
l the records show that only in the
s rarest of instances will he mis
1 use the kindness extended to
) him. The convict system in
1 Tennessee is perhaps as well reg
t ulated as it is in any other
3 state, but if it can be improved
i upon no time should be lost in
- doing so, and the farmers of
’’ middle Tennessee, who have a
[ plan, should be given a fair op
| portunity to test it out, to the
| end that we may know definite
| ly what it is worth—Memphis.
| News-Scimitar.
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3 Junior Football Game.
3 The R. J. O. team defeated
3 their Third Street opponents
1 Tuesday by a score of 18 to 0.
3 The feature of the game was a
3 slip and slide thi'ough the mud
3 by one of the R. J. 0. players.
I This is the second game won
l from the Third street gang, the
j; game last week resulting in a
> score of 24 to 12.
Suggestions For School Pro
gram.
(By George B- Cook, State Su
perintendent of Public Instruc
tion.)
It is suggested that the pro
gram for Agriculture and Ru
ral Life Day in the public
schools Friday afternoon, De
cember 5th should include three]
I or four patriotic or familiar!
! songs by the pupils and visiting
parents and friends. Such as,
“My Country, 'Tis of Thee”.
j “Star Spangled Banner”, “The
Old Oaken Bucket”, “Work For
The Night Ts Coming”, “Home,
Sweet Home”, and others.
The teacher should select a
few of the best compositions by
pupils on “Why I Like The
j j Country”, to be read and then
;; send the manuscripts, according
j to direction, to the State Depart
; | ment of Public Instruction to be
| graded for prizes.
A number of suitable read
j ings and recitations may be
found in the readers and any
book containing selections for
speaking.
| One or more simple dramati
11 zations may be given, such as
I j are found in school journals and
I program books for primary
grades. Thus affording oppor
tunity for a number of children
to take part and use simple and
effective costumes.
Short talks should be made by
the teacher, member of the
School Board, representative of
the School Improvement Asso
ciation, or minister. A local
physician should be invited to
talk of the importance of sani
tation or the county Farm De
monstrator to talk of Boys and
Girls Club work. A few days
before the program is given,
the teacher should aid and direct
;he pupils in copying invitations
o the parents to attend.
Write to Dr. P. P Claxton,
United States Commissioner of
Education, Department of Inte
rior, Washington, D. C., for a
copv of Bulletin No. 553, Ag
riculture and Rural Life Day.”
Court Decision Demoralizes The
Game Law.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 3.—Already
the effects of the recent decis
ion of the supreme court on the
local game and fish laws are be
ing seen throughout the state.
Many instances are being re
ported of hunters wno aie ac
quitted of violation of local laws
because they are not constitu
tional.
E. V- Visart, the national
game warden fob Arkansas,
Missouri and Kansas, says that
the farmers are in favor of a
general state game law to pro
tect them from the irresponsi
ble hunters and to prevent the
wholesale slaughter of wild life.
Eleven special acts, of 1909,
1911 andl913, are by implica
tion invalidated by the decision
of the supreme court, affecting
the counties of St. Francis, De
sha, Jefferson, Grant, Hoi
Springs, Lonoke, Monroe, Cal
houn, Phillips, Stone, Chieot
and Crittenden counties.
YOUR NEIGHBOR KNOWS
his MAJESTIC RANGE use
little fuel—bakes perfectly
heats abundance of water goo<
and hot and costs practically no
thing for repairs. LET US
SHOW YOU WHY. CALL dur
ing our DEMONSTRATION
WEEK. Dates are Monday, De
cember 1, to Saturday, Decern
ber 8.— WOLFF-GOLDMAN
MERC. CO.
Office of The Chicago, Rock Island am
Pacific Railway Company.
Chicago, 111., Nov. 15th, 1913.
To All Stockholders of The Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific Railwaj
Company:
A special meeting of the stockhold
ers of the company will be held at the
office of the company in the City ol
Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday the
31st day of January, 1914, at ten
o’clock a. m., for the purpose of vot
ing upon the acceptance by the com
pany of a lease of the line of railway
of the Rock Island, Stuttgart and
Southern Railway Company, extend
ing from Mesa, Prairie County, Ark
ansas, in a southerly direction through
the counties of Prairie and Arkansas
to Stuttgart, Arkansas County, Ark
ansas, a distance of approximately 22
miles; said lease to extend for a
term of 999 years from February 1,
1914, upon such terms and conditions
as may be agreed upon.
H. U. Mudge, President.
Geo. II. Crosby, Secretary.
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LODGE DIRECTORY.
Royal Arcanum.
Newport Council, No. 322.
Royal Arcanum meets 1st and
3rd Friday nights in each month
in the opera house building.
Visiting brethren always wel
come.
S. M. Beattie, Regent,
W. C. Wishon. Sec.
Woodmen of the World.
Pecan Camp, No. 3, meets 1st
and 3rd Thursday nights of
each month in Masonic Hall.
Visiting brothers welcome.
R. T. Simmons, C. C.,
P. S. White. Clerk.
Modern Woodmen.
Newport Camp, No. 13,674,
M. W. A., meets Second Friday
night of each month in Opera
House. Visiting brethren invit
ed.
R. T. Simmons, Consul.
Jackson Lodge, No. 191 t . &
A. M.
Meets Second and Fourth
Tuesday nights of each month
in the Opera House Building, Se
cond and Hazel streets.
Visiting brothers always wel
come.
Geo. M. Sink, W. M.;
S. M. Beattie, Sec
The I. O. O. F.
The I. 0. 0. F. meets every
Monday night in Masonic Hall,
corner Hazel and Second streets.
Visiting brothers always wel
come.
S. J. Blackburn, N. G.
J. F. Parish, Secretary.
Tribe of Ben Hur.
The Tribe of Ben Hur meets
in the Board Building every
Tuesday night at 8 o’clock by or
der of the Chief.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
IRON MOUNTAIN
SOUTH BOUND
No. 3 leaves.5:20 p. m
. No. 29 (arrives 6:28) departs
at.6:38 a. m
; No. 5 leaves.5:00 a. m
No. 17 leaves...5:28 a. m
No. 7 leaves.9:02 a. nn
1 No. 23 (arrives 7:50) leaves 8:05 p. m
No. 91 (local freight) leaves 8:25 a. m
; NORTH BOUND.
> No. 24 leaves.9:24 a. m
No. 4 leaves .10:20 a. m
r No. 28 leaves.8:60 p. m
> No. 18 leaves..-.10:15 p. m
. No. 6 leaves.10:45 p. m
No. 92 (local freight) leaves 2:10 p. m
WHITE RIVER DIVISION.
WEST BOUND.
No. 210 leaves.7:00 a. m
No. 232 leaves.9:00 p. m
No. 246 (local freight) leaves
..11:30 a. m
EAST BOUND.
I No. 209 arrives.... .6:18 a. m,
No. 231 arrives.6:18 a. m.
No. 245 (local freight) arrives
.9:40 a. m.
No. 607 arrives 12:35 p. m.
No. 608 departs 1:50 p. m.
Local freight arrives Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday; departs Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
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