Tifi INDEPENDENT
| PERCY H. VAN DYKE
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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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.
For Treasurer.
The Independent is authorized to
Announce the candidacy of John H.
Camp for the office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to the action
ef 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
ef the Democratic primary. I
The Independent is authorized to
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.
Huerta, The Tvrant.
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President Huerta has had ar
,
tested and jailed 110 members
of the national assembly, and
one or two others previously ar
rested have disappeared without
!a satisfactory explanation ever
being vouchsafed. Even the
.Very natural curiosity, not to say j
anxiety, of their families being
’denied gratification.
Such acts as this spell either
the destruction of such republi
can form of government as may
fexist in Mexico, or such an erup-;
'tion of popular indignation as
will insure a really republican
form of government instead of
the despotism now masquerad
ing as the real thing.
The seizure by wholesale of
members of the popular branch
of government must indicate a
’desperate condition of political
affairs in the war-torn nation be
low the Rio Grande. It is a sign
that Huerta has aroused power- j
ful opposition which has excited
his fears. Either that or he has
determined upon a course that
means the gratification of his j
personal ambition at the cost of
the lives and liberty of the peo
ple of his country.
We do not believe the love of |
liberty is so dead in Mexico as j
that the people will submit,
tamely to such outrages upon |
their citizenship and manhood.
In certain crises of their nation
al life the Mexican people have
shown themselves real freemen
and patriots and they may do so
again.—Fort Smith Times Re
cord.
The Income Tax.
Those who complain that the
income tax is inequitable, be
cause it imposes the same tax
upon earned and unearned in
comes, are throwing away their
time in hair-splitting. The tax
has yet to be tried, and it should
be given a fair chance. If we
progress as we have been doing,
the time is not far distant when
we will devise a means of put
ting an end to unearned incre
! ment and unearned incomes of
every sort—when no man will
enjoy an income unless he hon
j estly earns it. Those who de
mand too much at one time are
greater obstructionists than the
rankest reactionary. Thousands
of good movements have been
arrested and defeated by those
who wanted to go too far in the
right direction at one time, and
were not willing to wait on the
processes of evolution and the
growth of the people.—Memphis
News-Scimitar.
Caring For Surface Water.
The important thing to consid
er in connection with the surface
water, is the size of the ditches
along side your road, so that
they may not be too small to car
ry the water which naturally
comes to them. If these ditches
are too small, or if the water is
carried too far in them, at times
of heavy rain, the water is bound
to go over into the road, tending
to make a canal of the road.
The water should be taken off
from the side ditches by means
of underground boxes or cul
verts. These boxes should be
carefully planned and built as to
take the water as rapidly as it
comes to them. In every in
stance where possible, these
cross culverts should be made of !
concrete or tiling, with little:
hard walls to protect them from j
washing. While the first ex-1
pense of putting these culverts
in, is sometimes a little more
than wooden boxes, they are per-1
manent and prevent accidents.
While it is important to keep
the upper end of the cross cul
verts open, it is equally as im- j
Dortant to see that the water has ,
an easy chance to get away from |
the lower end of the culverts, j
Oftentimes bad drainage condi-j
tions are caused, not from the
l’oad ditch mentioned, but be
cause adequate opportunity has
not been provided for the water,
to get away from the road after j
it has passed through culverts.
Oftentimes bad drainage condi
tions are caused, not from the
road ditch mentioned, but be- j
cause adequate opportunity has
not been provided for the water
to get away from the road after
it has passed through culverts.
Especially is this true in the low
flat counties, and it is often the |
| cause of a great deal of trouble
which may be avoided and mo
ney saved by opening up a new
ditch or clearing out and
, straightening an old one as an
, outlet
RUEBEN G. DYE,
, Chairman State Highway Com
mission.
Deer Shot Across River.
Helena, Oct. 14.—One of the
first early fall expeditions organ
ized for the purpose of hunting
I in this vicinity returned yester
day afternoon late from a hunt
I of several days in the bottoms
[ and adjacent territory to the St.
Francis River and Phillips Ba
i you, 12 miles north of this city.
The expedition included Messrs.
, Harry Ewart, Robert and Joel
Higgins, Chas. Gist and W. R.
Simpson, the party leaving here
expressly prepared for the hunt
ing of deer and other large
game, although the smaller
prizes would not have been ig
nored.
The hunters carried 17 dogs,
and spent the concluding several
days of the week after deer in
the bottoms of St. Francis river.
One of the cleanest “kills” of
the entire hunt was that made
by Mr. Ewart, the latter “bag
ging” a great buck upon the op
posite side of the St. Francis
Pitrov of o -full ctnnnn kHD
yards, a bullet from a .351 auto
matic Winchester tearing its
way through the®>dy of the big
buck and killing him instantly.
There was quite a little “sports
man’s fairness” in the incident,
as the deer was first sighted in
the wTater, making his way to
ward the ■ opposite side, and
could have been much more eas
ily potted from that distance
than was afterward the case.
The buck was one of the largest
seen in this part of the state in
some time, and the head was
brought back to this city by
its captor as an evidence of his
achievement.
Owing to conditions brought
about by the high water of 1912
and partially last season, Phil- j
lips and adjoining counties re-!
ceived more than their average '
portion of the wild life of the
district, this being especially ap-;
plicable in the case of the for- ‘
mer, when the overflowing river j
in the upper river counties dur
ing the spring of 1912 forced the
deer, bear and numei’ous other
specimens of wild life south to
this belt of the state for safety
and immunity from the en
croaching waters.
Hunting parties from this
city and county have thus been
unusually successful in expedi
tions after deer, and the outlook
for a banner year for this pas
time is most flattering. The us
ual party from Little Rock,
headed by officials of the state
capital, is looked for this au
tumn as heretofore, and it is ex
pected they will be on hand for
the early shooting.
May lie Last Slide For Litfe.
Jonesboro, Oct. 14.—Mrs
Dale, a professional, who was en
gaged to make a “slide for life”
at the Craighead County Fair,
which opened today, received in
juries which may prove fatal as
the result of a fall.
The wire on which she was
making the “slide for life” was
fastened to the limb of a tree,
and the limb broke while Mrs.
Dale was in the midst of her
slide. She fell about 40 feet.
She sustained injuries to her
back, and it is feared that she is
hurt internally.
The accident was witnessed by
a great crowd, which went wild
with excitement. The spectat
ors surged out upon the race
course, where the accident oc
curred. and it was with difficulty
that order was restored.
Physicians say that Mrs. Dale
has about an even chance to re
cover.
More than 5,000 people visited
the fair today. The exhibits in
all departments are fine. Es
pecially is this true of the agri
cultural, culinary and are dis
plays. The exhibits of live stock
and poultry are not as large as
had been anticipated, but make
up in quality what they lack in
quantity.
The racing events were keenly
contested and interesting.
Col. Fordyce Sends S100.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 15.—Col. S.
W- Fordyce, of St. Louis and Hot
Springs has sent to the commit
tee a check for $100 for the pro
posed monument to David 0.
Dodd, the boy hero of the Con
federacy. It was accompanied
by a most patriotic letter of ap
preciation for what is being
done by way of tardy recogni
tion of the Little Rock boy who
gave his life for the Southern
cause.
Gets Verdict For $5,000.
Walnut Ridge, Oct. 14. —In
Circuit Court today in the case
of Mrs. Iley Ward against the
Iron Mountain railroad, the jury
rendered a verdict for the plain
tiff for $5,000. She sued for
$15,000. The case grew out of
the fact that Mrs. Ward rode
from Alaska to Hoxie in August
of 1912, on a local freight train.
The train did not pull up to the
passenger station, but let the
passengers off in the railroad
yards. In getting off the caboose
Mrs. Ward sustained a hard fall
and alleged that she received
painful injuries. The court thus
far has sent two negroes to the
penitentiary for burglary, one
for two years, one for three
years.
It Was on Foot.
"You say that there is a movement
on foot?” "Sure—did you expect it
to be on horseback, or in an automo
bile, or, perhaps, in an airship?”
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See our line of ladies skirts and coats. £3
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our shipment of Queen Q J
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STATE FAIR!
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OCT. 27—N0V.1, 191H.
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LOW Bigger and better than ever, the i
Arkansas State Fair at Hot i
Round Trip Springs this year promises to j
eclipse all previous records in at- j I
Rates tendance and in the wonderful ] I
II I . educational features to be pre- j I
^,a sented. '
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Gorgeous display of Agricultur- K
al Products—Horse Show Night- fi|
ly—Automobile Races—Running 9jg
and Harness Races—Grand Live &
ItAryfwmStock Show. . .
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