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Threatening Storms.
President Wilson is not finding
the position of chief magistrate
.a sinecure. Being a man of
igreat energy and conscientious
feeling he is endeavoring to do
mere work than is good for him,
and unless he obeys his physi
cian and takes a rest he may suf
fer a break down. He is report
ed to be much worried over the
situation in California. Presi
dent Taft left the skies all clear,
and the dove of peace perched
upon the ports and battlements.
\Since President Wilson entered
ithe WhiteHouse clouds and rum
blings have been seen and heard,
and it may be his ill fortune to
encounter storms before many
days. It is the easiest thing in
the world to be president of the
TTrutpH S+nfps wlipn pvprvthincr
family to adopt the budget sys
tem?
A writer in Harper’s Bazaar
explains that “by an ideal budget
is meant that arrangement for
the expenditure of a stated in
come which will secure the great
est comfort or happiness possible
while maintaining a standard of
health both physical and moral.”
| A writer in the Saturday Ev
ening Post, discussing the Amer
t ican habit of spending, gets at
I the heart of the whole question
j when he says:
“It saddens me to see our com
petitive American spending,
where four tries to equal five and
keep ahead of three.”
The budget system would
solve this, perhaps at the ex
pense of pride, but often in the
strengthening of credit—never
spend all you make, even if it be
but a dollar a day.
Those who live within their in
come do not furnish business for
the bankruptcy courts.—Little
Rock Democrat.
A bank over at Morrilton re
cently published the following
in one of its advertisements, and
it contains so much that is good
we pass it on with the hope that
some of our Independence county
farmers will read it and apply it
and apply the moral. At your
door, in Little Rock, is the best
market in the United States for
fat cattle. How many $100 dol
lar steers are you going to fat
ten ? How much corn, peas, po
tatoes and bacon are you going
to sell? When you buy corn,
peas, potatoes and meat out of
the state you are buying them
/•_£__ _1_ • _
EASY AND SAFE TO USE
j .-—*
INEXPENSIVE.
KILLS UCE
ON ALL LIVE 8T0CK.
DISINFECTS.
CLEANSES.
PURIFIES.
It has so many uses that It Is
a necessity on every farm. j
—
CURES MANGE, SCAB,
RINGWORM, SCRATCHES
Destroys All Disease Germs
ORIVES AWAY FLIES
FOB bAUS 87
WALKER’S PHARMACY.
SEND FOR FREE BOOKLETS
144,000 Free Meals For the Vet
erans.
Special to Independent.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 30.
—In commemoration of the
bloody battle at Chickamauga
50 years ago, Chattanooga an
nounces perfection of the plans
for entertainment of the United
Confederate Veterans and the
Sons who will hold their 23rd an
nual reunion May 27-29. High
officials of the G- A. R. sfe^e
THREE THOUSAND
ATIEND MEET
Of School Association With Con
tests Opening Thursday
Night.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 2.— The ex
ecutive committee of the Intra
State School Association met
Thursday night at the Marion
and took up the contest between
the girl basket ball teams of
Texarkana and Helena, referring
it finally to a committee for ad
justment. Texarkana girls play
ed one game in Helena and de
clined to complete the schedule.
The contests began Thursday
night with the high school piano
and declamation events, and to
day the balance of the high
school contests will take place.
The college events will open to
night and continue through to
morrow, followed by the athlet
ic events. All awards will be an
nounced Saturday night
It is estimated that there are
3,000 visitors in the city, eith
er as contestants or spectators,
drawn by the school contests.
NEGRO CHARGED
WITH ARSON
Glover Brought Back From Mis
souri Charged With Attempt
to Burn Burton Home.
^jgaagBMM—i
thW. M. Shelby, Batesville, Ark.,
“i have not had occasion
t05 use Doan’s Kidney Pills for
the past three years for the cure
they made in my case has been
permanent. It gives me pleas
ure to recommend this remedy
to other kidney sufferers.”
(Statement given April 14,1911.)
' Mr. Shelby was interviewed on
May 30, 1908 and he said: “I
believe that the nature of my
work brought on my kidney trou
ble. I had a constant backache
and was also subject to dizzy
spells. The kidney secretions
passed too frequently and I
knew that my kidneys were at
fault. Doan’s Kidney Pills went
to the root of my trouble as soon
as I began their use and no one
but myself knows how grateful
I am for the cure they effected.”
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s
! —and take no other.
prisoners; that 'he
the prisoner' were'
and poorly vfc;.: laue/jBf
the time of their visit
no food in the H.rm p^BjB
and that in >;■. . spg^
they found a -hiR
ben forced to hVe
room with a r...-gro WoJ*B§
Following it., i:v,pec;‘“J^B
committee returned ^^B
gould, taking the only!JB
from Greene c-.unty at t9B
and made its reoortto *
ty judge there. He
ly sent a copy of the rJJ||
County Judge Edward,
May Select Dr, ReynoiBjl
Special to Independent. ||||
Little Rock, hi, .- R—TliaBI
soon be a mee"ing o? theBs
mittee appoint .-<• i)V theH
of trustees of Hendrix
to negotiate with persons*^
ed desirable to itli thep-^B
of president <k rhat in$S|f
The meeting wiii prababl^^H
held in Little Rock, as Jf|
is fair, and no untoward circum
stances arise. In case of con
flict it is quite another thing,
and the mental strain which the
•chief magistrate must undergo,
together with the enormous
weeight of the responsibility im
■posed upon/nim, are heart break
ing. President Wilson should
conserj#his strength, and not
exhauft it all at the outset
|jk are indications that he
need it for some time to
come.—Memphis News-Scimitar.
living According to a Budget.
We hear much of budgets in
legislative assemblies. It is
^merely a method of cutting the
^appropriation garment to fit the
revenue cloth—to keep expenses
within the bounds of income.
The government, the State or
the corporation that spends more
than it makes cannot avoid finan
cial embarrassment, and this is
* eminently true of the individual.
The Arkansas legislature dis
»cussed the budget system last
.'session, and made a start along
1 'the line of financial conservation
that may be expected to work
«out an efficient system in the fu
ture.
The city government must per
Torce guard its expenditures, es
pecially since it is about to face
a diminution of nearly a hundred
thousand a year in its revenues.
v And so with the individual—
*jyhy would it not be wise for the
liuiu lauiicio miu uuc ui cjuiu
mobiles at your expense. You
would not pay your neighbor
$100 per month to raise your
corn. Why will you pay it to
the other fellow? We are the
finest, best state in the Union
and you don’t know it. Some
time, just for business , take
stock of yourself and see what
you are doing raising cotton.”—
Newark Journal.
Dr. Evans Wins Suit.
The suit of Miss Myrtle Ladd
of Magness against Dr. A. A.
Evans of this place, which was
tried in the circuit court at
Batesville this week resulted in
a verdict in favor of Dr. Evans.
Miss Ladd sued Dr. Evans
for slander, alleging that he
circulated false and slanderous
statements affecting her char
i acter. Dr. Evans denied the
, charges entirely, and the testi
mony at the trial of the case
completely exonerated him. The
jury returned a verdict in his
favor, after having been out
only fifteen minutes.—Newark
Journal.
r<i
a uaim ctcuiuiii
males the difference
•
To buy your own farm—or slave for another man
from early morn till late at night, is the question you
should answer right now. A bank account makes the dif
ference. Start saving today. We will help you to pur
chase the farm.
Conte and let us tell you HOW.
ARKANSAS BANK & TRUST CO.
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_ I " .
that Chattanooga’s expenditures
for entertainment and amuse
ment, etc., will be on a more lav
ish scale than was ever neces
sary for their meetings, even
surpassing the high water mark
at Los Angeles.
It is expected in Chattanooga
that upward of 12,000 veterans
will be present, all of whom will
be tendered free lodging and
meals at Camp Alexander P.
Stewart.
Some fellow with a love for sta
tistics has figured that this
means the service of 144,000 free
meals in the course of four days.
The requisite number of Govern
ment tents and cots have been
loaned by the war department.
The year 1913 will perhaps mark
the last pilgrimage of most 6f
the veterans of 1863 to ground
made sacred by the heroes of
the Blue and Gray on the
heights and in the shadow of
, Lookout mountain.
Brundidge Opens Campaign.
Conway, May 1.—Advocating
an amendment to the state con
stitution to provide for sessions
of the legislature once every four
years; declaring he would go
down in history as the greatest
veto governor Arkansas ever had
known, if necessary, to check the
evil of special legislation; ad
vocating a plan to work white
convicts on public highways un
der an honor system, while the
negro convicts provide their sup
port by w'ork at the state farm;
favoring more liberal appropria
tions for state schools and better
pay for teachers; urging a more
uniform system of taxation; op
ening a bond issue to take up the
deficit in state revenues, favor
ing more liberal pensions for
Confederate soldiers; deploring
the failure of the last legislature
to make appropriations for the
| Arkansas National Guard, a
1 state fair at Hot Springs and an
exhibit from Arkansas, for the
Panama exposition; and declar
ing war on machine politics in
this state, Stephen Brundidge of
Searcy opened his gubernatorial
campaign here today.
Mr. Brundidge made five
speeches in Conway before de
parting for Morrilton to fill a
speaking engagement tonight.
Sheriff J. F. MJcCuistion, ac
companied by D. H. Burton of
Auvergne returned Thursday
night from Anderson, Missouri,
with a negro named Glover, who
had been located there and is
charged with attempting to burn
the home of T. J. Burton of Lay
ton one night early in April.
At the time of the attempt to
destroy the Burton home, the
family heard the cracking of the
flames and running out, managed
to put out the blaze. The wea
ther-boarding was found to have
been saturated with coal oil and
a whiskey carton, used to start
the flames had not been consum
ed. - Upon it, was the name of
Field, addressed to Anderson,
Missouri by a Pine Bluff liquor
firm. Acting upon this clue, the
officers found that Glover had
received this whiskey under the
name of Field and that he had
been purchasing whiskey in half
pints and bootlegging it over the
country. The officers have other
information pointing to the guilt
of Glover, which cannot be dis
closed at this time.
ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
Newport Has to Bow to the Inev
itable—Scores of Endorse
ments Prove It.
After reading the public state
ment of this fellow;-sufferer giv
en below, you must come to this
conclusion: A remedy which
proved so beneficial years ago,
with the kidneys can naturally
be expected to perform the same
work in similar cases. Read
The Ideal Laundry
C. H. WALTON
Proprietor.
Washing called for and delivered
to all parts of the city.
Phone 150.
Agents Wanted in Every Town.
i
Craighead Also Recalls Convicts.
Jonesboro, May 1.—As a re
sult of the sensational charges of
revolting torture and cruelty
alleged to have been found ex
isting on the county farm at
Wilson, Arkansas, by a commit
tee from Paragould, County
Judge Edwards today wired the
farm officials there to send back
at once any prisoners at the
farm from this county. Greene
and other counties having pris
oners there have taken similar
action. The farm is owned by
Lee Wilson, millionaire lumber
man, of Memphis, and is mianag
ed by John Bomar.
The committe which was ap
pointed by the county court of
Paragould, was composed of
Sheriff A1 Grooms, T. R. Wilcox
son, K. C. Adams and J. W. Spur
geon, from Paragould. They
made a personal investigation of
the farm, and in a lengthy re
port declared they found evi
dences of cruel whippings o
last meeting or
Former Governo
ghey is the cl
board, as well a
committee, and i
he is inclined to
nolds, now actir
the University o
No proposition
made to Dr. Rey
committee will p
on him at any ti
or to have him s
which he declinei
Dr. Reynolds wil
ment in the mat
that no offer ha
him, and until
could not discuss
Phonograi
Borne men are Ilk
ery day they reel o
records.
Beech Is
< The beech Id 'e*
lightning than any <
’ srs struck for 1 be'
Make a Start I
You need not put away great sums to be a saver. We ew
courage our depositors to begin in a small way, one doM
or more for a start. You never know how much you ol
I save until you try. I
| The Farmers Bank]
ot NEWPORT, ARKANSAS j
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U. C. V. SPECIAL TRAIN TO
CHATTANOOGA
For the accommodation of Confederate Veterans
and friends the Iron Mountain will run a special train
from Little Rock to Chattanooga via Memphis and
the Southern Railway.
Leave Little Rock,2:00 P. M., Sunday, May 25.
Arrive Chattanooga, 7:00 A. M., Monday, May 26
Round trip tickets at very low rates will be sold May
23-26, inclusive, with return limit June 5. Upon pa}
ment of 50 cents limit may be extended to June 2 »
1913.
Pullman Fare, Little Rock to Chattanooga:
Standard, Lower Berth_„$2.50
Tourist, Lower Berth_1-50
Reclining Chair Cars and Coaches without additional
charge—See that your ticket reads j
IRON MOUNTAIN
Via Memphis and Southern R* R
Reservations and information
jnSPPPHfifiSL may be had upon application to
iftSfryTjmHjVL local agent or
F‘ E- SCHROEDER
Assistant General Passenger
Agent
LITTLE ROCK