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Vdidate' for Senate.
to Independent.
■e Hock. Oct. 17.—Judge
Wm Kirtjy today announced
S|tform upon which he will
■his race for the United
III senate against Senator J.
^|rke. president pro tem of
ilody- ^ as l'°^ows ’
^K0r the election of the
■ent and vice-president of
■nited States by direct vote
■ people, and an amend
]»to the Constitution, pro
■ Tariff, having already
:-c| revised downward, we
’■, s0 revise our currency
■g to place the currency of
■ountry within the control
||e government, and certain
^Eble it to prevent hereafter
IBecurrence of Wall street
■>ank made panics like that
l|o7. It is the government’s
■ess to make money and
^■ate the value thereof.
■ should also control the
■na Canal, with a view to
■ng whatever benefit may
■nably arise from its con
jBtion, and this without re
■ to the wishes of the other
■ns of the earth. We built
■>u know
■mbling in futures injuri
■ affects the price of cotton,
|chief agricultural product,
■should be prohibited and
■ressed, not taxed and li
■ed. Our platform reads:
■ believe in encouraging the
■lopment of agriculture,
■’ and as an efficient means
■his end, we favor the enact
ftt by congress of legislation
■ will suppress the pernicious
fttice of gambling in agricul
■l products by organized ex
Bnges or others.
■he government should make
Bral appropriations to carry
B a comprehensive and scien
B system of drainage and le
Bs to protect our people along
■ Mississippi river, which
■ins many states of theUnion,
■inst its disastrous overflow'.
It should also aid the states in
B Cflnfifriipf inn frr\r\A ></vn Ao
I accord with the
atforms, both
al, and it’s time
ices of a Senator
t the interest of
on people and is
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ditions in the
tion, and in har
principles and
emocratic party.
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and 10 CENTS
100 STEEL CARS
' For Passenger Service Purcbas
j ed By Iron Mountain System.
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In addition to the steel cars
and steel underframe baggage
cars and coaches which the road
already operates, President B.
F. Bush of the Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain has given instruc
tions to let contracts for 100 ad
tional all-steel cars for passen
ger service. These cars will be
made of the heaviest quality of
! steel and will have six-wheel
! trucks. They will be the latest
effort for safety and comfort in
steel car building. They will
have modern insulation to keep
I them cool in summer and warm
| in winter. The ventilation will
| also be of the most approved
type and the cars will be fitted
with vestibules equipped with
non-telescoping devices- They
will also have electric lighting
and all other up-to-date im
I provements.
This order for 100 all-steel
cars will include chair cars,
coaches, baggage and express
cars- The solid through trains
which are to be run from St.
Louis to the Pacific Coast over
the Missouri Pacific, Denver &
Rio Grande and Western Pacific
Railways will be made up entire
ly of all-steel cars. The express
trains from St. Louis to Kansas
| City and the West and from St.
j Louis to Texas, the Hot Springs
I Special from St. Louis, the Hot1
j Springs Special from Kansas
I City and the trains run over the
j Missouri Pacific between Kansas
! City and Omaha operating in
conjunction with the Chicago &
Northwestern in the through j
service between Kansas City and
St. Paul and Minneapolis will be j
^ composed of all-steel and steel
' underframe cars,
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Farmers Hold Cotton.
I Batesville, Oct. 16.—There is
| unquestionably a disposition on
I the part of the farmers of this
^ section now to hold cotton. At i
'first, when the price was 14
I cents and thereabouts, the sta- j
pie was being rushed to market,
but since the decline in price
early last week not near so j
much has been coming to the !
Batesville market. The crop is !
a good one and the ginners are
all busy, and while up to two
weeks ago more cotton has been
sold in Batesville than at the
same time last year, up to now
there has been less cotton sold in
Batesville than the previous
year.
The cotton association that is
promoting the movement to hold
cotton for 15 cents has an agent
here, and it may be that his
work is having the effect of
making the farmers believe cot
ton will bring 15 cents before the
end of the season, and they are
at least willing to wait awhile.
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Will Appoint Constables.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 16.—Gov.
Hays has come to the conclusion
that it is wholly within his pre
rogatives to appoint constables
to fill vacancies notwithstanding
the act passed by the last leg
islature giving the county judge
the power in certain cases. He
has just appointed J. T. White
constable at Cotton Plant to
serve in place of a man who was
elected but did not qualify.
Wanted—Sales girls at once
to work during our special sale.
—New York Bargain Store.
G9d2t.
CANNOT ENFORCE
! _8 HOUR LAW
On Inter-State Carriers Be
cause Act Conflicts With
National Law.
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; Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 17.—Attor
ney General Moose has given
Commissioner J. C. Clary an
| opinion with reference to the en
forcement of the state law limit
ing the hours of labor of tele
phone and telegraph operators
I on railroads, to eight out of
i twenty-four. The New York
court held that the same kind of
! law in that state was constitu
tional and valid although con
gress had enacted a law provid
ing that such operators should
not be on duty more than nine
hours a day.
The Newr York court held that
the federal law was not in con
flict with the state law. How
ever, the courts in Missouri and
Minnesota have both held to the
contrary, and the Supreme
Court of the United States has
also held to the contrary in a
case from the state of Washing
ton.
Chief Justice White held that
congress, having undertaken to
legislate on the subject, the
Washington law was void. At
torney General Moose holds that
this decision must be binding on
every state, and therefore it
would be useless to attempt to
enforce the state law
Warning Order.
Jackson Chancery Court.
Bessie Pillar, Plaintiff
vs. 2583.
W. E. Pillar, Defendant.
The defendant, W. E. Pillar, is
warned to appear in this Court
within thirty days, and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff,
Bessie Pillar.
This October 17, 1913.
C- E. SMITH, Clerk
Jones & Campbell, Solicitors for
Plaintiff.
Jas. H. Johnston, Attorney for
non-resident defendant.
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President's Interest ShoWn.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 18—Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson, solicitous
of the health and welfare of the
government employes, has is
sued a circular notice to all de
partments, abolishing the use of
the old roller towel, the commun
ity drinking cup and other dead
ly germ carriers now in common
use. Such a notice was received
by the government offices in
Little Rock today, and requisi
tions for individual towels and
cups were immediately forward
ed to Washington.
Installation Service.
The program for thelnstalla
tion service at the Epworth
League, next Sunday at 6:30 p.
m. sharp will be as follows:
Voluntary.
Hymn—Come Thou Almigh
ty King. ^ an
Responsive Reading, Ps. 67.
Lord’s Prayer.
Solo—Miss Anderson.
Scripture Reading Miss
Bridger.
Hymn—I Love Thy Kingdom.
Offering
j^uet—Miss Marion and Mrs.
Wilford- .
Address and Installation y
Pastor.
Solo—Miss Mashburn.
Hymn—Awake My Soul, Etc.
League Benediction. d2t.
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RESTS WITH THE PEOPLE.
Ttey Control Presperity of Rail
rodas and Themselves De
clares B. F. Bush.
lender the heading, “Great
Railroads’ Progress”, Leslie’s
Weekly makes the following
cojmments: “That President
Bush of the Missouri Pacific
Railway system is strongly hu
man is well known to those who
have had intimate acquaintance
with him and quite equally so
tojthose who have even casually
observed his conduct of the in
tricate affairs of the system of
which he is president, aggregat
ing about 11,000 miles of track
—a distance equal to four times
that involved in a trip from New
York to London; or, if that is not
impressive, then consider travel
ing continuously night and day
at the rate of thirty miles an
hour and not being able to cover
the straightaway mileage of the
railroad in fifteen days.
“President Bush, speaking for
his directors, always says some
thing worth while. He frankly
tells the people of the thirteen
states served by these lines to
look out for their own prosperi
ty by seeing to it that the rail
road secures a square deal, for
if the railroad under astute man
agement does not prosper then
it is the fault of the very people
whom it serves and who likewise
suffer. There are many inviting
bits of evidences of forethought
in the annual report just pub
lished for the year ending June
*30, 1913. Tt avers that—since
without ‘good citizenship’ neith
er communities, large cities,
states nor the United States can
firmly stand—no more can a rail
road. It makes the striking
statement that the company dur
ing the past year expended over
$29,000,000 in wages and it adds
the pertinent comment: ‘It is
obvious that the beneficiaries of
such disbursement should be ar
dent progressors and defenders
in the solution of all these com
plex factors which go to make
for our mutual and inseparable
success’ ”
Mrs. Bryant Wins Suit.
Walnut Ridge, Oct. 16.—A ju
ry in Circuit Court today in the
case of Mrs. Sparks Bryant a
gainst the Shirey estate return
ed a verdict for her entire claim
of $10,000 and interest. The in
structions from the court to the
jury were: “If you believe be
yond a reasonable doubt that a
contract existed between A. W.
Shirey and the plaintiff you must
find for the plaintiff.”
Raney A Candidate
Newark, Oct. 16.—Senator T.
J. Raney of this place has made
formal announcement of his
candidacy for railroad commis
sioner from this district. Sena
tor Raney is author of the fa
mous prohibition law, the valid
ity of which has just been
sustained by the Arkansas Su
preme court.
Cannot Agree On Salary.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 17.—District
Attorney W. H. Martin has not
yet announced the filling of the
position of assistant. The of
fice was tendered to Hon. Sam
Simpson of Paragould. but on
account of a failure to agree
upon the salary, it ,ra*
been accepted.
MARBLE FLOORS
AND MARBLE HALLS
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To He Substituted I'nder Con
tract Let For Completion
of Capitol.
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| Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 10.-—'The I'il- j
|green Construction Co. of St.
I Louis, contractors to complete ,
the state capitol, have advised;
j Secretary Tunnah tfiat they ex- j
|pect to begin shipping freight ,
for the work by the middle of:
next week. The Iron Mountain j
j switch at the rear of the build-!
jing is being extended to the ter-,
race for that purpose.
The sub-contract for the elec- j
[trie wiring has been let to the j
Arkansas Electric Company of j
Little Rock, and work has com-1
menced.
The biggest item in connection 1
with the completion of the build- |
ing will be the placing of |
thousands of yards of Alabama j
marble on the floors and in the'
corridors.
The corridors of the ground
floor, now unused, are to be floor
ed with marble, and the offices
with selected Arkansas pine. A
mong the offices to be located on
the ground floor are the Edu
ucational department,, the mili
tary, the land office, the railroad
and tax commission and the!
clerk of the supreme court.
On the first, or executive floor,
white marble is to replace the
plaster on all the walls for the
full height, the marble will be
car, ed another story higher in j
the dome, and the columns are to |
be covered with marble. No,
plaster will be left visible on this
floor. The secretary of state
and the state auditor will ex
change offices, but the governor,
attorney general, state treasur
or ami . uprenie court will stay
where they are
On t In- ecot"i , Mir, 1 here is
t'> he a ni'irbh vraiii--coting eight
Met high, and tie columns of
the rotunda will he replaced
with marble. Marble walls are
to be provided lor the senate and
house chambers, and white mar
ble stands Mr the president: and
speaker.
f he History Commission will
have large quarters over Hu
treasury and all the rest of the
second floor will lie left vacant
for the legislature. The scag
liola columns are not to be
changed.
To Try to Settle Strike.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, October If,_M. J
McMahon, Deputy Labor Com
missioner, will leave Friday
morning for Paragould to confer
with the cooperage manufactur
ers and their striking employes
with a view to aujusting their
differences if possible. Commis
sioner Clary will follow as soon
as Mi-. McMahon indicates that
there is a possibility of reach
ing an agreement.
Special Announcement.
Evangelistic meetings to be
gin at the Christian church
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.
Evangelist Taylor comes to us
highly recommended- Come to
the first service, you will re
ceive a hearty welcome. Very
cordial invitation to men. 70d2
Friday Is Bargain Day.
No phone orders for bargain
goods.
8 bars laundry soap for 25c.
12i/,c dress ginghams at 8c.
Ladies 25c lilse silk hose, white
and black only, for 16c.
Best cream cheese, 20c.
68d3 Bowen’s Cash Store.
THE more critical a man is in
selecting his hat the better
worth while our wonderful
Stetson assortment is to him—and
I tfce more our service means to him.
We can give him exactly the model
' he wants from our stock of Stetsons
—with the touch of style that is found
at its best only in a Stetson.
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