0t WILLIAMS
Off LEVEE BOARD
a Morrison of Earle Elected
Secretary and Treasurer
As His Successor.
Memphis, I^6.-As a re
It of a spirited meeting of the
Francis Levee Board held at
l-jon Ark-, telephone advices
, ^ the effect that H. A. Mor
on, a well-known merchant
d planter of Earl, Ark-, was
:g afternoon elected secretary
(j treasurer, to succeed E li
ne Williams.
jjr, Williams, it is reported,
e defeated solely upon the
nmols of his connection with
■ defunct hank of Forrest City,
ivhich institution he was cash
at the time of its failure. A
olution was adopted moving
i board’s general offices from
mphis to Marion, Arkansas.,
ere tax-payers say it will be
ter situated and enable them
keep in closer touch with af
rs. Business men report that
ce the failure of the bank pa
bearing the signature of Mr.
Uiams has had hard trouble in
linn- the fmnneial waters.
•—o
lumors from Marion said that ■
al papers in an ouster suit
re served Monday upon Wil
ns. The proceedings, it is j
d, were started by J. C. Haw- i
ime of Jonesboro, a former
mber of the board,
t is also alleged that other
(;s have been filed at Para
ild by Prosecuting Attorney
ddleston. Rumors of a gen
I shake-up of the Levee Board
rife.
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$600 Pearl Sold,
luion, Aug. 26.—A ball pearl
ighing 25 grains, was found '
e Sunday by Lee A- Brewer, i
o sold it yesterday to J. S.;
ie, a pearl buyer of Calico i
ik, for $600- This is one of ;
best finds of the local pearl-'
season. '
loving Pictures
theOpera House'
18 Reels Per Week.
• GOING SOME
h ardent Bull Mooser made .a i
ss to the result of the elec-.
). He does many funny.
Kit: after he loses.
| Comedy—PATHE
E SHERIFF'S HONEY
MOON
McCarthy, sheriff of Pine
Arizona, decides to get
fried. After the wedding all
cowboys give them a big re
tion. The sheriff tells the '
8 that they may take the
T‘ aji(i they do. Featuring
tnur Mackley and Julia Mack
£nd lots of cowboys.
Western—ESS ANA Y
FRIGHTFUL blunder
“ ^ployer is in Jove with ;
stenographer, in his auto he
®08es and is accepted. From
f Wor*li ehe has trouble
b her eyes. He orders the
wash. The drug clerk sends
°!®on °ne. Later he discovers
funder. An excellent dra
’-eaturing Charles West,
fyUCe and Lillian Gish.
Drama—BIOGRAPH
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^ Extra Good Pictures and
‘ osic By The Orchestra, j
^mission, 5c and ioc
Worse Than Editors.
An editor is supposed to be the
most criticized man on earth,
but a parson has just been put
ting in a word for clergymen,
claiming that they are the most
miserable of all the sons of men.
He says:
“The preacher has a hard
time. If his hair is gray, he is
old. If he is a voung man, he
hasn't the experience. If he has
ten children, he has too many.
If he has none, he should have,
and isn’t setting a good example.
If his wife sings in the choir, she
is presuming. If she doesn't,
she isn’t interested in her hus
band’s work. If a preacher reads
from notes, he is a bore. If he
speaks extemporaneously, he is
not deep enough. If he stays at
home in his study, he does not
mix enough with the people- If
he is seen around on the streets,
he ought to be at home getting
up a good sermon. If he Gall
on some very poor family, he is
playing to the gallery. If he
calls at the home of the rich, he
is an aristocrat- Whatever he
does, someone could have told
him how to do better. He has a
fine time living off donations
which never come in, and prom
ises that never mature. Next to
being an editor, it is the most
awful life.—Tit-Bits.
Futrell a Road Builder.
Paragould, Aug. 26.—A large
delegation of well-known Para
gouldians, headed by former
Governor J. M- Futrell and J- H.
McPherson, president of the Par
agould Chamber of Commerce,
spent today working on the road
running from Paragould to Wal
cott and from Walcott to Lorado.
Local citizens had subscribed
liberally to a fund to employ
teams to haul gravel to be placed
upon the two stretches of roads
and volunteers from Paragould’s j
citizens worked with pick and
shovel, loading and spreading the
gravel. Tomorrow the work will
be continued and it is hoped to
have the gaps filled in so the !
roads will be in prime condition
for the winter.
The good roads spirit is tak
ing like wild fire in all sections of
Greene county. Two oil tractor
engines and graders are busily
engaged grading the roads, and
the citizens are joining in with (
the county in placing Paragould
on the highways.
Prize Barrel of Gold Leaf.
The Valley Commission Com
pany in offering a barrel of the
celebrated “Gold Leaf flour to
the lady customer, who sends in
the best testimonial of its good
qualities is creating quite a bit
of rivalry among the housekeep
ers of the city.
Gold Leaf is a high grade
flour and a subject that will
stand talking about and the te>t
of use in making bread, cake an>.
pastries. Read the advertise
ment in the Daily Independent
giving the conditions ot the con
test and mail your testimonial
before September 1 to this office.
Notice To The Public.
Owing to the fact that anoth
er case of diphtheria has been
reported, the rules governing
sanitation are to be more rigid
ly enforced than ever. All par
ties are warned to clean them
premises and keep them cleaned
and those wishing disinfectants
can procure the same by apph -
ing to the health officer.
PR. E. L. WATSON.
- ” Health Officer.
'urges county
ORGANIZATION
Of Road Workers Serving In
Lach Township Under Di
rection of Overseer.
ypecia! to Independent.
Little Rock. Aug. 27.—The fol
lowing pr> 'C.cmotion has been is
;sued by the Commissioner of
jytate H:g..ways. in furtherance
i oi Gov. Hays' Good Roads pro
j C riilift .. 10] 1
i I o all C<amtv Judges :
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Wednesday and Thursday,
; September 2-4. have been set
iapart by • ne Hon. George W.
| Hays. Governor, to be observed
oy the people of Arkansas as
Road Day.'. With the co-opera
tion of everybody a great deal of
good can be accomplished. With
out hearty co-operation very lit
tle good can be done.
The Highway Department of
Arkansas was represented at
the two days work session held
Aug. 20-21 in Missouri, and
watched the work in several sec
tions of the state during the two
days. Much good was accom
plished and a great deal of en
thusiasm was aroused.
Many men will volunteer for
‘his work who know little about
road work, and many more will
be physically unable to accom
plish much. Every little helps.
Every lick will count. Every
man can do a little.
It is the governor’s desire that
the county judges arrange for
the over-seers in the various
districts to take direct charge of
the work. Organization is es
sential- Each road.should have
its workers organized into work
squads. Select the bad places in
your roads and repair them. If
you have men who cannot handle
ax, pick and shovel, set them to
throwing rocks out of the road
or driving teams. Select the
men for the work with reference
to their strength and ability. Do
not expect to build permanent
macadam highways. Arrange
to put your present highways in
shape. Repair the bad places.
Fill up the ruts and clean out the
ditches. Remove the rocks and
obstacles to traffic and shape up
the roads:
Sept. 3-4 will be referred back
to as the days of awakening of
the Arkansas movement for
Good Roads.
R. G. Dye,
Chairman.
1000 Men anti 400 Teams.
Fort Smith, Aug. 26.—One
thousand men and more than
400 teams of horses and mules
are today working like Trojans
to build an 18-mile road from
Paris to Corley, in Logan county.
The work began at sunrise and
the workers will not stop until
sunset, and if necessary will
continue their labors into the
night. The road was cleared of
stumps and crushed rock and
other material was placed yes
terday so that today’s work
would meet with no interference.
Every business house in the two
cities remained closed today
The work was in charge of
County Judge Carter who, in ad
dition to his duties as superin
tendent, donned a pair of over
alls and operated a road scraper.
Four of his sons were in the
ranks o* the roatl buiklers and
his two daughters found employ
ment as water carriers, while
Mrs. Carter helped serve a
bountiful pinner to the workers.
Health Car For Arkansas.
Dr. T. B. Bradford of Cotton
Plant, district director of sanita
tion for the Arkansas Statt
Board of Health, hopes that a
one of the best means of public
instruction concerning sanita
tion, destruction of mosquitoes,
disease prevention and hygiene
Arkansas will soon have a health
car to cover the whole state
wherever there are railway lines
Briefly outlined, his plan is tn
interest one hundred public spir
ited citizens in each county ;■
become charter members of a
state organization to carry on
this work, each charter member
to agree to give one dollar a ye...'
for five years to the cause- As
there are seventy-five counties
in the state, this would give a
working fund of $7,500 a year,
and it is not unlikely that the
legislature would make an ap
propriation to assist in such an
’educational campaign.
The smallest county in popu
lation, Stone, has approximately
9.000; the largest, Pulaski, has
86.000, while most of the other
counties range from 12,000 to
50.000, the total population be
ing 4,500,000. While it is diffi
cult to accomplish any work of
reform nr education nr in fncf
any work of public benefit, by
public subscription, it does ap
pear feasible to interest 100 men
in each county to the extent of
one dollar a year, when the im
mense advantages of such a
work are properly explained to
them. To this end Bradford is
sending out broadcast letters ex
plaining the plans and purposes.
That such preventable dis
eases as hookworm, typhoid, ma
laria and others traceable to soil
pollution, to germ carrying flies
and mosquitoes and other caus
es, are due to ignorance, indiffer
ence and carelessness goes with
out saying, and it is equally true
that there is equally widespread
ignorance concerning venereal
diseases, and that the youth of
both sexes are woefully ignorant
of sex hygiene, the result of false
conceptions of modesty on the
part of parents and teachers,
who leave them to find out hap
hazard what should be taught
them scientifically.
The Journal wishes Dr. Brad
ford abundant success in his ef
forts to promote the public wel
fare.—Journal of the Arkansas
Medical Society.
Additional Local.
Mrs. Ernest Williamson is
down spending today with Mrs.
James Blackwood.
Will Guinn of Le.-lie arrived
this morning to visit his moth
er, Mrs. John Guinn in East
Newport.
There will he a meeting of the
Elks Lodge Thursday evening,
followed by a watermelon feast.
R. W. Bandy of Tuckerman is
assisting Circuit Clerk Charles
E. Smith and will remain during
the regular term o: court next
month.
“Old Charleya faithful and
trustworthy old horse, belonging
to George R. Hays, who has giv
en to nearly all of our town girls
many hours and days of pleas
ure, dropped deadTuesday night
George R. Mann, architect oi
the new school building and Mr
Sanders, who had the plumbing
and heating contract for the
building, were here Wednesdat
in conference with the board ant
looking after some defects in the
contract work.
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Kensett Editor Bound Over,
ivy. Aug. L’ti.—Ben Free
man, editor of the Kensett Key
note. was bound over to White
( uunty Circuit Court here by
Justice of the Peace W. K. Har
j lan on bond of Shoo, oh a charge
jot' criminal libel. Mr. Freeman
.attracted considerable intention
|during the recent gubernatorial
(primary campaign when he
made in his paper repeated at
tack-on former Congressman
• Mepnen Brundulge. althougl; his
paper is located in Mr. Brun
didgt'- home count' of White.
The charge .against tin editor
was made by William Aberna
thy, a banker of Kensett. as the
( result of an article pubPshed in
I the Keynote. The article says
! tha.t Mr. Abernathy, who is also
•an insurance agent, threatened
J the owner of the building in
| which the Keynote is published,
I that he would cancel the insur
ance if the newspaper was not
j forced to move. In consequence
of this. Freeman says he was
'compelled to vacate. The article
• contained a savage personal at
tack upon Mr Abernathy.
Ex-Congressman Brundidge
appeared in court to assist Pros
ecutor Rachels in handling the
j case. Mr Freeman was repre
sented by H. P. Cleveland of
Juds'onia.
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Little Luna White has been
very ill, though somewhat im
proved, her general condition
seeming better. Miss Bergup of
Little Rock is nursing her.
•Palace Moving Picture Show
will give a Saturday afternoon
Matinee for the benefit of the
farmers that will not remain for
the night show. lw.
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'■dimmer School ( loses.
As a pi -asant climax to the
closing of Airs, lingerie Hibson's
summer school, which she has
taught for the past three months
m the new High School building,
the pupils of the lOighth and
Tenth tirades enjoyed a deli
cious spr "id tins morning. The
.voting ladies of I he school fur
nished t he -nil taut ials in t he
way of sandwiches, etc., while
Airs. Hibson furnished the deli
cacies, cake and rrmi. I ’■
te; chef and pupils ha\ e voi ked
hard t hi ummer, and now w i
enjo\ a month’s vacation hef ■
thi' opening of the Septen r
term of 11 igh seluiol work.
The Tent h grade pupils who
have passed to the Eleventh are
Charles Minor, Carl llirsch,
Aline Moshv, Josephine 1 leader
ick, Louise Robinson, lOli/.ahet h
Sprigg and Wiley MeMinn.
The Light h grade passing 1o
the Ninth are Leone 1 Imstod, Lu
cy Sprigg, Walter Wallace and
Robert Johnson.
Morton thought Hack. .
Ikitesville. Aug. 2(>. Sheriff
W. A. Kike returned yesterday
from Texarkana, bringing with
him C. H. Morton, who is charg
ed with false pretenses and for
gery. It is said that Morton is a
member of a good family at Rus
sellville. The young man is a
graduate of Ouachita College
and of prepossessing appearance,
“Wine and women” are blamed
for his troubles.
Morton says lhat he had no
criminal intent and will ‘square’
matters if given an opportunity.
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