Independent.
30, 1914. NEMHEIt 257
REVENUE
Bj^niendnient May
K to Allow High
fcj 30.—There
jEree hundred dele
|E Thursday at the
Bog of the Arkansas
|Etors’ Association,
Bhotel Marion. A
■important subjects
■education were dis
■olutions were a
Bbe initiation of an
jEroviding that the
Bts which desire to
By an additional tax
■“for school purpos
■on to the present
■seven mills.
■gwas presided over
■Allen Winham of
rho delivered the o
®ss. He reviewed
any school districts
the state, in the
rell as in the towns,
rhere, he said, the
tarcely sufficient to
[schools for short
ide possible no pro
hew, well-equipped
Igs, nor for the
wing communities,
the situation in
and showed that in
ces the local school
permitted to vote,
ijority so willed, a
tax than is now
rkansas, with the
imuni limit of seven
all school purposes,
i® recited the his
present movement,
the first meeting of
8’ Association, held
tment of Public In
ptember 2 and of
® unanimously a
by more than 60
^nt, suggesting
sps be taken to in
portunity for great
ml revenues where
Potion,” said Mr.
V$ a present and in
Btion of actual need
Vl districts. It is
P and our duty to
•“der this matter
PMs importance to
Pad development of
Band I have en
BPlace the question
P* MU and free dis
Pe*nd that we may
Pe people our delib
P^st conclusions
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HON. GEO. B. COOK
State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
ing program were President
John C. Futrall of the Universi- j
ty of Arkansas, President J. J. j
Doyne of the State Normal Col- j
lege, the Rev. Forney Hutchin
son, member of the State Board
of Education; foimer State Su
perintendent J. H. Hinemon, and
W. P. Fletcher of Lonoke.
Mikado Locomotives.
St. Louis, Jan. 28.—The Mis
souri Pacific-Iron Mountain has
placed an order with the Bald
win Locomotive Works of Phil
adelphia for twenty-five huge
locomotives. They will be of
the. Mikado type and will be us
ed in freight service. In every
detail these engines will repre
sent the latest efforts in locomo->
tive construction. The light j
weight of the engines and ten-!
der will be 311,900 pounds, and |
when in working condition and !
ready for service, the total j
weight will run close to 400,000
pounds. The weight of the driv
ers will be 209,000 pounds and
the locomotives will have a trac
tive force of 50,160 pounds. The
specifications call for cylinders
27 inches by 30 inches, and the
boiler pressure requirement is
170 pounds to the square inch.
The total length of the engine
; is 78 feet 4t/2. inches, and they
will measure 15 feet by 5*/>
inches from the rail to the top of
| the smoke stack. They will be
j equipped with Schmidt super
heaters, a recent invention for
increasing the power of steam,
and electric cab lights. The rail
road expects to receive the first
of the engines by the 15th of
February.
Notice.
j Saturday, January 31st, will be
the last day taxes due Levee Dis
trict No. 2 can be paid without
penalty and cost.
. W. B Verdell, Collector.
| January 28,. 19&.
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Will Improve Community Life.
Madison, Wisconsin, Jan. 29.—
The improvement of community
life in small cities and towns
through larger use of school
buildings for community meet
ings in the evenings and on Sat
urdays was urged by speakers
here today at the second days’
session of the Fourth Wisconsin
Country Life Conference. The
speakers dwelt on the benefits
which such frequent inter
changes of ideas would bring
about in the development of
farms, poultry and cattle rais
ing, and even in making house
keeping more systematic and
less monotonous. The Confer
ence will adjourn tomorrow af
ternoon.
To Limit Saloon District.
Little Rock, Jan. 30.—Even
if saloon licenses are granted in
Little Rock, the saloon men on
the south side of Capitol avenue
those on West Seventh street,
and those at Twelfth and Main,
Tenth and Spi’ing and Ninth and
Rector, are not to reopen in their
present locations. Instead they
must move into the business dis
tricts.
This was the substance of an
agreement reached at a confer
ence yesterday morning between
County Judge Joe Asher and
members of the Police Commit
tee pf the City Council, Mayor
Charles E. Taylor also was pres
ent.
A conference between the
same officials was held in Decem
ber, 1912, when it was agreed
that all saloon men having es
tablishments in the “residence
district” would be notified that
no license would be issued for lo
cations outside the business dis
trict. This notice was given to
the saloon men, Mayor Taylor
! said last night. An order to this
effect also was entered by Coun
ty Judge Joe Asher in County
I Court.
CIRCUIT COURT
CONVENTS MONDAY
With A Heavy Civil Docket But
No Very Important Criminal
Cases.
|
i The winter term of the Jack
son circuit court will convene in
this city Monday, February 2,
and the docket as set covers a
period of five weeks. There are
about 180 civil cases and proba
bly 100 criminal cases, though
none of the latter are very im
portant, and most of them are in
dictments for petty misdemean
ors.
The last term of our circuit
court was burdened with the
trial of so many murder cases,
that few civil cases were heard,
and at the coming term, Judge
Jeffery expects to be able to give
a hearing to this accumulated
array of civil suits.
The first wreek is devoted en-1
tirely to such cases and the dock
et as set for the term is publish
. ed in this issue of the Independ
! ent.
At School Auditorium.
I Despite the worst night of the
winter, Harrell, the Magician, at
i the school auditorium drew the
| largest house of the season for
! the Chautauqua attractions, this
J being the third number. The
; entertainment was especially at
I tractive and interesting for the
| children, who enjoyed immense^
jly his numerous slight of hand
tricks, also his musical numbers,,
which were very pleasing.
| Mr. Harrell was “assisted” in |
pulling off the laughable feat- j
ures by Claude Erwin, Jr., Ru- j
fus Martin, Freeman Irby and !
Raymond Grant, who are still I
“wondering howr it was done.”
The next Chautauqua number '
will be February 12, and will be
.“Bowman, the Impersonator,”
! which is said to be a very fine
feature of the course.
Second Attempt to Wreck Train. |
j Fort Smith, Jan. 29.—The se
cond attempt in six months to
wreck the Kansas City-Hot
Springs Special of the Missouri
Pacific-Iron Mountain system,
I was made a mile south of Mack
ey, Okla., 40 miles north of here,
| at midnight last night. Five
; barrels containing scrap iron and
rocks, and four ties were placed
| across the rails. Had it not been
ithat the train was forced to slow
down for a cut and curve near i
by, it is believed that a wreck
would have followed. Engineer
Pence brought the train to a
stop within two feet of the ob
structions. The train, en route
to Kansas City, was running be
hind time and after leaving Sal
lisaw the engineer put on more
speed to make up for the lost
time.
Last November an attempt
was made to wreck the same
train within 220 feet of the point
where the obstructions were
found last night. The railroad
company dispatched a force of
special officers to the scene to
day .They allege that the persons j
responsible for the obstructions ]
do not live near Mackey, and
that the obstructions were haul
ed a long distance.
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Try Virtues Little Liver Pills
i the City Drug Store. Q9btf
Dr. Horace E. Ruff, congress
ional committeeman from Cle
burne county, was here Friday to
attend the meeting of the com
1 mittee.
Echoes From Ozark.
| Special to Independent
Little Rock, Jan. 30.—“Echoes
From the Ozarks,” is the title of
an attractive volume of poems
issued by Mrs. Josephine B.
Crump, wife of Col. George J.
Crump, of Muskogee, Oklahoma,
formerly of Harrison, Arkansas.
The poems are those that have
been written during a long life
spent in the hills of north Ark
ansas. Some of them are based
upon incidents at Fort Smith,
where Col. Crump was Fnited
States Marshal during the Cleve
land administration. The poems
are grave and gay, and cover a
wide range of topics, but all
breathe the true spirit of poesy.
Some of the most beautiful of
the verses are dedicated to the
heroes and heroines, and his
toric incidents of the lost cause
To Attend Church Meeting.
Miss Esther Case of Bates
ville, who is home from her mis
sionary work in Mexico City dur
ing the revolution in that coun
try, has been called to attend an
executive meeting to be held at
Laredo, Texas, February 10th,
when committees from theNorth
and South Methodist, Presbyte
rian and Congregational churches
will meet and discuss the consoli
dation of the missionary work of
the four churches throughout
Mexico. It is thought a greater
and more thorough work would
be the result with a united effort
and a meeting of these commit
tees is to be held for this pur
pose.
Miss Leah Jones will give a
dancing party this evening at
the Elks home in honor of her 1
dancing class.
CONGRfSSIONAl
i PRIMARY CALLtD
For March 27 Same Day As
| Stale Primary to Nominate
Congressman.
At a meeting here Friday
morning of the Democratic con
gressional committee of the Se
cond Arkansas district, with ten
of the counties represented by
committeeman or proxy, a call
was issued for the Democratic
congressional primary upon
March 27, the -nme date as the
state primary, for the nomina
tion of the Democratic candidate
for congressman.
The candidate receiving Use
highest popular vote will be de
clared the nominee and all Dem
ocrats are invited to participate
in the primary. The congress
ional convent ion is called for
June 2, to be held in Pine Bluff
the first day of the state conven
tion and the basis of representa
tion for each county is to he the
same as for the state convent ion.
The congressional committee
was presided over by Dr. Horace
E. RutT of Heber Springs as act
ing chairman in the absence of
George H. Trevathan the regular
chairman and Sam Deener of
Batesville served as secretary.
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Rapid Change to Raw Weather*
From a slow drizzle Thursday,
the weather man followed in a
real northwester bringing sleet
during the night and covering
the earth with a thin mantle of
ice. The thermometer register
ing 70 Thursday took a drop of
40 degrees and hovered around
JO most of Friday.
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I These Trouser Values 1
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« Are Extraordinary 1
1 It is near the end of the win- j|
ter, and we have more trousers®
I than we want. §§
Our spring stock will soon be K
in and to clear out winter goods i
and make room for new arrivals, j|
| we have made these prices. j|