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secure foi
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ild’s Letter,
i - Batesville, Ark.,
Nov. 16, 1911.
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['herewith I hand you
Bh is self-explanatory,
s anything else I can
I matter let me know
Bl*
Your friend,
W. A. Oldfield,
department’s Offer.
Washington, D. C.,
November 13, 1911.
| Oldfield,
of Congress,
esville, Arkansas.
In the temporary
General Crozier, I
acknowledge
favor of the
to inform you
the Chief of t.he
Of
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re
Two Negroes Used Knives.
The mayor’s court was fair
| ly well crowded Monday after
hoon, two cutting scrape partic
ipants being before his honor
for trial. One, Ben Wilson cut
Tom Frazier afcout midnight
Saturday night during < a beer
party at Susie Ganz’s on Vine
'street. Wilson was arrested
1 1
j Sunday by Officers Ballew and
Carouthers.
The other mel^f was between
two waiters at the McLain Ho
tel Saturday night. Henry Gib
son was severely cut by John
i Nelson and the latter ' was ar
rested nexf day.
j Besides these cases before
j the mayor, a number of others
j had been arrested for drunken
ness, including Mike Costello,
jwho had been there before. Su
:sie Ganz was also on trial for
'running a disorderly house.
Accidentally Shot.
! Wash May, son of G. W. May
, of Auvergne, was painfully
wounded in the face and breast
; Monday afternoon by being hit
jby a charge of birdshot while
out hunting with an older bro
ther, David May.
| Tne two boys bad located a
| covey of birds and the younger
jboy walked into a clump of
! bushes unobserved by his bro
ther, when a quail “got up'* and
when Wash fired at the bird
the shot hit the lad squarely in
the face ipAicting a wound that
may injure the eyesight, al
though Dr. Jones, who dressed
the wounds, thinks the sight
| may be restored as soon as the
I inflammation is reduced.
About a dozen shot entered
| the boy’s breast, inflicting flesh
wounds that are. not seridus
and he is expected to be out in
a few days.
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Cotter Courier Leased.
Messrs. Lovelace and Davis,
proprietors and * publishers of
the Cotter Courier, have leased
their paper and plant to J. H.
Hand arfd W. M. Estes of Yell
ville. Mr. Estes has moved his
family to Cotter and will have
active charge of the office. Mr.
Hand, who is a representative
of the Western Newspaper Un
ion, in this territory, will di
rect the editorial policy of the
t Courier in the future. Both are
experienced newspaper men
and will doubtless receive the
substantial support of Cotter’s
business men in ipaking the
Courier successful.
Razorbacks Have Not Shown
Fighting Spirit of Former
Years in the Game.
Special to Independent.,
Little Rock, Nov. 20.—The
climax to a rather disasterous
season for the Razorbacks, the
foot ball team of the^Universi
ty of Arkansas, will "be reached
here a week from next Thurs
day when the team wilT clash
with the Louisiana Tigers. At
the first of the season it was
thought Arkansas would make
a chopping block of the Louis
iana eleven, but subsequent
events have shown the Razor
backs to be far below the ex
pected class, and the Louisiana
warriors have done far better
than they were expected to do.
The Arkansas eleven seems to
lack the fighting spirit of for
mer years, and many are now
claiming that with the loss of
Quarterback Creekmore, the
team broke its * nose. Creek
more will probably assist in
turning the tide for the Arkan
sas eleven, by assisting Coach
.Bezdek in putting the final
touches to the Razorbacks. HeJ
expects to instil in the eleven
the old fighting spirit, while j
Bezdek perfects the fighting ma
chine. . . •& |
Prom recent accounts of the j
performances of the two elev-(
ens, their strength is about
equal, and no one sided score,
as has been the case in recent
years, can be expected. This,
will give the patrons of the:
game something worth coming
miles to see, and will no doubt J
increase the patronage from:
the outside. The gridiron hasj
already been laid off at Wes^
End park and the additional!
sun seats erected.
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Sunday a Great Day at Tent ,
A large congregation of men'
gathered for the men’s meet
ing. Evangelist Burke spoke
on -theUast half of the story of
“His lra,“ “Saved at Last.”
Words fail ’to express how it
was received by the congrega-,
tion while it was all woven
around his life. One thing was
impressed upon all, that the
prayers of a mother and a
faithful wife is not offered in
vain, and that Christ has po^
er to set all free if you will
give him a chance. He spoke
of the Christ cure—that it was
the best whiskey cure.
At the evening service the
large tabernacle was crowded
and they joined in singing spir
itual hymns. It was said that
it was the largest congrega
tion ever seen in Newport to
hear the Gospel,
Rev. Burke preached on “The
Devil and His Razor.” He'
drew his sermon from Sampson
and Delilah. He showed how
the Philistines used Delilah to
ge* Sampson into their hands.
While she was not able to do
this in a day she did not quit
! the job. Nc, indeed, the devil
[never does. Each time Samson
told her he got a little nearer
,the truth, and had less power
1 to resist Her, until at last he
: told them where his strength
:lay. He was a Nazarite unto
God from his birth; “If I be
'shaven then I si ail become
weak and be as other men.”
.They cut off his locks and he be
came an easy victim for the
Philistines. They bound him
in fetters of brass; put out His
•vercome by persuasion
He yielded to the tempter anc
he is now paying the price.
The devil is not through with
that razor; he is still using it
He is after your locks of moral
strength and he is not going tc
be satisfied until he sees the
last Jock fall, and he sends you
forth blind and helpless.
No man sudden!^ becomes
(bad. The gambler began a few
years ago: played his first so
cial game of cards. For a time
| that satisfied. Then you began
|to play poker at a penny ante;
j you didn’t expect to be a gam
bler, but wanted to have a little
fun. The penny ante finally
failed to satisfy, then two and a
half cents ante, then came five
cents, then a dollar, and here
you are tonight a gambler.
The church that allows card
playing and dancing will lose
her power in any community.
Mr. Burke said he was against
cards for 90 per cent of the
gamblers start from the parlor
card tables. The farther you
get from God the more you
think of cards, the closer to God
the less. The spirit-filled man
pr woman will have nothing to
do with them. '
The dance will cause you to
los^ your influence for right
eousness. 85 per cent of the
fallen women come from the
dance, and they started in the
parlor dance.
The farther from God you
are the more you will think of
the dance. A spirit-filled per
son will not have anything to
do with the dance.
Churches that allow dancing
become dead in a short while.
Saloons, cards and dancing goes
together and the farther from
God the more they know about
them.
Neglect is one of the ways
the devil attracts a person. Put
it off and decide for Christ to
morrow night.
I would to God that I could
make people understand that
will-power has a limit, and
when a man is persuaded to
stay in sin until his will-power
is conqufred, Satan has no
more trouble in holding him but
just puts him to grinding while
he goes on conquering others.
Satan tells you you can turn
gny time, you attempt to take a
stand for Christ; tonight you
will be surprised to find how
you are oouna.
Many responded during the
day to the invitations. Many
started to live for Christ.
Tonight the subject is “What
soever a man soweth that shall
he also reap.”
""" Shot His Hat Off.
Marshall A. M. Ballew is get
ting in the “William Tell” class
as a crack marksman, for about
9 o’clock Sunday morning in
trying to run down a negro
known as “Big Boy.” The lat
ter was making his escape on
Remmel Avenue, when a shot
j from the officer’s revolver
! pierced the negro’s hat and
| wilted all desire to escape at
i the risk of his life.
“Big Boy” was owing the
city an old fine and wher
brought to time, paid up anc
was allowed to go his way.
For coughing, dryness anc
tickling in the throat, hoarse
ness and all coughs and colds
take Foley’s Honey and Ta:
Compound. Contains no opiates
_W. E. BEVENS’.
For One Of Debates And Takes
Feather Out of Jeff's
Challenge.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 20. — The
biggest hippodrome affair in
Arkansas politics in recent
years, and the big drawing card,
is the joint debate to take place
between Senator Davis and Ste
phen Brundidge, Jr., his oppon
ent for re-election, and the au
dacity of the challenger in se
lecting the birthplace and for
mer home of Senator Davis as
one of the .speaking places, is
the talk of Little Rock.
Arrangements are now being
made by which large crowds of
Little Rock people will follow
the debaters, taking in all four
of the performances. Senator
Davis offered to meet Mr. Brun
didge December 4 in Beebe and
December 6 in Morrilton, then
give the other candidate two
places for two additional de
bates.
• When Senator Davis selected
Beebe, in White, the home coun
ty of Mr. Brundidge, as the
place for the opening debate, it
was considered an effort to be
little the candidacy of his op
ponent, but Mr. Brundidge,
when he selected Russellville
for the third debate, more tfyan
evened matters. The fourth
debate will take place in Fort
Smith.
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Illinois Apples.
Car load just received on Iron
Mountain track near freight de
pot, $1.10 per bushel.—J. A.
Phillips. 98b7t.
sessment of all the public utili
ties corporations of Little Rock
has not yet been agreed upon,
and there is a certainty that
there will be considerable litiga
tion over the subject, probably
going to the supreme court, be
fore it is settled.
For instance, the street rail
way company was assessed by
the assessor at $660,000, which
was raised by the county board
of equalization, at the request of
the State Tax Commission, to
$1,400,000. Th'e company filed
a petition with the county judge
for a reduction to $1,000,000,.
I which he estimates is on a 60
per cent basis of actual values.
| There are intangible and prob
lematic values which he did not
.take into consideration. The""
water company and the gas com
ipany, says Judge Asher, have
not filed petitions for reduction.
Judge Asher is now devoting a
great deal of his time to a con
sideration of applications for re
duction, and not giving much at
tention now to the Three-Mile
Petition, which presents a con
siderable amount of calculations.
He has not announced when he
will render his decision.
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Coughing At Night
Means loss of sleep which is bad
for everyone. Foley’s Honey and
Tar Compound stops the cough
at once, relieves the tickling ani
dryness in the throat and neaJg
the inflamed membranes.- Pre
vents a cold developing int«
bronchitis or pneumonia. Keep
Foley’s Honey and Tar always in
the house. Refuse substitutes.
—W. E. BEVENS.
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I Turkey Day This Year Falls On
November 30
A little late but it’s all right for Turkeys are roosting
high these days.
You’ll surely want to spruce up and look your best
on this, Our National Thanksgiving Day. *
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