"THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Congress.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of Judge
CSeorge T. Humphries of Salem for
Congressman from the Second Con
jgressional District of Arkansas, sub
ject to the action of the Demicratic
primary.
The Independent is authorized to
Announce the candidacy W. A. Old
Beld of Batesville for re-election as
Congressman from the Second Con
jgressional District of Arkansas, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
.■primary.
For Prosecuting Attorney.
The Independent is authorized to
rnnnounce the candidacy of Earl C.
■Casey of Batesville for Prosecuting
Attorney of the Third Judicial cir
. tuR, subject to the action of the Dem
uocratic primary.
For County Judge.
Tha Independent is authorized to
Announce the candidacy of W. D. Mc
Lain for the office of county and pro
bate judge of Jackson County, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri
mary.
The Independent is authorized to
Announce the candidacy of James H.
Johnston for the office of county and
probate judge of Jackson County, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of John A.
Melville for the office of County and
Probate Judge of Jackson County,
aubject to the action of the Demo
aratic primary.
The Independent is authoried to
announce the candidacy of 0. W.
Scarborough for the office of county
and probate judge of Jackson County,
aubject to the action of the Demo
cratic primary.
For Sheriff.
FOR SHERIFF.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of J. F. Mc
•Cuistion for the office of Sheriff and
•Collector of Jackson County, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri
mary.
For Representative.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of J. M. Mar
dis, for the office of Representative of
Jackson County, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized tc
announce the candidacy of W. M,
Shaver for the office of Representa
•give of Jackson County, subject to the
^Democratic primary.
For Treasurer.
Tha Independent is authorized tc
announce the candidacy of John H
Camp for the office of Treasurer ol
Jackson County, subject to the actior
of the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized tc
Announce the candidacy of Jesse W
IJhuford for the office of Treasurer ol
Jackson County, subject to the actioi
af the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized tc
announce the candidacy of J. M. Ivj
for re-election to the office of Treas'
arer of Jackson County, subject tc
ghe action of the Democratic primary
For School Superintendent.
The Independent is authorized t(
announce the candidacy of H. L. Lam
Bert for the office of School Superin
tendent for Jackson County, subjec
to the action of the Democratic pri
Wary. .
The Independent is authorized t<
announce the candidacy of E. H
Bowman for the office of School Su
perintendent for Jackson County sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary.
For Coroner.
The Independent is authorized to an
tiounce the candidacy of Henry Gran
for the office of Coroner of Jacksoi
County, subject to the action of th
Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized t
announce the candidacy of J. T. Craf
for the office of Coroner of Jackso
county, subject to the action of th
Deomcratic primary’.
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The Empty Stocking.
Cold and bleak was the atti<
room,
The wind through gaping roof
hole,
J>rove the snow, no candle shec
its dole
f©f pale and sickly light—
In iffhich grimacing shadows
feed
From Sbroken chair to scant-clac
bed,
Hobgoblins of the night.
1
!Ag° inst the unkindled chimnej
jamb
TChe little tenaijt hung with car<
m in ■ _ ■■■_"_yjg
Her tattered stocking for its
share
Of Santa’s splendid mass
Then laid her down with faith
supreme
To wait until her Christmas
dream
Should come to pass.
■
She shivered sore, but calmed
her heart
I With thought of sweets and
dolls and book,
And once she stole one fright
ened look
The stocking still was long and
lank
Fiercely she checked the dread
forlorn—
I And softly said: “He’ll come at
j dawn’’
L\nd into slumber sank
I
I
A shaft of light struck through
the roof.
An eager movement neath the
ragged sheet,
Across the floor a scurrying of
feet
A cry of gratitude for morn.
And then—0 broken trust, O
faith defiled!
An empty stocking and a sob
bing child
There in the Christmas dawn!
Sara Beaumont Kennedy
Non Suit In Gallion Case
Batesville, Dec- 6.—In the
circuit court today the attoi’
neys for Zach Gallion elected to
take a non-suit in his case
against the railroad. He had
sued the Iron Mountain for $5,
000 damages, but prior to the
time he fded the suit he had
signed a release, and the court
' was inclined to believe that he
had no cause for action, because
he had signed the release and |
had not tendered back the mon- j
ey which was paid when he
signed the release to the com
pany.
The case will be tried here
again at another term of court,
or it might be brought in some
other county than this. Hon. S.
M. Moore and Joe M. Stayton
represent Mr. Gallion.
The next suit called was that
'of Jennings against the Iron
Mountain railroad, in which he
asks for $5,000 damages. Mr
Jennings is a citizen of Sulphur
Rock, and he is also represented
by Mr. Moore and Mr- Stayton.
The trial of this case was start
ed at 1:30 o’clock this after
noon
stamping Out A Scourge.
, The total sales of Red Cross
Christmas seals in 1907 amount
i ed to $125,000- In 1909 the
sales increased to $230,000, and
the year following to $310,000.
’ Last season more than 35,000,
! 000 seals were sold; and with a
: perfected organization this year
the National Red Cross expects j
to exceed any previous sale
The few pennies spent for
them by the aveage individual
may seem to represent an al
most negligible force, but when
millions of like sums are added
together even the money value
of the campaign assumes a pow
erful significance.
These financial proceeds rep
resent only a small part of the
service rendered by the little
seals, however. It is their edu
cational value that justifies their
sudden rise to the dignity of a
national instutution.
Wherever used they do far
more than carry a message of
good-will. Alike to those who
send and those who receive
them, they say, almost as plain
ly as if they had the power of
speech, “Consumption can be
conquered.”
“We could stamp out even the
scourge of tuberculosis within
a very few years if only we
would educate everyone regard
ing it,” said Dr. Van Hise, pres
ident of the University of Wis
consin. “Knowledge is the dead
liest shot that can be fired a
gainst disease of any sort ”
So by carrying to the re
motest corners of great cities,
as well as to the wide country
itself the message that con
sumption not only is curable,
under certain conditions, but
preventible, these Red Cross
seals are reaching tne people m
a way that no other message
coulcl For their first appeal
is to the heart, and that helps
them to surmount all barriers,
such as lack of intelligence and
differing languages.
They come as annual remind
ers of a prime duty—that of
stamping out the most destruc
tive of diseases.
Not only do they remind us
of this duty, but in a forceful
way they show us how it may
be accomplished. For while
each of these little seals is in
itself relatively impotent as a
weapon, the millions which are
sold and bought each year rep
resent a force that is far-reach
ing and pregnant with bene
fits.—Memphis News-Scimitar.
Mrs. M. B. Hare was Here to
day going home to Auvergne
from Heber Springs
W. A. MINK
CONTRACTOR
and BUILDER
Solicits An Opportunity To Maek
You A Bid.
TELEPHONE 208
Residence 1511 Dewey Avenue
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
m-if-it
I Extra Special Prices For The jp
Holidays. gE
Ladies’ all wool sweat- Ladies’ $5.50 and $6.50 Ee
ers, regular $2.50 values Skirts, only_$3.89
-colors, red tan and Ladies, $750 and $8>50 |
graj $ . skirts, special_$4-98 jp
One lot Ladies’ and Miss- Ladies. one_plece Besses ffe
es Sweaters, regular $7-50 values_$3>78 p
$2.50 and $3.00 values, .
for_$1.89 Ladies’ one-piece dress- p
0 , __ es in Shepherd checks.
Men s and Boy s 75c $8.50 values_holid ft
Sweaters, only.4Sc special.____ ^
: Black Cat silk hose, put
I LADIES’ COATS AND up 2 pairs in Chris mas gg
- § SKIRTS AT UN- boxes at> per gg
g HEARD-OF pair __ j;_ $1 |
133 prices m
33 J T . 25c per yd. and 85c per sg
l| 818 and *19 Ladles yd. fancy ribbon at 9|
g§ Coats, now-$11.98 per yard 19c ffi
|3 $12.50 and $13-50 Ladies’ Special prices on boys’ ifi
I S Coats, only-$8.98 ind men’s suits. jjg
IJ. D. Carvell ® Co. |
| Front st. The New Store i pSce I
.. v* _ |-c7q $2.00 Brooch No
Gold Filled Bracelet No 6753 Gold Filled RO,F?ne'WhiU BrMhS,’Iver //
Bright and English Ti*ClaspaSd Link Button Set. __ ne Wh.tc Br.lhants //
* joint andCatch. Rose and Roman F.msh. ~
No. 6484 Gold Filled Bar Pin, 5g cents ^
Roman Finish, Fine Roman Pearl. Solderedfi
EnghVhVfnish-Conseated Joint and Catch. $2.00. No. 6488 Gold Filled Bar Pin. English Finish. 36 Fine R
»ne Komanp^
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF JEWELRY and SILVERWARE IN TOWN. ^
Palace Jewelry
221 Walnut Street
Additional Local.
Walter McDowell was here
from Batesville today.
Fresh Fish and oysters Fri
day at Snetser’s Grocery. 20d2t
Mrs. H. C. Sanders spent
Tuesday at Little Rock shop
ping
Celery, lettuce, cranberries,
figs, dates, raisins and citron at
Bowen’s Cash Store. 20d6
J. E- Haynes of Swifton has
moved to Newport and wll be
located next year on the Massey
farm
J. A. King of Swifton was
down Wednesday and reports
killing two large wolves in his
neighborhood, that had been
killing many young pigs.
R- T. Simmons and S. D.
Campbell left this afternoon for
a camp hunt on Lower White
River. Mr- Simmons wishes to
state that all members desiring
to pay Ben Hur dues may secure
same at Arkansas Bank & Trust
Company.
Mrs. Charlie Maxwell of St.
Louis, who has been the guest
of Miss Elms, has returned
home.
Entertains Class.
Mrs. W. B. Grant entertained
her class in the Baptist Sun
day School Monday evening
with a very delightful little par
ty, which was thoroughly en
joyed by the interesting class
of boys and girls.
The members of the class pres
ent were:
Misses Nellie Snetser, Myrtie
McCuistion, Pansy Lane, Rita
Whitten, Myrtle Jackson.
Messrs. Charlie Snetser, Sey
mour Hays, Charlie Davis, Car
lisle Heard, George Simmons
and Byron Bersott.
Opinion On Liquor Law.
Little Rock, Dec. 16.—Attor
ney General Moose has given
George Dansby of Fort Smith
the following opinion with refer
ence to certain features of the
Going liquor bill:
“1. Are petitions which are
j circulated and signed in Novem
ber and December lawful?
“I think they are, provided
I they are not filed until on or af
ter January 1, 1914, when the
law becomes effective. Peti
tons do not become effective un
til they are filed in court; Pri
or to that time they have no le
gal vitality and may be destroy
ed or added to or substracted
from- After they are once fil
led, however, they become some
thing legal and valid. So, 1
think if the law is in force when
the petition is filed the fact
that it was signed prior to Jan
1st would not destroy its valid
ity.
2- Is a census of the city ta
ken in 1913 legal?
“There is no provision in the
law for taking a census in such
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Hi our Big Christmas Sale and the B
^ prices we have placed on every- fl
|j£j thing in the store prove our B
nj= statement. B
Remember our sale is still in L
Hi progress and closes December 25.
jgj MANY USEFUL CHRISTMAS I
Bg PRESENTS HERE I
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1 Dry Goods Store J
cases- When a petition is filed
asking for the issuance of licence
it then becomes the duty of the
court to ascertain by the best
mode fairly practical, whether
it contains a majority of the
names of the adult white inhab
itants of the city. The court
would not be expected to order
a census taken, but if one should
be taken by interested parties
those who favor or those who
oppose the saloon, and its ac
curacy is established, the court
should, and doubtless would,
consider it in estimating the
whole number of the inhabi
tants and whether a majority
| of them had signed the petition
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Valentine Invitation Day.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 17.—Judge
Ernest Ratterree is the origin
ator of the idea to make Valen
tine’s Day an invitation day for
Arkansas.
It is meeting with favor ev
erywhere and should become
one of the most important of
the year’s special days. The
plan is to have everybody load
the mails with cards addressed
to their friends in other'States,
inviting them to come to Ark
ansas to make their home.
These cards will be furnished in
any quantity by the railroads.
Purblind Mossback.
Nothing so astonishes the man of
routine formulas and precedents as
luocess attending original methods.
Convincing.
“Do you love me, Esmi
course I love you. Stood
qualnted with you I have
to admire pop eyes."
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