iHE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Front St., NEWPORT, ARK.
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CHANGES.
Pink morning comes with petals in j
her hair,
ragrant as the kisses of abride; '
> noon conics marching with its |
Sizzling glare
cutter spears athwart the coun
ryside.
i purple twilight follows dream
t
Aig the senses like a mother’s
'breath;
Each of these changes through the
years we see,
And then comes Night—and Death.
How many, many changes have I seen
Dawn, Noon, the purple Twilight and
the Night.
How often have I watched them with
a queen,
Dear Queen of Love who made my
years so bright.
Still shift the scenes and still the
seasons whirl,
And eagerly I watch them, for I see
In every tint the tresses of the girl
Who smiles and beacons me.
—Wm. F. Kirk.
Never Again.
The following petition was
presented to us and signed by 46
business men asking us to grant
the Whit"Q'r ■"Vv«tusi permission
iem
\ De
re de
usement
week un
especially
who come
led. The com
,hey claim to be,
ited here in New
,< years ago, for the
•f the local fire depart
nX —
Gentlemen, we get small pay
for our services; therefore ask
the coming of this company for
they granting of the allowing of
Y)e*Tef^\. and encouragement
S. '
e stand ready at any and all
les to risk our life and limb
the protection of life and
_rtv; therefore we ask you
emen, to treat this, our
ion, with kindly considera
' signifying ypur willing
f'r ’ r "-hich
•l
perty amTTJfe Savers of
ewport, Ark.
indeed sorrv that our !
* c
•tment was made the i
through which the I
expects to obtain a ]
';ivile<re in our city, by j
em a small per centage j
eceipts, to secure the J
*ve all have a distinct
- street fair
"H*. the
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Jin in
Jtel Thu
The Is
order for
*ey hav^«v<
itronage of
and candies
*al feature on
al feature on s
•rted quite sick
flow’s Th
nundwd 1>0U
H Cu!*? h lhat
•lie undersized: k
>ut any n>
N A i'io
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urculated by the fire laddies and |
signed by the 46 business
men, nine-tenths of the signers
ire strictly opposed to the street
'air, but signed it on the
strength of the appeal of the fire
lepartment.
The mayor and board of aider
men want every business man
ind citizen of Newport to appre
ciate our fire department. We
recognize their noble efforts in
>ur behalf, the sacrifice of time, '
risk of life and limb—rain or 1
■shine. They never have a re
luest from the board of alder
men, but what is readily grant
ed. They came to us with a re
juest for slickers, gum boots and
fiats, and they were immediate
ly ordered. They came to us
with a complaint that the old
hose cart was dangerous, and
as soon as we had the funds we
purchased a modern fire wagon.
There is not a merchant that
is on this petition that will not
go down in his pocket for a $1.00
$2.00, $5.00 or even $10.00 to
assist the fire laddies. I have
heard several say since they
have signed the petition that
they are willing to contribute
$5.00 to $10.00 rather than have
the boys get it through a street
fair privilege.
We have no right to grant a
privilege to anyone to monopol
ize our streets,and any citizen
can prevent the same by serv
ing an injunction; so for these
reasons we are compelled to re
fuse the Whitney shows or any
other shows, the use of our
streets for street fairs.
JNO. P. PAUL,
Mayor.
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Warning Order .
Jackson Chancery Court.
John Love, Plaintiff
vs. No. 2497
William B. Henderson, Defend
ant.
The defendant, Wm. B. Hen
derson, is warned to appear in
this Court within thirty days,
and answer the complaint of the
plaintiff, John Love.
This March 34. 1913.
C. E. Smith, Clerk.
0. W. Scarborough, Stayton &
Stayton, Solicitors for Plain
tiff. Iw4t
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The "Sentence Cap.”
A small, limp pleoe of black cloth
Is, according to ancient custom, put on
tha top of tha Judge’s wig In England
before he passes sentence of death,
and la properly called the "sentence
cap” or "black cap.” Covering the
head was a sign of mourning among
tha Israelites, Oreeks, Romans and 1
Anglo-Saxons, and la referred to In
lamuel 11, 15-30. Putting on the black
sap la not a grim sign of ravenga of
Ike law, but Is rather a token of aor
row, expressing the regret ^the Judge
Mels at having to condemn the prta
mar to death.
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Passing encomiums, only over
_ our store counter, about the
quality of what you’ve got to
sell, results in about as much
3 satisfaction as yourwife would
get if you gave her a box of
sp cigars for Christmas.
I ,
Advertising in This Paper
1 tl ... ilis to everybody at ones and makes
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fUFftELL VETOES
LEVEE DISTRICT ACT
[iovernor Recalls The White
River Levee Act Which Had
Been Signed by Oldham
Little Rock, April 2.—Claim
ing that he was entitled to exer
cise the functions of the govern- '■
Dr’s office, according to the re
cent decision of the Supreme
Court, from the time he was
elected president pro tern of the
Senate, Governor Futrell yester-1
day recalled from the secretary j
of state a senate bill which had
been signed by Acting Governor
Oldham 59 minutes after the |
Senate had elected its president
pro tern, and affixed his veto to,
it, giving his reasons therefor.
The bill which was approved |
by Acting Governor Oldham and ,
disapproved by Governor Futrell
is Senate Bill No. 217, by Sena-;
tor Clyde Going, being an act to |
lay oil and establish a part of
Jackson county into a levee dis
trict to be known as Village
Creek and White River Levee
District, and to provide for the
ereetion and maintenance of le
vees in the district.
The bill was approved by Act
ing Governor Oldham at 10:10
o’clock a. m., March 13, Senator
Futrell having been elected pres
ident pro tern of the Senate at
9:11, being 59 minutes prior to
the time Acting Governor Old
ham signed the bill.
In his proclamation explaining
his action in recalling the ap
proved measure and vetoing it,
Governor Futrell says:
“Assuming that I became act
ing governor of Arkansas at
9:11 a. m. March 13, 1913, being
the time I qualified as president
of the senate, and that it be
comes my duty as such acting
governor to approve or veto said
Dill, the same is returned without
my approval for the following
reasons:
me uni uue& nui wim u
proper safeguards for the protec
tion of the tax-payers in said
district; there is no limitation
upon the amount of bonds to be
issued; permission is given to
allow a brokerage of not exceed
ing three per cent, when such
bonds ought to be sold at par
without brokerage, and the bill
should so provide. Legislation
proposing a special tax should
first have the consent of the ma
jority of those affected before
foing into effect. The bill should
nave carried a clause submitting
:h'e same to a vote of the people
affected by the proposed im
provement.
“From the protests before me,
t appears that a majority of
he people in number and one
hird of the owners in value are
apposed to the formation of said
improvement district. The
ibove justifies my disapproval
tnd according same is vetoed.”
Two Pickerel on One Line.
A humble end honest fisherman
vho set his traps for pickerel on a
llalne pond ttie other day is ready to
nake affidavit as follows: *T herebj
lecl&re on oath that I did catch tM\
ilckerel on one hook. The first oJ .
irel swallowed the bait an.' »
'
LiLP*/«wspewed the
f ht« «*n* »d It floated
-- f * vater to be grabbed by a
' okereL Thus there earn* up 1
kereL all strung on a llna>—
THERE IS LESS SPACE AND
LARGER MEMBERSHIP p
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Some Hard Problems for the Corr.mll
6ion to Solve In Its Reconstruction, j '
■ s th* Present Room Has Won
derful Acoustic Properties.
The commission of reconstruction
of the hall of the house of re^re3®°t
tlves has been ^
holding meet
tngs recently, 1
but has not c
y q t decided ^
how the In
creased membership of the
branch of congress will be cared s
after March 4, 1913.
There are several propositions be ^
for the commission, the most elab- -
orate of which provides for rebuild- (
Ing of the entire hall. For this pur
pose congress made an appropriation
of $350,000 at the time the commis- c
slon was created. The plan for re- j
constructing the hall calls for a
smaller floor space and larger cloak
rooms. There Is i good deal of op- I ]
position to this scheme, which is felt ;
by many to be Inconsistent with t a
steady growth of the bouse in mem- 1
bershlp.
The commission consists of Speak
er Clark, Representative Joseph G -
Cannon, Samuel W. McCall, James R.
Mann, John J. Fitzgerald, Swager j
Sherley and former Representative
William M. Howard.
The present hall of the house coy- l
ere an area of about 9,400 square feet, (
while the reduced hall would cover
only about 6,000, notwithstanding
the fact that seats haYe to be provld
eu ior 12 Buaiugu«
The present membership of the
house la 391, and In the next congress
it will be 435, including the new mem- (
hers from New Mexico and Arisons.
Thej£ ysre provided wlj'h teats
on the floor wien they Wire terrltori
al delegates, but did npt have a vote.
In order to seat a larger house 1b
a smaller hall, the plan presented tc
the commission provides for a se
ries of benches. Instead of separata
chairs. All desks are to he removed.
One of the arguments ir> favor of a
smaller hall has been that it would
facilitate debate and that members
could be heard more easily In all
parts of the chamber.
But when the commission came to
consider the acoustics of the present
house It found that they were amaz
ingly good. There Is not the slightest
difficulty In a member being heard I
from all parts of the chamber, Includ
ing the galleries, If he speaks In a
reasonably loud tone of voice and If
the speaker preserves order. The
members of the commission them
selves were unable to recall any per
sonal difficulty they had in trying to
reach the ears of their fellow repre
sentatives.
So excellent are the acoustics of the
house chamber that for a long time
it was supposed they were more of an
accident than anything else. The
south wing of the capltol was begun
in 1851 and the house has been occu
pying its present chamber since Jan
uary 4, 1859. This wing was con
structed under the direction of Thom
as U. Walter, then the architect of
the capitoi.
Some time ago Prof. Sabin made
an elaborate invt ttlgadon of the
acoustics of the hall of the house. He
used delicate instruments and con
ducted a part of hla experiments In
the middle of the night, when he
could be assured of abeolute cessation
of other noisee. He declared to Su
perintendent Elliott Woods that the
acoustics of the houses were super!
or to those of any similar ball In the
world, so far as his knowledge went
He also was of the opinion that this
must have been largely accidental, be
cause the science of acoustics was not
much developed at the middle of the
last century.
Mr. Woods became curious as to
this and hunted up some old note
books of Mr. Walter. In them he
found that the architect of the halL'tf,
the house had devoted a great im v
of thought and study to its ac<
properties and had conslder^/’va’J!j^~
methods of preset^ annoyi
echoes and of - arracglng the ceU.
mg ana £ner features 0f the chamber
that p human voice would carry Into
'u parts of It.
The present chamber Is exactly as
t was originally built, save for fre
;uent redecoration and refurnishing.
To Georgetown’s Founder.
Men prominent In church and state
gathered at George Washington uni
rerslty the other day to do honor to
:he memory of John Carroll, D. D.,
vho established the college in 1789.
Vmcng those taking part were Pr©si
lent Taft, Speaker Clark, Chief Jus
dee White of the United States Su
>reme Court, Cardinal Gibbons and
:he ambassador from Austria-Hun
»ary.
The chief event of the day was the
invelUng of the statue of Dr. Carroll,
rustice White made the presentation
ipeech.
Plenty of Work Ahead.
You can’t do much In the way of
swatting Sies until the flies com©
iround to be swatted. So far a cold
uid backward season has lnterfe
iv 1th this industry. But let \
ibandon hope: fir time, and v
i Is sure t<* ■ > and then-b _ ■ | f\ | | r
■v ho llkesu' Mne exerciad MW ■II | U
lave an ? ^-Phlhylel*^ |"| !
ompany The Bis S(ore W
^Mg
OCTORS ENDORSE NEW-!
BRO'S HERPICIDE FOR
THE hair.
When a doctor endorses a pre
aration it means more than an
rdinarv tes timonial. His opin
,11 is always that of the profes
ional man devoted to the vel
ire of the people.
Dr. J. J. Boyd, Covington,
enn., says: “I teel it my duty
o write this for the benefit of
hose suffering from dandruff,
n the average case a few appli
ations of Newbro s Herpicide
•ill remove all dandruff. It is
dvisable to continue its use for
everal weeks.”
The words of J. B. Thompson,
1. D.. No. 2 Burrough Place, j
lor. Hollis St., Boston, Mass.,
re not less enthusiastic: I
an only speak in praise of New
iro’s Herpicide. It is all that is
laimed and perhaps more,
lerpicide not only cleanses the
calp but brightens the hair,
fives life and makes it soft.”
Dr. T. A. Moore, Duncan,
Wiz., writes of his experience:
‘My scalp was in places covered
)y patches of dry, scalev materi
ti and the itching was incessant. j
nsinff Homicide all these
ivils have disappeared and my
iair is soft, smooth and growing.:
Tail* has grown on spots before
iut thinly covered.”
Newbro’s Herpicide is “the
iriginal remedy to kill the dan
Iruff germ” and stop falling
iair. The terrible itching which
joes with dandruff is allayed al
most at once.”
Newbro’s Herpicide in 50c and
51.00 sizes is guaranteed to do
ill that is claimed. If you are
lot satisfied your money will be
refunded.
Applications may be obtained
it the leading barber shops. Be
sure you get genuine Herpicide.
XV. E. BE YENS,
Special Agent.
Stove Wood
$1.00 and .$2.00 Loads
Any Size Good Mill Wo
Close Prices on Carloads
J. R. Loftin, Jr.
Phone 38
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COLONIST FaJ
Galifornia |
North Pacific ®
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AND ALL FOIL
WEST
TICKETS ON SALE 1
MARCH I5th
to
APRIL lot it
1913.
Assistant Genera! PassenM
Agent,
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The Latest
Only a Faded Rosebud. S
Why Did You Make Me LoJb
You? 'fl
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Mr. Farmer
Times are changing. Progressive farmers deposit their money
in a good bank. They pay their bills by check and get a receipt
in that way. Lots of reasons why you should have a bank ac
count with
| The Fanners BanK
j Got NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
' Rules for Sale
About 40 head of Missouri
mules, all broke and in good
condition at right prices - ^.
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