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. i^Wncements of candidates,
iect to the action of the Dem
h* ratic Primary.
* or Congress—
W. A. OLDFIELD
i; For Railroad Commissioner:
T. J. RANEY
T. E. WOOD
KW-'ii*P H°r Prosecuting Attorney—
Jjf Irm EARL C CASEY
B H. U. WILLIAMSON
for . / JOHN S- GIBS0N
gt0 " or County Judge—
j W. D. McLAIN
w * I AMES H. JOHNSTON
IOHN A. MELVILLE
. (). W. SCARBOROUGH
I1 - or Sheriff—
^g/ » F. McCUISTION
y vBE BALLEW
f or Representative—
j. M. MAP-DIS
vV. M. SHAVER
). U. ARD
K. T. SIMMONS
qr Treasurer—
-OHN H- CAMP
i ESSE W. SHUFORD
J. M. IVY
1.1. HASTING
<>r School Superintendent—
H. L. LAMBERT
«. H. BOWMAN
r, - l.M. BALCH
| G. E. LAND
or Coroner—
HENRY GRANT
T. CRAFT
f i W. H- NOLEN
\ For Surveyor—
•I. H. AITKENS.
UNION TOWNSHIP
For Justice of Peace—
\ L. B. HARRIS
H. C. NUCKOLLS
J. M. BELL
*'o r Constable—
TERRY GUIN
CLYDE WOOD
G. M. IVY ‘I
For Road Overseer—
GEORGE FOUSHEE.
T. C. HOGAN
W.F.HURLEY
FEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
For Road Overseer—
CLARENCE PENIX
CLAY ROBERTS
T. B. THOMPSON
BIRD TOWNSHIP
For Road Overseer, Western D.
R. L. HURLEY
G. A. CHURCHMAN.
For Road Overseer—East. Dist.
L. G. PEMBERTON. ,
JOHN F. DUNN
f,"r Constable:
R. L. BANDY. j
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■'RECKENRIDGE TOWNSHIP. |
■ '"f Road Overseer, No. 11 South i
MILLARD F. HARDIN.
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f GLASS TOWNSHIP. j
• <r Road Overseer, Eastern Dis- j
R. J. JOHNSON. i
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MUNICIPAL TICKET.
■ r Mayor
\. T. HUBLY.
r Recorder— -
RRADLEY GRAHAM
'• r Marshal—
Gus C. MARTIN
r Treasurer—
GARLAND HURT
r Aldermen— ' T
(First Ward) ’
JOHN R. LOFTIN, JR.
C. R. PATE
'(Second Ward)
E. L. WATSON
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Ark
Texarka
and
claim is ra
the park is on
of the city,
Arkansas fans contrib
ute largely to the support of the
team. This condition is rather
for the good of the game in the
I state, Little Rock being the only
| city of the state which will sup
port a team of class higher than '
j what is known as D in minor j
I league circles.
j Nothing so hurts the sport as ;
making it a losing venture, and ,
! no one has ever made a cent out1
| of league ball in Arkansas. It
has been repeatedly tried in
state leagues, and every venture
has been disastrous. Team after (
team has blown up in midseason,;
and the fans had by that time ^
lost interest in the sport.
Little Rock has a flourishing
city league, with other smaller
leagues to care for the surplus
material. The various leagues
are now filled with graduates
from this organization. Van
Buren and Fort Smith maintains
a Twin City League, with teams ;
representing enterprises of the
two cities having membership. j
Interest is so keen in these or- j
ganizations that other towns are j
asking admission, and in this ,
manner a number of leagues in j
which amateur baseball is play-j
cd, will probably be iormeci. in
these every player is a home
boy, and he is known to every i
follower of the sport. Rivalry is |
so intense on this account, andj1
the fans turn out in greater I
numbers than they would if they ,
were watching professionals who J'
had no interest in the town, oth- (;
er than to draw their salary j:
there.
There has been suggested a 1
plan by which a number of these *
sectional leagues may be formed, |;
and at the end of the season, i1
have the pennant winners of the ;
various leagues meet to contest ]
for the championship of the
state. With such leagues in <
Northwest, Northeast, South- 1
sast and Southwest Arkansas,
with other leagues in and around
the larger cities, a tourney could
be arranged for fall, with the j
fames played in Little Rock, ^
which would bring thousands of
people to the city to watch their 1
heroes contest for the state flag. ,
rt would be the state track meet
sn a larger scale. This event
brings annually thousands of in
terested adherents of the teams
to Little Rock, but it would be j
trivial to the crowds the state
baseball contest would bring.
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Deluded Negroes.
Those deluded negroes who
left good homes and an easy way i
3f making a living in Oklahoma I
edAmcan chief to the, gold
coast of South Africa, are in a
sad plight. The African chief,
who is a veritable Sam Slick,
got their money, and pictured to
them a land flowing with milk
and honey. It was the Promised
Land, and all they had to do was
to follow one who would be their
Moses. The unfortunate gave
him their money and their con
fidence, and he has made away
with both. A good many follow
ed him to New York, only to be
left there stranded, while others,
who were to meet the gallant
ship that was to bear them on
ward at Galveston, have gladly
accepted such work as they
could find for the purpose of
making a living. It is strange
that every now and then some
one can come along and rob in
dustrious negroes of their mon
ey ; but it seems that there is a
fixed periodicity in which these
predatory vagrants travel, and
they never leave empty handed.
The leading negroes of the
south, as well as the white peo
ple who are friends to the negro,
continue telling them that here
is where they are better off than
they can be anywhere else- A
few of the smart ones may suc
ceed in bettering their conditions
in the north, but for the masses
jf the negro the South is the
natural and most hospitable
home, and here they should re
nain.—Memphis News-Scimitar.
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Fire Companies Lost Money.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 20.—The
unnual returns of the fire insur
mce companies for 1913 demon
strate that Arkansas is a very
mprofitable field for their oper
ation. During the year the com
panies received in premiums a
otal of $3,066,228.42, and dur
ng the same time paid to the
nsurers in fire losses a total of
154,233,768.16, the loss ratio be
ng 143.6.
In addition to the losses, the
sxpenses exceeded the premiums
>y a total of $2,304,154.
For the five years from 1908
o 1913 inclusive, the total pre
nium receipts for the state have
peen $11,298,993, and the losses
lave been $10,747,172. The ex
penses for that period were $4,
L80,567, showing a balance of
153,628,746 of losses and expens
!s over premiums.
An analysis of the records
shows that for the entire 34
rears since the establishment ctf
;he Insurance Department, the
premium receipts have amount
id to $39,981,797, while the loss
es and expenses for the same pe
"iod have been $40,709,742,
showing that fire insurance has
ilways been conducted in Arkan
sas at an actual loss.
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ARKANSAS
APRIL 21, 22, 23, 11914
FOUR CONCERTS
MADAM SCHUMANN-HEINK
In Connection With
St- Louis Symphony Orchestra
Little Rock Festival Chorus
A great and rare treat
in store for all lovers of
music, who should avail
themselves of this op
portunity
Write to
CHAS. B. SLOAT
Assistant General Passenge*
Agent,
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
or consult
LOCAL AGENT
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C. H. WALTON
Proprietor
Washing called for and delivered
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Agents Wanted In Every Town
C. R. GRAY
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At Least Knew His Value.
A native, named Appu, of Kotahana.
>y)on, recently attackeu his fathei
in.’1 mother with a mallet while they
ivof. asleep, and nearly killed them.
1'hc excuse he subsequently gave
vast that he was disgusted with his
'miserable parents for having such a
ow-down son.”
Moon and Volcanoes.
It is evident that if the earth’s in
ternal mass is liquid it must obey the
law that governs fluids. Scientists
have tried, therefore, to find some re
lationship between volcanic eruptions
end lunar attractions. — Harper’s
Weekly.
Calling Down the Nurse.
Little Frank’s nurse, when finding
lim in mischief was in thw habit of
exclaiming: “What in the name of
common sense are you doing?” One
morning, while she was bathing him,
lie asked: “What In the name of cop
per cents do yon mean by getting soap
In mj eyes?”
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| ceed whether their dealings be large or small. ■
I help we are able to give them that helps us. ll
reason for our constantly growing list of custonK
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WE WELCOME SMALL AS WELL AS LARGE ACCOM
The Farmers Baij
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WHY
We have often wondered why men would lea
ansas and pay such a high price for land as si
now doing, when the lands in our own country
cheap. ;
^ In the last ten years land in Arkansas has a<
|U5j 104 per cent. What do you expect in the ne
-jp years? We are just now taking the first real ste
vancement.
^ We have some tracts of land that will pay t
{ypH chaser even more than ten per cent on t
□ chase price; anyway, each year it pays you 10 per
u your money and you get the increase in valuatio
snl you beat this for an investment?
For further information, call on or write (
jucj SMITH, with
H The Realty Company
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