THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Front St„ NEWPORT, ARIL
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The South Again.
From the foundation of the
government up until the time
of the civil war the South fur
nished the statesmen to the na
tion and dominated its political
life, and the South is coming
into her own again. The presi
dent is a-Southern man. Sena
tor Newlands, although hailing
from the West is a Mississippi
an, and his work in favor of
flood control in the Mississippi
valley is one of the greatest
problems of the day.
Another Mississippi senator,
although a Tennesseean by
birth, Hon. John Sharp Williams,
is the acknowledged school mas
ter of the senate. He is better
equipped than any other man
in that august body, and on mat
ters of legislation he is largely
yielded to, and his advice fol
lowed. The two years that he
was out of public life were well
employed. On his farm, and
■where he was quiet and undis
turbed, he fortified himself with
a thorough mastery of the funda
mentals of government, and is
better prepared to deal with
important questions than any
of his associates in the senate.
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The South will gradually work
back into her own, because she
clings to the old memorial
things and indestructible prin
ciples of government, she is not
destitute of sentiment and even
romanticism, and she has a
breadth of vison not possessed
by the hard-listed and commer
cialized North or the rollicking
and untutored West.—Memphis
News-Scimitar
The Campaign Manager.
The Record believes that it
can suggest an act that will go
far toward establishing better
political conditions in Arkansas.
Abolish the campaign manag
er.
In late years it has become the
custom for the candidate for
governor to rent rooms in one
of the hotels in Little Rock
and install therein a campaign
manager, who serves in that ca
pacity during the entire cam
naiirn.
Thus, while the candidate is
out over the state seeing the
people, the campaign manager
is seeing the multitude that
goes to the capitol during the
progress of the campaign.
And therein, we imagine, lies
the root of a lot of evil.
Tt is doubtless true in the late
campaign before the primaries
a great many political arrange
ments were made which neither
Judge Hays nor Mr. Brundidge
knew of, and never will know
of, and which they would noti
have endorsed had they known
everything that was going on j
in their political headquarters!
under the guiding hand of the j
campaign manager.
Abolishing the campaign man
ager will materially reduce the
expenses of the gubernatorial
campaign. It will prevent the
state being literally Hooded with
campaign literature, half of
which is usually either untrue or
misleading. It would prevent a
good many things being done in
the interest of the candidate
which the candidate would
neither do nor have done for
himself.—Sharp County Rec
ord.
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ST. PAUL’S CHURCH.
The services at St. Paul’s to
morrow will be as follows:
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Morning service at 11 o’clock.
Evensong will be said during
August at 5:30. The Rev. Hen-1
ry E. Spears will officiate. You \
are invited.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Sunday school 9:45, P. S.
White, Supt
Preaching at both hours by
the pastor.
Morning subject, “Growth and
Influence of Christianity.”
Evening subject, “Christ in
the Heart.”
B. Y. I\ U. at 7 p. in. Subject,
“The Spiritual Hand.” Pro
gram rendered by the young
married women of the church.
If you have no services at
your church, why not worship
with us? A hearty welcome
awaits you.
S. I). Grumbles, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Bible school promptly at 9:30
a. m. Our aim—every member
of the church and school every
Sunday, with their Bible, a stu
died lesson, a liberal offering
and a SMILE. If you are not a
member of one of our loyal
classes join at once.
Communion service at 10:45
a. m.
Come to these services, you
will do us good and we will do
you no harm.
Hays Governor Next Tuesday.
Little Rock, Aug. 1.—It was
announced at the office of the
secretary of state today that
complete returns from the re
cent gubernatorial election will
be in his possession not later
than Monday, and Governor-e
lect Hays would be sworn in on
Tuesday or Wednesday of next
week. The complete returns
will show a falling off by com
parison with the vote cast at the
election held last September of
more than 80,000, which is
causing politicians to do con
siderable guessing as to the po
litical future.
The Republican vote will be
slightly less than half of what it
was last September, when fig
ures reached a little over 30,
000. The Bull Moose party cast
less than 9,000 votes in the re
cent state election, while Dem
ocrats to the number of about
55,000 went to the polls. The
official vote will be known in a
doy or two, but it will be any
thing but encouraging to poli
ticians.
A New Yal Jean Escape.
Fort Smith. August 1.—The
sensational prison escape at the
government penitentiary at
Fort Leavenworth. Kansas, a
year ago was duplicated here
today by Eugene Hart, who
made his getaway after pass
ing through more than two miles
of sewer.
Hart, convicted in Police court
Monday for tilting the Sunday
lid. was a member of the street
chain gang.
Although wearing a shackle,
he outdistanced a guard and
jumped into a sewer manhole
as the guard emptied a revolver
at him. For nearly a quarter of
a mile Hart squeezed through an
188 inch sewer, which leads into
the Arkansas river. He was
seen by campers as he emerg
ed from the mouth of the sewer
The campers did not know of
his escape.
In the last half mile of the
larger sewer the water is from j
three to four feet deep.
Readhy to Bp Surprised.
"Be fnr,H\ said Brother DtcXey.
‘rliough 3 haw my ear ter de groun'
ter ketch de' *ma!!es' soun', I ain't j
heard no footst**!'* er Mister Chris'
map cornin' my ->v n>c j reckon he’s j
pvlne ter take i. . -irprlse by glv j
ln‘ me n r->- - v . »
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Second Annua! Event.
Jack Rorex of Swifton, who
last year managed a very suc
cessful barbecue and horse-rac
ing event at Swifton, was down
Saturday arranging for another
three-day amusement affair.
The dates selected for this
year are Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday, August 27, 28 and
29 and the program is to be
widely advertised, insuring big
crowds and many entries for the
races, in which good purses are
to be offered for the winners.
Associated with Mr Rorex in
charge of the event are M. J.
Murphy, Frank Parsons and Joe
Harvey, who will contribute to
the success of the affair.
Boys Bitten by Snakes.
Paragould, Aug. 1.—Elbert
Spillman, a schoolboy of the Mil
ler settlement, east of this city,
was bitten by a water moccasin.
He is recovering.
Arthur Spraggins, a school
boy of the Epsaba community,
a few miles north of this city,
was bitten by a rattlesnake
Tuesday of this week. It is be
lieved that he will also recover.
PILES CURED AT HOME BY
NEW ABSORPTION METHOD
It you su£f -r from bleeding, itching, blind
or protruding Piles, send me your address,
an i I will tell you how to cure yourself at
home by the new absorption treatment; and
will also send some of this home treatment
free for trial, with references from your own
locality if requested. Immediate relief and
permanent cure assured. Send no money,
hut tell others of this offer.* Write today to
Mrs. M. Summers, Box P. South Bend, lad.
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SEEMED TO NEED K DOCTOR
Varied Ailment* of the Somewhat
Afflicted Family aa Catalogued
by the Moth**'.
“Yes.. Doc,” said the mother of a
imily of nine to the young doctor
who had ridden 18 miles Into the
..ickwoods In the head of night, “w#
ire a somewhat afflicted fam’ly, an'
.3 home doctorin' don't seem t® dc
■o jood. I thought I’d send for you
—«*"e if you could straighten us out.
axiey here, she's got something
■ ::g with her bronlcal tubes so shf
,.'l breathe like she should. I been
• " 'n' a rag spread with goose
. . .v‘ .f . pi ink’ed with red pepper
.’ : ... 1 on her f'ont cMst, bu»
'•us *o arid to her ag'ny. Jakt
.« s got a tnis'ry a'i up an’ down hit
...1 hone, zn' I been usin' ker-sen»
■ n-rial an’ internal; but it airuk
' him r. good. Lizzie Heile. she’4
uiu'.t ready to give up with pium
j . .in her sis'.er Nancy has n-cen
‘ ' — in for a week. I think that
u s siclatlc roomatlz that ails Nancy,
>ut she's afraid It's the new disease
I; :y calls appendeslietua The old
"an has boon turrlhfe sllmay for soma
lays, an’ Rube, our oldest boy, Is a!.
,roke out with a raati that shows hlf
)lood ain't all right. He had .a tur
rlhte apell las' night, an’ I thought
a a was In for eholery Infantum. He’s
had It. off an’ on ever since be was 16
years old. 1 reckoned he’d outgrown
It., but ft grabs him as bard now thaf
he’s 24 as it did when he was young
er. Wlslit, Doc, that you’d just turn
renrsolf looao an* see If you kin sor*
»' st'ulghfevj hu at/.”'—JuClAg.
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4» m..*!.,;•*• p i.:; *, (.) vv * t > o.-r for J> home
treatment w.ncii iia-. repeatedly cured ail or i
t i • tortures. Slut feels it her duty to send
it • •> all sufferers t-REE. You cure" yourself
a: .1 >*n * as thousands will testify—no change
of dim.t.e being necessary. This simple
ills-' >. e •> banishes uric acid from the blood,
loosens tin* stiffened joints, purities the blood
and Tightens the eyes, giving elasticity and
time to the whole system. If the above
tme rests you, for proof address Mrs. AI.
tiNRuwcrs, Box R, Bouth Beni. Iai.
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A Vacation
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the way—comfort—courtesy—ser- fc
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The Bathroom That Pleases
is one which completely satisfies
the demand for sanitary security,
durability and beauty of design.
A 'Standard" Modern Bath
room installed by us with a careful
regard for sanitary efficiency and
the following out of your instruc
tions will please you.
Ask for booklets.
IV. R. Whitten
IcLain Bldg. Phone 154
*Jo. 666
rhie is a prescription flrepared especially
•r MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER,
ive or six doses will Ireak any case, and
taken then as a ton* the Fever will not
turn. it acts on tic liver better than
! UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Offers standard courses in Engineering, Mec ,
culture, Languages, Sciences, Fine Arts, Edc , A?r‘‘
Science, etc. ^°ttesti<:
Also short, practical courses in Agriculture a . •
I Arts, open to young men of determination, whose o-, J, Jlecha*:
cation has been limited. 'nary ^
New building, modern in every particular, hous:-, , «
ments of Education and Domestic Science. Just ^ °ePart.
Next session open3 ■;
SEPTEMBER 17 j
For catalogue and special bulletins giving compile 1
tion, address the office of the '^0rnia
PRESID ENT OF THE UNIVERSITY
Fayetteville, Ark.’ I
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1 J HENDRIX COLLEGE
aE] Noted for high standards of scholarship and for positive Ti •
tian influences. Best endowed ($300,000) college in Arkansas
U= faculty of specialists trained at the best Universities tlll.
3ri] coun.
Lr_, try and Europe? Library of 12,500 bound and 10,000 unbound voi
3™ umes. Well equipped museum and laboratories. Sane athelet'
HE! under an expert. Buildings heated by steam. Expenses reason6
able. Board and dormitories under supervision of a professor
^p in private homes. High school graduates receive; on certificates
jjj_, Location central and healthful. Conway is only ]Q afiles f
afO Little Rock. Climate mild. rjQ
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3Tj The college has strong, well manned academy for the benefit
of students who are not prepared for the college classes. .
up While the college is primarily for men, young women desiring
3™ a strong literary course will find what they want at Hendrix A
3^ young ladies’ hall under the care of professor and his wife is pro
US vided.
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Rooms in the hall and dormitories should be engaged at once
3H» For information address,
j? J- H. REYNOLDS,
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UP Conway, Ark.
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Any Size Good Mill Wood
Close Prices on Carloads,
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West’s Livery Stall
Making: Mistakes I
You are making a mistake if you are not keeping a bank B
account. Depositing you r money and paying out by B
check will help you to get ahead; shows where your mo- B
ney goes, that you might save; best receipt possible, and B
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life ti igetfier I
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With the same hope of success, that motorist an
SA\ El) his money— 1 did not. .Now HE lives his old age '• ^ ^
with automobiles and servants—I am nearly star'>n=
"orld's scrap heap. We had the same chance.
Reader, save while there is yet time. Open a al‘ ^B’:
here today—a dollar wil be sufficient. ^B^
ARKANSAS BANK & TRUST COJ
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