GEO. W. HAYS
NOW GOVERNOR
Took Oath of Office Before Chief
justice—Stewart Private
Secretary.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 6.—Judge
George W. Hays of Camden ac
cording to arrangements, be
came governor of Arkansas at 2
o’clock this afternoon, when the
oath of office was administered
by Chief Justice McCullough of
the supreme court.
One of the new governor’s
'first acts was the appointment
of his campaign manager Harry
F. Stewart, formerly private
secretary to Senator Jeff Davis,
his own private secretary, with
Van Simms of De Queen as his
assistant.
I Alcorn Ferguson, having de
clined the appointment of mem
bership upon the Jackson Coun
ty hoard of Equalization, H. S
Simmons was appointed to fill
the vacancy. The board as thus
named will consist of John M.
Glass of Swifton, Marvin Hare
of Auvergne and H. S. Simmons
of Newport.
! Useful Old Age.
; Disraeli said: "Old age is un
known to genius.”
Dante was almost 70 when he
composed his famous epic.
MJilton was 57 and blind when
he wrote "Paradise Lost.”
Robert Browning's greatest
poem, “Ring and Book,” was
composed when he was over 60.
Oliver Wendell Holmes was a
professor at Harvard at 80.
; Michael Angelo completed the
great cupola of St. Peter’s at 87.
Haydn produced his sublime
“Creation” at 66, while Verdi
was past 70 when he wrote the
score of “FalstaffA
Sir Isaac Newton wrote a
preface to his "Principia” at 83,
while Sir William Herschell,
when over 80. swept the heavens
with a true range of vision.
Gladstone and Bismarck were
the controlling powers in Euro
pean politics when both were
past 75 years of age.
I Von Moit.ve at 70 won the bat
tle of Sedan, while Thiers, pres
ident of France, was 80 when he
achieved his diplomatic victory
over Bismarck.
Cr< vw -
farce at 40. while Washington
Was 01 middle age when he took
charge - the Continental army.
Ulysses S. Grant was neariy
0 when he emerged from the
tannery at Galena, 111.,.to be
-ome one at tne greatest gener
is in history.
Neison, Blake. Farragut and
€vte,.- were beyond three score
^hen they achieved their fame.
by am a. the Japanese military
eaoer. won his greatest victor
es over powerful Russia when
m 60, and all his corps com
oanders were over 50.
lt0’ Japan’s greatest states
*j?n’ Wno did more than any
rther man to make Japan what
. « today, was busy planning
*ls Cour-try when assassinated
it 69.
Name? of others might be
®uibphed indefinitely to prove
»°nciusively that men and wo
<*ly outlive their useful
!ey' ''vher. they think their use
ulnecs is past.
^enr- old only when wo think
>urselve? old.—Memrl : New
simitar.
Lncovers Lost Equipment
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 6.—The Ar
kansas National Guard, in its
.search over the state for miss
ing property, is uncovering gov
ernment supplies in places it
never dreamed they would be.
I Every day packages are ex
pressed in, containing small ar
ticles, such as canteens, haver
sacks, and bread tins. The ex
press on these is almost as much
as the amount the Guard will
be credited for its return, but it
all helps a little.
Most of the property which is
now being sent in to the Armory
is of obsolete design, but is just
as good to secure a credit as
though it was new.
Companion Accidentally Shot.
Special to Independent.
Grubbs, August 5.—Elbert
Watkins, a farmer living on the
Jake Ivy farm in Richwoods
Township, was shot recently
by a young timber cutter, living
on the same farm.
The two were out hunting,
when the young man in going
around a tree caught the ham
mer of his gun and the load was
accidentally discharged, lodging
in the right thigh of his com
panion Watkins, who is re
ported to be getting along well
and it is thought will recover,
unless blood poison should re
sult.
Would List All Employers.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 6.—Deputy
Commissioner of Labor Statis
tics >1. J. McMahon is now com
piling a list of every industrial
concern in Arkansas wrhich em
ploys five or more people. He
has secured the names of over
3000 concerns, but expects to
find at least 2000 more before he
is through. These names have
been supplied by the county
clerks, and Deputy McMahon is
now working over the records of
the Arkansas Tax Commission
to secure a lot more. After se
curing the names of the con
cerns, Deputy McMahon will
then proceed to have the employ
ers furnish the required statis
tics regarding the work, remun
eration, and conditions of the
employes.
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Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
18 Reels Per Week.
A good Program Tonight.
THE TRANSITION
The moonshiner’s arrest brings
about the happiness of his
daughter. She is rescued from
objectionable environments,
[featuring Mary Charleson,
I George Stanley and Fred and
:Bob Burns.
('We ster n—VI TAG R A PH.)
bound to occur.
i How a dog upset a happy home,
! featuring Alkali Ike.
(Comedy—ESSANAT.)
the soul of a rose
Showing how a Garden Rose by
! the aid of a Fairy was changed
to a living Rose—A pretty story
featuring Orrr.i Hawley.
(LUBIN)
Good ” - <' by the orchestra.
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FUTRELL SHORT
ON FISHING
Late Governor Makes Hurried
Get-Away in Order to
‘‘Catch Cp” on Fishing.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 6.—Late
Wednesday afternoon Jules Ma
jrion Futrell, who has spent five
months in the office of Govern
or, and filled it well, will board a
train and depart for Paragould.
He does not go exactly back to
private life, for he is still Pres
ident Pro Tern of the Arkansas
Senate, and should Gov. Hays
leave the state at any time, he
will return to grace the office
again. He will also represent
his district in the next session
of the legislature as Senator.
"I am away behind on my
fishing," stated Senator Futrell
when asked what he intended to
do when he returned to Para
gould. “There are some fellows
over home who think they can
beat me shooting ducks, and I
have to take this conceit out of
them. Anyone looking fbr me
after Wednesday is going to
have a long hunt ahead o? him,
unless he is willing to go out
wnere me nsn are oitmg.
It is reported that Senator
Futrell will become associated
with one of the best known at
torneys in Northeast Arkansas
and practice law, but he declines
| to discuss the matter at the
i present time.
Bovine First Victim of Chair
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 6.—The
electric chair at the Arkansas
penitentiary has at last been
completed, Prof. Gladson, head
of the electrical department of
the University of Arkansas, put
ting the finishing touches on the
chair Tuesday afternoon. He
(then tested it on a cow, and
found that it is in good working
'order. The cow was placed in a
crate and hauled into the death
chamber. One electrode was at
tached to her head, and the oth
er to a hind foot. The current
I was then turned on and the bo
|Vine was instantly electrocuted.
The chair was built in the
shops at the University, and the
switchboard attachment came
from Chicago. Some of the
parts are under patent in Xev.
jYork, but the authorities there
I permitted the State of Arkansas
to mane use oi uiem wmiuui
' charge. The New York officials
! even made suggestions to Prof,
i Gladson which permitted him to
make a chair for the Arkansas
death chamber, which is supe
rior to that in use in New York.
“The greater part of the pat
ented attachment of the New
York chair,” states Prof. Glad
son, “is for the registration of
the action of muscles. This is
for scientific research. As we
are not interested in that, we
had no use for the attachments,
and Arkansas has a better
working chair than has New
York.”
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Assessment Notice.
The assessment of ioca. im
provement No. One—Bridge Im
provement No. One of the City
of Newport, Arkansas— was
filed in rr'<’ office on the 14th da>
of July, 1913, and the. same is
now subject toinspection.
J. GRAHAM,
“The Incurable.”
“Barbarous,” “inhuman,"
“murderous” are terms in which
prominent physicians and law
yers solemnly condemn the
movement for the painless]
death of incurables.
The mild term unscientific j
does not sound so loud, but it j
carries further. i
If the killing of patients af- j
flicted with “incurable” diseases !
:had been considered the only'
means of relief in the past, who i
would have been moved to de- :
vote days and years and life- i
times to the study of curing?
Many diseases which long
seemed incurable are now suc
cessfully treated. For countless
centuries, the plague, the small
pox. the rabies, tuberculosis, and
j swift, subtle diphtheria carried
;\vith them the sentence of death,
j but men sought patiently and
persistently for effective ways
to fight these dreadful foes of
humanity, even sacrificing their
lives in unselfish zeal; and as a
result we have vaccination, inoc
culation and antitoxin, and mil- j
lions once deemed incurable ,
i saved.
i
! Within the memory of old
| physicians the preparations for
ja surgical operation were alarm- j
ixxgxy .-iriipie; exiuugn caxuoiici
I acid to nearly stifle the opera-1
{tors was thrown about the oper- j
{ating room, and that was all.
iOnly 6 to 10 per cent of the
cases recovered- But now, from
a hospital of high standing,
where the operating room is sur
gically clean, comes the report
of over 100 consecutive abdomi
nal operations which were en- j
tirely successful.
“Going under the knife” has
lost its terrors because men
have investigated the sour'
trouble and have become ac
quainted with the tiny, unseen
minister of good and evil—bac
teria—and know how to man
age it. Today a vital organ is
removed from the body, exam
ined by the X-Ray, and the
growth, which had threatened
life, is detected and successfully
treated. Yesterday this was
impossible. The day before
! it was undreamed of.
Suffering and struggle against
{death have spurred men on to!
j accomplish these things.
Must they suddenly be called
j on to halt, to strive no more, to
{accept defeat? Must they re-j
j verse their course, and give j
Uvatll lUOl/VMM vx ^ •
Killing is no incentive to cur
ing.
Slipping off burdens never
l strengthened shoulders.
Giving up problems never de
veloped minds.—Memphis-News
j Scimitar.
Cotton Opens On Farm.
Special to Independence
Little Rock, Aug. 6.—Colton
has begun to open on the State
Farm, according to Commission
er Bradsher, and in a week or so
there will be enough open cotton
to pick a bale. The cotton crop
on the state farm is not only
early, but it is large, and this
year comes in almost as soon as
‘the short staple varieties. The
I commissioners expect to make
2500 bales of c'dton on the farm
;this year.
Notice to Loafers.
Anyone found loitering in or
around the jail yard without
permission from the sheriff or
the jailer, will be prosecuted to
the full extent of the law for
tresspassing.
j F. McCuistior.. Sherd:
SPECIAL SESSION
BUGABOO AGAIN
St. Francis Levee District Offi
cials Not Likely to Get
Their Request.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. t>.—With
each change of governor comes -
before the people I lit1 same old
bugaboo of a special session of
the legislature- As usual, it
comes from the St. Francis Le
vee Board. Failing to dispose
of $1,000,000 in bonds at par,
even though 5per cent inter
est was offered,! he officers of the
Board desire a sped.al session of
the legislature in order that a
bill may be passed which will
permit the Board to sell the
bonds at less than par.
The matter was discussed in
the presence of Acting Governor
Futrell and Gov-Elect G. W.
Hays, Tuesday afternoon, and to
Gov. Futrell, who lives in the
levee district, and who is well
versed in its affairs, the propo
sition was a laughing matter.
Gov. Hays, who takes office
Wednesday afternoon, stated he
knew too little about the affairs
of the district to venture an
opinion in the matter.
There is little chance for a
special session, even though
there are other matters of more
importance to the entire state,
which might be profitably con
sidered at the present time.
According to the report of H.
W. Henningen, special account
ant who audited the books of
the St. Francis Levee District
from Miay 1, 1911 to date, the
levee board dealt in high finance
in disposing of .$.‘100,000 worth
of bonds in 1909, and after this
report the board of directors
would hardly again sell bonds at
less than par, in violation of the
state law, even through subter
fuge. The board at that time
sold the bonds at par, but allow
ed an employe of the bonding
company $.‘10,000, which was in
fact a rebate to the bonding
company, the commission to the
employe K ing a fief it ions t rans
act ion.
The last legislature passed an
act permitting the board to sell
$l,.r)00,000 worth of bonds, led
it demanded par for them. The
directors have been unable to
sell them for that amount, no
doubt due to the failure of the
directors to see that interest on
the outstanding bonds was
promptly paid. Auditor Henni
gan stated in his report that this
had injured the credit of the
district in the money centers. %_
Reception For Miss Bridger.
Mrs. T. A. Hutchinson enter- .4
tained with a reception last Mon
day in honor of Miss Annie jl
Belle Bridger of Newport, who j ,
is the guest of Miss Mary Tinny. ’ i
The reception was from four to , |j
six and a large number of ladies . VI
called during the receiving H
1 in
hours. t|
Miss Bridger will leave for
Hope Wednesday, where she will |
spend a week with Galloway
college chums, after which she
will go to Little Rock to spend a
week with Mrs. Edward McDer
mott, who was formerly Misr.
Dell Park.— Nashville (Ark.)
News. __
We never have car-1
ned over any Oxfords,
and we don’t intend to
begin now—that s why
prices are so low.
NOTE THE VERY LOW PRICES:
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3.50 Regal Oxfords now.2.1 0
4.00 Regal Oxfords now.2.90
5.00 Regal Oxfords now.3.45
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6.50 Clapp Oxfords now.4.95
7.00 Clapp Oxfords now.4.95
Lest you forget, “Manhattan Shirt” Sale Now On
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