Import Daily
■ ^ NEWPORT, ARKANSAS TUESDAY,
Iffcr
f (ity Office
ypAnnounces For
■ p, Umsted, C. R.
w. B. Grant
r Aldermen.
ibly,one 011 r mos1:
, and public spirited
Dess men, has an
s candidacy for may
city. He has always
, wide-awake interest
that were for the
(hand upbuilding and
ailing worker for her
,an of strong and pos
cter, enjoys the coll
ar citizens and his ca
properly discharge
of the office is un
ndidates of aldermen
resented their names
itation of friends, T.
and C. R. Pate from
ard and W. B. Grant
econd Ward. All are
citizens and business
lility and character,
make good officials.
Make Active Cam
paign.
ndependent.
ck, Jan. 6.—Prof. D.
of Jonesboro, who re
gistrar of the Jones
ultural School was a
he state capitol Mon
lled upon his oppon
Superintendent Geo
Prof. Rogers says
oposes to make an
paip for the office
Superintendent, visit
s'counties as possible
iw and the primary,
indent Cook, who has
leen a candidate fhr
rm, has formally an
s candidacy, and will
an active campaign.
“The plans now be
P«d by the Depart
Jducation for better
urban schools and of
omprehensive educa
dation on which the
°1 system may grow,
tinue.”
dety Elects Officers.
S'Helpers of the Pres
feh met with Mrs.
€ Monday afternoon
■finishincr tVlC lmcinoDC
year, elected officers
flio were Mrs. C. P.
President; Mrs. S.
vice president; Mrs.
Sink, secretary and
Blanschard, treasurer.
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0PTHE.UN,,|.ES
Prisoners Praise Sheriff.
' Sheriff McCuistion, after giv
ing the inmates of the county
jail a turkey dinner Christmas
day, received the following let
ter signed by the inmates of
the jail in expression of their
appreciation. The spelling, cap
italization and punctuation is as
per copy:
The Jackson county jail ant
so bad; after all it is the most
sanitary place you can enter For
a jail and Mr. McCuistion sees
that it is keep that way he ’s a
very good sheriff he treats us
all like Men some of us have
voied for him and we will again
when We get out and he has got
a very gentleman for a turn Key
Mr. Ivy For he has always got
a Pleasant Word For us and
treets ns all alike he has got no
Pets in here They give us a nice
Turkey dinner For thanksgiv
ing and one For Christmas. Our
dinner consisted of Roast Tur
key and Dressing Mashed Pota
tatoes, Cream Peas With Selery
Cran Barry Sause Fruit Cake
and Custard Pies. We all thank
Sheriff McCuistion and Mr. Ivy
For our Kind Treetment While
We have Ben in his care We
Want the Pepple of Jackson
County to no this ant so bad a
place as it is said to be For Mr.
McCuistion is Just the Man For
Sheriff or We think so now
there is seven Bound over Pris
oners in here and We all signed.
Inmates of County Jail.
Can’t Withdraw Names Is Rul
ing.
Arkansas City, Jan. 6.— The
petition for the sale of liquor
| in McGehee was taken up in the
j county court here today before
j Judge J. L. Parker. The pe
i titioners were represented by F.
| M. Rogers and P. S. Seamans.
|Jas. C. Knox and J. F. Wallace
represented the remonstrants.
The remonstrants filed a peti
I
jtion signed by several who ask
j ed that their names be stricken
jirom the liquor petition. Judge
i Parker held that no names could
»
be withdrawn from the liquor pe
tition after finding and that the
burden of proof was with the re •
monstrants. Each side had tok
»
en a census of McGehee. That
■of the petitioners showed 733
] adult inhabitants and that of
the remonstrants 924. The liq
uor petition filed contained 498
names. Many witnesses were
(introduced by both sides. After
j testimony and arguments of
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vvuiio^i moinifc -e.
Parker adjourned court.
Saloon Question At Standstill.
! Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 6.—The li
quor license situation in Little
1 Rock is in statu quo pending the
! legal publication of the petitions
for the granting of licenses foi
Little Rock and Argenta. The
saloons are closed in either city
It is also a noticeable fact that
there has not been a single ar
rest in Little Rock for drunk
enness since January 1st, where
as there was 181 arrests foi
that offense in December. Th<
, police court is almost deseited
i
Special Notice.
^Our phone being out of order
jail parties wishing to order coa
• or wood, and kindling. wl
I please turn the order in tt
Hafner Grocer Company, Phone
195. T
| (jX Dean & Hocking
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Continue Work
of Selling Stock
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Of Jackson County Fair Asso
. ciation— Site Committee
Is Named — Organiza
tion loiter.
The Jackson County Fair
movement was given further im
petus Monday, when at a meet
ing of stockholders held at tne
court house, the committee in
charge of the sale of stock, was
continued in office with full pow
er and instructions to employ a
solicitor or solicitors to present
the matter to the farmers and
business men of the countw to
enlist their support of the pro
ject. This committee is com
posed of W. A. Billingsley, A.
;T. Hubl.v and George R. Hays
A committee of three consist
ing of Norman Wolff', C. J. Saen
| ger and H. C. Sanders was chos
en to investigate and report up
on all desirable sites, that might
be purchased or leased.
The sense of the meeting was
that the full capital stock of
$10,000 should be sold if possi
ble. Letters were read by Sec
retary Hubly from officials of
the White County Fair and
Craighead County Fair, telling
of their methods, rules and suc
cess and offering valuable sug
rroof fho mnVl'inCP nf t.Hlfi
association.
To have a fail' this year, it is
necessary that the organization
be completed at an early date,
ior as soon as the complete list of
i stockholders can be ascertained
jand thus given a voice in the or
ganization of the assiciation.
The meeting was adjourned by
| Chairman W. R. Harvey until
i Monday, February 2, the open-1
ing day of circuit court.
I The White County fair has
| a paid in capital stock of $3,-j
1900 and has expended $1,500
Tor track, $866 for fences, $2,-!
! 000 for grand stand and exhibit
! halls, $620 for electrical and
j plumbing fixtures and $80 for
bridges, but in three fairs made
enough over expenses to pay
i the difference between capital
j stock and total cost of plant.
jThe Association leased its
grounds for 5 years with re
newal nrivilege.
The Craighead County Fair
is capitalized at $5,000, of which
$3,500 is paid up. The Associa
tion has partly paid for grounds,
jits track costing $952, while
fences, seats, office, stalls etc.,
cost $3,000.
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Tax Money To Be Increased.
J. I. Hastings, deputy sheriff
land collector, began the round
of the county Monday, his first
date being Johnston of Cache
township. County Clerk Geo.
L. Robinson had delivered to
him the tax books of the coun
ty, and the increases they
show over last year, will be of
!interest:
| 1913 1914
j State general—$11,570 $16,159
'Pension_ 9,917 10,773
Capitol-3,305 897
State school — 19,835 pi,546
County general—33,058 35,900
■Roads_ 19,835 21,546
With the increase in property
taxes, one might expect a cor
1 responding increase in poll
1 \ taxes, but such is not the case
for the number of poll taxes
j dropped from 5,222 in 1913 to
149,919 in 1914.
Judge Lankford Out 0<f Race.
Judge Eugene Lankford of
DeVall's Bluff, who intended !.>
get into the race for the demo
cratic nomination for congress,
from the second district to suc
ceed Congressman Oldfield, has
decided not to make the race.
This information was furnish
ed by Judge Lankford, who was
in Little Rock Saturday on his
way to Hardy, Sharp county,
where he convened court today,
having exchanged circuits with
Judge Meeks.
Judge Lankford says he has
found that he cannot make as
thorough a canvass as a con
gressional candidate should make
without neglecting his judicial
duties and this he declines to
do.
‘‘I think an officer should first
comply with the contract he
makes with the people when !
they elect him and prove faith-1
ful to his duty in the office he !
has before he asks the people
for other favors,” said Judge
Lankford.
Judge Lankford’s withdrawal
leaves the race to Congressman
Oldfield, who is seeking a fourth
term, and Chancellor George
Humphries of Fulton county.
It is evident to the people of
this section that the reason for
Judge Lankford’s getting out of
. 1 - • i 11 1 i_ l . x
me race is nut <utugcuin wiicu
he states. He says he could
not make a thorough canvass of
the district, and yet it is re
flected that he had already
made a pretty thorough cam
paign of the district before now,
and that he could have as much 1
time as either of the other gen-!
tlemen to make a campaign.
The fact is that Judge Lank- i
ford knew that with Judge Hum- j
phries in the race, he would i
have little chance in carrying
any of the nine counties in
Judge Humphries’ chancery cir
cuit, and that he could not be
elected without carrying some
of them.—Batesville Guard.
The High Cost of Living Solved
At Last.
Look here you have been pay
ing the other fello'w’s bills. Now1
on a cash basis what you save:
Porter House steak was 27Vj>c,
now_ _25c
Loin steak was 25c now__22Vic
Round steak was 22>/2cnow__20c
•*-> 1 f 11 OOr. nn/1
ruin, ui an aiuwo
now__2-.3c
All other meats in proportion at
the Busy Corner. Come over
and see just what this saves.
You buy 4 paunds meat per day
this is 10c; thirty, days $3.00;
one year $36; Ten years $360.
You have saved two years’ liv
ing in ten years. Isn’t this
good? Now come.on and let us
have 1914 the best year and the
most agreeable year of all our
lives and get out of the rut of
paying other fellows’ bills, as
well as interest on draggy ac
counts. Come one, come all to
the Busy Corner, where all get
the same treatment.
Respectfully,
34d6t W. B. Chastain.
Notice.
Lots 5 and 6 of Lyon’s Second
Addition to the City of New
port. will be sold to the highest
bidder on January 8,1914, at the
court house, in Newport, Ark.
C. M. Erwin.
J. E. Mann,
Executors of Estate oi
F. G. Smith, deceased
d6.
Attempt Suicide
Girls Save Life
J. Willis Nelson, Who Married
Newport Girl, Plans to Kill
Self, but Changes His
Mind.
Fort Smith, Jan. r>.—Tele
phone girls today saved the life
of J. Willis Nelson, a traveling
man. better known as “Sunny
Jim.” He had planned to kill
himself, but after inhaling gas
for two hours decided it was a
cowardly way to die. For a
time the operators believed Nel
son's signal for help was the
work of a child at play.
Brooding over domestic trou
bles and financial embarrass
ment. Nelson says he decided to
kill himself. His wife hal left,
he says, and when alone in his
home, he locked himself in his
bathroom. Lying down in the
bath tub, he turned on the gas
into an open stove, and awaited
death. He lost consciousness,
but after a time revived.
“My head was swimming,”
said Nelson today, in describing
his landscape. “I saw nothing
but blue flashes in front of me.
My mouth was at white heat. 1
heard strange sounds. 1 cannot
describe them they were so
weird. I tried to cry, but I could
not utter a sound. My throat
was parched so dry that it seem
ed to me as hard as steel, only
hot enough to burn.
“1 fhought the end was com
ing any second. How I suffered
for just one gasp of fresh air.
Then I resolved that 1 would not
die like a coward, but would save
myself. How I ever unlocked
the bathroom door I’ll never
know. The only thing I can
remember was u hen I cried"
into the telephone, ‘(bis—1 am
dying!’ ”
For more than 15 mjnutes.
there was a constant signal
at the telephone exchange from
Nelson’s telephone. The opera
tor repeatedly inquired, “Numb
er?” but receiving no response.
, she thought a child was playing
with the instrument. The chid
operator was summoned, and
she detected a groan. The pi
'son at the other end finally as
ed for a number, that of Ne!
son’s Mother-in-law. The lull*
did not answer, and when ilc
operator attempted to make a
report to Nelson she could not,
“rab'c” him. His signal came
(back shortly, and lie groaned:
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was closed. A moment later ii
was opened. ‘‘(las- dying”,
breathed a faint voice.
1 The operator who had traced
I the call to Nelson’s home, ad
vised his neighbors. Then she
summoned physicians and the
^ Department pulmotor. Neigh
I bors broke down a door and
found Nelson lying unconscious
! by his telephone. Half an hour
| later the pulmotor had revived
I him. It developed that while he
| was trying to summon assist
ance by telephone he became un
conscious and then unable to
regain his senses.
Nelson was out of danger this
afternoon.
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makes the clothes clean ancS
sweet as when new. All Grocers.
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