THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
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The Arkansas Democrat shows
a disposition to jibe Mr.
Brundidge, to irritate him and
belittle him again by asking him
harassing questions. It was
Mr. Brundidge’s right to say
whether he would or would not
contest the election, and it was
his right not to say if he want
ed to, until the committee met.
—Batesville Guard.
His Credit Was Too Good.
In the course of an address
before the New York Master
Printers’ Association, Mr. Frank
D. Griffith, the credit man of
Earnhardt Bros. & Spindler,
told the following story:
“The evil of too much credit
reminds me of the young man
calling on his best girl. She in
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would be her birthday, but she
refused to tell him how old she
really was.
“He told her would send her a
bouquet, one rose for each year.
“The next morning he tele
phoned his florist to send two
dozen American Beauty roses to
the young lady.
“His credit with the florist
was good. Said the uorist to
his assistant: ‘This chap is a
good customer, and we want to
keep his trade; let’s put three
dozen roses in that order instead
of two.’
“And the fellow hasn’t found
out yet why the girl won’t speak
to him.
That’s an example of too much
credit.”
—Memphis News-Scimitar.
Batter Keep the Boy.
At nightfall the Junior partner'* ex
ultatlon of the day oh -nged to ohagrla
end he clamored no'«My for the errand
hoy's dismissal.
“Better think it over,” the senior
partner advised.
"Why waste time tn thinking,’* the
Junior retorted, "when he a got to got
Kero I am, lying awake every night
for x week planning an effective wtn
flow decoration, which ix turned into e
laughing stock the first day by the
■tupldity of that hoy, who leaves three
yards of blue woolen dust rag draped
firouml silver tankards and trays of
diamonds."
"Weil.” said the elder jeweler,
“people stopped and looked, didn’t
they!**
Tea, bat what of It? That «lus»
fafT* growled the Junior.
“That'a why I advise you to keep
’.he boy,” advised the senior mildly. "If
*t hadn't been for him I am afraid no
body would have looked at ail”
Two Pickerel on One Line.
A humble and honest fisherman
who eet his traps for pickerel on a
Maine pond the other day Is ready tc
make affidavit as follows: “I hereby
declare on oath that 1 did catch two
pickerel ou o^e hook. The first pick
erel swallowed the bait and didn’t
like 1L Apparently he tried to cough
It up. At any rate he spewed the
hook out under his gills and It floated
off In the water to be grabbed by a
second pickerel. Thue there oame ay
two pickerel, all strung on a PnT.—
Lew la ton Journal
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Juvenile Dancing Party.
Little Miss Elizabeth Gregg
was the honored guest Friday
evening at a dancing party giv
en in her honor at the Elks’
i Home by Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Stayton.
Before the close of the public
school the hostess promised E
| lizabeth Gregg a party if she
made the highest grade in the
'school, which she did, and the
promise to her was fulfilled last
[evening when a large number of
little folks were invited by Mr.
and Mrs. Stayton to be their
guests for the evening.
The Newport orchestra fur
nished music and the whole af
fair was a charming one. Fruit
punch was served during the ev
ening.
A special feature dance was
the “Columbine” by Miss An
toinette Bond and was very
gracefully executed.
Those present were little Mis
ses and Messrs.
Elizabeth and Fannie Gregg,
Janet Henry, Muffet Martin,
Alcorn Minor and Launcelot Mi
nor. Adelaide Pate, Frak Jones,
Harry Brandenburg, Norman
Campbell, Shelby Campbell. Wal
lace Dutton, Lawrence Bevans,
Tom Harder, Chas. Hipolite. Jr.,
Hiram Jeffery, James Jeffery,
Dorothy- Stephens, Freeman Ir
by, Margaret Van Dyke, Mar
garet Lawrence, Matilda Wil
mans and James Edward Wil
mans, Clyde Wood, Sara and
Rosa Robertson, Neill Phillips,
Carolyn Jones, Albert Bevans,
Mary Madeline Hocking, Hazel
Morris, Allen Martin, Antoin
ette Bond, Virginia and Eliza
beth Blanshard, Elise Hirsch,
Mildred Reamey, Lawton Hite,
Wylie and Will McMinn.
Among the grown-ups pres
ent were Misses Bessie Watson,
Leah and Ellen Jones, Hortense
Hite, Jamie and Lizzie Irby;
Clay Childers, Adam Loekard,
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Roy Hinkle, Warren Dunaway,
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hite, Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Gregg, Mr. and
Mrs. B. B. Bond and Mrs. T. -J.
Wats.:..
WORDS FROM HOME
Statements That May Be Inves
tigated. Testimony of
Newport Citizens.
When a Newport citizen
comes to the front, telling his
friends and neighbors of his ex
perience, you can rely on his sin
cerity. The statements of peo
ple residing in far away places
do not command your confidence.
Home endorsement is the kind
that backs Doan’s Kidney Pills.
Such testimony is convincing.
Investigation proves it true. Be
low is a statement of a Newport
resident. No stronger proof of
merit can be had.
Joseph F. Brown, farmer, R.
F. D. No. 2, Box 61 A., Newport,
Ark., says: “I suffered off and
on for several years from kid
1 ney complaint. The kidney se
cretions passed irregularly, the
flow usually being too frequent
and obliging me to get up at
night. Dull, heavy pains seated
themselves in the small of my
back and when I stooped, sharp
twinges darted through me. I
went from bad to worse until I
got Doan’s Kidney Pills at Dut
ton’s Drug Store, (now Walker’s
Pharmacy.) A few boxes cured
tt
me.
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s
—and take no other. (Adv.)
Stradtvarius aa Toy.
A STtradlvarlus worth $12,000 hat
been purchased by a violinist at Straa
burg, Germany, for $1.60 from a little
boy who was dragging it about fuli
Of sand aa a toy cart.
Music Class Recital.
The music class of Miss Lucy
Brandenburg gave its semi-an
nual recial at the High school
auditorium Friday evening when
the parents and friends of the
large class were present to hear
the splendid selections rendered.
The stage was beautifully set
with palms and ferns, which was
a pretty addition to the beauti
fully dressed class.
The excellent program ren
dered was very creditable in
deed to all and showed hard
work on the part of the pupils
and the thoroughness as a teach
er of Miss Brandenburg.
Three medals were given for
efficient work, the first going to
Leo Saenger, who has made
great progress indeed. Miss
Dorothy Stephens won the se
cond medal for the greatest im
provement made in the past six
months and Katherine McKen
zie was also the winner of a
medal for excellent work.
Among the class who deserve
honorable mention are Lucia
Loftin, Katherine Whitson, Jus
tine Hays, Frances Bailey, Velta
; Younger and Lina Mae Burkett.
The following is the full pro-gram rendered:
1. Duet. Bever
LUCY BRANDENBURG, INEZ GRANT
2. Melody (Melodie).F- Thorne
HELEN HURLEY
3. Summer Shadows..Chas. E. Mellinger
JESSIE KIDD
4. The Merrv Dance. Guriitt
ROBERT HURLEY
*s. Under the Lindens. . Beaumont
JUSTINE HAYS
6. Flower Fairies.J- S. learis
LEO SAENGER. KATHERINE WHITSON
7. Chimes of Normandv..H, Harmon
‘ MINNIE COLLIER
5. Bad Bo*.Frank Bristow
The First Ball.A. Forster
LEO SAENGER
9. Tarantella Op. 160. No. 5.Giece
DOROTHY STEPHENS
10. Dance of the Frolics..Guriitt
LAVERTA HAYS
11. Prelude Op. 8 No. 1.H. Pachulski
Dance of The Dwarfs.Krentzlin
KATHERINE WHITSON
12. Campus Dreams.Edmund Blake
FRANCES BAILEY, NELLIE SNETZER
13. Intermezzo Op. 10 No. 4.G. Karganoff
KATHERINE McKENZIE
14. Selection.Theo Dubois
LINA MAE BURKETT
15. Tarantella In Am. Op. 99.J. Raff
Celestial Harmoies from Mascagnis.
Cavalleria Rusticana..
LUCIA LOFTIN
16. Solfeggietto.Bach
NELLIE SNETZER
17. Staccato-Caprice.Max Vogrich
Valse Chromatique Op. 88. Godard
FRANCES BAILEY
18 Trio .Mendelssohn
FRANCES BAILEY, LUCY BRANDENBURG, NELLIE SNETZER
Awarding of Honors and Presentation of Medals.
_Alcorn Ferguson
Ushers.Chas. Minor, Allen Martin, Carl Hirsch, Wiley McMinn
Yes, He Can.
To the Independent.
Can a man be a successful law
yer and officer and at the .-same
time be a true, devoted Chris
tian? This question once puzzled
the writer very much, for he ex
pected to be a lawyer. Man.',
people said: “You cant be a
good lawyer and at the same
time be a Christian. I admit
that it was quite a problem for
me. but some of the lawyers that
I have met since then have pro'»
en to me that a man can be a
successful lawyer and at the
same time a loyal, true Chris
tian.
Hear what one of his home pa
pers has to say of the lament
ed Judge J. B. Wood of Hot
Springs.
“A few days ago Judge J. B.
Wood anticipated that soon he
would be called to answer the
last summons. Brave in death,
as he always was in life, and
“Like one who wraps the drap
ery of his couch about him. and
lies down to pleasant dreams,
he awaited the call. There need
be no monument erected to the
life of this great and noble man
in Hot Springs. Here where his
life has been lived, his memory
will last forever, and within the
hearts of the people, who love
and cherish a noble example, an
inscription is already written
that will be most lasting ana
more useful than all eulogies
ever carved on tabets of marble.
The voice stilled in death was
the voice of the righteous. The
hands cold in death, and tenderly
laid across his lifeless body, are
the hands that were always rais
ed against wrong.” — Hot
Springs Sentinel-Record.
So the great work done by
•Judge Wood as Prosecuting At
torney and Judge of his district
and especially in Hot Springs,
while he was at the same time a
true Christian and loyal church
member, is a strong affirmative
answer to this question.
With the kindest of feelings
for all I want to say that one of
the great needs of our town is
Christian lawyers, with convic
tion enough to fight for law en
forcement and righteousness.
Oh! for a man of the J. SB.
Wood stripe, who would do for
Newport what Wood did for
Hot Springs. Then people could
no longer speak of our town as
one of the most immoral places
in Arkansas. Places of business
would be closed on Sunday, and
our town would attract the high
est class of citizens instead of
bootleggers and thieves.
These words are not intended
as a thrust at anyone, but to en
courage men, especially lawyers,
to stand for law enforcement,
purity and righteousness. Now,
if you stand for right and right
eousness, you will w'in out. Here
is for more true Christian law
yers. We need them badly.
S. D. Grumbles.
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Lighten the Housework
A plain iron sink returns very
little for the effort spent upon it.
A few minutes spent in cleaning a
Standard" white enameled sink
and you have a veritable beauty
spot of radiance.
Our catalogue of sinks is very
interesting with its wall hanging,
corner and recess patterns. It is
j free to all interested in good
! plumbing and good fixtures.
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