ows
Sfl) BUILDING
y Organized To
^ Brick Build
gtcond Street.
have anoth
brick business
the first fifty feet
[government build
he owned and con
gtock compay of lo
urs and will be a
lodge and city,
sin has been organ
cement and has
• commendable en
rolling the propo
rly $8,000 in stock
icribed, insuring the
i undertaking.
lots of j. W. Grubbs
treet are to be pur
10,000 and the cot
«me will be remod
de good rentable
fty feet will be used
building of pressed
is to be two or
d floor will either be
r two storebuildings
show auditorium,
itsge, balconies and
building is a three
lecond floor will be
for offices and the
D be arranged for
Hows Hall, whether
IS a two or tnree
building is to be of
odem type, with all
^ such as heating
and sewer connec
n Hotel Fire,
^dependent.
:k, Jan. 3.—The Fire
was called out Fri
on by an alarm of
eason’s Hotel, and a
congregated about
[. It was due to a
xplosion in the base
he blaze was readily
i without harm or
ee to the hotel and
Ire Husbands.
an. 2.—Vwenty
yoke too bur
ds who found
yoke too bur
dicted hree to
ral grand jury
radited and be
trial. One was
awaiar. Islands.
Big Pictures
■Opera House
■ SlYiP norm ki
baseball pic
LOVE
comedy fron
John Steppling
1 Miss Delaney
hostage
captured by Arab
hostage until Cai
the French sol
(laugh
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good pi<
NEWPORT’S REPLY
Newport Accepts the Evidence
and Many Newport Readers
Will Profit By It.
'
Which is the more weighty
proof—a few words from a
Newport resident, whom we
know and respect, or volumes
from strangers in distant
towns ? There can be only one
reply.
W. L. Hall, farmer, R. F. D.
No. 2, Box 97, Newport, Ark.,
says: “I have never lost an op
portunity during the past six
years to praise Doan’s Kidney
Pills, for what they have done
for me as well as others of my
family. They have made such
complete cures of Kidney trou
ble that it has not been necessa
ry for us to take them or any
other kidney medicine during
the past few years. One of the
family took Doan’s Kidney Pills,
procured at Dutton’s Drug
Store, (now Walker’s Pharma
cy), for trouble with the kid
ney secretions, together with a
weak and painful back. They
cured her and later I used them
for a similar complaint. Their
action in my case was just as
satisfactory and I was quickly
cured.”
rrice ouc, ax an ueaiers.
Don’t simply ask for a kidney
remedy—get Doan’s Kidney
Pills—the same that Mr. Hall
had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
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«
The High Cost of Living Solved
At Last.
Look here you have been pay-1
ing the other fellow’s bills. Now
on a cash basis what you save:
Porter House steak was 271/oC,;
now--- -25c
Loin steak was 25c now—22 l/i c
I Round steak was 22i/2cnow—20c
i Pork of all kinds was 22c and
now__16 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.
Fair Association Meeting.
The Jackson County Fair As
sociation will meet at 2 o clock
. Monday, January 5, at the court
house, for the purpose of per
fecting an organization and out
lining plans for the future.
The stockholders and all in
i terested in securing for this
county annual fair, are urged t<
be present and give the move
ment their encouragement anc
help. ^3d2
terested for this county annua
s fair are urged to be present ant
i give the movement your en
- couragement and help. 33d2
t
i- The Busy Helpers of the Pres
byterian church will meet at thi
home of Mrs. C. R- Pate Mon
day afternoon at 2:30 for th<
’• purpose of electing eofficers.
SCHUMANN HEINK
SIGNS CONTRACT
To Sing At Musical Festival In
Little Rock January
the 16th.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 3.—The Little
Rock Festival Chorus has closed
negotiations with Ernestine
Schumann-Heink. the world fam
ous contralto, to sing in Little
Rock or, the night of January
16. Schumann - Heink will sing
two numbers in German, and two
in English, and has promised to
be generous in responding to en
cores.
Miss Fletcher will accompany
Mme. Schumann-Heink, as a vio
linist, participating in the con
cert.
Mme. Schumann-Heink will ap
pear only in Little Rock on this
tour. In order to get her to Ar
kansas the Little Rock choral so
ciety had to guarantee a large
sum to the noted singer. In ad
dition to this, the society is Hav
ing the City Auditorium reno
vated for the occasion. The Au
ditorium has a seating capacity
of 2,000.
New Industry For Arkansas.
It has been learned that a
Northern capitalist, whose name
has not been ascertained, is con
templating putting in a large
cranberry farm in the L’Anguille
bottoms in Poinsett county.
The L’Anguille lake, which cov
ers a large amount of ground
and which has recently been
drained, is the site which is
prospected for, says the Jones
boro Sun. Cranberries are rais
ed in Michigan and other states
and the land on which they are
raised is irrigated along the
same lines as that which is used
for the growing of rice.
It is thought that the L’Angu
ille lake land will be an ideal
spot for the raising of cranber
ries as the drainage has left a
very rich deposit underneath,
which there is a hardpan, which
is under the prairie lands on
which irce is raised.
No cranberries have ever been
raised in this country and should
they be introduced it would prob
ably mean a great deal for this
section of the state.
New Year Looks Good.
'Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 3.—Judge C.
C. Waters, U. S. Referee in
Bankruptcy, reports that the
new year is opening up in a most
gratifying way. The readjust
ments following the beginning of
a new year frequently cause fail
j ures among mercantile and other
j enterprises, but there are none in
i prospect at this time.
For several months there have
jbeen only a very few failures
'and those of very small con
! cerns. The year 1914 opens with
prospects the most flattering for
an era of prosperity.
i Eyer Appeal Filed.
' Special to Independent.
1 Little Rock, Jan. 3.—A trans
1 cript has been filed in the su
■ preme court in the case of Mikt
• Eyer, of Jackson county, whc
was convicted of murder in th(
second degree on October 18, foi
- the murder of Neel O’Hare witl
’ a club, November 3, 1912, anc
' sentenced to ten years impris
; onment. He is under $7,50<
bail.
j
Satisfied With Arkansas.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 3.—J. W.
Dean, General Superintendent of
the Iron Mountain railroad, has
returned from a trip to the Pa
cific coast, and found awaiting
him a report that he had been e
lected General Manager of the
Texas & Pacific.
“Nothing to it,” replied Supt.
Dean, when questioned about the
report, “I am too well satisfied
with Arkansas, and want to stay
here for some time longer”.
The report stated that C. B.
Wildman, superintendent at
Van Buren, a post formerly held
by Mr. Dean, would succeed him.
The denial of the report is wel
come news to people who have
business with the Iron Mountain
for Mr. Dean is the most efficient
and courteous official the busi
ness men of Arkansas have had
to deal with in many years. He
is deserving of promotion, but
the business interests of Ark
ansas do not want to see him
leave.
Boone County Launches Fair.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 3.The Spur
lock & Webber Mercantile Co.,
of Mammoth Spring, was char
tered yesterday with a capital
stock of $25,000, of which $12,
800 has been subscribed. P. O.
Weller is president, and T. J.
Spurlock vice president.
The Boone County Fair Asso
ciation of Harrison, has been
chartered, with a capital stock of
$25,000, of which $15,000 has
been subscribed. The officers are
R. Newman, president; Carl
Pinch and J. N. Shelby, vice pres
idents ; Frank Kirby, secretary;
J. Mitchell, assistant seceretarv,
and C. M. Green, treasurer.
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 th(
court house, in Newport, Ark
C. M. Erwin.
J. E. Mann,
Executors of Estate oJ
F. G. Smith, deceased
d6.
I \
Autos For Farm Work.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 2.—Lee (
Hammett, a former Fort Smith
ian, who inherited a large acre- (
age at Homestead, Pa., adjoin-'
ing the Carnegie steel mills, has .
returned to Arkansas after an
extended absence to introduce
to the farmers of his native
state the auto tractor. Mr.
Hammett has opened an office in
the city and is now preparing to
travel over the state demonstra- i
ting the work of his machine, j
The tractor works by gears plac
ed on the rear axles of automo
biles, which give it motive pow
er. The tractor is manipulated j
by any sort of an automobile.
The aded use for the automobile *
on the farm, will no doubt prove
an incentive to many farmers of
the state to purchase automo
biles. This machine pulls plows,
threshing and mowing machines,
and does all sorts of farm work.
__ ,
1,100 To Withdraw.
Fort Smith, Jan. 2.—The Fort!
Smith Anti-Saloon League today
in fViA PAimtv r.Aiirf 1 OOO
applications of persons desirous
of withdrawing their signatures
from the petitions asking for li
censed liquor in this city. The
saloon petitions contain 7,000
signatures. Members of the lea
gue also announced today that
will question 2,500 signers of the
saloon petitions.
The saloon men, it is announc
ed today, say that signatures
cannot be withdrawn from their
petitions and they will demand
the presence in court on the tes
timony of every person desiring
! to withdraw. No date has been
| set for a hearing of the petitions,
j It is thought that there will be
; no hearing until January 12, at
least. One case of “lid lifting”
appeared in Police Court today.
Banks Clearings Increase.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 3.— The bank
1 clearings of Little Rock for the
year 1913 were $119,246,290.13,
as compared with $110,330,075
for the preceding year. This is
considered a most gratifying in
' crease, showing the prosperous
, condition of Little Rock business
conditions.
Entertains Senior Class.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Williams
gave a beautiful Christmas par
ty Friday evening in compli
ment to the members of the Se
nior class of the High school.
The rooms were tastefully ar
ranged in Christmas colors, al
so the class colors of green and
white. Progressive rook was
enjoyed at specially arranged
tables, on which a delicious
course luncheon was served af
ter the games.
Mrs. Williams proved a very
charming hostess and the mem
bers of the class were very ap
preciative of the courtesies ex
tended them. The members
present were Misses Stella Wal
lace, Carrie Harris, Rita Whit
ten, Nellie Snetser, Willie Over
ton Minor, Aline Mosby, Julia
Younger, Elizabeth Sprigg,
Frances Bailey and Mary Bains.
Messrs. Will Childers, Carl
Hirsch, Charles Minor, Allen
Martin, Walter Stallings and
Wylie McMinn.
Dyer Home Burns.
Cl A 1 „ .. ~ -f4- Iwm «I <1
uciiutuaj' ai vv,i uvvnj v v
o’clock, the residence of I. H.
Dyer, who sorr>e few days ago
lost his meat market by firev
was partially destroyed by fire,
which caught from a defective
flue.
The front rooms and furnish
ings were a total loss but the
rear rooms were saved.
The house belonged to the
late Dr. F. W. Smith and the
loss on this is covered by insur
ance, while Mr. Dyer had some
insurance on the furnitcre,
which it is thought, will-cover
the loss.
Eight And A Half Million In
crease.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 3.— The state
tax commission has received re
turns from thirty counties on the
assessfents for this year. These
show an increase of eight and a
half million dollars over the
1 preceding year, and Commission
I er Gates estimates that the ag
1 gregate increase will amount to
$18,000,000 or more.
You Gin Take Any Suit Or
Overcoat in the Store
at 4 off—None are reserved
Think what you save by buying now! The style that’s wanted, fabric and
rolor that’s “good” now is here. You are almost sure to find exactly what you
want if you come quick. The time has come to clear our cabinets to make way tor
the new spring garments soon to arrive, hence this important reduction in pnces tor
10 days only.__ ^
$30.00 Suits and Overcoats..—now $22.50 I
$25.00 Suits and Overcoats.—now 18.75 I
$20.00 Suits and Overcoats.-.now 15*®® I
$18.00 Suits and Overcoats..now J*5® I
$15.00 Suits and Overcoats..-.now 11,25 1
If you want to wear better clothes than ordinary without pay-1
ing'so much as is usually asked for the common kind, you want to I
attend this sale. f