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j I TO BE JUNE 21
(lOcratic State Committee
Itcs Date For Nomination
of Candidate for Gover
nor.
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i£al to Independent.
e $itle Rock, April 8.—The
y nocratic state committee in
~ sion at the Hotel Marion to
. r, fixed Saturday, June 21 as
l j date for holding a primary
nominate a candidate for gov
ior and issued a proclamation
the above effect.
I|k:ing Governor J. M. Futrell
* Called a special election to
jjjfa successor to Senator Rob
son, the date of the election
i§£ fixed for July 23 and as
j law requires that 20 days be
l b the state election commis
j|Sprs to certify the nominees
|the various counties of the
w, it was necessary that the
tmary be held some time in
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i : Memphis Levee Breaks.
Memphis, Tenn., April 8.— j
he Mississippi river levee at j
Bves Bayou, Ark., 25 miles !
ijttith of Memphis, collapsed ear-1
r this morning. |
[The embankment, which was
[ sandy soil, gave way at its [
fese and crumbled rapidly. Wa-;
pr coming through the break
rill overflow parts of Critten
en, Lee and St. Francis coun
ies, Arkansas. So far as can be
scertained no loss of life occur
ed, those in immediate proxim
ity to the embankment having
already moved to higher ground, j
The water will make its way ,
back into the Mississippi through i
the St. Francis river.
Coincident with the flood of j
last year when several levees j
went out when the river reached
a 'jgtage of 45.3 feet here, the
gauge at 11 o’clock last night;
showed a height just above the
45.3 foot mark.
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Oldfield Makes Recommenda
tions.
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Washington, April 7.—While j
no nominations were sent to the
Senate today by President Wil
son, the federal plums are ex
pected to begin falling tomorrow
and in anticipation of that long
ed-for event, the Arkansas con
gressmen are now sending their ;
Postmastership recommenda- j
tions to Postmaster" General;
Burleson. As a recommendation .
in most cases is equivalent to an i
appointment, the Arkansas post-1
mastership patronage question '
is at present a live issue.
.Congressman Oldfield of the ;
Second Arkansas district has
sent in the recommendation of
l|rs. L. H. Hall to be postmis
tress at Pocahontas, and that of
f Dr. J. E. Pringle to be postmas- J
pl|r at Hoxie. The offices pay
Up,500 and $1,400, respectively.
ft Page To Deliver Address.
^Special to Independent.
^Little Rock, Apirl 8.— John
dp. Page, Commissioner of Agri
culture, left Monday night for
Chicago to attend the first an
nual conference of Marketing
ind Farm Credits. He will de
liver an address on, “Why is not
tt£ Farmer Efficiently Organiz
ed?’
I t SPECIAL MUSIC SALE
$ Anything in our window—this
Eipeek only—10c per copy.
BARKER’S.
Batesville 8, Tuckerman 3.
Batesville, April 7.—In the
first real ball game of the sea
son Saturday, the Batesville
High School team defeated the
High School boys from Tucker
man by a score of 8 to 3.
The Tuckerman lads were out
classed in team work from the
beginning of the game, the lo
cals showing on most occasions
good headwork and played at
times like veterans.
Three times the bases were
filled with Tuckerman runners, j
with no one down, and as many \
times Carl McMillan, the classy '
little twirier for the Batesville [
boys, settled down and with ex
cellent support, retired the visi-:
tors without a run.
Nance, for Tuckerman, pitch
ed a nice game, striking out fif
teen men and allowing three
clean hits, and with the support
that was given the Batesville
pitcher, could have told “the
folks at home” of a much closer
game, to say the least of it.
The Tuckerman boys are good,
game losers, telling the winning
team how they expect to “hand
it to ’em” when the return game i
is played at Tuckerman.
The game was witnessed by a
fair crowd of fans, and no doubt j
their next game will have a |
mucn larger anenaance, since it i
is known what a classy aggrega-;
tion of ball players the High !
school has.
Score by Innings.
Batesville .2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0-8
TuckWn.O 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0-3
Summary.
Two base hits, England, W.!
Coe; stolen bases, E. Carpen- J
ter, J. Carpenter, Taylor, Fug
ett, Skinner, Rice; Double play, j
Trevathan to Taylor; wild
pitch, 1; struck out by Nance
15, by McMillan 3; bases on
balls off Nance 5; off McMillan,
1. Time of game, 1:55; um
pire, Stein.
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Places of Historical Note.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 7. |
—During the years of 1863 and
1864, a red line of battle was !
stretched across a portion of the ]
south, practically extending1
from Louisville, Ky., to Atlanta,!
Ga., and on to Charleston, S. C. :
The Chattanooga territory re-1
ceived the entire force of this
shock. All the way from Chat-1
tanooga to Atlanta the roar of
battle was almost constant. Be- j
ginning with Chickamauga, and
ending with the evacuation of
Atlanta by the Confederate
forces in 1864, the ploughshare
of war was driven deeply into
this soil. Railroads have allow
ed stop-over privileges at all of j
these battlefields on tickets to i
the Confederate reunion here i
May 27-29, so that all who desire j
to view these points of historic
interest may do so without addi- i
tional cost.
Ten Terms As Alderman.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 8.—Little
Rock claims one of the oldest
aldermen in point of service in
the state. Louis Volmer, alder-,
man from the Sixth Ward, Mon
day night entered upon his
tenth term, or 19th consecutive
year of service in the city coun
cil, and Henry McCain, one of
the youngest members, in a neat
speech felicitated him upon his
long and honorable career. This
is very unusual as ordinarily a
member does not last longer
than two terms yntil his consti
tuents want a change.
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ARCHITECT CALLS
EOR CLEARING
Of Government Building Site
And Contract Will Probably
Be Advertised Soon.
That Newport will probably
secure the government building
at a much earlier date than had
been generally anticipated,
seems almost certain from the
fact that. Postmaster J. W.
Grubbs has received a letter
from the supervising architect
of the Treasury Department at
Washington, requesting him to
have the government building
site at the corner of Hazel and
Second streets cleared of all
buildings and waste material
within 60 days, preparatory to
the advertising and letting of a
contract for the construction of
the proposed building.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Wallace
have begun preparations to va
cate their cottage which is to be
torn down soon.
Sid, the King of Newsboys and
Bootblacks Visits Newport.
“Sid” was born on the Bowery
in New York City 19 years ago.
lie began selling papers at y
years of age and started a tour
of the world at 11 years old. He
was in Japan and China at 13
years of age. He has never seen
his father or mother and hasn’t
gone to school n day in his life.
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His education was gotten read
ing newspapers. He says while
in Egypt he learned the luck
sign of the Sun God, which he
will wish on every one who buys
an Independent from him today.
He claims to have sold papers to
the kings and queens of coun
tries all over the world.
His highest record for one day
was in New York City, where
he sold 1600 papers in one day
at the time of the Titanic disas
ter. Sid has lectured to audi
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sell papers. He tells of the not
ed men in history who started
their careers as newsboys.
Sid was in Portugal at the
time King Manuel was dethron
ed because of his infatuation
with Gaby Deslys and King Al
fonso of Spain gave him a medal
that permitted him to ride on
the railroads free of charge. He
visited Italy, Greece, Russia,
China and Japan before return
ing to America ten months ago.
Among the notables to whom
Sid has sold newspapers are J.
D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan,
Helen Gould, John J. Astor,
King Edward, Gaby Deslys,
Czar Nicholas, Kaiser Wilhelm,
the Mikado of Japan, Emperor
Franz Josef and King Leopold.
“When I sold papers to John
D. Rockefeller,” says Sid, “he
always waited for his change,
but Gaby Deslys never waited.”
Sid is working his way to San
Francisco for the world’s fair.
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Miss Reichart Cannot Come.
Miss Reichart. who was to
have delivered the principal ad
dress at the opening entertain
ment of the new high school
building, has written President
Boyce of the Board of Education
that she will be unable to be
hert* Thursday evening as she
will attend the General Educa
tional Association convention in
j Washington, I). C. and the local
j entertainment has been indefin
itely postponed for a brief pe
riod until Miss Reichart can at
tend, when a School Improve
ment Association will be organ
ized.
Monroe County Auto Club.
Brinkley, April 7.—The Mon
I roe County Automobile Associa
tion has been organized, with
the following officers: Dr. F. T.
Murphy, president; Dr. E. T.
McKnight, vice president; and
! H. G. Mitchell, secretary. An
(executive committee was elected
j composed of E. L. Woodfin, Dr.
T. J. Stout, Attorney G. F.
Greenlee, R. W. McCleery and
I William B. Folsom, to plan the
work of the association in im
proving the roads in this county,
(and County Judge S. T. Hollo
way was asked to help with the
work. H. G. Mitchell was elect
|ed delegate to the Arkansas Au
! tomobile Association, which will
meet in Little Rock April 23.
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| Futrell Returns to Capitol.
I Special to Independent,
i Little Rock, April 8.—Gover
nor Futrell. who has been at
home and inspecting the flood
district for several days, return
ed to his office Monday night.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The First National Bank
of NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
At the close of business April 4, 1913.
RESOURCES.
I Loans and Discounts.$449,763.47
| Overdrafts, secured and
1 unsecured . 3,615.88
U. S. Bonds to secure
circulation . 50,000.00
To secure Postal Savings. . 5.000.00
Other bonds to secure
Postal Savings. 970.50
Bonds, Securities, etc. 5,459.11
Banking House, Furniture,
and Fixtures. 6,000.00
; Due from National Banks
(not reserve agents).... 52,781.04
| Due from State and Pri
i vate Banks and Bankers,
Trust Companies, and
( Savings Banks. 9,935.72
; Due from approved Reserve
Agents . 25,797.34
Checks and other Cash
Items . 1,801.37
I Notes of other National
Banks. 5,470.00
Fractional Paper Curren
* cy. Nickels, and Cents.. 499.13
Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz:
j Specie.$15,768.70
Legal Tender
; Notes . 22,000.00 37,YU*.YU
! Redemption fund with
i U. S. Treasurer (5
per cent of circulation). 2,500.00
I Total.$057,368.20
LIABILITIES.
I Capital stock paid in.$ 50,000.00
i Surplus fund. 50,000.00
Undivided Profits, less
Expenses and Taxes
Paid . 111,920.31
. National Bank Notes
Outstanding . 49,000.00
i Due to State and Private
Banks and Bankers. 10,177.73
Dividends unpaid. 50.00
i Individual deposits sub
ject to check. 379,596.43
. Demand certificates of de
i posit . 81.00
Cashier’s checks out
standing . 1,259.00
Postal Savings deposits... 4,677.79
Total .. .$657,368.26
State of Arkansas, County of Jack
son, ss:
I, W. T. Parish, Cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to
the best of mv knowledge and belief.
W. T. PARISH, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 8th day of April, 1913.
J. E. DOHERTY, JR.,
Notary Public.
My Commission expires September
10th, 1916. f
Correct—Attest:
NORMAN C. WOLFF,
H. C. SANDERS,
W. A. BILLINGSLEY,
Directors.
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Robert Hart Re-Elected.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 8.—At a
meeting of the State Board of
Charitable Institutions Mon
day, Secretary Robert W. Hart
was re-elected, for a third term.
There was one other candidate
presented, but Mr. Hart re
ceived the unanimous vote of
the board.
The election of the heads of
the various institutions and
other officers and employes was
deferred for a month, until the
May meeting. There are a num
ber of applicants for the various
positions.
Railroad to Make Fight.
Fort Smith, April 7.—The
Kansas City Southern railroad
today applied in the United
States Court for an injunction to
restrain the city of Gravette
from interfering with its trains,
numbers 2 and 4, recently inau
gurated passenger trains. The
last legislature enacted a law
compelling the railroad to stop
these trains at Gravette. The
road has refused to do so and the
city is preparing to collect a pen
alty of $25 a day which the law
provides.
The injunction suit is directed
against Mayor A. C. Veach C 3
shal T. G. Hertwich, Shfjfi-y «
T.Blake of Bentonville, P'1111/ rd
ing Attorney C. A. 1 ^1'oung gra
reka Springs, and all ;
the peace and constJre<* for sa
county.
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Leases Hot**
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C. A. Sav
spent Mor
they close
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of the Boas-Gibson hotel, which
is nearing completion at that
place.
The building which is being e- V
rected by Contractor Henry Les- f d
meister of Jonesboro, is to be y
modern in every way with up-to- W
date conveniences. As soon as C
completed it will be newly fur
nished and a grand opening is
planned the day the hotel is
ready for the public, July 1st.
Mr. McDougald will be the
general manager, but has not
decided who he will have as a
resident manager.
Moving
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