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Tons Of Turkeys.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 5.—Almost
a ton of turkey will be consumed
by the state’s wards at their
Christmas dinner. The state
has provided 1725 pounds of
turkey for the Blind and Deaf
institutions, and the State Hos
pital for the Treatment of Ner
vous Diseases.
In addition, to this five bar
rels of cranberries have been
purchased to go with the tur
key. There will also be oranges,
mince meat for pies, bananas,
nuts of all kinds, candies, and
toys for the inmates of the state
hospital as well as those of the
other institution. The state will
this year see that its wards have
as happy a Christmas as most
children who have homes of
their own in which to receive
the visit from Santa Claus.
State Has Cotton to Sell.
Little Rock, Dec. 5.—If a bid
der can be found who will pay a
satisfactory price for the state
cotton, 800 bales, samples of
which are now on display at the
Capitol, the Penitentiary Board
will on Friday dispose of the lot.
The state sold 475 bales some
weeks ago at 13 1-4 cents per
pound. This cotton was a shade j
higher in grade than the 800
bales now offered for sale.
There has been no offers made
on this cotton; An intimation
that the cotton mightgkqjdupu
that the cotton might bring
121/2 cents per pound was made
by a cotton buyer a week ago,
but he would not bid that price
for it at the time. It the state
sells the cotton Friday, it will
be in a position to pay off all the
outstanding accounts against
the penitentiary.
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Notice of Sale of Lands.
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned as Executors
of the Last Will and Testament
of F. G. Smith, deceased, will
on the second Monday in Janu
ary 1912 apply to the Probate
! Court of Jackson County, Ark
ansas, for an order to sell lot
4, in block 3, of McLain & Hold
en’s Addition to the City of
Newport, Arkansas, for the
'purpose of paying the debts of
said deceased.
vided the city into three dis
tricts and prescribes a certain
number of days in which sewer
connection must be made by all
property owners.
District One, embracing that
part of the city north and east
of Bridge avenue, Third street
and Pine street, 150 days time
allowed.
District Two, embracing ter
ritory east of Third street to
Sixth" street, 180 days.
District Three, remainder of
the city, 210 days.
The council took no action up
on a lighting contract or fran
chise, as the company had not
submitted a proposition in writ
ing.
The printing of the revised
ordinances of the city was let to
the Democrat upon the bid sub
mitted. Council adjourned to
meet next Monday evening.
The White River Dam.
The dam across White river
4-^ iMii 14- -P/-W* fViA HvoT.irrTvf I
and Power Co., and to be known
as the “Ozark Dam” is located
8 miles northeast of Branson on
the road to Forsyth and three
miles this side of Forsyth. It is
16 miles by the River to the
dam site.
The Amburson Hydraulic Con
struction Co., of Boston has the
^contract and the work will be
done by the White River Con
struction Co., of Boston with
headquarters at Branson and
(Forsyth. The dam will be 1,200
feet long and 40 feet above bed
rock. It will furnish a mini
mum of 6,000 horse power and
up to 15,000.
Two tug boats andl4 barges
and one dispatch boat are near
ly completed or else launched in
'the river here and being loaded
with machinery for the con
struction work.
The right to build it was
granted by congress and all dam
ages for overflow of land is be
ing settled rapidly or will go to
the U. S. Court for appraise
'ment. It will make the White
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the largest lake of water in
South Missouri. The effect of
'this lafie on making the land
close to the river on the north
!side and all land south of the
river free from late frosts in the
spring will be of incalculable
i this section of Missouri
fruit. — Branson,
tel.
>rds an ideal loca
construction of a
White river; the
■h would be incalcu
both sides of the
ttion of facto
etc., as well as
lights and energy j
"" j; of short line ■
other points.—I
young and buoyant as they were
in the days of wondering adoles
cence.
One such is Col. Tom W. Neal,
of Dyersburg, who, as is his
custom, attended the great
Methodist conference held in
Memphis recently, and who has
been attending the Mantell en
gagement at the Lyceum thea
ter. To him these great plays,
greatly presented, were a
source of rare enjoyment, they
have been for many years, be
cause he is still impressionable
—“wax to receive and marble to
retain.” -His boy’s heart reveled
in the art of them, and his ma
ture judgment found undimin
ished pleasure in their ripened
truths. The summit of wisdom
is reached when one learns to
meet Time without paying tri
bute to him.
And Col. Tom is lucky beyond
the usual experience of mortals.
The other day a passenger fell
from train up the road and
plunged into a stream. He was
rescued and it was found that
his breeches legs were filled with
fish.
Col. Tom plunged into jour
nalism for half a century, and
i i _ r? _a _i 1__
WIlCll lie WHO HOIICU. VUl AIV-/ VVCAO
found to have money enough to
establish a bank.
His greatest and most prized
asset, however, is the unmiti
gated love and unlessened num
bers of his friends and admir
ers.—Memphis News-Scimitar.
Beneficial Periodical.
The Confederate Veteran,
Nashville, Tenn., requests no
tice in every Southern newspa
per. It disseminates informa
tion about soldiers of the war on
both sides; it has long repre
sented officially every Con
federate organization, and is
enthusiastically supported by
•the men and women who are fa
miliar with it. While ardently
loyal, as its name indicates, it
is so dignified in tone and so pa
triotic that it maintains not on
ly the respect but the good will
of “the other side.”
The veteran is doing an im
portant work in helping to es
tablish records for dependent
men who wore the gray and the
widows of such who seek pen
sions. Besides, it secures inter
communication between friends
of the long ago whose inquiries
are printed gratuitously.
The Veteran is printed on fine
paper and is illustrated with
High-class engravings. It is one
of the most creditable maga
zines in the country (price $1
a year), and the Editor prides
himself in the assertion that in
the distribution of over four
millions of copies he has not
heard of fourteen complaints.
S. A. Cunningham, the found
er, who has been at the helm
these ninteen years, requests
this notice and that all who may
be interested will write a postal
for sample copy.
Log Cotters Wanted.
To cut oak, hickory, gum and!
cypress, will scale in the woods if
they lay over one pay day. Also i
want logging teams.
Plenty of houses for laborers.
Jacob Gierich, Auvergne, Ark.
90d & w
and his text was found in Isiaah l
56:6: “All we like sheep have
turned everyone to his own way;'
and the Lord hath laid on him
the iniquity of all.”
Sam Jones, the first time he
went to speak at Tyler, Texas,
walked out on the stage and
said “you have * heard of Sam
Jones. He is now before you.
I will give you 2 minutes to look
at him; time is going, time is
gone; now I will give you 2
minutes to look at yourself.
Time is going.” At this time a
man said “Sam this is enough
for me. I looked at myself and
I am the biggest scoundrel in
Texas. I will accept Christ as
my Saviour just now.”
There have been more com
ment about me since coming to
Newport—about a man that has
been so low in sin, but now is
preaching the gospel.
A lady had two handkerchiefs
and one was very dirty and the
aI-Lat* olirpViflxr anilorl WQcIl.
ed them in the same soap and
water and then she could tell no
difference in them. ,
Thanks be unto God. By His
stripes we are healed. Jesus’
blood can wash us clean. Many
black goats get into the church
and lead many astray. Some
of you parents, the way you talk
before your children, they have
lost confidence in you, and many
will be lost because of it.
Business man, when do you
expect to accept Christ and quit
using your influence to destroy
souls ?
Everybody in this tent is in
sheep or goat company. The
black sheep in the church that
follow after the goats and lead
others into goat society. A
great many people came into the
church that never was anything
else but a goat.
If you expect your children to
be decent keep them out of goat
society. If you want to find
filth and degradation go to the
pool halls. Here you find cuss
ers, gamblers, whiskey peddlers,
and slang in use. Here you find
The church in this town has
become unpopular and the peo
ple indifferent. Pray God to
arouse you and fill you with
love. Make sin unpopular ip,
this town and let the church ho
longer be a byword.
Young men you will never
have a better time to show that
there is something in you than
now. You can’t shame a goat,
but you can sfyame a gentleman;
A goat has no pride. He wants
to remain and eat that which,.a
sheep can’t live on. ’Just as
soon as a man gets close to God
he will quit gambling, drinking
and dancing.
If you say you are not corrupt,
then quit the corrupt society
and use your influence for the
Saviour.
It is time for you backsliders
to line up with the church, the
way you are now you have lost
your testimony.
If you want tokill dancing and
gambling society, live above it.
People know your lives and
many have put themselves on
the level with the tin horn gam
blers.
There are people here that are
planning for Heaven, while oth
ers are planning for hell. Why
do you refuse the call of God?
Because you love sin better than
God. The shepherd calls you.
He will take everything away
from you except your will-pow
er. i
Boys, listen. You are leading - N_
somebody astray. Some day a
soul will go thundering to hell
and you the cause of it. .
Leave the goat society and
come to Christ and be somebody
and let your influence count for .
the most.
Meeting tonight at 7:30.
Thirty Day Sale.
All trimmed hats at and be
low cost at Miss Eva Graham's.
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All Up-to-date Housekeepers
use Red Cross Ball Blue. It
makes the clothes clean and ** j
sweet as when new. All Gro
cers. ,
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