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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The Independent has been au
thorized to make the following
announcements of candidates,
subject to the action of the Dem
ocratic Primary.
For Congress—
GEORGE T. HUMPHRIES
W. A. OLDFIELD
For Prosecuting Attorney—
EARL C- CASEY
H. U. WILLIAMSON * i
For County Judge—
W- D. McLAIN
JAMES H. JOHNSTON
JOHN A. MELVILLE
O. W. SCARBOROUGH
For Sheriff—
J. F. McCUISTION
ABE BALLEW
For Representative—
J. M. MARDIS
W. M. SHAVER
tt Ann
R. T. SIMMONS
For Treasurer—
JOHN H. CAMP
JESSE W. SHUFORD
J.M.IVY
J. I. HASTING
For School Superintendent—
H. L. LAMBERT
E. H. BOWMAN
J. M. BALCH
For Coroner—
HENRY GRANT
J. T. CRAFT
W. H- NOLEN
UNION TOWNSHIP
For Justice of Peace—
L. B. HARRIS
H. C. NUCKOLLS
For Constable—
W. T. GUIN
CLYDE WOOD
C. M. IVY
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MUNICIPAL OFFICES.
Subject to the Action of City
Primary, February 26.
For Mayor—
JOHN P. PAUL
A. T. HUBLY
For Recorder
B. G. GRAHAM
H. G. BRANDENBURG.
For Marshal—
W. H. CAROUTHERS
GUS C. MARTIN
For City Treasurer—
GARLAND HURT
PERRY CLARK.
Injustice of Rumors.
More than one innocent man
and woman have been helplessly
injured by rumors set afloat by
careless tongues. Rumors are,
as a rule, messengers of defama
tion. Such rumors gather as
they roll, and whenever a rumor
of this character is repeated
something is usually added to it.
“On rumor’s tongues continual
slanders ride.”
A person should be very care
ful how they talk. Sometimes a
charge is heedlessly made. No
thing serious is intended, but
someone overhears the remark,
and, accepting it seriously, sets
in circulation a report which car
ries with it ruin.
There is always danger of do
ing serious injustice through
idle gossip. Men’s reputations
are ruined and a woman’s char
acter is always in peril when the
gossips of her neighborhood be
gin to talk. J *
A pitiful case is attracting at
tention at present in Philadel
phia. A young girl of unim
peachable character incurred the
ill will of some one in her neigh
borhood. From time to time
letters were posted to various
other neighbors insiduously al
leging certain immoral misdo
ings, and the tongue of rumor
began to wag. One by one the
young girl’s friends dropped
away. Finally learning the rea
son why, in sheer desperation,
the girl killed herself.
Now that the truth is known
the former friends are on the
warpath looking for the mis
creant who circulated the rumor.
It is too late to bring the unfor
tunate girl back to life and con
science, if such a thing is pos
sessed by the nameless writer,
will work a relentless revenge.
Men are too frequently charg
ed by rumors with offenses they
have never committed. No
guilty man should escape, and
the community is always willing
to mete out punishment to
those who deserve it, but the in
nocent should not suffer because
of groundless rumors. There
are always som|e unscrupulous
people who are willing to use the
slightest incident to discredit
personal and political enemies.
Manifestly it is criminal to cir
culate untruths about innocent
men and women. A person im
puted by rumor to be involved in
a scandal has no defense. He is
For Aldermen First Ward—
T. P. UMSTED.
C. R. PATE.
JOHN R. LOFTIN, JR.
S. HEINEMANN
For Aldermen Second Ward—
W. B. GRANT.
W. H. SNETSER.
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attacked by a hidden foe. If
anyone has information of a
criminal character, the honest
way is to come forward and open
ly prefer the charges. To circu
late in secret allegations, true or
untrue, is extremely cowardly.
A person must indeed have no
thing but a spirit of malice and
o rrVirmiioVi snirit nf the slander
er to put in circulation charges
that they cannot prove and stor
ies that they know to be untrue.
—Commercial Appeal.
Alex C. Hull At Point of Death.
Harrison, Jan. 9—Following
an attack of cerebral congestion,
front which he dropped sudden
ly while sawing wood shortly be
fore 12 o’clock today. Alex C.
Hull, former secretary of state
and editor of the North Arkan
sas Herald at Harrison, has been
unconscious at his home all the
afternoon and no hope is ex
pressed for his recovery by Dr
J. J. Johnson, his physician, or
by his family.
Mr. Hull has been in usual
health and was busy at his desk
before noon and walked to his
home, three blocks from his of
fice. He has been accustomed to
saw wood before dinner each
day for exercise. His wife was
in a room near where Mr. Hull
worked and heard his fall.
Neighbors and passersby were
called in. Since the arrival of
the doctor immediately after
ward, efforts to revive the
stricken man have been contin
ued until tonight. There seems
to be no change in Mr. Hull’s
condition and it is believed he
will not live until morning.
Alex C. Hull was elected secre
tary of state in 1896 from Harri
son, where he edited the Boone
Runner. After the exniration of
his term, he moved to Oklahoma,
quitting political life. He re
turned to Harrison about two
years ago and entered the insur
ance and loan business. He re
cently organized a company to
publish a daily paper here and
the Herald is the result.
Office of The Chicago, Rock Island and
Padfie Railway Company.
Chicago, 111., Not. 15th, 1913.
To All Stockholders of The Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Company:
A special meeting of the stockhold
ers of the company will be held at the
office of the company in the City of
Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday the
31st day of January, 1914, at ten
o'clock a. m., for the purpose of Tot
j ing upon the acceptance by the com
I pany of a lease of the line of railway
! of the Rock Island, Stuttgart and
i Southern Railway Company, extend
jing from Mesa, Prairie County, Ark
! ansas, in a southerly direction through
| the counties of Prairie and Arkansas
| to Stuttgart, Arkansas County, Ark
j ansas, a distance of approximately 22
! miles; said lease to extend for a
term of 999 years from February 1,
1914, upon such terms and conditions
as may be agreed upon.
H. U. Mudge, President.
Geo. H. Crosby, Secretary.
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A PHYSICIAN'S DIAGNOSIS 01
KIDNEY TROUBLE.
A Seemingly Common Diseast
which Becomes Fatal through
Neglect and which May Be
Readily Cured by Prompt At
tention.
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More tliav two-thirds of the annual
death rate, pn\sicians claim, is directly
traceable to kidney disorders.
Interested by this remarkable asser
tion and desiring to acquire a better un
derstanding of the origin of the disease,
a prominent physician was recently in
terviewed as to the symptoms of such
troubles.
“To what do you attribute the great
destructiveness of kidney disease?" was
asked.
“The hold which the disease gains in
the body before the victim becomes aware
of his true condition, and the rapidity
with which it eats its way into the vital
organs.” " ■
“Would not the proverbial ‘ounce o)
prevention’ check the progress of the
disease?”
“There is no doubt of it. The trouble
is that victims of this disease mistake
the symptoms for some trifling ailment
in the stomach or bowels; therefore thej
do nothing to arrest the course of the
disease until it is well advanced.”
, ‘ ‘ What is the origin of kidney trouble ? ’
“Almost invariably bad digestion, fol
lowed by torpid liver and a constipated
habit.”
“What are the symptoms?”
“Headache, dizzy spells, siuggis*
brain, restless nights, pale or sallow
skin, bad breath, lack of appetite, heart
burn, sour belching, backache or tender
ness over the kidneys, nervous weak
ness, dark rings around the eyes, tired
feeling, too much or too little urine, and
sediment in urine.”
ITS EFFECT ON THE HEART.
“In what way is the heart affected from
kidney trouble?”
“In all cases the heart is disturbed,
though in many instances the palpita
tion does not become alarming until the
disease has advanced to a serious point.
A severe heart throbbing and nervous
trembling is noticeable, especially aftei
a little bodily exercise; the victim fre
quently imagines he has heart disease.’’
HOW TO CURE IT.
“What is the proper course of treat
ment for kidney disease?”
“First, to get rid of uric acid and other
poisons in the system. This can be done
by stimulating the bladder and bowels
so that they will act more freely. The
suffering kidneys must be strengthened,
the liver and stomach toned up and the
digestion improved.”
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and promotes harmony of action through
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citizen of Starks, La., says: “I was troubled with
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Sunday School 9: 30 a. m., R.
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Service, 11:00 a. m., “The
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