fcOf'sTUDY
■ now ARRANGED
Lr High School—Eight
MS Term—Cata*ogue
Eto Be I^ued' »
lord of Education after
Wg, with Mr. Edgar
H our new superintend
Khools, has practically
L the course of study
■ ensuing year- h ew if
lores will be made m t he
E now in use, though
Lr books may be re
Kor supplementary work.
Eiams held a confer
L the class of 1914
R afternoon, relative to
Lion of our High school
Lover four years’work,
■ graduates of next year
■ery much opposed to the
[of another year’s study,
■ould preclude them from
■big next year.
■ Mr. Williams and the
I believe that Newport
■have a four year high
Is, that the school
better accredited
;e university as well
graduates a more
elementary educa
!e the extension will
for the coming year,
pear will doubtless
1914-15 and the
while receiving di
wail themselves of
nity of another
if they so desire,
years’ course would
for all subsequent
ler to secure diplo
show that only
cent of our public
en secure a college
rsity education af
ig from our high
while the course of
lot be made to re
mits- of our High
intrahce l'- upon the
iiduates to the uni
)ther schools, both
hdent and board
upon thO theory
Chool should rouqd
dete an elementary
the benefit of the
ent of the students
tend higher schools
o shape a course
ely in line for a
ton. For this reas
ible that civil gov
commercial arith
v may be added to
Iving Pictures
feOpera House
W Reek Per Week.
m-LYS ROMANCE”
A good story.
' (Edison.)
“the frame up”
exefellent Western picture.
(PATHE.)
#I*JG THEIR PARENTS”
(Comedy—LUBIN)
»**. ^
drummer bids good
®T0 his WIFE AND
mother-in-law.
(Comedy—LUBIN.)
* g0od Pictures tonight and
good music.
lfiSS,0N 5 and 10 Cents.
! the course in some of the higher
1 grades.
Prof. Williams is also com
piling a system of rules fcr the
school, which shall set forth the
duties of superintendent, teach
ers and pupils and these, togeth
er with the course of study for
leach grade, a brief recital of
| Newport’s history, growth and
[advantages, will be published in
a catalogue form, for the benefit
and information of all parties
[interested, and for distribution
>to the graduates of the common
schools of the county, to give our
high school standing and recog
nition over the county and invite
these boys and girls of Jackson
to participate in the advantages
of our high school to secure an
education nearer home, fully as
complete as offered by the high
schools of perhaps more widely
advertised schools.
This catalogue of our school
will contain the advertisements
of our home merchants and
professional men and the ex
pense of same will probably be
borne by the amount secured
from the sale of space.
The school board, at its first
regular meeting since the May
election, reorganized in the elec
tion of Mr. E. L. Bcyce as pres-'
ident and Mr. T. P. Umsted as
secretary. To more systematic
ally conduct its business, the
board increased its standing
committees to three, the •
pointments to same being made
by the president of the board, as
follows:
Buildings and grounds—Phil
lips and Dutton.
Supplies and Equipment—Van
Dyke and Walker.
Auditing and Finance—Phil
lips and Van Dyke.
An eight months’ term o'
school was voted by the board
and the secretary, Mr. Umsted,
has mailed contracts upon this
basis to the various teachers
who have been elected, the school
Veftn to open Monday, Septem
te 29!
i , *
Last Day For Corporation Tax.
Little Rock, June 4.—The last
day for filing reports by domes-,
tic corporations in Arkansas
was June 1, and still about one
fourth of the corporations are
yet to hear from. There are
about 5000 corporations in the
state, and most of these pay only
$10 as a franchise tax, but few
of them in previous years paid
more than n fpw rpnts. The
corporations which have failed to
make the annual report, will be
notified and given an opportunity
to make a settlement without
penalty, but if they do not com
ply after the second notice has
been served, they will be. sub
jected to heavy penalty.
Receives Black Hand Letter.
Jonesboro, Ark-, June 2.—
Judge John R. Reeves received a
black hand unsigned letter to
day, threatening him with dire
vengeance if he did not close up
his saddlery business on Main
Street here. Several matches
were enclosed, denoting that in
tentions were arson. Reeves’
saddlery was burned out two
weeks ago, the cause being un
known. It has been renovated
since the fire for re-opening.
The writer threatened personal
injury if the letter was made i
public.
Notice.
500 bushels good, sound corn
for sale. Apply to W. H. Craiee^ j
I Kenyon, Ark. *1
FIGHTING IT OUT
IN SUPREME COURT
Lawyers and Others Charged
With Contempt of Court
Seek a Reversal.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 4.—One of
the most strenuous legal battles
of the present term of the Su
preme court will be in the argu
ment next Monday in the cases
of Senator L. C. Going. Judge L.
E. Poindexter. J. W Moseley and
J. W. Freer
These men were fined in the
circuit court of Walnut Ridge
for contempt of court, growing
out of Moseley, a member of the
jury which was trying the case
in which Going and Poindexter
appeared as attorneys for the
defense, going into a room with
the attorneys and partaking of
a drink belonging to one of the
attorneys. The jury failed to
return a verdict and Moseley
was accused of being the man
who prevented an agreement.
Freer was the bailiff of the!
court who permitted Moseley to
go into the room with the attor
neys.
The defendants will be repres
ented in the argument by Judge
A. S. Irby of Black Rock; Har
ry L. Ponder of Walnut Ridge;1
5. D. Campbell of Newport, and
George B. Rose of Little Rock.
Attorney General W. L. Moose ,
and Deputy John Streepey will
care for the state’s side of the
case. The highest penalty which !
can be imposed on the defend
ants is a fine of $50 and five days j
in jail.
_. I
Good Roads Meetng.
A meeting has been called for ,
all the officers of The Good i
Roads .Association of Jackson j
county, Arkansas at the Court;
House of said county on Satur- j
day, the 7th day of June, 1913. j
The mayor and council of the
city of Newport and all the in- (.
corporated towns in the county
are invited to meet with them
on that day and take part in the
deliberations of the association
officials. |
All citizens that take an inter- j
est in county and city improve- j
ment, are solicited to be at the j
meeting. If you can be induced I
to take an interest and all work ;
together, we will soon see a won-;
derful difference in the public j
roads in the county, and it will j
be a pleasure to ride or drive
over them. Don’t let us rest this |
matter until the work is done. I
Let’s make Jackson county the |
banner county in the state for j
goOU l OiiUS
Josepli W. Phillips,
President Jackson County Good
Roads Association.
—
I
For Sale.
I have some furniture to sell
at bargain.
J. B. Jefferies,
Corner Third and Elm Streets.
54d3t.
“If It Wasn’t For Mother’s
Love.”
“Good-bye My Home, Sweet
Home.”
“She Sleeps Neath the Old
Ohio River.
BARKER’S.
_ _
Joe Kennedy of Burnsides, Ky.
arrived this morning to join his I
wife on a visit to Mrs. McMinn.
Mrs. J. H. McHugh went
down to Russell this morning to
spend a few days with her mo
ther.
A
Jefferson to Build Roads.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. June 1—R. X.
Burk of Pine Bluff called Tues
day afternoon at the office of the
State Highway Commission to
request assistance in the forma
tion of a road district in Jeffer
son county inside the road dis
trict Xo. 5, formed by legisla
tive act. There are two portions
of the road district which desire
to have smaller districts created
within the large district, each
covering about seven miles and
both to connect with thl main
road. One road will come from
the southend of the county, and
Mr. Burk desires to connect the
Main street pike with the main
road, running east and west.
Commissioner Dye promised his
assistance in creating both small
districts.
E. A. Kingsley, State High
way Engineer, has moved his of
fice to the State Capitol, and is
now devoting all of his time to
thework of the Commission.
Swatting the Fly.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 4.—The
“Swat the Fly” movement has
reached Little Rock overnight
and everywhere the fly swatters
are at work. Many of the local
stores are giving away advertis
ing matter in the shape of fly
swatters and nine-tenths of the j
boys on the streets are making
use of them. They have swatted
to the left of them, they have
swatted to the right of them,
but the ignoble insect marches
onward for there seems to be an
inexhaustible supply in Little
Rock. The fronts of many white
buildings are well spotted with
dead flies, but no one seems to ^
object, just so long as the num
ber of live disease spreaders is
diminished.
A Bug's Prayer.
Oh, Mr. Man, if you have heard
of that Ross’ “Dead Quick”
spray, forget it I pray thee, or
I die. Be merciful and use on
me anything else, and I may
pull through. The mosquito
said, "Amen!” Ross’ “Dead
Quick” spray sold in Newport
by your druggist.(advt.)
Wants* Models For ( hair.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, June 4.—Gov. J.
M. Futrell has appealed to W. X.
Gladscn, electrician at the I'ni
versity of Arkansas, to secure
models of electric chairs, such as
are used in executing criminals,
to see if he cannot construct a
chair and install it in the death
chamber of the penitentiary at
a cost of $1500, the amount the
legislature appropriated for that
pu rpose.
The framers of the electrocu
tion bill supposed a chair could
be provided for this amount, but
the penitentiary commissioners
have discovered that it will cost
more than double the amount to
purchase the patented devices
on the chairs now in use.
Gov. Futrell asks Prof. Glad
son to study the models and see
if he cannot build a chair, with
the exception of a few patented
parts, in order that the law.
which goes into effect June 13,
may be complied with. The
chair will not be needed by this
date however, as murders com
mitted before that date will be
dea.lt with in the same old way.
To Cultivate Another Farm.
Special to Independent.
I/ttle Rock, June 4.—The
Penitentiary Commission has
entered into a contract to culti
vate ;’><><■ acres of cotton on a
farm adjoining the state farm,
using state contracts which are
worked directly by the Commis
sion. the state to receive one
half the proceeds of the crop.
The owner of the place planted
the crop and then lost most of
his hands, and ma.de the offer to
the Commission, which was ac
cepted or the advice of Attorney
General \V. I .. Moose and Gov. J.
M- Futrell.
'I he Commission held a con
ference with A. V. Smith, secre
tary to Gov. Futrell, on Tuesday
afternoon in which the question
of the right of (lit* Commission
to parole convicts was discussed.
It was decided to enter into a
friendly suit in order to deter
mine tin rights of the Commis
sion in ihe matter of paroles, a
job neither governor or commis
sion desires.
Candidates File Statements.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 4.—All
state and district candidates for
office have filed their statements
with the Secretary of State, un
der the corrupt practices act, to
gether with a pledge to stand by
the nominee of the party, with
the exception of J. M. Jackson
and Eugene Cy^ert, candidates
for judge in the First Judicial
Circuit. Those who have filed
their pledges 30 days prior to
the primaries, as provided by
law are, Stephen Brundidge and
G. W- Hays, candidates for gov
ernor; and G. W. Hendricks
and June Wooten, candidates for
judge of the Third Division
court in Pulaski county.
The corrupt practice act pass
ed by the last legislature places
a fine of not more than $1000, or
imprisonment of one year in the
penitentiary, or both, upon the
candidate for state or district
office who is convicted of violat
ing any section of the act. As it
is now less than 30 days before
the primaries, the candidates
for judicial honors in the First
district are. liable to indictment
for their apparent oversight.
———————
Raise Launch'} Wages.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 4.—It has
been reported at the Department
of Labor Statistics, that the
laundry at McGehee, which was
working its girls until 10 o’clock
at night, had been visited by un
ion men of that vicinity, after
which it was agreed to work the
girls but nine hours a day and
pay a minimum wage of $6 per
week to all women employed.
I
Whippoorwill Peas For Sale. • j
Just received a carload of i
WHIPPOORWILL PEAS. See
us before buying.
Wilmans Mercantile Co. j
50d6w2.
_
For Sale.
Several thousand bushels of
corn and large quantity of timo
thy and alfalfa hay at Kinman
farm. For information inquire
at T. D. Kinman’s or Arkansas
Bank & Trust Co. 32btf
Harvey Yates came in on 24
this morning frcm Judsonia.
I You buy Service-Satisfaction when
you buy Clothes ^
BUT DO YOU GET IT? e5
WE GUARANTEE IT
sd Especially interesting are the Our intereest in you only in
31 - new wearables we are showing tensities when you have purchas
Se for summer. You will enjoy ed a thing here. We want you to
jl seeing them and the unusual get full service-satisfaction, and
1 values will appeal to every man we see that you get it. It’s the
3§ of discerning judgment. satisfactory way to trade.
!1 Hats Shirts Cravats 1
0) Original designs and ex- Every new shade and de- ffi
| New ideas in hats t a cjusive colorings make sign in our new stock for Sg
1 you’ll like because they buying at this the men who care. Ig
| mean head comfort to unusually attrac
& you> five. You will find just the one “K
ti. anv different You’ll find just the right that matches your new Bj
H rfvL and shapes wiU on- sleeve length for you suit, and adds the finish- Jf;
K aM. vmi to find just what here too. e ing touch to your sum- gj
g§ able you “Manhattan and "W. B." mer apparel. §K
SR you want. Gg
1 ZVTevcnings BergerS I
jj| -Except Saturday. "star clothing house: gj
^ ^ ^ ^ ...