THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
front St„ NEWPORT, ARK.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For County Judge.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of W. D. Mc
Lain for the office of county and pro
bate judge of Jackson County, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri
mary.
For Treasurer.
The Independent is authorized to
announce ibe candidacy of John II.
Camp for tiie office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to^ the action
of the Democratic primary.
Young Men and the City.
The cities of the West and
Northwest that have experienc
ed such rapid growth during the
last generation were built by
young men.
It is in the Southern cities
where the young men are taking
an active part in municipal af
fairs that the greatest develop
ment is noted
San Francisco, Portland, Seat
» tie, Oklahoma City are products
of the energy of young men.
Memphis, Nashville, Chatta
nooga, Jacksonville are reeling
the touch of the hands of strong
young men.
The young men of Jackson
can make or mar the growth of
this city. Whatever they choose
to do with Jackson will be done.
The older men have given then
services and laid a strong fouv
dation upon which the young
men can build the best city ir
West Tennessee.
What are the young men ol
Jackson going to do with their
heritage? — Jackson, (Tenn.)
Sun.
The accomplishments of th<
young men. whether as mayors
aldermen, heads of commercia
organizations or simply as lead
ers of public opinion are to bt
noted the country over and wh\
should they not make their in
fluence felt in our own city'
Newport needs the infusion 01
their your .. blood, their enthusi
asm, their determined ambitior
to overcome resistance and ob
stacles and why should not the
city secur this allegiance, sup
port and 1 ulership in the build
ing of a bigger city.
t Whenever we meet a citizen ol
Marianna, Jonesboro or Para
gould, d! of which neighbor cit
ies have made remarkable
growth in the last ten years, we'
ask, wherein lies their success.
In nearly every case, the visitor
replies that their citizens are or
ganized to do effective reaching
out in the locating of industries,
the proper advertising of their
resources, in showing visitors
and investors courteous atten
i tion even to the sacrifice of time
from their own work and busi
ness and a healthy and progres
sive public spirit which demands
i and secures for these cities pub
| lie improvements that attract
; favorable attention and induce
j immigration.
The field for useful activity
upon the part of our young men
I lies not only in official positions,
but in our civic organizations
and their ardor, progressive
views and high ideals ought to
become active and formidable
agents for a bigger and better
j Newport. The young men of
I Newport have duties other than
religious and social. They owe
| Newport a portion of their ener
gies, their talents and their zeal.
Why should these young men
| not take hold of things, shake off
the lethargy of older men, who
| are too much inclined to accept
i the ruts in which a city and j
men’s minds run as natural and
unsurmountable boundaries, or
ganize a commercial club and
commence active, wide-awake j
service for the city, whose inter
ests are their interests and
whose growth broadens the field
of their own ambition and oppor
! tunities.
Newport needs an active com
mercial organization and we be
lieve the older men of this city
will look kindly upon a leader
ship of the young men and lend
j the organization that support
necessary to its life and success
[Newport needs the infusion of
j new life and new blood in a more
united effort to bring to us those
'1 improvements and enterprises,
■ i which build a city and the young
[ men in our city have a responsi
i bility they should no longer
I evade, but embrace and prove
j their own metal.
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! The blue ribbons won last year
by Jackson County’s exhibit at
[the State Fair, should enlist our
agriculturists in even a better
i display during the Fair next
.month, that further honors and
! laurels may come to Jackson.
Mr. C. R. Hite, vice president of
j the fair association for this coun
ty collected this exhibit last
year and to him, was due largely
the credit of attracting this at
tention to our resources. He has
[again taken charge of the move
ment and is entitled to your ac
tive help and co-operation. All
wm
your Harvest money I
is In this bank I
i •
LooU at these two men. They have been to market their ■!
' ; cotton One put his money in the bank and the other did |
not. They were held up on their way home. The silly fel- I
j low v, o wanted to take his money home had to “deliver" I
! to the robbers. The other was able to give them the laugh I
—his money was in the bank. |
£ TRUST CO. |
exhibits to be sent to the Fair
must reach him at Newport by
October 20 and the farmers of
Jackson County, who have fine
specimens of corn, rice, cotton,
pumpkins, potatoes, all kinds of
vegetables and fruits are urged
to send in their best. Let’s show ;
the world what we can raise and I
exploit the productiveness of
our land. You are interested be
cause it helps to increase the
value of your farm.
Quite a number of moving wa
gons are going through Rogers
just now. And strange to say,
just about as many going west
as east- The spirit of unrest and
the hope of striking something
better somewhere else, keeps a
part of our population on the
move as well as crop failure.”—
Rogers Democrat
This spirit of unrest applies
also to the communities. Many
farmers are never found upon
the same farms successive sea
sons and as a rule they do not
better themselves by moving,
for even where thej' acquire bet
ter land, they lose that love of
home, which gives a man pride
in his surroundings and ambi
tion to better them, to add here
and there more of the comforts
and conveniences of life that pro
mote the health of himself and
family. If the unrest apparent
in “movers wagons” were due
merely to crop failures, there
would be a long line of them
headed from the high-priced
lands of Northern states to the
rich and prolific lowlands of
Fastevn Arkansas, among which
counties Jackson is always a
leader in the reliability of her
soil and seasons.
The largest sunflower ever
grown in any section of the coun
try is now on exhibit at the Tri
bune office and was raised on the
the Mooney farm, near Bay.
Farmers who have looked at the
specimen claim that the average
yield per acre is 250 bushels, but
an acre like this specimen would
yield over 400 bushels. Sun
flower seed sell at 75 cents per
bushel, hence an acre like the
| sample would yield the producer
j$300, but even the ordinary yield
| of 250 bushels would bring
$187.50. With such prospect in
; money-making with the produc
tion of sunflowers it seems to us
that cotton should be relegated
to the rear.—Jonesboro Tribune.
Isaac Saurbaugh of Rocky has
about concluded the work of
clearing the main road in his
district of stumps and rocks and
is ready for the big grader. The
road overseer in the next dis
trict this way has not been
heard from, but it is thought he
will get in line. If not, he may
be run over by the good roads
band wagon.—Mena Star.
Keep after them. Recalci
trant road overseers are no more
fixtures than obstructive stumps
FAMILY AVOIDS
SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied With
Thedford’s Black-Draught.
McDuff, Va.—“I suffered for several
years,” says Mrs. J. B. Whittaker, of
tins place, “with sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago a friend told me to try
Thedford’s Black-Draught, which I did,
and 1 found it to be the best fafoily medi
cine for young and old.
I keep Black-Draught on hand all the
time now, and when my children feel a
little bad, they ask me for a dose, and it
does them more good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have a long spell of sick-'
ness in our family, since we commenced
using Black-Draught.”
Thedford’s Black-Draught is purely
vegetable, and has been found to regu
late weak stomachs, aid digestion re
lieve indigestion, colic, wind, nausea
headache, sick stomach, and similar <
symptoms.
It has been in constant use for more
han 70 years, and has benefited more
han a million people.
,.Y9ur^dru"S'St sells and recommends
Black-Draught. Price only 25c. Get a 1
•ackage to-day. Nri„
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j Ladies, We Would Be PieasJ
1 To Have You Call and See our New Fall GoJ
S i Or At Least The Part WhichifoJ
I Arrived. 1
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Brocaded Velvet,
Brocaded Paon Velvet for trimmings.
The new Mandaline light weight.
Duryea stripes.
Diagonal Serges, 52 inches, all colors.
We cau Show You All The New Silks
in Corticelli and Pme Tree Mills. I
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md rocks. There’s always
something than ean lift them out
)f the way- But the best way is
o make good roads enthusiasts
)f them.—Fort Smith Times Re
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Banker Finds 30-Grain Pearl
Cotter, Sept. 11.—Howard H.
’eters, assistant cashier of the j
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Baxter county bank at Cotter
spent a few hours on Tuesday
peari fishing on the river and
within two hours had found one
ot the finest pearls found in this
vicinity this year. The gem
weighs about 30-grains and is of
good shape and lustre. He is not
offering it for sale, but will have
it mounted.