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17, 1913. NUMBER 13.
■unties must
■ pay expenses
■primary and Election Officers
■„ probably Have To Serve
■ Without Pay.
■cial to Independent.
Sttle Rock, April 18.— Both
■didates for governor are now
EL for the fray but are hold
■back to make sure there will
■no more entries. The time
■ the filing of intentions will
■e Monday night, and while
■ral candidates are rumored,
■$ hardly probable there will
■inore than two in the race.
Kl this is definitely determin
■the candidates cannot an
■nce speaking dates. If the
K is between two it is prob
K there will a joint canvass,
■east a part of the time. The
■didates are required this year
Bile a pledge to support the
Binee in the general election
■ not to be a candidate on any
■er ticket
fill counties of the state must
fi after the expense of the pri
By, the State Central Com
Btee assessing against nomi
1 rT% -t a» r\r\ • -1- -11 1
I oniy <pi,uvv, win
in paying for tickets for
‘lection. ,«*, t
;xpect no difficulty from ahy '
ty because there is no pro-1
n to pay for the judges and
s in the primary election,
nds with wihch to pay the
ffs for distributing and
:ting the ballot boxes,” said
e G. W. Hays, one of the
[dates, Wednesday after
, “for until the Democratic 1
aries were legalized a few
i ago, none of the judges
:lerks received compensa
tor their work. If they
t then, they will do it now,
not grumble about it eith
fleal Estate Transfers
11a B. Ross to U. S. Cozart,
acres 19-10-3, $5.
:orn Ferguson to Nancy C.
3, lot 6, block 7, Cast Second
tion, Swifton, $100.
nry McFadden and wife to
r. Sears, 160 acres 13-10-1,
S. Balch and wife to C. W.
3,160 acres 13-10-1, $1.
S. M. Stuckey and wife to
illiam Biggs, 70 acres 1, 2-10-2,
87.50.
Herschel Cast and wife to
telby Justus, block 3, Cast
rst Addition, Swifton, $225
Joe Lyons and wife to A. P.
ozencraft, 618.61 acres 19, 20,
. 30-10-3, $15,448.34.
Charles Brown to J. S. Wil
ans, 40 acres 12-10-4, $400.
J- S. Wilmans and wife to L.
Johnson, 233 acres 12-10-4,
5330.
R- R. Phillips and wife to E. H.
ubbart, 160 acres 14-14-1,
(000.
George R. Hays, trustee to S
• Stuckey, 70 acres 1, 2-10-5,
530.
Gustave Jones to J. J. Shears,
5 acres 15-12-1, $1600.
S H. L. Remmel to John P. Paul,
I'ase for three years of store
lading No. 117 Hazel Street at
%'ual rental of $480.
JCby Smith to S. Heinemann,
Be|ialf interest in 29 acres 24
M-4 $30.
. I~' '• Barnwell and wife to Ir
» J ’ank Maver, lot 1, block 10,
jarnwell’s Addition, Grubbs,
| Heavy Steel Laying About Com
pleted.
The Missouri Pacific-Iron
| Mountain has just about com
pleted the laying of the heavy
90-pound steel rail authorized
i under last year’s program of
j track improvement on the sys
i tern. A vast quantity of it has
: been put on the main line
! to Colorado and the West, in
| eluding one solid stretch of six
I ty miles between Sedalia and
Pleasant Hill. The rail also
went on the main line of the
Kansas Division between Leeds,
Mo., and Stilwell, Kansas. There
was another stretch laid on the
Omaha Division between Kan
sas City and Leavenworth. On
the main line to the South con
siderably over 100 miles have
been relaid between Kimmswick
and Poplar Bluff on the Missouri
Division, and nearly as much on
the Arkansas Division between
Little Rock and Texarkana.
In order that the work of
bringing the track up to the
highest standard may continue,
President B. F. Bush has alrea
dy authorized this year the pur
chase of 25,000 additional tons
of 90-pound steel to be placed in
track. Of this amount, 10,000
tons will be put on the main line
to the West, releasing 75-pound
rail between Ottawa and Coun
cil Grove, Kansas, and 4,305
tons will go to th'e Omaha Divis
ion between Atchison and Baker,
.rvaiisas. ine umana division is
already a fine piece of track, al
most four thousand tons of hea
vy steel rail having been laid on
it during 1912. With the com
pletion of the work planned for
1913 this stretch of the road will
be as fine as the best in the
country.
In anticipation of large crops
during 1913, the work of put
ting in the heavy rail will be
pushed to completion as rapidly
as possible, the management de
siring to have the roadbed in the
best possible condition. The old
rail taken out of the track is
sent to the mills and re-rolled in
to new steel and then relaid on
the minor branches of the road,
displacing old light rail.
Marriage License.
U. U• smitn ana ame ommi,
both of Swifton.
Lee Shaver and Emma Files,
colored, both of Tuckerman.
Jessie C. Huff and Ellen
Voiles, both of Belcher, White
county.
Jim Jones and Mollie Perkins,
colored, both of Topelo.
i Austin F. Barr, Williford and
Corinne Smith, Newport
R. L. James, Elmo and Cyn
thia Edna Mayhue.
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| Marry At Presbyterian Manse.
Mr. M. Atkinson and Miss Co
ra Mustin, both of this city,
: were married Wednesday even
ing at 8:30 at the Presbyterian
i Manse, Rev. J- F. McKenzie, pas
| tor of the church, officiating.
Mr. Atkinson is a very capable
officer on the city’s police force
and his wife a splendid Chris
tian young woman, who has been
| raised in our city, and has a
! host of friends who join the In
! dependent in best wishes to both
contracting parties.
For Sale.
300 ranks dry cook wood cut
from dry lumber. $2.00 per
rank delivered.
Fee-Crayton Hardwood Lumber
Company. 7dtf
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MENINGITIS
BREAKS OUT
At Cash on Western Border of
Craighead County and Two
| Have Died.
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Jonesboro, April 16- — Dr.
Jackson went to Cash again to
day to look after the meningitis
condition there. No more new
cases are reported, but two of
the others have died since yes
terday and it is thought that
| those who are afflicted with it
will not recover.
Everything that is possible is
being done to prevent the fur
ther spread of the disease and a
large number have been vaccin
ated. Those who yet have the
disease are being treated by the
physicians of the lumber compa
ny there.
The two that died were a man
by the name of Downs and a
child of Will Cureton. He has
another child afflicted. The
young son of W. H. Farmer is
still living and appears to be
some better today, but is in a
serious condition.
Considerable excitement pre
vails over the epidemic and a
number of people are quietly
moving away or sending their
families avcay to remain until it
has passed.
New Trolley t o Lookout
Mountain.
Special to Independent.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 17.
—Work is being pushed with all
possible speed on a new trolley
line to the top of Lookout Moun
tain in order that it may be rea
dy for the Confederate reunion
May 27-29. This road is being
constructed at easy grade from
the foot to the summit of the
mountain, so that passengers
may board a car in the city of
Chattanooga and ride to the top
of Lookout without change. The
manager of the road, Mr. W. E.
Boileau, promises that the new
road will be practically complet
ed by the date of the reunion.
He is sure that it will be in oper
ation to the historic Cravens
house, if not to the top of the
mountain.
When this road is completed
it will be one of the most pictur
esque trolley lines in America.
The incline railway up Lookout
mountain is the heaviest grade
in the world for an incline. Ap
proaching the terminus of the
line on top of the mountain, the
grade is sixty-six per cent. The
cars are drawn by steel cables.
The power plant on top of the
mountain is operated by electric
ity, the current being transmitt
ed from the big electric power
plant on the Ocoee river thirty
miles east of Chattanooga. This
incline road is as safe as a mod
ern elevator in an up-to-date
skyscraper. No serious accident
has ever occurred on the road,
during a service of more than
twenty-five years- The only
trouble with this road is that in
case of a large crowd, like a re
union assemblage, the capacity
i is inadequate. The new trolley
] line is intended to meet the de
mand for larger carrying capac
i ity. With its completion, the
carrying capacity of the moun
tain roads will be practically un
limited.
j No visitor to Chattanooge
I should miss a trip to Lookoul
I Mountain, as the view from its
heights is unequalled anywhen
in the country for scenic gran
deur.
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Will Follow Attorney General's
Opinion.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. April 17.—What
Secretary of State Earle W.
Hodges will do with the petition
asking for the reference to the
people of the statewide liquor
bill, No. 118, is a topic which
has many people wondering. He
states he will put the question to
Attorney General W. L. Moose,
when the petition is filed, and act
in accordance with his opinion.
About two years ago Attor
ney General Norwood passed
upon a question much similar.
There was a stock law passed by
the legislature, which people of
Southwest Arkansas desired
submitted to a vote of the peo
, pie. The bill contained a spe
cific date when it was to become
i effective. Attorney General
Norwood held that the specific
date acted the same as an emer
gency clause, and the matter
could not be referred. The li
quor bill not only has an emer
gency clause, but has a specific
date to become effective.
Highway Commissioners Named
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 17.—Acting
Governor Futrell on Wednesday
afternoon appointed Judge Wil
liam A. Falconer of Fort Smith,
and Judge Fillmore Rains of
Jonesboro, as members of the
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“I made these appointments
on what I know of the men as
good road builders,” stated Act
ing Governor Futrell. “Judge
Falconer is given the credit for
the magnificent roads of Sebas
tian county. I know more about
Judge Rains. Once when I had
been hunting in Poinsett county,
I started back home and had a
terrible time floundering
through the mud until I reached
Craighead county. All through
that county we traveled on fine
gravel roads, and I remembered
Judge Rains when I had the op
portunity, for a county judge
who can make the roads he did,
with the limited machinery at
his command, should devote a
portion of his time showing the
people of other sections how to
do it.”
Rueben G. Dye, State Land
Commissioner, who is chairman
of the Commission, will call a
meeting for an early date, as
soon as he can determine a day
on which both commissioners
can be in the city. At this time
the question of electing a road
engineer at a salary of $2000
per annum, will be considered.
! A secretary will probably be
1 elected at the same time. Chair
man Dye expresses delight over
the appointment of such men as
Judge Falconer and Rains.
Judge Falconer is a leading
^attorney of Fort Smith, and- a
good road enthusiast. He serv
ed as county judge of Sebastian
county 1902 to 1908. He was
appointed as a member of the
State Railroad Commission by
Gov- Donaghey to fill an unex
pired term. He is now a mem
ber of the civil service board of
| Fort Smith, under the Commis
Lsion form of government. Judge
! Rains was county judge of
! Craighead county 1902 to 1906.
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Rev. J. F. McKenzie, Rev. J.
L. Reed and Rev. S. M. Smith
all of whom have been attending
the Sunday School convention at
i Batesville, returned here last
night and left this morning for
Wynne to attend the Presbytery.
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. phases of Fashion and are intensely ^
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When a Man Is Ripe.
We cJl this the age of young
men.
But this age is not peculiar in
this respeect. Every age has
had its eminent young men.
The world cannot overlook Da
vid, Alexander, Napoleon, Byron.
Nor can the world forget that (
brilliant careers have generally
been brief. Meteoric flights are
short-lived. They may for the
moment cause the steady old
fixed stars topale in comparison,
but in the long run it is the fixed
stars that give light to the be
nighted world.
Kipling once said that no man
is fit to write a novel until he is
forty. Up to that time, he ex
plained, a man’s human sympa
thies are not sufficiently deve1
oped, his control of himself and
his grasp of affairs are not sulfi
ciently secure for him to com
prehend and portray the deeper
fortes of fife.
Brilliant books come from
men under forty. But the books i
that stay with us, as a perpetual
source of inspiration and human
sympathy, are, nine times out of
ten, written by older men.
A Pittsburg financier has just
declared that of the 500 rich
men in America not 50 made
their fortunes before 40. He!
said that there is an instinctive
feeling among financiers that;
the young man, however success
ful he may have proved, and
however brilliant his proposed
scheme may be, is not to be im
plicitly trusted.
His character is not fully
made up. There may at any
moment develop some fatal flaw.
He is apt to fly to pieces- But
the man who has steadily pur
sued paths of success until the
40th milestone has been passed
has a firm footing. He is a ripe
man. Of him are required no
references.
Statistics show that over 90
per cent of American business
men fail. Most of the failures
are by young men. A little suc
cess has caused them to overes
timate their powers. They
grasp more than they can hold.
This age is like all others.
Young men make brilliant sue
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cesses and monumental failures.
But che men who really direct
the destinie)!Nq£ the world are
the careful think hard-work- <*
ing men who are
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A message to Mrs. J. W. Pet
tet today states that J. A. Mc
Michael, who had to undergo a
second operation upon both
limbs, had recovered from the
shock and was much better, and
that the doctors were now confi
dent of his recovery. This wilt
be gratifying news to the many
friends of this unfortunate
young man, who have all along
felt a deep interest in his wel
fare and recovery.
Miss Clara Meyer arrived
Wednesday morning from St.
Louis and will spend several
days with her father, Charles
Meyer of The Ladies’ Shop.
Miss Esther Meyer, a sister, who
has been here for several weeks,
will leave this evening for St.
Louis.—Jonesboro Tribune
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Moving Pictures
at the Opera House \
18 Reels Per Week.
GRANDFATHER.
(Drama—KALEM.)
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OUT OF THE SHADOWS
After years of absence her lover
returns. Jealousy and distrust
overshadows their happiness.
(Drama—VITAGRAPH.)
A PROPOSAL UNDER DIFFI- ,
CULTIES.
Rival lovers, an over-anxious
housemaid and a chef produce
many comic and near tragic
1 scenes.
(Comedy—EDISON.)
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ADMISSION 5 and 10 Cents.