PflENT
H. VAN DYKE,
er and Editor.
_NEWPORT. ARK
SUB^cirPKDN RATES
jfi'jMiy—Sing^t'cop^, 5 cents' per week, 10 cent
per-tuotith. 40 ceuts; per year, $4,60, in advano
carrier in city, by mail in country.
'■ Weekly—<h00 per year, payable in advance.
Entered at the postoffioe'at Newport, Ark., a
second-class mail matter.
Monthly Sales Day.
Batesville and Newark are botl
meeting with success in inducing
more business to their towns by
means of a monthly sales day.
What others find profitable we
can surely adopt, without even
the small risk of experimenting.
In recent years the country
stores have made big inroads up
on the business of many towfas
and cities. They can sell as
cheap and do, and while as a
rule their stock is not as exten
sive, they have the advantage in
'being closesto the home of the
■etinsumerv .The farmer needs
" these sfores and they serve him
well. They have as much right
to all the business they can get
as any merchant and they have
the advantage of closer personal
acquaintance, friendship and
neighborhood ties among the peo
ple to whom they sell.
The more progressive the cities
aiud towns are, the better hold
they possess in securing trade. A
city must make inducements that
will interest ana attract me out
sider, or why should lie leave his
work, farm or home and travel
many miles to do his trading
Right here, we might add a word
for good roads for it takes good
- roads too, to lessen distances to
a city in the mind of the far
mer.
- Sales days are as a rule
made interesting by each mer
chant Offering something special.
Make the prifee on it interesting
and givo a value that is unques
tioned. Each merchant should
also offer a premium: one for
the biggest wagon load of peo
ple brought to town oh that day,
while another merchant puts up
something for the man who buys
the largest bill of goods from
him,' etc. ‘ These are' merely sug
gestions taken from what mer
chants in other towns have done.
One feature that can be used
Successfully is to provide free
the services of an auctioneer, whc
•Will sell not more than three
head of stock for any one man.
Make the day a stock trading
day and the farmer twenty miles
Away in the border of another
eounty Will conie.
A monthly salesday would not
be much of a salesday without
advertising. The people must
be told about it over and over
again and printers ink is abso
lutely necessary. Such expenses
anemia oe paia irom a couuuuu
fund, raised by subscription pay
able monthly or contracted for
the individual merchant at his
*xpeftse. \
An executive committee or
board should be elected to take
charge of and direct the move
ment.
Newport needs more of this co
operation among her business
men in going after outside bus
iness, and monthly salesda-ys is a
practical method of getting re
sults, increasing onr trade ter
ritory, making that we already
have more responsive and giv
ing life and snap to all lines of
business and our own public spir
it.
The action of Mayor Boyce in
doing away with the awkward
overhead signs and preventing
the further erection of wooder
awnings has already made not
able improvement in the looks oi
the business section. Fronl
street looks better every yeai
and would hardly be recognizee
as the same thoroughfare o:
ten years ago.
Newport needs a monthly sale;
day to keep in the front as one c
best balm ess cities in Northeas
Arkansas.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
John Unrated visited at busi
ness points up the Iron Mountain
- today.
. 'Gustave Jones Was a pasenger
: to Walnut Ridge on No. 4 this
morning.
Mrs. Bertha Eaton returned to
; Swifton this morning after a vis
■ it to her sister.
Fred Gates arrived home last
night from a two weeks’ trip in
the Western part pf the staate.
Miss May Ward came up from
Little Rock this morning to spend
a few days with her mother, Mrs.
Belle Ward.
J. T. Welch of Jonesboro and
W. H. Hippie of Memphis were
among those registered at the
McLain last night.
Miss Anise Barnes of Newark,
who has been visiting Mrs. L. S.
Arnold at Elmo, was here this
morning en route hoine.
James Blackwood eame in off
the road last night from a two
days’ trip for the Stevens Gro
cer Company.
Two of the Goldman roorris on
Walnut street are being nicely
remodeled and will be occupied
by the Lesser-Goldman Cotton
Company’s officers of this city.
Mrs. Will Rhodes and little son
of St. Louis, who have spent the
Winter in San Antonio, Texas,
arrived today and will spend a
few days with her mother, Mrs.
Mollie Robinson.
Mrs. E. h. Watson arnvea
home this morning from a week's
visit to her daughter, Mrs. J. A.
Watkins at Little Rock. Mrs.
Watkins and little daughter ac
companied her home for a short
visit. " r"-' ,
Two Richwoods Citizens Dead.
Special to Independent.
Balch, March 15.—Rainey Sears
aged 78 years and 11 months died
Saturday and was buried (Sunday
at the Johnston cemetery. He
Was a soldier in the Union army
in the civil war and came to this
place from Missouri six or seven
years ago.
This 'entire community was
shocked Monday at the sudden
death of Polk Johnston, aged 17
years. He was the son of An
drew and Nettie Johnston. The
young man worked on his fath
er's farm Saturday apparently in
, good health. Taking a chill that
night he died Monday at 11*10
a. m. of spinal trouble. Doctors
Pippin of this place and Oscar
Jones of Newport attended him.
Cool $5.00 Per Ton.
Until further notice 1 will sell
coal for $5.00 per ton. Good
clean coal, no slack.
46dt£. W. D. MfcLain.
RAILROAD TOSBU^BD.
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NORTH BOUND. \ J j
No. 92 Local Freight ^llslOip^inJ
J^o. 4.... *. . <'ld:$5 a. m.
No .6. .10:50 pnn.
No. 18. .10:15 pjn.
No. 28. 8:45 p jn.
No. 8 ...... ..... w . .11:55 a. m.
No. 24 ...... ...... . .10:20 a.m
SOUTH BOUND. j ,
No. 91 Local Freight . .9:30 a.m.
No. 5 ..5:00 a.m.
No. 3.5:30 p.m.
No. 7 .! .. 8:52 a.m.
No. 17..5:20 a.m.
No. 23 (Ar. 7:40 p. m.). .8:05 p.m
No. 29 .. .6:28 a.m.
WHITE RIVER DIVISION.
No. 210 Departs ..7:00 a.m.
No. 205 Arrives.8:00 p. m.
Local Freigt arrives . .10:20 a.m.
Local Freight departs.. 11:40 a.m
No. 232 Departs.9:00 p.m.
No. 231 Arrives .... 6:18 a.m.
C. R. I. & P. RAILWAY.
; No. 618 (leaves Brinkjey 10:40
« a.m.) arrivfp ........ 1:15 p.m.
No. 617 (strives Brinkley 5:00
■ p.m.) departs.. ..2:25 p.m.
No. 6:22 Local Fregiht, arrives
on Monday, Wednesday and Fri
> day at.2:00p.m.
I No. 621 Local Fregiht, departs
; Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day.
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“The Sins of the Father," at" Opega;,Honae.Tonight. ____ jl
IN A SOUTHERN CITY.
Scene of Thomas Dixon’s New
Play, “The Sins of the
Father.’’
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The scene of Thomas Dixon’s
newest drama, “The Sins of the
Father,” is the home of a family
of wealth and refinement in a
Southern city. From the French
windows of the mansion is a no
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ble view of the State capitol and
dome. Trees and green park-like
spaces Contrast with the gleaming
white of the capitol which the
Southern sunshine irradiates. The
era of the play is thirty-five
years after the war, and the sump
tuous furnishings of the mansion
show the age of prosperity in full
swing. The characters likewise
are twentieth century men and
women, actual contemporary type
To those who enjoy Mr. Dixon’s
depictment of the Reconstruction
Era in “The Clansman’’and“The
Traitor,” “The Sins of the Fath
er” comes as on absolute novelty,
but it is predicted that the new
play will arouse even greater en
thusiasm when performed at the
Newport opera house on Wednes
day, March 15.
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Know What It Means.
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They fell about it in many
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Backache, sideache, headache.
Early symptoms of kidney ills.
Urinary trOiibles, diabetes,
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yggr. This 1b the highest proportion
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8uffolk, are believed to have been
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at Rae Pond Bottom.
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