idE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Pnnt St, NEWPORT, ARK.
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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
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
J. U. ARD
R. T. SIMMONS
For Treasurer—
JOHN H- CAMP
JESSE W. SHUFORD
J. M. IVY
J. I. HASTING
For Sthool Superintendent—
H. L. LAMBERT
E. H. BOWMAN
1 J. M. BALCH
G. E. LAND
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
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
For Road Overseer—
CLARENCE PENIX
CLAY ROBERTS
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.
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. '
E. L. WATSON
0. I. HUBERT
It Is Party Suicide.
Criticism is rife over the
state concerning the arbitrary
action of the state central com
mittee in adopting tests of eligi
bility at the next democratic
primary not authorized by the
state convention itself,—indeed,
contrary to the letter and the
spirit of the decree of that con
vention. The Sheridan Head
light (Grant County) says:
The resolution as adopted by
the Grant county central com
mittee, if enforced, will bar a
large majority of democrats
from voting. We are sure that
such was not the intention of
the committee- It not only
would bar many good demo
erats, but it makes possible tne
throwing out of many votes
cast, after the primaries are ov
er, in case it was thought neces
sary. The resolution should be
corrected and made right, be
cause the right way to do ft
thing is always the best way.
Such a resolution is a bad preced
ent, and will bear evil fruit in
the future. Under its provis
ions the Democratic party could
never be numerically increased,
except by natural birth, or the
surrendering of political privil
eges for two years. Such pro
visions are not only unwise, but
absolutely unjust. Such has
never been the usage or prac
tice in Grant county. Members
of other political parties, by
such arbitrary ruling, could nev
er join the democratic party,
however honest might be their
convictions in changing party af
filiations.
There is not a single good side
to such a proposition, and the
folly of it cuts out a majority of
the democrats. Some of the
voters may not have gone to
the polls last election on account
of sickness; some for business
engagements; some because
they theought it their privilege
to stay away; some because they
thought it not their duty to
vote under the then existing cir
cumstances, and for various oth
er reasons votes were not cast |
at the last election. All these j
being two-thirds of the demo
crats in Grant county, under the
resolution, could be prevented
from voting, or thrown out af
ter the primary is held- The on
ly requirement that should be
necessary is a pledge to support
the democratic ticket; it being
understood that the primaries
are regularly and honestly held.
Otherwise, no democrat is
bound. There is no law under
the Heavens that can force a
man to endorse a thing that is
not right. Any kind of a reso
lution may be passed, but en
forcing it is a different propo
sition.
Talking Pictures At Opera House
I Local playgoers will have their
first opportunity of seeing and
hearing Thomas A. Edison’s
latest great invention, the Ivin
! etophone, or talking pictures at
the Opera House, when the in
i ventor manager will present his
perfectly equipped traveling
! company for a brief engagement.
I Since the completion of this
marvelous device which so per
fectly reproduces every spoken
word and sound in conjunction
with the pictured players and
singers, Mr. Edison has spent
■ the greater part of his time at
I the Orange, N. J., studio in
i directing new plays, vaudeville
1 and minstrel sketches, and pre
tentious operatic numbers for
! tne programs or ms eignteen
road companies. It is a great
rule of his never to allow any de
vice to be offered to the public
before it has been proven abso
lutely perfect, and in the case of
the Talking Pictures which Mr.
Edison has been at work upon
for several years, the great suc
cess which the presenting com
panies have met with in each
city and town where they have
played at the high class houses
(has been very gratifying to the
j inventor.
j The program to be shown here
has been selected from the hun
dreds of Talking Picture sub
I jects already completed, and pro
| vides a well balanced bill of great
I interest- Comedy and dramatic
inumbers, Shakespearean selec
tions, operatic and minstrel num
bers, vaudeville, farce and spe
cialties are to be given in the
fourteen numbers which com
prise Mr. Edison’s program. A
j number made by John J. Mc
iGraw, Captain of the New York
i Giants ball club, in which the re
l doubtable “Mugey” tells of in
teresting plays and happenings
on the ball field, will appeal
j strongly to the young folks.
Evening prices will be child
i dren under 12 years, 25c; Adults
35c and 50c. Matinee Tuesday,
prices 15 and 25c. An entire
| change of program for each
show. 44d5t
Entertains For Miss Neill.
Mrs. Samuel R. Phillips enter
tained very delightfully Wednes
day afternoon in honor of her
sister, Miss Esther Neill of
Batesville, who has been her
house guest for two weeks.
Painty decorations of red and
white were tastefully used
throughout the rooms.
A delicious hot luncheon was
served by the hostess, assisted
by Miss Mabel Stayton. Favors
of beautiful red and white carna
tions were given each guest.
Those present were Mesdames
\\. T. Parish, John W. Stayton,
Jr., Ira J. Mack, H. E. Cobb, Jos.
M. Berger. E. L. Maris and
I Misses Esther Neill. Bessie Wat
j son. Carrie Stevens, Leah Jones,
Hortense Hite, Marie Kaiser and
Mabel Stayton.
Good for Honing Razor*.
People who hone their own r&zort
will be Interested In the statement In
one of the magazines that what Is
known as "cuttlefish paper" makei
an Ideal material for the rapid honing
of razors, surgical Instruments, etc.
This paper la made for use by dentists
tor polishing gold fillings, and la
coated with an abrasive subetanoe of
remarkably fine grain.
Champion \N olf Killer.
Cotter, Jan. 14.—Mon King, a
tie-maker and farmer who lives
20 miles up the White river from
this place, has killed some half
dozen big timber wolves this
winter. His last kill was a par
ticularly large wolf nearly coal
black, weighing 65 pounds,
which be shot with a rifle. Sev
eral wolf hunts have been held
in this section this fall and win
1 ter.
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Safety In Friendship.
An Intimate friendship is at onoe
! a safeguard in recreation and social
enjoyment, for a man thinks twice be
fore he plunges into surroundings
which he knows his best friend would
condemn. It is a stimulus, because
in work or business, or even play, a
man does not willingly lag behind
while the friend is forging ahead. In
common endeavors for good causes,
religious or social or political, friend
ship is a powerful inducement to self
forgetting activity.
Crow “Helped" in Golf Game
An unusual golf story comes from
Scotland. Mrs. Dfcrnett, an American
, lady living at North Berwick, while
; playing on the course recently, had
her game considerably interfered with
by a persistently inquisitive crow. She
had Just made a tee shot when the
crew secured the ball, and, after flying
| with it for some distance, dropped It.
. The lady made two other shots, and
the crow, to her amazement, twice re
| turned and lifted the ball after she
i had played it.
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Professor Recited Badly.
One day a college professor, going
to his class, came across one of his
students who had just fallen down.
Asking him how he fell, the student
replied, “Notwithstanding.” Telling
the anecdote a short time later the
professor said: “I met Mr. Junior the
other day, and he made a very bright
: remark. He had just fallen down, you
; know; and, when I asked him how it
| happened, he said, 'Nevertheless.’
| Budget.
Strange Names.
Every clergyman c*n tell tales of
the strange names which he has
been asked to bestow upon children
at the baptismal font; but the place
where that sort of thing is rampant is
British Guinea. Nannie Bellona, John
Pantaloon, and Frank Locust are
among Christian names imposed on
the offspring of native converts.
Worse still are “Whisky Emmanuel''
and "Seriatim ad Valorem.”
From “Old Slwash."
“We are more frivolous In our col*
lege life than in our business,” Georg#
Fitch said. “Still, college life he#
made business what It Is. Fraterni
ties are a clearinghouse for ability and
ambition.”'—Kansas City Star.
Much Like Sarcasm.
The conceited visitor had talked a
long time, and small Janie was duly
impressed with the breadth and varie
ty of his knowledge. At last the
talker made the sententious statement
that one-half the world does not know
how the other half lives. “Why don’t
you teach them?" was the Innocent
question that mde the visitor blush
and his other listeners struggle With
scarcely suppressed chuckles.
Naturally Frightened.
Decayed and l'ungold wood Is alsc
“fox Are.” On one occasion some ol
this was used for a camp Are, and
many of the broken fragments were
scattered over the groun'd where the
men were sleeping. The Are died oul
during the night and one of the party
awoke, and In his fright woke the
rest, who were equally terriAed, be
lleving that they were lying amoni
live coals.
“71
Pain Fill,
then—
Take
it
E.aay.
Anti-Pain Pills
viil help you, as they
ave helped others.
Good for all kinds of pain,
sed to relieve Neuralgia, Head
-he,. Nervousness, Rheumatism,
'Ciatica, Kidney Pains. Lumbago,
ocomotor Ataxia, Backache,
lomachache, Carsickness, Irri
bility and for pain in any part
i of the body.
At all druggist*. 28 doss* 85a ,
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, led.
S FIRE S All
| January 2fc
1 Having purchased the entire Staff
S Steyemark-Heyman, over $?ft firm*
p aged goods after the big f!re in’ gt ■
I we will put them on sale at almost®
05 own price. Ladies’ Ready-t0.®
H garments composed of cloaks, suits,®
£ es, shirt waists, middy blouses ■
■g and petticoats. y
•Hein e ta annl
1 Dry Goods Store ff
Hi Ifi SaHi Hi !Hf5 lani Hi ^ Hi lani sli ~jal larD Hi §0|^|j|^ff
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IHoilHnMil:!HEkEH!EE!!bHEEi
I We have just finished taking stock and find many
broken lines of good seasonable merchandise that we a§
must move in the next few days. Below we mention
a few of the many bargains we have for you.
$3.50 wool nap blankets fis
only__$2.19 |g
Comforts from__90c up
12 yards good, heavy brown
domestic for__$1 • afl
12 yards Amoskeag ginghams |{lj
Ladies’ $18.50 and $19.00
coats, only_$10.00 gfe
Ladies’ $13.50 and $12.00 coats |P
only_$7.50 jj«;
|ja Elen’s extra heavy fleeced shirts gjj
ga and drawers, each_39c
Be Men’s Ladies’ and Children’s SB
fie Munsing union suits at a big SB
ll " Men’s and Boys’ Clothing at Ic
Is one-third off. Bid reductions u§
E|| on shoes. Come to the New fie •
Store and save money. j
I J. D. Carvell ® Co. I
j£ Front st. The New Store ld'pwce I
TAKE A TRIP
TO
CALIFORNIA
THIS WINTER
You have long wished to visit the
“Golden State.” Make up
your mind this year and
go.
LOW FARES and
BEST SERVICE
Via
California Short Line
Via
EL PASO
THE ROUTE OF THE
“Golden State Limited”
the Best Train To
CALIFORNIA
Write to
CHAS. B. SLOAT
Assistant General Passen&ei |
Agent, Little Rock, Ark.
or consult Local Agent
IDEAL* LAUNDRY
C. a. WALTON
Proprietor.
Washing called lor and delivered
to all parts of the city.
Phone 151.
Agents Wanted in Every Town
0 0 00 0000 Gooool
0
i-ODGE DlRECTOiHi
o .
2 ..ROYAL ARCAXUl®
„ - Newport Council,
'J Royal Arcanum meek^H
s 3rd Friday nights jH1
V Month in the openlH'
o ’ ■:riding. Visiting
welcome.
O WOODMEN OF ll
O Pecan Camp No. 3, flt
O I t and 3rd Thursday
0 of each month in
© Hail. Visiting brothers!
0 Joe Younger, C,fl|
O P. S. White, CkH
O JACKSON LODGE XO.B
O F.&A.M. ■
O Meets Second and
0 Tuesday nights of eachn^B
O in the Opera House Binl^B
0 Second and Hazel streets!?
© Visiting brothers always!!
© citme. Geo. M. Sink, W.!|
0 S. M. Beattie, SH
© e ■ ts each Monday
© P,,ard Building, comer W
© and Walnut. All broth*
O vited to attend. ^^^B
© W. T. Guin,N.H
O W. B. Hurley, 9H
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Start the Year
With a firm resolve to better your power*!
Connect with the starting point of mcr ^ at tli
increasing income—a growing ban a a confidence'
bank. A bank account will create e ..in the c®
better standing and an increased i)ie |
munity for you.
Our service is yours to command. -A
The Famersj^j