Kite
I shoots JAKE
ft In Darktown Ends
E,s Shooting On
■ Street.
ftght, about 9 o clock,
ft whose color is the
■his cognomen, was
■iously wounded by
Khel White, at the
■ Vine and Second
■negroes had engaged
■I during which, it is
Kite threatened the
Koman, who, meeting
K street, opened fire
Elver, firing three
■f which took effect—
■high and one in the
■he knee. •
■grees were arrested
ipn was released on
■ his wife languishes
Kiting the result of
Eds, which though
ierious, as not consid
Krily dangerous.
Is been employed as
t Eamheart’s saloon
lPine street, between ;
Second.
e For Re-Election,
pendent has been au- j
announce J. H. Ait
candidate for re-elec
office of surveyor of
unty. He has served
in this office very ac
nd capably and is en
he endorsement of a
n.
[er a county surveyor
8, the more useful he
become in the service
Iia we are sure j
: has given his |
id conscientious
affable and ac- j
1 has made an j
d in his first j
rk.
Pictures i
he
House
oors and Many !
last evening. |
igram for to- j
liss it.
nes:
JOKE
edy)
•
TRONG
edy)
CIAN
edy)
[)LO--Part I.
)LO—Part II.
*H GARDEN
ical)
1 THE ACT
edy)
fG THE WRIT
edy)
ROM IRELAND
deal)
> SCHECK
eville)
NORMANDY
era)
I—Part I.
k-Part II.
j Talking Pictures Make Hit.
Mrs. R. B. Hocking, who has,
since taking charge of the opera
house, given the public a number
of fine attractions, has again
demonstrated her willingness
to spare neither trouble nor ex
pense in putting first-class,
-wholesome entertainments be
fore the public.
The Edison talking pictures,
shown last night, under the di
rection of Mr- Foster, were decid
edly an innovation, and the au
dience, which packed the house
to overflowing, wras enthusiastic
in its praise of the evening’s en
tertainment.
The music was exceptionally
fine and in every way the en
tertainment was a wondrous
success. A matinee was given
this afternoon.
So large was the crowd at
the initial performance that any
trouble in caring for the patrons
of the house is being anticipated
by special preparations this af
ternoon to provide every com
fort possible for the audience at
the evening performance.
Dr. Serreli of Fisher Committed
Suicide Yesterday.
Word was received in the city
Monday morning from Fisher
announcing the suicide of Dr.
Serreli of that place. The facts
leading up to the suicide have
not been learned- About four
o’clock yesterday afternoon the
doctor swallowed one-eighth of
an ounce of morphine, after
which he walked to the office of
Dr. Dodd, a friend, and informed
him of his action, saying he
took the drug with suicidal in
tent- Dr. Dodd at once under
took to save the man, but he
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ing about 4 o’clock this morn
ing.
It is thought that the suicide
was due to financial troubles. The
relatives of the deceased re
side in Louisiana and have been
advised of his death.—Jonesboro
Tribune.
Inspecting High Schools.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 20.—B. W.
Torreyson, State High School
Inspector, is visiting the schools
at Sulphur Rock, Newark,
Batesville and Melbourne this
week
J. L. Bond, rural school super
visor, is spending the week in
Cleburne county visiting the ru
ral schools and the schools at
Heber Springs and Quitman, also
the University Extension school.
Miss Eva Reichardt, School
Improvement organizer, w ill
visit Rison, Star City and Bry
ant this week. Next week Miss
Reichardt and Mr. Bond will at
tend the farm demonstrators’
meeting at the University of Ar
k&nsss
The latter part of this week
Superintendent Geo. B. Cook will
attend the Farmers Short Course
| at the Monticello Agricultural
| School.
Wants Birthday Present.
(Advertisement)
i Thornberry A. Gray of Inde
pendence county was here Mon
| dav, meeting the voters ofJack
i son county. He wants a birth
]day present from the people of
! this district upon March -5, as
| that will be his 43rd milestone.
Those desiring high class da>
board, should confer with Mrs.
E. Claridge prior to February 1.
42bl4.
L ) .
SAND-CLAY
ROAD WORK
\Y7hen and How It Should Be
Done To Obtain Best
Results.
Special to Independent.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 20.—
| There are at present about 35,
: 000 miles of sand-clay roads in
jthe United States, mainly in the
j Southern States, according to
; the Office of Public Roads, U. S.
Department of Agriculture. The
| time to work the roads is in the
• spring when the soil is damp. If
the working of the roads is de
ferred until late in summer when
they are dry, they are not only
much more difficult to put in
! proper shape but the cost of re
pair is greater than if they were
‘worked early in the spring.
Previous to 1894 comparative
ly little, if any, of these roads
existed. The popularity of this
type of road is due to the fact
that it is cheap, comparatively
firm and durable, easy to con
struct and repair, and that the
materials out of which it is built
are plentiful in many sections of
the country.
The sand-clay road is made by
mixing the sand and clay in
such a way that the grains of
sand touch each other, the spac
es between the grains being fill
ed with clay which acts as a
binder.
The approximate mixture of
sand and clay may be determined
by filling a vessel with a sample
of the sand to be used and anoth
er vessel of the same size with
water. The wrater is poured
carefully into the sand until it
reaches the noint of overflowing.
The volume of water removed
i i
from the second vessel repre
sents approximately the propor
tion of clay needed.
The proper proportion of sand
and clay can best be determined, I
however, as the work progresses, J
as some clay will contain more !
sand than others- In fact, clays J
are very frequently found which
already contain about the right J
proportion of sand.
| If the road to be treated is |
sandy, the surface is first leveled i
off and crowned with a road ma-1
chine, the crown being about I
one-half inch to the foot from \
the center to the sides. The
clay is then dumped on the sur
face and carefully spread, so
1 that it will be from 6 to 8 inches
in depth at the center, and grad
ually decreasing in depth to
wards the sides. A layer of
clean sand is then usually added,
'which is thoroughly mixed with
the clay, either by traffic or by
nleans of plows and disk or tooth
harrows.'
The best results have been ob
tained by thoroughly mix ing or
! puddling the materials when
j wet. For this reason, it is desir
able that the mixing be done in
| wet weather. The mixing can
ibe left to the traffic after the
materials have been properly
placed, but this involved a whole
winter and spring of bad road,
and even then the mixing is not
always satisfactory. In all cases
it i£ advisable to dress the road
j with a road machine or split-log
• drag after the materials have
been thoroughly mixed, and to
give it a crown of not more than
1 inch or less than three-fourths
inch to the foot from the center
to the sides. A light coating of
sand may then be added. The
use of the road machine or drag
should be continued at frequent
j _ •*-—>—
\
intervals until the surface is
smooth and firm.
If the road to be treated is
composed of clay, it should first
be brought to a rough grade
with a road machine- The sur
face should then be plowed and
thoroughly pulverized by har
rowing to a depth of about 4
inches after which it is given a
or slope of about one-half inch to
the foot from the center to the
sides. It is then covered with G
to 8 inches of clean, sharp sand,
which is spread thicker in the
center than at the sides. The
materials should then be mixed
with plows and harrows while
they are comparatively dry, af
ter which they are finally pud
dled with a harrow during wet
weather. If clay works to the
surface and the road become
sticky, more sand should be add
ed.
The road is then shaped,
crowned and ditched in the usual
manner with a road machine.
This should be done when the
surface, is soft, yet stiff enough
to pack well under the roller or
the traffic. Wide but shallow
ditches should be provided on
both sides of the road, and cul
verts or crossrains should be
placed wherever water flows
across the road, for it is exceed
ingly important that the “sand
on clay” roads be well drained.
After the clay on sand, or the
sand on clay, road is completed,
it should be carefully maintained
until the surface becomes firm
and smooth. The construction
of this type of road is by no
means a quick operation. If
soft, sticky places appear, more
sand should be added, and if
loose, sandy places are found,
rrmi’p r-lsiv nppGpd Tt i« inst
as important to attend to these EiJ
small details as to any other part |Uj
of the work, for, if they are neg- ^
lected, the road is liable to fail. J
It requires approximately 1 ^
cubic yard of clay to surface one i
and one-half running yards of
road 12 feet in width, or about ^
1175 cubic yards to the mile. ,
From three-fourths to 1 cubic *
yard will make a load for two -
horses on a dry clay road. The {
cost of the road will therefore ^
depend largely upon the distance
the material is hauled, the aver- .
age being from $500 to $1,000
per mile. A road built under the *
direction of the Office of Public ^
Roads at Gainesville, Florida
one mile long, 14 feet wide, and y
having 9 inches of sand-clay sur
face, cost $881 per mile, or ten “
cents per square yard. Another ^
sand-clay road built by the Office !jj
at Tallahassee, Florida, 16 feet ij
wide, 7 inches thick, cost $470 y
per mile, or about five cents per j*
square yard. ■
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Corporations Chartered- |
Special to Independent. (Lj
Little Rock, Jan. 20.— The
j following new corporations were “
chartered: ■
! Sandberg Interior Finishing |
Co. of Little Rock, capital stock [L
$25,000 of which $15,000 is jjj
subscribed, Algot Sandberg ■
president, Axel Williams vice- «
president, R. T. Bryan treasurer- I
secretary. The company will g
manufacture sash, doors and J
other interior finishing and ■
building material. S
i Treece-Bratton Mercantile Co. 0
of Marshall, retail and wholesale jj
general mercantile business, cap- ‘
ital stock $25,000, of which $15,- .
000 is subscribed. V. C. Bratton j
is president and Garland Fergus- [
on, Z. V. Ferguson, Louis Mills, |
J. E. Treece and E. B. Treece, :
directors.
COUNIY TEACHERS’
ASSOCIATION
Meets at Tuekerman Januan 51
and Program Has Been
Arranged.
The Jackson County Teachers’
Association whose last meeting
was hel at Swiff on in the Fall,
will meet Saturday, January 31,
at Tuekerman and the following
program has been arranged:
MORNING SESSION.
10 a. m.—Opening by S. C.
Vick President.
Invocation—Rev. W. P. Talk
ington.
Welcome Address—D K. Hub
hard.
Response—J. M. Raich.
10:30 to 11:15—“How to Cre
ate a better School Spirit and Its
Bearing on Better Attendance”
—Prof. J. L. Bond.
11:15 to 11:40—“Athletics, Its
Place In School Life”—Edgar |
Williams.
Discussion—E. E. Herndon
and J- O. Golf.
11:40 to 12:00—“Demonstration
Work and Its Relation to Our
School”—County Demonstrator.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
1:30 to 2:00—Primary Work,
First and Second Grades—Mrs.
W. L. Woods and Miss Beattie.
2:00 to 2:20—Character Ideals
and Their Development.
2:20 to 2:40—School Improve
ment—Miss Eva Reichardt.
2:40 p. m.—Literary Society,
Its Place In School Life— E- D.
Ring.
Discussion—T. A. Morris and
W. H. Peck.
2:40 to 3:00 p. m.—What Is
Teaching and How Done?—H,
L. Lambert.
.‘5:00 to 3:20 p. rn.—Text Books
Their Aim and Methods of Sub
ject Development—Rev. J. A.
Roberts.
3:20 to 3:40 p. m. — The Li
brary, How to Acquire One ami
Lse It—E. if. Bowman.
Discussion—M isx I lamilton
and Mrs. Box.
3:40 to 4:00 p. m.—Should
Roys and Girls Take The Same
Course After Completing Com
mon School Course—Mrs Gib
son.
Address—I’rof. -1. H. Reynold-;,
president of Hendrix College.
Newspaper At Gillett.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 20.—Franlc
N. Henderson, editor and pub
lisher of the England Courier,
was in Little Rock Monday . He
reports that the Courier has just,
undertaken the publication <d'
the Gillett Reporter for the bus
iness men of Gillett. The editor
is E. J. Holloway, assistant
postmaster. The Courier is also
printing the High School Re
flector, a journal issued by the
pupils of the England high
school. A model K. linotype
has been bought by Mr. Hen
derson, to be installed about
February 1.
Petition Hearing Continued.
The question of granting sa
loon license for the year 1914
was taken up by Judge Coe this
morning and on motion of Phil
lips, Hillhouse & Boyce, attor
neys for remonstrants, the hear
ing was postponed until January
28th,•
HERE IS
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m
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S To clear them out quickly, we have ^
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5 be able to get a pair of these ^
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