CTHE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
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To Buy Ground Fronting Capitol.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 4. — T. S. ,
Osborne, a Sebastian county leg
islator, came back to Little Rock
Thursday to take a look over the |
lieUf of action, and to see where
■*- gallant warriors went down with
their bills clasped to their
breasts. Representative Os
borne introduced the bill which
gave Fort Smith the Commission
form of government, and is
much pleased over the election
held under this bill in that city
Tuesday. He says t he commis
sioners were all enthusiasts of
the new form of government for
cities, and under these conditions
Fort Smith will test; the system
under most favorable circum
stances.
Like many other legislators,
Representative Osborne is de
ploring the fact that the state
did not purchase the property in
front of the Capitol grounds, and
that between the Capitol and
Union station. There was a bill
before the senate to purchase
the two blocks immediately in
front jdffhe building, but it
.ever advanced beyond the sec
ond reading. Now that that it
is too late, the legislators have
awakened to the condition the
grounds will be in with all the
__^shaeks and small dwellings sur
i- rounding them. This property
will advance in value before the
next session of the legislature,
which will represent a lot to the
state through waiting.
If the expressions made since
k the adjournment of the legisla
ture are sincere, and if those
making them are returned to
the General Assembly, an ap
propriation will be made in 1915
sufficient not only to purchase
the two blocks in front of the
capitol entrance, but the four
blocks between Third and the
Union station.
w Road Improvement For Poinsett.
^^^toecial to Independent.
-Bttle Hock. April Tin-'
*-nnnlication for the forma
if a road improvement dis
HHHLaulor i he mow 1 iw creat
|gg|l£raV^e Department of I’tib’ic
a.\ s. has been received by
H. D. D\a* froni
i county. for a r.-.nl ho
HHMHH Ha.t> dm re; and Mat k.'.l
^ i-S pr->\ i.l.'d t liM ‘ ! : i -'
.Eain shall he pre-mu;-'.1 to
MBjiHJp^ommD' ion through the
HHKflttjjt clerk, and i hat it shall be
flHHMH not only by a majority of
®^®jffiJ^Ut!e,l electors of ! lie dD
HHgjHnHSjo.vt-'d. out by a majority
[H3HygB|ud owners.
sHLUxiyubat it
ment of the automobile license.
He began issuing the tags 1 ues
day, the business being trans
ferred from the office of the
Secretary of State. Ihe pa\-;
ment of the tax of $10 is made
to the collector of the county and
the tag issued by the Commis
sioner upon presentation of the j
collector’s receipt.
It is expected that the govern
or will appoint the other two
commissioners in a few days,
one for one year and the other
for two. There has been no in
dication as to whom he will se
lect. Those two with the land
commissioner, constitute the
board.
Confident Of Interurban Line.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 4.—Senator
W (1 Rodgers of Nashville vwis
in Little Rock Thursday on le
gal business, and as usual he
was working overtime boosting
his home town.
“Property in Nashville today
is worth 50 per cent more than
it was two weeks ago,” declared
Senator Rodgers, “because the
status of the Memphis, Dallas
& Gulf railroad has been settled,
and its admission as a common
carrier, and being taken out of
the tap line class, insures its
early completion to Hot Springs.
This will give us the muchly de
sired northern outlet and will
boom Nashville.
“The railroad had about $100,
000, its earned division in the
matter of freights delivered
from other lines, which was
held up pending the decision of
the Inter-State Commerce Com
mission. The recent decision a
wards this to the railroad and it
will go a long way toward the
completion of the line. I under
stand that the owners of the
road have all the money neces
sary to complete the line, and
you can watch dirt fly and Nash
ville grow from now on.
“We will be riding into Little
Rock through Hot Springs bv
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[US wants. You can shop just LpT
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by <)Ver Phones as though jyL
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SU ery service which is particu- c=fl]
^ larly convenient in disagree- ^nj
Lp able weather or when you
are in a hurry. OjjSj j
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WITH THE
WHITNEY SHOWS
At The -- ;
Fireman’s CARNIVAL
j NEWPORT,'ARKANSAS, ONE WHOLE WEEK, STARTING1
MONDAY, APRIL 7.
free;
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iL 100 FT. HEAD FOREMOST j
15 Y ( APT. JAMES R. COLTON !
mt Will Re Turned Over, by the
a dies' Relief Society.
fall, for the line is to be hauling
passengers by the time for the
next State Fair.”
Dime Bank For Flood Sufferers.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 4.—Prof.
Geo. B. Cook, of the Department
of Education, is the original
first aid to the flood sufferer in
Little Rock. He has purchased
a small bank which will hold
$5.00 in dimes, and every friend
he meets is requested to put in
his mite to aid the suffering peo
ple of the Ohio valley. Prof.
Cook empties the bank as soon
as it is filled, turning the pro
ceeds into the fund which is
daily forwarded to the governoi
of Ohio.
State Auditor Oathout, who
has charge of the funds raised
in Arkansas, received but one
contribution Thursday. It was
25 cents, wrapped in a piece of
paper, the contribution of . a
widow, and knowing her cir
cumstances, Auditor Oathout
considers it greater than that
given by concerns which have
donated many times the amount.
Wife Of Civil War Veteran Dead.
Mrs. Mary Shaver of Evening
Shade died at the home of her
son in that city this morning at
6 o’clock and will be buried at
that place tomorrow. The de
ceased was about 87 years of age
and was well known in Bates
ville to many of the elder peo
ple.
She was the grandmother of
Chas. D. Metcalf, cashier of the
Union Bank and Trust Com
pany here, and he will go to
Evening Shade to attend the
funeral tomorrow at ten o’clock.
Mrs. Shaver was a widow since
the civil war. Her husband was
the first man killed in North
Arkansas and he was killed by
carpet baggers soon after the
war started. He had organized
a company and was about to go
to the front, when he was called
to his door one night about
dusk and cowardly murdered.
Mrs. Shaver was a splendid
Christian woman, and one who
was loved by all who knew her.
Commission Directs Rate.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 4. — The
Arkansas Railroad Commission
ivill issue an order requiring the
St. Louis, Southwestern Railway
Company to charge but a one
ine rate on all freight which o
riginates on the main line of the
Cotton Belt and is delivered to
points on the Arkansas rail
road, and vice versa. The branch
line, which runs out from Rob
[toy, is owned by the St. Louis
Southwestern, but a two line
'ate has been charged, to which
nerchants of Pine Bluff object
ed. The raw mat . rial rate will
ilso be effective on the short
ine, and it will be considered a
)ne line rate, the same as other
commodities.
St. Paul’s Church.
The Rev. Henry E. Spears is
10 win charge of St. Paul’s,
rhe services on Sunday will be
it the following hours.
Sunday school at 9:15.
Holy Communion and Sermon
it 11 o’clock and Evening Pray
er and Address at 7:30.
Everyone will be made wel
come.
WAR ON BUGS.
Not a bug left to tell the tale
when you fight them with Ross’
“Dead Quick” spray. Bed bugs,
ants, fleas, mites, lice, potato
bugs, etc., die the moment it is
applied. Kills their eggs too.
Nice and clean for home use..
Refuse substitutes, they are ncF
like it. Sold in Newport by
your druggists.
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To Exhibit School Work.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 4.—Prof. J.
L. Bond and Prof. Favrot of the
Department of Education, are
preparing an exhibit of the
school work of Arkansas pupils,
for the conference of education
in the South, which meets week
after next in Richmond, \ a. The
exhibit will be the cream of that
which was last year displayed at
the Arkansas State Fair, and the
Department of Education ex
pects to equal or surpass any
thing offered by the Southern
states, for there is some very
talented work in this collection.
Say Girl Sold Liquor.
Fort Smith, April 3.—Mabel
Cochran, aged 19, an employe of
a hotel at Heavener, Okla., was
arrested in that city by a United
States deputy marshal yesterday
! and was lodged in jail at Musko
gee, charged with introducing li
quor into Eastern Oklahoma.
She alleges guests at the hotel
induced her to purchase liquor at
Fort Smith. Upon her arrival at
Heavener she was met by an offi
cer who confiscated the liquor.
Better Keep the Boy.
At nightfall the junior partner’s ex
altation of the day changed to chagrin
and he clamored noisily for the errand
hoy's dismissal.
"Better think it over," the eenlor
partner advised.
“Why waste time in thinking," the
Junior retorted, “when he’s got to got
Here I am, lying awake every night
for & week planning an effective win
dow decoration, which is turned into a
laughing stock the first day by the
stupidity of that boy, who leaves three
yards of blue woolen dust rag draped
around silver tankards and trays of
diamonds.’’
“Well,” said the elder Jeweler,
"people stopped and looked, didn’t
they?"
"Yes, but what of it? That dust
rag 7” growled the Junior.
“That’s why I advise you to keep
the boy," advised the senior mildly. "If
It hadn’t been for him I am afraid no
body would have looked at all.”
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Stove Wood
$1.00 and $2.00 Loads
Any Size Good MUi Wood
Close Prices on Carloads
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Times are changing. Progressive farmers deposit their money
in a good bank. They pay their bills by check and get a receipt ||
in that way. Lots of reasons why you should have a bank ac
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Mules for Sale I
About 40 head of Missouit
mules, all broke and in good !j
condition at right prices |