THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
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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
TUT HIT C1TT A \TT?T>
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J. U. ARD
R. T. SIMMONS
For Treasurer—
JOHN H- CAMP
JESSE W. SHUFORD
J.M. IVY
J. I. HASTING
For School Superintendent—
H. L. LAMBERT
E. H. BOWMAN
J. M. BALCH
For Coroner—
HENRY GRANT
J. T. CRAFT
W. H- NOLEN
UNION TOWNSHIP
For Justice of Peace—
L. B. HARRIS
For Constable—
W. T. GUIN
CLYDE WOOD
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 Marsha!—
W. H. CAROUTHERS
GUS C. MARTIN
For City Treasurer—
GARLAND HURT
PERRY CLARK.
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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.
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OPPORTUNITY.
They do me wrong who say I'
come no more,
When once I knock and fail to j
find you in ; j
For every day I stand outside j
your door
And bid you wake, and rise to
fight and win.
Wail not for the precious chanc
es passed away,
Weep not for the golden ages on
the wane;
Each night I burn the records of j
the day;
At sunrise every soul is born
again.
Laugh like a boy at splendors
that have sped.
To vanished joys be blind and
deaf and dumb;
My judgments seal the dead
past with its dead,
But never bind a moment yet to
come.
Though deep in mire, wring not
your hands and weep;
T lpnd mv arm to all who sav I
can! I
No shamefaced outcast ever
sank so deep
But yet might rise and be again
a man.
Dost thou behold thy lost youth
all aghast?
Dost reel from righteous retri
bution’s blow?
Then turn from blotted archives
of the past,
And find the future’s pages
white as snow.
Art thou a mourner? Rouse
thee from thy spell!
Art thou a sinner? Sins may be
forgiven!
Each morning gives thee wings
to flee from Hell,
Each night a star to guide thy
feet to heaven.
—Judge Walter Malone.
To My Successor.
Here is a toast I want to drink
to a fellow I’ll never know—
To the fellow who’s going to take
my place when it’s time for me
to go.
I’ve wondered what kind of a
chap he’ll be and I’ve wished
I could take his hand,
Just to whisper, ‘‘I wish you
well, old man,” in a way that
he’d understand.
I’d like to give him the cheering
jn We have just finished taking stock and find many > |
9 broken lines of good seasonable merchandise that we j I
a must move in the next few days. Below we mention g |
SB a few of the many bargains we have for you. |1
J| $3.50 wool nap blankets J g
BE only_$2.19 5j
|j| Comforts from —-90c up ■ J
Ig 12 yards good, heavy brown g 1
Sn domestic for_—--$1 r S
g& 12 yards Amoskeag ginghams g S
flji Ladies' $18.50 and $19.00 Eg
coats, only_ $10.00 fife
jp Ladies’ $13.50 and $12.00 coats Eej
I only_$7.50 |_
| Men’s extra heavy fleeced shirts pi
| and drawers, each-39c g||
| Men’s Ladies’ and Children’s g|l
| Munsing union suits at a big jj|
f saving. ffi
| Men’s and Boys’ Clothing at Be
! one-third off. Bid reductions Eg
on shoes. Come to the New Be
Store and save money. Be
i J. D. Carvell ® Co. 1
| [ Front St. The New Store EDJPIUCE ||
word that I’ve longed at times
to hear;
I’d like to give him the warm
handclasp, when never a
friend seems near.
I’ve learned my knowledge by ,
sheer hard work, and I wish I:
could pass it on
To the fellow' who’ll come to take ,
my place some day when I am
gone.
Will he see all the sad mistakes
I’ve made and note all the bat
tles lost?
Will he ever guess of the tears
they caused, or the heartaches
w'hich they cost?
Will he gaze through the fail
ures and fruitless toil to the
underlying plan.
And catch a glimpse of the real
intent and the heart of the
vanquished man?
1 dare to hope he may pause
some day as he toils as I have
wrought,
And gain some strength for his
weary task from the battles
which I have fought.
But I’ve only the task itself to
leave with the cares for him
to face,
And never a cheering word may
speak to the fellow' who’ll take
my place. i
rhen here’s to your health, old
chap,
[ drink as a bridegroom to his
bride
L leave an unnmsnea xhsk xui
you but God knows how I
tried.
I’ve dreamed di'eams ;as all
men do, but never a one
came true,
And my prayer today is that all
the dreams may be realized
by you.
And we’ll meet some day in the
great unknown—out in the
realm of space;
You’ll know my clasp as I take
your hand and gaze in your
tired face,
Then all our failures will be suc
cess in the light of the new
found dawn—
So I’m drinking your health old
chap, who’ll take my place
when I’m gone.
—Louis E. Thayer.
Petition Present Aldermen.
Newport, Arkansas, Jan. 7, ’14.
To Dr. E. L. Watson and 0. I.
Hubert:
We, the undersigned, respect
fully petition that you submit
your names to the white prim
ary as aldermen for the second
ward of the city of Newport,
Arkansas.
E. L. Maris, W. G. Pettet, W.
N. Dawson, A. Bowie, B. W.
Robinson, W. R. O’Neal, O. D.
Wntsnn Trim .T Procter T, Min
or, S. R. Phillips, E. L. Boyce,
G. A. Hillhouse, Joseph W. Phil
lips, Geo. R. Hays, C. W. Wood,
A. W. Anderson, A. E. Cook, J.
S. Best, Chas. E. Carroll, Alcorn
Ferguson, W. Smith, J. V.
Ryan, Robertson Topp, G. W.
Gochenour, Geo. B. Irby, R.
McCuistion, C. Bach, R. T. Sim
mons, H. C. Sanders, A .D. Bail
ey, J. F. Hoofman.
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Notice.
Lots 5 and 6 of Lyon’s Second
Addition to the City of New
port, will be sold to the highest
bidder on January 8,1914, at the
court house, in Newport, Ark.
C. M. Erwin.
J. E. Mann,
Executors of Estate of
F. G. Smith, deceased.
d6.
Small Wonder.
A lady suffering from a severe cold
directed her maid to procure two pen
nyworth of ammoniated tincture of
quinine, «reat was her amusement
on the return of the maid, who ex
pressed her Inability to obtain “the
two animated pictures of Queen
Anne."--Lo«don Telegraph.
Stick to Right, Principle*.
The man whose principles are right
will suffer hi* setbacks, lose hi*
friends and tiave doubts, but In th*
long run ha will win, and the victory,
which is the result of principle. Is •
permanent one.
STATE CHAMPION NOT IN IT
Seal Hero of the Links in This Com
munity Was the Man Who Re
fused to Play the Game.
VV<- bad a chance to demonstrate
,>or theory last fall, says a writer in
che Toi-eka Capital. It worked like a
notate in a rheumatics pocket.
Through the influence of the missus,
who has friends, we obtained a cat a
to a very select country club in an
eastern state, where we stayed ten
days. The club bad golfltis in its
most acute form. The men and wom
en who frequented the club played
golf, talked golf, ate golf and slept
it It was the home of th9 state
champion and the game was the one
important topic of conversation.
For a day or two we were lost in
the atmosphere of golf which befog
ged the place. Then we began to at
tract a little attention by indicating
in a delicate and polite way that the
whole thing bored us to extinction.
When we respectfully declined to en
gage in the game or borrow any of
the Implements connected with the
sport there was great surprise. Our
assertion that we did not play the
game and did not wish to was receiv
ed with amazement. Up to the time
of our advent the slate champion had
been the colossal figure of the club.
At the end of three days we had
the state champion hanging on to the
ropes. At the end of a week his ex
istence had been forgotten. As a
curiosity he had been crowded out of
place by the "eccentric” Kansan who
sat around reading the reports of the
world’s championship games, deaf to
golf arid all of its manifestations. It
isn't always the hand that is dealt
you. It is the way you play it.
ACCORDED A HIGH POSITION
Women of Servia, Well Educated and
Able, Are Companions of Their
Husbands and Brothers.
There Is no country in me wunu
where women occupy a more dignified
position In the home than Servla. The
Servian idea is quite different from
that of the Turk, who keeps his wom
en behind shut doors or the German,
whose ideal woman is a hausfrau. In
Servia the woman is the companion of
the man.
A man is responsible for his un
married sisters, and throughout the
Balkan states it is considered rather
a breach of etiquette for him to mar
ry before his older sister.
No Servian gi-1 would feel she could
hold up her head in society unless
she could speak four languages. There
is hardly a Servian woman who can
not play some musical instrument.
Embroidery, painting, drawing, and
sculpture are all studied. Politics Is
a popular feature among women.
Servian women are very domesticat
ed and the highest ladles pay personal
attention to trivial matters of house
keeping.
There are two women doctors prac
ticing In Belgrade, and several wom
en teachers. But public., opinion, on
the whole, is rather against women
entering the labor arena.
Jekyll and Hyde Both Out.
One day Mr, Jenkins, senior fart
her in the firm, came out of his pri
vate office and handed Jimmy, the of;
flee boy, a slip of paper and said:
"Hera, Jimmy, go over to the pub
llo library and get me ‘Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde.’ I have written it on a
piece of paper for you so that you will
not forget."
Jimmy lost the slip of paper on the
way. When he discovered hip loss
he returned to the office without go
ing to the library and was seated at
his little desk Innocently shooting flies
with a rubber band when Mr. Jenkins
said to him:
"Well, Jimmy, where’s ‘Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde?”’
"Please, Mr. Jenkins," responded
Jimmy with well feigned candor, "the
lady at the library said they both just
went to the ball game and to call tor
them In the morning."
Old Town Again In Limelight.
Stockwell, England, where a hidden
church over 600 years old has just
been discovered, has hitherto been
chiefly famous for Its ghost, which set
all London In an uproar In 1772, Mak
ing the furniture dance afld the crock
though by way of variety an egg onoe
flew across the room and bit the cat
Having excited London and. frightened
Stockwell, the ghost retired, leaving
behind a firm belief In his supernatural
origin, until many years later a serv
ant admitted that long horse hairs at
tached to the crockery and wires to
he furniture had enabled her to play
the ghost so successfully that frighten
ed beholders never even detected such
open feats as throwing the egg at the
cat
La Grande Passion.
"Une grande passion est une
grande folle. Mediocrity in all things
is wisdom; mediocrity in sensations is
superlative wisdom. , , , No young
lady should fall in love till the' offer
has been made, accepted, the marriage
ceremony performed, and the first half
year of married life has passed away.
A woman may then begin to love, but
with very great precaution—very cool
ly, very moderately, very rationally.
If ever she loves so much that -
harsh word or a cool look cuts her to
the heart, she is a fool. If she over
loves so much that her husband’s will
is her law, and that she has got into
the habit of watching his look in or
der that she may anticipate his
wishes, she will soon be a neglected
fool.”—Charlotte Bronta.
| FIRE S All
IUq *«r B
| January 2|
1 Having purchased the entire StJ
g Steyemark-Heyman, over $20,000(B
® aged goods after the big fire in' $t M
uj we will put them on sale at almost*
ig own price. Ladies Ready-t0.*
g garments composed of cloaks, suits*
g es, shirt waists, middy blouses, ro*
ffi and petticoats. ■
iHeinemanJ
| Dry Goods Store I
IHrpznJHniSHhj
1 Schumann-Heinll
|j In Little Rock I
^ The world famous contralto will appear in I
[an! Rock at the Auditorium, January 16, under M
[UEj pices of the Litlle Rock Festival Chorus. ■
^ SONGS IN GERMAN AND ENGLISH. I
will be rendered by this, the greatest of all singenfl
jyej she has promised to be liberal in her encores, fl
H AUDITORIUM BEING REMODELED I
|uh to provide seating capacity for the immense anfl
which is expected on this occasion. The Auditors
ani now being heated and lighted for the occasion. ■
Sal building was selected because of its size and tnfl
(Uj=j acoustics. ■
ju^j SEATS RESERVED BY MAIL, JANUARY 12.1
^ Send your orders to W. P. Hamilton, 1
iyg O. K. HOUCK PIANO CO., Little Roctl
^ SEATS $2, $1.50, $1.00 ■
||U5 ^Mrs. Ernestine Schumann-Heink will stop •<!■
i|Ue Little Rock on this visit to Arkansas, so thwfl
l ing to hear her on the evening of January ImS
Jara reserve their seats early. The Auditorium httfl
Ifi ' ing capacity of 2,800, but this will no doubt«
lye too large for the crowd drawn by this wonderM
Office of The Chicago, Bock Island and
Pacific Railway Company.
Chicago, I1L, Nov. 15th, 1913.
To All Stockholders of The Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Company:
A special meeting of the stockhold
ers of the company will be held at the
office of the company in the City of
Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday the
31st day of January, 1914, at ten
o'clock a. m., for the purpose of vot
ing upon the acceptance by the com
pany of a lease of the line of railway
- ■:*:_I__* ~~
of the Rock Island, J
Southern Railway Co*
ing from Mesa, Pr*l^'
ansas, in a southeriydW
the countiee of Pni"»*
to Stuttgart, Arkansas'
ansae, a distance of W
miles; said
term of 999 yennJJ11!
J 914, upon such terms »■
Geo. H. Crosby, Secretaif
- - - 1 — 1Z
Aal For Tint hum Bln. Vb
coat Wm UoaUe to Altad to
Aaj of Her Heweworlc.
t
Pleasant KID, N. C-MI suffered for
Ihree summer*,” writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent, of this town, "and the third and
last time, was my worst
1 had dseadhd nervous headaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able to
walk about Could not do any of my
housework.
I also had dreadful pains In my back
and sides and when one of those weak,
sinking spells would come on me, I
would have to give up and lie down,
unto It wore off.
I waa certainly In a dreadful state of
heaHh, when I Anally decided to try
Cardut Aw woman's took, and I Brmly
1
believe 1 would hire **
taken It. .
After I bme «W »
pea;!. tietpee. wrf
lieved me entirely*
I fattened up, «d
stronger In three
other person attoge^- ,
Cardul is purely *0*
acting.
effect, on the wotninly
Cardul makes hr
,fflprovl“'SV
s-sr—*
Cardul has help*
weak women. dufln* i
It will surely
done for them. Try