THE INDEPENDENT
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A few more hysterical break?
by Senator Martine ought to dis
qualify him from service on the
mine strike investigating com
mittee. There is usually sc
many damnable things in con
nection with labor strikes, on
both sides, that an excitable
man i?. not competent to consid
er them.—Texarkanian. Sena
tor Martine has made a specta
cle of himself at about every
session the investigating com
mittee has held, lie appears to
have prejudged the case before
it was opened, and loses his tem
per whenever testimony is offer
ed that does not coincide with
his preconceived ideas.—Fort
Smith Times-Record.
Hays and Ring lings.
The traveling men who come
in droves to hotel Rhea, traverse
iVin nnf irn afofn /if A I’L'niKfUl lUlfl
with one exception, out of all
these interviewed by us they
are of the opinion that Brun
didge will be elected governor
tomorrow. When asked how
the race for governor was going
one man said: “It looks hazy
for Hays.” Another said: “1
' don’t believe Mr. Hays will even
get a good look in.” Another
said: “10,000 majority for
Brundidge.” Another said: “1
have been hunting for Hays
money all over the state and car
not find any.” Another said
“I will answer your question by
asking a conundrum: “What is
the difference between Ringlin*
Bros, and Mr. Ha.vs?” We givt
it up. “The difference is tin
Ringlings have a show.”—Wal
nut Ridge Blade.
Placing Scrip At Par.
An effort is now being made
upon the part of some of the en
thusiastic citizens of Jonesboro,
to promote a plan whereby
Craighed county’s paper can be
placed at par, and the outstand
ing scrip indebtedness wiped
out.
This is the most commendable
| move that has been started in
f several years and can easily be
accomplished with the support
of a few of our worthy citizens,
who certainly have the advance
ment and prosperity’ of the coun
ty at heart. The plan is very
simple and is similar to the
means adopted to liquidate the
indebtedness of Jonesboro a few
years ago. when Mayor Gregg
and the progressive council wip
ed out an indebtedness of more
than forty thousand dollars in
two years. These gentlemen
had the co-operation of our
banks and borrowed sufficient
money at six per cent interest to
call in $42,000 of outstanding
scrip, paying fifty cents in cash
for the entire amount. Almost
every dollar was readily secured
and the scrip placed as collater
al with the banks and retired
and cancelled as fast as revenue
was received, in excess of the a
mount necessary to carry on the
actual expenses of the city gov
ernment, In two years the
banks were paid in full and the
scrip cancelled and the city had
a snug deposit on hand to meet
all expenses.
During this interim the city
made as rapid advance and as
much general improvement as
at any time in its history. This
is explained by the fact that in
stead of paying two dollars in
scrip for every claim against the
•city, it had the ready money and
received a dollar’s worth of la
bor or merchandise for every
dollar in cash that was spent
Scrip was selling at forty and
fifty cents when this plan wa>
decided upon and every man whc
had a claim against the cit>
padded it to twice its value. This
is now being done on not quite
so large a basis with the county
Scrip is worth sixty cents ana
while it is against the law tc
raise the value of a claim against
the county owing to deprecia
! tion in the value of scrip, yet it
! is done and the grand jury and
| all concerned are forced to wink
at this violation, because other
* wise the county’s credit would
be embarassed.
i The county has less than forty
thousand dollars outstanding
warrants at this time. By se
lecting a wealthy stockholder
from each of the four banks of
the city as a custodian or trus
tee to act in behalf of the county,
and the banks, sufficient money,
we believe, could be borrowed,
each bank loaning its propor
i tionate share at a given per cent
j interest to call in the scrip at
seventy-five cents or whatever
1 amount should be decided upon.
; The scrip to be held as collateral
until sufficient revenue is on
hand to retire it.
In this manner more good
roads and bridges and general
county improvements could be
made and one of the most pros
perous counties in the state
would have a clean slate, un
hampered by debt and ready tc
make more rapid pace in every
way. We would be glad to see
our county judge get in touch
with the proper parties to bring
this condition to a happy frui
tion. It is a shame that a coun
ty of the magnitude and impor
tance of Craighead, should be
hampered by debt and unable
to make advancement in many
ways that is so badly needec
just now.—Jonesboro Tribune.
Judge Rose Improving.
i
j The condition of Judge Uriah
M. Rose, former president of the
|
, American Bar Association anc
peace commissioner to The
| Hague, who fell from a chair at
his office, 314 West Markham
street yesterday morning, was
last night reported to be improv
ed. Although suffering from a
severe blow to his spine, which
resulted when he struck the
floor, it is thought no serious
consequences will follow.
The fall occurred when Judge
Rose in attempting to turn on
an electric fan, stood upon a
chair, lost his balance, then top
pled over. He was picked up
unconscious and hurried to his
home at Third and Gaines
streets, where he was adminis
tered to by Dr. C. P. Merriweth
, er.
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i MrS. Lvnch And Son Denied Bail
j
Clarendon, June 20.—Judge
Eugene Lankford today denied
the petition of Mrs. Lillie D.
Lynch and her son. Robert Spi
vey, asking that they be allowed
to give bond. The habeas cor
pus proceedings followed the
recent hearing of Mrs. Lynch
and Spivey on a charge of first
degree murder for the killing of
Robert Lynch, Mrs. Lynch’s
j estranged husband, by Spivey
: on May 9, at Mrs. Lynch’s home
at Saulsburg. Mrs. Lynch and
her son based their petition upon
the testimony given at the cor
oner’s inquest. Judge Lank
ford refused to consider their
claims and they were remanded
to jail in Clarendon.
The state was represented by
Prosecuting Attorney James R.
Reed and G. Otis Bogle of Brink
ley. Mrs. Lynch and Spivey
were represented by Thomas Lee
of Clarendon and Roy D. Camp
bell of Cotton Plant.
» mmmm——
Dairying In Swagon.
ha* agricultural toclatiw
trfcfleh amlat th» dairying bnalneas by
appointing Itinerant taacbora, giving
fimnta to *cho«!» and lupport to ax
blbltlona.
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WORLD’S DEBT TO THE AGES
Modern Progress, Thoroughly An»
tyzed. Not So Much of an Im
provement on the Past.
Not by a great deal are all the old
fashioned things admirable, but by no
means are they all inferior and out of
date because they are old-fashioned.
The best of them we may strain all
our modern resources to equal, and
not do It. The best products of old
fashioned training and education are
still models for contemporary semi*
1 narles. As far back as we can reach
Into the history of mankind we find
great people, easily the equals, and
often the superiors, of our very best in
, mental and moral qualities. Our good
, luck Is not that we are superior to
them In our human material, but that
I we have at our service an immensely
greater accumulation of knowledge,
mostly about material things. Thanks
1 to that, wo understand the laws of
i nature much better than our fathers
1 did, and that has helped us to make
wonderful machines, and put tham to
doing, after their fashion, what used
to be done by Angers, brains, and
brawn. But spiritually we got our
highest inspiration two thousand years
ago, and have been trying ever sinoe
to reach up to it; and mentally, though
we use better tools, we are no better,
surely, than Pythagoras or Aristotle
or the author of the Book of Job and
hundreds of thinkers who must have
long preceded any of them.—E. S
Martin, in Harper's Magazine.
SALLY’S LOSS, LONDON’S GAIN
How Maid Servant Lost Husband and
i Wealth and City Secama Pos
sessed of Fine Hospital.
That bequests to Individuals and to
public benevolences are frequently the
result of a mere whim or of caprice,
has no better Illustration, perhaps,
than the case of Thomas Guy, who
built and endowed the great Guy’s
hospital of London, at a cost of £23V
292 nearly two hundred years aga
Guy had a maid servant of strictly
frugal habits, who made his wishes
her careful study He resolved to
make her his wife. The necessary
preparations were made tor the wed
ding; and among others many little
repairs were ordered by Mr. Guy In
and shout his house. The latter In
eluded the laying of a new pavement
opposite the street door. It so hap
pened that Sally, the bride-elect, ob
served a piece of pavement beyond
her master's house that required
mending, and of her own accord she
: gave orders to the workmen to do this.
; This was done In the absence of Mr.
; Guy. who on seeing more work done
than he had ordered was informed
| that the additional work had been
done by the mistress’s orders. There
upon Guy told Sally she had forgotten
her position, and added: “If you take
upon yourself to order matters con
trary to my instructions before we are
married, what will you not do after?
| I renounce my matrimonial intentions
toward you.” So Sally lost a rich and
grouchy husband and London gained l
noble Institution for her poor.
—
j Woman’s Story.
A tady wrote to 26 friends an«l told
thorn she was giving a “white ele
phant” party, and that each guest was
to eosae and bring the aboointeot moat
useless thtog she poaseeoed. Aad the
whole 26 women tuned up with their
husbands!
Another lady was giving what la
called u book tao-oaah go sot to woo*
plnaed on her dress, oomeiitag to np
rooaat tho namo of somo book. Tho
bum of each book hod been gueoao4
with one exception.
The lady who still pussled everyone
wore a photograph of her husband et
her bodice. No one eould guess the
use of the book she Intended the
picture to represent, and after they
had all given It up" she told them—
“Life's Handicap.”
Grotesque Names for Children.
Certain philanthropic Londoners
I have proposed a Guild of Godparents
to save innocent children from the
burden of grotesque names. Hundreds
of examples of this poor form of pa
! rental wit occur in the birth registers
for the past few years. Noah’s Ark
Smith, Sardine Box, Jolly Death,
Judas Iscariot Brown, One-Too-Many
' Johnson, Not-Wanted Smith, Borrtl
Simpson. Merry Christmas Figgett.
Odious Heaton and Anno Domini
Davis are the names of children prob
ably living who will have to bear them
through life.
Portuguese Jury Drew Lots.
A new method of administering Jus
tice was applied recently at Villa
Ftanca de Xlra in Portugal.
A prisoner was charged with coun
terfeiting, and as the jury were oran
ly divided and could not agree they
determined to draw lots. Two places
of paper were procured, one was In
scribed "guilty” and the other “Inn©
] cent.” They were then folded ap,
| shuffled, and one was then chosen by
a juryman.
It happened to be the one Inscribed
“guilty,” whereupon the prisoner was
sentences to the maximum penalty.
Legal Point of View.
First Lawyer—I was looking over
my boy's geometry lesson last night
I was quite interested in that propo
sition. that the three angles of a tri
angle are equal to two right angles.
Second Lawyer—That isn’t very
complicated.
First Lawyer—No, but I was trying |
to think what a man could do If be ,
bad the other side of the caea
GO RIGHT AT IT.
Friends And Neighbors In New
port Will Show You the Way.
Get right at the root of the
j trouble.
Rubbing an aching part may
1 relieve it,
But won’t cure it if the kid
I neys are weak.
You must reach the root of it—
the kidneys.
Reach the cause; relieve the
pain.
Begin at once with Doan’s Kid
ney Pills.
Are recommended by thous
ands.
Here is a statement from a
Magness resident:
Mrs. B. F. Owens, Magness,
Ark., says, “One of our family
complained a great deal of a
dull pain in the small of the back,
Dizzy spells were common, es
pecially in the morning. The
kidney secretions were too fre
| quent in passage. Hearing
| Doan’s Kidney Pills highly re
| commended, a box was procur
ed. They made a cure. We high
ly recommend Doan’s Kidney
j Pills.”
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s
—and take no other. (adv.)
SHOWS AND HOTELS.
All moving picture shows, ho
tels, boarding houses, city halls,
jails churches, schools, and pri
vate homes, are subject to in
sects and germs. Spray them
with Ross’ “Dead Quick” spray,
and reduce disease.
A delightfully clean disinfect
ant, certain death to germs, in
sects and their eggs. Sold in
Newport by your druggist.
(Adv.)
Reaching the (deal.
The vision that you glorify In your
mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in
your heart—this you will build youf
life by, thl* you will become.—Jamea
Mien.
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A plain iron sink returns very
little for the effort spent upon it.
A few minutes spent in cleaning a
Standard" white enameled sink
and you have a veritable beauty
spot of radiance.
Our catalogue of sinks is very
interesting with its wall hanging,
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