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A'J&KCY 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—
• W. A. OLDFIELD
For Railroad Commissioner:
T. J. RANEY
T. E. WOOD
For Prosecuting Attorney—
EARL C. CASEY
H. U. WILLIAMSON
JOHN S. GIBSON.
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. MAFDIS ^'.
W. M. SHAVER M ,
J.U.ARD
R. T. SIMMONS , i:
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For Treasurer— ^ -
JOHN H. CAMP
JESSE W. SHUFORD
J.M,TVY
J. I. HASTING
For School Superintendent—
H. L. LAMBERT
E. H. BOWMAN
J. M. BALCH
G. E. LAND
For Coroner— "*•
HENRY GRANT
J. T. CRAFT
W. H- NOLEN
For Surveyor—
J.'H. AITKENS.
UNION TOWNSHIP
For Justice of Peace—
L. B. HARRIS
H. C. NUCKOLLS
J. M. BELL ^
For Constable— ■
TERRY GUIN *(3Pv**
CLYDE WOOD 1 „
C. M. IVY 1 PT
For Road Overseer— '
GEORGE FOUSHEE.
J. C. HOGAN
W.F.HURLEY
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' JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
For Road Overseer—
CLARENCE PENIX
CLAY ROBERTS
J. B. THOMPSON
BIRD TOWNSHIP
For Road Overseer, Western D.
R. L. HURLEY
* G. A. CHURCHMAN.
For Road Overseer—East. Dist.
L. G. PEMBERTON.
JOHN F. DUNN
For Constable :
R. L. BANDY.
BRECKENRIDGE TOWNSHIP.
For Road Overseer, No. 11 South
MILLARD F. HARDIN.
GLASS TOWNSHIP.
For Road Overseer, Eastern Dis
R. J. JOHNSON.
MUNICIPAL TICKET’
For Mayor
A. T. HUBLY.
For Recorder—
BRADLEY GRAHAM
For Marshal—
Gus C. MARTIN
For Treasurer—
GARLAND HURT
For Aldermen—
(First Ward) ^
JOHN R. LOFTIN, JR.
R. PATE <
(Second Ward)
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Wilson’s Strength.
j Whether we agree with Pi'es
! ident W'ilson or not in all things,
no one can deny that his conced
ed chastity of purpose gives him
a strength that has never been
given any other pi’esident since
the foundation of the govern
ment. Grant came nearer to
having it than anyone else; but
i Grant’s strength was physical,
while Wilson’s is moral and in
tellectual. Grant whipped out
j the senate that threatened in
subordination; but the grave
and venerable senatoi's looked
upon Grant not as a pi'esident
simply, but as the victorious
head of the army. The senate
yielded to him because it feared
that opposition to his wishes
j might develop him into a Napo
^ leon or a Cromwell. Cleveland
had as much foi'ce of character
and rugged inhei*ency as any
man who ever occupied the px’es
dential chair, and would not let
the senate make an office boy or
a fxgure-head of him, and while
he had his way, the senators
turned upon him and attempted
| to destroy iiiiii- ±ney ictKeu up
| a factitious issue and raised the
cry of “free silver,” in which
many of them did not believe,
and through their various news
bureaus pursued him with a
malevolence unheard of in its
acrimony. The public mind was
inflamed and turned against
Cleveland, and he went out of
office the most thoroughly de
spised and discredited man in
the nation. He regained public
confidence and esteem after the
excitement was over, and died
amidst popular love and homage
President Wilson rules both the
house and the senate, and, in
deed, the whole nation with the
resistless sway of a benevolent
despot. Occasional chirpings of
discontent are now and then
heard from members of his own
or other parties; but these are
soon silenced by popular protest.
When taking office he said:
“This is not a day of triumph;
it is a day of dedication. Here
muster not the forces of party,
but the forces of humanity.
Men’s hearts wait upon us:
men’s lives hang in the balance;
men’s hopes call upon us to say
what we will do. Who shall live
up to the great trust? Who
dares fail to try? I summon all
honest men, all patriotic, all for
ward-looking men to my side.
God helping me, I will not fail
them if they will but counsel and
sustain me.”
The people believe he spoke
the truth, and the politicians
dare not deny it, even for polit
ical effect. His every act has
been an additional testimony to
his wisdom, as well as to his
purity of purpose. No other
president could have turned his
back upon the platform upon
which he was elected and led the ^
nation in retreat from an error.j
No other president could have
convinced the nation that an er
ror had been committed in the
matter of the Panama canal
toils by merely pointing out that
it was in violation of a solemn
treaty
President Wilson’s strength
is most gratifying, because it is
an evidence of spiritual growth
of the nation. There are a few
firebrands who denounce him
for “surrendering to Eng
land” on this Panama question,
just as there are a few others
who denounce him because of
his attitude toward the literacy
test in the immigration bill as
“surrendering to the church of
Pvome;” but the overwhelming
masses of the people believe in
him and are willing to trust to
his guidance.—Memphis News
Scimitar.
—
Stupendous Benevolence.
A few years ago a gift of $1,
000,000 for any benevolent ob
ject was a surprising and epoch
making event. A great advance
in ideas of benevolence and the
sense of responsibility for the
use of wealth is marked when it
is found that during the year
1913 there were twenty-eight
persons in the United States
who gave $1,000,000 or more to
benevolent purposes.
If a full list of these were
printed few would be able to tell
on what objects the majority of
these gifts were bestowed, so
common have great gifts to
benevolent purposes become
The amount in the aggregate
of gifts during the year, as far
as recorded, was $302,000,000.
Of this $170,000,000 was for ed
ucation and $95,000,000 for reli
gious and charitable purposes,
including missions.
The largest beneficiary was
the Metropolitan Museum oij Art
in New York city, which receiv
ed $23,000,000, including an art
collection valued at $15,000,000
from the Benjamine Altman es
tate, a collection of arms value
at $5,000,000 from W. M. Riggs,
and the whole estate of J. B.
Hammond, the typewriter man
ufacturer, estimated at $3,000,
000. This does not include
what the museum may receive
from the fifty-million-dollar col
lection of J. Pierpont Morgan,
part of which is now on loan ex
hibition in the museum.
Probably the next largest
beneficiary of the year is the
foundation for charitable pur
poses established by John D.
Rockfeller, chartered in the
I
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Unheard of values in this might y Sale. Never before have we
been able to offer such bargains
Thursday and Friday
MARCH 12th AND 13th.
LOT NO. 1.—In this line you
will find a beautiful assortment
of Val. and torchon lace and in
sertion to match, values up to
15c per yard, in this two
days sale only_5c
A big lot of 8 l-3c yd. and 10c
yard embroidery' in this
mighty sale for_5c
One big lot of embroidery and
insertion to match, values up to
50c per yd for only_10c
' HOUR SALE THURSDAY
From 10 a. m. to 11 a. m. we of
fer a big lot of linen lace that
sells for 20c and 25c per yard
for only _10c
To introduce the 1^ Fro Front
laced corsets we offer the $3.50
model in this sale for_$2.98
io5c per yd crepes and Ratine
in this sale, ver vd_ 25c
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Don’t miss th:s. the greatest
lace and embroidery sale of the
year.
J. D. Car veil
The New Store tiCo. Next to I.D. Price's
state of New York- The amount
is not named, and ultimately
may exceed the gifts to the mu
seum.
The $10,000,000 given by An
drew Carnegie for a charitable
foundation in his native town, ;
Dumferline, Scotland, comes j
next. The gifts of Oliver H. i
Payne, of $4,250,000 to Cornell j
University, and Robert P. Dore
mus, estimated at about $5,000,
000 to Washington and Lee Uni
versity of Virginia, are in the
same class
But the most unique and
heart-stirring gift of the whole
year was that of Reed B. Free
man, of Binghampton, N. Y.,
who gave his whole fortune, es
timated at $3,000,000, to the
families of the 30 girls who per
ished in the burning of his fac
tory, and at sixty-five years of
age began business again as a
clerk in New York city, a poor
man.—Memphis N ews-Scimitar.
Udiversity Glee Club.
The Glee Club of the State
University entertained a packed
house at the Newport theatre
Tuesday evening. The program
was a good one and the numbers
loudly encored.
Considering the boys are all
amateurs, their singing was
splendid, their time and harmo
ny being readily noticed. George
Owens, the Club’s leading bari
tone and soloist, was decidedly
the star feature of the program.
He had a close second in Scott
Hamilton, who was the leading
soprano, and who also repre
sented “Belinda” in female at
tire.
Our people feel a pride in our
State University and anything
they do or give is always at
tended largely. After the ren
dering of the program, an in
formal dance was tendered the
young men of the club at the
Elks Home, where a few hours
were enjoyed in meeting them
and in dancing. They left on
No. 4 this morning for Jones
boro, where they appear to
night.
Sixteen Miles of Road.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Mach 11— The
State Highway Department is
assisting in the organization of
a district for the construction
of sixteen miles of improved
highway northwest of Little
Rock, into the Little Maumelle
district. It will cost about $80,
000. This is the second Pulaski
county highway the state de
partment has undertaken.
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