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_ NEWPORT, ARKANSAS SATIRDAY. AlY.l ST 16. lilt:!. Nl MISEIt Ilh
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V ARf ORGANIZED
| i.niicantTpa^' Examina
Wl uho Now Form Patrol
Bfcpopularinoven,ent;whiS
K' agitated by the boys of
■ETis now perfected and all
Bttween the age? of 12 and
Edible and the officers
Ed {0 every boy an mvita
fEcome to our meeting next
night at the court house.
Kofficer® elected were:
Kv Boone L Wilford, presi
E r. C. Harder, vice presi
E: q r. pate, secretary; S.
Blips, treasurer; A. T. Hu
■ scout commander; Geo. A.
K||)0-jse, scout master; Dr. H.
Bowel!, assistant scout mas-,
■
|ere were some 14 boys exam
E and eight of these passed, 1
E were: Robert Johnson,
Cell Goodrich, Lawrence Bev
L Willis Hirsch, Elmer Fer
pon, Thos. Harder and Thorn- i
| Bandy. These form Patrol j
Iier Ferguson was selected .
leader and Robert John
isistant for No. 1.
reason all the bays did not j
pas lack of books. These, j
er, the officers hope to j
s by next Friday night. .
boys wishing to join this
lent, must make applica- j
; the earliest possible mo-.
to any of the officers, who ;
er ready to take their ap-J
m, and help them to quali-!
enrollment.
ember, the officers are as ;
to give as you are to re
nformation.
C. R. PATE, Secretary.
I
lent Wilson On Good
Roads.
1 you frankly my interest |
1 roads is not merely an j
; in the pleasure of rid- j
utos. It is not merely an '
; in the much more * im
matter of affording far- j
f this country and resi-'
i villages means of ready !
o such neighboring mar-!
they need for economic |
Benefit, out is also the interest .
in weaving as complicated and 1
elaborate a net of neighborhood :
and state and national opinion
together as it is possible to;
weave. It is of the most funda
mental importance that the U
nited States should think in big
Pieces, should think together, I j
should think ultimately as a j
whole, and I feel in my enthusi
asm for good roads something
of the old opposition that there
always has been in me to any \
kind of sectional feeling.” —
Woodrow Wilson.
Military Road Favored.
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Marion, Aug. 15.—The citizens |
°f Crittenden county held a
mass meeting at Marion to de
cide on the location of the na
tional highway through this
county. A resolution was adopt
ed favoring the military road
through the county as a link in
proposed highway, asking
that the county road improve
ment district take the matter up
*rth the proper authorities. It is
he intention to ask all adjoin
mg counties to co-operate in fix
mg the military7 road as a part of
the national highway from Mem
phis to Little Rock.
I' Jonesboro Plans Road.
i Jonesboro, Aug. 14.—County
Judge Edwards and James Parr,
ipresident of the Business Men’s
Club, are planning to set apart
a day when every resident will
take a day off and build a mod
el road from this city north to
the Greene county line. The
plan is meeting with enthusias
tic approval and it is expected
that several hundred men of tfll
classes will be on the work. All
will take their dinner and at
noon a picnic dinner will be
spread. Judge Edwards is alive
to the work of good roads and
having recently purchased road
machinery, is in sympathy
with the good roads movement,
The city has just received a
large oil combination roller and
grader that is to be used on the
streets. Both pieces of machin
ery will be used on the road
building to the Greene county
line.
Bale Brings 36 1-4 Cents.
Pine Bluff, Aug. 14.—The first
bale of cotton brought a record
breaking price here today, when
it was sold for 36 1-4 cents per
pound. The bale weighed 695
pounds and was sold at auction
in front of the Hammet Grocery
Company store by Capt J. D.
Milner and bought by the Les
ser-Goldman Company. The
price is declared to break all
Southern records on early cot
ton. The cotton was raised on
the Redleaf plantation owned
by M. M. Norton.
Star Service to Balch.
The Postoffice department an
nounces thai a star service sche
dule has been arranged as fol
lows :
Balch to Newport—Leave
Balch six times a week at 5:45 a.
m; arrive at Newport by 11:45 j
a. m.. Leave Newport six times |
a week at 1 p. m.; arrive at^
Balch by 7 p. m.
Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
18 Reels Per Week.
BRONCHO BILLY AND THE_ !
SQUATTER’S DAUGHTER
A gripping and powerful story
of the West with G. M. Ander-j
son playing the leading role.
(Western—ESSANAY)
THE SPRING OF LIFE
Travalogue farce comedy in
the Sierra Madre mountains, fea
turing Grace Lewis and G. Dell
Henderson.
Comedy—BIOGRAPH
A TIGHT WAD’S PREDICA
MENT.
Comedy—BIOGRAPH
FOR HIS CHILD’S SAKE
A man, wife and little girl
live in a cabin in the Canadian
woods; a former lover induces
the wife to leave home; the child
is accidentally locked in the
closet. The house catches on
fire; the father rescues her, then
releases the mother, who is
caught in a wolf trap, and for
gives her “For His Child s Sake •
An extra good story.
LUBIN
Four good pictures and good mu
sic. Miss Dixie Dees will give
fw<S recitations tonight imme
diately after the first and sec
ond shows.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
WILL IMPROVE
STATE EARM
—
Governor Proposes Sewer Sys
| tern And Erection of New and
Sanitary Stockades.
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 16.—Before
the end ot the coming week
Gov. G. W. Hays will make a
visit to the State Farm at Cum
mins, for the purpose of ac
quainting himself with the
State's possessions.
“From what I have been able
to learn," stated the governor
! Friday afternoon, “Arkansas
has the finest plantation in the
state. I have also been inform
ed that there are some things
necessary to make it the model
farm of the South. One of
these is sanitation, and if it is
possible to secure that, we are
going to have it
“The state law will not per
mit the commissioners to cre
ate a deficiency—or in other
i words, the penitentiary must
be self supporting. There is
nowr no money for the making
oi improvements at tne larm,
but when the crop begins to
move, the present indebtedness
for supplies will be wiped out
in a hurry, and we can then
spend something for proper san
itation.
“While on the farm I will
make an estimate of the cost
of a sewerage system, also of
a small lighting plant, and a
pumping station which will give
adequate fire protection, as well
as operate the sewerage sys
tem.
“If the commission has the
money to spare, I will recom
mend the erection of new and
sanitary stockades. It is rny
desire to reduce the rate of
sickness at the farm, for a sick
convict cannot work, and the
state thereby loses as he be
comes an expense, instead of a
producer. It is economy to
build stockades where the con
victs will be comfortable, so
they can rest well at night, and
feel refreshed and like work
ing next day. A satisfied man
is a better worker than one who
has a grievance, especially if he
feels he has been abused in re
gal'd to his accommodations.
When I come back from the
farm I expect to have informa
tion which will lead to many im
provements there.”
An Ancient Relic Indeed.
The friends of Conrad Bach,
our genial groceryman, are hav
ing considerable fun at his ex
pense on account of a piece of
pottery he has displayed in h.>
Show window, marked, “1,000
years old".
This relic Mr. Bach claims has
actually been in his possession
snce six hundred years before
the landing of Christopher Co
lumbus on American soil and if
that is the case, it certainly is
worth while for one to take a
stroll up to the Union Market
just to take a look at something
so wonderfully old. Really,
| now, we want to know whose at
' tic that old relic was hauled out
:0f for we don’t believe Mr.
i Bach can make us believe he is
quite that ancient. Confess up
'or take out the sign.
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For Sale.
A pair of young mares, match
; ed, one young mare, unbroken,
1 milk wagon, 1 delivery wagon,
1 separator. S. W. Taggart
1 lld6t. l
Carouthers Released (>rt Rond.
W. H. Carouthers, who has
been confined in the county jail
here on a charge of murder, for
the killing of Noah Albright,
last June, was granted bail
Friday by Judge Fulk of Little
Rock.
The pet it ion was heard Fri
day and bond was made imme
diately and Mr Carouthers was
released that evening. Those
who signed the bond, which was
fixed at 820,000, were as fol
low* :
1 W. M. Corley, $5,000; >.
Heinemann, $5,000; John H.
Keel, $5,000; E. L. Maris. $2.
000; E. V. Rvan, $2,500; A. B.
Pellev, $1,000; J. F. Baker, $1.
000; Sam Dorr, $1,000, Joe
Leonard, $1,000; R. D. Wilmans,
$1,000.
The total amount of the
bond is $24,500, $4,500 more
than that required by the or
der of the court.
Boy Scouts Arrive At Heber.
The Panther Patrol of the
Boy Scouts of Augusta, under
the charge of Scoutmaster Gal
loway. pastor of the First Meth
odist church oi that city, ar
rived here Friday at noon on
their hike of two weeks. They
will camp several days in the
spring park and will return to
their homes next week. They
made the trip of fifty-four miles
overland in three days and
spent one day in Searcy. The
boys are all young and in the
best of condition.—Heber Jack
sonian.
Young Man Dies.
Teddy Sowell, aged 21 years,
living in the Stegall neighbor
hood, died Thursday and was
buried at Hickory Grove Fri
day afternoon, the funeral be
ing conducted by Rev. S. D.
Grumbles of the local Baptist
church.
The young man was seriously
injured some time ago, while at
work in a mill near his home, a
piece of timber striking him
in his stomach, causing his
death, although everything was
done by family and physicians
to save the young man’s life.
Mrs. Jno. W. Stayton arrived
home yesterday afternoon from
a visit of several weeks to Little
Rock.
TO SET ASIDE
GOOD ROADS DAYS
Governor Hays Will Issue Proc
lamation Setting Aside Two
Days For Road Work.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. lit.— At
j t he request of .1. .M Thomas,
j county judge of Nevada county.
Governor Geo. W. Hays will soon
issue a proclamation setting a
side two clays early in Septem
ber. probably the 3d and 1th. as
Good Roads Days. The proc
lamation will be sent to every
county judge ant officials all ov
er the state, requesting that the
people get together on these
days, and work a road across
the county, or several in a town
ship. so as to get them in good
condition before the fall rains
begin.
Governor Hays is a good roads
i enthusiast, and when Judge
Thomas wrote him making the
suggestion that he issue the
proclamation, he immediately
decided upon a favorable ac
tion in the matter. Judge Thom
as stated he had been to a
good roads rally at Willisville,
in his county, and the people
there, after working considera
ble road, adopted a resolution
asking the governor to issue the
proclamation.
“If I have a hobby.” announc- :
ed Gov- II .ys, after reading the '
letter, “it is good roads. I be-1
lieve that 1 traveled over e
nough of them in my campaign
to know a good from a bad
road, and I want good roads ev
erywhere in Arkansas. Noth
ing will build the state more rap
idly than good roads.
“Arkansas will this year have
i the greatest crop in the history
of the state. We must get to
J gether and build roads which j
| will stand the strain of the i
j heavy traffic, which will be nec-,
i essary to get this crop to mar-;
ket. If the roads are shaped up
properly in the early fall, there
! will be little trouble with them
| during the balance of the year.
“If each county will join with
j the county next to it, and string
! the workmen out, it wull be pos
| sible to build a number of ex
cellent highways in different di
rections across the state, in the
two days set aside as Good
Roads Days.*
Gritlin Says ( ompany Will Stay.
Special to Independent.
Little Hock, Aug. 16.— Des
pite tlu> fact that the Farmers'
Fnion is making a tight on the
Southern States Cotton Corpor
ation, which has been buying
contracts with Arkansas farm
ers. agreeing to pay 15 cents a
pound for all cotton delivered,
the company will continue to do
business in Arkansas.
Hen L. Grtlin, a representa
t ive of t he company, states t here
has been 10,(ion bales bought in
Arkansas already, and many
thousand more will yet be pur
chased- Attorney General W
L. Moose has rendered an opin
ion stating the company cannot
be kept from doing business
under ihe Flue Sky law, and
has complied with the state,
laws regulating corporations
Griffin states the company has
made good all its contracts tin
Texas last year, after purchas
ing over 500,000 bales of cot
ton when the market only show
ed ten cents, and will do the
same in Arkansas. He intim
ates that foreign capital is be
hind the corporation, which is
an Alabama concern. He
claims the farmer who sells
his cotton to this company, runs
no more risk than the one who
sells t to a merchant for it is
placed in a bonded warehouse
until sold.
Negro Lecturer Not Coming
Dr. Vernon, ex-register of the
U. S. Treasury, who was to lec
ture Monday night at the court
house, will not be here, and his
date has been cancelled indefin
itely, as he has been called to
Mississippi to arrange for the
opening of school at Campbell
College, of which he is presi
dent.
Respectfully,
J. G. Robinson.
Secretary Hodges Off On Visit.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, Aug 16.— Secre
tary of State Earle W. Hodges,
accompanied by his family, left
Friday for Mammoth Springs,
where they will visit with rel
atives, then go to Pocahontas,
the old home of Secretary
Hodges. Later they will visit
Heber Springs and Eureka
Springs, ten days in all being"
consumed in making the tour.
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I Clearance of “Crown Trousers” I
I If you can buy a pair of “Crown Trousers” |
I in your size, you must consider the values we offer. |
lj_at least drop in and see what we are offering. j|
I We never carry goods over from one season to the |
I other. j|
S| $4.06 and $4.50 Crown Trousers now-$2.Sa ^
j§ 5^5.00 and $5 50 Crown Trousers now..... 3.35 gf
P $6.00 and $6.50 Crown Trousers now.- 4.35 C
3 $7.00 and $7.50 Crown Trousers now..--o-3a |j|
1 Remember, “Crown Trousers” are very high grade and |
I extra' well made. Alterations at cost to customer. |
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