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TlUM* X. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1911. NUMBER 284.
road drags
help highways
County J»J*» Ooe Interesting
hereof Jackson in Bettor
Hoads by Simple Means.
Unfortunate as Jackson county
is in being deprived of road tax
»oney, through failure to vote
upon the proposition, and hard
ns it is to accomplish anything
and show results without funds,
County Judge c- B- Coe llas
shown a commendable spirit, en
terprise and zeal in the better
ment of the county’s roads.
Handicapped for want of reve
nue and compelled to return to
the old system of free labor, he
has appointed 104 road overseers
0Ver the county and assigned
each from 4 to 7 miles of the pub
lic highway to maintain in the
best possible condition. He lias
chosen men of public spirit and
progressive ideas as far as possi
ble and will cooperate with th$n
in bettering the county’s roads.
; The road overseer works with
out pay under the law. now in
force and each man may be call
ed out for not over 5 days in the
year road work and not over 3
days at any one time. In each
township, a justice of the peacif
has been named, who apportions
the hands to the several road
overseers of that township. The
road overseer by superintending
the work on his section of road,
gets credit for his road service
and he may call upon a substi
tute to warn his men, for which
the substitute gets credit for one
'day’s road work.
the homeseeker, who will not be
frightened away by impassable
roads. The farmers and the res
idents of our towns should both
give the county judge their hear
ty cooperation in road building.
THIRD DEATH
FROM ONE HOME
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In Last Two Weeks Recorded In
Demise of Mrs. Lucinda
Lawhora.
Thrice in two weeks has one
home in Bird Township been vis
ited by the Death Angel, the last
demise being that of Mrs. Lucin
da La whom of Minturn, who has
been called by the fatal illness
of her brother Price Reid on the
Pond-Decker farm.
Mrs. Lawhorn was also a vic
tim of pneumonia, death occur
ring Saturday night and burial
the following day at Battle Axe,
the services being conducted by
Rev. Mr. Burrow.
The deceased was 55 years of
age and leaves six sons, also three
brothers, Z. B., T. C. and G. C.
Reid, all of this county.
“Sis Perkins” has the pret
tiest story ever told and the plot
of the play is so easily under
stood. It’s not one of those silly
things that no one can understand
and after it’s out you find your
self asking what it was all about.
Sis Perkins tells a story of hon
esty, virtue, love and friendship.
There are moments when you
want to cry and some do; then
again there are funny scenes
when you laugh until you ache.
It’s not a blood and thunder play.
It’s devoid of horse play and dime
novel heroes. It’s a good, clean
comedy, up to date for ladies,gen
tlemen and children.. One night
only at the opera house, Monday,
March 13.
Notice.
Beginning March 1st all bills
must be paid at the office of this
Company, 121 Walnut street, as
we have dispensed with the ser
vices of a collector. Service will
be discontinued on all parties de
linquent on the Tenth day of
each month.
Peoples’ Light Water & Power
St. Paul’s Church.
Lenten Service on Wednesday
eight at 7:30 p. m.; no after
noon service. Thursday 10 a. m.
Holy Communion, 4:15 evening
prayer and address. ?
p« _ Lost. ♦
Ladies small brown purse be
tween C. M. Erwin’s and Wolff
Goldman ’s containing about $40.
Finder return to Wolff-Goldman
and receive reward. 82d3t
Using Road Drag.
Judge Coe is a great believer in
the road drag and by interesting
the farmers along the road from
his place to Newport, is showing
the good results to be accomplish
ed by this device. The drag costs
very little and used after every
rain, does a world of good.
Inhere “chug boles” have
formed, it is necessary to fill
them and the road should first be
given a good crown by the road
i grader. Then it is that the use
of the drag does away with the
ruts and provides a highway that
I would soon be a source of pride
[to the people residing along the
[same. On very sandy roads, the
[dr&g does the least good, but on
[ all other soils, it has proven a
[boonto the farmer who is a be
Iliever in good roads and wants a
[highway to his market, church
I and school house.
Judge Coe is having a number
of drags made in different parts
of the county and is making trips
to these various points to see that
the drags are placed in the hands
of overseers and farmers who will
ttsethem." !au4^'v %,4 ‘
More ditches and better roads
are the greatest needs of Jackson
bounty. The former will help the
latter and put thousands of acres
|u cultivation that will attract
IF YOU HAVE A SICKLY
YOUNGSTER TRY THIS FREE
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Without^ 7 whh young children that is
then is ran ness *n the house now and
the head 80 14 is important that
to do in thi ,,,e house should know what
A child with 4 e emereencies that arise,
doctor, it u * a seri0us ailment needs a
*nstan«e» „ e> hut in the majority of
‘Utters fr„Lany doctor knows, the child
®pauS! ‘“mstinal trouble,
5 remedy f!ns,e ln giving It a pill or
flushing of the'tSii , an opiate, nor is
tended, Jbfii.f8 to he always recom
* mild, e7n;r,Bive it a small dose of
Psldweii’g*!^!® laxative tonic like Dr.
ft? out theTUb,Peps‘". Which, by clean
se stomach0^ s strengthening the
Thb the ‘rouble!0 S' Wi" immediately
L _ not alone our optaion but that
of Mrs. N. H. Mead of Freeport. Kans.,
whose granddaughter has been taking i1
successfully and of Mrs. J. R. Whiting
of Lena, Wis., who gives it to her children
and takes it herself. It is sold in fiftj
cent and one dollar bottles at every
drug store, but if you want to test it in
your family before you buy it send youi
address to Dr. Caldwell and he will for
ward a supply free of charge.
Dr. Caldwell does not feel that the
purchase of his remedy ends his obli*
gat ion. He has specialized in stomach
liver and bowel diseases for over fortj
years and will be pleased to give th«
reader any advice on the subject fret
of charge. All are welcome to writt
him. Whether for the medical advict
or the free sample address him Dr
W. B. Caldwell. Ml Caldwell building
Montlcello. 111.
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ASK THIRTY
j YEAR FRANCHISE
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| Proposition Submitted to Council
By Peoples Light, Water &
Power Company.
E. B. Hillman, representing the
Peoples Light, Water & Power
Company submitted a proposition
to the council Monday, upon
which the company asks a thirty
year franchise and a three years
contract with the city for street
service.
| No action was taken by the
! council and the members will
meet with Mr. Hillman tonight
and hold a special session1 the fol
lowing night Wednesday to pass
upon the matter.
The company proposes to main
tain a meter rate of 121/o cents
per kilowatt and the council
would also insist upon the gradu
ated scale for amount consumed
being continued, but this is not
a part of the proposition made.
The company would refuse a flat
rate on more than 2 lights.
As to a contract for street ser
vice, the company proposes to in
stall and maintain sixty 40 can
dle-power Tungstens at $1.25
per month in scrip for each, the
sixty lights to be put over the
walks alternating upon the two
sides of each street.
$5,471 Scrip Called In.
Monday was also the final day
for the listing of scrip for cancel
lation and re-issue. The indebt
edness incurred or scrip issued by
the present council was not in
cluded in this call.
Te council found that $5,471
had been presented for reissu
ance and instructed the mayor
and recorder to cancel the old
and issue new scrip for same.
Treasurer White also turned in
$2,100 of scrip, received from li
censes largely, which was burned.
The present adm ministration
has issued between $7,000 and
$8,000 in scrip, but as a large
part of the $2,100 burned had
been issued by them and the
amount reissued is only $5,471,
the total indebtedness of the city
is probably about $11,000. The
accurate figures on this will be
published as soon as determined.
It is a good showing for the city
and the mayor and council have
a right to feel good over the im
proved financial outlook of the
city.
MISSION MESSAGE
EROM CHINA
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Rev. J. V. Turner, A Jackson
County Boy, Writes of Chris
tianity’s Growth in China
Special to Independent.
The weather is still very cold
in this section of China.
The Chinese are so poor and
fuel is so expensive, hut few
have any fire at all except for
cooking. The wood or coal used
by the average family in Arkan
sas is worth more than the aver
age family of this city makes in
a year. 1 ' ' 1
The other day I was talking to
a Chinaman in Chinese and ask
; ed how much his house rent was
a m«3!nth. He said three hundred
cash or about nine cents in the
United States money. I said that
was cheap, but he said it was ver;
dear and that the house leaked
when it Gained, or snowed.
Mr. Adams of our station, and
; I were out of the city the other
day to visit an old temple on
I
Temple Hill and also do some mis
sionary work. After we had dis
tributed some tracts and said a
few words in one village we pass
ed on a little ways when we met
an old man and his two sons, ag
ed seven and nine years, rolling
and pulling a wheelbarrow. We
took their pictures and asked
them many questions. The man
was sick and had been traveling
three months to our city to spend
the winter and beg a living.
During the winter there are
hundreds of beggars in our city
daily. The Chinese officials,cit
izens and we missionaries keep
them alive. While there are
many beggars many of them
would not be if not driven to it
from poverty.
I noticed in your latest paper
that the . Batesville Guard said
hen eggs were worth more than
duck eggs. In China duck eggs
are worth more than hen eggs by
far because they are larger.
A common way of advertising
by the Chinese merchants is not
to put out the best, but to put a
broken or soiled article as for in
stance a broken lamp chimney or
a rotten pear.
I well recall how we used to
say in Newport, “China is under
the earth.” The Chinese speak
of America being under! the earth
and when you are in China'lt
does seem that you are on top of
the earth and that America is un
derneath the earth.
The Chinese ask many ques
tions which are not asked much
in Arkansas. I may meet a man
on the street and he will ask me
my name, how old I am, where I
am going,what I am going to buy
and etc.
The Chinese differ very much
from the American and still they
have many qualities that are de
sirable. They are naturally po
lite and friendly. The best way
for a foreigner to win them is to
be friendly and polite. They,
however are very patient and
many times overlook the for
eigner with his foreign cus
tom which differs so much from
theirs.
I think I wrote you about bur
little missionary Bonnie Mary
who came Nov. 4th. She now
weighs about sixteen pounds.
The village school work for boys
of our station has been put in
my charge. This will not call for
all of my time so I expect to de
vote time to preaching and the
study of the Chinese language.
The Chinese language is diffi
cult and interesting—I think
much more difficult than Greek
or Latin in the beginning. It is
interesting to take a review of
my mistakes in using the lan
guage.
There were during the year of
1910 in our five stations in North
China 516 baptisms. This goes far
above any previous year. We
are praying and hoping for more
this year. The harvest is truly
ripe in China for the Kingdom of
God and Western civilization.
iNow is the time for Christianity
while the doors are open wide.
I was talking to a teacher of
j our city the other day about be
coming a Christian and lie said
lie was about ready to join the
church, but that it would per
haps mean his losing his position
as teacher. It means giving up
home, position and even persecu
tion to many to accept Christian
ity.
The famine in Au Hived' Pro
vince has called forth the sympa
thies of this Eastern country. It
is said there are over 3,500,000
badly in need. Parents even
sell their children for food in.
some eases. Kev. Wade D. Bos
tick, one of our missionaries, lives
in this district. The missionaries
from over China have been send
ing him money. Other foreign
ers and also Chinese are helping.
Perhaps the worst seige of
plague ever in China is at the
present time.. It is said to have
originated in North Manchuria
among a low class of hunters.
They caught and killed a certain
animal for its fur to be sent to
America. It is said they ate and
drank the blood of these animals
which gave them the plague. The}
advanced South and others took
it. Now it is in our city and
many other places of North Chi
na. There have been over thirty
deaths iu our city. Wo foreign
ers are not going on the streets
or allowing others to come to our
homes for a few days.
Tomorrow Jan. 30 begins the
Chinese New Year. It is one of
the darkest and yet the brightest
China has ever had. The plague
and famine brings darkness,while
the Spirit of God has changed
the lives of more Chinese from
darkness to light than any other
year. : ' • fl
Yours for the Kingdom of God,
J. Yalmore Turner,
Ten Chow Fu, Shantung, via Che
foo, North China. *
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One 12 horse power Fairbanks
Morse Gasoline Engine. Apply
at the Palace Jewelry Store and
see it run. 81btf.
M. W. A. Meeting.
The Modern Woodmen will
meet Tue.day night at the lodge
rooms in 1h«? Bond building.
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