THfl tINDEPENDENT
H. VAN DYKE
iher and Editor
NEWPORT, ARK.
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ter.
A copy of the London Times
was on the editorial desk a lew
days ago—and we prefer the
Arkansas kind although the
Times is one of the most influ
ential papers of the world. One
instance of its style will suffice.
The first few pages are given
over to ads and the reading mat
ter is hidden safely away on the
inside. The largest heading on |
the paper mentioned the fact j
that a servant girl, crossing the ,
street with her employer and
three children, had been knock
ed down by an auto and killed. |
The time and place were given |
but not a single name appeared ,
in the article. So far as giving i
any information to the reader ■
went, the accident might as well
have occurred at the south pole.
—Rogers Democrat.
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I of the tariff from sugar would
out the Louisiana sugar planta
dons out of business. It may be
ihat this industry has been fos
tered by hothouse methods, and
at the expense of the people. It
rruny be that it will find itself at a
disadvantage in the matter of
labor, as compared with other
countries. It may be that for a
time it will miss the helping
hand of the government; but
this will not mean disaster by
any means. The American su
gar industry has the advantage
of a home market, and greater
efficiency in labor and machin-'
erv. We can compete with any
people on earth in such activities i
as are suited to our country and
climate, and we ask no coddling.
It is not possible to know what
the exact effect of a reduction of
the tariff will be on the sugar or
other industry. Legislation, like
almost all human activities, is i
tentative and experimental. We
may make a fair guess as to the
manner in which a novel will
“turn out,” but in most things
we cannot see beyond the pres
ent. An English adventurer was
loudly laughed at for sending a
ship load of warming pans to In
dia, where people exhaust their
ingenuity in devising means of
escape from the heat. But the
natives converted the utensils in
to headgear and ornaments, and
the merchant’s shipment proved
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Tariff Revision.
In spite of the bitter warfare j
of the interests affected, satis
factory progress is being made
along the lines laid down in the
Democratic platform, and incor
porated in the pending tariff bill.
The people demand action, and
the congress knows it. Presi
^ dent Wilson seems to have mat
ters well in hand, and while some j
congressmen and senators, who
are Supposed to be representing
tjfle people, are really the attor
i-** \leys for a number of special in
terests, the great majority of
both houses seem tc be deter
mined to pass the pending meas
ure without substantial change.
The arguments presented are
interesting for their ingenuity
and extravagance. We are told
to within a few cents just how
many millions the country will
lose if the tariff is removed from
particular articles. These gen
tlemen know much, know it all in
their own conceit, and are not
unwilling to let the country into
the secret. They draw horrific
cubist’s pictures of the disaster
that will inevitably follow if the
\ pending changes are made.
\ Leader Underwood has given
much time and study to the tar
iff question, and is perhaps as
good an authority on the subject
as we have: but he exhibited an
unwise temerity when he admit
ted, as reported, that the remov
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enormously profitable. You can
not always tell in advance. And
you cannot always tell from a
rear or a retrospective view. No
man, for instance, can tell which
has been the greater benefactor
to civilization, the man who add
ed another prong to the spear or
arrow, and thus provided us with
the table fork, or the man who
discovered for us the law of
gravitation or the circulation of
blood.
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Great problems cannot be \
properly solved by academic dis
cussion. Simple, common sense
rules must apply. If Louisiana
cannot produce sugar as cheaply j
as the people of this country can
purchase it elsewhere, she should
devote her energies to other
things. She can raise cotton
more successfully than it can be
raised elsewhere, and in this in
dustry she need not ask the gov
ernment for any assistance. She
can take care of herself. And
she can take care of herself in
the sugar industry also if she
has a mind to do it. and is made
to do it. She has no right to ask
the rest of the country to make
profit-reaping easy for her.—
Memphis News-Scimitar.
Minister Arrives.
Rev. Giles C. Taylor, pastor of
the First Baptist church at
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a oanK accoum
makes the difference
To buy your own farm—-or slave for another man
from early morn tiU late at night, is the question you
should answer right now. A bank account makes the dif
ference. Start saving today. We will help you to pur
chase the farm.
Come and let us tell you HOW.
ARKANSAS BANK & TRUST CO.
Batesville, arrived this morning.:
md will assist Pastor Grumbles
in a revival at the Baptist
church. Rev. Taylor has had
much experience in evangelistic
work. He was for two years
State Evangelist of the Arkan
sas Baptist State Convention.
He has held some great meet
ings, and stands high as a reviv
alist. He believes in the co-op
eration of all Christian people in
soul-winning campaigns, and
hopes to have the hearty support
of the entire Christian citizen
ship of Newport.
Visits With Ex-Mayor Paul.
Connelly Harrington, wife and
niece returned Sunday from a
week’s trip to Little Rock, Hot
Springs and Newport, Mr. Har
rington attending the Spring
meeting of the Scottish Rite Ma
sons and also the Bankers’ con
centinn.
At Newport these good people
visited our old friend John P.
Paul and wife. In conversation
with Mr. Harrington we learn
ed that Mr. Paul is serving as
mayor of Newport a town of 7,
500 people, to which office he
was elected without opposition,
and is serving with great sue-!
cess. The town had been in1
darkness for three years on ac-!
count of some disagreement as i
to the price of light when Mr. |
Paul, through the knowledge,
gained in Siloam Springs, and ,
his owTn emnent good sense, now j
has the town w’ell lighted with-;
out any expense whatever to the i
city. There are also many other ;
improvements w’hich have been
made under his administration, j
They found Mrs. Paul and the i
family as Happy, genial and
good people as all our people.
know* they are hospitable in the !
extreme, and surrounded by a
great host of friends. Newport
is an excellent town, located
near the junction of the White'
and Black rivers, in the heart of
the hardwood lumbering sec
tion and located in one of the
best cotton districts in Arkan
sas.
We always feel that any news
from Mr. and Mrs. Paul, wHo
lived many years in Siloam
Springs and who count among
their friends the best people in
Siloam Springs, is always news i
for our readers.—Siloam Springs ’
paper. i
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Accepts College Office.
Batesville, May 4.— The Rev.!
Jerome Pillow Robertson, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church
of Dallas, Texas, has accepted
the presidency of Arkansas Col
lege at- Batesville. The presi
dency of the college had been
tendered to Dr. Graves of Hel- ]
ena some weeks ago, and it was :
believed that he would accept.
On account of the objection of
his congregation at Helena to
his leaving there, he decided to
decline.
Dr. Robertson is a brother of
Chancellor Robertson of Wynne
and J. T. Robertson of Marian
na. formerly president of the
Senate and acting governor of*
Arkansas.
Dr. Robertson is an alumnus
of Arkansas College, having
graduated there in 1886. He al
so graduated at the theological
school at Austin. He has filled
some of the most important pul
pits in the Texas Presbytery, and
has held educational positions in
that state of great importance.
He is already well known in
Batesville. It is expected that
he will arrive in Batesville dur
ing the present month.
AMERICAN INSECTS.
In America we have the chick
en mite. ant. flea, roach, bedbug,
potato bug. etc., but only where 1
Ross’ "Dead Quick” spray is not
used. This spray is the cleanest,
most convenient, and fastest bug
killer in America. It kills end
keeps away mosquitos. Pass
substitutes and get the genuine
bug killer. Sold in Newport by
your druggists. (adv.)
An Immense New Industrial Plant For ChiraJI
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When completed, the new plant of the
Calumet Baking Powder Company, now
under course of construction, at South
41st Avenue and FiHmore Street, will
prove a fitting monument to the ability,
honesty and progressiveness which have
rendered possible the tremendous growth
of one of Chicago’s most prominent in
dustrial institutions.
This immense plant, the estimated cost
of which is 1250,000, is a strictly modern
five story and basement, fire proof, re
enforced concrete building. Size, 260 ft.
x 100 ft. One of the novel and interesting
features of this, the largest and most ef
ficiently equipped Baking Powder plant
n existance will be a cantilever shipping
platform projecting over to a switch track
on a level with the second floor.
Automatic machinery, modern appli
ances and passenger and freight elevators
of the latest type will be installed and
employed in manufacturing and handling
the company’s product.
Plans which make possible a maximum
amount of glass area and the highest de
gree of sanitation have been carefully and
scientifically prepared. Spacious and
splendidly appointed rest rooms are pro
vided for employes, .
One entire floor will be devoted to lab
oratory and research equipment. The in
stallation of a modem bakery for experi
ment purposes insures the maintenance
of the high standard of excellen^^L
which Calumet Baking K.wderisS^B1
The Calumet Baking Powder Con^B^
was organized a quarter of a cer.tb^B
by Mr. Wm. M. Wright. The co^l
first began the manufacture 0( SI
powder in a comparatively smalHS
with limited capital. Modern niet^B
combined with high grade material^®
an unwavering determination to pn^B. i
an article of superior quality haveoH§
a demand which necessitated theer^B'
of the new Calumet plant— have^B 1
the Calumet Company a substantial^B1
in the industrial life of Chicago,an]^B'
for it a patronage which is a benejj^B.
a credit to the city.
New Park Opened.
Heber Springs, May 4.—The
formal opening of the Heber
Springs Park Friday night, un
der the auspices of the Civic Im
provement Club, was the most
notable affair held here this sea
son. Fully 1,000 persons were
in attendance, rriany of whom
were tourists. Speeches were
made by several professional
and business men and music
was furnished by ^the Heber
Springs Concert Band.
The object of the occasion was
the dedication of the handsome
new concrete booth, recently e
rected at a heavy cost by the la
ddies of the Civic Club, who are
spending hundreds of dollars in
beautifying the park, which em
braces six acres and six medicat
ed springs. This progressive
club, composed of only 30 enthu
siastic members, will raise $1,000
this summer to be expended on
park improvements. The citi
zens of Heber Springs are pre
paring to accommodate 5,000
summer visitors.
Baptist Revival.
Pastor Grumbles started the
revival at the Baptist church
yesterday. Large congregations
attended, especially last night,
when the Methodist congrega
tion worshipped with them.
Pastor-Evangelist Giles C.
Taylor is in the city and will do
the preaching from now on.
His subject tonight is “How to
Know We Are Saved.” If vou
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of 5,000. We are getting the
farmer interested at last, and in
many a community he is taking
the lead in this work. Our cam
paign will be a systematic and
educational one.
“Our Association is going to
go right back into the legislature
again in 1915 and ask for the
laws which were denied us in
1913, with every assurance of
getting them. We are now as
sisting the local officers in en
forcing the laws against the
slaughter of game, especially
the song and other birds which
are of great benefit to the farm
er."
Stove Wore
Any Size Good Mill WoB>
Close Prices on Carioafl0'
$1.00 and $2.00 LoadB
Phone 58 V
J. R. Loftin, Jrl
C. R. GRAYl
physician I
AND SURGEON A
EARL BUlLDIll
OFFICE HOURS: 9 a. m. to 5 A
2 p. m. to 5 pH
TELEPHONE NUMBER A
EASY AND SAFE TO Usfl
INEXPENSIVE. 1
KILLS LICS
ON ALL LIVE STOCK. I
DISINFECTS. 1
CLEANSES. 1
PURIFIES!
It has so Buy uses that it is B
■ nsosssity oa every farm. ■
CURES MANGE, SCAB, 1
RINGWORM, SCRATCHl®
Destroys All Disease 6ernl
DRIVES AWAY FUCS ■
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WALKER’S PHARMACY
SIND FOE FEES EOOKLltJ
Don Ethridge, who was oper
ated on at Tulane Sanitarium at
New Orleans recently for appen
dicitis, is improving nicely and
will probably be able to return to
his home at Helena in a few
days.
Wearing of tho Hoed.
In Eng.und the hood was not final*
iy given up until the early part of
fifteenth century. The "great velvet
het furred” worn by the may or of Lon
don. John Welles, In liM, Is cited as
a singularity by Stow, who atatsa that
previously "the coverture of men's
heads was hoods, for neither cap or
hat Is spoken of.” In point of fast
there are a few earlier ♦nsfanrea of
hats being worn by aoblee end even
the middle r lea see
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have any doubts, be sure to hear
the sermon.
Tomorrow at 3 p. m. he will
give a Bible reading on “Open
ing Heaven’s Windows.” You’ll
miss a great blessing if you fail
to be on hand.
Be sure to take your Bible.
Everybody come out to all the
services, and let’s go in for a
glorious meeting.
To Enlist Women In Work.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 5.—The Ar
kansas Game and Fish Protec
tive Association will soon begin
a campaign with the w-omen of
Arkansas, to prevent as much
as possible, the wearing of
feathers and plumes on hats.
The women who believe in the
protection of wild life, will be
asked to join the association and
assist in its work.
“Arkansas today stands at the
very bottom, so far as the pro
ection of her wild life is concern
ed.” says E. V. Visart. secretary
of the Association, “but we hope
to flood the state with literature
and conduct such a campaign
that within two years we will be
at the top. I believe that with
a little consistent work we can
get an association membership
Make a Start I
You need not put away great sums to be a saver. We en* H
courage our depositors to begin in a small way,—one dollar ■
or more for a start. You never know how much you can I
save until you try. 1
I The Farmers BanK I
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of NEWPORT^ARKANSA^^^^J
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