NEWPORT, ARKANSAS MONDAY, MARCH 16, 191-1. M HER 295
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I LAND owner
B Of Permanent
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y)p five Years.
BTenn., March 14,’14
Bport Independent:
■est question before
Bf Jackson county to
Klitics, but the ques
■nty is the banner 1
Ke state of Arkansas,
■cultural standpoint,
Burpassed in natural
■where, and the cry-.
■ this county is good :
■ is a taxable valu- j
E county of $7,000,
Ba system of good ,
■ now advocated, will j
■aluation of the coun
■ five years, not to
■illative valuation,!
■ actual valuation to
tiers themselves.
■ is traversed in al
■ctions by railroads,
titties for moving
■and lumber are good
■you get to the rail
■ the dirt roads of the
■ almost impassable,
Ijontns in ine year
H of roads in this
dll at least repre
to farmers, at a
51,000,000 annual
t is all this going
,000 bonds at 5
ie $30,000 annual
valuation of $10,
; less than one
ier cent.
ler thing, this
is will be paid out
ht in your own
your own people,
really be out any
out all the money
mcounty. I have
stay right here in
ty. I have travel
Jackson county
needs, and this is
y of a life-time.
3 respectfully,
C. M. CAPPS.
a large land own
inty. He will be
lis improvement,
he does not live
tbly will not travel
roads. His ten
;he ones to enjoy
ice and savings
ds mean and they
ie cent of the tax.
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era House
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INSANITY
Billy Mason ar
f3 Cassimelli.
•°medy-(s. and A.)
of Pictures—Admi
^*0n> 10c and 20c
because they are not land own
ers and under the district im
provement, only real property is
taxed.
Where does Mr. Capps come
in to be an advocate of this good ;
roads system ? Because he j
knows that such a system, will
double the value of his farm.
He knows that he can afford to
pay the tax.
Now Mr- Home Tax Payer:
You have Mr. Capps’ reason for
wanting permanent roads and
you have the further and more
valuable reason, that you, your ]
family and your children are
here to enjoy the comforts, sav
ings and pleasure they insure.
To the Citizens of Jackson Coun
ty and especially the Voters
of Richwoods Township:
It has -been reported to me, j
and I know it to be a fact, thatj
certain persons have stated that
I was actively engaged in oppos
ing the candidacy of Mr- J, M.
Balch in his race for County
Superintendent.
Mr- Balch, himself, does not
make this charge. Nor does he
believe it. But this charge is
simply a political scheme of
those who are opposing my elec
tion.- And the charge is made to
influence the voters in Rich
woods township against me.
My opponents know that I will
carry Richwoods township by a
large majority, and they stoop
to this sort of tactics to injure
me with my friends.
Four years ago, with four
good men against me, I only lost
ten votes in the entire township,
and natnurally have a warm
spot in my heart for all the peo
ple of this township. I have no
better friend any place thm'
Mr. Balch, and certainly I would
be the last person to try to use
'any influence I may have against
V.1TYI
i I started in this campaign to
make a clean, fair race on my
merits and record, and not on the
demerits of my opponents. Ev
erything I say and do will be
publicly said and done, in their
presence. I will not try to cover
!up anything, nor circulate un
truths about them.
The statement made last Fri
day (the day the candidates
spoke at Balch) that I was op
posing Mr. Balch, is an absolute
! untruth and a political lie. I do
1 not care who started it- It has
{absolutely no foundation in fact;
it is a manufactured falsehood,
out of the whole cloth.
) ' Respectfully,
I (Adv.) J. M. IVY.
i' Alabama Interested In Senato
' j rial Fight.
': Special to Independent,
j Little Rock, March 16—Ala
- j bama is taking a great interest
r! in the Senatorial contest which
i' is being waged in Arkansas, anc
' j Congressman R. P. Hobson has
| Had special representatives ii
I Little Rock securing data on th<
S documents injected into th<
j campaign by President Wilsoi
land Secretary of State Bryan
1 Copies of these letters were tak
en back to Alabama. Congress
man Hobson is opposing Con
gressman Underwood, and sen
a representative here to get firs
l" hand the assertions which hav
ibeen made to his opponent i
[the Arkansas campaign
d Hats Cleaned And Blocked.
Old hats made new again. No1
is the time to have your ol
spring hats made new. All wor
s- guaranteed- Phone 78. B<
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HOW WILL YOU VOTE? |
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If you’re satisfied with road conditions of the pres
ent, you should vote against the county road improvement
district, March 25, but if not your place is among those
sm who favor this improvement and method of securing
roads. Don’t be frightened by the size of $675,000 spent
under this system to macadamize over one-third of all the
public roads in this county, when in twenty years, Jack
son county will spend more than that amount under a
three mill road tax and have neither roads, now nor then.
If $675,000 is a large amount of money to spend,
it’s also a big amount to be brought into this county and
put into circulation here- This $675,000 of borrowed mon
ey secured from the sale of bonds, sold in various parts nj^
of the country, must largely be spent in this county, ^
where the labor is performed, and the roads constructed, ^rfl
The farmer, who has an extra or idle team, the laboring ^
man who is not fully employed, the business and profes
sional men, whom these classes of our population sup
port, will all share in this $675,000 expended, for it is
money spent at home. It is not money sent away, drain- JJEj I
ing the wealth of the county, but money brought in now, njg
that can be repaid in twenty years without working a ^
Kfi hardship upon any landowner, because the benefits, in
m creased nrndnctinn and wealth far mnre than offset thp
CJU
cost of the improvement.
Suppose you had a large farm needing drainage and
development. Which would be the better plan, to bring
it all into cultivation, if you had the means or credit to
Janj choose? Ditch a few acres every year spending theearn
tjEj ings of a small portion already in cultivation, or put
the whole into cultivation and make the whole farm in
stead of a small part of it, pay for the improvement?
Many farmers are of course, compelled to proceed slowly,
but they know that if they could, they would choose the
latter method every time, because their common and busi
ness sense tells them it is the better way.
sni If you’re going to spend $675,000 on the roads of
Jackson county in twenty years, spend it now under con
tract to the lowest bidder on plans and specifications ap
[ur proved by engineers and stop the waste of public funds
under the present patchwork system that is neither build
ing roads now nor at the end of another twenty years,
[□ni can we expect any better terms.
Are you willing or can you expect to live twenty
ye years more and travel roads becoming worse instead of [ur
^ better? Then why not start now? If the change must
be made, let’s make it now. Let the slogan be “ Good ^
[□Hi Roads For Us As Well As Our Children.”
The Men’s Forward Movement.
A mesage was received Sun
day afternoon by Rev. S. D.
Grumbles from Hon. Clay Sloan
stating that on account of ill
ness in his home, he would not
be able to meet his appointment
in Newport as advertised. The
members of the organization
wish to express to the distin
guished friend their heartfelt
j sympathy in his trouble, and dis
appointment that he was unable
to meet the appointment. This
was the third effort on the part
| of the program committee to se
cure the speaker for the happy
occasion.
!
, i il /"'ll_
IIUSI LllClt V- ic*J ”***
yet be present to bring, as he al
ways does a very helpful mes
sage to the citizens of Newport.
Hon. Fred Suits led the devo
tional exercises yesterday after
noon, and introduced as the
speaker W. P. ^Chalmers, of the
I Presbyterian church. Mr. Chal
i mers delivered an address on the
II Sovereign Power of God In The
! j History of the World, and the
1! Church of Christ.
The program committee, com
posed of the following men
Revs. S. IX Grumbles, B. L
[ Wilford, G. A. Hoffman and W
i P. Chalmers, promised to fur
[ riish every Sabbath afternoon i
I speaker for the occasion- An<
1 ] when a speaker fails to arriv
one of the members of the pi o
gram committee assumes th
!duty of speaker. Usually, afte
v ! the address, the president, Fre^
d ' Suits, adds a very weighty me?
k I sage, and leaves a better tast
e with the men as they leave th
:f( church. This part of the pr<
gram is intensely attractive
Next Sabbath afternoon, Dr.
Brough of the University, will
deliver the address on the sub
ject, “The Challenge of The
Country”. Dr. Brough needs no
word of commendation and no in
troduction to the people of New
port, as he is well known and
loved by a great number of our
citiens. All of the people of the
town are not only invited, but
also urged to be present and
hear the logic, philosophy, and
eternal truths from the heart of
a great man, in a great state,
! and in a great movement among
men.
I
Oklahoma Congressman Visits
Here.
Special to Independent.
•Little Rock, March 16.—“Jim”
i Davenport, a fit running mate in
i size for J. Sam Roland, the her
! culean railroad commissioner,
has returned to his native state
to say “howdy” to the friends
of his boyhood, as well as to vis
it with relatives in Little Rock
and the vicinity of Conway.
“Jim” Davenport is a big con
. gressman from Oklahoma now,
and he is to the House, what
’ Gore is to the Senate. Congress
man Davenport has a daughter
. in the Arkansas School for the
t Blind, whom he is visiting here
1 He was born and raised in the
; vicinity of Conway, and will
. spend several days in the neigh
2 borh'ood of the old swimming
r hole before his return to Wash
I ington.
e C. A. Windau arrived thn
e morning, looking after the pear
>- market.
sunciay Visitors At Fort Logan
H. Roots.
special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 1(3—
3uite a large number of visit
ors went to Fort Logan H. Roots
Sunday and spent a considerable
portion of the afternoon watch
ing the soldiers getting ready to
depart for the Mexican border.
The soldiers have all but the ne
cessities packed, and when the
order is given Thursday morn
ing, they can start upon the
march down the mountain to the
train, within thirty minutes.
The only restive ones in the gar
rison are the soldiers who are
to remain behind to guard the
empty barracks. The soldiers
will leave on a special train, and
while all are anxious to take a
shot at the Mexicans, few ex
pect to get into active warfare.
They know the fighting game is
a serious one, and many of this
regiment have seen service in
the Philippines, so they know
lhat the administration will
stand most anything before it
will issue an order to cross the
border.
Bananas Bananas
Mr. J. B. Heard is here with a
car of Jumbo bananas, on the
Iron Mountain track, in front of
Wolff-Goldman’s, and wil sell
good banans at a price that is
extremely low. Special prices on
large lots. dtf.
At The Palace Theater Tonight.
5 and 10 Cents
A beautiful Irish drama,
Eileen of Erin” in two parts.
Also another side-splitting com
edy by the Keystone Co. dlt.
Convicted Of Second Decree
Murder.
Walnut Ridge, March 1 i- —
In circuit court yesterday Wood
Moon was found guilty of second
degree murder and was was giv
en a sentence of two years in the
penitentiary for killing Jesse
Andrews in Rielnvoods town
ship last May- Moon is about 20
years of age, and Andrews was
it) years of age. They worked
on the same farm 'there had
been strained relations between
them, and on May 2 their dogs
had a tight, the men taking
sides, resulting in Moon strik
ing Andrews on the head with -•<
hoe. On May 0 Andrews died,
'the grand jury last October in
dicted Moon for second degree
murder, and the jury today con
victed him.
Circulates Petition For Acts.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 10.—K. C,
Adams, special representative of
the United Mine Workers of
America, circulating their peti
tion to initiate the State Mining
Board bill, also the child labor
and bank guaranty acts, arrived
in Little Rock Sunday after a
tour of certain sections of Ar
kansas in which he made ar
rangements for the circulation
of the petitions- He claims to
have about 9,000 signatures on
the mine bill, and that he will
have double that number by the
first of May, when the petition
must be filed. Under the Initia
tive and Referendum, only about
12,000 names are required to
submit a bill to the people for in
itiation.
I A Complete Showing of Men’s
I Spring Hats Is Ready.
I The newest fashions in men’s headgear are ready here.
I There’s much of interest in these new Hats. The Spring
1 season has brought many distinctly different ideas in headwear
1 for men. , , .
I In the high crown, narrow brim Derby shapes, and in
I the "high” crown, narrow brim soft Hats, with the sash bands,
1 the tastes of men with individual notions in dress are given
I good play* , - , I
I A diversity of shades for selection, in these unrivaled lines,
I including
1 “Von Gal” Mata at.*3
■ “Beacon” Hata at.-.3
■H "Berber Special’* Hata at.3
j "Stetson Hats”.*3.50 to 5
1 “Knox Hata” at.. 5
■ !l ¥
( An Unrivaled Showing of Men’s Suits For Spring, 1914.
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