THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For County Judge.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of W. 1). Mc
Lain for the office of county and pro
bate judge of Jackson County, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri
mary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of James II.
Johnston for the office of county and
probate judge of Jackson County, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of John A.
Melville for the office of County and
Probate Judge of Jackson County,
subject to the action of the Demo
cratic primary.
For Representative.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of J. M. Mar
dis, for the office of Representative of
Jackson County, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic primary.
For Treasurer.
The Independent is authorized to
Announce the candidacy of John H.
Camp for the office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of Jesse W.
Shuford for the office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized to
nnnouncc the candidacy of ,J. M. Ivy
for re-election to the office of Treas
urer of Jackson County, subject to
the action of the Democratic primary.
For Coroner.
The Independent s authorized to an
nounce the candidacy of Henry Grant
for the office of Coroner of Jackson
County, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary.
What They Say!
One of the best attractions ev
er booked in Augusta was that
of the Cheney Concert Company,
which appeared here Wednes
day and Thursday nights. The
combination was made unusual
ly strong by Miss Manner as
reader. One great feature of
the program was Unit of the per
fect blending or harmony of the
instruments, also the techniqiu
of each performer. Many 01
those present were no doubt la
miliar with some of the number,
rendered, they being from wel
known operas, and their memory
was no doubt agreeably refresh
led. Every person in (he audi
ence of both evenings was
doubtless highly pleased will
the programs.—Augusta Free
I Press.
This company will be at the
High School Auditorium 01
Tuesday evening, Nov. 18, 1913
You should hear them. 01
course you will be highly enter
tained and at the same time voi
will be helping the school pay
for their piano.
Hanged Sell to Prevent Arrest
Eureka Springs, Nov. 17.—
That William Jenkins, head of a
big real estate and insurance
company bearing his name com
mit led suicide by hanging in his
home here Saturday' evening be
came known today'. An hour be
fore he killed himself a warrant
was issued for his arrest, mak
mg him ueienuant m a criminal
action involving an alleged for
gery for $15,000.
Jenkins was one of the leading
citizens of Eureka Springs and
was well known in north Arkan
sas. Three years ago he was li
censed to preach in the Metho
dist church. For several years
lie conducted a Sunday school
class and was prominent also in
civic and charity circles. He
was f>5 years of age and was re
puted to be wealthy. Officers
had shadowed his movements all
day Saturday, and the warrant
for his arrest was issued an
hour before he killed himself.
Cheney Company Delighted
ISatesvilie.
Batesville, Ark.,
Nov. 18, 1913.
Supt. Edgar Williams, Newport,
Arkansas:
The Cheney Concert Company
was here last night and they are
“Great.” Our people were de
lighted.
Sidney Pickens.
Judge Humphries Announces.
Batesville, Nov. 17.—A long
distance telephone message
from Mountain View this after
noon states that Judge George
T. Humphries made positive de
claration of his intention there
today of entering the race for
congress from this district, to
succeed W. A. Oldfield.
.; The announcement was not
unexpected here, and will not be
' a surprise to his friends in other
parts of the district. The de
mand for him to become a candi
date seemed to be unanimous,
! and he was solicited by people in
every county of the district to
make the race.
Last week, when he was here,
j he stated that it was likely that
he would enter the race, and
that he would in all probability
make his announcement this
' week.
The formal announcement of
Judge Humphries will appear in
the Guard this week, and it will
appear in all the papers of the
district at the same time.
Judge Humphries is one of
the strongest men in the dis
. triet, and he will make a very
! vigorous campaign for the office.
—Batesville Guard.
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Wets Out With Petition.
! Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Xov. 17.—The pe
tition asking County .Judge Joe
' Asher to grant liquor licenses in
Little Rock under the Going
| act, were put in circulation in
t Little Rock Monday morning,
and the liquor interests expect
jto make a whirlwind campaign
' for 45 days, making a complete
canvass of the city in that time.
| A census, more accurate even
I than that of the Federal gov
ernment, will be made, in order
that it may be shown that the
i petitioners are in the majority.
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Hodges Appeal Filed.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. Nov. 18.—Tran
script has been filed in Supreme,
Court in the case of Arthur
i Hodges alias Hodgins, the
young man condemned to death
i for the murder of Constable
i Garner near Amity. A writ of
certiorari was ordered by the
supreme court Monday, acting
! as a supersedeas, and granting
him a further lease on life. An
appeal is taken, a writ of ert >r
| having been granted by the cir
cuit clerk.
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Helm To Deliver Oration.
Hon. Thomas F. Helm, a mem
ber of the law firm of Bradshaw,
Rhoton and Helm of Little Rock
I and one of the state’s leading
lawyers as well as an orator of
! considerable renown, has accept
ed an invitation to deliver the
annual oration at the Elks
Lodge of Sorrow to be held in
I this city on Sunday, December
7 at the High School Audito
rium.
The committee of Newport
Lodge No. 96S in charge of the
exercises this year is composed
of Norman Wolff, Garland Hurt
and S. M. Stuckey, who are pre
paring a splendid program for
this event, to which the general
public is invited.
Take Trip Through Texas.
A special coach attached to
No. 5 Wednesday morning over
the Iron Mountain operated by
the Starr Land Co. of Oklahoma,
will leave here with a party of
Jackson countyans, who will go
to Southern and Western Texas
on pleasure and business com
bined.
Among those who will go
from this section are Dr. H. E.
Dowell, Earl Wishon. B. W. Ja
mison and son, John Jamison,
Dr. K. I\. Kimberlin. Miss Cora
Kimberlin, Dr. 0. A. Jamison of
Tuckerman and Foster R. Dowell
of Foreman. The party will be
gone ten days or two weeks.
TYPICAL DINNER in FRANCE
princess Hassan Tells of a Meal and
Its Service in the Land of
True Epicures.
A typical French dinner—not an
exceptional one, mark you, but such
a dinner as a small tradesman’s fam
ily would have—is incomparably su
perior to the plain roast dinner.
There would he. drst. of all. a few
relishes, according to the season of
the year. Radishes, ice cold, sardines,
olives, caviar Just a little of each
with which to awaken the appetite,
then the soup to excite gently the
liquids of the throat and stomach,
then a little entree—usually a bit of
fish with its appropriate vegetable,
or a handful of vegetables flavored
with meat sauce. Then, and not till
then, does the chief course appear.
It may be a roast, or game, or
chicken, or chops, but in no case will,
it be anything which is not in har
mony with the previous courses and it
will be eaten in moderation, for the
edge of the diner's appetite will have
been dulled by the lighter foods which
have preceded it. With it comes the
salad—varied throughout the year by
all the possible changes of the sea
son, and never, never by any possi
bility will It be such a dreadful green
hybrid as the romaine, strawberry
and green pepper thing. After the
salad there will be fruit, or mellow
cheese, and then coffee, ft will take
two hours to eat such a dinner, but it
will take only half what the typical
American dinner costs to pay for it,
and there will be no indigestion aft
erward, no matter of what the din
ner is composed.—Princess Hassan in
an Interview by Louise Rice in the
Delineator.
GiVE THIS A LITTLE THOUGHT
There Is a Point to This Imported
Joke, But Perhaps You Will Have
To Look for it.
This is not an American joke. The
reader is solemnly warned that It
is of German extraction. Germans,
as everybody knows, like their jests
broad and brutal. The victim of this
one was Cousin Hugo.
It seems Cousin Hugo made a night
of It and got home as the small hours
began to cease to be so small. As
he climbed the stairs he stumbled (ill
spite of the most elaborate care) and
rolled down Into the hall below. The
consequence, for Cousin Hugo is not
so young as he used to be, was a brok
en collarbone and a strained back
Ahead even of the milkman, then,
came the family doctor, an estimable
old gentleman, and administered
soothing words while he encased the
patient in plaster.
"I know, my dear sir,” he said, “that
it hurts like the deuce, but it is not
a bit dangerous. All the same you’ll
have to stay in bed for a while. You
got a nast.y fall. How did it happen?
Was it dark?”
‘‘It was not, doctor,” replied Cousin
Hugo with some asperity, "It was
light.”
Rut perhaps you are not a beer
drinker.—New York Evening Post.
Curing Wood.
Wood has contagious diseases! A
stick of wood in a lumber yard may be
sick and infect other timbers, which
later may develop the disease when
they are supporting weights in a new
building. Some of the diseases are so
contagious that in a building they will
jump several feet across masonry or
brick to some stick of healthy wood.
Cures were recently discussed by the
American Society of Mechanical En
gineers.
Most of the diseases are varieties of
dry rot caused by a fungus, and most
of the varieties of dry rot fungus can
not stand heat much over 100 degrees;
so tho most likely cure is to close a
building up tight, if any beams are in
fected, and heat it up to 120 or 140 de
grees. Even this is not always suc
cessful, for ends of beams are burled
in tbe outer brick walls and the heat
may not reach them.—Saturday Eve
ning Tost.
Says Ants Do Not Co-Operate.
M. Cornetz, a practised observer of
Insect life, asserts that ants know
nothing of co-operation In their social
life. In proof he cites an experiment
which any one can repeat. Offer an
ant a piece of cheese shaped like a
shuttle; it seizes the tip, turns it
about and starts dragging it in tbe di
rection of its nest. Other ants arrive
and seize tbe cheese by its sides. It
continues to advance, but more slowly.
There is no united effort; euch ant
is trying to turn the crumb of cheese
around. If we chase off the ants on
the right the cheese will turn to the
right, for the other ants are pushing
it. Chase off those, on the left and it
turns to the left for the same reason.
Chase off the one that Is pulling it and
it stands still, for the ants on each side
counteract each other.
M. Cornetz holds this a proof that
each ant is acting for himself alone.
China “Called” Livingstone.
It Is not generally known that Liv
ingstone originally had the intention
of devoting himself to the work of “a
pioneer of Christianity in China” It
was as such that he offered himsell
to the London Missionary society in
1S3i, but when he had received his
diploma from the faculty of physicians
and surgeons In 1840, he found China
closed to him, as Great Britain was!
then at war with the country, ft wap ‘
his meeting with Moffat, who had
cently returned from South Atild1
that led his steps to the Dark Co
nent fj
SHOES! SHOES!
One lot misses and boys
shoes $1.50 value at__$l.!9
$2.00 misses shoes one
week at_ $1.39
Ladies’ $3.00 and $3.50
Selz shoes for_$1.98
DRV GOODS
13 yards extra heavy do
mestic for_$1.00
12 yards jrood soft bleached
muslin for_$1.00
15 yards of 8 l-Oc yd. cot
ton checks for_$1.00
Good calico per yd_5c
25c and 35c fancy ribbons
at per yd_19c
CUT PRICE SALE
For One Week At The New Store
CLOTHING! CLOTHING! ^
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Hoys’ $6.00 Knickerbocker ^
suits, sizes 8 to IS for one
week_ _$3.98 -yn
$7.00 and $8.00 suits, sizes
9 to 18 for one week
only_ $5.18 aH
$-1.00 boys suits at_$2.18 !Hj|
$6.00 youths’ long pant IpiS
suits at_$2.89 ^
$7.50 youths’ suits cut S’
price_ _$5.18 '=r
$12.50 and $13.50 ladies’
long coats for_$S.98
$18.50 ladies’ long coats
for_$12.98
fie Ladies’ extra nicely tailored skirts, especially priced fig
fie for this sale. Ladies’ one piece wool dresses at big re- fie
fie duction. These are only a few of the many bargains fie
§s we have for you. We cut the price. fee
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