NEWPORT
LUMEXIII. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS 'ITESI)AY. SEPTEMBER _’. 1 U : ^,g| Nl MBEK l.;i
IMPORT CITIZENS
CONTRIBUTE $50(
|cnfv. Labor And Teams foi
Good Roads Days Sep
tember 3 and 4.
00 in money, labor anc
1S has been pledged by the
8ns of Newport to be spent
,the Oil Trough road from
ferry landing to the county
and upon the State Good
Is days, Wednesday and
sday September 3 and 4.
e the committees of citizens
have had charge of the
went, have spent the past
jays canvassing the city,
r have not been seen, who
jpe will come across with a
iollars to pay for substi
or meet us at the ferry
ng at 7 o’clock tomorrow
ing, dressed in working
{g and armed with pick and
L
life the men of Newport
come loyally to the support
s enterprise, their enthusi
las not been excelled by the
of the women of this city,
n mass assembly Tuesday
ng organized to provide
rs for the road workers.
ile the committee has not
1 been able to secure a sat
ory arrangement for the
ge of the workers, the Oil
h road has been definitely
d upon for the field of ac
nd all who will enlist in
reat enterprise are finally
led to. Let this work evi
a people awakened to the
irient of our public roads
united mind and zeal that
ook no obstacles until im
1 highways have been se
for this city and section.
Huguley of the Newport
Cold Storage Company has
led ice for the day and the
5 that have been placed
be streets by the W. C. T.
to be used along the road
here the labor is employ
iron Mountain officials
h our clever section fore
itend to allow the workers
5 of 24 shovels and 15
ind each man, who gives
vices to the cause is re
1 if possible to bring with
ese road working tools.
$250 in cash has been
over to 0. I. Hubert in
of the work and most of
be required to pay for ex
jfts needed in the hauling |
ving Pictures
J^Opera House
18 Reels Per Week.
Tonight at the Opera
House.
ENGEANCE
OF DURAND
e ,err- ’-\vo reel feature,
f Williams, Edith
ulia S. Gordon and Ro
ton. Excellent drama.
WITAGRAPH.)
AGT1ME romance.
Florence Lee as the
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THE CURE.
■ comedy featuring the
® Hobos
(BIOGRaPH.)
*ra, good pictures and
Bus*c By the orchestra.
JSI0N 5 and 10 CENTS.
j of gravel. Mr. Hubert -..y- h:',
i lumber yard will be closed Mr
j the two days and to buy lumber
from him. you must meet him on
the job.
j The soliciting committees.
; composed of .John V Stayton
i and Gustaxe Jones; J. Jj, oung
| and Dr. Doxvell; John F. Mc
Cuistion and Garland Hurt; So!
jHeinemann and P. H- Van Dyke
ihave all reported and the honors
jfor the best work fell to Messrs.
Stayton & Jones.
Ninety-seven days in tree
bor has been pledged by 'he citi
zens from all avenue- busi
ness and every walk m nfe and
; twenty-six days of team xvork
i pledged also constitute.- a con
siderable item for a man and
jteam are valued at S3 per day.
More teams are needed. The
citizens of Oil Trough are ex
pected to turn out almost to a
man with teams and the results
j accomplished upon these txvo
| days should be a credit to both
Newport and the farmer.- of
I Bateman Township.
' .Let every able bodied citi
| zen who can, meet and become a
. member of this band of road
| workers tomorrow morning,
i Seven o'clock is the hour. Get
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CASH DONATIONS.
,
iM. S. Littleton_$ 5.00,
! Chastain Bros_ 1.00
H. C. Sanders_ 2.50 i
1S. R. Phillips_ 2.00 ;
Mr- Ryan_ 100,
W. H. Carouthers_ 1.00 1
Cook & Best_ 2.00
P. S. White_ 3.00 j
S. J. Blackburn_ 3.00 1
E. J. Claxton_ 3.00
Alcorn Ferguson_ 3.00
Jos. M. Berger_ 3.00
City Bakery_ 3.00
L. L- Bowen_ 3.00!
Joe L. Bevens_ 1.50 j
Fife & Moore_ 2.50
T. P. Ernsted_ 3.00
Ira J. Mack_ 3.00 j
I. D. Price_ 3.00 |
E. L. Boyce_ 3.00 j
P. M. Clark_ 1 50 |
W. W Dunaway- 150 '
Miss Eva Graham- 1.50 |
W. W. Barker_ 100 j
Paul P. Roth- 1-50 j
C. A. Virtue_ 1.50 ,
Oscar E. Jacobs- 2.50 j
Mayor Paul- 1.50,
G. L. Smith_ 100 j
E. G. Turner- TOO j
Hv Newmark- 2 00 >
1 00 I
Kjag, - --
E. L. Burns_ LOO
Joe Weisburg- LOO
Marion Dickens- 1-50
George A. Lockard- L50
S. M. Beattie- 100
Cash_ 50'
Tom Owens- L50.
A. Salmon & Co- 2-00 >
A. D. Bailey- 3 00 j
Joe Balmaz- L50 i
C. E. Bullard- LOO |
W. M. Price__- 3-00 |
Jack Montgomery- 1.50;
R. J. Wise- H? 1
Newport Mfg. Co- ° ^ j
Grant Mfg- Co.-..
Wolff-Goldman-j
O. D. Watson
Newport Furn. Co- o.uu .
A. Bowie-— - 2-50j
Lesser-Goldman Cotton Co. (
5.00!
P. H. Van Dyke- 5 00 j
St. Louis Cotton Com
0« v v
press- :
Dr. O. E. Jones- “‘rr
E L. Maris
F. R. Suits—.—- J'""
Grover Gates- ‘
S. D. Campbell- j ^ i
D. E. Davenport
C. F. Davidson- J’JJ !
C- W. Woods
C. Bach- d
Grossman <k Solomon_ 2.50
i 'r. G. K. Stephens_ 2.00
1 Cohn_. 2.00
Arkansas B & Trust
Company_ 10.00
Kirst National Bank_ 10.00
Farmers Bank_ 10.00
es & ('ampbelL.. 5.00
W. T. Paris 1.50
L. E. Willis_ 5.00
Ira Ertvin.. . 2-00
D. Neal 1.50
0. M. Bowen. _ $3.00
B- E. Snetzer. __ .3.00
J. L. Younger. . 5.00
1 r. P. Wilbanks. _.. _ 3.00
Plunkett-Jarrell <irocer
Company_ 5.00
R. L. Pennington.. _ 1.50
Lee Earnheart_ 3 00
C. H. Walton_ 3.00
LABOR AND TEAMS
C. W. Watson, 1 man 1 team 1
day.
Adam Lockard, 1 man 1 day.
Joe L. Bevens 1 man 1 day
J. W. Wallace 1 man 2 days.
-J. D. Carvell 1 man 2 days.
W. W. Dunaway 1 man 1 day.
Sam Denty 1 man 1 day.
W. L. Bauely 1 man 1 day.
C. R- Hite 1 man 1 clay.
W. L. Bancly 1 man 1 day.
Oscar E- Jacobs 1 man 1 day.
i'io. v '.jl i ciui i iii ci 11
Harry Grimes 1 man 2 days.
V. S. Fisher 1 man 1 day.
J. D. Parks 1 man 1 day.
Roy Dutton 1 man 1 day.
Joe Balmaz 1 man 1 day.
Wm. Corley 1 man 1 day.
P. H. Van Dyke 1 man 1 day
R. H. Askew 1 man 1 day.
Earl Seaton 1 man 1 team 2 days
Southern Cotton Oil Co 3 men 3
days.
J. B- Young 1 man 2 days.
H. E. Dowell 1 man 2 days.
J. C. Jowers 1 man 2 days.
Tom Hutson 1 man 2 days.
J. F- McCuistion 2 men 2 days.
M. M. Stuckey 1 man 1 team 2
days.
Geo. R. Hays 1 man 2 days.
J- M. Ivy 1 man 2 days.
C. M. Erwin 2 men 2 days.
G. L. Robinson 2 men 2 days
W. W. Dutton 1 man 1 team 2
days.
C. J. Saenger 1 man 2 days
C. E. Smith 1 man 2 days.
E. L. Watson 1 man 2 days.
J. W. Phillips 1 man 2 days.
W J. Knox 1 man 2 days.
J. U. Ard 1 man 2 days.
W. R. Whitten 1 man 2 days.
Johnson-Avera Hdw. Co- 1 man
2 days.
L. W. Watson 1 man 2 clays.
Homer O’Neal 1 man 2 days.
T. A. Cooksey 1 man 2 days.
Ira D. Best 1 man 2 days.
J. H. Elf rank 1 man 2 days
Dr. L. T. Hays, 2 days.
C. E. Ptouse, 1 day.
R. C. Raines, 2 days.
L. W. Sharp, 1 day.
J. Q. Blackwood, 1 day.
Dean & Hocking 1 man and team
2 days.
Dean & Massey 3 men 3 teams 2
days.
Waters-Pieree Oil Co. 1 team 2
days.
S. Heinemann 1 team and man
2 days.
Dutchman West 1 team and
man 2 days
W. H. Snetzer 1 team and man
2 days.
McLain & Holden 1 team and
man 1 day.
T. D. Kinman 1 team and man
1 day.
Notice.
Our stores will continue to
close at 6:30 during the heated
term until further notice.
Fife & Moore,
Jos. M. Berger, Jr.
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MANY SEEK
HODGE S OEEfCE
Mayor John f*. Paul of Newport
Among Those Who May Fie
Candidates.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. Sept. 2.—Th< .. •
for Secretary of state the
next campaign already j-r- mise.".
to l>e an interesting one. Earle
W. Hodge.- now serv-r.g
corn! term, is an avowed candi
date for reelection. Arc. * * • r
are already at lea.st t hret r
candidates more < r less certain
to be in the race. John P. Paul,
mayor of Newport, and for year
Grand Secretary of the Odd Fel
lows. of Arkansas, has declared
his intention of making the race
W. T- Maxwell, one of Benton
county's representatives in the
last session of the Legislature, a
member of the law firm of Mauck
& Maxwell of Bentonville. will
probably be a candidate, al
though no formal announcement
has been made. T. Henry Down
ing, of Harrison, son of Rev. W.
A. Downing, who died several1
years ago m Focanontas. an
nounced hi- candidacy for the of
fice last week. He is a dry good- \
salesman and has resided at
Camden, Waldo, Searcy, Leslie,
and several other places in the
state. He has been styled the j
Homemade Philosopher of North
east Arkansas.
Arkansas Will Enter Oxford
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, September 2. —
Phillip Brodie of Van Boren, ai
former student of the Universi
ty of Arkansas, and last year
an instructor in the Van Buren
high school, has just been no
tified that he has passed the ex
amination in Greek which he
took in Fayetteville July 16- He
won the Rhodes scholarship for
1913, and this insures his uncon
ditioned entrance into Oxford.
He will sail for England this
month with a large party of A
merican students.
Do Your Clothes Look Yellow?
If so use Red Cross Ball Blue. It
will make them white as snow.
Large 2 oz. package 5 cents.
Miss (Juliette Wins Prize.
The \ alley Commisison Com
pany. one of our progressive
wholesale houses and local a
!gents oi the Cap* County .Mill
jing Company, offered through
the Independent a barrel of the
fine wold Teat flour to the lady
who would send in the best tes
timonial of the merits of the
[ flour.
rr:t. contest closed Se])tember
1 and the company having as
signed to the editor the duty of
selecting two other judges to
act 'h .himself in passing upon
the testimonials, Joseph ,\1.
Berger. Jr., and (Jarland Hurt
were asked to serve with him,
and accepted tin* trust.
Tlie testimonials submitted
were then read by the editor to
the other two judges and I he
names of the ladies who wrote
same were not disclosed, each
testimonial receiving a number
designation. Then written bal
lots were cast by each judge for
a first, second and third. The
prize winner thus fairly deter
mined was Miss Elizabeth (Jul
iette, who received two first and
one second vote.
The Valley Commission Com
pany having informed the edi
tor that second and third prizes
would also be awarded on ac
count of so many meritorious
testimonials the judges made
second and third awards, falling
respectively to Mrs. C. R. Hite
and Mrs. A. J. Wolf, to each of
whom Mr- Pate proposes sending
a half barrel of the flour whose
good points have been so clever
ly told.
The testimonial of the prize
winner is published today in the
Gold Leaf advertisement and
those of the second and third
prize winners will also he pub
lished in that space.
Lost.
Pocket book, Aug. 29, contain
ing pair of sleeve buttons and
copper cross inscribed across
face, “J. V. Ryan.” Return to A
W. Anderson & Co. and receive
reward.
J. V. Ryan.
If * xi it< rn'Lt brings on a
ptop tt with Dr. JvliloV Anti-Pain Pills.
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Ladies Organize to l'uini>h
I tinners.
A number of ladies met at Hit
court house Tuesday morning al
10 o clock to discuss plans and.
provide lunches for the men wh<»
are to work the roads Wednes
day and Thursday,
on commit tees by t Im president
committees h\ the president.
Alrs. W. A liillingsley :
Mcsdames Will Smith and I
•L Watson, chairmen.
Ah sdnmes 11 illhou o. Sander
i cossland. Option, Hooker, II to.
Staytoii, Phillips,Stephens, \\ 1
ker, 1 Joyce.
Misses I Jessie Watson, .lat
Irby, Kate Harder and Uert
Hirsch wore appointed a commit
lee to iri‘*et at the court house at
9 o’clock to receive baskets. All
who will donate lunches wd!
please send the same to court
house not later than 9:9.0 as wa
gons will leave the court house
piomptly at 10 o’clock.
A general call is issued t'oj
contributions to he sent to tb*,
court house by ‘9 :)’>() o’clock, an<
the things most desired are
bread, chickens, hams, roasts,
onions, pies, pickle, tomatoes.
bul termilk, cream.
All who will provide lunches
please telephone either to Mrs.
Will Smith or Mrs. T. .1 Wat
son.
Guidon Citizens Agree.
Curdori, Sept. 1.—Merchants
of Gurdon agreed at a meeting
last night to close their places of
business on good roads days as
named bv Governor Geo. W
Hays. All farmers in this sec
tion and railroad men also,
agreed to aid in the work. About
250 men able to wi'.’d pick ataid
shovel will report on next Wed
nesday morning. All windows
of local stores show the sign,
“this store will be closed next
Wednesday.”
Miss Emma Brown, who ar
rived home the latter part of th«*
week from a several weeks’ trip
through Colorado, came up from
the farm Monday and spent the
day with Mrs. T. S. Stephens.
Mrs. John C. Hays ind son
Hamblett of Sheman, Texas*
were here today en route to Cot
ton Plant to visit relatives.
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