THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
front St., NEWPORT, ARK.
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Even the Arkansas girls are
helping the men build good
roads- They couldn’t do that ov
er here—they are so pretty
they’d stop all the work; our
boys are viciously fond of real
pretty girls.—Poteau News.
Pshaw, fellow, even the old
maids of Arkansas would take
every blue ribbon at a beauty
show with Oklahoma girls in
competition, and our young lass
es are modern Venuses of intrin
sic beauty and it’s not the two
bits-a-jar kind either. The Ok
lahoma editor has evidently been
jilted by an Arkansas girl, which
accounts for his attempt to dis
credit her lovliness.—Searcy
Citizen.
Several of the editors of this
district are taking Judge Hum
phreys at his word and tendering
advice as to the matter of get
ting into the congressional race.
Editor Stafford of the Springdale
News sums it up very briefly in
"“don’t.” Editor Terry of the
Bentonville Democrat doesn’t
think much of the scheme for
“feeling the public pulse” and
says: “Take a chance, old man.
Be a sport. Turn loose and ask
for what you want.” Personally,
we will never advise a man as to
getting married or running for
office; these are matters for a,
man’s own conscience.—Roger -
Democrat.
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Editor Perrine told of a Sun-;
day school social that was held at j
his home at Siloam Springs. He !
says his wife tells him they |
“made $8” And then he does j
some figuring. “There are four
teen active members in this
class. Each of them donated
something; many liberally, any
way we estimate each one gave
about a dollar’s worth; $500
might cover what the two teach
ers gave. Two days hard work
for those women and girls fixing
for it. Half a day cleaning up
A couple of broken glasses. Ja
panese lanterns. Tallow on new i
suit of clothes; lights until mid-!
night, etc., etc. And still they 1
“made $8.” Ha! ha!”
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Negro Held For Robbery.
Constable Reinhardt went to
■ Kensett this morning where lie ;
i captured Ed Johnson, a negro, j
on a warrant sworn out by El-1
rrer Chapman, another negro,
charging him with robbery,
i which is alleged to have been
committed near the North Ark
ansas depot early this morning,
when Johnson approached Chap
man and asked for change for a
five-dollar bill. Chapman fur
nished the change to Johnson,
who suddenly toook to his heels
with change, bill and all. Chap
man chased him, but was out
distanced and the last seen of
Johnson he was traveling at a
2:40 pace toward Kensett, where
he intended to catch a train for
; Newport. The negro will be giv
en trial in Esquire Harlan’s
Icourt.—Searcy Citizen.
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life together
With the same hope of success, that motorist and 1—but HE I ^
i SAVED his money— I did not. .Now HE lives his old age in luxury, ^
with automobiles and servants—I am nearly starving—on the '(
i world's scrap heap. We had the same chance. j
' Reader, save while there is yet time. Open a bank account 5
here today—a dollar wil be sufficient. j
Iarkansas bank & :
Ex-Governor Donaghey’s Re
tirement.
Former Governor Donaghey
has retired from the race for
Senator and he does so in a way
that justifies the confidence a
large number of the citizens of
the state have felt in his patriot- J
ism and official integrity.
“I will not be a candidate for
the United States Senate. I find
that all my time is now required
to look after my personal affairs.
I wish to thank those friends
throughout the state who have
given me so much encourage
ment to make this race. I be
lieve that I could easily win it.
But when I seriously consider
the matter, I am forced to the
conclusion that it would require
so. much of a personal sacrifice
that I could not afford to accept
the office if it were tendered me
without the necessity of making
a canvass of the state for it.
This condition of my personal
matters has been brought about
from neglect during the four
years I was in the governor’s of
fice
“I wish again to express my
appreciation to the people of
Arkansas for the honors they
have given me. I am indeed
proud of them. I am proud of
the people who bestowed them
upon me and I am proud of the
great state over which I presid
ed as governor because of their
votes.
“In returning to private me, i
do so with good will and good
wishes to all. I hold malice to
ward none. I believe every citi
zen, whether for or against me
since I have been in politics,
with the light before him has
acted for what he thought the
best interests of the State
“With profound love for the
State, with the wish for great
wisdom in her future guidance
and with unshaken confidence in
her greatness, I shall for the
present at least and almost cer
tainly for all time retire from
public life.”
Gasoline.
Gasoline is selling for about
20 cents a gallon, and it is ex
pected to go higher. Formerly
it sold for from 5 to 6 cents a
gallon. It is a product of kero
sene oil, which flows in torrents
from the earth, costing but a
trifle, but in the hands of the
great oil anaconda it is with
held from the people, and the'
are compelled to pay for it r;.
times more than the cost of
production- Oil is a part of the
national wealth, and it belongs
to all the people. If the people
had retained possession of this
wealth, and had not turned it
over to the conh'ol of a few they
could yet be using gasoline at a
cost of 5 or 6 cents per gallon.
The oil question is like other
questions that involve the nat
ural heritage of the people that
has been taken from them by
the greedy few. Some of these
days the people will demand a
return of their property.—Mem
phis Xews-Scimitar.
Power Dam At Cotter.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 4.—W. V.
Powell, president of the Dixie
3ower Co., of Cotter, is in the
:ity, and reports that prelimina
■y work has been progressing
latisfactorily on the great power
>roject. Holman & Laird, of St
jouis, hydraulic engineers,.have
ust completed a complete sur
e.v, and pronounce the prospect
me of the finest in the country
The work is now waiting on
he action of Senators Clarke
md Robinson in putting a bill
hrough Congress to enable the
ompany to pi'oceed with the ■
onstruction of its proposed dam
cross White river at Cotter,
ienator Clarke has assured the
iromoters that he will not be ! 1
ble to do anything until the De- j
ember term, on account of the
ariff and currency legislation.
The Dixie Power Co. will <
l adies. We Would Be Pleasej
| To Have You Call and See out New Fall G;4
Or At Least The Part Which Hav*
Arrived.
Brocaded V elvet,
Brocaded Paon Velvet for trimmings
The new Mandaline light weight.
Duryea stripes.
Diagonal Serges, 52 inches, all colors.
We cau Show You All The New Silks
in Corticelli and Pine Tree Mills.
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spend about two and a half mil
lions in developing the project,
which, it is estimated, will pro
duce about 500 horse power.
This is to be used for the manu
facture of fertilizers, the raw
material of which may be secur
ed near by in inexhaustible quan
tities, and in furnishing power
to nearby towns. Among the
places which it is contemplated
to supply are Cotter, Mountain
Home, Yellville, Harrison, Mar
shall, Batesville, and possibly
Newport. It is estimated that
the dam and the plant can be
constructed in seven months,
and the promoters hope to be
able to be producing current by
the fall of 1914,
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Turns Table On Jerome.
| Cotacook,, Sept. 5.—William
Travers Jerome was arrested
here today charged with gamb
ling.
He was admitted to $500 bail
shortly before noon. He left the
jail smiling
The complaint was made by Mil
ford Aldrich, a citizen of Cota
cook, who swore that he had
seen Jerome playing poker in
public yesterday. Jerome was
taken to the jail where Thaw
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STOMACH TROUBLES
Mr. Ragland Writes Interesting
Letter on Tliis Subject
Madison Heights, Va.—Mr. Chas. A.
Ragland, ot this place, writes: *‘I have
been taking Thedford’s Black-Draught
for indigestion, and other stomach troub
les, also colds, and find it to be the very
best medicine I have ever used.
After taking Black-Draught for a few
days, I always fee! like a new man.”
Nervousness, nausea, heartburn, pain
in pit of stomach, and a feeling of full
ness after eating, are sure symptoms of
stomach trouble, and should be given the
’ proper treatment, as your strength and
health depend very largely upon your
; '^d and its digestion.
To get .quick and permanent relief
from these ailments, you shown »~ke
a medicine of known curative merit.
• its 75 years of splendid success, in the
treatment of just such troubles, proves
the real merit of Thedford’s Black
Draught. Safe, pleasant, gentfe in action,
and without bad after-effects, if is sure
to benefit both young and old. For sale
everywhere. Price 25c. N. c. 127.
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its dump and making prepara
tions for the laying of the new
track. The company has on the
ground a large crew of negroes, a
sand train consisting of a num
ber of cars, made especially for
the work, and a sand plow, used
in leveling the sand down even
with the main track.
The double tracking of the
Cotton Belt through here is only
another mark of the spirit of
progressiveness that is at pres
ent pervading this section. The
double track will fill a long need
ed want through this section, as
heretofore the trains have been
quite frequently behind time, be
cause of the fact that a great
deal of time had to be spent in
waiting for other trains. It is
predicted that-at an early date
the double tracking will be plac
ed along the entire Cotton Belt
line, and will make it one of the
most up-to-date railroads in the
South.
Rice Men Shut Off Water.
Stuttgart, Sept. 5.—Rice far
mers in this district have begun
to shut off the water and inside
3f the next ten days practically
all the pumps will have stopped
naming. In the south end of the
county reports say farmers are
iow cutting rice, but it will be
-he last of the present month be
fore harvest in the rice fields
vill be on in full blast- Although
[he acreage is considerably in
creased, the yield will perhaps
oe no larger than former years,
because of the excessive drouth
3f the past several weeks.
was confined when brought here
two weeks ago.
Thaw’s lawyers disclaimed any
knowledge of the arrest. The
belief prevailed that it was due
solely to ill feeling among the
townspeople, who resented Je
rome's presence.
Jerome, as a specially appoint
ed deputy district attorney gen
era! of the State of New York,
is the leader of the anti-Thaw
forces here.
A pro-Thaw outbreak followed
Jerome’s arrest. Crowds gath
ered about the jail shouting, j
“Hooray for Thaw; now we’ll
deport Jerome!”
Mr. Jerome was taken into cus
tody at his hotel by Policeman
John Andrews. He was so sur
prised he could hardly t peak.
As a matter of fact he had in
dulged in a penny-ante game
yesterday with newspaper men.
They used a suit case for a ta-1
ble and sat in an automobile
waiting for the end of the Thaw
bearing.
Double Tracking Cotton Belt.
Piggott, Sept. 4—The work of
louble tracking the St. Louis
southwestern Railway (Cotton
Belt) began here this morning,
rhis work has been contemplat
ed for some time. The railroad
las been double tracked from
[)exter, Mo., to a point in Illinois
somewhere near Chester.] The
company has started building up
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