PTEMBEK 4, 191.5. M M PER 1.5:5.
■Scuts
I COTTON CROT
Mckson C ounty For Plant Has
Mlade Little In Past Two
Weeks.
■epayj two weeks’ continua
Moi ij* drouth has probably
■€ cotton crop of this coun
■ io40 per cent, for the plant
■ accomplished nothing in
■ period. Besides shedding
■top crop of which there is
■ or none left now, the larg
■],, are opemng prematurely
■..civ of them attaining on
■bout half growth. Boll
■s have also appeared in the
Hyland cotton and are ruin
■nnsiderable cotton, for they
■ even the larger bolls and
■be life of those bolls, which
■me dead and drop from the
■t without opening.
■ugust as a whole put on very
■ cotton and had it not been
■he splendid development at
■ed earlier in the season, the
■ of this section would be
■ indeed. Taking the season
■ whole, our crop is fair and
■better than in most, sections
■he south or even Arkansas
■hown by the government es
tate of 68.2 per cent, a loss
In the same date in June of
l points.
ate corn too has been cut
rt and rains even yet would
food not only to corn and hay
>s but in the development of
on bolls.
The Need of Vaccination.
*B health officers:
pyiew of the short time in
ich the public has to comply
h ^Regulation No. 125, per
ling specifically to vaccina
Q, it is hereby advised that
! efforts, only in an education
way, be made to enforce an
servance of said regulation
fsrding schools which open in
ig Pictures
per a House
Is Per Week.
STRONG HAND
ith a mischievous
Ties a widow with
T. son, featuring
and Norma Tal
-VITAGRAPH.)
MARINE CABLE
unwinding of 3,000
- under and across
ocean, connecting
vith Europe by tel
— VITAGRAPH)
IL OF SLEEP
pher in her sleep
afe and takes the
6 mine’s pay roll.
her sweetheart,
tole the money, la
:es the money in
n excellent West
(LUBIN)
4 WRECKED LIFE
aimer deserts his pretty wife
a gees in search of gold. She
,S, or years to find him,fails
“d becomes a maniac.—A beau
"ui story.
(PATHE)
°Ur good pictures and good mil
sic by the orchestra.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
| September and October. This
: order does not apply to those of
► | our schools which have been and
iare now requiring vaccination
for admission.
I trust you will lay before the
people the great value of vaccin
jation as a preventive against
| smallpox and that you will be en
abled to secure as many vaccin
j ations as possible.
Please give as much publicity
i to this as will be necessary that
the people may be informed, us
■ in£ this letter for pul :ation if
n 0 C0 £ s <r r y.
Yours very trulv.
MORGAN SMITH.
State Health Officer.
Shorter Hours For Girls.
| Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 4.—The
Southwestern Telegraph and
Telephone Company Wednesday
afternoon notified Commissioner
of Labor Clary that it had con
sidered favorably the proposi
; tion Mr. Clary recently made the
j company concerning the hours
:and wages for girls employed in
j the smaller offices
The company has agreed to
reduce the hours of work in all
j the small offices through the
! state abofit two hours daily, and
Go grant an increase in wages.
There have been no complaints
about the Little Rock and other
I large offices of the state.
i
Carnival Week of Motion
Pictures.
■ This week, until next Monday
i night. September 8. will be
known as Feature Week at the
| Palace Theatre, a three reel fea
Iture in addition to one comedy
jfor ever*' day in the week. The
j features consist of strong dra
imatie stories, and are produced
; by the world’s greatest artists.
i Tonight the greatest sensa
ttion 01 tne day "ineoaora in
! three parts from the famous no
jvel, Vietorien Sardou. A mas
sive $100,000 production. This
gigantic picture required 3000
people to produce it, and in ele
gance and grandeur is one of the
most remarkable pictures ever
shown. This picture was shown
in Little Rock at the Capital
Theatre last week and was
greeted with crowded houses lor .
two succeeding days- You will;
be astonished to know that we ,
can show this great picture for !
5 and 10 cents. dlt.1
Newport Lady a Guest.
Special to Independent. •
Rattle Creek, Mich., Sept- 2,— ,
Mrs. Mildred Dorsey of New- ^
port, Ark., is a visitor here and :
was one of a considerable party ;
entertained Thursday afternoon
by the Postum Cereal Company j
in a tour of inspection through
its factories, where every pro
cess in the manufacture of Pos
tum, Grape-Nuts, Post Tosties (
and Post Tavern Special is clear
ly explained.
The art collection of Mr. C. W.
Post was an attractive feature
of the visit. This collection in
cludes many notable paintings,
statues, rare relics, etc.
The Epworth League of the
Methodist church are planning
extensively for a miscellaneous
bazaar which they expect to give
Friday and Saturday, November
14-15. The young people will
canvass the membership of the
church for donations and any
thing from friends will be great
ly appreciated. The proceeds
will go toward paying for the
electric fans and carpet the
church.
* I
WORKERS RESPOND
SECOND DAY
( itizen> of Newport And Hate
man township Have Greatly
Improved Hoad.
'-rood Hoads Pays have come
ana gone, b\r the good accom
plishec: wit! remain in a material
*ov ’lumy years and in the
interest support aroused for
bet .er roe. iway-. will go mareh
lnfe"on u* enneue-'t until ourwhole ,
eilizensinp are awake to the
• en to share in
...em. fhev have not been in
':,u' Vitti'k a • urning point
iiom lethargy and indifference
t0 a wholesome, progressive and
public spirited recognition of the
need of better highways and a
determined zeal to leave them
The farmers ofBateman town
ship have been shown that the
I business men of this city have
, an active, working interest in
their roads ana want them to be
in such condition the year round
that closer relation may be es
tablished between this city and
every section of the fertile Oil
Trough bottom.
And on the other hand, the
good citizenship of our county
across the river have manifest
ed that co-operation and help,
that wiL in the end establish a
splendid roadway from this city
to the Independence County line.
And our energetic neighbors
over in Independence like Asa B.
Pelley have done missionary
work and given splendid assist
ance, coming down into Jackson1
with their own grader and are
throwing up the roadway this
side of Surrounded Hill. i
The big traction engine and
grader purchased by Judge Coe
fnv Jttr-L-inr.rt (TVmntv n q me i y>
Thursday by freight and will be
barged across White to finish
the long open stretches of road
way that can be handled to best
advantage bv these modern ma
chines.
It was not a spurt for one day,
for nearly as many volunteers
were out upon the second day as
upon the first and there were
more wagons and teams to haul
gravel. The long levee just be
fore reaching the highland has
been heavily graveled and should
now stand up well for traffic
during the winter season, for
nearly 300 loads have been
dumped largely upon this por
tion of the road, which is now
very heavy.
The gravel, sand and black
gumbo will cement in such a
manner, say our most practical
road men, as to assure a good
thoroughfare along this pre
viously bad stretch. This gravel
was hauled about 3 miles from
the bar opposite Jacksonport
and had it been possible to have
secured a nearer source of sup
ply, probably twice as much
gravel could have been hauled.
About twenty-five men on the
gravel bar became experts in
loading and would have the driv
er calling a halt in 3 minutes af
ter the shovels started. Judge
Stuckey had charge of a squad
of workmen and was a willing
worker too in putting in a tile
culvert across the roadway be
yond the levee. G. A. Hillhouse,
T. J- Gregg, Dr. Dowell, Dr.
Yeager and others were blasting j
some big stumps out of the road
way.
Sol Heinemann, R. J. Wise,
John Stayton, J. M. Ivy, Harry
Grimes, J. B. Young, L. B. Har
ris and a great many others
[served both days in the cause of
good roads and J. S- Bowen, our
local photographer generously
donated his efforts toward secur
ing several good views of the
workers and improved roads,
which have been requested by
Collier's Weekly and will later
appear in this national weekly.
And the women of Newport
were stayers too, they did not
feast the first day's crowd and
starvi the second, but upon both
days were amply prepared to
satisfy the appetites of the hun
dred and fifty hungry m'-n and
with the best of roast oeef, ham.
eggs, salads, pickles, sandwich
es, coffee, pies and cake—yes too
numerous to mention. Nor did
the ladies rest in simply prepar
ing all this, but went along even
to the gravel bar and served the
“workers that not one might be
missed. As the men of Newport
have thus far failed to build a
bridge across White River, the
suggestion has very pertinently
and properly been made that the
matter be turned over to the la
dies and then it would be built.
“So mote it be."
And now that our first good
roads days have passed into his- '
tory, let us not lose interest but I
keep the movement going, so i
that when our next annual road j
days are set apart, the citizen- i
ship of every section of Jackson !
County will be found upon the I
highways. Interest in our roads j
wjll lead to changes in our pres-1
eiit laws, that will provide bet-1
tel’ methods of spending road j
mfiney than under the present i
overseer system. j
An aroused public sentiment,
will work wonders in any com- ■
munit.v upon any line of im- ,
provement and hasten the day j
when impassable and heavy j
roads will be a thing of the past'
and the people will find from ex- '
perience that the development of ;
our resources, the increase of I
our land values, the earning ca
pacity of the farmers, the
growth and prosperity of the
cities will have been augmented
by greater proportions, than
through public enterprise and
progress in any other direction
and avenue.
Pulniotor Failed.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, September 1
The pulniotor, although applied
vigorously, failed to restore life
to Dorothy, aged 9. and Jack,
aged 8, children of Charles Boon,
an iron Mountain engineer, who
were drowned in the Arkansas
River near the Union Depot, at
noon Wednesday. The children
had been in swimming alone',
when the little girl got beyond
her depth, and her brother made
an unavailable attempt to rescue
: >-r u lii’ii she screamed for help.
A ii'herman near by recovered
the bodies after they had been in
'he water about ten minutes,
ami promptly summoned medi
cal aid, but life was extinct.
Slays Hidden Hunter.
Fort Smith, Sept. 6.— Follow
ing an investigation today of the
death of James Howard, aged
19, who was shot to death by
Tom Clarke, aged 20. near Syca
more schoolhouse, six miles
north of Winslow yesterday, it
was announced that it was an
accident, and that there would be
no arrests. Clarke and Howard
were hunting squirrels, but nei
ther knew of the other's pres
ence in the immediate vicinity
Clark shot at, a squirrel on a
trunk of a tree. As he shot he
Heard running footsteps in the
brush near-by, and he investi
gated. He found a rifle and
quickened his steps and then
found a hat. A short distance
away he found Howard. The
bullet had pierced his heart.
Miss Lucy T. Brandenburg will
resume her music class Monday
morning, September 8th. All
pupils desiring periods reserved
please phone 93. Studio 806
Third street until October 1st.
31d6t.
Mr. and Mrs- Ben White, Miss
es Lizzie Irby and Lutie Mae
Stephens are expected home
from Colorado tomorrow.
Wanted—Roomers and board
ers. Rate per week $5.00. Nice
cool rooms. For particulars can
at this office or at804 Newport
Avenue. Phone 356. lldti
» ■ ii i ti mmmmmmmmrnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm%
Why Leave the State for a Mus
ical Education.
The Little Rock Conservatory
of Music < ‘i'ers superior advan
tages n Piano, Pipe Organ,
Voice, Harmony and History of
Music. Certificate-diplomas are
given at the completion of the
course m any subject. The well
know musicians. Mrs. Effie
Cline-Fom s. Martha May Cline
and S,.ra'. 5'. Cline are at
the -.ad *'■ conservatory,
and tin h>gh st; adard of their
wort; i- reflected and maintaineil
in t very department.
Tin conservatory offers ;
vantages ffpial to, if not su]
rior t(> those fouiu in much la;
or musical centers. It is hap]
ly located in the Capital city,
where there are other education
al opportunities not excelled
elsewhere in the state. Write
for full particulars before decid
ing where to spend the winter.
Address, Little Rock Conserva
tory of Music, Eightb and Main
Streets, Little Rock.
Jackson Secures $15,537.60.
tu the apportionment of the
common sc hool funds of I he
■tat' just made Jackson county
recc-. vos $ 15,537.00 compared
with $17 495 for Independence;
$14,709 for Woodruff; $22,887
for White; $14,334 for Law
jrence; $20,917 for Craighead
and $8,525 for Poinsett.
The total amount apportioned
by the state this year is $1,256,
175 and represents $1.95 for ev
ery child of school age- Accord
ing to the enumeration, the to
jtal number of children was 617,
3#5. '. - -
__ tv
Will Be Candidate for Auditor.
Spec ial to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept- 4.—L. L.
Coffman, State Auditor, now
serving his first term by ap
pointment of Governor Robinson,
I has announced that he will be a
candidate for election to a sec
ond term, at the proper time.
He was appointed to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of
Col. John M. Oathout. Mr. Coff
man, formerly of Boone County,,
has held the office of State Land
Commissioner, and is well known
throughout the state.
Our Hats Have Character 1
S They are not the 'slip-shod product of a careless manufacturer jj|
|g —but the carefully made product o. an artist workman ||
I They Make a Man Feel Better as 1
I soon as he gets one on his head |
We know how and where to get perfection hats, ffi
and we do. We’re always glad to try ffi
becoming ones on your head. Come. 1|
$3.00, $3.50, $5.00. H
BErgeR’S I
’'STAR CLOTMirSG f/OUS^T
We Close Evenings at 6:30 (Except Saturday.) Q|
_—. ™ ran n=n fPi npn n=>n FrjniPnJHU5!U5iU3U9Uc;j
. <