THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Front St„ NEWPORT, ARK.
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The Public Drinking Cup.
The public drinking cup has
been abolished in Bateaville, as
it has been in all other cities and
towns of Arkansas.
It may be well.
But the old timers cannot for
get that there was a time when
every man drank from the same
spout at wheat threshing time,
and at all log rollings they drank
from the same old germ-soaked
gourd.
Science is doing wonders for
the present generation, and the
plans proposed and which are
being put into effect may cause
us to live longer, but up to the
present time, it must be con
fessed that the generations that
preceded us lived longest.
If mn\r no\rm* nnnnr in f ho n
erage man that the abolition of
the public drinking cup in the
larger cities has made great cap
ital for the dealer in beer and
soft drinks.
Many millions bottles of soda
pop have been sold to thirsty
men who could not get a drink
of water.
Many a man has drank a bottle
of beer who would prefer a glass
of water, simply because he
could get the beer for a nickel
and couldn’t get the water at
any price.
As we said, the abolition of the
drinking cup may drive the dis
ease germ from the face of the
earth, and make man immune
from disease.
We will see what we will see.
But the old-fashioned man
who has drank from the branch
and the old-timer who never
knew anything better than a
germ-soaked gourd, w
lieve there can possibly be so
many disease germs lurking in
the rim of a drinking cup, made
of glass, silver or aluminum.
It is all right to protect the
public health, and it ought to be
done. People ought to be forced
to be sanitary, and particularly
ought people be forced to keep
that which is sold for food, clean
and protected. Likewise every
man ought to be forced to keep
his premises clean, for the pro
tection of himself and neighbor.
But if those who manufacture
and sell the different kinds of
concoctions sold at Eoda foun
tains did not have something to
do with the tight on the public
drinking cup, they missed a
great opportunity to make a
tight for the thing that will dou
ble their business.
Health Regulations for Schools.
1. Diseases.
a. Pupils actually infected with
the following named diseases
shall be excluded from school
during the existence of the dis
ease and shall be re-admitted up
on presenting a certificate at
testing to their recovery; Ton
silitis; Trachoma; Scabies
(Itch) Pendiculosis Capitis
(Head Lice): Pediculosis Cor
poris (Body Lice) Tinia Circina
ta (Ringworm: Impetigo Con
tagiosa; Favis or sore eyes of j
any kind.
b. No person suffering from
any communicable disease shall
be employed as teacher or jani
tor in any'public school in this!
state.
'* c. No pupils suffering from
■ any communicable disease shall
be permitted to attend school.
The principal or the teacher has
- the right to exclude any child
from school whom they suspect
of suffering from any communi
cable disease, pending examina
tion and report from a licensed
physician, setting forth that all
rules and regulations have been
complied with and that the per
son or persons present no evi
dence of a communicable dis
ease.
2. Vaccinnation.
a. No person shall be entered
as a teacher, employee or pupil
in a public school in this state
without having first presented
to the principal in charge, a cer
tificate from a licensed physician
of Arkansas certifying that the
teacher, employees or pupil has
been successfully vaccinated
within five years.
b. School teachers boarding
in a family or residing with a
family in which' any disease sub
ject to quarantine is known or
suspected to exist shall immedi
ately remove to premises not so
infected and, provided they have
[not been actually exposed to
scarlet fever, diphtheria or small
pox may be allowed to continue
their attendance at school.
Provided, that in the case of
smallpox such teacher has been
[successfully vaccinated and re
cently re-vaccinated within one
year; and in the case of diph
theria that bacteriological exam
ination of the mucous secretions
of the throat and nose proves
negative, or that diphtheria anti
toxin serum of 1000 units has
been administered as a prophyl
actic measure within three days
preceding return to school du
ties.
3. Disposal of Sewage.
a. Every building used for
public school purposes shall be
furnished with at least two clos
ets, one for males and one for fe
males, and so arranged as to give
the greatest possible privacy to
persons using the same. Build
ings to which water and sewer
age are available shall be provid
ed with water closets and con
nected with the sewerage sys
tem. When water and sewerage
are not available, buildings shall
be provided with dry closets;
privies, or other sanitary pro
visions, which shall be fly-proof
and built and maintained in ac
cordance with correct sanitary
principles. Plans and specifica
tions will be furnished on re
quest, by the State Health Offi
cer.
4. Water Supply.
a. Sanitary drinking foun
tains or individual drinking cups
shall be used exclusively in pub
lic schools. Where it is necessa
ry to use a water receptable, a
tank with a faucet shall be pro
vided. A common drinking wa
ter pail will not be permitted.
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U. Ill CUIIIIIlUIUllca WIICIC
there is no public water supply,
tubular or driven wells with
pump must be provided to fur
nish water for drinking pur
poses. Water from a dug well
unless provided with a pump and
protected from seepage shall not
be used for drinking purposes in
public schools. The source of
water must be located at least
150 feet from any closet, horse
lot, cow pen. or ahything that
might pollute the soil and in no
case shall it be placed at a lower
altitude than the closet.
Buckets and all open water
receptacles are condemned and
forbidden. When water is not
supplied at the pump or from
water faucets, or from sanitary
drinking fountains, then cover
ed tanks or coolers, with free
flowing faucets, shall be sup
plied.
Where springs are used as a
source of water supply for
schools, these should be strictly
guarded agaipst contamination
through soil pollution; drip
pings or waste water, and under 1
no conditions shall pools, sodden
places or large or small mud |
holes be allowed to exist within
125 feet of wells or springs.
c. Water and soap for wash
ing the hands must be provided.
Towels for common use are pro
hibited. Paper towels for the
use of teacher and pupils are re
commended.
Teachers should instruct pu
pils to wash their hands immedi
ately after visiting water closets
or outhouses or comfort sta
tion.
5. Ventilation.
a. Ventilation must be care
fully attended to in all school
rooms and when a special ventil
ating system is not installed, it
shall be the duty of the teachers
to flood the school rooms with
fresh air by opening windows
and doors at recess and at noon
time, and at least once during
each session of school and at
other times whenever the air be
comes close or foul. During cold
weather, the pupils shall be giv
en calisthenic exercises during
the time windows are open with
the school in session.
6. Sweeping and dusting.
a. Dry dusting and sweeping
is condemned and prohibited.
Before sweeping light sprinkling
of the floor with dampened or
oiled (kerosene) sawdust or pa
per is recommended.
In dusting oiled (kerosene) or
dampened cloths shall be used.
Feather dusters shall not be
used.
Big, Tough Bugs.
Insects don’t get too big and
tough for Ross’ “Dead Quick”
spray.
It is a gatling gun among bugs.
Bedbugs, ants, fleas, roaches,
mites, lice, etc., die the moment
it is applied, also their eggs.
It kills and keeps away mos
quitos. A delightfully clean dis
infectant. Get the genuine bug
killer. Sold by your druggists.
(Adv.)
Notice of Bankruptcy.
In the District Court of the
United States for the North
ern Division of the Eastern
District of Arkansas.
In the matter of Luella Cook,
Bankrupt.
To the Creditors of Luella Cook,
of Newport, in the County of
Jackson, and District afore
said, abankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that
the above named Luella Cook
has been duly adjudged bank
rupt, and that the first meeting
of his creditors will be held in
the office of the Referee, in the
city of Batesville, Arkansas, on
the 2nd day of August, 1918, at
10 o’clock a. m. at which time
the said creditors may attend,
prove their claims, examine the
bankrupt, appoint a trustee, and
transact such other business as
may properly come before said
meeting.
Chas. F. Cole, Referee.
Batesville, Ark.
Assessment Notice.
The assessment of local im
provement No. One—Bridge Im
provement No. One of the City
of Newport, Arkansas— was
filed in my office on the 14th day
of July, 1913, and the same is
now subject to inspection.
B. J. GRAHAM,
Clerk of the City of Newport,
Arkansas.
No. 666
This it a prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and !
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not j
return. It acts on the liver better than I
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c
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GREAT MASS OF PROOF
—
Reports of 30,000 Cases of Kid-!
ney Trouble, Some of Them
Newport Cases.
Each of some 6,000 newspap
ers of the United States is pub
lishing from week to week,
names of people in its particu
lar neighborhood, who have
used and recommended Doan’s
Kidney Pills for kidney back
ache, weak kidneys, bladder
troubles and urinary disorders.
This mass of press includes over
30,000 testimonials. Newport
is no exception. Here is one of
the Newport cases:
W. B. Jumey, Newport, Ark.,
says: “I was in bad shape with
my kidneys. Sharp cutting pains
often darted across the small of
my back and I had trouble from
the kidney secretions. I lost
[my strength and vitality and I
knew that something must be
clone. As soon as I began taking
Doan’s Kidney Pills, procured at
Dutton’s Drug Store, now Walk
er’s Phaimacy, I improved. A
few* boxes practically cured me.”
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s
—and take no other. (Adv)
LODGE DIRECTORY.
Royal Arcanum.
Newport Council, No. 322.
Royal Arcanum meets 1st and
3rd Friday nights in each month
in the opera house building.
Visiting brethren always wel
come.
S. M. Beattie, Regent,
W. C. Wishon, Sec.
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Woodmen of the World.
Pecan Camp, No. 3, meets 1st
and 3rd Thursday nights of
each month in Masonic Hall.
Visiting brothers welcome.
R. T. Simmons, C. C.,
P. S. White, Clerk.
Modern Woodmen.
Newport Camp, No. 13,674,
M. W. A., meets Second Friday
night of each month in Opera
House. Visiting brethren invit
ed.
R. T. Simmons. Consul.
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Jackson Lodge, No. 191 F. &
A. M.
Meets Second and Fourth
Tuesday nights of each month
in the Opera House Building, Se
cond and Hazel streets.
Visiting brothers always wel
come.
Geo. M. Sink, W. M.,
S. M. Beattie, Sec.
The I. O. O. F. I
The I. 0. 0. F. meets every
Monday night in Masonic Hall,
corner Hazel and Second streets.
Visiting brothers always wel
come.
S. J. Blackburn, N. G.
J. F. Parish, Secretary.
Tribe of Ben Hur.
The Tribe of Ben Hur meets
in the Board Building every
Tuesday night at 8 o’clock by or
der of the chief.
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Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
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