HE INDEPENDENT
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
/ The Independent ha3 been au
thorized to make the following
announcements of candidates,
subject to the action of the Dem
ocratic Primary.
For Congress—
W. A. OLDFIELD
For Railroad Commissioner:
T. J. RANEY
T. E. WOOD
For Prosecuting Attorney—
EARL C- CASEY
H. U. WILLIAMSON
For County Judge—
W- D. McLAIN
JAMES H. JOHNSTON
JOHN A. MELVILLE
O. W. SCARBOROUGH
For Sheriff—
J. F. McCUISTION
ABE BALLEW
For Representative—
J. M. MARDIS
W. M. SHAVER
J. U. ARD
R. T. SIMMONS
For Treasurer—
JOHN H. CAMP
JESSE W. SHUFORD
J.M.IVY
J. I. HASTING
For School Superintendent—
H. L. LAMBERT
E. H. BOWMAN
J. M. BALCH
G. E. LAND
For Coroner—
HENRY GRANT
J.T. CRAFT ‘
W. H- NOLEN
For Surveyor—
J. H. AITKENS.
UNION TOWNSHIP
For Justice of Peace—
L. B. HARRIS
H. C. NUCKOLLS
For Constable—
TERRY GUIN
CLYDE WOOD
C. M. IVY
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
For Road Overseer—
CLARENCE PENIX
CLAY ROBERTS
J. B. THOMPSON
MUNICIPAL OFFICES.
Subject to the Action of City
Primary, February 26.
For Mayor—
JOHN P. PAUL
A. T. HUBLY
For Recorder
B. G. GRAHAM
H. G. BRANDENBURG.
For Marshal—
W. H. CAROUTHERS
GUS C. MARTIN
For City Treasurer—
GARLAND HURT
PERRY CLARK.
For Aldermen First Ward—
T. P. UMSTED.
C. R. PATE.
JOHN R. LOFTIN, JR.
S. HEINEMANN
For Aldermen Second Ward—
W. B. GRANT.
W. H. SNETSER.
E. L. WATSON
O. I. HUBERT
DIVERSIFICATION.
In 1912, the experts of all agri
cultural products from the Uuit
ed States were valued at $1,048,
000,000. Of this amount cotton
alone brought in $365,000,000.
This leaves the total brought in
by all other agricultural products
put together to bring in only
$485,000,000, or $82,000,000 less
than cotton alone.
The figures given for all agri
cultural products include all live
animals, packing house products,
poultry and eggs, and honey,
grains, hay and every imaginable
product of the soil, with the ex
ception of forest products. These
figures even include cottonseed
and their products.
Cotton is produced in apprecia
ble quantities in thirteen of the
Southern states. These thirteen
states bring in annually more
wealth from foreign countries
.... - • • i * •__ i_
tnan ao an tne remaining uunr
five states of the Union- These
icotton or wealth producing states
are not the richest in the nation
because they send practically
this entire 565,000,000 to the
other thirty-five states for food
supply for both men and stock,
used in the production of the
wealth.
Therefore in spite of the fact
that thirteen states with one
staple article bring more wealth
to the United States than do the
entire forty-eight states with all
other agricultural products. Af
ter paying its debts, the South
each year is little richer than the
year before.
The soils and climate of the
South are most excellently adapt
ed to the culture of numerous
valuable crops. The South is
perfectly capable of producing its
entire food supply at home with
out decreasing the annual pro
duction of cotton. Think of the
immense richness of the South
by producing its feed stuffs at
home, should divide this $565,
000,000 annually among the peo
ple in the thirteen states which
produce it, rather than sending
it to the other thirty-five states.
The Pope and the Dance.
The New York papers on the
first pages are carrying a story
that the pope, after seeing a tan
go dance, stated that he did not
see anything bad in it except
that it was stupid and ungrace
ful. It is further reported that
the holy father revoked the ban
placed upon the dance by the
cardinal of Paris.
Two young Roman aristocrats,
it is stated, gave the dance be
fore the pope in order that he
might see exactly what it was.
Then he sent for two of his
Venetian cooks and told them to
dance the “ferlana” for the ben
efit of his aristocratic visitors.
In this dance the men and wo
men pirouette around, holding
their hands over their heads, but
do not touch one another except
with an occasional handclasp
Of course the whole stotry is a
fake, but even fakes may be use
ful as suggesting a way out of
difficulties.
If everybody must dance, and
it looks as if the dance fever has
got into our people, let them
abandon the rag, tango, buzzard
lope and turkey trot and go back
to the square dances ,the Virgin
ia reel and the Irish jig.
These are simple dances and
one of them is a favorite yet in
the country, where by dancing
to fiddles and crossing the feet
one may dance oneself out of the
church.
Religionists of the strictest
schools have never barred the
Virginia reel with the song ac
companying it, the first line of
which is “I don’t want any wee
vily wheat.”
Empire builders and empire
breakers, mothers in Israel, he
roes of the frontier and the
drawing room have all danced to
this tune.—Memphis Commer
cial Appeal.
Ships Collide At Sea.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 30.—Infor
mation reached here at 2:30 a.
m. that the steamers Nantucket
and Monroe have collided at sea
off Hog Island, on the Virginia
coast.
A report received at 3:30 this
morning says the Monroe has
gone down.
The accident occurred in a
heavj* fog. The wireless be
tween here and Virginia Beach
is working badly, and it is impos
sible to obtain details. The Nan
tucket now is heading for this
port - * . /. Aar
Solomon Retires From Walnut
Ridge Store.
By the retirement of Paul Sol
t omon as manager of the Leader
! Store, Sam Leavitt succeeds to
| the leadership. That the Leader
: will be in good hands in the fu
j ture as it has. been in the past,
everybody believes. Sam Leav
itt has been with the store for
some time. Sam attends closely
to business, he is pleasant to deal
with and is courteous and accom
modating to all alike- He is a
friend to everybody and every
body in turn likes Sam. He
wants all his old friends and
many new ones to mlake the
Leader their headquarters when
in this city. Louie Alperin will
be associated with Mr. Leavitt in
the business.—Walnut Ridge
Blade.
Traveling Men’s Day.
Last Thursday should go
down in the history of the Boas
hotel as “Traveling Men’s Day’’.
There were twenty-two for
breakfast, forty-five for dinner
and eighteen for supper. All of
them do not work this territory,
only crossing here to make the
points in Missouri- And the
praise given Manager McCully
caused a smile to come on so
broad, it would have been dan
gerous for him to have to drink
coffee out of a saucer, for fear
of burning his ear.— Walnut
Ridge Blade.
Mandate In King Case
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 31.— The
governor yesterday received
from the supreme court the man
date in the case of Will King,
the Poinsett county negro under
sentence of death for killing a
deputy sheriff. His case was re
cently affirmed by the supreme
court and the governor will now
set the date of execution.
His Bell Rang At Night.
Purvis, Miss., Jan. 31.— The
suit of T. E. Salter, an attorney
here, against the Cumberland
Telephone Company for $2,000
for continually ringing his tele
phone throughout the night, was
compromised in the circuit here
today, the defendant paying to
Mr. Salter $250 and costs of
court. f
One Word 8he Could Say.
An earnest London slum worker re
cords her unremitting, patient en
deavora to Improve the accent and
vowel enunciation of her little
protege, Blanche, for the sake of the
child's future destiny "on the styge.’
Once, failing In all else, she tried a
mild dose of gentle ridicule. "You
can't say ‘food,’ can you, Blanche V
she smiled, teaslngly. «i can saj
ftUe!’" was the child's crushing n>
tart.
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Lace and Embroidery jj
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3 Days—Wednes., Thurs., Friday |
VALUES EXTRAORDINARY g3
10c and 12Vic laces and em- g|
broideries, per yd._5c gfta
One big lot of embroidery, 2n)
Ljl values up to 50c per yd. for jfi
§g 12 Vic and 15c per yd. spring K
jxj ginghams and madras, for K
sjj this sale at per yd._10c 3|
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Ihere is a structure which every institution buil,
itself. It is called character, and every act is a 4
this stucture.
An institution, in order to have a good character
think honestly, act honesttv, breathe honesty
people soon determine between the genuine »
counterfeit. They know the ring of the true
and the base.
ARKANSAS BANK & TRUST
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
Earthly Punishment.
The way of the transgressor is wel
written up.—Kansas City Journal.
Town Crier Has Fertile Mind.
The town orler of Folkestone, Eng
land, has found a novel way of solv
ing a difficulty arising in a quarrel
with the lord who owns the town.
The lord forbade the shouting of th«
crier on the beach, and the crier, who
loves his profession, boughjt a boat
and a megaphone, and now shouts his
announcements from the crest of the
waves to the assembled people on the
beach.
W. A. MINK
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