THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Front St, NEWPORT, ARK.
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Entered at the postoffice, Newport,
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Newport was reported this
spring to have gone “dower
mad” and the Independent has
been said to have gone crazy
over good roads. “So mote it
be.”
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The good roads gathering will
be held Saturday, May 31. Are
you talking it to your friends
over the county? Urge them to
attend this lesson in road build
ing.
The houseboats and steam
boats which tie up above the
city water supply pipe haven’t
observed the city’s orders about
moving. The attention of the
Board of Health, council and offi
cers is respectfully solicited.
That such conditions tend to
promote sickness and disease
can hardly be denied.
Saturday, May 31 is good
roads day in Newport. We all
talk good roads during the win
ter and spring months when
roads are impassable and then
Set the spirit die within us when
summer comes with better
roads. Are we to plead guilty
to neglect to make hay while
tnfe sun shines and follow the
Arkansas Traveler’s example
who according to the old story
did not need a roof in fair wea
ther and could not build when it
was raining. If we are going to
awaken our people to an interest
in better road building, surely
this is the accepted time.
Newport has for her guests
this week the teachers of our
county and we hope they will be
shown that cordial hospitality
any city owes to the profession
which teaches our children and
prepares for useful citizenship
the men and women of tomor
row. We need our brightest
minds and purest characters to
lead and direct the young and by
manifesting our interest and
support of those who have chos
en this field of endeavor, we
raise, dignify and esteem the
profession. In doing so, we
make the calling more attractive
and increase the standards of
our teaching force, for this pro
fession like all others must
have popular support and recog
nition. We hope that the stay j
of these young men and women ■
in our midst may be pleasant
and that they may go home to
their respective schools feeling
and knowing that the people of
their county-seat are interested
in them and their work. A
school fair in connection with
these institutes, with exhibits
of the accomplishments of the
pupils of the various schools
might induce a greater public
interest and we feel sure would
produce that friendly rivalry
among students and teachers
that could not help but result
beneficially to the progress of
general education in this coun
ty.
Criticism of public officers,
perhaps irritating and unpleas
ant often brings good results j
and arouses men to a proper dis
charge of duties and the exer
cise of their natural abilities.
It is well to accept good natured
ly the criticism of your friends
and fellow citizens and bear in
mind that the complaints are not
personal or vindictive but for
the public good.
Our county school teachers
are all good roads advocates.
Education and good roads go
hand in hand and Miss Reichardt
of the School Improvement
League proved as zealous a boos
ter for road improvement as
school betterment. If we fail to
get good roads during the pres
ent generation, we hope our
teachers may so impress its im
portance upon the youth of our
county, that this feature of de
velopment will not be delayed
many years.
Nearly one half of the proper
ty owners of this city have fail
ed to make sewer connections
according to the report of the
sewer commission. Surely these
delinquents have been sufficient
ly notified and if there is a way
to compel them, it is certainly in
order. Patience has ceased to
be a virtue. Such action against
those who refuse is only just to
those who have fulfilled the law,
for Newport cannot be made a
healthful and .sanitary city un
til all comply and make the sew
erage system complete. It is
like a chain broken in many
links and can hardly be expected
to thus produce results.
I and
money
could never^
have happened
You never know when you may be workless. Sickness—
other causes—may do it. Money in the bank makes you
independent. It gives you time to look around and—you
can choose a better job. It is a terrible thing to be out of
work—food to buy and rent to pay. Start saving today,
before it is too late.
ARKANSAS BANK & TRUST CO.
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Additional Locals.
J. VV. Lindley, L. D. Smith and
Jud Hout, prominent Bird Town
ship citizens were here this
morning en route to Batesville
as jurors in federal court.
Clyde Purdy of Little Rock is
expected here tonight called by
the death of his brother’s little
boy.
J. Harrison of Dallas, Texas
and A. H. Dixon of Little Rock
were here on insurance business
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this morning. leaving on No. 4 j
for Walnut Ridge.
Judge George T. Humphreys |
will leave on No. 3 this after-;
noon for Little Rock to spend
Wednesday.
Judge Jacob Trieber, Powell!
Clayton and F. W. Tucker of;
Little Rock were here last night;
en route to Batesville to open
Federal court.
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Lyman FI Reeder of Bates
ville was here last night en route
home from Little Rock.
Mrs. M. F. Hurley has return
ed from a several weeks’ stay
with her son and wife at Diaz.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Jamison j
left for Tuckerman last night,
called by the death of the wife
of Dr. O. A. Jamison.
Mrs. W. B. Crossland left Sun
day for Desoto, Misouri, to at
tend the commencen^ent exer
cises of the high school of that
place, of which her daughter is
a graduate.
Mrs. Savannah Carpenter and
Miss Doris Carpenter left for
home at Fort Smith this morn
ing after spending Monday in
our city.
Mrs. A. T. Hubly and Mrs. J.
E. McElwee will have as their
house guests next week, Mrs.
W. F. Ball of Batesville, Mrs.
•J. C. Herron and Mrs. H. D. Her
ring of Little Rock, and Mrs.
George J. Terry of Batesville.
Stanley Handford of Bates
ville was here Sunday night en
route to St. Louis to undergo an
operation. He was accompan
ied by his brother, Jack Hand
ford.
Jos. M. Berger, Alcorn Fergu
son. B. B. Bond of this city and
J. W. Lindley of Kenyon left
this morning for Batesville as
jurors in Federal court.
Eugene Wallace returned
from Little Rock this morning.
Miss Maude Blair, who has
been the guest of Mrs. A. C.
Martin, left this morning for her
home at Versailles, Mo.
James C. Johnston of Bates
ville was here this morning go
ing to Black Rock.
Little Misses Virginia and
Ruth Blanchard went to Diaz
this morning to spend the day.
Mrs. Henry M. Owen and Miss
Ella Pipkin left this morning
for Osceola.
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Interest Centers In De Queen
Date.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. May 27.—Col. S.
Brundidge arrived Monday night
from Searcy, where he attended
the funeral of his father-in-law,
W. H. Morris. He left immedi
ately for Southwest Arkansas,
and will speak today at Nash
ville and Ashdown. He will be in
De Queen Wednesday evening,
where he has an engagemnt to
speak at 3 o’clock.
Judge Hays’ managers, in
routing him, also announced
that the Camden jurist would
speak at De Queen at 8 p. m.
Wednesday. Col. Brundidge has
invited Judge Hays to meet him
at all of his appointments, but
Judge Hays has always declined
any joint discussions. Much in
terest is felt in the approaching
meeting at De Queen, which will
be the first time the two candi
dates have met during th cam
paign.
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