ERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
_ St, NEWPORT, ARK.
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ter.
Thomas Jefferson (?) Hays
after going on record for a clean
campaign in the gubernatorial
canvas and refusing to meet his
opponent in joint debate now
condescends to the contemptible
methods of assailing said oppon
ent’s character by quoting from
a paid assassin of such behind
his back. A clean campaigner
and an imitation of Jefferson,
indeed! We believe in face of
our grand stand play for a
square deal before embarking |
in a traipse around the state we
would have refrained from such :
disreputable tactics. Cut what;
is in a fellow is bound to come j
out.—Marianna Courier.
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The annual school election
Saturday May 17 presents to
this district the issue of wheth
er or not we are to have schools
the ensuing year. A seven mill
tax is absolutely necessary to
pay the interest on the present
bonded indebtedness of the dis
trict and provide for the cur
rent expenses of teachers’ sola
ries etc. There ought never to
be any question of a seven mill
tax in this district when practi
cally every special district in the
state and nearly all the country
districts are voting it. To have
schools that are a credit to the
city, to provide educational ad
vantages for our coming citizen
ship/ought to appeal to our peo
plg oetter and stronger than any
^gfrgument we might supply. The
r verdict at the polls ought to be
unanimous upon this most im
portant question.
The Stuttgart Arkansawyer
says that their city probably
furnished Mr. Brundidge his
largest majority over Davis of
any city in the state, not includ
ing Searcy. Of course Little
Hock and Fort Smith contribut
ed the largest majorities by rea
son of their big vote and while
We are glad to see that Stutt-1
gart finds pride in the big vote
given Brundidge, Newport
claims the distinction of an even
better showing. In Stuttgart,
Brundidge received 441 votes !
out of a total of 595, or 74 per
cent while in Newport, the Sear
"3U*d»r<r V ’chru Sink
V’l /THEN it comes to selecting plumb
| * ▼ ing fixtures the woman who has a
| hobby for appropriate and graceful de
1 sign in all furnishings will have a new
I and absorbing interest, for the up-to-date
plumbing fixtures now offered in an exten
I sive number of designs for her approval
are all graceful, beautiful and yet cor
' rectly fashioned for their purpose
These fixtures of "Standard" manufac
ture and guarantee when installed by us
make the satisfactory equipment.
Vi. R. Whitten
McLain Bldg. Phone 154
cy statesman polled 260 votes
out of a total of 326 or over 79
per cent of all the votes cast.
Judge Hays seems to base his
strength on the fact that he is a
member of the Knights of Pyth
ias lodge and the Baptist church.
When a man has to resort to his
lodge and church racket to gain
popularity, he is mighty poor
timber for the highest office in
■ « is n _ 1*1_ • _ _ l_ I_
lilt? olilit?. uuuiugc a
member of the Elks lodge and a
life-long Mason, but no one has
ever heard it intimated in any
race he ever ran. He is running
because he is capable, honest
and efficient, and it is not neces
sary for a man who possesses
these qualifications to resort to
the church and lodge racket.—
Jonesboro Tribune.
Advertising agencies arc be
ginning to ask, “how the circu
lation was obtained.” And the
newspaper that has depended on
contests and the like is the one
that has the undesirable circu
lation. The newspaper that
gains a circulation in any man
ner except by the merit of the
publication is scarcely worth
considering as an advertising
medium.—Batesville Guard. —
The better class of newspapers
have long tried to impress this
fact upon the advertisers as
well as the agencies which han
dle this business. When you
subscribe for a newspaper or
magazine for a premium or to
help some boy or girl along in a
contest, you do so, not for what
you get in the newspaper, but
for thepremium or to be a “good
fellow.” Fake circulation
1-rr
schemes ought to be frowned up
on by the people and the coldest
frown you can give, is to with
' hold your dollar.
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The Missouri Road Drag Law. |
The last Missouri legislature
passed a road drag law, which
we would commend to our own
legislature and urge its adoption
two years hence. A copy of the
act appears in this issue and as ,
our next legislature will be in ;
the rather distant future, we
hope sentiment will be so chrys-,
talized in the meanwhile by a {
discussion of the subject that j
the demand for similar legisla
tor will be irresistible.
' ne Missouri law recognizes
two things, the desirability of i
main county-seat roads and (
what the simple splitlog drag,
will do toward making good i
roads. Build roads connecting;
roads. Build roads connecting,
the county seats of each county
with those of border countiesand ;
you will have a system of roads
extending in each direction that
could hardly be fixed so simply
or exactly by any other con-1
ditions.
The county highway boards,
composed of three men, serving
without pay, will be made up of
rr^en interested 'in good roads
and not men looking for .jobs.
Letting all work by contract to
the best bidder eliminates fav
oritism, graft and politics and
insures results.
The opinion is country-wide
that most dirt roads can be made
good roads through grading and
road dragging and about the
only objection that could be urg
ed consistently to such a law
for Arkansas would be the con
dition of the state treasury.
And to this, we say: Arkan
sas can afford to expend money
wisely for public roads, just as
her sister states are doing. We
ought to begin if it takes a
bond issue to do it and the ex
pense would probably be borne
without bonds if our state mon
eys that are wasted in many
ways could only be properly
safe-guarded.
A copy of the Missouri law
may be found in this issue. It
is brief, but effective. We hope
the press of Arkansas will all
publish it, for if we newspapers
would discuss improvements of
this character mjore and politics
less, a great good for Arkansas
i would be accomplished.
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| THE MISSOURI DRAG LAW.
Following is the text of the
' new Road Drag law for Missou
ri:
i sec. l. mere is nereoy cre
ated a county highway board in
| each and every county in this
i state which sail be composed of
, three members. Said members
of the county highway board
; shall be as follows: One member
to be appointed by the county
court, one member by the state
highway engineer and one
by the governor; the members
of said board shall hold their of
fice for a term of two years from
the date of their appointment,
and they shall serve without
compensation. Provided, that in
counties that have or may here
after have a county engineer, he
shall be ex-officio a member of
the board.
Sec. 2. All members of said
board shall be at least twenty
one years of age, bona fide res
idents of said county and fully
identified with the interests of
said county and good roads.
Sec. 3. The appointments to
said county highway board shall
be made within sixty days after
the taking effect of this act, and
when appointed, said county
highway board shall meet within
ten days at the county seat, and |
organize by the election of one
of their number as chairman i
and one as secretary.
Sec. 4. The county high- (
way engineers are hereby direct
ed to select the most practical
road from the county seat to
the county seats of each adjoin
ing county. The purpose being ,
to elect a system of countj sea
connecting roads, between a
county seats in the state, saic
roads to be known a.- count.’.
seat highways. . .
Sec. 5. It shall be the an.
of the state highway engineer
to let by contract and to hate
dragged said county seat high
way in their county, protiaeu,
that in any county where h »»
irrtpossible to drag said roau,
and amount equal to the co.v. o.
dragging shall be expended in
the betterment of said road.
Sec. 7. There is hereby ap
propriated from the general
.state road fund for the purpose
of dragging said road or the
betterment of said road a- P10^
vided in this act, the sum ot
$15 per annum for each mile o.
road in each of said countie-.
To be audited and paid out oi
the state treasury on the ceisil
icate of said county highway
board and the state highwaj en
gineer. Said account shall be
noro Kip mnnfhlv.
Sec. 8. Said county high
way board shall not pay more
than seventy cents a mile for
each dragging with a standard
four-horse drag, not less than
eight feet long. Said board be
ing limited to dragging said road
not to exceed two-thirds of the
annual appropriation per mile
in any six months.
Sec. 9. Each county highway
board is authorized to receive
and expend upon said road any
sums of money that may be ap
propriated or donated by coun
ties or the citizens thereof or by
townsjiip boards, and for this
purpose shall have general su
pervision over said road.
This act shall be in effect from
and after its passage.
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Contrast of Platforms.
The papers supporting Judge!
Hays for governor pretend to be!
willing to stand upon the merits
of their respective platforms.!
Now if Judge Hays has a plat
form, we would be pleased to di
vulge it. His opening speech at
Fayetteville, which was read to j
his audience and has since been j
committed to memory by the
South Arkansas jurist is a gen
eral preachment to which no one
will take exception and upon
questions that we are all agreed.
His friends says his election
would “restore peace and har
mony” to the state and if they
would only go a bit further and
be frank, they might include in
their “harmony” program the
discredited Robinson machine.
Find a man, who thought Rob
inson ought to betray the trust
of the people and violate his con
tract with the state and you will
unearth a supporter of Judge
Hays. If you want “peace and
harmony” through a reestab- j
lishment of the Robinson ma
chine then vote for Judge Hays,
whom this element brough
forth and are making w; upo
Brundidge, because he made a
manly and courageous fight
against this breach of trust up
on the part of the legislature,
who succumbed to the wiles and
patronage promises of genial
Joe and sent him to the “broad
er fields of usefulness” in the
Senate.
What is the platform of Judge
Hays? His genial personality,
his bush-whacking campaign in
refusing to meet his opponent
upon the stump, his official re
cord in small offices, that do not
establish a man’s fitness or un
fitness for honors, where the
highest order of statesmanship
is required or do his followers
rest their hopes upon the effect
of the scurrilous attacks of the
Kensett Keynote, now being
scattered over the state?
Upon the other hand, Mr.
Brundidge from every stump is
advocating and pleading the
real needs of the state: the
working of the convicts upon the
To buy your own farm—or slave for another man
from early morn till late at night, is the question you
should answer right now. A bank account makes the dif
ference. Start saving today. We will help you to pur
chase the farm.
Come and let us tell you HOW.
ARKANSAS BANK & TRUST CO.
(! 'j SOONER OR LATER
There come- a time in the lives of rno>- People
money in the bank would be a great cor.veniencM
InsteadVidly wishing for such an accou- ,0rr H
why not begin NOW with this bank and HAVE0neH
\Ve welcome the accoun t whether large or .'mail.
I The F armers Ban!
— o* NEWPORT, ARKANSaT
public roads through the intro
duction of the honor system that
has been proven successful in
Colorado, the curbing of the
special act evil through execu
tive veto, and a score ot just
such principles as can only be
made a part of our state govern
meat through an able, fearless
and independent executive, who
recognizes no machine leadei*
and politics and stands sponsor
to the will of the people.
The Reason Why.
There has been a great deal of
talk among outsiders anent
Judge Brundidge not cairying
White county over the late Sen
ator Davis in the recent pri
mary. We say outsiders, be
cause none of Senator Da\ is
friends in this county want to
make capital of this matter.
White county is and has ever
been the strongest supporter of
the late senator, and they stood
by him in every race he made in
years gone by, giving him their
solid support over some of the
best men in the state. These
were the true and tried friends
who stuck to their idol through
thick and thin and gave to him
the highest honor a state can be
stow upon a citizen.
County pride and the great
admiration of Mr. Brundidge re
duced Mr. Davis’ great majority
over the venerable Confederate,
Senator Berry, one thousand
nrivincr \Tr DflVlS
county by a narrow margin of a
little over a hundred votes over
Brundidge.
Those who remained with the
Davis ranks through the last
senatorial primary in White
county did so because they were
HOW ONE
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Again by The Use of CardoL
T*mpa, Fla.—In a letter from this
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all weakened and worn out with wo*
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the first day. it seemed to help.
I had almost lost my reason, but,
thanks to Cardul, I did not Soon, I
felt and looked liko a new woman. I
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Cfirdui a’'is specifically on the weak*
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the mi>!w and nerves, and building
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t hei's to refresh the worn-out ner*
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overwork, both mental and physical.
Fifty years’ successful use fully
prove the merit of this purely Togo*
table, tonic remedy for women.
In every community, there live some
Who have been benefited by Cardul.
The beneficial effects of this time
tested woman’s remedy, soon show
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Try It.
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§ WISHOiN BUlUgl
I NEWPORT arJ
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| Dr. W. .4. ROSSIH
j!| dentist. I
!< Earl BuildJ
|| Phone 21 I
NEWPORT ARK.J
i Senator Davis’ friends!
core, and not because tt!
against Mr. Brundidgep!
ly. They would have!
Senator Davis against!
They had found no fault!
i and remained loyal with!
id phalanx that had roll!
overwhelming majority!
leader in previous camp!
The late Senator Das!
in the race today for gsl
and those loyal frier!
larrtented senator are no!
ways have been friends
; Brundidge. There is no
the great state of Arkans
can carry White count
him.—Searcy (White (
Citizen.
Yellow Clothes Are II
ly. Keep them white %
Cross Ball Blue. All groe
large 2 oz. package, 5 cel
The Ideal Lav
C. H. WALTON
Proprietor.
Washing called for and de
to all parts of the cit
Phone 150.
Agents Wanted in Every
| DR. IRA fl. ERfI
^ EYE
l EAR
Sj NOSE
Sj and THROAT
ij! Phone 74*2
jj! WISHON BUILDS
WALKER’S PH ARM Adi
j THE ’FEXALL STORE ■
l nion Dairy Ice Cream Perfumes I
Fresh from St. Louis Daily. Toilet Waters, Talcum^
Smith Crushed ['“infest ders aad ““““".STli
on Earth.- St Fine stationery, wrttn«l|
Big stock of Imported and Do- lets RrUJ
mestic Cigars. Rubber Goods, "
Liggett’s Hamilton’s, Alle- Combs, Sponges, 1
gietti s Candy—always fresh. Fine Knives and Raz0rS' 1
the leading drug store. I
Phone 39 Free Deli^^l