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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The Independent has been au
thorized to make the following
announcements of candidates,
tdtoject to the action of the Dem
ocratic Primary.
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for Congress—
W. A. OLDFIELD
Railroad Commissioner : |
T. J. RANEY
T. E. WOOD
Por Prosecuting Attorney—
EARL C- CASEY
H. U. WILLIAMSON
JOHN S. GIBSON. ;>•
Pofr County Judge—
W. D. MCLAIN
JAMBS H. JOHNSTON
JOHN A. MELVILLE
O. W. SCARBOROUGH
par Sheriff— r-4!
J. F.( MeOUISTION V
ABE BALLEW
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par Representative—
J.JL MAWMS i .-■* (| V
W. M. SHAVER n
J.U.ARD j
R. T. SIMMONS „r-i
Por Treasurer—
JOHN H CAMP ,
JESSE W. SHUFORD
J.M.IVY *
J. I. HASTING .
por School Superintendent—
e! H. BOWMAN
J. Mi BALCH fi ^
G. E. LAND ’ *
por Coroner-—
HENRY GRANT
J. T. CRAFT' «-*
w. h. nolen ;•
Per Surveyor—
J. H. AITKENS.
UNION TOWNSHIP
Per Justice of Peace—
L. B. HARRIS
H. C. NUCKOLLS
J. M. BELL
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Por Constable—.
TERRY GUIN ■' P*
CLYDE WOOD *
C. K IVY ' *ri» -tr
FOfRftad OVerseer—
GEORGE FOUSHEE. '
J. C. HOGAN
W.F.HURLEY
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
For Road Overseer—
CLARENCE PENIX
CLAY ROBERTS
J. B. THOMPSON
BIRD TOWNSHIP
For Road Overseer, Western D.
R. L. HURLEY
G. A. CHURCHMAN.
For Road Overseer—East. Dist.
L. G. PEMBERTON.
JOHN F. DUNN
i For Constable:
R. L. BANDY.
BRECKENRIDGE TOWNSHIP.
For Road Overseer, No* II South
MILLARD F. HARDIN.
Judge <Kirby has been betray
ed by his . zeal for. office seeking
into making another political
mistake, in attempting to wrest
the U. S. Senatorship from Sen
ator Clarke—the l ablest ' and
strongest political character in
the state today. If Kirby could
have curbed his abnormal thirst
tor otnce seeking and bided bis
time, he, perhaps would have
succeeded Governor Hays in the
gubernatorial office, when the (
governor got ready to retire. But i
the present senatorial race is j
going to put poor Kirby in the
down and out “has been” class
and after the primary in March
his friends will all be singings
“Hark from the tomb a doleful
sound. Our ears attend the cry” j
Ye living jays come view the
ground; where Kirby now doth
lie. Selah.—Lee County Couri
er.
The Dancing Mania.
There is said to be a dancing
mania in this country that is ;
sweeping everything before it, |
and the Argentine tango seems
to have absorbed all other danc
es, animal and otherwise, be
cause anything a person does on
a floor while keeping time to
the music is called tango. Danc
ing crazes and customs are not
new. In pagan times dancing
was the part of every religious
exercise. No meeting of wor
shippers- was considered- com-.
plete until the dancers had danc
ed, and in Rome a dance that
was not a part of a religious cer
emony was looked upon as a dis
grace and a profanation.
Early Christianity adopted
pagan choregTaphic rites, and j
devout ballets were danced dur-;
ing religious ceremonies, with'
dignified bishops leading in the
performance. Laxity and li
cense brought about an inter
dict, and the church abandoned
the dance as a part of its ritual.
A veritable mania of. dancing
broke out at Aix-la-Chapelle in
1374, and it remained through
out Germany until the seven
teenth century. The dancers
were actually crazy. They saw
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E; of Spring J
iOODS 1
ed a full line of |j
tess Goods, voiles, fig
tine, madras and H
te line of laces and gt
j embroideries. No matter if you are not In
| ready to buy we will gladly show you. 9
J Our spring line of Superior made to 9j
l measure clothing now on display. Have ffi
r your measure for that Easter Suit. Sjj
f J. D. Carvell S Co. 1
Front St. The NeW Storel'aPRKC |
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I visions, screamed, (foamed at
the mouth, cursed the priests
j and danced until they exhausted
j themselves, or until they dashed
out their brains against the
walls in a perfect frenzy of ex
| citement. These people were
evil spirits, and exorcism was
used on them, with more or less
success, until Paracelsus, the
most eminent charlatan and ac
complished physician of the age,,
applied cold water to the afflict
ed, and thus brought them to
their senses.
Thjs mania has Jong since dis
appeared, _bu.t every. now * and
then we see evidences.of;it; .in
what is fcnnwn today as the St.
Vitus: dance. The tango is not
danced by crazy pe.ople, but
they cannot, be called exactly
wise who dance it until they fall
from exhaustion, or drop dead
from, overexertion. — Memphis
News-Scimitar.
What Churches Do For Us. ..
Show me a place where there
isn’t any meetin’ houses and
where preachers is never seen,
and I'll show you a - place
where old hats air stuffed into
broken winders, where the child
ren air tuny ana raggea, wnere
gates have no hinges, where the
women air slipshod, and where
maps of the devil’s wild land
air painted upon men’s shirt
bosoms with tobacco jooce.
That’s what I'll show you. Let
us consider what the preachers
and churches do for us before
we abuse ’em.—Artemus Ward.
Roads And Schools.
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The rural population is more
willing to support better schools
today than at any previous time.
It is being realized that all, edu
cational activities or agencies
must be more or less , correlated
and, more than all else, that
they must be made accessible to
the children.
In many counties where bad
roads prevail, most of the
schools are of the antiquated
one-room variety. They are usu
ally located along bad roads,
which, during the winter, when
the schools are usually in ses
sion, become so nearly impassa
ble as to make it difficult for
the children to reach them. This
condition causes irregular at
tendance and restricts the edu
cational opportunities of the
child. Not only this, but it of
ten impedes the economic con
solidation of these smaller
schools into larger, stronger
graded schools with high school
courses, directed by a compe
tent principal and corps of teach
ers, according to the office of
public roads, United States de
partment of agriculture.
On the other hand, in counties
where the roads- have been im
proved, the schools are easily
reached, the average attendance
is greater, the efficiency ..large
ly. increased and economic con*
solidation made possible.Regu
■tar, .attendance at school means
consistent and regular growth of
both school and pupil, and con
solidation of schools j means a
maximum of efficiency at a min
imum of cost. It is noteworthy
that there is a marked tendency
for the ■ consolidated school to
become the social and, intellectu
al- center of the community.
Most modern-rural schoolhouses
are so constructed as to serve
the community as gathering
places for various kinds of pub
lic meetings, and where vans are
used to convey the children to
school during the day, they are
frequently pressed into service
to haul the farmers and their
wives to institute work, lectures
or entertainments at the school
house. The consolidated school
becomes a sort of community
center, to which all educational
and social activities converge,
and in order that it may prop
erly perform that function all of
the highways leading to it
should be so improved as to
render it readily accessible
throughout the year.—Memphis
News-Scimitar.
Three Interesting Services.
Dr. J. P. Robertson, president
of the Arkansas College, preach
ed in the Presbyterian church at
11 a. m. Sunday morning on the
interesting subject, “Christian
! Education.” !
Dr. Robertson is a polished (
1 speaker and carried ringing con
viction to the heart of everyone j
present. Dr. Robertson is the,
president of the Arkansas Col
lege. He is,in every way ad
mirably adapted to his great
mission in life as a teacher.
At13 o’clock in thd. aftern
Dr. Robertson was introduced by
Vice President W. D. McLain of
the Men’s Forward Movement as
the speaker for the happy occa
sion. In language well select
ed and skillfully used he im
pressed the audience with the
fact that soul winning is the
chief business of the Christian.
We must use wisdom in carry
ing put the great commandment
and if we do we are counted a
mong the number of the wise of
the earth. It was an inspiring
address long to be remembered
by the members of the Men's
Pnru'nrr) Movement in Newport. I
A delightful union service was
enjoyed last night in the Metho
dist church. Dr. Robertson
again was introduced as the mes
senger. In his usual happy and
convincing tone and pleasant
manner he delivered a wonderful
sermon on the “Inspiration of
the Bible”. Dr. Robertson is a
fearless preacher of the funda
mentals in r religion of the
Christ of Bethlehem: He show
ed how innumerable prophecies
covering centuries centered in
the supreme sufferer of the hu
man race. Today the subject
he discussed so beautifully is
not only a timely subject, but is
also a subject that demands the
profoundest thought of every
citizen of this old universe. The
time is not far distant when the
Lord, Jesus, who was the re
jected Christ, will be the victo
rious Prince and shall live in the
hearts of every grateful and lib
erty ^Jpving soul.
Arkansas Debt Small.
Washington, March 1.'*—Pre
liminary figures made public to
night.by the director of the Cen
susW. J. Harris, show the total
indebtedness of the 48 states of
the union, less sinking fund, as*
sets, on June 30,1913, was. $342,
251.000, an increase of $107,
342.000, or nearly 50- per cent
over the total ten years ago. The
per capita debt of Iowa* less
sinking fund assets, last year
amounted to only three cents; in
Oregon it was four cents while-1
in Arkansas, - Florida, Illinois,
Indiana, Kansas* Minnesota, Ne
braska, New Jersey, Pennsylva
nia, 'South Dakota, Texas, West
Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyom
ing it was less than $1.00.
Misses Lutie Mae Stephens
ahd Hortense Hite are spending
a week on the Stephens farm and
Sunday, Joe Bevens, EHwood
Neal, C. C. Allen and Miss Eliz
abeth Irby spent the day on the
farm.
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O LODGE DIRECTORY. 6
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O WOODMEN OP THE O
2 WORLD. O
O Pecan Camp No. 3, meets O
O 1st and 3rd Thursday nights O
O of each month in the Board O
Building. Visiting brothers wel- O
O come. O
2 Joe Younger, C. C. O
2 P, S. White, Clerk. O
O 0
o JACKSON LODGE NO. 191. O
O P. & A. M. O
O Meets Second and Fourth O
O Tuesday nights of each month O
O in the Opera House Building, O
O Second and Hazel streets. O
O Visiting brothers always wel- O
O come. Geo. M. Sink, W. M. O
O S. M. Beattie, Sec. O
O O
o NEWPORT LODGE NO. 71. O
O I. O. O. F. O
O Meets each Monday night in O
O Board Building, corner Second O
O and Walnut All brothers in- •
O vited to attend. O
O W. T. Guin, N. G, O
O W. B. Hurley, Sec. O
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Red Cross Baill Blue and keep
them ;whit£ as snow. All grocers
5 cents a package.
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