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[president Wilson j
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28. Presi
n and his party arriv
, before 7 o’clock to
ne president’s visit
response to the invita
tend the Armv-Navy
game at the Polo
tomorrow. He plans to ,
k t0 Washington late j
night. i
resident’s party were ,
Jlrs. Francis B. Sayre,
1 couple, who will sail
morning for Europe;
of the Navy Daniels,
of the Treasury Mc
gEleanor Wilson, Miss
Brown, Secretary Jo
,ulty and Dr. Cary T.
U. S. N.
president and those
ompanied him passed
he railroad terminal,
ihers dared prior
[arrest and took flash
ures of the party. Se
ce men took the came
/incfnHv.
d Mrs. Sayre eluded
r reporters at the ter
leaving through a gate
in that used by the
, They went to an up
el, where they were
Miss Wilson and Miss ;
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Independent.
lock. Nov. 29—In spite
avy rain, the De Witt
dub, which hunts for
sin the White river
in Arkansas county,
ut Saturday morning,
ping outfit went from ;
ick in charge of J. W.
0. Bagiev, A. C. Bright,
Haney and Judge G. W.
s. This party will be
DeWitt by a number
hunters, and the annual
Mind, twenty five miles
ill be reached by wagon
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Drama—KALEM)
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Repair Old Capitol.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 27._The
last legislature appropriated $1.- ,
000 for the purpose of making
some necessary repairs on the
old state house, under the direc
tion of the Secretary of State.
Mr. Hodges reports that he has
spent $800 of the sum. and has
painted the front, n -papered
many of the rooms, and put
the building into a goer condi
tion generally.
Pace & Hall, Little Ror*- paint
ers, are just finishing a Vjyrac'..
The medical school, which is
using several apartments in tin
east wing, has done a great c, al
of the interior repairing in th f
portion of the building. Th
school has possession of the old
hall of representatives, which
has been cut up by partitions
into a large number of rooms. :
The law school occupies the i
senate chamber, and the Hu-i
mane Society, the Railroad Com-:
mission and Special Master J.
G. Wallace in charge of the rail
road rebates, also have quarters
there, as well as the U. S. de
partment of Agriculture.
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Stays Hanging Of Negro.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 27.—Attor
ney Roy E. Houser of Jones
boro Tuesday filed in the su
preme court the transcript in i
the case of Will King, a negro, j
sentenced to hang December 10,
and a supersedeas was issued
staying the execution.
King was convicted of having
killed James P. Chandler, a
special deputy sheriff of Poin
sett county, January 7. His
brother, Kirk King, wanted in
Alabama, had taken refuge in
his House, and Deputy Sheriff
Mack Howard, accompanied by
Chandler, went to arrest him.
A fight ensued. Chandler was
killed, and both negroes escap
ed. Will King was later appre
hended but Kirk King is still at
large. The condemned man
claims that it was his brother
and not himself that fired the
fatal shot.
Negro Ball Game Promises Treat
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 29.—A treat
is in store for the white folks, as
well as black, in the football
game to be played for the cham
pionship of Arkansas by the
teams of Arkansas Baptist Col
lege and Philander Smith Col
lege at West End Park next
Tuesday. Both are negro teams,
and the rivalry between them is
decidedly keen. The institutions
iare but a few blocks from each
J other in this city, and as a dead
line is drawn between the col
leges, over which neither school
dares to step. The battling in
games between these institu
tions is so fierce that as many
white folks, as black attend.
The rooting excels that given
I the white teams, and the songs
I of the girl rooters is alone worth
jthe price of admission.
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New Bank At Tuckerman
1 Washington, D. C.. Nov. 28.—
• I An appilcation to organize th<
>! First National Bank at Tucker
• man, Ark., with a capital of $'2o.
1 000, has been received by Act
, ing Comptroller of the C urrenc;
jKane. T. J. Graham of !
|man is named jas correspor
• and other incorporators aie
Graham, N. M. Tims. -T. ^
'• liams and N. C. Wolff.
drainage eirst I
ROAD PROBLEM
Hoads Should Be Planned Same |
As Buildings and Locations
Are Important.
In planning a good home, an
office building, a church or a
Public building the services of a
good architect are secured—
first.
When a monument i - to be
built or a memorial fountain e
rected to comemorate the deeds
oj some great man or some
gloat event, an artist of renown
is selected—-first.
Before any work is done in
building or extending a railroad,
the engineering corps go over
the ground and plans, the pro
files and the estimates are
made. Prior to any construction
or the outlay of any money the
engineer is selected. His serv
ices are secured—first.
Highway construction is no
different from other public work
and in all of its phases should be
handled in the same intelligent
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drainage is to be cared for.
Drainage is the difticula prob
lem in road construction. With
out proper drainage no road will
stand; with proper drainage a
poor road of bad material can at
times be made a good road.
Drainage is the first matter to
be considered, and by long odds,
the most important proposition
in connection with road construc
tion.
As an integral part, any drain
age sciteme is the arrangement
of culverts and bridges. These
should not be too large on ac
count of the extensive costs nor
can they be too small. Bridge
and culvert openings cannot be
guessed at. Drainage areas
must be measured; the rainfall I
must be computed from govern-j
ment data and the openings pro
vided must be figured for a max
imum. This can only be done
by a competent engineer.
Then, too, the location is im
portant. In general, most roads
are easily located. But there are
conditions in most every com
munity where an engineer can
locate new roads or relocate old
i rnfl ds and save hundreds of dol
lars per mile in construction. Or
he may require, after his plans
are prepared, a more expensive
road built which will result in an
annual saving of many thous
ands of dollars to traffic over the
I proposed road. The grades and
the alignment are exceedingly
[important, second only to the
| drainage schemes. Only a first
i class engineer can properly lay
I out and plan the road to the best
[advantage, and the most success
fully built roads are those wl ich
i are planned and built under the
'supervision of a competent corps
I of engineers.
Under the Arkansas laws and
with the condition of the roac
! and bridge department and fi
ances in most of the counties of
: the state, it is impossible to em
plov expert engineering serv
! fCes and advice. Such service to
ibe satisfactory, must be compe
tent, otherwise it is a useless
.'waste of money and time. Much
.[of the road work which has been
. j done i nthe state has been done
- ■ without any great iega
-' laws, grades or standard meth
ods. This reflects no discredit ir
t 'the least upon the county juoge.
:!vho have presided over he va
^ rious counties of the state foi
they have done the beat tha
could be u<iiu under ’■ •. ,>curn
stances and within their means,
in fact, the people of Arkansas
are to be congratulated for the
exceedingly high standard of
men who have presided over the
various county courts for years
back, and for the immense a
mount ot work and great prog
ress made in road work under
the mos' adverse financial con
ditions of almost any state in the
union. These conditions, how
ever, do not alter the need:- ox’
the state.
rile last legislature passed a
law providing for the appoint
ment s a Highway Commission
and a .State Highway Engineer.
The lav provides that the serv
ices of the engineer may be had
upon application of the county
judge to the Highway Commis
sion without any charge against
the county. It is not con
templated that the new High
way department shall usurp any
of the authority vested in the
county judges. Nor does the
Department offer any sugges
tions or advice excepting, as
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«OAtu iV^l UV LJiC ,UU^C& Hi illt
various counties. Co-operation
is the secret of success in all
public matters, and only by a
complete and hearty co-opera
tion with the judges who have
the road work in charge, can the
Highway Department render its
best service to the people.
Bridge plans can be secured
and a better class of bridges of
ten may be built at very nearly
the cost of wooden culverts.
When gravel is plentiful and
handy, a good concrete bridge
can be built at the same or less
cost than for a steel construc
tion. In addition to the first
cost, there is no future expense
in the concrete bridge. There
are no bolts to tighten up; no
iron work to clean off and re
pair and no rods rusting out to
be replaced. Then too. instead
of sending all of the cost of the
bridge to Ohio or Pittsburg, or
Chic? for a. steel structure,
every dollar is spent at home.
All the cost is for labor except
ing what is paid for cement, and
that is bought from your local
dealer. Let the Highway De
partment assist you in planning
your new bridges.
In laying out your road and
'figuring out your drainage, a
change here and a change there,
will oftentimes save many dol
lars. Let us send our engineer
down to your county to advise
you. He is at your command.
Let u get together and plan out
some systematic work along the
general line of co-operation. The
Highway Engineer is at your
command and his services may
be had for road work in your
county i'.t the call of the county
judge.
RLE BEN G. DYE.
State Highway Commissioner.
Boys Corn Club In Glass.
Special to Independent.
Swifton, Nov. 28.— Glass
Township boys are not only to
have an opportunity to compete
for county and state prizes of
fered those who excel in corn
production, but township honors
and awards as well.
The Glass Township Boys’
Corn Club will probably have a
membership of 50 to GO mem
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^ ciiLVk cvuty kJVjy v> in; m<ir\c:r»
the effort is to get a part of the
prize money. Mr. Ferdinand
Tonney generously headed the
list of contributors with $50 and
the merchants and business
men of Swifton expect to raise it
to $100.
$25 is to go to the boy who
wins first honors in raising the
most corn on one acre of land
cultivated under the rules and di
rection- of the boys’ corn clubs
of the state. Mr. E. T. Fashion
is secretary and treasurer of the
organization which is receiving
the direction and help of our
county demonstrator, Mr. -I. I’.
Hurst.
Aged Man Saved From Suicide.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 29.—Matt
l Griffin, an unkempt specimen of
humanity, will today arrive at
his home in Webb City, Mo.,
i where his two disheveled chil
jdren will be placed in the care
jof their grandparents. Griffin
.vas persuaded to take this trip
instead of that long journey in
to the world beyond, by kind
hearted people who discovered
him in Little Rock Friday morn
ing in th'e act of drinking the
contents of a two ounce bottle
of carbolic acid.
Driving two burros to a dilap
idated covered wagon, in which
his two children huddled about
a diminutive stove, and whim
pered for something to ('at,
jCritlin arrived in Little Rock
Friday morning. The condition
I of the children attracted pass
jersb.v, who urged for his story,
(irillin explained that his wife,
with a suckling babe, had de
serted him at Casa Tuesday.
Though he was almost without
funds, (irillin pressed on to Lit
tle Rock, spending his last cent
"for the carbolic acid with the
intention of committing suicide.
A collection was made from
j by slanders, suflicie.nt to feed
the children during the day, and
jCritlin soon disposed of lii.s
I team for $10, and his wagon
brought $r, more, with the stove
j thrown in. He then paid $9.50
for a ticket to Webb City and
boarded the train for his old
home, where the children may
be well cared for.
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Celebrate Silver Anniversary.
Newark, Nov. 28.—Surround
ed by their family of 17 chil
jt
dren, and with many friends as
guests, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob P.
Magness are tonight celebrating
the twenty-fifth anniversary of
their marriage. Twenty-five
years ago Mr. Magness married
Ida Belle Johnson and on the
| same night his brother, E. J.
| Magness was wedded to Nel
lie McDonald, E. J. Magness was
one of the first settlers of New
ark. lie has been dead for
several years.
i Jacob Magness was born and
reared in this section and has
risen from a laborer to one of
the county’s leading citizens.
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Not a Candidate Now.
i Ira J. Pickens, the former
court stenographer, now partner
jin the law firm of Beloate &
j Pickens, at Walnut Ridge, was
j among the court visitors here
this week. He has had strong
j solicitations to become a candi
date for prosecuting attorney,
but says he will not be in politics
at this time.—Stone County Re
cord.
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