Of WINDS ARE
REDUCING CROP
^ Reach Capitol From
%em Part of State of
Hot Breezes.
-cial to Independent.
UReRoch, Aug. 88. Though
pet, have been coming to
ttie Rock for weeks about the
ceiient condition of crops, the
ports of the past few days,
i the damage being done by
6 hot winds, is alarming. A
ton expert from one of the lo
| mills, spent Wednesday in
,rk county, and brings back
8 report that he visited sec
ns where the wind had re
:ed the crop fifty per cent by
ing up the stalk,
is the hot winds are such a j
ent thing, reports as to the
ent of the damage have not i
had time to reach Little
:k, but it is feared they will
se a material reduction in
condition of the best crop
spect the state ever had.
Will Build Good Roads.
'aragould, Aug. 7.—County
ge A. D. Jackson, J. H. Mc
irson, president of the cham
of commerce; C. W. High
member of the State High
Commission, and others
n Paragould spent yesterday :
be west end of the county,
ling good road institutes at
cott and Lorado- Judge
[son has recently purchased
oil tractor engines and
lers and is making an ef
to put the principal high
s in the county in good
ie before the winter begins,
las agreed to spend a large
of money to gravel the
s, provided citizens will take
scrip and obligate them
's not to put it on the,
tet for less than 90 cents
ie dollar.
ie Country Club of Para
1, recently organized with a
bership of one hundred live
b pledged to take $100
: each, or a total of $10,
has secured an option on
icres of wooded land three i
from Paragould, the price
S50 per acre. The option
good for 30 days and it is
ted the tract will be pur
d within that time. Frank
laisdale of Little Rock
the first of the week here
lg over the ground for the
lse of securing information
him in drawing nlans
|,e Proposed building and
e beautification of the
ds. There are seven fine
^ Sell Interurban Stock.
'* to Independent.
le Hock, Aug. 8—L. Gar
•remoter of the Little Rock
°t Springs interurban rail
Called at the Blue Sky De
tai of the State Auditor’s
roursday afternoon and
la blanks upon which to
re a statement, prepara
® fasting a permit to
» Arkansas. As this
0rthv Arkansas enter
Ms not thought there will
f y in granting the per
rce *t is applied for
[. For Sale.
F °f young mares, match
L,‘°ung mnre, unbroken,
[ agon, l delivery wagon,
| S. W. Taggart
Factory Sale Opens Saturday.
The Baldwin Piano Company,
who are putting on a factory
sale of pianos here, operate large
factories in Cincinnati and Chi
cago and are now completing a
system of distributing their in
struments all over Arkansas di
rect to purchasers instead of
through a few of the largest re
tail dealers of the state. They
now have a resident state agent
at Little Rock and more than
twenty local representatives
throughout the state who look
after the interests of all custo
mers and see that they get the
low prices and care of instru
ments.
All pianos are fully warranted
by the factory and every custo
mer made safe.
The reputation of the Bald
win Company for fine pianos
and fair dealing is world-wide.
Their pianos won the first prize
at the last two World Fairs.
A factory representative is in
charge of the demonstration
here which begins tomorrow in
the sample room of the McLain
building on Second street and Z
B. Reid is assisting. dlt.
Mrs. Hays Visits Governor.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 8.—Mrs.:
Geo. W. Hays, who has been vis
iting Governor Hays since the
inauguration, will leave soon
for her home in Camden. Gov
ernor Hays will not move his <
family to Little Rock until cool
weather, preferring Camden
during the heated months. Gov.
Hays has two sons whom he
expects to place in the Little
Rock schools this fall, but un
til time for the opening of the
schools, he will permit them to
run wild over Ouachita county.
Assessment Notice.
The assessment of local im
provement No. One—Bridge Im
provement No. One of the City
of Newport. Arkansas— was
filed in my office on the 14th day
of July, 1913, and the same is
now s’jhiect to inspection.
B. J. GRAHAM,
Clerk of the City of Newport
Arkansas.
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Moving* Pictures
at the Opera House
18 Reels Per Week.
Extra Good Tonight.
ALIXIE, OR THE TEST OF
FRIENDSHIP.
A beautiful woman is saved
from dishonorable acquain
tance by a true friend, one of the
greatest tests of friendship and
a perfectly acted play, featur
ing Helen Gardner, Harry Morey
and Earl Killiams.
An Extra Good Drama.
VITAGRAPH
DOLORE’S DECISION
A beautiful girl in Florida runs
a motor boat for a living. Her
little sister is ill. She starts for
the doctor in her boat. A broker
offers her $10,000 for the use of
it. Come and see her decision.
A beautiful drama—LUBIN.
THE CHEAPEST WAY
for a farmer to marry off his
girl. He arranges the elope
ment, the groom never suspect
ing the plot. A good comedy.
(PATHE)
Good Pictures and Extra Good
Music Bv The Orchestra
ADMISSION, 5c and 10c
BETTER STOCK
OR NO STOCK
For Mate Institutions Is Cry
a: State Board of Charities.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. Aug. 8.— The
State Board of Charities will
nex: month start a general
movement for better stock at the
state institutions, or no stock
at ail. The dairy herd at the
Confederate Soldiers’ Home will
be sold and replaced with regis
tered stock, probably Holsteins.
It this is not done a contract will
be made for the purchase of
milk for the institution, as is
done at the Insane Asylum, the
blind school and deaf mute in
stitute
Several years ago the board
sold the dairy herd at the state
hospital because it was infected
with tuberculosis. There is
nothing of that kind at the Con
federate Home, but the Board
desires a strain of stock that
will produce results in the way
of milk.
The Board will also purchase
automobiles for the different in
stitutions, expecting thereby to
greatly increase the service of
the various departments through
the saving of time in the trips
to and from the city.
Rest Room For Women.
The Young Women’s Civic
Improvement Club held an en
thusiastic meeting Thursday ev
ening with Mrs. Dorsey, pre
vious to her going away for the
rest of the summer.
They discussed the lots and
corners, where grass and weeds
have been given the “right of
way” and agreed to bring the
same to the notice of the Street
and Alley Committee. Also
there was a report made of cer
tain complaint from residents
in the “Lake bridge” neighbor
hood, the same to be reported to
the Board of Health.
But the 'subject that claimed
their greatest interest was that
which has been on their hearts
and minds from the beginning
viz.: the opening this fall, of a
“Rest Room for the country wo
men.”
To this end they hope to se
cure the co-operation of all the
women in the county. Letters
'will be sent to representative
women in every town, tillage
t ? .1. i_l. . . i _
ClUU JlClgllPJUl ilUUU, UlCIil
to hold meetings, form a com
mittee and send one or more re
presentatives to a meeting to be
held here at an early date to dis
cuss the best means of securing
a large membership, and to for
mulate plans for the work.
They expect to secure at least
a thousand active members
among the women, and as many
honorary ones among the men.
In this way, our farmers’ wives
will feel they are coming where
they have a right, and each
member of the club will be in a
sense hostess to those who come
from her own neighborhood.
The work is of the highest im
portance and it will mean a
great deal to our town and coun
ty. A business man speaking of
it said:
“At last you women have ta
ken hold of something that is
really worth while.”
Many of us have felt foryears.
that it wa= a shame there was
no place where the country wo
men could spend a few hours of
pleasant, social intercourse and
rest when they come' to town.
We young ladies are full of
zeal and enthusiasm for *.h..
project. Let our citizens, men
and women, all over the county,
come to their support and show
their appreciation, by making
this provision for the comfort
many whose lives have not fall
en in the easy places.
Proper Program Harmony,
The Independent of the 6th
makes an attempt to answer my
article of the 5th and started
out with the idea that the coun
ty judge was getting unjust crit
icism for allowing the city of
i Newport $2,171 out of the
funds of road District No. 6.
Now it was not my intention
to criticise anyone about this
matter, but only to show to the
; public that it was being done,in
j fact, if you could call it criti
cism it would mean not only the
(county judge, but everyone who
| had anything to do with the
(transaction.
My idea was to create the im
pression that this money could
have been more judiciously us
ed on the county roads and would
have done greater good to a
•greater number of people than
| it could possibly do by being
(spent on Front street in the city
(of Newport.
j Now, in regard to the road
; money that has been spent in
| the city of Newport in the past
number of years, wii! say that
jthis has been done and why?
For the best of reasons, the
town of Newport has been in
debt, and the city scrip ha? been
only worth about fifty and six
ty cents on the dollar, conse
quently the people generally
thought it was nothing but fair
for the road district to come
forward and lend the city a help
ing hand, but did the city do
likewise when they happened to
get some money in the treasury
of the city? Not much, for they
have now in the treasury about
ten thousand dollars, being all
the ready cash they could very
well use for several months, but
I haven't heard anything about
the city offering to repay this
debt of gratitude to the road
district by going out and mak
ing some good road but on the
other hand, the city is still
asking the road district to come
across with more money and at
a time when the city does not
need it, and the road needs a
great deal more than they have
to make even temporary re
pairs.
In regard to the different
streets that the county has
made, will say that 1 have never
heard of any money that was
spent on Hazel or Walnut streets
as the people have been of ihe o
pinion that this money was spent
by property owners. I know that
'several years ago, one member
of the city council came to me
and said that if the property
owners would furnish the rock
that the city would pave Hazel
street, and 1 told him that if all
i of the prcpery owners would a
; gree tha* 1 would, and later he
'came back to rne and^said that
j everything was o. k. and I paid
for all of the material that was
!used in front of my property,
and I suppose the other propei
tv owners did likewise, and 1
have always been of the opm
inon that all of the cross streets
in the city were done in the
same way- . .
I am just of the same opinion
of the Independent that we do
not want to arouse jealousies
over these matters, hut we oj
want to arouse interest and let
us all try to get our minds o
J
• gm .-it-s . in. x\' i i< for iho best
' of .Newport and Jack
-on county. and use such public
; money.' we nave to do ;, .
most good lor both town aim
I country: and if we will do this
it will only be a short time until
1 our efforts will bear fruit and we
I will have a. perfect network of
I good roads over the county w
| the farmers will feel more kiml
■ ly towards the city people and
i the city people will feel more
l kindly toward the country peo
j pie, and we will all feel like
neighbors but until these condi
tions come about, we cannot ex
pect our town and country to ad
‘ vance very much.
So now instead of quarreling
I over this matter let us all get to
j get her and do things that will
! make us prosper, r
Respect fully,
W. 1). McLain.
The Independent is certainly
witling and while we understand
our information is accurate and
i correct as to the city receiving
jassi.-tance from the road dis
trict's funds for the paving of
I the cross streets named, it is
not an issue now' involved. The
! question of good roads is too big
'and too pressing for the evi
dence of any .jealousies and
what we need is as Mr. McLain
says, harmony and public spirit
in the working out of this prob
lem that so vitally concerns our
growth and development. We
have neither courted nor forced
argument, for our intention was
to allay jealousy and promote
good feeling and a proper under
standing upon the part of the
| citizens of the county of the at
! titude of this city through a
I rtatement of facts.
\ Social Mandate.
The 1 >owager Empress Fash
ion has issued a recent mandate
in Washington that will over
run the e.u..Wished order of
tilings to some extent. It is no
less a departure ihan the with
holding of the names of guests
who are entertained at social
functions. Hitherto the socie
'ty editors considered themselves
fortunate when they could
make shift not only to obtain
the names ot the guests, but
also the costumes worn by the
ladies down to the minutest de
tails. The fashion of appear
ing in the sock t\ columns of tl
newspapers is one that will If
dillicult to dislodge. There are
those who consider their social
entertainments altogether pri
vate, and who never appear in
print, and there are others who
are always protesting that they
do not want to see their names
in print, but their protests are
purely Pickwickian, and when
j their names are omitted there
is secret weeping and wailing
and gnashing of false teeth.—
Memphis News Scimitar.
Tough On Sherman.
“Future generations will
1 think I am the president of the
Ananias club," the shade of
General Sherman moodily re
marked. “What’s the matter?”
asked Napoleon. “Why, Carne
gie has abolished war and the
theologians have abolished hell,’
replied Sherman.—Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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For Sale Cheap—Stove wood
land kindling.—Muirhead Lum
i ber Co. Phone 1610-5R. 20dtf
We never have car-1
ried over any Oxfords,
and we don’t intend to
begin now—that’s why
prices are so low.
| NOTE* THE VERY LOW PRICES:
I 3.50 Regal Oxfords now.2.10
I 4.00 Regal Oxfords now.2.90
I 5.00 Regal Oxfords now.3.45
I' ' ']
I 6.50 Clapp Oxfords now.4.95
I 7.00 Clapp Oxfords now.4.95
I Lest you forget, “Manhattan Shirt” Sale Now On
Berger'S
I "STAR CLOTH IK C HOUS£~
I 'SVe Close Evenings at G:30 (Except Saturday.)