NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
IrEE contests
■ EOR congress
■ Imbents from Second,
BMird and Seventh Districts
To Have Opposition,
lilcial to Independent.
{Sjttle Rock, Oct. 8. —The
^^Egressional contests are be
■ pretty well lined up. and at
■t three interesting contests
■ scheduled for the March
^K,ary.
H First District, T. H.
■rawav, now serving his
lBt term, will have no oppo
|Sn the Second, W. A. Old
now serving his thiid
|K will be opposed by Judge
■gene Lankford of De Vail’s
Iwf, who has already announc
■n the Third, J- C. Floyd who
H, held the oflice since 1905,
||R retire, and there are al
iXdy four avowed candidates
Sides two or three prospec
Ks. Those already announc
Sare V. C. Bratton of Marsh
Claude A. Fuller of Eure
m Springs; J. N. Tillman of
Syetteville and W. E. Harvey
I Monte JNe.
In the Fourth District, 0. T.
ingo, serving his first term,
pi have no opposition.
[No opposition has yet de
floped to H. M. Jacoway of;
e Fifth District, now serv
K his second term.
fSam M. Taylor, serving his ]
fst term, .the unexpired term ,
I Congressman Joe T. Robin-.
jn, will have no opposition in ;
je Sixth District.
jW. S. Goodwin, serving his |
cond term from the Seventh :
[strict, will be opposed by R.
Warnock, a former member
1 the state legislature, who is .
ready campaigning.
For the Senate Associate Jus
te Kirby is after the seat oc
ipied by Senator Clarke.
Giants Win In Ninth.
The Giants won in the ninth ;
ning from the Athletics in the
cond game of the World Se
es this afternoon at Philadel
lia. Neither team scored until
ie final inning and Christy Mat
lewson on the firing line for
ew York was evidently in his '
i time form.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9—R H E
nladelphia—
OOOOOOOO 0—0 8 2
few York—
OOOOOOOO 3—3 7 2
Batteries: Philadelphia,
took and Schang; New York,
Utthewson and McLean, Wil
on.
Reported by courtesy of Bul
k’s pool hall.)
Cotton Continues To Decline.
“ Cotton continues to decline,
topping 25 points Monday, 18
toesday an d22 more Wednes
ey. meaning a loss of about
J? the bale. The grades of
®e cotton now being marketed
** peatly, and as a result,
here is a wide range of prices,
jj^ing from 12 to 13 cents,
potton seed continues to sell at
Per ton.
Rev. ^ T . TSfi r»*\nw4
Burglars Break Into Store.
Some time during the night
Monday burglars broke into
the Balmaz store and helped
themselves to different articles
of clothing; also to several;
dollars left in the cash regis
ter.
It seemed that the parties
had particular spite against
the Balmaz family, for a visit
to the home on Laurel street,
was made and the fine bicycle
owned by Adrian Balmaz, was
stolen from the front porch- ;
They also took a hand-saw
with which an intrance was
made into the store, by sawing
two bars in two that were
across the window.
Mr. Balmaz, it seemed, had
suspected a white man living
on a houseboat near the ferry.
Officer Adkins made a search \
of the boat where he found the |
wheel which was restored to '
the owner.
One party suspected has been
placed in jail and there are
others whom it is thought are
implicated.
The Wilmans Mercantile
Company’s store at Diaz was
burglarized again Saturday
night, but besides a lot of j
clothing, it has not been learn
ed just what was taken.
i
Friday's Bargains.
No phone orders or goods'
charged at bargain prices.
One 60c per pound Bakers’ I
Cocoa, only 39c.
20 pounds granulated sugar, i
$1.00.
Sugar cured hams, 17c.
Picnic hams 1214c
1214c Cretonnes 9c.
35c Art Linen, only 23c.
Yard wide Bleach Domestic,
free from starch, 7c. Bowen’s 1
Cash Store. 6?*d4.,
Nice fresh honey, just receiv
ed, at Bowen’s Cash Store.. d4. j
Newark Couple Marry Here., ;
Mr. Eugene Magness and Miss j
Ruby Poe of Newark and two 1
of that city’s most attractive and 1
popular young people, were mar-1
ried at the Methodist parsonage j
in this city Monday evening at;
9 o’clock, Rev- B. L. Wilford per
forming the ceremony. ,
The bride and groom were ac
companied to this city by the
bride’s father, Dr. Poe, and Miss
Ruby Drennen, who returned
home that evening.
After the ceremony Mr. and ,
Mrs. Magness left for St. Louis j
for a week’s stay.
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For Rent.
First ciass storage room at
Bowen’s Cash Store. 39dlm
Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
THE HEART OF AN ACTRESS
An excellent picture, featuring
pretty Alice Joyce and Tom
Moore.
KALAM
THE BACHELOR’S BABY
A young widow places her ba
by in a candy basket and makes j
a home for her and the baby.'
Rosemary Thelby and Roger |
Lytton.
VITAGRAPH
THE NEW SHERIFF
A splendid Western—S. and A
ADMISSION, 5c and lpc
NANY PROTEST
AGAINST RAISES
In Assessments Made By Coun
ty Board of Equalization
In Past Few Weeks.
A large number of land owners
were here Wednesday to pro
test against raises in assess
ments made by the Board of E
qualization, many of them think
ing that their objections must
be filed upon this day.
Such, however, is not the case,
for the Board of Equalization
and county court will be in ses
sion for two weeks to hear com
plaints against alleged inequali
ties of assessment.
Many of the tax payers pres
ent pled their cases in person,
while many others are under
stood to have employed attor
neys, who will be heard later in
behalf of their clients. So many
were present on the first day
that the county clerk’s office was
entirely inadequate for the
crowd and the hearings were ad
journed to the circuit court
room.
Judge C. B. Coe presided and
is the final arbiter in these cases
unless appeals are taken to the
higher courts. Where the tax
payer could show that his as
sessment was out of line with
those about him or too high for
the market value of the land
considering its condition and
improvements, reductions were
made and compromises effected
that in a measure satisfied the
petitioner for a reduction.
NAT C. GOODWIN AS FAGIN
In “Oliver Twist” at the Palace
Theater Tomorrow Night.
The coming here of Nat C.
Goodwin as Fagin in Charles
Dickens’ masterpiece, “Oliver
Twist,” motion pictures in five
parts at the Palace theatre to
morrow night will reveal more
forcibly to the local public the
vast possibility of this form of
entertainment and its great val
ue to posterity.
This picture was made from
the all star cast revival which
played at New Amsterdam the
ater in New York city for an en
tire season, playing to crowded
houses and should please those
who have the pleasure to wit
ness the performance Thursday
evening.
Mr. J. J. Roberts, from New
York city, lectures as the pic
ture is shown, which will take it
nf thp class of ordinarv nic
tures.
Not a mere motion picture
show but an entire evening’s en
tertainment. The $how starts
at 7:00 p. m. promptly, playing
continuously until closing time.
Barn Burns Near Batesville.
Batesville, Oct. 8.—Fire de
stroyed the barn of James Sher
rill, who resides in this vicinity,
during the night Monday. He
lost nearly all the contents, in
cluding twenty tons of hay,
farming implements and har
ness. t
The loss was more than $1,000
and he carried very little in
surance on the bam or the con
tents. It is not known how the
fire originated, and the fact
that the family had retired pre
vented them from saving the
foodstuff and implements.
Nbne of the livestock were
burned.
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Musi Cut Out $85,000.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. $.—About
$85,000 worth of improvements
are being cut out of the spe< id
eation^ for the completion of the
state c-apitol, by ex-Gov. Dona
ghey, representing the Commis
sion, and G. H. Wells, personal
representative of the architect,
Cass Gilbert, who are engaged in
a careful examination of the
plans. It must be reduced to a
figure not exceeding $800,000
for the work contemplated at
this time, as $207,000 is the
amount set apart for it and $7,
000 must be held back as a con
tingent fund.
The meeting of the commit
tee to let the contract may not
be held until next week. The
contracts to be let at this time
do not include the power house,
the furniture, the electric fix
tures, and the decorating, which
will be let later. There has al
so been set aside $40,000 for the
use of the lanscape architect, F.
M. Blaisdell, of Little Rock, who
has already had topographical
surveys and maps made of the
capitol grounds, and will soon be
able to begin the actual work of
laying out the drives and ter
races. It is probable that the
plans will call for the removal of
the two statutes now on the
grounds, to the soldiers and to
the women of the Confederacy,
to other points that will better
harmonize with the landscape
scene.
Notice of Sale of Lands.
Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of a decree of the Jackson
Chancery Court in a cause
therein pending wherein S.Hein
emann is plaintiff, and Dolly
Gertrude Bleakley is defendant,
which decree is recorded in
Chancery Record “K” at Page
248, 1, C. E. Smith, as Commis
sioner in Chancery, will, on the
25th day of October, 1913, offer
for sale at public auction, to the
highest bidder, at the front dooi
of the Court House in the City of
Newport, Jackson County, Ark
ansas, the following real estate,
to-wit:
The Southeast Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter; the West
Half of the Southeast Quarter
and the East Half of the South
west Quarter, all in Section
Eighteen (18), Township Eleven
(11) North Range Two (2)
West, Jackson County, Arkansas.
Said sale to be on a credit of
three months, the purchaser be
ing required to give a note with
approved security for the pui
chase price, bearing interest at
the rate of eight per cent per
annum, and a lien will be retain
ed upon said land to further se
cure the purchase price thereof.
In witness whereof, I ha\e
hereunto set my hand this the
7th day of October, 1913.
C. E. SMITH,
59W2 Commissioner.
Man Killed At Alicia.
Hoxie, Oct. 6.—Will Talbert of
Carthage, Ark., in charge of a
car of cattle eh route to St.
Louis, via the Iron Mountain
railroad, fell from the car Tues
day morning near Alicia station
and was instantly killed, his
body being Cut in pieces.
Notice Base Ball Fans.
Get the dope on World’s Se
ries at Bullard's Fool flail- 61d5
C OMFORTING WORDS.
Many \ Newport Household Will
Find Them So.
To have the pains and aches of
a bad back removed—to be en
tirely free from annoying, dan
gerous urinary disorders, is e
nough to make any kidney suf
ferer grateful. The following
advice of one who has suffered
will prove comforting words to
hundreds of Newport readers:
Mrs. B. F. Owens, Magness,
Arkansas, says: “One of our
family complained a great deal
of a dull pain in the small of
i the back. Dizzy spells were
common, especially in the morn
' ing. The kidney secretions
were too frequent in passage.,
Hearing Doan’s Kidney Tills,
highly recommended, a box |
was procured. They made a i
*• I
cure.
For sale by all dealers. Trice ^
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s
—and take no other. (Adv.)
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| Drainage Ditches Necessary.
I Perhaps the thing in connec
tion with road work which is
j most often neglected is the ditch
; on the upper side of the road.
! It seems to be taken for granted
that water will seek its level and
will consequently run across the
road to the lower side. While
this is true, it will also ruin the
'road when it runs across it. It
is much easier to maintain a
! crown and surface of your road
if you will open your ditches on
the upper side so that the water
which would naturally flow to
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the roi’.il, intercepted and
caught in the ditch before it
readies the rend surface.
The wagon wheels and the
horse travel will necessarily cut
lit tie valleys of depress ion m the
surface of the ve ry best road
that may be built, li the water
is not inteicepted before it
reaches the road, especially if
there be any grade in the road,
it will be caught at this slight
depression made b. the traffic,
and run down the road at this
point in a little stream. This,
with continuous rains, will soon
wash the road very badly into
great ruts and boles.
In many instances the upper
side ditch may be only a small
affair and it will care for the wa
ter. On the steeper hillsides, it
is often advisable to cut two
ditches and sometimes three,
one above the other. This pre
vents the heavy flow of water to
the ditch next to the road in case
of very heavy rains. The lower
ditch, however, is the one which
is absolutely necessary and this
must be kept open at all times to
carry all the water that comes to
it, or bad conditions will result.
Rueben G. Dye,
Chairman Highway Commission.
James H. Carlin and Dock
Rorex, two noted fans of the
most enthusiastic ball town in
country—Swifton—• were here
today to see the ball game be
tween the All American Lad
ies’ Team and the Newport
boys, which was scheduled at
Sportsman’s park this after
noon.
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I Even if Rockefeller can raise I
I $10,000,000 on his check any 1
| minute, he isn’t the financier f
I that the fellow is who raises a I
I family on $9.00 a week. I
■ But no matter whether I
I you earn $9.00 or $50.00 1
I you’ll find several reasons 8
■ why you’ll be best satisfied 8
8 if you’ll get your clothes i
8 of Bergers’J. 8
8 The man who doesn’t 8
f have to care about the 8
I cost of his clothes can get 8
8 perfect satisfaction at 8
1 many stores,but the fellow 1
8 who wants to spend his S
1 money carefully had better K
I come here. He will get 1
i that “something” in his 8
1 clothes that make for a I
I better personal appearance 8
1 and at a price he can eas- I
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8 there is a store anywhere 8
1 where you can get so 8
I much style-value, wear- 1
I value and satisfaction-val- 1
I ue at ordinary prices. 8
I But don't take our word for it-— 1
1 ask some of your friends. 8
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