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5 THE INDEPENDENT
\ PERCY H. VAN DYKE
fttle Publisher and Editor
Front St., NEWPORT, ARK.
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The time for road work is in
the spring and early summer
and our road overseers, who are
farmers as well, should not lose
sight of this fact because they
have dual interests. We don I
want to see them make crop fail
ures because of public duties,
but in accepting public trusts,
private interests should not ma
terially interfere with the prop
er discharge of the former dut
ies. In the winter, we don’t ex
pect much in the way of roads
until a more permanent sys
tem or better drainage ol our
lowlands can be escured. But
road work in the spring and ear
ly summer allows the proper
settling of the soil and the hea
vy fall rains do not thus undo so
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quiCKiy Wlltll uccu iciKjyjL
iously done. Why leave the
“chug holes” and bad places un
til the season is almost upon us
when they are again created.
The voters of Jackson county
ought to demand more road
work in the spring and less in
the fall.
The value of screens in the
country is just as well reeogniz
orl nnwnrlntrci nc tllG'POOplo ill
i<*cl transmit
1 typhoid fev
ve in the pure
1 the crowded
towns^-ahd cities and the tight
be urged there as well as
needs health first of all to be a
successful business man, so does
a farmer need health in order to
have ambition, energy and
strong faculties of mind and
body to be a successful farmer.
And what we ourselves need, are
we not even more anxious for
the members of our homes to
enjoy? Every farm house in
Jackson county ought to b«
screened and other sanitary pre
cautions taken. The poorest
man can afford them because
they are money-savers in the ;
end. They make him able to •
earn more and promote the
health and prosperity of a peo
, pie.
The Civic Improvement
League has already declared war j
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on the fly and mosquito, both of
whom are soon scheduled to in
vade the land. It’s a fight that
ought to enlist every good citi
zen, every man and woman, who
; hates disease and sickness and
loves health and home. Let’s
not only enlist nominally, but
help in the Tight by giving no
quarter, no Vamping ground or
breeding plac^; to these little
pests that become such formid
able enemies of public health in
the summer season.
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No game preservation legis
lation was passed by the last
legislature. The reason was, oui
law-makers thought that interest
in the matter was confined to t
few town sportsmen and the
subject was practically ignored
If our game and fish are nol
soon given the needed protec
tion, they will be so near extinct
that legislation wdl be useless
And who’se to blame? You
who want such legislation, sec
its need and yet sat idly by, giv
ing the legislature the idea that
only a few alleged “sports,” were
interested. The preservation ot
, wild life ought to appeal to al
our people and does to thousa
: ands. It ought to appeal to ev
I ery man and woman, who loves
his children, who wants to set
them share in pleasures and pas
times of the present day. A
good citizen must have the prop
jer regard for the privileges
, even the coming generations.
| The national senate, though
recent years and changes, have
made it a more responsive and
progressive branch of govern
. ment was somewhat astound
; od over the President’s return to
.the custom of Washington and
Adams and read his message to
the popular branch of congress.
Senator Williams particularly
urged good reasons why the pre
cedent of -Jefferson and later
presidents should not be set
aside, but the country will be
disposed to hear further from
the president before passing
judgment upon the change.
President Wilson is oding so
well that the country will be
slow to criticise even his possi
ble mistakes.
If Governor Futrell failed to
veto any of the special acts, up
on which any fight was made,
after being signed by his pred
ecessor. the capital city corres
pondents failed to make note of
same. Arkansas certainly needs
a real governor. To do the oppo
site of what some opponent does,i
is rarely ever constructive
statesmanship.
Politics Largely Responsible
The st. Francis Levee district
(.’ at . " number of the lower
cuunl: mbraced in same are
being Hooded through a break in
the levee along the Mississippi
below Memphis. The people of
that district have paid for ample
protection from floods and if
their money had been spent as a
business man would spend his
own and not as politicians, who
would squander what is not
rightfully theirs, the district
would hardly be suffering a re
petition of last year’s disaster.
The last legislature passed
some very creditable legislation
toward taking this district’s af
fairs out of state politics and
putting it on a business basis,
but the tax payers of the dis
trict after twice suffering from
the incompetence and extrava
gance of the men who have man
aged this district’s affairs, ought
I to complete the work of eradi
j eating the crowd, which has ap
parently failed in everything ex
cept in spending the revenues of
the district. The tax-payers of
the St. Francis district are cer
tainly a patient and long-suffer
ing people not to have revolted
long ago from such barnacles
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Bradford.
The people are taking advan-j
tage of this pretty weather gar-!
dening and farming and rock i
hauling is the order of the day
here.
Rev. Middleton is on the sick ;
list at this writing.
We understand Walter E.
Denson has bought Schneider’s
j saw mill at this place.
Our new mill men from Little
Rock are getting along nicely
with the new mill one mile East
1 of town.
Rev. Mr. Hamrick of Little
Rock is holding a protracted
meeting at the M. E. North.
! Mr. Jim Sexton will return to
I Bradford Sunday after a short
! visit to Denmark; the family
! will soon make Texas theii
home.
Bradford young people had a
pleasant trip to the lake Sunday
and enjoyed boat riding.
Chas. Finn is having his new
house papered.
Richard Moore and Winford
Wade made a flying trip to New
port Saturday night and return
ed home Sunday.
The Taylor boys, who have
been attending school at this
place returned to their home
Monday at Jessup. We regret
The Southland’s Own Play.
“The Clansman,” Thomas
Dixon’s great drama, has been
aptly called the Southland’s own
play. It is a story of Southern
people, for Southern people, and
was written by a Southern man.
It is the champion of the South,
having successfully and forcibly
answered “Uncle Toms Cabin,
which favored the North. “The
Clansman” has served a fai
greater purpose and has accom
plished much more than the oth
er play, however, for it has at
tained success and popularity in
every part of the United States
while “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” has
always been confined to limited
territory.
“The Clansman,” as is gener
ally known, is a dramatization
of Mr. Dixon’s two most famous
and widely read boons, The
Clansman” and the “Leopard’s
Spots.”
A potent element of “The
Clansman” is the charm of the
Southern country it so faithfully
reproduces. It inculcates South
ern patriotism and all of its
characters are true types of the
people of this section as they
were forty „ ears ago and as
they are touay.
“The Clansman” will be pro
duced in Newport on Monday,
April 14 in a large canvas thea
tre with seating capacity for
over two thousand people. A
complete production of scenery
and over 30 people are used.
This is exactly the same play
that has been seen in all the
principal cities in the South for
the past seven years and is now
being presented in the smaller
cities for the first time.
The Ideal Laundrv
C. H. WALTON
Proprietor.
Washing called for and delivered
to all parts of the city,
Phone 150.
Agents Wanted in Every Town
very mucn to see rnem leave.
H. C. Denson made a business
trip to Bald Knob last week.
Tom Henry is building a new
house on Fourth street.
Miss Pearl Moore entertained
her Sunday school class Satur
day afternoon. All reported a
nice time.
Fred Truit of Judsonia is in
Bradford. Happy Girl.
Direct Election of Senators.
Washington. April 8.—Direct
election of United States sena
tors became one of the provis
ions of the constitution today by
Connecticut’s ratification of the
amendment to tV t effect. Thir
ty-six states, the requisite three
fourths of all in the Union, now
have approved the change. It
remains only for the governors
of all the states which have act
ed favorably to formally notify
Secretary Bryan and for him to
issue a proclammation announc
ing the change.
The amendment to the consti
tution is the second within the
llast few months.
WILL PAY TEN DOLLARS.
The manufacturers of Ross’
“Dead Quick” spray will pav $10
apiece for “any old” bug it will
,iot kill. Bedbugs, fleas, ants,
roaches, mites, lice, etc., die the
moment it is used on them. Also
their eggs, and mosquitoes too.
Sold in Newport by your drug
j gists. (Adv.)
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SEED of EVERT KNOWN VARIETY
mina, Bisk VUrwt, Znoutstors,
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Leifer Seed Company
IN Bast khlktaa IW UKIi Book, Ark.
WANTED—MEN TO IEABN Bf 74.
ber trade LADIES to learn Beauty
Culture, Hair Dressing. • "'hlropndy.
Special Inducements offere t In sol,.>;.1 r -
•hip; wages while learning Oh, t s
to work out part of tuition; for white
i students only. PALMER SYSTEM. I.ti
tle Rock, Ark.
MILL, MACHINERY, AND LUBRICATING OIL OUR 5P CI A; T Y
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Sole Distributors for Arkansas
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HARRY M. RAMEY, Little Rock, Ark.
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NEWBRO’S HERPICIDE
SAVES THE HAIR
And Keeps You Looking Young
Don’t look older than you are.
It is just as easy to look young
er. While lack of hair or poor
hair is not always an indication
of age, it is frequently accepted
as such.
A person well advanced in
years possessing t good head of
hair is always spoken of as
; well preserved.”
Everyone can retain beautiful,
luxuriant hair if they make the
effort. In almost every instance
| poor hair or the loss of hair may
)be traced to the activity of the
| dandruff germ. Newbro’s Her
j picide prevents the scale-like ac
cumulation and puts the scalp in
j a perfectly healthy condition.
| With the elimination of the dan
druff the hair no longer drops
out. The itching of the scalp
stops almost at once.
Newbro’s Herpicide is the
; remedy for which there are
many substitutes, preparations
claimed to be “just as good.”
You don’t have to accept a sub
stitute. Insist upon having gen
uine Herpicide.
Sold and guaranteed, and your
money back if not satisfied.
W. E. BEVENS,
(Adv.) Special Agent.
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ACT QUICKLY.
Delay Has Been Dangerous In
Newport.
Do the right thing at the right
time.
Act quickly in time of danger.
In time of kidney danger
Doan’s Kidney Pills are most
effective.
Plenty of evidence of their
worth.
Mrs. B. F. Owens, Magness,
Ark., says: “A member of our
family complained a great deal
of a dull pain in the small of the
back. Dizzy spells were common
especially in the morning and
the kidney secretions were too
frequent in passage. Hearing of
Doan’s Kidney Pills, a box was
procured and through their use
a cure was effected. We highly
recommend Doan’s Kidney
Pills.”
“When your back is lame —
Remember the name.”—Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy
—ask distinctly for Doan’s Kid
ney Pills—the same that Mrs.
Owens had. 50c all stores. Fos
ter-Milburn Co., Proprietors,
Buffalo, New York. (Advt.)
Itch! Itch! Itch!
Constant itch. Intolerable agony,''
ECZEMA!
A few drops of a mild, simple, wash
—instant relief—all skin distress
CONE.
D. 0. 5. Prescription for Eczema
S' : *oo good to be true? We
1 guar a .... 2 i’\
The ■ :» bottle free if D.D.D.
: can;:- - , r case. For your
eomfor. is worth a trial.
| Come ’ i let us tell you about It.'
I Also abet . D.D.D. Soap—it helps.
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for all by Calumet. Bfl
For daily use in millions of kitchens has
proved that Calumet is highest not only ia || *j
quality but in leavening foiuer as well—un
failing in results—pure to the extreme—and JHj
wonderfully economical in use. Ask your
grocer. And try Calumet next bake day. |Hj
RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS V
World'* Pur*
Food Exposition,
Chicago. III.
Faria Exposi
tion. France,
March,
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You don't save money when you buy
cheap or big-can baking powder. Don t j
be misled. Buy Calumet. It’s more
economical — more wholesome — gives
best results. Calumet is fat superior to
sour milk and soda.