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THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Front St„ NEWPORT, ARK.
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The Arkansas Bar Associa
tion has gone on record in favor j
of changing the manner of civil |
suits by jury trial and allowing
a verdict of nine of twelve ju-<
rors to determine the issue in
any civil suit. This is certainly
a sensible solution that will ma
terially help in doing away with
mistrials and “hung juries” and
should be enacted into law not
only in civil suits but in crimi
nal suits. The ends of justice
are too often defeated by one or
two jurors who are really not
capable of serving, but succeed
in putting off the trial until the
next term of court and perhaps j
succeeding terms owing to the
fact that they cannot agree with
the major portion of the jury.—:
Jonesbero Tribune.
The Hays cohorts in Little
Rock attempted to “hog-tie”
Hon. Hal L. Norwood last Sun
day, and force him to participate
in their caucus at the Capital
hotel last Sunday in a desperate
effort to add dignity and
strength to their cause. But
Norwood refused to be coerced
with that bunch and so said in a
published statement which ap
peared in these columns yester
day. Crooked reports like these
sent out by a few political heel
ers that such men as Norwood
are supporting their candidate
will meet the same Waterloo at
the hands of the voters, as did
the false slush from the Kensett
Keynote. There is something
woefully wrong with campaign
managers when they resort to
such tactics to boost their candi
date, and the people are not to
be fooled.—Searcy Citizen.
Mr. Brundidge is the only man
in Arkansas who has made the
race for United States Senator
in the past thirty years who was
not holding office at the time of
making the race. When he
concluded to make the race for
the United States Senate he
voluntarily retired from the low
er house of congress. His op
ponent for governor is now cir
cuit judge, elected by his people J
for four years; as such official j
he is drawing his salary while
making the race for governor. J
If elected the state will have the
expense of holding another elec
tion for circuit judge. Mr.
Brundidge holds no office, is
making the race at his own ex
pense and if he is elected no
county or district will hold a
special election to fill a term of
office he has forfeited.—North
Arkansas Star.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
IRON MOUNTAIN
. SOUTH BOUND.
No. 3 leaves.5:20 p. m.
Noi. 1 leaves.5:40 p. m.
No. 29 (arrives 6:26) departs
at..6:38 a. m.
No. 5 leaves.5:00 a. m
No. 17 leaves.5:20 a. m.
No. 7 leaves.9:02 a. m ;
No. 23 (arrives 7:47) leaves 8:05 p. m. j
io. 91 (local freight) leaves 8:25 a. m. !
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NORTH BOUND
No. 24 leaves.10:05 a. m.
No. 4 leaves.10:22 a. m
No. 28 leaves.8:50 p. m
No. 18 leaves.10:15 p. m.
No. 6 leaves.10:50 p. m.
No. 92 (local freight) ieaves2:10 p. m.
WHITE RIVER DIVISION.
WEST BOUND.
No. 210 leaves.7:00 a. m.
No. 232 leaves.9:00 p. m.
No. 246 (local freight) leaves
.11:40 a. m.
EAST BOUND.
No. 209 arrives.8:00 p. m.
No. 231 arrives.&48 a. m.
No. 245 (local freight) arrives
.10:20 a. m
ROCK ISLAND,
No. 607 arrives 12:35 p. m.
No. 608 departs 1:50 p. m.
No. 681 local freight arrives
No. 682 local freight departs
Local freight arrives Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday; Departs Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday.
A Bug’s Prayer.
Oh. Mr. Man, if you have heard
of that Ross’ “Dead Quick”
spray, forget it I pray thee, or
I die. Be merciful and use on
me anything else, and I may
pull through. The mosquito
said, “Amen!” Ross’ “Dead
Quick” spray sold in Newport
by your druggist. (advt.)
If you use ball blue, get Red
Cross Bali Blue, the best ball
blue. Large 2 oz. package 5
cents.
A WOMAN’S APPEAL
' To all knowing sufferers of rheumatism,
whether muscular or of the joints, sciatica,
lumbagos, backache, pa;us iu the kidneys o~
: nfiiirplgia paius, to write to her for a home
treatment which has repeatedly cured all of
' these tortures. She feels it her duty to send
it to all sufferers EttEE. You cure yourself
at home as thousands will testify—no change
of climate being necessary. This simple
discovery banishes uric acid from the blood,
loosens the stiffened joints,purifies the blood
and brightens the eyes, giving elasticity and
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interests you. for proof address Mrs. M.
Hummers, BOX H, Bouth Bend, Ind.
I You never know when you may be workless. Sickness—
other causes—may do it. Money in the bank makes you
independent. It gives you time to look around and—you
can choose a better job. It is a terrible thing to be out of
work—food to buy and rent to pay. Start saving today,
before it is too late.
ARKANSAS BANK & TRUST CO.
Negro Institute Adjourns.
The Negro County Teachers’
Institute concluded its work Fri
day. At the close of the session
appropriate resolutions were of
fered. thonking the colored peo
ple for taking care of them dur
ing their stay, and thanking the
county superintndent, the edi
tor of the Indpendent and the
principal of thewhite school, the
superintendent of public in
struction and Attorney Stuck
ey for their lectures and helpful
advice to them. Dr. J. G. Rob
inson of the A. M. E. church
and Prof. E. J. Wheeler, the
conductor, as well as Prof. 0.
Chatham, secretary and the
critic, came in for their share of
thanks.
The last day of the sesion was
marked by a visit from the Hon.
George B. Cook, state superin
tendent of public instruction.
Mr. Cook, in addressing the ne
gro teachers, said, in part:
“I am trying to do my best
as the head of the educational
work in the state to correct
some of the mistakes that have
been made in the past. There
was a time when the negro
teachers held out the statement
to every negro boy and girl that
the next step will be ‘you are go
ing to college’ and the result
has been that many have got
ten the wrong impression re
garding the intention of the
public school. Not more than
two per cent of the white people
succeed in getting a college ed
ucation, and the percentage is
not that large among the mem
bers of your race. It is foolish
anyway, to put notions in the
heads of the youths of your
race, (and the same thing I will
say about the white race), that
they must have Greek and Lat
in, when they are to make their
living in the fields and at the
carpenter’s bench and by lay
ing brick, and doing domestic
! service. One other mistake
I
that was made, when the public
i school system was inaugurated,
. not quite fifty years ago, you
I was given the same course of
1 study that was given to the
j white people, and the white peo
ple had been for centuries work
ing out these courses; you
should have begun where the
| white people begun and gradu
ally worked up to the present
system. The great majority of
your people must earn their liv
ing by doing manual and indus
trial labor, and I am doing all
that I can to give the negro
youths the benefit of public
help along industrial and agri
cultural lines. I have visited
Hampton Institute, and Tusko
gee several times, for the sole
purpose of getting information
so that I may be able to cor
rectly establish industrial
schools along the lines that they
are operated. ' The more than
600,000 negroes in this state can
be an important asset to the
state, and the more they are
trained along lines that prepare
them, to do such work that will
make them independent citizens,
the more will they be respected
by all citizens and the richer
will our state be as a whole. We
want the negro to become too
industrious, and too clean to
live in a shack and shanties, but
to get good homes, and keep
them clean, then the better
class of people for whom they
are to work wall not only pay
them better wages but will be
better prepared to protect them
and to help them in their strug
gle for their general uplift.”
Mr. L. S. Dunaway, the state
representative of the Arkansas
Gazette, addressed the institute,
and said he has been taking sub
scriptions for the Gazette at
negro conferences and conven
tions, and that if he was re
quested by the Gazette to take
subscriptions on the per centage
plan, he would take the negroes,
for he has found that if he sends
the paper to them on credit they
l invariably pay for it.
Mr. Stuckey spoke Of the pro
gress that has been made by
the negro teacher and other ne
groes in Jackson county during
the last thirty years. He helped
to organize the first county in
stitute that allowed negro
teachers to meet. He congrat
ulated the work that has been
done, and admonished the negro
against indiscriminately mix
ing with those of his race that
are criminals and immoral. He
said: “We white people find
'that in too many cases you
take into'your society and as
' sociate with those thugs and
! bums that loiter around the
\ streets and get in jail, and shoot
| craps and do other deeds
! place them out of the pale of
j respectability. When you draw
j the line, and put out from a
mong you that class, then the
I better white people will ever
j stand ready to help you in every
i way possible to lift yourself up.”
I
! State Superintendent Cook
asked Dr. J. G. Robinson to say
! a few words. Dr. Robinson
said:
i
“You white gentlemen can
not appreciate how much these
negro teachers thank you for
the honest and straightforward
advice you have given them to
day. A great mistake was
made with the negro immediate
ly after the war. He was given
work and places that he ought
to be given only as he became
competent to hold them. His
education has been backward,
and as a result I find that in the
North that ninety per cent of
the negroes that are caught in
the clutches of the law are a
j class of negroes who left the
I South with a mistaken notion
of conditions there. I want to
assure you that I mingle with
all classes of the race, and the
politician has done us much
i harm by proclaiming that the
j negro seeks social equality. No,
, the negro does not think about
j social equality. He knows that
the lines are drawn. What the
' teachers and preachers are try
ing to do is, wre wrant to teach
our people sobriety, honesty, in
dustry and have them so con
j duct themselves as to get the
[help and protection of the bet
ter class of white people, so
that we may live in peace and
harmony, and enjoy the fruits
of our toil.
We want the better class of
white people to come to our res
cue when we are misrepresent
ed, by putting out of business
such joints as are run on the
streets of our cities that are a
disgrace to common society. The
law is in me nanas oi me wnite
man, and when dance halls are I
open on the public highway, and
dirty and fiithy songs and
dances are indulged in, they
corrupt all, and cause the white
people to look upon us all alike,
but we are powerless to stop
them.
“Arkansas is a Garden of E
den for the negro, and with such
men as our county superintend
ent, and Stat/e Superintendent
Cook, and the rest of thes gen
tlemen here, if we take advan
tage of their advice, and go to
those industrial schools, and
learn to do the work they teach,
and ao clean up our bodies and
homes that you will only know
a negro community by seeing
the faces of the prsons who live
in the houses, and not by tin
pans and pots, and dirt and
trash, then a new era will hark
forth for the race, and as this
news bi*eaks forth for the ne
; gro, it will also be a comfort to
1 the white man. For as long as
we are down, all the civilzation
of the state is to that extent
held down, and the measure that
crime and disease are eradicat
ed from among us, in that meas
ure will the whole people be bet
tered.”
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