THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Front St., NEWPORT, ARK.
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The houseboats occupying the
river front above the water sup
ply of this city, are a menace to
public health and ought to he
removed. When they are re
moved, there ought to be some
means of keeping them away
and from further polluting our
water supply- The powers of a
board of health have always
been recognized as sufficient to
rid the city of such danger to
public health and the present
hoard’s attention is earnestly in
vited to thi« source of sickness,
and it ought not to take the
sickness and death of our people
from typhoid and such diseases,
in order to get action against
such a menace.
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Some Oratory.
“The age of chivalry has gone,
and that of sophisters, econom
ists and calculators succeeded,”
wailed the eloquent Edmund
Burke, and it may be true, but
surely the age of orators abides
with us. We have grown smug
and pragmatic, and it is not con
sidered good form to manifest
emotion whose fountains are
sealed. But every now and then
a Moses suddenly appears who
smites the rock with his rod, and
commands the living waters to
flow. Congressman Heflin, of
Alabama, played Moses the oth
er day when he was asking con
gress to issue the money direct
based on warehouse certificates
duly bonded and secured, and in
doing so thus apostrophised
King Cotton:
“Cotton has done more to
maintain America’s credit
abroad and to keep it on a sound
financial basis than all other
commodities combined. The
failure of no one crop would so
affect the world as the failure of
the cotton crop.
“Upon the cotton plant and its
snowy offspring rests the finan
cial structure of this govern
ment. Destrop this crop for one
year and you will take out of cir
culation a hundred millions more
money than the entire national
hank eurrencv of the United
States. Destroy the cotton crop
for one year and you wil paral
yze the financial institutions of
our country. In the catalogue of
commodities cotton is the master
production, the most readily
cashed and the most widely
consumed among the great sta
ples of the earth. Cotton is the
onlv product in the kingdom of
agriculture every pound of which
is converted into money; and ev
ery dollar’s worth of which con
tributes to the financial wealth
of the United States. Cotton un
locks foreign vaults and brings
gold into our country when all
other products fail. This brings
to America every year more
gold than the world’s annual
output. A hundred and forty
twQ million spindles look to the
cotton belt of the United States
for their cotton supply.
As the rulers of old went to
Solomon for wisdom, the cotton
using countries of the earth
must come to us for the where-'
with to be clothed. In the iigiv
»f these truths regarding cot
ton, I declare to you that there
is no safer or sounder basis on
which to isue currency for a
limited time than on certificate.i ;
represented by lint cotton, baled
and stored in insured or bonded
warehouses. No insect pest^&n
harm it.
“It can be preserved for a hun
dred years or more, and its splen
did fibre will be just as good for
spinning purposes as the day it
was stored in the warehouse.
Who can say then, that the cur
rency' issued on baled cotton at \
half its value is not as good as ;
municipal bonds or railroad
bonds on yvhich Secretary Cortel- (
you isued currency for the rail- j
roads? In the last days of the
Confederacy our fathers in the |
cotton belt arranged yvith En- j
gland to take $15,000,000 of
bonds based purely and wholly,
singly and simply on cotton. If
England thought enough of cot
ton to take $15,000,000 worth of
cotton bonds in time of war,what
think we of this prince of Amer-;
ican products, as a basis (of halt j
its value) on which to issue lim
ited currency in times or peace.
“Provide for the issuance of
limited currency on cotton certif
icates and you will deliver the
cotton producers of the South
out of the clutches of the most
merciless band of bear gamb
lers that ever cursed a free coun
try. You will enable our farm
ers to obtain a fair and reasona
ble price for this great Ameri
can product. It is but fair and
.just that warehouse certificates
of baled cotton be treated by
these reserved banks with as
much consideration as any other
merchantable paper. It is safe
and sound, just and right that
they should.”
Very eloquent and very true.
I perhaps, but beautifully imprac
jticable, and such arguments may
do harm. The country is on the
eve of a very necessary currency
reform, and it should not be di
verted from its purpose by, the
introduction of new issues and
ideas, no matter how wise and
beneficial they may be. Let us
j take what we can get at the
present time, and be satisfied,/
and later on we can improve upon
it if we find it desirable to do so.
A great many reforms have been
prevented by over enthusiastic
people who knew nothing of
do too much.—Memphis News
do to much.—Memphis News
Scimitar.
The Architect.
President Wilson will press a
button that opens thegreat pow
er house at Keokuk, la., on Aug.
26. Here the biggest river in
the world has been thoroughly
harnessed, and 300,000 horse
power developed. The gearing
is all in order, and the president
will only have to say, “giddap”.
,The engineering feat at this
point is something marvelous.
For twelve miles up the river,
there is what is called the Des
Moines rapids, and the fall in
this distance is twenty-three
feet. The .water is turned into
tubes, and made to revolve ob
structing turbine wheels, which
in turn produce electrical ener
gy. One hundred years ago this
feat would have been considered
an unrealized dream- Originally
it was a dream of the architect,
who must have had day dreams
of the imagination in which he
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Forrest City-Memphis Highway.
Forrest City, Aug. 18.—The
Forrest City-to-Memphis high
way will be open about Septem
ber 1, according to Reuben G
Dye of the State Highway Com
mission, who spent the latter
part of the week in this county
co-operating with those behind
the project. Mr. Dye inspect
ed the highway Friday and will
go over the road again Monday,
accompanied by State Highway
Engineer E. A. Kingsley and As
sistant Engineer W. C. High.
Two bridge sites, one at Crow
creek, about three miles east of
this city, and the other at Black
fi ;h bayou, about 29 miles out
will be visited for the purpose
of making surveys for bridges
at those points.
Ihe part of the highway not
yet open on the Forrest City end
between Shell lake and the bay
ou, a distance of about four
miles, will be laid out and con
structed under the supervision
of Assistant Engineer Hight
next week. ,
The highway from Forrest
was constructed by Judge Eu
gene A. Rolfe, with convict labor
and the remainder through the
counties of Cross and Critten
den, is being constructed with
donations made by the people
of this city. About 35 men are
employed daily on the work.
25 MILES COMPLETED.
Twenty-five miles oL the road
on the Forrest City side of
Blackfish bayou is now com
plete. The road from Forrest
City to Madison is well graveled,
and the culverts are of concrete.
At Madison the St. Francis riv
er is spanned by a steel bridge.
From Madison the old river road
is used, but will be abandoned,
going directly east to Widener,
thence north to the military
road.
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STEADFAST CONFIDENCE
The Following Statement Should
Form Conclusive Proof of
Merit to Every Newport
Reader.
Could stronger proof of the
merit of any remedy be desired
than the statements of grateful
endorsers who say their confi
dence has been undiminished by
lapse of time? These are the
kind of statements that are ap
pearing constantly in your local
papers about Doan’s Kidney
Pills. They are twice-told and
confirmed with new enthusiasm
Can any reader doubt the fol
lowing? It’s from a Batesville
resident:
Mrs. Susan A. Alexander,
Main St., Batesville, Ark., says:
“I suffered from a dull ache in
the small of my back and had
dizzy spells and blurring of my
sight- I always felt tired and
lanquid and could hardly get up
in the morning. Doan’s Kidney
Pills rid me of the trouble soon
after I began using them. I ad
vise a trial of this remedy in all
cases of kidney complaint. My
former endorsement of Doan’s
Kidney Pills' still holds good. I
think just as highly of them to
day as ever.”
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s
—and take no other. (adv.)
RUB-MY-TISM
Will cure your Rheumatism
Neuralgia. Headaches, Cramps,
Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Curs and
Burr.', O'd Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. iseptic Anodyne, used in
temauy and externally. Price 25c.
Robinson Champions Clayton.
Washington. Aug. IS. The
first!— actual break in the Dem
ocratic opposition to seating
Henry D. Clayton, Governor O'
Neal's appointee to the senate,
succeeding the late Senator
Johnston, of Alabama, was made
today by Senator Robinson of
Arkansas, who issued a public
statement taking the position
that the governor had the pow
er to appoint under the new
seventeenth amendment. Clay
ton was waiting to present his
credentials to force a test.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE *
IRON MOUNTAIN
SOUTH BOUND
No. 3 leaves.5:20 p. m.
I No. 29 (arrives 6:28) departs
at.5:38 a. m.
No. 5 leaves...5:00 a. m.
; No. 17 leaves.5:20 a. m.
No. 7 leaves.9:02 a. m.
i No. 23 (arrives 7:47) leaves 8:05 p. m.
No. 91 (local freight) leaves 8:25 a. m.
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.10:45 p. m.
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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.6:18 a. m.
No. 245 (local freight) arrives
.9:40 a. m.
ROCK ISLAND.
| No. 607 arrives 12:35 p. m.
No. 608 departs 1:50 p. m.
Local freight arrives Monday, VV ed
nesday and Friday; departs Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
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SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Bsing Constantly Supplied With
Thedtord’s Black-Draught.
McDuff, Va.—“I suffered for several
j'ears,” says Mrs. j. B. Whittaker, ol
ihis place, “with sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago a friend told me to try
Thedford’s Black-Draught, which 1 did,
and 1 found it to be the best family medi
cine for young and old.
I keep Black-Draught on hand all the
time now, and when my children feel a
little bad, they ask me for a dose, and it
does them more good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have a long spell of sick
ness in our family, since we commenced
using Black-Draught.”
Thedford’s Black-Draught is purely
vegetable, and has been found to regu
late weak stomachs, aid digestion, re
lieve indigestion, colic, wind, nausea,
headache, sick stomach, and similar
symptoms.
It has been in constant use for more
than 70 years, and has benefited more
than a million people.
Your druggist sells and recommends
Black-Draught. Price only 25c. Get a
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Malaria or Chills & Fever
Prescription No. 666 is prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS A. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c
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2 p. m. to 5 p. m.
Office Telephone 207
No. 666
This is a prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS «i. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. it acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does no* gripe or sicken. 25 '
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This is a prescription prepared especial*
for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVE*
Five or six doses will break any case, ai*
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will n*
return. It acts on the liver better thi*
Calomel and does not £ripe or sicken, 2*
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t With the same hope of success, that motorist and I-"'^
s SAVED his money— I did not. .Now HE lives his old age in
Iwith automobiles and servants—I am nearly starving—00
world’s scrap heap. We had the same chance.
Reader, save while there is yet time. Open a bank acc
here today—a dollar wil be sufficient.
ARKANSAS BANK &