iffCOUNTIES
l^arter Dollars
'^mm Paid For Roads
"■•Construction.
JSSch 20.—Hi^h
[■*' in the aggregate
jBjj a quarter million
KJcourse of c-onstruc
■counties of the state
■ immediate supervis
■state Highway Com
Spiere are nine dis
with a total mil
■ wiles, and in some
■ contracts have al
•et and the work has
■ The highways are
•inced type of rnacad
^Kcts are located as
^Klaski county, two
•5 miles; Lonoke
• districts, 15 miles;
•ntv county highway
■Smiles; Greene coun
jKjct, 25 miles; Lin
S two districts, 34
Band county, one dis
Bes; total 9 districts,
■At an average cost of
■mile, this represents
■$1,236,000 for actu
Bfe construction,
■mission is also super
B construction of two
Brete bridges in Jack
Band one in St. Fran
■one steel bridge at
At Parsonage.
iRegli of Joplin, Mo.,
Effie Churchwell were
1 the Baptist parson
lay evening at 8:30
Grumbles officiating
triage was witnessed
lily and two or three i
tag a very quiet af
li is an express mes
the White river road,
ere and Joplin, while
»ho is a very pretty
live young lady, has
the Wolff-Goldman
Company for some
land Mrs. Regli wii
! Newport until the
1 their home will be
iependent joins their
friends in conge1
watches guaranteed
'spection, in 20 year
$30 at Palace Jew
95b6t
KJ Pictures
Opera House
BIANCA
from persecution from
f 0Verseer, two lovers
®nd happiness in Cal
lows the orange
California- Margaret
*°rge Cooper and Mr.
'“MVITAGRAPH)
^ARRASSMENT of
Riches
?°°d comedy, showing
°f a poor man to a
*■ Edward O’Conner,
aad Gladys Hulette,
&s.
(EDISON)
!W0 COWARDS
“*®nt drama.
(LUBIN.)
8IOn> 5c and 10c
1
1,500 Members In School Parade
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 19.—It is ‘
expected there will be 1,500 men
and boys in the Sunday School
parade that is being planned for
the twenty-sixth annual Sunday
School Convention to be held in
Little Rock April 28-30. Every
Sunday School in the city has
been invited and great enthusi
asm is being aroused among the
Sunday School workers of this
city.
Active preparations for the
meeting are under way by the
Superintendents Union. There
will be a school of methods for
the different divisions, a great
demonstration and parade of
Adult Organized Classes, and
separate meetings for men and
w'omen, with the best platform
speakers the country affords.
There will be simultaneous
meetings, and noon and night
luncheons of the different divis
ions. E. O. Excell, the great
singer, and his pianist, Mr. Ro
per, will have charge of the mu
sic.
There will be a nominal regis
tration fee of one dollar, which
will entitle the holder to pro
gram, badge, reserved seat in
the convention, lodging and
breakfast, and a year’s subscrip
tion to the Sunday School Her- ,
aid.
The Hog Law An Issue.
Walnut Ridge, March 19.—A 1
second city ticket was nominated
in Walnut Ridge last night to be
voted on April 7. The ticket is: i
For mayor, Ben F. Graff; fori
recorder, E. L. Moore; for;
treasurer, Dolph Sloan; for coun-;
cilmen, W. A. Dowell, Ed Henry, |(
J. E. Gooch, J. D. Phelps, S. E.
Spikes. The platform upon'
which this ticket goes before the ‘
town is the enforcement of the j (
hog law; to have the books of
the town audited and published, i
and to put the city on a cash ba
sis.
Hats Cleaned And Blocked.
Old hats made new again. Now
is the time to have your old
spring hats made new. All work
guaranteed- Phone 78. Bee
Robinson.__87dtf |
RATE CASES
ARE COMPROMISED
With Rock Island And $100,000
Now Available In Re
funds.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 20.—The
compromise of the rate case by
the state with the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific, was a
great victory for the shippers
and passengers. The Rock Is
land had actually tried the two
cent rate, and the two and a
half cent rate too, and had fig
ures to present to the court
showing they were not compen
satory, hence this railroad
would have had a better show
ing in court than did the other
railroads. Had the railroad won
in court, it would have been no
setter off, however, for it must
compete with the Cotton Belt
md Iron Mountain, and the
highest court in the land has de
creed that they can charge no
nore than two cents per mile
for haulinfr nasseneers. and the
freight tariff fixed by the state
on all other business handled.
By the compromise, $100,000
Is immediately placed in the
lands of the state, to be refund
'd to the shippers who paid ov
ercharges while the suit was
lending in the courts. If the
daims amount to more than
5100,000, the shippers will be
forced to pro rate the sum paid
n by the railroad. There have
oeen no claims filed with the
?pecial master, but the compro
nise will open the proposition,
ind when the freight claims are
id.iusted, the shippers will get
;heir money. This is not the
condition with the Iron Moun
ain and Cotton Belt, where the
daims have been filed, for these
'ailroads are resisting the
daims.
The passengers who saved
their coupons, will figure in the
530,000 allowed for overcharges
on passenger fares- This will
not be paid in cash, but in mile
age. If the claims total more
than the amount, this too will be
h question for pro rating. By
this settlement, the passengers
on the Rock Island, who were
WHICH TAX WILL YOU PAY?
1 1 *11 1_ -__ ^ AVI
$220,000 spent lor roaa re- i
pairs under our present system | j
has been money wasted.
It’s worth $5.00 to haul one j
bale of cotton from Grubbs to 1
Newport. The price was paid
last winter.
From Grubbs to Newport over
the old road is 17 miles; over the .
Road Improvement plan the
distance will be four miles less. :
It cost one man in the county
more to haul one bale of cotton
from Grubbs to Newport than j
the cotton buyer had to pay to j
have the same bale hauled by j
rail to Boston
Mud holes in the road don’t I
cost anything. The horses and
wagons make them.
Mud holes help wear out your j
wagons, help break harness, help j
kill your teams. VOTE FOR
ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
A ditch beside a road is a good
thing, but a ditch across a road
costs more than a road tax of 5
mills. Vote for Road Improve
ment.
Do you pay a road tax oi o
mills for no roads? Then why
not pay 5 mills and get macad
am roads? Vote for Road Im
provement.
Remember, 1 ‘4les of rock
oatls, uunt vy tumpti-viiv
jineers, 3 miles only to a good
'oad. Be a booster. Vote for
ji.t d ? oads.
Grubbs to Newport, 17 miles,
oad, one bale of cotton; leave
-iome at 6 in the morning and
^et back home at 11 that night
—present plan.
New plan—Grubbs to Newport
14 miles, load 4 bales of cotton;
eave home at 6 in the morning
md get back home at 3 o’clock
n the afternoon. Vote for good
roads.
Jackson county roads, one
day’s travel, 14 miles; good
load, 1,000 pounds.
Macadam roads, one day’s trav
el, 30 miles; load 2,000 pounds.
$20,000.00 tax per year, nc
roads, $30,000 per year, 192
miles rock road. Vote for roac
improvement.
If rock roads don’t please you
move back three miles; then
will be some dirt roads left.
Come to see us. All right, a;
soon as the roads dry up—pres
ent plan.
Come to see us. All right, w<
will be there this afternoon
new plan. Vote for Road Im
nent
C. E- Crook.
saving enough with their cou-1
pons, will have an additional
ride coming. It has been sug
gested that the railroad run a :
seeing Arkansas special train,!
and haul those who have a ride
coming, over the Rock Island
iines to permit them to get a
good look at their own state.
The question of approving the
compromise will be put up to the
people who hold claims against
; the railroad. They will surely
approve, for it wifi mean cash to
ithem now, and a possibility, if
the case went to court, of the
state losing. It is a case of a
bird in hand or two in the bush.
Judge Joseph M. Hill, chief j
counsel for the state, and the
only one representing it now, I
engineered the compromise, and 1
1 considers it a remarkably good
i one? By it the shippers' will re
: ceive from 35 to 50 per cent of
their claims.
- j
Boone Stubblefield Manager.
The Standard Oil Company j
will enter this field fot business
in about ten days, having a con- j
tract with D. B. Stubblefield to !
manage the plant and look after
business in this territory.
The company has just com
pleted a good brick building be
tween the oil mill and electric
light plant and proposes to go
after business in this section, i
C. 0. Scholder, district mana
ger of the Standard Oil Com
pany, was here from Memphis
Friday with R. L. Harrison and
T. B. Sanders. They are to be
congratulated in securing fb«
services of Mr. Stubblefield, who
is held in esteem by our bmu
ness men and the public gcm>r
nlll*
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To The Ladies.
The members of the Men’s
Forward Movement of Newport
wish to extend to the ladies of
our town a special invitation to
attend the service next Sunday
afternoon at 3 p. m.. We wish
you to enter into the spirit of
the movement among men in !
the evangelization of the world, !
an organization which is world- '
wide in scope and interest.
Give us the pleasure of your i
presence next Sunday afternoon ;
and we shall be delighted. You
will be blessed and long remem
ber the speaker and his address.
Prison Term For Careless Man.
Walnut Ridge, March 19.—Ol
lie Dye was found guilty of in
voluntary manslaughter in the
Circuit Court today and was sen
tenced to six months in the pen
itentiary for shooting his com
panion, Lige Crider, while hunt
ing.
Dye and Crider, living at Ali
cia, went coon hunting one
! night, and it is said they decid
ed a coon was up a certain tree
and Crider agreed to climb the
tree- For some unknown cause
Dye shot into the tree and killed
His companion.
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Big Purchase Of Timber.
Mountain View, March 19.—
The Ozark National Forest has
closed its second big timber deal
with the Chess and Wymond
Company of Louisville, Ky.
More than 1,500,000 feet of
white oak timber on Tomahawk
. I creek was sold the Kentucky
company.
t The price paid was $4 per 1,000
. feet, the highest price ever paid
for timber in this county. Of
> the sum realized, 25 per cent
goes to the school and road fund
of the county and an additional
10 per cent goes to the road
fund for the roads and trails in
the Ozark National Forest.
CLARKE WILL NOT !
LOSE 10 COUNTIES
Senator Clarke’s Friends Pre
dict Magnificent Majority In
Pulaski County.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 20—Sen
ator Clarke will not lost ten
counties in the primary next
week, and the counties he loses
will be by small majorities. He
will carry Pulaski, his home I
county, by fully five times the
number that Judge Kirby will !
receive in Miller his home coun- j
ty. It has been cleaimed by
friends of Senator Clarke, that
he could carry Miller coun*y if
he would speak in Texarkana. ,
Senator Clarke has declined to
do so, not believing in that
kind of politics, if his opponent
does.
It is no idle boast to place ,
Senator Clarke’s majority at
25,000 and that is the most con
servative estimate those famil
iar with political conditions over
the state will make. Most peo
ple expect Senator Clarke to
win by at least 40,000, and with
a large turnout on election day j
it will exceed that number.
Dr. Charles Hillman Brough.
Dr. C. H. Brough of the Uni
versity will deliver an address
under the auspices of the Men’s
Forward Movement Sunday af
emoon af 3 p. m., in the Meth
pst church. Dr. Brough has
Elected for the subject of the
■pfiress, “The Challenge of the
• 'ontry,”
!>r. Brough is a gifted schol
ar and a fascinating speaker,
there is about his style of
«fc.
'poech, the gruo- <J I,« ];.
si-, the .-’ipptb ’.vfsnl paru
Ten pie Craves ami the ra.
;.:i ! Iti: .tv >■.{ th< fritted Gr.-V
1 h . I s y.i I- a public ypiri
man and vitally interested
only in civic improvements, buy.
also in the culture of the immor
tal spirits of mankind. The pro
gram committee considers it a
rare privilege and a deep pleas
lire to present to the citizens of
Newport the distinguished,
teacher and philosopher.
Additional Local.
Waterman Ideal fountain pen
it Price’s Bookstore. 8-ldtf
Mesh bags, 6 inches ,$2.00, at
Palace Jewelry Store. dr
Knox mends shoes cheap. 11!
Walnut street. dlf
Miss Eva Graham is in Chica
go, selecting her Gage hats
which will be on display Tues
day, March 24th. di>
Tango Mesh Bags, at Palace
Jewelry Store. d&>
Mrs. Ernest Williamson «-.!
Fort Collins, Colorado, arrived
Wednesday to be the guest ol
her sister, Mrs. Harry Lee Wil
liams on Washington avenue.-—
Jonesboro Tribune.
Fresh oysters, 00 cents per
quart; ice cream, 35 cents per
quart at the Camille Cafe. 97d3
Don’t forget that Mrs. Minnie
Ralmaz will entertain Thursday,
March/ 26th, with a first showing
of spring millinery- 97d6
The ladies of Newport and
Jackson county are cordially in
vited to attend our spring millin
ery opening of 1914, Thursday,
March 26th.—Mrs. M. Balmaz.
97d6.
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Extra
Saturday
Special
One Day Only I
ALL WINTER WEIGHTS— ONLY 25
PAIRS LEFT of CROW N TROUSERS
$4.00, *5.00, $6.00
Values at
!!
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ITS A PURCHASING OPPORTUNITY. I
YOU MUST ACT QUICK. NONE CHARG
ED, ALTERED or EXCHANGED.
NEW SPRING CROWN TROUSRERS j
WILL BE OPENED NEXT WEEK.
Berger'S
"STA* CLOTH • hi G HOUSE
"The Quality Store."
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