THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
front St„ NEWPORT, ARK.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For County Judge.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of W. D. Mc
Lain for the office of county and pro
bate judge of Jackson County, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri
mary.
For Treasurer.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of John H.
Camp for the office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of Jesse W.
Shuford for the office of Treasurer of ■
Jackson County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
Tell Them Your Position.
The Board of Equalization has
only started upon its work in
Jackson county, raising many
assessments in the Northern
part of the county to 33 1-3 per
cent of real values. This is the
basis adopted for the whole
county and the board seeks to
make the burden uniform by
equalizing upon this ratio of as
sessed to real values. In New
port, they will probably be gov
erned by the will of the people in
allowing a higher rate of assess
ment to stand, if the tax payers
will ask it, which by the way is
asking a good deal- Not many
men or communities make such
requests.
But in this city, these assess
ments have stood for a good
mlany years in most cases. The
people recognizing the needs of
their schools and city, were will
ing to make them upon a 50 per
cent valuation or nearly that.
The need of our school is just as
great now as in the past; in fact
greater, for a $45,000 bond issue
must be gradually retired and in
terest paid upon this debt.
The Board of Equalization
want an expression from the
people here either by visit in
person, by letter or post card.
The importance of having these
men realize the necessity for our
present valuations, can hardly
be overestimated and the Inde
pendent again urges that the po
sition of our tax-payers in their
public spirit and desire to sup
port our schools, city and county
government through assessed
valuations placed largely of
their own accord upon their
property be communicated to
V
this board,whose ratio of assess
ment applied to this city, will
mean a loss of several thousand
dollars to our school revenue
and make it impossible to con
duct our city schools.
Close the schools of Newport
and you will have vacant houses
and vacant store rooms upor ev
ery street and the property own
er is short-sighted indeed, who
would not accord to schools and
the education of our children
the necessary revenues. Schools
are an investment, whose pro
duct is the citizenship of tomor
row. And in the quality of our
citizenship, their capability and
character, the fathers and moth
ers are not alone concerned, but
property owners as well, for the
stability of our popular govern
ment is dependent upon an ed
ucated citizenship.
A circus twice a week is not
such a bad pace even for a good
business town like Newport.
The citizens of Grand Glaize
not only caught the good roads
fever, but surpassed the accom
plishments of Newport and Bate
man Township. When good
roads days are set apart next,
year, the whole county ought to
respond.
It has been openly charged
that Eugene Williams reinstate
ment as treasurer of the St
Francis levee board was due to
his influence with Governor
Hays, who would follow his re
commendations in the appoint
ment of board members. The
statement is doubtless extreme,
but Governor Hays ought to be a
bit more emphatic and courag
eous in assuring the tax payers
of that district that he would
give them honest and represent
ative government of its affairs.
Bishop Hoss was quoted by
the newspapers the other day as
saying that no minister was a
gentleman who smoked. Now
there are many good ministers
who do smoke and they were in
dignant until they found that
the bishop Had been misquoted.
What the bishop did say, was
that ministers who were gentle
men would not smoke in homes
where offensive to their hosts.
Such a modest statement as this
ought never to have been worth
space even from a man of high
position and renown.
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Last week the Independent
contained in its correspondence
page, what two progressive citi
zens were doing to better their
public roads. In the northern
part of Bird Township, J. W.
Lindley was Having a gumbo
I your Harvest money I
IS In this bank
I Look at these two men. They have .been to market their I
I cotton. One put his money in the bank and the other did If
I not. Tliey were held up on their way home. The silly fel- If1
f low who wanted to take his money home had to ^deliver” Ij
I to doe robbers. The other was able to give them the laugh I ,C
I —his money was in the bank. I
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dirt hauled upon the heavy sand
places along the road and in the
southern part of that township
A. J. Goetz was building a good
roadway by hauling sand with
which to get a binding surface
for a clay road. Both working
for the betterment of their roads
and neither drawing one cent
from the county.
The example of these citizens
is to be commended and will en
list the interest and similar
work of other men in different
parts of the county. The man
who builds roads along his farm
is not only benefitting his com
munity but increasing the value
of his land. One mile of improv
ed roadway will not bring these
results, but one mile prompts
other men to build and improve
adjoining miles, until the sys
tem is complete, and a network
of good roads over any county
will increase the value of every
acre of land.
HAPPY WOMEN
Plenty cif Them In Newport, and
Good Reasons For It.
Wouldn’t any woman be happy,
After years of backache suf
fering,
Days of misery, nights of un
rest,
The distress of urinary trou
bles,
When she finds freedom.
Many readers will profit by the
following:
Mrs- E. M. Baker, W. Pleasant
St., Searcy, Ark., says: “Kid
ney trouble fastened itself upon
me in a mysterious way and I
ran down so rapidly that I was
in bad shape before I realized it.
I had backache and dizzy spells.
The kidney secretions were also
disordered and my joints swell
ed. When I was fortunate to
learn of Doan’s Kidney Pills, I
got a box and used them. They
soon gave me relief. I willingly
confirm my former endorsement
of this remedy.”
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.)
To Marry Arkansas Girl.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, Sept. 19—
Friends in Little Rock have re
ceived cards for the wedding of
Stanley Phillips and Miss Inez
Hudson at the Central Presby
terian church in Fayetteville,
October 1.
Miss Hudson is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Alexan
der Hudson of Fayetteville. Mr.
Hudson is a popular traveling
man.
Mr. Phillips and his brother
are the owners of the largest in
dividual buffalo ranch in the
world, located at Fort Pierre,
South Dakota, and they are also
extensive raisers of cattle and
horses. He was one of the
greatest foot-ball stars that
ever played on the University of
Arkansas team, and as such is
known throughout the state to
the lovers of athletics. He was
with the team from 1906 to
1910, and was captain two years,
one season .of the team being
recognized as the strongest in
the South. It was that season
that Coach Bezdek had a stand
ing challenge against Harvard,
Yale, Vanderbilt, Army, Navy
or any other team for post-sea
son games, and none ever took
it up.
Farmers Furnish The Apples.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, Sept. 19.— Five j
Darrels of apples donated by J
he farmers of Northwest Ar
;ansas are to be given away as
ne of the features of the pub
icity bureau to be conducted in
loston during the session of the ]
imerican Bankers’ Association
October 6-10.
George W. Rogers, cashier of'
1 Ladies, We Would Be Pleased
1 To Have You Call and See our New Fall Goods
Or At Least The Part Which Have |
Arrived.
Brocaded Velvet,
Brocaded Paon Velvet for trimmings. !
The new Mandaline light weight. j
Duryea stripes.
Diagonal Serges, 52 inches, all colors. 1
We cau Show You All The New Silks
in Corticelli and Pine Tree Mills.
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the Bank of Commerce of Little
Rock, will have charge with
others, of the work, and ex
pects great things from it. In a
letter to Commissioner John
H. Page he says:
“The bankers assure us that
the apples to be given away in
Boston by the Arkansas Public
ity Bureau will excel in every
way, shape and manner, the far
famed apple that tempted Mrs.
Adfim. We also expect to give
away as souvenirs in this great
cotton manufacturing center, 2,
500 open bolls of cotton and sam
ples of Arkansas’ wonderful
m-ineral resources to advertise
the great health and pleasure
resorts of the state.
The railroads will co-operate,
and furnish us wth a large a
mount of valuable Arkansas ad
vertising matter.”
Grant One Year Extension.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 19.—The
State Board of Railway Incorpo
ration Wednesday afternoon
granted an extension of time for
eight months to the Little Rock
and Argenta Railway Co., to
comply with the requirements of
the law’ for the construction of
one tenth of the proposed line.
It is for an industrial line in the
Industrial End of the city, and is
being promoted by local inter
ests. The charter was granted
in May, 1912. One year more is
given.
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LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
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