THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
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To Set Apart Two Days.
Governor Hays is to be heart
ily commended for following the
excellent example of Gov. Ma
jors of Missouri in setting aside
two days this fall for good roads
work, in which all citizens,
townsmen and countrymen are
to be urged to enlist. While the
days have not been named, nor
proclamation issued, the gover
ernor has semiofficially at least
announced his intention and the
proposal will meet with enthusi
asm and support over I la* entire
state.
Many of I lie counties of this
state requested I lie governor to
set apart two days and in some
towns and sections, the idea of
ihe whole community giving it
self over on a certain day to
road building is not new. VVliat
are we going to do in Jackson
county, naturally suggests it
self.
Our county good roads associ
ation might define what work
and what roads are most essen
tial. That organization and the
-county judge should after the
governor has acted, issue addi
tional appeals to the people to
give the movement general in
terest and compliance.
In Missouri, business men and
corporations in the cities, who
could not give active service and
yet who are benefit ted by good
roads that promote trade just as
railroads do, donated the cash
with which to employ labor up
on these days. The business
men of Newport, who can’t givi
their time and the labor of their
Hands and bodies upon these
days, ought to be willing to con
tribute cash instead for the
placing of a man in the absent
tee’s place. As soon as the gov
ernor’s proclamation is issued,
the Independent would be glad
to receive such donations, make
public acknowledgment of them
and turn them over to the prop
ter authorities who shall be in
charge of this work
1ms city is perhaps more in
terested in the building of a
good roadway to Grubbs than
:any other such project, because
it means more to the business
Interests of the city, and it
might be well in so far as New
port is concerned to devote the
work to this road, for the road
ta\ money in Village Township
is not adequate togive anyof her
roads proper attention and
through this movement, much
outside help could be secured.
The road overseer or some
public spirited man. who has a
knowledge of road building,
should be in charge of the move
ment in each township or along
every certain number of miles
of a road. The whole movement
must be systematized and given
proper direction to prove bene
ficial and effect ual.
And one mistake that we now
make in the expenditure of our
road money should be rectified.
Don't let us try to cover too
many roads and too much terri
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tory, but rather to build well
that which we do build. Let s
make main roads and later the
by-roads and not try to cover all
roadways and thus fail in the
building of any.
Governor Mays is right when
he says “Nothing will build the
state more rapidly than good
roads.” He says goods roads is
a hobby with him. We hope it is, !
for if a man’s to have a hobby,
what better one could he have?
We all have our hobbies and if j
Governor Hays is thoroughly j
imbued with this “good roads”
hobby, he will do great good for
his state and his administration
in future years will be known as
that of the governor who turn
ed public attention and public
moneys to a cause, that ad vane-'
ed the interests of the whole !
people.
Let’s Smile Awhile.
The solemn-faced man is a nu-1
i isance
The man who cannot smile a ;
little at. times is another nui
sance.
I The woman with a grievance
, and a grouch belongs to the
j same school. They are both like
a grain of salt in the works of
!u watch; they throw the whole
j machine out of kelter and dis
arrange the affairs of everyone
with whom they come in con
tact.
One of the saddest and most
disagreeable things in a day’s
work is to have to pull against
the current of solemn, grave,
unyielding seriousness of these!
middle-aged, stony-faced men or
women who are taking life se
riously. When they come in
flocks and herds it would take a
steam lug towed by a traction
engine for anyone to get along
and make any headway against
such opposition.
We meet them everywhere, in
the oflices, in business, on the
trolleys and in automobiles. The
world centers in and on them;
I their worries are the only ones.
! and it is not meet or becoming
that a smile should break over
their countenances.
Life is all right.
There is nothing wrong with
the scheme of things.
The sun shines according to
Hoyle and the nights arrive on
time and give the electric light
people an opportunity for divi
dends. It rains because some
j All-Wise Intelligence built the
thing that way, and these things
linvp hppn o-nimr on for countless
1 ages—had been going on before
man screeched his primordial
way among the trees and swung
by his tail in a serious contem
plation of the cocoanut he had
dropped on the head of the sleep
ing ape at the foot.
As soon as he began to edu
j cate himself and acquired cloth
i es and a haircut, he began to
look around and to worry be
cause some one beat him to a
j patent on the way the world
I was built. Like all disappointed
j inventors he has been going a
i round ever since with a grouch
i and a solemn face, asserting that,
some one stole his idea of aj
world, and that he will still be
able some day to add his im-/
provements and work it the oth
er way.
1
Oil. ye solemn-faced owl! If j 1
you died today the sun would
rise tomorrow and mayhap your i
friends would heave sighs of re- 1
lief that its cheerful rays could
pass the place in which vou once !<
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ood and obstructed the light
and life others might have had.
Laugh a little sometimes. It
won’t hurt, and perhaps it may
f >r< stall a tragedy. -T. O. Bab -
rrtar. in Fort Worth Record.
Why Are These Things So?
The Memphis Commercal Ap- j
peal recently published a re
view of political conditions in |
Arkansas, Tennessee and Missis- i
sippi, showing a most disagree
able and disgusting situation in
all three states. The situation
in Arkansas is summed up as
follows:
“Over in Arkansas we have an
epidemic of elections.
“Joe Robinson ran for govern
or and Jeff Davis died. Then Joe ,
wanted Jeff’s place in the sen- j
ate and quit being governor be-!
fore he warmed his seat. And |
now he is in the senate. This j
made other elections and other j
pr maries necessary.
"Brundidge and Hays ran ;n a j
primary and the election was j
merely a contest of fraudulent
voting.
"Half a dozen unnecessary e
lections in Arkansas in the last
two years have cost the people
about $1,000,000.
“Most of these elections have
been brought about by politici
ans jumping from one office to
another.
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in tne mean tunc m
passes from one scandal to an
other of executive or legislative
incompetency and inefficiency.
And the the Commercial Ap
peal gives the following expla
nation of why these things ex
ist: “Because we elect men to
office who best play the game of
politics, and the fitness of these
men for the offices desired is a
minor incident.”—fort Smith
Times-Record
The Panic That Never Came.
O yes, it was all fixed. New
York banks were already talk
ing of heavy shipments of gold
abroad, scarcity of ready cash
and high rates of interest at
home, with dark hints at a pan
ic which necessarily follow such
conditions, but McAdoo spoiled
it all. He has millions of pub
lic funds to put out at 2 per
cent interest, and dares to do it.
It also develops that the big
New York banks are stuffed
with money. It’s the turning
of the lanes, which, under the
old regime, led to Wall street.
Their day for collecting tolls will
soon be ancient history.—Fort
Smith Times-Record.
M hole Meek rassea—.\o rar
dons.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 18.—An
other week has passed and Geo.
McCulloch of the Arkansas Su
\V. Hays has granted no parr
otlice it was openly charged
that he was under obligations to
so many leading politicians in
the various counties that he
would be forced to hand out par
dons by the dozens. He has
oeen solicited, and by some of
the strongest politicians of the j
it ate. but has not yielded.
"I have gotten by pretty lucky 1
io far,” says Gov. Hays, “and
lave shown the petitioners the
lardons they ask for are not so
irgent as they would have me
jelieve.”
The intricate pardon blank put
n use by Acting Governor Fu
rell, will be abandoned by Gov. (
days, as there are too many
luestions that cannot be ans
vered by the applicant, nor
ould they be filled in by attor- j
leys. The old style pardon ap-! _
►lication blank is simple enough i'
o be made out by anyone, and j
Governor Hays will rely upon it
n the future.
No. Six-Sixty-Six j
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Foot-Ball Coach Prepares Team
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 13.—Ra^eli
Kay, the former high school
star, who is now captain of die
University of Arkansas loot-j
ball team, has already departed
for Fayetteville to begin work j
with his squad, in order that
none of the fatal delays of 19x2 j
may be experienced. The new |
coach of the University is ex-,
pected to meet'Kay in Fayette-j
ville, and the work of lining up
the team will commence. It is j
expected that six of the 1912
players will return, making a
fair nucleus for the eleven. A
number of the old stars will be
absent however, and the cap- j
tain and coach desire to have .
things well in hand by the time :
the University opens, so they j
can make a quick selection from
among the new material.
The 1912 team was unable to
develop a satisfactory quarter
back until right at the close of
the season, and this year there
will be none of the old candi- j
dates back, so a new quarter- j
back must be broken in. It the j
coach is successful in seeming
another Fishback of Creekmoie,
the Razorbacks may be couiv
on to duplicate their feats of
1910 and 1911.
Woman’s Clubs Award Scholai
ships.
Special to Independent.
Fayetteville, Ark., Aug. 18.—
The scholarships offered by the
Federation of Woman s Clubs,
in the University of Arkansas,
have been awarded to Miss Ade
line Lincoln of V an Buren, and
Merlin Fisher of Hazen. The
winners are graduates of their
local high schools, and togeth
er with a number of others, took
the examination in the contest
for the scholarships. Miss Lin
coln scored the highest grade,
with Fisher a close second. The
scholarships pay the winners an
amount almost sufficient .o beat
all expenses of the year at tne
University.
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