TIE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Sftront St., NEWPORT, ARK.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Daily—Singl* copy, 5 easts; p*r
tr**k, 10 cents; per month, 40 cents;
r* year, $4.50 in advance, by carrier
city, by mail in country.
Weekly—$1.00 per year, payable in
advance.
Entered at the pestoffie*, Newport,
Arkansas, as secoil class mail mat
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE!"*.
Tor Congress—
W. A. OLDFIELD
For Circuit Judge—
R. E. JEFFERY
For Prosecuting Attorney—
HUGH WILLIAMSON
For Representative—
W. M. SHAVER
For County Judge—
W. D. McLAIN
For Sheriff—
J. F. McCUISTION
For Circuit Clerk—
C. E. SMITH
For County Clerk—
G. L. ROBINSON
For Treasurer—
J. H. CAMP
For Assessor—
W. M. TIMS
For Surveyor—
J. H. AITKENS
Tor Coroner—
W. H. NOLEN
For School Superintendent—
E. H. BOWMAN
For Justices of Peace—
J. M. BELL
L. B. HARRIS
For Constable—
TERRY GUIN
For Road Overseer—
W. F. HURLEY
PUBLICITY LAW
TO BE INITIATED
Measure Has Required Number
Of Petitioners and Will Be
Submitted to Voters in
September Election
Following is the full text of
the proposed publicity law which
will be voted upon at the Sep
tember election. Read the bill
carefully in order that you may
be able to vote intelligently up
on it when you make out your
ballot in the state election.
THE PUBLICITY BILL.
“An act to reduce the ex
pense of publishing measures
submitted under the authority
of amendment No. 10 to the con
stitution; providing for the
publication of all general acts of
the general assembly; for giv
ing publicity to the orders of
certain boards and the expendi
ture of public money, and for
other purposes.”
Be it Enacted by the People of
the State of Arkansas:
Section 1.—That not later
than the first Monday of the
third month before any regular
' general election at which any
proposed law, part of an act or
Amendment to the Constitution
or measure referred is to be
submitted to the people, the Sec
retary of State shall cause to be j
published in one newspaper in j
each county, for twenty days, a
;true copy of the title and text
'of each measure to be submit
ted, with the number and form
| in which the ballot title thereof
will be printed on the official
ballot.
Section 2. After ninety days
from the final adjournment of
each session of the General As
sembly, the Secretary of State
shall cause to be published in
one paper in each county of the
state a synopsis of all general
laws enacted by such General
Assembly, except those upon
which the referendum has been
invoked. Such synopsis to be
prepared by the Attorney Gener
al. Such publication shall be
for ten days, the first not la
ter than one hundred days from
the final adjournment of the
General Assembly
Section 3. The Secretary of
the Arkansas Railroad Commis
sion shall cause to be published
one time, in one paper in each
county in the state, all general
orders of the Commission.
Section 4. Immediately af
ter the adjournment of the
County Board of Equalization
each year, the County Clerk
shall cause to be published one
time in one newspaper published
in such county a summary of the
proceedings of the Board, giv
ing a description of all property
upon which the assessment v?as
| increased or decreased, the
name ot the owner or such prop
erty, the amount which was re
turned by the assessor and the
assessments thereon as fixed by
the Board; also, a , list of all
property placed upon the tax
books by the Board. And imme
diately after the adjournment
of the October term of the
County Court each year, the
clerk thereof shall cause to be
published one time, in one news
paper published in such county,
a summary of the orders of the
County Court in all cases where
| the court changes the assess
ments as fixed by the Board of
Equalization, giving the name
of the owner of the property,
the amount of assessment as
fixed by the Board and the
amount as fixed by the County
Court. ,
Section 5. Immediately after
the close of each regular and
special term of the County
Could, the clerk thereof shall
cause to be published one time,
in one paper published in such
county, a list of all claims al
lowed against the county and
the road districts thereof, to
whom allowed, and for what
purpose, and the amount..
Section 6. All County Clerks
who are not on a salary shall re
ceive ten cents per hundred
words for the services required
under Sections 4 and 5.
Section 7. The County “Com
missioners of Accounts” shall
lications, when the same have
been approved by the commis
sioners of the districts.
Section 10. The council of
every municipal corporation in
this state shall cause to be pub
lished one time, in the months
of January and July, in one pa
per published in the municipal
ity. a full financial report of the
affairs of the municipality, giv
ing a detailed statement of all
funds received and from what
source; of all money expended,
to whom paid, and for what pur
pose, during the preceding six
months; such statement shall
also show the amount of all in
debtedness. If there is no paper
published in the municipality,
the publication shall be made in I
a paper published nearest to
such municipality- Where a mu
nicipality is governed by
a commission, the publica
tions shall be made by them. All
accounts for publication requir
ed by this section shall be ap
proved by the council or com
missioners and paid by the mu
nicipality.
Section 11. The officials who
are required by this Act to cause
the publications to be made may
cause, the same to be made in
more than one paper when pos
sible to secure more general
publicity without additional ex
pense.
Section 12. In all counties in
which there are cities of the
first-class, the publication here
in provided for shall be made in
one established daily newspap
er of general circulation, pro
vided such a newspaper exists,
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and in the absence of such a
newspaper, publication shall be
made in a weekly newspaper
published in said county.
Section 13. Every person
who shall fail to comply with the
provisions of this Act shall be
fined in any sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars.
Section .14. All laws and
parts of laws in conflict here
with are hereby repealed, and
this Act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its pas
sage.
CLARKE FORCES
CONTROL CONVENTION
(Continued from page one.)
to the Governor naming the
temporary officers, as has been
the custom in the past, but Gov.
Hays has steadfastly declined to
make any comments for publica
tion.
The Senatorial contest is the
biggest thing that has been
pulled off in a state convention j
since the inauguration of the di-:
rect primary system. Judge j
Kirby will make a strong fight, !
but Senator Clarke does not feel j
in the least uneasy.
Marking Arrival of Ago,
When I get to be old I ain’t goln'
to And it out by countin' up to Bee,
nor by my whlsksrs, nor by my gums,
nor none of them signs. They’ll all
fool you. No, sir! But one of these
times I'll get throwed down, and I
won’t bounce back. Then I’ll know j
it’t all over. When a man gets that :
way, he’s old. Old, see? It don’t I
make any difference how much longer I
he livea after that, he don’t ever get j
any older.—"Billy Fortune."
Sizing Him Up.
When you call the average young |
man honest ha Is likely to feel a mild |
sort of gratlAcation When you call
him competent his chest begins to
bulge When you call him a heart
breaker he aiapB you on the shoulder
and gives you to understand that ha
considers you a person of remarkable ,
perception and unerring Judgment j
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cause to be published one time, j
in one paper in the county, a
copy of all the report which they
are required to make to the Cir
cuit Court
Section 8. All annual reports
of the commissioners of special
improvement districts shall be
published one time in one news
paper published in the munici
pality in which the district ex
ists.
Secton 9. The fees allowed
for the publication provided for
in this act shall not exceed one-1
half of the legal rate provided
for by law for the publication of ,
legal notices, except in cases of !
newspapers having a sworn
circulation of more than five
thousand when full legal rates
shall be paid. All accounts for
publication required by Sections
1 and 2 of this Act, when ap
proved by the Governor, Audi- ;
| tor and Secretary of State, con- j
jstituting the State Printing j
, Board, shall be paid by the state;
jail accounts under Section 3
| shall be paid by the state when
{approved by the Railway Com
mission; all accounts for pub
lications required by Sections 4,
5 and 7 shall be paid by the
county in which such publica
tions are made, when the same
are approved by the County
Court, and the respective “Levy
ing Courts” are hereby author
ized to make appropriations for
that purpose; all accounts for
publication under Section 8
shall be paid by the improve
ment districts making the pub
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Cotton Chopping Sale
BEGINS SATURDAY, MAY 23
On account of the backward season, we must convert
a large part of our stock into cash at once.
MEN’S PANTS. SHOES AND OXFORDS.
$1.25 work pants will be _ , , _ , , ,
, , , One lot Childrens low shoes
made at only ..93c , . ,
, , _ 51..o ar.d $l.o) values for
$2.00 Worsted Pants, made
rAr Dair.. •..,?5C
with tunnel belt loops—
in this sale .$1.39 Or.e Lot Ladies’ Low Shoes,
$3.00 Serge Pants, all wool $2.50 and $3 50 values, brok
tailored . $2.33 er» sizes, while they last. .$1.49
fjq $3.50 and $4.00 extra well „ _ . _
SOi , _ , , , . $2.25 Webster Low Shoes.
C3 tailored pants, during cotton , ,,
Dfl . , extra values.
[uc chopping sale ... .$2.93
|| $S.OO pants in serges and light $2.30 Mary Jane Pumps, in
IF patterns, only .$4.33 this sale.$1.33
These are only a few of the many bargains we have
for you. Remember the day, SATURDAY, MAY 23rd
The Place
J. D. Carvell ® Co.
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jconomical fan made, the choice
:f particular fan buyers.
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'sjl For ten days we are offering the best cultivator made oy B.
SB F. AVERY & SON, on the mark t We are also making you a §ps
H§ special price of $22.50. It is known as the Southern Queen. |ijjj
Jjj§ The regular price was $27.50, and you must remember if . > ou
jgl should ever need any part of this cultivator you can get it a%
^jp our place. ||i
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write to
CHAS. B. SLOAT,
Assistant General Passenger
Agent
LITTLE ROCK, ARK
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The checks you give f urnish a receipt with each pay
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