The INDEPENDENT
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The Independent has been au
thorized to make the following
announcements of candidates,
subject to the action of the Dem
ocratic Primary.
For Congress—
W. A. OLDFIELD
For Prosecuting Attorney—
EARL C- CASEY
H. U. WILLIAMSON
.For County Judge—
W. D. McLAIN
JAMES H. JOHNSTON
JOHN A. MELVILLE
tO. W. SCARBOROUGH
For Sheriff—
J. F. McCUISTION
ABE BALLEW f
For Representative—
J. M. MARDIS
4 W.M. SHAVER ,T.
!• ; J.U.ARD ;
R. T. SIMMONS
For Treasurer—
JOHN H- CAMP
JESSE W. SHUFORD
J. M. IVY
J. I. HASTING
For School Superintendent—
H. L. LAMBERT
E. H. BOWMAN
J. M. BALCH
CL E. LAND ' . '
For Coroner— ' ’?• ■ "!.
HENRY GRANT V ]
J. T. CRAFT
W. H. NOLEN ’ " T
For Surveyor— !.T"
J. H. AITKENS. " * •
UNION TOWNSHIP
For Justice of Peace—
L. B. HARRIS
H. C. NUCKOLLS
'For Constable—
TERRY GUIN
CLYDE WOOD
CL M. IVY
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
For Road Overseer—
CLARENCE PENIX
CLAY ROBERTS
J. B. THOMPSON
MUNICIPAL OFFICES.
Subject to the Action of City
Primary, February 26.
For Mayor—
JOHN P. PAUL
A. T. HUBLY
For Recorder
B. G. GRAHAM
H. G. BRANDENBURG.
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For Marshal—
W. H. CAROUTHERS
GUS C. MARTIN
For City Treasurer—
GARLAND HURT
PERRY CLARK.
For Aldermen First Ward—■
T. P. UMSTED.
C. R. PATE.
JOHN R. LOFTIN, JR.
S. HEINEMANN
For Aldermen Second Ward—
W. B. GRANT.
W. H. SNETSER.
E. L. WATSON
0. I. HUBERT
Early Breaking Good.
A good many farmers have
been breaking land during the
good weather of the last two
weeks. Early breaking is good.
Of course it is far better to
break the land in the fall, and
break it deep, but winter and
early spring breaking is next in (
importance. Do not break as j
deep in the spring as you would .
in the fall, but be sure to break
the land as deep as it was broken '
last year.
Set apart your oat patch and
prepare to sow early. Get the
ground in good condition. Re
member that an oat crop is not
cultivated, and good preparation
of the land before planting is es
sential to a good crop of oats.
Select your oat land with a view
to following with a crop of cow
peas. Thus you get two crops
from the same land in one sea
son, and you keep the land in
better condition. Buy your pea
seed early, because peas are
scarce and hard to get. The
farmers should raise more cow
peas. They are easy to raise,
threshers and hullers are avail
able and do not cost much.
The price of cow peas is al
ways good. They are worth
$2.50 to $3.00 per bushel now.
And speaking of cow peas re
minds me that I have a letter
from a firm in Baltimore want
ing the names of farmers who
grow cow peas and have them i
for sale. So there is a market at
home and abroad for the cow
pea, and besides it is one of the
best soil builders we have in this
country outside of alfalfa.
I hope the farmers of Arkan
sas will plant more soy beans
this year. The soy bean is about
the best food obtainable for the
hog. They will yield abundantly
and will make hay as well as the
bean. The hay is good and the
bean is rich in protein. The soy
bean is equal to or better than
the cow pea in building up soil.
In planning your farm work
for this year, try to reduce your
cotton acreage. Better still if
you can avoid cotton altogether.
Give some thought and study of
your soil and the crops best
adapted to it. If you can grow
strawberries or truck, or small
fruits, give some attention to
those things. Maybe you can
grow crops that will be bringing
in some money all during the
year.
Then don’t forget the stock.
Keep one or more cows so you
will have all the milk and butter
the family will need. Keep a
few good brood sows on the
place. Look after the hen house.
Spend a few dollars for poultry
wire and fix up for the hens, so
the women and children will
have no trouble in providing
plenty of eggs and chickens for
the table.
Plant a good garden and help
your wife to work it. Grow
plenty of corn and hay to feed
all the stock all the year. Keep
some good pasture for the cat
tle and hogs, and have a small
pasture for the work stock to
run on at night.
Farm work carried out on this
plan does not require much mon
ey to run the farm, and is sure
to bring success, one year with
another
John H. Page,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Capital City High School
Grows.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 27.—The Lit
tle Rock High School is grow
ing so rapidly that the present
accommodations will soon be
over taxed, and it will be nec
essary to erect another high
school. The mid-year term clos
es this week, and thirteen will
graduate next Friday night. In
place of these, however, there
are 109 graduates of the gram
mar grades who enter the high
school, and there are a number
of others entering. Up to the
present time this term there
have been 743 in the high school
and after this week there will
be about 850. A proposition
will soon be made to the city
council to exchange Glenwood
Park for a high school site in
West End Park.
Fair Association Elects
Harrisburg, Pan. 26.—The
Poinsett County Fair Associa
tion Vt^ld a meeting yesterday
and emoted officers: J. H. Ma
han. resident; Otto Heeb, vice
presid. nt; S. T. Mayor, secreta
ry and treasurer; J. G. Gant; J.
E. Vanbebber and N. T. Whitta
ker, trustees. They claim that
they •» going to begin now to
work for a big fair next fall, and
say they will outdo anything
that has ever been done in the
way of holding a county fair.
McRae Urged For Board.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 27.—Hon. T
C. McRae, president of the Bank
of Prescott, is being recommend
ed by the Arkansas Bankers As
sociation officials, and others for
appointment by President Wil
son as a member of the federal
reserve board provided by the
new banking act. There are
to be five members appointed
by the president, and the friends
of Mr. McRae contend that he
is eminently qualified for the
office. Mr. McRae was for six
years a member of Congress,
and for ten years was chairman
of the legislative committees of
the Arkansas Bankers Associa
tion. As such he was the father
of the present state banking act.
As a delegate to the American
Bankers Association in Boston
last summer, he was the only
one who stood on the floor and
supported the currency program
of the president, which has
since been enacted into law
Bankers Committee Meeting.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 27—A meet
ing of the Executive Council of
the Arkansas Bankers Associa
tion has been called for tomor
row, January 28, in Little Rock,
for the purpose of fixing the
dates aral places for the meetings
of the seven Groups, and trans
!
acting such other business a<
may come before it.
The membership consists of
J. D- Covey, Bentonville, presi
dent; J. K. Browning, Piggott !
vice president; R. E. Wait, Lit- j
tie Rock, secretary; T. i
Brown, DeQueen, treasurer; £ i
F. Hussman of Little Rock.' A
M. Sicard of Fort Smith, W. p.
Weld of Marianna, C. D. Met
calf of Bates ville, T. A. Monroe
of Magnolia, R. L. Hyatt of
Monticello.
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A Thief In Matter of Love.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 27.—“You are :
quite a thief, for you stole my;
love from Frank before I knew
it.” This is an excerpt from j
one of the numerous love-letters j
introduced in Federal court in
the trial of the suit brought by
Frank Withers of Memphis a
gainst James H. Pryor, Sr., the
president of the Ashley County
Bank at Hamburg, for damages
in the sum of $60,000 for the a
lienation of the affections of
Mrs. Withers- This letter was
dated July 29, las t, after the
separation of Mr. and Mrs.
Withers
Mrs. Withers is a beautiful
woman of about 25 or 30, while
Mr. Pryor is more than twice
ner age. me xeiiers. uiai pass
ed between them, many cf
them read in court, are full of
the most endearing terms, and
| she is frequently addressed as
!“My Darling Myrtle.”
One of the lines of the defense
is an allegation that Mr. Withers
and his wife entered into a con
spiracy to extort money from
Pryor. The case is being heard
by Judge Trieber without a
jury.
To Finish Report February 15.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan- 27.—J. G.
Wallace, special master in the
railroad rate cases, will com
plete by February 15 the audit
ing and delivery of the claims a
gainst the Iron Mountain and
the Cotton Belt. There are a
bout 80,000 freight claims, and
10,000 passenger claims, aggre
gating in round numbers, one
million dollars. After the rail
road companies have noted their
exceptions, the claims will be
i returned to the special master,
who will then prepare his report
for submission to the federal
, Th°se
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:'’,J’jnglr,ili‘ar3fJ
wol
<_e ^lm c°meout J
'•‘•ndidate,
Tl
renu T»
n"'rns to coupie ,
r;;n- %iy to %
Leona avenue.
i E' Williams,,
Ulth the Bank 0f
some time, was t8
and last eveni
erman, where he,
paration for m
■' irst National Bank
Triumph Potato^
Cash Store.
Charles Hatfield
1 Ackerman bov,^
at St. Louis,
while with Xe^
evening while pass
the city. i
Let us show you
°f hoys’ waists an
25c to 75c.-Boi
Store.
Conway Hail of 8
Mr. R. C. Mullin,
Kennard & Co, n
'Pent Monday e
guests of local ft
ing on the late ei
for New York Cit
Hail goes to buy?#
To Improve Bm
At a regular se
council Monday eve
tition of some of
men, represented!)!
the council by urn
authorized Aldermi
proceed with the
of Beech street
street to Bridge are
This is an import
street and has Ion
lected. The street
a dressing of rock,
are holes and then
shells about 14 feet
The council at ti
lowed current i
transacted other
ness.
Lace and Embroidery ||
■m SALE ||
3 Days—Wednes., Thurs., Friday jjj
VALUES EXTRAORDINARY ||
10c and 1214c laces and em
broideries, per yd.-5c Be!
One big lot of embroidery, “2
jj values up to 50c per yd. for |B
per yd._10c 3,
12V2C and 15c per yd. spring gg
|| '| ginghams and madras, for 5R i
ag this sale at per yd._10c sy
See Our Show Window for These S|£
Bargains Kjs
J.1 D. Carvell $ Co. g
Front St. The New Store I.DJMUCE gjl
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I January 201
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H Having purchased the entire Stock of gj
!ani Steyemark-Heyman, over $20,000 dam- X
^ aged goods after the big fire in bt. Louis, !li
jjjj we will put them on sale at almost your
S own price. Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear |j
^ garments composed of cloaks, suits, dress- ^
m es, shirt waists, middy blouses, rompers #
^ and petticoats. y
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iHeinemann’sl
1 Dry Goods Store 1
A Nervous Women Finch
Relief After Many Years
Women who suffer from extremr
nervousness, often endure much
suffering before finding any relief
Mrs. Daniel Kintner, of Defiance,
0., had such an experience, refsrd
ng which she says:
‘1 had stomach
trouhla when t was
eighteen years old
that broke down
my health, and foi
years l suffered
with nervousness,
headache. Indiges
tion and nervous
spasms. The
spasms got so b.n!
I would have them
three or four time.'
a week After try.
lng nearly every
remedy recom
mended, I began
.. , . taking Dr. Miles'
j , 1 must 3aV 11 helped me
wonderfully. I have had no severe nerv
)usnese for several years."
MRS. DAN KINTNBR,
1002 Rleasant St., Defiance, O
Many remedies are recommended
!-'r diseases of the nervous system
■ .jil to produce results because
th-v do not reach the seat of the
treble Dr. Miles’ Nervine las
pniven its value in such cases so
o'.j.i.. ctrnec that it is unnecessary
u< a..,- Ciiias? for it. You can
pro-? its ts for yourself by
getting a bottle of your druggist,
who will return the price if you
receive no benefit.
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Sfi presenting
I “A Henpecked
| Husband
I This is a guaranteed attrai
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•S not pleasev. wrth tb
m come to the Box
ffi and get your money
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| Goodvauedvillebetweeneaj
S Here UntU Thursday Ni?b pj^cy
Sale at Walker sPh^^
| PRICES: I5^25c^nd35
«g as as as as w a® ^ ® sS!* j