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THERE ARE, FOR INSTANCE, SOME RECORDS AT THE COURT HOUSE WHICH ARE NOT OPEN TO IN
SPECTION—MOST OFFICIALS WOULD WELCOME MORE PUBLICITY.
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that all the records at the courthouse
are open to your inspection?
Read Section 3546 of Kirby’s Di
gest and see.
Of course there are some records
that you can see at any time merely
by going to the courthouse. If the
courthouse happens to be iu another
town or a day’s journey away that is
Merely your hard luck—if you want
to see what is doing.
The above cartoon represents a
common occurence. It has a deeper
significance, however. IT REPRE
SENTS THE INABILITY OF THE
AVERAGE TAXPAYER TO GET TO
TOE COURTHOUSE AND KEEP IN
TOUCH WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
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hundred, unless he be a public offi
cial, knows what is going on in his
oounty, to say nothing of the other
branches of administration. Lack of
knowledge of public affairs divides
the people Into two classes—the in
different or careless who don’t con
cern themselves about public matters
excepting during the brief excitement
of election time and the suspicious
class who think that because they
don’t knew what is being done that
everything that is done is crooked.
Publicity in p-.hlic affairs would
make !;oih of these classes very small
and wo'v l cam e a large class of well
inforfacd ' ns to spring up and
take an infrX-' nt, witrjotic, construc
tive inter ;. ... put. 110 matters, as is
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government.
Even if we were disposed to go to
the courthouse and make ourselves
objects of animosity to the officials
by looking into their financial rec
ords, asking the necessary questions
and taking up the time necessary to
conduct a probe into the county af
fairs, the statute referred to above,
prevents our looking into the fee rec
ords of the officials. Only the circuit
and county judges may do that.
Yet the people have a right to know.
The officials would prefer, in most
instances, that you should know. Vote
for Act 3, the Publicity Law. The cost
of knowing under Act No. 3 averages
less than $200 per year in various
counties.
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E. G. UTLEY
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ARCHITECT and BUILDER
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Many of the troubles of life,
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Convincing.
“Do you love me, Esmeralda?" "Of
course I love you Since I became ac
quainted with you I have really gotten
to admire pon eyes."
Courage and Truth.
Without courage there cannot be
truth and without truth there can be
no other virtue.—Sir waiter Scott
When Money Talk*. -
Ta, what does It mean when you
gay that a man hasn’t, the courage «f
his convictions?” “That he has opln
lens, hut if n’t willing to het money on
Time to Beware.
If ever you meet a woman who suc
ceeds in convincing yon that you are
an exceptionally fine fellow, be very,
very careful. She has far more Intel
ligence than you.—Jay Denby, in Cot
ters faom China.
Arrested at Child’s Grave.
A pathetic scene took place at r
Geneva cemetery the other day, wher
a French couple, who had been ex
pend from the town, were arrested
as thy were attending the burial o,
their only child. While the priest was
reading the burial service, the detec
tives informed them that they would
be conducted to prison, but they were
allowed to remain until the end of
the ceremony.
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The attitude of ourselves towwB
i ■■ nd''”f!:l effect In
CiilLO LABOR LAW
A 9 f ARM WORK
PROPOSED LAW PERMITS CHIL
DREN TO’ WORK FOR
PARENTS.
L. H. Moore of State Federation of
Labor, Who Helped Draft Law, Ex
plains Provision Which Has
Caused Misunderstanding.
There has been some doubt In the
minds of people who are interested in
agriculture as to the application of
the proposed child labor law to the
work of children on farms. The law
states that “no child under 14 years
shall be permitted to work in any re
munerative occupation in- this state
except that children under 14 years
during school vacations may be em
ployed by their parents or guardians
on work owned or controlled by
them.”
“This means, of course,” said Mr.
L. H. Moore of the Arkansas State
Federation o' Labor, “that any child
may work on a farm owned or con
trolled by his parents, outside of
school hours.” Mr. Moore took an
active part in the drafting of the child
labor law, and hence has a thorough
understanding of its provisions.
Arkansas Law Flexible.
“We did not word the law so that
certain specified occupations were
forbidden tp children under 14,” con
tinued Mr. Moore, “because it has
been found that this method gives
rise to serious difficulties. If certain
occupations only are listed as forbid
den. it means that occupations which
are not so listed are exempt from the
operation of the law. It is this very
thing which has caused the greatest
difficulty in states where the child
lahor laws are worded in this wav.
such as New York. After the law
has been passed, child labor abuses
arise in occupations which were not
included in the law, because children
were not largely employed in such
occupations at the time the law was
passed. Nothing can be done then to
eliminate these abuses until the law
is amended to include such operations.
This usually takes several years to
accomplish and in the meantime chil
dren continue to work unddr condi
tions which should not be tolerated
for a moment.
“The new Arkansas law was draft
ed with a view to overcoming this
difficulty. It was made elastic so that
it could be applied to new abuses as
they arise, instead of having to wait
until the law can be amended. The
enforcement of the law rests with the
commissioner and deputy commission
er of labor. They will apply it to the
establishments where, in their judg
ment, the child labor evil is really
serious.”
Need for Such a Law.
“There can be no doubt about the
great value to Arkansas of such a
law,” said Mr. Moore. “People are
awakening at last to the frightful and
unnecessary loss of child life through
too early employment, with its far
reaching influence over future gen
erations mentally, morally and physi
cally. We have proof of this awaken
ing in the stringent laws which many
states have passed governing the em
ployment of children, and providing
a suitable education for them. Ark
ansas has been backward in the work,
but will redeem herself if she adopts
this new child labor law."
A 16-Year Limit for Dangerous Occu
pations.
Under the present child labor law
In Arkansas there Is a 14-year limit
for children in mines, and no limit
for children at work in other occupa
tions which are generally classed as
dangerous. A study of the child la
bor laws of other states reveals the
fact that 26 states prohibit children
under 16 from working in mines or in
other dangerous occupations.
An investigator for the National
Child Labor Committee, who has made
a thorough study of mining, makes
the following statement about it:
“The slate falls, the live wire which
supplies power to the electric motor,
the explosions, the accumulation of
gas, the rapid movement of cars
through narrow entries, and the blast
ing of coal all contribute to make min
ing a dangerous occupation, and it is
only reasonable that the age limit for
employment in such work should be
raised from 14 to 16 years.
“Aside from the dangers, a mine is
a poor place for a growing boy. Many
of these boys who spend 10 hours
daily in the blackness of a mine are
undeveloped, some are anaemic, and
all apparently show some effects oi
being deprived of health-giving sun
light. The tasks at which a boy li
employed are monotonous. He may
be required to open a trap door fifty
times a day, or perhaps only a dozen,
and the rest of the time he sits idle
When it is considered that the work
begins at 7 a. m. and ends at 5:3(
p. m., some idea of the deadening in
fluence of the work may be had.”
In commenting on the other danger
ous trades In which the children oi
Arkansas are engaged, this same in
vestigator finds that the greatest num
her of children engaged in any Indus
try of the state are to be found it
the sawmills. The abundance of ma
chinery in these mills makes the era
ployment of children exceedingly dan
gerous. It Is Inevitable that serioa
accidents happen to children who won
around these machines. One cai
hardly expect children of 14 to b<
ceaselessly watchful. Moreover, the;
frequently become so exhausted witl
long hours of intense work that the*
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NEWPORT’S REPLY.
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Newport Accepts The Evidence
And Many Newport Readers
Will Profit By It.
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! Newport resident, whom we
jknow and respect, or volumes
| from strangers in distant
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I reply.
j Mrs. M. Porter, 416 Hazel St.,
Newport, says: “I had a con
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IRON MOUNTAIN
NEWPORT. ARKANSAS
SOUTH BOUND
No. 17 leaves.4:43 a. m
No. 3 leaves.6:20 p. rn
No. 5 leaves.5:10 a. ul
No. 7 leaves.9:06 a. as.
No. 23 (arrives 7:20) leaves 7:45 p. m
No. 91 (local freight) leaves 8:26 a. m.
No. 29 (arrives 6:28) departs
at. 6:88 s. m.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 24 leaves......9:20 a. m
No. 4 leaves.10:20 a. m.
No. 28 leaves.8:36 p. m.
No. 18 leaves.10:16 p. as.
No. 6 leaves.10:46 p. m.
No. 92 (local freight) leaves 2:10 p. m.
WHITE RIVER DIVISION.
WEST BOUND
No. 210 leaves.7:00 a. as.
No. 282 leaves.960 p. as.
No. 246 (local freight) leaves
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EAST BOUND
No. 209 arrives.7:80 p. as.
No. 281 arrives...6:18 a. as
No. 245 (local freight) arrives
.9:40 a. m.
No. 607 arrives 18:86 p. as.
Local freight arrives Monday, Wed
nesday a i Friday; departs Tuesday,
Thutndt and S»hada|.
No. 608 il jpart: :60 p. as.
Commissioner's Sale* j
Notice is hereby given that In 1
pursuance of. the_ authority aitd:|| ;
directions contained in the ^
:retal order of th& Ohanc
court of Jacksori-:.. j
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June, A. D., 1914, in a certain /^|
cause (No. 2617) then pendigg/
therein between S- W. Har#®. a
& Company and fi. V.
rrustee, complainant, and Henry % *
Rainey and Pinkney Rainey, de
fendants, the undersigned, as 1
commissioner of said court, wfi® J
offer for sale at public vendue^ to 1
the highest bidder, at the Hast
front door or entrance of sj^ILd
county court house, in whiel^^
said court is held, in the coudtfB!
of Jackson, State of Arkansi| a
within the hours prescribed ts
law for judicial sales on Mondaya j
the 7th day of September, MMjfl
D., 1914, the following describ**
ed real esate, to-wit:
Lots One (1) and Two (2)*
Block One (1), Simpson’s Adtb^rf .
tion to the town of Tuckentt^K
in Jackson county, Arkansas.. «, j
Terms of sale: On a credit of
three months, the purchaser «f|S !
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