ate hospital
NOT CROWDED
nw A Capacity of 1,689
Has Been C»m
0,0 Independent.
0 Hock. Dec. 5. For the
L in the history of the
„ Hospital for Nervous Dis
« there is more room than
Jded The new male annex
iog was recently completed
cost of $30,000, with a ca
of 154 patients. There
now 1,520 under treatent
ie institution, just 400 more
were there when Dr. J. L.
sne took charge two years
three months ago- Dr.
B has spent $53,000 on the
lings, and now has a total
city of 1689. The rate of
ase averages ten a month,
so that there is enough
If to last for seventeen
is longer. The percent of
fcries is about 40 per cent,
the Arkansas institution
probably the largest re
ling home list in the United
is. All the jails have been
tied of their insane, and no
ant is ever turned away,
is done in the old days.
friii Accepts Appointment.
Uto Independent.
l&Rock, Dec. 5.—I. Gold
ie of the leading citizens
mesboro, has advised Gov.
ith'at he will accept the ap
bnent as a delegate to a
jress to be held at Berlin,
uany, January 23-31, in the
rest of the Jewish people of
mania. It is the purpose to
aformal protest before King
rles I, against the injustice
ud the Roumanian Jews.
Goldstein will attend the
[ress.
Sole For Bed In Prison.
did it. I was starving. I
taot eaten in three days. In
mi I caught tuberculosis.
[I can’t work. I guess you
better send me back to pris
»t least, I won’t starve
o.”
bis was the despairing cry of
enty-seven-year-old man in
bstem city when caught a
days ago with $300 worth of
* dresses. Investigation
•fdthat through' a lack of
b the local anti-tuberculosis
Had been unable to send
to a sanitorium where
and there was no
him but the prison.
Red Cross Seal you buy
some one in distress or
to prevent trouble and
Batesville Would Bridge River.
Batesville, Dee. 4.— The ar
rangements have been made for
mass meetings in all eight of
the townships north of the river
for Batesville to be held Dee
i ember 17, for the purpose of e
lecting five delegates to another
mass meeting to be held at
Batesville, December 20.
The purpose is to devise plans
j among all interested in the
| building of a bridge across
White river here.
The township in which Bates
ville is located has been always
almost a unit on the matter of
building the bridge, but there
has never been a joint move
made. It is believed here that
a majority of the people north
of the river also favor it, because
they have been paying ferriage.
The plan that seems to meet
favor of most of thosfe concern
ed is to form an improvement
district, composed of the eight
townships and Ruddell town
ship.
ELKS MEMORIAL
SERVICE SUNDAY
Local Lodge Will Pay Tribute
To Memory of Departed Mem
bers In Public Exercises.
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Memorial services will be held
Sunday afternoon in the high
school auditorium by Newport
Lodge No. 968 B. P. O. E-, to
which the general public is in
vited. The “lodge of sorrow”, as
' this event is known in Elk
dom, is held at this time each
year and the exercises have al
ways been of a high standard of
excellence.
“The faults of our brothers we
write upon the sand; their vir
I tues upon the tablets of love and
memory”, is the verse expressing
| the spirit of this lodge and the
j principal address this year is to
jbe made by Hon. Thomas Helm,
a prominent member of the Lit
, tie Rock bar
j The local lodge had not lost a
member during the past year,
when arrangements were first
made for the program of tomor
[row, but the death of J. Frank
ICaldyjell intervened before Me
morial day was reached.
] The program of exercises is as
follows:
Orchestra.
Opening ceremonies—Ritual.
Opening Ode—Lodge.
Song by Audience.
Prayer—John P. Paul.
Solo, “Crossing the Bars”—
Miss Marion.
Eulogy on J. Frank Caldwell
—Jos. M. Stayton.
Violin Solo—Charles Sarto
rius.
i Oration— Hon. Thomas L
l «
Helm.
Closing ceremonies and Ode.
Benedition—Rev. W. P. Chal
>■*•1
mers.
Cook Book For Sale.
The cook book compiled bj
Mrs. 0. E. Jones has just beei
completed and is for sale by Mrs
Jones, Mrs. Scarborough ant
Miss Mabel Stayton. The cool
book is made up from receipt!
for desserts and fancy dishes
'given by the best cooks of New
port and will fye a treasure it
any kitchen. The proceeds o:
the sale of the book will go
the Woman’s Missionary Socie
ty of the Methodist church.
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CORN CROP NEVER
FAILS IN STATE
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j Agricultural Agent of Rock Is
land Lines Issues Important
Statement.
"Corn never fails in Arkansas
| and Louisiana,” according to a
J signed article by H. M. Cottrell,
agricultural commissioner of the
Rock Island lines in “The South
west Train.” The article tells
j why the writer thinks this is a
great corn-producing state. The
article follows:
"Corn never fails in Arkansas
I and Louisiana. The year 1913
, has been one of the dryest years
j the central part of the United
I States has ever seen. They had
I what they called a drought
| through Arkansas and Louisi
I ana but the corn down there is
j yielding 35 to 80 bushels to an
| acre where good seed and tillage
urovo ticrirl Tn 1 Gl 1 n
-- — V.. « - V * j vttvx v »» Ci
(general drought that extended
from the Rocky mountains to
the Atlantic ocean and from the
Canadian line to the gulf. Corn
failed in many states. Good
farmers in all the corn districts
of Arkansas and Louisiana rais
ed 45 to 100 bushels an acre
that dry year. Corn never fails
down there.
“Why does corn never fail in
Arkansas and Louisiana? The
.average annual rainfall is from
42 to 55 inches. The heavy
rainfall comes through the
spring and summer. The rain
fall is light during the ripening
and gathering season. There is
never a failure from a drought.
The growing season in Louisi
ana is eight months, in central
1
(Arkansas over seven months.
| Corn is never damaged by frost.
'The soil on the bottom lands is
'as rich as that in the valley of
(the Nile. The soil on the up
lands is only moderately fertile
but the ample rainfall and long
growing seasons make it pro
duce good yields.”
Father Kills Son Near Benton.
Benton, Dec. 5.—Chess Cla
comb, 20 years old, was shot and
killed by his father, a farmer,
at their home near Owensville,
Saline county late yesterday af
| ternoon. The elder Clacomb was
’brought to Benton today and
placed in jail. The inquest, held
today before a justice of the
'peace at Owensville, was ad
journed until Monday
It is said the boy had beer
j drinking heavily for about a
'month and has been quarreling
with his father continually
Within the past few days, it is
said, he had tried to kill his
father and had chased him int<
! the woods with a knife. Th(
'father had warned the son t(
! quit, and yesterday, when th(
; boy attacked him again, he shoi
him with a shotgun at clos<
range.
To Play Tuckerman Today.
t
The high school basketbal
1 girls, chaperoned by Mr. am
: Mrs. Edgar Williams, left foi
(Tuckerman this morning t<
s! play the high school girls o:
■! that plape.
i; The girls going along, were
-: Misses Marie Hafner Maudi
• 'and Jessie Littleton, Julii
•IYounger, Lottie Ballew, Jose
phine Deaderick, Rita Whittoi
and Mary Bains.
i
' ’ r, iW.- :■ j'.. *k-'. ‘
|m. e. conference
delegates named
A- F. Skinner. Retiring Presid
ing Elder. Receives Gold
Watch.
Clarendon, Nov. 5.—The third
day’s session of the White River
conference of the Methodist
church, South, was opened to
day by Bishop John C. Kilgo,
who conducted the devotional
services.
Dr. John W Cline, president
■ of Soo Chow University, Soo
!Chow, China, Dr. Alonzo Monk
j of Little Rock conference, and
the Rev. J. M. Glass of the
same conference were introduc
ed- Charles F. Sively, Samuel
M. Yancey, Albert L. Platt, Os
car Clifford Lloyd, James T.
Wilson and James S. Senecker
were called to the chancel and
after an address by the Bishop,
were admitted into full connec
tion. Lay delegates to the con
ference elected are: A. L.
Hitchinson, a lawyer of Augusta,
and State Senator T. J. Raney:
j alternates: President J. M.
| Williams of Galloway, and A
L. Malone of Jonesboro. At this
juncture the Rev. R. G. Lowery
and the Rev. J. M. Hammil of
the Memphis conference were in
troduced. Bishop Kilgore, in
behalf of the ministers and mem
bers from the Searcy district,
! presented the retiring presiding
i elder, the Rev. A. F- Skinner,
with a handsome watch. The
Rev. W. L. Oliver was elected a
; clerical delegate to the general
'confei’ence. He is at present
‘presiding elder of the Jonesboro
; district. Much of the morning
! was consumed in hearing the
' reports and in passing the char
acters of those in elders orders
in the conference.
' The Epworth League occupied
the afternoon. The Rev- J. J.
Galloway of the Arkansas con
ference delivering the address.
The Rev. W. B. Hays, the new
editor of the Western Metho
dist, will preach tonight.
Alleged Bandit Brought To Lit
tle Rock.
•
Little Rock, Dec. 6.—J. J. Star
ling, charged with robbing the
Pocahontas Post office July 7
the First State Bank of Dar
■danelle October 1, and the Bank
jof Fulton on October 3, was
; brought to Little Rock from Ful
ton by Town Marshal K. S. Free
man last night and lodged al
police headquarters, where he
! will be held until arangements
ican be made to place him in the
| penitentiary for safekeeping.
i Starling waived a preliminarj
j hearing at Fulton yesterday or
i! a charge of robbery and was
j bound over to await the actior
i j of the Hempstead county grant
- jury.
At police headquarters las
; night Starling seemed unwillinj
to discuss his affairs. He de
dared that he was not guilty o
any of the charges which haw
been preferred against him.
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*! U. C. V. Reunion Set.
•
)! Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 5.—
’ | April 29, 30 and May 1 have beei
'selected as dates for 1914 reun
: lion of the United Confederat
! i Veterans to be held in this city
i ■ according to announcement her
- today by Gen- Bennett H. Younj
i commander-in-chief of the or
ganization.
DE PARTE CREEK
DRAINAGE PROJECT
k
I'nder Head\va\ To Reclaim And
Improve 22,000 To 21,000
Acres oT Alfalfa Land.
One of the largest reclamation
and improvement projects ever
undertaken in this section of
Arkansas, is under fair headway
in the organization of a drain
age district to ditch the Pe Parte
creek basin of Jackson and
Independence counties, includ
ing a rich and fertile territory
of 22,000 to 21,000 acres of
land.
y E- S. Curtis of Tennessee, who
owns over a thousand acres of
land in the proposed district, is
one of the strongest advocates
of the improvement and has up
on his petition, which is only
one of six now in circulation, the
signatures of the owners of over
6000 acres within the district.
James A. Craine of St. Louis,
who recently purchased 1,500
acres of land on De Partee creek
from Wilmans Bros, is another
of the progressive land owners,
alive to the value of this project
and was one of the first to en
list his support.
The district will prabably em
brace about 6,000 to 8,000 acres
in Jackson county and 1,600 in
Independence county. Though
the preliminary survey has not
been made, the ditch will start
in two prongs from the head of
Oil Trough bottom and follow
the general course of De Partee
creek as far south as Sternberg
en lake, which is affected by ov
_
' endow of White river, backing up
from below Tucker’s ridge.
If the required majority of
property owners can be seen and
enlisted as petitioners, the mat
ter will be brought before Judge
Jeffery at the January term of
the Jackson circuit court. The
petition is said to meet the ap
proval of not only the large land
owners in the upper portion of
the district, but the manj small
land owners in the lower part of
the district. When completed,
the improvement will reclaim and
benefit a very large area of pro
ductive soil and be not only help
ful to those directly interested,
but contribute business and
wealth to this section of country.
It will increase Newport’s need
of a bridge over White river in
order to secure and care for the
business and trade of the section
to be brought under profitable
cultivat ion.
isatesville is now taking steps
to bridge the river at that point
and unless Newport businessmen
and property owners along with
the land owners of lower Oil
Trough get together and build
here, the trade of two-thirds of
this rich bottom will be irretriev
ably lost
Must Forsake Liquor.
Pittsburgh, Dec. 5.—District
Attorney-elect R. H. Jackson
announced today that each of the
35 men to fill positions in his of
fice after January 1 must, on ap
pointment, present his resigna
Ition, to become effective if the
J appointee at any time indulges
; in intoxicating liquors. Mr. Jack
son explained that his action was
I solely in the interest of efficien
cy._
“BRADLEY”
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The Bradley line of
Jumbo u n d Shaker
coats and Jerseys has
no equal.
Every garment is
carefully hand knit
throughout and fash
ioned to give the wear
er that classv swagger
or varsity effect which
is so much desired.
I Clever, Clasey, Correct
I Prices Range From $3.00 to $6.00.
J ■ *
! I The Best Christ
| I mas Gift Is
I something
r I to Wear
J I Practical Men Like
I Practical Gifts. There
1 is a big selection of
I Practical Gift Articles
- I at this Store. Shop
. I early.
i Berger'S
I "STAR CLOTHING HOUSE*