THE INDEPENDENT
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It Looks Bad.
It looks not well that we have
seen so far of the Caminetti
Diggs and the Western P’uel
company cases in San Francis
co. Attorney General McRey
nolds has given but a flimsy ex
planation of his postponement of
the white slave cases against the
graceless young Caminetti and
his partner, Diggs. The young j
man’s father is to be given time I
to educate himself in t he duties
of his office as commissioner of
immigration, and the son’s case;
is postponed in order that he.
may be present at (lie trial.
This is entirely too diaphan
ous. As they say in the West,
“It will not wash.” United States
Attorney John L. McNabb and
his associates, who have resign
ed, have ample reason to con
clude that the secret of the con
tmuance or tnis case is to oe
found in the desire of the attor
ney general to have the young
scapegraces tried by the politi
cal friends of the commissioner,
who will soon be appointed to of
fice. This may not be the case,
but those who are commending
Attorney McNab should not be
too severely censured for believ
ing so. Commissioner Cammin
etti is not on trial, and he does
not figure in the case, and it
should not be postponed and jus
tice delayed merely as a cour
tesy to him. The pretext is too
factitious. The same may be
said in the case of the fuel com
pany, that has powerful friends
at court. We have had enough
scandals over the law’s delay in
this country already without ad
ding to them in such high plac
es.—Memphis News-Scimitar.
The White County Vote.
Last Saturday’s election deter
mined at least one question de
finitely, and that is Brundidge’s
strength in his home county—
White.
It has been charged by the op
position to Mr. Brundidge that
he was weak in his home county
and Judge Hays flaunted it with
defiance into the face of Brun
didge's following that Brundidge
could not carry his home coun
ty ; in fact, the Hays forces pro
fessed to believe that they would
carry it.
But the election is over and
Brundidge swept White county
like a cyclone. In his home
town, Searcy, he received all
but 4 votes out of about 500
polled. In the country precincts
he polled a heavy vote and car
ried the county about four to
one. The surrounding counties
also gave him a very strong
vote, especially Jackson and Cle
burne, where he swept every
thing almost clean.
We are sure there is not a man
in Paragould who could run for
any office against an opponent,
regardless of who the opponent
might be and for what office he
might run, and get all but four
votes cast. This is a remarka
ble record, unprecedented, so
far as we have knowledge of e
lections.
The charge made by the Hays
forces that Brundidge was weak
in his home county and could not
carry it was libelous and the re
sult of the election is a com
plete vindication on that score.
^ —Paragould Soliphone.
Wants Diplomatic Post.
\Special to Independent.
I Little Hock. June 28.—It be
came known in state house cir
cles Friday afternoon that A. V.
—
Smith, a member of the last
legislature from Bradley county,
and who has served since the
adjournment of the session as I
private secretary to Governor i
J. M. Futrell, may become a
diplomat in the service of the
United States government, with!
an assignment in a Central or,
South American country.
Secretary Smith has for many
years been a globe trotter. He
has served the government as a
District Attorney in the Philip
pines, and his practice in this
country, where the Spanish law
is much in force, qualifies him
well for duty in Central and
South America, where the Span
ish laws arc also the common
laws. In his years of residence
in foreign countries, Secretary
Smith became an expert in the
use of the Spanish and French
languages, and if appointed to
one of the countries of the new
V.1.V.AV. V4.v-.-v, ’ M4 V,
frely used, he will be at home
in the work of the government
without the preparation re
quired by the usual appointee.
Futrall to Serve A? President
Little Rock, June 30.—Prof.
J. C. Futrall, elected as acting
president of the University of
Arkansas, left for Fayetteville
last night and today assumes
active charge of the institution,
relieving Dr. J. H. Reynolds,
who tomorrow assumes the
presidency of Hendrix College
at Conway.
Dr. Futrall could have been
elected permanent head of the
University at the meeting of the
Board of Trustees held in Little
Rock Saturday, but declined to
have the board consider such a
proposition until he has a year in
which to prove that he can ban
die the situation satisfactorily
to all.
The new president of the Uni
versity will begin improvement
in the institution which he ex
pects to have bring a healthy in
crease of students, and i:i addi
tion to this, he anticipates the
most harmonious year in the
history of the intsitution. He
plans to start short courses in
the agricultural college by which
farmers may secure the advan
tages of the institution when
they are not needed on the farm.
The same will be done in the me
chanical departments, especially!
engineering. The new educa
tional department will be opened
with the coming year.
Autoists Repair Roads.
Paragould, June 29.—The j
Greene County Automobile As
sociation. which include-; practi
! caliy every owner of an auto in
| Greene county, has arranged
with a local contractor to make
rhe repairs on the public roads
leading from ch-is city. Several
1 roads have been improved,
bridges repaired, culverts fixed
. and the autoists are paying for
| the work.
County Judge A. D. Jackson
has advertised for bids for the
painting of signs to be posted at
all road intersections in tht
county.
C. W. Highfiil, member of the
State Highway Commission,
says that interest is being taken
in the new road district in
Greene county, extending from
this city to the St. Francis river
and from this city south to the
Craighead county line. E. A.
Kingsley, state highway engin
eer, will be in this county in the
next few days to make the sur
vey of the proposed road.
ALL WASTE NERVOUS ENERGY
Everywhere Peop’e Squander Their
Force Needlessly Instead of Care
fully Husbanding It.
People should be as careful of their
nervous energy as of their money,
■ays an English writer. Yet we ail
waste It. At the telephone people talk
twice as loudly and energetically as is
necessary That is to say, they use
ap twice as much nerve energy m
Ihey need. Three-fourths of thoee
who have to catch trains every morn
ing spend as ranch nervous force In
one day as should last a week.
Then, in the streets, watch how peo
ple Jostle and push, and what a lot
of nerve-force they spend at danger
one crossings. Why not wnlk slowly
when there Is obstruction, and wnlt for
the quiet moment, which always
comes, at the crossing? Everywhere
people hurry without need, getting In
to a state of nervous tension when
leaving iheatere, boarding omnibuses,
going to lunch, and especially when
leaving for a holldar.
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Lighten the Housework
A plain iron sink returns very
little for the effort spent upon it.
A few minutes spent in cleaning a
"Standard" white enameled sink
and you have a veritable beauty
spot of radiance.
Our catalogue of sinks is very
interesting with its wall hanging,
corner and recess patterns. It is
free to all interested in good
plumbing and good fixtures.
W. R. Whitten
McLain Bldg. Phone 154
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C. H. WALTON
Proprietor.
Washing called tor and delivered
to all parts of the city.
Phone 150.
Agents Wanted In Every Town.
Dr. Ray A.Wl
osteopath I
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or do you believe in lettin g tomorrow take care of it®1
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your years of work. A bank account is the firsts®
The sooner you start, the greater will be your accun®
tions. Start this pay-day. ■
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