THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Jnmt St„ NEWPORT, ARIL
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Mr year, $4.60 in advance, by carrier
’ te city, by mail in country.
Weekly—$1.00 per year, payable la
advance.
Entered at tha poetoffiee, Newport,
Arkansas, as second-class mail mat
ter.
Good roads meeting Monday
morning.
Come to the court house at
10 a. m. Monday and enlist as a
worker, a helper or subscribe to
better roads.
Every town and city in Ark
ansas is going to participate in
the good roads days September
3 and 4. Come to the court
house at 10 a. m., Monday and
enlist Newport in the move
ment .
What better way to build New
port than to build roads into
this city? Make coming to your
store easier if you want more
customers and business. Make
the start by coming out to the
good roads meeting Monday
morning.
The citizens of Newport who
talk about Jackson county’s
roads will soon have an opportu
nity to try their own hands upon
bettering them and we don’t be
lieve there is any way of con
vincing the man in the country
that you are not only interested
but want to help him, like don
ning your working clothes and
joining him upon the road
way. It will result in more than
the two days’ labor upon the
part of these volunteers; it will
kindle sentiment and strengthen
the demand for good roads.
The good roads movement
throughout the state is not con
fined to the owners of automo
biles alone, but the farmers and
land owners realizing the bene
fits to themselves have joined
in the movement most heartily.
Any road that is good for an
automobile is better for a farm
wagon or for a horse and bug
gy. The question of better
roads is one that appeals to the
city and the country alike, with
the preponderance on interest on
the part of the country.—Mon
roe County Citizen.
Of course every man is entit
led to his opinion of the Mexi
can muddle—no two alike and
none worth a tinker’s expletive.
—Fort Smith Times Record.
The editor of the Kansas City
Star was recently asked by a
subscriber, why he had offered
no remedy or advice upon the
Mexican situation and very
frankly admitted, that not be
ing sufficiently and reliably
posted, he had no positive views.
This ought to be the way with
I
| most of us, for who knows just
! what the real conditions are?
The substance of President Wil
son’s message to congress is
for the American people to ob
serve neutrality, between the
factions now cutting each oth
er’s throats and exercise pa
tience, for the protection of
American lives will be insured
against both rebel and govern
ment forces and reparation for
property losses will be made
when peace is restored. While
w'e can’t see exactly how these
things are to be brought about,
the people do not want war with
Huerta or with the Constitution
alists or other rebels. We have
little to gain and war would cots
little to gain and war would cost
besides placing upon our shoul
ders a greater national respon
sibility than we now face. The
country needs and has confidence
* in the administration of Presi
dent Wilson, believing that this
| problem will be worked out pa
Itiently and to the best interests
J of both countries. That’s about
I as far as any of us can go and
i feel sure of our ground.
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Circuit Judge George Reed of
! one of the northwest Arkansas
| circuits, is making a record in
dealing with young violators of
the law that is worthy of the
highest commendation- During
his service on the bench he sus
pended sentence against 450 boys
and young men on condition that
they would obey the law and not
get in trouble again. Out of this
l umber but one has been brought
before Judge Reed for a second
offense. There is sense, and
justice in the method which
■Judge Reed uses in dealing with
; those who violate the law for the
first time.—Sharp County Rec
iord. The example set by Judge
Reed ought to commend itself to
| many of our lower courts where
the young offender is hardly
|given tne clemency that would
do more to bring a reformation
of character than too stiff an in
fliction of the law’s penalty.
Prison sentences reform so few
criminals, that they are now
regarded as serving but one
purpose, and that is the punish
ment of crime and misdemea
nor. Confirmed criminals are
ever an expense to society and
the state, and the better meth
od is to temper justice with mer
cy in all cases, where hope is
offered of creating a better man,
of changing the channel of the
offender’s life into the more
healthy avenues of good citizen
ship and right living.
What is the name of Helen
Gould's husband?
. And yet loss than six months
j ago his name was on the front
j page of every newspaper in the
land and his picture in all the
magazines.—Tulsa world.
Yes, and if he were the wrong
I kind, making ducks and drakes
j of Helen’s money, you’d see it
there again, but he’s behaving
like a decent fellow, as he is, and
therefore is coveting no noto
riety.—Fort Smith Times Rec
ord.
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Splendid Advertisement.
Arkansas is getting some
valuable advertising just now,
owing to the good roads move
ment that has gained rapid
headway throughout the state.
Good roads have been the one
thing most needed to tear down
the wall of ridicule that has
been budded up about this state.
Bad roads have been the butt
of many a joke at the expense of
Arkansas. Here is an extract
from the Southern Construction
News which shows that the na
tion has its eye upon this favor
ed section just now and is watch
ing our development with a
friendly spirit:
Craighead—Planning a mod
el road to the county line. Puiv
chased much good roads machin
ery and equipment
Lincoln—Planning to spend
$100,000 on model macadam road
I to connect at Tamo with JefFer
Ison county’s fine new highway,
j St. Francis—A 21 mile stretch
.oF improved highway just com
pleted.
Benton—Citizens holding good
roads rallies. Building good
roads.
Little River and Miller—Co-op
erating on automobile road from
Texarkana to Ashdown.
Perry—Building from Casa to
Fourche valley.
Greene—Paragould organizes
Gold .Coin Road Club to build to
Walcott, an eleven mile stretch
of fine highway.
Madison and Washington—
Making good roads from Spring
field to Huntsville.
Garland—Completing many
miles of fine road and preparing
to build fine auto road with con
crete and steel bridges to con
nect with Little Rock (national)
highway.
Independence —Resident sub
scription of funds for roads from
Batesville to Newark.
Franklin—Citizens building a
highway by subscription and co
operative work.
Conway—Building road from!
Plummerville to Center Ridge.
Lonoke—Building two first
class highways under road im
provement plan, improving Cab
ot road and other work.
Carroll—Eureka Springs plans
a good roads rally.
Clark—Citizens rally arouses
much good roads enthusiasm.
Sebastian—Building 35 miles'
of additional good highway.
Jefferson—Constructing in two
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liiipruveiiieiii uiaixicia xxixuzo
of what will be the finest high
way in Arkansas and possibly in
the south.
Saline—Co-operating with Pu
laski and Garland on the Hot
Springs-Little Rock (national)
highway
Pulaski—Completing fine sys
tem of roads with concrete and
steel bridges and culverts cover
ing entire country.
Phillips—Planning to spend
$175,000 on 52 miles of high
way by improvement district
method.
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Tax Equalizers Get More Time.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 28.—There
will be a radical difference in the
work of the boards of equaliza
tion this year over that of pre
ceding years. The old law gave
the boards about three weeks to
equalize the property of a
county. Under the new law the
boards will meet Monday, Sep
tember 1, and if they find it nec- i
essary may remain in session
until the fourth Wednesday in S
October, a period of nearly two s
nonths. t
The Arkansas Tax Commission \
as directed an important letter n
o the Boards of Equalization, y
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calling attention to the necessity
of assessing the property at a
full 50 per cent of its value.
“The Board of Equalization is
the most important official body
in the county,” declares the
Commission. “The law imposes
upon the assessor the duty of
assessing both real and personal
property. As a rule, however,
the assessor has fallen into the
practice of ‘dumping’ on the
board of equalization the work of
assessing real property. He
simply copies the assessment of
each tract as made the previous
year, no matter if the same is
less than 20 per cent of the value
of the property. With respect to
the assessment of personal prop
erty the situation is but little
better. Ordinarily the assessor
assumes that he is compelled to
accept the list of the tax-payer
and that a personal retow1
be raised by the board of equali
zation only.”
The Commission urges a com
plete assessment at 50 per cent,
and adds: “If all the property
>f the state is assessed on a ba
as of 50 per cent of its full value,
he total assessment of the state
dll go beyond $600,000,000, j
lore than $170,000,000 above j
hat it was in 19i2.’ I
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lAttention Farmers!!!
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^ The Famous C\CLONE 1) V\ IS will address the farmers [ycj
£jcj of Jackson County W5
Imonday at i p. m !
ijcj on ir>c cotton, in the court house J?
1 AT NEWPORT, ARK. |i
eL, Don't fail to hear him. He will tell you what the South- ^
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^ ern States ('otton Corporation did for the farmers of Tex- ^ 1
yej a* and other states last year. (Advertisement) [Ucj
I Ladies, iVe Would Be Pleased
I To Have You Call and See our New Fall Goods
jg Or At Least The Part Which Havel
p Arrived.
! Brocaded Velvet,
Brocaded Paon Velvet for trimmings.
I i 1 The new Mandaline light weight.
Jug Duryea stripes.
ffi Diagonal Serges, 52 inches, all colors.
g! We cau Show You All The New Silks
p in Corticelli and Pine Tree Mills.
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For Sale by All Drugglata._
J. D. Carvel arrived home this
morning from St. Louis where
he bought his new stock of dry
!
j goods for his store which he
j expects to take charge of Mon
day.
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whether nrascaur or or tae/
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With the same hope of success, that motorist
SAVED his money— I did not. .Now HE lives his
with automobiles and servants—I am near*'
world’s scrap heap. We had the same chance.
Reader, save while there is yet time. (l; en
here today—a dollar wil be sufficient.
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