THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
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A Saner Fourth.
If anyone should propose that
one day of the year be set aside
for the killing and maiming of
children he would be regarded
as a fit subject for the insane
asylum, yet it would look as if
the Fourth of July is a day de
voted to that purpose.
Without much exaggeration it
has been said that more lives
have been lost in the United
States through Fourth of July
celebrations than during the en
tire war of the Revolution, and it
is more than likely that investi
gation would confirm this state
ment. For years the country
shut its eyes to the slaughter, to
the maimings, to the great loss
of property that occurred on
men succeeding nauu uay cele
bration. A custom was built
up so monstrous in its sacrifice
that when looked back upon in
the future it will seem almost in
credible that it was tolerated by
a people laying claims to civili
sation.
But finally the good sense and
the conscience of the pubblic be
came awakened, and there has
been developed a nation-wide
movement against the reckless
use of explosives in connection
with the celebration of the na
tion’s natal day. Property
holders have protested against
the menace to their homes and
their buildings. Parents have
become aroused to the perils
they once ignored. Insurance
companies and newspapers join
ed the campaign and finally we
have begun to view the carnage
of the Fourth of July celebration
in its true light and proportions.
The result is becoming splen
didly apparent. From 1903, the
earliest date at which statistics
on this subject are obtainable,
the Fourth of July fatalities
have decreased from 466 to 20,
the latter marking the celebra
tions of 1912, and the wounded
X from 3,983 to 650.
But reflect for a moment. In
the ten years 1,730 lives were
sacrificed, and 38,069 injured, a
total of 39,308 people— the
equivalent of nearly forty regi
ments.
It is to be hoped that the
showing of 1913 will be even
more substantial than that of
1912.
Certainly every good citizen
should do all within his power to
discourage a practice that is so
deadly in its possibilities, and
every enlightened community
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,
comer and recess patterns. It is
free to all interested in good
plumbing and good fixtures.
Wm R. Whitten
jyfrT'*1" Bldg. Phone 154
igiaiwiuiiuiHiiliiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiii
should endeavor to remove from !
the celebration of the nation's
natal day the bloodstains that
have made it hideous.—Fort
Smith Times-Record.
Weather Will Re Warm.
Washington. June 15.—Warm (
weather with clear skies over
| the greater part of the country
! is predicted for the week by the
I Weather Bureau.
“There will be scattered thun
der showers the first part of
the week along the northern
border,” the weekly bulletin
says, “and by the middle of the
week showers will set in along
the east gulf and south Atlantic
coasts.
“No important storm is char
tered to cross the country dur
ing the ensuing week, although
a disturbance of minor intensi
ty will form Tuesday or Wednes-;
day over the western Plateau re-.
gion and advance thence in a
l northeasterly direction attend
| ed by local thunder showers, and
reach the region of the Great
Lakes Thursday or Friday.’
sweltered today under the first
Practically the entire country j
real hot wave of the season, and
the weather experts held out no
hope for cooler weather within
the next 48 hours. Omaha and
St. Joe were the hattest cities in
the United States today, with
the mercury hovering around 90
degrees. Chicago ran a close
second, with the thermometer
registering 94.
Washington suffered its hot
test day of the season, and one
heat stroke occurred. The max
imum temperature at the Weath
er Bureau today was 92. but
the government thermometer
registered 100 degrees.
How Slander Travels.
The Arkansas Gazette com
ments upon the Marquette trial
and its results and says:
“Should not all this be a les
son to every man and woman?
When you hear an evil report
about anybody remember how
error can grow and thrive sim
ply on the atmosphere in which
it floats and spreads. Remember
the report that Colonel Roose
velt drank tp excess, which the
editor of the Ishpeming Iron
Ore heard in different parts of
the country, but which, when in
vestigated in court, proved to
be absolutely without founda
tion.”
The Marquette trial recalls
the fact that very few of the
most prominent personages who
have occupied the White House
since the beginning of our gov
ernment have escaped charges
of drunkenness, and without
cause. Jackson was pict
his enemies as an excessive drin
ker. at times indulging to such
an extent as to render approach
even by his most intimate friends
extremely hazardous. Yet the
historians of the Jacksonian pe
riod say the only drinking that
Jackson indulged in was an oc
casional glass with a friend, af
ter a manner which prevailed
among gentlemen of that day.
One of his biographers states
that while in the White House
and after his retirement from
the presidency, weeks sometimes
elapsed during which liquor did
not pass his lips.
Even the genial Taft did not
escape the charge of intoxica
tion. The slander arose from
exhibitions o ftemper displayed
during the latter part of his ad
ministration, upon occasions
when he was subjected to more
than ordinary strain of mind by
the conditions that confronted
him. Mr. Taft is no ways back
ward in acknowledging that he
is fond of wine, and that he likes
the taste of liquors of a more
ardent nature, but he refrains
from their use because they in
crease his flesh. For a number
of years he has been a teetoler.
There was foundation for the
j stories that Gen. Grant was ad-1
dieted to the excessive use of
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GET READY 1
FOR YOUR
Summer
VACATION
j
There are a great
■umber of resorts
in the North and
West along the
Rock Isi and
Lines
It s not too early to prepare
Let us help you
Wriie to
CH AS. B.
•EG AT
Assistant Genera! Passenge
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liquor during the early part of
his career, but not for the asser
tion that he was drunk during
much of the time he occupied
the White House. He rarely
tasted liquor during that peri
uu.
It was common rumor that
Grover Cleveland was addicted
to periodical sprees during his
two terms of the presidency, yet
those most closely associated
with him in those trying peri
ods say the charge was abso
lutely without foundation. Col.
Crook, an inmate of the White
House from the days of Lincoln
until after the death of McKin
ley, declared in the Saturday Ev
ening Post, several years ago,
that the stories about Cleve
land's excessive drinking were
positively false.
At the door of President Gar
field accusations of even gross
er immorality than excessive
drinking were laid, but these
were lies.
With the exception of Jack
son, probably Andrew Johnson
suffered more from the charge
of drunkenness than any of the
presidents. It is said he was in
toxicated at the time he took the
oath of office, and probably was;
i but he was ill, had been subject
ed to great mental strain and
had passed the entire previous
night without sleep. In order to
brace himself for the supposed
ordeal of the day, he took a
drink of liquor which, owing to
his nervous condition, immedi
ately flew to his head and caus
ed his tongue to thicken. This
parties who w-ere associated
with him in those stirring days
and some of them his bitter
political enemies—say was the
only time he was known to be
under the influence of liquor
from the beginning of his first
term as congressman until the
close of his career.
Even Washington did not es
cape the charge of being too
free in the use of intoxicants,
and some of the lying gossips,
after his death, circulated a re
port that he contracted his fatal
illness while on an amatory mis
sion. Neither charge had the
least foundation.—Fort Smith
Times-Record.
SHOWS AND HOTELS.
All moving picture show's, ho
tels, boarding houses, city halls,
jails churches, schools, and pri
vate homes, are subject to in
sects and germs. Spray them
with Ross’ “Dead Quick” spray,
and reduce disease.
A delightfully clean disinfect
ant, certain death to germs, in
sects and their eggs. Sold in
Newport by your druggist.
(Adv.)
WTinona Mills.
The Winona Mills man is in
town and wrants to show you
new things in hosiery and under
wear. Phone 27. 63d3.
Miss Willie Darden Entertains.
Special to Independent.
Grubbs, June 16.—Miss W illie
Darden entertained a large num
ber of friends Saturday evening
in honor of her cousin, Miss Jes
sie Littleton of Newport, at her
beautiful home on South Main
street with, with e. lawn party.
Various of games w'ere played,
tables being spread and the lawn
was decorated in pink and white
candles of contrasting color,
making it a scene of beauty.
Miss Jesse Littleton and Miss
Maude Hale served cream and
cake and a string band furnish
ed music throughout the even
ing.
Those present were:
Misses Ethel Byrd. Maude
Hale, Jesse Littleton, Bessie
Vance, Mabbel Collins, Allie
Lashlee, Willie Darden, Cynthia
Coffman, Sudie Nance; Messrs,
and Mesdames E. Bowman. E.
Mayer. Newt Nance, D. J.
Browning, Jas. Ivy, — Hopkins,
Chas. Grizzle, Joe Williams;
Mesdames H. J. Hale, L. Byrd,
John Grizzle, Sr., John Grizzle,
Jr., Messrs. Robt. Loftin, Al
bert Mayer, Albert Nance, Jas.
Grizzle, Ray Byrd. Carr Camp,
Almos Vance, Pete Cloud, Er
nest Ray, Joe McElrath, Kirk
Hale, Grover Lambkins, P. Hes
tor, Otis Ivy, Frank Walters,
Guy Byrd, Tilman Hale, Hardy
Williams, John Cloud. Fletcher
Johns.
GO RIGHT AT IT.
Friends And Neighbors In New
port Will Show You the Way.
Get right at the root of the
trouble.
Rubbing an aching part may
relieve it,
But won’t cure it if the kid
neys are weak.
.You must reach the root of it—
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Reach the cause: relieve the
pain.
Begin at once with Doan’s Kid
ney Pills.
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ands.
Here is a statement from a
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Mrs. B. F. Owens, Magness,
Ark., says, “One of our family
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dull pain in the small of the back,
Dizzy spells were common, es
pecially in the morning. The
kidney secretions were too fre
quent in passage. Hearing
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commended, a box was procur
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ly recommend Doan’s Kidney
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WISHED SHE
COULD DIE
And Be Free From Her Troubles,
but Finds Better Way.
Columbia, Tenn.—“Many a time,"
says Mrs. Jessie Sharp, of this place,
“I wished f would die and be relieved
of my suffering, from womanly troubles.
I could not get up, without pulling al
something to help me, and stayed in t>ed
most of the time. I could not do my
housework.
The least amount of work tired mi
out. My head would swim, and I would
tremble for an hour or more. Finally. I
took Cardui, the woman’s tonic, and I
am not bothered with pains any more,
and 1 don’t have to go to bed. In fact,
I am sound and well of all my troubles.’’
Cardui goes to all the weak spots and
helps to make them strong. It acts with
nature—not against her. It is for the
tired, nervous, irritable women, who feel
as if everything were wrong, and need
something to quiet their nerves and
strengthen the worn-out system.
If 3'ou are a woman, suffering from any
of th: numerous symptoms of womani/
trout e, take Cardui. It will help you.
Atal druggists.
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