HE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
IF or Representative,
[JOHN H. KEEL.
County Judge,
E. L. BOYCE.
CircuitXClerk.
J. D. NEAL.
County Clerk.
GEO. A. LOCKARD.
Sheriff,
H. S. SIMMONS.
Treasurer.
DR. F. G. SMITH.
Assessor,
R.1L. CONDITT.
Surveyor.
W. A. BOWMAN.
Coroner.
F. J. [HARRISON.
Constable—Union Township.
W. H.JCAROUTHERS.
Justioe'of the Peace.
GUY SMITH.
FORF.STIDILLARD.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
We are authorized to announce Ithel candidacy
of H. M. Woodard of Elginl for Justice of the
Peace of Bird township.
i * .COUNTRY . . $
^CORRESPONDENCE. $
DIAZ DASHES.
T. M. Finch is on the sick list.
M. D. Campbell is reported
quite sick.
Bud Stanley is on the sick list
this week.
R. West and family spent Sun
day in Centerville.
B. F. Hackney left Sunday
night for Tuckerman.
Lee Grooms of Sulphur Rock
was in the city Sunday.
Chas. Triggle of Sulphur Rock
was in the city Saturday.
Geo. Hackney and Will Mayer
visited Jacksonport Thursday.
Messrs. Sink and Martin of
Newport were in the city Sun
day.
Misses Lettieand Elvie McLain
of Newport were in the city Sun
day.
Mrs. Hurley and daughter,
Nora, of Hickory Grove, were in
the city Monday.
! Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Armstrong
returned Tuesday from a week’s
visit to Deniville.
The farmers are cutting and
hauling in their hay. They re
port a fine crop.
Misses Myrtle Holden and Flo
ra Saville of Village township
visited in the city Sunday.
Chas. Holden and Albert Arm
strong left Monday for a two
weeks’ visit to the world’s fair.
Mrs. Towers and children left
Tuesday for their home in Lake
City, after a two weeks’ visit
_ , here.
Little Emma Pierce was bitten
by a dog Saturday evening. She
was painfully, though not seri
ously, hurt.
Mrs. M. J. Hackney and son,
Ben, left Sunday for the bedside
of her son Lige, who was reported
dangerously ill in the St. Vincent
Infirmary in Little Rock.
Word was received Sunday that
Lige Hackney died Sunday, aft
er one day’s illness in St.
Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock.
The remains were brought up
over the Choctaw Monday for
burial in the Walnut Grove cem
etery. The deceased was 23
years of age, and was working
for the Choctaw R. R. at the
time of his death. He was a
loving son and brother, and the
parents and relatives have the
sympathy of the wnole communi
ty in this hour of bereavement.
(Beebe papers please copy.)
Uncle Josh.
OLD GRAND GLAIZE.
Dr Wm. Thomason has been on
the sick list.
C. A. Tucker made a business
trip to Newport Monday.
Fred Tucker made a business:
trip to Newport Monday.
As the news is very scarce I
will ring off for this time.
Mr. Willie Steenburgeen made j
a visit to Mrs. Hinkles last Sun
day evening.
The farmers are wonderfully
beset because they can’t get rain
on their crops.
Mr. Elbert Mardis, wife and
babe, paid Miss Lucy Shelley a
visit last Sunday.
With good wishes for all,
Churn Head.
COTTON DOING"WELL
SAYS STATE REPORT.
—
Needing Rain in Some Localities
—Late Corn Suffering From
This Cause.
Following is the weather bu
reau’s summary of crop condi
tions in Arkansas for the week
ending August 15:
Clear, warm days with cool
nights and light, scattered show
ers were the characteristic
weather conditions of the week.
Cotton is doing well, but is be
ginning to need rain in some sec
tions. It is fruiting nicely gen
erally. There is some complaint
of rust, shedding and going too
much to weed, but on the whole
the outlook is fairly promising.
Early corn is maturing and
promises to make a full crop.
The late planted is doing fairly
well, but is suffering from lack
of moisture in many sections,
and at present does not promise
a full cron.
Threshing is about finished.
The yields secured were as a rule
satisfactory and the quality of
the grain was fair to good.
Haying was carried on during
the week under favorable weath
er conditions. Large yields are
being secured.
Late potatoes are coming up.
In some sections they are need
ing moisture.
Apples promise to be a fair
crop and peaches will make a
good crop. The quality of the
apples is fair to good and of the
peaches good.
INSTITUTE CONVENES.
The teachers institute convened
Wednesday morning at the pub
lic school building, and its open
ing session was well attended by
the teachers of Jackson county.
Following is the program for
the three days’ session, as pre
viously outlined:
WEDNESDAY, 9 A. M.
Organization.
Some methods in primary lan
guage, Mrs. Ella Whittaker,
Misses Bettie Higgs and Louise
Irby.
The fundamental rules in arith
metic, E. A. Shaver, Mrs. Pearl
Coffman, Miss Cora Kimberlin.
Language, picture stories and
reproduction, Mrs. May Woods,
E. A. Dixon, Andy Phillips.
Arithmetic, factors and multi
pies, Mrs. Dora Albright, W. D.
Hickman, G. H. Davis.
The essentials of good reading,
Mrs. Jean Diaz, J. R. Hodges.
THURSDAY.
How to study literature, Miss
Hal Phillips, Miss Elizabeth
Pugh.
Longitude and time, Mrs. Ella
Box, Amos Ford.
Our state course of study, W.
M. Shaver, J. W. Best. W. W.
Beede.
How to assign a lesson, Geo.
R. Hopkins.
How to conduct a recitation,
Andy Phillips.
Address, W. J. Mcllwain.
Memory Gems, their import
ance, Mrs. Dora Albright, Mrs.
Ella Box.
FRIDAY.
Applications of percentage, J.
R. Hodges.
How to grade our schools, E.
A. Shaver, W. A. Bowman, J. C.
Alexander.
The importance of the study
of Arkansas history. Mrs. Cora
Kimberlin, Walter J. Wade, Miss
Belle Phillips.
General discussion of the fol
lowing subjects by directors and
teachers:
What can we do
(a) to improve our teachers?
(b) to improve our schools?
(c) to improve our communi
ties?
Lighting and ventilation of
school buildings, Miss Eleanor
Bush, Mrs. Ella Whittaker.
HOW WILD BEASTS ATTACK
Nearly Every Species Has Its Own
Peculiar Method of Seizing
Its Prey.
Those who obtain their knowl
edge of how wild animals pounce
npon their prey, be it a human
being or a fellow brute, from
the picture books will have to
revise their ideas if they are
made true to life. Most of the
conceptions are entirely wrong,
according to the statement of a
close student of such things.
“In seizing their prey tigers
and lions almost invariably go
for the throat,” he says, “though
fin one or two instances that have
come under my notice of animals
killed by tigers they have evi
dently first been hamstrung.
These, probably were the victims
of young and inexperienced ti
gers. I once saw a man charged
and knocked over by a panther
and he only saved his throat by
putting up his arm, which, as
well as his shoulder, the animal
grasped with teeth and claws.
“Anyone who knows anything
about elephants must be aware
that the trunk, and particularly
the tip of the trunk, is the most
delicate and sensitive part v-l
the animal and that he shielA*
it from injury by every possible
means in his power. It is, there
fore, very unlikely that he would
expose It In the act of charging.
My experience, limited though it
be, points to the fact that an
elephant, once he has made up
his mind to charge, curls up his
trunk tight.
“Bisons and buffaloes when
they charge invariably poke
their noses in the air and com
mence running at you wun meir
heads well up, much in the man
ner of domestic cattle, and only
lower their horns when within a
few yards of the object of their
attentions. This I take to be a
mere matter of common sense
on the part of the animal, for if
he puts his head down, say even
40 yards away, he could not pos
sibly see where he was going.
“Bears when wounded will
often get on their hind legs and
dance about from sheer rage and
will also at times do so in order
to get a better view of the where
abouts of their enemy, but when
they charge, whether it be at a
man mounted or on foot, they in
variably charge on all fours.
“In charging most animals
give vent to certain vocal sounds
—grunts or roars—and this, it
is natural to suppose, is done
with a view to terrifying and de
moralizing the object they are
attacking—in fact, more often
than not it is a mere bluff on the
animal's part. I have often seen
tigers roar when charging who
never really mean mischief and
who when met by a bold front
turned off.”
A BIT OF HENNERY LORE.
What Makes Brown Eggs Brown Be*
vealed by a Woman Who la
Onto Store Tricks.
“You have just started house
keeping, Maud,” said the visitor to
the bride of a few weeks, accord
ing to the New York Sun. “I have |
been married a year now, and have
learned a great deal about dishon
est practices of shopkeepers..
“Tradesmen are up to all sorts
of tricks. The other day I went to
the dairy to get some eggs. Would
you believe it, the girl in charge
tried to make me believe that the
brown eggs were better than the
real white ones? She came from
a farm, too, which is a surprising
thing.”
“Why, I always thought the
brown eggs wrere the best,” said
the bride of a week. “I am sur
prised to learn that they are not.”
“No, indeed, they are not. Do
you know how they get brown?
Well, it’s from lying around the
store so long. They just get stale
and take on that brown look. Oh,
they can’t fool me! When I began
housekeeping, I did not know that
the storekeepers laid an egg down
on the counter and stamped it
'Fresh laid.’ I know their tricks
now, though.”
The King’s Coach.
The young king of Spain's state
coach is drawn by eight pure
white horses with white plumes
and white harness, says Chums.
Plumes wave from each corner of
the coach, and there Is a crown in
the center.
BREAKFAST ROOMS.
Appropriately furnished prove a con
tinual source of pleasure. If your
breakfast is served among cheerful, har
monious surroundings it gives you a
good start for the day.
DINING ROOM SUITES.
We have a nice line of Dining Chairs,
{ Sideboards, China Closets, Dining
1 Tables—in fact, anything in the Furm
j ture line. Come and see us. We are
are ready to show you what we have.
Time Tells
The Story.
There is a big difference be
tween the cost of making a first
class sewing machine, embodying
the best materials and workman
ship, and one which is made in the
cheapest manner. The buyer of
the cheap machine soon pays the
difference of price in the constant
cost for repairs, to say nothing of
its annoying inefficiency.
Singer Sewing Machines do
good work during a lifetime.
Sold on Installments.
Old Machines taken in exchange
Liberal Discount for Cash.
Oils, Needles, Attachments and
Repairs for all makes of machines.
The Singer Manufacturing Co.
“TheSewing Machine Makers of the World.”
FRANK W. LYNN. M’g’r.
121 Hazel St., Newport, Ark.
A —THE—
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fil DISTANCE
^SJIstelephone
places you in direct and
instant communica
tion with all important
towns in Texas and
Arkansas and many
other states. Its use
will often save you a
fatiguing foumey.
TRY ROUND TRIP TALK.
The SouthwesternTelegraph
and Telephone Co.
LIVERYMEN
FARMERS
DRAYMEN
And all users of axle grease
that want the best grease on the j
market and that recognize a good
thing when shown its merits, we
recommend our Golden and Cas
tor Oil brands of Axle Grease.
It is put up in 1 pound tin boxes
and 3 pound tin buckets. For
sale by all up-to-date merchants.
Ask for it and take no substitute.
It is guaranteed to have no equal
for quality on the market.
WATERS-PIERCE
OIL COMPANY.
jack Herron
For Granitoid and Stone Walks,
Curbing, all kinds of Brick Work.
Don’t fail to get my figures
before contracting. I
My Work Talks For Itself
Parties wanting crushed Lime
Stone Walks apply to me.1
Henry Owen,
Physician, Surgeon
and Oculist.
Office - - Sells’ Drug Store.
J. W. Lindley, Pres. L. T. Slayden, V-Pres. E. V. Holt, Cashier
BANK OF TUCKERMAN
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.00.
We are open to the public for all business I
which constitutes safe & reliable banking
DIRECTORS:
J. W. LINDLEY, L. T. SLAYDEN, D. C. DOWELL,
GEO. L. SMITH, W. E. TALLEY, !
J. A. GREENHAW, L. D. ^MITH. I
COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY. i
Your Patronage is Solicited.
Tuckerman, - - Arkansas
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Low Rates from Memphis.j
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Tickets on sale at Memphis August 13th, limited 15 days.
For full information write
J. N. CORNATZAR,
General Agent, Memphis, Tenn.
f-n j
Coach Excursion
-TO- *
WORLD'S FAIR,
$6.35. —
Seven Days’Limit. Tickets on sale-Jaly 0* J8, 25.
St. Louis may be included in return trip at small additional
expense.
Full information on request.
GEO. H. LEE, JAS. HARRIS,
Gen. Pass. Agt. 1 Dist. Pass. Agt.
LITTLE ROOK, ARK. .
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