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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For County Judge.
The Independent is authorized to
■xsnnounce the candidacy of W. D. Mc
Lain for the office of county and pro
bate judge of Jackson County, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri
mary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of James H.
Johnston for the office of county and
probate judge of Jackson County, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of John A.
Melville for the office of County and
Probate Judge of Jackson County,
subject to the action of the Demo
cratic primary.
For Representative.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of J. M. Mar
dis, for the office of Representative of
Jackson County, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic primary.
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For Treasurer.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of John H.
Camp for the office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to the action
->f the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of Jesse W.
Shuford for the office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized to
Announce the candidacy of J. M. Ivy
for re-election to the office of Treas
urer of Jackson County, subject to
the action of the Democratic primary.
Candidate For County Judge
The Independent takes pleas
ure in announcing the candida
cy of Mr. John A. Melville of
Village Township for the office
of county and probate judge,
subject to the party primary of
next March.
Mr. Melville is a native Ark
ansan and has been so long a
citizen of our county that he is
too well known to need any in
troduction at our hands. He
served as justice of the peace
•of his home township in a cred-J
itable manner for ten years and
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is now completing his second
term as coroner, the duties of
which office he has impartially
and faithfully administered.
Mr. Melville has good ideas
upon the greatest issue before
the county today, that of good
roads. He served as road over
seer for Village Township two
years and also under appoint
ment by the county judge under
the free labor act. He has been
a bridge and levee contractor
and had a great deal of practical
experience in such work. Mr.
Melville very naturally feels that
this actual road work gives him
a better insight into the actual
needs of the county along this
line.
If honored by the people, he
proposes to give all his time to
(he duties of the office and par
ticularly the roads.
He proposes to see that our
roads are not worked once a
year ana men anuweu u>
into impassable condition, but
that they are maintained in trav
eling condition by tlie respec
tive overseers, whose work he
will give better direction not on
ly by personal supervision, but
through a road commissioner,
who will devote his entire time
to the thoroughfares of Jackson
County.
Mr. Melville as coroner has
proven a prompt and attentive
official and pledges if elected the
same consideration of the more
responsible duties of judge. He
has always been a loyal Demo
crat and enjoys the esteem of
his people.
8afety In Friendship.
An Intimate friendship Is at once
a safeguard In recreation and social
enjoyment, for a man thinks twice be
fore he plunges into surroundings
which he knows his best friend would
condemn. It Is a stimulus, because
In work or business, or even play, a
man does not willingly lag behind
while the friend Is forging ahead. In
common endeavors for good causes,
religious or social or political, friend
ship Is a powerful Inducement to self
forgetting activity.
Time to Beware.
If ever you meet a woman who suc
ceeds in convincing you that you are
an exceptionally fine fellow, be very,
very careful. She has far more Intel
llgence than you.—Jay Denby, in Let
ters (torn China.
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Look After Bad Places.
On October 3rd the following
appeared in the Forrest lit)
Times: “The road' are awl al,
especially the Haskins hid.
There will be a notice in 1 he
Times, when the roads are dry
: enough, and every automobile
owner, every owner of wagon or
buggy, in Madison and Franks
township, will be expected to
: furnish a team and driver to
i haul gravel for one day from Mr.
: Grobmyer’s field in front of S. C. t
Neel’s residence, to the Haskin s
hill, and thus render it passable,
for the remainder of the fall and
winter.”
During the bad weather spell,
just gone through with, hun
dreds of roads all over the state
were in the same condition as
existed in St. Francis county.
On the road mentioned the Has
kin’s hill seemed to be the bad
section. On each overseer’s road
there will be sections that are
j worse than others, and at times
well nicrh im
passable. To fix up these sec
tions first should be the rule.
During the winter season
coming on, discover the bad
places. Do not disband your
road organizations. Do not stop
your work except when the wea
ther is too inclement to work
outside. All winter long good
can be done. Drain out the wa
ter and fill up the holes.
If a farmer starts to town eight
or ten miles away with a load of
cotton and strikes a wet place
several hundred feet, three or
four miles out, he can only haul
to town what his team can pull
through the wet place, three or
four hundred feet long. The old
adage is, “A chain is no strong
er than the weakest link.’’ This
can be ably applied to roads, in
that, a passable road is only as
good as its worst spots. The
farmer can only haul over a road
the load that may be pulled by
his team through the bad places.
Let us organize this year for a
winter campaign. Let us try a
new system of work and this
time make our roads passable all
the year. Use the drag unceas
ingly and take care of the bad
sections on all roads as soon as
they develop.
Very truly,
REUBEN G. DYE,
Colombia's Claim.
Senator Joseph E. Ransdell of
Lousiana, introduced a resolu
tion at the Mobile Commercial
Congress providing for a probe
into the manner in which we ob
tained Panama, and the right to
cut a canal thi'ough the isthmus,
from Colombia. Our conduct in
this particular cannot be defend
ed on the grounds of morals or
good faith; but as the great
Bismarck once said,when impos
ing unwelcome conditions upon
the Catholics of Germany, “It is
not right, but it is necessary.”
We were dickering over a trans
isthmian canal for fifty-three
years and the transcontinental
railroads were powerful enough
to thwart us at every turn. They
went into the French money
market and prevented DeLes
seps from raising the funds with
which to carry on his work and
they are now agitating the
claims of Colombia, or at least, i
they are accused of being be-j
hind the movement.
The simple fact that President
Roosevelt saw that the fulness of
time had come, and that the peo
ple demanded that the oceans
should be wedded. He found
that Colombia was trying to
hold up this government and
demanding inordinate compensa
tion. He realized that this op
position was blocking the on
ward and inevitable march of
civilization and he took the bull
by the honrs and adopted the
anly measures that were availa
ble and effective.
Nevertheless, if we, as a na
tion, owe anything to Colombia, .
as a nation, we should not hesi
tale to pay over whatever may f
be right. This country is too «
big to take advantage of a small-, \
er nation- and it is also too big C
to have its manifest destinies [
ft tar : 1 or diverted by a small- j
ei nation. — Memphis News- ‘
Scimitar. , ‘
\. \I. E. Conference In Session [
Here. ! [
The Arkansas Annual Confer- j
ence of the African yietnodist ^ ■
Episcopal Church is in session ,
at the St. Paul A. M. E. Church |
of which Dr. J. G. Robinson is j
pastor. There are about two ! j
hundred pastors and piesiding
elders present.
The presiding elders of the con- ,!
ference are: Revs. \ . M. Town- i
send, D. D-, H. C. Beasley, D. D., |
J. yr. Sutton, D. D., J. D. Dennis j
and J. yi. B. yicMichael, B. D
A welcome reception was ten-1
tered the conference last night.
A program was rendered, inter- j
spersed with good singing and ,
music- The mayor in his address j
said: ‘‘Newport is one of the j
best towns in Arkansas, and \
there exists the most friendly j
feelings between the races. \\ e i
j make this delegation welcome,
land shall do everything in our .
j power to give you everything i
; that is necessary to make you j
| comfortable. You stand for good
■ citizenship, and your progress
! as a race has been marvelous.
| Your Booker T. Washington,
■ and your Bishop Turner, are
I known throughout the civilized
I world, and you should be proud
j'of them, and the record that
j'your race has made during the
,last fifty years.” Mr. Jones in
j his address, said: “The world is
j ‘yet young. We have only a re
jcord of about two thousand
' years. What a marvelous oppor
tune v we have to do work, and
i
develop the resources of the
; earth. You as ministers of the
meek and lowly Jesus, are em
! ployed in the greatest work giv
| en to man. Do your duty, and do
j it well, and you write your
j names upon the pages of history
to last forever. Honesty, up
rightness will last while the
world stands. To be honest, and
do the things that are right, may
cause one to have to do without
‘money, but one can have more
than money—happiness and
contentment, and know that he
is perpetuating a civilization
that is blest of God.”
The speech of Mr. Jones was
received with great applause.
Able speeches were made by E.
D. Bryant and J. A. Smith.
Bishop Chappelle responded in
an eloquent address. A synop
sis of the bishop’s speech wlil
appear in tomorrow’s report,
with the organization of the con
ference.
Bring Your Bucking Horses.
If there is a bucking horse in
your neighborhood that no one
can ride, bring him in on Yankee
Robinson circus day, and Texas
Bill and his band of rough riders
—some of the best in the world
will see what can be done about
Handling him. Sometimes they
buck over ten miles of territory,
yet in the end the cowboys seem
to handle them. The bucking
contest in the Wild West depart-!
ment is without a doubt the
most amusing sport known.
Texas Bill and his cowboys, cow
girls, Mexicans and rough riders
of the world, are with Yankee
Robinson circus and they will
ride any bucking horse you
bring them. At Newport, Sat
urday, Nov. 8. (Adv.)
Treasury Department, Super-:
vising Architect’s Office, Wash
ington, D- C., October 22, 1913—
Sealed proposals will be opened
in this office at 3 p. m, December
2, 1913, for the construction j
complete (including mechanical i
equipment, interior lighting fix-;
tures, and approaches) of a one
for the United States postoffice
3tory and mezzanine building of
1,700 square feet ground area,
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