THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
front St, NEWPORT, ARK.
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A thought for the morrow—
lay in a supply of arnica, witch
haze], etc with which to mend
sore muscles.
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September 3 and 4, 1913 in
chronology—the days Arkansas
turned over a new leaf in road
building.
It’s worth effort, this cause of
better roads, because in building
them a country is opened up to
agricultural pursuits and a popu
lation that w'ill support cities.
Newport has by taking up the
observance of good road days,
put itself on the road map. What
we need most is a rock road to
Grubbs and a bridge over W'hite
River. Both are within reach if
we do justice to ourselves and
pin our faith to a bigger future
for this city.
If the observance of road days
by Newport citizens had only an
other week for better organiza
tion and direction, even greater
good would have been accom
plished
What better way of convinc
ing the farmer that the towns
wants to help improve his roads
than to shoulder a shovel and be
at the ferry at 7 a. m. tomorrow.
The average citizen of a town
may not make as good a road
worker as men who could be em
ployed, but when he’s willing to
do actual labor, he at least shows
his heart’s in the right place on
the road question and his exam
ple will do more to arouse gener
al support of the movement for
improved highways than the re
sults accomplished by the most
expert road worker.
Governor Hays’ good roads
proclamation moves the Sulphur
Springs Record to print the fol
lowing from the Bible: “Every
valley shall be exalted and every
mountain and hill shall be made
straight, and the rough places
plain, and the glory of the Lord
shall be revealed and all flesh
.see it together; for the mouth of
the Lord has spoken it.”—Isa.
xi 4-5.
We understand that the road
from here to Wyman which has
lately been worked is now one
of the best roads in the county.
For years this road has been one
of the worst in this part of the
county. The people on this road
are to be commended for their
untiring efforts in trying to
make this one of the best roads
that we have, ft is hoped that
: il other roads will do likewise.
—Fayetteville Daily.
That’s the tune we hear sung
(with new words) in every ex
change that comes to our office
but don’t grow weary of that
song. We think it sounds sweet
er every time we hear it.—Fort
Smith Times-Record.
No Indecent Dancing There.
In speaking of a W. O. W. pic
nic and barbecue at Bardstown,
Mississippi county, the Osceola
Times thus speaks of the music
and dancing:
About 9:30 Bynum’s orchestra
sounded the first notes of the o
pening dance and with only short
intervals for rest the large danc
ing floor, especially laid for the
occasion was well filled with
dancers during the day and till
a late hour at night
Before the dancing began the
leader of the band was requested
to announce to those taking part
in the dance that no “tango”
dances were to be permitted on
this occasion. We are glad to
say that this request was res
pected throughout the day,
while lovers of the “poetry of
motion” enjoyed seeing their
young friends engage in the
rythmic pastime of refined so
ciety.
This action of putting the ban
on “ragging” by the fatherhood
of this community cannot be
too highly praised and com
mended. The spirit of weakly
yielding to custom has gone too
far in this country, and the ex
cuse “they are all doing it now ’
leads to many social atrocities.
Too long the idle rich and their
poor imitators have set the pace
for poor American boys and
girls while the busy, burdened
fathers and mothers have stood
helplessly by and seen the health
and purity and innocence of their
children destroyed. Few parents
can leave the Thaw millions to
their children, but all of them
by their neglect may endow
them with the Harry Thaw
temperament—but we don t
want to preach here in report
ing this delightful gathering of
neighbors and friends.
Martin Will Retire.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, September 2.—
State Senator A. C. Martin of
Conway does not return to the
legislature in 1915, and already
there is beginning an interesting
scramble for his place. Under
the agreement that prevails in
that district, the selection of
the candidate will this time be
left to White county, and there
are three candidates mentioned.
They are Judge R. W. Crisp oi
Searcy, Dr. W. H. Aldington of
Beebe, and Attorney Davenport
of Bald Knob.
Artemus and Rubelle. the two
little girls of Dr. and Mrs. C R.
Cray, have been quite sick for
the past few days.
Miss Lillian Bullion of Arka
delphia arrived this morning to
spend the winter with Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Balmaz.
For Sale By All Druggists.
COURT RESTRAINS
COUNTY JUDGE
Of Independence County From
Naming Depository For
County Funds.
Batesville, Sept. 1.—Today
t was the day set for the letting of
the county funds, and naming of
a county depository by County
Judge Scott, but ar. order issued
by Judge Emmett Jeffery' re
straining him from so doing was
presented, and the funds were
not let. The history' of the case,
briefly told, is as follows:
On the first of the year the
county court advertised for bids
from banks and trust companies
desiring to become depository
for the funds of Independence
county. At this letting, held on
January 6th', bids were submit
ted.
The Union Bank and Trust
Company of this city offered to
pay four and one-half per cent
per annum for the county' funds,
and the Citizens Bank and Trust
Co. made a bid in which it offer
ed to pay one-fourth of one per
cent more than any other bid,
provided it would not make its
bid to exceed four and one-half
per cent per annum.
At this letting, Samuel M- Ca
sey, attorney for the Union Bank
and Trust Company objected to
this bid of the Citizens Bank
and Trust Co., as being no legal
bid, and as being unfair to other
bidders and not for the best in
terests of the county ultimately.
The county court, however,
awarded the depository to the
Citizens Bank and Trust Co. and
the Union Bank and Trust Co. as
well as Samuel M. Casey as tax
payers of the county, took an ap
peal to the circuit court. This
came on for hearing at its last
term, and the circuit court,
through Judge Jeffery, sustained
the county court in awarding the
county funds to the Citizens
Bank and Trust Co. An appeal
was taken from this judgment
to the supreme court, to overrule
the county judge and the circuit
court and held that the bid of the
Citizens’ Bank and Trust Co.
was illegal and not in accordance
to the law, and that the order of
the county court in designating
it as the depository for the coun
ty funds should be vacated and
set aside.
Following this decision by the
supreme court, the county judge
here advertised again for the
letting of the funds, and then
comes the order of Judge Jeff
ery, that he be restrained from
so doing.
Killed Friend In Dream.
Mammoth Spring, Sept. 1—
That he killed his friend during
a dream is the defense of Lee
Cousins, arrested at Thayer,
Mo., near here, on a charge of
shooting William Hilton last
night at Cousins' home
; According to local officers, Hil
i ton and Cousins went to Cous
j ins’ home yesterday afternoon.
| Hilton intended to spend the
j night with Cousins. Nothing
'else is known here of the trage
dy oilier than the story of Cou
| sins, who says that during the
| night he dreamed that he was
being at 'acked by someone and
that he did not know he had shot
i Hilton until he was awakened by
the explosion of the shotgun.
Local officers say that the men
were intimate friends and they
know of no quarrel between the
men. Cousins is apparently
greatly grieved as the result of
the tragedy and sticks to his.
' story.
To Beautify Hendrix Campus
Special to Independent.
Conway. September 2.—John j
Nolen, of Boston, the landscape j
artist, last week sent his person-!
al representative, P- R. Frost, to i
Conway, to make a thorough ex- i
amination of the Hendrix Cam
pus, and \yill make a personal
§ Ladies. We Would Be Pleased
1 To Have You Call and See our New Fall G00(js
Or At Least The Part Which Have
Arrived.
Brocaded Velvet,
Brocaded Paon Velvet for trimmings.
The new Mandaline light weight.
Duryea stripes.
Diagonal Serges, 52 inches, all colors.
We cau Show You All The New Silks
in Corticelli and Pine Tree Mills.
visit in October. The purpose
is to work out a general building
scheme that will be good for the
next hundred years. He will lo
cate the president’s house, as
well as other buildings. The
plans for the president’s house
are ready, and work will begin
as soon as the site is determined.
Many other colleges of the south
are planning the campus for the
future, rather than following the
plan that was pursued by Har
vard of working without a plan
and producing hodge podge.
Warnock Wants Congress Seat.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 2.—R- S.
Warnock, the banker statesman
of Magnolia, has announced for
congress from the Seventh Dis
trict, to succeed Hon. W. S.
Goodwin. He represented Col
umbia county in the legislatures
of 1909 and 1911.
In 1912 he initiated a state
banking law, which tailed of
submission to the people on ac
count of a technical fault in the
petition. But he is not discoui
pged, and he announces that it
is his purpose to carry this meas
ure before the people next cam
paign. He has already piepar
ed a guaranty amendment to
the present banking bill, which
he proposes to initiate. A bank
ing bill carrying the guaranty
feature was considered by the
legislature of 1913, but defeated
bv the law subsequently enact
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was eliminated- He is the au
thor of the present state de
pository law.
Mrs. John Fairchiid and two
daughters have returned from
an extended visit of several
weeks to Galveston, Texas and
Pine Bluff.
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