SEPTEMBER 1913.
fORT CITIZENS
I WORKING ROAD
Ix-umt^f Volunteers
1m Out and Work Oil
V jrough Road.
[morning at 7 o’clock the
Jers for the improvement
■ Oil Trough road began to
I at the ferry, in wagons,
| on horseback and on
L one lad brought his
Itched to his pony express
Lounced his intention of
L as much as three buck
I water at each trip to
I: the tftirsi ot me vuiuu
jny of laborers
Boy Scouts under the
nd of Messrs. Dowell and
oarded the boat on its
•ip over and will help in
ribution of ice water,
vest landing of the ferry
1 first attention from the
i( the sand and gravel ta
rn the bank being hauled
)w places in the road that
>st from the river. The
le and a half being
i the lowlands, will re
pecial attention,
idies of the city furnish
>r for the workers and R
ieley supplied ice and if
suffers it will be because
vrork and not for lack of
nd wholesome refresh
mong the many who went
1 to join in the good work
I. H. Dyer, who got in the
tof volunteering in the ear
xties and just can’t quit, al
lgh he is well past road age.
er working awhile, the road
■seer thought it best to pa
him and by noon the old gen
pan was back on this side of
leavuring
'rank Dayton and Eleanor Kahn
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,Bank Of Forrest City Will Re
Open.
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i Special to Independent.
| Little Rock, Sept. 3.— The
Bank of Forrest City will re
open for business about Wednes
day, September 10, and it is
predicted that it will have no
| further trouble.
1 'I
I Eugene Williams, cashier of
the bank, County Treasurer Geo.
' P- Taylor, and Sheriff and Collec
tor J. F. McBougal are in the
city today winding up the set
tlement with the State Treasur
er. Mr. Williams Tuesday after
noon deposited with the W. B.
Worthen & Co. Bank $40,000 and
had enough besides to meet all
the requirements of the state.
Today Sheriff McDougai turn
ed over to the state a total of
about $41,000, settling with the
state in full. There had never
been any doubt of the county
having the money, it was only a
Question oi being able to secure
the funds on collateral in hand.
State Auditor Coffman Tues
day afternoon recognized George
P. Taylor as county treasurer
and as such Mr. Taylor received
from the State Superintendent a
check for $17,082, covering St.
Francis apportionment from the
school fund of the state. The
school fund of St. Francis coun
ty amounting to over $30,000,
lacked three days of being avail
able for apportionment, and un
der the ruling of the Attorney
General this must be carried ov
er until the 1914 apportionment
The allotment for the state is
about 3*4 cents per capita small
er this year on account of the
failure of St. Francis County to
get in on time, but next year it
will be just that much larger.
In discussing the affairs of the
Bank of Forrest City, .Mr. Wil-;
liams said:
“The Bank of Forrest City I
went into the hands of S. H j
Mann as receiver Aug. 2. It was
not a failure—it was a condition i
that could not be reached any
other way at the time. But now
we have $127,000 in live assets .
over and above all liabilities, and
the bank will be a running insti
tution again by September 10. ,
with the same officers, and I pre-1
diet that instead of people want- j
ing to draw out their money,,
they will be coming to us with
deposits. But every depositor or
other creditor of the bank can
get every dollar coming to him if
he wants it.”
The officers the bank are: !
County Judge E. A. Rolfe, presi
dent, J. D. Baugh, vice president,!
Eugene Williams, cashier.
George P. Taylor was elected
Treasurer at the last election,
but the books had not been turn
led over to him by J. H. Tipton,
1 his predecessor. Mr. Taylor now
| has received his commission and
| his bond has been approved and
i filed
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W. J. Mitchell Dead.
W. J. Mitchell of Kenyon and
one of Bird Town ship’s best men
and prominent farmers, passed
away Tuesday morning at 5
o’clock from typhoid fever.
| The deceased was 45 years old
i and was a splendid citizen whose
death will be deeply regretted
, throughout the county. A wife
and six children are left to
I mourn the loss of husband and
father. To them the sympathy
of many friends is extended in
their sorrow. The burial took
place Wednesday at the Bade
Axe cemetery.
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STATE OBSERVING
GOOD ROADS DAYS ,
Governor Off Missouri Is In Ar- :
kansas Helping to Build Bet- ;
ter Roads.
Little Rock. Sept. 3.—More
than 100 wagons loaded with :
g’ave; and manned by volunteer
enthusiasts; tons of steel
in the moulder hape of shovels; !
many cars of crushed stone, hun-!
dreds • >; tenner hands, soon to be
,blistered, and a. plentiful supply
oi echbk-s, prepared by women
enthusiasts, await the launching
this morning of Governor Hays’
"Good Roads Elays’’ in Pulaski
county
But Pulaski is not alone in
; plans. Throughout the state
j work will be done that in money
'value will represent many thous
ands of dollars, before tomorrow
jnight. Every county in the state
js planning for the days, and in
those counties where it is impos
sible to work today, other days !,
have been proclaimed.
The arrival at 7:50 o’clock this ,
morning of tlev. Elliott W. Ma
jor of Missouri, father of good
reads days, will prove the signal
for the opening of the day's pro
gram in Little Reck. A commit- «
tee including Governor Hays,
'Mayor Charles E. Taylor, State
Land Commissioner Rneben G.
Dye. C. C. Kirkpatrick. Judge W.
M. Kavanaugh and others, will
meet the train upon which the
Missouri executive will arrive.
: BREAKFAST TO GOVERNOR.
An informal breakfast will be
tendered in his honor in the UrP*~
I ion station cafe, and then a cav
alcade of automobilists will
i
bring the party down town. Pre- j
feeding the arrival of the visiting j
governor me volunteers irorri j
Little Rock will be forming in
line at Main street and Capitol
avenue, and when the party from
the station arrives, will fall in
under the direction of Sheriff W.
G- Hutton, chief inspector for
the day, assisted by Rolla Pear
son of the Arkansas National
Guard.
In the line of march will be
more than 100 motor cars, loaned j
by enthusiastc to transport vol
unteer srovelers to the scene of
toil; more than 50 loaded grav
el wagons, several water wagons,
scores of carriages and the cars
bearing the committee of wo
men. who, under the direction of
Mrs. Alfred D. Cohn, have pre
pared the noonday meal.
PROCEED OUT MAIN STREET
Out Main street the line will
proceed to Twenty-first street,
where one section comprising
the squads to work divisions 4, 5,
G and 7 on the Sweet Home and
Granite Mountain pikes will turn
off. The other section will pro
ceed to Twenty-third street,
and out to the Arch street pike.
The work will be commenced im
mediately upon the arrival at the
division points and will continue
uninterruptedly until the noon
hour. After luncheon work will
be resumed and will continue un
til 3:45. When the day’s efforts
are done the entire party will be
transported to Granite Mountain,
where a big barbecue will be
held.
Newport Gets Two Shows.
Newport is to receive a visit
this month from two of the big
tent attractions of the country,
the Kit Carson Buffalo Ranch
! show on Wednesday, September
j 17 and Gentry Bros. Dog and
Pony show on Saturday, Sep
tember 20.
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Upholds Health Regulations.
Little Roc. Sept. 1.—Attorney !
leneral Moose has upheld the
state Board ot’Health in the pro-!
nulgation of the rule recently |
innounced requiring all school |
eachers. children and employes
o be vaccinated. This rule was
ormulated tinder the following
!
section of an ac-* by the last leg- j
slature:
“Power is hereby conferred j
ipon'the Arkansas State Board1
>f Hea.lth to make till necessary !
*nd reasonable rule- and regula
tions of a general nature for
:he protection of the public I
lealth. and for the general an..1
oration of the sanitary and hy- I
fienic conditions within the
State, for the -’oppression and !
prevention of infectious, eonta-1
rious and communicable dis
eases, and for the proper en
orcement of quarantine, isolu
.ion, and control of such dis
eases.
Attorney General Moose -ays:
‘It is my opinion that it is the
iuty of the director ; of the pub
ic schools, and all other schools
jf the state, to assist the State
Board of Health in the enforce
ment of l fit.' rule. The State
Board of Health has abundant
authority, under the provision
f the statute, to promulgate this
rule, and our Supreme Court, in
[he case of Auten vs. School
Board of Little Rock, has ap
proved a similar rule promulgat
ed by the Board of Health of Lit
tle Rock. The Court says:
“ ‘The question whether the
public health justifies this regu
lation was a matter for the
school "board, and the board of
health and city authorities to de
cide. It was a matter left to
their discretion. The responsi
bility and duty of deciding this
matter being placed upon them,
the courts have no right to inter
fere and control their discretion,
unless it is clearly shown that
the regulation was unreasonable
and unnecessary.’ ”
In conclusion, Judge Moose
says: “This decision was made
prior to the State Board of
Health act, and before specific
authority was given by law for
the promulgation of sueh a rule.
The present State Board of
Health was specifically authoriz
ed by the Act of Ibid to make
this rule, and there is no doubt
in my mind that the courts will
sustain the State Board of
Health, and the directors of
schools in their efforts to enforce
it.”
Hen Is “Some” Layer.
Mountain Home, Sept. 2.
Mrs John Woods, wife of a far
mer who lives two miles south of .
this place, reports owning a re
markable hen. This old rackin',
which is a Rose Camb Brown
Leghorn, has laid 425 eggs in
425 days. She has not missed a
day. No weather has been too
cold for her to do her daily duty,
nor any day too hot. All through
the drouth she stuck to her post
and delivered the goods. She
has dropped all the eccentricities j
of her kind and has never want
ed to set. Her business is eggs.
Mrs. Woods says tha.t every time I
“Old Biddy" gets through laying
she comes clucking to the door!
for something to eat, and that
she always feeds her. This may
have something to do with her
remarkable record, as possibly
she imagines that she will not
get her meal if she does not first
produce an egg.
While Baxter county is in 1 lie
seme 1: tit tide as many other sec
tions of the United States, some;
rather unusual stunts have been
pulled off lately by some of its)
fowls. Tom Chandler, a farmer!
who lives on the North Fork,
lately rr ported that he had a hen i
that laid a double-yolked egg ev
ery day. A double egg also was
shown here not long ago. The
outside shell was as large as a
[goose egg, the inner egg being
the usual size. Both were well
formed and developed eggs.
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Lost.
Pocket book, Aug. 29, contain
ing pair of sleeve buttons and
copper cross inscribed across
face, “J. V. Ryan.” Return to A
W. Anderson & Co. and receive
reward.
J. V. Ryan.
Miss Emma Bateman ot Elmo
was here last evening, leaving on
No. 18 for St. Louis, where she
I resumes her work as teacher of
I expression in one of the schools
of that city.
To Raise Maximum School Tax
Special to !ndependent.
Little Rock, Sept. M At a
meeting of the School Directors
ol Arkansas, held Tuesday after
noon with the Department ol Ed
ucation a movement was put on
foot which it is expected will he
fruitful of important results in
an educational way during the
next two years.
There were about To directors
and school officers present, be
sides Messrs. ■). II Reynold-. .1
W. Kuykendall. II \\ . Torre;, -
son, and ot hers ol I he St at •
Hoard of Education. Tin* St:
School Directors were organi
with the following officers:
Allen Winham of Texarkai
president : 1,. 1 Met 'lure n
Russellville, secretary; Wia.
Kirti'ii of Lake Village, E. 1
Stanfield of Edgmont, and Haul
H. Westbrook of Moro, Execu
tive' Committee.
It is th purpose of I he execu
tive committee and officers to
co-operate with the* State* Hoard
of Education in bringing about
a sentiment for the* adoption of
the plan of action set forth in
i he* following resolut ion :
“Whereas, at a meet ing e»f 1 he
School Directors and Represent
atives of various school districts
throughout the* state, held in the
State Capitol at Little Rock this
second <!a,y ofSeptember, 1913, it.
was shown in eliscussion that the
present maximum for local
school tax of seven mills, as now
permitted under the* law, is in
sufficient in many elistricts to
maintain their public schools,
therefore *
“Re it Resolved, that the next
General Assembly of Arkansas
be hereby urged to take such ac
tion as will empower the school
districts of this state to assess
the property of each district for
local school taxation only; or
“That the law making seven
mills the maximum of local
school tax levy be increased by
such amount as may he necessa
ry to provide adequate funds for
maintenance of schools.”
Mr. and Mrs. Wash Ball of
Batesville were here early this
morning on their return home
from a wedding trip through the
East.
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