PLUME IV. _NEWPORT, ARKANSAS FRIDAY, APRIL 10,1914. NUMBER 9.
IjMAY REMOVE
y ARKANSAS COLLEGE
P/'Tb Morrilton Or Little Rock If
■k ' Arkansas Synod Thinks
Best.
■ Little Rock, April 9.—It was
I? ^teamed Wednesday that there
I. ^as a nvovement on foot to re
\ hdhove the Arkansas College a
^gJ^Presbyterian co- educational
■T^School at Batesville, from that
If Ur city and that Little Rock will
|r probably put in a bid for the in
9j^ stitution, Morrilton also is after
^■UL the school, and it is officially
jKljMaid. will offer $100,000 and a
MT/ spacious campus. Most of the
■ ; $100,000 already is subscribed.
Ill The matter of bringing the col
li lege to Little Rock has been ta
rken up with George R. Brown,
secretary of the Board of Trade.
Mr. Brown has announced that
the Board of Trade will take no
action in the way of an offer un
less the Presbyterian Synod of
Arkansas has decided to remove
#the institution from Batesville.
Should a definite action be taken,
UK Little Rock will make a bid. A
Bee of the Board of
ill be appointed to con
the school officials and
! an offer in behalf of
ock. . -
$herts, president of the
qouege, has declined to state
whether he favors moving the
echqol from Batesville.
However, in a letter to Mr.
Brown, which follows, the posi
, Mtion of the school is shown:
! -Batesville, Ark., April 9, 14.
/ ^ “Mr. Geo. R. Brown,
“Secretary of Board of Trade,
“Little Rock, Ark.
^-“Dear Sir:
“Yours of the 4th, inst., re
ceived on my return home last
-% night. In reply I would say the
• board of trustees of this insti
tution has not decided to move
it elsewhere. Half of the trus
tees reside here, and most of
them would naturally oppose re
moval, but the college belongs to
^ the Presbyterian Synod of Ark
ansas and, in case a bid should
come from Little Rock, it would
raise a question for that body to
^determine. In fact, the ques
tion of removal seems about to
come up for serious considera
■firm
1 “Morrilton assures us that an
offer of $100,000 and a spacious
campus will soon come from
* there, and reports are that al
most the entire amount is al
ready subscribed. If it or any
similar offer should actually
Moving Pictures
* atthe Opera House
THE FIANCEE AND THE
/ FAIRY
A beautiful society drama.
(LUB1N.)
D1SHWASH DICK’S COUN
TERFEIT
The stars, Tom Mix and Myrtl
Steadman.
(Western—SELIG.)
SURF AND SUNSET ON TH1
INDIAN OCEAN
(Scenic—SELIG.)
THIEVES
Two relatives of the millionair
try7 to steal the will but are ou
witted by a real robber. Georg
Holt and Myrtle Gonzales.
(Drama—VITAGRAPH)
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
come to us, I am sure the synod
of Arkansas would be called in
special session to decide. During
ithe last few weeks several have
said to me that Little Rock would
| be a better place to conduct this
! work.
| “About the only objection that
| might arise would consist in the
| problem of controlling the con
duct and shielding the morals of
the boys in a great city. It
would offer advantages in loca
tion to most any other town in
the state, in sundry respects.
And if you could offer a campus
that would at least soon have the
convenience of street railway
'communication with the heart of
the city and yet sufficiently far
I from! the business center to
!make it easy to shield the boys,
- particular objection would
: no longer weigh much in my o
pirnon.
I “I am ready to consider any
iprop sition that might promote
Ithe interest', cf this institution
;in the broadest sense, and I am
isure that a proposition similar
to that expected from Ivlorrilton
would appeal to the synod very
powerfully. A desire for a more
I ■» i i i • i i
auvamageuus jucauun nas iuug
existed. If an offer comes from
Morrilton, as it seems it will
come in a very short time, a
synod will be called. So if Lit
tle Rock wishes to do anything
to secure the college, it should
be done soon.
"Yours Cordially,
J. P. Robertson.
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Mrs. Sarah Kershaw.
At 9:30 Friday morning Mrs.
i Sarah Kershaw, aged 67 years,
passed away at the home of her
j daughter, Mrs. James Sisson, on
■ Walnut street. The deceased
had been very sick for several
weeks, having pneumonia, . at
her home at Prescott, from
which she never fully recovered,
1 but was able to accompany Mrs.
Sisson home ten days ago, but
had been confined to her bed
■most of the time. Her condi
tion became alarmingly worse
! yesterday afternoon, death re
lieving her suffering this morn
ling.
I The body will be carried to
i Prescott on No. 3 this afternoon
ifor burial, accompanied by Mr.
land Mrs. Sisson and others of
t _
j tne lanmy.
| Mrs. Kershaw was well known
and loved by many of our peo
ple from visits to her daughter
here, all of whom held her love
' ]y Christian character in much
'esteem. She was a mother de
voted to her children, who are
heartbroken over the loss of
their only parent.
Three children, two daughters
1 and a son, survive and are, Mrs.
! James Sisson, Mrs. Harry Wat
j son of Texarkana, and Mr. Ted
Kershaw of Temple, Texas, all
of whom have the sympathy of
jour people in their sorrow.
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Easter Menu.
i The Easter menu at the
Claridge Hotel will consist of
I the following things, and parties
^ jwho wish m|eals for that day will
1 j please phone:
Tomatoes and Lettuce
Turkey
Asparagus New Potatoes
lj New Peas Hot Rolls
Shortcake
Coffee, with pure cream,
Ice Cream Cake Olives
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e Do It Electrically.
| See Sam Denty about the Vac
urn Cleaner before doing you
spring cleaning. Telephone in
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DEMAND BETTER
ELECTION LAWS
Ben Griffin Proposes Voting
Machines For Every Pre
cinct In State.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 9.—Recent
developments in Arkansas poli
tics have produced a demand for
changes in the state election
laws, which will insure that the
will of the people prevail. This
demand will be satisfied, or
there will be more clamor in the
next session of the Arkansas
legislature than is promised in
the coming state Democratic
convention. The people are sore
and tired of machine politics, and
they believe the time has comb
when votes must be counted as
they are cast. There is little
doubt but that many counties of :
the state turned in a count in
the last primary which wfill fall
under a close scrutiny—or at
least, this is the opinion of the
multitude. The people are most
fair in all things, and they want
the man who received the most
votes to have them counted for
him.
The first step to rectify the ob- j
solete system of voting, which
has been in vogue in Arkansas
since statehood was granted it,
will be a bill which will be of-1
fered in the next General As-!
sembly by Ben L. Griffin, a mem- J
ber from Pulaski county, and one j
of the strongest of Clarke sup
porters. Representative Grif-1
fin will introduce a measure,j
which if passed, will put voting j
machines in every precinct in the
state. It is true that the cost
the first year will be stupendous,
but the first is the real cost, and
the reduction in cost of prima
ries and elections which come
later will return the money in a
few years. He will offer a bill
patterned after the New York
| law, and if it is passed, it will be
'possible for the result of all
state elections to be announced
early on the night of the elec
tion, and there will be no ques
tion about the result. Accuracy
in the count, as well as the sav
ing of time and the lessening of
cost of elections, are the three
features which recommend the
voting machine so strongly. Ac
curacy in the count is what the
voters of Arkansas insist upon.
Voting machines are in the
nature of a booth, similar to
those in use by long distance
telephone companies. The ma
chine has a set of keys with a
place for registering for each
candidate. It is impossible to
punch more than once for any
candidate, and it is impossible to
punch for more than one in any
race. The vote is counted as it
is registered by a paper strip,
something like that of a piano
player. As the voter comes out,
the inner door locks the voting
machine and registers his vote.
The voter coming in the inner
door—there being two to the
machine—opens it so that he
may register his vote. The two
doors keep the officials back, and
insures privacy to the voter. All
the judges have to do is to pass
upon the qualifications of the
voter. There being no chance
repeaters, the count of the ma
chines is absolute accurate.
It is suggested by Capt. F. W
Tucker, for years chairman of
the state republican central com
mittee, that the plan go furthei
- and make it possible for all othe:
- parties to have primaries at th<
.' same time as the Democrats
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l
I
which can be done without addi
tional expense, and at the same 1
time do away with machine poli
tics in Republican conventions, j
Capt. Tucker also calls attention
to the fact that such an arrange
ment would prevent the republi
cans, socialists and others, from
participating in democratic pri
maries, a condition now deplor
ed by all parties.
There seems to be no opposi
tion to any of the suggestions
now, but plenty will accumulate
before the legislative session is
well under way, for the machine
political counties do not wish a
change in their methods of do-'
ing business.
The White Slave Scourge.
The Internationa] Anti-White
Slave Association under the aus
pices of the Men’s Forward
Movement, will speak to the men
of Newport next Sunday at 3 p.
m., at the Methodist church.
Dr. A. G. Voight of Stanton,
Va., will address the men on
“A National Peril.” The nation
and civilized world is aroused on
this subject and the time of ac
tion has arrived.
Dr. Voight, with Dr. Betts,
are teaming in this state, having
visited Little Rock, Hot Springs,
Texarkana and other cities and
towns and in the last six months
about a Hundred communities.
Let every man in Newport be
present.
Beautiful Buick Car.
Dr. C. E. Carroll has added an
other automobile to the list of
those already owned by Newport \
people. He is now enjoying a j
handsome new 1914 Buick Tour-j
ing car, which was delivered to |
him Thursday.
Dr. Carroll has secured a five
year agency contract from the
Buick company and hopes to sell
a number of other cars here.
Extends Taxpaying Limit.
Through the efforts of Sher
iff J. F. McCuistion and by the
courtesy of Governor George W.
Hays, the limit for paying taxes
in this, Jackson county, has
been extended ten days, or un
til April 20th, when the pen
alty will attach.
Call Sam Denty about the Va
cuum Cleaner, the only sanitary
way. Telephone 117. 304dtf
EASTER SERVICES.
LI a. m. Sunday, April 12, 1914,
First Presbyterian Church,
Newport, Arkansas.
Orchestra Prelude.
Doxology.
Invocation.
Hynpi 196.
Announcements.
Responsive Reading.
Soprano Solo.
_ “Hosanna”—-Grainer— Mrs.
J. W.’Grubbs.
Easter Offering.
“Christ Is Risen”—Victor Her
bert—Soprano, Miss Ella Ander
son; Contralto, Mrs. A. M. Wel
ler.
Cantata.
Sermon.
Soprano Solo.
“Glory To God”—Boex—Mrs.
Champ Simpson.
Closing Hymn No. 42.
Benediction.
Postlude.
Solos by Miss Ella Anderson
md Mrs. A. M. Weller at even
ing service.
EASTER PROGRAM.
The following program will be
rendered by the Sunday School
jf the Christian church:
“Message of the Violet”—Dor
othy Ivy.
“Beautiful Eastertide”— By
Children.
Remarks by Pastor.
Offering.
“He Is Risen”.
Drill By Nine Girls.
Song—“Let The Heavens Be
Joyful.”
Benediction.
You’ll find it worth w'hile, when
you do any painting or have it
done for you to ask your paint
er to tell you how many gallons
you will need for the job.
Then order I>evoe Lead-and
Zinc Paint; as many gallons as
he says. Arrange wfith the deal
er to take back what isn’t used.
You’ll take back from a quar
ter to a half the quantity you or
der, as a rule; a direct saving
of money to you. It has been
proved many times. Order De
voe. —Johnson-Avera Hard
ware Company, agents. dl
Drayage of afl kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10. —
Chester Robinson. 18dtf.
Jammed Messenger Into Trunk.
Little Rock, April 10.—After
breaking the glass in the s.de
door of the express car on the
Hot Springs local near Haskell,
and forcing William Ahring,
1411 Bragg street, Little Rock,
express messenger of the United
States Express Company, at the
point of revolvers tO' unlock the
door, two masked bandits bound
and gagged the messenger and ?
jammed him into a trunk, lock
ing the lid and robbed the ex
press company’s safe> of all the
money there was in it and es
caped.
The amount of money could _„
not be learned as the express
messenger refused to make a
statement of the amount in the
safe. It is believed that the men
boarded the train at Haskell, and
after robbing the express car
got off the car at Benton and
paid their fares into Little Rock
on the same train. Two men
were seen to get on the train at
Benton that attracted the sus
picion of the train crew.
Galloway’s Twenty-fifth Anni
versary.
The anniversary address of
Galloway College will be deliv
ered by Bishop Eugene Russell
Hendrix of Kansas City, who is
an intimate associate of the
founder of the college, Bishofr.
C. B. Galloway.
The commencement sermon
will be delivered on the morning
of May 31 by Dr. Stonewall An
derson, secretary of the board of
education of the church, and the
sermon before the Young Wom
jen’s Christian Association will
i be delivered the evening of the
! sarnie day by Dr. Phillip C.
Fletcher of Texarkana. Dr. I
van Lee Holt of Cape Girardeau*
Mo., one of the best known of
the Southern ministers, and an
I orator of exceptional ability, will
be the baccalaureate speaker at
the graduating exercises June
—Searcy Citizen.
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I
Dr. W. N. Pierce was here
from Tupelo Friday and reports
l a serious accident which befell
W. L. Woods of the Fitzhugh
Snapp Grocer Company Friday
morning. Mr. Wood .was coming
dow n a ladder whieh. slipping,
caused him to fall some dis
tance, breaking one rib and frac
turing another.
^aste^viti^tsTirnou^^vei^
groomed-men and their ladies,
just around the corner!
Men whom you 'll find at
head of the procession are coming
this Live Store to be fitted out f
occasion with their new Spring
RUPP EN HEIM
BENJAMIN*—WASHING1
CLOTHE
Weaves and color
ing with the season, are
contrast to those that have gone oerore;
are the kind others are made after,
range from $20 to $30*
EASTER HABERDASHERY