I HONEY
STILL COMING
I Strong F°r Annual
oads Days As Result
ork Accomplished.
.00d roads days are
913, the results accom
Bateman Township
that public sentiment
j and section is strong
f two roads days each
jrmanent institution.
v hand, one hears sug
f how best to proceed
sens generally agree
ork days should be
>r in the season, prob
when the greatest
be accomplished and
f year when the heat
r, the movement will
n hand early and a
rganization made for
;ive and systematic
n, it is believed, ev
nt and business man
s store and shop and
army of salesmen and
es an opportunity to
Where a hundred volun
this time, there should be
land the next- The move
>o ought to embrace every
ip in Jackson County and
le results accomplished in
ys will mean as much as
id tax money has done
hour the year.
Peliey of Oil Trough, who
ighborly enough to come
nto Jackson and join in
id work, while in Newport
, stated that the work
n the Oil Trough road was
$1000.
e of our citizens who were
I by the soliciting commit
Inueu wun iur
butions, the In-,
ig received the
1 will be turned
Hubert, who has
od roads funds.
V_$5.00
_5.00
_2.00 .
_2.00
l Oil Co_1.50
red is to be used
roads work and
thers who may
snd in your sub
ke Independent,
he committee or 1
I
estion has been ■
Pictures
sra House
}er Week.
‘QOT’S MONEY
fi falls into wor
n excellent dra
Henry Walthall,
1 and Harry Ca
tAPH.)
! OF OSAKA
--- was made on the
around the world, featuring
>«ce Costello and Clara Kim
Young.
(Drama—VITAGRAPH.)
BABY’S NEW PIN
8 -°st—mother thinks baby
swallowed it. The doctors
e “ funny time locating it
(Comedy—LUBIN.)
^ extra good pictures and
music by the orchestra.
EMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
L
; made which we think a good one.
I Why not barge several loads of
I gravel to this city and have it
! dumped where the farmers upon
their return trip home may be
able to secure a load and carry it
; back for a stretch of highway
'that needs this very improve
, ment. The gravel could be se
cured cheaply and with the far
i mers’ cooperating, the cost of
| hauling would be contributed by
them with very little trouble and
no expense.
Governor Major Pays For Five.
Little Rock, Sept- 4.—Because
he could not remain in Little
Rock today and take part in the ■
: road work, Governor Elliott Ma
i jor of Missouri hired five men to
'take his place on Pulaski county '
j roads today.
“I am small, but I am equal to
: any five men when it comes to
working of the roads,” said Gov.
:Majorto one of the members
of the good roads committee. “I
cannot stay over in Little Rock
Thursday, but I want to help the
good work along and I am going
to put up $10 to be used in hiring
, five men to take my place on
your county roads Thursday.
“They may not be able to do
as much real work as I would,
but they ought to help out a
good deal,”
Governor Major was not jok- i
ing about his $10 contribu
tion, and he pulled a new ten spot
out of his pocket and turned it
over to one of the members of
the committees.
Mercury Reached 105.
All heat records for the sum
mer of 1913 \Vere cast in the
scrap heap of discarded figures,1
during the afternoon Thursday I
when the mercury climbed to 105
in the government thermometer
of the Newport station, which is ‘
reported by Wiley McMinn
The previous high mark was
104 degrees, attained one of the
early days in August- Upon
Thursday, the heat was not only ■
intense, but a very hot wind,
brought damage to cotton and
late corn. The humidity of th'e
atmosphere was also high, which
made the day a most uncomfort
able one.
McCombs Will Return Soon.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 4—Hon. W.
F. McCombs, Democratic Na-1
tional Chairman, has written to;
his cousin, George B. Pugh, of ,
Little Rock, that he has recover- j
ed from the operation for appen
dicitis in Paris, France, and is
getting along very well. He will
not return t6 America for some ;
weeks yet.
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Notice to Ladies.
The ladies in charge of the
dinners served for the road j
workers request that all who
contributed dishes etc. call at
the court house at once and iden
tify their respective property.
The dishes etc. may be found
in the hallway of the court house
and the owners are urged to call
promptly.
Many Invite Governor Hays.
1 Special to Independent,
i Little Rock, September 5—
; Governor Hays has recei\ eel a
'great number of invitations to
! address a farmer’s demonstra
tion conference at Hot Springs,
i on the 11th he will deliver an ad
‘ dress at the opening of Hender
! son-Brown College at Arkade
phia. and on the 17th he wi ^
make an effort to attend a good
j roads working at Powhatan.
i
GOOD HOADS
DAYS A FIXTURE
And Will Become An Annual In
stitution Because of First
Success.
Special to Independent.
Little Bock. Sept. 5._The
Good Bonds Days, called by Gov.
Hays have proven so eminently
successful that it is probable
.hey will become an annual insti
tution in the state- That is the
suggestion that has been made
by B. G. Dye, State Highway
Commissioner, who rays:
“The reports coming into this
department thoroughly indicate
that the interest over the state
generally was intense, and that
there were very few localities
which failed to work the roads.
The organization of the forces,
while not complete, handled the
work with wonderful effective
ness. I estimate that two thous
and miles of road was worked in
the state. It should be made an
annual event and in that way we
can keep alive a practical good
roads spirit-"
Assistant Highway Engineer
Hight returned Thursday from
Mena, having spent three days in
going over Polk county with
County Judge W. X. Martin, or
ganizing forces and makinghelp
ful suggestions. Las„t night he
left for Brinkley to assist in the
survey of the newDeValFs Bluff -
Brinkley road, which has alrea
dy been worked the greater part
of the distance. It is being made
ready for the logging party of
the Southern Natiomd Highway
Association, which is expected to
pass along there between Sep
tember 10 and 15.
First Victim of the Chair.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 5.—Lee
Simms, a negro, was electrocut
ed today at the State Penitentia
ry for a criminal assault upon a
white woman in Prairie County
July 28. This is the first execu
tion under the new law in Arkan
sas, subsisting electrocution
for hanging.
Under the law passed by the
last Legislature, the above is all
the newspapers are permitted to
publish about the electrocution
of criminals, being prohibited
specifically from the publication
of any details of the execution
itself.
Sues the Railroad.
Attorneys Bickers and Rich
ardson today filed suit against
the Iron Mountain railroad, ask
ing for the sum of $35,000 dam
ages from the railroad. John W.
Brown, a young man, is the
plaintiff, and the suit is brought
by his father as next friend, it
being stated that Brown is a mi
nor of about twenty years of
age
It is alleged in the complaint
that he was handling a cant
hook for the defendant railroad,
and that the cant hook was dull
and unfit for use. On that ac
count it failed to stick in the
timber as it should have done,
and young Brown was thrown
from a box car and seriously in
jured. It is claimed that his in
juries are permanent and inter
nal and that he is disabled, per
: haps for life.
The accident happened be
] tween here and Guion, and the
■ young man resides near Guion
'—Bate.jville Guard.
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I August Short On Rainfall.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. -I.—There
was less rainfall at Little Rock
for the month of August than
for the coresponding month
since 1909, but there is an accu
mulated exces of 28 inches over
the normal for the year since
January 1. During last month
| there was 2-4 inches of rain
j fall, last year there was 4.98,
j and in 1911 there was 8.88 in
jches, whereas in 1909 it fell
'down to 1.74 and in 1902 occur
red the dryest August since the
j Bureau was est ablished in 1879.
with rainfall of only .19 of an
I inch- The normal for the month
for 35 years has been 3.65 inch
es. The greatest precipitation
on any one day was .36 on the
22d.
The temperature for August
was only slightly in excess, of
the mean for 35 years, which is
79.2, that recorded last month
being 82 degrees, the highest
'being 100 on the 6th, the low
est 65 on the 30th. the greatest
| daily range on the 30th, and the
| least daily range 12 on the 9th.
There were twenty dear fays
j during the month and six on
which there was no apprecia
ble rainfall.
To Provide Sufficient Revenue
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 4,—The se
* eond meeting of the Arkansas
: School Directors, organized here
Tuesday, will be held in Little
Rock, January 24, 1914, and the
county associations of directors
are to be invited to send dele
gates. It is planned that the or
ganization of these county asso
ciations shall be pushedas speed
j ily as possible, that the greatest
, amount of publicity may be giv
Jen the plans of the state associa
, tion.
j The purpose is set forth in
; resolutions adopted by the mem
bers to the effect that a senti
ment-be created in favor of rais
ing the limit of school taxation
above seven mills, “to provide
adequate funds for the mainte
nance of the schools,” also that
the Legislature take ? ch action
i as will empower the school dis
I tricts to assess the property of
each district for local purposes
only.”
Additional Local.
j C. J. Saenger made a business
trip to Hoxie this morning,
j Gus P. Coffin was able to be
[down this morning after quite
ja serious illness of several days.
I Mrs. E. R. Walk«r has return
led to her home at Vandale after
; a visit to her sister here.
Mrs. S. R. Phillips and two
'children have returned from
j Heber Springs.
| Miss Jennie Martin has re
turned to her home at Lillie
Rock after a Newport visit
Mrs. Evelyn Kinman has rent
ed one of the Elfrank cottages on
Third street and will move into
'town next week
j Miss Thelma Hays has return
jed from a visit to Miss Thaddese
: Kinman and has as her guest
[during the week end Miss Maude
j Littleton.
Attorneys S. !)• Campbell and
i Fred Suits of Newport are here
[today attending to legal matters
j in the circuit court. They are
1 attorneys for the St. Louis &
j Iron Mountain railroad.-—Jones
j tor Tribune.
i County Treasurer J. M. Ivy
I will leave for Jonesboro Sunday'
j to accompany his son, Sim Ivy,
also Ed Morgan of Tupelo, the
i two young men going over to en
jter the Agricultural school.
| B. W. Stainback was here
j this morning en route to Walnut
j Ridge from Batesville. Mrs.
i Stainback, who has been the;
[guest of Mrs- Gus Martin, has,
also returned home to Little
| Rock.
I
j Dr. and Mrs. John Runyan of
Florida, who have been out on a
visit to Mrs. Runyan’s father,
Dr- David Bateman, at Elmo,
were here yesterday going
home.
I The Epworth League of the
j Methodist church are planning
[extensively for a miscellaneous
i bazaar which they expect to
give Friday and Saturday, Nov
ember 7 and 8. The young peo
ple will canvass the membership
of the church for donations and
anything from friends will be
greatly appreciated. The pro
ceeds will go toward paying for
the electric fans and to carpet
the church.
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Governor Major Shown.
St. Louis, Sept. 4.—Gov. Elliot
W. Major passed through St.
Louis tonight on his way back to
Jefferson City from Little Rock,
where he had been the guest of
Gov. Mays on the first of the two
good roads days. Gov. Major
said he had been greatly im
pressed by the good roads spirit
shown in Arkansas, and declared
that he believed fully as many
good roads workers turned out
on the highways yesterday as
«lid on the first of I he two day
given over for good roads in Ali
souri.
While shaking the Arkan
dust from his clothing, the g
ernor laughingly displayed a f< *
blisters on his hands and solen
ly declared they were the resuit
of his work on the Arkansas
roads. During the Missouri good
roads days, Governor Major was
one of the most enthusiastic
workers plying a shovel or a
pick or steering a road grader as
occasion arose. He said he feels
confident that, the good roads
work that has been started in
Missouri and Arkansas will not
be allowed to drop, but that the
movement for better highways
will, gain strength until it be
comes a national campaign, with
each state setting aside certain
days each year when, the citizens
will turn out and help to improve
the roads.
Raised Rale to Acre.
Little Rock, Sept.. 4.—W. L>.
King, a prosperous farmer culti
vating the A. J. Thatcher farm
near Atkins, has advised Com
missioner Page that he has 225 -
acres of cotton that he has
grown under demonstration me-.,
thods, that will«produce an aver
age of a bale to the acre.
His success he ascribes to the
fact that he has cultivated it
scientifically, and thtft he pur
chased the best seed available.
He paid $140 a bushel for the
seed of the long staple variety.
It will sell at from 10 to 20 cents
a pound.
Mrs. Marcus Brewer Arrived
this morning from Oklahoma
City to visit her mother, Mrs.
Estelle Claridge.
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