THE INDEPENDENT
| PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Firont St., NEWPORT, ARK.
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Primary tomorrow.
A senator to be nominated.
Every Democrat should vote.
Don’t stay at home and then
bewail the result.
Every good citizen ought to
be interested in who’s governor
of Arkansas.
The governor of Arkansas has
much to do with the develop
ment and growth of the state.
He is such an important factor
that you as a Democrat ought
to express your choice in the pri
mary tomorrow that the party
and state may secure the best
man.
Brundidge will be elected gov
ernor of Arkansas tomorrow un
less his supporters through ov
er-confidence fail to go to the
polls.
Interest in the primary to
morrow is not very general or
) very active but every Democrat
owes it to his party and state
to go to the polls and express
his choice for governor. Let the
masses of the majority party
speak in order that it may nevei
be said, the nominee was not the
choice of his party but only ;
few who voted.
The Democrats, who are con
, ducting the primary tomorrow
are giving their time and ser
vice to the party without hope
of recompense. Aren’t you as ;
voter willing to give a half houi
or perhaps not over fifteen min
utes to the discharge of a duty
every good citizen owes his par
ty and state, by simply voting.
Jackson county is really i
part of S. Brundidge’s home anc
ought to roll up a large majority
in his behalf. The friends ol
Judge Hays in his judicial dis
trict are boasting of the major
ities they will give him at home
Surely we have reason to fine
as much or more pride in tht
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i ui vjui uwu eA-cuugresS'
man. But one doesn’t need tc
solicit support for Brundidge up
on the ground of home pride. In
record of public service, in abil
ity and statesmanship, in free
dom from entangling alliances,
promises and machine support,
he may be pointed to with pride
as worthy of your support.
Contractors W ant To Know.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 20.—Con
tractors who desire to bid on
the additional buildings which
will be erected at the agricultur
al schools of the state, have been
writing to Gov. Futrell to ask
when they will receive their
money, if they are successful in
their efforts to land the con
tract.
Gov. Futrell has replied to all
that as this money must be paid
out of the general revenue fund,
it is a mere matter of conjecture,
as this fund is an unstable quan
tity. He goes into the situation
a bit more fully however, by an
alyzing the probable status of
the general revenue fund for the
coming year. He tells the con
tractors that it will probably
take all the money to be paid in
by the county collectors at the
annual settlement to be made
next month, to pay the outstand
ing claims against the state.
About the same time the fran
ehise and corporation tax will be
paid into the treasury, and thi
will be sufficient to keep the
state departments going until the i
first of the year. Unless the li
quor people are able to defeat
the stringent prohibition acts of
the last legislature, there will
be little coming in the first of
the year, so the contractors will
have to depend upon the taxes
! collected next year for their
payment.
The governor is advising all
contractors who ask, that they
had better arrange to carry
their accounts for a year, if they
make bids upon the state build
ings.
harry Bragg, Jr., Killed
By Reckless Officers.
Paragould, June 19.—Firing
1 at a prisoner whom he had ar
rested on a charge of bootleg
iging and who had made a break
for liberty, Deputy Sheriff Sims
missed the fleeing man and kill
ied Harry Bragg, Jr. of Wichita
l Falls, Texas, at 1 :30 o’clock this
! afternoon on the streets of Par
agould. The lad is the son of
i Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bragg and
! grandson of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Reiney of Paragould.
Sims was conducting his pris
oner to the jail when the man
broke away and fled down the
sidewalk. The officer pursued,
calling him to halt. When the
man continued his flight Sims
drew his revolver and fired just
as the man turned into an alley.
The lad was coming toward the
officer and the bullet struck him
in the breast. The officer con
tinued in pursuit of the prisoner,
not knowing he had shot the lad.
Sims was arrested on a charge
of involuntary manslaughter
and released on $1000 bond. He
■ says that he could not see the
, lad, as the fleeing man was be
tween him and the youth.
The shooting occimred just a
few minutes after Robert E.
1 Wait, the Little Rock banker,
had left Paragould, continuing
his automobile trip from Little
■ Rock to Detroit.
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■; LODGE DIRECTORY.
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Royal Arcanum.
Newport Counci/ , No. 322.
Royal Arcanum meets 1st and
3rd Friday nights in each month
. in the Opera House building.
Visiting brethren always wel
come.
S. M. Beattie, Regent,
W. C. Wishon, Sec.
Woodmen of the World.
Pecan Camp, No. S, meets 1st
and 3rd Thursday nights of each
month in Masonic Hall. Visit
ing brothers welcome.
R. T. Simmons, C. C.
P. S. White, Clerk.
Modern Woodmen.
Newport Camp, No. 13,674,
M. W. A., meets Second Friday
night of each month in Opera
House. Visiting brethren invit
ed.
R. T. Simmons, Consul.
Jackson Lodge, -iio. 191 F. &
A. M.
Meets Second and Fourth
Tuesday nights of each month in
the Opera House Building, Se
cond and Hazel Streets.
Visiting Brothers always wel
come.
Geo. M. Sink, W. M.
S. M. Beattie, Sec.
The I. 0. O. F.
i The I. 0. 0. P. meets every
Monday night in Masonic Hall,
comer Hazel and Second streets.
1 Visiting brothers always wel
i come.
Grover C. Gates, N. G.
J. F. Parish, Secretary.
'
Tribe of Ben Hur.
T^eT'Fribe of Ben j Hur meets 1
in the Board Building every '
Tuesday night at 8 o’clock by or- ! |
der of the chief.
JSTENING TO THE CHIMES
Message of the Centuries Conveyed to
Those Who Have Minds At
tuned to Hear.
Sitting in the village churchyard,
vhile the children play with flowers
lpon the sodded grass, and the slow
;ossips saunter past the gate and the
‘vening sunshine breaks in through
he golden shower of the laburnums
ind rests peacefully on the worn head
itono, the chiming of the bells trem
bles through the air like speech of
iving voices What histories of hu
nan life have they not witnessed up
n that gray tower among the Ivy!
What fears and Jealousies, what greed
ind passion and awful sins, handed
town In whispers of dark tradition,
lave they not rung la and out at
baptism and wedding and funeral)
What mysteries are sealed under
these tombs, but no mysteries to
them! How they have chimed for
Bvery one that Is burled round, and
mixed with their thoughts, and wan
iered with them through other lands,
and come to them in dreams; dying
children have heard them call to
heaven; have lingered sweetly In the
ears of happy brides; lonely fathers
have wept with them for the dead;
tiu’ have softened the prodical's
heart in a far country; they have rung
like the voice of peace through the din
of battle; they have startled the wick
ed thought and palsied the wicked
hand, and there they peal still, out of
the past into the present, over the
dead and over the living, rt is only a
peal of bells, and we have heard them
a thousand times, and nobody thinks
of them; but yet all this, and a great
deal more ts in them—William F
Stevenson
SETTLED STATUS OF POET
DoogtM Jerrotcf* Verdict Will Be
do reed by Many Who Have Tried
to Read Browning.
Vbe writings of Robert. Browning,
which are in great favor among aa
eaatbetlo few bat continue to be
caviar to the general public, probably
received their keeaeet critic tarn from
Douglas JerroM half a century ago.
Jerrold waa recovering from a violent
Win tin when a oopy of Browning's
•"Bordello” fell Into the hands of tha
convalescent. He began to read, but
not a complete Idea could he get from
that mystic production. The thought
then struck him that he had lost his
reason during hts illness Filled with
ag< /, a perspiration burst from hU
brow. At that moment his wife enter
ed the room. "Read this, my dear,” he
cried out, thrusting the volume into
her hands. After several attempts
to make any sense out of It, as Jer
rold related, she returned it, saying
"Bother the gibberish! T don’t u»
derstand a word of It!” '“Thanh
heaven.” exclaimed Jerrold. “then 3
am not aa idiot, after all!"
Japanese Embalming.
fn the olden days In Japan the mas
ter embalmer was successful In se
curing to posterity a perfectly extraor
dinary amount, of preservation in the
bodies on which he operated. The
Japan Chronicle draws attention to a
ease of this nature which has re
cently corns to light In Kobe. The op
eration of laying out a public park
there Included the removal of aome
graves of the Aoyama family. Two
graves were opened belonging to old
dal my o who were buried about IM
|W >§u x uo §nif«« wwnvwu vk
■tone calls with large coffins of wood,
eontatnlng Inner coffins of earthen
ware. On the spaoes between the
cell walls and the wooden coffins be
ing opened those present were much
surprised to see that the bodies were
In a state of perfect preservation, bass
log all the appearance of wax fig
ures. The old Amagasakl lords lay la
almost lifelike freshness. Several val
uable personal belongings were found
In the graves. Including two long
swords, women's hair ornaments,
boxes for pocket Inftstones, gold fam
11 yseals, writing brushes, etc.—Loo
don Globe.
KH Carson. Soys' Hero.
A notable boys' hero of the last gen
eration not entirely forgotten yet waa
Christopher Carson, popularly known
as Kit. Carson, who was born In Ken
tucky, December 24, 1809, removed to
Missouri while a child and became a
famous hunter, trapper, scout and In
dian fighter. Col. John C. Fremont
used him as a guide In his explora
tions and later he was very service
able to the government In making
treaties with the Indians. During the
Civil war he rendered great service to
the Union in New Mexico, Colorado
and the Indian territory, and was brea
etted brigadier general In 1867. He via
tted Washington with a deputation of
Indians, and afterward made a tour
of the states with them. He died is
Colorado May 23, 1868.
Rug Selling Up-to-Date.
The possible customer—Ton claim
this is a genuine Turkish rug, do you?
The Wily Dealer—EEt ees true, ma
Jame. Zee rug is very genuine Turk
ish.
The Customer—It looks old and ra*
fed. Just see that stain and thee#
Soles!”
The Dealer—Yes, madame. Zat eee
le proof. It shows sat ze rug ees vary
fenuine Turkey rug. Look, madame.
What you call ze stain ess powder
jurn. and all se holes are bullet holes!
Pary genuine Turkey rug, direct from
te seat of war. Only ninety dollars,
nadarne. *
The customer promptly
lays the price.
GO RIGHT AT IT.
Friends And Neighbors In New
port Will Show You the Way.
Get right at the root of the j
trouble.
Rubbing an aching part may
relieve it,
But won’t cure it if the kid
neys are weak.
You must reach the root of it—
the kidneys.
Reach the cause; relieve the
pain.
Begin at once with Doan’s Kid
ney Pills.
Are recommended by thous-'
ands.
| Here is a statement from a
• Magness resident:
Mrs. B. F. Owens, Magness,
'Ark., says, “One of our family
' complained a great deal of a
| dull pain in the small of the back,
i Dizzy spells were common, es
| pecially in the morning. The
! kidney secretions were too fre
!quent in passage. Hearing
I Doan’s Kidney Pills highly re
commended, a box was procur
| ed. They made a cure. We high
i ly recommend Doan’s Kidney
| Pills.”
Tt . . 1 -11 .1 « „ 1 T)
j:\jl uy an uttuvi*->•
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s
—and take no other. (adv.)
SHOWS AND HOTELS.
All moving picture shows, ho
tels, boarding houses, city halls,
jails churches, schools, and pri
vate homes, are subject to in
sects and germs. Spray them
with Ross’ “Dead Quick” spray,
and reduce disease.
A delightfully clean disinfect
ant, certain death to germs, in
sects and their eggs. Sold in
Newport by your druggist.
(Adv.)
Reaching the (deal.
The vision that you glorify In your
mind, the Ideal that you enthrone In
your heart—this you will build you!
life by, this you will become.—James
A-lteo.
C. R. GRAY
PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
EARL BUILDING
OFFICE HOURS:
9 a. m. to 11 a. m.
2 p. m. to 5 p. m.
TELEPHONE NUMBER 49
Stove Wood
Any Size Good Mill Wood
Close Prices on Carloads.
$1.00 and $2.00 Loads
Phone 58
West’s Livery Stable
Lighten the Housework
A plain iron sink returns very
little for the effort spent upon it.
A few minutes spent in cleaning a
Standard" white enameled sink
and you have a veritable beauty
spot of radiance.
Our catalogue of sinks is very
interesting with its wall hanging,
corner and recess patterns. It is
free to all interested in good
plumbing and good fixtures.
W. R. Whitten
jfcLain Bldg. Phone 154
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IDEAL LAUNDRY
C. H. WALTON
Proprietor.
Washing called for and delivered
to all parts of the city.
Phone 150.
Agents Wanted In Every Town.
Dr. Ray A.Whip
OSTEOPATH
STATION BUILDING
210 HAZEL STREET
OFFICE OPEN JUNE Hi
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Looking For Trouble
You can look trouble squarely in the eye witha
flinching—you are ready for any emergency whenji
have a bank account. It gives you a feeling of confides
and power that means half the battle. Make a start, a
once tried, will never be regretted. We welcome youri
count. : .wSs* »«,«
| The Farmers Bant
of NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
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ROOMS 21 AND 8
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if taken then as a tonic the Fe«t
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The dollar mark is the only mark that is recognized
lands. Money rules the world. You can be °ne I
rulers if you open a bank account. Only the habit j
ing secures this dollar ma rk—the mark of t e 1
most successful men. I
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