THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Front St„ NEWPORT, ARK
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A N N OU X C EM E X TS.
For County Judge.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of W. D. Mc
Lain for the office of county and pro
bate judge of Jackson County, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri
mary.
For Treasurer.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of John II.
Camp for the office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of Jesse \\.
Shuford for the office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP,
MANAGEMENT. CIRCULATION.
ETC. OF NEWPORT DAIIA
INDEPEN DEN I', REQUIRED
B\ THE U'T OF AUGUST
21, 1912.
Editor, P. H. Van Dykcjpo.-toffice
address, Newport, Arkansas; manag
ing editor, P. II. Van Dyke, postofliee
address, Newport, Arkansas; business
manager, P. H. Van Dyke, postofliee
address, Newport, Arkansas.
Owners: P. H. Van Dyke, Newport,
Arkansas.
Known bondholders, mortgagees,
and other security holders, holding 1
percent of more of total amount of
bonds, mortgages or other securities:
J. Van Dyke, Marshall, Missouri;
Mergcnthaler Linotype Company,
New York City.
Average number of copies of each
issue of this • publication sold or
distributed, through the mails or
otherwise, to paid subscribers during
the six months preceding the date of
this statement, 590.
P. H. VAN DYKE,
Editor and Proprietor.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 8th day of October. 1913.
GARLAND, HURT,
Notary Public.
(My Commission expires October 25,
1913.)
Must Work Out Fines.
Pocahontas, Oct. 8.—The law
which gives the county officials
the privilege of working con
victs and all persons who are in
jail to pay out their fines at the
expense of the county and state,
will be enforced in this county
in the future. This action was
started here today when Drew
Kellett, who is in jail for larce
ny, was notified that he would
have to work his fine out on the
streets and highways instead of
laying out his fine in jail at the
rate of 75 cents per day at the
county’s expense. Kellett paid
his fine when he knew that the
working proposition was the
only recourse. This enforce
ment has never been made be
fore in Randolph county.
a fi=>n n=*n n=»n rc=»n n=*n rT=*n FPl HP n fi
W. C. T. u. Meeting.
The Woman’s Christian Tem
perance Union met Wednesday
afternoon at tiie home of Mrs.
Otto M. Bowen. The regular
course of study was dispensed
with, giving place to a business
period in which reports from
the secretary and treasury were
heard. These reports included
an account of all the work done
by the union through the various
superintendents, vice-pre ident
and committees that have serv
ed since the re-organizanon of
the W. C. T. U. last February.
The superintendents of the
Sunday School, the Flower Mis
sion. Negro work and Prison
work, and department of litera
ture have been busy.
The poor and the needy have
been given aid in their time of
distress; those sick and in pris
on have been visited and com
forted. Flowers have been sent
to cheer the aged, the sick and
the shut-ins; on several occa
sions pleasant entertainments
have been given by the union
in special honor of those who
cared to visit and get better in-,
sight into the work of the W- C.;
T. U. Temperance thoughts.
have been emphasized in some ,
of the local Sunday Schools; the
negroes have been assisted in
organizing a temperance union
among their people, and much
literature has been distributed'
; to help educate our town, our ;
county and our state in ideas of
Duritv and sobrietv.
Furthermore, the love of!
Christ as a personal Savior has
been held up before the people,1
and his example of pure relig
ion and undefiled has been fol
lowed in whatever way possible.
At the close of the business
session, Mrs. James W. Grubbs
sang a pretty solo which, all
'present enjoyed very much.
The next meeting will be
held after two weeks at the
home of Mrs. T. S. Stephens.
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Labor Leaders to Push Bill.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 9.— The
! State Federation of Labor is
preparing to initiate the War
: nock Bank Guaranty Bill, which
has been defeated in the state
legislature. One of the feature j
of the bill is a treble liability of j
the stock-holders of banks that
do not accept the guaranty
\ plan. The guaranty is optional
! and is the same as that which
Mr. Warnock initiated a year
ago, and which failed through a
technicality. The petitions will
be put into circulation in about
ten days.
For Rent.
First class storage room at
Bowen’s Cash Store. 39dlm
luauauairaue luerugkSys
I An Ounce of Effort is Worth more i
Than A Ton of Intention 1
The New Store is using every Effort 3j |
we know of to make your dollar do its jjjj
THIS WEEK’S OFFERINGS £
Boys School Suits $5.00 and $6.00 values only-$36S ||
$7.50 boys suits, brown and gray mixtures, one week la
only at-$4.9S Snj
Boys fish brand slickers and hats, and school girls rain gp
11 Webster School Shoes for boys and girls. gjj
Ip Just received 3,000 yards of new ginghams, all fast ||
ip color's, 121/2 and 15 cent grade, per yard-10c £
gp The New Store, with new, fresh stock in every line. Be :
£ We want to know you.Come in and get acquainted. Es j
I J~ D. Carvell ® Co. |
jrroni sr The New Store I.DJPRICE |j
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McRae Makes Lone Fight.
Boston, Oct. 8.—The bankers j
of the United States again today j
declared their opposition to the |
proposed federal reserve pian ot j
reform in the currency and ,
banking system. With only 01
dissenting voice, that of former
Congressman T. C. McRae o*
Prescott, Ark., more than 2,000
bankers from all sections of the
country gathered at the first
day's session of the annual con
vention of the American Bank
ers' Association, ratified the ac
tion of the congress of bankers
n demanding amendments to the
federal measure now pending in
Congress.
The financiers also approved
the work of their own Currency
Committee, which earlier in the
day had reported the system of
governmental control proposed
in the- Glass-Owen bill to be So-1
cialistic and imposing “unwise
hardships on the banks and
squally unwise hardships on th
general public. The resolutions
also included commendation of
“the president, the secretary of
the treasury and congress for j
their effort;: to create in this j
country an elastic as well as
safe currency” and pledged
them “hearty support for the |
enactment of proper legislation j
o that end.”
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School Improvement Meeting.
.The School Improvement As- j
sociation met in the High School
Auditorium Wednesday evening
and discussed many things per
taining to the society’s work
which it is hoped will be accom
plished this winter. The attend
ance was not so large as should j
have been, but enough were
present to plan at least work to
be done for the winter.
The principal feature discussed
was the entertainment course
of the Central Lyceum Bureau
of Indianapolis, that has been
booked for this city, the first
number to appear probably in
November. The course consists
of five consecutive entertain
ments to be given during the
season with the following excel
lent program of entertainment.
I.
Marguerite Smith Company—
(a.) Margaret Smith, child im
personator.
(b.) Miss Edith Phelts, pianist,
(c.) Miss Olive Smith, contral
to.
II.
Julius Caesar Nayphe, lec
turer. Subjects, Oriental Im
pressions of America, An Adopt
ed American’s Impressions of
the Orient, An Appreciation.
III.
Harrell, the magician.
IV.
Marietta La Dell Concert Com
pany—
(a.) Marietta La Dell, reader.
(b.) Blanche Deering, violin,
(c.) Miss Ada Davis, soprano
and accompanist.
V.
Robert 0. Bowman, character
portrayals.
An effort will be made to sell
all the season tickets possible,
$2.00 for adults and $100 for
children.
Friday's Bargains.
No phone orders or goods
charged at bargain prices.
One 60c per pound Bakers’
Cocoa, only 39c.
20 pounds granulated sugar,
51.00.
Sugar cured hams, 17c.
Picnic hams 12} oc
12}4c Cretonnes 9c.
35c Art Linen, only 23c.
Yard wide Bleach Domestic,
free from starch, 7c. Bowen’s
Cash Store. 61d4.
Nice fresh honey, just receiv- i
?d, at Bowen’s Cash Store.. d4. i
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Notice Base Ball Fans.
Get the dope on World’s Se- i
ries at Bullard’s Pool Hall 61d3 1
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1 LADIES I
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I \\re would be pleased to have you call and 9
| see our new fall stock of table linen, both I,
1 towels and ladies’ handkerchiefs, the newest 9
=S designs ever shown in the city. Fable : : n 9*
| in all widths. 9
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I Bring your mothers with you and see m
| the only Boys’ Perfection Clothes I
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I The New Depositor
is assured direct personal attention and serv ice of this
bank. We provide the protection and safety of his money,
and furnish pass books and check books without cost. It
adds you to a list of customers who find THIS BANK fair
and liberal in helping them over the summer’s “tight”
places.
The Farmers Bank
of NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
Governor Pardons Boy. ^
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 9—Govern
or Hays has pardoned James
Kennedy, a Little Rock boy who
was convicted of robbery in
March, 1912, and sentenced to
three years in the reform school.
He escaped, went to Texas and
worked awhile with an uncle.
Returning to Little Rock, he
was arrested and on March 23
sentenced to the penitentiary.
He was charged with having
robbed George D. Burton, who
in a letter to the governor, said:
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“Upon reflection, I have grave
doubts as to his guilt.” Kenne
dy himself writes:
“I was convicted before the
jury was empaneled, as I had
little or no defense. I am not
guilty of this or any other crime,
but I am not the only boy or
man that has been sent to the
penitentiary without crime and
possibly will not be the last one.
I pray that I may have the Chris
tian fortitude to stand it, and
thank God poverty cannot fet
ter my soul.”
To the Public.
Persons desiring massaging,
shampooing, hair singing and
manicuring will be promptly
waited upon by calling or send
ing for me.
Scalp treatment and hair
dressing a specialty. Prices
reasonable.
W. D. Robinson,
A. M. E. Parsonage, Corner 6th
and Main Streets or 609 6th St.
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Wearing of the Hood.
la England the hood wee not final
ly given up until the early part ot
fifteenth century. The "great velvet
hat furred" worn by the mayor of Lon
don. John Welles, In 1432, is cited aa
a singularity by Stow, who states that
previously "the coverture of men’s
heads was hoods, for neither cap or
hat Is spoken of.' Id point of fact
there are a few earlier Instance# of
[ hats being worn by nobles and Siren
| the middle classea
Purblind Mossback.
Nothing so astonishes the man of
, routine formulas and precedents as
success attending original methods.
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I Arkansas State Fair]
| Hot Springs tterVm? 1
LOW Bigger and better than ever, the ||
. Arkansas State Fair at Hot g|
be Round Trip Springs this year promises to g§
|g q eclipse all previous records in at- gjl
Es Rates tendance and in the wonderful [q9
Es . educational features to be pre
I the Sented' 1
Gorgeous display of Agricultpr
al Products—Horse Show Night
ly—Automobile Races—Running 5§
j|Pj and Harness Races—Grand Live g|g
^ A big week of big events. You ll
|| are going, of course. Let us tell ®
§5 ^9|HRr you about low fares via the sS
I IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE 1
jj G. P. COFFIN, Agent 3S
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STATE FAIR I
Hot Springs!
OCT. 27—NOV.l, 1911®
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