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THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Front St„ NEWPORT, ARK.
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ter.
Where the Money Should Go.
A billion dollar congress is no
longer regarded as extravagant,
because the needs of this nation
as well as its resources are
great and in our pride, we spend
our national wealth with an ex
travagance and recklessness
that is almost criminal. Public
buildings, locks and dams that
are never used form two of the
avenues through which this na
tion has for many years been
wasting millions.
Of course as long as the
money was to be thus wasted,
•every city of consequence sought
a public building and through
the help of its congressman was
as a rule successful. Newport
is to get one and as long as oth
er cities were to be so favored
it was only right that we
should. The credit belongs to
Congressman Oldfield and the
people of this city appreciate
his efforts in our behalf, for if
public buildings were to be built
in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma,
Tennessee and every other state,
Why not in Arkansas. It has
heen a game of grab and as long
as the grabbing is to be a part
and parcel of our national legis
lation, there can be no equaliz
ing of the benefits unless all
participate.
✓ The present administration is
r termed by many “the rule of the
South.” The president was born
in Virginia, many of his cabinet
and close advisers hail from Dix
ie, the speaker of the house is a
Missourian and the chairman of
the ways and means committee
is an Alabaman. The leaders
of the party in power in the
Senate are nearly all from below
Mason’s and Dixon’s line.
What greater reform could be
attained by our triumphant and
rehabilitated Democracy than
(*■. in overturning these abuses,
this squandering of millions and
turning the channels of govern
/ ment aid and backing into bet
f ter and more valuable improve
ments and enterprises that
would not only benefit the whole
people, but increase the produc
tiveness of our country. In the
West, the government has ap
propriated millions to turn the
channels of rivers through
mountains in order to make fer
tile the desert valleys and plains.
Why should not this congress
and administration insist upon
a similar development of the
South,— the dredging and
straightening of our sluggish
rivers that would reclaim great
er areas of our lowlands, with
; no chance of risk while irriga
tion projects are often problems
- of engineering skill that result
in complete or partial failure.
Government support of these
internal improvements will
| drain millions of acres of rich
soil and thus increase our na
tional wealth', bring the glow of
health to the people of our low
| lands, enable them1 to construct
roads and clear farms that will
build up and establish a pros
perous and happy Southland.
—
Water will not stand on a
hillside nor will it stay on a well
rounded roadway. A drag used
after rains will keep your roads
well rounded, fill up your chug
. holes and do away with your
mud in a very short while after
a rain. The drag forms the
cheapest means of maintaining
a road and is the solution of the
road problem in sections where
the soil is suitable and macadam
is too costly. Come to Newport
Saturday, May 31 and hear D
Ward King tell what a simple
$2.50 road drag will do. Mr.
King not only tells what it will
do, but gives you an object les
son on the same line. It will be
worth your while to be here.
The Civic Improvement
League has been very success
ful in all its past campaigns and
Newport has shown a desire for
beauty and sanitation this
spring, which has been a revela
tion to all of us. As summer
days come on and hot weather
saps our energy, let’s rekindle
I this enthusiasm and keep alive
and active the fires of civic im
provement, pride and love of
: neat attractive homes. Weeds
■ and high grass in the street and
1 along the walks have in the past
been the ugliest feature of our
summier dress, and these same
old weeds are bobbing up again,
i And while you are swatting the
fly for health, just smite these
weeds for looks.
The best merchants are not in
the mercantile business. The
best farmers are not sticking
any plows in the ground. The
best preachers know more al
manac than Bible. The best ed
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ft other causes—may do it. Money in the bank makes you I
8 independent. It gives you time to look around and—you ft
8 can choose a better job. It is a terrible thing to be out of 1
8 work—food to buy and rent to pay. Start saving today. I
8 before it is too late. 1
I ARKANSAS BANK & TRUST CO. I
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itors are not in the newspaper
business. The best doctors are
not doctoring. Perhaps the best
lawyer in four counties whittles
for a living. Many magnificent
bankers couldn’t muster a dol
lar and forty cents. Strange all
this bad adjustment of profes
sions and avocations. There is
just one fellow, however, that
jyou will always find getting
I there with both feet—the man
j who knows more about his own
business than he knows about
everybody else’s affairs.—Sharp
County Record.
Who uses your road into town,
to your church, your school
house and your neighbor’s the
most? It is not the automobile,
the doctor and the traveling
man, but the farmer and he it is
to whom good roads mean the
most. They serve not only his
pleasure but his necessities, his
hauling as well as his driving
and good roads will never be at
tained in this section until the
people who are-to be most bene
fitted recognize their value and
importance.
The Chattanooga Reunion.
The Confederate re-union will
be held in Chattanooga next
week and Chattanooga is pre
paring to give the old boys in
gray a royal reception. These
annual gatherings are a source
of great joy to the old vets, and
this one will be of special inter
est because of its nearness to
the scenes of some of the blood
iest conflicts of the war. The
passing of a few more years
must necessarily mark the last
of these re-unions because these
noble old sons of the South are
rapidly answering the final roll
call. If you are an old Reb, get
ready and go to Chattanooga.—
Newark Journal.
When Rose Went Wrong.
The Memphis Commercial Ap
peal calls attention to the fact
that Jack Rose, the reformed
gambler, whose testimony re
sulted in the conviction of the
New York gunmen, has now
turned farmer. He recently
told his story to the reading
public. In this biographical
sketch he admitted that he had
been a very bad man. He has
associated with criminals from
early youth. He deserves the a
buse that has been heaped upon
his head since he turned
state’s evidence. He can only
be forgiven for his crimes in the
other world.
The Commercial Appeal com
ments: “Rose belongs to the
past. He had been almost for
gotten. Other law breakers of
more consequence now occupy
the limelight.
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At a umiiei reuenuy given uy
the Twilight Club, Judge Lind-'
sey, of Denver, Colorado, was
present. So also was Jack Rose.
One remark made by the latter
at this gathering is worthy of
being remembered, because it
shows how different the life o
this social offender might have
been. Looking Judge Lindsp’
in the eye, he stated with frank
ness, “the story of my life would
have been different if juvenile
courts had been established dur
ing my boyhood.’
“When Jack Rose was but
four years of ag4 he suffered
with a severe case of typhoid
fever. When he recovered he
was bald, and since that time
hair has refused to make its ap
pearance upon his head.
“At school the fact that he
was a bald-headed boy was the
source of derisive taunts of his.
companions. He was the butt
of rjdicule. Sensitive by nature,
these taunts soon made a truant
of him, and as a truant he was .
sent, when still a youth of ten- j
der years, to a reform school, i
Thrown with companions of old
er years, associated with boys
who were well advanced in crim
inal walks of life, surrounded by
a vicious atmosphere with no
one to encourage him, no one to
sympathize with his misfortune,
no one to help him lead an hon
est life, it is but natural that he
should drift with the current.
“Boys at this age are sensi
, tive and susceptible. They are
in the formative period of exist
'ence. Had Jack Rose been con
fided to the care of the juvenile
! court, his life might have been
different.
“He no doubt felt the truth of
this when he so informed Judge
Lindsey, who was the founder of
the juvenile court system. Any
boy can be saved if he is taken
at the proper time and carefully
guided. It is because of neg
lected conditions that most
youthful criminals are made.”
Money-Making Not All.
Charles M. Schwab, the mil
lionaire, who was once the head
of the steel trust, has remarked
that education and culture unfit
young men for success in life.
Perhaps this is largely true,
so far as Schwab’s observation
extends. But it must be under
stood that the brain of Charles
M. Schwab has a very limited
horizon.
Great successes are being
achieved every day for the de
velopment and betterment of
Humanity, which a bchwab can
no more appreciate and compre
hend than a pig can understand
art.
The pig—come to think of it
—has a tiny little brain. But
every fraction of its intellectual
energy is devoted to the welfare
of its stomach.
You see a lot of so-called hu
man beings that seem to be built
on the same plan. There is a
sort of fatality leading them to
the accumulation of money.
They have marvelous cunning in
getting rich; but if you touch
their minds on any other ques
tion you find them blank.
The man who thinks of noth
ing but making money may not
be capable of realizing that oth
er people can think of nobler
purposes. Like the pig, with its
snout so deep in the trough
that its eyes are buried in the
slop, its human prototype may
also be unable to see or think of
anything in the world but the
one business of gettingall that’s
to be got.
It is right and proper that the
pig should have no thought but
for its stomach—it is made that
way. But with man it is differ
ent; to have a pig’s mind he
must acquire it by killing the
best there is in him. By will he
renounces his manhood and de
bases himself to the level of the
animal. He spills no blood, but
he murders a man to make a
pig. It is the basest of suicides,
and perhaps the commonest.
It is right and proper, too,
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tuai a Jiucui ouuuiu iuan.u an Lite
money he can get honestly and
use it wisely. The man who
makes money as a means to an
end, is not to be despised. He is
doing his part of the world’s
work, and the part is no small
or ignominious one.
But there are other duties in
the world besides making
money. There are qualities in
the human mind and soul infin
itely more important than those
which make large accumula
tions of money possible.—Mem
phis News-Scimitar.
Newspaper Men Return Home.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 23. — The
members of the Arkansas Press
Association who went to St.
Louis from Memphis by boat,
will reach the Tennessee metrop
olis tonight, and are expected to
return to their homes tomorrow.
Many of them will pass through
Little Rock. They report a
most delightful voyage up the
Mississippi. About forty-five
made the return trip from St.
Louis.
SMALL DEPOSITORS
We encourage small depositors. Why? Beca^J^B
of our large accounts began with a small depose *j^B
small depositor of today becomes the large one 0f * X
ture. A checking account here is the first step trj/X
financial growth.
The Farmers Banjl
of NEWPORT, ARKANSAS”" ">■
all wrong
The Mistake is Made by Many
Newport Citizens.
Look for the cause of back
ache.
To be cured you must know
the cause.
If it’s weak kidneys
You must set the kidneys
working right.
A resident of this vicinity
shows you how.
Mrs. Martha A. Harmon,
Batesville, Ark., says: “A mem
ber of my family was taken se
riously ill with pneumonia in
1908 and when he recovered he
was very weak. He complain e
of a constant, dull ache in the
small of lps back and he also had
dizzy spells. He was unable to
work and I knew that something
must be done to prevent the
trouble becoming chronic.
Doan’s Kidney Pills had done so
much for me that I concluded to
get a box and their use was be
gun in the case of which I am
speaking. In a short time they
entirely removed the backache
and other troubles. I also wish
to say a few words regarding my
experience. For fourteen years
I suffered terribly from pains in
my back and other symptoms of
kidney complaint. I was all run
down. Doan’s Kidney Pills soon
put me on the road to good
health and disposed of my com
plaint.” (Statement given May
30, 1908.)
RE-ENDORSEMENT
On April 5, 1911, Mrs. Har
mon said: “My opinion of
Doan’s Kidney Pills has not
changed during the past three
years. The cures this remedy
effected in my family have been
permanent.”
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster-Milbum Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s
—and take no other.
! Spring
.fresh eggs at BowJ*
I Store. ®
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Love.” *®
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' Ohio River. '®
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return. It acts on the liver tatefl
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Proprietor. 1
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U. C. V. SPECIAL TRAIN TO
CHATTANOOGA
For the accommodation of Confederate Veterans
and friends the Iron Mountain will run a special train
from Little Rock to Chattanooga via Memphis and
the Southern Railway.
Leave Little Rock,2:00 P. M., Sunday, May 25.
Arrive Chattanooga, 7:00 A. M., Monday, May 26
Round trip tickets at very low rates will be sold Maj
23-26, inclusive, with return limit June 5. Upon pay
ment of 60 cents limit may be extended to June 25,
1913.
Pullman Fare, Little Rock to Chattanooga:
Standard, Lower Berth_$2.5®
Tourist, Lower Berth__1,5$
Reclining Chair Cars and Coaches without addition31
charge—See that your ticket reads
IRON MOUNTAIN
Via Memphis and Southern R* R
Reservations and information
may be had upon application to
JjBpWjfHWiBjLlocal agent or
F. E. SCHROEDER
Assistant General Passenger
Aeent
LITTLE ROCK