i
heaks
I At Newport
(rfSTl® Hehalf Of
■ Candidacy b°r
■ Senate
■,'T~Kirby of the
Ke court addressed a
■ce of about 65 voters
K hou?e Wednesday
K),e interest of his
■for the United States
■ is admittedly invad
■emy’s country” when
■nto" Jackson county,
■needed to be strong
■rtof Senator James
■ was introduced by
■tuckey and was giv
■tention and a very
■earing.
■ess was along the
■ published campaign
■ding fault with Sen
■s record as a Demo
■dvocating certain re
lational legislation. In
■iiding four battle
■ at a cost of$60,000,
Intemplated by some
■pions of a big navy,
■ made a strong ar
■ only one battleship
ling a balance from
■,000 sufficient to give
I a million dollars for
lement of her public
Argument March 23.
jck, March 12.— The
Court yesterday set
la liquor petition case
rom the Pulaski Cir
, for oral argument
ission Monday, March
use the appeal involv
stitutionality of the
lor petition act, the
permit attorneys of
who desire to be heard
efs with the court on
its submission,
ted A. Isgrig of Lit
one of the prohibition
accompanied by Joe
, Jr., who, with his
ige J. W. House, repre
saloon men in the Ar
b. visited the capitol
and conferred with
of the court relative to
or arguing the appeal.
*ript was filed yester
ooon in the office of
• English.
1.000 To Loan.
f of the Circuit Court
® County, I have $1,
an' payable November
[ ^ per cent interest
Real Estate securi
^ Call, write or
'E- SMITH, Clerk,
“rch 7, 1914.
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^PPAGHAPH)
BSI0N» 5c and 10c
S How Will You Vote?
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If we are going to build roads in Jackson county and
§jni not wait until our funerals bring on a more progressive
jus and intelligent race of men to do this work and reap its
^ wards and are to secure a system of real public highways, jyej
then can we afford with an assessed realty valuation of
nearly $7,000,000 to be afraid to spend $675,000 to bring a
road that is a road within three miles of the home of every
man within the district and this road leading to his mark- jy^j
et and natural railroad connection as well as his school
and church? jue
We are spending now over $20,000 a year in road tax,
not to mention the appropriations for bridges and special
work from the county general fund and basing the in- t|j=j
1 crease of assessments upon those of the past ten years,
Jackson county will spend more than $675,000 in the next
twenty years under a three-mill road tax.
We are spending it and that is all; for it goes in
dribbles over widely scattered areas and does not even
maintain dirt roads to the standard of earlier years, when
traffic was light. The system is wrong. We are not find
ing fault with the overseers, who do honest work but at a
time of the year, when the results are only temporary at
best. We have outgrown this system and can no longer
adapt it to our needs.
““ The question thus presents itseii: Are you wimng
spend $675,000 now of borrowed money to be paid in bonds
running for 20 years, travel and enjoy these roads during
your lifetime, or do you prefer to spend that amount in
twenty years, travel over the kind of roads we now have
or even worse, as travel becomes heavier, and neither
now nor at the end of the twenty years have anything to
show for your wasted taxes. Surely we have a sufficient
showing of what results are under the bid plan and are
now willing to build permanent roads if the cost is not too
great and we can get this improvement through a dis
trict properly directed and safeguarded to insure an hon
est, fair and capable expenditure of our money. [HE
Such is the kind of district proposed to be established [UEj
under special act of the legislature if the people in the ^
primary, March 25th, declare themselves in favor of a ^
system of county roads. Each township in the district is
to name its member of a commission of twelve, for there [HE
are twelve townships in the district and you can rely upon ^
the good citizenship choosing from its best men- Thq com- ^
missioners are to receive little above their actual expens- ^
es for their work. The jobs are not to be sought for their ^
salary, but entrusted to public spirited representative tax- [Hni
payers, who are willing to give of their time to see that
tViia inmrnvpmpnt work is nronerlv directed, well con
structed and the money economically expended. What has ^
been your experience in drainage improvement districts? sa
Have not your commissioners carefully expended your ^
I money and wisely directed the improvement? ^
So with this district. The district is representative. ^
aft Union and Bird, the largest townships in the district have
^ nd more representation upon this commission than Village
or Richwoods. [ani
We hoped to have a map of the county for this week’s [uej
issue of the Independent, showing the location of every
proposed road embraced in the whole system of 193 miles,
but the map has not yet been received and will be publish
ed later. ^
The commission governing this district would how
ever determine the final plans, sell the bonds, let the con
tract and see to its execution. If you don’t believe the
various townships will choose honest, capable commis- anl
sioners who will fairly deal with the whole district, then
(UP vote against the improvement. If there is graft in this
district (and some of the opponents of the district stoop
to this charge) it will be because our best men, who are
certain to be placed upon this commission, are open to
graft and no thinking, reasonable man has any grounds
for this charge. ^
A vote for this district is a vote of confidence in the ^
honesty an<f integrity of the best men you can choose for ^
these responsible positions and about the act will be ^nl
[us thrown every proper and legal safeguard to insure that 1HHI
system of public highways authorized and provided for.
i —
His Home Paper Best.
i Manchester, Ky., 3, 8, 1914.
Mr. P. H. Van Dyke,
Newport, Arkansas.
Dear Sir and Friend:
Though far removed from
> Newport, I certainly enjoy read
■ ing your paper. I think it is
r the best county paper I ever saw.
- I read the Clay County Clarion,
published at Manchester, Ky.,
but it is inferior and not near so
newsy as the good old Independ
ent.
Enclosed herewith is a one
dollar bill for which please send
me the Independent for another
year.
Yours respectfully,
C. O. Morgan.
Marriage License.
W- C- Burkett and Gertie
Steed, both of Bradford.
F. R. Benton and Nova Par
ker, both of Newport.
Gilbert Bice and Nettie Gard
ner, both of Tuckerman.
James Hopkins, Auvergne and
Jessie Boone, Shoffner.
Bankers Here
In Convention
Fifty Visitors In Attendance
Upon Sixth Annual Meeting
of Group No. 2.
Newport has for her honored
guests today the bankers of
Northeast Arkansas who live in
the Second congressional dis
trict and over fifty visitors are
in attendance upon the sixth an
nual meeting of Group No. 2 of
the State Bankers’ Association.
The business sessions were
held in the lodge hall of the
Elks Home, W. F. McCorkle,
cashier of the Lawrence County
Bank, presiding as chairman and
A. G. Albright, cashier of the
Bank of Hoxie, secretary.
The meeting was opened with
a beautiful invocation by Rev.
W. P. Chalmers and the welcome
address wTas happily made by
Mr. .Tosenh M. Stavtnn. who re
ferring to the minister’s tribute
to charity, suggested that it
was a good thing for bankers to
use in the treatment of their
borrowers.
The response was delivered by
Mr. George R. Brown of Little
Rock, in his characteristic way
and good vein of humor, which
he took advantage of in relating
a story about Mr. Stayton.
Chairman W- F. McCorkle de
livered an interesting address
upon matters germane to the
duties of the bankers and the an
nual report of the Group's
growth and condition was made
by the secretary Mr. Albright,
who is also treasurer of the or
ganization.
Mr. John Q. Wolf, who is a
forceful public speaker, made a
good talk on “Clean Paper,” how
the notes of a bank should be
kept for the inspection of the
examiners under the new law.
“Good Roads” was the topic
assigned Judge Joe Asher of
Pulaski County and he handled
it well. Mr. Asher told of what
he had accomplished in the build
ing of permanent roads and gave
the local people good advice as
to the best methods to pursue.
The best address of the con
vention was that of Mr. Charles
G. Henry upon “Life Insurance
Policies As Collateral.” This
paper met with so much approv
al and compliment that the of
ficers were instructed to have it
published in pamphlet form for
4-Vir» twivnncn /-it onvirtrr it mfirp
‘ ^ v,» t' o o
publicity.
At this point in the program a
recess was taken for a special
lunch prepared at the Claridge
Hotel to which the bankers re
paired in a body.
The nominating committee
was appointed but the officers
for the ensuing year and next
meeting place have not yet been
chosen. The other numbers up
on the program for the after
noon session are:
Address—“Relation of Cash
ier and Exainer.”—A. 0. Wil
son, St. Louis.
Discussion— “New Federal
i Reserve Law.”—Led by George
W. Rogers, Little Rock.
Address, “The Administratior
and Working of the New Bank
| Law”—J. D. Covey, Assistanl
Bank Commissioner.
—
! Hats Cleaned And Blocked.
Old hats made new again. Nov
is the time to have your ole
spring hats made new. All work
guaranteed- Phone 78. Bee
Robinson. 87dtf
1 Sure To He Insurance Fight.
i
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 12.—From
one end of the state to the other
is to he heard the cry of those
! who have insurable property,
[concerning the rates which have
[been raised since the legislature
1 of 1013 passed a new insurance
bill The insurance companies
claim the rates are now more in
I keeping with the risk, and the
Tight to prevent the repeal of
| the act in the legislature of 1015
[promises to be warm.
The insurance men are urging
the election of candidates who
have volunteered from among
the ranks of the insurance a
gents, who, if elected, are ex
pected to be floor leaders. (,uy
E- Thompson of Marianna and
William J. Little of Hot Springs
are the two insurance men con
testing for seats in the. legisla
ture, and the indications are
both will be selected by their
i constituents.
' William J. Little is now a mem
;ber of the State Board of Char
jities, and R. C. Love, of Moun
tain Home, another member of
that body, is likewise a candidate
for the legislature. This would
indicate that the Board of
Charities desires to make ma
terial improvements in the
state elemosynary institutions,
and think that the best way to
get them is to have members
get into the legislature. Judge
Love is making the race against
J. V. Thrasher, who last term
voted against the franchise to
dam White river at Cotter.
Judge Love favors the conces
sion to the power company.
POINTS THE WAY.
The Statement of This Seajcj
Resident Will Interest Our
Readers.
i _
j
Our neighboring town, Searcy,
points the way in the words of
jone of its most respected resi
dents:
A. L. Phillips, W. Race street,
I Searcy, Arkansas, says:
“For many years I was af
flicted with •'Uiney trouble. I
had a dull pain in the small of
my back and often during the
day, dizzy spells came over me.
The kidney secretions contained
j sediment and their irregularity
| annoyed me. It: was hard to
get out of bed in the morning,
(hie to backache. Doan’s Kid
ney Pills did me a world of
. good.”
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy
'—get Doan's Kidney Pills—the
same that Mr. Phillips had. Fos
ter-Milburn Co., props., Buffalo,
New York. (Adv.)
—
Initiating New Laws.
The child labor law, and other
acts the labor organizations of
Arkansas desire to initiate, are
now being circulated in all sec
tions of the state. An agent of
the labor federation is traveling
'over the state employing other
agents to secure signatures on
the petitions in order that they
may contain the required num
ber of names by May 1, the last
day on which they may be filed
so as to be voted on in Septem
| her. Most of the labor measures
will prove quite popular.
Better
Clothes
We say, “Better
clothes” for our splen
did Suits are in a line of
superior distinctiveness.
Our good suits are al
ways the backbone of
our business—and to the
man who knows they
practically sell them
selves.
From the shops of
the world’s best tail
ors we choose with
i the greatest care
choicest p r o d u c
tions.
Then we stand
back of each suit
with a guarantee of
perfect satisfaction,
in every minute de
tail.
May we have the
pleasure of showing you
the handsome, new,
spring models?
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