“THE INDEPENDENT
FiHr
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Front St„ NEWPORT, ARK.
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Entered at the postoffice, Newport,
Arkansas, as second-clas3 mail mat
ter
War On Flies.
We are just at the finish of a
long and unusually severe win
ter. But of one thing we may be
sure—the freezing temperatures
did not wipe out the fly breed.
There are thousands of leftovers
from the last summer swarms
that will come crawling out from
their winter quarters, and the
way in which this breeding stock
will increase and multiply will
make geometrical progression
look silly. The thing to do is to
swat every fly th • -hows up
and so retard the egg-laying ac
tivities. It was demonstrated
last year that, by determined ef
fort, the fly swarms can be
greatly reduced. Let us deter
mine, in committee of the whole,
that Baltimore shall be made a
fly less city.
We may not in the end suc
ceed in getting all the flies, but
we can make them scarce—we
can practically eliminate the
pests if we will co-operate and
try hard enough. But every
household in the city must be en
listed ip the crusade. Every
possible method of prevention
and/lestruction must be employ
-*~nd. Above all things, the breed
ing places must be looked after.
The fly is a filthy pest; the in
sects inultipj^f only where nest
ing plac<yif^or the deposit of eggs
^^a$fre'‘fST*ov’ded. Any decaying
matter—any putrid refuse—fur
nishes a breeding place for flies.
If the children of the city can
be turned into a crusading army
to fight flies, the slaughter will
be immense. But there is this to
be taken into consideration in
the matter of offering money for
dead flies: It may tend to en
courage rather than discourage
the breeding of insects. A small
boy or girl who gathers in 50
cents a week for flies will not
want the brooderies suppressed.
The surest way to suppress the
fly is to eliminate the breeding
places. In the business of fly ex
termination, an ounce of preven
tion is worth a ton of cure. —
Baltimore American.
The Minimum Wage.
“There is no gain, there is loss
in trying to simplify what is not
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LI EASY AND SAFE TO USE
[/ INEXPENSIVE.
qjklLLS LICE
ON All LIVE 8T0CK.
1-iSINFECTS.
^"ru_4 CLEANSES.
PURIFIES.
E^GE, S_ |,M B0 many uses that It la
FM| sc 4 aaoaaalty on every faro.
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P >PlinES MANGE, SCAB,
\) AWAN RINGWORM, SCRATCHES
^Mtroys All Disease Berms
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DRIVES AWAY FLIES
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simple. And the line of investi
gation assumed by the Illinois
vice commission, if correctly re
ported in news papers, is an over
simplification of a troubled mat
ter. There is no sharp dramatic
wage line below which girls tend
to become prostitutes and above
which their temptations vanish.
In certain cities four out of five
of the girls live at home. When
they violate social standards
there are many elements respon
sible.
One is the weakening of paren
I tal control. And that weakening
I is due to the partial economic in
dependence of the daughter, who
can withhold her wages from the
family or can leave home if a
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nied her. It is not the fact that
her Wages are low that leads to
that weakening of parental con
trol. It is the fact that she
earns wages. Because of that
she asserts the right to some of
the same social freedom which
has always been pre-empted by
man.
“Also women in industry do
not tend to become prostitutes
to any degree that permits gen
■ eralizations. Their intelligence
j keeps them clear of a life which |
1 is diseased, unsuccessful and i
■ full of suffering. The ranks of
! prostitution are recruited more
i generally from the mentally de
j fee-five, the untrained and the
: ignorant.
“But it is an unfair burden on
the home to take the daughter
away from it and wear out her
young strength in a department
store and pay her less than a
living wage. Justice demands
that somewhere, either in the
home or out of it, the girl be
permitted to earn a living wage,
to pay in full by useful work for
her expense to the family of
which she is a member. It is
unfair that the department
store should make the home sup
port the girl. If the minimum
wage for women is right it is
right not because the lack of it
I drives women to prostitution,
but because the lack of it weak
ens the home.”—Collier’s Week
ly.
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The Southland's Own I’lav.
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| "The Clansman." Thomas
I Dixon's great drama, has been
aptly called the Southland's own
I play. It is a story of Southern !
i people, for Southern people, and !
I was written by a Southern man. j
| It is the champion of the South,!
: having successfullv and forciblv
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answered "Uncle Tom's Cabin," |
i which favored the North. "The
Clansman” has served a far
greater purpose and has accom
plished much more than the oth
er play, however, for it has at
tained success and popularity in
every part of the United States
while "Uncle Tom's Cabin” has
always been confined to limited
territory.
"The Clansman,” as is gener
ally known, is a dramatization 1
of Mr. Dixon’s two most famous 1
and widely read books, "The1
Clansman” and the “Leopard's
Spots.”
A potent element of "The
Clansman” is the charm of the
Southern country it so faithfully
reproduces. It inculcates South
ern patriotism and all of its
characters are true types of the .
people of this section as they j
were forty years ago and as
they are today.
“The Clansman” will be pro
duced in Newport on Monday, i
April 14 in a large canvas thea-:
tre with seating capacity for
over two thousand people. A
complete production of scenery
and over 30 people are used.
This is exactly the same play
that has been seer, in all -the
principal cities in the South for
the past seven years and is now |
being presented in the smaller
cities for the first time.
Flee to Forrest City.
Forrest City, April 9.—Ac- >
cording to estimates of officials
here who are aiding the flood
sufferers, there are now in For-;
rest City and vicinity, about j
2,000 persons who have fled
from the flood waters in the St.
Francis basin. About 2,-500
head of cattle have been driven
to the high ground. Hundreds
of persons are rushing to this
vicinity and practically all the
men of Forrest City have joined
in tne worn or caring ior me
sufferers. None of the refugees j
has as yet suffered, but it is :
feared that before they are able
to return to their homes many
will suffer from exposure. Prac
tically all available tents have
been used and the citizens of i
Forrest City are taking many of
th'e refugees into their homes.
S. P. McDaniel, James Fussell,
Jr., and Bruce Smith left here
this morning with six tents and
supplies to be distributed at Cas
teel Mound.
Backwater flowing into the L'
Anguille river about 11 miles
south of Forrest City is causing
that stream to rise at the rate
of about eight-tenths of a foot,
every 12 hours.
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Rooms for Rent. Apply at
724 Walnut Street. 92dtf.
For Rent—Two rooms in East
Newport.—C. B. Best. 4dtt.
For rent —furnished front
-oom. 215 Vine street. dti
William De Armon of Hoxie
was in our city this morning.
Found—a pair of gold glasses.
Owner may have same by call
ing at Wolff-Goidman’s. 8d3t
Wanted—A janitor for the
new high school building. Make
application at once to E. L.
Boyce, president of the Board of
Education. §d3t ^
Jake Grossman went to Wal-1
nut Ridge this morning on busi- j
ness for the day.
All parties desiring sprink-:
ling, see TV. G. Compton 01 i
telephone the fire department.
96dtf.
See“ Miss Jackson County
and “Children of the Sun” at the
picture show Friday night. 7d4
©ravage of all kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10.
Chester Robinson. 18dtf.
Hickory Wood for Sale—Call
Handle Factory Grant Mfg. Co.
Phone »so. 24b or see \\m. ru»
ner. Delivered promptly. 4dtf ‘
Am now doing repair and
cleaning work of all kinds. V ill
take down your stoves in careful
manner. Charges reasonable.
Apply to Grant Dupin 422 Vine
Street. OSdtf.
For Sale—A good high dry
business lot on Front street.
Lot No. 3 in Block No. 8. Apply
to C. G. Henry. 99dtf. ;
Alfred M. Lund of the Lund &
Hill Civil Engineers of Little
Rock was here today.
Lo?es Life In Burning Home.
Batesville. April 8.—Rushing
into the flames to save 8200
which she had left in a trunk.
Mrs. Dee Kinney of near Sul
phur Rock lost her life in the
lames which destroyed her home
here Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Kinney discovered the
flames, and started to the home
of one of the neighbors for aid
when she remembered the mon
ey. Neighbors, hearing her
screams, had rushed to the
scene and warned Mrs. Kinney .
not to attempt to enter the
house but without avail. Sam I
Knight, a neighbor, rushed into j
the building after her, but was ■
driven back by the smoke and
dames before he could reach the
room where Mrs. Kinney had the
money hidden. He was badly
burned.
It is believed that Mrs. Kinney
opened the door of her room add
was overcome by the smoke.
Mrs. Kinney is survived by a
daughter, Miss Luther Lawhorn
ond a son, William Kinnev.
WASTED—MES TO DEARS BAR.
b*r trad*. LADIES to learn Beauty
Culture, Hair Dressing 0 ‘’hlropn ly.
Special Inducement* offerei m soho’ar
■hip; wages while learning. Cha. es
to work out part of tuition; for white
■tudents only PALMER SYSTEM Bit
tie Rock. Ark.
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Heart Disease Almost !
Fatal to Young Girl
daughter, when thirteen ye*™
•M. wa^ stricken with heart trouble
|h« was so bad we had to place» h
bed near a window
so she could get
her breath. One
doetor said, 'Poor
child, she is likely
to fall dead any
time.' A friend
told me Dr. Miles’
Heart Remedy had
cured her father,
so I tried It, and
she began to im
prove. She took
I a great many bot
| ties, but she 1*
| spared to me to
day, a fat, rosy
Mr, Z d“
i E CANOS. Worth. Mo.
The unbounded confidence Mr.
Canon has in Dr. Miles’ Heart Rem
edy is shared by thousands ot
others who know its value from
experience Many heart disorders
yield to treatment, if the treatment
is right. If you are bothered with
short breath, fainting spells, swell
ing of feet or ankles, pains about
the heart and shoulder blades, pal
pitation. weak and hungry spells,
you should begin using Dr. Miles’
Heart Remedy at once. Profit by
the experience of others while you
may.
Dr. Miies' Heart Remidy Is sold
guaranteed by all druggists.
MILFS MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Iftd.
The Ideal Laundrv
C. H. WALTON
Proprietor.
Washing called for and delivered
to all parts of the city.
Phone 150.
Agents Wanted in Every Town
Stove Wood
Any Size Good Mill Wood
Close Prices on Carloads.
SI.00 and $2.00 Loads
Phone 58
J. R. Loftin, Jr.
WILL PAY TEN DOLLARS.
The manufacturers of Ross’
‘Dead Quick" spray will pay $10
apiece for “any old” bug it will
not kill. Bedbugs, fleas, ants,
roaches, mites, lice, etc., die the
moment it is used on them. Also
their eggs, and mosquitoes too.
Sold in Newport by your drug
gists. (Adv.)
Itch! Itch! Itch!
Constant itch. Intolerable agony,
ECZEMA!
A few drops of a mild, simple, wash
—instant relief—alt skin distress!
GONE.
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Come in nd let us tell you about It.
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