_Daily Independent.
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS FRIDAY, JULY 25. 1D1-L M M HER DS.
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|p»rty V*®" R"u,e H"me
!■„ pleasant Sojourn .
V Marshall.
8 aS Missouri automobile
■ about to begin from this
■her end of the road To
■ .. start back home;
■uentlf there is the usual
■Ion of the weather pros
■ ,<The Man Who Is Taking
■eets up at all hours of the
It ostensibly to take a look
le Madonna in the moon,
|ch we are all talking about
looking at here) but really
leepsthe sky with hisglass
|see what the clouds are do
■ We made the trip from
Lbia to Marshall over very
■ roads, crossing the river at
■eville. “The Lady Who Is
Er Willing' to Stop” refused
Eful]y, our suggestion that
■make the trip on the train,
■rdingly we made her com
Lble and ran along at a rap
ite—missed much of our joy
Inleasure along the road—be
IBe we missed her enthusiasm.
Borrow Rock, one of Saline
Bty’s historic spots we found
land Mrs. Leonard Van Dyke
Bing for us in their little run
lt. There is the quaintest
I Inn in Arrow Rock, which
I been restored by the D. A.
land the different rooms fur
led by various members who
le loaned some most interest
I relics of early settlers in
Isouri. The pretty window
les, gay with flowers, formed
leasing, attractive “welcome
Ireler It is also very popu
[for automobile parties from
Harshall—My opinion of “The
P Who Is Taking Us” has
|wn by leaps and bounds,
fen we crossed the county line
‘Don’t say anything, we are
Saline now’’ he laughingly
med. (He knew us pretty
1.) Such a pretty little town
s—all set about with hills,
ft lovely, comfortable homes,
h grassy, shady, spacious
ns. Such cordial, friendly
pie. Indeed when we reached
I Pictures
era House
Per Week.
rogram Tonight.
GY’S ESCAPE
my produced in
ig Gene Gauntier
-KALEM.)
IE SACRIFICE
omobile accident,
ig up her lover
arry her crippled
a good story.
BIN.)
X)MES A LADY
ut in society and
ace for a country
: MaryCharleson,
r and Robert
VITAGRAPH
Y’S DREAM
goes around the
then by airship,
m causes a wreck
him in the bot
- — me ocean among the
Barmaids. A good picture and
xceilent music.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
t the city limits, “The Man Who
Is Taking Us” grew a little un
I
1 steady at the wheel and the red
white and blue telephone poles
became a menace instead of a
guide, so keen was his excite
ment over “getting home.” Who
of us has not felt that happiness,
'is poor indeed. We rolled in at
last to be met by the sweet voic
ed, happy faced gentle woman
who needed no introduction to
' us—we knew who she was and
I she has made us so welcome and
]been so happy in our coming,
; that it will always be a sweet
memory and “The Man Who Is
Taking Us” has never said a
word about “my town.” Do you
wonder that when I found all
these things I am not quite so
ready to boast of my own ? The
streets are all paved with either
asphalt or macadam; those in
the outskirts of town that are
unpaved, as well as those in
town, are sprinkled twice a year
with oil which effectually lays
the dust and forms a pleasant,
shady, cool appearance, free
jfrom glare. It works as well on
! unpaved as it does on paved
I streets. “Why haven’t you told
j us about how much cheaper and
inicer it is than our sprinkling?”
I demanded. “Oh,” he modestly
deprecated, “I think when we
are ready we will do it.”
The thing that most impress
es me about Marshall is not that
it has one or two nice looking
| homes—or one or two ’steen
j thousand dollar marble or gran
‘ ite palaces, but'they are all uni
I form. Everywhere they are
suited to the size of the place.
People, who might do so because
of their wealth, have left the os
itentatious mansion for the city
I friends and relatives and have
chosen for themselves the style
of architecture suitable to a
| smaller town. Great trees shade
jthe streets and lawns, squirrtls
frisk up and down, doves coo
■ and saucy red robins sing in the
i branches. It is a “Southern
jtown” too—a really, truly
! Southern town. Of course the
present generation thinks little
j of it and laughs lightly (but not
'frivolously) away. One very
, “Toalfinc ■fnr' + Vip ptmsp” tmrl hp
loved citizen, recently deceased,
who left a town library endow
ment conditional on its “never
having any book or publication
of any kind within its walls,
where the beloved South and its
“unquestionable rights to a cer
tain opinion, was contradicted.”
Of course nobody was going to
take the task of such a whole
sale censorship and the legacy
reverts to the estate. I have
' seen more U. D. C’sand F. F. V’s
and Sons and Daughters of Con
federacy than I ever have in
j any one place before. In fact I
iam in love with Marshall, and
j its people, and I can’t see why
j “The Man Who Is Taking Us”
! has so modestly kept his peace
at all our boasting, good natured,
friendly teasing. We knew he
was a pretty good fellow but we
sort of resent his “rubbing it in”
like this. The “show you” spirit
is in him strong and we know he
is from Mssouri, if we did
chance to overhear him talking
| about “our cotton” and “our
; corn” to an old resident.
Another thing, Dear Inde
pendent. do quickly correct the
misprint you made in our first
article wherein you made us say
that “If Jonesboro would onlv
work their roads as Paragould
has,” when we intended to say,
“if it would onlv mark its
roads”. The Paragould automo
bile club has marked with a
white band on posts and poles
the main road and it saves time
and doubt and confusion.
As yet, alas, our part of Ark
ansas is as an unchartered sea.
Other states, and parts of our
own. I am happy to say, have
road maps and of course that
makes it easy—also the high
ways are all marked in colors so
even the joy rider may flash
along the red, white and blue
National Highway (or the other
colors for "ByWays" and
"Routes." It will not be long I
hope before our part of Arkan
sas is "in the book.”
I hear so much of "good
roads" here, everybody—men,
women and children—are very
interested. They have done won
derful things in this part of
Missouri in the last year and
they are not going to stop there.
The people see what a tremen
dous advantage it is to them
selves and to others. Newport,
Batesville, Paragould. Jones
boro, Brinkley and Little Rock—
all Arkansas, should be jealously
active for Arkansas. We must
not let people say," you must
dodge Arkansas roads.”
“Judge Hays As I See Him.”
While we write these lines
Arkansas voters are casting bal
lots for the candidates for gov
ernor at the special election to
day. We conjecture there will
be little, if any, fraudulent vot
ing and that the combined vote
for the four candidates will fall
below the normal at regular elec
tions in September of even
years. We believe it safe to
predict thattheDemocratic nom
inee Judge Hays, will be first
and far in the lead, as the Demo
cratic party in Arkansas has an
overwhelming majority, too
large perhaps for all the best in
terests of the State all the time.
Now we see no reason whatever
for the people to fear the State
will suffer in the least by the
election of Judge Hays. While
he was not widely known before
the recent campaign it is certain
that he was held in high’ esteem
by good people generally, in fact
was exceptionally popular,
where he was best and longest
known. This was a very large
asset in his favor at the begin
ning of the race; for if the
many knowing him well and long
could trust and enthusiastically
support him, we may all confi
dently believe he will faithfully
and honestly strive to make a
worthy governor, such as a pa
triotic Christian gentleman
should most ardently wish to be
for the welfare of the State and
the* maintenance of his own per
sonal honor. —Rev. Z. T. Ben
nett in Marianna Index.
Attends Meeting of County
Judges.
Judge C. B.Coe is at Jonesboro
attending a meeting of county
judges of Northeast Arkansas.
The purpose of the meeting is to
organize a county convict board
which prescribes the method of
working convicts on public roads
as provided for by he last legis
lature.
The law gives the county judg
es the right to get together in
the purchase of road machinery
and tools, and of using the con
victs confined in the county jail
of the counties on the roads.
Bruce Brannon came up from
Walnut Ridge this morning and
his mother. Mrs. Pickens, will
'arrive this evening.
NEW GOVERNOR
AUGUST FIRST
Judge Hays Will Remain At
Home For A Few
Days.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 2d.—Judge
Geo. W. Hays, governor-elect,
left Little Rock Friday morning
for his home in Camden to re
main until after the middle of
the week, when he will return
to get ready for the inaugura
tion, which will take place about
August 1. Judge Hays was ac
companied by quite a large
crowd of friends, going down to
attend the celebration to be giv
en by the citizens of Camden
over the election of their fellow
townsman as governor.
Judge Gaughan and Smead
Powell will be the master of cer
emonies in Camden and speech
es will be made by Judge W. M.
Kavanaugh", W. G. Hutton. Sen
ator Harry Harris, A. J. Walls,
and others who were material in
the election of Judge Hays.
When he returns to Little Rock
Judge Hays will announce the
assistants in his office. Senator
Harry Harris of Clarendon, and
Harry Stewart, former private
secretary to Senator Jeff Davis,
of Camden, are the two now
most mentioned for private sec
retary.
1
.Precaution Against Prison Fires.
I Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 24.— After
the burning of a convict camp
in Mississippi in which a num
ber of negro convicts lost their
lives, the members of the Ark
jansas board of penitentiary com
missioners made an inspection
tour of the camps on th'e state
farm to make sure that there
was no liability of such loss of
life at the Arkansas prison. Or
ders were given for the cutting
of additional doors in the stock
ades, in order to insure a place
of escape for the convicts, no
matter in what part of the build
ing a fire might start.
The convicts at the farm are
housed in frame buildings, with
a bunk lined cell house on the in
terior. There has been but one
entrance to this, but now doors
are to be cut in the sides and
ends. The cell house is construct
ed of 2x4 timbers, set edgeways,
■uritVi an aisle all about for the
guards to patrol through the
night house. Being of frame,
there was little chance for pris
oners to burn to death, as an end
of the building could be easily
knocked out and the prisoners
allowed to escape.
“Monkey In A Frame.”
A small boy near DeQueen the
other day secured an iron hoop
from a worn out buggy hub and
i by persistent effort managed to
get it over his head. When he
1 tried to remove it from his neck
I he was unable to do so. He ap
pealed for aid to Gardner Bros.
| blacksmith shop, and after a
! somewhat strenuous operation
'with the tools at his command,
Berry Gardner succeeded in re
lieving the youngster of his iron
; collar.
Setter Pups For Sale.
Some thoroughbred Setter
pups from field trial winner
stock, ready for fall training.
Apply to T. M. Rorex. Swifton,
Arkansas. 56btf.
New l nited States Attorney.
Hot Springs. July 21.— Hon.
VV. H. Martin, who yesterday re
ceived the appointment of Unit
ed States district attorney for
tlie Eastern district of Arkan
sas. is easily the leader of the*
bar in this city, especially since
the death of Judge •!. 11 Woods
a few weeks ago. Mr. Martin is
a native of Arkansas and is a
self made man in the strictest
meaning of the term. He work
ed as a day laborer on the old
Diamond Joe road when it was
being built into this city and af
terward resided here. He stud
ied law in the office of the late
Maj. George G. Latta. He is a j
fine orator. He is a close stud
ent and reader. He is recogniz
ed throughout the state as one
of Arkansas’ best lawyers. He
is a gentleman of the old school,
always considerate and courte
ous.
Given $10,000 Damages.
Searcy, Juiv 24.—Noah Piles 1
of Judsonia was awarded $10,
damages against the Iron Moun
tain railroad company for dam
ages sustained during 1912 at
Gurdon, when he was run down
by a freight train and his left
ileg and right foot cut off. Piles
was represented by Stephen
! Brundidge.
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Notice.
I
All who have not paid their
j water rental, must pay same
[this week. We will proceed Mon
day to cut off all delinquents.
Don't ask for further time, as
we will refuse to grant it any
longer.
98d2t Newport Water Co.
Land Officials (Qualify.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 21.— The
bonds ut A. .M. Ward, as receiv
er of the United States Land of
fice, and Judge Allen as register,
have been filed and approved,
and about the first of August
they are expected to take lip
t heir dut ies in Little Rock.
John K. Hush, tin* negro occu
pant of the receiver's office who
refused to resign when asked to
do so bv the powers in Washing
ton, states he is ready to turn
over his ollice as soon as his suc
cessor qualifies. Uuy Caron, reg
ister, resigned some time ago.
and is only awaiting the coming
of Judge Allen from DeWitt to
succeed him. Mr. Ward will
move his family from Clarks
ville before the opening of
schools in the fall.
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METHODIST CHURCH.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Every member urged to be pres
ent and everybody cordially in
vited to join us.
Epworth League 7 p. m.
Preaching at 8 p. m. by Rev.
A. F. Skinner, presiding elder of
this district.
The third quarterly confer
ence will be held in the church
at 4 p. m. in the church and eve
ry official member should be
present. 98d2
Johnson (Granted Change of
Venue.
Vicksburg, Miss., July 23.—S.
L. Johnson, charged with the
murder of Elston Brewer, was
today granted a change of venue
to Claybome county.
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enable you to save more money [
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Clapp $6.50 Oxfords Now. 4.95
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Regal $3.50 Oxfords (Discontinued Lasts) . 2.10
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