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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Congress.
The Independent is authorized tr
announee the candidacy of .Judge
George T. Humphries of Salem for
Congressman from the Second Con
gressional District of Arkansas, sub
ject to the action of the Demicratic
primary.
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.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of James H.
Johnston for the office of county and
Jirobate judge of Jackson County, sub
ect to the action of the Democratic
primary.
The independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of John A.
Melville for the office of County and
Probate Judge of Jackson County,
subject to the action of the Demo
cratic primary.
For Representative.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of J. M. Mar
dis, for the office of Representative of
Jackson County, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic primary.
For Treasurer.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of John H.
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 W.
Shuford 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 J. M. Ivy
for re-election to the office of Treas
urer of Jackson County, subject to
the action of the Democratic primary.
For Coroner.
The Independent s authorized to an
nounce the candidacy of Henry Grant
for the office of Coroner of Jackson
County, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary.
The Tux On Marriage.
Each individual in the United
States must pay a normal in
come tax of 1 per cent, but each
-individual is entitled to a deduc
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tion of $3,000 from his income,!
and only the excess over that
sum is subject to tax. If two of
these individuals marry they
will no longer each be entitled to
|a deduction of $3-000 each, but
i of only $4,000 for both together,
or $2,000 each.
In other words, John and Ann
each have an income of $3,000,
| and so long as they are single
they need pay no tax. But it
they marry they must each pay
on $1,000, because their two in
comes amount to $6,000, and
they are together entitled to an
exemption of only $4,000. Is
this provision intended to dis
courage marriage?
| Again, William and Jane are
man and wife, and each has an
independent income of $3,000,
which they have been enjoying
in happiness and contentment
i for a greater or lesser number
! of years. Now, if they continue
; to live together, each will have
to pay a tax of $1,000; but if j
they separate, or get a divorce,,
neither will have any tax to pay. j
i Is this provision intended to of
| fer a premium for separation or
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UIVV/iUU .
We should worry!
After all, isn’t it worth some
thing extra to be married?
There have been threats for
years of taxing bachelors and
spinsters. Now the bachelors
and spinsters are having the last
laugh, which is said always to be
l the best.—Memphis News-Scim
itar.
Direst Poverty.
When we consider the condi
tion of people in other countries
we are driven irresistablv to the
conclusion that there is no real
poverty with us. There are un
fortunates and indigent people,
but for permanent and unescap
able poverty, it does not abide
with us. Those who have re- (
cently made investigations in |
the East End of London present
to the world harrowing tales,
i An eminent preacher named
jJowett declares that here is
where the tourist may get a look
! into a people’s hell. Poverty is
- the portion of the East London
ler. In all London there are dai
ly 20,000 unemployed people-ab
solutely without work, though j
seeking it. Nearly one-third of ;
the entire population live in pov- j
ertv of various degrees. Ihosej
who escape infant mortality are
sure to meet with an existence
as cruel as death as they grow
up. General conditions may be
illustrated by specific instances,
and in one case it was found that
a woman occupied one small
back room in a dark alley, which
she used for dining room, kitch
en, sleeping room and workshop
for herself and little daughter.
For her labor she received $1.50
a week, and out of this pittance
she had to pay the landlord 50
cents per week rent. How two
people can hold body and soul
together on $1 a week would
prove a mystery to most of us.
but this woman gave out the
figures, which are as follows:
One-quarter pound of tea, 4
cents; two pounds sugar, 6
cents; flour, 3 cents; oatmeal,
3 cents; oleomargarine, one
half pound, 7 cents; six eggs,
chipped, 7 cents ; ham, 5 cents ;
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If bCIlia , VCgCLdUiC.''
14 cents; bread 9 cents; sun
dries, 6 cents. The weekly to
tal came to $1.20, leaving 30
cents per week for clothing
and other expenses. This wo
man belongs to a very large
class, who are industrious, and
who find regular work, and while
the income is terribly small it
is much better than that which
less fortunate people receive who
only work when they can find it,
The laborers in the country
districts employed on farms are
no better off, with the result
that they are constantly flocking
to the ci’y, just as they are in
this country. The farmers are
unable to secure labor, and in a
certain section of Oxfordshire
not a man can be found under 60
years of age. In the country dis
tricts a working man was found
who receives $2.50 the week, and
on this sum he had to support a
family of five. He paid for the
rent of a cottage and a few
square feet of a garden, $15 a
year. This man is reported to
be thoroughly sober, one who
gug neither drinks nor smokes, and
|fe who bears a good character for
|J industry. -Tfe wife trusts to
charity for the children's
Bg clothes, and makes and remakes
anything given to her with great
E| skill. She has not had a new1
S3 dress for her self in thirteen
13 years. At times when there is
af no work to be had the family
5| have to be supported by the par
g§ ish poor fund, and when we re
fleet that this is a general condi
^ tion, and not an exceptional
gg case, the misery of it may be the
gP better appreciated.
1} Bad as we think times are in
j this country most everyone who
1 ls abJe and willing to work can at
! least obtain ample food and
! clothing. The trouble with us is
that none of us are content to
make a living, even a comfort
Jable living. We all want to ac
cumulate in addition to making
a livin^ and very few fancy that
they are accumulating as rapidly
as they ought to. Women on
Jg the farms in rural England are
M beink driven insane by poverty,
because it is in nine cases out of
fc I ten it is the woman who cnfi'n,...
= ! She starves herself in order to
■ feed her husband and children,
I an.ii the result of chronic under
feeding produces insanity, which
!ot c°urse, in each case, is the be
ginning of a progressive degen
eracy that will filter down from
generation to generation. Chan
jcellor Lloyd George is none too
soon with his efforts at land re
form. I nless the people are
given access to the land, and put
(*n a position to cultivate it, pov
erty, death and destruction will
i hicrease, and the present blight
will spread throughout the is
lands.—Memphis News-Scimi
tar.
EXCHANGE NOTES. :
Considerable stir was occas- E
ionedhere Saturday morning ^
when Moses Rodd reported that p
he had seen a flock of wild tur
keys in the woods back of his
farm. It was quite chilly that |
morning and Moses who had .
been shucking corn out of the [
shock, had carried a jug of (
Pleasant Valley Pride into the j
field with him. When he grew ,
cold he poured a generous sup- ,
ply down his throat, and as it j
ran from the jug it gurgled gay- |
ly, so like a turkey’s gobble j
that an answering call came j
from the nearby woods. Moses ,
shotgun was nearby, but he was j
forced to drink so much of the
liquor to call the turkeys into
shooting distance that his aim
was defective and he failed to
secure any of them. The sad
part is that Tobe Toppleton
heard the same turkeys gobbling
and thought it someone drink
ing out of a jug. So far a.- his
family is aware he is still in pur
suit of them.—J. B. Iden in Ro
gers Press.
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One of the Morphis boys had
the misfortune of losing his life
Ion the railroad at Atkins last
week but not being personally
acquainted with him we failed to
learn the particulars.—-Pisgah
correspondence Russellville Cou
rier-Democrat.
Certainly. Quite right. No
newspaper reporter to be ex
pected to concern himself with
particulars of the killing of one
with whom he was not acquaint
ed. Reporters have some digni
|tv and must stand upon it. On
the other hand, it should be the
aim of every enterprising report
er to make the acquaintance of
every one likely to experience an
untimely taking off to the end
that, after such a calamity, the
reporter may feel no embarass
ment in asking the said person
for the particulars.—Fort Smith
Times-Record.
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Office of The Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railway Company.
Chicago, III., Nov. 15th, 1913.
To All Stockholders of The Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Company:
I A special meeting of the stockhold
ers of the company will be held at the
‘ office of the company in the City of
Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday the
' 31st day of January, 1914, at ten
i o’clock a. m., for the purpose of vot
, rng upon the acceptance by the com
pany of a leaise of the line of railway
of the Rock Islaad. Stuttgart and
■ Southern Railway. Company, extend
ing from Mesa,;, Prairie County, Ark
ansJ'8' * southerly direction through
the coCntlCl°{ ?™irie and Arkansas
to Stuttgc"1-1' A, ‘car>sas Co.unty, Ark
ansas, a distcinc* aPProx), *nately 22
miles; said le^8e to exte, ^ *or f
term of 999 years ^TOtn Febr, ’
1914, upon such terms a.?d con* utl0ns
as may be agreed upon. f
i H. U. Mudge, Pntsodta.
Geo. H. Crosby, Secretary.
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