LmtMEXIH. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY. MAY 7. 191;}. MM HER 32.
PVIVES BRIDGE
!t ACROSS RIVER
v construction Company Says
Lei Bridge Can Be Built
Across White River for
$45,000.
Bridge White River at New
is again an issue before this
tv and the public spirited citi
ns and business men who were
•hind the project before are
|ere again, with prospects of
>tter success. A crop failure
Oil Trough the year this prop
ition was agitated caused it to
, dropped for the time, when
iccess seemed almost reached.
All our citizens are agreed up
the importance of the under
king, and its value to Newport
id the Oil Trough section of
unty, as fertile a valley as the
ile, which only needs better ac
5S’to a railway to bring even
eater development and en
incement of its realty values.
A bridge across White River
low Newport at the point of
e old survey can be construct
complete for $45,000 says Mr.
W. Canfield of the Missouri
]ley Bridge & Iron Company
Leavenworth, Kansas, a com-,
ny which has built many steel J
idges over the larger rivers of
is country.
Mr. Canfield’s company has
mished blue prints of twoj
n+Vic n-f ciicnpn«inn hrirlcrps.
Ing for a 300 foot
el at an estimated!
),000 and a longer
of 500 feet the esti- j
of which is $45,000. j
e of $45,000 means a
' complete with side
except the dirt|
>ridge to be 18 feet,
id rest upon 70 foot [
webbed with steel i
ith concrete,
eld is being introduc-1
tmong the business
Sol Heinemann, who •
the enterprise the |
rt and leadership as^
the project will j
)on be placed before
i some definite shape ,
Let us all get to-1
ur common interest
White River. The j
all considering the'
e improvement and
s not sound unreas
o big for Newport to
is time. '
! Pictures
sra House
‘er Week.
ctures tonight.
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California days, i
s and Indians |
;stern drama.
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e Orchestra,
and 10 Cents.
Purpose of League’s Open Ses
sion.
At the regular meeting of the
Civic Improvement League
Tuesday afternoon, plans for the
open session of the society to be
held at the Elks’ Club this even
| ing were completed. This enter
tainment has been arranged in
honor of the men of Newport.
We are sure they are interested
in the matter of Civic Improve
ment for our town, but business
prevents their attending the af
ternoon sessions of the League,
so this opportunity is given
them to enjoy a social evening
with the ladies, and incidentally
to discuss ways and means of
beautifying Newport.
Ladies who are not members
of the League are also included
in the invitation to this recep
tion. Everybody having any
public spirit at all is invited. If
you have any doubts about the
object of the League, or wish to
know what work has actually
been accomplished by the organ
ization, now is your opportunity
to come and consult personally
with the ladies, who have been
active in this service, and be
come better informed about this j
public enterprise.
One feature of Wednesday ev
ening’s entertainment will be a i
musical program, after which
the time will be given over to
the free enjoyment of pleasant
social intercourse. Come and
add your part to the success of
the occasion.
Edgar Jordan Attacked by Mad
Dog.
On last Monday a clog belong
ing to John Davis, colored, made
a lunge at Mr. Edgar Jordan,
who was in the act of loading
express and freight at the M. &
N. A. depot. The dog’s teeth
lacerated Mr. Jordan’s wrist in
a very painful manner. The dog
was killed near the depot and its
head shipped to the state chem
ist at Little Rock, who, Thurs
day, pronounced the dog to have
been mad.
A telegram was sent for a se
rum treatment as soon as it was
learned that the dog had the ra
bies and as soon as the serum
arrives, the treatment will be
administered to Mr. Jordan by i
Drs. McKnight and Gephart.—
Cotton Plant Banner.
oapusa ne\i>ai.
The congregation last night
was not very large but a good
interest was manifested by
those present. Brother Taylor
preached a strong sermon on
“Knowing Jesus Better.”
The subject for this evening
will be “Journeying Without
Jesus.” You are missing a
great blessing when you fail to
hear Brother Taylor. Why not
give God a little of your time
and come.
The subject for the Bible
reading tomorrow at 3 p. m.
will be “The Second Blessing.”
Come and bring your neigh
bor. .
Lad Fell Into River.
Forrest City, May 6.—Verdis
Wells, son of Dr. J. R. Wells,
fell from the railroad dump into
the St. Francis river, in front of
the Rock Island depot at Madi
son, and narrowly escaped be
ing drowned today. He was
rescued in the nick of time by
Captain Anderson and Captain
Schaffer and brought back to
shore. After working with him
some time, the rescuers suc
ceeded in restoring him to con
sciousness.
MOTHERS’ DAY
SUNDAY MAY 11
Mayor Paul Issues Proclamation
Calling For Observance of
Day Set Apart By
Nation.
Acting Governor Futrell, to
gether with the governors of
the various states, have issued
proclamations for the observ
ance, of Sunday, May 11th, as
“Mother’s Day.’’
The sentiment is a very beau
tiful one. The aim of the ob
servance is to honor motherhood
in general, and to encourage ev
lery man, woman, boy and girl
to give expressions of respect
and reverence for their own
mother.
Therefore, we proclaim for the
city of Newport,Sunday,May 11
1913, as “Mother’s Day”. Ob
serve the day by wearing a
white carnation, which has been
chosen as the emblem of the
day’s observance. It is recom
mended that the grown up chil
dren come home on that day,
making every home one of un
alloyed pleasure. But if we
cannot go home, or if the moth
er’s name is graven on a stone
in some churchyard, we can
at least recall the many days of
anxiety and the cheery acts of
motherhood, which she perform
ed. Every true son and every
true daughter will respond to
the world wide sentiment on
that day, surging forth with full
hearts and eyes wrhen the trib
ute is given to mothers. God
bless them all!
JNO. P. PAUL,
Mayor.
No New Ideas Advanced.
Judge Geo. W. Hays of Cam
den, who desires to be the next
governor of Arkansas, arrived
here Wednesday noon from Eu
reka Springs and after meeting
as many of our citizens person
ally as his limited time would
permit, he delivered an address
of about 45 minutes at the court
house to a fair-sized audience
for the time of the year. He
gave every evidence of a most
pleasant and affable gentleman,
personally, but from his speech
!we had to conclude that he is an
extremely light weight for gov
j . _ A ..
ernor oi rne greai siaic ui
kansas. He did not advance a
single new idea concerning the
various perplexing problem."
confronting the state, but show
ed that He was depending on the
numerous prejudices that have
been so heroically worked by so
many candidates in the past.
His inconsistencies concerning
his opponent were also noticea
ble. He said in his introductory
remarks that he had no words
cf condemnation for his oppon
ent, Mon. Steve Brundidge, yet
a large portion of his talk was
deprecating Mr. Brundidge be
cause if elected he might in the
years to come be a candidate
for the United States senate.—
Berryville Star.
The Civic Improvement
League extends a cordial wel
come to all their friends to at
tend their “At Home” Wednes
day evening at the Elks Home.
Different features of entertain
ment will be carried out and a
general good time is hoped for
their friends.
Bishops Are Assigned.
Dallas, Texas. May 6.—Con
ference assignments for 1913
were made here today by the
college of bishops of the M. E.
Church, South. The following
assignments were made:
Louisiana Conference at Crow
, ley. La., December 10. Bishop
W. A. Candler, presiding; Ar
kansas Conference. Eureka
; Springs, Ark., November 20.
Bishop B. C. Kilgo; Little Rock
Conference, Pine Bluff. Ark..
November 19, Bishop Kilgo;
W hite River Conference. Clar
endon. Ark., December 3, Bish
op Kilgo; West Oklahoma Con
ference. Norman. Okla., Novem
ber 5, Bishop Mouzon; East
i Oklahoma Conference, Tahe
!qua, Okla., November 26. BBh
jop Mouzon; Memphis Confer
ence, Martin, Tenn., November
I 5, Bishop J. H. McCoy. Bishop
i Collins Denny will hold confer
; ence at Holston, Tenn.. October
' 1 and at Cooksville, Tenn., Oc
j tober 8.
The fall meet of the college
of bishops will be held at St.
[Louis October 30.
jHINEMON CHOSEN
SUPERINTENDENT
Of Blind School and C. P. New
ton Fleeted Superintendent
of Confederate Home.
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•Special to Independent.
| Little Rock. May 7.—Hon. .1. j
’ H. Hinemon has resigned as ai
member of the Board of Chari
ties, Ed McCorkle of Arkadel-1
phia succeeding him. C. B.
Newton was elected superintend
ent of the confederate home un
less legislative office porhibits j
him filling the place. Mr. Hine
mon was elected superintendent
of the blind school.
Governor Futrell today ad- ;
dressed a letter to members of >
the State Penitentiary Board re- j
questing them to. comply strictly j
with the law creating the board,
which requires two of the mem
bers to be expert farmers, a
monthly statement regarding
the number of convicts with
work done and also a better i
itemized account of expenses
and purchase of supplies.
written to Judge H. L. Boyce,
president of the local school
board, that she will be in New
port Friday to address the citi
zens upon invitation of the New
port board.
Miss Reichardt will speak
that evening in the High School
Auditorium, and a large attend
ance of our people is urged, for
Mi ss Reichardt will organize
a Newport School Improvement
Association, and the program of
the evening will include other
numbers of interest.
VCKNOWLEDUE IT.
Newport Has To Bow To The In
evitable—Scores of Endorse
ments Prove It.
W. M. Shelby, Batesville, Ark,
says: “I have not had occasion
to use Doan’s Kidney Pills finr
the past three years, for the
cure they made in my case has
been permanent. It gives me
pleasure to recommend this rem
edy to other kidney sufferers.”
(Statement given April 14,
i m 1 \
Evening Bridge.
Miss Franchelle Hooker en
tertained a few couples of young
| friends Tuesday evening at
Auction Bridge in honor of Miss
Blanche Hoyt of Galesburg, Ill
inois, who is the popular guest
of Misses Leah and Ellen Jones.
Those present were Misses
Blanche Hoyt, Leah and Ellen
Jones, Bessie Watson, Bertha
Hirsch and Hortense Hite; Mes
srs. Clay Childers, Warren Dun
away, Garland Hurt, Harry Ste
phens, Lawrence Baileyand Eu
gene Hirsch.
Several games of Bridge were
enjoyed after which a delicious
lunch was served.
For Sale.
Several thousand bushels of
corn and large quantity of timo
thy and alfalfa hay at Kinman
farm. For information inquire
! at T. D. Kinrrvan’s or Arkansas
| Bank & Trust Co. 32btf
Dry Summer Wood
| at Fee-Crayton’s delivered.
! Sawed from cull lumber. Phone
1294, or see Hopper or Fisher.
1 Leave orders with P. S. Wrhite.
118dtf.
I
Lonoke to Spend $200,000.
Little Rock, May 7.—Lund &
Hill, civil engineers of Little
Rock, were notified yesterday
by the commissioners of road
improvement districts at Lo
noke, that they have been se
lected engineers for two of the
four new road districts in that
county created by an act of the
last legislature. The districts,
No. 2 and No. 4, embrace 47
miles of road. About 27 miles
are in or near Lonoke, while the
remainder is in the southern
part of the county, near Eng
land. It is planned to spend j
about $200,000 in macadamizing
the roads in these districts, on
which, according to the engin
eers, work will be commenced at
once. They also say that when
the task is completed, Lonoke
county will be able to boast of
as good roads as any county in
the state.
l WILL ORGANIZE SCHOOL
IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION.
j Miss Eva Reichardt, head of
.the School Improvement Asso
• ciation work in this state, has
Mr. Shelby was interviewed on
May 30, 1908 and hea^aid “1 be
lieve that the nature vof my
work brought on my \<idney
trouble. I had a constant Back
ache and was also subjec^>^>
dizzy spells. The kidney secre^S^.'*'
tions passed too frequently and I
knew’ that my kidneys were at
fault. Doan’s Kidney Pills went
to the root of my trouble as soon
as I began their use and no one
but myself nows how grateful
I am for the cure they effected.”
For sale by all dealers. Price;
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s
—and take no other.
—
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The ladies of the Civic Im
provement Club will keep open
house Wednesday evening from
8 to 12 and all friends will be
welcome. Bring your husband,
sweetheart or friend to the
Elks Club Wednesday evening
and be the guest informally for
a few hours of the Civic Im
provement Club.
THE man who sees a few of these new ft '
suits we are showing will want to try I
them on. I
When he tries them on he is sure to I
want to buy one. I
And when he buys one, it will give him I
such excellent service that we will be assured I
of his future patronage. I
“To satisfy the customer always” is the I
guiding rule under which we all work here. I
Come and test the advantages offered I
you here for satisfactory trading. « I
appli I f(
Once you try us, R0E1)K1! I /
You’ll always stickjby us ,rai
BergeR’3 T!_J
"STAR CLOTH IH G HOUSE"
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