Independent.
7. 1913. NUMBER 58
iRIP fOR
{highway
,25 Miles Long
-ninth to Golf
fflcommis
Hiehfill and Bn
are planning a
.liminary trip
rer the route o
tile state high
om St. Francis,
i line, in Clay
he county seats
e, Craighead,
tnd St. Francis
jst City,
f gravel road
a part of the
,. to-the - Gulf
is now planned
at Cape Giiar
wn the eastern
sissippi. It is
to induce a
y providing a
jad as propos
run along the
s Ridge and
nes above high
I passes inruugn a
untry where the finest
; found in quantities.
atay would be 16 feet
the berm 22 feet. It
d to organize all terri
iree miles on each side,
ated that the road will
0 per mile, and thirty
year bonds would be
cover the cost. This
only a nominal cost
perty owners. It is
i hold county road in
i each county seat to
formation of the dis
Forrest City this road
rsect with the propos
o-Ocean highway, be
sted by the National
Association.
rable work is being
«
e road now in Missou
Northeast Arkansas,
east Missouri High
iation, of which Com-1
startling results.
> planned to begin the
circulaton of petitions 1
rotations of districts
Dads from Paragould
i* Bridge, on the St.
distance of eight
from McNeil to Mag
stance of six miles,
of the proposed coun-'
stitutes to be held by
ssion will be at Mag*
28, under the auspic
olumbia County Good
i Association.
1 promoters of better high
believe that the time has
when agitation is to give
° actual construction.
ftrst Cabinet Meeting.
al to Independent.
kRock, June 6.—The first
meeting’ ever held in
®te capitol will take place
y afternoon at 2 o’clock,
the head of each state de
*®t has been requested to
m the private office of
toor Futrell and take up the
***£' the state printing
^Jhis fund is about ex
and unless there is a
®al of retrenchment none
e offices will be able to have
^ ^one- Under the Lun
1 the departments cannot
te a deficiency for the pur
* .°^ suPPlies, and unless
ls a general cutting down
erJ department, the heads
^departments will have
ase their own supplies
& without.
Low Values Of Assessments.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 7.— The in
jvestigation that is being con
: ducted by the Arkansas Tax
'Commission into the assessed
|and actual values of the state
!show some startlnig results.
The farm lands of Benton
county, one of the wealthiest
counties of the state, are as
sessed at the lowest values in
the state being at only a frac
tion over 17 per cent of the actu
al values. Very rarely a coun
ty assesesd over 50 per cent,
[which is the uniform basis the
‘ commission is attempting to se
cure.
Cross county is assessed at a
bout 63 per cent of its census
value, Monroe county at 43.4 per
cent, Perry county at 58 per cent
and Poinsett at 49 per cent.
These figures show some of the
discrepancies which the com
mission is laboring to overcome.
Conway county lands are as
sessed at 24.4 per cent of the
census value, and there are only
three or four that appear to be
assessed at a smaller per cent
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\j± auiur«i vaiuco. 111 <x ici*
ter to the assessor of Conway
county, the commission says:
“The census shows for 1910,
4 hat 70 per cent of the acreage
lands of Conway county is in
farms. A farm for census pur
poses was lands held and used in
connection with a farm; for ex
ample, if one had a tract of 160
acres with a house thereon and
five or ten acres in cultivation,
the whole was considered a farm.
“There being 250,612 acres at
an average value of with the
buildings thereon of $18.74 per
acre, aggregating in farm val
ues $4,698,282. There were as
sessed in 1910 in the county
356,723 acres.’
Young Man Dead.
Leo Flippo, a young man about
twenty years of age died early
this morning from pneumonia at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wood
ruff on lower Front street.
The young man came here
some time ago and has been
working at one of the factories,
and when taken sick was cared
for by the Relief Society, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff,
who were certainly very kind
and did all for him their circum
stances would permit.
Choir Practice.
There will be choir practice at
St. Paul’s Church this evening at
7:30.
iimniiiiim
Genuine
Keuar Cravats
bear this
octagon
trademark.
Keiser
Barathea
Cravats
A NATIONAL STANDARD
t
A popular shape
14-in-hand
All silk, in over 60 plain
colors from among which
you can match your shirts
or socks.
4>in*hands and Bat Win^s
Keiser Barathea is woven from
selected raw silk to produce
strength and wear.
BERGER’S
"STAf* CLOTHING MOUSE.
PRESENTS THE
REDDEST ROSE
Beautiful Fairy Story Fittingly
Portrayed by the Little Folks
To Appreciative Audience.
Little Miss Frances Gregg and
her company of playmates scored
a tremendous success in the pre
sentation of the fantastic, pret
ty little fairy story of the “Red
dest Rose”, which was witnessed
by a large audience at the Colo
nial Theater Friday evening.
For several weeks, under the ca
pable direction of Mrs. John
Stayton, the children have been
busily rehearsing. It made a!
fine “game” for them to play and '
they thoroughly enjoyed it.
It was very different from the j
usual thing because it was en-!
tirely a children’s play. The writ-!
ar, Miss Paxton of Kansas City,
met Frances Gregg at Battle
Creek, the two became great
friends and she gave her the
Til .TV. Thp past nf pVinrep+pns anrl I
a very great deal of the other
details were all selected by Fran
ces Gregg. She decided where
tne proceeds should go and her
judgment as to the parts each
could take was decidedly good.
As the head of them all, the
Fairy Queen, she was truly
queenly, in bearing, in appear- j
ance and in acting and was an
ideal “Queen of Fairies” from
the top of her glittering crown
to the tiny silver shod feet. ,
Janet Henry, as the Fairy
Princess, was also a dream prin
cess—lovely to look upon. Eliz
abeth Gregg, as Hans, was a
splendid little actress. Muffett
Martin, as Hilda, Virgil Umsted,
as the Stepfather, Sara and Rosa
Pobertson, as Puff and Poff, Le
ona Campbell, as the baby fairy,
Neil Phillips, as Mr. Skip, Vir
ginia Blanshard, as Pain, Allen
Martin, as Lonesomeness, Tom
Harder, as Ridicule, and little
Franchelle Watson, who tumb
led out of the rose garlanded
wedding cake, the host of little
attendant fairies who danced the
maypole dance and attended
their lovely queen all heartily
enjoyed their part in the play,
and the audience enjoyed it with
them.
The little fairy story of Hilda’s
dream, the search for the “Red
dest Rose”, is analagous. In our
pursuit of happiness we have
often to meet pain and lonesome- j
ness, and we find ridicule as dif-;
ficult as did Hans. We do not all
have the help of such a lovely
queen and princess, nor do we
always feel that we have reach
ed the end of the rainbow, or
recognize it when we do find the
reddest rose. The children in
the play taught us a lesson in
contentment if we would but a
^opt it.
Candidate For Third Term.
to Independent.
Little Rock. June 7.—Secre
tary of State Earle W. Hodges is .
advising his friends that he will
be a candidate for a third term.
At its conclusion he will be a
candidate for governor, and he
is receiving assurances of sup
port from all over the state for
both places.
W. B. Owen. Deputy State
t onr? Commissioner, will be a
candidate for State Land Com
rr lesione’* succeed the incum
bent, R. G. Dye. Mr. Owen has
been deputy for three years. He
was representative of Miller
county in the legislatures of
1^07-1909.
Working On Capitol’s Comple
tion.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. June 7.—Cass (Li
bert, the New York engineer,
who is making plans for the
completion of the new capitol,
is at work on them in his office
m New York. He is expected to
return to Little Rock about July
1, and as soon as practicable
thereafter, the commission will
advertise for bids for the pro
posed work.
The commission has about
$500,000 to be expended on the
capitol, of which $40,000 is for
landscaping. It is estimated
that this will not be enough to do
all the work that will be requir
ed on the structure. The base
ment, or ground floor, and a
part of the sub-basement, how
ever, will be completed, the va
rious offices permanently in
stalled where they will have am
ple and convenient quarters, and
the grounds beautified as far as
the money will permit.
The commission will be handi
capped in a measure by the ac
tion of the legislature in re
stnctmg each item to the par
ticular purpose for which it was
intended, and the provision that
unexpended balances from one
fund must not be diverted to an
other. This is likely to make
it* difficult to secure desirable
contracts.
Missed Train And Feast.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 6.— One
state house employe found a
rousing welcome awaiting him
Friday morning when he showed
up for work. E. Byron Harwell
of the Department of Agricul
ture, quietly left Little Rock
early in the week, and on Wed
nesday was married at Hunting
ton to Miss Grace Beatrice Scott.
The young couple expected to
reach Little Rock Thursday and
take possession of a cottage the
groom ha^l prepared for the
homecoming, but they missed
a train at Fort Smith and were
delayed for a day. The employ
es of the Agricultural Depart
ment had a feast prepared for
the newly weds, but it went beg
ging until other state house em
ployes turned in and ate it up.
A general reception has been
held for the groom all during
the day.
Want Davis Reappointed.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 5.—The flood
of mail being received in the of
fice of Governor J. M. Futrell
has turned from petitions for
commutation for Clarence Schu
mann, who was hanged in Hot
Springs Monday, to petitions for
the appointment of John M. Da
vis as state bank commissioner.
Mr. Davis was appointed to
this position by Governor J. T.
Robinson, but a flaw in the law
created a vacancy, or made it as
though there had been no ap
pointment. Th'e letters are com
ing in by the dozens in every
mail, and from appearances, ev
ery bank official in the state will
write, if he has not already done
so, asking for the appointment
of Mr. Davis. Mr. Davis is now
assistant cashier of the German
National Bank of Little Rock.
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.
Newport t. Tuckerman
In one of the fastest games
played on the local ground this
| season, the Newport boys defeat -
er Tuckerman lads, score l to 12.
The would-be famous Nance
was on the mound for the Tuck
erman boys and pitched a good
ball, striking out 17 batters, but
was unsteady in the pinches,
while, Ryan, the crack twirier
for Newport, was good through
out the game, striking out 10
Tuckerman batters and allowing
only three hits, while the New
port lads gathered 7 safe hits off
Nance.
The score stood 1 to 0 in fav
or of the home boys for 8 fast
innings, the score being made in
the first inning when Knowles
hied out. Stallings walked, stole
second and scored when Roberts
threw to left field, trying to
catch the runner stealing third.
Three more runs were made in
the ninth on hits by Bevans, An
derson and Stallings, and in the
Tuckerman boys’ half of 1he
ninth two were made.
Umpires, Anderson and Prof.
E. Williams: official scorers,
.limmv Bowen and 'Schutz
Lockard; time, 1:30; attendance,
175. led by A. T. Hubly.
Crops Not Injured.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 7.—Compe
tent agricultural experts are
estimating that the recent hot
wave has not injured the crop
prospects of the state at all. The
condition of the cotton crop is
placed at 86 per cent, as compar
ed with 76 per cent last year and
there is an increase of 10 per
cent in the acreage. The hill
cotton is more advanced than
that in the bottoms, and chop
ping is in progress generally.
An increased yield of corn is
also predicted, the crop being
in excellent condition as a rule.
A material increase in the
wheat acreage is noted.
; The apple and peach crops are
in splendid condition, and the
strawberry crop just marketed,
is one of the largest and most re
munerative in the history of the
state.
A Bug’s Prayer.
Oh, Mr. Man, if you have heard
of that Ross’ “Dead Quick”
spray, forget it I pray thee, or
11 die. Be merciful and use on
me anything else, and I may
pull through. The mosquito
I .. _Vf Daoc’
saiu, —
Quick” spray sold in Newport
by your druggist. (advt.)
i Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
18 Reels Per Week.
THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER.
An extra good picture.
(Drama—ESSAN A Y)
RISE AND FALL OF MICKEY
MAHONE
(Comedy—PATHE)
REINDEER HUNTING IN
NORWAY
(Scenic—PATHE)
CINDERELLA’S SLIPPER
\ beautiful drama featuring
; Maurice Costello and Lillian
Walker
(Drama—VITACRAPH
Special Music Tonight By The
Orchestra.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 Cents.
Extra Good Program.
The University Commence
ment.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 7.—Stater
Superintendent Ceorge B. Cook
will leave Sunday for Fayette
ville to attend the commence
ment exercises of the University
of Arkansas next week, and the
meeting of the university board
i Mext Monday.
The teachers for next year
have already been elected, and
now that Chancelor Kirkland has
declined the position, the board
will probably take up the ques
tion of the presidency. It is be
iieved that the present acting
president, Dr. .1. 1L Reynolds,
who has served so efficiently
since the retirement of Judge
Tillman, will be retained. No
one else is being considered for
the place.
Letting Separate Bids.
Special to Independent.
Littje Rock, June 7.— By let
ting separate bids on each class
ification of labor and materials
in the construction of buildings,
ii is estimated that the state
board of charitable institutions
saves a do ut .so i-.s per cent oi
the cost.
In providing for the erection of
the trades school and printing’
oflice building at the Deaf Mute.
Institue, for which $12,000 ras
appropriated, twenty separate
contracts were awarded. There
is also a number of contracts for
the barn, which will cost about
$2,100.
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. Kinman's or Arkansas
Bank & Trust Co. 32btf
The Independent tells you all about
it before you get the other papers.
STETS
HATS
V '■*
■; r
■' yi
AKE play out of
work — wear a
Stetson—and let the
years go hang. We are
selling more Stetsons
than ever this Spring tc
the well-dressed young
men from all parts o.
this section. You will
like to see our advance
showing of new Stetsons
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BergeR’S
"STAR CLOTH US G MOUSET