ME INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE j
Publisher and Editor
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Crop Summary Week Ending
July 4.
Jt appears that during the past
week cotton made more rapid
growth than during any similar
period of the season. Rains
were widely distributed and
while not in every instance am
ple afforded the desired mois
ture to much the greater part ol
(he belt leaving localities only in
the central belt somewhat too
dry for the best development.
In all sections where the plant is
sufficiently advanced it has be-1
gun fo set fruit in a very satis
factory manner.
Small ize has not been over
come as yet by the recent
drowth but as the plant is stocky
and well branched out and full of
squares correspondents take the
view' that it will produce well of
bolls.
A slight, excess oi moisiuie i»
noted in North Carolina, Okla
homa and Northern Texas, but
as yet the rain is not a serious
factor for the fields were gener
ally in a good state of cultiva
tion and hence there is no grass.
As has been previously noted
the crop is not quite so far ad
vanced as usual for this date,
but there has seldom been a
time when the cultivation was
better, the development more
uniform or the plant more heal
thy.
BY STATES.
North Carolina — Rainfall
abundant and interfered to some
extent with cultivation, plant
growing fast now. Last three
days of week very favorable—
dry and hot.
South Carolina—Colton grow
ing fast. Plenty of rain. Fields
generally well tilled. Fine week.
Georgia—Small plant has be
«fun, rapid growth and fields are
i.dean. Many local showers were
highly beneficial. Some locali
ties need rain but state as whole
idoing well.
Alabama—Many local rains
Afforded relief, though sections
still dry. Rapid growth now be
ing made. Fields very clean.
Fruiting well. Nearing last cul
tivation.
-Mississippi—Splendid growth
being made now. Many excel
lent rains. Crop very promising
but considerable fears exist of
, boll weevil.
Tennessee—Many local rains.
• Rapid development and fine
■ promise.
Arkansas -Rain’ fell over con- j
s iderable area., but some sec
t ions not yet relieved. Where i
d ry plant not growing fast.:
S plendid cultivation and healthy j
t' nrifty plant setting squares j
i eavily.
Louisiana— Plant fruiting:
' ;veJL Cultivation thorough.
Sutfieient rainfall. Crop protnis
' mg. Boll weevils numerous.
Oklahoma—Good week and |
high condition maintained, but i
no more rain needed.
Texas—Good week for whole
Mate. Rains of vast benefit in ,
central counties. West in splen-,
did condition. Showery grow-1
ing weather South with some
fear of weevil. North doing .
well now but does not want con
tinued rain. Plant fruiting well
wherever sufficiently advanced. |
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PORCELAIN DUE TO ACCIDENT!
How the Process of Enameling Wai
Discovered by -Chinese Workers
About 206 B. C.
Near the year 206 B. C.. In the be
ginning of the dynasty of Han, some
workers In earthenware set their pots
fn the oven to hake, and forgot them
When they remembered them and
opened the oven doors they found that
the pots were vitrified In shining
■pots In this way the enameling of
porcelain wsh discovered. When
freed of Its dross the substance grew j
lighter, become clear, and acquired j
a grain as fine and smooth as veW
vet and a thin. hard, translucent body ,
that rang like a bell.
The art of monochromatic glazing
was discovered In the time of the
dynasty of Sung (960—1280 B. C.).
Occasionally the action of the fire sep
arated the pigments and produced ex
cessive richness of color. The Mon
gol Invasion checked the progress of
ceramic art. In 1388 Tal-Tsu, the
son of a day laborer, dethroned the
emperor and founded the dynasty of
Ming, whose reign persisted until
1644. Tal-Tsu lost no time In restor
ing the Imperial manufactories. He
gave the national manufactory the
monopoly of the work in porcelain, ex
cepting nothing but the white pottery
manufactured by the artisans of |
Tehua. Under the new Impetus all
the ancient methods were revived and
perfected. The system of three-color
and flvo-color decoration, after a pre
liminary firing, dates from the re
naissance of art under the Ming &y~
nasty.—Harper's Weekly.
TOOK HIS Lli-E BY REQUEST!
Girl Then Considered Annoying Suitor
Dead and Wanted No Corpse
In House.
He was a theatrical lover, and 3he
didn't like his style In the least, for he
was constant In his devotion, which
made matters worse. 8he had tried
gentle means to get rid of him, bat ha
had disregarded them with painful per
sistency
"Dear one," he exclaimed, hurling
himself tragically at her feet, "I love
yon! My life la yours! Will yon take
nr
She did not look like a murderess,
but she responded, with calm deter
mination:
"I will."
He gazed at her rapturously.
‘‘Don't do that,” she begged, draw1
tng back from him as If In horror. "I
have taken your life, as you requested
me to do, and you are henceforth to
all Intents and purposes dead."
He seemed dazed.
"I do not.” she continued, turning |
aside, “desire to have a dead person j
In the house, and If you do not go
away at once I shall send for an un- j
dertaker and have you removed to the
: nearest cemetery.”
Then the dreadful situation in which
his own precipitate folly had placed
■ him was revealed, and he removed
himself with promptness and dispatch.
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Brave Old Oak.
Whether Us branches show green
against a dark-blue sky—gold where
the sunlight touches them—whether i
| Its leavee show magnets In the light;
1 of Uje setting sun, or black and all*1
[ Ter In tEe radon light, there la no tree |
of them all to oompare with the oak. j
All a summer's day you may He euk j
stretched beneath It, so atfdng and j
so friendly, not to you only, but to all
the Uttle Uvea that swarm about lta
roots. All kinds of buoy creatures,!
ants, spiders, daddy-long-legs, beloved (
of your childhood, go scurrying oven ;
you on this errand and that, as u»- j
afraid, almost, as If you wero dead, j
A feellnx of klnshln comes to you:
jl knowledge that all this life about1
you In oak and grass and Insect, and i
the good dog lying at your feet, la j
but a little part of the ageless flux ;
and reflux; soothingly as a cool hand
on an aching head, there comes to
you the realization that soon fears. |
hates, and loves forgotten, your tired |
body shall rest under the trees all
the days and all the nights.—Month
ly Atlantic.
As to Chickens.
They are the most dadbusted, ««>
certainest creatures that walk the
family acre. Almost everybody trie* i
to raise chickens at one time or an.
other. Looks easy—that's the deceit ,
Ing part of It.
And It Is easy, after you learn ona
thing: Uttle chickens don't know
Anything, medium sized chickens
don't know anything, big chickens
don't know anything. Lf there Is a
change of an intellectual nature as i
the size Increases big ones know less
If possible than little ones.
If there Is a wire partition In your
pen with an open door at one end the
chickens will try to plunge through
the wire instead of going around and
walking through the door.—Puck.
Safety Devices.
Redd—I understand the French gov
ernment has offered a prize of $80,000
for a device that will make aeroplanes
safe.
Greene—Why, don't they at the
same time offer a prize for a device
that will make falling out of a tentla
story window safe?
Interested.
"The earliest mention of coal Is
said to have been made by Theophras
tus,” said the professor, at break*
fast.
“And what did he say was a ton,
professor?” inquired the landlady,
Qourtag the ooffaa.
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'M LITTLE. 3UT I’LL TRY* 1
. ;vg Child o* Section Foreman Saves
Train ami v»t Example for
Ait Cthera.
She was nr.iy seven yter* old
Hiieeu Martin, section foreman’*
laughter, as she blood reaching op t*
u^ept-ore at the little town of Alt^
a.!., telling the agent at the neareat
nation that a rail was broken. Child
Ike, she knew the semaphore signals.
..ad come to the track to Me the Over^
land Limited whirl by and had watch
■h1 the long finger drop, letting tlM
train Into the block.
‘I’m pretty little, bnt m try,” *h«
mid, when the station agent asked her
If she oould not atop the train that wee
past him. and started out with her
sister at fourteen who had Just eppes*
ed They run down the truck. Hewed
the train end saved u wreck.
Pretty much every primary mM fit
the city ought, within the text week*
to hear of Eileen’s Tm pretty UN*
but HI try." The alert attention
vhlcn knew the semaphore signal, the
}u1ck wit which understood whet a
‘iroken rail meant, the decision and to
itlatlve which alone sought the tele
;*hone, the courage with which she and
her slater started up the track, waving
•heir aprons to stop tbe big Overland
1 .knifed aa it bore down upon them—
,hi?se are the qualities which through
,!fe bring self-help, for others, succeed
And happiness.
And she was only seven years o!4
-pretty little," but ready to "try."— .
Philadelphia Press
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KNEW THE CODE HIMSELF
Former Telegrapher Corrected tn*
Error mt Two Young Men In i
Memphis Hotel.
One whoso ear has bean trained to
road Intelligently the click of * tele
graph Instrument lometimes put* this
Mining to the test under strange sol
utions. Aft instance, which reeuitod
ft embarrassment, apologias. sad
bully tm a pleasant soquaiatanoashl P
oy n onrtaln Ohio farmer wht spent
ill (Uty years tn the employ af the
Western Union Telegraph company.
Some yean after impaired health
and drives him from the tetegraph of
Boa to the farm, ha and his wife worn
spending a short vacation In the
south. While they were dining in n
hotel tn Memphis two young men en
tered and seated themselves at the
iua« table with the ooupie (pom the
Vest.
After a survey of the strangers, one
af the youths took up his fork, and
tapping It In an apparently careless
fray against the edge of hla plate,
tpeiled out In the Morse code:
"Do you think they are bride and
groom?”
"Yes, 3urely," tapped his companion
•Just watch how soft they are."
Immediately, to the dismay of the
roung men, the fork of the supposed
bridegroom Joined In the conversation
With grea? rapidity It tapped out:
"Gentlemen, you are mistaken. W»
hav6 been married five years, and
Save three children."—Youth's Gom
rHINK TOO MUCH OF MONET
Many Persona Lass Chance sf Happv
Marriage by Exaggerating the
Value af Wealth.
f-i.
wcore* Of people u.>»e uietr cuwe
of being happily married through mnk
log an unnecessary obstacle of bob
ey. The Importance of It. Is often ex
aggerated. Many e man hesitates to
propose to a girl because of bis small
income. Very often much misery, ml» j
understanding, and tangled lives result
from the silence More unfortunate
lev* affairs are ths result of what has i
act been said- than of spoken words.
When a man has a small, sure In- j
come, and a prospect of increase,
there is no legitimate, reason for hie
not speaking of his love; no reason,
tor that matter, to present marriage.
Peeple are »o desperately afraid,
though, of beginning married Hie in '•
jma” way. They fear the sacrifices
eh!ch they will be called upon to make
—a* the criticism to wh.eh they will
tv* sunjocted. Many years of happi
ness are lost In this way It Is such
* mistake for young people to want to
vtart marriage In the state that their
parents ara ending it.
7o delay marriage until a "comfor
table” Incoma is available is to prove
something lacking in the love.—A a
'wars.
jo. I. Hubert!
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G. P. COFFIN, Agent.
Newport, Ark.
W. A. MINK
CONTRACTOR
and BUILDER
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Make You A
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PHONE 208
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NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
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Basement Was Vacant
“Did you say you were a month in
yottr laat placer* "Yes, madam—a
weak with a lady on the third floor,
• week on the second and a week on
the (round floor.'*
1 UNIVERSITY OF ARKa^T
I Offers standard courses in Engineerb -
culture, Languages, Sciences, Fine Ar '* :
Also short, practical courses in Ajrri
Arts, open to young men of determinatio: v °
cation has been limited. '
New building, modern in every particular ;
ments of Education and Domestic Science. ju .
Next session opens '
SEPTEMBER 17 I
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PRESIDENT OF THE FMvE!,.M
| HENDRIX COLLEGE I
^ Noted for high standards of scholarship and for .. B
iyp tian influences. Best endowed ($300,000) college i^Ark^B
qjp faculty of specialists trained at the best Universities if^B
3 J try and Europe ? Library of 12,500 bound and 10 Orin, . ■
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aru umes. Well equipped museum and laboratory 0, ■
an] under an expert. Buildings heated by steam. ExpensejB
QJ5 able. Board and dormitories under supervisor of , „ 'B
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in private homes. High school graduates received op ,lfl
fl! Location central and healthful. Conwav i- 0„;.. ,n B
nj? * ou itii^B
art Little Rock. Climate mild. S
aF, The college has strong, well manned academy fot ;B
(ycj of students who are not prepared for the college classes B
^ While the college is primarily for men, young women B
SC a strong literary course will find what they want at HeiB
^ young ladies’ hall under the care .of professor and his wifB
^ Rooms in the hall and dormitories should be engaged
For information address, I
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I Counterfeiting Causes Troubled
Counterfeit bank accounts where one’s surplus is depMp,
ed in the coffee pot, under the clock, or some “luK,
place” where it is easy to get at, makes a constant I#
trouble through loss by theft, fire or other means. iBb
not use the safest plan, deposit your money and A
checks as you need it. $1.00 starts you. Kj
The Farmers Banl|
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io make in lift
The dollar mark is the on ly mark that is recognized >*1
lands. Money rules the world. You can be one ■
rulers if you open a bank account. Only the habit dM
ing secures chis dollar mark—the mark of the "‘fl
most successful men. 1
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