SWIFTON.
Oscar Saffel has purchased the
garage business from W. T. Altman
and will move to town to take charge
at an early date. He will operate a
general automobile shope. Mr. Saf
fel i§ one of the substantial farmers
Glass township, and for the past
year lived on the Murphy farm east
ol town.
The first number on the 1918 Ly
ceum course will be given at the high
school auditorium on Friday night,
November 29. This entertainment
will consist of a program by Robert
P. Bible, a humorist. Mr. Bible has
been in entertainment work in the
overseas service and no doubt will
present his audience with an excel
lent program.
Mrs. W. R. Harvey and Miss May
Shell spent several days last week in
Inttle Rock.
C. P. Trice of the Swifton Pharma
cy has been indisposed for several
days as the result of overwork dur- \
jng the influenza epidemic.
Additional deaths from influenza
pneumona during the past week were
William Floyd, Jr., 16; Emmerson'
Hutson, 16;. Clarence Lemay, 2;
Mrs. Andy Harbison, 35; Bertie Hat
field, 7; Willie Hatfield, 1; Mary
Bunton, 2; Mrs. Jacob Crossno, 24.
A meeting of the Maple Slough
x. Drainage Board was held Friday and
'■"’“‘•‘steps were taken to hasten the work ;
on the ditches. The conditions incident:
to the waf and the unusual weather :
prevailing during the past year has |
caused innumerable ''delays. It is •
hoped that,with normal conditions
and the release of labor by the end
ing of war, that the work can be ex
pedited and the ditches completed
without further delay.
Attend the first number of the Ly
^-ceum course at the High school au
ditorium Friday evening, Nov. 29.
Walter Sneed has been appointed
by County Judge W. D. McLain to
administer on the estate of Lewis
Pratt. Pratt and his entire family
died during the influenza-pneumonia
^ epidemic.
Harry Parsons was a Little Rock
visitor several days last week.
Rev. M. A. Fry left Monday night
for Clarksville, where he will attend
the annual conference of the Metho
dist church.
.Spontaneous combustion, it is be
lieved, caused a fire on the Harvey
farm Saturday when eighty tons of
hay were destroyed.
Mrs. H. E. Mobley of Little Rock
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Austin
F. Smith. Mrs. Mobley’s husband,
Lieut. Mobley, is in France, being at
tached to the hospital corps.
J. D. Ashley of Bentonville is here
looking after his farming interests.
Miss Katherine Smith taught the
primary grade in the public school
Monday in the absence of Miss Maude
Tyer, wvho was on the sick list.
A vacancy exists on the Swifton
school board caused by the resigna
tion of Ben S. Brann, who has moved
out of the district. The many friends
of J. F. Wiles have suggested his
name as a member of the board to
' succeed Mr. Brann. By reason of his
n-'.irs* experience in school work,
Prof. Wiles would be a valuable
member of the Board and it is hoped
he may see his way clear to become
a member of the school board.
Sheriff J. M. Ivy, acting as public
administrator, will hold a sal a- De
cember 3, of the personal property
of the late W. M. McGuire at the Roy
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Moon farm, northeast of town.
Of the seventy men representing
the total enlistment from Glass town
ship in all departments of the Na
tional Army, so far as is known,
there have been but two fatalities—
John Allen, who died at Camp Mills,
New York, and Grover Willard at
Camp Pike. There have been a num
ber of men reported wounded in
France, but degree of their wounds
is not known.
John Brunsworth of Edwardsville,
Illinois, is spending a week here
greeting old friends and looking af
ter business interests.
Mrs. Alice Toler has accepted a
position as bookkeeper at the store
of N. D. Moon & Son, succeeding
Thomas Young.
John L. Smith has received a ship
ment of splendid thoroughbred Po
land China hogs from Bradford.
The funeral services of Mrs. Jacob
Ciossno, who died Saturday evening
of pneumonia, were held Monday af
ternoon with bural in the Swifton
cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Crossno had
only recently moved here fromTexns.
Neuralgia of the face, shoulder,
hands or feet requires a powerful
remedy that will penetrate the flesh.
Ballard’s Snow Liniment possesses
that power. Rubbed in wrhere the
pain is felt is all that is necessary to
relieve suffering and restore nor
mal conditions. Price 25c, 50c and $1
per bottle. Sold by W. E. Bevens.
161d4tm 29wtm.
COMMITTEE ISSUES
FAIR PRICE LIST.
At a recent meeting of the “Fair
Price Committee,” appointed by the
County Food Administrator, the fol
lowing were agreed upon as being
fair prices:
Wheat flour, 24-lb sacks_Tl.58
Wheat flour, 48-lb. sacks_$3.11
Flour less 24-lb. lot---6%c
25-lb sack country meal-$1.28
25-lb. sack cream meal_$1.43
10-lb. sack cream meal_60c
Rolled oats, 22-oz. pks.-l-15c
Rolled oats, 55-oz. pkg. _35c
.Bread, 16-oz. loaves _10c
Corn starch, 1-lb. pkg-10c
Rice, 1-lb -14c
Navy beans, 1-Jb- 17%c
Lima beans, 1-lb. _20c
Pinto beans, 1-lb.- 13c
Bulk lard, compound _30c
Bulk lard, pure_35c
ltfc-lb. net wt. lard substitute—50c
2- lb. net wt. lard substitute-65c
3- lb. net wt. lard substitute-.'ll.®
4- lb. net wt. lard substitute-$1.29
5- lb. net wt. lard substitute-$1.60
6- lb. net wt. lard substitute—.$2 00
8-lb. net wt. lard substitute-$2.54
10-lb. net wt. lard substitute-$3.13
No. 10, pure lard, 1-lb-36c
No. 5-lb. pure lard, 1-lb-36c
Canned corn, per can -20c
No. 2 tomatoes--18c
No. 3 tomatoes -19c
Evaporated apples -21c
Evaporated peaches -22%c
Corn syrup, blue Karo -80c
Corn syrup, 5-lb. blue Karo-40c
Potatoes, 3tic per lb. over peck lots
Less peck lots, per lb.-4c
These prices must be rigidly ob
served and are in effect immediately
after publication.
These prices will be changed from
time to time as condition warrant.
FAIR PRICE COMMITTEE
for Jackson County.
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EDUCATION.
Art. XIV provides for free tuition for all persons over six years of age,
; and that the General Assembly may authorize kindergartens. Three admlnis
j t:alive and taxing units are provided, State, county and district. There shall
| be a State Board of Education of seven electors, to be appointed by the Gov
i ernor, to serve without compensation, and a Commissioner of Education in
‘ lieu ef the present Superintendent of Public Instruction. Each county shall
| have a County Board of Education of five members to be elected and serve
| without compensation, and a County Superintendent. Each district shall have
at least six months school annually; the district tax si-all not. exceed 12
mills; county high schools may be authorized; a tax not exceeding one
1 quarter mill may bo levied for public libraries; all State lands Miall be held
; in trust for the permanent school fund.
There are no radical changes from the old Constitution. . The
article is designed only to make more effective those principles
which have been developed by years of educational advancement
and constructive policy. Arkansas today ranks forty-third educa
tionally among the states of the Union, but with the improvements
proposed it should within a short time take its place among the
lirst. The article is probably the best on the subject in American
state Constitutions. It will give to the people the power to greatly
increase the efficiency of their schools. It will enable the rural
sections to develop high schools as well as to improve their elemen
tary schools. One of our most serious problems is the tendency
to move from the country to the town or city for educational ad
vantages. This process robs rural communities of some of their
best citizens. One of the most important of the new provisions is
that which makes it possible to provide high school advantages
for country boys and girls. County supervision is established in
every county, and a system of County Boards of Education, elected
by the people and responsible only to the people, will assimilate
and make effective the best thought arid experience of successful
educators.
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ON A CASK BASIS.
Art. XVI, See. 1, provides that “all indebtedness for ordinary expenses
which may be created by the State or any county, city or town after the
adoption of this Constitution in any year in excess of its revenue for such
year, and credit balance available, shall lie void unless such indebtedness be
authorized or ratified by 'affirmative vote of a majority of the electors” con
cerned. Art. XV, Sec. 11, provides that after July 1, R20, taxes shall be paid
only in United States currency, and that warrants thereafter issued by State,
county, city or town shall be paid in the order of their issuance, and no war
rant shall be paid unless there are funds in the treasury to pay those en
titled to priority.
These-are new provisions. Their application, with the pro
vision for bond issues and the payment of existing indebtedness,
will enable the State, counties and cities to keep on a cash basis.
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CORPORATION COMMISSION.
At. XVII creates the Arkansas Corporation Commission, of three mem
bers, to be appointed by the Governor, for terms of six years, one of whom
shall possess the qualifications of a Supreme Court Judge. They shall have
complete jurisdiction in the supervision and regulation of all public utilities.
The Arkansas Railroad Commission and the Arkansas Tax Commission are
abolished, and their duties absorbed by the Corporation Commission.
This is a progressive measure. It is the inevitable outgrowth
of regulative principles established by the Tax and Railroad Com
missions, wihch are merged into one, as their duties frequently
overlap. Many other states have created Corporation Commissions
similar to this, and the Arkansas Convention took from the Con
stitutions of other states the best features to be incorporated
into a model law. It centralizes power, locates responsibility and
fixes the jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to the regulation
of public utilities which minister to the requirements of all citizens
alike. Its provisions are drawn from the best experience of other
states, where the system has been found to give satisfaction, and
to be fair, just and equitable.
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BOND ISSUES.
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Art. XVI, Gee. 1, provides that “bonds may be issued as may be provided
by law to pay present existing indebtedness and for permanent public im
provements within and for the Gtate, county, city or town which has a pop
ulation of more than 1,000 inhabitants," upon the affirmative vote of not less
than 60 per cent of the qualified electors voting at a special election; the
bonded debt shall not exceed 5 per cent of the total taxable property of the
taxing unit; no bonds shall be issued for longer than thirty years, and interest
thereon shall not exceed 6 per cent; when bonds are issued a special addi
tional tax shall be levied sufficient to meet annual payments of principal ami
interest.
There is no principle more firmly established in modern busi
ness and finance than that of the issuance of bonds for general
public improvements and to refund on long and easy terms existing
indebtedness of cities, counties and other units, just as corpora
tions or individuals refund their liabilities under nice favorable
conditions and terms. Progress and development demand more
resources than can be made available under existing conditions.
No burden is fastened upon any tax-payer by the adoption of this
provision. Any bond issue must be authorized by a majority ol
, at least 60 per cent of the qualified electors voting at a special
election. -The people are supreme, and whatever they decide is
final. It is their business. The Constitutionvonly supplies the
means of carrying out their will. They are made truly respon
sible stockholders in their county or municipal business affairs.
The people, at last, shall say whether a cornu amity is- to be pro
gressive and up-to-date, or lag behind the procession.
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TAXATION.
Art. XV provides that “all propei^y 3u! j 'ct to tP::ni:-.f’-. ’ : 11 l>o taxed
according to its value, that value to be ascertr.'ncd in • uch manner as the
Ct rural Assembly shall direct, malting the same equal and uni'arm through
oui the* btaie. No one species of property from vhi h a m : m ;■ bo collected,
shall he faxed higher than another species of i iopeity of equal value,” It is
provided that license, franchise, privilege, excise, income, inheritance, legacy,
.succession, production and other specific taxes nay be > levied, and certain
cha’ses of property, such as schools, tfmrchcs, public Uospi.aly, etc., are ex
empted. Segregation of property to be taxed for State puri'cses is permitted.
No annual taA levy shall <-xc< cd one per ctnl of the ;mf cvimd valuation.
County and municipal levies shall not. exceed cnc-b; If of cm; per cent, but*an
additional one-'::; !f of one per cent may be levied to pay ex', .tin;? indebted
n s '. Counties may form special road flis'ric and Vote a rpccial lax not to
<• e < d five mills. Dv election u municipality may 1 vy t:n uddHioiital five
mills for municipal purposes.
No other article of the Constitution reproseiits the rdsnlt of
so much ti ought, hard work, and deliberation as this. It is the
Composite wisdom of three weeks"of,discussion, in which t * ie whole
subject of taxation in all its phases and from dll possible angles
was thoroughly analyzed. The principle of equality .and tmifoiro
,.y has been retained from the old Constitution. The peoples
lights are thoroughly'safeguarded, and yet the law is made suf
ficiently flexible to insure a sufficiency of revenue. The tnk
aodger is uncovered, and much property that has ^scaped its part
cf the tax burden will be forced to do its share. No additional tax
is levied upon the people, who remain the sole authority for the
] vying of additional taxos. It is essentially a democratic
measure.
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It is provided that an Actuarial Bureau to fix insurance rates
r av be created, to be under tire control of the Insurance Com
missioner. ' —
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I TIME CARD.
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j Change in time Missouri Pacific
t trains, effective 12:01 a .m., Sunday,
j November 17th, 1918.
North Hound
No. 2 Fast Pass, (no stop)Ar. 3:55am
No. 34 Local passenger, Ar. 10:35am.
No. 4 Fast passenger, Ar. 11:59 am.
No. 92 Local freight, Lv. 11:00 am.
No. 30 Local passenger, Ar. 8:25 pm.
No. G last Passtlnger, Ar. 9:30 pm.
No. 18 Fast Pass. (Hot Sgs.
Spl.) Ar. 10:05 pm.
South Bound.
No. 1 Fast Pas. (no stop)Ar. 1:52 am.
No. 17 Fast Pas. (Hot Spgs.
Spl.) Ar. 4:55 am.
,No. 5 Fast passenger, Ar. 5:55 am.
No. 7 Mail train (no passen
gers) Ar. 9:10 am.
No. 93 Local freight, Lv. 8:00 am.
No. 3 Fast passenger, Ar. 5:43 pm.
(No. 33 Local Pas. Ar. 7:20 pm.
Leaves 7:45 pm.
White River Division.
No 210 Passenger, Lv. 6:10 am.
jNo. 254 Mixed Pas. and freight
Leaves 12:10 pm.
No 251 Mixed Pas. and freight
Arrives 11:00 am.
No. 205 Passenger, Ar. 7:30 pm.
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS CAN
NOT BE CURED.
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure ca
tarrhal deafness, and tha;. is by a
constitutional remedy. Catarrhal
deafness is caused by an inflamed
condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
I inflamed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, Deafness is the re
sult. Unless the inflammation car
be .reduced and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed -forever. Many cases oi
I deafness are caused by catarrh, which
I is an inflamed condition of the mu
j cous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Medi
1 cine acts through the blood on the
mucous surfaces of the system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Catarrhal Deafness
that cannot be cured by Hall’s Ca
tarrh Medicine. Circulars free. All
Druggists, 75c.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0
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ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
I, J. M. Ivy, Sheriff of Jackson >
county, Arkansas, do hereby pro
claim and make known that there will
be a special election held in the sev
eral voting precincts of each town
ship in Jackson county, Arkansas, on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1918,
for the purpose of adopting or reject
ing the State Constitution proposed
by the Constitutional Convention of
1918.
The said special election will be
held at the following places in each
township, to-wit:
Glass Township—at Swifton.
Bird Township—at Tuekerman.
Bird Township—at James’ Store.
Bird Township—at Kenyon.
Bird Township—at East Tucker
man.
Jefferson Township—at Jackson
port.
Jefferson Township—at Hickory
Grove School House.
Bateman Township—at Surround- ,
cd Hill.
Bateman Township—at the School
House at Bridge,
Glaize Township—at Old Grand
Glaize.
Glaize Township—at Glaize Sta
tion.
Barren Township—at McDougal’s
School House.
Barren Township—at Denmark.
Breckenridge Township—at Au
vergne.
Breckenridge Township—at Wel
don.
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Breckenridge Township —at Tupelo* M
Bryan Township—at Ing’esidev ", .
Bryan Township—at Horseshoe
School House.
Cache Township—at McCall School
House.
Cache Township—at Martin’s Hall.
Cache Township—-at Burton’s
Store.
Cache Township—at Algoa.
Mile.
Cow Lake Township—at Eight
Neck.
Cow Lake Township—at Gourd ~
Nack. ,1
Cow Lake Township—at Proctor
School House.
Richwoods Township—at Balch’s
Store. ^
Richwoods Township—at Ford
School House.
Grubbs Township—at Grubbs.
Grubbs Township—at Stegall Sch.
House.
Village Township—at Harper’s
School House.
Village Township—at Greenhaw’s
School House. • • • .1?
Union Township—at' McLain’s
Office.
. Union Township—at Dimz. -—
Union Township—First Ward—at
City Hall. ‘ .
Union ^Township—Second Ward—
at Court House.
Given under my hand, this, the 14th
day of November, 1918.
J. M. IVY,
Sheriff of Jackson County, Ark.
Subscribe for the independent.
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Children are as likely to get the
grip and influenza as grown-ups.
i Foley’s Honey and Tar gives quick
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croup and whooping cough; covers
raw, inflamed surfaces with a healing
soothing coating; clears air pas
sages, checks strangling, choking,
coughing. Contains no opiates.—
Walker’s Pharmacy. (Adv.)
DON'T INVITE A COLD OR THE
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