THE INDEPENDENT
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Congress.
The Independent is authorized to
announce 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.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy ^ W. A. Old
fleld of Batesville for re-election as
Congressman from the Second Con
gressional District of Arkansas, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary.
For Prosecuting Attorney.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of Earl C.
Casey of Batesville for Prosecuting
Attorney of the Third Judicial cir
cuit, subject to the action of the Dem
ocratic 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
firobate 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.
The Independent is authoried to
announce the candidacy of O. W.
Scarborough 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.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of W. M.
Shaver for the office of Representa
tive of Jackson County, subject to the
Democratic primary.
F'or 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
>f the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized to
-innounce the candidacy of Jesse W.
■ Shuford for the office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to the action
>f the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized to
i announce the candidacy of J. M. Ivy
i for re-election to the office of .Treas
I urer of Jackson County, subject to
the action of the Democratic primary.
For School Superintendent.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of II. L. Lam
bert for the office of School Superin
tendent for Jackson County, subject
1 to the action of the Democratic pri
mary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of E. II.
Bowman for the office of School Su
perintendent for Jackson County sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
; primary.
For Coroner.
The Independent s authorized to an
nounce the candidacy of Henry Grant
I for the office of Coroner of Jackson
! County, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary.
SEED SELECTION AND
LAND PREPARATION
Are Half the Hattie for Better
Yields of Corn and Cotton,
Says Commissioner Page.
The matter of seed selection
should not be overlooked by the
farmers. Too many of them do
not attach enough importance to
the seed they plant. All will a
gree that better horses, cows and
hogs can be produced by better
breeding, and by selecting the
best types for breeding purpos
es.
I want to remind the farmers
that what is true of breeding in
animal life is in a large measure
true of breeding in vegetable
life, so far as improvement is
concerned. Of course, it is not
expected that every farmer will
become a seed breeder, any more
than he would become a stock
breeder, but if every farmer will
exercise care in the selection of
a Extra Special Prices For The |
S Holidays. 1|
Ladies’ all wool sweat
ers, regular $2.50 values
—colors, red tan and
gray-$1.29
One lot Ladies’ and Miss
es Sweaters, regular
$2.50 and $3.00 values,
for ..-$1.89
Men’s and Boy’s 75c
Sweaters, only_48c
LADIES’ COATS AND
SKIRTS AT UN
HEARD-OF
PRICES
$18 and $19 Ladies’
Coats, now _____ $11.98
$12.50 and $13 50 Ladies’
Coats, only_$8.98
Ladies’ $5.50 and $6.50
Skirts, only-$3.89
Ladies’ $7.50 and $8.50
Skirts, special — $4-98
Ladies’ one-piece dresses
$7.50 values_$3.78
Ladies’ one-piece dress
es in Shepherd checks.
$8-50 values—holiday
special_$4.89
Black Cat silk hose, put
up 2 pairs in Christmas
boxes at, per
pair- $1
25c per yd. and 35c per
yd. fancy ribbon at
per yard_19c
Special prices on boys’
and men’s suits.
. D. Carvell ® Co.
Front St. The New Store I. DJPfUCE
—¥ r if
I $65.22 Majesticl
I Range _ 1
5s Premium given away to most popular house wife by Val- §§
5§ ley Commission Company. §S
ffl? 24 lb. Sack Gold Leaf.100 votes
juj| 48 lbs. Sack Gold Leaf.250 votes
|P 1 bbl. Gold Leaf.1,200 votes
jyl Independent Coupon.10 votes
lg GOOD FOR 10 VOTES. | Valley i
Gold Leaf Flour Contest Commission j
gj Void* After December 10,1913. Company |
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his seed for planting, it will a
mount to thousands of dollars in
output next year,
i It is hard to select the corn
and cotton seed to advantage.
Take seed selected by hand from
the best plants, and only such
as are sound and well developed,
remembering that like begets
like, and then between now and
planting time try the seed and
see if they will germinate, or as
we commonly say, “come up’’.
If all the seed you plant will
“come up” it will help to make
you a good crop
j A good stand means much.
The land is to cultivate anyway,
and it is just as hard to culti
vate where there is a poor stand
as where there is a good one.
I There is room for 4,800 hills of
corn or cotton on one acre with
out crowding. If your seed is
; bad and you loose ten per cent
of your stand, you will later lose
ten per cent of a full crop in the
fall- Think how much 480 hills
of corn would make, or the same
in cotton, for that matter,
i Do not fail to turn your corn
land this month if you can pos
sibly do so. Prepare a good seed
bed by deep plowing and then
disk. It will help to hold the
moisture next sumemr when you
need it- Turn under all the veg
etable matter you can.
Deep fall plowing will be much
better than deep spring plow
ing. It will give the stalks,
grass and vegetable matter a
chance to rot, and thus help the
soil and cultivation.
JOHN H. PAGE,
Comissioner of Agriculture.
The Passing Of Profanity
Swearing among refined and
cultivated people has pretty
well gone out. As Bob Acres
says in the “The Revivals”,
“damns have had their day.”
But there is still profanity in
some of the plays and novels,
and, according to the Christian
Advocate, in the magazines.
Oaths are employed to give ver
isimilitude, and also to add vig
or to the dialogue of the short
stories- One of the magzaines
as the Advocate relates in a re
cent issue, was “soaked” with
profanity; an article written by
| a woman too, reeked with
strong language.
Profanity is gradually disap
pearing from the stage, at least
in the plays of the better class
of writers, prepared for the
fashionable theaters; but it
must be confessed a good deal
remains. Now and then a
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point and emphasis to some pas
sage in the dialogue, and may
even have dramatic effect in the
climax of a scene. But the cus
tom of sprinkling profane phras
es all through the piece, in pla
places where there is no need,
and merely because the author
imagines that it lends an at
mosphere and gives strength
cannot be defended.
Thackeray tells us how in the
days of George IV, it was the
ic and fashionable men swear
freely; profanity was universal,
and as he remarks, Byron swore
even in his letters- The pres
ence of ladies made no differ
ence; they were used to the hab
it.
Certainly no one in the refin
ed walks of life would use oaths
and imprecations freely in the
drawing room or at the dinner
table at present. Why, there
fore, should the practice of us
ing profanity in plays be still
continued?— Memphis News
Scimitar.
The ladies of the Christian
church will meet Friday after
noon with Mrs. T. B. Stallings.
All articles for the bazaar
should be sent to Mrs. Stalling’s
home on that day to be marked
14d2t
Webber Discusses Saloon Ques
tion.
(Published by Request)
It is unusual to witness such
a service as was held at the op
| era house last night in the cause
of temperance.
The vested choir of St. John’s
| church sang anthems- Rev. Mr.
: St. John read the lessons- Rev.
Mr. Graves made a prayer. The
whole audience joined in the old,
familiar hymns
The speaker of the evening
was Arch Deacon Webber, now
holding a mission here at St.
John’s church.
Mr. Webber is one of the
most celebrated missioners in
this country, and he spoke to
the people, not as a lecturer, but
as a priest of God. He challeng
ed anybody to say that right
eousness is builded on rum or on
gambling. The one and only
commodity that cannot be re
stricted is the intoxicant, and
the only way to deal with that
is destruction. Rum is the great
destroyer of homes.
The sin of sins is legalising
vice. If the saloons are closed
at least that tempation is re
moved from the unwary, and
there is no such terrible place
■Prw Am* Y\r\\ra 4 cripnrl + V1PIV PV
enings in drinking and gamb
ling- The United States Gov
ernment closed the saloons in
the district of Panama because
they were such a tremendous
injury to the laborers.
In the prohibition State of
Maine there is no pro rato, more
money in the banks, less people
in the mad houses, less people
in the poor houses and less peo
ple in the prisons than in any
other State. In Portland, Me.,
which has been a prohibition
city for fifty years, there are
some people 30 and 40 years old
who never saw a saloon.
In your own Southland, in
North Carolina, since it became
a prohibition state, the value of
real and personal estate has
more than doubled.
In Labrador Dr. Grenfel has
banished the sale of intoxicants,
and the same is true of New
Foundland.
With wonderful, vivid, glow
ing words the speaker drew the
pictures of shame and degrada
tion resulting from the use of
intoxicants.
What mother or father would
not shudder at the thought of a
boy, a little innocent child, be
ing taught by a saloonkeeper
to drink, that the ranks of the
drunkards might not be deplet
ed? God give the fathers and
mothers Christian courage to
close the saloon. Practical
Christianity means down with
the saloon.
Mr. Webber added that he re
joiced that the grand master of
Masons in Arkansas had writ
ten to the Masonic lodge here
urging the men to stand for the
right and not sign the petition
to legalize the saloons, saying
that any man who did so was
Did You Ever Wash Clothes
in the old fashioned way with
wooden washtubs?
Perhaps that is still your method
and you look forward to each wash
day with delight. Well, hardly!
A set of laundry
trays would mean an orderly laun
dry, one of more inviting appear
ance and easier laundering and youi
satisfaction would not be lessened
by'•the high class workmanship
which characterizes the work we da
W. R. Whitten
McLain BMg. PkoM 1M
wljr DON’T BE
W CONSTIPATED?
fl one shou!(i know the risk an-^JV<,“
■B to promptly correct it. ' ® "nea he hiljB
■ PRICKLY ASH BITTERS X
,s a Bowel Tonic and Regulator. B®(
■ gaping cathartics and doj it njifdWom'ort J'^B *“
antiy. Moreover, it leaves a beneficial i"fiucniW*®*S
because the bowels remain healthy anJ reg,..r Z !loVf
is no return to constipated conditions. a
7B °et the Genuine with the '"W" "3" in Red on Front , v ■
wtw So™ *>y Druggists. Price Si,00 per bottle. B
not a true Mason and should
ask for his demit
The service was concluded
with a benediction by Rev. Mr
Walton.
Since Mr. Webber’s address
last night several names have
been taken from the petition to
legalize the saloons. Men and
women of Helena will surely re
spond to this call for righteous
ness, for “righteousness exalt
eth a nation.”—Helena World.
Strike Spreads To Jonesboro.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 8.—The La
bor Bureau has been notified
that the Cooper’s strike, orig
inating at Paragould, has spread
to Jonesboro, where a number
of laborers are reported to
have been discharged. D- M.
Holder, secretary of the Coop
er's union there, has requested
the Bureau to use its best of
fices to secure an adjustment,
and Deputy Commissioner Mc
Mahon will go to Jonesboro- Re
ports from Paragould are that
the strikers are still out, but
that all mills are running full
capacity.
County Clerks Meeting.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 10—At a
meeting of the County Clerks’
Association Tuesday, the fol
lowing officers were elected:
G. H- Lyttle, Pine Bluff, pres
ident.
George W- Cole, Benton, vice
president.
Herbert S. Turner, Little Rock,
secretary.
Executive committee—R. E.
Alcorn, of Chicot county, Geo.
W- Cole of Saline county, J. N
Ferguson of Lonoke county, C.
E. Smith of Jackson county, and
A. G. Sullenberger of Garland
county.
Entertains Friends
Miss Dove Erwin was hostess
Tuesday afternoon to a charm
ing little company of officers and
teachers of the elementary de
partment of the Metohdist Sun
day School. While it was in
tended mostly for a business
meeting, many social features
made the evening one of much
pleasure to the guests
Sewing and music, which in
cluded songs by Mrs- Grubbs
and Miss Marion, were pleasant
features. A salad course with
coffee concluded the affair.
Mrs. Jerome Runyan Dead.
Mrs- Jerome Runyan of the
Island died in this city Wednes
day morning after an illness of
eight months. The deceased
had been brought to this city
for treatment, and everything
possible was done by physicians
and nursing to restore her to
health.
She was an excellent woman
and a member of the Christian
church. A husband and two
little children are left to mourn
the loss of wife and mother.
The sympathy of many friends
is extended to them.
i /
F°und Dead!!®.!
Fred Beck, an old B*'
W(-'d known about toB":
lf,,und dead in his tent®*
cros- the river fromBf8
Tuesday afternoon, B8*1
bet‘n in b;;d health fB1
tinK'. bin v was not knB*C
tlmt n ■ \v« even confiaB*
bed He v.as buried by B7'5
ty this morning.
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