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■^Friday When
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■"rested Monday af
■he presentation of
■ and against the
■or liquor license in
■er the Going act
Kas adjourned until
■iDg when the at
Koth sides will have
■violence relative to
■contested names up
■jon for license and
Bmonstrants and be
■ make final argu
Bipal witnesses in
By were Judge H. S.
B B. Chastain and
Bles, which conclud
Bination of the pro
Bwlio made the cen
Bemonstrants.
■Judge Coe will be
B render his decision
■elusion of the argu
B reserve his finding
Bate has not been an
13 Entertainment.
iday evening, Febru
t the school auditor
SChool Improvement
will present the last
s of attractions em
the Lyceum course,
ainment will be by
tta LaDell Concert
composed of Miss
der, Miss Deering,
d Miss Davis, sopra
list.
cert company comes
nt testimonials as to
e and talent, and the
[the S. I. A. feel that
pleased if you attend
uuu$, and requests
nge. If you haven’t
icket, single tickets
ocnred at the audit
reday evening. Ad
vents. Special prices
ildren. 78d3
* Being Argued,
of George Allen Rie
Bgued in the Jackson
ti Tuesday afternoon,
I of testimony for
bing been concluded
Boon recess,
nit of Ed Rix versus
Cotton Oil Company
*8. the court sustain
® to make complaint
•it* and certain.
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fcrd has a carload of
•“anas on the track
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fet the best, so come
** are just right.
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OLDFIELD VOTES
FOR ALASKAN BILL.
Only Member of Arkansas Dele
gation to Support Rail
road Appropriation.
Washington, Feb. 19.—Con
gressman W. A. Oldfield of Ar
kansas was the only member of
the Arkansas congressional del
egation who voted for the pas
sage of the Alaskan railroad
bill appropriating $36,000,000
for the building of a govern
ment railroad in Alaska. The
house passed the measure last
night. The opponents to the
Alaska bill charge that the $36,
000,000 appropriated for the
building of an Alaskan railroad
is only a “starter.” They say
that before the road is complet
ed, it will require more funds
than did the building of the
Panama canal.
President Wilson was a hear
ty supporter of the Alaskan bill,
although he is now strongly ur
ging a retrenchment in future
appropriations by Congress.
It is being noised about the cap
itol that the $25,000,000 appro
priation voted by the house to
be apportioned among the va
rious states for the building of
good roads will be killed by the
io rf nf o T\1 QfA
cut down the spending of money
from the federal treasury that
the Alaskan measure may go
through. Now that Congress
has appropriated $36,000,000
for the building of a government
railroad in that territory and
promised to cut out an item of
25 cents per capita for the peo
ple of the United States for the
building of better roads, a howl
is going up from the supporters
of the good roads bill.
OKLAHOMA WANTS PIPE
LINE.
As a result of the govern
ment’s taking a hand in the
building of an Alaskan railroad,
the oil operators of Oklahoma |
are demanding that the govern
ment expend ten or twelve mil
lion dollars to be used in the
building of an oil pipe line from
Oklahoma to the Gulf of Mexi
co. Farmers in the Northwest
are preparing to ask the govern
ment to build grain elevators in
that section of the country.
Southern planters are demand
ing that the government build
cotton warehouses, and so on.
Southern congressmen who
voted against the Alaskan rail
road proposition did so largely
because they thought that if the
government was going into the
development business that ap
■nt'Ani'i o+i An c cVmnlH Vip made for
the reclamation of swamp lands
in the South, the building of
roads and in improvement of
rivers for navigation.
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Many New Pen Convicts.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 23.—The
Arkansas penitentiary has been
more populated than usual dur
ing the past week, due to the
accumulation of convicts from
various counties. The peniten
tiary is used merely as a receiv
ing station, and as soon as a
sufficient number is received,
the convicts are sent on to the
state farm as rock crushers.
Four were received Sunday from
Newport, and Monday a bunch
of twenty were taken to the
state farm to begin sentences.
Dock Rorex was down from
iSwifton Tuesday as a witness
1 in a railroad damage suit.
County Candidates
On The Hustings
Opened Speaking Campaign In ,
Barren Township Mon
day.
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The county candidates, and
there is always a good crop of :
them when the time rolls \
around and primary day ap
proaches, opened their joint
speaking campaign among the \
hospitable people of Barren (
Township Monday.
Nearly all were present and
Charles E. Smith presided, in-,
troducing the various speakers j
and holding them down to their
allotted time. This was only |
necessary in a few cases, for the
candidates as a rule made a
very formal presentation of
their claims upon their qualifi- j
cations and of course upon
"how much they would appreci
ate the office.”
There was some sparring be
tween the candidates for coun
ty judge, representative and
sheriff, but personalties, be it
said to the credit of all, were
given little attention and the
campaign promises to be on a
higher plane than many in the
nast.
Tuesday and Wednesday are
are given to Glaize Township
and the river being up, all
these appointments have been
made by train, except for the
drives out from the railroad sta
tions.
Thursday is assigned to Hick
ory Grove of Jefferson Town
ship, Friday morning at Ray
school house and that evening
at Centerville, closing the week
at Tuckerman Saturday, where
the ladies of the Baptist church
have prepared a big, dinner for
the candidates and crowd.
For next week the appoint
ments are as follows:
Monday, March 2, Ingleside,
10:30 a. m.
Tuesday, March 3, Auvergne,
10:30 a. m.
Wednesday March 4, Weldon,
10:30 a. m.
Thursday, March 5, Eight
Mile, 10:30 a. m.
Friday, March 6, Beedeville,
10:30 a. m.
Friday March 6, Gourd Neck,
7:30 p. m.
Saturday, March 7, Tupelo,
10:30 a. m.
Married On The Train.
Special to Independent.
Auvergne, Feb. 23.—A wed
ding took place Saturday morn
ing on the Rock Island train be
tween Weldon and Tupelo, when
Mr. Ed Taylor and Miss Velma
Patrick of Tupelo were married
by Rev. J. L. Brown. The wed
ding service was about a half
mile long (Rock Island time)
for the train at least ran that
far while the rite was being said.
The young couple had been to
Newport to secure the necessary
license and to make the affair a
bit romantic, concluded to have
a train setting instead of a quiet
home affair, and were joined in
the holy bonds.
The bride and groom are
members of the best families of
j their town and popular young
j people, whose friends join with
the Independent in congratula
tions and good wishes.
For Wednesday.
Spanish mackerel, game and
cat fish, crappies, oysters, cele
jry, radishes, carrots, turnips,
[mustard spinach and green on
|ions at Snetser’s store. dlt.
May Move Arkansas College.
Conway, Feb. 22.—Acting up
on reports received from Bntes
ville that Arkansas College
would be moved from that city
to Morrilton if $100,000 were
raised to provide a campus and
new buildings, citizens of the
latter city are busy in a cam
paign to raise the necessary
amount and are confident of
success. At a mass meeting
held to put the matter before
the public, a committee of 12
leading citizens was appointed
to raise the amount. The men
on the committee are C. C. Bur
row, J. J. Scroggin, Loid Rain
water, William Irving, P. N.
Totten, J. A. Frisby, A. J. Ste
phen, E. H. Dunaway, Revs. J.
P. Kidd, R. E. L. Bearden, J. H.
Johnson and J. B. O'Neal.
A meeting will be held Mon
day evening, at which talks will
be made by J. P. Robertson,
president of the Arkansas Col
lege, and prominent citizens of
Morrilton.
Arkansas College is one of the |
oldest educational institutions
in Arkansas, and while never i
very prosperous, has always
been counted a strong school. It
is under the control of the Pres
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uy tci xaii oy iiuu ui xxj. nauoao.
It numbers among its alumni
some of the best known men in
northern Arkansas.
Y. G. Kaiser Promoted.
Little Rock, Feb. 22.—Circu
lars issued Saturday by the Mis
souri Pacific-Iron Mountain
freight department announce
the appointment of W. B. Shirk,
commercial freight agent at Se
dalia, Mo., as general live stock
agent of those lines at Kansas
City, succeeding F. C. Fletcher,
resigned to accept the position
of traffic manager of the Union
Stock Yards Company at St. Jo
seph, Mo. V. G. Kaiser, travel
in freight agent of the Iron
Mountain will succeed Mr.
Shirk as commercial freight
agent at Sedalia. These changes
became effective Monday.
There will be a union meeting
of the women of the various
churches interested in the cause
of Home Missions held Wednes
day afternoon at 3 o’clock at
the Methodist church.
Week’s School
For Farmers
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Ex ten tension School of Depart
ment of Agriculture To Be
Held Here Next Week.
It is with much pleasure that
I announce that through the
courtesy of the Dean and his
corps of instructors of the Col
lege of Agriculture at Fayette
ville, and through the hearty
cooperation of the public spirit
ed business men, we will con
duct a school of agriculture at
Newport, March 2d to 7th, in
clusive.
Extension schools of the ]
State College of Agriculture
will be held in several counties
of the State this season; a few
were held last year. More than
600 farmers attended the school
held at Judsonia, White county,
January 12 to 14 this year.
During this School there will
be one day known as Farm Dem
onstration Day, and I would like
to see every man, woman, boy
and girl in the county out that
day.
I
Our State College of Agricul
ture Has a very able corps of in
structors. There are none bet
ter in the South. But the State
College is several miles distant.
Very few farmers jn this sec
tion have been able to attend it.
But now, for a short course, the
State College comes to us.
The Farmers’ Co-operative
Demonstration Work and the
State College of Agriculture are
in most hearty accord, each in
its own sphere working to the
same end—the betterment of
agricultural conditions. Be
cause our county shows a spirit
of progressiveness, this school
comes to aid and intensify the
work. We want you here. There
will be no fees, no tuition, no
calls for money. The live busi
ness men bear the expenses.
Your personal expense will be
the only cost to you.
Prof. Martin Nelson, De&n of
the College of Agriculture and
Director of the State Experi
ment Station, and five of his
most able instructors will be
here for the entire six days.
Other gentlemen prominent in
Agricultural work will be pres
ent to aid. Each day will be re
plete in good things. Cotter,
corn, soils, fertilizers, forage
crops, hog cholera, live stock,
plant diseases and pests horti
culture, etc., each in the hands
of an expert, will have daily at
tention. It will be a real school,
thorough, practical and scien
tific. The instruction will be
adapted to the needs of this sec
tion of the state. It will be a
school at home, for our home
farms and suited to our home
conditions.
Farming is your business.
Naturally you desire all the in
formation you can get. Here,
then, is the opportunity knock
ing at your door. Everybody
come Monday and stay the whole
week. Bring your neighbor
with you and let us all, working
together, step into the front
rank of agricultural progress
and financial independence.
Sincerely yours,
J. P. HEARST,
Special Agent.
Transom Burglar At Capital.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 23.—Little
Rock is afflicted with a transom
burglar. This nimble individu
al is about the most active per
son in the city, at the present
time, and every morning the po
lice discover a broken lock and
a rifled cash register to show
where the culprit has been the
night before. One place a night,
if the results are sufficient to
keep a fastidious person during
the following day, is all this
crook cares to visit. Transoms
seem to be his hobby, and if a
door was left open he would
probably decline to enter if
there was a transom handy.
Saturday night the climber
showed his reckless disregard
for the Little Rock police by
climbing over the transom of
the cigar store of L. Goodman,
directly across the street from
the Hotel Marion. Here $15
was secured and the door left
open for the police to walk in
in the morning.
J. E. Bridger, who has been
at Dr. 0. E. Jones' sanitarium
for more than two weeks, was
able to be carried home to Jack
sonport this afternoon.
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