THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Front St„ NEWPORT, ARK.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Daily—Single copy, & cents; par
*«ak 10 cents; per month, 40 cents;
Cr year, $4.50 in advance, by carrier
eity, by mail in country.
Weekly—fl.00 per year, payable la
advance.
Entered at the postoffioa, Newport,
Arkansas, as lecond-class mail mat*
i
. I
Jackson County’s Finances
Jackson County’s finances (
make such a splendid showing i
for the past year, that when the
next annual settlement is made,,
all outstanding scrip should be (
retired. The officials of the
county and particularly the
county judge, who passes upon
every expense of the county, are
lobe, complimented upon this |
indication of an early return to i
a cash basis, which in returning
even for a short period after the |
annual settlement, brings near
er the day, when a surplus may j
be maintained in the treasury
throughout the year.
A comparison of the figures
taken from the annual reports of;
the county clerk for July 1, 1912
and July l, 1913, as published
by the Independent will be of in
terest to all tax payers and citi
zens.
For the year ending July 1,
1912, Jackson County had in
outstanding scrip $16,443 com
pared with $6,407, this year. In
accounts allowed but not issued
in scrip, an additional debt of
$4,560 stood against the county
July 1, 1912 compared with a
similar debt this year of $3,198.
The county’s total indebtedness
last year July 1, 1912, was thus
$21,003 and this year upon the
same date only $8,605 or a re
duction in her indebtedness of
more than half or in figures $11,
598.
This supports our prediction
that the next settlement will not
only wipe out the scrip indebted
ness, but give the county a cash
margin over all indebtedness.:
Another reason for this predic
tion is that our revenues for the
past year exceed the expendi
tures $10,849, or more than our
present indebtedness of July 1,
1913. On the same date in 1912
for the year ended, the excess
. ■ i
of revenue over expenses was ;
only $5,885, which was doubtless j
responsible for the low market j
price of scrip the past year and
as this figures in all contracts |
and expenses of the county, the
depreciated scrip cost the coun
ty thousands of dollars. With a
better price for scrip, the climb- j,
ing back upon a cash basis is
made much easier and faster. 1,
The biggest item in the conn-1
ty’s partial recovery from a de- (
predated scrip, is due to the road
tax, which unfortunately we
were deprived of for two years.
This was responsible for the ex
penditures for county court pur
poses increasing from $5,963: (
for the year ending July 1. 1912.
to $12,473 for the year ending j
July 1, 1913, as the roads and
bridges of the county had be-1
come in such a condition with-,,
out road funds or tax. that large .
expenditures from the general
revenue fund were necessary.
Another contributing factor
to the good showing made,
lays in the reduction of circuit
court expenses for t he year end-:
ing July 1. 1912 of $12,473, cut
to $5,963 for the year just end
ed.
The general revenue fund for
the two years is practically the
same $31,718 for the year end
ing July 1, 1913 compared with
$31,806 for the year previous.;
The amounts received from fees .
for the two years varies little
and the only additional revenue
for 1913 was $2,000 received
from liquor license.
The statement cannot be view
ed from any other light than
that it makes a good showing
of our county finances, for on
July 1, 1912, none of the road
districts of the county had any
funds, whereas the statement
for the year ended July 1, 1913
shows a total balance to the
credit of the various road dis
tricts of the county of over$13,
000.
A man from Missouri tells of
the grasshoppers being so large
and so fierce in his section that
one of them knocked a steer
down and took a blade of grass
away from it. A Kansas man
comes along and tells how the
doctors in his section were inoc
ulating the bedbug with serum
to give ’em lockjaw, and a Mar
low man avers that a canary bird
in his city bit a boy’s arm off.
The originator of these stories
is entitled to a good position
with the federal gvernment as a
crop reporter.— Fort Smith
Times-Record.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The First National Bank
New port, Arkansas.
at the close of business August 9, 1913
RESOURCES.
Loans ami Dis
counts .$235,981.31
Overdrafts, secured
and Unsecured . 1,334.76
U. S Bonds to secure
circulation. 50,000.00
U. S. Bonds to se
cure Postal i
Savings.$5,000.00 5,000.00
Other bonds to se
cure Postal
Savings. 2,976.50 2,976.50
Bonds, Securities,
etc. 0,0/0.64
Banking House,
Furniture and Fix
tures . 6,000.00
Due from National
Banks (not reserve
agents) . 91,237.09
Due from State and Pri
vate Banks and Bank
ers, Trust Companies
and Savings Banks. 5.19(5.94
Due from approved
Reserve Agents. 155,907.47
Checks and other Cash
Items. 2,488.78
Notes of other National
Banks. 2,290.00
Fractional Paper Curren
cy, Nickels and Cents. 401.79
Specie.$24,054. In
Legal-tender
Notes. 20,500.00 44,554.15
Redemption fund with
U. s. ireasurer <•) per
cent of circulation). 2,500.00
Total.$610,945.43
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in.$ 50,000.00
Surplus fund. 50,000.00
Undivided Profits, less
Expenses and Taxes
paid. 93,144.64
National Bank Notes
outstanding.«. 49,050.00
Due to State and Private
Banks and Bankers. 11,840.54
Dividends unpaid. 260.00
Individual deposits subject
to check. 34i,000.51
Demand certificates of
deposit. :. 121.00
Postal Savings deposits... 4,528.14
Total... ..$610,945.43
State of Arkansas, County of Jack
son, ss.
I, W. T. Parish, Cashier of the above
lamed bank, do solemnly swear that
he above statement, is true to the
>est of mv knowledge and belief.
' VV. T. PARISH. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
his 12th day of August, 1913.
C. P. BANDY. Notary Public. _
dv Commission expires July 1>. 1917.
"ORRECT—Attest:
H. C. SANDERS
M. M. STUCKEY.
TOM GREGG,
Directors.
Didn't Heat His Wife.
Tom Silver. v.ho was tried be
ore Esquire Nuckolls Wednes
iay morning on the charge of
>eating his wife, came clear as
he evidence showed he was not
ruilty of the charge preferred
iy his wife.
I
Additional Local.
Dr. H. H. Smith of Calico Rock
i was a guest at the Hazel Hotel
! in our city today.
A. .J Hester and daughter of
Tuckerman were visitors to our
city Tuesday.
I J. E. Wooten and C. A. Cham
j hers of Little Rock were New
] port visitors today.
i Dr. A. E. Wight came up from
Little Rock today and was the
guest of Dr. E. P. Yeager, veter
inary surgeon.
C. W. Watson Is the posses
sor of a Louisiana product in the
form of an alligator 5 feet long.
Bull Moosers may see it free of
charge by calling at his resi
dence.
Hon. S. D. Campbell returned
| yesterday from a pleasant visit
i with his brother, Dr. Hiram G.
j Campbell at Asher, Oklahoma.
| Mr. Campbell says the drouth
' has badly injured the crops of
! that state.
'
Canard, of Gardens.
You must have lovely cities, said
Ruskin, crystallized, not coagulated,
into form; limited in size, and not
casting out the scum and scurf of
them into an encircling eruption of
shame, but girded each with its sacred
pomoenum, and with garlands of
gardens, full of blossoming trees and
softly-guided streams.
Reduce Cost of Reading.
There are two clu’os in New York
that are designed to reduce the cost o(
fresh reading matter. One is com
posed of women who contribute 25
cents a month and have the use of
all the best magazines, which are
later sent to a hospital. The other
buys new books for the same price
to each member and the books are dis
posed of by a lottery system, although
each member gets one. There are
hundreds of ways to save money.
Non-Rusting Tinware.
if new tinware be rubbed over with
fresh lard and thoroughly heated in
the oven before It is used, it will never
rust afterwards, no matter how much
it Is put. into water. For stained tin
ware borax produces the best results.
If a tea-pot or coffee-pot. is discolored
on the inside, boil it In a strong so
lution of borax for a short time, and
all its brightness will return.
Discovered Rare Disease.
During the eighteenth century Dr.
Percival Pott of London, who was one
of the best known physicians in that
| period, discovered the disease of the
spine v.hlch he called “vertebral ca
ries." or decay of the backbone. The
treatment ultimately prescribed was
plenty of pure food, sunlight, fresh
air and sleeping outdoors all of the
liiiio.
Naturally Frightened.
Decayed and fungoid wood is also
“fox fire.” On one occasion some oi
this was used for a camp fire, and
many of the broken fragments were
scattered over the ground where the
men were sleeping. The fire died out
during the night and one of the party
awoke, and in his fright w'oke the
rest, who were equally terrified, be
lieving that they were lying among
live coals.
County Clerk’s Financial Statement.
JULY TERM, 1913
Comes G. L. Robinson, Clerk of the County Court within and
for the County of Jackson and State of Arkansas, and presents
this, the Annual report of the Financial Condition of Jackson
County, Arkansas, for the year ending July 1st, 1913, showing the
amount of revenue received and for what purpose received, and the
amount expended and for what purpose expended, as follows,
to-wit:
RECEIPTS.
To amount from Circuit Court-$ 46.56
To amount from Justice Peace Court- 1193.07
To amount from Nomination fees from
State_ 22.50
To amount from Nomination fees- 95.00
! To amount from Show License- 5,00
To amount from Peddlers' Licenses- 125.00
To amount from State Licenses- 32.80
To amount from State (County
Warrants)_ 90.00
To amount from County General Revenue_31,718.36
To amount from J. S. Jones, Excess
Fees_ 1,738-13
To amount from G. L. Robinson, Excess
Fees_ 534.80
To amount from J. F. McCuistion, Excess
Fees_ 1,463.13
To amount from Geo. R. Hays, Excess
Fees_ 173.46
To amount from C. E. Smith, Excess
Fees_ 973.95
To amount from J. D. Neal, Excess
Fees_ 156.50
To amount from G. A. Lockard, for Coal_ 17.00
To amount from Sale of Woodruff
County Warrants_:_ 184-45
To amount from Land Redemption_ 1.37
To amount from Liquor Licenses._ 2,000.00
Total Receipts_$40,576.08
EXPENDITURES.
By amount for County Court_ $11,019.52
By amount for Circuit Court_ 5,963.47
By amount for Justice Peace
Court_ 858.73
By amount for Assessment and Tax
Books_ 1,371.75
By amount for County Hospital_ 1,429.86
By amount for Jail Purposes_ 2,626.87
By amount for Records and Sta
tionery- 1,236.28
Opera House Wednesday ! I
. Alberta Claire
ll The Girl From Wyoming |
” The Same Girl The Same Horse I
And Mickie, Her Dog I
a \Tn\i; AND CLEVER 1
A rS'bW SPECIALTY, I
“A Cow Girl’s Surprise!” | |
Character Impersonations of Moving Picture Stars. ^ 1
Miss Claire Makes Four Changes of Costumes, Showing y I
How Picture Actors Make Up For Their Different j !:?
Characters. Her Character will be |
- LITTLE MARY PICK FORD 1 |
rTTBBUirW T J liMn^TlfniTnWBMWiMBMMMBB——n———■ 0
By amount for Roads and Bridges_
By amount for Farm Demon
stration__
By amount for Court House and j
Heating__
By amount for Guthrie Lake
Bridge_
By amount for, in Excess of Expen- i
ditures__
I *<>J
FINANCIAL STATEMENT Hi
To amount from July 1st, 1912
to July 1st, 1913-$40f576os
By Warrants Redeemed_
By Treasurer’s Commissions H
at 2 per cent on $40,576.08_
By Warrants Over-Cancelled 5
July 1912_
Total____ $40 Aa
To Warrants Outstanding July 1, 1912_SI6 44? rp ^
To Warrants Issued July 1,1912
to July 1, 1913- 29,726 44
By Warrants Redeemed July 1, 1912 I
to July 1, 1913_
Bv Warrants Outstanding July 1, 1913
__ 6,1
$16,169.50 S46,l
j LIABILITIES.
To amount Warrants Outstanding
July 1, 1913-'-SG.407.39
To amount Allowed but not Issued
July 1, 1913-0
ASSETS.
By amount Due from Collecting Officers_
By amount Liabilities in Excess i
of Receipts_ .
*)0
Total-$9,605.40 §9,6
AMOUNTS IN VARIOUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS .JULY 21
AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT:
1
No- 1_$ 222.65
No. 2___ 1256.91
No. 3_,_ 696.67
No. 4_ 552 51
No. 5_ 608.85
No. 6- 250.65
No. 7_ 222.76
No. 8_ 1092.91
No. 9_ 1074.85
No. 10_ 1835.29
No. 11_ 292.00
No. 12_ 1103.26
No. 13_ 351-69
No. 14_ 519.04
No. 15_ 541.45
No. 17_ 1094.60
No. 18___ 374.79
No. 20_1170.25
No. 21_ 458.77
No. 22_ 1675.25
No. 23_ 903.73
No. 24_ 1.76
No. 25_ 521.39
No. 26_ 521.73
No. 27. .
No. 28.." -
No. 2 9
No. so_
No. 31_ “jl
No. 32_" j
No. 33_]. 9
No- 34_{
No. 35_ 2
No. 36_2
No. 37_ '
No. 39_ 15
No. 40_ 3
No. 41_ 7
No. 42_ 3
No. 43_ 3
No. 44_ 3
No. 45_ 1
No. 46_ 1
Denmark__ j
Jacksonport...2(
Grubb?_ II
Tuckerman..
Newport..- . 1
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE VARIOUS ROAD I
TRICTS IN JACKSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, JULY21,1
1 iUast- 1025.87
1 West_ 400.27
2 East- 936.11
2 West_ 1702.52
No. 3___ 622 39
No. 4_ 233.29
No. 5_ 576.74
No. 6- 4528.50
No. 7_ 480.03
No. 8_ 299.12
No. 9- 133.15
No. 10_ 580.16
No. 11_887.55
No. 12__ 3!
No. 13..
No. 14.. 51
Road and Convict Dis
trict..— \
Given under my hand and
this the 26th day of July, A
1913.
GEO. L. ROBINSON,
County Cle
By Ellwood D. Neal,
Deputy Clerk.
“ We started JKj
life t< >get her
"ith the saint- hope of success, that motorist and I ^
SAVED his money— I did not. .Now HE live* :'-:s 0,d age‘^on the I
with automobiles and servants—1 am nearly stai'ing 1
world's scrap heap. We had the same chance.
Reader, save while there is yet time. Open a , “r-' I
here today—a dollar wil be sufficient. I
ARKANSAS BANK & TRUST QjJ