, DECEMBER 22. 1913. NUMBER 221
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BndidatT For Sheriff
Ktter For School
^Kperintendent. ,
jH^ candidates for
Kes have entered the
■uallew of Weldon for
BjJ.M- Balch of Balch
'aK| superintendent, the
Beach to be settled in
Bcratic primary next ^
B,e cornered race, two
B jir. Ballew was a '
B contender for the,
Bomination and carried ;
flvith a very flattering
Humber of years, he was
H Newport and proved
Hillful and efficient offi
Bjning down criminals
Kg them to justice.
Bt host of friends not
He city, but in most all
Hthe county, who made
JBmidable candidate for
Bepast two years he has
Htizen of Weldon. He
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Imaence ui a wigc
ds and those who
t. He has always
Democratic work
and clever and
; easily among the
BALCH.
Saleh is a young
ihwoods Township
one of the very
of that township,
n his efficiency as
and being ambi
sgressive seeks a
! usefulness
in highest esteem
of his section as a
)f character and
I asks the respect
ion .of his claims ]
ratic voters of the
iristmas Shoppers.
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crowds of hol
from all parts of
Newport and the
had Christmas
to their ca
the numbers and
year, the crowd
free of drunk
Saturday there
arrests for such
of the law.
Nuckolls’ court
Charley Brice,
clothing from 0.
was fined $15
negro was penalized
teen caught steal
% Pictures
Opera House
Colored Industrial College.
A meeting held Friday night
resulted in an organiation of
prominent negro citizens for the
purpose of founding a colored in
dustrial college to be known as
Old Glory Industrial College
The meeting w’as called to order
by Prof. J. W. Leggett, who stat
ed the object and gave a brief
history of his previous work.
Letters of recommendation from
prominent men and colleges were
read by the secretary, Rev. J.
W. Terrell.
G. B. Ashford w’as elected
chairman, R. F. Stevens, treas
urer and to the board of trustees
were added F. E. Christophe, W.
C. Schockley, J. A. Smith D. B.
Taylor, M. D-, G. E. Wilson, J.
W. Nichols, A. W. Daniels, W. F.
Nash.
The chairman was empowered
to appoint a committee to confer
with the philanthropist in the
East, namely, Prof. J. W. Leg
gett, Rev. J. W. Terrell, D- B
Taylor, M. D., F. E. Christophe,
M. D., Rev. G. B. Ashford.
The following who made time
ly remarks, were. Dr- D. B. Tay
lor, Dr. F. E. Christophe, R. F
Stevens, J. A. Smith, W. C.
Shockley, G. E Wilson, J- W
Terrell, J. D. Medlock, Rev. J.
D- Dennis, Rev. G. B. Ashford.
rne objects oi tne school are:
1st. To educate our colored
youths along industrial, mental
and moral lines, stressing scien
tific agriculture, teaching it by
actual demonstration.
2nd. To emphasize three fea
tures not usually emphasized—
service, sacrifice, love.
3rd. To stimulate to all wort
thy endeavor; to teach our col
ored youth to know and feel that
they are a part of this mighty
nation, and as such, they are to
co-operate with the nation, in its
most sacred duty, of safeguard
ing the rights of life, liberty and
property, and that they are to
regard all acts of vandalism and
lawlessness as a menace to good
government.
This is patriotism and the pa
triot is he who seeks to promote
peace, prosperity and righteous
ness.
J. W. Leggett. President.
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Goes to Arkadelphia.
Rev. E- M. Pipkin, who has
served tlie Methodist church at
this place the past two years as
pastor, has decided to move his
family to Arkadelphia and en
gage in educational work afj that
; place.
This estimable family will be
greatly missed from our com
mjunity, where they made many
friends, and kindly feelings fol
low them to their new home.
They left Friday morning for
j Newport, where they will spend
| the holidays with their married
daughters before going to Arka
delphia.—Osceola Times.
$4,000 Verdict Returned.
The case of W. H. Jennings,
| who was injured on the railroad
near here some months ago,
when a rail bucked and injured
him, sued the railroad for $5,
' damages and the case had been
on trial in circuit court at Bates
ville since Tuesday.
It went to the jury Wednesday
; afternoon and Thursday night
about 10 o’clock a verdict was
returned- The railroad was
represented by McCaleb & Reed
er and Joe M. Slayton andI S.
M. Moore represented the p
tiff.—Batesville Guard.
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MAY PAY $20,000
TOWN LICENSE
Will Ask For License Though
Council Has Put Cost at
$20,000.
Harrisburg, Dec. 21.—If the
petition asking for a saloon li
cense at Marked Tree is grant
ed, the saloon will have to pay
a license of $20,000 a year. The
present license is $5,000. The
petition has been tiled and it is
said that it contains a large ma
jority of the white adults of the
place- When the liquor people
began circulating the petition,
the councl raised the license.
A petition has been filed ask
ing for liquor license at Decker
ville, and it is thought that
there will be no further fight
there- It is said that a petition
is now circulating at Fisher.
The liquor question will come
up in the January term of the
Poinsett County Court.
Batesville Bridge Project.
At a meeting held in Bates
ville Saturday for the purpose of
starting the organization of an
improvement district through
which to bridge White River
there, 20 good citizens north of
the river responded to the call
and less than half that number
of Batesville property owners
and business men manifested
interest in the proposition.
This same condition exists in
other cities and is a reflecton up
on the citizenship of our towns.
Any city ought to be willing to
meet its trade territory half
way in such improvements and
shoulder its share of the ex
pense. Newport can afford and
should be willing to include her
real property within an improve
ment district embracing that
portion of Oil Trough to be bene
fitted by the construction of a
bridge over the river here and
when it does become an issue,
let us hope that Newport will
neither be lukewarm nor oppose,
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DUt Will strongly auvutaic
support the bridge.
Break Follows Ginning Report.
Following the census report
on the amount of cotton ginned
to December 13, which was
larger than even the bears ex
pected, a break of nearly $2 a
bale took place in cottton fu
tures Saturday. The report
said that 12,923,606 bales had
been ginned, compared with 12,
1081,100 to Dec. 1, and 12,439.
1036 one year ago
The amount ginned during
the first half of the month was
842,506 bales, compared with
584,496 for the same time last
year.
With the ginning so large, de
spite many reports that it had
been running light, there was
at once strength given to en
larged crop views, the consen
sus of opnion being that the
government, in its estimate of
13,677,000 bales, was too low:
Prices cotinued to decline
Monday and local buyers were
paying all the way from 91/> to
11 cents, though a few very poor
bales sold as low as 6 cents per
pound.
Christmas Weather Cloudy.
Washington, Dec- 21.—Christ
mas week weather will be unset
tled over much 'of the United
States, the Weather Bureau ex
perts say, and frequent rains
are predicted for the Pacific
coast. Temperatures will be
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near or below the seasonal av
verage generally and the skies
will be overcast almost entirely
throughout the week.
“A disturbance now develop
ing in the Southwest,” the week
ly bulletin said tonight, “will ad- i
vance northeastward, attended
by rains and snows arid cross
the great valleys Tuesday and
the Eastern states Wednesday
or Thursday.
“Another disturbance off the 1
north Pacific coast will cause
general rains and snows on the
Pacific slope during the next
several days. It will reach
the middle West Thursday or
Friday and the Eastern states ,
near the end of the week and
will be preceded by a general
change to warmer weather and
be followed by considerably cold
er weather.
“There are at present no in
dications of a severe cold wave
during the wreek.”
Newark Gives Farm School Glad
Hand.
Special to Independent.
Newark, Dec. 19.—From all di
rections for twenty miles around
men and women are coming in
to attend the sessions of the
i’at'm eoVmnl XTn-fYiinnr
kind had before been held at
this place, and as the men at a
distance learn of the real nature
of the school they are prompt
to take advantage of it.
Prof- Nelson took up the sub
ject of farm drainage Thursday I
morning. This subject proved to
be of special interest and at the
close of the hour after a num
ber of questions had been ans-i
wered, he was requested to give
the subject more time at a later
hour.
When Prof. Lassiter finished |
his discussion of “Cotton Diseas- i
es and Their Control,” it took
him fifteen minutes to answer
the questions put by the farm
I ers present. Much satisfaction
I was expressed with this lecture
I After dinner a fine audience
assembled to see the demonstra
tion of the butter fat termina
tion in milk by use of the Bab
cock tester. The whole process
was followed with keen interest.
Along with this process Prof.
Wheelock explained the import
ance of this test in any attempt
to improve the production of a
dairy herd.
Mr. D* C. Welty, Agricultural
Commissioner of the Iron Moun
tain railroad system, who came
in for the day, treated the school
to a half hour discussion on beef
cattle improvement and beef
production- Following this, Dr.
R. M. Gow, Arkansas State Vet
erinarian, described and explain
ed the treatment and prevention
of hog cholera by the use of An
ti-Hog Cholera serum.
The attendance at the evening
lectures was better than at any
time. Dr. Gow outlined for his
hearers the nature and control
of contagious diseases. Prof.
Wheelock followed with an ex
planation of the need of better
sanitation for schools and resi
dences and described the install
ation of sanitary sewerage sys
tems for such needs.
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j Attention holiday buyers—you
; are losing money if you don’t see
the line of suitable holiday pres
ents for young and old at the
Palace Jewelry Store, 121 Wal
nut* 18b6.
Fresh country eggs only 30c
a dozen at Bowen’s Cash Store.
20d6t.
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Come to Berger s
For Your Men’s Gifts
You are assured of the Best of
Quality and Choice Varieties ■:
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JUST A FEW HINTS OF WHAT A MAN
'■ LIKES BEST FOR CHRISTMAS.
c Kaiser Cravats 50c to $3.50
Handkerchiefs 10c to $1.50
House Slippers $1.50 to $3.00
Umbrellas $1.50 to $10.00
Traveling Bags $5.00 to $25.00
House Coats $5.00 to $12.50
Collar Bags $1.25 to $5.00
Pajamas $1.00 to $3.50
Dress Gloves $1.00 to $3.00
Slip-on Rain Coats $5.00 to $25.00
Itnothe Belts 50 to $3.00 I
Overcoats $15.00 to $30.00
® Underwear 1.00 to $3.00
I Knox Silk Hats $10.00 1
Manhattan Shirts 1.50 to $3.00 I
Onyx Silk Hosiery 25c to $1.00 1
* Bath Robes 5.00 to $8.00 I
Suit Cases 5.00 to $25.00 ^
* Night Robes 1.00 to $2.50 I
Leather Novelties 1.00 to $6.00 I
Silk Reefers 1.00 to $3.00 I
Sweater Coats 2.00 to $6.00 js
Fancy Waist Coats 3.00 to $6.00 1
Suspenders 50c to $3.00 I
Clapp's Shoes 6.50 to $7.50 1
Regal Shoes 4.00 to $5.00 1
You Are Sure To Enjoy I
Christmas Shopping Here I
_Assortments Large_ I
_Styles Authentic. I
QUALITIES DEPENDABLE -PRICES ATTRACTIVE I
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