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Industrial Outcasts.
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The ex-convict released from
prison sneaks to a place of hid-j
ing, for every man’s hand is a- ^
gainst him.
He finds it next to impossible (
to make an honest living, for |
the world will not give him a
chance to do honest work.
We expect him to work out
his redemption, but will give,
him no employment; we force :
him to beg, but will grant him
no charity, and when at last, in
compliance with the first law
of nature, he turns crook again,
we complain that our penal sys
tem is a failure.
At no period of a bad man’s
life does he present so pathetic
a figure as he does when, after
having paid the full penalty re
quireu of rum, ne goes out in
the world and tries to lead an
honest life.
Several of the states are ex
perimenting in securing employ
ment for their ex-convicts
through the free employment
bureaus.
The state employment agenc
ies form a piece of mechanism
that may be made very effective
in aiding such men. They lend
themselves to this further use
without in any way interfering
with their original purpose.
The practical possibilities in
this direction have been shown
in the success of Hope Hall, the
New York home for ex-convicts
established by Mrs. Ballington
Booth. In fifteen years this
charity has cared for many
thousands of ex-convicts, and
only 5 per cent of those for
whom employment has been
found have gone back to evil
ways.
Opportunity and incentive to
become good citizens will work
wonders even upon very poor
material.
Without these, the best of in
tentions must soon shrivel to
hopelessness, and the spark of
honest ambition must soon die
out.
He must be a strong man in
deed, who can resist the degrad
ing influences of enforced idle
ness, coupled with the conscious
ness that he is held in scorn by
his fellows. But such strong
men as this rarely come out of
the prisons, for the reason that
they rarely get into them.
The chief purpose of punish
ment is to inculcate a desire to
lead an honest life.
But the desire, without the
opportunity, is worse than vain
—it is tragical. — Memphis
News-Scimitar.
Dr. Ray A. Whipple
OSTEOPATH
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' STAYTON BUILDING
210 HAZEL STREET
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OFFICE OPEN JUNE 11, 1913.
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Dry Farming.
The recurring droughts every j
summer in certain sections ot
the country have the effect of
bringing more and more into
common discussion the question
of dry farming. Crop- have
been raised and are eing
raised annually in great abun
dance in sections of the country i
where little or no rains fall. Dry . I
farming has been defined as the
conservation of soil moisture j <
during long periods of dry wea- 1
ther by means of tillage, togeth- '
er with the growth of drought- p
resisting plants. Dry farming 1
differs from ordinary farming ,
in that the chief object of the;'
dry farmer is to prepare his j I
lands to receive and retain as ,!
much rain as possible. This has :
been done successfully in Ameri
ca, where the farmers of Utah <
have been raising crops on their
dry land, with a rainfall of less ,
than fifteen inches annually for
over half a century. Dry farm
ing has been practiced from they
earliest ages in Egypt and India.
The treatment of the soil results
in four things. Storage of rain
fall. destruction of weeds which!
are moisture robbers, admission
of sunshine and air, and the en
couragement of beneficial soil
germs. To avoid the bad effects
of drought, ploughing should be
deep and the soil should be har
rowed from time to time, and
kept in a soft and receptive con
dition. For wheat, the drill is
much deeper under the ground.
In sections of the country where
droughts bum up the crops on
occasion, the question of dry
farming ought to be thoroughly
studied and understood, and bur
government, as well as other
governments, are making con
tinuous investigations and as
sembling valuable facts.—Mem
phis News-Scimitar.
Watterson Is Right.
“Upon getting drunk” is the j
headline of a rather humorous
editorial by Henry Watterson
on the Roosevelt-Newell trial.
The substance of it is, that no
man who leads as busy a life as
the colonel has lived can be a
common drunkard, that it is no
body's business whether he
drinks wine, beer or cocktails,
that it is the abuse, not the use.
of stimulants that make drunk
ards and that sometimes news
papers take too much liberty
with public lhen’s private hab
its. Marse Henry speaks by the
card in such matters.—Fort
Smith Times-Record.
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Steam Roller Working Well.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 2.—In the
postponed session of the State
Democratic Central Committee
Tuesday afternoon, the report of
the canvassing committee was
delayed until after a pledge was
received from the two candi
dates to stand by the nominee,
which was considered to be a
last stand of t lie committee.
The steam roller was expected to
make its last run, for if Brun
didge filed a pledge, it was all ov
er. the strength of the commit
tee insuring that. In the belat
ed afternoon session the Brun
didge forces more than held
their own. and passed the matter
over until Wednesday.
Heavy Showers Visit Section.
Newport and nearby territory
were visited by a very heavy
shower Wednesday afternoon
that will prove very beneficial to
both corn and cotton, for the j
former was needing rain badly
and the moisture will help cot-'
ton growth greatly.
The showers were reported
heavy as far north as Tucker-!
man and Swifton. covered most
of Oil Trough bottom, as far
south as Auvergne and east over
most of Village Township. At
Grubbs, only the dust was set
tled and Richwoods Township
had a heavv shower a few davs
‘ i«
ago.
RECEIVER SUES
BANK DIRECrORS
“’or Losses Of Depositors In
Valley Savings Dank
Failure.
Little Rock, July 1.—Charg
ng that W. W. Hurst, Clark
Strickland, Fred Schneider,
N. Cottor, Adolph Kahn, W. S.
drove, the Union Trust Compa
ly as administrator of the es
ate of H. H. Julian, directors of
he Valley Savings Bank, culpa
)ly and intentionally neglected
heir duties as directors, and
hat they gave the affairs and
business of the bank no atten
:ion whatever, but turned it and
ts business over to the cashier,
N. W. Hurst, to be managed and
:onducted as he pleased, and that
durst actively aided b> Strick
and, began a reckless, unwar
ranted course of dealing with
he affairs of said bank, such as
discounting for it worthless pa
ner and securities, whicn result
ed in the insolvency and wreck
ing of said bank, looting and
cheating the bank out of a sum
>ver $75,000, the receiver,
George Vaughan, on Tuesday
afternoon filed a complaint in
the Pulaski County Chancery
Court, praying that the above
named directors be barred from
making any sale, disposition or
transfer of their property, and
that the plaintiffs have judg
ment against them for the sum
of $75,000, or such further sum
as may be found by said account
ing now being carried on to be
due.
The suit was filed by X. O.
Pindall, Murphy & McHaney, at
torneys for the receiver, and
caused quite considerable tplk in
court circles. The complaint
states that the bank is indebted
to its depositors in the sum of
$126,000, or at least, $150,000,
and that the plaintiff believes
each and all of the directors in
tentionally neglected their duties
as such and that the said in
dbtedness of the bank accrued
during said neglect and by reas
on thereof, and the defendants
are liable for the said indebt
ness.
The petition states further
that Hurst. Strickland. Schneid
er, Cotton, Kahn and Grove will
convey their property so as to
escape liability, or make it im
possible to collect any judgment
rendered against them.
Service For Older People.
The service at the Methodist
church tomorrow morning will
be at nine o’clock instead of ten,
The service will be especially foi
the older people. There will be
conveyances for all who desire
them, both to and from the
church. The older people of the
entire town are cordially invitee
to this service. If you do nol
feel like walking call up 151. anc
you will have conveyance with
out cost or trouble to anyone
Let the young people be present
and help make it pleasant foi
the older ones.
B. L. Wilford, Pastor.
Treatment of Wet Shoes.
If you get caught In the rain with
a good pair of shoes on, remove them
as soon as you enter thf house, aqd
if you do not possess a pair-of trees,
stuff them tight and hard with Usana
paper, squeezing It wall Into shape.
Wipe off all the mud with assort rag.
Place the shoes in a draught, soles
upward, and 1st them dry slowly. On
no account put them to dry by the
ftre.
Never forget to plaoe your shoes aa
trees or to stuff them with paper wfpa
they are not ta wear. *
Leeal Pride.
“How did Crimson Gulch manage to
get such a showing In the oensos?“
"Diplomacy." replied Broncho Bob.
“We got the census taker Into the
Rosy Glow saloon and didn’t let him
go to work until ha was seeing dou
ble."
Perfect Analogy.
Shortlelgb—My Uncle Frank la ■
rentable Klondike.
Longleigh—Why, how’s that?
Shortleigh—Plenty of wealth, baft
tula and distant—Smart Set
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There are a great
■amber of resorts
in the North and
West along the
Rowk Island
Lines
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Let us help you
W'rite to
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Assistant General Passenger
Agent,
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