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THE INDEPENDENT
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Publisher and Editor
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Yeggmen Have Escaped.
Mammoth Spring. Ark., April
2:—Up to the present time none j
of the robbers who blew open '
' . the Alton Bank at Alton, Mo.,'
lc4‘"Monday morning, has been
ljr caught. They only secured $36 j
that was laying on the the |
counter, having been frighten
ed away by the large number of
citizens that assembled in the
court yard facing the bank, in
the belief that the heavy con
cussion caused by the combined
blast of five charges of nitrogly
cerine, blowing the front of the
building out. and the heavy iron
door of the safe out into the
street, was an earthquake.
When the people rushed into
the streets the robbers continu
ed their work in plain view of
the crowd, having made their
sixth hole in the safe, but had
misplaced the fuse.
When the crowd of frightened
citizens gained their compos
ure, some of them started to
the nearest houses for guns, but
were met by one of the robbers
heavily^arme/vjr^ 10 turned them
back ^riot finding the lost fuse,
...Hi becoming alarmed, the rob
bers made a hasty run for the
woods, where one of their gang
was in waiting with a buggy
and horses stolen from the sta
ble in town.
— The gang scattered, two going
to Thayer, Mo., 15 miles away,
where they abandoned the
team and, to mislead any blood
hounds trailing, mingled with
the hundreds of footsteps in
the building.
The hounds toihiy trailed one
bunch of the robbers to this
point, where it is believed they
boarded the fast train south.
/The other , were trailed tQ a
-lake near Alton, Mo.,
where the trail was lost by the
hounds. Two days before the
robbery a suspicious tramp was
seen loafing around the bank
liaaihuilding, who has disappeared
the
Anglo-8a&'
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Walnut Street. Nli
. ESTES. Jon \v Avas the first
n tr"aster event of the social
A prolusion of spring
, hyacinths, tulips and
contributed to a verv
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hkjie iyg fuJ effect throughout the j
tion f life'and were also gentle re-j
for nf -nvinn1
GOVERNOR PASSES
• ON ALL ACTS
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Vetoed Three In Last Lot Sub
mitted By House and Sen
ate Committees.
Special to Independent.
little Rock, April 3.—The
House and Senate Committees
on Enrolled bills finished their
work Wednesday afternoon, and
turned over to Gov. Futrell sev
eral arms-full of bills for his
consideration. Wednesday was
the last day for him to pass up
on the bills, and he went over
them carefully.
All but three were signed, in
cluding the two senate bills re
lating to the publication of su
preme court reports. There
had been some protest against
the approval of the bill provid
ing for the loaning of the plates
from which the past reports had
been printed to the Lawyers’
Co-operative Publishing Com
pany of New York. Several
years ago the legislature pro
vided for the publication of a
number of volumes of reports
that were out of date, and the
state retained the plates. In
exchange for these plates, the
state will get a number of vol
umes of the reports without
cost. The other bill signed
provides for a new contract for
printing the reports after the
expiration of the present con
tract two years hence. Should
there be any objection to this
act, the legislature of 1915
would have a chance to amend
or repeal it before it becomes ef
fective.
ATTEND THE BIS COT
TON CONVENTION AT
DALLAS, APR. 20-MAY 1
A monster rally that will inaugurate
in full effect the campaign Tor the
coming season for a legitimate value
for King Cotton.
Long held in subjugation by the
arbitrary hand of “finance,” it is pro
posed now to liberate the fleecy staple
from the low price. The plan of the
Southern States Cotton Corporation
is no experiment, but is already in ac
tive operation in more than 250 cot
ton growing counties, and has afford
ed relief to thousands of farmers. 1
The convention will be held at the
Fair Park coliseum, and thousands of
people in all walks of life will be in
attendance. Reduced^ rates on rail
roads.
All up Lo daLe Housekeepers
Use Red Cross Ball Blue. IL
makes Lhe cloLhes clean and
sweet as when new. All Grocers.
KHiliSaiiSlS
I NEVER MIND
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| The Weather 1
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Simply 'phone us your drug ^
jS wants. You can shop just B&
promptly and satisfactory [Dcj
[Jpk ily over phones as though
jou personally visited the
31], store.
Arx^’e maintain a free deliv
aL lef®ervice which is particu
, convenient in disagree
ceived u .. .
nther or when you
urry.
Ludwi.
Special Lo Ir. tS /
LiLLle Rock, April ■■ =
Ludwig, former Sec*ct«r^^j
SLaLe, and now Representative
i of Pulaski county, Tuesday af
ternoon received a teleg^
I from Senator Joe T. Robir^e
| announcing Lhe appointment
Mr. Ludwig as proof readeE=
' the enrolling clerk of the UflUp;
States Senate. This pos |cj
</ ’“s with :t a salary of $2of
' d Mr. Lvdwig lc j
‘mingp
>on hi»
Additional Local,
D. W. Hickey of Aurora, Mo.
was here today on business.
Knox mends shoes cheap, lit
Walnut street. 32dtf
For rent —furnished front
*oom. 215 Vine street. dti
Rooms for Rent. Apply at
724 Walnut Street. 92dtf.
Mrs. B. W. Haffner is spend
ing the day at Diaz.
For Rent—furnished room,
man and -wife preferred. Apply
to 505 Walnut St. 06d6t
Judge J. B. McCaleb of Bates
ville was a guest at the Hazel
hotel last night.
3 mammoth rolls “sea shell ’
toilet paper 25 cents.—Johnson
Avera Hardware Co. 03dtf.
Drayage of all kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10.—
Chester Robinson. 18dtf.
Mrs. M. H. Snapp of Car
thage, Mo. was Here last night
en route to Augusta.
1847 Rogers Bros, ware, nice
patterns, at Johnson-Avera
Hardware Co. 03dtf.
Mrs. Grack Smith and little
son Hunter, went to Tuckerman
this morning to spend the day.
0—Cedar Mops and Polish at
Johnson-Avera Hardware Co.
03dtf.
All parties desiring sprink
ling, see W. G. Compton or
telephone the fire department.
96dtf.
For Sale—A good high dry
business lot on Front street.
Lot No. 3 in Block No. 8. Apply
to C. G. Henry. 99dtf.
Mrs. H. G. Drummond and
Miss Edyth Drummond left
this morning for Hot Springs.
For rent— Furnished apart
ment. Apply to 104 Beech
street. 05d6
Mrs. Ira J. Pickens and son
Bruce will leave this evening or
tomorrow for Walnut Ridge,
having shipped their household
goods today.
We stiil have a large stock of
straw mattings and the prices
are very cheap—-Johnson-Avera
Hardware Co. 03dtf.
Mrs. S. R. Phillips and little
daughter returned from Bates
ville last evening, where they
made a few days’ visit. •
We are glad to state that
Captain J. E. Wilmans is much
improved and is regarded as out
of danger.
Agents Wanted: “America’s
Greatest Flood Disaster” Illus
trated. Thrilling experiences.
Enormous demand, $10 a day
easy. Sample book 10c. Be
:iuick. Address NATIONAL
PUBLISHING CO. (Establish
ed 1857) 872 Lakeside Bldg.
Chicago. 10d6t
Mrs. 0. D. Watson entertained
,vith a spring luncheon today. -
Rev. Mr. Spears, the new rec
:or of St. Paul’s church, is the
fuest of Dr. and Mrs. Elbert
iVatson until th'e rectory, which
s being repaired, is finished,
md their car of furniture ar
■ives from Hope.
WHAT SAVED
JER LIFE
Wrs, Martin Tells About a Painful
Experience that Might fiive
Ended SrVoosfr.
Hires rill e, Jff. Va—lira Bora Marti*
In a letter/from Rlroorfflo, writes:
1 with w*
“***£•• \troublea end had palno hi my
back «ad §ida I wao narrona and
eould ,uot sleep at night
doctor could not help mo. Bo
I would hare to bo operated on to
f/jre I could get bettor. I thought I
would try using Cardul.
Now, I am entirely wolL
I am sure Cardul saved my Ufa I
will never bo without Cardul In my
borne. I recommend it to my frlenda” j
For fifty years, Cardul has been re
lieving pain and distress caused by wo
manly troubla It will surely help you.
It goes to the spot—reaches the
trouble—relieves the symptoms, and
drives away the causa
If you Buffer from any symptoms of |
womanly trouble, take Cardul.
Your druggist sells and recommends
it Get a bottle from him today.
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WORLD OWES DEBT TO WOMAN
Fostering of Agriculture Has Beer,
From the Beginning of Time
Female Hands.
Agriculture today depends chiefly
upon the work of the primeval womam
We are indebted to the nomad s wif
for the greatest of all economic serv
ices She tamed the young of the
more tamable animals, gave them
her savage husband, and made of him
the more civil herdsman who ror
ages followed his flocks after the man
ner of Jacob and Lot and Job.
fertile wife of the nomad became W.
wife of farmers, and she made a farmer
of her son by placing m his hand the
precious seed of the grains, the pres
ent basis of agriculture, the biead o
man, and the concentrated food of all
our domestic animals.
Where did this ancient mother get
these precious seeds? In many cases
we do not know, and cannot even
guess. She found some p^ant with
one or two rich seeds, planted them,
and then generation after generation
her descendants picked over their lit
tle grain patches, selecting seeds to
be preciously preserved from the har
vest festival to the next spring
; planting festival, which we now call
Easter. By this process running on
through unknown generations of men,
the plants became so changed by the
artificial application of Darwin’s law
of selection that now no botanist dares
euggest what plant or plants were the
wild forebears of some of the present
grains from which the world today ob
tains its bread.
We are indebted to this cave or
tent dwelling woman. But shall we
accept her work as final? Can science
do no better than follow along the
path she laid out? The fact that ag
ricultural science is today doing lit
tle more than this is one of the pa
thetic Illustrations of the smallness of
our view.—Prof. J. Russell Smith, In
Harper’s Magazine.
IN HOUSES OF CORNSTALK
Primitive Dwelling Places That Are
Occupied by the Poorest Class of
Egyptian Peasants.
On the outskirts of Alexandria we
passed numerous groups of Bedouins,
camping by the side of the Mahmou
dieh canal. Out in the fields men and
women, dressed alike In the loose cot
ton gown of the country, were busily
at work. The fields were dotted with
curious doorless structures made of
cornstalks. They are used as tempo
rary homes at certain seasons of the
year, as, for instance, when the crops
are being gathered.
Later on I entered one, and found
it to be not more than five feet
square; one could not stand upright
inside. The place contained nothing
but a few jars and cooking utensils.
In the winter the occupants wrap
themselves up in their clothes at
night, covering the heads also, but
leaving the feet bare. The hut I saw
was occupied by a man and his son.
These people, of course, are the fel
lahuen—the peasants—the pure Egyp
tian of the poorest class.—Christian
Hereald.
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13,000 Miles of Silver.
The greatest money count In the his
tory of the United States 1b now on.
Every piece of money In the country's
billion-bulging treasury must be han
dled and each security fingered. A
corps of men-—the most expert money
couuters in the world—will Work at
the task day and night, but It will
take them sixty days to finish it.
There are 156,708,960 silver dollars
alone in this vast sum. Much of the
coin counting Is done by weighing, but
there 1b an Ingenious machine which
digests sliver dollars, quarters and
halves and counts them as fast as a
man can turn the handle. If the sli
ver dollars were stacked one on top
of another, they would tower 835
miles high. If they could be laid in
a continuous line, each touching the
other, the silver horde would stretch
out for a distance of 13,000 mileB.—
Robert D. Heinl in Leslie's.
Egyptian Justice. ')
In ancient Egypt all court business
was caiTled on In writing, in order
that the decl^Jjn might not be in
fluenced by- oratory or personal ap
peal. The laws lay before the Judges
upon a table, and the accuser declared
Ja-' writing how he had been injured,
whereupon the defendant stated in
writing what he had to say. Then
came a rejoinder from each party to
the case, after which the Judges de
liberated among themselves until they
had hit upon the proper legal penalty
for the party who had in the mean
time been adjudged guilty. This point
being reached the president of the
Judges touched with an image of
Thmei, the “Goddess of Truth,” the
manuscript of the guilty pleader and
the case was over.
The President.
The president of the United States
has nothing whatever to do with the
making of the laws of the Individual
states or of the United States He is
pmely and simply the national execu
tive, his business being to carry out
the laws that are made by the con
gress. In order to be able to make
laws the president would need to be
an absolute monarch, like the czar of
Russia or the Sultan of Turkey. As
it is, he is simply the head servant of
the people, with his duties clearly Jaid
down in the constitution, and frl™
which he cannot deviate. Instead 1
making the laws the laws are mafl|
by the legislative servants of the
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doctors indorse NEVY
bros herpicide for
the hair.
When a doctor endorses a pre
paration it means more than an
ordinary testimonial. His opin
ion is always that of thfe profes
sional man devoted to the wel
fare of the people.
' Dr. J. J. Boyd, Covington,
Tenn., says: “I feel it my duty
to write this for the benefit of
those suffering from dandruff.
In the average case a few appli
cations of Newbro’s Herpicide
will remove all dandruff. It is
advisable to continue its use for
several weeks.”
The words of J. B. Thompson,
M. D., No. 2- Burrough Place,
Cor. Hollis St., Boston, Mass.,
are not less enthusiastic: “I
^an only speak in praise of New
bro’s Herpicide. It is all that is
claimed and perhaps more.
Herpicide not only cleanses J;he
scalp but brightens the hair,
gives life and makes it soft.”
Dr. T. A. Moore, Duncan,
Ariz.. writes of his experience:
“My scalp was in places covered
by patches of dry, scaley materi
al and the itching was incessant.
LOWp
COLONIST i
G&liforniJj
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New Mexico I
and all POINT*
west!
TICKETS ON SAI*
MARCH 15th I
A OIL L L5th
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Assistant Genera! paJ
Agent, i
. The Late*
Since using Herpicide all these
evils have disappeared and my
hair is soft, smooth and growing.
Hair has grown on spots before
but thinly covered.”
Newbro’s Herpicide is “the
original remedy to kill the dan
druff germ” and stop falling
hair. The terrible itching which
goes with dandruff is allayed al
most at once.”
Newbro’s Herpicide in 50c and
$1.00 sizes is guaranteed -to do
all that is claimed. If .you are
not satisfied your money will be
refunded.
Applications may be obtained
at the leading barber shops. Be
sure you get genuine Herpicide.
W. E. BEVENS,
Special Agent.
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Stove Wood
$1.00 and $2.00 Loads
Any Size Good Mill Wood
Close Prices on Carloads
J. R. Loftin, Jr.
Phone 58
Only a Faded liosebud.
Why Did You Make Me
You?
Row, Row, Row.
Who gets |
money? There are I
cheaper places, but I
we do not put out 1
that kind of work or I
g goods. You get 1
^ quality and service ^
Mr. Farmer I
Times are changing. Progressive farmers deposit their iMMIg
in a good bank. They pay their bills by check and get a receipt H
in that way. Lots of reasons why you should have a bank ac -
count with
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The Farmers BanR
[/>£ NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
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Mules for Sale
About 40 head of Missouri
mules, all broke and in good
condition at right prices