Newport Daily Independent from Newport, Arkansas • 1

GEO. W. HAYS NOW GOVERNOR Took Oath of Office Before Chief Private Secretary. Special to Independent. Little Rock, Aug.

George W. Hays of Camden according to arrangements, became governor of Arkansas at 2 this afternoon, when the oath of office was administered by Chief Justice McCullough of the supreme court. One of the new 'first acts was the appointment of his campaign manager Harry F. Stewart, formerly private secretary to Senator Jeff Davis, his own private secretary, with Van Simms of De Queen as his assistant. I Alcorn Ferguson, having declined the appointment of membership upon the Jackson County hoard of Equalization, H.

SSimmons was appointed to fill the vacancy. The board as thus named will consist of John M. Glass of Swifton, Marvin Hare of Auvergne and H. S. Simmons of Newport.

Useful Old Age. Disraeli said: "Old age is unknown to Dante was almost 70 when he composed his famous epic. MJilton was 57 and blind when he wrote "Paradise Robert Browning's greatest poem, and was composed when he was over 60. Oliver Wendell Holmes was a professor at Harvard at 80. Michael Angelo completed the great cupola of St.

at 87. Haydn produced his sublime at 66, while Verdi was past 70 when he wrote the score of Sir Isaac Newton wrote a preface to his at 83, while Sir William Herschell, when over 80. swept the heavens with a true range of vision. Gladstone and Bismarck were the controlling powers in European politics when both were past 75 years of age. I Von Moit.ve at 70 won the battle of Sedan, while Thiers, president of France, was 80 when he achieved his diplomatic victory over Bismarck.

vw farce at 40. while Washington Was 01 middle age when he took charge the Continental army. Ulysses S. Grant was neariy 0 when he emerged from the tannery at Galena, be-ome one at tne greatest generis in history. Neison, Blake.

Farragut and were beyond three score they achieved their fame. by am a. the Japanese military eaoer. won his greatest victores over powerful Russia when 60, and all his corps comoanders were over 50. greatest Wno did more than any rther man to make Japan what today, was busy planning Cour-try when assassinated it 69.

Name? of others might be indefinitely to prove that men and outlive their ''vher. they think their useulnecs is past. old only when wo think New simitar. Lncovers Lost Equipment Special to Independent. Little Rock, Aug.

Arkansas National Guard, in its over the state for missing property, is uncovering government supplies in places it never dreamed they would be. I Every day packages are expressed in, containing small articles, such as canteens, haversacks, and bread tins. The express on these is almost as much as the amount the Guard will be credited for its return, but it all helps a little. Most of the property which is now being sent in to the Armory is of obsolete design, but is just as good to secure a credit as though it was new. Companion Accidentally Shot.

Special to Independent. Grubbs, August Watkins, a farmer living on the Jake Ivy farm in Richwoods Township, was shot recently by a young timber cutter, living on the same farm. The two were out hunting, when the young man in going around a tree caught the hammer of his gun and the load was accidentally discharged, lodging in the right thigh of his companion Watkins, who is reported to be getting along well and it is thought will recover, unless blood poison should result. Would List All Employers. Special to Independent.

Little Rock, Aug. Commissioner of Labor Statistics J. McMahon is now compiling a list of every industrial concern in Arkansas wrhich employs five or more people. He has secured the names of over 3000 concerns, but expects to find at least 2000 more before he is through. These names have been supplied by the county clerks, and Deputy McMahon is now working over the records of the Arkansas Tax Commission to secure a lot more.

After securing the names of the concerns, Deputy McMahon will then proceed to have the employers furnish the required statistics regarding the work, remuneration, and conditions of the employes. I 1 Moving Pictures at the Opera House 18 Reels Per Week. A good Program Tonight. THE TRANSITION The arrest brings about the happiness of his daughter. She is rescued from objectionable environments, Mary Charleson, I George Stanley and Fred and Burns.

('We ster TAG A PH.) bound to occur. i How a dog upset a happy home, featuring Alkali Ike. the soul of a rose Showing how a Garden Rose by the aid of a Fairy was changed to a living pretty story featuring Orrr.i Hawley. (LUBIN) Good by the orchestra. FUTRELL SHORT ON FISHING Late Governor Makes Hurried Get-Away in Order to on Fishing.

Special to Independent. Little Rock, Aug. Wednesday afternoon Jules Majrion Futrell, who has spent five months in the office of Governor, and filled it well, will board a train and depart for Paragould. He does not go exactly back to private life, for he is still President Pro Tern of the Arkansas Senate, and should Gov. Hays leave the state at any time, he will return to grace the office again.

He will also represent his district in the next session of the legislature as Senator. "I am away behind on my fishing," stated Senator Futrell when asked what he intended to do when he returned to Paragould. are some fellows over home who think they can beat me shooting ducks, and I have to take this conceit out of them. Anyone looking fbr me after Wednesday is going to have a long hunt ahead him, unless he is willing to go out wnere me nsn are oitmg. It is reported that Senator Futrell will become associated with one of the best known attorneys in Northeast Arkansas and practice law, but he declines to discuss the matter at the i present time.

Bovine First Victim of ChairSpecial to Independent. Little Rock, Aug. electric chair at the Arkansas penitentiary has at last been completed, Prof. Gladson, head of the electrical department of the University of Arkansas, putting the finishing touches on the chair Tuesday afternoon. He (then tested it on a cow, and found that it is in good working 'order.

The cow was placed in a crate and hauled into the death chamber. One electrode was attached to her head, and the other to a hind foot. The current I was then turned on and the was instantly electrocuted. The chair was built in the shops at the University, and the switchboard attachment came from Chicago. Some of the parts are under patent in Xev.

jYork, but the authorities there I permitted the State of Arkansas to mane use oi uiem wmiuui charge. The New York officials even made suggestions to Prof, i Gladson which permitted him to make a chair for the Arkansas death chamber, which is superior to that in use in New York. greater part of the patented attachment of the New York states Prof. Gladson, for the registration of the action of muscles. This is for scientific research.

As we are not interested in that, we had no use for the attachments, and Arkansas has a better working chair than has New Assessment Notice. The assessment of ioca. improvement No. Improvement No. One of the City of Newport, was filed in office on the 14th of July, 1913, and the.

same is now subject toinspection. J. GRAHAM, are terms in which prominent physicians and lawyers solemnly condemn the movement for the death of incurables. The mild term unscientific does not sound so loud, but it carries further. i If the killing of patients af- flicted with diseases been considered the only' means of relief in the past, who i would have been moved to de- vote days and years and life- i times to the study of curing? Many diseases which long seemed incurable are now successfully treated.

For countless centuries, the plague, the smallpox. the rabies, tuberculosis, and swift, subtle diphtheria carried them the sentence of death, but men sought patiently and persistently for effective ways to fight these dreadful foes of humanity, even sacrificing their lives in unselfish zeal; and as a result we have vaccination, inocculation and antitoxin, and mil- lions once deemed incurable i saved. i Within the memory of old physicians the preparations for ja surgical operation were alarm- ixxgxy exiuugn caxuoiici I acid to nearly stifle the opera-1 was thrown about the oper- room, and that was all. iOnly 6 to 10 per cent of the cases recovered- But now, from a hospital of high standing, where the operating room is surgically clean, comes the report of over 100 consecutive abdominal operations which were en- tirely successful. under the has lost its terrors because men have investigated the sour' trouble and have become acquainted with the tiny, unseen minister of good and know how to manage it.

Today a vital organ is removed from the body, examined by the X-Ray, and the growth, which had threatened life, is detected and successfully treated. Yesterday this was impossible. The day before it was undreamed of. Suffering and struggle against have spurred men on to! accomplish these things. Must they suddenly be called on to halt, to strive no more, to defeat? Must they re-j verse their course, and give Uvatll vx Killing is no incentive to curing.

Slipping off burdens never strengthened shoulders. Giving up problems never developed Scimitar. Cotton Opens On Farm. Special to Independence Little Rock, Aug. has begun to open on the State Farm, according to Commissioner Bradsher, and in a week or so there will be enough open cotton to pick a bale.

The cotton crop on the state farm is not only early, but it is large, and this year comes in almost as soon as short staple varieties. The I commissioners expect to make 2500 bales of c'dton on the farm year. Notice to Loafers. Anyone found loitering in or around the jail yard without permission from the sheriff or the jailer, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law for tresspassing. F.

Sherd: SPECIAL SESSION BUGABOO AGAIN St. Francis Levee District Officials Not Likely to Get Their Request. Special to Independent. Little Rock, Aug. each change of governor comes before the people I lit1 same old bugaboo of a special session of the legislature- As usual, it comes from the St.

Francis Levee Board. Failing to dispose of $1,000,000 in bonds at par, even though 5per cent interest was he officers of the Board desire a sped.al session of the legislature in order that a bill may be passed which will permit the Board to sell the bonds at less than par. The matter was discussed in the presence of Acting Governor Futrell and Gov-Elect G. W. Hays, Tuesday afternoon, and to Gov.

Futrell, who lives in the levee district, and who is well versed in its affairs, the proposition was a laughing matter. Gov. Hays, who takes office Wednesday afternoon, stated he knew too little about the affairs of the district to venture an opinion in the matter. There is little chance for a special session, even though there are other matters of more importance to the entire state, which might be profitably considered at the present time. According to the report of H.

W. Henningen, special accountant who audited the books of the St. Francis Levee District from Miay 1, 1911 to date, the levee board dealt in high finance in disposing of worth of bonds in 1909, and after this report the board of directors would hardly again sell bonds at less than par, in violation of the state law, even through subterfuge. The board at that time sold the bonds at par, but allowed an employe of the bonding company which was in fact a rebate to the bonding company, the commission to the employe ing a fief it ions ransact ion. The last legislature passed an act permitting the board to sell worth of bonds, led it demanded par for them.

The directors have been unable to sell them for that amount, no doubt due to the failure of the directors to see that interest on the outstanding bonds was promptly paid. Auditor Hennigan stated in his report that this had injured the credit of the district in the money centers. Reception For Miss Bridger. Mrs. T.

A. Hutchinson enter- .4 tained with a reception last Monday in honor of Miss Annie jl Belle Bridger of Newport, who is the guest of Miss Mary Tinny. i The reception was from four to six and a large number of ladies VI called during the receiving 1 in hours. Miss Bridger will leave for Hope Wednesday, where she will spend a week with Galloway college chums, after which she will go to Little Rock to spend a week with Mrs. Edward McDermott, who was formerly Misr.

Dell Nashville (Ark.) News. We never have car-1 ned over any Oxfords, and we intend to begin why prices are so low. NOTE THE VERY LOW PRICES: i --I 3.50 Regal Oxfords now.2.1 0 4.00 Regal Oxfords now.2.90 5.00 Regal Oxfords now.3.45 I 6.50 Clapp Oxfords now.4.95 7.00 Clapp Oxfords now.4.95 Lest you forget, Sale Now On Berger'S CLOTHING HOUSEWe Close Evenings at 6:30 (Except Saturday.) 1 i.