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The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-03-13

Knicker-"H is terrible the way
parents make their babies work al
aiEht." Yoanspop--"And II is ter
ribis the way babies make their par
sats work at nisht."-New York suA.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-03-13
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q. E. USSERY,
BOwersville, Ga.
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Newport daily independent., 1914-02-09
Edison Coming to Arkansas. S,Decia1 tO Tndnnondon+

OpeCldl CO 1nOepenQenC.
 Little Rock, Feb. 9.-Some time in the spring Arkansas is to be entertained by Americas foremost inventor, Thomas A. Edison having accepted an invi- tation of officials of New York company which has heavy inter- ests in this state, to spend a week in the vicinity of Rogers.
 MT. Edison is interested with a number of New Workers, in lighting and other plants in smaller towns of the state, but it is hardly probable he will come to Arkansas to inspect them. It is supposed that he is coming to take look at the ra- dium fields of Benton county, of which he has heard so much.
 Arrangements will be made to go immediately into the woods from Rogers, and a camp will be pitched on White river, where the famous inventor may spend a portion of his time in fishing, as we'll as in research. The guests in the party will be limit ed, but several in Little Rock have been invited to join the party.
Newport daily independent., 1914-02-09
Cost And Location Of Earth
 Roads.
Special to Independent.

Special to Independent.
 Washington, D. C., Feb. 9. - The cost of hauling over coun- try roads is largely determined by the size of the load that can be hauled, the number of trips that can be made in a day and the wear and tear on teams and equipment, according to the Off, flee of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture. Steep grades as we'll as ruts and mud holes serve to decrease both the speed and the load. On the principle that a chain is no stronger than it's weakest link, the maximum load that a team can draw is the load that it can draw up the steepest hill or through the deepest mud hole on that road.
 Wherever possible roads should be located on straight lines between terminal points. In hilly or mountainous country, however, the attempts to keep roads straight between termi- nals often leads to the serious error of heavy grades. Straight ness and grade must therefore be handled together. The best location is one which is straight in general direction, is free from steep grades, is located on solid ground and serves the largest possible number of people. Roads should be located for the benefit of the public as we'll as the private land owner.
 The elimination of one or two steep hills on a line of road will frequently enable horses to draw three or four times as much as they could draw on the old road It takes approximately four ltimes as much power to draw loads up 10 per cent grades GIG fit. vertical in 100 fit. horizontal) as on a level, but on a 4 per cent or 5 per cent grade a horse can usually draw (for a short time) as much as he can draw on a lev.
Newport daily independent., 1914-02-09
Child Welfare Association.


 Special to Independent.
 Little Rock, Feb. 9.-The or ganization of the Arkansas Child Welfare Association is be- ing carried forward by the of- ficers of the organization, the objects of which are stated as follows:
 To further all movements to- ward the perpetuation of the correct ideal of the American home.
 To insure intelligent co-opera- tion between the home and the school.
 To promote all efforts which make for the welfare of the chil- dren of Arkansas.
 There are to be three classes of membership, active, associ- ate and honorary. The dues for the active members shall be one dollar annually, and honorary 50 cents, there being no dues for the associate members.
 The present officers of the as- sociation are, Wm. H. Deader- ick, Hot Springs, president; Mrs. Jo Frauenthal, Conway, first vice president; Mrs. c. w. Gar. rison, Little Rock, secretary. treasurer. The executive com. mittee consists of Wm. H. Dead. erick of Hot Springs, Mrs. Jc Frauenthal, Conway, Dr. Morgan Smith of Little Rock, Miss Lil. Han Laser of Hot Springs, Dr. Morgan Smith of Little Rock Abner Cook of Hot Springs, anG E.. H. Eastman of Hot Springs.
Newport daily independent., 1914-02-09

Mas Way,

Little Lola, aged five, upon being shown her twin brothers that had ar rived the night before. said: 'Well, I never saw such woman as mamma is for hunting up bargains."- Chicago Daily News.
Newport daily independent., 1914-02-09

el. A 4 per cent grade is there fore considered the maximum on roads subject to heavy hauling. Many steep grades maybe avoid- ed by locating the road around instead of over the ill,-the handle of the bucket is no longer when held in a horizontal posi- tion than in a vertical. By go- ing around we avoid two steep hills.
 If the road must pass up a steep hill or mountain sides, the steepness of the grade may be decreased by increasing the length of the road. In other words, eliminate steep grades by locating the road on curved or zigzag lines, and not in a straight line from the bottom to the top of the hill. These curves should be carefully plotted and the straight stretches located with an instrument. This i'm proves the looks of the road and does not add materially to it's cost.
 In studying the relation of grade to distance the following calculation is interesting. To lift a ton one foot high requires 2,0O0 foot pounds of energy; on a road the surface of which of- fers 100 pounds of tractive re- sistance per ton the same ener- gy would roll the ton a horizon tai distance of 20 feet. To save one foot of grade the road may therefore be heightened 20 feet.
 Roads should never be located so close to stream beds as to be subject to overflow, or on ground which is constantly damp and marshy.
 The earth road should have at least six hours of sunshine each day. This can be secured either by locating the road with south ern or western exposure, or by having such brush and trees as impede the drying action of the sun and wind removed. With gravel and stone roads, this is not so necessary, as a certain amount of moisture is needed on such roads, especially in the sum- mer time.
 Relocating roads is not an en- gineering problem alone. One must also consider the effect of the road on those who now live upon it. Many farmers dislike to have the road placed back of their house or out of sight of it. It requires tact and good judg- ment to secure a suitable loca- tion without arousing harsh an- tagonism.
Newport daily independent., 1914-02-09
Stick to Right Principles.

The man whose principles are right will suffer his setbacks, lose his friends ald Cave doubts. but in the long run he will win. and the victory. which is the result of principle, ts . permanent one.
Newport daily independent., 1914-02-09
7 FEE INDEPENDENT
 PERCY H. VAN DYKE
 Publisher and Editor Eront St., NEWPORT, ARK.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Daily-Single copy, 5 cents; per week, 10 cents; per month, 40 cents; per year, $4.50 in advance, by carrier dn city, by mail in country.
 Weekly-$1.00 per year, payable in advance.
 Entered at the postoffice, Newport, Arkansas, as second class mail mat eter.
Newport daily independent., 1914-02-09
ANNOUNCEMENTS.


 The Independent has been a 4horized to make the followir announcements of candidate subject to the action of the Den 5ocratic Primary. For Congress- / w. A. OLDFIELD For Railroad Commissioner: T. J. RANEY E. WOOD For Prosecuting Attorney EARL c. CASEY H. U. WILLIAMSON JOHN s. GIBSON. For County Judge -~. w. D. McLAIN JAMES H. JOHNSTON JOHN A. MELVILLE 0. w. SCARBOROUGH For Sheriff
 J F. ACQUISITION ABE BALLEW i For Representative J. M. MAPDIS w. M. SHAVER J. U. ARD R. T. SIMMONS For Treasurer JOHN H. CAMP JESSE w. SHUFORD -a. M. IVY
 g.I. TASTING For School Superintendent H. l.. LAMBERT E. H. BOWMAN ]. M. BALCH za- s> G. E. LAND - '-..' IT Tor Coroner
 HENRY GRANT J.T. CRAFT
 w. H. NOLEN For Surveyor J. H. AITKENS.
 UNION TOWNSHIP For Justice of Peaee- L. B. HARRIS H. c. NUCKOLLS J. M. BELL Dor Constable TERRY GUN CLYDE WOOD v. M. IVY
 JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP. For Road Overseer- CLARENCE PENIX CLAY ROBERTS J. B. THOMPSON
 BIRD TOWNSHIP For Road Overseer, Western R. l.. HURLEY
Evening star., 1914-08-16

you are right then you are surely
wrong.
Don't be a sea-lawyer. A sea-lawyer
Is one who. generally speaking. is in
and knows everybody's business but his
own. He Is what Is known in the Sui
tan Of Sulu' as 'squidge,' a man who
does the worrying and agitating for the
other fellow. sea-lawyer starts out
with a fair knowledge of the regulations
and perhaps a few legal thumb rules.
and he tries to start right in and right
others wrongs. II he Is a commissioned
officer. everybody avoids him. for he wor-
ries best alone. II an enlisted man. he
is generally at the mast. and often in
the brig ASHMUN BROWN.
Evening star., 1914-08-16
CwTHRvn4LH CHURCH.

In a dip between hills you pass little
village strung along both sides OF the
road. 1t has the curious name OF Lee
Rato, with the stress on the second syl-
liable It used to be famous for olstii,
lery, not operated now. though the olo
building remains. Ridge after ridge ana
valley after valley you cross for seven
Virginia miles out Of Fairfax. ana q miie
before you reach the end OF your walk
you see a cluster of houses perched on
high land That Is Centerville.
Coming upon the ridge on which II
stands you get your first view OF q line
of mountains, or rather one long noun
tain. which at that distance appears %
rise steeply from the low but hilly lands
that lie for miles around. That ridge,
wrapped In blue and purple haze. 70
sometimes called Bull Run mountain or
the Bull Run mountains. It Is about
twelve miles away. You can get q posi-
ton whence you may see the gap, near
the north end Of the range, in which the
settlement of Aide slumbers and where
the Little River turnpike passes through.
You will walk around the dusty single
street Of Centerville. The view OF the
surrounding country Is fine. Westwardiy
the fields through which now Cub run.
Bull run, Youngs branch-heids over
which every regiment in the Army OF the
Potomac and the Army OF Northern VIZ
ginia marched and fought.
It IL q great panorama The Rambler
has stood there in midsummer, but ne
has found II more impressive IN mid
winter. When cold winds wall and blus-
tor over that country one can almost
fancy that he hears the cheers ana
groans Of phantom armies.
Evening star., 1914-08-16
inconsistency.

MFRS. CYRUS NEVER Of the moving
AvA picture board of Pennsylvania has
attracted worldwide attention by her
decree. worded SO precisely. that NOV
ing picture kiss must not exceed In
length q yard Of film.
Mrs. Never. at a luncheon In Philadei-
phia, said Of an objection to aim censor
ship:
Objections like this-objections based
on modesty, forsooth-remind mo Of the
lady on the Boardwalk.
.'One lady said to another on tho a.
lantic City Boardwalk:
why are you wearing such . thick
you through st.
".Weli, to tell the TRUTH the other
lady answered, In this Transparent
blouse I'm ashamed to show my face."
Evening star., 1914-08-16

,. At Forty-Three He
Holds the Rank and
Draws the Pay of a
Rear Admiral Fore
man of a Brick Yard,
Ticket Agent and
Newspaper Reporter
the Occupations Which
Taught Him to Be a
Good Executive and
Organizer.
Evening star., 1914-08-16

attempted in the American navy. frTi 70,
Wis ons, clothing. coal suppnes u. III o..
sntoi,;na so % anancial arrangements with q
multitude na Of foreign hanks-all these
things had to be organized.
The work was done in manner that
attracted worldwide attention. Aways
Vas there fresh food for all hands. OF
the hest quality and in the most liberal
quantities. No millionaire's yacht on
sinniisr cruise could have fared better.
Coal came into the ships as needed. there
were no delays In tahns h,sMs on sunp1es; hsd :.
be worked out, unexpected contingenc!ee
met every day. The man at the head Of
the suppiy corps had to look always not
only a day. but weeks ahead And that
means looking into the conoation OF mar.
Ects ri strange spots half way around
the world. caiculating how many pounds
Evening star., 1914-08-16
REAR ADMIRAL SAMUEL MCGOWAN,
Paymaster Of the navy.

of potatoes, for example. are to be con.
and whether 1t is bfst to stock up now
or wait until that point is reached.
The coal supply always 10 vast and
complicated problem. The; fact. for ex-
ample. that an Australian port " known
that at that particular port one can drop
in casually at any old time and grab on
q coal supply for twenty-four big ships.
The fleet paymaster has to know what his
neet is going to need. when 1t 10 goins
to need It and where, and make arrange
ments accordingly. II 10 . mans Job.
-
Ristt in the midst of It an unexpected
dIsastar threw out Of joint the entire
provision schedule. In January. 1907. ~
hlg nsst in its course westward around
Evening star., 1914-08-16
The Curb.

SSEORTUNES. thanks to our new trust
laws. will never be made in the
future a. they were made In the past"
The speaker was Senator La Toilette.
He resumed:
''Our new trust laws are the peoples
cash register. You know. Of course. the
cash register storyf
"A young man said to IN old one:
"'But. sir. Isn't 50 . week rather low
for this 3ob7
"Tov for itr' the old man answered
why. I started on that very same 3oo
back In - at g q week. and today own
the businesA'
".Ah. yes,' said the young man. but
your employer didn't use cash rss1stsA
Mine doea'"
Evening star., 1914-08-16
The Comic Side.
morals!"

uC EAsHoRE moralsr
- An actor, slipping an iced drink
on an Atlantic City terraee. shook his
head and smiled.
"Seashore morals" he said. have their
comic az well as their tragic sidA
Thus. as old Gobsa Golde. sweltering
In his shirtsleeves despite the breeze
from his electric fan. studied theticker
feverishIy In his metropolitan once, his
typewriter girl rushed In on him and
said:
"'Oh. Mr. Golde! Oh, poor Mr.. Code!
Tho butler has just telephoned from the
shore that Mrs. Golde eloped last night
with college boy!
Golde reproachfully. don't make me
iaugh-you know I've got split lip"
Evening star., 1914-08-16

fresh provisions from New York toward
Gibraltar to toin the feet and help make
nm the shortage. The ship. however,
took Il into her head that this was a
voo6 time to quit, and sank OF Nam
tucket. .
MCGOWAN. out Of his memory OF
cr,,,.e in those waters fourteen years be-
fare. had recalled the names OF two
French ship chambers at Marseilie. ana
these he had called upon by wire to sub
,,,t bids on what he had calculated he
needed. While his negotiations were in
nroeress the news of the sinking Of the
s,,nnlv ship of Nantucket came. and ..e
had to revise all Of his figures Of what
he needed
and busy South Carolinian was charging
,,n and down the Mediterranean coast or.
Tanising his purchases and fighting food
Contractors whose progenitors. ages ago,
invented the system OF balanced oios
and other devices to rob government
In immediate need.
seille and to Gibraltar he went. and
nresentiy he had everything hxed up. It
WAS quick, hard work. but Jacky's tum-
nv has to be looked after in this navy
Of ours, and It was McGowan's Job to see
that the aforesaid tummy got that to
which It was accustomed. It did.
Back home sailed the feet. hne ana nj
ana proud Of itself. but had 1t not been
Tor the efficient work OF the meet pay
master 1t would not have been 30 nne
and At There would have been something
had MCGOWAN fallen down on the 3oo.
and also splendid chances for the pay
CORDS to pass the buck" elsewhere 9
things had not gone well. But they wsns
Evening star., 1914-08-16
HEN q man in any

HEN q man IN any
military organixa-
ton gets to be
known BY his hrN
name, or a diminu-
tive, throughout
that organization
1t IL testimony to
the respect and re-
gard In which he
IL hsd. Little
Bobs," otherwise
Lord r o b . ? I .
Evening star., 1914-08-16

as repairs were concerned. and was
pounded and rutted and worn and gull
lied by the army trainsEartiliery.
quartermaster and commissary-for
four years.
Four winters aided the troops in the
roughening of this once hne way.
When the war closed no systematic ef-
fort was made to repair the road. Tho
ruined. The bed of the pike IL there
today very much as 1t was at tho close
of the war: perhaps it IL a good deal
worse in many places. and to save the
hardship Of travelling over its rocky
along the edges Of the pike and in most
places far below the original bed Of
the road. These sunken roads here
and there cut across the pike bed to
take advantage Of better ground on
The road runs through cleared helds
for; the greater part Of its way. but
the woods are never far distant either
on the right or the left. Along parts
through deep woods. One Of the in
teresting things you may meet is a
wagon train Of big wagons. like the
Conestoga wagons. drawn by four or
roads before the steam railroad was
thought about. These trains still pass
and repass. The wagoners are itinerant
buyers Of country produce, and also
commission merchants. They gather
up poultry. eggs and various farm
products through that country and haul
1t either to Alexandria or Georgetown.
A*
You will pass q little schoolhouse at
long intervals and q church at rather
moro frequent intervals. It was a hot
Sunday afternoon that the Rambler
passed along that road and the pleasant
sound Of church bell came from a
grove beside the road. The sound Of the
bell came softened by distance. When
the Rambler came abreast OF the church
a score Of teams Of every description.
excepting new, were clustered under the
trees about the church. Horses were tied
to the trees and to nckety horse
rack at the side of the little church. The
sound Of very ardent preaching came
from the grove.
Evening star., 1914-08-16

Don't try to please everybody. unless
you expect to please nobody. You are
not a politician You are not elected. and
never will be, except perhaps as caterer
of the wardroom mess; and advise you
to avoid that as you would the plague
or a breach Of promise suit.
"Don't try to fight the battles Of the
nov CORPS. There are good pay officers
and bad nay officers. The good ones are
,ncreasinx. the bad ones decreasing. Act
.o carefully. so faithfully. each hour Of
..,h dav that the corps-through you
.nsv hs exalted in fact but don't pro-
lain in words what you aim to prove BY
acts. .,.s,,, .,a
rive nothing In your relations Win otneI
oficers and in the mess. Don't e1pect
to absorb the cheerfulness OF your Sup, ,
mates without contributing your own Luil
.hers Radiate all the sunshine you pos
.sn1v c.n. and its natural and certain re-
Ssction VIII make you happy In return,
.non,t aver complain Of real or fancied
had treatment, or be a grouchy 'cnaw-
Spon.t ever compromise With wrong
ao,ns That Ii axiomatic. But. In genr
sr.i1 don't compromise. Right is right
and wrong is wropg: but q compIomlsss
must Ds sanI,.e, comIro"I1Ads don't mean as for YOU
- ~ insubordinate. You need never
have anv question a. to whether or not
Won viii compromise with supertoF au-
thc,itiss. They viii settle that Tor you.
Rut when questions come up between you
and YOUR co-ordinates and you and your
eubordinatis. i9 you Ars not sure sneA
Evening star., 1914-08-16

nolice court stories were replete with Wit
and humor. They made hit. And then
his work petered out For the M1e NE Q. s,snhh niln
ness had worn of. At the end OF the sec.
ond week the city editor called him ana
talked to him both in sorrow and. In an
ger. mostly in anger. MCGOWAN was NOT
asked to resign. nor was ne merely ols-
''Never In the world will you be q news
paper man." said the city editor IN pro-
nouncing the edict
It wasn't the firing that MCGOWAN mind
ed 80 much as this final remark. What
made 1t rankle the more was the half
subdued thought that maybe the city
editor was right
'rI show him." said MCGOWAN to HIM
self. "And right in this town. too:
He told his troubles to Matt Tighe. now
a Washington correspondent but then In
charge of the Columbia bureau OF the
Charleston News and Courier. Matt was
sympathetic and gave him job Writ
ing statehouse news proved easier to Nc
stories. and he made good. Promotion to
the home ONCE at Charleston followed.
and there for three wears MCGOWAN work.
ed. supplementing his salary by acting as
stenoerapher for the citv court
Crime stories became his specialty.
Late duty IVES his steady detail. It
all had its educational value.
In the meantime Col. Hillary A. Her
bert had become Secretary OF the Navy
under President Cleveland. Col Herbert
had been born In the MCGOWAN home
town, LAurens 8. C. He knew the fam
lily and he knew and liked Sammy par
tculariy.
30 one day in 1894 there came to Sammy
MCGOWAN. police reporter, q commission
signed by the President making him As
N. 8. N, and orders to report at Wash
ington as paw officer Of the DolnhIn. dis
patch boat for the Secretary Of the Navy
There his naval career began.
Later, a cruise to Europe in the Mar
blehead. q period as pay ofiicer Of the
Michigan on the great lakes and similar
duty kept him busy for years. The
Snanish-American war found him serving
ashore at the navy yard at Port = Royal.
go, but kept him at that im,ortant sup
ply and repair point throughout the hos
Titles.
He was six months on shore duty at the
navy clothing factory at Brooklyn: he
had cruise in the battleships Kearsage
and Alabama when new: for three and
a half years-1904-19N-he was assistant
to the paymaster general at Washington,
and then as meet payas.er asse enS ne accom- I'm.
world in 19os-19N9 Later. as fleet pay
master he went with the Atlantic feet
on a cruise to Europe He Is the only
one OF the 80 officers of the pay corps
who has twice been fleet paymaster OF
the battle fleet Furthermore. he Is the
only paymaster general the navy ever
had who was appointed f-o-y sea duty.
II win be noted that most Of his career
has, been. afioat. There his interest lies.
Sea rather than shore duty always has
been his desire. -,s
Maybe this has something to do with
the fact that. when the President sent
his nomination as paymaster general to
the Senate. the nom.nation never LEFT
the Vice Presidents desk. Conhrmation
!. followed appointment Immediately. q moss
unusual course
t =
It was on the cruise around the world
that MCGOWAN did his first big work
The organization Of q supply systsm fol