HOTEL INSPECTION
BILL IS APPROVED
Governor Appoints Pine Bluff
Man as Inspector—Names
Gas Well Inspector
Little Rock, March 13.—Fol
lowing the signing of the Niven
hotel inspection bill by Gover
nor Brough yesterday, E. R.
Wiles of Pine Bluff was ap
pointed hotel inspector. The
appointment was confirmed by
Dr. C. W. Garrison, state
health officer. Mr. Wiles is a
member of the Arkansas Trav
elers and the T. P. A. and re
ceived many endorsements
from members of these organi
zations. He is a native of Mis
sissippi and a boyhood friend
of Governor Brough.
The office pays $1,800 a
year. The governor said that
several assistants will be ap
pointed later. The inspector’s
duties are to inspect hotels with
the object of bringing their
sanitation and safety devices,
such as fire escapes, etc, up to
the highest possible Standard.
Rooming houses and restaur
ants are included, and a fee of
$5 a year is charged each hotel
having 10 rooms, with a 10
cent charge for each addition
al room. Hotels and rooming
houses having less than 10!
rooms are charged $3. The e..
penses of the office will be
paid out of the revenue from
the fees.
Names Gas Well Inspector
J. A. Brake, of Fort Smith
was appointed state inspector
of oil and gas wells. Mr. Brake
has been a local gas and oil
well inspector at Fort Smith
for many years. All oil and gas
wells will be inspected as of
ten as the inspector deems it
necessary, with a view' to safe
ty. A fee of $25 will be charged
for each inspection.
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How About a Nice
Portrait?
For an Easter Gift
Nothing is as Nice.
Finished in Oil and
all the Latest Styles
J. R. LEWIS
Opposite P. O.
BATESVILLE, ARK
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Senator Kirby Uses the
Thirty Pieces of Silver
How Senator W. F. Kirby
used the “30 pieces of silver”
sent to him by 30 residents of
Jonseboro as a criticism of his
stand on the matter of arming'
merchant ships is told in the !
following message from the
Senator to the men who sent j
the silve.^:
“Messrs N .F. Lamb, C, D.,
Frierson, and 28 others, Jones
boro, Ark.
“1 am using the money sent
by you thirty 10-cent patriots I
in derision of my standing by |
my country to inform you by
wire that about 30,000 enlisted |
men are now needed in the!
army and navy and something
like 4,000 officers, and prob
ably an additional 1,000,000,
will be required in the next 90
days. The list of your names is |
kept so that they may be check
ed if any of you enlist, but I j
expect my young son will be
gray with age before two per
cent of you will go to the front j
unless conscripted.”
THEY WON’T COME OUT
OF THE TRENCHES
Jonsboro,March lp.—Today
another chapter was added to
the cruel war that is raging be
tween United States Senator
William F. Kirby and 30 well
known business and profession
•al men of this county. The war j
started when the local men
pent Senator Kirby 30 pieces of
silver and a letter that denoun
ced him as a modern Judas Is
cariot because he did not sup- j
port President Wilson in the I
crisis with Germany.
Senator Kirby used the 30;
dimes in sending the Jonesboro :
men a telegram in which he:
called them “10-eent patriots”
and reminded them that the
United States needs men for
its army.
Today the local men respon
ded with the following tele
gram to the senator:
‘‘Biennial Appropriation Bill
Kirby,
‘‘United States Senate,Wash
ington, I). C.
“When did you find out that
your country needs an army?
While we are timid about fight-;
ing, we promise that as many i
of us will enlist as there will
be of you. Anyhow, we gave j
our country our moral support,
which you have not done. Did
Judas hang himself?”
“Thirty Ten-Cent Patriots.”
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Patronize the merchants who
advertise in this paper. They
will treat you right.
COME OR SEND YOUR ORDER TO
'I
J. B. FITZi
For Your Spring Suit
and Furnishing Goods
We Have a Very Large
Stock on Hand and will
Save You Money, as we
handle nothing but wear
ing apparel for men.
J. B. FITZHUGH & BROTHER
The Men and Boys Store
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
♦
WHY BUY FROM
BECAUSE
1. LARGE ASSORTMENTS of nearly 5,000 differ
ent items. Being specialists in our line, we naturally
have the largest assortment. If you come here to buy,
say a plow, we will give you choice of 22 different
kinds; if belting, 23 kinds and sizes; bolts, over 260;
pocket knives, over 75; files, 76; window glass, 174;
hammers, 41; nails, 68; hinges, 59; pliers, 19. We
could name hundreds of other items where your choice
will be just as large, but this is just a hint of the wide
choice you will have when you do your buying here.
2. STOCK MOST ALL ON DISPLAY and in easy
view, makes your buying here, rapid and easy.
3. PROMPT ATTENTION to all is our rule, and
you will be served by courteous salesmen, with the
least possible loss of time.
4. QUALITY. We do not confine our stock only
to the highest grades, nor the lowest, but we have
that range of quality that will meet your purpose, and
never represent one quality to be another.
5. PRICES. You will find uniformly right and
satisfactory. Buying in large quantities and always
for cash, we get the best values and lowest prices pos
sible, and every advantage our close and careful buy
ing gives us we share with our customers. We invite
you to visit our store.
ROSENTHAL HDW. CO
I Our Spring Cleaning Should Start Early
I
Spring is here and it is time
to begin to think and plan of
cleaning up, beautifying and
putting a touch of new life
into things.
Every town, no matter how
small, should have a ’’City
Beautiful” Club. This is an or
ganization that is almist indis
pensible if a town js to be made
attractive and kept so.It makes
no difference how neat and or
derly the citizens may be about
their premises or the merchants
about their business houses,
there are bound to be a thou
sand and one things that need
the attention of a special or
ganization created for the pur
pose.
There never was a truer ax
iom coined than “What’s ev
erybody’s business is nobody’s
business.” This applies most
forcibly to many things that
tend largely to make or mar
the looks of a town.
Now that?the warm weather
iS coming on, the labors of the
city beautifiers will be in great
demand. Just now, after the
ravages of the winter’s storms,
nature presents her most de
pressing aspect, and much at
tention will be required if she
is to reclothe the face of the
earth in her original garments
of beauty. Unsightly washes
and gulleys, filled up ditches)
and drains, accumulations of!
weeds and trash and leaves j
and twigs are to be removed,'
and nature given her fair j
chance to do her best.
It is in this capacity that the j
order loving women of the |
town show to advantage. Wo-1
men always have a keener eye i
for beauty and harmony than
men. Start out a committee of
energetic women to supervis
ing the cleaning up of a town
and they will find nuisances
and unsightly places of which
he men had never thought.
Just here we would like to
offer a suggestion in connec
tion with beautifying the town.
The problem of the vacant
lot has always been the hard
est one for the town beautifyers
to solve. The average owner
pays little attention to it, hence
it invariably picsents a neg
lected and desolate appear
ance. Now this season is going
to see a demand for every dol
lar’s worth of food products
that this country can produce
and these vacant lots should,
wherever possible, be turned
to account to swell the output.
Any kind of growing crop—
corn, potatoes, vegetables—are
far preferable to a coat of
Weeds.
When this is done, turn at
tention to the back yards. You
will find many of them that
now are refuse dumps, but that
can be made places of beauty
and usefulness.
Most towns are like some
people. They will keep the main
streets and buildings presen
table, but the more obscure
places and the alleys are neg
lected and permitted to fall in
to decay. Taken to task in the
matter, the authorities often
reply that strangers and visit
tors nnver see these places,
anyway, so it doesn’t matter.
No, but we see them, which is
worse. Strangers might see
them and go away and forget
them but we must live with
them, which is liable to breed
neglect and disorder in oursel
ves. A man with a sore toe may
know that it is hidden from
the public, but he never forgets
that it is sore.
Always bear this in mind.
The town will be beautiful or
the reverse. A beautiful and
well-kept home, with a foul al
ley in the rear and a neglect
ed street in front, is a standing
reproach to its owner. He
should haev sufficient pride
'to see that his surroundings
harmonize with his possessions.
It is time to get busy in New
ark.
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Women are Refused
Poll Tax Receipts
Little Rock, March 12.—
Basing his action on the opin
ion of Attorney General John
D. Arbuckle, that women can
not vote in primariesuntil 1918,
Walter Taylor, chief deputy
under W. G. Hutton, sheriff
and collector of Pulaskicounty,
declined to accept payment of
poll tax by several women Sat
urday.
Attorney General Arbuckle
pointed out in his opinion that
the time for assessing would
elapse before the law becomes
effective, if the initiative and
referendum is not invoked
against the suffrage act, it
could not be made effective un
til 1918. .
However, ^her attorneys,
desiring to have their opinions
become known to the public,
especially to the new element
of voters in the piunaries, havt
been giving out their opinions
/claiming the women have a
right to vote in any primary
election after June 7, provided
they have assessed and paid
the poll tax and penalties, as
provided in sections 2992 and
2993, Kirby & Castle’s Digest.
However, these are merely
“opinions” and should the wo
men desire to vote before the
1918 primaries, the courts will
determine the matter.
The ladies, with very few
exceptions, appear to be little
concerned in regard to just
when the privilege of voting in
primaries becomes effective.
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EASTER DAY
O day of glory,day most bright,
That dawns upon our darkest
night,
Our hearts rejoice today!
In darkness we have waited*
long
To hear at last thy triumph
song
That cheers us on our way.
Throughout the Lenten fast we
saw
The great fulfilling of the law,
The Lamb of Gock.was slain.
He lives in glory now above
And sheds on us Ilis peace and
love,
Who evermore shall reign.
O day of glory, day of night!
All nations shall behold they
light
In love forevermore.
Awake, dead souls, from sloth
and sins,
The day of triumph to begin.
The risen Lord adore!
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All members of V. Y. Cook
damp U. C. V.j> especially
those who are drawing pen
sions, are requested to meet at
the city hall in Newark on the
second Saturday in April at
2 o’clock.
NEGRO HA A DIES
IN CHAIR TUESDAY
Confessed Slayer of Mrs, Ben
Giles and Baby Electrocut
ed at Pen Tuesday
Little Rock, March 13.—
John Hawkins,Ashdov/n negro,
charged with the brutal mur
der of Mrs. Ben Giles and her
15-months-old daughter, was
electrocuted at the State peni
tentiary early Tuesday. Haw
kins, since shortly after his ar
rest at Ashdown, has freely ad
d the double murder, hav
ing confessed a few hours af
ter his arrest.
Hawkins’ only defense was
that he was intoxicated.
The negro had been employ
ed by Mr. Giles, a railroad sec
tion gang foreman, and knew
that Giles kept a considerable
sum of money in his home. One
Saturday afternoon he went to
the Giles home,and while there
surprised Mrs. Giles.
The woman, grasping her
little child, endeavored to es
cape fnbm the negro. He fol
lowed her for a quarter of a
mile, when Mrs. Giles, exhaust
ed, stopped. While shfe was
pleading for her life and that
of her child, the negro shot
her. He then clubbed the baby
to death.
The negro attempted to put
the blame for the crime upon
Mr. Giles, but when cross
i questioned by detectives, ad
mitted the falsity of his story,
and took officers to his home
and produced money and a
pocketbook he had taken from
'the Giles home after the mur
der.
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What Newark needs is a lit
tle less criticism and a little
more optimism.
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BATESVILLE. ARKANSAS