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PUBL.SHED in the famous Big bottom country, where alfalfa IS KING.
$1 Per Annum.
Hon. 'Pirns. ,T. Raney who will
represent lini pendence county in
the lower house of the next Gener
al Asseml'i' < Arkansas, is a na
tive of Aik is. lie was horn,
raised and ducat'd in Indepen
dence coum,\
Beginnin id'e ** i I r hoy <a
the farm i,< uas, i- his own el
^ forts, worked iis "ay up in tin
world until today lie no of the
county’s most highl; honored and
and successful citi/, e.s
Mr. Hane.\ was horn near (
Trough, .January dl, 1876. Ik «>
months previous h that time I s
father died, and when he was on
eleven mom! 'old his mother, :
So, was called to her final rewar
and Tom wa- 1»>ft u.i 01 plain in
cold and unsympathetic world.
He was kindly taken in char*.' •
by Mr. and Mrs. M F Adams oi
this place, with whom lie lived un
til he was grown These kind I \
old people took a great interest i
Tom, and to whatever degree oi
success he has, or may, attain in
life he attributes to the moral
teachings and the high regard for
truth, honesty, sobriety and in
tegrity implanted in his mind by
his foster parents.
Mr. Raney is a devont believer
in the Divine Teachings of the
Bible, and having early realiz <1
the great need of Christianity,
joined the Methodist church in
1890, since which time he has been
an active member.
In 1899 he was married to Miss
Inez Brannan, and unto them three
children have been born.
Mr. Raney’s early efforts to ed
ucate himself were heartily en
couraged by his foster parents and
during the summer and fall lie
worked on the farm and attended
school during the winter. After
attending the public schools and
applying himself deligently to his
studies at home, he was, at the
4* Oun Lato=makcrs. 4*
n Short Biographical Sketch of the men Ulho CUill Represent Indepen
dence Countv In the Hext Session of the State Legislature.
HON. THOMAS J. RANEY.
age of IS, prepared to begin teach
ing.
After he began teaching he sav
ed his money and attended the
Arkansas Normal School at Sul
phur Rock where he graduated
and secured a teachers state license.
He taught a number of successful
schools in different parts of the
county, and in 1900 "as an unsuc
c 'sstut c mdidate for circuit clerk.
in t e democratic primary the
2'>t , last March lie was one of
i c. 'Sl id candidates for rep
r--s uive, and, while being the
min, he was nearly 200
in id of the next nearest
hi !’• -e.
■ i "September election he ran
s Head of his colleague on
tin vet. his total vote being 2,*
■m
i Haney is an enthusiastic
fra ei nali t, and is a member of
eve* internal order in town. He
has attained the Tenth Degree in
Free .lasonary.
li»* has no pet measures to intro
duce in the legislature, save one
of a h>cal nature in regard to the
election of road overseers, and
goes to the legislature prepared to
loo . after the general welfare of
all the people.
STABBING AT OSCEOLA.
Osceola, Ark., Nov. 13.—Fan
nio Stokes, a negro woman, was
stabbed to death last night by an
other negro woman named Bailey.
The throble occurred at a dance
being caused by jealousy and was
followed by a free-for-all light, in
winch several negroes were stab
bed. Eight of them were lodged
in jail.
Mr and Mrs. Ben Bra, who
l.av.' spent the past jear at m,
Vericm, Tex., arrived in the eit,\
Wednesday and will again ta r'.,
th'ir residence in Independent,
county.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, November 18, 1904.
TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
Teachers of Northeast Arkansas Vi II
Hold Convention at Wynne
Nov. 24, 25 and 26th.
1 lie Northeast Arkansas Teach
eis Association will hold its next
session at \\ ynne, November 24,
2.) and 26th. 1'he following sub
jects will he discussed beginning
at .t.oo o clock Thursday morning:
1- Conscience; Its Otlice and
Relation to Education.
-■ I he Concrete vs. the Ab
stract in Teaching
"• 1 caching Primary Branches.
T Mental Development and
Method of Instruction.
•». Needed School Legislation.
ADVISED TO HOLD COTTON
President of the Growers Association
Advises Farmers to Hold Cot
ton For 12 Cents.
Hon. Harvey Jordan of Monti
cello, Georgia, president of the
Southern Cotton Growers’ Protec
tive Association, has issued an ad
dress to the cotton producers of
the South, in which he sa.vs, among
other things:
“The producers are to he con
gratulated for the firm stand they
have already taken to market, the
i crop slowly, and that fact alone
lias prevented the price from fall
, ing to 8 cents during the month of
October. The crop is about gath
ered, debts generally are paid,and
it is no longer absolutely necessa
ry to sell the balance of the crop,
j The ginners’ report, recently is
I sued from the United States cen
sus bureau, indicated that up to
October 18 only 6,400,000 bales of
cotton had been ginned. This re
port clearly indicates that this crop
will not exceed 11,000,000 bales, if
it reaches that figure. The spin
ners can well afford to pav the
producers 12 cents a pound for
| every bale of American short stap
: le cotton made this season anti do
j a profitable business for the stock
I holders. The price of yarns has
(advanced 3 eents per pound with
| in the last sixty days, and an un
j preceedented demand for cotton
goods exists, while stocks general
ly are lower than they have been
for the past twenty years
“The duty of the producers is
plain and simple. they have
crowded the markets of the past
two months, congesting every fa
cility for handling cot ton and play
ing into the hands of the bear
speculators and spinners. 1'he
tiling to do now is to give the mar
kets and shippers a rest, during
i he next sixl.\ day sand allow pres
ent stocks of spot cotton to be got
ten out of the way. Let the spin
ners who are living from hand to
mouth run short of cotton and
force them into the market as ac
tive buyers. Let the bear specu
lators begin to feel the lash of the
bull operators when the latter call
for the deliveries of spot cotton,
which the former will be unable to
<>. Co-operation.
Natural Sciences.
s- Commercial Branches.
Defects in Our Educational
System.
10. Languages in the High
School.
11. Teaching Inter m e diate
Branches.
12. \\ liy Should Not a Diplo
ma h rom a Reputable College be a
License to Teach
13. English Language and Lit
erature.
14. Teaching as a Profession,
and Why I Teach.
15. School (iovernment.
10. History in the High School.
17. Should Any But a Public
| School Teacher be Eligible to the
Ollice of County Examiner?
1H. Civil Government.
All papers will be limited to
I twenty minutes; there will be a
| general discussion of all subjects,
. limited to tive minutes.
Claude J. Bell, editor of the
Progressive Teacher. Nashville,
Tenn., and \\ .1. Mcllwane, edi
tor of the Arkansas School Jour
nal, Little Rock, will attend. Prof.
N. M. Williams. A. M , Principal
of the Lealh High School, Mem
j phis, Tenn., will deliver an ad
I dress Thursday evening. Prof. J.
■ J. Porter, A. M., L. L. D., Pres
! ident of Peabody College for
Teachers, Nashville, Tenn., and
i Mate Supt. Hinemon will deliver
addresses Friday evening
A rate of one and one-third fare
has been secured on the Iron
I .Mountain nwuuaw.
Teachers should get certificates
j from the Agents so as to receive
benefit of reduced rates.
----
Excellent Young Han Dead.
Cecil McPherson, aged 17, died
Sunday night at the home of
his father, Henry McPherson,
near Mftgness, from hemorrhagic
fever. He was an excellent young
man and was a general favorite,
both with his teacher and the pu
pils at school and among his
friends. He was an industrious
and energetic young man and a
c|0se student, to whom the future
looked promising, had not the re
lentless hand of Death cut short
his existence, and his death is deep
ly v,.gretted by a large number of
friends.
The remains were interred Mon
day at the Osborne graveyard.
PEACEMAKER killed.
\ constable named Smith was
shot and killed at Harris Switch,
Washington county, Saturday
while attempting to restore peace
m I ween two men who were quar
reling over a dog. He was shot
wice b.v °ne °f the men and died
in a short time.
deliver.
“Let every holder of cotton ab
solutely stop selling and sit down
at home and quietly contemplate
results. Let each holder put no
more cotton on the markets until
the prices advance, and never sell
a bale on declining' markets.
“Let county meetings be held
all over the cotton belt and strong,
active steps be taken to protect
this agricultural product from the
greed of the selfish speculator.
Let every man who still holds a
bale of cotton in his possession
join in these county or local meet- j
ings and agitate the importance of
this step among his neighbors, to
the end that sueceess in the near
future will be assured. We have!
held our own well so far, but we
cm do much better and easily ad
vance the price from two to threi
cents by persistently refusing t<
sell and tightening up present re
ceipts. \Ve fixed our minimum a!
10 cents for this season, and maxi
mum price within half a cent <>
that figure through October, t
heaviest month. Now let the pr
be fixed at 12 cents for the renr
der of the crop and let the wo
accept it at that price, which
mean an additional gain of n*a
fifty million dollars.
“A determined stand will br
victory.”
Vol. 4. No. 47
CLAIMS TO BE INNOCENT
C. A. Trauger Who is Now Serving
Time in the Pen, Says he Was
Persecuted and Robbed.
The Journal is in receipt of the
following communication from C.
A. Trauger, who was convicted of
burglary at the recent term of the
circuit court and sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary:
"I have been in states prison
now nine days. I have five .w ars
upon my shoulders that rightly
belongs to others; condemned for
a crime that I had no hand in; con
demned for stealing goods that I
bought with honest money. But
they were taken from me, even to
the last pair of socks, and not the
least show given me. The people
did not know what the officers
were doing. They believed what
the officers said and took it for
granted that what the officers said
were facts. »
But they did not give me a show
to prove my innocence; did not
treat me as a prisoner, but as a
dog. Refused me bond when I
could have given bond, and tried
to starve and kill me in my cell.
The attorneys were bought off in
such a way as to render me help
less in the hands of the officers.
The officers appropriated to their
own use over $1,000 wortli of
property that belonged to me.
Where has it all gone? The goods
claimed to have been stolen were
$28 worth from the Cook-Crouch
Furniture Co., and $78 worth
from Mr. Mosb.v, making in all
$106. Taking that from the value
of all the personal property be
longing to me, which was $1,000,
where is the other $894? I can
tell you, quick. Ii has gone down
the pockets of .vo ir honored offi
cers of Independence county.
1 did, upon two different, occa
sions, save several of their lives, l
need not say here how it was, but
by close investigation you can find
that 1 have here U Id you the
truth. It seems that they love ro
have some one to play with and
torture, and not until it is proven
that there is honor in Batesville
will 1 believe it.
I have been in ever.v state in the
Union and have served in the U.
S. Artn.y, and never yet have I
struck such a place of dishonor.
Letters of mine are delayed at the
Batesville postoffiee and given to
the wrong parties or destroyed.
I will close with a smile upon
my lips and gladness in my heart
that 1 am innocent, and (rod knows
it, if man does not. I am glad to
say that 1 would rather be serving
five years than to be a would-be
murder.
Here’s health to the future,
A sigh for the past,
We can only pray and remembe#
And hope to the last.
C. A. Traugek.
Notice to Teachers.
Notice is hereby given that there
! be a public examination at
K tesviile, Arkansas, on Thursday
i Friday, the 15th and 16th daym
1> c< mber, 1904, to ascertain
professional qualifications of
i'ersons desiring to teach in the
<• schools of Arkansas within
i ts of In 1 “pendence county,
i uiuation will begin prompt
ly a. m. ami each applicant
i ted to ;m present at this
liven under my hand this
n of November, 1904.
Sidney Pickens,
County Examiner.
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