The Newark Journal.
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, January 10, 1913
Vol. 12, No. 40
After Y
ou Have Failed at Everything Else You Can Still Be a Successful Pessimist
ROBINSON IN RACE
FOR U. S. SENATOR
Is Willing For State to do With
out Governor if he Can Secure
Seat in Senate
Governor-elect Joe T. Robinson
has announced himself a candi
date for United States senator to
succeed Senator Jeff Davis, who
was chosen by the people for elec
tion by the legislature to a new
term beginning March 4,1913.
In announcing for senator, Mr.
Robinson shows that he has very
little regard or respect for the
wishes of the people or the inter
ests of the state.
Before the election, Mr. Robin
son’s chief campaign argument
was that Arkansas needed a gov
ernor. He declared that the state
was in a bad way and was on the
road to financial and political ruin,
and the only way to save it was to
elect him governor. Tne people
elected him. Henowsres an oppor
tunity to get a higher office, with a
longer term and larger salary. In
stead of holding sacred the trust
reposed in him by the people, he
flings to the wind the interests of
the state and seeks rather to grati
fy hisown personal ambitions than
to serve.the interests of the people
whom he was so anxious to serve
and save only a few short months
ago. Mr. Robinson’s patriotism
and sense of honor is indeed very
elastic. In thus showing his will
ingness to abandon the governor’s
office, almost before he becomes
acquainted with conditions in that
office, he proves conclusively that
he holds a public office to be a pri
vate snap instead of a public trust,
for if he goes to the senate, in ad
dition to the probabilty of some
very unworthy man being chosen
as govenor, the state will again
be thrown into political turmoil
and will necessarily incur quite a
little expense in holding a special
election to choose his successor.
PAUPER CONTRACT LET
County Judge J. W. Scott has
let the contract for keeping the
county paupers to J. M. Duncan,
who has held the contract for the
past two years.
CONFEDERATE BOYS
FROM THIS COUNTY
Survivor of First Arkansas Mount
ed Rifles Furnishes Names
of First Volunteers
W. C. Williams of BatesvilleJ
one of the few surviving members i
of the first company of Confeder
ate volunteers to enlist in the
Civil War, has furnished The
Journal the following roster of;
Company K, Arkansas Mounted
Rifles, organized at Batesvile at
the beginning of the civil war. j
The roster was made from mem
ory and may not be complete but j
is thought to contain practically ;
[ all the names of those who inlisted
in this company. Following is the
list:
T. A. Anderson, C. Bryant, Pres
Byers, 1. Butler, W. Barnes, T.
Bounds, It. Bates, A. Cole, T. Cash
| ion, 1. Cook, W. Cofer, A. Clark, F.
i Caldwell, A. Carter, D. Calhoun,
S. Cannon, P. Comer, G. W.
: Dougherty, M. Derbin, A. Egner,
B. Egner, S. First, T. Fine, W. E.
Gibbs, C. Goodwin, H. Gray, I.
Griffin, W. Gibbs, C. P. Head, H.
Hicks, P. House, G. House, F.
Headstream, W. Hobson, A. Jeff
! rey, A. Joblin, P. Kinman, I. Ken
| dall, W. Kellensworth, M. Kellens
| worth, I. Legget, W. I. Lewis, B.
Livingston, T. Laird, A. Larid, D.
Leneave, I. Leneave, A. Lyle, I
Lvle, E. McGuire, H. Moore, S.
j McGriffin, M. Maloney, F. Monvila,
! C. Miller, J. McElrath, W. Nelson,
C. Newton, R. Neill, J. Neill, I.
Osborn, A. Osborn, R. Peel, A.
Page, J. Peel, W. Page, S. Peel,
S. Parish, M. Randolph, J. Richard
1 son, J. Ruddell, A. Sloan, J. Stan
i fil, J. Sims, J. Stone, I. Sims, I.
! Sawyer, P. Triplett, W. Thomas,
B. Taylor, 1. Womack,W. Womack,
M. Wycough, J. Weisel, G. Wilson,
W. Weaver, S. Weaver, A. Wil
liams, H. Williams, S. Wyatt, H.
Wallace, L. Young.
This company was in some of
the bloodiest bat ties of the war,
and it would be interesting to
knowm just how many of them
are still living. %
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round by round. Xo man deserve* to he tit the
top who did not honestly ellnih the ladder romul
by round. TheFIh{ST £ITU1* toward fortune Is
your FIRST deposit. liaoh round after that be
comes easier. Finally bv patience, preservnnde
and economy' y’ou have aepuireil n comfortable
fortune, This is how every’fortune was started.
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COUNTY FINANCES WILL
SHOW A BIG DECREASE
Total Revenue For 1912 Will be
$15,000 Less Than for 1911
According to tax records in the,
county clerk’s office, the total rev
enue to be derived from taxes in
Independence county for the year
1912 will be $15,211.24 less than
for 1911. The tax rate remains
about the same but the decrease
in reyenue is caused by a general
lowering of assessments. The
total amount of taxes collected in
1911 was $143,264.88, while the
amount to be collected for 1912 is
only $128,053.64. Of this amount,
the state will get $38,697.90 and
the county $89,355.74.
The records show that there are
5,314 poll tax payers in the coun
ty, 5,046 whites and 268 negroes.
The total amount of road taxes
to be collected is $11,961.15, with
an additional $1,407.18 as special
road taxes.
Of the local drainage districts,
the taxes to be collected in No 2
i.-> $2,504.70 and in No. 3, $1,254.
90.
Collector Burt Arnold started
the collection of taxes last Mon
day.
FAIR ASSOCIATION FORflED
Batesville, Jan. 7.—At a meet
ing Saturday to organize the In
dependence County Fair Associa
tion it was stated that $1,800 had
been subscribed to the capital
stock and more had been promised.
The meeting adjourned without
organizing the association, but a
committee was appointed as fol
lows, to continue the sale of stock:
W. P. Jones, chairman; J. ii. Mc
Caleb, George Allen, J. Rich, J. C.
i Fitzhugh, D. I). Adams, Homer
Edwards, John P. Morrow, of this
city; M. M. Rutherford and Geo.
j Qualls, of Rutherford; W. C. Cald
well and J. S. Griffin, of Sulphur
| Rock; J. A. Kaneaster, Salado; W.
B. Pate, Jamestown, and W. H.
Caiaway of Bethesda.
| RANEY LEAVES FOR CAPITAL
I Senator T. J. Raney left several
days ago for Little Rock where he
opened headquarters at the Marion
hotel in order to advance his in
| terests in the contest for president
of the senate. Senator Raney’s
legislative experience and his ju
dicial temperament especially
1 qualifies him for this position, an'1
his friends are confident of hn>
i election.
MAGNESS FIRM SHIP
SUIT TO AUSTRALIA
Ship Clothes to Young Man on
Opposite Side of the World
Lonnie Spears, a young man
who was reared at Magness, has
become quite a globe-trotter, and
is now in Broken Hill, N. S. W.
Australia. Since leaving Magness
two years ago, he has been nearly
all over England, France, Russia,
parts of Africa, and is now in
Australia. However, he has not
forgotten the old home and old
friends, as is shown by the fact
that just a short time ago he sent
a money order to A. F. Miller &
Co., of Magness, and ordered a
suit of clothes shipped to him in
Australia. This is probably the
first time on record where an
Independence county firm shipped
goods to Australia.
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BOY S LEO BROKEN
Harrison Seward, the thirteen
year-old son of Will Seward, hap
pened to the misfortune to get his
lefl leg broken just above the
ankle last Sunday. He and some
other boys caught a freight train
as it was leaving town, and in
jumping off, a short distance west
of the pumphouse, young Seward’s
leg was broken and his ankle bad
ly crushed.
He was taken to Drs. Roe and
Rodman’s office where the leg was
given attention, and he was later
removed to his home. He is re
ported to be improving nicely.
PH ARMACY BANKRUPT
Batesville Jan. 5.—The Dent
pharmacy has filed a petition in
voluntarily bankruptcy and the
store was closed yesterda y. Mr.
Dent came here from Hoxie four
months ago and bought the drug
store of the McAdams Bros.
WANTS ON C1ARITY BOARD
W. W. Edmondson is having
circulated a petition asking the in
coming Governor for the appoint
ment as one of the five members
of the State Charity Board.—
Mountain Veiw Times.
LEXION PARDONED
Frank Lexion, convicted in this
county and sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary for carnal
abuse, has been pardoned by Gov
emor Donaghey.
Lexion had had served about
two-thirds of his sentence.
LIVE LITTLE LOCALS
FROM OIL TROUGH
Weeks Happenings Among Our
Neighbors in Fertile Valley
Across the White
John S. Hill is on the sick list
this week.
G. C. Davidson has moved down
near Elmo.
Henry Barnes has moved to
Jamestown.
J. L. Outlaw has moved to
South Oil Trough.
B. F. Pridmorehas moved down
below Dunnington.
Wesley Stewart came in Friday
from West Plains Mo.
R. A. Hankins has moved into
the W. D. Gray residence.
I W. A. Spinks made a trip up in
Cleburne county this week.
We are going to have electric
I lights in Oil Trough in 1968.
C. W. Webb is moving down
seven miles south of Newport.
W. A. Mayhue was in Batesville
Wednesday and Thursday on busi
ness.
Mrs. N. E. Ray has moved back
on her farm half mile west of Oil
Trough.
Monroe Stewart and Miss Bessie
Blount were married Monday at
Pleasant Plains.
Farmers a$e flat-breaking their
land, and a good many have their
land about all broken.
Rev. Champion, our new circuit
rider, preached two fine sermons
Sunday and Sunday night.
The Oil Trough gin is still run
ning, and up to last Saturday had
ginned 470 bales of cotton.
J. M. Stephens came in home
last week from Missouri where he
spent the holidays with relatives.
Mrs. Reed, of Texas, is here this
week visiting her father and sis
ter, Mrs. E. M. Pridmore and
George Johnson.
Quite a lot of movers from Mis
souri were in Oil Trough this
week trying to rent land, but the
land is all rented out.
The W. 0. W. Camp here has
elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: J. L. Outlaw,
C. C.; J. M. Stephens, A. L.; W. A.
Mayhue, clerk; L. L. Ellison, bank
er.
J. D. Aydelott and daughter,
Mrs. Parker, of Searcy, are here
ROAD ENCOURAGES
RAISING STOCK
Railroad Issues Pamphlet Giv
ing Valuable Suggestions on
Raising Stock
, “Cheap Beef and Pork Produc
tion in Arkansas and Louisiana” is
the title of a new pamphlet
now ready for distribution by the
Agricultural Department of the
Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain
Railway. This pamphlet discusses
the different meadow, pasture and
forage crops, adapted to the terri
tory served by the lines of these
companies in Arkansas and Louisi
ana, giving instructions on the
preparation of the land, planting
and cultivation and harvesting of
such crops. It is hoped that
the farmers will secure copies
of the pamphlet. They may be
had by addressing L. A. Markham,
Commissioner of Agriculture, Lit
tle Rock, Ark.
Other publications now ready
for distribution by Mr. Markham
are “Cotton Culture Under Boll
Weevil Conditions,” “Building Up
Exhausted Cotton Lands,” and
“Tick Eradication.”
D. T. BROWN DEAD
Daniel T. Brown died at his
home here early last Sunday morn
ing. Mr. Brown was nearly 73
years old having been born in
Tennessee July, 30, 1840. He was
the father of 13 children, seven of
whom survive him. The remains
were buried Monday at Blue
Springs cemetery.
COUNTY DEPOSITORY
The county court has named
the Citizens Bank & Trust Co., of
Batesville as the county deposi
tory. The bank will pay the coun
ty 43 per cent interest on daily
balances for all county funds kept
on deposit there.
visiting friends and will leave
Tuesday for Mountain View,
where Rev. Parker will preach
this year.
The Bachelor’s Club is doing
some extensive advertising, and
has invited a number of ladies to
meet with them and discuss
such questions of interest as:
“What is life without a compan
ion?’’ and “Why are the ladies so
shy of matrimony?” The next
meeting will be held January 11,
and all the ladies are invited to at
i tend.
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$300 cheaper and $500 better j
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Builders Supplies, 'Lime, Cement, 2
Plaster, Furniture, Stoves, Ranges, *
Wagons, Buggies and Machinery. j
C. W. MAXFIELD CO. I
Batesville, Ark.