The Newark Journal.
Published In The famous Big Bottom Country. Where Alfalfa Is king.
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, March 13, 1908
Vol. 8. No. 12
WHAT ABOUT MANNING?
From a friend of a Brinkley busi
ness man up in the “hill country” of
Lawrence county comes this inquiry:
“What about your man, Man
ning-, who is running for
Congress against Oldfield?”
The Brinkley business man, while
not a politician and seldom ever tak
ing any part in politics, promptly an
swered his Lawrence county friend and
because of the spirit shown therin, the
Argus man asked permission to pub
lish his letter. Here it is, the names
being withheld.
“Brinkley, Ark., Feb. 25, 11*08.
Walnut Ridge, Ark.
Mr.
Dear
Your asking “what about our man,
Manning" is at hand. Mr. Manning
is a resident of our sister town of
Clarendon—the county site. For sev
eral years there has been a very strong
rivalry between our town and his, be
cause of a district court for Brinkley
agitation. Because of the selfish dis
position of a few leading citizens of
Clarendon fighting the movement, all
of the cost for which was guaranteed
by the people of the north end, there
was for a while a strong feeling of re
sentment on the part of Brinkley peo
ple against Clarendon neighbors and
this feeling, for a while, took a strong
bold in politics. But our people have
put* that all away in their support of
thecandidaey of Manning for Congress
and I can truthfully say to you that I
have never in my life known of a can
didate for any office having such a
unanimous support of his people, as
is being accorded Mr. Manning in his
candidacy for Congress.
Manning has been a practicing law
yer in this county for about 23 years i
and his splendid ability and magic
eloquence together with i<i* kn«»wiedg« j
of law, has made for him a reputation :
of being one of ihe finest and most
successful lawyers in the stale.
Manning has been a hard worker in
his profession and it has paid him well j
financially, yet I have noticed with j
pleasure that he has always taken time j
to attend to his religious and church j
duties'. His influence is always on the
side moraliy and right: and knowing
you, as I do, I am sure that he is such
a man as you can support and recom
mend to your friends to support.
You know I have .not always had
THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN
Dates and Places Where the County
Candidates Will Speak
The Democratic candidates for the
various county offices will address the
people of Independence county at the
places and dates mentioned, as follows:
Greenbrier, Jamestown, Friday,
March 13th.
Sal ado, Salado, Saturday. March
34th.
, Cushman,Cushman. Monday, March
Kith.
Ashley, Brewers School House,
Tuesday, March 17th.
Barren, Gray’s School House, Wed
nesday, March 18th.
Black River, Black River Academy,
Thursday, March lilth.
Magness, Madness, Friday, March
20th.
Big Bottom, Newark, Saturday,
March 21st.
Washington, Bethesda, Monday,
March 23rd.
Ruddell, Court House, Tuesday,
March 24th.
The speaking will begin each day
promptly at 10 o’clock a. m. and an
invitation is extended to everybody to
come and hear the candidates.
Flection to l>e held Wednesday,
March 25th. Albert Sims.
Chairman Candidates' Meeting.
REVOLT OF THE RED NECKS
Since Senator Davis has left his
post of duty at Washington and gone
out as chief engineer of the Arkansas
political machine, there seems to have
been a revolt of the red necks, and the
old guai|l does not rally to the sup
port-of the senator in his effort to
'elect a governor. The senator will
griMPthere is such a thing as going just
the same views as I now entertain on
the specific requirements necessary to
fit a man for office. I used to act on
the theory that politics was at i>est a
dirty game and if you would win you
were justified in getting the office in
just any old way. I look at things
different now and am glad I* do. I
feel now, as never before in my life,
the individual resposibity incumbent
on ever honest man to diligently seek
to elect only the BEST MEN for office
and because of that I am taking time
to write you as fully as I am. You
will make no mistake in supporting
Manning for Congress for we need such
men as him in that resposible office.
In conculsion I would say that every
preacher, every teacher, every farmer,
every banker, every lawyer and every
officer in Monroe county, regardless
of any personal feelings, is an ardent
supporter of Mr. Manning for Con
gress and this in itself speaks of the
remarkable fitness of the man for office.
Command me when I can serve you.
Sincerely Your Friend,
SUICIDE AT 8ATESVILLE
Miss Edith Woodfid, Aged 17, Ends
Her Life With Carbolic Acid
Batesville, March ".—Miss Edith
Wood fill, the young an attractive
daughter of the station agent of this
city, committed suicide this morning
about 10 o’clock, by taking carbolic
acid. She was only 17 years of age
and the tragic occurrence has put a
gloom over the entire city.
Mr. Woodfill removed to Batesville
about a year ago and since his resi
dence here his family has been one of
the most highly regarded of the com
munity.
No cause is assigned for the young
girl’s deed, other than a rumor that
she had been in some way snubbed by
some of her companions, and had
taken the incident to heart so keenly
as to result in her act of self-destruct
tion.
She was a member of the Christian
church, and attended the choir practice
last evening. Nothing unusual #as
noticed by her associates. On the eon
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COUNTY POLITICS GETTING WARil
A Journal representative spent Sat
urday at Sulphur Hock and heard the
county canditates speak. A large
crowd was out to hear them and they
were given good attention.
Albert Sirns, the genial and accom
modating county clerk, who is a can
didate to succeed himself, acted as
chairman.
The first candidate introduced was
W. F. Daniels, for assessor. He was
followed by Messrs. Lindsey, Lenehan,
Flinn and Jernigan.
The candidates for minor offices con
flned theihselVes merely to an an
nouncement of their candidacy and
no personalities were indulged in un
til Mr. Fike was introduced and spoke
for J. A. Kane aster, candidate for
sheriff. He charged Sheriff Dunlap
with having failed to enforce the law
against the blind tigers.
Mr. Dunlap followed, and in his
speech called attention to the fact that
there are less blind tigers in the coun
ty now than when Mr. Kaneaster was
sheriff.
The candidates for county and pro
bate judge were the next to inject per
sonalities into the discussion. They
dug into each other's records consid
erably, and charges and counter
charges were filed.
Judge A. J.Craig was first introduced
and after touching briefly upon road
matters, devoted some time to an effort
to explain the charge of tax-dodging
which had been brought against him.
John T. Tharp was the next speaker.
He assailed the record of his oppo
nents, devoting his time chiefly to a
discussion of the record of Mr. Pearce.
He said Judge Craig was not a Demo
crat, and as proof of this assertion
produced copies of the county records
showing that Judge Craig had served
as a member of the county commission
of accounts as a Republican. The
law, he said, provided that the mem
bers of the board should not all be
members of the same political party.
Judge Craig accepted an appointment
and served on the board in 1906 when
the board was composed of A. J. Craig,
John T. Tharp and Franklin Perrin.
Himself and Perrin, he said, were
known Democrats and had l>een elected
to office as Democrats, therefore Judge
Craig could not have been a Demo
crat at that time. The speaker next
assailed the record of Mr. Pearce,
charging him with having failed to
promptly file his reports as circuit
clerk and saying that he was short in
his acounts.
Cul. L. Pearce followed, and was
the only candidate whose introduction
was greeted with applause. After dis
cussing road matters, county finances
and other matters, he answered the
charges brought against him by Mr.
Tharp by saving that Tharp had been
a member of the county commissioners
of accounts for a number of years and
well knew that it was impossible for
the clerk to file his reports without
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predecessor, Mr. Wvcough, had been
no more prompt in this matter than
himself, and that Tharp had been
aware of the existence of these con
ditions for several years, but had
never mentioned it until he got in the
race for county judge against him.
The grand jury, he said, inspected the
reports of the county officials, and if
there had been anything wrong or any
shortage in his accounts, the grand
jury would certainly have indicted
him. There is absolutely nothing in
the charges, he said, and Tharp was
only trying to manufacture a little
cheap campaign thunder. But Tharp
fought him like a tiger, he said, and
as it was generally known that Tharp
had kept his office in a blind tiger at
Newark when he was justice of the
peace, (That's a lie retorted Tharp
from his seat in the audience) he
would hereafter refer to him as John
Tiger Tharp. He then exhibited some
papers which he said were affidavits
from parties who had bought whiskey
from Tharp while he was justice of the
peace.
At the conclusion of Mr. Pearce’s
speech, the meeting adjourned for din
ner.
The candidates for representative
spoke immediately after noon, Rev.
.T. L. Brown being the first introduced.
He devoted the principal portion of
his speech to the prohibition question,
saying that this was the paramount
issue before the people of Arkansas
today. With the whiskey question
properly settled, the penitentiary
question, which had been a bone of
contention in the legislature for years,
would become a matter of small mo
ment. He wanted to go on record in
favor of state-wide prohibition, but he
wanted it distinctly understood that
he was not afraid to refer the question
to the people of the state, and quoted
figures showing that the state was
largely in favor of prohibition if the
question should be left to a state-wide
vote. He was roundly applauded
several times during his speech and it
was plainly evident that Brown car
ried off the honors of the day.
Hon. I. J. Matheny was the next
speaker, hut cut his speech short in
order to catoh a train for Batesville.
He touched upon the statehouse ques
tion and the prohibition question and
said he was not in favor of Indepen
son, Pulaski or any other county,
and the only way he would vote for
state-wide prohibition would be to sub
mit the question to the people in the
form of a constitutional amendment.
Hon. A. G. Gray followed, and dis
cussed the statehouse, penitentiary,
taxes and other qustions and declared
himself opposed to the present anti
bucketshop law, as it hurt the farmer
by putting the small cotton buyer out
of business and benefited nobody but
the man of wealth. He refered briefly
to the prohibition question, and said
that while he had voted for prohibi
tion in the last two elections, he would
not favor state-wide prohibition ex
cept upon the initiative and referen
dum plan.
Hon. W. M. Thompson was then in
troduced and discussed the several
issues brought out by his opponents.
There is but one new issue in the
present campaign, he declared, and
that is the prohibition question. He
favored state-wide prohibition, but
was willing for the people to settle the
question. He ridiculed the statement
of one of his opponents that the last
legislature accomplished nothing.
Some of the best laws the state has,
he said, were passed by the last legis
lature. He refered among others to
the Amis anti-racing law, the anti
bucket shop law, the law against
drunkeness on trains and at public
gatherings.
Rev. J. L. Brown was then given a
five minutes rejoinder, during which
he quoted some figures on the whiskey
queston and got off a joke on one of
his opponents which created an uproar
of laughter.
The candidates are at Jamestown to
day, at Salado tomorrow' and will
spend next week north of the river.
They will be at Newark on Saturday,
the 21st.
a “little too far” even for Jeflf Davis.
The people have an idea that they are
competent to elect a man to fill the
governor’s office without being whipped
into line by the Senator, and they are
not going to be dictated to by him or
any one else. No doubt the Senator
will soon find where he is at and will
then shinny on his own side, get back
to Washington and let the people of
Arkansas presume to do their own
thinking.—Washington Telegraph.
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THE CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST
Comment From Various Sources on
the Candidates for Congress
Imboden, Ark., Feb. 23, 1908.
Editor Observer,
Dear Sir:
I am greatly interested in Mr.
Manning’s race for congress and
would like very much to have your
opinion of the Southern part of the
district. How will Prairie go and by
what majority?
Thanking you in advance for the
favor, I am,
Yours respectfully,
In answer to the above and numer
ous letters of similar import, we take
this means of replying to such corres
pondence:
Manning is not only strong in the
Southern part of the county, but from
one end to the other. If the election
should come off tomorrow, he would
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HINEMON’S STATEHENT
To the Voters of Arkansas:
My attention has been called to the
arrogant boast of Mr. George W.
Donaghey to the effect that he will
carry 60 counties in the state. Amaz
ing modesty. Why didn't he claim all
the counties and be generous about it?
Not content with the noise made by
his trumpeters and the beating of tom
toms by his men, he has tried to con
vince himself that he is a candidate of
great strength by adding his own voice
to the babel of noises he has created.
To tell the truth, he knows about as
much in regard to his real support as
the people do about his attitude on the
question of state-wide prohibition, on
which question he has maintained si
lence as successfully as he has avoided
meeting either of his opponents at any
time in joint discussion.
Senator Davis, too, has attempted to
divert attention by proclaiming that
the contest is between his immediate
representative, Mr. Kirby, and his
erstwhile friend and follower, Mr.
Donaghey.
Both of them know that I am the
candidate who has revealed strength
in every township in the state, that my
supporters are made up of the quiefe
and conservative men in the state who
have scant patience with the methods
of my opponents in which all sorts of
charges and counter-charges are made
with no serious attempt to answer or
disprove any of them, and that there
is no hope for either of them except in
an attempt to divert some Qf my friends
to some other candidate.
These methods will not succeed. Tho
people have Itecome familliar with tho
methods practiced by the trained poli
ticians and are not deceived by tho
prating of camp followers who hope to
profit by the success of a certain can
didate or the ravings of henchmen who
make it their trade to howl for any
man who is willing to present certain
silent but persuavise influence for sup
port.
The people are tired of the wrang
ling and turmoil of recent campaigns.
They want a man whose backing does*
not consist of political rings and in
trigues, but who stands in opposition
to all their influences and who relies
for support upon those citizens who
believe in sobriety, law, order and
fidelity in the discharge of public duty.
In this class I confidently look for a
triumphant nomination, and I warn
my friends to give no heed to the wild
claims of my opponent.
John H. Hinemon.
STATISTICS GN EDUCATION
Some Interesting Facts About the
Public Schools of the Country
The United States bureau of oduca
tistics of state school systems, which,
presents an interesting and instructive*
array of facts.
The total population of the United
States in June, 1906, as estimated by
I the census bureau, was 83,935,399, anck
upon these figures the bureau of edu
cation estimates the number of chil
dren in this population from 5 to 18
years of age, at 23,792,723, the number
of boys being 11,989,077 and the num
ber of girls 11,803,056.
There were enrolled in the common,
schools, 1905-6, 16,641,970 different
pupils of all a„ec. This was 70.43 per
cent, of the school population. The
per cent of enrollment was less than in
liMKt, when it was 72.43 per cent of the
school population. In 1890 it waa
68.61 per cent: 1880, the per cent was
65.50, and 61.45 in 1870. In 1905-6there
were enrolled 8,362,621 boys and 8,279,
440 girls, the total, 16,641,970, being
19.94 per cent of the total population.
In 1905-6 the average daily attendance
was 70.38 per cent of the common
school enrollment, the average daily
attendance being 11,712,300.
TEACHKRS AND SALARIES
The total number of teachers employ
ed by the state school systems in 1905-$
was 406,063. The male teachers num
bered 100,197, or only 23.6 per cent of
the total number. There has been a
steady decline in the proportion of
male teachers since 1880, when the
percentage was 42.8.
The average monthly salaries for
teachers in the public schools of the
United States for 1905-6 was $50.04,
the average for men in those states
making a sex classification l>eing$56.
31 and for women $43.80.
There are 257,729 buildings used for
school puposes, whose estimated value
was $783,128,J.40 in 1900.
The total revenue for school quit*
poses, excluding balances from prev
ious year and bond sales, was $322,
100,004. The expenditure for 1905-6
was $307,765,059, or $3.66 per capita of
population, as compared with $2.84 per
capita in 1900, with $2.24 in 1890 and
$1.50 in 1880.
Arkansas
The estimated population of Arkan
sas for 1900 was 1,421,574; estimated
number of children, 5 to 18 years of
a*e, in 1906, was 420,208; boys, 247,745;
girls, 237,463; number of pupils of all
ages enrolled, 345,146; boys, 173,201;
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