■ The Newark Journal.
Vol. 3, No. 40.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday October 2, 1903.
$1 Per Annum
GREAT IS ARKANSAS
The Han Looking For a Location
Misses Much if he Fails
to see Arkansas.
We hear of people going west,
and in some eases going north, for
agricultural qurposes. These people
surely are misled by their own
judgment or by the groundless as
sertions of far away real estate ag
ents and corporation promoters.
As it appears to us, after a life!
time spent in the Southwest, those i
who emigrate northward are lost in
the woods, because they were lack
ing in knowledge concerning the
great Southwest. The many advan
tages possessed by the Southwest
for farming, and the almost unlim
ited variety of soils and climatic
conditions; the mildness of the cli
mate which permits of outdoor la
bor almost every day in the year;
where frosts and freezes are not
dreaded by the fanner; the health
fulness of the climate; the excel
lent educational facilities that are
improving evry year, and an en
ergetic progressive and intelligent
population, should and actually do
attract the best class of people who
are pouring into other and less
favored sections in search of per
manent homes. Still there are some
who prefer to risk the icy north,
where the farmer must hurry his
seed into the ground as soon as it
thaws in the spring so that his
crops may mature before the Sep
tember frosts; where winter plow
ing is impossible when the earth:
is frozen as hard as stone; where
for months all live stock must be
housed and fed, and where outdoor
lal>or is practically impossible from
October until March; where snow
shoes and bear-skin overcoats are
necessities to all who would ven
ture out of doors during winter;
where blizzards freeze tho marrow
in the bones, and where only hardy
crops can be grown, and where,
nevertheless coup do soleil is ai
common mode of exit during the
brief summers that prevail in high
latitudes. In Arkansas the farmer
(no. 2.) . . THE . ,
White is King
rsrsw
THE EASIEST SELLING,
THE BEST SATISFYING
Sewing__
Machine
IN THE WORLD.
Made in Vibrator and Rotary Shuttle Styles.
1000 AGENTS WANTED.
SALARY OR COMMISSION.
Write for Terms; address,
WHITE SEWING MACHINE GO.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, or
8n If I D 15 V LITTLE ROCK,
.D.MKDI, ARKANSAS.
can find natural advantages exact
ly suited to his specialty, virgin
soil that has not been worn away
by faulty cropping until all the net
profits must go for fertilizers; where
two, and often three, profitable
crops can be grown on the same
ground the same year, with ample
time for harvesting and disposing
of each. What is true of Arkan
sas is true also of the South gener
ally, except that in some of the At
lantic States, the erroneous idea
once prevailed that southern soils
were inexhaustible, and now the
error is discovered in the fact that
many old fields must have stimu
lants applied every year; but this
is not true of Arkansas and never
will be, for farmers by judicious
cropping can supply fertilizing el
ementi faster than growing crops
can consume them. We are not
greatly needing immigrants, anil
it is not for our benefit, but for
the good of those who want homes
in a land of plenty, where intelli
gent farming is sure of a rich re
ward, that we desire to see the
right sort of people coming among
us. We are getting on all right
as it is, and those who* wish to par
ticipate with us in building up the
greatest farmers’ country on earth
are welcome to all the benefits,
privileges and immunities of such
a country.
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Confessions Of A Priest.
Rev. Jno. S. Cox, of Wake, Ark.
writes, ‘‘for 12 years 1 suffered
from yellow jaundice. I consulted
i number of physicians and tried
ill sorts of medicines, but got no
relief. Then 1 began the use of
Electric Hitters and feel that lam
now cured of a disease that had
me in it* grasp for twelve years,”
If you want a reliable medicine
for liverand kidney trouble- stoin
ich disorder or general debility,
jet Electric Hitters. Its guaranteed
by ,). 1. Sturdivant, Only 5t'e.
Get a Kimball
Kimball organs are acknowledg
ed to be the best on the market.
You can buy one by paying a
small amount down and $5 per
month, or one-third down and
balance in six months. ISee O. F.
Craig, agent.
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$100 Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper will
l>e pleased to learn that there is
at least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in all
stages and that is Catarrh. Hall’s
Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a consti
tutional disease, requires a consti
tutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting di
rectly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation ot the
disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer one Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of tes
timonials.
Address. F, J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo. Ohio, sold by Druggist,
75c.Hull’s Family Pills are the best
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For Sale.
A good second hand gin stand
in good repair. L. S. Arnold.
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Ben Franklin on Life.
Dost thou love life? Then do
not squander time, for that is the
stuff life is made of.—Franklin.
Rev. J. H. McDoniel of Sulphur
Rock was transacting business in
town Monday.
A ton pound son was born unto
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Eller Thurs
day of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. ('has. P. Meenhan
left Sunday for Cotton Plant, on a
visit to relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Magness
are rejoicing over the arrival of
a fine son, born unto them last
Friday.
Governor Davis, Judge Wood
and lion. A. F. Vandeveter will
address the people at Sulphur
Rock today.
There was a good big crowd of
country people it town Saturday
and business was better than it has
been in some time.
W. R. Fausel left yesterday for
Searcy, West Point and other
places on a mule buying expedi
tion for Sparks Bros., the St.
Louis mule dealers.
The Journal failed to mention the
fact last week that a nine pound
son was born unto Mr. and Mrs.
R. T. Magness on Wednesday
night, September 23.
Eight miles of the White River
R. R. now under construction will
cost #824,000, an average of #103,
000, per mile. This road when com
pleted, will cost more per mile to
build than any east of the Rocky
Mountains.
About the only way an outsider
can get a place to live in Newark
now is to buy or build a house.
The town is full up, as far as houses
are concerned, and several could
be rented if some enterprising cit
izen would only build them.
A jack of all trades is seldom
good at any. The man who is
constantly changing from one tield
of effort to another is the “rolling
atone” that catches no moss. It
is the staying quality that gets
there with a certainty, if not a cel
erity. Among farmers there is
too much moving about, seeking a
better country, escaping from the
ills that we have by flying to those
that we know not of. Some, of
course, do better their condition,
but it takes time and thought to
Walkover Mens Shoes
Sold Only By
FRED. D. WHITING,
i Newark, - Arkansas,
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adapt one to new surroundings
where tilings are defferent from
the old. In most cases it were bet
ter to remain on the old stamping
ground and work out your salva
tion amid scenes and conditions
I that are familiar and among the
people who know you.
Sam Williams and Miss Flora
Lane were married last Saturday
morning at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Tharp, Squire
Tharp officiating. The Journal
joins their many friends it wish
ing them a long life of happiness
and prosperity.
Read The Journal’s proposition
to give away a $65 sewing machine,
to be found on another page of to
day's itaper, and then come in and
register a guess. Somebody is go
ing to get a fine machine free.
Better try your luck; you might
be the winner.
It is understood that when the
first ballot was taken, the jury
stood in the Head ease, 10 for ac
quital and 2 for hanging, and that
afterwards they stood 6 for acquit
al and 6 for penitentiary. From
this it will be seen that the verdict
was a compromise all along the
line. —Newport Herald.
W. M. Eaves, a good citizen of
White River township, was tran
sacting business in town Saturday
and made The Journal a pleasant
and substantial call, lie reports
that the cotton crop in his neigh
borhood will turn out better than
the people thought it would and
says that they have a pretty fair
corn crop.
Clint Foster of White River town
ship left a natural curiosity in the
shape of a worm at The Journal
office last Saturday. It is alxmt
five inches long and bears a slight
resemblance to a tobacco worm,
but has four dark-colored horns on
its head, and also a large number
of small and very hard horns along
its back. It is about three inches
in circumference,green in color and
presents a very vicious appearance
when turned out upon the floor.
A large black stinger in his tail
end is his very formidable looking
weapon of defense. We have not
yet found anyone with a suitable
name for his royal wormship, and
are patiently waiting for some na
tive of the Phillippines to come a
long and name him for us. Mr.
Foster found him out in the field
while at work one day last week
and says that he was traveling at
a pretty lively gait when he found
him. He is at present domiciled
in a glass jar at The Journal oflico
and can be seen by anyone desir
; ing to take a look at him.
Saves Two From Death.
Our little daughter had an al
most fatal attack of whooping
cough and bronchitis, writes Mrs.
\V. K. Haviland, of Arnunk- N.
V., ‘'but, when all other remedies
failed, we saved her life with Dr.
King’s New Discovery, Our neiee,
who had consumption in an ad
vanced stage, also used this won
derful medicine and to-day she is
perfectly well.” Desperate thaoat
and lung diseases yield to Dr.
King’s New Discovery as to no oth
medicine on earth. Infallible for
coughs and colds. f)0e and $100
bottles guaranteed by J. I. Sturd
ivant. Trial bottles free.
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When in need of anything in the
stationery line call on F. M. Mar
tin & Son.
DOES FARMING PAY?
Official Figures Say it Does, and
Proves That the Farmers
are Honey riakers.
The grand army of Americn far
mers is sowing and reaping pros
perity, and taking a day off occa
sionally to go to the circus, laugh
at the clown and forget there are
any politicians nearer the earth
than the dog star.
1 he real farmers of tins nation
are outside of the large speculative
industries, the most solidy pros
perous and independent body of
our citizens. They are established
in that greatest of enterprises
the supply of the breadstuff's of
humanity— and as other industries
and occupations multiply the im
portance and profitableness of
farming increases continually.
The secretary of agriculture re
cently reported that the fixed cap
ital invested in agricnltural indus
tries in the United States was 820,
000,000,000—a sum equal to four
times the cash capitalization of all
the manufactories, or of all the
railways in the country, andtwent
ty-two times larger that the cap
italization of the entire national
banking system of the union. There
were 5,000,000 farms averaging a
value of $1,000 each and living on
them were 40,000.000, or more
than half of the population of the
nation. Of that number 10,000,000
were actual farm workers and
that is more than a third of all the
people in America in gainful occu
pations.
Did their farming pay i The pro
duce of the farms last .\ear a
mounted to about $5,000 000,000,
or 25 percentum of their total cap
italization! Anti there is no other
line of daily industry open to pop
ular engagement in the world to
day that will show that rate of re
turn in gross upon the capital em
ployed. These figures are official,
obtained by the census takers, and
they demonstate the tremendous
value of agricultural possessions
[continued ON PAGE H. 1
Cured
At 70 of Heart Dis
ease Contracted
During Civil War—
Veteran Grateful.
Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure
Effected Cure.
Heart disease is curable, but in people of
advanced age it does not readily Uud Itself
to ordinary treatment. There is, however,
hope for all sufferers in Hr. Miles’ Heart
Cure, which we know from watching hun
dreds of cases and from the letters of grateful
sufferers, will cure where all else has failed,
ft is not only a wonderful cure for weak and
diseased hearts, but it is a blood tonic, a reg
ulator of the heart’s action and the most
effective treatment ever formulated for im
proving the circulation cf the blood.
“During the Civil wer I contracted heart
disease, and in 1896, while living in the grand
old town of Lexington, Va., I grew so much
worse, I left there w ith my wife to visit my
sister-in-law, Mrs. T. A. Kirby, at Koanoke,
Va. While 1 said nothing to anyone 1 never
expected to live to return to the dear old
town. On reaching Mrs. Kirby’s she insisted
I should try Dr. Mi es’ Heart Cure. I pro
cured a few bottles of it, abo the Nervine
and Tonic. After using one or two bottles, I
could see no improvement, and 1 despaired
of ever being better, but my faithful wife in
sisted on keeping it up, which 1 did. Im
provement soon began in earnest and 1 took
in all tifteen or sixteen bottles. I was re
stored to perfect health and while I am 70
years old, I am comparatively a boy. You
sir, are a benefactor, and I cheerfully recom
mend Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure to suffering
humanity."—j. L. SLAUGHTER, Salem, Va.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bottle
| Dr. Miles’ Remedies. Send for free hook
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Addres
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Llknart, Ini.