Vol. 4, No. Q.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday February 26, 1904.
$1 Per Annum
WILL RAISE COTTON
nulti-Millionaries of the East Ex
pect to Engage in Cotton Rais
ing in the South.
It seems that John I). Rocke
feller is not satisfied, oven if he is
the richest man in the United
SStutes, and is now going to embark
in business as a cotton raiser, and
is going in the business on a large
scale, as the following clipped from
the Philadelphia Record will show.
CWith a view to controlling cot
ton as they control oil, the domi
nating factors in the management
of the Standard Oil Company,
guided by experts, are negotiating
for plantations in all parts of the
cotton belt and for a controlling
interest in the refineries that pro
duce cotton seed oil, most of which
are now owned by the Southern
Cotton Seed Oil Company.
\lhe project has been under
consideration for many months,
but it was not until L5-ecnt cotton
became a reality that a definite
proposition was whipped into
shape and actual purchases made.
“As a staple, cotton ranks first
in all the markets of the world.
Celling at f> ami * cents, however,
cotton offered no great inducements
to the grower. The development
of the cotton seed oil business tin
ally menaced the product of raw
cotton by using up the bulk of
tirst-erop seed, which the grower,
in his need, turned into cash at
the carlist opportunity.
“It was this great and ever
growing peril that formed the ba
sis for the first bull movement, en
gineered by Daniel J. Sully, the
the reigning cotton king, and the
l iter and greater deal engineered
by William 1*. Brown, both oi
whom asserted at the time, and in
sist now, that raw cotton is worth
15 cents a pound all the time, and
;i0 cents just now.
“It was the original discoveries
made by Sully and Brown that in
terested dohn 1). Rockefeller, II.
H. Rogers, William 1!. Duke,
tieorge.I. Gould and others who
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own vast tracts of land in Texas
and elsewhere in the cotton belt,
anil brought about the pending
negotiations for the purchase of
cultivated plantations.
*‘George II. McFadden of ihi
city is the largest buyer of nr,
cotton in the world, end several
conferences have been hei I wrh
view to ascertaining \vh;
the McFadden interest, which ■ on
trols the real market just as Sully
now dominates the speculative
; market, will take in the matter of
! this new deal. In a word, it was
learned that the McFadden organ
i ization is prepared to take all of
the cotton that may he offered for
actoal delivery, and that, as a gen
eral proposition, the demand is far
greater than the supply, so that
J nothing is to be feared from them.
rjA|lcr*s ngirr iniu ruuuu van
be sold for 10 cents and yield the
grower a handsome profit. The
bull movement has practically
doubled the market price of cot
ton. The spinners who closed
their mills rather than pay the in
creased prices are, one by one,
coming to believe, a< the Standard
< )il men have been convinced,
that If*-cent. cotton is hereto stay,
and general buying has been re
sumed.
‘‘The vast estates owned by the
Standard Oil Company in Texas
figure in this project as the sites ol
i plantations to !>*• established and
i cultivated by expert growers di
rectly in the employ of the pro
moters, who will use no first-crop
seed in their oil refineries, but, on
the contrary, will resort to every
expedient known to horticulture to
, improve the quality of cotton
grown and to increase the quantity.
The major output of cotton and its
only by-product will tints be con
trolled by the same interest that
now dominates the oil, copper and
: steel industries of the country.’’
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! ivant.
Child Burned to Death.
Conway, Feb. 22.—News has
just been received here that Cor
! inne Cole, the bA-year-old daught
er of Mrs. \ . U. Cole, was burned
I to death at (ireenbrier. Hei
clothing caught lire from the lire
i place.
Croup
Begins with the symptoms of u
common cold; there is chilliness,
! sneezing, sore throat, hot skin,
quick pulse, hoarseness and im
| pcded respiration. (Jive frequenl
I small doses of Ballard's llorehounc
Syrup, (the child will cry for it
I and at the first sign of a eroupy
cough, apply frequently Ballard's
Snow Liniment to the throat. Mis
A. Vliet, New Castle, (’olo., writes
March 19th. 1901: “I think Hal
lard's llorehound Syrup a won
derful remedy, and so pleasant.’
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FACTIONAL POLITICS.
At a meeting of the candidates
j held at the court house in iiates
! ville last Saturday a resolution was
adopted by which they pledged
! them -adves to remain neutral in re
. yard to the gub -uatorial contest,
i in- - • :' is'.i 1 ■■ tl.i--. i a vise
mow ’ wv h :>•' the candidates
will adhere strict!,\ to this rude.
No good ever comes of ao at
i tempt to ride into ofiice on the
i coat tail of some other m in, and
| no man who po-wes-es an;, ability,
| common sens * or ■ lf-r-- -el will
i attempt sueh ** tiding. I> i-- like
wise degrading to polities to at
: tempt to win pubiic favor le, de
nouncing another man unless that
man be your political opponent.
Wo lxdive in a candidate run
ning strictly upon his own merits,
and if he can’t win on his own
merits he had better quit the race.
We have heard, however, that cer
tain individuals have been trying
to have tin* county candidates com
mit themselves in favor of one or
the other the gubernatorial aspir
ant*.. but if The dournal knows
i • ... i
i ui UK mijHTsu lie
i tun* of democracy, any newspaper
or individual who favors such
practices is totally devoid of all
! democratic principles which
1 brought forth and continues to
nourish the cherished and time
.honored battle cry of “Equal
| rights to all and special privileges
to none.
Such practices arc undemocratic
i and ungentlemanly and we hope
the people will sit down good and
j hard upon any candidate who at
tempts to win public favor by
swinging on the coat tail of either
j.Ieff Davis or Carroll Wood.
If the people should encourage
such factional politics there S no
I telling what' the result would lie.
| There is no disputing the fact that
it would lead to serious complica
tions and the probabilities are that
such a course would defeat some
of the best men in the race and
perhaps .defeat the best friends of
these self-same hot-hcacicd partis
ans who are clamoring so loudly
for their favorites to commit them
I selves to one or the other of the
gubernatorial aspirants. Keep
cool, gentlemen, the world will
continue to revolve after the 26th
of March in the same manner that
i: ha ■ for centuries past.
writes: A■ • ri 1 2‘u u, 1;K»2, "For
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1 had tri* <1 for ;.citi - io iind relief
having tried ,'l ; >• i: .!i ■ ■ ; cm d<
hear <4, i r, - • ; of doe
tors. I wish 1
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permanently. Since then I have
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Drug Store.
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Freight wreck.
i About ten o'clock Saturday
morning a freight train coming
, north went through the trestle* a
mile west of town, just below
Chastain's slaughter pen. Lighl
ears were derailed, and one jus
ahead of tin -' * which went througl
. the trestle lost its rear trucks. Tin
engine and one ear got safely
across, when the trestle broke
through just before the second car
got fairly on this side. One car
of flour, one of ties, one of rail j
road material were piled up on
either side of the track, besides
several others loaded with mer
chandise, which did not break op
i i‘n,
The wreck caught passenger
i train No. 7. southbound, at, this
! place, and No. S, northbound, on
the. other side of the trestle.—
Newport Herald.
‘
Nearly forfeits His Life.
, A runaway almost ending fatal
ly, started a horrible ulcer on (he
Meg of J. R Oruer, Franklin |
Drove, III. For four years it de
j lied all doctors and all remedies,
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Down on the Farm.
”1 suppose,” said the farm hand
who was looking for a job, “Von
i believe in the eight-hour system?"
"Yes,’' answered the farmer.
"I work eight hours in the fore
noon and eight in the afternoon,
except in harvest times, then 1 us
ually put in three or four hours
| extra.”
-.»»♦--—
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Gastronomic.
‘'You poor fellow,” exclaimed
Mrs. Kyndeharte, "I am so sor
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working. What is the trouble?”
"It's stomach trouble, ma'am,”
replied Grafton Grubbs.
"Stomach trouble?’’
"Yes, ma'am. If it wasn’t f'r
! me stomach I wouldn’t have to do
nothing' but jus’ lay ’ronn’ an'
; enjoy meself.”
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COMMITTEE MEETING
Comity Central Committee Adopts
Resolution to Tlake the Pri
mary Strictly Democratic
The democratic county central
committee met at the court house
in Batosville last Saturday for the
purpose of arranging tDo prelim
inaries for the primary to be held
on the 2tith of March. We clip
the following account of the moot
ing from the Daily Bee of Satur
day.
i no 1 jeraociauc central oommu
too met at the court house today,
M. Id. Moore, chairman, Sam Cas
ey, secretary.
The townships were represented
as follows:
Big Bottom V. L. Pascoe.
Gainsboro—M. E. Moore.
Jefferson—G. M. Thompson.
Logan Jake Magness.
Ruddell Ernest Neill.
Salado—J. A. Kaneaster.
Union—li. A. Frazier.
’Washington L. J. Bracy.
White River —W. C. Sanders.
Greenbrier M. C. Long.
()il Trough —Asa Pelam.
Christian W. A. Nichols.
Ashley—Will Allen, proxy.
Liberty Dexter Lindsey.
After the roll call the chairman
announced ready for business. Thu
first matter taken up wa$ a resolu
tion introduced by V. L. Pascoe.
This resolution provides for a
strictly democratic primary and
! that none but known democrats be
permitted to vote. It further pro
vides that should others than dem
ocrats be permitted to vote, the
Central Committee is granted the
right to throw out the returns.
The resolution was adopted.
A committee, consisting of M.
C. Long, Earnest Neill, V. L. Pas
coe, G. M. Thompson and M. E.
Moore, for the purpose of select
ing judges, clerks anil other nec
essary offices to hold the primaries,
and also to provide tickets, poll
books anil other supplies was re
ceive* 1.
A resolution, providing for th
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