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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, May 11, 1906.
Vo!. 6. No. 20
ARKANSAS AS A COTTON STATE
Statistical Report Which Shows
the Standing of Arkansas
As a Cotton Producer
The seventh annual crop report
for which cotton ginning reports
have been published by the de
partment at Washington has just
been issued showing the statistics
for the crop of 1905-6 throughout
the 14 states in which cotton is
grown. The report is issued by
the Department of Commerce and
Labor. Several tables are pub
lished showing some interesting
facts concerning Arkansas cotton
sta^tics and the relation of the
state to other states regarding the
production of cotton. The report
shows that Arkansas was seventh
as a cotton producing state in 1905.
The state has held this position
for three years. In 1902 it was
fourth, in 1901 fifth, in 1900 fifth
and in 1899 sixth.
Louisiana reduced its 1905 crop
57.s per cent, Arkansas 114 per
cent, Mississippi 32.9 per cent
and Indian Territory 24.8 per
•cent.
AVERAGE PRODUCTION
The average production of cot
ton for the past four.years is 11,
339,323 bales, or 534,707 bales in
excess of the crop grown in 1905.
The average annual production of
the seven-year period covered by
the bulletin is 10,679,932 bales, or
124,623 less than the growth of
1905. The production of every
state except Kansas, where the
production is insignificant, is less
in 1905 than in 1904. The largest
decreases, as compared with the
production in 1904, are 615,1S4
baleen Texas, 603.401 in Missis
sippi, 587,268 in Louisiana and
310,487 in Arkansas. The com
bined production of Louisiana,
Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas
in 1905 was 4,990,99!* bales, com
pared with 7,107,339 in 1904, a loss
of 2,116,340. The combined pro
ductions of the states of North
Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida and Alabama in 1905 was
4,770,418 bales, compared with
5,342,759 in 1904, a loss of 572,341
bales. The loss in the first group
of states is 29.8 per cent, and in
.second group 10.7 per cent. The
heavy loss in the first group of
states was brought about by a re
duction in the planted area and by
climatic conditions.
Every oilier year is apparently
an oil' year for Arkansas, yet the
production in 1905 was 100,000
hales less than for any of the sev
en years recorded. The total
number of bales produced last
year was 015.037, as compared
with 910,945 produced in 1904.
' The 1902 crop was the largest,
4 being 907,74s bales. The average
weight of bales produced in 1905
was 510.9, making the total gross
weight in pounds of the 1905 crop
for Arkansas 309,558,480 pounds.
All except one tenth of one per
cent of these bales were square.
VALUE OF 1905 CROP
The 1905 cotton crop of Arkan
sas was worth $10,000,000 less
than the crop of either of the three
preceeding years. The value of
the 1905 crop is $35,870,676.06;
for 1904, $45,175,355.99; for 1903,
$49,299,010.25, and 1902, $45,639,
292.33. This crop was rr in
72 counties of the state, lhree
counties reported no cotton. For
ty counties reported more than 5,
000 bales, and 25 counties report*
| ed more than 10,000 bales.
Mississippi county was the ban
ner cotton county for 1005, pro
ducing the equivalent of 27,070
bales of 500 pounds each.
The report shows that Inde
pendence county raised 13,512
bales of 500 pounds each in 1005;
10,057 in 1004; 12,010 in 1903; 15,
077 in 1902 and 7,990 in 1001.
Carroll raises less than any of
the cotton-jjrowiny counties, its
crop last year beinjj only 15 bales.
WEEKS DOINGS AT SULPHUR ROCK
Short Items of Interest Picked Up
at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
X. M. Wilson of Newark was
in town Monday.
Joe 1). Mag ness was down from
Hatesvilie Tuesday.
Henry Wade of Mooretield was
on our streets Monday.
Leonard Brown of Newport
spent Sunday in our city.
W. J. and Win field Jernigan
were down from Charlotte Mon
day.
Ed Rogers came down from
Sharp to play ball with the boys
Monday.
Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Bevens vis
ited their son, George, at Bates
ville Sunday.
Joe Waldrip and Stacy Crow of
Magness were up for the ball
game Monday.
.Jack Gibson who is at work
near Dota, spent Saturday night
with homefolks.
Miss Lizzie Benton spent sever
al days visiting friends here the
first of the week.
Rena and Stella Lawson of
Batesville are spending the week
here with Mrs. Braden.
Adler Magness has moved his
grocery in the house just below
Dr. Bevens’ drug store.
J. P. Sink has lumber on the
ground to build an addition to his
already neat little cottage.
T. A. Bullington and family of
Dota spent Saturday night here,
the guests of J. C. Gibson.
Miss Ella Sanders of Newport
spent Sunday here with home
folks, accompanied by Miss Myers
Mrs. Kyler and children of New
port came up Monday to visit her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. C.
Knox.
Miss Archie Fetzer of Cushman
returned home Tuesday after
spending the week here the guest
of Miss Sue Braden.
Mrs. Eva Redman of New Mex
ico and her sister, Mrs. Stevens
of Newport visited their uncle,
Dr. T. A. Bevens and family the
first of the week.
RANEY FILES SUIT
lion. T. J. Raney, through his
attorneys, Neill & Neill has filed
papers in the chancery court
against John A. Hinkle to contest
the senatorial nomination for this
district. Chancery court convenes
at Batesville next Monday, and
the outcome of the suit will be
watched with much interest.
For sale—Three nice residence
lots in the north part of town.
Apply to Craig & Henderson.
See The Journal for job printing.
«J. W. Stone, one of Paroquet's
good citizens, was in town Wed
nesday. *
Henry Johnson has resigned his
position with W. J. Littlefield and
gone to farming.
Mrs. E. E. Allen is spending a
few days at Batesville where she
is having her eyes treated.
Mrs. W. P. Lawton arrived
home Friday from a pleasant visit
with friends and relatives at Jud
sonia.
Robert and .Johnson Moore,
who are in the railroad service,
passed up the road yesterday
morning to spend a few days visit
ing their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Moore, at Sulphur Rock.
*
J. H. Jsmmerson, the Sulphur
Rock hardware man, has a card
in this issue of The Journal, and
our friends in that section of the |
country are invited to figure with
him when they need anything in
his line.
CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES.
Ewing and Linly Lane went to
Batesville Saturday.
Ewing Lane went to Sulphur
Rock Sunday as usual.
Ira Summers visited friends in
.Jackson county last week.
Miss Laura Nuckolls visited
friends at Sharp last week.
Miss .Julia Churchill visited
Miss Beryl Ward last Thursday.
Miss Martha Crigler visited
Miss.Josie Moore Saturday night
and Sunday.
Clyde and Willie Rogers, Char
lie Hicks and Paul Ward of Sharp
attended church here Sunday.
Commodore Ball of Curia pass- !
ed through here Saturday en route
to Dota to visit his sister Mrs. j
Gray.
A. P. Tates returned last Tues
day from Tennessee. Mrs. Yates’
mother, Mrs. Palmer, accompan
ied him home.
C. II. Walden and daughter,
Miss Lucile of Batesville passed
through here Sunday on their way
to Hazel Grove to visit Mr. Wal
den’s parents.
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING
There will lie an annual school
meeting of the electors of the
Newark Special School District
(No. 33) of Independence county,
at the public school building in
Newark, at '2 o’clock p. m. the
third Saturday in May, l'JOt!.
At this meeting the following
matters will be submitted to the
consideration and action of the
electors of said district: The elec
tion of three directors and voting
a tax for school and building pur
poses.
Every elector is urged to be
present. G. O. Maonkhs, Pres.
E. 11. Williamson, Sec.
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HINKLE BEFORE GRAND JURY
Senator John A. llinkle of
Batesville was called before the
Pulaski county grand jury at Lit
tle Rock Friday, and was before
that body an hour, but the nature
of his testimony is not known.
It is supposed, however, that he
was before the jury in connection
with the boodle investigation, as
other senators had also been be
fore the jury. In speaking of the
incident the Arkansas Gazette j
says that some new developments
may be expected in the boodle in
vestigation within the near futurej
and that some parties who have !
not heretofore been connected |
with the investigation will
drawn into it.
TRIED TO POISON ENTIRE FAMILY
Man and wman Accused of Pois- ;
oning tmSFamily of James
Goad at Black Oak.
Jonesboro, May s.—Accused of
planning the poisoning of an en
tire family, WjMam Gunn was
brought here ft^n Black Oak yes
terday and placed in jail. Today
Lizzie Goff, who is said to have
done the poisoning at the instiga
tion of Gunn, was also imprisoned.
One of the children of James
Goad of Black Oak, in the east
ern part of this county, is dead,
and other members of the Goad
family have been ill from the ef
fects of the poison.
On last Sunday Lizzie Goff, who j
is a stepdaughter of Goad, is said
to have written a letter to her
parents, saying that she did the
poisoning by putting rough-on
rats in the coffee, and did so at
the instance of William Gunn, a
man about JO years of age. She
added that at first she hesitated to
do so, and he told her he would
give her $5. She refused again,
she says, and he then told her he
would kill her if she did notdoso. j
She then went and put the poison i
in the coffee. The three-year-old
boy died the following day.
Gunn was arrested and put in j
jail here at once to avoid being
lynched, and today Lizzie Goff;
was also placed in the jail.
The coroner’s jury returned a j
verdict saying that the child came
to his death by poison administer- j
ed by William Gunn and Lizzie
Goff.
(iunn i.s about .'50 years old and |
has a wife and two children, and ;
it is not known what his motive I
was if he prompted the poisoning!
of the Goads, as he refuses to
make any statement further than
to deny all knowledge of the af-!
fair.
EASY WAY TO GET RICH
Hut by following this simple
method every man may be his own
promoter and in a short time ac-1
cumulate a respectable fortune.
It would seem that almost any one
could save one cent for the first;
day of the month, two cents for
the second, four cents for the third
and so on. Now if you do this
for thirty days we will guarantee j
you the possession of quite a nice !
little fortune, which will amount
to over ten million dollars, or to
be exact just #10,724,311.13.
HOW IS THIS?
Any time before the first of
June I will take your bees out of
the old box hive and put them in
the improved hive for $3 per hive,
and on the first of September if
you are not satisfied with the in
vestment 1 will pay you *£>4 for the
hive and their earnings.
W. J. Littlefield.
COLD WEATHER INJURES COTTOK
Growth of Crops Retarded by Un
seasonable Weather and
Ravages of Cut Worm
Cotton has suffered a severe
setback b.v reason of the unseas
onable weather of the last few
days, and a great deal of loss is
sure to result.
The gloomiest reports come
from Tennessee and Texas, la
some localities the ravages of cut
worms, which nearly always ao
company cold, damp weather are
already apparent.
In Texas the cold weather ami,
the storms have done considerable
damage, and much cotton will
have to be replanted in the low
lands which were flooded. This
H ill cause an especial hardship as
there is a shortage of cotton seed.
Corn and other crops have suf
fered also, though not to such an
extent as cotton. A light to heavy
frost prevailed Saturday and Sun
day in northern and central Mis
souri, but its damage has notTjeen
learned. Frost is reported to
have caused much damage in Cen
tral and Western Arkansas.
Heavy rains also will retard farm
ing operations in these sections.
There was a slight frost in this
section Monday morning, but not
enough to do any damage. The
cut worms are said to be damag
ing crops considerably, especially
cotton.
TO nY FRIENDS.
On account of it being very in
convenient to practice law away
from the county seat 1 have decid
ed to move to Hatesvilie-*- I re
gret, however, that conditions are
such and woidd not make the
change were it not tj^t it place*
me in closer touch with the courts
and records. I shall always feel
very grateful,indeed,to my friends
for the business they have
intrusted to me and for the gener
al hospitality received at their
hands, and shall ever be ready to
reciprocate when opportunity pre
sents itself.
I will retain an office here and
will be here on Tuesdays and Sat
urdays of each week and any bus
iness intrusted to me will have my
prompt and careful attention.
Very respectfully
S. A. Mookb.
WHITE RIVER BRIDGE
I. A. Baker, inspector of brid
ges for the Iron Mountain route,
made an inspection of the White
river bridge below Newport a
few days ago and is reported to
have said that the repairs will be
completed within a few days.
This is the part of the Newport
bridge that which came so near
going out last month under the
great Hood of water. How near
it came to going was not fully
realized until the waters had sub
sided, and it was seen that practi
cally the entire structure depend
ed upon a few bolts, the remain
der having been broken by the
strain. The false work, upon
which trains were crossing the
river at that time, is now being
torn out and the bridge cleared of
all obstructions.
S. S. Rivett who lived near
Berryville fell from a wagon a
few days ago and sustained injure
ies from which he died.