The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, January 17, 1Q13
Vo!. 12, No. 41
After \ ou Have Failed at Everything Else You Can Still Be a Successful Pessimist
TEST VALIDITY OF
60 DAY AMENDMEMT
Representative Grant 5eekstoEn
joinSpeaker From Declaring
Amendment Adopted
Little Rock* Jan. 15. Rcpre
sentative George L. Grant of Jack
son county yesterday filed a
petition in the Pulaski Chancery
Court asking that an injunction :
be granted preventing Joe Hard-'
age, speaker of the house, from
declaring Amendment No. 13
adopted. The petition gives as
cause for action the complaint that
the amendment, which limits the
session of the legislature to 60
days, was published in the newspa
pers of the state only six weeks,
when the law requires that it
should be published six months.
Mr. Grant declared if the legis
lature should disregard the gener
al complaint that the amendment |
is not legal, it might involve the
validity of certain acts of the
Thirty ninth General Assembly.
He says the constitution of 1874
requires that amendments be
published six months, but that
the affidavit of Secretary of State
Hodges shows it was published
only six weeks. He says if the
amendment was published for the
proper length of time, the courts
should so declare.
He says that the matter can be
tested at this time without cost to
the people and at a time when no!
vested rights have intervened. He
says it would be better to have the
matter definitely settled now than
to allow its settlement to be delay-!
ed until some important act of the
legislature is placed in jeopardy.
The complaint will probably be
passed upon by the court with
as little delay as possible.
BEWARE OF nOVINQ
We have never advised the man
who is satisfactorily located and
doing well to move simply for the
sake of change. We have said be
fore, and we repeat it, that if more
of the energy spent in changing
locations were devoted to the bet
terment of conditions at home,
every section of the country would
be better off. When a farmer
changes his location there should
be some real reason for the change.
—The Progressive Farmer.
SENATORIAL MASS
MEETING CALLED
Democratic Voters Called to Meet
at Batesville to Consider
Senatorial Situation
Keen interest is being taken by
the people in the complex political
situation that has arisen since the
death of Senator Jeff Davis, and
as a result the chairman and sec
retary of the Independence County
Democratic Central Committee
have issued a call for a mass meet
ing of Democrats to be held at
Batesville tomorrow. The meet
ing is called in order that some
means may be devised whereby
the people of the county may give
expression to their sentiments as
to their choice of the various can
didates for senator to succeed Sen
ator Davis. The official call fol
lows:
To the Democrats of Indepen
dence county:
At the Primary Election in
March, 1912, the Democracy of
Arkansas instructed the Demo
cratic members of the General
Assembly of 1913, now in session,
to vote for Senator Jeff Davis to
succeed himself beginning March
4, 1913. The death of Senator
Davis on the eve of the assembling
of the legislature, instructed by
the people to elect him, presents a
condition wholly without prece
dent in this state. In the absence
of authoritative information as to
whether a primary election will,
or can be, called by the Democrat
ic Executive Committee, acting
through its Chairman and Secre
tary, hereby calls a mass-meeting
of the Democrats of Independence
county to assemble in the Court
house in Batesville, at 2 o'clock p.
m., on, Saturday, January 18,
1913, to consider, discuss and
determine their choice of the sev
eral gentlemen who may be aspir
ing to the position of United
States Senator for the full term
beginning March 4, 1913, and take
such steps to advise the Senator
and Represenatives from Indepen
dence County of such choice, as
may to them seem desirable.
J. II. JlMMKRSON,
Chairman,
E. A. Hodges, Secretary.
DO YOUR BAXICIXG WITH US
Uerhapsa burglin' or a fire has not invaded
your home, but if they shauhl, they wouTI get nil
of your money and valuables. I>tt not he one of
those who look the stable after the horse is aone,
hut put your money where preparations have
been made for proteetlag R not only from fire
and burglary, hut from your own extravaganee.
It will he S.Al'11 in our hank.
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MUCH LOSS FROM
BLACK RIVER FLOOD
Levee Cut Near Lockhart Causes
Big' Loss to Mill Owners an J
F;armers Along River
Black river is reported higher
than it has been in a number of
years and considerable damage,'
has been done by the high water.1
Near Lockhart it is reported j
that a large levee that had been
| built about two years ago, was
! dynamited by unknown parties,
j causing heavy loss to property.
The Sexton farm, which lies
immediately below the levee, is
| reported to have been practically
| ruined by the swift current sweep
ing over it though the numerous
breaks in the levee caused by the
dynamiting.
Lands belonging to the Jones
Investment Co., of Batesville, are
said to have been badly damaged
also.
It is reported that more than a
hundred head of cattle are known
to have perished in the flood, be
sides several head of horses and
probably 200 or 300 head of hogs.
It is said that every log on the
yard at Wyatt’s mill was swept
away. Several thousand feet of
lumber was lost also and consider
able damage was done to the mill
machinery. The mill hands lived
in small houses near the mill and
every house was flooded from two
to four feet deep. The occupants
were forced to flee to the hills for
safety, using such small boats as
could be secured at the mill to
convey their families to the high
lands.
borne logs and lumber at Geo.
L. Green’s sawmill were swept
away by the high waters, but
most of the logs were caught,
and the loss at his mill not be so
great.
Considerable material on the
yard at D. P. Whisnant’s mill was
ruined by the water and Mr.
Whisnant’s loss will be several
hundred dollars.
A number of head of stock were
drowned in the Dota neighbor
hood but it has been impossible to
| find the exact loss.
Mrs. Cora Wilson lost a horse,
Jim Barber lost a horse and Dr.
A. L. McClard lost mare.
Several head of cattle and a
large number of hogs are reported
drowned in that neighborhood.
The ferryboat at the Magness
ferry on White river was swept
away, as was also the ferryboat
at the Chamberlain ferry.
A large gasoline boat belonging
to George Holderby of this place
sank near the Chamberlain ferry.
Mr. Holderby also lost about 250
cottonwood logs which had been
banked on the river for rafting.
His loss on the logs will be about
$500.
White river has fallen several
feet, and it is believed that the
crest of the flood in Black has
passed as it reached a stand Wed
nesday and was reported yester
day to have fallen a few inches.
YOUNG OIRL SHOOTS SELF
Black Rock, Jan. 10.—Beulah
Wayland, age 7. daughter of II.
V. Wayland, the Frisco agent,
while playing with a toy pistol
! shot herself through the hand, the
wad in the blank cartridge frac
turing the bones and lodging in
the palm of the childs hand. The
child was t .ken to St. Louis to be
operated on by a specialist.
DEPUTY CLERK DEAD
Newport, Jan. 13 —Theodore J.
Phillips died Saturday morning
from pneumonia at the home of
his brother, H. R. Phillips, of this
city. Mr. Phillips was deputy
county clerk and of prominent
family. Funeral services were
held Sunday morning from the
1 residence.
SENATORIAL FIGHT
WAXES VERY WARM
Robinson Mas Advantage Over
Opponents and Claims 86
Votes on First Ballot
Little Rock, Jan. 15.—The bien
nial assault upon the Kirby Digest j
is now being made. The 39th ses
sion of the Arkansas General As
sembly opened at noon Monday.
The organization of both houses
was in better shape at the conven
ing Monday than it had been for
many years peviously. By Wed
nesday of the preceeding week
the cohorts of the various candi
dates began their alignment, and
by Friday night the Speakership
and the Presidency were settled,
and the two bodies were ready
to enter upon the task of
selecting the minor officers from
among the horde of applicants
The fine Italian hand of the Lo
noke statesman was seen through
out the preliminaries, and from
the first he seemed to have the
situation well in hand.
The first to be settled was the
Presidency of the Senate. There
were three candidates for the
place, A. C. Martin of Faulkner,
T. J. Raney of Independence, and
W. K. Oldham of Lonoke. The
vote was pretty well divided
among the three with Raney
ing having more pledges than
either of the others. Martin, real
izing that he couid not win, with
drew, and his supporters went in
a body into the Oldham camp,
giving him a strong lead over the
Independence county man, who
was forced to admit his defeat.
This was looked upon by all as a
Robinson victory, and many pre
dictions were made that it would
have no small bearing upon the
election of a United States Sena
tor.
The greatest interest centers
about the contest for United States
Senator, and all the contingencies
clustered about that complex and
tangled situation. For the first
time since the preferential pri
mary was adopted, the Legislature
will be untrammeled by popular
instruction in its selection of a
Senator. Some of the legislators
insist that the question be referred
to a primary. Gov. Donaghey
suggested that. Col. Brundidge
made a proposition that it be sub
mitted to a primary. Gen. Nor
wood accepted, expressing his
willingness to submit to a pri
mary, with or without a canvass.
To hold a primary without a can
vass, would have enabled Robinson
to perform his duties as governor
in the meantime without interrup
tion. But Robinson declined to
enter into a primary, declaring it
impractical.
But the friends of Brundidge
and Norwood are active, and ex
press confidence. Their ability to
muster sufficient force among the
135 members to bring about a
dead-lock is the thing that will
make the result uncertain. It is
stated by friends of Robinson,
however, that he has 86 pledged
votes, whereas only 68 are neces
sary. Furthermore, it is admitted
that Robinson has the advantage
of being governor and controlling
legislation for the greater part of
the session, and this gives him the
whip-hand. It is an influence that
even his opponents must reckon
with.
GROOM 77. BRIDE 71
Paragould, Jan. 12. -Yesterday
afternoon, at the home of the
bride in East Paragould, W. D.
Toler, aged 77, of Goreville, 111.,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Bright, aged
71, were united in marriage, the
Rev. A. C. Griffin performing the j
ceremony. 1
POSTMASTER WILL
TRY AGRICULTURE
Disgusted With Newfangled Slyle*
he Buys Plow and Will
Try the Simple Life
An old time plow stock, which
was first noticed some days ago
by the side of the postoffice build
ing, has been the subject of con
siderable comment, and many
have wondered where it came
from, who was the owner of it
and what it was doing there.
Being interested in anything
unusual, a Journal reporter, while
in a rather inquisitive mood a few
days ago, decided to solve the
mystery of its presence there, and
soon made the discovery that it be
longs to the postmaster, and learn
ed on what seems good authority
that he is making preparations to
join the great army of tillers of
the soil.
A prominent citizen claims to
have overheard a conversation a
few days ago, in which the post
master is alleged to have expressed
himself about as follows:
“Yes that plow' belongs to me.
I see in nearly all these fool Dem
ocratic papers where they are ad
vising Wilson, as soon as he is
sworn in, to revoke the order plac
ing postmasters under the civil
service. I look for things to go
pell-mell as soon as they get in
power, and everyone of us stand
patters will be kicked out, so I
have decided to join the “back to
the land” movement and go to
farming. I got a chance to buy
that plow cheap a few days ago
and bought it because it is of the
old Abe Lincoln type and I’m not
much of a hand for the newfangl
ed things and so much frills and
fancies In fact. I’m a sticker for
the common things and I firmly
believe if the Republican conven
vention had stuck to the old way
of doing things instead of discord
ing them and bringing in that
new-fangled steam roller, every
thing would still be all right. And
then the blamed Bull Moose got
excited and thought they would
run some more newfangled dope
over the country. But as time
rolls on, I can forgive them, be
cause when a whole party gets
shot with a pea and then declare
that they can’t find the bullet,
there aint much to them. Now if
Powell Clayton knew I had that
old-time plow there, he’d buy it at
any price, as a relic of war times
and would have that fracture on
the end of the beam tied up in rib
bon. But when Wilson gets in
office the cquntry is liable to go
to the bow-wows and everybody
may have to go back to using that
kind of plows, so I think I’ll just
keep it; it looks good to me, for as
I said, I don’t like these newfangl
ed things and these steam roller
doings no way.”
LIVE LITTLE LOCALS
FROM OIL TROUGH
Weeks happenings Among Our
Neighbors in Fertile Valley
Across the White
Mrs. B. J. Kent visited friends
near Dunnington Thursday.
Dr. B. J. Kent left Thursday for
Jonesboro to look after some busi
ness matters.
Ben Morgan of Salado has rent
ed land from Mr. Dixon, and has
moved down.
J. C. Outlaw went to Newport
Monday to look after his pearl
button interests.
Hon. W. J. Caldwell left Thurs
day for Little Rock to be present
at the convening of the legislature.
Cleve Smith of Mississippi and
Miss Dutch Barnwell were quietly
married a few days ago, Rev. Vick
officiating.
William Massey who came here *
from Oklahoma about Christmas,
died Wednesday at the home of
his son, Bob Massey.
Thomas Hankins of Jamestown
has rented land from R. A. Hank
ins and moved into the house va
cated by G. C. Rutledge.
One of the members of the
Bachelor’s Club claims to have
captured the sweetest cross-eyed
girl in seven states. Rah for the
club!
Oil Trough market quotations
are as follows: Flour, 70c a sack;
meat, 14c; coffee, 30c; corn, 50c;
hay, $12 to $20 a ton; pork on the
pole, 8c; land rent, $7 per acre, and
all rented.
The squire saw a large deer
walking around up in the moun
tains, so he armed himself with a
long glass and set out to get his
game, but decided that it must be
a delusion, as he could never get
any nearer to it.
N. F. Harris and E. H. Hankins
arrested Charley Bell near Oly
phant on a charge of selling
whiskey without license. He en
tered a plea of guilty in Squire
Outlaw’s court, and was fined $50
and costs, which he was unable to
pay, and was taken to jail.
Ed Hankins and N. F. Harris ar
rested R. H. Tucker, who was
charged in three cases with selling
whiskey. He went before Squire
J. L. Outlaw' and pled guilty to
two cases. He was fined $50 in
the first case and $100 in the sec
ond case, and upon his failure to
pay the fine and costs he was com
mitted to jail.
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