The Newark Journal.
Published in the Famous white river Country. Where Alfalfa is king
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, March 10, 1911
Vol. 10, No. 48
LOSE REPRESENTATIVE
Reapportionment Under New Cen
sus Will Give Independence
Only one Representative
Little Rock, Mch. 8_In the re
apportionment that will be made
of the representatives in the Low
er House of the Legislature, be
cause of the census of 1910, there
will be changes in 18 counties. The
census shows a total of 395,823
adult males in the state, and as
the constitution provides there
shall be only 100 representatives,
it follows that there shall be one
for each 3,958 or fraction over one
half. Under this rule, the greatest
gain will be in Pulaski county,
which will be increased from four
to seven members. The following
counties will gain one each: Ashley
Craighead, Crittenden, Jefferson,
Mississippi, Sebastian, and Union.
The counties of Columbia, Clark,
Conway, Crawford, Independence,
Logan, Pope, Washington,Yell and
Franklin will lose one each. The
committee on apportionment is
now figuring on the proposition
and will report soon.
CARD OF THANKS
Ater being confined to my bed
six weeks with measles and pneu
monia, I wish to thank the people
and community at large for all the
help and kindness they gave me
while sick, and most especially do
we wish to thank the W. 0. W.
and Odd Fellows for the help they
furnished in the way of compe
tent nurses.
It is hard, indeed, to be cast up
on the bed of affliction to suffer,
but God knoweth and doeth all
things best. T. H. Henderson.
Dunnington, Arkansas.
HERRINGTON ANNOUNCES
Lee Herrington announces in to
day’s paper as a candidate for city
marshal. Mr. Herrington has been
employed as freight agent and
baggage master at the Iron Moun
tain depot for some time and has
made good, but that life is too
quiet for him and he has decided to
get into the more strenuous game
of politics. He is an all round good
fellow and says he will make the
town a good marshal.
AS FAR AS HE WENT
One cold wintry morning a man
of tall angular build was walking
down a steep hill at a quick pace, j
A peice of ice under the snow;
caused him to lose control of his
feet; he began to slide and was
unable to stop. At a crossing half
way down he encountered a large
heavy woman. The meeting was
very sudden, and before either re
alized it, a collision ensued and both
wrere sliding down hill, the man
underneath, the fat woman on top.
When the bottom was reached and
the woman was trying to recover
her breath and her feet, these
faint words were borne to her ear:
‘‘Pardon me, madam, but you will
have to get off here. This is as far
as I go.”
CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES
Happenings of the Week in Dota
Township Briefly Told
Bom -To Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
McGill last Sunday a fine girl.
Quite a large crowd attended
the singing at Pleasant View Sun
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gire of Dota
spent Sunday here with Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Kennedy.
Mrs. Rebecca Moore and sons,
Burney and Earl, visisted relatives
at Magness Saturday.
Mrs. Ruby Franks of Shawnee,
Okla., is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. V. R. Dorr.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Jemigan
spent Saturday night and Sunday
at Newark with Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Jemigan.
Misses Mabel Moore and Mamie
McClendon of Moorefield spent
Saturday night and Sunday here
with Miss Vela Jemigan.
Mrs. Geo. Tate of Roscoe, Tex.,
who has been visiting Mrs. Rebecca
Moore, went to Magness Saturdayj
to visit her sister, Mrs. Keeney.
SMOKEHOUSE BURNED
Ballard Gillmore.one of the com
munity’s best colored citizens, hap
pened to the misfortune to get his
smokehouse and contents destroy
ed by fire Tuesday.
He lost about 1200 pounds of
meat, 20 gallons of lard and 30
gallons of molasses. A fire under
the meat, kept up for the purpose
of smoking it, blazed up too high
during the absence of the family
in the field and caused the building
to catch.
THE GIDDY YOUNG THINGS
S. R. Reese of Bergman, a wid
ower of seventy, and Miss Bettie
Brown of Omaha, a spinster of
fifty years, wrere married recently.
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appreciates a high class Tailored garment when he
sees it. We like this kind of trade, because we know
that one of our suits upon your back means your
business in this line, season after season. The fit and
shape holding qualities of each and every one of our
suits are guaranteed. May we show you through our
beautiful line of woolens of 500 peices and take your
measure for that Easter Suit?
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NEWPORT, ARK.
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Mrs. B. F. Adams and sister,!
Miss Ella McDoniel, were shopping
in Batesville Wednesday.
Mrs. Alexander will offer for
sale on March 18, the largest and
best assortment of ladies’ and
children’s hats she ever brought to
Newark.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Hoyt and
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Adams will leave
Monday for Conway to attend the
meeting of Head Camp F, Wood
men of the World.
The meeting of the Countv Camp
M. W. A. will be held in the I. 0.0.
F. Hall at Batesville on Wednesday,
April 5, at 2 p. m. R. M. Galloway
has been elected as delegate from
Newark Camp.
For Sale.—One of the best pieces
of residence property in Newark;
near Methodist church; story and
a half, with five rooms below and
plenty room for bedrooms upstairs;
good barn, fine water, good garden
all improvements in first class con
dition. Apply to B. A. Magness.
Do not leave the girls out when
you organize hog clubs, corn clubs
and other agricultural organiza
tions. Ask the girls to become
members and give them a chance
to earn spending money. The
farmers’ daughters can be depend
ed upon for industry and fruga
lity.
W. C. Rodgers of Magness hits
sold his farm to Will Grisham and
expects to go to Oklahoma next
week to look over the country
with a view of locating in that
state. He is a good citizen, and
The Journal hopes he will change
his mind and decide to remain in
Independence county.
J. I. Sturdivant is grading and
making other improvements on
the grounds surrounding his hand
some new home on the upper end
of Front street. When all the im
provements are finished this will
be one of the most beautiful homes
in Newark. But its a shame to
have to mar the beautiful land
scape effect by the erection of a
fence around it. Any nice build
ing always shows up to better ad
vantage when not surrounded by
a fence. But we suppose the “per
sonal liberty” of Old Pide and the
pigs must not be infringed upon.
Your home paper is really a tire
less letter writer, if nothing more.
Week after week we prepare this
printed letter for those living here
and for those who have moved to
some other locality, telling of mar
riages, births, deaths, the coming
and going of people, of business ef
forts and progress, accidents, crops,
improvements, meetings and so on;
in fact every thing of importance
and interest. If you should under
take to write a lettor to an absent
friend every week telling him all
the news, you would get a faint
idea of the task in preparing a
newspaper. Many of our towns
people recognize this and take
pleasure in giving us items of news.
It helps us and is appreciated.
They are coming, and will be
here by March 18, 500 hats for la
dies and children. Mrs. Alexander.
Shop at residence, Newark.
At the meeting of the Royal
Neighbors Wednesday, a mem
bership contest was inaugurated,
which will close in May with a ban
quet in connection with a like
event by the Modern Woodmen.
Mesdames Magness, Powell and
Drennen were appointed as com
mittee on arrangements for the
affair and Mesdames Adams, Wil
liamson and Sturdivant as a com
mittee on entertainment. An ex
cellent report on the state meeting
was made by the Oracle, Mrs.
Birdie Holloway, who attended as
a delegate from the local camp.
STATEWIDE BILL INTRODUCED
A bill for state-wide statutory
prohibition has been introduced in
the senate. It was read twice and
referred to the temperance com
mittee, which has set Friday as the
date for hearing arguments on the
bill.
Another state-wide bill has been
introduced by Senators Raney and
Woods providing for the submis
sion of state wide prohibition. The
bill fixes June 16 as the date for
holding the election, and provides
that a majority vote of the quali
fied electors of the state shall de
clare statewide prohibition in Ar
kansas.
TAX EXEMPTION MEASURE
The Payne-Baker tax exemption
amendment proposes to exempt
each taxpayer from taxes of every
kind and character on the follow
ing: Household goods to the value
of $25, one span of horses or mules
one cow, five hogs, and farming
implements to the value of $25.
riODIFY I. AND R.
A proposed constitutional
amendment has been introduced
in the legislature to cure the initi
ative and referendum of the alleg
ed joker clause, giving counties
and municipalities the right to en
act laws in conflict with general
laws.
ANOTHER FENCING DISTICT
A bill to create Fencing District
No. 7 in this county has passed
both houses of the legislature. The
lands embraced are in Oil Trough
bottom, but The Journal is not in
formed as to the boundaries of
the district.
AN ARflY OF ROYALTY
It is a telling indictation of the
importance of the livestock indus
try of the Southwest, that the en
tries for the National Feederi and
Breeders Show at Fort Worth,
March 13 to 18, aggregate 6000. A
gathering of 6000 farm animals,
all showing the best breeding and
I feeding, makes a sight worth go
ing to see. The horses at this show
will include some of the choicest
importations of the North and
West, many of them rated in value
at $5000 or more. When these val
uable animals go to a show they
are accompanied by vetinary doc
tors, who look after their health
closer than if they were human be
ings. About 2000 cattle and 1800
hogs will lend their presence to
swell the exhibition, and prove
what the breeders of the South
west are doing to advance the live
j stock industry.
OIL TROUGH TINKLINGS
Doings of the Week Among Our
Neighbors Across the White
I)r. C. C. Curtiss is on the sick
list this week.
L. L. Kllison and lady visited at
Hutson Sunday.
W. D. Gray made a flying trip
to Newark Sunday.
Elbert Reeves is all smiles over
the arrival of a fine son, born Sun
day.
Farm work has been renewed
since the last few days of beautiful
weather.
Miss Ray Churchwell of New
port is spending the week visiting
friends here.
Let’s everybody talk about
building the new church—and not
only talk but build it.
The new telephone line from
Pleasant Plains to our part of the
country is nearing completion.
Dr. Burge, our new physician, is
getting a splendid practice, and is
well pleased with our people and
community.
Rev. W. F. Wayman filled his
regular appointment here Sunday
at 11 and at night, and delivered
some fine sermons.
MARES AND flULES FOR SALE
We have 75 head of mares and
mules for sale, cash or credit. At
Sulphur Rock every day and at
Frank Wright’s place on Black
River every Tuesday. Griffin &
Wright.
OPPOSE INCOME TAX
The senate has defeated a reso
lution indorsing a federal income
tax, and a resolution has been in
troduced providing for a state in
come tax.
BUY GARDEN SEED EARLY
A large and complete assortment
of the best garden seed, in bulk
form, at E. E. Allen’s.
EXPENSE BILL TOO HIGH
The 5tate’s Expenditures For
Year 1910 Exceeded Her
Income $29,576.88
Little Rock, Mch.8.—During the
year 1910 the revenue of the state
from all sources amounted to
$978,604.23, as follows: From 11
mill tax, $586,351.49; liquor license
$98,061.15; Secretary of State’s
fees, $152,558.25, insurance com
pany fees, $71,503.91; land office
redemptions $471.22; inheritance
tax, $69,838.31.
During the same time warrants
were drawn amounting to a total
of $1,008,381.11 or $29,576.88 in ex
cess of the revenues. The princi
pal items of the state’s expense,
showing just what is being done
with the peoples’ money, are as
follows: General state government
$242,107;agricultural schools $158,
677; railroad rate cases $19,347.26;
Confederate Home $25,855: State
University $115,200; Deaf Mute
Institute $52,073; Blind School $25,
020; National Guard $8,070; Re
form School $14,152.50; Insane
Asylum $200,034; Branch Normal
$6,800; Tuberculosis Sanitorium
$63,878; State Normal $40,050;
Geological survey $2,480; tick erad
ication $10,000.
During the year there was re
ceived on the penitentary account
$212,230.77, and warrants amount
ing to $211,373.13 were drawn up
on it.
ELECTION PROCLAflATION
There will he an election held at
the city hall at Newark, Arkansas,
on Tuesday, April 4th, 1911, for
the purpose of electing the various
officers for the ensuing year, for
the town of Newark, as follows to
wit: one Mayor, one Recorder, one
Treasurer, five Alderman, and one
marshal. All legal voters who have
resided in the Corporation for six
months, in the new' addition as well
as the old, are entitled to a vote
who possess the other necessary
qualifications.
E. H. Williamson, Mayor.
WANTED
2000 strawberry pickers, by the
members of the Judsonia Fruit &
Vegetable Growers Association.
Picking will start about the 10th
to 20th of April, 1911, according to
the weather. Price paid two cents
per quart. Houses or tents fur
nished. For further information
address.
F. A. Hunt Vice-President
47-6t Judsonia, Arkansas
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