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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, April 14, 1905.
Vol. 5. No. 16.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS
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Sketch of the Important Transac
tions in t he rkansas Law
Making Body.
The senate has passed one
of the most stringent anti-gam
bling measures ever introduced in
the general assembly. The bill
also provides for the suppression
of the illegal sale and manufacture
of whisky. The bill, which now
goes to the house for action de
clares that all buildings where
gambling or illegal sale or manu
facture of whisky is carried on are
public nuisances.
A bill was introduced by Repre
sentative Rowland fixing the sal
ary of Members of the legislature
at $0 per day for ninety days, and
over ninety days at $2 per day,
and also providing that no salary
shall bo drawn when members are
absent.
The bill appropriating $15,000
for a female annex to the Confed
erate Home for the mothers, wives
and widows of ex-Confederate sol
diers and sailors was passed.
Senate bill &>4. to reduce the
state tax from two and one-fourth
mills to one and three-fourths mills
was passed. Ayes 27. noes 1.
A resolution by Senator Legate,
the sole Republican member of
the senate, inviting President
Roosevelt to visit Arkansas and
address the general assembly was
unanimously adopted.
In the senate a bill to appropri
ate $5,000 to aid the Arkansas di
\ vision of the Southern Cotton As
sociation was indefinitely post
poned.
The bill to appropriate $25,000
for an Arkansas exhibit at the
-Jamestown Exposition was also
indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Shin's biil providing pen
sions for the widowed mothers of
Confederate soldiers or sailors,
was read the third time and passed
—ayes 05, noes 5.
Mr. Raney s bill to declare
Black river a lawful fence in In
dependence county was passed
-without a dissenting vote.
A bill to annul the state convict
contract with the Arkansas Brick
Company and place the. convicts
on the state farm was indefinitely
postponed in the senate.
A bill by Mr. Roskins for the
establishment of a state normal
school for girls was killed in the
house by a vote of 52 to 32.
A bill providing for an act to
regulate and control primary elec
tions in the state was introduced
in tin* house and a motion to indef
initely postpone the measure was
lost by a vote of 43 to 20. The
proposed law will materially
change the present method of hold
ing primary elections, and, it was
claimed, was introduced in order
to prevent fraud in elections here
after.
Mr Abercrombie’s bill No. 405,
to amend section S50, Kirby’s di
gest, to require the presidents of
corporations in the state to tile
with the county court an annual
financial report of the condition of
such corporations, or be subject
to a title of from $501> to $5,000.
Read third time and passed.
Ayes, 04; noes 3.
Senate bill No. 104 (Hinkle), to
establish fencing district No. 5 in
Ihdependence county passed the
house and now goes to the gover
nor for approval.
OIL TROUGH TINKLINGS.
We are having plenty of rain at
present.
We are sorry to report that W.
It. Fife is in bad health.
Several of our boys have been
courting at Batesvilie this week.
.James K. York of Jamestown
was looking after business here
Saturday.
John W. Outlaw of Newark
visited relatives here the first of
the week.
If there is any thing in talk,
there will be some cotton planted
this week.
Dr. C. C. Curtis has got the
foundation for his new residence
completed.
I he recent heavy rains caused
Departee creek to rise higher than
it was ever known before.
Rev. D. L. Redd it and daugh
ter, of Casa, are spending a few
days here visiting relatives.
The Odd Fellows failed to hold
their regular meeting Saturday
night owing to the threatning
weather.
B. F. Adams of Dallas, Texas,
is spending a few days here visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
C. Adams.
The school building is badly in
need of some repairs, and should
be looked after before time for
the summer school to begin.
SAW THE PRESIDENT.
Editor The dournal:
A** my last letter did not find its
way to the waste basket, I will
write again. 1 arrived home all
right from dear old Arkansas to
“the Queen City of the West.''
1 had the honor of seeing the
president. Fifteen thousand peo
ple greeted him upon his arrival
in Muskogee, April .'>. A troop
of mounted soldiers acted as his
personal guard. Upon the arrival
of the train the President alighted
the platform that had been erect
ed for the occasion and in a few
I seconds was addressing the enor
mous crowd.
We have had our city election
| of course, and the Democratic tick
jet won from top to bottom. Every
ward in the city lined up for good
govern ment.
1 see many fishing parties pass
by and I wonder if they know how
to go fishing, or what a fishing
party consists of. They have ask
led, us to go with them, so we are
going soon. But it will not be
like our old fishing parties at
home.
With love to the many readers
of The dournal, 1 will say good
bye for this time.
Attie Jordan.
INITIATION TOO REALISTIC.
Felsenthal, April 11.—A pecul
iar killing occurred at Iluttig on
Saturday evening when Charles
Kdcr, a negro otlieer of the local
iv. of 1*. lodge, shot and instantly
killed Ebenezer Runyan, another
negro, who was being initiated in
to the secrets of tin* order. It
seems that they were using a side
degree and did not know the gun
was loaded. The bullet penetrat
ed the brain, causing instantdeath.
, The dead candidate was a log cut
ter, 28 years of age, and unmar
| ried. ^
Buy your mortgages, deeds and
' legal blanks at The Journal office.
Col. J. C. Yancey is putting out
■BOO acres of alfalfa on his Oil
Trough farm.
Men who would scorn to cheat
in business have no hesitancy in
cheating in politics.
When people want comfort,
i style and durability in a shoe they
go to Moor* Bros. & Co’s.
For Sale—Two acres of land
four blocks north of school house
on Morgan street. Apply to E. E.
Burns.
Rev. -I. L. Brown of Charlotte
was in town Monday en route
home from points in Jackson
, county.
Miss Jesse Reeves lias taken a
position in the millinery depart
ment at Fred P. Whiting & Com
pany's.
The warmest line of shirts ever
shown. You'll have to hurry.
R. C. Dorr Mercantile Co. Mag
ness, Ark.
Don't forget to stop and inspect
: our mammoth stock of general
merchandise. R. C. Dorr Merc.
Co., Magness, Ark.
County Examiner Sidney Pick
ens was down from Sulphur Rock
Monday and favored The Journal
with a pleasant call.
We are showing a swell line of
shirts, hats, shoes and oxfords for
spring and summer. Come and
! see us. Crescent Shoe Co., Bates
ville.
Star brand shirts, underwear,
hosiery, tics and suspenders;
May Pants Co’s pants, J. S.
| Shield's hats and Your Momey's
Worth shoes all at Moore Bros. &
| Co’s.
Mrs. B. F. Johnson, who was
painfully injured some time ago
by being thrown from a buggy, is
reported to be getting along very
nicelv, and is now able to be out
some.
The Independence County Bank
at Batesville has been re-organized
as the Independence County Bank
and Trust Company, and its capi
tal stock has been increased from
§50,000 to §75,000.
I)r. J. B. Cunningham, the old
reliable optician, unlike other op
ticians and occulists, has no exor
bitant prices for his goods which
are first class in every particular,
and being a graduate optician and
registered ophthalmologist, is cap
able of correcting any defect of
vision. Cross eyes are straighten
ed without the knife. Satisfaction
guaranteed in all cases. At Alag
ness Hotel until April 18,
Hon. Jas. K. York of James-j
1 town was in town Friday and re-j
inembered The Journal with a!
pleasant call. He is being urged
I by his friends to become a candi
date for state senator. He repre
sented Stone county in the lower
house of the last legislature, and
; made a useful and active member, j
Mr. York is well known through
out the district and if he should j
decide to enter the race he will no
; doubt be a strong candidate.
CORD CHRONICLES.
Hilbert Gibson says he likes
roses.
-John Foster is quite sick sit his
home near Cord.
A Sunday school was organized
at Hopewell church hist Sunday.
'Phe people around Cord seem
to think that cotton will not be
worth much this fall.
Ur. J. K. Crigler and wife of
Charlotte spent Sunday here visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Nuckolls.
Joe Loy died very suddenly
Saturday night at his home near
Hazel Grove. He had worked all
day and went home and ate a
hearty supper, and died in a short
time. Heart failure is supposed
to have been the cause of his death.
DIO SANTA CLAUS GET IT?
Editor The Journal:
What about it' Madame Rum
or has it that the high sheriff, Tom
Madness or some one else in your
town lost six hundred gallons of
whisky a few nights ago.
She says that the sheriff went
down and took up all the whisky
that was lying around loose and
carried it to Batesville and placed
it in the vault and stopped up the
key hole so that Santa Claus nor
any other claws could get their
claws on it. But he just locked
up Tom’s and left it. .lust why
he treated Tom that way is hard
to tell. Tom is a clever, good
hearted man and deserves as much
protection as the other boys. It
is the sheriff's duty to protect
life and property irrespective of
persons. Whisky is property,
and good whisky is good property;
and some say that whisky is the
life of a town. If it is it looks
like 600 gallons would have made
as small a town as Newark pretty
lively for a few days any way.
If the high sheriff was expect
ing old Santa to swoop down on
the town he should have given
Tom a hint. (There must be a fly
in the lock.) Tom has been in
business for a long time and it is
the first time I have ever heard of
Santa robbing him. Santa is the
only man that could have possibly
carried off' that much whisky on
his back. It couldn’t have been
hauled off without the nightwatch
man (who makes his regular
rounds every 30 minutes) finding
it out. So it’s a settled fact that
Santa carried it out through the
stove pipe. The only trouble is
that it was mighty straining on
the pipe for those big barrels to go
up through it.
The next thought is, who is go
ing to lose the whisky' Tom isn’t
able to lose it, or if he is he would
perhaps not be willing to do so,
for there was more of it than he
could drink in a whole year. We
think the sheriff should make old
Santa pay Tom for the whisky.
Let’s all be good and if Santa
don’t bootleg it all out he may set
em up Christmas. X. ’f . Z.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Van Buren, April s. R. I'.
Buell, aged t>0, formerly chief of
police of Van Buren attempted
suicide here this evening by driv
ing a pair of scissors into the re
gion of his heart, holding the point
against his breast and striking the
scissors with his right hand.
The would-be suicide is still
alive and says that he is not crazy,
but tired of living.
GATHERED HERE AND THERE
Rev. J. I. Martin Writes Gossipy'
Letter About Happenings
Around Cord.
Kditor The Journal:
I have recently made a trip
through part of Jackson, Craig
head, Green and Lawrence coun
ties. 1 find farmers greatly re
tarded with their work because of
the continued rains, though a good
deal of cleaning up and fencing
has been done. Quite a number
are using woven wire and abandon
ing the old rail fence which seems
much better.
I was challenged to meet a man
in debate at Grubbs some time
this summer. No papers have
been signed yet but I have accept
ed the challenge.
I came by Walnut Ridge, Portia,
and crossed Black river at Powha
tan. West of Walnut Ridge and
all the way to Powhatan is a very
pretty country and the land in
good. Portia is a great shipping
point for melons as they are rais
ed in abundance around there.
They are putting up a good bank
building and other improvements
there.
\V hen 1 got home I learned
that ye editor had taken some ex
ception because I sent Brother
Brown’s poem to the Landmark.
Baptist. This is what I said:
“During the debate at Newark l>e
tween Elders .1. L. Brown (Bap
tist), andJ. B. Lashlee, (Camp
bellite), the local editor jumped on
them, calling them hypocrites etc.
Below is Bro. Brown’s reply.”
Then followed the poem. The
thought of injustice was not in my
mind, nor do I yet see where in
justice was done ye editor. You
said you had published all 1 have
written. That is true, but I did
not know that made any difference.
1 know that 1 have said some
things you do not believe, but you
let it go to your readers. Well
that is fair journalism, but you
are the only editor in the county
that will do that. 1 know some
years ago a paper in our county
refused to let a defence on this,
line be published, and just this
winter the Batesville Guard had
some hard things to say about a
debate in Izard county, and had a
reply been sent it would likely
have found the waste basket.
You oppose religious debates and
you are doing the very thing that
you are condemning. 1 admire
The Journal for its fairness, but I
am not in the tilt with Bro. Brown
and ye editor, as 1 am willing for
you to do your own debating.
Every body should take The Jour
nal as it is the best paper in the
county, if not in North Arkansas.
The ferry at Elgin has been dis
continued which works a hard
ship on the traveling public.
Farm woi k has been greatly re
tarded because of the rains. Cen
ter Grove church has secured IJro.
Oscar Reynolds of Jonesboro to
assist in a .meeting this summer.
On Saturday, April 15 there is to
be a meeting at Center Grove to
clean otf the cemetery. There are
other cemeteries that need a like
attention. 1 am billed for an ex
tended trip in Izard county in
May. I preached at Hazel Grove
the second Sunday in this month,
and while there was entertained
in the comfortable and pleasant
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