THE NEWARK JOURNAL i
Published Every Friday
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0. F. CRAIG. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
EnTereil at the post office at Newark,
^Ark^ as'Second class mail.
A LAW TO 'PROMOTE
GAMBLING
The most vicious bill that has
passed the Arkansas legislature
in many years is the bill to legal
ize race track gambling. The
bill passed the senate last Satur
day by a vote of 1G to 17, Sena
tor Edmondson voting for the
bill.
There was absolutely no de
mand from Senator Edmondson’s
constituents for the passage of
such a law, and in fact it is safe
to say that fully 75 per cent of
his constituents are strongly op
posed to such a law. A number
of numerously signed letters and
telegrams were sent to Senator
Edmondson asking him to vote
against the bill. Yet in face of
these facts and the further fact
that his vote would have defeat
ed its passage, Edmondson voted
for the bill, thereby becoming
responsible for its passage, and
was in fact one of the strongest
supporters and champions of the
measure.
Senator Edmondson could easi
ly have had Independence and
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Stone counties exempted from
the provisions of this vicious law (
had he desired to do so. A num- (
her of counties were exempted
by senators representing a moral
people who are opposed to the (
vicious and degrading influences
of race track gambling. But
Senator Edmondson not only ,
made no attempt to exempt In
dependence and Stone counties,
but he fought all amendments
offered to the bill and opposed
the efforts of other senators to
exempt any county in the state.
Is Edmondson representing
the gamblers, bums and thugs,
or is he representing the moral
and Christian citizenship of the
Sixth senatorial district?
Can you name a man who dur
ing this legislature, has done
more to lower the standard of
morality in Arkansas than Sen
ator Edmondson has done?
His vote in the senate would
have saved the state from the
many shameful evils of this im- :
moral and vicious law. Lined *
up on one side were the gamblers, I.
(Copj right. by McCIun Syndicate.)
bums and bawds and a few men
who were interested in the bill
purely from mercenary motives,
damoring for its passage. On the
>ther side was the moral and
Christian element of the state’s
litizenship who believe in con
structive progress, in honor and
‘ight.
Just one vote would have de
'eated the bill, but Senator Ed
nondson turned a deaf ear to the
roice of his constituents and
ined up with the vicious and mer
:enary element and cast his vote
sgainst the moral progress and
idvaneement of his state.
Are you surprised that Ed
nondson wanted to exclude news
taper reporters from the door of
he senate?
Recent statistics show that the
Jnited States is the wealthiest
■ountry in the world, the total
vealth of this country beinir es
imated at $130,000,000,000.
Ireat Britian comes next with a
;otal of $80,000,000,000 and
France third with $65,000,000,
)00. In per capita wealth France
eads with $37.85, the United
States taking second place with
$5.21. Uncle Sam is only a boy
n age compared with many of
the other nations of the world,
but he is “The healthy youngster
»vith the goods. ”
For a First Class
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Main Street
HARDWARE
I have a full and complete line
of Hardware, Stoves, Nails, Wire
Fencing, and the Famous Keen
Kutter Tools and Cutlery, and I
will sell you goods for cash as
cheap, or a little cheaper, than you
can buy them anywhere in Arkan
sas. If you don't believe it try me.
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Also a Full Line of
Undertakers Goods
Hr E..HAWTHORNE
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
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NEWARK CITIZEN HONORED ]j
BY THE ARKANSAS SENATE!
The honor of serving as serg
eant at-arms of the senate of the
Fortieth General Assembly of Ark
ansas, which has c mv to our fel
low townsman, Thos H. Dearing,
is a high honor worthily bestowed
and is much appreciated by his
numerous friends throughout this
section of the state
Mr. Dearing’s election to this
position did not come by chance,
and neither was it thrust upon
him. In these days of push and
hustle, nothing worth while comes*
to anyone i hat way. It is the man j
who has the ambition and the
energy to go after things that
climbs the ladder of success. This
is true in politics as well as in the
business world.
Mr. hearing wanted to be serg
eant-at-arms of the senate. He
knew politics well enough to
know that it was no child’s play
to dip into state politics and win
an election of this kind. He has
been a prominent figure in politi
cal circles in Independence county j
for a number of years and is
recognized as one of the most suc
cessful nnlitieians in the enuntv.
He can lose as gracefully as any
man in Arkansas, when it falls to
his lot to lose, but w inning is his
stiong point and he seldom fails
to make good. So he rolled up
his sleeves and went into the race
to win. He was opposed by some
of the best politicians in the state,
one of his opponents being a for
mer state senator and another a
citizen of Little Rock who had the
OLD FASHIONED
‘PHILOSOPHY
Henry W. Grady, who was one
of the South’s greatest men.
gave expression to the following
bit of wisdom when addressing
a convention of farmers, some ■
thirty years ago. It is as true
today as when first uttered, and
its full weight is probably more
keenly felt today than when the
statement was first made. It
would be hard to find more wis
dom so briefly expressed than is
contained in the following words
of Mr. Grady:
“When every farmer in the
South shall eat bread from his
own fields and meat from his
own pastures, and disturbed by
no creditor and enslaved by no
debt, snail sit amid ms teeming
gardens, orchards, vineyards,
dairies and barnyards pitching
his crops in his own wisdom, and
growing them in his independence
making cotton his clean surplus,
selling it in his own time, in his
chosen market and not at a mas
ter’s bidding—getting his pay in
cash and not in a receipted mort
gage that discharges his debt
but does not restore his freedom
—then shall be breaking the ful
ness of our day.”
The present session of the Ark
ansas legislature costs the tax
payers $1,200 a day, and the
total cost of the session, includ
ing mileage, per diem and incen
dental expenses, will be about
$100,000. This seems rather
expensive, but when compared
with the cost of legislatures in
some other states it is very cheap.
For instance, the last session of
the New York legislature, which
is composed of 201 members,
cost the state of New York $1
700,000. _
The legislature has appropri
ated $40,000 for Arkansas to
show herself at the San Francisco
Worlds Fair. The old lady
ought to pull off a pretty good
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show with forty thousand dollars.
The Wilson administration was
two years old yesterday.
HON. T. H. DEARING
Sergeant-At-Arms of the Arkansas
State Senate
advantage of a strong pull with
the administration and many of
the state officials. However, Mr.
Dearing maintained his reputation
for making good and came out
winner.
All Newark rejoices with him in
his success and his friends are
especially pleased to know that he
has discharged his official duties
in such a manner as to win the
commendation of every member
of the senate.
The following from the New
port Citizen is a neat little pack
age for the court officers and
petit jurors of the present term
of the Jackson circuit court, now
in session at Newport: “It is
said that it takes two witnesses •
to convict a bootlegger, and it
seems the way they have been
turned loose, that it would be im- ;
possible to convict some of them
with a dozen witnesses.”
A gunner on the battleship
Texas recently scored eight hits
in succession when firing at a
moving target 12 miles away !
with a 14-inch gun. It might
help some to norate this report
in Europe. —Knoxville Sentinel.
DONT NEGLECT THE
GARDEN SAYS PAGE
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No Part of Farm Work is More
Essential in Helping to Reduce
The Cost of Living
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Give attention to the garden, <
for it will pay you well. There is ;
no better investment on the farm
than a good garden, well planned, <
well proportoined, well planted !
and well worked. Give some -
study and thought to it, and with ;
the advice and help of the good 1
wife, make a special effort to have 1
a good garden this coming season. ■
A good assortment of fresh vege
tables coming to the table in pal
atable form throughout the grow
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ng season brings health and hap
)iness to the home and reduces
he cost of living no little. Espec
ally is this true if a good garden
s supplemented with plenty of
nilk and butter and eggs All
)f these things are possible on the
iverage farm and the good farm
■r should not neglect any of them,
in arranging your garden have
joth early and late crops of the
lifferent kinds of vegetables, so
mur garden will not “run out.”
Keep fresh vegetables coming
>n all during the season. It is not
lard to do. If you can’t make
tnd cultivate a good garden for
rour wife, then do the next best
hing and help her make one. If
mu can’t do that then at least
make and plant your wife a good
garden As a matter of precau
tion in the latter instance I would
lay down the general proposition
that no man should plant a big
ger garden than his wife can cul
tivate. John H. Page.
Agricultural Commissioner.
AGRICULTURAL BILL
Both houses of the legislature
have passed a bill appropriating
817,260 for agricultural extension
work in Arkansas. Under an act
of Congress, Arkansas wall receive
from the federal government $67,
260 during the next twro years as
the result of the appropriation.
! Without the appropriation the
'amount w’ould have been $20,000.
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BACKACHE
Is an indication of kidney trouble. It means much to the
victim because the deadly Bright’s Disease begins in just
such symptoms.
PRICKLY ASH BITTERS
Is a successful remedy for diseased kidneys. It
strengthens the suffering kidneys, helps them to
perform their duties properly and by cleansing and
regulating the bowels it drives out unhealthy con
ditions; restores strength and vigorous health.
(ict the (leonine with the Figure "1" In Red on Front Babel.
Sold by Druggists. Price $1.00 per bottle.
Newark Drug Co., Special Agents