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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, July 6, 1906.
Vol. 6. No. 28.
BAD EFFECTS OF RELIGIOUS SPATS
A Reader Jells of Experience With
v His Pal Caused From Read
ing Religious Spats
To The Newark Journal:
See hear editor, me and my pal
have been reed in your breazy lit
tle paper for sum 12 muntlis, and
have long sence decided it’s the
best all round nues gitter in the
wurld. And, by-the-way, the
most interestin thing that we have
ever red in any paper is the spat j
now goin on in The Journal be- j
tween to ministers of the Gospel
and uthers.
Now, as me an l'al are just coin
min old sinners, and can hardly
ketch on to the teachin of the Gos
pel as it is taut by preechers, we
wood like to ast the editor of this
paper a fit questions pertainin to
the facks in the matter.
What are they titin fur? And
"■*how will one no when he’s got the
other feller licked
Me and my pal sorter thout the
^church is an institushun where one
mite jineand live in piece with his
fellermen ferever. So my pal
-suggested to me the utherday that
while we haint never been desper
adose, yet have we neether lived a
religious or pius life, that all that!
wuz nesusary wuz that we fess up,
jine sum church and to leed a bet
ter life. Says I, “agreed pal, and
what church shall we jine?” Says
Jie, “1 had never given this part
of the subject a thout, but 1 am
trooly glad yu menshund it, for
shore we do not want to go into
this or any uther thing blindfold
ed.”
As I am considerably older than
my pal, 1 tuk the leed right hear,
and began to name the different
denominashuns to which we might
jine without any hurtin to our
konshence.
So, after a long and heeted dis
kushun as to the different denorai- !
nashuns, their rulins, and the dif
ferent ways in which they take a
feller in, we had about desided to
split the ticket and that my pal
wood jine the Baptists and that I
wood jine the Methodists. Every
tiling wuz goin nicely and we wuz
very much hilated over the lack
that we had decided to quit our
wrong doins and be jiners of the
church, but, alas! In a recent is
sue of The .Journal my pal noticed
an artickel headed “Spat,” and
upon investigashun we learned
that a sure nuf spat was on be
tween these two churches as to
how they would baptize us, and
how in the land did they know we
was even thinking of jining the
church?
My pal red this to me with
mutch interest, and finaly gave a
long sy of releaf and sed, “.Just as
I expected; there is not mutch to
it eny way.”
I knu it wood never do to let
him think of this thing in this lito
elsfe he wood go squar hack on the
deel. So 1 suggested that we tak j
a fu days outin where everything
wood be piece and quietude; and I
thout shurely this wood give the
ministers time to git every pint of
dispute settled ere we feturnd.
"Twas not so. For, upon our
arrivcl the fust thing my pal dun
was to >ecuN‘ the last issue of The
.Journal and begin to scan the
hedlines that attracktod his atten
shun most, and to my astonish
ment he called me and began to
reed a reply to the artickol heded
“Spat,” and was supposed to have
! been written by sum member uth
er than a minister. This seemed
to kunfurm the idee with my pal
that there was little virtue and no
consistency in this tiling called re
ligion, anyway, and he sed we
mite as well go on at the gate we
started and have a good time the
rest of our days. He seamed to
think we would have to tite our
wa.v thru to our destinashun, even
tho we jined either church. He
seamed to have his mind thurly. I
sot in regard to this matter and 1
thout for the longest that I wood j
never be able to fotch him over
this objecshunable feechur.
Now, I am frank to confess
that 1 was not very well pleased
with the situwashun, fer accordin
to my pint of vew, the baptizen i<
treeted as sorter of asidelsne rath
er than as an essential by both
churches enyway, and I couldn't
see why the pot wanted to call the j
kittle black. So just between us
2 we came to a mutual agreement
that we wood postpoan our jin in to
a later date and await further de
velopment of the spat. Yours fer
piece and good wil.
Mk am) my Pal.
P. S. Say, Editor, it’s gittin
worse and wurse. Somebody will
have to throw water on ’em to
keep ’em from titin.
NEW ORDINANCES PASSED
At a meeting of the city coun
cil Tuesday night two new ordi
nances were passed, one raising
the value of a day’s work on the
streets from fifty cents to one dol
lar, and one prohibiting playing
ball, or throwing missies on the
streets.
An ordinance passed several
years ago provides that all male
citizens between the ages of “21
and 45 shall be required to work |
f o u r days on the streets, but
provided that tho.<je who so desire 1
could pay fifty cents for each day
in lieu thereof. The result of this
was that few worked, and the
town had to hire labor on the
streets at from Si to $1.25 a day,
which was a losing proposition to
the town, and hereafter those who
do not work will be required to
pay $1 a day.
OAK HILL ITEMS
Crops are looking fine and lay
ing by time is at hand.
F. M. Engles and wife attended
church at Oak Grove Sunday.
Rev. E. A. Aorn will begin his
protracted meeting at Pleasant
Hill Saturday night.
Mrs. Annie Watts and little son,
Willie, visited Mrs. X. F. Watts
near Scott school house Sunday.
Johnnie Marshal and Tom Gib
son went to Old river last Satur
day and caught a nice lot of fish.
Rev. Grif. Gray preached an in
teresting sermon to an attentive
congregation at Pleasant Hill Sun
day night.
John Steward of Black River
township, county president of the
Farmers Union, visited A. Iv. Gib
sun and family Saturday night and
Sunday.
Vance House, the nine-year old
son of Sheri H M. 0. House of Lon
oke county, was kicked to death
by a horse at Lonoke Monday.
If you have property for sale!
list it with Craig 5c Moore.
Assessor .Joe Caldwell arrived
in town yesterday and will be here
today and tomorrow. He can be
found at the city hall.
T. H. Hearing left Monday for
Wynne to spend a few days visit
ing his brother, 1'. P. Hearing,
and attend the big Fourth of July
celebration.
Squire J. II. Fetzer of Logan
township was in town Tuesday.
He says they had a tine rain in his
neighborhood Monday and crops
are looking pretty well.
A. H. Saylors, George Price.
W. G. Scribner and Tom Robert
son attended the county meeting
of the Farmers Union near Ruth
erford Friday and Saturday.
J. L. Outlaw and Alex Shipp,
two of the Oil Trough neighbor
hood’s good farmers, were looking
after business in town Saturday.
They say that the cattle in their
neighborhood are dying from some
peculiar disease.
The Fourth was very quietly ob
served in Newark this year. No
celebration of any kind had been
arranged for and most of the peo
ple spent the day in their regular
business pursuits. Several of the
young people went to Rosie and
other places where picnics were
held.
SCHOOL ENUMERATION
1 have just finished a close can
vas of the Newark special school
district and find the following.
Total number of children of school
aj.ro, 55b; divided as follows, white
females, 2'il; white males 273;!
colored females, 10; colored males,
12. This shows an increase of (50
over last year. 1 find four boys |
and 20 girls yet of school age who
are married; there are 2-LS tax pay
ers, .">6 widows, but not an old
maid in the district. Twenty
school girls being wives and moth
ers ^nd not an old maid in the dis-;
trict speaks well and shows that
our people are living up-to date.
People who want the advantages
of a good school should move to
Newark.
E. H. Williamson, Sec.
Public School Hoard.
NICE HOriE FOR SALE
We have one of the most desir
able pieces of residence property
in town for sale at a bargain; lo
cated two blocks from the public
school building. Six room house
with lmll and two porches, nearly
new and well finished; finest well
of water in town; good smokehouse,
barn, small orchard and good gar
den. House painted inside and
out, papered throughout and in
first class condition. Owner wants
to go West reason for selling, and
the place will go at a bargain and
on easy terms. Apply to Craig
•Sc Moore, Newark, Ark.
WOODMEN WILL ENTERTAIN
Arrangements are being made
by the Newark Camp W. (). W.
and the Woodmen Circle for an
elaborate entertainment to be giv
en Monday night. A string hand
of seven pieces will furnish i -jsic
for the occasion and u ti'e-L,. . ts
‘ will bo served. The entertainment
i will be given on the spacious lawn
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.
W. Madness on Main street. The
| following program lias been ar
ranged and invitations are being
sent out by the committees from
j both lodges.
Drill by W. O. W. degree team.
Music by band.
j Address- Hon. S. A. Moore.
Music.
Song Ladies of the Woodmen
Circle.
Select Reading—Mrs. Ruby
Lancaster.
Music
Piano Duet—Mrs. Maude Ed
wards and Miss Ruby Holmes.
Sextett Members of W. O. \Y.
M usic.
Four Mile Race—W. (). VV. De
gree Team.
Potato Picking A prize con
test between lb ladies as follows:
First section, Mrs. Bertha Pros
kauer, captain; Mrs. Ruby Lan
caster, Mrs. Maud Edwards, Miss
es Ola Kinmao, Sallie Crow, Bes
sie Adams, Clara Mendenhall and
Anise Barnes. Second section,
Mrs. E. H. Williamson, Mrs.
Laura Arnold, Mrs. Addie Green,
Misses Maggie Whisnant, Virgie
Morgan, Alpha Arnold, Oma Kin
man and Myrtle Sawyer.
Music.
Refreshments.
Closing Song.
OIL TROUGH TINKLINGS.
A splendid rain fell here Sun
day.
Afex Shipp transacted business
at Newark Saturday.
Libert Reaves went to Newark
Saturday on business.
Alex Byard went to Newark
Saturday on business.
Rev. Horn tilled his regular ap
pointment here Sunday.
Walter Fife of Batesville visited
home folks here Sunday.
I)r. Ford of Jackson county is
visiting relatives here this week.
Circuit Clerk Cul. L. Pearce
was down from Batesville Tues
day.
Crops, generally speaking, are
in good shape and growing very
nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Adams of
Newark visited home folks here
Sunday.
\V. A. Nichols and Dr. Curtis
are painting their new residences
this week.
Some cattle are dying in our
neighborhood with something like
Texas fever.
Mrs. Mollie Porter of Walnut
Ridge visited home folks here the J
first of the week.
The W. <). W. lodge will have
a picnic here the 2nd of August,!
and a nice program is being ar
ranged.
The school building is being
1 overhauled and made into a one
story building, which will make it
better and safer.
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LOST BOTH EYES
Dewey Tilghman, the six-year
old son of R. M. Tilghman, a
prominent business man of Lon-,
<>ke, was the victim of a prema-;
Cure Fourth of July celebration
Tuesday. The little fellow wa
lloping a large firecracker in hi
hand when it exploded in clo-c
proximity with his face, putting
out both eyes.
UNION IS IN THRIVING CONDITION
County Secretary Says nember
shipis Increasing and Union
Thriving Financially
I _
To The Newark Journal:
The sixth sessioiy of the Inde
pendence County Union, F. E. &
I C. IT. of A. met <n regular session
I with the Mountain (lap Union,
June lilt and 30.
I'he body was called to order by
President Stewart and duly open
■ ed for transaction of business. T.
! S. Oltinger, \V. D. Baker and W.
S. Holcombe were appointed by
the president as committee on cre
dentials.
While the committee was pre
: paring its report, Z. T. Griffin of
I Salado, and others, made interest
, ing addresses.
'1'lie committee on credentials
! made its report in which it was
shown that 113 delegates repre
senting 28 locals had been duly
credentialed to attend the Union.
Being now in working order the
president appointed as committee
on resolutions A. H. Saylors of
Newark, \V. S. Holcombe of Dota
and J. \V. Scott of Salado, after
which the body took a recess un
til 1:30 p. m.
I Hiring the evening session there
were several good resolutions pre
sented to the body for discussion.
The county secretary made his
report, in which it was shown that
the County Union is in a thriving
condition financially and other
wise. The membership is con
stantly increasing. At 5 o’clock a
recess was taken till 8 o’clock p.
m., when an open session was held,
during which we had some inter
esting speaking and some excell
ent music. Among the number
on the program were ’/. T. Griffin,
President Stewart, Revs. Horn
and Wayman and others.
The second days session was no
less interesting than the tirst. VV.
I >. Baker of Charlotte was appoint
ed member of the executive com
mittee to till out the unexpired
term of ,J. F. McCuistian, who,
leaving the county, resigned. The
executive committee made its re
port as to the condition of the
county secretary's books, in which,
it stated they are in excellent con
dition.
The election of delegates to at
tend the State Union to be held at
Little Rock, August 7 to 9, 1906,
was taken up. A. J. Craig, VV.
1). Bullington, W. D. Baker and
VV. N. Hudson were elected as
delegates.
The time and place of holding
next meeting was taken up and
was decided in favor of Salad©
Union Sept ‘J'' and 29, 1906. The
balance of the morning was taken
up with resolutions, among which
is found the following.
“Resolved that Independence
County Union extend to Mountain
Gap and Lone Oak Unions and to
the good people of this vicinity
our sincere thanks for the gener
ous treatment received at their
hands and the royal welcome giv
en us during this meeting, and we
also appreciate the good music
furnished us by tin* Mountain Lap
choir.”
Much enthusiasm was - own
throughout the meeting.
VV. I >. lit I.l.l
Count* Secretary.
Farmers' Union official receipt
Pocks at 1 he Journal office.