The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, /larch d, Id 16
Vol. 15, No. 49
OLDFIELD REFUTES
OPPONENT’S SLANDER
Record Shows Loyalty to and Support
of Measures to Defeat Gamb
ling in Futures
To the People of the Second
Congressional District of Ar
kansas :
Mr. Campbell criticises me
because I voted for the Lever
Rill. I have always voted for
legislation to absolutely destroy
gambling in futures. I repeat,
1 voted and worked for the
Scott bill and we passed it
through the House but it failed
in the Senate. I voted for the
Clarke amendment which would
have destroyed the cotton ex
changes but we did not have
the votes to pass it. The Lever
Rill came before the House as
a conference report. We had no
opportunity to vote on the Smith
bill but had to vote for the con
ference report—the Lever bill,
or get no legislaton at all. I re
peat, this was an administration
bill supported by President
Wilson and the leaders of our
party in both Houses of Con
gress. Underwood of Alabama,
our leader at the time, voted
for it, Garner and Burgess of
Texas, Candler and Sisson of
Mississippi, and many other
leading Democrats of the cot
ton growng states. Mr. Heflin
of Alabama, a member of the
Agricultural Committee which
reported this bill out of com
mittee, and a man who has giv
en as much thought to this sub
ject as any man in Congress,
voted for this bill,and made the
following speech on the floor
of the House the day the bill
passed.
“Mr. Heflin: Mr. Speaker, I
shall vote for this measure. It
does not contain all the provi
sions that I would like to see
in a bill of this kind, but I want
to say to my good friend from
Kansas (Mr. Murdock) that I
have studied this question a
great deal, and this bill hasfive
propositions in it that will be of
great value to the cotton pro
ducers; and when it comes to
the grain bill, 1 shall try to aid
the western gentlemen in get
ting what they want on the
grain proposition. I believe Ido
khow a little more about this
cotton propostion than does my
good friend from Kansas. (Mr.
Murdock.) There are five good
provisions in this bill.
“First. It requires the cot
ton exchange to use standard
grades.
"Second. It requires a re
cord to be kept of all transac
tions on the exchange.
“Third. It requires the Sec
retary of Agriculture to settle
disputes as to grades named in
the contract, and takes this
power away from the commit
tee on the exchange.
“Fourth. It requires the de
livery of spinable cotton on con
tracts, and prevents the tender
ing of dog-tail cotton to beat
down the price of good cotton.
“Fifth. It prevents the ar
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TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
. OF INDEPENDENCE COUNTY
I am asking you for a second term for the high^flfice of
Sheriff.
The people who heard me on the campaign two years
ago, know that 1 won my nomination and election by clean
and honorable methods—I never asked you to vote for me on
the demerits of my opponents.
Two gentemen have seen fit to oppose me for my second
term, and one of them seems to think that he can be elected
by attempting to herald some manufactured falsehoods in re
gard to my record. I have used the same clean methods in
enforcing the law as I did in my campaign, and I will suffer
defaat before I will enter into a controversy with my oppon
ents on them demerits.
If they have any, their neighbors and acquaintances will
tell the good voters of Independence County about them.
There is very little difference in men, only some have a
better oppo'luity to put their goods in a show-window.
There are as bright minds slumbering in the most humble
homes as there are in the President’s cabinet.
Believing as I do, in the intelligence of mankind, I will
trust the voters of Independence county to take care of my in
terests on *he 29th day of March. It does not take a high de
gree of intelligence to scheme around among a class of people
that usually lay around a county seat, seeking favors at the
hands of the officers. I mean incompetent men who are seek
ing deputyships to debauch thecharacter of any high-toned
gentleman :f Independence Couty.
Yours for clean politics
LAWRENCE RUDDELL
SEBASTAIN LEGISLATOR
EORN IN THIS COUNTY
T. S. Osborne who has just
been nominated for representa
tive from Sebastain county,was
lorn in Independence county.
His father owned the old
Osborne farm near Suphur
Rock, anl Sam was born there.
His father died when he was
quite small and Mrs. Osborne
removed from the county with
her children a short time later,
but many of the older citizens!
remember Sam as a boy.
After completing his educa-1
tion, he located in Fort Smith !
and engaged in the practice of
law, in which he has been suc
cessful. He has announced that
he will be a candidate for
speaker of the next House of
Representatives.
ELECTION PROCLAMATION
Notice is hereby given that
an election will be held in the
Incorporated Town of Newark,!
Arkansas, on Tuesday, April 4,
1916, for the purpose of elect
ing the following officers for
the ensuing year:
One mayor, one recorder,one
treasurer, one marshal and five
aldermen. ,
Given under my hand as
mayor this 1st day of March,
1916.
J. R. KETCHEM, Mayor.
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SCHOOL BOARD RE-ELECTS
W. A. ISGRIG PRINCIPAL
The school board has re
elected Prof. W. A. Isgrig as
principal of the Newark High
School for the coming year.
Prof. Isgrig is a splendid
!school man and his work here
has given general satisfaction.
The teachers will be elected
later.
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County Demonstration Agent
J. E. McKell of Batesville and
R. C. Davidson of Little Rock
were in town Friday and went
out to the Scott school house to
deliver addresses at the closing
of the school at that place.
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COUNTY CANDIDATES
SPEAKING DATES
The county candidates will
address the voters at the fol
lowing places on the dates giv
en below:
Fitch’s Store, Wycough town
ship, Friday, Mar. 10.
Sulphur Rock, Satuday,
Mar. 11.
Oil Trough,Monday, Mar. 13.
Elmo, Tuesday, Mar. 14.
Bailey, Wednesday, Mar. 15.
Pleasant Plains, Thursday.
Mar. 16.
Floral, Friday, Mar. 17.
Jamestown, Saturday, Mar.
18.
Desha, Monday, Mar. 20.
Relief, at Coverston School
House, Tuesday, Mar. 21.
Salado, Wednesday, Mar.22.
Rosie, Thursday, Mar. 23.
Craig, Friday, Mar. 24.
Magness, Saturday, Mar. 25.
Newark, Monday, Mar. 27.
Batesville, Tuesday. Mar. 28.
County Clerk E. R. Hooper
was elected to act as perman
ent chairman during the cam
paign.
MAYHAN CANDIDATE
FOR CONSTABLE
The announcement of John
Mayhan as a candidate for con
stable of Big Bottom township
appears in today’s paper. Mr.
Mayhan is well known to the
voters of the township, practi
cally his entire life having been
spent in this community.
He is qualified to make a
good constable and promises
the people faithful and efficient
service if elected.
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F. M. GILBREATH
FOR CITY MARSHAL
F. M. Gilbreath announces
in today’s paper as a candidate
for city marshal. Mr. Gilbreath
is well known to the voters as
an honest and industrious
jyoung man who is in every waj
I worthy of their support. He
promises faithful and efficienl
service if elected.
TO SPEND $2,000,000
ON ARKANSAS LINES
Iron Mountain Will Spend
Enormous Sum in Improving
Its Lines in This State.
Arrangements have been
completed by the St Louis, Ir».n
Mountain & Southern Railway
to spend $2,000,000 during the
next year in imrpoving its lines
in Arkansas.
The fron Mountain has 1,700 1
miles of track in Arkansas, and
most of the money, it is said, -
will be spent for heavier rails,
new sidetrack and new ballast- 1
ing.
Owing to the fact that the J
road is in the hands of the re
ceivers, it was necessary to
obtain a court order permitting
the expenditures. This order al- 1
ready has been obtained in fed
eral court in St. Louis.
About half of the $2,000,000
fund will be used to rebuild
track washed out during the
recent floods in Arkansas. The
Iron Mountain was hit hard by
the flood and at one time its
lines were out at 12 different
places.
Work of rebuilding the track
in the flood district already is
well under way, and will pro
ceed without delay. All lines
were repaired temporarily to
permit of early resumption of
train service. Now, it is under
stood, the permanent work will
begin, and efforts will be made
to make the tracks more im
mune to high water.
Even at points not affected
by the flood, it is said, new rails
will be laid and the roadbed
generally put in better condi
tion. Construction work in Ark
ansas will be in progress along
the Iron Mountain during the
greater part of the year.
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JUDGES AND CLERKS
PRIMARY MARCH 29
County Central Committee
Holds Meeting and Selects
Officers for Holding Primary
The Independence County
Democratic Central Committee
held a meeting at the court
house at Batesville last Satur
day and selected judges and
clerks for holding the primary
on March 29
In answer to the roll call by
Secretary E. A. Hodges the fol
lowing townships were found
to be represented:
Ashley, W. L. Ottinger; Bar
ren, Edgar Woodyard ; Big Bot
tom, W. E. Self; Christian, Al
bert Sims, proxy for J. M. Ste
phens; Craig, Y. M. Engles;
Cushman, E. M. Reaves; Fair
new, E. A. Hodges, proxy for
W. G. Wright; Gainsboro, L.
B. Massey; Greenbrier, J. W.
Searcy; Logan, O. F. Craig,
proxy for J. H. Fetzer; Oil
Trough, T. H. Dearing, proxy
for A. B. Pelley; Rosie, D. A.
Wyatt; Ruddell, First ward, A.
R. Weaver, Second ward, S. M.
Casey, Third ward, J. F. Mar
tin; Salado. J. A. Kaneaster;
Washington, L. J. Bracy;Whitc
River, Jas. H. Jimerson, chair
man; Wycough, T. J, Raney,
proxy for P, S. Fortune; Union,
J. R. Dobson ; Hill, S. M. Bone,
proxy for J. M. White.
At a meeting of the central
committee, it was decided and
authorized each committeeman
hand in the names of five men
from their respective town
ships, from which a sub-com
mittee would select judges,
clerks and sheriff for each vot
ing precinct
Chairman J. II. Jimerson ap
pointed J. Kaneaster, E«M.
Reaves and Y. M. Engles, act
ing with the chairman as ex-of
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