The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday August 12, 1904.
Vol. 4, No. 33
DAVIS ROYALLY RECEIVED:
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Governor Addressed a Vast Assem=
blage Here Last Monday.
AUDIENCE ESTIMATED AT NEARLY 3,COO
The Governor Spoke For Hour and a Half and Was
Given Close Attention and Frequently Applaud
ed by the Vast Throng of Voters.
Governor Jeff Davis, the demo
cratic nominee for re-election, ad
dressed a vast assemblage of vot
ers at the big picnic here Monday.
He was introduced by Hon. F. M.
Martin and spoke for about an
hour and a half. He was frequent
ly greeted by applause, and we
feel safe in saying that the gover
nor captured many who have been
standing aloof, undecided whether
to go fishing on tlie 5th of Septem
ber or go and vote.
The most important point- cov
ered by his speech were as follows:
We have just passed through
one of the most bitter partisan j
campaigns ever waged in Arkan- i
sas. That wounds and disappoint- j
ments have followed there can be |
no doubt. Hut we agreed when J
we went into the primary, that if
we did not get our choice we
would submit to the will of the j
ma jority and vote the ticket. He
felt that if he bad been defeated
his friends would have loyally
supported Judge Wood, and now
he expected those who voted for
Wood to do likewise by him. He!
then reviewed the action of the
"Slate board of flection comnrssion- j
ers, and said he had fought the!
trusts, the corporations and the
enemies of good government, and
had whipped them; but he ought
not to be required to light election
commissioners appointed by a dem
ocratic board.
Myers says that if he is elected
governor, and any vacancies in of
fice should occur, he would appoint
democrats. No one believes this
statement, and it only shows that
Myers is trifling with the confi
dence of the people. Suppose one
of your supreme judges should die.
Do you think Myers would appoint
a democrat! Or suppose the at
torney general or secretary of
state, who are members of the
state board of election commission
ers, should die. Do you suppose
lie would lose an opportunity like
this to gain control of the election
machinery
It has been said that 1 have done
nothing but run for office, said the
governor. Det us see if this is
true. You will remember that I
assumed the duties of governo
January Is, 1901. On that d:
you had in the state treasury
,$285,661.37. I have been your
governor nearly four years, and
Ion the 23rd of this last July you
(had $1,478,243.63 in the treasury;
in increase of $1,192,582.26—a
pretty fair showing, isn't it, in
the handling of your finances i *
So you see your money has not
Jen squandered. The taxes have
Jen co lie ted and carefully garner
1, and the money is there in the
ite treasury where any of you
can conic in and count it for your
self any day you want to. Wei
have more money than we need,
and I shall recommend a reduction
of taxes to the next legislature.
He then reviewed the Yowell
case and said it had been charged
that lie was an enemy to the old
Confederate soldiers. He then
stated that during the three years
proceeding his administration there
was paid to the old Confederates
of this state £152,619.74 in pen
sions. During the three years of
his administration there has been
paid to these old war-scarred vet
erans £663.051.64, or more than
double the amount paid by the
proceeding administration. Isn’t
this a good showing and isn’t it a
record that every old Confederate
should feel proud oft
In refutation of the charge that
he is unfriendly to public schools,
he said that he was educated in
the public schools; was educating
his ten or twelve little white-head
ed Davises in the public schools;
and why should he be unfriendly
to the public schools. Our public
school system is almost perfect.
We pay more for the education of
the negro children in Arkansas
than Massachusetts pays for the
education of her white children.
During his administration we have
paid out £300,000 more to the pub
lic schools than any other adminis
tration had ever paid.
When he went into the gover
nor's clmir there was outstanding
against the state of Arkansas a
bonded indebtness of $64,000.
During his administration we have
paid every dollar of this except
$17,500, and would pay that today
if the bond-holders would surrend
er the bonds.
It has been said that his election
would set the state back 25 years,
lessen the value of property and
stop immigration. But the records
shows that in 1899 the total value
of assessed property in Arkansas
was $189,999,000.50. In 1900 it
was $201,908,783.
The population of Arkansas had
increased 25 per cent since he had
been our governor. More rail
roads have been built, more mills,
factories, more telephone and tele
raph lines have been built and
more foreign capital invested dur
ing his three years as governor
than ever before in the same per
iod in the history of the state.
It was not necessary to discuss
the taritl', the money question or
the imperialistic policy of the re
publican party, but there is one
issue raised by the republicans
which came home to the hearth
stone of every home in Arkansas.
It is an issue which you have to
settle, and an issue which fore
bodes evil should the republicans
be victorious. He referred to the
race question —negro equality—
which Roosevelt had attempted to
force upon the people of the
South, lie stood for a white man's
government, and said the action
of Roosevelt in dining Booker T.
AN ashington at his own table
should bring the mantle of shame
to the cheek of every white man.
Would (irant have done this'
N\ ould Abe Lincoln or the sainted
McKinley have done this' No, it
was left for the half-witted, errat
ic, strenuous, pretended hero of
San Juan hill to thus flaunt an in
sult in the face of every decent
white man in this broad land.
And, not satisfied with this,
Roosevelt and his party, in anoth
er effort to further humiliate and
disgrace us, had gave additional
evidence of their desire for the so
cial equality of the races when
they, in their national convention,
caused a beautiful white girl, dress
ed in the national colors, to march
arm in arm with a big, thick-lip
ped negro boy on the platform
around the convention hall.
1 would rather see my daughter
buried alive tomorrow, said he,
and hear her cries come up from
the grave as she was buried with
in my sight, than see her thus
humiliated and disgraced. And
still some people had the audacity
to say they would vote for Myers,
the representative of this nigger
loving party, for governor. Shame
upon the white man who would
approve of such conduct as this!
The governor then paid his res
pects to “Colonel" ,J. C. Yancey,
| and concluded with an appeal to
j democrats to line up and bo on
their guard, lay aside whatever
soreness that may have arisen on
account of the primary and do
their duty on the 5th day of Sep
tember.
SULPHUR ROCK ROCKETS
J. M. Hoover is quite sick this
week.
K. K. Bullington of Dota was in
town Saturday.
Wash Northern of Sharp was in
town Saturday.
W. ,1. Waldrip of Madness was
in town Tuesday.
J. L. Polk of Imboden was in
town two or three days last week.
Uncle Billy Best of Dota was in
j town Tuesday with a load of nie;
j ons.
Messrs. Eugene Hodges and
I John Moore went to Newport last
1 week.
The protracted meeting begins
at the Baptist church here next
Saturday.
Messrs. Elbert dernigan and Lee
Herrington of Charlotte were in
town Saturday.
Miss Nettie Bevens, who has
been sick for three weeks, is able
to be out again.
The recital given last week by
the Misses Dyes was excellent, and
was enjoyed by all.
Prof. George Wright of New
! ark spent Saturday and Sunday in
| our city, visiting home folks.
Pete By rum, one one of Black
River township’s most substantial
! farmers, was in town Saturday.
E. C. Hatfield editor of the Bea
con Light of Little Rock, visited
the Odd Fellows Lodge here Sat
urday night.
The third Quarterly conference
of the Sulphur Rock circuit of the
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M. E. Church South will be held
at Lebanon on the 20th and 21st of
August.
Rev. .John Dye preached to a
large audience here Sunday night
at the M. E. church.
(ieorge Bevens and little daught
er, Lucy, of Batesville, spent Sun
day here with Dr. and Mrs. T. A.
Bevens.
Mrs. l*igg, of St. Louis, known
here as Minnie Lindsey, is spend
ing a few days here visiting old
j friends.
Quite a number of our people
attended the picnic at Newark.
Everybody found plenty to eat
and drink.
Mrs. W. S. Martin and children
of Jonesboro spent part of last
week here, the guest of Mrs. Liz
zie Vaughn.
Mrs. Nellie Dye and her mother,
Mrs. Dice, of Little Rock, are
spending a few days with Mrs.
Dye's aunt, Mrs. ,1. 11. Moore.
Dr. and Mrs. R. II. Ilodges re
..urned home Saturday from Bates
ville where they spent several
days visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Mae Martin, who has been
teaching at Oakland, came home
last Friday, and is quite sick. Miss
Ola Jernigan is teaching for her
this week.
The revival meeting in the (rap,
conducted by Revs. Keener and
! Burks, is still going on, and they
| are doing a great work. About
35 conversions were reported up
to Monday night.
Rev. Arthur Lindsey, wife and
children, of Haynes, came in last
Wednesday. Mrs. Lindsey and
the children expects to remain
through the summer. Rev. Lind
sey returned homo Monday.
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BOY’S SKULL FRACTURED.
Conway, Ark., August 9.—Ray
mond Mills struck his brother,
Lynn, today with a baseball bat,
! and fractured his skull. They are
' sons of W. B, Mills, a money-lend
er of this place. It is thought the
(injured boy will die.
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TWO BOYS HAVE
EXCITING experience:
Were Held up by Jacksonport Man.
Who Became Enraged Because
They Killed His Dog.
Dolph Barnett ami Rankin Sisk:
experienced a rather exciting inci
dent last Sunday. They had been
to Newport in a wagon, and just
after crossing the .lack creek
bridge in the outer edge of Jack
sonport on their way home, a
large, ferocious looking dog ran
out from a house and began bark
ing at them. The dog ran up and
acted as if he was going to leap in
to the wagon. One of the boys
picked up a shot gun which was
lying in the wagon and, with the
butt end of it, dealt the dog a blow
on the head which felled him to
the ground. The boys never halt
ed, but drove on to the ferry, and
while they were waiting for the
ferryman to get ready to take
them across the river, a man gal
loped up on a horse, threw a \\ in
ehester on the boys and took their
gun. In a few minutes a deputy
sheriff arrived upon the scene and
the boys were being hustled off
back to town.
On the way back to town too
boys asked tin* man who first came
up and took their gun it he was an
officer. He admitted that he was
not and the boys told him they
would try to make the case as in
teresting for him as he did for
them, lie had held them up at
the point of a Winchester and took
their gun and they threatened to
push the law on him for highway
robbery.
The deputy sheriff advised the
angered citizen to complimize the
ease by dropping the whole mat
ter. The .Jacksonport man seemed
more than willing to settle the af
fair in that manner. The boys
gave their consent and were re
leased and came on home.
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KILLED BY (iREEN APPLE.
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Hot Springs, Aug. 10.—A child
of B. B. Smith of Malvern, who
is working on the new race track
here, died today of convulsions
after eating a green apple.