THE MERCHANTS VS. THE NEWSPAPER
The population of Newark is
steadily increasing -more homes
ai d better homes are constantly
being built. The moral and social
status of the town is growing bet
ter all the time, and our education
al advantages are as good as can
be found in any town the size of
Newark in the entire country.
But how' is it with the business
part of the cityIs our town
growing as a trade center, or in a
mercantile way f After an in ves
t-gat ion of the business section,
a y fair minded-man will say no.
li this respect, we are sorry to
say, the town is retrograding. In
stead of trying to keep pace with
the town our merchants, that is a
majority of them, are lagging be
hind—doing nothing whatever for
the town or themselves. V\ hat
our town needs and needs bad, is
t e waking up on the part of the
merchants. Or else we need more
merchants. Not particularly
more merchants, but a better and
more progressive class of mer
chants. Business men in fact
men who will advertise liberally
a d use all their energies to reach
out and bring more trade to the
t( wn. We need men who will
rot sit down and wait for trade to
come to them voluntarially, but
men who will get up and hustle
patronize their home printer and
use the columns of the home news
paper for tlie purpose of inviting
trade to the town. It is not to the
interest of the printer alone that
the merchant should advertise, but
it is to the best interest of the
merchants themselves and the |
town in general. If each and ev-'
er.v merchant would do h;s part in |
the way of advertising ami indue-1
ing the trade to our town, their
Combined forces would bring such j
power and argument to bt ar upon !
the buying public that the .smessl
of our town would easily be in- j
creased 100 per cent within a very j
short time.
The .Journal has never lost an
Opportunity to say a good word
for Newark and her business men
and has endeavored in every way
possible to boost the town.
The Journal would like for the
business men to ask themselves
the question: Would Newark be
what it is today without a newspa
per? Would the outside world
know as much of Newark and its
agricultural and commercial re
sources, its moral healthful and
educational advantages?
Think over these questions and
then ask yourself if the business
men of the town as a whole are
giving The Journal the patronage!
and encouragement that it de
serves.
NEW COTTON PICKING MACHINES
Pittsburg Company Will flanu
facture Machine For Gather
ing the Fleecy Staple
It is annouced that plans have
been completed for the re-organi-1
nation of the American Cotton j
Picker Company, which has head
quarter at Pittsburg, Pa., and at
a recent meeting of the officers
and director* of the company held
it: Pittsburg plans were discussed
for the erection in Pittsburg of a
plant capable of manufacturing!
1,000 cotton picking machines a
year. Ten machines are now
nearing completion. They will
be paced at work this fall near
Shreveport, La., where the com
pany has 1,000 acres of cotton
planted for the purpose of experi
ment.
Each machine, it is claimed, dis
places fifty negroes, and makes a
daily saving over hand labor of
$.'>4. It is estimated that one ma
chine will pick ten acres a day or
7' bales of cotton at a cost of but
$12.50, while similar acreage with
farm labor now costs $07.50. In
addition to the picker a cleaner
Las been perfected which will re
move leaves and twigs, now so
troublesome with caiele*s hand
pickers, and it is estimated that
the price of cotton will be increas
ed on every pound.
NOTICE TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS
Notice is hereby given that
there will be a meeting of the di
rectors of the various school dis
tricts of the county at Batesville,
.Ark., on Saturday, August 11,
31*06. Every school director in
the county is urged to attend.
Sidnky Pic kens,
County Examiner.
A Hard Lot
Of troubles to contend with
spring from a torpid liver and
blockaded bowels, unless you
awaken them to their proper ac
tion with I,)r. King's New Life
Pills, the pleasantest and most
effective cure tor constipation.
They prevent appendicitis and
tone up the system. 25c at .1. 1.
Sturdivant’s Drugstore.
Farmers’ Union official receipt
books at The Journal office.
ARKANSAS
I.and of corn and cottou.
Best .you ever saw.
Ne’er to be forgotten,
Grand old Arkansas'
Land of mellow peaches,
Land of golden wheat,
’Tin experience teaches,
Mighty hard to beat.
Land of reddest cherrie-.
Apples, pears and plums.
Land of endle.-s berries—
To the front she comes!
Land of peace and plenty.
Liberty and law;
Ain't one state in twenty
Good as old Arkansas.
Blessings rest upon us,
Love from all the girL!
Hail the land oi promise,
llail the land of pea: Is!
Roam the wild world Over,
This conclusion draw:
If to live in clover,
Come to Arkansas.
—Sidney VV. Mase
Bud King and Lee Wortham t»e
: came involved in u difficulty near
Manila. King was shot in the
breast, Wortham using a W in
chester. The wound is believed
to be fatal. The shooting is the
culmination of an old feud.
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A pearl button factory with r>0
‘ machines will be put in at L)eVail's
Blurt, _
Blank note and receipt hooks at
The .lournal office.
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DORR MERC. CO.
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I Magness, - - Arkansas j
INDICATIONS OF AN IMMENSE CROP
Present Indications Point to Larg
est Crop in the History of
the United States
We hud hardly quit talking
about the wonderful bumper crops
of last year, when a report is is
sued showing that the crops of
this year in many respects far ex
cel them.
All the high sounding adjectives
and nearly all possible compari
sons have been exhausted in try
ing to make the country compre
hend the immensity of its crops.
It is commonplace to say that
the farmer couid pay the national
debt without making any very
perceptible hole in the proceeds
from his crops for a single year.
We know by heart that the ag
ricultural exports —the surplus
left over after all our own needs
are supplied—have amounted in
16 years to more than the value of
all the railroads in the country,
and that if the farmer keeps up
the present rate of production two
years longer he will have produc
ed in ten years an amount of
wealth equal to half the entire
national wealth previously pro
duced in three centuries.
But we are told now that the
present crop will surpass any
crop ever grown in the United
Suites.
Wheat, which is largely har
vested, may go beyond the record
by 60,000,000 bushels and it is es
timated that the corn crop will be
as large as was ever produced in
this country. It is estimated that
the four great crops of corn, hay
wheat and oats will probably be
worth about a fourth as much as
all the gold dug in all the world
since Columbus discovered this
continent.
PECULIAR SUICIDE.
Paragould, Aik., July 20.
Saying that she had lived long
enough, Mrs.Thompkins, TO years
of age, a resident, of this county,
carried out a startling plan of self
destruction today. With a ham
mer she drove two nails through
her skull and into her brain. One
was a ten-penny and one a six-pen
ny nail. She lived several hours
after that. It was found that the
nails both passed through the
brain.
Once before the aged woman
attempted to commit suicide.
Mrs. Thompkins was a white wo
man of family, and was in comfort
able circumstances. She had no
domestic troubles. She had been
heard to say that she had lived
long enough.
BRAIN LEAKS.
(From Bryan’s Commoner:)
The greatest luck is born of
pluck.
An honest vote is the best medi
cine for the ills of the body poli
tic.
A life measured only by the
length of years is usually a life
wasted.
If there is anything more ridicu
lous than an old maid who tries to
act giddy it is an old man who
tries to act coltish.
Why is it that the average man
finds a seat on the hard boards in
the base ball grandstand softer and
more comfortable than the pew in
a church?
W hen the wife dies first, the
husband, on an average, survives
nine years; while if the husband
dies first, the wife survives eleven
years, according to insurance sta
tistics.
If you want to buy or
sell real estate see
Craig & floore, Newark.
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Fridays Exclusively For Ladies.
Just tell em at you saw it in The Newark Journal