The Newark Journal
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
O. F. Cham Editor
W. F. Duic Associate Editor
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FRIDAY, AUGUST IT, li»o«
SCHOOL INTERESTS
Interest in educational matters |
-seems to be at a low ebb in New
port. The News says the average
attendance of white pupils in that
city is'only 25* per cent.
We—that is, the newspapers,
the teachers, the ministers and
other public men are clamoring
for more revenue for the benefit
of the schools, but it is an indis
putable fact that the people who
stand most in need of the benefits
or the public schools do not ap
preciate their value.
In the Newark school district,
for instance, where we have as
tine a public school a- can be
found in any community in the
South, and where we t. ink a con
siderable interest has recently
been aroused in educational mat
ters, the average attendance is nut
more than 60 per cent.
We clamor for more funds,
more teachers, better teachers and
longer terms of school, but what
we need worst of all is a general
awakening of the masses to a real-!
Nation of the fact that they are
guilty of criminal negligence in
not taking advantage of tlio oppor
tunities we now have.
The Journal cun testify of its
own knowledge that there are
children in Newark, living almost
within a stone’s throw of the
school building who have not been
in school a day in two.years. And,
more’s the pity, they are, in many
instances, the very ones who are
worst in need of schooling.
Compulsory school laws have
their disadvantages and objection
able features, but it begins to
look as if it would take something
of this kind to reach the people.
The Republican state central
committee has levied an assess
ment of $4 each on the fourth
class postmasters of the state to
help defray the expenses of Judge
Worthington’s campaign for gov
ernor, and the postmasters are be
ing called upon for a "‘cheerful
compliance.’’
The men who compose the Re
publican county ticket are all good
men and good citizens but they
are doomed to certain defeat in
the coming election, and The
Journal would advise them to
screw up their courage and get
ready to hit the ground good and
hard. _____________
II. B. Dallam, formerly with
the Batesville News, has purchas
ed the Calico Rock Progress. Mr.
Dallam is a good newspaper man
and is well known to many of our
readers, having at one time pub
lished a paper at Sulphur Rock.
The Jonrnal wishes him success.
ARKANSAS’ FIRST BALE
The first bale of this -ea-on'
cotton to be marketed in this -tate
was sold at Magnolia last Saturday
by Burt Upton. It brought *7:'..
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‘20 pounds best Granulated Sugar. 1.00
First Patent Flour, per barrel. 4.TO
Second Patent Flour (guaranteed) per barrel. .. 4.00
Ar;n Hammer Soda, per pound.o.">
STAPLE DRY GOODS
5c Colored Lawns...$ .03
llig Lot of 10c Colored Lawns.074
Big Lot of 12^c and 15c Colored Lawns.10
Ladies’ 75c and $1 Lawn & Madras Shirt waists .50
Ladies’ Si.25 and $2 100
Ijiidies’ 75c Corsets.35
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| BATESVILLE, - ARKANSAS.
THE F. 0. BUTT B000LE TRIAL
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Hinkle Testifies That Covington,
Toney and Others Planned
to Control Legislation
Senator F. (). Butt of Carroll*
county has been on trial at Perry*
ville this week, charged by indict
ment of the Pulaski grand jury
with giving Senator Adams of
Grant county a bribe to influence !
his vote on the new State capitol
bill.
With the exception of the tes- I
timony of Senator John A. Hinkle
there was little difference in the j
evidence given on behalf of the
state at this and the former trial.
Senator Hinkle testified that short
ly after the organization of the
senate he was in Senator Coving
ton’s room, when Senator Coving
ton stated that a few of the sena
tors could get together and con
trol legislation and get it out of
the hands of Cox and Cook. The
evidence of the defense was prac
tically the same as before, except
that the argument was more
strongly drawn along the line of
the prosecution being a conspiracy
against Senator Butt.
Hinkle declared that after the
bill passed the senate he went to
Cox and asked about the money
that Was up on the bill. Cox re
ferred him to Cook. Cook told
him that the money was at the :
German National Bank, and he
went there.
Oscar Davis, the cashier, told
him. he says, that there was $21,
00<> on deposit there, and that $10,
000 had been drawn out. He
could not learn who drew the
money or who put it up He
went to several memeers of the
house, he said, after he got this
information, and asked them to
either kill the bill or amend it.
He spoke to Representative T. J.
Raney, and told him there was
money up on the bill, he said. He
1 could not remember any others to
whom he had told these things.
He testified that he had said noth
ing to the authorities about the
matter, although he knew he
should have done so.
Practically all the evidence was
completed Wednesday, and a ver
dict will probably be rendered to
day.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS
Quite a number from here at- !
tended the picnic at Eaves Spring
yesterday.
When you sell anything put the
money all in the bank, and your
bank book will show what you re
ceive during the year for your
farm products. Hank of Newark.
At a meeting of the board of
trustees held at Little liock Tues
day, Hatesville was selected as the
site for the Masonic Home which
the Masons of the state propose
to erect for the benefit of Masonic
widows and orphans.
lion. W. W. Edmondron of
Stone county, candidate for state
senator, has announced a list of
speaking appointments in this
county. He will be at Newark
next Monday and will speak at the
j Magness picnic Tuesday.
Dolph Dorr of Black River
township was in town Tuesday
and called to order The Journal
! sent to his wife, Mrs. Bettie Dorr,
who is spending the summer at
Wanetle, Okla. Mr. Dorr ex
pects to move out there in the
near future.
On Monday, September 10th,
Prof. Morgan will begin teaching
piano and organ, and continue
until the public school opens in
the fall. Terms, four dollars for
twelve lessons; three lessons of oue
hour each per week. All persons
wishing to take lessons of him can
leave their names at The Journal
office.
J. H. JIMERSON
SULPHUR ROCK, ARKANSAS
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